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No. 37 Omaha, NE
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Carolyn Novicoff Community to honor Rabbi Flax appointed toheadJELS by Carol Katzman
Longtime Omaha educator Carolyn Novicoff has been hired as Executive Director of Jewish Educational and Library Services, according to Mitzi Delman, JELS President. (JELS combined the Bureau of Jewish Education and the Jewish Federation Library two years ago.) The position, which has been vacant for more than a year, supervises Jewish educational programs and activities, including the Community Teacher program, special needs education, scholarships, and Israel teen programs. In addition, the Dorothy and Myer Kripke Jewish Federation Library now falls within JELS' purvue. For more than 22 years Novicoff was associated with Boys Town, starting as a core teacher in 1978 and working her way up to Associate Executive Director of Boys Town USA in 1998. She was responsible for the operation of all youth care programs and issues in the 12 Boys Town USA sites around the country.
Every three years, the U.S. Air Force has "rotated" a new Jewish chaplain into the Greater Omaha area to provide services to its military personnel at Offutt Air Force Base. When Major Ira Flax leaves with his family in July for San Antonio, TX, it will be the first time in years that the base will be without a chaplain. And, according to local rabbis, educators and friends, Rabbi Flax's departure will be a huge loss to the Omaha Jewish community. To celebrate his three years of community service, a dinner will be held Thursday, June 1, 6 p.m., in the Jewish Community Center auditorium, prior to the Friedel Jewish Academy graduation program. The dinner is sponsored by the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, the College of Jewish Learning, the Jewish Federation of Omaha, the Henry Monsky Lodge of B'nai B'rith and the Friedel Jewish Academy. In addition, all the rabbis and synagogues are cosponsors, including: Beth El, Beth Israel, Beyt Shalom, Temple Israel and Chabad of Nebraska; Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbi Paul Drazen, Rabbi Mendel Katzman, Rabbi Howard Kutner and Rabbi Debbie Stiel. Organizing the event are: Gary Javitch, President of Monsky Lodge; Steve Riekes, College of Jewish Learning; and Michael Linn, Headmaster of Friedel. The dinner is $10 per person. For reservations, call: Laurie Grasso in the Federation Foundation "Office by May 30 at 334-6439. ,, /.
According to Rabbi Paul Drazen of Beth El.Synagogue, Rabbi Flax's presence here "shows what happens when you have someone at Offutt whose cooperative spirit brings the military and civilian communities together. Rabbi Ira Flax There's no question that he will be missed," Rabbi Drazen added. In addition to his duties as an Air Force Chaplain, Rabbi Flax taught the Derekh Torah class for Jewish Educational and Library Services and lectured for the College of Jewish Learning. The Derekh Torah class is aimed at Jews who wish to deepen their understanding of Judaism and for non-Jews involved in interfaith relationships who are contemplating conversion. "The students who have been in Rabbi Flax's classes could not get enough of him," said Mike (Continued on page 11)
YWCA honors eight women, including Amy Friedman and Judy Gotsdiner by Holly Alexander
counsel to the companies' investment division, including the origination and maintenance of its $800. million commercial lending portfolio. Outside work, her life ' models her dedication to multicultural values. From an Asian Christian family, she is married to Gary Gotsdiner of European Jewish descent; the couple to Wednesday, June 7, adopted two Korean chil12:30 p.m., at the Holiday dren, Kate, 12, and JesInn Central, 72nd and salyn, 9. Grover. According to steerAs a commissioner ing committee chairman Pat appointed to the Nebraska Manion, "We have found Equal Opportunity Comthat May is so full of gradumission by Governor Ben ations that people feel there Nelson in 1997, she has are too many events and we Amy Friedman Judy Gotsdiner reviewed and rendered need to accommodate more received many awards for publications. decisions regarding cases of alleged discrimination than 700 people." Before joining Millard schools, Friedman was the throughout the state. She has also served as a volAmy Friedman was selected for the Communications Category. As a young mother, she co-authored State Communications Director for the American unteer with the Omaha YWCA and was elected to a parenting book with Karen Javitch, entitled Heart Association, where she designed major cam- the YWCA of the USA Board in 1996. Gotsdiner serves on the boards of the National Mother Knows Best, now in its second printing. She paigns on heart disease and stroke risk targeting currently works as Communications Director for women and African-Americans. In 1992, she won Conference of Community and Justice and the the Millard Public Schools, Nebraska's third the National Heart Association Roma Betts Award Omaha Children's Museum and is a past board memof Excellence, given to one communications director ber of United Way of the Midlands. She was honored largest school district. . as the Outstanding Asian Woman of the Year by the Friedman was responsible for the ad campaign each year. Friedman has also been active as a volunteer with Nebraska Women of Color Conference and has parfor the $89 million school bond issue in 1997. This was the largest bond issue ever proposed in the Jewish Family Service, the Henry Doorly Zoo and the ticipated in the Greater Omaha Chamber of state until that time. With "We Like Millard" as its Omaha Symphony. She and her husband, Sandy,, Commerce Leadership Omaha Program. Tickets for the event are $35 each. For more theme, and hundreds of volunteers, the bond issue have, two children, Andrea and Dustin. Attorney Judy Zaiman Gotsdiner is First Vice- information or to reserve, call the YWCA at 345passed with 52% voting in favor. As a result of the campaign, she was named Administrator of the president, counsel and assistant secretary at the 6555. Year by the Millard Education Foundation and has Mutual of Omaha Companies. She provides legal Eight "Women of Vision" will be honored at the annual YWCA Tribute to Women luncheon: Amy Friedman, Judy Zaiman Gotsdiner, Jane Hill, Kathleen Vance, Dr. Joanne R. Carlson, Pamela K. WatanabeGerdes, Mary M. HengBraun and Carol Russell. The event was moved from its traditional time in May
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SYLVIASTEIN Services for Sylvia Stein were held May 19 at Temple Israel Cemetery. She died at the age of 83. Parashat Bechukotai She was preceded in death by her husband, A key feature of these concluding chapters of the Daniel; and brother, Bernard Hahn. Book of Leviticus is the long section known as the Survivors include her children, Robert and Grace Tochecha (Warning/Rebuke/Admonition). of Omaha; Ronald and Kaelene of Tempe, AZ; Ellen In it, God tells us that following the command- and Jim Cohen of Scottsdale, AZ; Frances Stein of ments in the Torah will bring us peace, prosperity, Omaha; Gail Stein of Los Angeles; Geri and Stan happiness, and well-being. If we disobey them, Kiger of Omaha; Harold of Omaha; 10 grandchilhowever, we will suffer hardship, war, and discon- dren; three great-grandchildren; sister, Helen tent. And the more we stubbornly refuse to obey, Kirke of Omaha; and sister-in-law, Verna Hahn of the worse the consequences will be. Omaha. A too common-but lazy and superficial—way of Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home or thinking about this is to envisage a harsh, mean- Temple Israel. spirited, vengeful, and cruel God who must have His way or else He will punish those who dare defy Him. A more reflective, true perception, however, will bring insight, understanding, and a correct attitude of wonder and appreciation. The source of the difference is that there are two Congregational president Paul Epstein will prevery different senses in which the term "punishsent awards to Temple Israel volunteers Rick Fox, ment" is used. The negative perception about God Connie Kully, Patricia Newman and Stacey is based on the definition of punishment as a vengeful, ego-involved response to disobedience of Rockman at Temple Israel's annual meeting on Tuesday, May 30, 7:30 p.m. one's expressed will. Election of officers and trustees will also take But there is an entirely different definition. place. For information, call the Temple office at In this view, punishment is seen to be the nega556-6536. tive consequence of a wrongful choice, the natural result of cause and effect. Because there are laws of physics, if one attempts to "defy" gravity by stepping off a cliff, one will get hurt. So, too, will one get hurt by stepping off social or ethical "cliffs." Judaism's view of reality (apparent in the very by OzzieNogg foundations of the Creation story) is that existence When Beth El Synagogue offers its Tikkun Liel is founded on orderly processes of law. Shavuot on Thursday, June 8, the traditional Creation is a rejection of chaos, and thus makes late-night study session will include selections that science-and, indeed, all learning-possible. The are anything but ordinary.. physical sciences (physics, chemistry, mathematAccording to Rabbi Paul Drazen, "Our intention . ics) and the social sciences (psychology, sociology, is to offer "God pictures" from within our tradition anthropology) are possible because of the underly- as well as to examine some of the different words ing orderliness of the universe. To this Judaism and sounds people use to express their coming face adds that there are just as surely ethical and moral to face with God—from chanting the text of Ezekiel laws in the universe;-reflections of the God who ' to the rhythms of 'spiritual' music performed by created it. As God is Kadosh (holy)-essentially Beth El's Revelation Revival Singers. The program referring to justice and loving kindness—so too also features The Moses Monologue and a fascinatmust God's universe include those principles in the ing look at God in the comics. All of this will help very warp and woof of reality. The nature of objec- us focus on our personal view of God as we celetive reality is a reflection of the Divine One who brate Shavuot." . created it. Conformity with what is true, living in Beth El's four-part Shavuot evening observance harmony with reality, then, will bring balance and will start with the Revelation and Revival Review "centeredness" to one's, life. at 7 p . m . , followed by Shavuot services at . The Tochecha section thus reflects a sublime 8:45 p.m. Cheesecake Dessert Time will follow, truth. Rather than being mean-spirited, it is rather and the informal tikkun study sessions will start at a sign of God's goodness, for it represents a type of approximately 10 pan. "owner's manual" for the world. Reward and punThe Tikkun Liel Shavuot, sponsored by Beth El's ishment, based on our ethical behavior, are an Adult Education Committee, is free and open to the inherent part of Nature, reflecting the just and community. merciful nature of God who created it. The random variable in all this is the human being. Divinely endowed with free will, we have been granted freedom of choice. This is truly the great human experiment. We have to be cognizant, however, that we operby Lois Wine ate in a world of cause and effect. Millennia ago, Jewish Senior Services/Rose Blumkin Jewish our Sages recognized not only that reward and punishment are usually "midah k'neged midah" Home will host its annual volunteer recognition ("measure for measure^), but also the psychological and L.O.V.E. Installation on Sunday, June 4. The truth that "Mitzvah goreret mitzvah; aveirah gor- noon luncheon, to be held in the J.C.C. auditorieret aveirah." ("A worthy deed leads to another um,.will honor more than 100 volunteers who have worthy deed, a transgression leads to another given thousands of hours throughout the year and transgression.") The build-up of habit strength- on "Switch Day." Eve Handelman will entertain on froni neurons to individuals to groups to whole the clavinova. For reservations or information, call chairman societies-is a fact of life. Ellene Edelstein at 333-7455. God's will is not neutral. God desires-even commands-us to choose righteousness. The Tocheicha, then, is akin to a loving parent warning his/her headstrong child not to run into the street, lest the child be hurt by a car. If we heed God's generous warning, we must respond by building communities of worth and encouraging one another toward ethical improvement. As we will say when we finish this book of the Torak "Chazak, chazak, v'nitchazeikF ("Be strong, be strong, and let us strengthen each other!") Rosenbaum
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t N E 68104-5013 FRIDAY: Shabbat service, 8 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and Dr. Michael Walts will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will give the sermon. Torah reader is Will Wallace. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Women of Reform Judaism. SATURDAY: Bagels and Bible, 9:30-10:15 ajn.; Shabbat morning service, 10:30 a.m. 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. Make a reservation at the Temple office. ADULT EDUCATION WEDNESDAY, May 31: Midrashah, 10 a-m. THURSDAY, June 1: Sisterhood Adult Education, 10-1130 ajn. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel will teach "Scattered Among the Nations—Documents Affecting Jewish History~49 to 2000 C.E."; Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class, 7-8 p.m. TOT SHABBAT FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 7 p.m., a short service of song and prayer, followed by cookies and juice. Toddlers through children in the primary grades are encouraged to bring their families. SATURDAY, JUNE 3, Erica Michelle langnns, daughter of Shari and Alan L. Langnas, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service. CONPmMATION Thursday, June 8, 7:30 p.m. Join our confirmands, their families and friends, in this Shavuot service. Confirmands are: Lauren Elise Feigin, Igor Ginzburg, Max David Goldberg, Nicholas Evan Jacobson, Rachel Lynn Javitch, Stephen Allen Sternberg, Adam Nathaniel Waldbaum, Andrew John Weinberg, and Aaron Jacob Wolfson. Following the service, the confirmands' parents, Judith Feigin and Philip Feigin, Laurie and Paul Gerber, Larisa and Arkadiy Ginzburg, Jennine and -Marvin Goldberg, Sheila Lee and Mark Jacobson, Karen and Gary Javitch, Mary and Walter Sternberg, Nath and Jon Waldbaum, Babs and Mike Weinberg, and Sara and Doug Wolfson invite everyone to a special Oneg Shabbat.
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Anna Turetsky, daughter of Margaret and Lazar Turetsky, will become a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, June 3, at Beth El Synagogue. Shayna is a seventh grade superior honor student at Kiewit Middle School. She enjoys dance, art, literature, shopping and spending time with her friends. She was selected to participate in the ml ^ u ^ e University Talent 1 I 'Si Identification Program and recieved state recognition. Grandparents are Ruvim Turetsky of Omaha and the late Rosa Turetsky, Zoya Spitseroy of New York and the late Yefim Spitserov.
UNO Television crew travels to Morocco
A production crew from UNO Television at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNOmaha) will travel to Morocco this week through June 8 to document a religious conference on the peaceful coexistence of Muslims, Christians and Jews in that country. The conference is sponsored by the Henry Luce Forum in Abrahamic Religions, a joint project of the University of Hartford and Hartford FRIDAY: Shabbat in the Home. Seminary. Dr. Richard Freund, with UNO's Religious School: Summer Vacation. Classes Bethsaida Excavations Project and the Maurice resume August 20. Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the FRIDAY, June 2: Tot Shabbat at 7 p.m. University of Hartford, is one of the coordinators-of the tour. Since 1996, the University of Hartford's ' , ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME , . | Greenberg Center and the Hartford Seminary's FRIDAY: Services, 7 p.m., led by Nancy Rips MacDonald Center have engaged in a project SATURDAY: Services, 9 a.m., led by Steve which studies the relationships of Jews, Christians Riekes. Members of the community are welcome. and Muslims in modern society. UNO's Services are held in the Herbert Goldsten Chapel, International Studies and Programs department followed by Kiddush. A memorial service is held on has also been involved in this effort. The project the last Shabbat of each month, in memory of resi- will culminate with a study tour of Morocco where dents who have died. . Jews, Christians and Muslims have been interacting peacefully for over 1,000 years. The two-week trip will take the crew to the cities MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES of Casablanca, Marrakesh, Fez and Rabat. The The annual Memorial Day ceremony will be conference will include tours of Jewish, Christian held Sunday, May 28,11 a.m., at the Jewish and Muslim shrines and sites that date back huncemetery in Council Bluffs. dreds of years. Seventy-four people from 11 states Sponsored by Irving Cohen Lodge of B'nai will attend the conference. The Nebraska delegaB'rith and the B'nai Israel Synagogue, services tion includes: Thomas Gouttierre, Dean, will be led by Lloyd Krasne and Ben Schneider. International Studies and Programs, and Edith Krasne is the giieBt speaker. University of Nebraska regents Nancy O'Brien and The entire community is invited. Don Blank.
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Let's face it; volunteers are pretty hard to come by these days. More and more women (who used to make up the core of volunteers) have gone back to work, either full or part-time. However, a recent survey noted that the highest number of volunteer hours are put in by part-time working mothers! Guess the old adage, "ask a busy person" still holds true. There are other groups of volunteers that organizations and synagogues should be courting. More and more retirees are living longer and healthier lives. Now there's a pool ol people who could be approached for a variety of tasks. After all, they have the experience and the time. And don't forget our teens! Many ol them are now required by their high schools to donate a minimum numbei of hours for community service in order to graduate. We're fortunate to already have quite a few of them volunteering in the Child Development Center's summer camps, at Friedel, and at the Blumkin Home. Add your thanks to the volunteers whose names and photos appear in the pages of the Jewish Press. Ask them about their experiences and how satisfying their volunteer efforts have been. Perhaps you, too, may want to join the ranks of the dozens of men, women and teens who are enhancing Jewish life in Omaha!
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To say "Shabbat Shalom" or not to say "Shabbat Shalom"? That is the question a religious Jew in Israel faces whenever he or she passes a secular Jew on Shabbat. It is customary to greet one another with "Shabbat Shalom," and ordinarily I have no hesitation saying so whenever I pass a religious Jew. I know that a religious Jew will accept my greeting in the spirit of mutual religious fellowship. But things get trickier if I am faced with a secular Jew, Will that person take my greeting as a rebuke? After all, my Shabbat is not their Shabbat. If I am walking to synagogue on Saturday morning and pass someone who is washing their car, maybe they will take my good-intentioned "Shabbat Shalom" as a sarcastic criticism of their Shabbat? Of course, secular Israelis (unlike secular Jews outside of Israel) are regularly greeted with "Shabbat Shalom"~by other secular Israelis that is. Secular Israelis, by virtue of the fact that they speak Hebrew and live in Israel, have a concept of Shabbat (whether it be a day of rest and relaxation or also a day for spiritual and emotional fulfillment), and if they are on friendly terms with one another they wish each other a "Shabbat Shalom." For the secular, the Shabbat Shalom greeting is an act of friendship and as such it is usually offered only to friends and acquaintances, but not to strangers. (In general, I think Americans-especially those living in small communities-are much better at greek ing passing strangers. On my many walks to synagogue in Omaha on Saturdays, just about everyone whom I passed would say "good morning" to me.) ; For the religious person, the "Shabbat Shalom"
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greeting goes deeper. For many, it is an affirmation of a shared testimony to God the Creator and to a commitment to the traditions of the Jewish people. The greeting also carries with it elements of benediction and prescription. One is wishing the other person success in creating a holy Shabbat experience for themselves. I once heard of a rabbi who advised his students to just say "Shalom" when they passed a secular Jew on Shabbat. For me, this would either do too little or too much. I would feel awkward Baying "Shalom" to a stranger, and if I knew the person, "Shalom" would not feel like enough of a greeting. My solution has been to follows the practice of the secular world in this case. When faced with a secu- lar Jew on Shabbat, if I am even mildly acquainted with the person, I wish them "Shabbat Shalom " (and inevitably they return the greeting in friendship), and if the secular person is a stranger to me, I just pass them by. I am not all that happy with my solution to the Shabbat Shalom greeting problem, however. Whenever I pass another human being I would like to greet them in some way, to make some kind of connection with them. This holds true for weekdays as well as holy days. Each time I pass a person the way I would an inanimate object, I feel empty and sad. And on Shabbat, this empty feeling is accentuated because it stands in contrast to the Shabbat spirit that I would like to experience. If I am unable to greet everyone with a "Shabbat Shalom," I feel that my Shabbat is imperfect. I guess that in this unredeemed world, even a taste of eternity has its limitations.
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Be careful of what you wish for, runs the old saying, you just may get it. It is applicable to today's Israel and is casting a pall of gloom over the country. The wish was to get out of Lebanon and, within weeks, we will be out of Lebanon. The wish was to make a deal with the, Palestinians—we may make a deal with them in the next several months. The wish was to make a deal with Syria—but t h a t , in the minds of the Israeli majority, will hopefully not occur-at least not soon. The pullout from Lebanon will put Hezbollah within earshot of places like Metulla and Manara. Haifa will be within katushya range. At some points along the border, Lebanon and Israeli villages a b u t each other. The hope was t h a t the Lebanese pullout would be part of a package deal with Syria and that as part of that package the Syrians would control the Hezbollah. This did not and will not happen-at least not in the near term. So people are extremely worried that the pull out will make the northern border more violent rather than less and, in the end, we will have to re-enter Lebanon with a massive military offensive—an offensive of even greater intensity than the original incursion. A gloomy prospect indeed. •,.••.....-. The gloom over the Palestinian negotiations goes even deeper. There are large segments of the Israeli population, and not just those on the right, who r e m a i n convinced t h a t eventually the Palestinians and Israel will go to war over the status of Jerusalem. The Israeli and Palestinian positions on the city seem like the unstoppable object running head on (Continued on page 5)
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When criticism is not enough: strengthening the synagogue
Our man in Israel
by Rabbi Jerome Epstein
lead to a massive armed struggle. So there is much pessimism. And the pessimism extends not only to the peace process but also to the growing divisions between the Orthodox and non-Orthodox worlds in this country-but that is another story altogether. But I, for one, do not share the gloomy assessments. There are risks in the Lebanese pull out to be sure. But despite the rhetoric of the Lebanese there are reasons to believe that the situation will be controlled. The biggest problem or dilemma as I see it is our moral obligation to the South Lebanese Army which has loyally fought along side of us and sustained enormous casualties. We have an enormous moral obligation to protect them after we pull out. With respect to Jerusalem, there are arrangements which can work out. It will take more time and more patience on everyone's part. The possible compromises have been discussed over the years. I, myself, have attended a number of seminars on the subject-not as a participant but only as a listener. There are Talmudic tractates which admonish us to be optimistic and so, despite the feeling of gloom and foreboding, I so remain.
Synagogues are vulnerable and easy to attack. Anti-Semites, motivated by hate, attack the synagogue using physical weapons. But many Jews attack the synagogue as well~if only with verbal harangues. These critics explain that they are motivated by love. Over the past five years, criticism of synagogue life has intensified. This criticism has not gone unheeded. The synagogue community is aware of the need for improvement, recognizing shortcomings and acknowledging the need for greater vitality. Yet while we agree that synagogue life is not all that it should be, attacks on the synagogue-however loving or well meaning-frequently are not helpful.
k Some synagogue leaders have, ! become defensive. There is a i'great deal that synagogues are dofng that is positive, and it is \ 'finportant to recognize the won- j " *rjrfi4lcontributions thatsyna- i go&ues from all streams)of\ Jewish, life are making to the i ivis-of their cdngfegants. ' 'j Are all Jews enriched by the religious services of their congregations? No, but many are. Is every synagogue member stimulated by his or her shul's educational program? Certainly not, yet many learn a good deal. Is every congregant touched by the rabbi or cantor? No, but many are truly moved. The task for the synagogue is to build upon its successes to create an institution that will, more effectively, meet its mission of enriching the lives of its congregants. Astute observers have made meaningful suggestions to transform synagogue life. Foundations have established creative endeavors that are seeking to re-engineer the synagogue. Significant funding is generating surveys and studies that will, hopefully, point to improved ways for synagogues to enrich lives. • These efforts must be applauded. The synagogue has great potential, and the continued development of new approaches can be useful. But we do not have to wait. There are steps that can be taken now to begin to fix the problem. • First, we must begin to acknowledge the wonderful accomplishments of our synagogues. By constantly focusing on their shortcomings, we mistakenly give the impression that synagogues are ineffective. Synagogues meet the needs of many. If they do not meet our needs, it may be the fault of the institution or it may be our own fault. To get something out of the synagogue, you must be willing to put something into it. • Second, synagogues require more funding. If you ask the average synagogue leader what the congregation needs most, the answer most certainly would be "money." Clearly, money--in and of itself-will not make the synagogue better. But most synagogues have dreams and visions that cannot presently be implemented simply because the requisite financial resources are not available. Most synagogues want to be creative. But without funding, it is impossible to test new initiatives, let alone implement them. In order for an institution to grow, it must be able to take risks. Not all endeavors will succeed. But when they do, funding must be available to institutionalize them. • Third, synagogues require more staff. Congregational leaders know that personal outreach is what influences people, and personal outreach is dependent upon human resources. Synagogues rely upon dedicated staff and spiritual leadership. Unfortunately, there is too much to do and too few people to do it. If we want synagogues to meet their potential and our needs, the Jewish community must seek ways to enhance current synagogue staffing so that the more passive synagogue center can become the more active synagogue mentor. •' • Fourth, we know that rabbis and cantors need time to be creative, just as educators and adminis-
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trators require time to influence the individual. In order to make our synagogue leaders more effective, we must increase their number. To expect synagogues to enrich Jewish living without an adequate number of skilled and caring individuals to personally touch congregants is totally unrealistic. The synagogue is a communal institution. It meets needs of members and non-members alike. Rabbis and cantors represent Jewish life to the community at large. They are more than synagogue functionaries. Educators-formal and informal-as well as synagogue executives exert an influence far beyond the walls of the building in which they work. Clearly, the synagogue reaches many Jews who do not support it. Increasingly, synagogues have been the subject of criticism. We in the synagogue community take it to heart; for we truly want to increase our contribution to Jewish life. But it is important to remember the following: While it remains the responsibility of the community to urge us to excellence, it is also the challenge of the community to help provide synagogues with the resources we need to respond to this criticism, . • • ' - • ' • • It is only in this way that we will move forward together, shaping the kind of Jewish life so keenly desired by those committed to the survival and growth of the Jewish people.
Rabbi Epstein is the Executive VicePresident of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the association.of Conservative congregations.
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OK, everybody, pay attention now. If s time to stop looking at those planters with nothing in them but dried, brown roots and change them into beautifully planted spring arrangements. You know the ones I mean-those pathetic things by your front door, and the ones hanging from that hook. I know the rule, unspoken though it may be: never plant anything before Mother's Day. There are those who believe to do so would be a sure way to cause a late frost, thereby killing everything just planted! I don't necessarily subscribe to that rule. Actually, it's usually a matter of getting around to it while constantly reminding myself: it's time, if s time; plant already! So, according to the calendar, it's ok now to go ahead and finally do it. I've had a teenager on my little patio raking out last year's junk and trimming here and there. He got most everything done, as requested, including pulling up a perennial I was so proud of. He trimmed the shrubs, after asking what shape I wanted them... "round or square?" When he finished, they were neither, but looked better anyway. (Kind of reminded me of a friend who always asked, "How do you want your steak, rare, medium or well done?" Then she'd do them all the same time and present the meat "just like you wanted!") All of that notwithstanding, this is the day I've designated as "Planting Day." The first thing I need to do is organize. I need to round up my tools, the little stool I squat on (to save my knees), have the hose handy and some kind of container for the trash this will generate. Oh yes, I forgot one thing-I have to buy the plants! I've decided I don't want to do the same arrangement I've always done. You know the one-geraniums in the center and spikes and other stuff around them. I'm so tired of that look, even though I love it after everything takes hold and growth is thick and colorful. OK, ifs not written that I must do that design, is it? Fine. But if I don't, what will I plant in those old pots? Remembering that the summer sun will bake and blister whatever I choose, I take myself to the garden department, ready for any and all suggestions. That turns out to be a good idea, except for one thing. The expert who waits on me uses the proper botanical names when offering ideas and I don't know what she's talking about most of the time. In order not to look like an ignoramus, I don't necessarily admit this, which puts me at a real disadvantage. At the same time, I'm trying to see everything available and make some decisions. After I think I've found what I'd like, she says to me, "OK, what color combinations do you want to create?" Say what? Oh yeah, I get it.. .do I want to do the striking purple and pink and go for the dramatic, or do I want to just have a splash of color and hope for the best? I end up with a combination of a number of plants so attractive I can't choose between them. The trunk of the car has been prepared for the trip home, with plenty of brown paper covering everything. Of course, the first time I turn a corner something will spill out and dirt will find its way under the brown paper. In addition, a couple of young plants will be dumped from their pots and will look terminal before I ever get them into their new bed. Are you getting the idea that I have little (or no) talent for doing this correctly? Do you know that I have a dear aunt who puts in magnificent gardens every year, mostly with her own strength, even though she's past the octogenarian status? She plans so carefully she can look out of any window, and see flowers, all summer long. This is my genetic background and I still kvetch and carry on over my tiny garden efforts! Well, that's all the confessing I have time for. I've got a bunch of stuff in my garage, waiting for me. I keep saying it's not a good day to do this, or I don't have time right now, or it's going to rain any minute, but nothing helps. I still have to get those plants situated in the pots. By the way, have you got yours done or are you still procrastinating? I suppose yours were done so long ago they're already gorgeous. Whatever, this is how it is by me. But what the heck.. .it's springtime. Enjoy it, whether or not you're surrounded - by flowers when you sit on your patio or porch. As for the flowers, it's been my experience they come up and flourish in spite of me, so I don't worry about them anymore.
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Beth El group visits Israel: a land of miracles and contrasts by Ozzie Nogg
Day 10 Haifa. Ready, ready-and-a-half: the Bahai Shrine, Persian Gardens, Rosh Hanikra's Grottoes, the Lebanon Israel border, see the fighter jets, see the Israeli and UN soldiers. Jack swears he hears shots. To Akko, to Caesearea and back to Tel Aviv for the night. Are the rugeleh better in Haifa or in Tel Aviv's Machaneh Yehudah shuk? Do you notice how different Haifa and Tel Aviv are from Jerusalem? Not so religious. So much more western. Annie is counting all the mezuzot she's kissed. We're all counting the different kinds of toilet flushes - pull the chain, push the button, press your foot. How'd you like the Roman aqueduct? How about those unisex bathrooms? Israel. Contrasts and contradictions.
wit h a concert. All three sing like angels, including the father who is 87! Their harmony is a treat. Some of us now own AgamB. Gary now owns 11 Israeli kipppt.
Day 13 A visit to the Ayalon Institute. "Here," Ginger tells us with delight, "right under the noses of the British who were sympathetic to the Arabs, the Israelis built an underground factory for making bullets. Right here, under the floor of a laundry and Annie Belmont and Sarita Cooper pose with two Israeli soldiers. bakery, just a short Day 11 distance from the British railroad! pie are dancing Hebrew line dances. Ruins. Highrises. The feeling of being To Tel Aviv University and the They had to take elaborate measures Their faces, ages and the ways they with family. It will be difficult to describe or talk about. Diaspora Museum. Most complex to mask the sounds and hide the en- dress are so different. Again Dave says,. "There are so Lili agrees. "There is no way to exhibit of Jewish life in exile ever trances to the tunnels." many kinds of Jews. Such variety." explain to another what a trip to assembled. Visit the exact spot Someone asks, "But how did they It will take time to put all of this Israel is like," she says. where Rabin was assassinated in the get away with it?" We walk along the beach and sit on middle of Tel Aviv. Stop to watch a "To prevent anyone from spilling together. The land. The people. Their strength and determination. The the sand. The waves come in. The view big rally in front of a department _ the beans, store, both i ~ i ' • s g y y y ? T they posted food. The laughter. The Wall. Little of the Mediterranean is wonderful. Tomorrow we return home. Today, supporting signs that Arab kids. The feeling of Yiddishkite. a n d said 'Beware Yad Vashem. Soldiers. Masada. our dream has come true. protesting of foot and the peace mouth disprocess. ease.' Only "Yalla, the workers ya1 la," knew what Ginger the signs shouts. meant. The ;•:.-. In the bullets were rain we're shipped out ELECTION 2000 INFORMATION off to Jaffa, at night in a for the Jewish Federation of Omaha and its Centers of Excellence gasoline one of the t a nke r JOINT ANNUAL MEETING oldest cities truck. Raw in the Monday, June 26,2000-7:00 p.m. materials' world. came in Jewish Community Center, 333 South 132nd Street Lunch int h r o,u g h NOTE: Nominations of additional candidates for officers and board positions for the Federation must be side the handled by. written petition signed by at least 15 Federation members and filed with the Federation Secretary compartbus is pizza : no later than June 19,2000. The candidates must endorse Ihe petition. ; ments in and- cocoNominees as presorted by (he Fedcmtvn and Center of Excellence Nominating Ommltieesi milk cans. nut-strawJEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA The people OFFICERS & CHAIRMEN: berry-milk Standing, from left: Jerry Ferenstein, Jack not working President .Forrest Knitter s h a k e s . Belmont, Cantor Emil Berkovits, Annie in the bullet Vice President/Secretary Robert Lepp Vice President Jane Rips Back to the Belmont, David Finkle, Rocky Lewis, Ken factory were Vice President : Suzanne Singer hotel. Some Weiner, Joye Wees, Elizabeth Wees, Steve known as Treasurer Dob Eisenhcrg Past President Howard Kooper of our Wees, Nancy Ferenstein, Gary Epstein and Foundation Chairman Michael Erman group r e . Sarah Cooper. Kneeling, from left: Dave S i r a f f e s Budget and Allocations Chairman Arnold Weitz Building and Grounds Chairman Sorin Juster Cooper, Katherine Schneider, Lili Berkovits because they Marketing Committee Chairman Margo Rickes couldn't see. '• States later and Judi Finkle. Young Jewish Omaha Chairman Stacie Brodkey Overseas/Israel Chairman Zoli Rickes what was to-night. Sumptuous food. Monstrous Planning & Evaluation Chairman StevePillor below them. Those in the factory were, Director Paul Shykcn servings and huge ice cream sundaes. Jewish Press Chairman Lloyd Roitstcin course, called moles. If discovered," Everyone is there. Ginger. Reuven of JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Ginger continues, "the penalty was OFFICERS: and his wife. A very happy group cel- death. Now, yalla,: yalla yalla!" President Richard Jacohson ebration. We make toasts and recogVice President Bob Belgrade On to Kibbutz Yad Mordechai Vice President Gary Epstein nize Ginger for his constant good where Egyptian soldiers in tanks Vice President Roxunnc Kohn Vice President Jef f Kirshenhaum humor, and enthusiasm for history.- fought Israelis who defended the posiImmediate Post President Mark Sanford We kid him. ADL/CRC : tion armed only with Molotov cockOFFICERS: • • "What civilization is under this tails. This is the reality of battle. President Ann Goldstein restaurant, Ginger?" Vice President : Sara Juster From here, we can see the Gaza strip. Vice President Mimi Waldhauin Lunch in a bar overlooking the Past President Larry Raful Day 12 Member at Large Irv Yaffe Mediterranean. Smoked salmon and JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE A free day in Tel Aviv. Some shop. bagels are delicious. The sun shines OFFICERS: Some explore. We walk along the on the sea and the water sparkles like President Frank Flutowicz Secretary Stan Mitchell Mediterranean promenade. diamonds. Treasurer Stacie Spies-Matz Everywhere Lili stops, cats and Immediate Past President ;..... Gloria Kaslow Bullets and bagels. Contrast and JEWISH EDUCATIONAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES dogs jump up on her lap. contradictions. OFFICERS: President Jeff Smedlund Sarita connects with Israeli cousins Friday night. The Shabbat elevators Vice President-Library Services Nadine Kuuier that she knows only through letters. and Shabbat lights in the closets are Vice President-Educational Services Past President V Mitzi Delman Then to Bet Avot, an assisted living on duty. . JEWISH SENIOR SERVICES facility where Emil's parents live. OFFICERS: President.... ; .....:....... Silvia Roffmon Day 14 Shabbat Emil's brother, a cantor in New First Vice President Joun Bernstein Sleep late. Have lunch. We take a long Jersey, is also visiting and the three Second Vice President ; .........;.. Yale Richards Secretary Mort Glass Berkovits men are together for the walk along the beach and hear music. Treasurer John Lehr On a large patio, young and old peofirst time in years. They surprise us Past President Jurolii Kohll
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May 26 2000
Where are they now? by Mickey Greenberg
An enthusiastic'group of 535 people gave a standing ovation to former Omahan Marlyne Freedman at a recent Temple Chai Tribute dinner in Phoenix, AZ. It's not the usual thing experienced by Synagogue Executive Directors. But Marlyne Preedman, Executive Director of Temple Chai, is not exactly 'usual' either. The gala dinner in her honor filled the newly-expanded social hall to capacity, including members of Marlyne's family from all parts of the country, as well as many congregants who are identified as former Omahans. Marlyne's mother, Ruth Preedman, has been a Phoenix resident for 30 years. Marlyne's sons, Josh Protas and his wife, Abby, live in Tucson, as does her other son, Brandon. Her brother, Marvin Freedman, and his wife, Nancy (Richards), reside in Santa Monica. All were part of the festivities honoring Marlyne. Another brother, Sanford, : makes his home in Maine. Marlyne grew up in Omaha and attributes much of her personal success to those nurturing years. The daughter of Ruth and the late Irving Freedman (former owners of the Blackstone Pharmacy) received her early Jewish education at Beth El Synagogue where she was a close friend of Rabbi Kripke's family, particularly their daughter, Netta. An active member of Ediar chapter BBG, Freedman graduated from Central High School. During those high school years, she joined her friends in after school and Sunday activities in the old JCC at 20th and Dodge. "My strong sense of community and my commitment to Judaism came from those experiences," Freedman said, "and remained with me when I moved but of Omaha." The move out of Omaha began with her college education at the University of Missouri where she
was active in the Alpha Epsilon Phi Jewish sorori- sional staff who I am proud to call my friends. I am ty. Graduation from the University and a marriage, grateful that I have had the opportunity to conwhich has since been dissolved, brought her to tribute to their efforts to make Temple Chai a star in the Phoenix Jewish community." Freedman's contributions have been many and documented by laudatory messages from Rabbi Bill Berk, Assistant Rabbi Lisa Tsur and Cantor Sharona Feller, described as the "backbone of the synagogue who has made the Temple a 'hamish' place to learn and pray," all agree that Freedman has the unique gifts of wisdom, wit, compassion, commitment to Judaism and sensitivity to people which has endeared her to the entire congregation." A highlight of the event was a Torah Breast Plate, which was dedicated in.tier honor. On a lighter vein much reference was made to her large wardrobe of hats which she wears daily and expresses her unique individuality. Marlyne Freedman In her comments, Cantor Sharona Feller quipped Phoenix in 1969. Marlyne immediately involved herself in the Jewish community. She was active in in "how is it that everyone in the congregation Hadassah, helped establish the first Jewish Day seems to be from Omaha?" A quick review of the 950-family membership School in the area and served as president of the Young Leadership Division of the Phoenix Jewish revealed that the following former Omahans are Federation. Her success in "doing Jewish" did not part of the Temple Chai family. Gary and Marilyn go unnoticed. A single mother with two small sons, Colick; Beth Crandell; Sol and Mona Crandell; Dan Freedman was employed full time in the business Fox; Alan and Cindy Greenberg; Mickey and Mort world, but managed to find the time and energy to Greenberg; Bernarr and Sally Jonis, Karen (Wine) continue her voluntary contributions to the small, Johnson, Harry and Barbara Lewis; Beth (Somberg) Marsh; Selma Kreitman; Randi (Friedel) but growing, Jewish community. It was "meant to be" said Freedman about the Sherman; Marlon and Margie Somberg; Marilyn Temple Chai invitation in 1988 to be the first and Bill Waserkrug; Harvey and Pauline Wine; Executive Director of the young reform congregation. Sandy (Bernstein) and Gregg Meyerson; Seline and "Although it meant leaving a much better paying Larry Bushkin. In answer to Cantor Feller, it is fair to note that job for one which would involve long hours and many difficulties, I knew it was where I was meant not all of the hundreds of former Omahans living in to be. I've never regretted- that decision for one Phoenix belong to Temple Chai. But most would agree that Temple Chai won the cream of the crop minute," she said. < "I am honored to work with an incredible profes- when they got Marlyne Freedman.
NCJW installs board, honors volunteers
Left photo: National President of the National Council of Jewish Women Jan Schneidennan, second from right, presented the Hannah G. Solomon Award to Carol Bloch, left; the Emerging Leader Award to Susie Norton; and the Distinguished Service Award to Debbie Friedman. Right photo: Robin Spindler, left, and Linda Novak assisted Patricia Newman in planning the annual installation. .
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United Way h a s awarded Kate F e r e r a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of her Outstanding Service to the Community as a volunteer. Amy P e r i m e t e r , formerly of Omaha, h a s received her Masters degree in Social Work from Loyola University in Chicago. She completed her undergraduate work at the University of Kansas. She is currently associated with St. Joseph's Carondelet Child Center in Chicago where she serves as clinical therapist, specializing in individual and group counseling with children and juveniles with emotional and behavioral disorders. She is the daughter of Vicki Perimeter of Omaha and Jeff Perimeter of Phoenix. Grandparents are Roie and Bernie Meyers of Omaha and Jan and Stan Perimeter of Miami. . Courtney Rabb, a year 2000 graduate of Millard North High School, has been selected to receive the 2000 Millard Education Foundation Grace Abbott PTO Scholarship and the Peter Kiewit Middle School Scholarship. The daughter of Steve and Lori Rabb, she will attend Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, this fall. Jayme Tichauer, daughter of Carl and Gayle Tichauer, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota on May 14. She earned a B.A. in psychology with a minor in law and criminal deviance. She was also inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and will continue her educa-' * '* tion toward a career i n | forensic psychology. . She is the granddaughter of Lillian Lerman and Helena Tichauer. The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts announced its schedule of summer classes for children and adults. The one- and two-week sessions begin June 19 and include painting, sculpture, watercolor and tours. For more information, call Anne Alston at the Bemis School of Art, 344-2629. The Nebraska Humanities Council is seeking nominations for the Sower Award, which recognizes individuals, institutions, businesses and communities which have made significant contributions to public understanding of the humanities in Nebraska. To receive a nomination form, contact the NCH, 215 Centennial Mall South, Suite 225, Lincoln, NE 68508, or call 1-402-474-2131.
(Continued from page 1) She was also involved in supervision, training and evaluation of personnel. She has completed courses towards her D.Ed in Administration, Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, an MS in Urban Studies and BS in Elementary education from UNO. Novicoff can be reached at the JELS office, 3346560.
Community honors Flax—(Continued from page 1) Linn, Director of the College of Jewish Learning and the Friedel Jewish Academy. "His classroom style includes the ability to 'pull things' from his students so there's a real exchange of ideas. "And he's great with little kids, too!" Linn added, noting that Rabbi Flax has led morning services at Friedel, read Torah and taught many of the tunes used in the Shacharit service. Rabbi Flax was also the teacher and facilitator of the preparation classes last year prior to the 1999 ARTZA teen trip to Israel. He has spoken about being Jewish in the military for Beth El Men's Club, taught on a regular basis for Temple Israel Sisterhood Adult Education and has participated as a regular member of the Nebraska Rabbinical Council. "I could not have wished for a more wonderful experience in Omaha had I grown up here," Rabbi Flax said about his three years here. "It has been great career-wise in the opportunities I've had at Offutt and 'little Omaha' has afforded me and my family some experiences, like day school education, that have not been available in the other cities where we've lived. Rabbi Flax, his wife, Vicki, and their two children, Debra and Ben, will move to San Antonio in July, where Rabbi Flax will 'become the Jewish chaplain at Lackland Air Force Base. "I hope friends and colleagues will stay in touch," he added, noting that Omaha has become their "home away from home." .<••••. Following the dinner, Rabbi Flax will speak at the annual graduation for the Friedel Jewish Academy. The ceremony starts at 7:30 p.m. in the JCC Theater; the community is welcome.
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Beth El Synagogue's Annual Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, June 11, at 7 pan. The evening will include the election of new officers and Board of Trustees, a dessert reception, plus a special Beth El version of "Do You Want To Be a Millionaire?" The following slate of synagogue officers and board members will be presented: President: Howard Epstein; Vice-presidents: Richard Felhnan, Carol Gendler and Michael Linn; Secretary: Hyman Sukiennik; Treasurer: Ron Feldman. Current Board of Trustee members nominated for a second two-year term are: Caryl Greenberg, Myron Kaplan, Kim Novak and Marcia Pitlor. New Board of Trustee members nominated for a two-year term are Barbara Gottlieb, Cheryl Lerner, Steve Riekes, Marty Shukert, Harry Weiner and Sally Zipursky. Bruce Friedlander' served as chairman of the Nominating Committee, which included Dick Fellman, Sara Juster, Marty Shukert, Cheryl Cooper, Alan Goodman, Howard Kaplan and Eadie Tsabari. Beth El's Annual Meeting is under the chairmanship of Barbara Gottlieb.
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Novicoff appointed— Amy Bresel, daughter of Marge and Jim Bresel, was recently inducted into the Jr. National Honor Society at King Science School. She is the granddaughter of Myra and Leo Sivin and Jean and Morris Bresel, all of Omaha.
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Preschoolers graduate from JCC's Child Development Center
I Top left and right: Children performed for parents, teachers and friends at the CDC graduation last Friday. Lower left: JCC Assistant Director Corey Kirshenbaum hands a 'diploma' to a preschool graduate. Lower right: the graduates and other preschoolers gathered on the stage of the JCC Theater under an arch of balloons. The following children have graduated from the Child Development Center at the Jewish Community Center: Olivia Baker, Sara
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