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Women's Symposium'99 honored with Community Service Award by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director
• Women's Symposium '99 will be awarded the shops focusing on important aspects of a woman's 1999 Community Service Award, presented to life within Judaism and the Jewish Community. The program exceeded all expectations by gatherJewish Family Service at the Federation's Annual ing 148 participants. The women chose from a Meeting, Monday, June 26, 7 p.m., in the selection of nine workshops on a variety JCC Theater. of topics. Each workshop was faciliWomen's Symposium '99 was a tated by an expert in the field unique, issue driven program that with the perspective of a Jewish brought together women from woman. all segments within the Omaha Jewish community The highlight of the day to discuss, problem solve, was a luncheon keynote learn more about their address, "A Tale of Two personal choices, and Cultures: Jewish Women • think about solutions to in America Today," by dilemmas faced by all at Esther Perel, an interone time or another in nationally-known theratheir lives. pist who focuses her work on helping famiCo-chaired by Carol lies and individuals Bloch and Gloria solve problems and cope Kaslow, coordinated by with change. Jewish Family Service, Displays by numerous and funded by the Jewish organizations proHerbert Gold-sten Trust, vided networking opportuthe Gertrude T. Newman nities and volunteer options and Albert B. Newman available in our community. Endowment Fund, all of the In addition to the awards, area synagogues, Jewish community volunteers will be women's organizations, and all of honored and new Federation offithe Federation Centers cers and board members will be Excellence, this event was the culminainstalled. tion of a year of planning. For more information, please contact me at 334Volunteers and professionals alike joined forces to provide a day filled with discussions and work- 6431.
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Peace talks die with Assad until son gets grip on power by Gil Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA)-Peace talks between Israel Israel into withdrawing from southern Lebanon. Analysts say Bashar is unlikely to stray from the and Syria, already halted, will probably be put into a deep freeze, most Israeli analysts agreed this hard line his father set in negotiations with Israel. week following the death of Syrian President Hafez Hafez Assad had demanded a total Israeli pullback from the Golan Heights to the June 4,1967, lines. Assad. Knesset member Yuval Steinitz of the right wing I n the near future, one cannot speak of any peace process," said Eyal Sisser, head of the Syrian desk at Likud Party called Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak irresponsible "when he virtually pleaded the Dayan Research Center at Tel Aviv University. However, Sisser added that in the long run, Assad's with Assad to take the Golan Heights, even though death will contribute to the peace process because "a he had known that his days were numbered." • But others say that for the past two years, Israel new leader will be committed to change." Syria's new leader apparently will be Bashar strove to reach an agreement with Assad precisely Assad. On Sunday, Syria's ruling Ba'ath Party for that reason. Israeli intelligence believed that it nominated Bashar to succeed his father as presi- would be easier for Assad's successor to implement dent. The Syrian parliament will meet June 25 to . a peace agreement signed by Assad than to negotiate on his own, said Ze'ev SchifF, military analyst approve the nomination. Bashar, 34, was not in line for Syria's presidency for the Israeli daily Ha'aretz. However, despite Israel's willingness to make until six years ago. He was an ophthalmologist practicing in London in 1994 when his older broth- concessions, politicians and intellectuals on both er, Basil, was killed in an auto accident. Assad the right and left agree that Assad bore the responsummoned Bashar back to Damascus and began sibility for the futile peace talks with Israel. "We, Israelis, have no reason to shed tears over the grooming him as his chosen successor. "In the past six years, Bashar has managed to do death of Hafez Assad," said Nahum Barriea, a leadwhat others take 16 years," said Sisser. "He has ing columnist with the newspaper Yediot Achronot. "The man who missed all the trains and had jeopturned from an ophthalmologist into a division commander in the special forces of the Republican ardized all peace tracks in bis stubbornness and his hesitations has ended his role in the history qf the Guard." In the past two years, Bashar was responsible for Middle East." But Itamar Rabinovich, Israel's former ambasthe Lebanon portfolio in the Syrian government In his first media interview last year, he echoed his sador to the United States, a leading expert on father's line when he bitterly criticized Arab states Syria and former head of the Israeli negotiating that have signed "unilateral peace deals" with Israel. team in talks with Syria, did give Assad some credHe told a Lebanese daily that Syria was using it for having "rehabilitated in recent years die idea Hezbollah fighters as a bargaining chip to pressure of peace with Israel."
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comes to Temple by Iris Ricks Corinne Stavish, renowned Jewish storyteller and workshop leader, will be the special guest at Temple Israel's Shabbat service on Friday, June 23, at 8 p.m. The inspiration I to tell stories came to Stavish in her Evanston, IL, synagogue about 20 years ago. Listening to a Jewish storyteller at services, plus her involvement in her synagogue, contributed to her interest in this | ancient tradition. Tve always had' Corinne Stavish a propensity for drama", said Stavish, who has a degree in Speech and Theater from the University of Illinois, and a graduate degree in Performing Arts from Northeastern Illinois University. Her strong background in comparative literature and folklore shows in stories and articles published in national journals and in her new book of Jewish folktales, Seeds from Our Past: Planting for the Future. She also serves as Director of the Technical Communication Program at Lawrence Technical University in Southfield, Mich. , ' . ; •,'-;,• . Stavish practices her artistry throughout the United States and Canada. She was one of two Jewish storytellers at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN, last October. She is also a co-chair of the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE). Harlene Appelman, Director of the Alliance for Jewish Education of the Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit, calls Stavish ". . .a superb storyteller. . . one of the best intergenerational leaders, workshop leaders, performers and teachers in the United States." Stavish loves storytelling because "there's an immediacy between the teller and audience and a form of communication between both." Further, "I love to tell Jewish stories because they represent my heritage and the best of what I strive to be." Stavish will be in Omaha for the Nebraska Storytelling Festival at the College of St. Mary, 1901S. 72nd Street, from June 23-25. For further information about the festival, call 551-4532.
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PAYOCHMAN Fay Ochman of Chicago, IL. Survived by nieces: Shirley Fried and husband, Earl Givant of Ft. Worth, TX, Donna and husband, .Jerry Simmons of Long Beach, CA, and Lillian Dolgoff of Dallas; cousin, Leah Zarkowsky of St. This week'B Torah portion, Nasso, describes the Louis, MO. Graveside services at Fisher Farm Cemetery offerings that the twelve tribal leaders of Israel brought for the alter beginning on the day the pending. Mishkan (Tabernacle) was consecrated. On each KEITH PELTZ tribe's appointed day, its leader brought a gift. The Services for Keith Peltz were held June 12 at Torah, ordinarily sparing in its use of words, enumerates every detail of each tribe's offering, even Golden Hill Cemetery. He was 94. though all the gifts are exactly the same. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy. Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, There are twelve different paths by which a Jewish person can become closer to G-d, corre- Lorraine and Arthur Stein of Omaha, and Rita and sponding to the twelve tribes of Israel. Each tribe Tom Thomas of Dundee, IL; grandchildren and followed a unique path in its service of G-d. Each spouses: Richard and Diane Stein, Bob and Susan leader dedicated the alter according to his own Stein, Mark and Susi Stein, David and Julie Stein, manner of spiritual service. Katy, Sari and Colleen Thomas, and Ralph : Despite the uniqueness of each offering, and the Thomas; and 11 great-grandchildren. Memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue or the Rose spiritual path which each represented, they were considered to be communal offerings. They were Blumkin Jewish Home. brought, not on behalf of the individual, but on MOLLIE COOIICK behalf of all the Jewish people. It is for this reason, explains the Midrash, that the Torah does not disServices for Mollie Coolik of Atlanta, GA, were tinguish whose offering was brought on which day. held June 14 in Atlanta. She died June 12. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Ellen This juxtaposition of the uniqueness of the individual and the equality of the collective whole is and Richard Slosburg of Omaha; daughter, Carol mirrored in the fact that the tribal leaders' spiritu- Ginsberg of Phoenix; son, Stuart Ginsberg of al intentions were unique while the actual physical Marietta, GA; two grandchildren, Jacob and Rachel offerings were the same. This is also true of the Slosburg of Omaha; and sister and brother-in-law, Jewish people; each Jewish person is unique and yet allJews are equal. These are certain qualities which all Jews share equally. And, there are also other qualities within each Jew which are uniquely personal. However, even the uniquely personal qualities can lead to • by Ozzie Nogg _^ unity among the Jewish people. How so? By all of us realizing that all the Jews need each other, and At a May 21 breakfast meeting, Lynne Shkolnik that only by binding ourselves with our fellow Jew was chosen to serve as President of the newly reorcan we be complete. ganized Beth El Synagogue Sisterhood. Other offiThe dedication gifts from the tribal leaders, men- cers are Kristy Leahy, Vice-president, and Kim tioned above, were offered in a similar manner. Novak, Secretary. The position of Treasurer will be Each leader brought his tribe's gift in a unique way filled soon. During the meeting, the group also made plans on a separate day. However, each of these offerings was imbued with, and accompanied by, the feeling for upcoming projects and programs, which include that this offering was also a communal offering- the annual Beth El Picnic scheduled for later this united with all the other leaders and tribes. summer. Another planning meeting is set for Sunday, June 25, 10 sum., at the synagogue. All Beth El . CENTRAL women are invited and encouraged to come and AIR CONDITIONING CLEAN AND CHECK add their ideas to the mix. PERFORM COMPLETE SYSTEM : For more information, call Lynne Shkolnik at CHECK TO INCLUDE: • Clean and Inspect conden691-9409. by Rabbi Mendel Katzman Chabad of Nebraska
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Beth Israel Synagogue will host a Rosh.Chodesh luncheon on Saturday, July 1, immediately following ShabboS morning services. Rosh Chodesh, translated as "head of the month," marks the new moon at the beginning of each month on the Hebrew calendar. The arrival of the new moon is an occasion for special prayers and celebrations. Rosh Chodesh for the month of Tammuz will be announced at Shabbos morning services on July 1, and the Birkat Ha Kodesh, the prayer for the new month, will be recited. Rosh Chodesh Tammuz actually falls on Monday, July 3 and Tuesday, July 4. Cost for the luncheon, chaired by Georgia Ann Steinberg, is $7 for adults, $4.60 for children ages 4-12, and free for children under 4. Please make your reservations with the office at 556-6288, or. e-mailBethIsrael@novia.net. Foster Parenting... The hardest Job you'll ever love!
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Omaha, NE 68154-1980 FRIDAY: Cantor Jennifer Blum will lead a Shabbat Service at Remington, 3:45 p.m.; Family Shabbat services, 7:15 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and Cantor Jennifer Blum will officiate. Rita Paekowitz, master storyteller, is guest speaker. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Stade and Bob Bleicher in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Jeremiah. • SATURDAY: Bagels and Bible, 9:30-10:15 ajn.; Shabbat morning service, 10:30 a.m. Jeremiah Aaron Bleicher will become a Bar Mitzvah. SITTER SERVICE-During the month of June, sitter service is available each Friday evening and Saturday morning for worship service. Cost is $2 per family. Make a reservation at the Temple office. Sorry, there are no facilities for infants. ADULT EDUCATION THURSDAY, June 22: Sisterhood Adult Education, 10-11:30 aan. 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.
Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. FRIDAY: Sabbath Eve service, 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah Study, 10 a.m.; Potluck/ game night, 6 p.m. Call Deborah Swearingen for information, 476-7528. . TUESDAY: Adult Education-Pirke Avot, 7 pan. WEDNESDAY: Temple Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m.; AA Meeting, Library, 7:30 pan.
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FRIDAY: the usual Sabbath observance at the synagogue will not be held this Friday, members are urged to carry on the tradition at home. Next week: Services, 7:30 p.m. Topic will be: "The story of the captive 'spy" Jews in Iran." Oneg will follow services. ,
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FRTOAY: Tot Shabbat, 7 pan. SATURDAY: Morning services at the Rose BlumMn Home Chapel, 9 aan. RELIGIOUS SCHOOL: Summer Vacation. Classes resume August 20. FRTOAY, June 23: Family Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 pan.
FREDAY: Shavuot Services, 9 a.m. SATURDAY: Shavuot/Yizkor Services, 9 a.m., led by Rabbi Maximo Shechet. Members of the community are welcome. Services are held in the Herbert Goldsten Chapel, followed by Kiddush. A memorial service is held on the last Shabbat of each month, in memory of residents who have died.
WEB-www,bethel-omahaU>rg • $j$k 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. FRDJAY: Services, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. Sarrae Crane, Director for Special Projects, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, will speak. Kiddush following services; Sitter service, 10 a.m.; K'tantan, 10:45 aan.; Shabbat Story time, 11 a m , ; Humash with Rashi study session, 8:25 p.m.; MinhaMa'ariv and Havdalah services, 8:55 pan. SUNDAY: Services, 9 aan.; Perek Yomi "Read a Chapter a Day" group, 10:15 aan. WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 pan.
Marc Cohen, son of Karla and David Cohen, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, June 24, at Beth El Synagogue. An eighth grade honor student at Russell Middle • School, he enjoys swimming, basketball, baseball,! computers, violin and camping. He plays on the football and track and field teams, and was selected; for both Computer team| and Journalism staff. Marc has two sistersj Dayna, 8 and Alyssa, 3. Grandparents are Marian and Jim Dunn of Schereville, IN. Great-grandmother is and Fritzi Alter of Des Plaines, IL. Stephanie J. Wilson, daughter of Linda and I Warren Wilson, will I become a Bat Mitzvah on I Saturday, June 24, at I Temple Israel. , . An eleventh grade stuIdent at North High I School, she is a member I of National Honor Society, Photo Editor on the Journalism Staff, ! Best cadet in class as well as Battalion Commander for JROTC, and Captain of the JV Cheerleaders. Stephanie has a brother, Andrew. Grandparents are Margaret Pascal of Omaha and Beatria Herskowitz of Phoenix, AZ.
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Random thoughts The following suggestions were heard recently in the halls of the Jewish Community Center, at services during Shavuot and just around town. Some were casual observations of Jewish life; other ideas just might be the solutions to issues facing the Jewish community. • "There are too few Jewish teens to separate into different religious high schools." Maybe it's time to think about conserving resources and creating one strong, united school. • "We can't find our way around!" With all the new construction on the 132nd Street campus and the moves by various Centers of Excellence into new offices, we should consider having a campus-wide open house this fall. Volunteers from the community could act as docents, taking groups from one end of the building to another. And the Jewish Press could publish a new building plan showing where each agency is housed.
• "We have a small pool of Jewish singles in Omaha; Kansas City has more. Can't we get them together?" Perhaps we can 'persuade' the Jewish community of Kansas City to host a series of Jewish singles programs, weekends, or Shabbatons. Its only a three-hour drive from Omaha and there might be singles in Lawrence, KS, Des Moines and Columbia, MO, who would be interested, too. • Speaking of Kansas City (and Des Moines)..."let's share speakers, musical groups and scholars-in-residence." Not only would we save money by sharing expenses, we might be able to bring even more visitors to Omaha and still stay within our budgets. • "We need more Jews here." Former Omahan Jonathan Rosenbaum, now head of Graetz College, once suggested we promote Omaha on both coasts. How "bout now? • What are your thoughts?
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'Non-negotiable' Jerusalem now being negotiated
Begin, Sadat a n d Carter
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JERUSALEM (JTA)-Commemorations marking Jerusalem Day went off as they usually do each year. Israeli politicians made their solemn declarations on Sunday that the city will remain forever united under Israeli rule; young Jews, most of them Zionist-Orthodox, marched through the city; Israeli police broke up altercations with Palestinian residents of the city, who felt no less than the marchers that the city belongs to them. But while all seemed the same, a great deal was different when Jerusalem Day was marked last week. Because this year, for the first time since the eastern portion of the city was liberated in 1967 by the Israeli army, the city's future is on the negotiating table. By all accounts, the negotiatorsIsraeli Public Security Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami and Ahmed Karia, the speaker of the Palestinian legislative council—have made little progress on the issue of Jerusalem. On Monday, in fact, Karia cited Jerusalem as one of the areas on which the parties are still far apart. But the fact that they are publicly acknowledging that negotiations are under way-on one of the issues they have previously characterized as non-negotiable -is itself a major development Ordinary people are now confronting tangible evidence that the rhetoric of politicians on both sideswho use words like "eternal," "exclusive" and "capitaT-can harbor several levels of meaning. On the Israeli side, people marking Jerusalem Day did so under the impression of media reports that proposals are on the table calling for a Palestinian flag to fly over the Al-
Aksa Mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, and for the Palestinians to have municipal self-rule in portions of the city. Israelis may not all agree with such proposals. But they can no longer delude themselves that the rhetoric of their political leaders truly reflects the diplomatic reality. Similarly on the Palestinian side, people protesting on Jerusalem Day under banners calling for all of pre1967 eastern Jerusalem to be the capital of a Palestinian state can hardly ignore the welter of media reports that Palestinian negotiators do in fact distinguish between Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the vast Jewish suburbs that have been built around Jerusalem since 1967. Realistically, those suburbs are not part of the negotiations; they are to remain Israeli. Regarding the West Bank settlements, on the other hand, the government of Prime Minister Ehud Barak is clearly prepared to relinquish dozens of them in the context of a final peace accord. Granted, there is no certainty that Israel and the Palestinians are on the verge of concluding such an agreement. Some Israeli policy-makers predict that the issues of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees will prove too intractable and that they will be suspended for several years to come-while all other matters, including borders, settlements and Palestinian sovereignty, are settled in the present talks. Whatever the outcome of U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's visit to the region this weekor of the three-way summit that President Clinton hopes to hold by month's end-Jerusalem is firmly on the table.
Haifa-The public here, which is constantly subjected to grim, not always pleasant news of military actions or political shenanigans, often finds relief in the human interest stories which crop up from time to time. Whether humorous or tragic, they provide diversion from concentration on the weighty problems of the day. Such a story attracted widespread attention not long ago when published in the daily Yediot Ahronot. The tale began on March 26,1979, when Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat and Jimmy Carter met in Washington and affixed their signatures to a document providing for peace between Israel and Egypt. Two weeks later, the government of Israel approved the agreement and, on April 1 of that year, it was ratified and went into effect. A spirit of euphoria swept over the land. There were problems that followed, including the painful evacuation of Yamit, but it appeared that the Middle East was at last on a path which would lead to peace and neighborly relations. Both Jews and Arabs in Israel were in a jubilant mood. It was at this time that Ibrahim alKadasa, a humble Arab plasterer living in Lod and his wife, parents of one boy, were expecting another child. Indeed, they had been warned that there would be more than one, but when the birth took place, during this historic period, three healthy boys came into the world. Entering into the spirit of the time, the father announced that he was naming his sons Begin, Sadat and Carter respectively. The piquant story captured headlines, and the three little ones were hailed as the "poster babies" of the new era. As we now know, the peace with
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Egypt has lasted for more than 20 years. It has not turned out to'be the warm peace which we had expected. I recall that my wife and I were among the very first Israeli tourists to visit Cairo, and we were impressed by the friendly welcome which we received from Egyptians wherever we went. Official policy was different, however, and though diplomatic relations were established, the mood and the atmosphere settled into what was termed the "cold peace." What ever happened to the three Al-Kadassa boys? An enterprising journalist, Zadok Yehezkieli, tracked them down. Two of them still lived in the run down slum quarter of Lod where they had been born. Their father had difficulty making a^living. Their mother had mental problems and was unable to raise the boys properly. Despite the publicity which the family had received at the outset, they were quickly forgotten and no one came to their help. . At about the age of 16, Begin and Sadat fell into evil company and were soon embarked on a life of crime. Their names appeared on the police files with increasing frequency for theft of cars, break-ins and violence. Both became drug addicts and spent time in prison. . Their brother, Carter, was removed from the family at the age of 10 and placed with foster parents in an Arab village. Illiterate, he supports himself by washing cars. The elder brother is a mental case. "When I gave my boys those names," the father observes mournfully, "I never expected in my wildest dreams that things would turn out like this. Our family just fell apart." (Continued on page 11)
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Change is often tortuously slow. itary force in Lebanon. Even prior to Convenience and precedence tend to Israel's withdrawal, Lebanese politifossilize habits. Startling alterations cians, university students, and media in the historical' status quo are rare. were questioning when and if Damascus When change Occurs, unforeseen would allow the Lebanese central govresults often materialize. Political ernment to take responsibility for policfluidity may cause relationships to be ing all of Lebanese territory. And what about Lebanon? Can it in reformed and an endless number of new permutations arise. If change is conjunction with the Syrians throttle not acted upon, the glue can quickly attacks on northern Israel that have heretofore been carried out by local thicken into a new status quo. In essence, when the window of militias and Hizballah? Will the opportunity opens, it requires politi- Syrians and Lebanese exercise the cal leadership to sustain the changes. political will and political courage necThat necessitates political courage essary? Lebanese, like Israelis seek and political will. Both are usually regular tranquility for citizens in the determined by whether a leader has border regions. Can the United the moxie to act and a domestic envi- Nations place a sufficient number of troops in the Lebanon south to aid. an ronment that warrants action. In recent Middle Eastern history, effective Lebanese army presence? the June 1967 War, the October 1973 Will other Arab states, especially War, Sadat's trip to Jerusalem, the Egypt, insist on the territorial integri1979 fall of Shah, Saddam's 1990 ty of sovereign Arab states and quietly invasion of Kuwait, and the 1993 urge a winding down of Syrian miliPLO recognition of Israel generated tary presence in Lebanon? major shifts in the subsequent politiThe range of projected political outcal status quo. comes stretch from Israeli agreeAfter the 1967 War, no one jumped ments if not treaties with Syria and forward to sue for peace. No political Lebanon to a barrel-to-barrel conwill or courage emerged. However, in frontation between Israel and Syria. the aftermath of the other above men- Other unforeseen possibilities exist. tioned events leaders took charge and Among them, a reinvigorated Palkept the process from stagnating. estinian military presence in southFossilized habits were transformed. ern Lebanon cannot be ruled out Israel's pull back from Lebanon is not entirely. And Hizballah may just cash as momentous as these earlier events, in their militia status and become a but a window of opportunity is open. political party with strong social serIsrael Prime Minister Barak exer- vice functions in Lebanon's already cised political will in affecting the fragmented political system. withdrawal; Arab leadership reaction Is Israel's withdrawal the first page and Israel's subsequent responses of an unwritten understanding with will determine how this window of Damascus for some of not all foreign opportunity recasts the historical army presence to leave Lebanon? flow. For the moment, the Lebanese- Will the local militias and Hizballah Israeli-Syrian triangle is altered. accept the changes in the status quo? Barak responded to a majority With Iran going through its own national sentiment to withdraw; he domestic tussle between conservaalso fulfilled a campaign promise. tives and reformers, will the outcome Though scantily armed, Israel is of that tilt influence Tehran's historic putting faith in the 50,000-man logistical and financial support for Lebanese army to control local mili- Hizballah? And if attacks continue tias in the Lebanese south. from southern Lebanon, will Israel The Israeli withdrawal was pre- react with massive retaliation that emptive; it came about quickly not could end in a Damascus-Jerusalem just because the previously Israeli- military confrontation? Certainly, the supported South Lebanon Army col- Lebanese are weary of continued use lapsed after several initial Israeli of their soil as a battle-ground for withdrawals, but because Syria was in other Arab and Moslem actions the throes of its own domestic against Israel. changes. The day Barak was supposed There are some constants. Since to be discussing progress on the 1973, every Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian-Israeli track at the White territories has resulted in a measure of House, the SLA began its collapse. tranquility, a prolonged interlude Israeli intelligence sources between the next conflict, or, if neither, inevitably reasoned that Assad was then a disengagement agreement or a unlikely to pick a fight with Israel peace treaty with a contiguous Arab' military, particularly when his army neighbor. The lesson for the Palestiniwas the weakest it had been in ans, Lebanese, and Syrians is affirmadecades. A confrontation with Israel tion of Israel's willingness to stay with• .-••..'.was not likely, while he was cultivat- in defined borders. In a broader context, Barak is seeking an environment to harden around his son Bashar's succession to a ing to be the first prime minister to senior leadership position in the identify Israel's final borders with country. In mid-June, the ruling Lebanon, the Palestinians, and. Ba'ath party is likely to elect Bashar to . Syrians; he is following in the footthe Party's Regional Command, a nec- steps of Menachem Begin and essary step for taking a high leader- Yitzhak Rabin, who used earlier ship position in government such as changes in the status quo to make Vice-President or Parlimantary peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan Speaker. Moreover, Damascus was respectively. focused on the suicide of a former The key this time is whether Assad prime minister and others publicly will exercise political courage and linked to vast corruption scandals and political will. A lame-duck American budgetary mismanagement. president, no matter how well intenSo how will the Lebanese and tioned, cannot officiate at a marriage Syrians react now that Israel's occu- where only one partner is available. ' pation is removers from national Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon agendas? The 35,000-mah Syrian gives Assad options and responsibiliarmy remains the most powerful mil(Continued on page 11)
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Sandra and Marvin Kohll announce the engageI ment of their daughter, Sarah, to Nosson Meir Meretsky, son of Linda Meretsky and UohnKlall. The bride-to-be I graduated from Brandeis University with a degree in Biology. She also attended setnij nary school at two I yeshivot in Israel and | six months in Crown I Heights. She plans to be a teacher. Her grandparents are the late Ann and Bernard Fisher and Leona Cohn and the late Louis Kohll. Her fiance is learning at Yeshiva 770. He attended the University of Washington for Judaic Studies and Cornish School of Arts for theatrical study. He is the grandson of Shirley and Charles Meretsky and Larry Klall and the late Amelia Hall. The couple plans to be emissaries of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. A June 22 wedding at the Chabad House in Omaha is planned. COHNMORROS Carolyn "Cari" Jan Cohn and Mark Alan Morros have : announced their engagement. The bride-to-be is the daughter of the late Alice "Beanie" and F. Ronald Cohn. She is a graduate of Westside High School and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln where she was a member of Kappa Delta sorority. She also earned a master's degree in higher education from Indiana University and her law degree from Western State University in California. She currently practices education and public employment law in southern California. • Her fiance, son of and Ros and Jack Morros of Southfield, MI, is a graduate of the University of . Michigan where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He earned his law degree from the University of Southern California and currently practices worker's compensation law. A July 2 wedding is planned on the yacht, Just Dreamin', in Newport Harbor, CA. Rabbi Alan Freehling of University Synagogue in Los Angeles will officiate. ' The couple will honeymoon in Maui and live in Orange, CA.
Rachel Jacobson, daughter of Nancy and David Jacobson, graduated with honors from the University of Illinois. She received the Departmental Distinction Award in English, and earned a B.A. with a double major in English and Political Science. Carrie Roitstein earned her Doctorate of Optometry from the I Illinois College oft Optometry in graduation ceremonies held on the campus of the University of Chicago. She was also I presented a Bachelor off Vision Science Degree [ and honored as a member of the Gold Key Honor Society. She also has a B.S. from the University of Illinois at | Campaign-Urbana. Dr. Roitstein, the daughter of Debbie and Lloyd Roitstein of Omaha, will practice with Dr. Daniel Liebennan and Associates in Chicago. She is the granddaughter of Ann Roitstein and the late Dr. Morris Roitstein.
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UJC's $41.7 million budget tries to balance many needs by Julie Wiener
NEW YORK (JTA)-It's hard to develop a budget Population Survey. when you don't know exactly what you'll be doing • The Israel/Overseas Department would be cut with the money. from $8.35 million to just under $8 million. Certain But without a budget, it's impossible to do any- programs within the department would get addithing. That's the catch-22 the new national tional funds, but the United Israel Appeal would be umbrella organization for Jewish, federations—the cut by $495,000, or 28 percent; and $117,000, or 25 product of the merger between the United Jewish percent, would be cut from the Partnership 2000 Appeal and the Council of Jewish Federations- program, which links American Jewish communifaces as it struggles to get off the ground. ties to Israeli communities for people-to-people Last year's creation of the United Jewish exchanges, economic development and services to Communities was spurred by a desire by federa- new immigrants. tions to get services delivered more efficiently and As revealing as the immediate cuts and increases to have a greater say in national decision-making. are the suggestions for future plans laid out in the Now, many in the system are viewing the UJC's budget. For example, a committee is exploring how newly unveiled $41.7 million budget proposal for to further reduce costs in infrastructure and subsioperating expenses as a first indicator of just how dies for missions. successful the new entity will be at balancing the In addition, as the budget notes, it is still unclear larger federations' desires for reduced costs with how much new programs—such as the newly the smaller federations' anxiety about losing ser- formed pillars, four areas on which the UJC is convices. centrating its focus-will cost. The proposed budget, which will be voted on by The budget covers all operating expenses and serthe UJC's Board of Trustees and Board of vices provided to its member federations, but does Delegates on June 15 for the fiscal year beginning not include the funds distributed overseas to the July 1, represents a $4.4 million cut from what the Jewish Agency for Israel and the American Jewish UJC's predecessor organizations were spending Joint Distribution Committee. That total was before the merger. almost $300 million in 1999-and is expected to be It trims slightly under $1 million from what the roughly the same as last year. UJC itself spent in the 1999-2000 fiscal year, cutThe UJC's revenues come from a combination of ting some departments heavily while substantially membership dues from the federations and 11 perincreasing resources for others. cent taken off the top from federations' overseas Among the largest proposed changes from this allocations, a holdover from the revenue system of year's budget: the UJA. In the next two years, the UJC will be •Regional offices would be allocated $5.4 million, replacing this with a streamlined dues system. a 19 percent cut from this year's $6.7 million. Federation leaders say they expect the budget These offices assist federations with fund-raising proposal will be approved at the June meeting in and personnel issues. The savings would result pri- Chicago by the two UJC voting bodies. The Board marily from cutting a variety of programs and of Trustees and Board of Delegates are dominated eliminating 15—or nearly one-quarter—of regional by federation representatives, with larger federastaff positions, but details as to which regions and tions getting proportionally more representation positions will be affected will not be disclosed until than smaller ones. after the budget i8 approved. But some leaders say the cuts are not dramatic At the same time, what is being termed "man- enough, considering that the merger of two organiagement services" to the federations—not part of " zations was expected to lead to greater efficiency. "Many, many federations want to see the UJC the regional budget, but part of a new plan to budget smaller," said Robert Aronson, executive revamp services-would increase by $300,000. • Campaign /Financial Resource Development, vice president of the Jewish Federation of the major fund-raising part of the UJC, would be Metropolitan Detroit, where there are 90,000 Jews. Aronson said he would have liked to see the budcut by $1.6 million, or approximately 14 percent. The largest cuts would be to eliminate a $500,000 get go below $40 million, but still supports the prodirect marketing center—which assists with tele- posal, viewing this year, as a first step, with further marketing and direct mail solicitations-and to cut cuts to come in the next few years. Meanwhile, smaller federations are worried that subsidies for missions, a way of enticing donors on their ability to raise funds will be hindered by the fund-raising trips, by 10 percent. In total, however, missions' subsidies would be UJC's proposed cuts to regional offices, which offer cut by only six percent, because subsidies falling small and intermediate-sized communities consulunder the Israel/Overseas Department would actu- ' tation on fund raising, recruiting personnel, marketing and other issues. ' ally increase somewhat. At an April meeting of the federations, the UJC's • The Community Planning Department budget would more than double in size, from $415,902 to chief executive officer, Louise Stoll, insisted that $1.1 million. The department involves among other cuts in regional offices would not mean a cut in the tilings, strategic planning and research, including quality of services, and that they would simply be oversight of the upcoming National Jewish provided more efficiently.
She outlined a "hub" system in which large federations would help their neighboring federations and a national team of consultants would be available to help small federations. However, details are still somewhat sketchy—a more specific plan is to be unveiled later this month-and leaders of the smaller federations are skeptical. Eric Stillman, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, said, "Unknown and unproven services are being proposed and because there are no models in existence demonstrating how such a hub system or national team of experts would be implemented, it's very hard for an individual federation to have a sense of comfort that the loss of regional services would be replaced and improved upon." Small federations also worry that with reduced subsidies for missions, they will not be able to muster enough interest in the trips, which federation leaders say increase donors' campaign contributions in the long run. Those cuts are expected to affect small communities more than large ones, because UJC leaders have said they will scale back sponsorship of smaller missions, which are less cost-effective than larger ones. Howard Bloom, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, a community of 24,000 Jews, (and the former head of the Jewish Federation of Omaha), said he feared cuts to regional services and missions might be "penny wise and pound foolish."Marvin Goldberg, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, in North Carolina, where there are 8,000 Jews, said cuts to regions could lead to a "national agency that's isolated from its owners." "Decentralizing services is a better way to get services quickly and responsively," he said. But leaders from both small and large federations say that given the UJC's newness, it is simply too early to make any final judgments on what should or should not be cut. "I think it's a transition budget, developed as we're trying to identify what the organization is going to look like," said Lawrence Fine, executive director of the Jewish Community Federation of Rochester, N.Y. In the next few years, "the budget process wiil have a reality it can be matched to," he said. "Now if s hard to tell whether the cuts in various areas are the right cuts or wrong cuts because the organization is still so new." John Ruskay, executive vice president of tJJAFederation of Greater New York, said that while some of his colleagues want greater cuts, he is "not joining this bandwagon" and given the early stage of organizational development, would "like to maintain the capability of UJC."
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Iran judge holds fate of 13 Jews and future of relations with West I suspect the average person hearing the words "union organizer" mentally pictures a big, tough-looking man, perhaps with a cigar and an unkempt appearance. If that's how you see such a person, let me correct your impression, at least regarding one union organizer in particular.
because, to quote the Times "Ms. Kushner is at the top of the pyramid of about 200 worker bees who fought for the landmark 4-3 decision allowing 1700 New York University graduate teaching and research assistants to form a union." This marked the first time graduate assistants at a
From left: Marcia and Sheldon Kushner of Lincoln vacationed with their daughter, Julie, and her husband, Larry. Picture instead, a 40-something, private university were recognized as very attractive, smartly dressed, employees as well as students. Julie Kushner has carved out an shrewd woman whose reputation is that of a formidable opponent at the important place in the world of bargaining table. That's a picture of unions. She is well-known and Julie Kushner, more informally respected, and is regarded as a tough known as "a Lincoln, NE, girl." Julie, adversary who can pound her fist on the daughter of Marcia and Sheldon a table or sweet talk angry workers. Kushner, has achieved enough And, is able to inspire workers to stature in her chosen field to be the believe they can make risky decisions recent subject of an article in The themselves. The Times said "she radiates leadership," high praise indeed. '•••• New York Times. It's obvious she's earned such praise, What would attract a woman to this unique job? Working as a secretary in since her responsibilities include over1977 after she and her first husband seeing the U.A.Ws eight locals in the (a union official) came to New York, city, including staff members at such she became troubled by women's places as The Village Voice, the workplace issues. Seeking informa- Museum of Modern Art and clerical tion about possibly unionizing secre- workers at Columbia University. It's easy to get the impression this taries, she paid a call on District 65, a union that would eventually be is a woman deeply dedicated to her absorbed into the U.A.W. She must work, who cares passionately about have impressed them, since.they issues involving human rights. Despite giving most of her time and hired her to work for them. This was the beginning of what the energy to her work, she has a family New York Times called "years of she worries about short-changing. With her second husband, a union union drives and yelling herself hoarse, daughter and son in tow." health fund administrator, she has a Eventually, she was elected President third child, Cara, now 7. The two of Local 2110, which she helped build, older children are Ole and Rachel, of a union that represents 950 clerical college and high school age respectively. Like most career women workers at Columbia University. She has represented workers from today, she's sad that so much time every conceivable workplace, includ- has gone to her job. If she has regrets regarding the ing Haitian cab drivers and people from Head Start programs, in addi- division of time between family and tion to countless low-end laborers. work, she certainly needn't have any She probably couldn't count the num- doubts about the results of her time ber of picket lines and rallies in spent at work. Clearly, she's a standwhich she has participated, nor the out in her league. union songs to which she knows all Marcia and Sheldon Kushner, indeed, and all of Lincoln, should be the words! She was most recently in the news bursting with pride:
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rience of American high school students. They would want the opportunity to participate in activities aimed at Jewish teens. ERD will place these boys in separate homes, but it is hoped that the host families will live walking distance to a local high school, as the exchange students are not allowed to drive here. For more information about the program or these two Jewish teens, please contact Tanya Seina at Jewish Family Service, 334-6494.
by Michael J. Jordan
NEW YORK (JTA)-Jewish activists around the world are making last-ditch pleas for justice as an Iranian judge decides the fate of 13 Jews accused of spying for Israel. Attorneys for the accused submitted their written defense Tuesday, and according to Iranian law, the judge is required to announce a verdict within a week. There had been concern that the recent arrests of two Muslims, who reportedly worked in connection with the "Iran 13," would further delay the trial. But little more has been heard about them. CRIF, the umbrella organization of secular Jewish organizations in France, announced it hoped to gather 100,000 signatures demanding the "immediate liberation" of the Iranian Jews, and sanctions against Iran if they were found guilty. And the leading American Jewish advocate for the "Iran 13," the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations,
issued another condemnation of the entire trial. "It is now Iran that is on trial," read a statement. "The verdict will make clear to the world the kind of rule of law and system ofjustice in Iran." Eight of the 13 have "confessed" to the crime, with a ninth claiming he gathered information but did not disseminate it Western observers, however, suggest the confessions were coerced. The lead defense lawyer has also attacked the entire proceedings, insisting that not a shred of credible evidence was provided to support the confessions. "If the court is not politically influenced, the judge will have no choice but to clear all the charges against the defendants," Esmail Naseri, lawyer and spokesman for the defense team, was recently quoted as saying. The accused could have faced the death penalty for espionage. Several Iranians Jews have been executed in recent years for similar crimes.
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Arts & EnteMaiiirhent Jewish actor goes 'on the road' with Phantom of the Opera
Panel discussion following Twilight of the Golds
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Dallas after its month in Omaha. Growing up in Fairlawn, NJ, He does have company, though. Lawrence Asher participated in all the usual activities of a "My cat, Figaro, usually stays Jewish teenager; he was a Bar with my fiancee' in Manhattan," Mitzvah, joined USY and played he explained, "but she's currently in the Jewish youth group basthe stage manager for two operas ketball league. being performed in the Berkshires!" ' But, he also had another ambiHe noted that it was "a little tion. Coming to an "understandtricky" planning a wedding, set ing" with his family, Asher for May of 2001, when the two of attended Bard College and gradthem have such hectic schedules uated from Ithaca College with a and never seem to be in the same B.A. in political science and a city at the same time. minor in Russian, not the standard coursework for would-be TJut I wouldn't give this up," he actors. That completed, he had laughed. "There are few jobs in his parents' blessing to pursue life where you get to do something his love of acting. you love and get paid for it!" Lawrence Asher Asher also studied Yiddish the"I've done everything," Asher ater and performed in the last .said in a recent interview with live Yiddish musical at the Second Avenue Theater, the Jewish Press. "Broadway, operetta, opera." He started as an actor and added singing, a per- The Rise of David Levinsky. fect combination for his latest roles: Don Atilio and Recalling a story told by his "extraordinary" Passarino, when Phantom of the Opera premiers in teacher, Asher said, "Lazar Weiner asked our class, Omaha on June 28 at the Orpheum Theater. "What does M.F. mean?' We, of course, answered Asher has toured with My Fair Lady and Music 'mezzo forte.' He responded, "No, itfs mit feeling!' Man and was in Most Happy Fella on Broadway. "Then he asked us 'What does M.P. mean?'" He's also done Phantom in German in Hamburg, as Asher continued. "Again, we assumed it was mezzo well as the musical version of The Chosen. piano. Weiner informed us it was 'Mit passion.' He Though his home base is New York City, Asher was right!" spends a lot of time these days living out of a suitPhantom of the Opera plays from J u n e 28 case. Phantom is currently playing in Cleveland through July 22. Tickets are available at the Civic ' and will travel to Milwaukee, Albuquerque and Auditorium or by calling Ticketmaster, 422-1212.
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Perpetual Well exhibit showcases at Sheldon Gallery by Carol Katzman
With a month remaining, there's ample opportu- the exhibit, a woodcut, which Wolgamott called nity for Omahans to travel to Lincoln to see The "the explicit link to the Perpetual Well." Perpetual Well, an exhibit of Also notable is Annie works from the Jewish Leibowitz's photograph of Museum in New York, now at her parents, a departure the'Sheldon Memorial Art from her usual photos of Gallery. celebrities, Gay Block's portraits of her mother The show, sponsored by the and herself. Sheldon, NE, Art Association, Jewish Federation of Lincoln The categories organized and Bob and Mary Nefsky, by Harkavy include: opened to a rave review in the Narrating History, Ritual Lincoln Star Journal. and Prayer, Identity and Assimilation, Anti-SemiAccording to Kent Wolgatism and the Holocaust, mott, "Curator Donna Harkavy Generation to Generation, organized The Perpetual WE11 and Wandering.. .Home. into six thematic sections and the exhibit has been hung "The artists in this exhilargely in that manner in the bition have drawn on the Sheldon's three second-floor richness and complexity of touring exhibition galleries. Jewish culture, a wellspring for exploring histo"Harkavy explained her ry, memory, ritual, tradithemes and selections concisely tion, identity, marginalizain a free brochure available at tion, heritage and homethe gallery. Those who go to see land," noted Harkavy in the exhibition would be well the exhibit's brochure. •served to pick up the brochure and read Harkavy's illuminat"By questioning their ing essay, perhaps while viewplace in the world and ing the works." their place in history, by Among the collection is exploiting the tension Leonard Baskin's "The The Golem, by Robert Wilson, 1987 between tradition and Ultimate Need," a group of works from this promi- innovation, each artist has brought fresh perspecnent artist, who also illustrated the Haggadah pub- tives to questions of Jewish identity and experilished by the Union of American Hebrew ence." Congregations. The exhibit runs through July 16 at the Sheldon, One Baskin piece is from the collection of the located on the campus of the University of Nefskys, a sculpture entitled "Unknown Dutch Nebraska, Lincoln. Artist." They also lent another, called "Passover" to For gallery hours, call, 1-402-472-2461.
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(Continued from page 4) While they are proud of the names they bear, the three claim that this fact had no influence on their lives. Begin, who was still in prison at the time of the interview, reported that he was well treated by the jailers, perhaps out of respect for the name. Sadat was saddened by the assassination of his namesake. And Carter ponders the possibility of some day meeting the former U.S. President. "By the way," he asked the reporter, "Where does Jimmy Carter live these days?"
ties, ones perhaps he did not want or need at this moment. Maybe that was Barak's secondary objective.
Dr. Kenneth Stein teaches Middle Eastern History and Political Science at Emory University. He is the author of Heroic Diplomacy: Sadat, Kissinger, Carter, Begin, and the Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, (Routledge, 1999).
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The Children of Chabannes' to show on HBO Sent away by their p a r e n t s , they came to to 17. Chevrier moved decisively, to integrate his 12 older children and two educators were taken Chabannes in the early days of World War 11, seek- charges into the community, having his children from the Chateau; Chevrier subsequently secured ing relief from Nazi persecution. But for the 400 attend school with the local French children. While the release of the two adults and six of the chilJewish children who took up residence in this iso- food was sometimes in short supply and winters dren, but the other six were sent to concentration lated farming community in unoccupied France, could be brutally cold, the staff encouraged physical camps. Of that group, only Jerry Gerard and the Chateau of Chabannes became more than a as well as mental well-being: George Loinger initiat- Wolfgang Blumenreich survived. The trouble was only beginning for refuge from sorrow and fear-it became a . the children of Chabannes. Just a few place of joy and hope and, ultimately, weeks after the first roundup,' the triumph. order was issued to take 20 more from The "HBO Signature Double Exposure" the Chateau. Chevrier learned of the documentary The Children of Chabannes plan in advance, and was able to save. tells this inspiring story of courage and all 20 from deportation through variheroism on HBO SignaturePlaydates ous forms of evasion and deception. include: June 17 (6:45 a.m., 12 p.m.), With the children clearly in jeopJune 22 (11:40 a.m.), June 25 (3:15 p.m., ardy, the OSE issued a command to 1:25 a.m.), June 27 (9:30 p.m.) and June begin dispersing them to new loca30(6:30 p.m.). tions. By the time Chevrier was tipped Featuring archival footage and phooff to the final roundup by a sympatographs, plus modern-day interviews . the tic Vichy official, many of his young with the former children, as well as the wards had been placed with families braye teachers and townspeople who fej in Switzerland, the U.S and other helped them, The Children ofr\ countries, while some of the older chilChabannes was inspired by a 1996 dren had joined the Resistance. The reunion attended by Lisa Gossels, the Chateau was empty when the authorifilm's producer and daughter of one of U11U O piUUUVCi a i l U u u u g u w v i v* www vm, , - . the survivors. Among those who share pictured, center, in beret: Felix Chevrier, who ran the chateau and t i e s c a m e *° c o l l ect them. "It was a luminous time," recalls one survivor, their touching stories with Gossels and protected the children from Vichy roundups. "even if life was hard." '.'•'•.• co-producer Dean Wetherell are "chilThe Children of Chabannes has received numerdren" Norbert Bikales, Ruth Keller, Jerry Gerard, ed a sports festival to help build strength and characWolfgang Blumenreich and Peter Gossels, teachers ter, helping the children prepare for the challenges ous film festival awards, including Best Feature Film (Audience Award), 1999 Nantucket Film • Reine Paillassou, Renee Paillassou and Rachel that lay ahead. Though located in unoccupied France, Chabannes Festival; Special Jury Prize, 1999 Avignon Film Pludermacher, and George Loinger, an official of the Jewish relief organization-OSE, which found a was subject to the dictates of the Axis controlled Festival; Best Documentary Film, 1999 Hollywood Vichy government. Despite the kindness of the Film Festival; and Best Documentary Film, 1999 home for the children in Chabannes. Located in the Creuse region of France, Chabannes locals, and the relative isolation of the town, it Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. The Children of Chabannes was also directed and was' a simple farming community inhabited primari- became clear by 1942 that the war would soon find ly by Catholics, with little exposure to the outside its way to the Chateau's doorsteps. With Vichy edited by Lisa Gossels and Dean Wetherell; for world. The Chateau of Chabannes was run by coura- leader Petain having already decreed that Jewish "HBO Signature Double Exposure": Producers, geous journalist and educator Felix Chevrier, who children could no longer attend school with their Kary AntholiB and Julie Anderson; Executive • did everything in his power to provide a stable envi- French counterparts, the government issued an Producer, Sheila Nevins. ronment at the combination boarding house and order to round up 10,000 foreign Jews in the Bum- A copy of the video is also available at the Kripke school for the children, who ranged in age from two mer, with 90 to come from the Creuse. In August, Jewish Federation Library.
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