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SERVING NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA FOR NEARLY 80 YEARS Vol. LXXIX
No. 52
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Omaha, NE
September 8, 2000
Danny Maseng Presenters from around the world join three Omahans at Symposium here returns to Omaha by Iris Ricks Program Director, Temple Israel
by Diane Axler Baum
Three noted Omahans will join a line-up of engaging presenters from England, Israel and across the U.S. at the 13th annual KlutznickHarris Symposium, scheduled for Sept. 17 at the JCC, and Sept. 18 at Creighton University. They will collaborate to explore a wide-ranging array of topics related to this year's stimulating theme, "Spiritual Dimensions of Judaism," said Leonard J. Greenspoon, Symposium coordinator. The Symposium will open Sunday at the JCC with three afternoon sessions, 12:30 to 5 p.m., followed by an evening keynote, starting at 7:30 p.m. Five additional sessions will take place Monday at 9:30 a.m. at Creighton's Student Center, 2500 California. Sessions are free and open to the public. Local presenters include Jenni Schlossman, artist and art historian; Karin Levine, Instructor in Education at Creighton University; and Thomas A. Kuhlman, a member of Creighton's English Department who also teaches in the American Studies Program. Joining them will be Avrum Ehrlich of Cambridge University, England; Yehuda Gellman, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; Morris Faierstein, University of Maryland; Rena Mintz Geffen, Gratz College in suburban Philadelphia, PA. Also, Charles D. Isbell, Louisiana State University; Steven D. Sacks, University of Chicago; Zion Zohar, University of Miami; and Hava TiroshSamuelson, Arizona State University, who will keynote the Symposium with a talk Sunday evening at the JCC. Tirosh-Samuelson's remarks on "Jewish Spirituality: Past Models, Present Quest" will be followed by a dessert reception. Schlossman, who teaches at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the College of St. Mary, has served as a curator at the Joslyn Art Museum. She holds a Ph.D. in Art History, with concentrations in American and Twentieth Century Art from Rutgers University in New Jersey. She and her husband, Avrum Ehrlich
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Jeff Ferber, are members of Omaha's Beyt Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation. Her Symposium presentation, "Visual Art as a Pathway to Prayer and Meditation," is scheduled for Sunday's third session, 3:40 to 5 p.m., at the JCC. The talk, she said, will concentrate on the illustrations created by Betsy Platkin Teutsch for inclusion in the 1995 second edition of the Reconstructionist prayer book, Kol Haneshaah. According to Schlossman, by looking at "the unusual inclusion of works of art in a siddur," she will focus on "the role of visual art as an accompaniment to Hebrew prayer." Symposium presenter Levine is active at Beth El Synagogue with her husband, Michael, and involved with the Parent Teacher Organization of Friedel Jewish Academy, where their daughter attends school. Her presentation, "It's Developmental, My Dear Chazal: Uncovering Modern Theories of Spirituality in Ancient Texts," is slated for 10:30 a.m. Monday at Creighton. Levine will ask the question, "How do children and adults grow in their theologies and moral understanding?" To answer, she will explore the teachings of the Talmudic rabbis through the lenses of contemporary educational philosophers, including Piaget, Kohlberg and Fowler. ~-— "For Twentieth Century philosophers, psychologists and theologians, the stages and processes of moral and spiritual development were mysteries to be revealed," said Levine. "For the rabbis of the Talmudic period, chazal (chachamim aikron livracha, the wise ones of blessed memory), these .-.- • were areas to be experienced and studied," she added. "The rabbis did not consider themselves educational philosophers; however, in their striving to expand on the teachings that they received for the enhancement of spiritual life, they did create many works that express their underMorris Faierstein (Continued on page 2)
Thomas A. Kuhlman
Karin Levine
Playwright, singer, actor and composer Danny Maseng will return to Omaha Sept. 22-24 at Temple Israel, adding spirit and meaning to the High Holy Days. He is a "veteran of the stage and screen both in the United States and abroad and has served as an evaluator of new American plays and opera/theater for the National Endowment for the Arts. Maseng was born in Israel to American parents and currently makes his home in New York, where he is the lay rabbi of Congregation Agudat Achim. He has also served as the Director of Theater Arts Programming and Jewish Arts for Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute in Oconomowoc, WI, and chairs Hava Hashira, the national workshop for song leaders. A popular scholar-in-residence, Maseng is a frequent member of the Wexner Heritage Foundation faculty and was featured on a CD entitled, "Israel's Greatest Male Vocalists." On Friday, Sept. 22, 8 p.m., Maseng will join with Cantor Jennifer Blum for a Shabbat musical experience. "Soul on Fire-Jewish Music for the Millennium" will be performed on S a t u r d a y , Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m. This theatrical concert of spirit anddevotional music brings a message of hope and tikkun olam (repairing the world). Havdalah, a chocolate dessert reception and slichot services will follow Maseng's show. Joining Maseng will be Jessica Steinman, Jennifer Frost, Mark Bloom, Gary Raynor and Uri Merzhevsky, a talented and versatile group of singers. They will perform ancient Yemenite hymns, hassidic niggunim, Sephardic songs, original compositions and a blend of Bernstein, Vivaldi and Verdi. The weekend is sponsored by the Hermene Zweiback Center for Lifelong Jewish Learning and is free and open to the community. For information, call the Temple office at 556-6536.
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Bible study at Temple Israel Starting this Shabbat, Saturday, Sept. 9, 9:30 10:15 a.m., Bible and Bagels begins in the Milder Center at Temple Israel. Rabbis Aryeh Azriel and Debbie Stiel, along with guest scholars, will lead these in-depth text studies. Over the course of the year, study of the books connected to the Jewish holidays will be featured, along with writings of the prophets: Amos, Micah, Jonah, as well as the book of Ecclesiastes, Maccabees, song of Songs and more. This month, the book of Jonah will be read and studied in preparation for the High Holidays. For more information, call the Temple office, 556-6536.
Jewish Famify Service Project Tzedakah - High Holy Days by Jennifer Meyerson
Jewish Family Service is dedicated to helping families facing financial hardship through its Project Tzedakah. As the New Year begins, we are once again preparing, along with community volunteers, the purchase, packing and delivery of holiday foods to Jewish families in need. The food project will take place on Sept. 26 and 27. This Rosh Hashanah, we expect to help approximately 48 individuals and families enjoy a High Holy Day celebration. If you, your family or your organization is looking for a way to help others, this is a wonderful way to reach out to individuals in our community, and to teach our children and grandchildren about the mitzvah of tzedakah. Many B'nai Mitzvah, as well as high school students needing community service projects, have found this project to be an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life. Nonperishable kosher items such as canned goods, Shabbat candles or honey can be brought to the Jewish Family Service office at the JCC until Sept. 25. Cash donations are also greatly appreciated and can be sent directly to JFS. If you would like more information about participating in Project Tzedakah, or if you are interested in volunteering, please call me at 330-2024. Thanks for your continued support.
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(Continued from page 1) standing of how learning and growth occur." Thomas Kuhlman will speak on "Elements of Spirituality in the Architecture of American Synagogues, 1763-2000," Monday at 1:30 p.m. His presentation, enhanced by slides, will highlight the ways various aspects of the architecture of some representative American synagogues (both exterior and interior, as well as their furnishings) have contributed "to the expression of Jewish spirituality and also to the transmission of religious and cultural heritage," he said. His talk will conclude with a look at "the structures built by and for the Jewish community in Omaha."
See a complete agenda of the Klutznick-Harris Symposium on page 12 in this week's issue of the Jewish Press. Co-hosts of the Symposium are Creighton University's Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies at UNL, and the Federation's Jewish Educational and Library Services (JELS). During the two-day Symposium, books by presenters and other books on the topic of Jewish spirituality will be on display and available for purchase. For more information, call the Klutznick office at 280-2303; or the Harris Center at 472-9561.
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. FRIDAY: Tot Shabbat. 7 p.m. Join Rabbi Stiel and Patty Nogg for songs and a story; Shabbat service, 8 p.m., Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and Cantor Jennifer Blum will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will give the sermon. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Shelly and Rick Fox and lisa Kahn in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their nephew, David Manvitz. SATURDAY: Bagels and Bible, 9:30-10:15 ajn.; Shabbat morning service, 10:30 a.m. David Manvitz will celebrate bis Bar Mitzvah. SITTER SERVICE-Sitter service is available for services each Friday evening and Saturday morning, as well as Sunday mornings when there is Religious School. Cost is $2 per family. Please make a reservation. Sorry, there are no facilities for infants. ADULT EDUCATION Tuesday, Sept. 12: "Soul Searching Through the Kabbalistic Ocean," 7-8:30 p.m. This 10-session course will explore the realm of Jewish Mysticism to modern times. Professor Guy Matalon, chairman of the Philosophy and Religion Department of UNO, will facilitate. Wednesday, Sept. 13: "Walking the Path of Grief," 7-8:30 p.m. This is a six-week Jewish Journey Group for people who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Facilitator is Sandy Kutler, a Licensed Professional Counselor; "Myth and History in the Hebrew Bible," 7-8:30 p.m. Dr. Rami Arav, Professor at UNO and noted Israeli archeologist, will lead this class through a look at the Hebrew Bible from various perspectives. Thursday, Sept. 14: Adult Study with the Rabbis. Join Rabbis Aryeh Azriel and Debbie Stiel for an in-depth exploration of Reform Judaism, 1011:30 a.m.; Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class, 7-9 p.m. SHABBAT COMES TO YOU Cantor Jennifer Blum will lead a Shabbat service Friday, Sept. 15, 3:45 p.m., at Remington Heights.
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Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantors Emil Berkovits and G. Michael Horwitz. FRIDAY: Services, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services; Sitter service, 10 a.m.; K'tantan (K-3 grade), 10:45 a.m.; Shabbat Story Time (preK and younger), 11 a.m.; Humash with Rashi study session, 7:05 p.m.; Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 7:35 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; Perek Yomi "Read a Chapter a Day" group, 10:15 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. HIGH HOLIDAY U Informative session on the High Holidays observances will be presented by Rabbi Paul and Susie Drazen on Sunday, Sept. 17, 10:15-11:30 a.m.
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Nathan Fineman, son of Hollie and Glen >'•*"'•'•" ' ' • Fineman, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 16, FRIDAY: Tot Shabbat, 7 p.m. at Beth El Synagogue. SATURDAY: Services at the Rose Blumkin An eighth grade Home Chapel, 9 a.m. honor student at SUNDAY: Religious School at the JCC p \V|Mf r : " " p , Kiewit Middle School, TUESDAY: Religious School at the JCC, 4 p.m. 1 P* , JJ***1"*. it he enjoys playing basFRIDAY, Sept. 15: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m. ketball, golf and football. He also plays piano and trumpet. ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME Nathan was selected to participate in the Duke University Talent SATURDAY: Services, 9 a.m., led by the Beyt Identification Program. Shalom Reconstructionist congregation. Members For his tzedakah project, he will make a donation of the community are welcome. Services are held in to the Beth El endowment fund as well as particithe Herbert Goldsten Chapel, followed by Kiddush. pate in the Bonding with Israel Program. A memorial service is held on the last Shabbat of Nathan has a brother, Michael, 18. each month, in memory of residents who have died. Grandparents are Juanita Fineman and the late Sidney Fineman, and the late Naomi and Mortimer Miller.
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FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m. Topic will be "Why Services conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. God?" Oneg and Kiddish will follow services. Rosenbaum. SUNDAY, SEPT. 17: Memorial service at the FRIDAY: Services, 8 p.m., Anniversary Jewish Cemetery in Council Bluffs at 11 a.m. A Acknowledgements special memorial stone will be dedicated that SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m; Lunch and states: "Remember the Jews and others who per- Learn with Dr. Michael Eppel. ished in the Holocaust." SUNDAY: Preschool Sunday School for ages 3-5 begins in September, 10:15-11:45 a.m., twice a month. For information, call Alyza Richmon Halev CHABAD HOUSE at 435-5230. An Affiliate of the Worldwide Chabad-Lubavitcb Movement MONDAY & THURSDAY, Minyan, 7:15 aan. 1866 So. 120th St., Omaha, NE 68144-1646 DINNER TO HONOR RUTH KELLER Phone: 330-1800 E-MAIL--chabad@aol.com The Past Presidents of Congregation Tifereth Israel WEBSITE: www.chabad.cenlerH.com/omaha cordially invite all members and their spouses to a Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. gourmet Congregational Dinner honoring Ruth FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat Keller on the occasion of her retirement from 38 SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. years of service to the Congregation. The event will SUNDAY: Services, 8:30 a.m. be Sunday, Sept. 24, 6 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Minyan, 7 a.m. Reservations are required no later than Sept. MONDAY: Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul, 10, by calling Barbara Kenyon at 423-2678, Elaine 11:45 a.m.-l p.m. Evnen at 423-2200 or email at ESEVNEN@aol.com.
Nathaniel Joseph, son of Anne and Edward Joseph, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 16, at Temple Israel. A seventh grade honor student at West-side Middle School, he enjoys being with his friends, basketball, ice skating, rollerblading and Boy Scouts. Nathaniel was recently recognized with an award of honor through the OPS All-City 2000 Music Festival with the chorus group. Also, he received Maccabi and Aleph awards through Boy Scouts of America. For his mitzvah project, he has been assisting residents at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. Grandparents are Phyllis and Bernie Weinstein of San Antonio, TX, and Sol Joseph of Berkley, CA, and the late Belle Joseph. Great-grandparents are the late Sam and Rose Weinstein, the late Sam and Miriam Penner, the late Sam and Nellie Joseph and the late Nathan
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Shabbat in Wisconsin Behind the Headlines by Kathryn Engber (LaCrosse, WI)—Chaverim, I must share the amazing events of this Shabbat with you. For our little community, it's been an unbelievable week! You may know through the media that Al Gore and Joe Lieberman landed in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, as their first stop after the California convention. They began a campaign tour of the Mississippi River here, and continued on the Mark Twain Riverboat. What most people don't know is that after boarding the boat and passing on down the river, Lieberman and his family disembarked at a nearby little known docking site and road back to LaCrosse to spend Shabbat here, and to attend services at little old Congregation Sons of Abraham. We spent a frantic week preparing—we're in the middle of construction on a wonderful new entranceway to provide accessibility for wheelchairs, walkers, etc. (The "Handy Access Project," as its become known.) Needless to say, we had major dust removal and site tidying to do, amongst all the other tasks required for such an event. Friday morning the Secret Service people began to arrive, and I personally had a great time providing them with information, showing them the shul, and explaining the concept of keeping "Shomer Shabbas" to people who
tion. I asked one of the founders if, when they built had not been through this before. My husband, Steve, met with the pre-site crew the shul in 1948, they ever imagined in their early Shabbat to escort the bomb-sniffing dog wildest dreams that little more than 50 years later through the building, and to be accessible for any a Jewish Vice-presidential candidate would walk to services, keep shomer shabbas, and daven with us. last minute issues/questions that might arise. Needless to say, at that time it seemed an imposAnd to backtrack a bit-even Rabbi David called me before sunset Friday to see if things were really sibility. We feel like we have shared in a chunk of happening. He'd heard that they might be coming, Jewish and American history above and beyond and called to offer words of comfort about the con- what the "politics" of the moment might be. struction dust (they won't be bothered by it!), and It's going to take some time for all of us to settle to share in the simcha. down again. I think the dust is doing better in the True to Rabbi David's words, they are real gen- settling category. uine people. It was little different than welcoming So gang, now that we're practiced in welcoming any out-of-towners that might arrive, with the the famous to join us, it would be a really great exception of the added benefit of a plethora of time for us to welcome some of you as you pass Secret Service and IRS people to welcome as well. through too! The fall colors are coming, and our All of the agents were great, by the way, and very valley can't be beat in color splendor. Not to menrespectful of our needs for a meaningful service tion the fall bird migrations, which funnel through with minimal disruption. the river valley and offer some great "birding" I had an aliyah right after their daughter, opportunities. Rebecca, and got to help her with the details. We "Ya, shore, you betcha hey!" B'shalom. complimented each other afterwards, and shared a Kathryn Engber is a member of Sons of warm laugh of nervousness together. At kiddush, Abraham Congregation in LaCrosse, WI. we met all of the family, and sent them walking (Thanks, also, to Rabbi Paul Drazen, who forback to their hotel with warm wishes and heartfelt warded this article to the Jewish Press, with thanks for joining us. the author's permission.) They left behind one mightily pleased congrega-
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B'nai B'rith searches for a future amid changes in U.S. Jewish life by Julie Wiener
NEW YORK (JTA)--When B'nai for Israel in the United Nations; and B'rith International activists gath- its international presence. ered last week for a convention in Rarely will anyone say what particWashington, it was the first time in ular issues B'nai B'rith stands for. the 157-year-old organization's histoThe group is often compared to a ry that the sitting president faced a father whose children have moved serious challenger. out of the house. It founded the AntiRichard Heideman, the incumbent, Defamation League and the campus ended up winning by a vote of 236- student organization, Hillel, but both 111, but, say many within the organi- have become independent entities zation, the mere fact that he was with far larger operating budgets challenged was a sign of grass-roots than B'nai B'rith itself. dissatisfaction with this historically Hillel, which in the early 1990s notable but long troubled institution. dropped the words B'nai B'rith from A Washington lawyer, Heideman has its name, still receives approximately overseen major budget cuts during the half a million dollars from the group past two years. His zeal for change — but receives more than 10 times that particularly a failed effort earlier this amount from Jewish federations. year to form a partnership between the Even B'nai B'rith's wife of sorts, B'nai B'rith Youth Organization and the B'nai B'rith Women, left the house in Jewish Community Centers of North 1990. For five years, the group, which America- has rankled many members. reports membership of 40,000, paid Interviewed before the election, hundreds of thousands of dollars a Heidemann's opponent, Daniel Frank year to use the B'nai B'rith name. of Minnetonka, MN., described his Then it became Jewish Women campaign as "a calling from the grass International and made domestic vioroots of the organization. lence its focal issue. "The emphasis must be not from With budget cuts now hitting BBYO, top to bottom but from the bottom will the 30,000-member youth groupup," said Frank, one of B'nai B'rith's described repeatedly as B'nai B'rith's five senior vice presidents. "crown jewel"-be the next to leave? It is hardly news that B'nai B'rith"It won't become a separate agency buffeted simultaneously by Jewish as long as I'm president," said assimilation and Americans' shrinking Heideman, noting that B'nai B'rith interest in membership organizations- recently launched a special fund-raisis sharply declining in the United ing campaign for the youth group. States, although membership in the But fears of losing BBYO may have other 157 countries where B'nai B'rith fueled the resistance this spring to exists has remained fairly stable. Heideman's "vision statement" for a Adult membership in the United partnership. The statement suggestStates is now slightly more than ed making BBYO the official youth 100,000, less than a third of what it group of the Jewish community cenwas 20 years ago. ters movement. Other American Jewish memberIt was a move BBYO leadersship organizations have also seen including the teens themselves~saw drops in the membership rolls. But as untenable, and these opponents serious financial problems and a lack succeeded in ending the discussion. of clarity about its mission have comThe opponents, who are quick to pounded B'nai B'rith's woes point out that they were not consultFor years, B'nai B'rith leaders were ed until the statement had already accused of ignoring the problems and been approved by B'nai B'rith's execallowing a multimillion-dollar deficit utive committee, say it would have to accumulate. Now its leaders are ceded control to the Jewish communiaddressing the financial challenges. ty centers, which are only loosely In the past two years, $4 million has joined together and thus not accountbeen cut from the now $13.5 million able to their national movement. budget, and staff has been reduced So, what future does B'nai B'rith have? from 275 to 225. Leaders at the top assert that while Under the previous president, the B'nai B'rith may never return to its glory group altered its national infrastruc- days, it is poised for a resurgence. ture, replacing a network of seven They point to a newly balanced districts with a system of 18 regions. budget, more young people recruited Founded as a men's fraternal orga- for top leadership positions and a nization in 1843, B'nai B'rith is one of host of new programs designed to America's oldest Jewish organizations, attract young members. and consists of a network of "lodges"-The organization is launching new local groups of people who get together membership categories and affinity to socialize, volunteer and raise money groups, such as ones for amateur athfor charitable causes. letes, young couples, singles, alumni That sort of group has gone out of of BBYO and the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi. That is in addition fashion, however. In recent decades, said Jonathan to existing "Impact" groups, a handSarna, a professor of American Jewish ful of local B'nai B'rith chapters for history at Brandeis University, "the people in their 20s and 30s. But if Jewish youth group affiliamost successful organizations have been single-issue organizations," such tion is any indicator, the next generaas the Simon Wiesenthal Center and tion of Jews will be no more likely to American Israel Public Affairs Com- join than their parents. Leaders in mittee, because "people know what most Jewish youth groups report declining participation in year-round they are giving to." B'nai B'rith is certainly not a single- activities, with teens instead more issue organization. Ask a member likely to attend camps or Israel trips. what the organization does, and he or Indeed, most outsiders—and even she will talk about its youth group, many insiders—do not expect a which has had its allocation from B'nai reverse in the longstanding decline. B'rith cut by 21 percent in the past "You can choose to paint B'nai B'rith year; its network of senior housing, as old and outdated, and that's yesterfunded by the federal government but day's news," said Heideman, but we're managed by B'nai B'rith; its advocacy on the road in a positive way."
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Restructure of classes at Friedel provides separate Kindergarten by Diane Axler Baum
By adding a grade 1-grade 2 class this year, Friedel Jewish Academy has restructured the school to provide important advantages for all grade levels. Friedel Director Michael L. Linn said, "We're extremely pleased with our school's new structure, which gives our kindergartners the distinct advantage of their own class and offers all of our students, from kindergarten through grade six, the optimal environment for cognitive and conceptual development." Bobbi Leibowitz and her team recently Linn expressed further satisfaction because returned from attending the top educational oppor- many new students have come on board this year tunity offered in the real estate industry, the Star and all classes enjoy "a balanced mix of boys and Power® Annual Conference. Leibowitz is a realtor girls and representation from the different religious streams within Omaha's Jewish community." with Prudential Ambassador Real Estate. Under the new structure, kindergartners are in A reception for Joe Vitale who is retiring, and the Eilat class with Diana Zeman; first and second Doris Scanlon will be held Wednesday, Sept. 13, 5- graders are in Elizabeth Lange's Be'er Sheva class; third and fourth graders are in Barbara Sather's 7 p.m. at the Upstream Brewing Company. Vitale was the major supplier of home grown Herzliyya class; and fifth and sixth graders are in fruits and vegetables to all Jewish grocers, restau- Tiberias, with Denise Bennett. Lange, whose appointment to the Friedel faculty rants and fruit stands. allowed for the restructuring, came to the Academy's attention last year when she did her Ed Joseph recently completed the Leadership supervised teaching under Zeman. 2000 Management Training Program for Baker's In the role of student teacher, Lange developed Supermarkets. The six-week course covered such an immediate rapport with the kindergartners, topics as Collaborative Workplace, Proactive many of whom are reunited with her in the new Listening, and Associate Recognition. Joseph grade 1-grade 2 class, Linn pointed out. works in the Eagle Run deli at 132nd at Maple Other news from the Academy includes expanStreets in management. sion of the swim program by Friedel dads and swim coaches, David and Justin Kohll, to include To register to vote, readers can now access infor- students in the lower grades. mation online. Download a mail-in voter registraIn addition, Friedel mom and artist Julie Phillips tion form from the Internet at: has agreed to teach hands-on art courses in every www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.htm. Mail the complet- grade level. "We look forward to these innovative classes in ed form to the address provided in the instructions. the visual arts," noted Linn, to complement the Attorney Sara Juster recently joined the law instrumental lessons offered by Tuffy Epstein, who firm of Abrahams, Kaslow and Cassman. She was has been a valuable volunteer teacher at Friedel for many years." previously with National Indemnity.
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Organizations OMAHA CENTER FOR TORAH LEARNING
Y.E.S. Members will meet Monday at the JCC. Exercise starts at 10:15 a.m. Try your luck at bingo with Eileen Remer, also at 10:15 a.m. Bring articles to share for the "YES Talk" discussion group at 1L Following lunch at noon, Mike Noble, Health and Fitness Supervisor, will speak. For transportation, call 330-4272. Reminders: The Mah Jongg Club will meet Wednesday, Sept. 13. For information, call Charlotte Kaplan at 551-5658. Make reservations with Maggie Conti (334-6521) for Pizza & Movie (Anna and the King) on Sept. 14; Martin Orchards on Sept. 21; Harveys Casino on Sept. 28, and Jewish-New Year's Party on Sept. 25.
SATURDAY, Sept. 9, 6:15 p.m. Rabbi Shlomo Levin hosts a class on the weekly Torah portion, 2001 N. 56th St. SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 6-9 p.m. The "High Holiday Fair" features eight workshops by Omaha rabbis at Beth El Synagogue. "Teshuva: The Power to Change the Past" by Rabbi Howard Kutner; and "Return to Sender" by Rabbi Paul Drazen, 66:40 p.m. "Jonah: Teaching Us to Walk to Nineveh" by Rabbi Debbie Stiel; and "A Woman's Prayer: Guide to Touching the Divine" by Rabbi Mendel Katzman from 6:45-7:25 p.m. "What if it Rains: Can We Abandon Our Sukka?" by Rabbi Levin; and "Join In: How to be a particiWALK-IN, DROP-IN pant (not a spectator) at Holiday Services" by Marti Members will meet Thursday at the JCC in the Nerenstone, from 7:30- 8:10 p.m. Social Hall. Exercise and bingo start at 10 a.m. "Kedoshim and Netzavim: Ending the Torah Pizza will be served at 11 a.m. The movie will Scroll" by Rabbi Aryeh Azriel; and "Mi-Sinai begin at 11:30 a.m. (note earlier time). Tunes: Music of the High Holidays" by Hazzan G. Michael Horwitz, 8:15-9 p.m. Free and open to all. RUSSIAN CLUB TUESDAY, SEPT. 12, 7 p.m. Individual and Members will meet Friday, Sept. 8, at the JCC. small group study of topics related to Sukkot. Cosponsored with Chabad at the Chabad House. VISIONS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, noon-1 p.m. Lunch'n Reminder: Visions Luncheon Meeting is Friday, Learn "Why and When We Blow Shofar." We will Sept. 15,12:30 p.m., at the Venice Inn. eat lunch together (please bring your own) followed by study in the JCC Conference room; at 7 p.m., JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL Hebrew for the Holidays crash course meets at the JWI will host their annual Pot Luck Dinner on JCC. We will learn to read in Hebrew the main Thursday, Sept. 14, 6 p.m., at the home of parts of the High Holiday prayers in order to parCorinne Levin, 906 S. 96th St. Lucille Wittmuss ticipate more fully in High Holiday Services. Cowill entertain with her accordian. sponsored by JELS. Please call Betty Goldstrom at 551-8293, or THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 7 p.m. Talmud, Tractate Corinne Levin at 391-6090, for reservations; bring Sukka class meets at Beth El Synagogue. your favorite dish. FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 7 p.m., a Shabbat dinner at the UNO religious center, 101 N. Happy Hollow B'NAI B'RITH BREADBREAKERS Blvd. Cost is $12.75 for adults, $7 for children. For Richard Shugrue, a law professor at Creighton reservations, call Rabbi Levin at 551-1564. University, will speak at B'nai B'rith BreadbreakFor more information about these or other OCTL ers on Wednesday at noon at Regency West Best programs, please call Rabbi Levin at 551-1564. Western, according to Gary Javitch. The program BETH ISRAEL SISTERHOOD is open to the community; cost is $9. The monthly luncheon series will be held Tuesday, Sept. 12,12:30 p.m., at the synagogue. The speaker will be a representative of the Omaha Botanical Gardens, who will give a slide presentation about the history of the gardens, curDr. Stephen and Julie Klein of Bakersfield, rent projects that are underway and what is CA, announce the June 22 birth of their daughter, planned for the future. Paige Danielle. Paige is named after her paternal Cost for lunch is $4.50, which may be paid at the great-grandfather, Phillip Ostravich. door. One need not be a member of Beth Israel or Paige has a brother, Benjamin Leonard, 4. its Sisterhood to attend; men and children are welGrandparents are Bernard and Rita Ostravich of come also. Diamond Bar, CA, and Jerry and Nikii Klein of For reservations, please call Bernice Cohen at Orange, CA. 558-3423. Great-grandparents are Sarah Ostravich Litt, Joe Litt of Omaha, and Ida Hall of Sioux City, Iowa.
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Rabbi Efrat Zarren-Zohar to speak at Temple
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Rabbi Efrat Zarren-Zohar will speak at Temple Israel on Friday, Sept. 15, at 8 p.m. She will share her thoughts on "How I Dreaded Hearing the Akedah (The Binging of Isaac) on Rosh Hashanah and Why I Came to Love It." This timely topic will provide insight into this important High Holy Day message. Rabbi Zarren-Zohar is Director of Family, Adult and Outreach for the Central Agency for Jewish Education (C.A.G.E.) in Miami. She is involved with programs such as "A Taste of Judaism", "The Florence Melton Adult Mini-School" and "Great Jewish Book Series." Rabbi Zarren-Zohar graduated with honors in Political Science from the University of Michigan and was ordained as a Reform Rabbi at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. She also served as the Program Director for by Rabbi Debbie Stiel Hillel at the University of Michigan and was an Assistant Rabbi at Temple Solel in Hollywood, FL. Bring a friend, bring yourself, get a sitter if you Rabbi Zarren-Zohar will be in Omaha with her need one, and join Temple Israel Young and husband, Dr. Zion Zohar, who will speak at the Progressive Organization (TIYPO) at Friday night Klutznik Symposium Sept. 17-18. services!
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With the High Holy Days quickly approaching, reflections of the past year are in our thoughts. This is a time of preparation. At this most special time leading up to the Days of Awe, Rabbi Aryeh Azriel will present an insightful look at the High Holy Days and the Jewish perspective on sin, atonement and forgiveness. He will discuss why it is so difficult to say, "I'm sorry." The program will be Sunday, Sept. 17, 10 a.m., at Temple Israel. Presented by the Outreach Committee of Temple Israel, attendees will have the opportunity to engage in discussion following Rabbi Azriel's presentation. Everyone is welcome to attend this informative lecture.
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The Dorothy and Myer S. Kripke Jewish Federation Library will be formally dedicated during grand opening ceremonies on Sunday, Nov. 19. Above, grand opening cochairs Nancy Rips, seated, and Joyce Cohen with committee member Jill Belmont (back) help to ready the library for its grand opening. Other committee members not pictured include Cheryl Lerner and Fran Juro.
Kripke Library sets fall hours Last week, the Dorothy and Myer Kripke Jewish Federation Library switched to fall hours. The library's new hours of operation will be: Sundays: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays: 7-9 p.m.; Saturday: closed. For more information, call Harris Finkelstein, Library Director, at 334-6461.
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Parsow and Shukert honored for their L.O.V.E. connection by Lenora Lancaster, JSS Administrative Assistant LeeJane Parsow and Helen some of the ideas that have carried Shukert were two very different over for more than 30 years! Helen Shukert followed this origiladies, but the one thing that brought them both together is their love and reverence for our Jewish Seniors. These two ladies were extremely active leaders of L.O.V.E. At different times in its history, these two ladies, along with many other dedicated community volunteers, brought this organization to the point where it still is an important and viable part of the life of a resident of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. Parsow, at the urging .. -- • • •" x.i of her good friend, Helen Shukert and grandchild Miriam Simon, became a L.O.V.E. volunteer at the Dr. Sher nal group of leaders because her good Home. First, she accepted leadership friend, Geri Hoffman (who has since positions that were responsible for a moved to Minnesota), urged her to day's recreational activities and soon spend time at the Home. Shukert had moved on to heading the entire orga- just left both a long time professional nization with responsibilities that and volunteer career with the Red included fundraising, programming Cross, and got bit by the L.O.V.E. bug! As described by her son, Jay, and recruitment of volunteers. Shukert worked diligently for the Barbara Gottlieb, Executive Jewish elderly and headed the orgaDirector of the Home, explained, "The first time I met LeeJane, she walked nization for many years. She was relentless about raising 'Viim' money for items residents needed such as new bathing tubs, a state of the art Wanderguard bracelet system, and whatever rehabilitation equipment was needed at the time. No task was too small or too large for her to tackle. When Shukert asked one for money, there was no turning her down! She was passionate about her cause, and watched over the finanLee Jane Parsow with son, Alan cial records like they were in the front door of the Home and her own funds! When she visited the residents, her from out of nowhere, staff and residents thronged to greet her. I asked, delightful smile, coupled with her 'Who is this lady?' and everyone keen sense of humor and her knowlbegan to tell me what a kind, warm edge of Yiddish, would make the halland generous volunteer this woman ways ring out with laughter! She is. When she spent time with a resi- knew so many great jokes and was a dent, she treated each person with terrific storyteller. the utmost dignity and respect. Her Over the past 12 months, both of kindness had no bounds." these wonderfully compassionate Searching further into Parsow's ladies passed away. They leave a L.O.V.E. career, she and Miriam legacy that continues to grow and Simon began many of the programs thrive. Grandparents Day is certainly that are still going on daily within a fitting honor to both of them. the walls of the Home, such as the We salute them and their families exercise classes, Tuesday sing-a-long, who have helped L.O.V.E. become bingo/pokeno games. The L.O.V.E. such a strong advocate for our frail banquet, along with the ongoing vol- Jewish elderly. Mazel Tov on this unteer orientation program, were just special day!
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Grandparent's Day this Sunday Bring your children, grandchildren, your bubbe and your zayde and join L.O.V.E. Auxiliary as it celebrates "To Bubbe and Zayde with Love" on Sunday, Sept. 10,1:30-3:30 p.m., in the auditorium of the JCC. This is the third anniversary of this tribute. Patty Nogg, Chairperson of the event, said, "This is going to be a very exciting day. The children will have crafts; there will be ice cream sundaes, a mini-concert by Barbara and Stan Widman, plus home-baked kosher goodies. I look forward to seeing you at the celebration." There will be a gallery showing
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Savor the sweetness of the New Year with Sephardic specialties by Rahel Musleah
if special Rosh Hashanah foods in your house start and stop with round challahs and apples in honey, it's time to explore new worlds of Jewish cooking for tempting and symbolic dishes. New and old cookbooks that focus on Sephardic and Middle Eastern cuisine provide perfect sources of inspiration for the new year. Chickpeas, rice, couscous and peas represent roundness, abundance and fertility; dishes made with green vegetables symbolize a new beginning, and even meat, chicken and vegetable creations are mixed with fruit, honey and sugar for a sweet new year. Probably the most unusual entry is A Drizzle of Honey: The Lives and Recipes of Spain's Secret Jews, by the husband-and-wife team of David Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson (St. Martin's). This winner of the National Jewish Book Award draws on testimony from the Inquisition to recreate the recipes of the crypto-Jews whose Sabbath stews and Passover matzas were acts of defiance and affirmations of pride in their Jewish heritage. The recipes combine medieval Christian and Islamic traditions adapted to the modern American kitchen. Each recipe is accompanied by stories, historical commentary, portraits of the men and women who prepared the foods, and accounts of the servants who gave testimony against their employers, illuminating a secret pathway to Jewish identity. For Rosh Hashanah, try Isabel Nunez's fish and chickpea stew, cooked in an herb mixture of chives, oregano, coriander, parsley and raisins; Mayor Gonzalez's roast chicken stuffed with pears, apples, mushroom, cinnamon, cloves, garlic, ginger and dried, crushed lavender flowers; holiday nougat candy, or the round honeyed pastries Maria de Luna baked to break the Yom Kippur fast. Claudia Roden's Book of Jewish Food: an Odyssey from Samarkand to New York (Knopf), winner of the J a m e s Beard Award, remains a classic resource, with more than 800 Ashkenazic and Sephardic recipes that paint a sweeping panorama of Jewish culinary and cultural life. For Rosh Hashanah from Tunisia, she features couscous accompanied by a sweet side dish of pumpkin and apricot; from Egypt, a salad of blackeyed peas; from Algeria, spinach and chickpeas; from India, a pareve but creamy rice pudding made from coconut milk. Roden's very first cookbook, originally published in 1968, has just been updated, expanded and will be reissued in October as The New Book of Middle Eastern Food (Knopf). Although it is not specifically kosher, most of the recipes do not violate the laws of kashrut because, in fact, they follow the Muslim dietary laws. Moroccan chicken with tomatoes and honey would make an inviting Rosh Hashanah entree, as would lamb with prunes or Greek meatballs. Try Iraqi turnips and dates, stuffed zucchini or Persian sweet rice with carrots and orange peel. Her comprehensive introduction makes intriguing reading. San Francisco restaurateur Joyce Goldstein, owner of the Mediterranean-style Square One, has gathered a sampler of unusual recipes in Cucina Ebraica: Flavors of the Italian Jewish Kitchen (Chronicle). She offers three menus for Rosh H a s h a n a h , two for Yom Kippur and one for Sukkot. Venture into the Italian-Jewish world with handmade pasta in broth; red mullet alia Mosaica (named after Moses), cooked in a tomato sauce said to represent the red sea; roast chicken with orange, lemon and ginger; spinach pudding, nut-filled cookie sticks, and a sweet "pizza," a large fruit-studded cookie, the specialty of a Roman Jewish bakery.
Her second Sephardic cookbook, Sephardic Flavors: Jewish Cooking of the Mediterranean, will be available this fall. The World of Jewish Desserts: More than 300 Delectable Recipes from Jewish Communities from Alsace to India (Simon & Schuster, October), is also the second in a series from "gourmet rabbi" Gil Marks, who has culled the globe for the distinctive sweets of Ashkenazic and Sephardic communities. It covers cakes, cookies, bars, yeast cakes, pastries, phyllos, strudel, pancakes, puddings, kugels, fruit desserts and a chapter on Passover sweets. Sephardic specialties for Rosh Hashanah range from Mansanada, an apple compote, to Turkish poached quinces in pomegranate syrup. Marks accompanies the recipes with general tidbits about the fruits and ingredients as well as Jewish traditions and customs. His first book, The World of Jewish Cooking, with 500 recipes, offers Bombay fish fillets in romaine, Calcutta chicken curry, Middle Eastern sweetened wheat berries, Syrian black-eyed peas and veal, Moroccan anise bread, Sephardic apricot gels and more. In The Sephardic Kitchen: The Healthful Food and Rich Culture of the Mediterranean Jews (HarperCollins), Rabbi Robert Sternberg details the traditional Sephardic yehi ratzone ceremony that features seven symbolic foods—apples, dates, pomegranates, pumpkin, leeks, beets and fish. A Salonika menu includes dates stuffed with marzipan, pumpkin-filled pastries and leek fritters, as well as roast stuffed chicken with bulghur, mint and parsley, sauteed eggplant with walnut sauce, fennel braised in tomato sauce, and tishpitti, a Sephardic nut cake. Sternberg also creates a Moroccan Rosh Hashanah menu as well as Yom Kippur and Sukkot dinners, and embellishes the recipes with folk tales and a short history of Sephardic Jewry. The recipes Pamela Grau Twena coaxed out of her husband's Iraqi family are collected in The
Sephardic Table: The Vibrant Cooking of the Mediterranean Jews (Houghton Mifflin), along with dishes from other parts of the Sephardic world. Delectable chicken recipes include Moroccan chicken with almonds and prunes; Algerian chicken with quince; Iranian chicken with pomegranate sauce and Indian chicken and chickpea stew. For dessert, sample ma'amoul (nut-filled cookies) from Syria, or rose-flavored Iraqi spiral pastries. Three other invaluable Sephardic cookbooks, although they are some years old, are Gilda Angel's Sephardic Holiday Cooking (Decalogue), Copeland
Marks' Sephardic Cooking (Donald Fine), and Mavis Hyman's Indian-Jewish Cooking (Hyman Publishers, London). Angel organizes her book by holiday, which makes it easy to follow, includes instructions and blessings for the yehi ratzone ceremony, as well as menus for Turkish, Syrian and Moroccan Rosh Hashanah; Moroccan, Algerian, Dutch and Rhodian Yom Kippur, and Turkish, Moroccan and Persian Sukkot. Marks classifies 600 recipes by country, while Hyman preserves her Indian-Iraqi heritage. (All of the books, except The New Book of Middle Eastern Food, are available in the Kripke Jewish Federation Library.) Savor the sweetness of this new year!
Rahel Musleah is the author of Why On This Night? A Passover Haggadah for Family Celebration (Simon & Schuster). She presents programs on the Jewish communities of India, where she was born.
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This fall proves to be an exciting time for members of the Jewish Community Center in grades five through eight. For the first time ever, they will be given the opportunity to "Enter the J-ROK," an acronym for "Jewish Realm of Omaha Kids, a new program designed to keep youth active in the Jewish community. Our mission is to offer an atmosphere where Jewish youth in grades 5-8 can come together to develop a positive Jewish identity while enhancing their leadership skills. Because interests vary with such a large span of ages, J-ROK is divided into two groups: J-ROK 56 for 5-6 graders, and J-ROK 78 for 7-8 graders. Participants in both groups will take part in a variety of activities around Omaha, some combined into one large group and others within their age ranges. They will also be offered the opportunity to take classes, do community service and socialize with their peers. Parents and children should "treasure" these opportunities to make new friends, learn new skills, and make a positive impact on our community. To emphasize the "value" of this program, combination codes to a "treasure box" have been mailed to all eligible J-ROK youth. Come visit me at the JCC on Monday, Sept. 11, Thursday, Sept. 14, 3-5 p.m., or on Sunday, Sept. 17, 12-4 p.m. See if your code opens the treasure box and if it does, it's yours to keep. For more information, programming ideas, suggestions or questions, or names of someone eligible for J-ROK, call 334-6463.
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What will happen on September 13?
Blumkin Home has vacancies One Day in September premiers Monday on HBO for temporary, short-term care
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The Rose Blumkin Jewish Home is a unique option for people who need a few days or weeks of recuperation following illness, strokes and surgeries, according to Barbara Gottlieb, Executive Director for Jewish Senior Services. "We offer the finest care and the full range of all needed therapies and rehabilitation," she stated. "Our goal is to get the temporaiy patients restored to good health so they may return to their homes. "To assure this, our facility is fully accredited and Medicare-certified," Gottlieb explained. "The past several years, a number of people have elected to come here for the short-term care they need in the time between being dismissed from the hospiBlack September terrorist, Munich Olympics. tal and being able to return home. "They choose to come here, not just for the excelOn Sept. 5, 1972, eight Palestinian terrorists from the Black September Movement invaded the Israeli lent care and reputation of our staff, but also housing compound at the Olympic Village of the because of the atmosphere and number of activiSummer Games in Munich, Germany, killing two ties going on." athletes and taking the other nine hostage. One eagerly-awaited event is the sight of the A gripping, tension-filled account of the events of shiny red, three-tiered toddler buggy, filled with the 1972 Olympics, the feature-length, documen- adorable children from the Pennie Z. Davis Child tary, One Day in September, sheds new light on Development Center, who come to trade coos, how a tragic series of errors of judgement led to smiles, laughs and 'hi-fives' with the residents. the final brutal massacre at a German airport. "I'm especially proud that, once again, the Could this tragedy have been avoided? Blumkin home-both staff and facility—received the This year's Academy Award winner for Best highest certification by the State of Nebraska," Documentary Feature, One Day in September, Gottlieb said. traces the story of the Olympic events, from the "We want to help you and your family," she initial hostage-taking to the fruitless 24-hour nego- added. "Please call Shane Kotok, Director of Social tiation process to the final horrifying hours. Services for JSS, for answers to how we can assist Produced by six-time Academy Award winner you and your family in finding the best solutions Arthur Cohn and narrated by Michael Douglas, it debuts this Monday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m., on HBO, for stressful situations. Kotok can be reached at 330-4272, for informajust prior to the Sept. 15 opening of the Olympic tion on all aspects of short-term rehab and care, Games in Sydney, Australia. Two-and-a-half years and also other family situations which may call for in the making and 26 years since the tragedy, the different approaches to care. film portrays, for the first time ever, the behindthe-scenes story of the Munich events.
JERUSALEM (JTA)--Whenever the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin lagged behind an agreed timetable in the peace process, he used to declare that "there are no sacred dates." Now, though using somewhat less direct language than his former p a r t n e r in peace, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat is implying the same thing. On the record, and especially when addressing Arab audiences, Arafat is sticking to Sept. 13 as the date for declaring an independent Palestinian state. But his spokesmen have explained that while Arafat has the right to make the unilateral declaration, he will not necessary exert that right. According to the latest evaluations of the Israel Defense Force's intelligence department, Arafat is now willing to postpone the declaration until Nov. 15, or perhaps even until Jan. 1, the anniversary of the founding of Arafat's Fatah Party. As the date approaches, various scenarios are being painted as officials from both Israel and the Palestinian Authority deal with political realities after the failed Camp David summit. A first scenario, painted in rosy hues: Arafat postpones the declaration until after the U.S. presidential elections~and perhaps until after a final peace agreement is reached with Israel. During the summit, Prime Minister Ehud Barak reportedly promised Arafat that if they reached a peace agreement, Israel would be the first nation to recognize the new Palestinian state. With Israeli and American approval, the newly born state would gain instant worldwide recognition. In a second scenario, employing a palette of bleak tones, Arafat makes the declaration in the absence of a final peace accord and Israel responds with political countermeasures of its own. Palestinian threats to declare independence have long been part and parcel of the negotiations with Israel.
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