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Teas of thousands of Jews from all speetrams of the community came to the Kotel last week for a prayer meeting led by both, religious and political leaders. Tlie rally was called by settlers' councils as "well as many other diverse religious organizations. ..It_is in response to the present wave of Palestinian led terror, which has caused recently so
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much death and injury all over Israel, as well as to galvanize public opinion against the possibility of coming to an agreement with the Palestinians that might include ceding sovereignty of the Temple Mount. Farther large rallies have been called in Jerusalem this week in support of retaining fell Israeli control of Jerusalem. Photo by ISRANET.
Israeli Rally Tells the World: Get Your Hands Off Our Capital by NAOMI SEGAL and JULIE WIENER — — — — —
JERUSALEM (JTA)--When Zelda Brown planned her vacation to Israel this winter, she probably didn't expect to be spending it like this. Brown, of Queens, N.Y., was among tens of thousands of Israelis and other Jews—as many as 100,000 people, according to an Israel TV estimate -who gathered outside Jerusalem's Old City walls Monday night for a rally to preserve the unity of the city under Israeli rule. T m delighted to be here at the time of the demonstration," said Brown, who was there with her husband and a Mend. "It's very inspiring. It's just a shame there's a need for this." As President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak race to advance an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal under intense time pressure—Clinton leaves office Jan. 20 and Barak faces elections Feb. 6~many Jews are balking at the concessions Israel is being asked to make in its capital and on its holy sites. : Monday's rally, under the slogan, "Jerusalem, I Pledge Allegiance," drew demonstrators not only from the fervently Orthodox and religious Zionist sectors, but from Israel's secular mainstream as well. Organizers said that some 1,000 buses brought participants from across Israel and from settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. "I believe Jerusalem must not be divided," said Avram Lahiani, who brought his wife and child from the coastal city of Acre, north of Haifa. "All Israel belongs to the people of Israel." Organizers initially had intended for rally participants to encircle the Old City's stone walls in a human chain. But the plan was scrapped when police barred access to primarily Muslim areas out of fear of violence. In. a stark reminder of the ongoing conflict, the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo once
again came under Palestinian fire Monday night. No one was hurt, but an apartment was damaged. In the French Hill neighborhood, Palestinians tossed a firebomb at Israeli cars on a major Jerusalem thoroughfare. North of the city, an Israeli boy was wounded in a shooting attack on the Jerusalem-Modi'in road, which passes near the Green Line and has become a focal point for Palestinian attacks. Organizers of Monday night's rally described the event as nonpartisan and sought to prevent political statements and posters. But the gathering carried a distinctly political context, given the U.S.-led peace efforts that contemplate splitting Jerusalem between Israel and the Palestinians, and putting the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, under Palestinian sovereignty. Natan Sharansky, the Yisrael B'Aliyah Party leader who quit Barak's government last summer over expected concessions at the Camp David summit, was one of the organizers of Monday's rally. The gathering aimed to send a message to the world, and to the Palestinians, that the Jewish people will not abandon Jerusalem, Sharansky said. "Jerusalem is not a question of borders or security, but a question of the identity of the Jewish people," he said. In a move aimed at underscoring American Jewish support for Jerusalem, Ronald Lauder, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, ignored criticism of his decision to participate in the gathering. Barak has said he won't transfer sovereignty over the Temple Mount to the Palestinians, but hasn't ruled out letting a third party run the site. Meanwhile, the Palestinians hardened their stance toward Clinton's proposals, saying they did not address Palestinian "rights."
Cantor Sol Zim, recognized internationally as a super star of Jewish music, will be the featured performer at the Beth El Synagogue concert scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 21, a t 7 p-m. Cantor Emil Berkovits and Hazzaii; G. Michael Horwitz will join Cantor Zim in a musical stroll From, Shtetl to Broadway. The evening will showcase original music written by Cantor Zim as well as selections composed by Cantor Berkovits. The program will include Sephardic melodies, Hassidic nigunim, operatic arias, popular ballads, Broadway show lanes plus traditional and median settings of Hebrew prayers and folk songs. "Many of the numbers are eatehy and light,* said Hazzan Horwitz. "They really move. It's the kind of music that will make the audience want to clap and sing along." Sol Zim's musical career began at an early age when he served as a child soloist with his father. Cantor Samuel Zimelman. After graduating from the Jewish Theologies! Seminary of America, the younger Zim studied privately with Cantor Moshe Koussevitsky and Shalom Seeenda. EncouragedfayRichard Tucker to study opera. Zim learned 20 operatic roles, but when offered contracts to both the Vienna State Opera Theatre and the Israeli Opera Company, Zim declined and chose, instead, to. devote himself solely to Jewish music. Today, Sol Zim is recognised as one of the world's leading cantors. Perhaps -.._" , ( best known as "* \ one of The " \ Brothers Zim, the group -' " , "* which he c^^' ~£founded, Sol * ^-1 Zim has rep'£** resented the V J ~ " United States -_ at the Israeli i *Hassidic Song Festival and was the" first ', American
;"S _«• com po s er to fL^-»wm honors in — that competition. His nine published song books of original music make up T h e Joy Series." Copies of this innovative collection, as well as Zim's CDs, will be available for purchase the night of the concert. From Shtetl to Broadway is open to the entire community. Advance General Admission tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets at the door are $18. All proceeds from the event support Beth El's Scholarship Program. For more information, call 492-8550. Cantor Zim is also appearing in Lincoln on Monday, J a n . 22, 7 p.m., at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. He will be joined by the combined children's choirs of Tifereth Israel and B'nai Jeshuran. Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at the door. Call 423-2678 for more information.
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The Meaning of Life
ESTHER DEPOKTE Services for Esther DePorte were held Jan, 5 at Beth Israel Cemetery. She died at the age of 68. P a r a s h a t VaYehi She was preceded in death by her husband, Gur Sidrah is the last of Genesis. It tells of the death of Jacob, thus ending also the Patriarchal Leonard. Survivors include her daughter, April DePorte of period, the time of. Abraham, Isaac, and JacobOmaha; sons and daughters-in-law, David and Israel. Rachel DePorte of Aurora, IL, and Dennis and The importance of that is that the history of a few Pam DePorte of Omaha; and grandchildren. generations of a single family has led to the history Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. of a people. For now, we call the large family of Jacob-Israel—several generations of it-by the name KEVA SHYKEN of the "Children of Israel." Now we begin to recognize Keva Shyken died J a n . 4 at the age of 58. ourselves, for our tradition has it that we are, in the main, direct descendants of those original Children Services were held J a n . 5 at Mount Sinai of Israel, despite all kinds of additions and assimila- Cemetery. A fluent Hebrew speaker, he often volunteered to tions over the painful centuries. help translate for Israeli patients at the University Something more: the very title, VaYehj, "and of Nebraska Medical Center's Lied Transplant Jacob lived," forces us to give attention to life, Center. What is its meaning? Why do we have it? Is it purSurvivor.s include his wife, Yafa; son, Joe; poseful or without purpose? Without purpose, perdaughters, Rachel and Bertha; brother and sisterhaps, since it inevitably leads to death? in-law, Paul and Susie Shyken, all of Omaha. A story from our vast Jewish tradition tells us Memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue or the Cure that the rabbis debated long and seriously t h e question, "Was it good or not good that human for Lymphoma Foundation, 215 Lexington Ave., New York City, New York 10016. beings were given life?" Their melancholy conclusion wag that it would have been better if there were never any human Sharon Campaigning Actively beings! But you know instinctively that could not have been the rabbis' last word. They continued. Indeed, they said, it would have been better if human life had never existed, but so long as we have human life, they insisted, we must live it morally. Ah, there's the rub. For we must face the problems of being human. If it were only life itself that we have to confront, i t would be easy enough. But it's being human t h a t we have to confront. And being human adds to the confrontation of life itself, the confrontation of life's constituents; ambition, desire, lust, cupidity, covetousness, anger, hatefulness, selfishness. What to bring as antidote to all that? Love your With the prime ministerial elections less than neighbor as yourself. Only that? If that's not one month away, the Likud candidate for enough, there's no hope. But it is enough. Love prime minister, Ariel Sharon made yet anothyour neighbor as yourself. If we don't know the er foray into Jerusalem's Likud heartland, meaning of life—and we don't—at least we must the Mahane Yehuda Market, He was received make it livable. with great enthusiasm hy stall owners and Love your neighbor as yourself! businesses in the area. Photo by I8RANET, by RABBI MYER S. KRIPKE
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 OCTL Friday Night Dinner, 5 p.m., at UNO Religious Center OTYG Shabbat Service, 6 p.m., at Temple Israel c L SUNDAY, JANUARY 14 ' Beth El "I Love Lucy" Luncheon, Noon, at Beth El & MONDAY, JANUARY 15 S YES Program, 9:30 a.m . A Ad\ilt Ed. Mid Winter Akiba, mini-mester, v 7:30 p.m., at Beth El E , TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 ADL/CRC Board Meeting, Noon BBYO Night, 6 p.m. Temple Israel Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., at Temple Israel Talmud Class with Rabbi Kutner, 7:30 p.m. at Beth Israel WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 Lunch 'n learn with Rabbi Kutner at Noddle Development, noon JYG Dinner, 6 p.m., at Temple Israel Beth El ALEF Class , 7 p.m., at Beth El C Adult Ed, Mid Winter Akiba, mini-mester, jj- 7:30 p.m., at Beth El P THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 Adult Education, 10 a.m., at Temple Israel Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class, 7 p.m., at S Temple Israel
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by DIANE AXL'ER BAUM — ———««-,-— "In our family, our seder wouldn't be a seder without Bartons pareve-fer-Passover mints and macaroons," said Michael L. Linn. The Friedel Jewish Academy Director recalled the annual trips he made with his grandmother to the Bartons factory in New York to purchase candies for the holiday. He can still close his eyes and smell the wonderful aroma of chocolate. Because of these feelings, Linn experiences a sense of pride each year when the Academy undertakes it's community-wide sale of Bartons Kosher for Passover candies and treats. A flyer in today's issue of the Jewish Press lists the many products for sale. The order forms and payment checks must be received no later than Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 31, at Friedel, 335 So. 132nd St., Omaha, NE 68154. "Our annual Bartons sale is a vital fundraiser for the Academy and serves to ready the community for. the special joys of Pesach," said Linn. This year the first seder takes place April 7. Additional information is available by calling the Academy a t 334-0517, or PTO chair Lynne Saltzman at 333-9778.
Beth El Synagogue's series of Third Friday Night Shabbat Services and Dinner continues on Friday, J a n . 19, 6 p^m., with Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv and segues into a delicious, traditional Shabbat meal. Special attention will be paid to BESTT third and fourth graders and their families. Cost is $10 for adults and $5.50 for children ages three to 12. The dinner is free for kids under three. The entire community is invited to join in this relaxed and warm welcome to the Shabbat. No reservations are required for the service, but seat assignments will be made for the dinner. Please call Beth El at 492-8550-no later than Jan.l5~to save a place at the table for you and your group.
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I would like to thank my family, friends, co-workers, Temple Israel, Rabbi Azriel and the Caring Committee for all the many cards, prayers, food, phone calls, donations, visits and support during my hospitalization and recovery. I hope to return to my hormai activity as soon as possible. Love to all, Anne Joseph
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(Through Jan. 26, Temple Israel will hold an abbreviated Shahbat evening service at 6p.m. so fam- Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. ilies can return home in time for Shabbat dinner.) FRIDAY: Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. Rabbi Debbie Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. Stiel and Cantor Jennifer Blum will officiate, along Weekday morning services are at 7 a.m, Sundays with the Omaha Temple Youth Group at this at 9 a.m. Call the office for evening service times. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 5:05 p.m. The Creative Service of Tolerance. SATURDAY: Bagels and Bible, 9:30-10:15 a.m. West Minyan will be at the home, of Donald and Please join us for study of the Book of Micah; Maggie Gerber, 426 S. 126 St, 5:05 p.m, SATURDAY: Shabbos services, 8:4S a.m., Services, 10:80 a.m. Kiddush sponsored by Alvin and Willis Ann Ross SITTER SERVICE and Jean Epstein in memory of Sylvia Ross. The Available for Shabbat services Friday evening Shabbos House will be held at the home of Drs. and Saturday morning, as well as Sunday mornings when there is Religious School. Please make Bonnie Bloch and Howard Gendelman, 3-5 p.m. reservations through the Temple office. Coat is $2 Bob Wolfeon, ADL/CRC Director, will speak. Parents are encouraged to attend with their chilper family. There are no facilities for infants. dren. Insights into the Parsha, 4i20 p.m.; Mincha, ADULT EDUCATION 4:50 p.m,j Havdalah, 6;02 p.m. TUESDAY, Jan. 16: Haaidiam, 7»8:30 p.m. TUESDAY: Talmud dast) with Rabbi, 7:30 p.m. Professor Guy Matalon will focus on the major theme of Hasidism, the relationship between God and human beings, by focusing on various Hasidic texts. WEDNESDAY, Jan, 17: Jewish Medical Ethics, 7»8sS0 p.m, Dr, Howard Neeclelman, a Neonatologist and Head of the Ethics Committee at Children's Hospital, will lead this group through ^ 0 Z ^ the basics of Jewish medical ethics followed by discussions on some of the current controversies in Oflico liourw: Monday, Wednesday, Thuradny and medicine. Friday, 2-4 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi THURSDAY, Jan, 18: Adult Study with Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum. Minyan on Monday & Debbie Stiel, 10*11;30 **,*»., Discussion will focus Thursday, 7:15 a.m. on the theological and historical perspectives of FttlDAY: Services, 6:15 p.m. (Special Time) Reform Judaism; Adult B'nai Mitzvah, 7-9 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:80 ».m., Bat Mitevah FRIDAY, Jan, 10; Who's Afraid of the Dead Sea of Emily Evnon, followed by a kidduah luncheon. Scrolls?, IO-II18O ajntu Israeli archeologiijt and UNO MONDAY, JAN. 22* Cantor Sol Zim performs. Professor Dr. Rami Arav will talk about the content of Tickets arcs $f> in advance, $7 at the door; children Dead Sea Scrolls, the people who wrote thorn and the under 1.2 arc, free. community where they were discovered. SPECIAL MUSICAL GUESTS FRIDAY, Jan.. 19, 6 p.m.: Sing«u7Sougwrite,r Judy Caplan Ginshurgh and her guitarist, David Marler, will join Cantor Jennifer Blum for a Shabbat evening of worship and fun. SATURDAY, Jan. 20, 7 p.m.: Judy and David will present a Havdalah Pajama Concert for the entire community at the JCC. Beat suited for ages Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. 10 and under; children are encouraged to wear MONDAY-FRIDAY: services, 7 a.m, their pajamas. SATURDAY: services, 9:30 a.m. SHABBAT COMES TO YOU Friday, Jan. 19, 3:45 p.m. Cantor Jennifer Blum will lead services at Livingston Plaza. ROSE BlMWiKiN JEWISH HOWIE SATURDAY: Services, 9 a.m., led by the congregation of Beyt Shalom. Services are held in the Herbert Goldsten Chapel, followed by Kiddush.
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Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Services are^condueted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantors Emil Bterkovits and G. Michael Horwitz. FRIDAY: Services, 8 p.m. SATURDAY; Services, 9:80 a.m. Jason Rich, son of Dr. Phillip and Diane Rich, will become a Bar Mitzvah. Kiddush following; Free sitter service, 10 a.m.; TSS (Torah and Siddur Skills) Program, 10 a.m.; K'tantan (K-3 grade), 10s45 a.m.; Shabbat Story Time (pre-K and younger), 11 a.m.j Mishnah study session, 4:35 p.m.; Minha«Ma'ariv and Havdalah, 5:05 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, .9 a,m.; Perek Yomi; Lucille White will be honored at a luncheon, 12:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:55 a,m. and SsSO p.m. WEDNESDAY, J a n . 17, Adult B'nai Mitzvah class, 7:30 p.iw.
FRIDAY: Tot Shabbat, 7 p.m. SATURDAY: Services at the Hose Blmnkin Home chapel, 9 n.m, FRIDAY, Jan. 19: Shabbjit in tlu> Uome. Special Losu'iKjr's Minyun at the Mynujjotfuo, 7J30 p.m., for those who would like fio study tho structure of all the Shabbat services. B?NA! ISRAEL.'^VNAG@GUE
FRIDAY: SnrviceH, 7:30 p.m. Discussion topic is "More Strange Titles from the Tuhnud, Purt II."
Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser, FRIDAY; Sabbath. Eve service, 7;48p.m. , SATURDAY? Torah Study, 10 a,m,-»oon MONDAY: Adult Hebrew Study/Movies, 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY: AA Meeting in the library, 7:80 p,aiu
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Learn to Read Hebrew by RABBI SHLOMO LEVIN - — — The OCTL and JELS will co-sponsor a second session of their Hebrew classes beginning this Tuesday, Jan. 16, at the JCC, A beginners group will meet from 6:80-7:45 pan., followed by an advanced class from 8-0:15 p.m, The class will run for five consecutive Tuesdays through Feb. 12. The classes will be led by Had as Orbach, a native Israeli; she will use a Hebrew reading curriculum specially developed by the National Jewish Outreach Program in New York and in use in communities all across the United States. The beghmors class is designed for peoples with no Hebrew background whatsoever, and starts with recag-
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ni/Jng the various Hebrew letters and using catchy memory aids to associate their shapes with their sounds. By the end of the five sessions, participants will be sounding out words commonly found in the prayerbook. The advanced class will review pronunciation and reading skills. Participants will then learn to speak Hebrew and acquire vocabulary as well. Cost for the five sessions is $25; financial aid is available. For more information, please ccmtact Kathy Hirshman at 3M-6445, or me at 5511864, or- feel free just to show up Tuesday night ready to learn .some Hebrew.
Beth El Youth Choir Serenades at Hanukkah Event The 160 aclullN and kids wh.0 attended Beih El's Hamskkniu Dinner ju*d Movie Night devoured "Lottsa Luscious Sjatkes" and P a s t a Pcrfocto, cooked up by head chef Larry Hasslingcr. Melodies were provided by the voices of tho Beth El Youth Choir, under the direction of Cantor Emil Berkovits and Haazan (i. Michael Horwii,/.. Toys, gloves a n < ' mittens wore collected for donation to Sieuu-Francia Uou««. Tho. program WHS chaired by Susan Pri.edBTta.ift and Kathy Weinor. Youth llhoir memhors included Kachel Stein., left, Max Saferwtein-Hansvn, (!j»roltne rluwler, Hurah I-itlky and Emns.
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A Full Plate
In just eight days, George W. Bush will take the oath of office and become President of the United States. Though he may have his own list of priorities, there are some issues awaiting him which he will not be able to avoid. His first week on the job, President Bush will face the following: • Barak and Arafat. These two so-called leaders' have been pushed to the wall (no pun intended) to settle their differences and sign an agreement that would (forever?) end the Mideast dispute. Though backers of this latest initiative predict all out war if no agreement is reached, most Israelis are so reluctant that they may throw Barak out of office and install Ariel Sharon, a nemesis to the Palestinians, but someone many Israelis feel will protect their interests and provide more security. Bush will not be able to push the Mideast onto a back burner. Since he has only been out of the country three times in his life, we hope he assembles a team of experienced and knowledgeable Women and men who can advise Mm. • Confirmation hearing of John Ashcroft, While known as a man with integrity, he is also seen by many Jewish groups as "extreme" in his views. In a recent statement to the press, the
National Council of Jewish Women, joined by several other Jewish groups, civil rights and abortion rights organizations, said, "Sen. Ashcroft has long been a vocal opponent of reproductive choice, voting against an amendment affirming the Roe v. Wade decision and co-sponsoring a resolution calling for a Constitutional Amendment banning abortion, even in cases of rape or incest. "He has opposed affirmative action and accepted an honorary degree from Bob Jones University, an institution which, until recently, barred interracial dating. He has also opposed criminal background checks for gun purchasers at gun shows." Linda Chavez has already withdrawn her name from consideration, but Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson also may face a tough hearing from his views on a woman's right to choose. Of course, Bush also faces: an energy shortage and rising prices in the West, a slowing economy, Saddam Hussein's growing power in the region, a weakening European Union, a Democratic Party looking to make his life more difficult, and the possibility he may be asked to pardon President Clinton. On behalf of the American people and all the peoples of the world, we wish the country's newest president much good luck!
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After mentioning the name of a deceased loved even imagine an end to the cycle of bloodshed. one, Jews traditionally add Mof blessed memory," or Another problem with "may God avenge her "peace be unto her." The sages of Israel, in fact, are blood" is that this phrase focuses our entire memooften referred to as Hazal, which is an acronym for ry upon the person's violent death, and I think it hahamaynu zihronam lluraha ("our sages of does so primarily in order to suit our own needs for blessed memory"). vengeance "we don't want our loved ones" murderIn print, the custom is usually to signal one of the ers to go unpunished. The two traditional phrases two phrases with two small Hebrew letters after a used upon invoking the name of a dead person, "of deceased person's name. Of course, sometimes this blessed memory" and "peace be unto him," are so gets competitive, and one can find three and some- much more appropriate because the focus is less times four letters after a person's name (standing upon us and our world and more on the entire for "sage of blessed memory," and "holy sage of range of memories we have of the deceased—we are able to think about their whole lives rather than blessed memory^). Occasionally, one will come across a very differ- just about how they died. ent acronym after a deceased person's name: the In the opening of this year's special session markHebrew letters hay, yud, and dalet, standing for ing the anniversary of Yitzchak Rabin's assassinahashem yinakem damo, "may God avenge his tion, Speaker of the Knesset Avraham Burg folblood." Among the Orthodox population in Israel, lowed his invocation of Rabin's name with "may this is routinely put after the name of any soldier peace avenge his blood." killed in action or any civilian killed in a terrorist This was a sort of cute twist of the phrase, attack. This phrase, like the other two, is also spo- emphasizing both the pain of Rabin's loss and a ken aloud by many people when they invoke the hope for the future-a hope that was part of Rabin's dead person's name. legacy (something that gets obscured when you I have many problems with "may God avenge her beseech God for vengeance). But Avraham Burg did blood." For one thing, how are we supposed to know- not go far enough. He did not realize that "peace" if and when God does avenge a death? does not belong alongside a phrase containing the The dedicatory inscription, chiseled upon the words "vengeance" and "blood." If Burg had to use a facade of the Moroccan synagogue in Givat Ze'ev, variant of the phrase I would have recommended: contains the name Lieutenant Uriel Peretz (a local "may peace atone for his death." boy killed in Lebanon, whom I wrote about some Besides reducing the connotation of violence, time ago), followed by those three letters asking what this phrase does is suggest that the whole God to avenge his blood. society needs atonement, something most Israelis But what if God has indeed seen to it that Uriel's agree upon. killers have already met untimely ends? That plea It says quite clearly in Deuteronomy 32.43 that for vengeance is still up there, that plea will always God will "avenge the blood of God?s servants," God be there. It's as if the blood of Uriel can never be works according to God's own timetable. God avenged. Now it's one thing for a family to experi- doesn't need either our permission or our prodding ence a loved one's loss as devastating—no one in order to seek vengeance. What we mainly accomindeed will ever be able to replace that person. But plish when we r e p e a t e d l y urge God to seek if a populace has erected permanent petitions to vengeance for the biood of our dead is to make it God to avenge their citizens "blood", it's hard to difficult to think of peace with our enemies.
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I don't recall whether it was the singing group Peter, Paul and Mary or folk singer Pete Seeger who popularized the song in the 1960's, but the song keeps running through my mind as we seesaw back and forth on the peace process. "Lemon tree is very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet, but the fruit of the lemon is impossible* to eat." So runs the ballad. For many Israelis, and Jews elsewhere for that matter, the proposed peace between Israel and the Palestinians is indeed a lemon which is impossible to eat. The ceding of sovereignty over the Har Habayit, the Temple Mount is more than a majority of people here are willing to accept. Part of the unwillingness stems from deep religious feelings, part of the wellsprings of'Zionist dreams and part from sheer distrust of Arafat and the Palestinians. In many cases all three of these emotions come into play. The religious sanctity of the Temple's mount is enshrined both in Jewish law and Jewish lore. It is a powerful force. While the news commentators keep on saying that, "the Western Wall" is the principal Jewish shrine that is only because Jews have not been able to pray on the mount itself so the remnants of the Temple—real or not—have had to suffice for centuries. Zionism itself only made sense in Zion with full control of the religious shrines. It is no accident that the news of Israeli capture of Jerusalem in 1967 was announced by the message, "har habayit" - "the Temple Mount; is ours." To voluntarily cede this essential core of Jewish and Zionist belief is a painful and probably impossible act. But for those Israelis who no longer hold fast to either Zionism or religion, the overwhelming distrust of Arafat and the Palestinians is cause enough to be wary of clie deal. (Continued on page 5)
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Bush's Man Fleischer Sees his Task Rooted in Jewish Ethics
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WASHINGTON (JTA)--It's rare t h a t the for policy, and, perhaps, Stephen Goldsmith, the spokesman for a presidential campaign defends one former Indianapolis mayor and Bush adviser who of his opponents, but Ari Fleischer did just that is expected to be tapped for a position soon. this summer. Many in the Jewish community also have been Days after being named vice presidential nomi- critical of some of Bush's policies, especially on nee for the Democratic Party, Sen. Joseph school vouchers and charitable choice. Some are Lieberman (D-CT.) was maligned with.an. anti- opposing Cabinet appointments, especially the Semitic comment by a local leader of the National attorney general-designate, former Missouri Sen. Association for the Advancement of Colored People. John Ashcroft. Republican candidate George W. Bush's camp But Fleischer isn't ruffled by his minority stacould have said nothing or sufficed with a brief tus, having grown accustomed to fending off the statement. But Fleischer, as a fellow Jew, felt he Jewish Democratic majority in his own home. needed to speak out. Though their son was in the upper echelons of the And he did, condemning the words of the presi- Bush campaign, Fleischer's parents still voted for dent of the Dallas chapter of the NAACP, Lee Vice President Al Gore. "My mother called me to concede only after Al Alcorn, as "foolish utterances." But don't misunderstand Fleischer. He is a very Gore called George W. Bush to concede," Fleischer political person, and his religion rarely gets the said. Although they were in opposing camps, Fleischer was happy when Lieberman became the best of his partisanship. "I believe deeply in my religion and I believe in first Jew picked for a national ticket. the principles of my party," said Fleischer, 40. "I "It really gave me great joy when Lieberman was don't commingle the two." announced," he said. "As a Jew, it gave me a sense The son of New York Democrats, Fleischer has of great pride. It reflected on the strength of the spent two decades on Capitol Hill as a Republican country." Fleischer's rebellion against hie political upbringparty spokesman, and will reach the pinnacle of his profession later this month when he stands in front ing began at Middlebury College in Vermont in the late 1970s, when he realized that he agreed more of the lectern as White House press secretary. A "relatively observant, basically Reform" Jew, with the policies of Ronald Reagan than of Jimmy Fleischer's conception of his role in government is Carter. After g r a d u a t i n g , he took a job us spokesman for a New York Republican running for shaped by the ethics of Judaism, "The Jewish religion teaches people to be respon- Congress, and then moved to Washington with n sible, to.be open-minded and to care about others," new party identity. he said in a. phone interview with, JTA. "And I hope Despite their opposing views, Fleischer calls his that people see that In me as I do my job," parents his "secret weapon," who have taught him Jews were heavily represented in the Clinton how Democrats think and feel on the issues. "It teaches you respect," he said. "You can have Cabinet and White House, but Fleischer will be one of the few Jewish faces in a Bush administration political differences and still love them.1* that received little support from Jews at the polls. Fleischer even claims to respect the White House Less than 20 percent of the Jewish vote went to press corps, the aggressive puck of reporters with Bush. Other Jews in the Bush White House will be whom he'll face onch day. Josh Bolten, Bush's designated deputy chief of stuff He already known their businoHH from bis tinu» an
a spokesman for former Sen. Pete Domenici (RN.M.) and the House Ways and Means Committee. One reporter who covered Fleischer with the Ways and Means Committee, and who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Fleischer deals better with politics than policy, and has trouble making the switch. "I think that he never learned when it is time to get out of the partisan campaign mode and get into the business of supplying reporters necessary factual information," the reporter said. "I think he sees the press as a group to manipulate." But Fleischer says he relishes his job because he plays a role, albeit minor, in implementing policy, he said, adding that he clearly understands that he has to serve two masters-the president and the media. Tou can't do this job if you don't believe in the mission of the press," he said. Fleischer's current schedule includes a morning news conference call, an early afternoon news conference and a late afternoon "pen-and-pad" session. Then there are the dozens of individual requests he responds to each day, from reporters at small newspapers to Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes, Even in his serious conversations with the media, Fleischer manages to keep things jovial. At a news conference recently, he offered one female reporter the chance to go head to head with Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, a former Navy Seal and profession-' al wrestler. In a conference coll, he allows a reporter who graduated from his alma mater to get two questions. And then there is his trademark, etir-ta-ear smile. "I would like to thank whoever sent me The Idiot's Guide to Verbal Self-Defense, " Fleischer, smiling broadly, said in front of reporters; Fleischer already has picked the chapter that will give him the edge with the prena: "Usiintf Your Facial Munelna to Cniin tho Advantage."
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Having been away from Israel for three months we found the country a very different place than the one we left. Israeli attitudes toward the Arabs have veered sharply as a result of the current sputa of violence. It is not the uprising in the West Bank and Oazn which produced this seismic shift so much as it was the rampage of Israeli Arabs. The violent protests
in Nd/iireth, in the Giilil, in old Jaffa and elsewhere destroyed for yearn to come any decent kind of modus vivendi between the Jewish und Moslem communities here. People could not drive the roads in the Gulil, no one wont into old Jaffa, oven the coastal highway between Tel Aviv and Haifa came under mob utluckn from Arab villages along the way.
AH of this has largely abated now, but the residue of distrust and suspicion makes concessions in Jerusalem difficult to sell. A historic tragedy may be that the fruit of the lemon is indeed impossible to oat. Peace may bo somewhat more distant now, but the growth and development and importance of Israel remains a priority for us, the Jewish people.
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OMAHA CENTER FOR TORAH LEARNING SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 3:40 p.m., Class on the weekly Torah portion, hosted by Rabbi Shlomo Levin at his home, 2001 N. 56th. TUESDAY, JAN. 16, 7 p.m., Beit Midrash at Chaba'd. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17, 12-1'p.nu, Lunch 'n Learn meets in the JCC library; please bring a lunch. The topice is "Judaism and the Environment: How the laws of the Sabbatical year are observed in modern times." THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 10 sum., "Torah Time for Tots," for toddlers and a parent, hosted by Hadas Orbach at her home. For more information, call 697-5531. Make reservations for Friday night dinner, Jan. 26, 6:30 p.m., at the UNO Religious Center, 101 N. Happy Hollow. Cost is $14/adults, $9/children. The Orbachs will host a Shabbat sleepover on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26-27, for grades 812. Cost is $18 per person. Sign up with Ariel Orbach at 697-5531. For more information about OCTL, call Rabbi Levin at 551-1564.
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The Robert H. and Dorothy G. Kooper and the Bruce M. Pelhnan Charitable Foundation Trusts have announced the availability of scholarships for the 2001-2002 academic year. The scholarships are based on financial need for Jewish students for post-secondary education. Robert Kooper had a long history of service to the Jewish community. He was elected president of B'nai B'rith in 1929, headed Beth El Synagogue in 1941, and was president of the Highland Country Club in 1951 and the Jewish Federation of Omaha from 1958-60. He died in 1961. Mrs. Kooper was also a strong supporter and worked with the Jewish Federation and Beth El Sisterhood. She died in May, 1995. "Awarding a scholarship to a young Jewish person is a very appropriate way of honoring my parents," said Howard M. Kooper. He and hi« wife, Sharon, fund the Kooper charitable Foundation Trust. Tom Fellinari is a trustee. Bruce, son of Tom and Darlynn Fellman, was a 1982 graduate of Woslsidc Hijrh School. He was active in BHYO, .serving an president, vice-presi clout, secretary and treasurer of Cluiiin Weizmiinu A'AA. After graduation, Fellman ut.te.nded (ieorgo Washington University in Washington, !),(!. He was participating in the Univernily of Pittsburgh's Semester at Sea program at l.he time of his death in 198-1. Trustees for I he Kellman Charitable Tnirtt are Darlyuu Kollnum, Terri Hchrnger and Howsird M. Kooper. Applications for both trusts are available by calling Broadinoor Development at ."U)l •tHOO. Deadline is April ).
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The True Meaning of WRC by RACHEL SHKOLNICK, JCC Program Director •
Those who are familiar with the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization know that the letters "WRC stand for Winter Regional Convention, a regional retreat common to the Omaha, Kansas City and St. Louis BBYO groups. But after attending this year's convention in St. Louis, the letters "WRC" could have stood for a variety of acronyms. For example.. . "WRC. , .We're Really Close-From the moment the group stepped off the bus, it was apparent that distance was not a factor in the relationships between these young adults. Hugs were abundant all weekend and smiles were overflowing. And just as old bonds were being reinforced, new friendships were blossoming. "WRC. . .Wild Representatives of Chapters-The spirit shown for each council chapter was unbelievable. Kids chanted and cheered at meals, programs and during free time, to make sure the convention body knew exactly who their chapter was. Chapter spirit is a large part of convention, and it begins way before the kids come together. Awards are given out to various chapters in a number of categories, of which Ediar BBG #710 won Best BBG- T-shirt, Newspaper, and overall Spirit. Mother Chapter AZA #1 won the AZA award for Best Chapter Video; Chaim Weizmann #1510 took the award for Best AZA Chapter Newspaper. Omaha participants worked hard to ensure their chapter's names would not soon be forgotten, "WRC.. .With Responsibility and CommitmentWinter Convention can prove to be an. exciting time for all, but it's not just a week full of fun and games. The BBG and AZA chapters met separately this weekend to accomplish business goals in the interest of the prosperity of the Mid-America Region atlarge. Each of the council presidents from AZA and BBG, which together make up the Regional Coordinating Committee, or RCC, presented their
"mid-states," which update the rest of the region in regard to membership status, programming, fundraising and the educational training of their council's chapter members. The groups spent several hours sharing their council stories. The following day, they reconvened to pass an updated version of the Mid-America Region BBYO Constitution. Discussions ranged from responsibilities and term limits of the Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC) to business meeting structures, fundraising and amendment ratifications. Complete with Preamble, both AZA and BBG groups passed the Mid-America Region BBYO Consti-tution, and business goals had been accomplished. For those teens who continue to attend regional conventions, the reasons are very clear. For those who have yet to get involved, don't worry because WRC also stands for: We Recruit Constantly!
Selective Service Makes Reporting Address Change Easier The Selective Services System has added a change of address page to its website that will allow young men to update their registration information online. Federal law requires that young men, ages 18-15, notify the Selective Service within 10 days of an address change. The addition of the new web page will make fulfillment of this legal requirement easier and more convenient. Any man who is registered and was bom after 1959, can update Ms address by going to the web• site, located at; www.sss.gov. Click on a link to the "change of address" page, type in new information and click on the submit button. All male citizens are required to register within 30 days of turning 18 years old. Selective Service registration is linked to many programs, including eligibility for federal student loans.
Pittsburgh JCC Offers Cruise for Jewish Singles by JEWISH PRESS News Service —
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The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh invites Jewish singles in their 20's, 30's, and 40's from across the United States and Canada to set sail for a European experience, July 6-18, 2001. Cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Legend of the Seas from Harwich, England, to the fascinating ports of Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; Helinski, Finland; St. Petersburg, Russia; Tallinn, Estonia and Copenhagen, Denmark. An optional pre-cruise in London will run from July 2-6. The cruise package includes 12 nights in a beautiful cabin, all shipboard meals and entertainment, all shipboard gratuities, exclusive group events, discounts on group tours, and Shabbat and Havdalah services. Complementary cocktail parties as well as JCC and travel agent escorts throughout the trip make this a special journey for the single traveler. Those traveling alone can be matched with a roommate, and single rates are also available. "The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh has been running singles cruises for more than eight years and works hard to meet the needs of its cruisers. Lasting friendships are formed and lasting love has also been found on these cruises. This is a great way for singles to travel," said Barb LeWinter, JCC Singles Director. For more information or a brochure, please call Malori at (800) 734-0493 or e-mail to: malori@ama21ijngjourrtoys.11et. You can also cheek out the website at: www.ajnaaiS5ingjouraeys.net.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Every year, many of our high school seniors apply to colleges and universities across the country. Often they are required to submit one or more personal essays as part of the application process. The following are four such essays.
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than originally thought. Though the disease has yet to work the inevitable, it has confined him to a motorized wheel chair and taken his ability to speak; he now must speak through a computerized system. He has overcome these adversities to continue his trailblazlng work. In 1986, Stephen Hawking published the culmination of over 20 years of work in A Brief History of Tims, a book he wrote by laboriously choosing words from a computerized word bank and placing them individually onto a word processing program. His book was comprehendible to those of us without a degree in astro-physics, and it displayed his work in attempting to unify the four universal governing forces; gravity, weak and strong nuclear, and electro-magnetic. H w n g Stephen Hawking continues to write, ?. i' h David lecture (through a computerized voice noticed the system, of course), and ponder the workeffects of his crippling and universally fatal disease at 22, not typical for suffer- ings of the cosmos. He has survived over ers of the disease. Basing his life on a 30 years with a disease that tends to kill three- to four-year survival prognosis, he people in five. For his extraordinary triumphs over the began his amazing career, formulating theories and mathematical equations that greatest adversaries, and his ability to would later serve as the backbone of his Introduce the theories of geniuses to the common person, I would nominate work in quantum physics. As the years passed, the disease pro- Stephen Hawking as a living treasure, David /« a senior at Central and & gressed slower and slower. He amazed his doctors by surviving much longer ber of Tsmple Israel. Question: The Media likes to talk about people as "Living Treasures" because their work helps others, or helps to enhance the quality of modern 1KB. What living person(s) would you nominate and why? I would nominate Stephen Hawking, a person who ; , „ ,*,. has overcome • ,",«-'\v. i, s, struggles with . / ,•'''".. ,\ ALS, also f\ • J;'known as Lou V '; Gehrig's d i s - , ': •' ' '* ease, to become one of the most prolific and inge-, \ nious theoreti' " •„ cat physicists * ' of all time. Stephen
The Most Influential Person in My Life . —
School had just started, and I had recently gotten back from my month-long Israel trip. It was a Saturday, and I was just told about my great-grandfather. "He passed away," my mother said. Immediately, I felt guilty. I kept thinking how I wanted to see him just one last time, talk to him just once more. But it was too late. My great-grandfather, Harry Noodell, was 95 years old when he passed away. I should have known there wasn't much time left. Ever since I was little, I would see Zazy at family functions, Zazy being the name my sister, brother and t called him. He always intimidated me. I guess that's normal, though, for a kid to be frightened by someone with wrinkles, and who doesn't move as fast as you. When I would have dinner at my grandparents' house, Zazy would just sit there. It was as if he was taking everything in. Once in a while, you would hear a few comments quietly coming from the head of the table, but other than that, he juat sat and listened. When I was about 13, i had an idea to interview Zazy with a tape recorder to get his life story. I told my mom, who thought It was a great idea. But for about two years, that's all it was, just an idea. Then I told my grandma the idea I had been holding for two years, and she immediately took me to see Zazy to interview him. by Naomi Katskee — • — — —— A 15-year-old and a 94-year-old bondI have had a strong interest in learning photography have encouraged me to fur- ed that afternoon. I had never felt so and devflloplng my skills.In photography ther my education in the field. close to him. He told me his accomplishl o r the last I became interested in the Art Institute ments and his downfalls. While h© was jthree years, of Colorado as a sophomore at tho tnlkin?|, all I coukl do wa« sit and lislotv, i ;J My study bo- advice of my photography instructor. was mesmerized by his story, "•igan with an After much research, there were certain After that, when I would see Zazy at advanced reasons why this art institute was my top family gatherings, I would sit and talk to photography choice. him. He no longer was a quiet old man to class offered It is a small private school with a one- me. He was now a man I had an enorby the Omaha on-one relationship with teachers and mous amount of respect for. Public High staff, t know I could adapt to the smaller Every once in a while, when I would be Schools number of students on the campus easier in his neighborhood, t would stop by to say through a city- than a larger school. hi and see how he was doing. I loved that wide program The location of the school was also so much. The expression on his face called the something I liked. Colorado offers an became a huge smile every time I would C a r e e r awesome surrounding to include in my visit. Naomi Center. This portfolio of photographs and a place to program is for students Interested in simply enjoy. I also folt tho school had reached out pursing a career in the arts. I have been a part of this curriculum as a sophomore, and wanted me to seriously consider it as an option. My junior, and now by Zachary Perelman — - •><-» "••>• parents and i my senior year were presented Here I stand. I'm 18 years old, and of high school. with extensive within the next year, my childhood will be Last year, I 1 Information about lost forever. learned i could the school. We This is the first time I've ever faced that. further my study learned about the I'm eager to on a personal year-round start- venture off to j level by working ing dates, ad- college, yet I'm I with a profesvanced place- apprehensivef sional photograment, tuition, and about becom- ! ; pher as my all the things Col- ing an adult. At mentor. orado h a d to times, I feel like Now, as a offer. the same little senior, I am With an Associ- kid who often getting firstate of Applied hit the winning hand experiScience Degree run in his Little, ence through in photography League basemy Gxternship from the Art ball games. I that earns mo institute of Colo- must let go of| high school rado, I hopw to my nostalgia' credits. As a >'* ' * * Sv iI Zachary ' develop my talent and face the junior, 1 even more. I fact that time has brought me this far. awarded a first; understand emplace and an When I was in grade school, I started ployment in this watching Michigan football games nearly honorable men1 field relies heavily ©very Saturday during autumn, I don't tion for pictures • on one's individ- know what drew me to the team. Perhaps I entered in the ual work. Scholastics Art it was the beautiful winged helmets. Show. This is My present port- Perhaps it was just a little kid jumping on folio includes pic- a bandwayon. Perhaps it was more than an annual art '".«,>• tures 1 took dur- I can avor articulate competition ^'"iwN I don't know what made me fall in love ing my summor through my experience in with the Michigan football team (nonce, classes at the failing in lovo with tho ontiro institution). Photograph by Naomi Israel. Career Center. During those yamos. I distinctly rememIt is my ultimate My work has ber an advertisement for the University: also been shown at the Artist's goal to someday have my own studio. "tifo is a journey, so sot your sights Cooperative Gallery in the Omaha Ngoml Is a senior 0t Burke, a member of high," Since thtu day ! first heard that sk> Career Center Photography Show 2000. gait, I havo enqmvud it m the back of my All these things and my overall love for U$YandB0th EI Synagogue.
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Throughout my sophomore year, Zazy got more and more sick. But Zazy was different than most 94-year-old men. Mentally, he was more together than most 50 year olds. He wouid remember all 15 great-grandchildren's birthdays by sending us cards, and, of j course, a jcheck to go | along. The summer before ,my junior Diana year, I stopped by his house, no! knowing that would be the last time I would have one of my casual visits. Zazy had become pretty, sick, He was now in and out of the hospital because of his back pain, Then came the first week of school, and Zazy was put Into the hospital again. White he was there, I went to visit him. He was so skinny and pale, with bruises all over his arms and hands from the IV*. When I left, i gave him a kiss on the cheek Ilka I always did, and I said, "Goodbye, Zazy," and he responded with, "Qoodbye." I knew that would be Eh© last time I saw him. I just couldn't stand to see him in so much pain, That seemed like the perfect eiosur*. It seemed that way until I heard he had passed away. I don't know it in my nuiul I thought Ziny wouid always be around, but as soon as I hoard, I wanted to see him one last time, Zazy affected my life in so many different ways. He taught mo about my heritage, not to be scared of the elderly, and most important, never take anything in life for granted. Harry Noodell was truly an amazing individual who taught me lessons I will use for the rest of my life. Diana Is a senior at Westatde, a member ofMZ Yo$harmh BBGand Temple Israel,
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mind. I intend to make my life a journey, and I have set my sights on the University of Michigan. There's not a fragment of doubt in my mind, I'm destined for a life of greatness. I know I'm a winner, and success inevitably surrounds winners. My deepest intuitions have pointed me in the winning direction since the days i first got hooked on the University of Michigan. I'm a strong believer in destiny and the philosophy that "everything happens for a reason," Now that I'm about to make a great step in my journey through life, I realize there's no reason for my infatuation with Michigan other than for me to become a part of one of the most elite Institutions in the nation. I was meant to b« a Michigan Wolverine since birth. Pate ha<a Drought me this far and will take me to Ann Arbor where (belong. I will become a Michigan Wolverine, for if I don't, I will surely lose all faith in everything I hefieve to be true. This is who 1 am and where \ am going in life. I'm walking down the road to success,: and the University of Michigan is a necessity for the journey.
Zach is a senior at Burke, a member of AZA #/ and Bsth £1 Synagogue.
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January 12, 2001
A.New Deal Vs Great-Grandson is a Rabbi-in-Progress by ROBERT LEITER, Jewish Exponent Staff — — —
PHILADELPHIA-Like other children of intermarriage, Joshua Boettiger struggled with the issue of religious identity, but he said that his clearest connection to Judaism surfaced during his junior year in college, which he spent in Damascus, Syria. By then, he had already been to Israel several times, had asked himself some of the large questions about which faith to follow, but there was something about being in Damascus, where he was working on MuslimJewish dialogue, that clarified the matter for him. "Most of the people I worked with closely knew I was Jewish," he said, "but for security reasons, I couldn't tell everyone, It became clearer to me in Syria than it ever had been in Israel," said the Bard College graduate, who has a degree in comparative religion. It took Boettiger several more years of questioning and struggle before he decided conclusively to choose Judaism—and then the rabbinate as his profession. He is now in his first year at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote, PA. This may sound like a fairly typical contemporary story. But does it seem in any way typical when you learn that Boettiger happens to be the great-grandson of Franklin Delano Roosevelt? FDR, the 82nd president of the United States, seemed to many to be a major figure in America's Protestant elite, a young man born to wealth and
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Have you tried to buy a radio lateprivilege who was destined for the ly? I don't mean the cumbersome lugWhite House. He was also a beloved fig- gage-type thing called a boom box. I ure among American Jews, the man mean a small square or maybe a recwho spoke for the working poor during tangular thing that has both 'am' and the Great Depression of the 1930s. 'fm' settings. Something that could But FDR has been embroiled in contro- find a home on a kitchen counter or versy as well. Recent disclosures have perhaps a desk. shown that he knew more about the Nazi I've learned, by experience, finding slaughter of the Jews than it was origi- just what I want is next to impossinally believed, and that he may have ble. That is, unless I'm willing to chosen not to act to save them. spend several hundred dollars to be All of these issues, as well as able to listen to the news as I'm Joshua's story, are told in a new book, preparing dinner. There is a fancy The Presidents of the United States & radio available which commands such the Jews by David G. Dalin and Alfred a handsome price, but I'm not interJ. Kolatch, recently published by ested in it at those dollars. Jonathan David. When I started this search, I discovIn the text we learn that Boettiger, 27, ered some interesting views about is a grandson of Anna Roosevelt, radios. First, when I asked to see Franklin and Eleanor's daughter, who them, I was directed to a display of married John Boettiger, & Chicago the aforementioned boom boxes, and Tribune reporter, in 1935. John and to the combination clock/radio. The Anna's son, John, married a Jewish latter has apparently replaced the litwoman named Janet Adler, who had tle radio which formerly had a place grown up in Frankfurt, IN, where she on the night stand. Fine. I have them and her family were apparently the only and use them and have for years, but Jews. The Adlers moved to Miami when I just want a radio for my Beach when Janet was a teenager. kitchen, I really don't need it to have Dalin and Kolatch write that when an alarm clock. Janet married John Boettiger, "who On one of my countless excursions did not convert to Judaism, Janet into electronic departments, looking Adler Boettiger raised her children as for my little radio, I told a teenage Reform Jews." clerk what I wanted and his reply Asked how his parents have react- was an astonished "radio?" Almost as ed to his career path, Boettiger said if I had asked for something from the that his father is "thrilled" with his dark ages--and when I thought about choice. As for his more famous fore- it, I realized that to him, it was somebears, Boettiger imagines that thing from the dark ages. "Eleanor would have gotten a kick" Every place I looked, T was urged to out of his decision to be a rabbi. buy a boom box. No, I really don't
want a boom box, I explained patiently. The young clerks would look at me and try to understand why I found them objectionable. I never wanted to get into a discussion on the subject, mostly because I didn't want to defend my original position and secondly because why should I have to explain anything to a youngster I'll never see again? Well, it got to be sort of a joke, going into places I thought would surely have what I wanted, and finding a negative answer. I must admit, I finally gave up and bought a very small clock/radio. It's in the kitchen, on the counter, but only until I find what I'm really looking for. When I do, I'll remove the combination and put it on the nightstand in the guest room. In the meantime, I'll continue my hunt for the elusive radio. It occurs to me I night be looking in the wrong places. Maybe a used furniture store or an antique store might have such a thing, since they seem to belong to another decade altogether! It's such a simple thing, I just can't believe there isn't one to be found anyplace. When my kids were little, they had those small radios in their rooms and I'd swear we never paid more than $10 for them. Now, they seem to be as extinct as the dodo bird, In case somebody knows where I can find what I want, feel free to get in touch with me. Boy would I appreciate that information! I really don't anticipate such a call but I love surprises.
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Community Establishes Jewish/Catholic Dialogue by JEWISH PRESS News Service — .
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Pope John Paul IFs visit to Israel made a big impact on Yale Gotsdiner. After all, the Pope was the first to visit Yad VaShem, the world's first Holocaust museum and memorial. He also toured Christian holy sites, including Bethsaida, the location of an extensive excavation by the University of Nebraska at Omaha. And the Pope prayed at the Kotel, the only remaining wall of the Second Temple. Gotsdiner believed the Pope's visit to Israel could create something new in Lincoln.
Israel's Social Hall. However, by the time word got around, more than 200 filled the synagogue for this first-ever event last month in Lincoln. Following lunch, congregation president Allen Dayton introduced Rabbi Rosenbaum, who presented an explanation of the religious items that constitute the sanctuary and their meaning. He also discussed the three functions of the synagogue as: a house of worship, a house of study and as a gathering place. Bishop Bruskewitz also spoke, relating official documents from the Catholic Church, including the now-famous Novena Astaie (the "Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions), which describes the relationship between Catholicism and Judaism over two millennia. He further explained the rudiments of Catholic doctrine and made a plea for unity between the two peoples. Indicating that Judaism is "the mother religion,5* Bishop Bruskewitz urged those gathered to move
Bishop Bruskewitz, right, addresses the gathering of Jews and Catholics in Lincoln. Using the visit as the basis of dialogue, Gotsdiner contacted his friend, Monsignor James Dawson. Accepting the idea enthusiastically, the monsignor ''ran it by the Bishop," while Gotsdiner approached Rabbi Stanley Rosenbaum of Tifereth Israel. Both Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of the Lincoln Diocese and Rabbi Rosenbaum were receptive to Gotsdiner's idea to form a Jewish/Catholic Dialogue for Lincoln and the surrounding communities. A committee was formed, consisting of Dawson and Gotsdiner as co-chairmen, and members Monsignor Thoburn, Leo Hill, Father Huber. Hyman Polsky, Rabbi Rosenbaum and Father Divis. After several meetings, "A Jewish-Catholic Walk in Faith* was suggested by Monsignor Dawson and Jack Mosow explains the fringes on a tallit. a luncheon planned for 175 people at Tifereth the prayer shawl, to non-Jewish Lineolnites.
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