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Deadline for Men's Mission to Kiev and Israel Approaching by PAM MONSKY, Federation Communications Director-
Information lunch and sign-up Jan. 30
visits to Jewish Agency and American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee CJDC) faomanitarian projects and a special memorial-visit to Baba Yar. In Israel, participants will take a critical look at the political situation and attend exclusive meet-
Temple Israel Presents Scholar-in-ResIdence Dr. Adolfb Roltmart by IRIS RICKS - — — - — - — — — - - - - - - — - - - - - -
The topic at Temple Israel's first Scholar-inResidence weekend in 2001 will be Fifty Years After the Discovery of ike Scrolls: "What Have We Learned From, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Sih!e? Dr. Adolfo Roitmaa, Curator of the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, will be in Omaha Feb. 2-4. The Shrine of the Book houses Israel's collection of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bar Kokhba Cave of Letters materials. He has held this position since 1994 and is only the second curator in the history of the museum. Born in Buenos \ Aries, Argentina. Dr. Soitman com-1 pleted Ms MJL ana j Ph.D. in Compar-' ative Religions ai j Hebrew University ] in Jerusalem. He i^ j also an ordained; Conservative rabbi. As the person responsible for the care and preservation of the Dead Sea Scrolls for the State of Israel at the Israel Museum. Dr. Roitman had made tremendous contributions to the understanding of the Scrolls and was in charge of the historic Photo of Jerusalem's Temple Mount and WEstern Wall by Jack Hazut. 50th Anniversary congress held in Jerusalem in 1997. At the Congress, all of the latest information An Israeli lunch meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. ings with key people in the Israeli government. about the Scrolls was presented and Dr. Roitman They will also tour Jerusalem and see the many 30, noon, in the conference room at the Jewish is in the process of editing these materials. facets of the political and emotional issues that Community Center. For reservations and more surround Jerusalem's place in the peace process. Dr. Boitman has written an article on "Building information, contact me at 334-6431, or e-mail, Federation Executive Director Jan Perelman of the Shrine of the Book." He is preparing a new pmonsky^ewisliomaha-org. catalogue for the "Daily life of Qumran" exhibit at The group will spend two nights in Kiev and five made it clear that security is the top priority for this mission. the Shrine of the Book and has written a book on nights in Israel. Cost of the mission is $975 for "Events over the last few months in Israel are the symbol of the serpent and the origins of evil. men ages 45 and under, with a minimum gift of A dynamic speaker. Dr. Roitman has been a $1,000 to the 2002 Federation Annual Campaign. heartbreaking and frightening as well. But the seholar-in-residence fdr a number of congregations For men 46 and over, the cost is $1,950 with a reality is that American Jews are going to Israel around the United States and is part of a distinminimum gift of $2,500 to the 2002 Annual in a show of unity and solidarity. Security on Federation missions is the best there is and we guished speakers series in San Diego, St. Louis, Campaign. Chicago, Boston, Miami and now Omaha. The price of the mission includes round-trip air- wouldn't go anywhere that we wouldn't go with The schedule for the weekend, which is sponfare from Omaha, five-star hotels, most meals, our own families," she said. The mission will accommodate those who are sored by the Hermene Zweiback Center for ground transportation, all entrance and program making their first trip to Israel, as well as those Lifelong Jewish Learning, is as follows: fees and much more. Friday, Feb. 2, 8 p.m., Dr. Roitman's topic is Highlights in Kiev include a tour of the city's who have been there before. Applications are due "Who Were the People Who Wrote the Dead Sea Jewish community, the home of Shalom Alechim, by Feb. 26, with a $350 fully refundable deposit. Scrolls?" During the Oneg Shabbat, Dr. Roitman will be available to answer questions and show The Israeli Experience slides. UJC Young Leadership •Dr. Roitman will also be the guest lecturer at the for Teens Hosts Conference 61st Annual Rabbi Sydney H. Brooks Institute on By JEWISH PRESS News Service — — . — — Judaism for Clergy. in St. Louis Saturday, Feb. 3, 9 a.m., Dr. Roitman will disA program that will focus on some major issues by JEWISH PRESS News Service in Israeli life will take place on Sunday, Jan. 28, cuss "The Scrolls and the Shrine: Past and Young Jewish men and women from Nebraska, 2-4 p.m., at the JCC auditorium. Geared for Future." A video produced in cooperation with the Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Iowa will meet in Jewish high school kids, the program is sponsored University of Nebraska at Omaha will also be shown. St. Louis, MO, the weekend of March 16-18 for the by the Omaha Center for Torah Learning (OCTL). biannual Youth Leadership regional conference of Sunday, Feb. 4, 10 ajn., T h e Origins of Evil" Teens will be able to attend four of six different - as it pertains to Second Temple Judaism, the Bible united Jewish Communities, according to Sharon stations, as part of the state of Israel. Kirshenbaum, Director of Young Jewish Omaha. One of the most meaningful points in the matu- and the Scrolls will be Dr. Roitman's topic. The theme is "Architects of our Jewish Future: ration of the people in Israel is military service. Building Tomorrow, Today," and will feature Rob Ophir Palmon, an officer in the reserve forces of Goldberg of the National Hillel organization, Eabbi the IDF, will talk about army basic training. And INSIDE: Lou Feldstein, Director of the Atlanta Young Adult Rami Arav, who fought in the 1967 Sis Day War, page 11 Division of its Jewish Federation, and Rick Recht. the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and also in Lebanon, Bridge, Buffett and Gates guitar player and singer. will tell about his experiences. page 14 Hands-on interactive workshops will focus on Tourism and Hebrew will be given to partici- A Tu B'Shevat Treasure Jewish cooking, Jewish community online, Jewish pants in a tourist information position run by Upcoming Arts & Entertainment events, views on sex and marriage, and Jewish values and Maya Vertheime and Eleanor Matalon. including Bavdalah Fajama performance j ethics are also part of the program. Ariel and Hadas Orbach, who are organizing the and Sol Zim concert....... page 15 Shabbat programming is also included in the program for the OCTL, are sabras, native Israelis, weekend, with festive kosher meals and a musical who came to work in the community less than four Students Learn About Domestic Havdalah. months ago. (Continued on page 12) (Continued on page 12) Applications are now being accepted for the Men's Mission to Kiev and Israel, April 22 to April 30. Leading the first Men's Mission in more than 20 years are Mike Abramson, Joe Kirshenbaum and Dr. Speedy Zweiback.
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SONIAMULNICK Graveside services for Sonia Mulnick, 87, will be by Daniel Fellman, Rabbinical Student, held Sunday, Jan. 21 at Beth El Cemetery, HUC-JIR, Cincinnati, OH ~™~--~~~~~~-~ She was preceded in death by husband, Harry. Parasha Shemot Survivors include sons, Howard and Thomas; Our Parasha this week, Shemot, marks a radical daughter-in-law, Linda; grandchildren, Lisa, change. The origin tales of Genesis concluded the Denise and Joseph; and two great-grandchildren. text turns to a new hero, a new leader, born outMemorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. side the ancient land of Canaan. Gone are the tales JAY JOSEPH PARSOW of strong fathers making enormous changes and Services for Dr. Jay Parsow were held Jan. 12 at decisions, replaced by an ongoing narrative telling Temple Israel with burial at Temple Israel of an intimate relationship between two major fig- Cemetery. He died on Jan. 10 at the age of 46. ures, Moses and God. A physician who often combined traditional The relationship between God and Moses begins Western medicine with holistic methods, Parsow with the most humble of circumstances. Moses coached youth basketball teams at the Jewish found himself in exile, after leaving the Pharaoh's Community Center and at Brownell-Talbott, where home and committing a murder. Still struggling his two sons attended school. with his new-found Israelite identity, Moses He was preceded in death by his mother, Lee escapes to Midian, where he finds work as a shep- Jane Parsow. herd for a priest named Jethro. The man who Survivors include his wife, Margo; sons, Charles enjoyed the life of a prince was reduced to hard and Aaron; father, Sol; brothers and sisters-in-law, labor, caring for sheep in the hot desert sun. Alan and Carol, David and Kit, and Steven and It was the hot temperature, or maybe it was the Debra; and nephews. drastic changes in his life, but one day, Moses had Memorials to the Youth Sports Program of the a very unusual encounter. Out tending his flock, JCC of Omaha, the American Heart Association, or Moses sees a bush, which though on fire, is not charity of choice. being consumed. His interest piqued, Moses stops GLORIA MARKS BEEDLE to look at the-bush, and from the bush, God sumServices for former Omahan Gloria M. Beedle mons Moses to lead the Israelite people. were held Jan, 4 at Temple Emanuel Cemetery in Some day at the office! San Jose, CA. She died Jan. 1 at the age of 66. Moses, checkered past and all, sees something. Survivors include her son, Randi Osheroff; He stops. And our history was forever changed. grandson and wife, Chris and Jenine Osheroff; and Some have argued that the miracle Moses saw was one great-grandchild, all of San Jose; and sister this burning bush. After all, how could a bush and brother-in-law, Geri and Irv Epstein of burn, but not be consumed? But the real miracle Omaha. takes place not in the bush, but in the mind of • EVAS. ROTH Moses. Eva S Roth, 78, died Jan. 13. Services were held What did Moses see? How many others passed by in Beaver Falls, PA. that land and saw nothing before Moses saw the She was preceded in death by husbands, Louis burning bush? Moses saw something which others Zaremberg and Louis Roth. missed. He understood that he was standing on She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, sacred ground, and he responded simply, with the Darlene and Sherman Golbitz, son and daughterwords of his ancestors, hineni, here I am. in-law, Karen and Allen Zaremberg, brother and The important event in the tale of the burning sister-in-law, Sarah and Saul Simon; grandehik bush was not the miraculous nature of the bush, dren, William and Lunnn Golbitz, David Golbitz, but rather Moses' miraculous ability to compre- Leslie and Brian Eades, and Adam Zaremberg. hend the miracle. Moses' greatness was his ability Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. to sec that which others missed. FREDA MALASHOCK How many of us are lucky enough to enjoy such Services for Freda "Fritzie" Malashock, 87, were vision? It's not that similar extraordinary events held Jan. 17 at Beth El Cemetery, do not occur daily, for they do. But we, often She was preceded in death by her husband, caught up in our own lives, are not always able to Milton. see. And when, by chance or good fortune, we do She is survived by her sister, Sarah Zimmerman see them, how many of us are willing to respond of Chicago; sister-in-law, Lorraine Laderman of Tunem, here I am? Florida; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Irving Moses' greatness comes from his ability to not and Shirley Malashock of Leawood, KS; and nieces only see the miracle, but also his ability to stand and nephews. and respond to it. May we all be blessed with such Memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue, seeing, and such comprehension. And may we, in JEANBRESEL the coming week, find the courage to stand and Graveside services for Jean Bresel, 70, were held say, hineni, here I am. Jan. 19 at Golden Hill Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Morris; children, Jim and Marge Bresel, Jerry and Candee Mack, all of Omaha, and Larry and Mary Fry of Overland Park, KS; grandchildren, Amanda Mack, Michael, Amy and David Bresel, and Daniel, Brian and by OZZIE NIOGG — - — :—— ———— Jonathan Fry; sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Beth El Synagogue will hold its annual Watch Jim Sutej; and brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Out For Shabbat program on Saturday, J a n . 27. Isadore and Marilyn Bressel. The event begins with Shacharit services at Memorials to VNA Hospice, 1941 S. 42nd St., 9:30 a.m. Shabbat lunch, plus afternoon activities Omaha, NE 68105. and learning sessions and snacks, fill out the allday program which concludes at 5:20 p.m. with Minha/Ma'ariv and Havdalah. A guest appearance by Matt Kalin, Musician in Residence, will highlight this year's Watch Out For Shabbat. The day will also feature some unique Bob Wolfson, Execpresentations, including: "Jews Can Jump," utive Director of "MendeL in Motown," "Jews in the Zone" and the Anti-Defamation League and "Private Benjamin Salutes." the 1997 winner of According to Justin Cooper and Kim Novak, the Living the chairmen of Beth El's Adult Education Committee, Dream Award, pre"The people presenting these topics are well-known sented the 2001 members of Beth El who really know what they're award to George Dillard, former Extalking about. Trust us, you don't want to miss it." ecutive Director of Reservations-including lunch, games, sessions the Urban League and treats-are $5 for adults and $2.50 for children of Nebraska, Given 12 and under. Kids under age three can enjoy annually at the Luther lunch and the day at no charge. Free babysitting is Martin King celebration, available by reservation only. The entire communi- the award is sponty is welcome. To join in the action, please call the sored by the city Beth El office, 492-8550 before Jan.22. of Omaha,
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 19 Temple Israel Shabbat Comes to You, 3:45 p.m., at Livingston Judy Caplan Ginsburgh, Evening Services, at Temple Israel Third Friday Shabbat Service & Dinner, 6 p.m., at Beth El SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 Temple Israel Junior Youth Group evening, at Temple Israel Judy Caplan Ginsburgh Program, 7 p.m. s ••••••• SUNDAY, JANUARY 21 : A Judy Caplan Ginsburgh workshop, 10:30 a.m.; V luncheon for parents and teachers, 12:30 p.m. Beth El Cantors' Concert featuring Sol Zim, 7 p.m., at Beth El MONDAY, JANUARY 22 YES Program, 9:30 a.m . Adult Education Mid Winter Akiba mini-mester, 7:30 p.m. ,at Beth El TUESDAY, JANUARY 23 BBYO Night, 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 OTYG Dinner, 6 p.m., at Temple Israel Beth El ALEF Class, 7 p.m., at Beth El Adult Ed. Mid Winter Akiba mini-mester, 7:30 p.m., at Beth El THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 Adult Education, 10 a,m,, at Temple Israel Maccabi Kickoff, 6 p.m. LOVE Board Meeting, 7 p.m., RBJH Gonf. Room Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class, 7 p.m., at Temple E All events held at the JCC unless otherwise indicated. The Jewish Press is not responsible for the accuracy of the events. To keep calendar accurate or for questions, call Marlene Hert at 334-6437.
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(Through Jan. 26, Temple Israel will hold an abbreviated Shabbat evening service at 6 p.m. so families can return home in time for Shabbat dinner.) FRIDAY: Shabbat Comes to You, 3:45 p . m . Cantor Jennifer Blum will lead a Shabbat Service at Livingston Plaza; Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. Rabbi Debbie Stiel and Cantor Jennifer Blum will officiate. Singer/Songwriter Judy Caplan Ginsburgh and guitarist David Marler will join Cantor Jennifer Blum for a Shabbat evening of worship and song featuring solos and duets. SATURDAY: Bagels and Bible, 9:30-10:15 *wn. Please join us for study of the Book of Micah; Services, 10:80 a.m. SITTER SERVICE Available for Shabbat services Friday evening and Saturday morning, as well as Sunday mornings when there is Religious School. Please make reservations through the Temple office. Cost"m$2 per family, There are no facilities for infanta. ADULT EDUCATION SUNDAY, J a n , 21: Alternative Models of Spirituality in Judaism, 10-11J80 aum. Professor Guy Matalon will lead the class on a journey to discover various p a t h s to a spiritual life within Judaism. TUESDAY, J a n . 23: Torah and Haftarah Trope, 11-11:46 p.in. Cantor Jennifer Blum will teach the skills of chanting: Rnsiditun, 7-8:80 p . m . I'rofoHsor Guy Matnlon will fociiu on the* major theme of Hattidi&m, the relationship between God and human beings, by focusing on varioun Ihuuclu1 texts. WEDNESDAY, J a n . 24: Midruahuh, 10 a.m.noan; Jewish Medical Bthica, 7-8:30 p . m . Dr. Howard Needelman, a Noonatologist and Head of the Ethics Committee at Children's Hospital, will lead this group through the basics of Jewish medical ethics followed by discussions on some of the current controversies in medicine. THURSDAY, J a n , 25: Adult Study with Rabbinic Intern Dan Feliman, 10-11:30 a.m. ; Adult B'nai Mitzvah, 7»9 p.m. FRIDAY, J a n , 26: Who's Afraid of the Dead Sea Scrolls?, 10-11:80 a,m. Israeli archeologiat and UNO Professor Dr. Rami Arav will talk about the content of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the people who wrote them and the community where they were discovered.
Office hours: Monday t h r o u g h Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. Weekday morning services are at 7 a,m, Sundays at 9 a,m. Call the office for evening service times. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 5:10 p.m. The West Minyan will be at the home of Dennis and Susan Paley, 13014 Leavenworth, 5:10 p.m. SATURDAY: Shnbbos services, 8:45 a . m . , Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood. Mincha, 5 p.m.; Havdalah, 6:10 p.im. Rabbi Kutner will be out of town until Jan. 30, and is participating in the Federation's Solidarity Mission l.o Israel.
WISiUBW 00 Services conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Roaehbaum. Minyan on Monday & T h u r s d a y , 7:15 a,n». FRIDAY: Services, 8p.m. SATURDAY: Services, ih'M a.m. MONDAY, JAN. 22: Cantor Sol Zim porforma. Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at tun door; children under .12 are free.
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Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. MONDAY-FRIDAY: services, 7 a.m. SATURDAY; services, 9:30 a,m. MONDAY} Genesis Lunch Series, 11:45 turn. -1 pun. TUESDAYS A Tale of Two Souls, IfcSO a-m. -.11. p.m.
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FRIDAYt Services, 7:30 p.m. Guy Matalon, Professor of Philosophy and Religion at UNO, will speak on "How J u d a i s m is Changing." Oixeg Shabbat will follow.
FRIDAY: Services, 7 p.m., led by Nancy Kips. SATURDAY: Services, 9 a.m.,, led by Andrew Greenberg. Services a r e held iu t h e Herbert Goldsten Chapel, followed by Kiddush<
Chabad Brightens Hanukkah by JEWISH PRESS News Service « « « . « _ « « « • « • . . A sizable* swath of Nebraska and South Dakota basked in the warm light of Judaism during Hanukkah as a result of the work of Chabad, The glow of giant menorahs heralded the holiday message north to Sioux Falls, S.D., and as far to the west as Kearney, NE, where the symbol of Hanukkah greeted thousands of daily visitors to the spectacular Great Platte River Road Arch spanning Interstate 80. The menorah and an olive press symbolizing the source of the Temple oil were displayed near the entrance to the museum, which was visited last month by President Bill Clinton. The lighting ceremony at the Arch was especially significant because it brought together a number of Jews who live in Grand Island, Hastings, Lexington and Kearney, said Rabbi Mendel Katzman ofChabad Omaha, They were joined by hundreds
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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 Brazen and Cantors Emil Berkovits and G. Michael Horwitz. FRIDAY: Services, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 0:30 a.m., Kiddush following; Free sitter service, 10 a.m.; TSS (Torah and Siddur Skills) Program, 10 a.m.; K'tan tan (K-3 grade), 10J4S a.m.; Shabbat Story Time (pre-K and younger), 11 a.m.; Mislmah study session, 4:40 p.m.; Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah, 5:10 p.m. SUNDAY} Services, 9 a.m,{ Perek Yomi; Guest Cantor Sol Zim, along with Cantor Emil Berkovitz and Hasszan G. Michael Horwitz, will present "Prom the Shtetl to'Broadway,1* 7;30 p.m, Tickets available ut the door. WEUSKDAKSi Services at 0;55 a.m, and 5:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, J a n , 24, Adult B'nai Mitzvah class, 7:80 p,m» : AKIBA SCHOOL.. Midwinter Akibamini-mester courses continue Monday, Jan« 22, .and Wednesday, J<wi» 29, at 7:30 p . m . For more information, call Susie Drazen, 402-85BO. WATCH OUT FOR SHABBAT Saturday, .Jan. 27,fltnrrinf.!special musical guest Matt Kalin. This All-l)ay-ln-Shul program is sure to d. Lunch, fun-fillfid artiviiieH plus Huvdalah. an. 22.
FRIDAY; Shabbat in th« Home. Special Learner's Minyan at the synagogue, 7:30 p.m., for thoao who would like to study the structure of all tho Shnbbut aorvices. SUNDAY and TUESDAY: Reliffious School at tho JCC. FRIDAY, J a n , 26: Tot Shnbbut, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, Jan. 27: Dairy-vegetarian potluck dinner and havdalah, 5:30 p.m. Call for more info.
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residents of Central Nebraska. In addition, Nebraska Gov. Mike Johaims and Omaha Mayor Hal Daub participated in lighting ceremonies in Omaha-Johanna at Westroads and Daub at Oak View Mali. Jewish Boy Scouts and other children participated at Westroads. "Part of the mitzvah of Hanukkah is to include all of mankind in our observance," Bahbi Katzman said, "and this is our goal." Two Yeshiva students, both of Brooklyn, traveled to Omaha to assist Rabbi Katzman. The two tonducted the ceremonies a t the Kearney Arch, in Sioux Falls and ut Federal and South Dakota State Correction Centers in Yankton. They traveled the region in an uutomile with a large menorah mounted on the roof. Two other cars displaying large meorabs 'circulated throughout the Omaha area during Hanukkah. . '• ] ,
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^ssiisiii^^ Knrvices offidatcscl by Cantor Michael Weisaer. FRIDAY: Sabbath Evo Hervico, 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah. Study, 10 a.m.-noon; Game Nifrtit, f» p.m. SUNDAY: Unbrnw Kchnol, » a.m.; KoliifioiiH School, 10 a.m.; Anuunl Bounl Mwitintf and Officer Election, l:'K)p.m. MONDAY: Adult Ilobrow Study/MovifH, 7 p.m. TUESDAY: Intro to Judiiism, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY: AA Mnotinfj in tho library, 7:30 p.m.
PERSONALS Thank you all for your thoughts prayers and warm wishes for my complete recovery. Edye Roffman Vttek Our sincere thanks to our family, clergy and frionds, L.O.V.E., Y.E.S., and the Rose Blum kin Jewish Home for their love and eating during my racent surgery. You am all very special people who mean a lot to us.
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Such a Simple Idea Every year the Jewish Federation of Omaha subvents teen trips to Israel. These $1000 subventions are gifts, not scholarships (though need-based scholarships are available). In exchange for this generous gift, each Jewish teen must take the Israel Experience Class in preparation for the trip. The two-hour sessions are divided into six segments, covering such diverse topics as the Oslo Peace Accords, Hebrew, food, and history of Israel (including the Torah). What makes'this year's course so different from those given in the past is a simple idea developed by Kathy Hirshman, Assistant Director of Jewish Educational and Library Services. She used Israelis to teach three of the sessions. Now that may not sound radical, but who better to relate life in Israel than those who have actually lived it! Eabbi Aryeh Azriel, Elinor Matalon, Eadie Tsabari and Ariel Orbach (who are
either sabras or have lived in Israel) will teach the teens, along with these American-born, but frequent visitors to Israel: Larry Raful and representatives from the Jewish Federation and the AntiDefamation League. Speaking of Ariel Orbach, he and the Omaha Center for Torah Learning have put together an Israeli Experience afternoon at the JCG Sunday, Jan. 28. (See article on page 1.) Again, using Israelis, the aim of the program is to present positive aspects of life in the State of Israel. There are probably close to two dozen Israelis living in our community and more in Lincoln. They're academicians, medical professionals, in business, the arts and education. They contribute to the rich diversity of our community and can help the ideals and life in Israel come alive while bringing us closer to the people who live there. Good for these professionals for taking such a simple idea and putting it to work!
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Ending the Assault on History
by RABBI AVI SHAFRAN •
Among the casualties of the ongoing Arab uprising against Israel has been something very dear to all cultivated people, and to cultivated Jews in particular: History, Whether out of cowardice or something darker, a number of journalists have lately come to refer to Jerusalem's Temple Mount by its Islamic name, despite the fact that thfe site was where Solomon's temple stood more than a thousand years before Islam's founder's grandparents were even glints in their own parents'eyes. It is not only the antiquity of the Mount's connection tf) the Jewish people that is trenchant here, but its intensity as well. Even after the Temple and iia successor had been destroyed by foreign armies;, Jews I lie world ovov continued, and couUmie to venorato the siyuificance of the site, praying in ils direction and (at loaat the Orthodox among us) for tlu> T««mpl«»'s restoration by the hund of God. Thr* Islamic bond to the Mount, is of much more rnconl, appearance and fairly newfound intensity. Over the many years Jerusalem was in Arab hands, no major Arab leader ever saw fit to even visit her, much less proclaim her a central spot in the collective Arab heart. Yet much of the press feels compelled to treat the Mount's Jewish roots and Islamic ones as equally deep and equally real. A recent example was The New York Times' correspondent Joel Greenberg's characterization of the site as that "of the First and Second Temples of the ancient Jews, sacred to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, where Muham-' mad ascended to Heaven." A subtle but astounding indignity lies in that clumsy attempt at political correctness. That Jewish Holy Temples stood on the spot in question is historical fact, part of'the unbroken millenniaold historical tradition of the Jewish people and corroborated by historians ancient and modern alike. To equate that historical truth with a fanciful myth is simply beyond bizarre. The founder of Islam may or may not have traveled to heaven, or elsewhere, from Jerusalem; but there is certainly no historical evidence that he ever left the Arabian Peninsula, nothing but sectarian legend behind the claim that he did. Why, then, is Greenberg speaking of
the existence of the Temples and the "night flight" in, so to speak, the same breath? That Arab and Islamic leaders and writers, sadly, have demonstrated utter contempt for inconvenient facts of history is well documented. They regularly deny the fact of the Holocaust, and assert that Jews murder non-Jews to gather their blood for Passover matzos (a recent such accusation appeared only recently in Al-Ahram, Egypt's leading newspaper and a government organ). It should not surprise anyone that they are now trying to deny the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount. In fact, that assault on history is taking place not only in word but in deed: the Waqf, tho Islamic authority that OVITHPOK the mosques currently on tlic Mount, has born roporlp.d by urchawilogistff to he systematically excavating and destroying relics on lh<» Tomplo Mount, presumably in an attempt to obscuru wigiip ol'its Jewish character. But, for reporters to join that effort, however good tluur intentions or subtle their words, is beyond justification and beyond comprehension. Journalism, after all, is supposed to be about presenting objective truths, not abetting malevolent lies. Jewish tradition teaches that the highest response to personal adversity is the determination to better oneself, and that the highest response to national adversity is a similar determination on a national scale. As we Jews regard the intensifying assault by our enemies on our history, and its widening acceptance by the larger world, we might do well to ponder whether it may be a message to us that we have not been paying sufficient attention to that history ourselves. Because our illustrious past, after all, contains not only a historical account of the second and first Temple eras but of the very ground-zero of the Jewish people, God's revelation to us at Sinai. Might not our determined reconnection to that event, our re-embrace of its mandate for our priorities and our lives, be the way to end the ongoing assault on our history? Rabbi Avi Shafi'an serves an director of public affairs for Agudath Israel of America and as American director of Am Echad.
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LETTER f O THE EDITOR To the Editor: How dare the Metro Right to Life and Bob Blank question the Omaha Rabbinical Council's unanimous declaration that Dr. Howard Gendelman's life-saving research violates Jewish law. The World- Herald should be ashamed for letting itself be used to spread the vicious anti-Semitic propaganda of Blank and his cronies. Let it be made very clear that Dr. Gendelman requested and received approval of his research not just from local rabbinic authorities, but also from internationally-known experts in Jewish law. Unlike Cesar Aharon, who spouts Inn vitriol despite no training in the field of Jewish law, these men have spent their lives studying t;h«'•intricacies of Jewish law. And their position was very clear: Jewish law •permits the use of fetal tissuo from elective abortions in potentially life-savin}.; research. The fact that; religious law has become an issue in this debate raises an additional point-abortion in a religions matter that secular lawmakers! should leave alone!. Abortion rights muHt; be protected precisely because religions have differing views on this sensitive topic. Let us all hope and pray that the Nebraska Board of Regents and Uiucamernl will not; stop research that could end the suffering of millions because of the uninformed fanaticism of a few. Sara A, Juster National Council of Jewish Women State Public Affairs Chair To the Editor: I'm an American of Indian descent researching diverse topics related to the history of World War II. I'm interested in how Americans of different backgrounds viewed the indigenous populationa-Native Americans, Meits, Native Pacific Islanders, Eskimo and Alaskan Indians-during this period. As a result of military or Red Cross service, did any of your readers encounter indigenous persons from other countries? This would include Canadian Indians, New Zealand Maori, Norwegian Lapps, Japanese Ainu, French Polynesians. (Continued on page 5)
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A Different Look at the Ethiopians by CARL ALPERT
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Haifa—Another terrorist attack by the Arabs, another casualty or two or more. Another name in the papers, with a picture of the victim. Another family in mourning. Israelis have not become inured to the dreadful toll, and the entire country mourns with each family. But not long ago the victim was the object of special attention. He was an officer in the Israel Army, decorated for outstanding service, a captain. He was blown up by an Arab booby-trapped bomb. His name was Gadi Marsha—an Ethiopian immigrant. Of all the varied immigrant groups to Israel, none have had more difficulty in their adjustment than the Ethiopian Jews. They are about 70,000 in number, scattered in various camps of trailers, known here as caravans, or in absorption centers. Despite efforts by the Jewish Agency, the Ministry of Absorption, the Ministry of Education and the Joint very few have yet been drawn into the mainstream of life here, though many have been in the country for more than a decade and a half. What is the problem? A recent book, Journey to the Dream, written by one who broke the barrier, provides an insight into this human problem. As yet available only in Hebrew, the book has drawn considerable attention, and earned for the author a special reception in his honor at the home of Israel's President. We had opportunity to meet with the author, Avraham Adaga, and to hear at first hand some of the points he makaa. To begin with, Adaga is 80 and has be©n in Israel for 17 years. Determined to break out of the rut, he studied hard, mastered Hebrew and gained entry into the Technion where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering. The authorities at the Institute recognized his ability, and he was offered a job with the Technion Maintenance Department. Today, he has an office with his name on the door, and is responsible for supervision of new building projects. 'He. tells in vivid form of the dreadful hardships
experienced by thousands of Ethiopians who made their way by foot from the country of their birth, through deserts and over mountains, to Sudan where, after a painful sojourn, they were finally picked up by Israeli planes and brought to safety, but to a questionable existence. Thousands died during the trek and were buried by the wayside. Little children clung uncomprehendingly to the bodies of their parents, and were picked up by other passing, trudging families. The story is a heartbreaker, and there is no doubt that the experience had a terrible traumatic effect on those who survived. • Adaga writes and speaks without anger. The past is behind him. It is the present and the future which concern him. Surprisingly, perhaps, he has no complaints against the authorities here. They are trying hard. He fails to detect any feeling of racial discrimination against his people here. His call is to the Ethiopians themselves. They must overcome their naivete, he says. To the Ethiopian youth: Stop being cry-babies. Act. Study, work, show some initiative, and notjustwa.it for others to help you. Those who have gone into the army have indeed had now worlds opened for them. His own son, Aviv, age 8, is the only Ethiopian in his class at school in Kiryafc Atta, and though his classmates are kind, he feels alone. When Adaga went to the President's home in Jerusalem.he took Aviv along. Well! When Aviv returned home he was the hero of his class, and was called upon to report to the entire school assembly on his experience. Adaga is critical of the highly vaunted self-gregariousness of the Ethiopians. Get out of the caravans, he urges them. Overcome your feelings of inferiority in the face of a different way of life. And to the authorities here: These people need not shelter but exposure. Get them out of the ghettoes in which they live. Experience proves that the Israeli public wilt accept them if they lower their own selfimposed barriers.
He speaks English well and, indeed, has been on several lectare tours in the U.S. under the auspices of the Anti-Defamation League. If he calls upon his people to overcome the trauma of their experience in coming to Israel, he certainly sets an example, for he went through it all. He realizes that like many survivors of the Holocaust in Europe, his people can not bring themselves to talk about it. The story has never been fully documented or recorded. Our Ethiopians in Israel suffer in silence—but Adaga calls upon them to overcome their anguish and open up to the warm welcome which the Israelis are prepared to extend to them.
LETTER TO THE (Continued from page 4) For my research, I'm also considering Jewish persons who lived in pre-1948 British Mandate as indigenous. Finally, I'm interested in the experiences of Jewish Americans who served in. the. military, Red Cross, Merchant Marine, Civil Air Patrol, USO, civil defense organizations or war-related industry jobs. Woman are especially encouraged to reply. And I'm interested in childhood memories from the war years—whether someone waa living on the American home front or elsewhere during the 1940s. Please send responses to me at 620 Burroughs Ave., CbUtasviile, IL 62234.
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The Alumni of the UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA congratulates the 2000-2001 S O O N E R S football team for Its upset of Florida State in the Orange Bowl and for:
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Everybody needs a break now and then, especially kids. They need to get away from school, and it's nice when we can offer them alternative activities; a chance to run wild and a chance to be creative. The JCC Specialty Camps provided various activities for fifth-eighth graders, and they were a big hit this winter.
WALK-IN, DROP-IN For those members going on the day trip to the Bluffs Run Casino on Thursday, please meet at the JCC by 8:45 a.m. For transportation to the JCC call Eileen Remer at 334-6521. VISIONS See France on a few Francs--From the Sun King to the Royal Twilight at the Joslyn Art Museum on Wednesday, Feb. 7. More than 70 exquisite paintings in 18th-Century France from the renowned collection of The Musee De Picardie, Amiens, France. Join us for lunch at 11:30 a.m. at the Joslyn's Le Cafe Durham (on your own); at 1 p.m., tour the exhibit with docenb. For reservations, mail form by Jan. 31 to Marilyn Fried, 2821 S. 76th Ave., Omaha, NE 68124. Membership dues to Visions for 2001 are now due. Please mail your check payable to Visions in the amount of $5 per person to Visions, c/o Selma Sadofsky, 7092 Charles St., Omaha, NE 68132. The Omaha Community Playhouse—Fonda McGuire Series—presents Violet on Sunday, March 4, 2 p.m., in the Howard Drew Theatre. Here's a brand new musical about a young woman's pilgrimage across America. Violet is a celebration of gospel, country music and the bluos. Dinner will follow. Total cost is $34, which includes both the theatre tickets and dinner (tickets are $18; dinner is $16, which you may purchase separately). For reservations, send form by Feb. 1 to Marcy Gallner, 770 N. 93rd St., #1B4, Omaha, NE 68114. Make checks payable to Jewish Senior Services.
OMAHA CENTER FOR TORAH LEARNING SATURDAY, JAN. 20, 2-4 pan., Ariel Orbach will be running a program for children at his home. Call 697-5531 for more information. The class on the weekly Torah portion will not meet this week. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, noon-1 pan,, Lunch 'n Learn will meet in the JCC library; please bring a lunch. THE topic will be "Forgiveness of debts in the Sabbatical year and how this is followed." THURSDAY, JAN. 25, 10 a.m., "Torah time for tots," hosted by Hadas Orbach in her home. FRIDAY, JAN. 26, 6:30 p.m., OCTL will host a Friday night dinner at UNO Religious Center. Cost is $14 for adults; $9 for children. Please remember to make a reservation. There is also a Shabbat sleepover for grades 8-12. For more information about these and other OCTL programs, please call Rabbi Shlomo Levin at 551-1564.
Jessica Danon puts the finishing touches on her gingerbread house. If you were to ask campers what their favorite part about winter camp was, they are likely to tell you that it was decorating their own pair of mittens and then taking themtoMount; Crescent to go tubing. Others will tell you it was learning how to shoot a1 bow and arrow atftlocal archery range, If you ask Sarah Spooner, Kirs ten Miller, or Liatte Dotan, they will agree their favorite part of winter camp was making gingerbread houses. "I plan on doing a lot of eating afterwards," stated Kirsten Miller. "I had fun spending time with all of my friends and just being goofy." Jessica Danon said, "I loved cleaning up the mess 'cause I got to eat the crumbs!" All in all, the two weeks of JCC Winter Specialty Camps were a success, and campers are already looking forward to a summer full of action. To find but more information about programs available to fifth-eighth graders, contact me at 334-6404.
SBiRiM Teri and Bryan Davis of Sandy, UT announce the Dec. 28 birth of their son, Blake Garrett. Grandparents are Susie and Jeff Cooper, Mike and Marina Sadofsky, all of Omaha, and Don and Rosemary Davis of Broken Bow, NE. Great-grandparents are Chickie Gilinsky and the late Stewart Gilinsky, Mr. and Mrs. Reed Pulliam of Sargent, NE, and Dorothy Davis of St. Paul, NE, and the late Keith Davis.
SoftSine Information Expands Database by JEWISH PRESS News Service
Over the years, SoftLine academic subscribers have expressed a strong interest in archival material from Ethnic NewsWatch participants, such as the Jewish Press. This would enable scholars to research historic decades from the same important source documents they now find on ENW. This retrospective database comprised of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press provides "the other side of the stories" on local, national and international events over a 30-year period. Coverage includes the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War and protests, the Free Soviet Jews movement, immigration issues, the Intifada and Oslo Peace Accords, and other important issues.
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A friend in a distant city called me to say she read a story in her newspapers which the Associated Press picked up from the World-Herald. The story was about something called "snoop books," which were described as something found in many cars and trucks throughout rural Nebraska. Specifically, directories listing the license plate numbers and names of county residents. Apparently, the purpose of using this information was strictly for snooping, to find out exactly whose car is outside a neighbor's house or on lovers' lane, for example. In other words, minding somebody else's business, or, snooping! I guess that's kind of small-town stuff, but having lived here for most of my life (so far!), I must admit I've never heard of this book. I suppose it's because some of the counties out in the state are quite small and such a book might be more meaningful to folks. In all fairness, I should mention that some organizations arc; said to use them for fund raising and other worthwhile projects, not just; snooping. In fact, the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles has annually sold license plate information to civic groups or businesses that then sold the books to motorists. To small town folks, this seems to have been a tradition of long standing, I understand that one citixen of
Howard County (wherever that is) claimed "no one in Howard County ever needed the books because everyone already knows what everybody else drives" and, therefore, what everybody else is doing and with whom. I guess it all strikes me as funny because in all my years of living here, this is the first I've ever heard of it all. In Douglas County, i t wouldn't be very practical because the book would have to be so thick, or the print so small, it wouldn't be easily read. Actually, with all the personalized plates people use these days, I wonder if most folks don't identify them• selves. I know I do, because my car has my initials on the plates, front and'back. And let me tell you, I can't be anywhere without somebody saying, "So what were you doing at suchand-such yesterday afternoon?" That's what keeps me from misbehaving—the fear of getting caught! I'm only kidding, of course, but the fact is, if I'm using my own car, everyone I know mannfjps to notice it no mutter where it'a parked. None of that is of great consequence. It just struck me as funny to know that an AP story in out-of-town papers had the caption "'Snoop books' are disappearing in rural Nebraska." Now everybody knows how easily amused I tun.
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The Omaha Section of National Council of Jewish Women held its seventh annual "It's A Wrap" gift wrapping fundraiser and raffle at Crossroads Mall last month. Chaired by Beth Friedman and Deb Marburg, nearly 250 volunteers wrapped more than 2100 packages. The month-long fundraiser traditionally begins the Friday after Thanksgiving and runs through Christmas Eve. Proceeds from this fundraiser help support NCJW's many local community service projects and programs, including Dictionary Day, Kits for Kids, Hello Israel, and Mini Grants
'Chained Women9 May be Freed by Religious Divorce Standards
Applying Yourself by TONY ENDELMAN, Jewish Press Student Intern
For three years, I had been coming to school at 7:40 a.m for my first-hour class, and leaving at 2:50 p.m. after my eighth-hour class. I'd go home and retreat to my corner seat on the couch in front of the television until I had the motivation to study. As 10 p.m. rolled around, I'd fall asleep only to wake up the next morning to experience almost the exact same day over again. When I saw that familiar position of the clock hands at 2:50 p.m, for the last time during my junior year, however, I realized what was in store for me. The next time I would step through the doors at 7:40 a.m., I would be a senior. I would be preparing for a completely new daily routine in a completely new environment. I would be preparing myself for college. I remember that day so vividly, but, strangely, here I sit, about to begin the second semester of my senior year,
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In less than five months, I will have a cap on my head and a diploma in my hand. I will never again walk through those same doors at 7:40 a.m. every day for a year. I will never again stare at the empty answer sheet of another standardized test. But because of all my hard work these past three-and-a-half years, I know exactly where I will be at this time next year, and it is one of the greatest feelings in the world. Those who say that your senior year is a breeze, however, are completely inaccurate. From the beginning, I have been flooded with standardized
tests, letters and applications from colleges, and advice from parents and counselors. Of course, this IB all on top of homework. I knew from the start, though, that if I stayed true to myself and simply did what I had to do, I would get everything done I needed to. My philosophy paid off. From all the colleges in the country, even the ones that didn't mail me uninspiring letters and brochures, I applied to four or five universities in which I "was interested. Applying was much less of a nuisance than my peers portrayed it. Filling out one or two pages of personal information certainly wasn't difficult and, if you have any goals in life, writing a required essny isn't too tough either. It may take some time to organize and proofread the applications but the smartest way to accomplish the process is to simply just sit down and do it, and even more so, to do it as early as possible. While many of my peers are just beginning to fill out their applications, I already know in which dorm room I will be living. I can already tell that second semester of my senior year will be a lot less chaotic than the first. • So what do I do now? Well, I may have to do a little homework so I can graduate. I'll probably do a little shopping for next year and maybe a little traveling. Most of all, though, I think I'll be doing a whole lot of relaxing.
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NEW YORK(JTA)--In what some say is a historic breakthrough for Orthodox women unable to divorce, several prominent Orthodox rabbis have endorsed standards for rabbinic courts. The standards would require that a get, or Jewish divorce, be the first step in divorce proceedings. The recommendations are expected to make it easier for Orthodox women to navigate what many say is a labyrinthine system that favors men. The standards are endorsed by the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America, organizations that represent centrist Orthodox congregants and rabbis. They also have the endorsement of more than 10 prominent rabbis who serve on or represent rabbinic courts in the United States. Jews who live according to halachah, or Jewish law, require a get to dissolve their marriages. Only a man can give a get, and some withhold them to extort financial or custody settlements from their wives. Women denied gittin are forbidden from remarrying or even dating, and are called agunot, which means "chained women." Some are trying to escape abusive relationships. The new standards, particularly the assurance that a. get be provided before other divorce arrangements are made, will "clear up a very large percentage of the agunah problem," said Mattie Klein, director of L'Maan B'nos Yisrael International, a Brooklyn organization for agunot. Klein's organization worked closely with the rabbis who drafted the standards. It is not clear how many women in the United States are agunot, or who settle for unfavorable divorce agreements in order to
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extract a get, but some estimate the number is in the thousands. While there are a number of established rabbinic courts in the United States, Jewish law says that any three Orthodox rabbis can convene a rabbinic court. Because these courts are not subject to oversight, many people have complained they are corrupt or favor husbands. Before the standards, each court could "charge whatever they want, do whatever they want and there was no formal procedure of any kind, no recourse," Klein said, "Now we're saying if you belong to the RCA or O.U, movement, we expect you to send your congregants to a Beis Din that abides by these standards," Klein said, using the Ashkenazi pronunciation of the Hebrew term for a rabbinical court. "If they're not willing, we advise her to call.us.and we will give her information as to how to proceed," she continued. Rabbi Steven Dworken, Executive Vice-president of the RCA, said the standards should help make the rabbinic courts "user-friendly and appropriate" The standards will "eliminate some of the alleged abuses," Dworken added. Other advocates for agunot are applauding the standards, although they say more must be done. Susan Aranoff, a director at the Brooklyn-based Agunah Inc., said, "A Beit Din that adhered to those guidelines would be significant progress." However, Aranoff said, still unclear is whether anyone will enforce the standards and whether the courts will require that all divorce proceedings occur in rabbinical court rather than civil court.
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Jerusalem , (IMRA)--Following the akbar" execution of two Palestinians, the Maqawi confessed that he had proHuman rights organization B'Tselem, vided information on his nephew, announced its opposition to any gov- who belonged to Fateh and on three ernmental authority's use of the other members of Arafat movement, death penalty under any circum- which enabled the Israeli army to stances. launch an operation that led to their The fact that in these cases the deaths on Nov. 22. defendants were not accorded a fair Beni Ouda had admitted in court trial, had no effective opportunity to that he collaborated with Israel, but defend themselves and no opportuni- denied any implication in his cousin ty to appeal makes these executions Ibrahim Beni Ouda's death in a Nov. especially grave. 23 car bomb attack in Nablus. Two Palestinians sentenced to The first executions in Gaza took death for collaborating with Israel place in August, 1998, after two were executed by firing squad at the police officers were convicted of same time on Saturday morning in killing a Palestinian security officer's Gaza City and in Nablus. two brothers during a quarrel, In a statement released Monday, In February, 1999, a Palestinian Prime Minister and Minister of security colonel was executed for rapDefense Ehud Barak strongly con- ing a six-year-old boy. demned the court martial conducted Arafat lifted the death sentence for by the Palestinian Authority against a member of Hamas in March, 1999. those suspected of cooperation with A security court had found the Israel, and the executions earned out Hamas member guilty of murdering a thereafter. Palestinian security officer. The Prime Minister added that he Also Saturday, a Palestinian court regrets "that the Palestinian Author- sentenced two other Palestinians to ity, which is striving to establish an death for collaborating with Israel in internationally recognized entity, the killing of a Fateh faction official, chooses to pursue a policy of show tri- the court said. als which is reminiscent of history's The security court passed death dark peiiods." sentences on Mohammad NawawarMajdy Maqawi, 28, was executed at ah, 28, and Hosaam Homeid, 18, for the police headquarters in Gaza City, providing Israeli occupation forces He had been convicted by a Palestin- with information that helped them ian Authority security court for pro- kill Hussein Abayat, 37, the Pateh viding Israeli occupation services military chief in the southern Wont with information that allowed them Bank. to assassinate four activists from BTselem ealled on the Palestinian Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Authority to respect every individPateh faction and another man. ual's most basic of rights—th© right to Allam Beni Ouda, 24, was sen- life-«and demanded the PA muni tenced Dec, 7 by a comparable court immediately rescind the death nanin the West Bank for assisting Israeli tences that have been issued to two occupation forces in the car bomb more defendants, and remove the killing of his cousin, a member of the death penalty from Its penal code. Hamas resistance movement. An organization representing PalThe executions were the first for estinians who provide information to collaboration with the Israeli occupa- Israeli security forces filed a petition asking that Israel cut off peace talks tion forces. The security court's verdicts could until the Palestinian Authority stops not be appealed, and Arafat refused executing suspected "collaborators," to commute the sentences to life the Israeli daily Ma'arw reported, imprisonment. The petition was filed after the Since the establishment of the Palestinian Authority executed two Palestinian Authority in 1994, it has Palestinians for helping Israel target imposed 34 death penalties. Five peo- senior Palestinian militants involved ple have been executed, after the in attacks against Israelis. Chairman of the Palestinian AuthorThe Palestinian Authority says it is ity, Yassir Arafat ratified their death now offering amnesty to those sentences. Palestinians who turn themselves in Allam Beni Ouda's was the first and make a full disclosure of their execution to take place in the West links with Israel, Bank. In Nablus, more than 5,000 Three masked men killed a Palepeople watched Beni Ouda's execu- stinian suspected of collaborating tion, with Israel, Palestinian police said. Beni Ouda wore a red bull8»eye The police said the man was shot four T-shirt and his face was covered with times in the head and chest Monday a hood, witnesses said. Ten Palestin- when he opened the door of bin house ian officers fired their Kalaahnikova, in the Went Bank. riddling his body with more than 100 The top Palestinian official in bullets. Jerusalem said the Palestinians "are When the guns silenced, one officer in a state of war forced upon us, actuwalked up to Beni Ouda's corpse and ally, by the Israeli side," according to fired a final shot at close range to Israel Radio. Faisal HusHoini made tihouts of "AHuhu-akbar" ('(.Jod ia the comment Monday in i'iisU;rn JeniKalmn, while standing in front of greattiMt") from tlm crowd. hi (Jaza f'ity, ii tuuili recited \v.w- an Arabic 1;UI|;UUK<' poster that, ssiid {••.nges from lh<> Konm to a liandnifleu1 Palestine includes such pl.'ices ivand blindfolded Muq;nvi. Nine musk' Jerusalem, Haifa, rliili'ii. S.il'ed and ed policemen, lihnt, leaving lhi> coup the Galilee. do grace t.ci au officer who shut, the man in the head. IMHA (Independent Media. The body was taken iiwny by mi Review and Analysis) and J'VA ambulance, its the rrowd wa« shout- (JewMi TeUtgraphifi AHxueiatUm) ing "death to tniitorn" and "Allahu- contributed to thin report.
In Light of the recent executions by the Palestinian Authority, IMRA (Independent Media Review and Analysis, which covers events in Israel and translates Arabic press into English) has issued a list of addresses for those readers wishing to protest the executions (see related article at left). The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel POB 4(534 Jerusalem 91046, Israel Tel. 972-2-6630073 Fax. 972-2-5665477 e-mail: pcati@netvision.xiet.il www.stoptorture.org.il President Yasser Arafat Palestinian Authority Al-Matunda Gaaa, Palestinian Authority Fax: 07 2 82 23 66 Mr. Freih Ahu Meddein Minister of Justice Abu Khadra Building Omar al-Mukhtar Street Gttza, Palestinian Authority Fax: 07 2 82 23 60
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Temple Presents Amidadav Alonl's Hallel; Honors Accompanist Jylie Sandene by IRIS RICKS
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Temple Israel will usher in a special Shabbat on Friday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. This Sabbath, like many others on our Jewish calendar, has a special name. It is also known as Shabbat Shirah-the Sabbath of song. Shabbat Shirah derives its name from the majestic song of thanksgiving to God that Moses, Miriam and the Israelites sang after their miraculous crossing of the Sea of Reeds from their Egyptian pursuers. Shabbat Shirah is a time for us to become better acquainted with our rich musical heritage and to introduce more Jewish music into our homes and into our lives. It has become a tradition at Temple Israel to celebrate this Shabbat weekend with a special musical program-this year is no different. Join us as we present Aminadov Aloni's Hallel. Aminadav Aloni was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. Educated at the Haifa Institute of Music, Los Angeles City College, New York University and the Juilliard School of Music, he received first-place prizes in national piano competitions and has cocertized in the Uni t e d States and Is- . .'it I! rael. Aminadav Aloni In addition to his accomplishments as a pianist, Aloni has composed extensively for film, television, plays, musicals, and commercials. He has written over 100 works of Jewish music, including many complete services, songs and prayers commissioned by synagogues, cantors and individuals. For over 30 years, his music enriched the congregation of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, CA, where he served as musical director. The great success of his music is attributable to an unusual blending of talents. He was a classical pianist, teacher and classical musicologist, a
creative jazz artist and a highlyskilled arranger and conductor. His Jewish heritage gave him an understanding of Jewish liturgy and great familiarity with the sacred texts. Aloni's English lyrics reflect his gift of language even beyond his native tongue. All of this emerges in his sometimes outrageous musical writing, full of light, wit, dance and poignancy. As we celebrate the joy of music with Aloni's special Hallel service, we will also honor Julie Sandene, Temple's gifted accompanist, on the 10th anniversary of her work at Temple Israel. We will have a special opportunity to recognize her for her many years of devotion and dedication. Julie Sandene Sandene received both her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Organ Performance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, A gifted teacher and accompanist, in addition to her work at Temple Israel, she has worked as organist and bell choir director at Morning Star Lutheran Church and has taught extensively in the Millard, Weatside and Omaha Public schools. She is currently teaching sixth grade vocal music at Rusaell and Anderson Middle Schools. Sandene is an avid organ recitalist, performing regularly at UNO's Strauss Performing Arts Center, St. Cecilia's Cathedral, First Central Congregational and St. Michael Lutheran Church. She has been the accompanist for numerous concerts, contests, programs, festivals, recitals and soloists. She also enjoys playing for theatrical productions at the Omaha Community Playhouse, Center Stage Theater and Emmy Gifford Children's Theater, The community is invited to join us for this evening of song, worship and, gratitude. ,
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As a new service to our readers, movement and its health and energy Jewish Family Service will begin to benefits, not calories burned. Don't run a new monthly column in the overdo it, or you won't continue. Find Jewish Press identifying issues of a comfortable level of activities you health and mental health. enjoy and keep it up all year. During the week of Jan. 21-27, the 4. Take 10-15 minutes in your busy National focus is on "Healthy Weight day, each day, to relax and relieve Week," a time to celebrate healthy stress. Use a relaxation technique, or habits that last a lifetime and pre- just empty your mind and let your vent weight and eating problems. Eat body go limp. Taking 30-second well, live actively and feel good about relaxation breaks will help, too. yourself and others is a welcome 5. Use positive self-talk to increase antidote to the diets and binges that respect, trust, esteem, and acceptypically begins the New Year. tance of yourself. The following are some personal 6. Respect people of all sizes. activities that can help you to cele- Appreciate their diversity. Challenge brate Health at Any Size: size prejudice. 1. Resolve to stop dieting, stop 7. Eat well, live actively, and feel focusing on weight, stop weight- good about yourself and others. obsessive thoughts. Decide it's time Everyone qualifies. to get on with living your life to the Several books are listed here for fullest and forget "waiting .to be your assistance; Children and Teens thin." Afraid to Eat; Women Afraid to Eat; 2. Rediscover normal eating—eat- Am I Fat?; Health Risks of Weight ing at regular times, typically three Loss; How to Get your Kid to Eat; meals and snacks to satisfy hunger. Self-esteem Comes in All Sizes; Respond to your body's internal sig- Weight Loss Quackery & Fads; When nals of hunger and fullness—eat Women Stop Hating Their Bodies; when you're hungry and stop when Worth Your Weight; and You Count you're full. Notice how much better Calories. you feel. For further information on this 3. Live actively in your own way topic, please contact me at Jewish each day, Focus on the pleasure of Family Service (JFS), 830-2024
Birthright Bsrae! Visits Development Town Some 10,000 young Jews are expected to visit Israel this winter as part of the Birthright program. The program offers participants the opportunity to visit the country, all expenses paid, for ten days. The«-) funding is mainly•* " being provided by - •* a partnership that Young Jews from North America meet with high includes the phil- school students from the northern Negev town of a n t h r o p i s t a Qfakim, a development town which currently has Charles Bronfman a very high rate of unemployment. The students and Michael Stein- spent more than four hours together exchanging hardt, as well as a ideasf and experiences. Photo by ISRANET. $70 million contribution by the Israel dents to the possibility of long-term government. study in Israel while in college or The $210 million project, which afterwards as well as job opportunistarted a year ago, aims to bring ties. 50,000 students from every corner of Eighty-six percent of Jewish stuthe world to Israel over a five-year dents have never been to Israel and period. The visits include short study many have no particular affinity programs on Jewish topics and histo- with the State. Another great cause ry with special emphasis on the for concern is the ever increasing Holocaust. There is also an educa- rate of assimilation among Diaspora tional exhibition to introduce the stu- Jewry, particularly the young.
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Bridge, Buffett and Gates, All at the JCC by COOKIE HOBERMAN, Special to the Jewish Press
Jewish mothers invariably get the credit or the blame! In this case, my mother, Ann Epstein, gets the credit. When, she taught me to play bridge as a child, she had no idea I would be playing with two of the richest men in the world. Or did she? We'll never know,..anyway...thanks mom. Are there any weekend games? An innocuous question unless the person inquiring is financier and founder of Berkshire Hathaway...Warren Buffet. Recently, I have had the privilege of working with Susie Buffett, Warren's daughter, who shares my commitment to maintaining a strong Omaha public school district. We organized a meeting Buffett attended. Knowing I also shared his passion for bridge, Buffett asked me, "Are there any weekend games?" Assuming he was referring to both Saturday and Sunday games, I responded, "only on Saturdays." And then I remembered the STAC (a small club tournament) I called the Berkshire office planning to leave a message. Buffett answered the phone with a cheerful "Hi" just like a regular guy! I told him about our "little STAC" the week after Thanksgiving. That afternoon, Sharon Qsberg, business consultant, winner of two world championships and long time Buffett bridge partner, called me. She said she, Buffett, Bob Hanunan (the number-one-runked player in the world), and a fairly new-to-tlie-gtuue young xntm, Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft), would be playing in Omaha, and a Wall Street Journal reporter would bo covering the event. Osberg suggested once word got, out, our club space could not handle the number of tennis that would want to participate in tho Sunday Swiss uiurnmnont.
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I kept thinking, "Oh my God...Buffett, Gates, ed from bridge players. We bought homemade cookHamman, Osberg...playing bridge in Omaha!" ies, cakes and treats being sold in the gallery. Osberg asked if I would take care of getting a place Buffett and Gates graciously met with the BBYO and do what needed to be done. teens and fans lined up to get autographs and take I said calmly, "No problem." pictures. Hamman and Osberg generously offered Finding a place was in fact "no problem." I called free bridge tips at the tables. Jeff Aizenberg, Executive Director of the Jewish Omaha was buzzing with bridge that weekend. Community Center, and secured the 'J' for the Aside from local and national press, bridge players Sunday Swiss Team. I subsequently worked with came from Lincoln, Des Moines, Sioux City, Kansas Mike Collier, JCC Campus Director. Mike met with City, Minneapolis and Texas. We more than tripled Loretta Eenhuis, Club Owner, and Jim Nash, Bridge Director, and orchestrated the details. The entire JCC staff were fantastic. Bridge players asked me over and over why we couldn't play at the JCC for our tournaments. I explained playing bridge on Friday nights presented a 'little' problem! Eenhuis learned more than she wanted to know about kashritt and not mixing milk and meat. We bought kosher corned beef and turkey sandwiches from Aramark, Benhuis brought in the Bob Hamman, left, 1plays a hand with Warren Buffet, Bill Gates rest of the lunch. Our conversations went some- and Sharon Osberg , thing like this: the number of players on Saturday, and the Swiss "What is kosher?" Team, which usually has 12 teams, had 60 ou "You do not mix milk and moat." Sunday. "Okay, well, I'll bring fruit, cookies, chips..." Saturday evening, Hamman and Gates were sec"You can't bring just any cookiea or chips." ond overall, winning a total of 4.75 Silver Points). (I "Okay and I'll bring some dips," bet that felt like a billion bucks!) Saturday after"Uh. . .no dips,,.how about salsa?" noon, they ware fourth, Buffett and Osberg had 1 and some cheese for,.." fun, and the JCC ataft handled the crowd aud secu"Sun .No cheese...can't; jnix milk and meat.* rity expertly. "Uh. .Okay.. .I'll brinfj cream and sugar for cof1 asked Buffett to. give my daughter, Jennifer, a "Oh. good reason to play bridge. He replied, amiling*, fea." "You got to moot me and Dill (taU'H," "Make that cream Hiibslit.utc. , .and don't for/jot, Them wfm a HWiMr1 of prido and appreciation Ihat tho koHher dilb-i. (Inn't oat corned hoof without dill Warren Huflotl. atul Bill Gales, who could rhntwe p any hobby, have ehosen bridga-in Omaha. In the oud, everyone loved the Sood. Bridge, the game, each of UH loves to play in outI asked HulToU to grant mt> a private video interown way; the game that satisfies our thirst, for view with him, (inten, Osborg and Hnmmim to be intellectual challenge, problem solving and compepremiered at. our regional ovcMit. tition; the game that ignores who you aru, what you Students from tho Omaha Public School Career have, or what you look like; the gnuiu at, which playCenter videotaped l.ho interview. The four shared ers learn early that the key to success is not the ideas, feelings and quips about bridge. They also hand you're dealt.. .but how you play your cards. participated in a bridge quGstitm-and-answer forum "Are there any weekend games?1* in the JCO theatre prior to game time on Sunday. Mr. Buffott,. .you name tho weekend.. .We'll proTho fundraiser, sponsored by L.O.V.K. to benefit vide tho game!" residents of the Rose Blum kin Jewish Homo, profit-
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Israeli Experience for Teens (Continued from page 1) —— "Naturally, we are very concerned with the things that have happened lately in Israel. The topic arises many times in the news whenever there is a calamity in Israel," Ariel Orbach said. "I think that in order to achieve empathy in times of sorrow we should try to show some other aspects of life in Israel as well." As a step to promote the positive view, he has gathered many of the Israelis in the Omaha community to run the stations at this program. Only Rabbi Shlomo Levin, head of the OGTL, is originally American. Two other stations are the Kibbutzim movement run by Roni Palmon, a former Kibbutz member, and, of course, the Israeli food station run by Shani Thall. The program is also a follow-up for a Shabbaton for 8-12th graders that will take place on Friday, Jan. 26, and Saturday, J a n 27. For more information, call Ariel Orbach at 697-5531.
Young Leadership Conference (Continued from page 1) The conference, located at the Ritz-Carlton in St. Louis, costs $260 and includes all meals, plus $139 per night single or double at the hotel. UJC has obtained a 10% discount from Southwest Airlines for flights, which can be reserved by calling 1-800433-5368 (Code J1595). For conference reservations or more information, call Sharon Kirshenbaum at 334-6485.
Photographer Celebrates Marian Seniors Learn About Judaism at Beth Ei 30 Years of Contributions by JEWISH PRESS News Service-
Seven years ago, Mark Koesters, senior religion teacher at Marian High School and head of the Religion Department, planned his first field trip for his World Religion students to Beth El Synagogue. The annual event has grown to become a memorable tradition for the seniors at this Catholic high school in Omaha. On Tuesday, a group of 16 seniors took this journey into the intricacies of Judaism and the historical impact and shocking images of the Holocaust. Longtime educator Gloria Kaslow shared two videos on the Holocaust. "This is a wonderful opportunity for students to learn about the customs, beliefs and traditions of Judaism," Koesters said. "Mrs. Kaslow's presentation was also a powerful way to bring the insanity of the Holocaust and the events leading up to it to life. Even though I have heard her presentation, I am deeply moved each time." After visiting the synagogue and being introduced to Jewish ritual items, such as the Aron Kodesh (the Ark), the Torah scrolls, and tallit (prayer shawls), the students returned to Marian to watch Schindler's List. Prior to their visit, they also watched the HBO documentary on Oskar Schindler's life. The students are currently reading Chaim Potok's The Chosen. The trip is the culmination of Marian's English, Sociology and World Religion departments focus on Judaism.
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The five-year program is financed by $70 million from 14 Jewish philanthropists, $70 million from the Israeli government and $70 million from world Jewish communities (including Omaha). The philanthropists—most prominent among them Steinhardt and Charles Bronfmtan—will withdraw their support for Birthright after five years. Bronfman said the time is coming when the Jewish community would have to address the question of "when does" the philanthropists' "responsibility end and somebody else's responsibility start."
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Baker's Supermarkets Stop Hunger Hannah Wolf, daughter of Phil and Nancy Wolf, is the only freshman Campaign provided more than 6000 at Millard West High School to have meals to the needy in Nebraska. made the Girls Varsity Basketball Customers who shopped at the 16 team. Hannah has played basketball stores donated nearly 3000 pounds of at the Jewish Community Center and food, valued at more than $4500, to has participated in the annual the Food Bank during the 10th annuMaccabi Games, al campaign, "Baker's appreciates our customers All fourth-grade students in joining us to help our less fortunate Nebraska are invited to participate in neighbors," said Tom. Baker, grandson the annual Statehood Day essay con- of the stores' founder, Abe Baker. test, sponsored by the Nebraska The Pood Bank distributes nearly Humanities Council. This year's five million pounds of food annually theme is "What symbolizes communi- to 240 shelters and agencies in ty to you?" Entries are due Feb. 1, Nebraska and Western Iowa. For information, contact your fourthgrade elementary school teacher or The Bemis Center for ContemptheNCH, 1-402-474-2131. orary Arts will present CHMRity, for the Love of Art, a fundraiser beneJewish Women Magazine, the publi- fitting the Bemis School of Art, cation of Jewish Women Inter- Saturday, Feb. 10, 7-9 p.m., in the national, is accepting nominations Bemis Galleries, 724 So. 10th St., in for its annual "Women to Watch" pro- the Old Market. gram which highlights the important The Bemis will auction one-of-acontributions Jewish women are kind chairs created and designed by making in contemporary society. To artists, individuals and organizations nominate an individual, please in the Omaha community, Among include a brief biography, resume, those who have created and donated articles or news clippings, a photo- chairs are Patch Adams, M.D., and graph and current contact informa- organizations such as the Omaha tion. Children's Museum, Opera Omaha, Winners will be recognized at a and the Jewish Community Center. Tickets are $10 and may be regala luncheon in Washington, B.C., in December. Deadline for siibmis* served in advance by calling Kelly aiona is Feb. 15. For more informa- Goodall at 341-7130. Tickets are also available at the door, tion, call 1-202-857-1300.
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Syrian President Hashar Assad said Israel is a state based on loath• A Jewish advocacy group seeking Koine, racist vfilues and haired l.o prevent the elevation of .Pope Pius toward Arabs ami Islam, Assad Btiid XII to sainthood Hiiys ;i 1945 report in :i speech that, he will rontinue "the. shows the wartime pope's moral dou- struggle for the liberation of the occuble standard toward the Naais. Elan pied lands, the return of stolen lights Steinberg, Executive Director of the and the striving for a comprehensive World Jewish Congress, said the and lasting peace," Vatican charged the Soviets with IMRA and JTA contributed to atrocities but failed to condemn the News Briefs. Nazi genocide.
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A Tu B'Shevat Treasure by OZZIE NOGG
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(Editor's Note: Omahan Ozzie Nogg was recently accepted as a member of the American Jewish Press Association. Her personal recollections growing up in Omaha, combined with her research on Jewish holidays, have been printed in many Jewish newspapers throughout North America. The following piece describes her father's stories of Tu B'shevat, the Birthday of the Trees, celebrated this year on Feb. 8.) When my father died, I inherited his books as part of the tangible legacy a rabbi leaves his child. Worn volumes of the Talmud with carefully mended spines. Dog-eared siddurim. A Russian chumash. Yiddish novels, collections of Hebrewpoetry, Scholarly works on Jewish ritual and law. But Yentl, I am not. And so it was in the more accessible English texts that I found what has become one of my favorite books - Worlds That Passed. In it,the author, A.S. Sachs, describes with gentle fondness the vanished life of the shtetl. The hard work. The simple pleasures. The cycle of holiday celebrations that often were the only bright spots in an otherwise bleak existence. It might be argued that shtetl Jews - my father included — survived from one dreary day to the next because they instinctively blocked out the reality of their cramped, poor villages and could, in Sachs' words, "soar on wings of fancy" to vast, beautiful worlds that existed only in their minds. Never were these flights more therapeutic than during Tu B'Shevat. Tu B'Shevat. The New Year of t h e Trees. This festival t h a t celebrates spring and t h e renewal of nature and life itself, always found the shtetl frozen and covered with snow. But no matter. On TuB'Shevat, the people transported themselves to a golden place where cedar fields, olive trees and lemon groves were heavy with buds. The shtetl Jews could feel the spring sun on their backs. For a
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The cheder, where, on Tu B'Shevat, lessons stopped while the rebbe carefully doled out raisins and nuts and bokser (carob)--that most exotic of fruits. According to Poppa, one Tu B'Shevat in the cheder was particularly memorable because of the aforementioned bokser. It seems my father's study partner—a lad named Shleimkeh-side-armed several pieces at another student and hit (aftzuloches) the rebbe. Now, a hunk of bokser is a mean weapon, and for Shleimkeh's infraction the entire class was forced to memorize an additional (and gargantuan) tractate of Talmud. Deep in my bones, I'm sure that Shleimkeh, if he truly existed, was innocent and that the real culprit behind that long-ago Tu B'Shevat Bokser Rebellion was my Poppa.. ,]vly Poppa. How he adored trees. He told me, often and lovingly, of the trees that grew near his village. Apple! Pear! Peach! And oh, how that fruit tasted! Much sweeter, tochter, than any fruit here in America! He also spoke of the weeping willow that stood by the side of his house. Its branches hung down into a pond and it was under these branches-deep in the water—that his mother once hid some silver spoons wrapped in a cloth. She hid them from the hooligans who periodically ransacked the village, and she wound up leaving them there, in the water, when the family fled to America. As my father grew older, he lost his sight and walked with difficulty and his last years were like a shtetl winter-dark and frightening and dismally boring. But he blocked out this reality and lived in his memory, fancifully embroidered with imagination. He soared on wings back to the shtetl. It was now a thriving town! The few trees that once grew near his village were now large and profitable orchards that his family had owned for generations. (We spoke of this only in private, lest the knowledge that he came from the Lithuanian landed gentry bring shame to his less fortunate contemporaries.) The treasure buried in the pond at the foot of the weeping willow grew as well. The few silver spoons multiplied into many dozens. The cache eventually included brass samovars and sterling kiddush cups and antique spice boxes encrusted with jewels. Poppa vowed to go back to the village one day-I was to go with him and be his eyes-and we would find the weeping willow and the treasure in the pond which, by now, was a vast lake. According to his doctors, my father was practicing visualization. Removing himself from pain or fear or boredom by going, in his mind, to a place of beauty, serenity and joy. But I know that Poppa was just doing what Jews have always done, when necessary. He simply blocked out the real world for a few moments and replaced it with something better. He turned his winter into spring by returning home to his shtetl and to his youth—when everything was green and heavy with juicy, ripe fruit. On Tu B'Shevat, in the middle of our hectic lives, each of us can stop and visualize whatever brings ua peace. We can find a quiet world and see the olive trees. Smell the cedar and the citron. Taste the fruit. And we can soar on wings of fancy to secret hiding places and reclaim the treasures left there for us by our fathers.
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Cantor Sol Zim, internationally recognized super star of Jewish music, will join Cantor Emil 3025 South 83rd Plaza, Omaha, NE 68124 The Pulitzer Prize-winning The Diary of Anne GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE Berkovits and Hazzan G. Michael Horwitz for an Frank by Wendy Kesselman is a sensitive, joyful evening of Yiddish and Israeli folk songs, popular and touching play which opens at Chanticleer ballads, operatic arias and Broadway show tunes Community Theater on Friday, Feb. 2, and WALTER HECHT'S this Sunday, Jan. 21, 7 p.m., at Beth El Synaruns through Feb. 18. Show time on Fridays and gogue. The concert will also showcase modern and traditional settings of Hebrew prayers plus origi- Saturdays is 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. The theater is located at 830 Franklin Avenue, nal compositions written by both Cantor Zim and Council Bluffs. Tickets are priced at $15, $12 and Cantor Berkovits. $6; reservations may be made by calling the box Cantor Zim's CDs and copies of his Joy Series office at 323-9955. HOW OPEM Lunch & Song Books will be available for purchase at the concert. Tickets are available in advance for $10, or 12129 W. Center Rd, (westwood Opera Omaha present Pagliaccl and Carmina $12.50 at the door; all proceeds from the event go Burena 697-5107 on Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, at 7:80 p.m., and to support Beth El's Scholarship Program. Feb. 4 a t 2 p.m.. at the Orpheum, Conducted by ftomrvatlcma Recommended For information, please call 492-8550. Hal Prince, the operas are rarely paired together On Monday, Jan.. 22, 7 p.m., Zim will perform the occasion reunites the artistic team from in Lincoln at Tifereth Israel. Tickets are $5 in and the Portland Opera praised by Opera News as "an advance, $7 at the door; children under age 12 are evening rich in theatrical and musical excitement.'' free. For information, call 423-8569. Tickets begin at $15 and can be purchased by calling the opera Omaha box office at 346-7372, or through Tieketmaster, 422-1212. Open: Mon-Sat 10:00AM - 8:00 PM
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by JEWISH PRESS News Service - — — - « - — Judy Caplan Ginaburgh, one of the Top Ten Jewish Children's Performers and one of the Top Ten Jewish Vocalists in the country, will bo. in Omaha J a n . 19-20. Friday, J a n . 10, 6 p.m., at Temple Israel, , Ginsburgh will join Cantor Jen-1 nifer Blum for an evening of Shabbat worship and song.; Ginsburgh's innovative and expressive use of sign language will Judy Caplan Ginsburgh make the liturgy come alive, Saturday, J a n . 20, 7 p.m.., at the Jewish Community Center, Ginsburgh and her accompanist, David Marler, will present her award-winning Havdalah Pajama concert. Parents and children are encouraged to attend in their pajamas— Ginsburgh and Marler perform in theirs! Both events are free and open to the community. Havdalah Pajama is made possible by the combined support of the Glasser Family Endowment Fund, Jerome J. and Francis 0. Milder Endowment Fund, Pennie Z. Davis Family Life Education Fund, the Esther K. Newman Fund, Jewish Family Service, Jewish Educational and Library Services, Jewish Cultural Arts Council, Pennie Z. Davis Child Development Center, Omaha Center for Torah Learning, B'nai Israel, Boyt Shalom, Beth El Synagogue, Beth Israel Synagogue and Tomplo Israel.
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Students throughout Omaha will learn about dat- Deana's Fund, "The Yellow Dress and Remote him for use with the Yellow Dress and Remote ing and domestic violence through innovative edu- Control Programs are a good first step to develop- Control* cational theater programs: The Yellow Dress ing an effective dating violence prevention pro"The Yellow Dress and Remote Control are a (grades 9-12), and Remote Control (grades 7-8). gram. Schools report that the programs have both good start to establishing a community/school cliSeveral sites are hosting these programs includ- an immediate and long-term effect on students," mate that discoarages abusive behavior and offers ing: Omaha Public Schools, teens and parents support. Westside District 66, The Rose, InformatJoa and resources," Girls' Inc., and the Jewish Dr. Newman said. I t ' s part of Community Center for Temple what a caring community can Israel, Beth El and Beth Israel offer youth to counter harmSynagogues. These students ful messages found in the will broach the issue of dating media and other negative and relationship violence via influences of our culture." these powerful and dramatic Funding and support for one-act plays. Productions are The Yellow Dress and Semote scheduled for Feb. 19-21, Gontroi Program was made Child Psychologist Dr. Patricia possible by the National Newman is a Director of the Council oi Jewish Women National Council of Jewish Omaha Section, Jewish Women, Omaha Section board Family Service, the Domestic and Chairperson of this project. Violence Coordinating She describes the theatre proCouncil, the YWCA Women ductions as "a highly motivating r T Planning the program are Dr. Patricia Newman, Jean Imry oftikeYWCA and Steve StieJ . Davis ramuy Lite experience tor young people. Our goal is to grab their attention and emotions, she said. "The Yellow Dress and Remote Control Education Foundation, Girl Scouts Great Plains then give them a chance to learn about and discuss are incredibly powerful performances. They are Council, the Murray EL and Sharee C. Newman the dynamics underlying abusive relationships. Not great tools, and when used together with a curricu- Supporting Foundation, Harriet Singer, Diane 'just' physical violence, but verbal and emotional lum and other school and community efforts, they Lozier» Bete El Synagogue, Temple Israel abuse as well. Additionally, we need to provide infor- have great potential to effectively reduce the inci- Synagogue, Beth Israel Synagogue, the Westside mation for those who need it now and resources for dence of teen dating violence." District §66 Schools, the Livingston Foundation those who will have questions at a later date." The plays have been performed at the United and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kasiow. The project is The program is produced and directed by Deana's States Congress, the National Students Agaiast funded in part by the Nebraska Child Abuse Fund, a non-profit organization based in Woburn, Drunk Driving Conference and reviewed in nation- Prevention Fund Board. MA, that is dedicated to preventing dating and al medial like Educational Leadership and the Committee members are: Elyee Azriel, Scott domestic violence. Deana's Fund was established in Osgood Files. Each year, the plays are performed Littkey, Beth Cohen, Beth Friedman, Robin 1994 after the death of Deana Brisbois, a young at about 300 locations, reaching about 90,000 Spindier, Jeaa Imery, Joyce Bunger, Barb Collins, woman from Topsfield, MA, who was a victim of young adults and community members. The Yellow Kim Noddle, Mitzi Delman, Bunny Rothenberg, dating violence. After her death, family and friends Dress play was written by Deborah-Lake Forsten. Esther Wax, Steve Stiel, Danielle Gordman, Iris founded the Deana's fund in an effort to prevent Sydney Hayes of Pastiche Productions conceived of Ricks and Nancy Nogg Rauhauser. further tragedies. the play and wrote the original music for the perAdditional information is available by contacting According to Sher Quaday, Executive Director of formance. Deana's fund also developed a currica- Dr. Newman at 391-2477. .
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