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NCJW and JFS Highlight Issue of Domestic Violence Among Teens by CAROL KATZMAN, Editor •
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But she moved back to One of only 22 schools Omaha to direct the Holoin the United States to be caust Resource Center, selected for the Inter 1 national Book Sharing • started last fall by the Project, Beveridge MidAnti-DefaaaafaoQ League, dle School has 38 enerand run the International getic, highly-verbal Book Sharing Project with eighth-graders exploring .- a two-year grant funded the Holocaust through by Bob Sturm of Denver. t i e lens of writings by Last week at Beveridge, children and teens. Dotan asked the seven Teachers Jane Laughlin groups to create a story and Lindsay Stover invitusing a series of photos ed Beth Seldin-Dotan taken during the Holointo their classroom to caust. Kendall Sigmon's prepare t h e s t u d e n t s group even gave a name prior to their reading of j • to a child in the photoThe Sandgame, a book graph. Her group gp gp created written by Uri Orlev Cassie F l o r e s , left, Mackenzie Shreve, S a r a a s t o r y which ended based on bis experiences W h i t e a n d L e a h H o t o v y c r e a t e a n a r t i s t i c w\en the family escaped as a child during World expression of t h e sentence their group chose ^Qm the ghetto and went War II. f r o m t h e w r i t i n g s of c h i l d r e n f r o m t h e into hiding for the rest of Since November the Holocaust as p a r t of the Book Sharing Project, the war. class has been corresponding, via e-mail and a webI t ' s amazing that the groups all came up with a site created especially for this project, with middle different order for the pictures," Dotan observed, school students at Sulam Tzur on the grounds of "and different outcomes for the families they creatKibbutz Gesher HaZiv in the Western Galilee. ed. Today, we're going to build on that by asking They've learned about life in Israel - from favorite each group to read aloud from the writings of seven rock groups and days at the beach to taking shelter young people during the war." when Katushya rockets are fired by Hezbollah in Those writings, found in diaries or letters, were Lebanon — and the Israeli teens have learned about written by children during the war years. Some life in Omaha from a group of mostly non-Jewish. were later incorporated into historical documents 13 and 14-year-olds. at Yad -Vashem, the world's first Holocaust museDotan is a former educator at Yad Layeled, the chil- um, located in Jerusalem, or used in books, like dren's museum on the grounds of the Ghetto Fighters' Orlev's The Sandgame. House, a larger museum founded by the original kib{Continued on page 13) butz members and survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto.
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After the performance, panelists lead an faoarlong Q&A session: Mary Larson, left^ Director of the YWCA's Women Against "Violence program; Sue Michalski, Domestic Violence Health Care Director! Amy Mareoux:, a survivor of domestic violence; and Gloria tj&hlow, who plays Cindy in The Yellow Dress, More than 600 teens, educators, parents and social workers sat quietly Monday night through a powerful presentation of The Yellow Dress. The one-woman play dramatizes the deteriorating relationship of a teenage couple and its horrifying consequences. And nearly 5000 saw the half-hour play this week and its companion, piece for middle school students. Remote Control, T h i s project is the ultimate in feifiiling NCJW's mission to improve the liyes of women and children,* explained Omaha Section President Beth Friedman, giving credit to Dr. Patricia Newman, a past president of the Section who organized the week-long event. In all, 11 performances were shown throughout Omaha at local high schools, the Jewish Community Center (for Hebrew High School students and their parents), The.Hose and (Continued on page 11)
Did Pollard—and Jews— Pay Price for Pardon Efforts for Etch? by MATTHEW E. BERGER
WASHINGTON (JTA)-Did Marc Rich's controversial pardon come at the expense of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard? And did some prominent Israeli and American Jews compromise their moral integrity by pressing for Rich's pardon? These are the latest questions swirling around the Jewish world amid indications of a well-choreographed campaign to persuade Israeli leaders and prominent American Jews to advocate on Rich's behalf. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, charged last week that Rich's support from the Jewish community was "bought" and that the Jewish community failed an "important moral test" by participating in Rich's campaign. Documents released as part of testimony at a U.S. House of Representatives committee looking into the pardon last week show that a central part of the strategy devised by Rich's backers involved building support from Israeli and Jewish leaders. The e-mails and letters show the detailed planning involved in amassing support for Rich's freedom. Apparently not everyone mentioned in the documents ultimately got involved, but the public release of the documents has added to the list of prominent American Jews now embroiled in the controversial pardon-Elie Wiesel, Edgar Bronfman, Abraham Poxman and Rabbi Irving T i t z ' Greenberg. A commodities trader, Rich was pardoned by President Clinton on Jan. 20 during his last hours in office. He had been indicted on 51 counts of tax
evasion (worth some $48 million), racketeering and violating trade sanctions with Iran, but fled to Switzerland in 1983 before standing trial. From his Swiss redoubt, Rich became a major benefactor of numerous Jewish and Israeli charitable organizations, including Birthright Israel, the project to send young Jewish adults to the Holy Land. Rich has given to a variety of major institutions in. Israel, including Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University, the Israel Museum and the Jerusalem Foundation. According to the correspondence between Rich and bis supporters, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister Shimon Peres and several other Israeli political leaders spoke with Clinton about the pardon in his last months of office. The pleas came &s Israeli officials and American Jewish leaders across the political and religious spectrum were urging Clinton to pardon Pollard, the former U.S. Navy intelligence officer who has been serving a life sentence since 1987 for spying for Israel. There is mixed opinion about whether the efforts on behalf of Rich undermined simultaneous efforts for Pollard. Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said he was surprised to learn that Barak and others had been lobbying for Rich. Hoenlein, who met with Clinton and other administration officials about Pollard in December, said there is concern that Israeli leaders are using their
influence with lite United States to grant pardons rather than saving their political capital for "when there are vital issues at stake." For Ms part, Wiesel, the scholar, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, said that while he was approached by Rich's advocates to speak to the president on his behalf, he declined to get involved because he wanted to focus his attention solely on PollardAccording to tb.e released documents, Rich's advocates felt that Wiesel could be the perfect "moral authority* to present Rich's case to Clinton. One advocate said he had been "assured" that Wiesel had called the White House over the matter. But Wiesel told JTA last week that he did not discuss the matter at the White House and did not know his name was associated with the Rich case until the e-mails were released. Wiesel said he did not think the Rich and Pollard cases were related and that he wouldn't have supported Rich's petition even if Pollard's wasn't also being considered. (Continued on. page 14)
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SADIE PRIED Graveside services for Sadie Fried were held Feb. 18 at Golden Hill Cemetery. She was 89. Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Marshall and Norma Fried of Omaha, Arnold and Carole Fried of San Jose, CA; grandchildren, Lisa, Dan, Lene, Adam and Joie Fried; sisters, Evylyn Novak of Omaha and Gloria Feintech of Chicago; cousins, nieces and nephews. Memorials to Temple Israel or the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. LIBBY COLICK Graveside services for Libby Colick were held Feb. 16 at Fisher Farm Cemetery. She died Feb. 15 at the age of 89. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry. DOROTHY DIAMOND BERGEN Services for Dorothy Bergen, formerly of Lincoln, were held Feb. 9 at Temple Sinai in Oakland, CA. She died Feb. 6 in Oakland at the age of 92. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Samuel F. Bergen. Survivors include sisters, Bernice Katskee and Ruth Levinson of Lincoln, Evelyn Wittman of San Jose, CA, and Shirley Frank of Indianapolis; nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Mrs. Bergen was a charter member of Sigma Delta Tau sorority at UNL and a violinist with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra. Memorials to Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 8219 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln, NE 68502, or charity of choice.
Temple Israel's Megillah According to IT? The professional staff and the Kol Rina Choir at Temple Israel are busy rehearsing for this year's Purim Spiel which will take place Thursday, Mar. 8. The festivities begin at 6 p.m. with a Box Dinner followed by the reading of the Megillah and the "Spiel at 7 p.m. The theme for this year's play is a secret! We can only say that it has something to do with: Rabbi Pepper's Only Purim Band, Esther Day, And You're a Hard Man,Hame! Bring your family, dinner and be prepared to shake your grogger! It will be an evening you won't want to miss!
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Can't Happen Here? All this week, the National Council of Jewish Women and Jewish Family Service helped educate young men and women about the dangers of domestic violence. With a broad-based coalition from the YWCA's Women Against Violence to the synagogues and the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, and from funding from foundations, families, individuals and organizations, NCJW and JFS were able to spread the word to middle and high school students in the Omaha area. Two plays, The Yellow Dress and Remote Control, depict true-to-life situations easily understood by teens, ages 12-18. Remarkably, The Yellow Dress was also.shown in Omaha's Partnership 2000 Region, the Western Galilee, as part of a Ninth Candle program, "Shedding light on domestic violence," during Hanukkah. Domestic violence doesn't just happen among adults. It occurs on dates when young men exert excessive control and when young women are too afraid to assert themselves. There are too many myths about domestic violence. Too many of us think it only happens among lower
socio-economic groups, or among nonJews, or that only men are the aggressors. Wrong on all counts. Think it can't happen in the Jewish community? Think again. Jewish Family Service receives calls on a regular basis from teens, single women and married ones, too, concerned for their safety, and sometimes the safety of other family members. Think it's only men who are the aggressors? Think again. Women can be verbally abusive towards their boyfriends or spouses as well as cause physical harm. Statistics show that domestic violence is no stranger to the homes of the rich and famous either. (Remember that famous trial in California a few years ago? The perpetrator was just picked up again in Florida for attempted assault and battery.) So, what do you do if you find yourself involved in a potentially dangerous situation? Call JFS at 330-2024; Women Against Violence hotline, 345-7273; or Boys Town Hotline, 1-800-448-3000. There is help for you or someone you know whose life might be in danger. Don't wait!
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town, scouts reported that hundreds of villagers were seen streaming away from the area. After allowing the few people they found still in the buildings to leave, the soldiers set their charges. When the mission was complete, Sharon and his men reported that they had destroyed 42 buildings and killed 10 to 12 people, all soldiers or guards. Afterwards, when it became known that some civilians had remained hidden and were killed •unintentionally, the likeliest explanation seemed to be that previously ineffectual Israeli raids had lulled the victims into thinking they would be safe hiding in their homes. Had it been the Israeli intention to kill civilians, the defenseless villagers fleeing Kibya would have been prime targets -instead Israel allowed them to leave unharmed. All this is deemed irrelevant by Ludden and NPR. In the seven-and-a-half minute report only one speaker was allowed to defend Sharon, Professor Gerald Steinberg, who was afforded a mere 24 seconds. (An Israeli mah-on-the-street did allow as how he might have to unwillingly vote for Sharon.) NPR followed this assault on Sharon's character with an even more defamatory segment by its Beirut correspondent Kate Seelye, who informed listeners that Sharon was being investigated by an "international group seeking the prosecution of Sharon for war crimes," regarding the SabraShatilla massacre carried out by Lebanese Christian forces. In a report lasting four-and-a-half minutes, Seelye was unable to muster a single person who might say a positive word about Sharon. While those knowledgeable about the Middle East would be hard pressed to take NPR's coverage of the region seriously, the danger is that the great majority of listeners who are interested but not expert might well be influenced by the steady stream of tax-supported bias that NPR serves up each and every day. Alex Safian is the Associate Director of CAMERA, Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America,
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Jews Seeking U.S. Refugee Status Face Rule Change by SHARON SAMBER — ,..,-,. WASHINGTON (JTA)-Jews in the former Soviet Union have a new hurdle to overcome before they can be accepted as refugees in the United States. Because of a rule passed at the end of last year, a refugee's American relatives will haves-to take an extra step in the refugee's application process. The change could result in confusion and delays in resettlement for thousands of people from the former Soviet Union seeking refugee status, social service agencies warn. A refugee's close relative, who has to sign an affidavit establishing his relationship to the refugee, must now prepare the affidavit at a resettlement agency for processing before it can be sent to the State Department. The new rule takes effect March 1, but many Jews—especially in smaller communities—are unaware of the change, according to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. The agency is trying to spread the word, and already has contacted Jewish family service organizations and other agencies that can help notify people. HIAS will check applications for accuracy and act as a clearinghouse. Before the procedural change, relatives of potential refugees from the former Soviet Union would submit the affidavit themselves by sending it straight to the State Department's processing center in Washington. Refugees from other parts of the world already
follow the process of having to file through a resettlement agency. The Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration at the State Department told HIAS the change was necessary for refugees from the former Soviet Union to standardize the refugee application process and prevent fraud. HIAS.jthe oldest international migration and refugee resettlement agency in the United States, expects to-receive several thousand applications this year that will have to go through the new screening process. During the heavy waves of Russian immigration in the 1970s and 1980s, HIAS was involved in thousands of cases, but lately it has been handling only a few hundred applications per year. HIAS is working on a procedure to handle the new flow of work, according to Marina Belotserkovsky, the agency's director of Russian communication and outreach. The change is a burden, Belotserkovsky said. Refugees are defined as those who flee their home country because of persecution or a wellfounded fear of persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinions. In 1990, the Lautenberg Amendment established that former Soviet Jews could be considered likely targets of persecution, making it easier for them to apply for refugee status.
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IliiiiiillilBliiiB Tolerance Exhibit Shines Light on Hatemongerlng Internet Sites by TOM TUGEND _ — „»««««««». LOS ANGELES (JTA)-The Museum of Tolerance here has unveiled a new $5 million interactive exhibit to combat the proliferation of" Internet sites by hate groups. Visitors to the exhibit see eight large screens, illustrating some of the most heinous hate crimes of the last few years and community responsestothem. "Hate sites by neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other bigots represent one of the major growth industries on the Internet," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which created the museum. "In 1995, when the Oklahoma City federal building was blown up, there was one such site. Now there are over 2,000." At the entrance to the exhibit is a bank of computer screens on which the visitor can instantly call up many of the 2,000 Web sites run by the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, skinheads and Holocaust deniers. .Globalhate.com will be integrated into a training courses for law enforcement officers and educators that has been taken so far by some 16,000 professionals, said Liebe Geft, director of the Museum of Tolerance. Since Globalhate.com can easily be misused as an access guide to hate groups, it will not be available on the Internet,
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individuals who performed slave or forced labor under the Nazi regime may be eligible for payment from the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future." In accordance with the German legislation, eligibilityfor"slave labor" and "forced labor" is as follows: • Slave Labor - work performed by force in a concentration camp (as defined in the German Indemnification Law) or a ghetto or another place of confinement under compamble conditions of harclsliip. • Forced Labor - work performed by force (other than "Slave Labor**) in the territory of the German Reich or in a German-occupied area, and outside the territory of Austria, under conditions resembling imprisonment or extremely harsh living conditions; or work performed by force under a program implementing the National Socialist poHcy of "extemiination through work" (Vernichtung durch Arbeit) outside the territory of Austria. The Claims Conference is administering this program for the benefit of Jewish Holocaust survivors in this country. Heirs of laborers who died on or after February 16,1999. may be eligible for this fund.
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Y.E.S. Members will meet Monday at the JCC. Exercise with Stacey Paskert at 10:30 a.m. Or try your luck at bingo with Eileen Reiner at 10:15 a.m. Bring articles to share for the "YES Talk" discussion group at 11 aatu Lunch is served at noon. Following lunch, come play Sing--a-long Bingo. (Jackie Delehant from the National Heart Savers will be rescheduled). For transportation, call 330-4272. WALK-IN, DROP-IN For those going on the day trip to the Euro Cafe on Thursday, please meet at the JCC by 11 a.m. Exercise starts at 10 aan. For transportation to the JCC ,call Maggie Conti at 334-6521. VISIONS Eeminder: Board meeting is Friday, March 2, 9:30 a.m., in the conference room of the Blumkin Home. Membership Luncheon Meeting is Friday, March 16, 12:30 p.m., at the Venice Inn. Guest speaker Sandra Reding, Director of Development, of the Omaha Botanical Gardens, will enlighten us concerning the expansion of the gardens. Send reservations by March 9 to Wally Elkon, 1005 N., 63rd St., Omaha, NE 68132. Cost is $7.50. Make check payable to Jewish Senior Services. Visit the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument and Pioneer Village on Tuesday, April 24. Cost is $79 per person and includes coach transportation, admissions to the Arch and Pioneer Village, professional escort, evening meal, entertainment on bus and delicious rolls. Depart from the JCC at 7:30 a.m. and return at approximately 9:30 p.m. Hurry, space is limited. Send reservation with full payment by March 15 to Betty Sanford, 9205 Western St., Omaha, NE 68114. Make check payable to Visions. OMAHA CHAPTER OF HADASSAH Jeff Taxman and his crew of family members will entertain at the monthly Oneg Shabbat on Satoirday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m., in the main dining room of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home.
B'NAI B'BITH BBEADBREAKERS Guy Ingles, First Vice-president of Investments at Salomon Smith Barney, will speak at B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers on Wednesday, noon, according to Al Abramson. Breadbreakers meets every Wednesday at the Park Inn Regency (formerly the Regency West Best Western) at 107th and Pacific. The program is open to the community. Cost for lunch is $9; for beverage service only, $2.
OMAHA CENTEE FOR TORAH LEARNING Saturday, Feb. 24, 4:30 p.m., Rabbi Shlomo Levin will host a class on the weekly Torah portion at his home, 2001 N. 56th St. Tuesay, Feb. 27, 7p.m., Beit Midrash, at the Chabad House. Wednesday, Feb. 28, noon-1 p.m., Lunch 'n Learn at the Kripke Federation Library. Topic will be "The commandment to blot out Amalek: In theory or in practice." Please bring a lunch. Thursday, March 1, 10 a.m., "Torah time for tots," hosted by Hadas Orbach; Talmud class, 7 p.m., hosted by Bob and Myra Oberman. For more information about these or other OCTL activities, please contact Rabbi Levin at 551-1564, OMAHA JEWISH WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY AND NEW MOON NETWORK A Rosh Hodesh service for the New Moon will be held S u n d a y , F e b . 25, 2:30-4 p.m., in the Community Room at the JCC. Hiddush Lavannah is an afternoon of prayer, meditation, dance, song and art with Delia Bynum, who will lead the celebration of the month of Adar with Middle Eastern belly dancing for "Vashti and Esther wannabees." Bynum has taught oriental dance for 20 years. (Comfortable clothing is recommended.) For more information, call Deirdre Evans at 5519005, or Ellie Morsel Greenspoon at 384-9890. Sponsored by JELS.
OT/Y.E.S. weekly meetings are outstanding works of precision. From selection of menus, to physical exercise, to educational topics bandied about in a discussion class, to after-lunch lectures or various forms of entertainment, those volunteers who participate under the guidance of Mother Maggie Conti, accomplish excellent results. But one thing these wondrous folks cannot control-the weather. They plan, work and then during the winter the guy in charge of the thermostat spins the dial and those flaky white parachutes come drifting down to the point where we are forced to cancel our meeting. Mensch tracht, Gut lacht, (Man plans, G-d laughs.) Four days prior to our Feb. 12 gathering a blockbuster blizzard hit and it appeared as if we would have to cancel yet another meeting. However, the snow plow crews did a rapid job and we held court. That was an appreciated break. We had a great lunch, a super speaker, Dr. Noam Zion, a visitor from Israel who spoke on "Ways to Energize Your Family Seder." The discussion class covered key dates in the life of Israel's new Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon; the economic effects of the turmoil in Israel. We joined in silence in reverent respect in memory of Molly Rhodes, Irene H. Salteman, Stanley B. Kahn, Elenore Ann Bernstein, Gerald Batt and Dr. Paul Marx. Shalom.
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liiiiiiiliiiiili Noted Kashrut Expert t o Speak at UNL in April Dr. Joe Regenstein will speak on the campus of t h e University of Nebraska at Lincoln on April 4. The topic will be "Everything You Wanted to Know about Kashrut and Halal But Were Afraid to Ask." The talk will be a brief introduction to the world of kosher and halal food certification in t h e United States. The basic laws for both sets of dietary laws will be covered, along with the philosophical basis for the laws, and their commercial importance. A short discussion of kosher and halal supervision agencies and working with them will be included. With more than 2/3 of the people intentionally buying kosher foods not being Jewish, and around 40 to 50 billion dollars worth of products having kosher supervision, kashrut, and in more recent years, halal, is an important part of the food business. How these ancient laws are carried out in the modern food industry will also to discussed. Seminar schedule: Wednesday, April 4, 8-4:80 p.m., at the Pood Science Building (East Campus), Room 42: "Everything You Wanted to Know about Kashrut and Halal But Were Afraid to Ask." There will be a Seminar about the Congressional Science Fellow for students from 0-7 p.m.
Dr. Regenstein is a Professor of Food Science in the Department of Food Science and Institute of Food Science at Cornell University. He also has an appointment in the Waste Management Institute of Cornell's Center for the Environment, serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Services in the College of Veterinary Medicine, and holds an appointment as a Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies in the Department of Religion at the University of Rochester. Both his Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and his Master of Science in Dairy Chemistry are from Cornell. He received a Ph.D. in Biophysics from Brandeis University in 1973. During the 1996-1997 academic year, he spent a sabbatical year as the Institute of Food Technologist's first Congressional Science Fellow in Washington, D.C., where he worked in Sen. D'Ainato's office as a Legislative Science Follow. He received the Cornell Institute of Food Science Aeivinory Council 1998-99 Teaching Excellence Award, For more information, contact Keum Taek Hwang, Visiting Professor, at; khwajag2@mtil.edu or call him at: 1-402-472-6066,
Get Ready for Purim— The South Street Temple will host a hamantaschen baking party at the. synagogue on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 6;8O«0s3O p.m. Taste the first hamatascheu to come out of the oven...which will bo served following the Megillah
According to Hock and Roll, Thursday, March 8, at 7 p.m. Wear a costume, come, to celebrate Pui'im and relonrn the story of KuMicr at LJ'aui Jualiunuj. For more iuibnmi tion, call the office at 435-8004,
Friends of the Omaha Public Library will hold its annual March Book Sale at the Swanson Library, 90th and Dodge, on March 2-3, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pioneers in the collaboration of performing arts and gymnastics, the Romanian gymnasts Aeros will perform at the Lied Center in Lincoln on Sunday, Feb. 35, 7 p.m. Aeros was created in 1998 by choreographers Daniel Ezralow, David Parson and Moses Pendleton. Originally titled "The Next Step," the company brings gymnasts into the creative world of the arts. Critics? describe Aeros as "exploding in the air like synchronized fireworks." Tickets begin at $20 for adults with student tickets priced as low as $10. Call the Lied box office, 1-402-4724747 or 1-800-432-3231 for more information or visit the Lied website: www.liedcenter.orf. J e w i s h Singles Vacations* a group tour operator for Jewish singles from across North America, will offer a trip to Italy this Spring. The trip will take place from April-28May ft. The'itinerary will feature Borne, Florence, Venice; und Milan. The trip is for Jewinh singles ageu 8040, For more information, contact Jewish Singles Vacations at (617) 782-8806, e-mail, jsv@towif. groups»«oai or look at the website, www.tourgroups.com/jsv/.
In the February, 200.1, issue oiJUF News, Chicago's monthly Jewish magazine, is an article written by Jennifer Brody, She describes her seven-day trip last October to Oslo and Trondheim on the first Jewish Press trip organized by the Norwegian Consulate in San Francisco. "What I found was a great treasure chest of personal stories from the Norwegian Jews whom I met," she said. Mews comprise the country's oldest religious minority. At 1600, they are also the smallest. Yet despite their size, they have a voice and a presence,"" she added. The magazine's website is wwwjuf.org. The Omaha Children's Museum will celebrate "Read Across AmericaDr, Seuss Week from Feb.. 27-March 4 at the museum, 500 So. 20th St Hours are Tues-Sat, 10 a,m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5.p.m.; Closed Monday. For more information, call Michelle Briefczke at 342-6164. Music Director Victor Yampoisky and Resident Conductor Ernest Richardson will host and conduct a community celebration of the Omaha Symphony's 80th Birthday on Sunday,.March 4, S p.m., at Omaha's Orpheuin Theater. The celebration is free to the public, For more information, call 3423886, axt. 122, or e-mail bra V0#omaha«ym phony .
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Israeli Hape Crisis Center Works to Change Attitudes
Women Activists Combat Domestic and Sexoal Violence in Israel
by TEDDY WEINBERGER
by JENNIFER BRODY, JUF NEWS, Associate Editor-
CHIGAGO-While violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians over borders and sovereignty over Jerusalem have become the dominant public image, there is another, less visible battle being waged in Israel-against domestic and sexual violence. Debbie Gross, the director of the Crisis Center for Religious Women at Jerusalem's Shaari Zedek Hospital, set up the center along with a 24-hour hotline in response to Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox women in crisis. In 1992, Aida Touma-Suliman, director of Women Against Violence (WAV), joined with other Arab professional women to open the only shelter in Israel serving Arab women. WAV's three primary objectives include maintaining an established network of three shelters and halfway houses, political advocacy and education, and changing the social/legal status of Arab women. While many challenges and obstacles facing Arab women and Orthodox women in Israel differ, Gross and Suliman agreed that their organizations share a common mission: helping women overcome domestic violence and sexual abuse. That mission was difficult to achieve in the face of denial, fear and social/religious norms. However, in both communities, many women don't seek help until years after the rape or years of enduring physical or sexual abuse, "Many of our cases are not rapes that happened yesterday," said Gross during her visit to Chicago last month. "They blocked it out, went through life and all of sudden, before or after the wedding, it becomes traumatic, Memories come up." One of the saddest cases, she recalls, is a Haredi (fervently Orthodox) woman, whose daughter, age 6, had been raped. "She cried and said, 'I told my daughter not to' talk to strange men. I should've told her to be afraid of a Haredi man.'" Since January 1993, the Center for Religious Women, which provides referrals for subsidized therapy and legal aid, has helped more than 8,000 women. About 50 percent are Haredi women; 30 percent are Modern Orthodox; 20 percent are Conservative; and 5% belong to the secular population. Those statistics, she explained, don't reflect a more serious domestic violence problem among Haredi women. Rather, it indicates that the center is serving a •population, which due to fears of disclosure or other repercussions, would not seek, help at free climes. The center, approved by rabbinic authorities, acts as an intermediary between the Haredi community
and police, health and legal authorities, and holds workshops designed not only to raise awareness but, also, to prevent violence and abuse. To best serve Haredi women, Gross went through an extensive approval process with halachic authorities. She also had to provide help while also respecting this populations culture sensitivities regarding modesty and other issues. While Gross felt the best way to help Haredi women was by working within Israel's religious establishment, Suliman and other WAV founders, decided they had to visibly challenge their community's social norms. They wrote letters to news editors, criticizing the media's reporting on "family honor" crimes against Arab women (this year, four were reported). When written protests proved insufficient, the group's founders decided to offer direct assistance. In 1992, WAV opened its first shelter for Arab women in crisis. At the time, services addressing the circumstances of Arab women were largely absent even though Arab citizens comprise 18 percent of the Israeli population. Despite the great need for services such as shelters and halfway houses, the organization encountered resistance, denial and suspicion, Workshops were held to gain support from social workers employed by local authorities. "They didn't believe in the idea," she said, Since then, the organization has gained greater acceptance and respect for its work. In 1999, the organization's nationwide Raising Awareness Project held more than 125 workshops for more than 5,000 participants. During that same year, the Young Women's Shelter helped some 700 young women and girls but lack of space at the shelter serving battered women and their children forced staff to turn away 102 women. To raise additional funding for projects, WAV held a benefit dinner during the busy summer wedding season and attracted 450 people. The biggest hurdle, insists Suliman, is changing social attitudes. "If we are feminists, and we believe that gender-based violence is related to the patriarchal and social systems, the issue is not just to teach men to control their anger. That is not the real problem," asserts Suliman. "We have to change the status of (Arab) women," While both organizations are grappling with how to involve men in the education process, both Gross and Suliman agree that because of limited funds, the focus has to be on women helping women.
(Editor's note: Teddy Weinberger s a regular columnist in the Jewish Press and is married to former Omahan Sarah Ross. The couple made aliyah to Israel four years ago with their five children.)
Until my immigration to Israel in the summer of 1997, I had not been aware that sexual violence was such a serious problem in Israel. It is. There are 10 Rape Crisis Centers in Israel and they receive hundreds of calls each month on their emergency phone lines. Ta-ir serves Israel's shfaylah (coastal plain) region, covering such cities as Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ramie, Lod, Rehovot and Kiryat Malachi. Ta-ir (which means "to bring to light") is both a support center for victims of sexual violence and an educational center that works toward changing Israeli societal attitudes in the area of sexual violence. Ta-ir provides immediate and comprehensive first-line support to victims of sexual attacks. The Center staffs a 24-hour emergency telephone line and offers personal counseling to victims of sexual violence. Additionally, in accordance with the need, we provide victims of sexual violence with escort to hospitals, the police, and the courts, and we guide them through such governmental agencies as health, social services, education and the military. The head of Ta-ir is a wonderful young woman named Lizi Sagie. Sagie is energetic, inspiring, funky (pierced eyebrow), and creative, She is a member of a secular kibbutz,1 but is respectful of my religious way of life (we have hosted her and her boyfriend on Shabbat). Sagie strongly believes in the importance of education as a way to got to the root of the problem of sexual violence. On the one hand, I feel funny turning to you, my friends and family, to ask you to support Ta-ir, On the other hand, Ta-ir needs your support. Tax deductible gifts to Ta-ir ($25 and above) may be made payable to PEF Israel Endowment Funds, Inc., 317 Madison Ave., Suite 607, New York, NY 10017. When you send your gift, please indicate that you are "recommending" (this word is important) that your gift be used for TRCC-Ta-ir Center Survivors Sexual Violence (this whole wording is also important). The PEF is a tax-deductible umbrella organization that channels funds to nonprofit Israeli groups. Its IRS number is 136104086. The women of Isrdel thank you.
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Domestic Violence Among Teens (Continued from page 1) n»o T T ,,,»,,,,.., Girls' Inc. On hand at. the performances were staff from JFS and Women Against Violence to provide informational materials about preventing domestic violence and having healthy relationships and to assist anyone—teen or parent—who need help. Some of the little-known statistics shared throughout the week included the following: • the rate of abuse in teen dating relationships is a startling one in eight; • danger signs can include a pattern of violent behavior, constant insults, isolation from friends and family, or sexual abuse; • forty percent of teenage girls between the ages of 14-17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend; • the leading cause of injury among women, ages 15-44 is abuse from a boyfriend or spouse; and • some 2.4 million women are seriously injured by domestic violence each year, ^^&'Vi*S Following the performances, panelists fielded questions and answers from the audience, One student commented on the excessive control exerted by the boyfriend in the character of Cindy in The Yellow Dress. Sue Michalski, a registered nurse and Director of the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council's Health Care Program, responded, "Domestic violence aituiitioiiH really are about power and control" Several parcntH in the audience nuked how they can help teens got out of those situutiotiH. "Sometimes you're in more danger whon you begin the process of leaving," answered Mary Larson, Director of Women Against Violence at the Top photo: WOWT-Channcl 6 news anchor YWGA. She suggested helping the victim create « John Knicely moderated the panol discus"safety plan," lotting others know where she was sion after Monday night's performance at hour by hour, and if necessary, asking the police to The Rose, Bottom photo; NCJW President issue a protection order. "Project Home lifesaving Beth Friedman, Usft; Chairwoman Patricia moSHiiRos," Larson added. "Just, let someone know Newman; DVCC Director Joyce Bungor; and you believe them and thai, you're there to help." JFS Executive Director Steve Stiel share a For help, call J F S at tt:iO>2024, or t h e moment after the first of 1.1. performances of Domestic AI>UHO hotline at l-HOO-870-(S2;?8. The Yellow Dresw and Remote Control.
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Beth El Loves Lucy White! by BERT LEWIS - — - - - - — - - - - — - - - — ^ ~ ~ ~ You know that expression "be careful what you wish for"? It implies that, if granted, the wish isn't always welcome after all. Well, not necessarily. Some weeks ago I wrote about my search for a simple little radio, something I could have on my kitchen counter. Something which could keep me up on newsworthy events or maybe just nice,,pausic to keep me company. I wrote that I was unable to find exactly what I was looking for, and thought maybe such a thing was no longer available. Well, turns out I was wrong. Several people who had read my words made it a point to tell me of having had the same experience, which I thought certainly validated my complaint. Secondly, one of my roommate's weekly lunch Top photo: More than 500 fans attended partners sent me a catalogue which featured a Beth El's "We Love choice of several different radios which were, in Lucy Luncheon" last fact, readily available. I understand he also sent month honoring Lu- me a message saying, "Now don't tell me you can't cille White for her buy a radio!" many years as the synOkay, Syd, I won't. And thank you for the cataagogue's Kitchen logue. I studied it carefully, and was seriously Chief. Sharing in the thinking of actually sending for one, which looked a event were the Club lot like one I would like. Babalu Chorus, back Of course, I don't often act instantly on much of row: Shirley Kirshen- anything, least of all something that takes some baum, left, Gila Dra- thought and follow-up. Which might be just as zen, Lenora Lancast- well, in this case. The reason being an interesting er, Barbara Gottlieb, Phyllis Wasserman, package delivered to my door by the FedEx guy Susie Drazen, M'Lee Hasslinger, Lola just yesterday, I had been given a hint the day Reinglas, Beth Ginsburg and Patty Nogg; before, in an e-mail from one of my kids, to watch kneeling; Pam Friedlander, Joaraie Jacobsom for him (the FedEx guy, not my kid) since he would and Eadie Tsobari. Middle photo: Lucy White be bringing me something I wanted. in her chair of honor. Bottom photo; Also on Well, it wasn't easy to put aside my curiosity, but I hand to give Lucy hugs and kisses were Alan managed, and sure enough, as promised, the FedEx and Carol Parsow. guy brought me something. Guess what was in the box? (sealed with enough tape to secure a house to its foundation). It was one of tiie fancy-shmancy radios I had seen when I began my search for a radio—one that I had refused to buy because 1 didn't think I wanted it badly enough to spend what it cost, Enter the hero, my kid, who dutifully reads his mother's columns and, I now know, pays attention to what some of them are about. I think that pleased me almost as much as the radio, which I connected, turned on and loved instantly. That's my story. It doesn't have a moral, but then, few of my stories do. I just thought since I made such a fuss about the whole darn radio thing, I ought to share the happy ending with you. Wait, maybe there is a moral. If you're a young mother, raising little kids, don't despair. That same kid who makes you nuts a hundred times a day, can
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Dancer and teacher Patrick Roddy was in town Sunday to give two Master Classes at the Jewish Community Center. Above, students in the upper level tap classes learn new steps: Gal Tsabari, left, Margaret Terry, Lindy Dinklage, Avi Katzman, Jackie Pfitzer (tap teacher), Becky Kahn, Patrick Moody and Leslie Wallace (Dance Director); not pictured: Shayna Kurland, Robert Mosenkis and Becky Ingram. The Dance Department is now rehearsing for its biennial recital, scheduled for May 16-17 and 22-23 in the JCC Theater.
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(Continued from page 1)..».. . m. • Students took turns reading aloud each of the paragraphs and debating about which sentence best described how their group might feel if they were forced into leaving their homes, their possessions, and their daily lives. The students summed it up, "They were afraid— of not working fast enough, of being whipped, of leaving their friends and homes, of being imprisoned." Others added that the Jews were "afraid of the confusion, and of not knowing what would come next-that the 'ordinariness' of their lives was no longer ordinary."
Beth Seldin-Dotan listens as eighth-grader Scott Willcockson, left, describes his group's scenaraio baaed on photos from the ghetto. The teens thought about what they would take if they were only allowed three items. "My basketball," answered on© teen, "and my pillow and my shoes." To which Dotan responded, "Okay, you're being practical. But what would you miss?" The 46-minute class ended with the students creating an artistic representation of the one sentence their group chose. They finished on Tuesday and began reading The Sandgame. "Conversations about the Holocaust continue," Dotan said. "We want the students to come closer to understanding why these things happen."
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(Continued from page 1) —— Wiesel said he didn't want to pass judgment on others who got involved in the Rich case, but for his part, "he's a man who has done things I don't like. "I don't know him. Why should I help someone I don't know?" The e-mails suggest that other Jewish leaders were hesitant to support Rich because of its potential impact on the campaign to release Pollard. In one message, Avner Azulay, who runs Rich's foundation in Israel, writes that Israeli Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg would only support Rich if World Jewish Congress leaders Bronfman and Israel Singer do the same. On why, Azulay, a former Mossad agent wrote: "I don't know but suspect that this has to do with JPoll," apparently referring to Pollard. Elan Steinberg, WJC Executive Director, said neither Bronfman nor Singer raised the issue with the president. Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, said the Rich efforts may have had some effect on Pollard, because it gave Clinton a choice of who to pardon and still show support with the Jewish community. But because the arguments for the two men were radically different and the politics of the situations were different, it was not a complete choice between two equals. "It may not be quite the trade-off that it seems at first glance," Saperstein said. With Rich, Clinton was likely to anger the prosecutors who had charged Rich and watched him evade prosecution, including New York City Mayor Rudolph Guiliani. But in pardoning Pollard, Clinton would have gone against many in the national security community who have argued against pardoning Pollard. However, Saperstein did express concern that the current Jewish embroilment over the Rich pardon would have an effect on Pollard's chancesfora pardon in the future. While there appears to be no dispute that Israel's political leaders advocated for Rich, an Israeli official in Washington said there was "no doubt about it" that their main concern and emphasis was on Pollard. But while questions remain about how Rich's pardon request affected Pollard, some Jewish leaders are questioning whether prominent members of the Jewish community should have aided Rich at all. In his op-ed, Yoffie notes that several prominent Jewish leaders participated in the Rich campaign, and accuses them of being pressured by Rich's contributions to advocate on his behalf. In the piece that was scheduled to run in the New York Jewish Week and the Washington Jewish Week, Yoffie wrote: "The result is we have undermined our community's moral fabric, jeopardized our political standing, disillusioned our youth and compromised the sacred values of our tradition. "In short, the moral stain of this sordid affair has begun to engulf us," he said. Greenberg, Chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Council in Washington, apologized to the museum council last month for writing to Clinton in support of Rich on museum stationery. But he did defend his support for Rich, saying in a statement, "I became aware of other of his good works, including matters done with no expectation of recognition or reward." Abe Foxman, National Director of the AntiDefamation League, has come under fire by some for writing a letter to Clinton on Rich's behalf. Foxman could not be reached for comment, but ADL spokeswoman Myrna Shinbaum confirmed he sent a letter Dec. 7 that said that "we are a country that was founded on the belief in second chances." Shinbaum said that she did not know if Rich had contributed to the ADL. A Jewish leader, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, defended the Jewish campaign for Rich, saying, "Just because someone's charitable shouldn't prejudice him from getting something he's entitled to."
Rachael Monsky, 11, placed first in the Grace Abbott Elementary School Geography Bee last month. All school winners will take a test to qualify for the city-wide geography bee to be held this spring. Rachael is the daughter of Pam and Henry Monsky. Evan Saltzman, son of Errol and Lynne Saltzman, graduated from Yeshiva University in New York City with a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems (Computers) in December, 2000. He also attended Sha'arei Yerushalayim Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He is currently working for Rapaport Diamond in the diamond district of Midtown Manhattan in the computer department and as the personal assistant to the CEO. Jen Cooper and Jennifer Finkle are members of the award-winning Millard North High School Dance Team. The team placed third in the recent National Dance Team Championships at Disneyworld in Orlando, FL, sponsored by the Universal Dance Association. Jen is the daughter of Harvey and Rose Cooper. Jennifer is the daughter of David and Judi Finkle. Steven J. Bennett, DPM, a member of the Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation, announced that the Trust has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Nebraska Legal Services organization. This is the. largest grant ever given by the Foundation, which was estbalished in 1984, NLTAF has provided a total of $3,112,000 in funds designed to provide legal services for lowincome people throughout the state.
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Jewish American literature, A Norton Anthology by Jules Chametzky, John Felstiner, Hilene Flanzbaum and Kathryn Hellerstein reviewed by OLIVER B. POLLAK •
The Norton anthology series has a well-deserved reputation for producing books that are starling points for more extensive reading. Statistically, this volume is impressive. Starting in 1654, it reproduces samples from 145 writers, ranging from Woody Allen to Louis Zukofsy. The earliest woman writer is Rebecca Samuel in the 1790s, and the most recent is Allegra Goodman, born in 1967. The organization of the book creates several interesting categories. In addition tofiction,poetry, drama, memoir and autobiography, commentary, letters, speeches and monologues, there is Jewish Humor, the Golden Age of the Broadway Song, and the Jews Translating Jews, covering six languages. Scholars provide descriptions of the literature and the individual writer that sets the particular reading in context. Norton creates a canon. This raises questions of inclusion and perhaps more importantly, exclusion, who is left out. Harold Bloom's The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages (1994) was criticized for missing some high profile names. Gerald Shapiro's 1998 anthology, American Jewish Fiction, A Century of Stories, covers 23 twentiethcentury writers. Fifteen of them are in Norton, but five women and three men are not, and the witty Gerald Shapiro also is not in Norton. Norton and Shapiro both chose to include Tiilie Olsen's 1965 prize-winning story Tell Me a Riddle. The book is also interesting for identifying writers as Jewish whom you may not have heard of, or did not know were Jewish. This is the best sampler of American Jewish literature available, and sure to be a hit for gift giving occasions. A copy of this book is available at the Kripke Jewish Federation Library.
February 23,2001
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I' HOME APPLIANCE Beginning with the history of the Jews in Spain Travel this historic culinary journey—recipe by SERVICE and Portugal, the Sephardim, briefly read the his- well-written recipe. Instructions cover everything torical fate and plight of Jews through 1978. The you need to know plus variations and notes. "Serving Omaha Since 1946" history of the Sephardim of the East to Italy and Beautiful color photographs are throughout the book. SERVICE PARTS the Ottoman Empire is described. 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MEATLOAF the best f& with th® most Am.. WITH SWEET-AND-SOUR TOMATO SAUCE Nicholas Stavroulakis attributes this recipe to For the meatloaf. the towns of Arta and Previza in Greece. Similar 11/2 lbs. ground beef meatloaf recipes are found in Italian and Persian 2 eggs, lightly beaten Jewish kitchens, however. Here, as elsewhere, the 1/2 cup matza meal or bread crumbs word haniin suggests a Sabbath dish, baked in the 2 onioiiis, grated or minced . hamin or oven and served at room temperature. 2 large, ripe tomatoes, peeled, needed Westroads Mali»398-1891 This meatloaf is especially succulent, served hot, Harvey Oaks »144th & W. 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An unusually large crowd of nearly 500 gathered at the Jewish Community Center Sunday night for the annual Youth Basketball Awards Ceremony, In addition to the awards, a special presentation was made, honoring the late Dr- Jay Parsow, in whose memory a Youth Sports Fund was established. "Jay was a great Mend and an outstanding person, dedicated to ensuringfihatfeeJCC Youth Basfeetbail program would be the finest* said Bob Franzese, JCC Basfcefibal Director. aJay was a key figure in the growth and development of this program and this fond will help perpetuate Ms memory." Franzese also acknowledged the sponsors of the teams: Ail Star Sponsorship, Baker's Supermarkets, Belgrade Company, Broadmocff Development, Canfield's- Sporting Goods, Clinic of Integrative Medicine, Cyberiaunch, Grace-Mayer, Holmes Murphy, Horizon Dental Center, KoMFs Pharmacy and Health Care, Mark Sanford Group. MuIhaH's, Nebraska Golf L.C.,* Nebraska Wine and Spirits, Pacesetter, Pacific Bealty, Shyken and GiHnsky, Slosburg Company, ¥ann Seaify, and Zio's Pizza. Winners included: J.J. Greenberg Memorial Awards to Anthony BertoEni for Most Improved Fifth Grader Boy, and Zaeh Mnskin and Josh Sweet for Outstanding Seventh and Eighth Grade Boys; Jack Saferstein Memorial Award to: Rick IGein and Adam Skog for Most Improved Seventh and Eighth Grade Boys; Jay Parsow Maximum Effort Awards for Fourth and Sixfc Grade Boys to: Charles aad Aaron Parsow. JCC Awards for Most Improved went to: Tessa planning lighting, and developing expressive MeEeone, firin Abramsoja, Alex Epstein, Jesse atmosphere prior to taking a photograph. Herse and Leanne Harris; and for Outstanding Julie Phillips, Director of Friedel's Artsmart play to: Megan CFBrien, AlMson tevinger, Matt Program, said the Academy seeks other Conahan, Ijoadsey Lovette, and "Vlnce Franco. Best Sportsmanship Awards were presented to: Jewish professionals who will share their Aaron Murow, David Sukiennik, Ben expertise with students. The students will Goldstrom, Corey Green, Megan Rerucha, display their photos in the JCC Gallery from Taylor Swan, and Stephanie tovette. March 1-28.
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