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No, 24 Omaha, NE
6 Nisan, 5761
March 30,2001
SPECIAL PRE-PASSOVER FOOD ISSUE
JCAC's Miniature Seder on Display in JCC Lobby
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Each, year, volunteer Edith. Rogert captures the essence of the Passover seder in a miniature display. Her setting portrays the traditional seder using dolls and tiny versions of Passover items, from matza to macaroons. An
annual project of the Jewish Cultural Arts Council, the seder table is located to the right of the front entrance of tiie Jewisli Community Center and is on display through April 15.
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Art Goldstein Dies atAge 92 by JOAN K. MARCUS _
Services were held i March 26 at Beth Israel Synagogue for A r t h u r Goldstein, who died March 23 at the age of 92. He was a man who was deeply Involved in the building of the present Beth Israel and was President of both Beth Israel and the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Goldstein was a retired Vice-president of Capitoi Rent-a-Car in Omaha. His father, I.G. Goldstein, originally began the business as Rent-a-Ford, affiliated with Hertz Rent-a-Car for 33 years. Hertz bought the franchise back from the Goldstein family in 1979. Goldstein was always proud of his family's participation j n the construction of Beth Israel. He had a sease of belonging and warmth every time he walked into the synagogue and remembered with pride the days when Goldsteins Sled several rows of pews. Although the family spread to other synagogues in Omaha, he was always proud to remain at Beth Israel. He repeatedly said that he could feel t h e presence of his father when he attended services. The chapel a t Beth Israel is named for Goldstein's sister, Kate Kamen, who died in an airplane crash in 1949. Ground was broken for the current building on Sept. 12, 1948, and the cornerstone ceremony took place on May 28, 1950. The building was dedicated, with many of the Goldstein family attending, on Sept. 23,-1951. Goldstein wanted to be remembered as a person who was involved in the Omaha Jewish community (Continued o n page 2)
Odyssey of Jewish Experience and Expression5 Laynches CJL Classes
Rat hi Yehuda Fine Speaks at Temple Israel
by DIANE AXLER BAUM= . Would you like to help produce a book of photographs that capture Jewish Omaha? Perhaps you'd rather exchange ideas on Martin Buber, look at the newest English translations of the Bible, or explore popular writings of your immigrant ancestors as a way of understanding yourself. These adventures and countless more will be yours at the Odyssey of Jewish Experience and Expression, launching April 16 at the JCC. The free program will continue for a total of four consecutive Monday evenings under sponsorship of the College of Jewish Learning of Jewish Educational and Library Services (JELS). Jewish professors from local faculties will navigate the evenings, each encompassing two simultaneous sessions from 7:30-8:25 p.m., and two from 8:35-9:30 p.m. A short break with refreshments will take place in between. Dr. Richard Buck, Creighton University Philosophy Department, will teach "Contemporary Jewish Philosophers." Dr. Joan S. Latchaw, UNO English Department, focuses on "Contemporary Jewish Writers." Dr. Oliver Pollak, UNO History Department, offers "Photographic Images of Jewish Omaha." Dr. Leonard J. Greenspoon, holder of Creighton University's Klutzniek Chair in Jewish Civilization and coordinator of the Odyssey, leads "The Word in English: Modern Jewish Translations of the Hebrew Bible." Buck and Latchaw will chart the first time slot of each evening and Greenspoon and Pollak, the second. The faculty members are mapping out different approaches. Buck, for example, has given each of his sessions a title: April 16, "Franz Rosensweig: Man
by ELYCE AZRIEL _• Yehuda Fine, a rabbi, ] educator, family therapist j and parent who spent 10 i years penetrating the harsh and seamy street subculture of New York City, will be a t Temple Israel April 4 and 5. He j will conduct a workshop for students and a "Lunch and Learn" seminar for j parents. Both events arej at Temple Israel. Today, Rabbi Fine travels across the country speaking to parents, teens and teachers in hopes of bursting the myth that teenagers don't want parents actively involved in their lives. Rabbi Fine is author of Times Square Rabbi: Finding the Hope in Lost Kids' Lives. He is a member of the guidance staff at Yeshiva University in New York. He regularly appears live, and is a content provider on AOL's Addiction and Recovery Forum. He is also a frequent guest on talk radio, and his newspaper columns on teen issues have appeared in newspapers throughout the country. (Continued on page 15)
In sessions on "Photographic Images of Jewish Omaha", participants will explore items like this Ruklin family seder, 1937. and His Work;" April 23, "Martin Buber: Recovering the Sacred;" April 30, "Joseph Soloveitehik: Halakhic Man;" and May 7, "Emil Faekenheim: The Holocaust as an Epoch-Making Event" Latchaw will leave a course guide for participants to pick up at the Kripke Jewish Federation Library the week prior. Her first session will explore the nature of Jewish writing in general and American Jewish writing in particular, with a spotlight on The Bintel Briefs, and Bernard Malamud's very short story "The German Refugees." She will show a clip from Hester Street. Her second will probe short stories, including Philip Roth's provocative "Defender of the Faith," next, Jewish poetry; and last, short novels by Jewish writers who are, she said, lesser known but deeply moving. (Continued on page 12)
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(Continued from page 1) — and someone who cared. In 1994, the Goldsteins How Does Ritual Fit So? set up an endowment fund "to further the cause of by Rabbi Myer S. Kripke'.» • our people and ensure the future of the existence Parashat VaYikra of the Federation." The fund sponsored purchases 9 Almost as though interrupting, the exposition on of equipment to be used by Jewish aged, and aid Pesach is-stayed temporarily by VaYikra, a sidrah for families and singles in the Omaha area, funds that opens the Book of Leviticus, a book about sac- and food for needy Jewish families on Jewish holirifices and rituals and the functioning of a heredi- days, and provides income to be administered by tary priesthood, does not resonate for the Jewish Family Service for scholarships and loans. American Jew. It also funds educational trips to Israel for high Sacrifice of animal life on an altar leaves us unim- school students, college scholarships, yeshiva edupressed, indeed, disturbed and unhappy. Is this a cation, education of teachers who work with speway to worship God? It helps a little to know that cial needs children, and scholarships for children sacrifice was all but universal in the ancient world, who attend the Friedel Jewish Academy. even among sophisticated people like the Greeks and He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth, who Romans. died in 1999, and his son Robert, who drowned in a » The ancients would have answered, "yes, indeed, 1987 boating accident. this is a way to worship God." Ancient pagans actuSurvivors include ison and daughter-in-law, ally expected the gods to eat the food, to inhale the David and Judi Goldstein of Omaha; daughter, sweet incense, to drink the blood, to absorb the Kay Goldstein of San 'Francisco; daughter-in-law, essence of the sacrifice. Biblical Judaism was full of Nancy Levine of Cincinnati, OH; grandchildren, such pagan ideas, but, nonetheless, thought sacrifice Larry and Maureen, Joe and Jill, Jeff and Laura; as giving to God our most essential assets, our grandsons, Rick and Blaine; five great-grandchilpurest and most perfect livestock, our very wealth. dren; brother and sister-in-law, Leonard and "What could be more acceptable? What more symbolic Shirley Goldstein; sister-in-law, Joei Simon; brothof our love and submission? More indicative of our er-in-law and sister-in-law, Bob and Selma Cohen. readiness to follow? Memorials to Beth Israel, the Rose Blumkin With all that said, American Jews generally are Jewish Home or Omaha Rotary Club Foundation. neither impressed or mollified. But ritual as ritual is another matter. We are not Parenting Classes Offered made uneasy or displeased by, say, ceremonies like presenting the American flag. Formality here Through Shalom, Baby seems to satisfy us. Uniformed soldiers, in military b y P A M M O N S K Y formation and counted step seem to be called for. F e d e r a t i o n C o m m u n i c a t i o n s , Director, in-.'. >•.< • .. • » , .1" We respond well to this attention to form, although and parents-to-be the form itself is devoid of meaning-except accep- areParents invited to attend Shalom, tance—that's the point. Baby, a stimulating program Return now to VaYikra. In ancient times, people that emphasizes Jewish values saw ritual as an expression of acceptance of the and traditions in child rearing. value of a concept, submission to God and grati- Shalom, Baby is sponsored by tude to God. It behooves us to try to understand Jewish Family Service and the concept and not to be disturbed by the detail Young Jewish Omaha. involved. First time parents as well as We accept, for example, a marriage ceremony as parents with other young children will learn the a way of stressing the importance of the occasion. Jewish aspects of raising ft child. The program is We also understand the need to have a ceremony designed to enhance the family's quality of Jewish which accepts new citizens into privileges and life, while providing practical advice for preparing for responsibilities. the birth of a child and into the child's first year. If we wish to give up older rituals, we ought first start Tuesday, April 17, 7-9 p.m., and run to see how they may be reinterpreted with new val- forClass five weeks: April 24, May 1, 8, and 15, ues. And we ought to be ready to introduce new ritTopics covered in the two-hour sessions will uals (the Bat Mitzvah) to strengthen and enrich include Brit /Bat Milah (circumcision and baby our personal and community life. naming ceremonies), prayers for children, Jewish values in parenting, spiritual development, stress B'nai B'rith to Recognize management, selecting a pediatrician, working parents and stay-at-home parents, and opportuniRetired Law Enforcement Omaha's Henry Monsky Lodge of B'nai B'rith will ties for children at the Jewish Community Center. Several local experts will be featured as guest host a Recognition Award Ceremony this Sunday, April 1, 2 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center speakers: Rabbi Paul Drazen, Beth El Synagogue; to honor retired firemen, policemen and Douglas Allan Gonsher, LCSW, ACSW of Kids, Inc.; Karen Gustafson, MS, NCC, LMHP of JFS; Rabbi Howard County Sheriffs officers. Kutner, Beth Israel Synagogue; Karin Levine,.*.. 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Office hours: Monday through T h u r s d a y , 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:40 p.m. The West Minyan will be at the home of Jack and Bette Kozlen, 1023 S. 123 Circle, 6:40 p.m. SATURDAY: Shabbos services, 8:45 a . m . Kiddush is sponsored by Georgia Ann Steinberg and Family in honor of the anniversary of Jeffrey's Bar Mitzvah; Insights into the Parsha class with Rabbi Kutner, 5:55 p.m.; Mincha, 6:25 p.m.; Havdalah, 7:31 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m. and 6:35 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 a.m. a n d 6:35 p.m. TUESDAY: Sisterhood Board Meeting, 10 a.m. No, Rabbi Kutner won't come clean your ovens, but the synagogue will host a Shabbat dinner on Friday, April 6, and a kiddush on April 7. Mako dinner reservations witli the synagogue,
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Vote on Tuesday! There's one very good reason to vote this Tuesday - it's your right. Think of the Palestinians and the corrupt government under which they live. Did they vote for Yasser Arafat and his cronies? Are they happy with the millions spent on mansions facing the Mediterranean instead of on paychecks for government employees, sewers for towns in Gaza and roads in the West Bank? Of course not. Some Palestinian women are so disgusted with the government there, they've actually begun protesting, something unheard of in Arab countries, (When was the last time you saw a peaceful protest in Syria, Iran or Iraq? Or read about a chapter of "Peace, Now," being formed by Palestinians?) The Arabs do not have a free press, either. Here are some snippets which were published recently: "Islamic officials in Saudi Arabia banned Pokemon video games and cards, which they consider an evil influence on Saudi children. The officials said the Pokemon products have
symbols that include 'the Star of David, which everyone knows is connected to international Zionism and is Israel's national emblem."1 (JTA) According to the Palestinian Media Watch, "with the exception of Tel Aviv and its immediate environs, every major city and geographical feature in Israel is identified as Palestinian (on its maps). This includes numerous references to Lod, Safed, and Jerusalem as 'occupied' by the Israelis, as well as including Ashkelon, Jaffa, Acre, Caesarea, Haifa, and geographical features such as Lake Kinneret, Mount Meron, and the Negev desert in the same category." Next Saturday night, we celebrate the Jewish holiday of freedom—Passover. We recall our slavery in Egypt and our redemption by God. We close the seder with our wish, "Next year in Jerusalem" as free men and women. Freedom carries responsibilities, as well as rights. And it's incumbent upon each generation to teach that to our children and grandchildren. Have a Happy Passover-and don't forget to vote!
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Israel has been getting hammered by the State Department for refusing to turn over tax revenues collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority and thereby allegedly contributing to the financial collapse of the PA. Israel says that it sees no reason to hand money over to the Palestinians who are fomenting violence and killing its citizens. The tax revenues should not be the issue; however, the Palestinian economy is in shambles because of corruption and the financial problems the PA is having should be solved by taking measures that have nothing whatsoever to do with Israel. First, Israel is absolutely correct in withholding money so long as the violence continues. The government must use whatever tools it has to demonstrate to the Palestinians that the inability or unwillingness to stop the violence has a cost. Economic sanctions may be severe, but they are still a milder response than a military one. The shortfall in Palestinian income is not simply due to the Israeli action. On the contrary, the international community has been reluctant to follow through on promises of aid to the PA because it is clear to everyone that the money is not going to help the people, but to line the pockets of Arafat and his cronies. The Arab countries suspended the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars, collected as donations, meant for the PA. The justification for the Arab states' action is their concern that the funds will be embezzled and encourage further corruption in the PA. If the. PA is really in such dire straits, why doesn't it take the steps necessary to reduce costs and cover expenses? Every day we read in American newspapers about major companies laying off thousands of workers. Instead of whining about not having money to pay 36,000 policemen, why don't they fire half. This would not only save them money, but put themselves in compliance with the Oslo agreements. The Palestinians also have billions salted away in foreign bank accounts, let them use that money for
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LOS ANGELES (JTA)-A Holocaust survivor, a lega bailout. They also have opened "embassies" around the world even though they have no state. endary folk singer and a documentary on refugee Let them close these missions and sell the property children during the Nazi era were among the Jewish1 artists and themes sharing the spotlight during tluf ' to pay their bills. If the PA is ever going to be a viable state, it is year's Academy Awards ceremonies. Branko Lustig, who was a child prisoner in going to have to live within its means, learn to budget effectively and eliminate corruption, and it Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, won his second can't depend on charity from others or it will be Oscar on Sunday night for co-producing best picanother Third World welfare state. Given that the ture award winner Gladiator, Lustig earned his Palestinians have been the only people on interna- first statuette in 1993 as co-producer of Schindler's tional welfare for the last 53 years, perhaps they List, He began his acceptance speech then with the words, "My number was A3317; I'm a survivor." have just come to expect it. Folk singer and composer Bob Dylan, born Robert The most disturbing aspect of the PA's financial crisis is that the Palestinians have not responded Allen Zimmerman, won the best original song for rationally. The expectation of the peace process his composition "Things Have Changed" from. th% was that cooperation and coexistence would foster film Wonder Soys. He performed the song via satelan improvement in the economy and living condi- lite from Sydney, Australia. tions of the Palestinians living in the West Bank Marcia Gay Harden, a non-Jewish actress, and Gaza Strip. received an Oscar as best supporting actress for Israelis believed it was in the Palestinians' self- her wrenching portrayal of American Jewish artist interest to make peace, but that has not turned out Lee Erasner in Pollock, a biographical film about to be the case. They are willing to sacrifice their painter Jackson Pollock. well-being for the pursuit of war against Israel. The evening's most moving remarks may have This is even clearer in the case of the Islamic fun- been those delivered by Deborah Oppenheimer, damentalists who don't care a whit about econom- whose Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the ics and will pursue their jihad against the Jews as Kindertransport was named best documentary fealong as a Jewish state exists. ture. The film chronicles the rescue of some 10,OOC^ So long as most Palestinians, or at least the lead- children, mostly Jews, from Nazi-dominated ership, prefers murdering Israeli men, women and Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia in the 18 children to earning a living and supporting their months leading up to World War II, their reception families, peace will be an illusion. It is time the in Great Britain, and their lives after the war. United States and other nations stopped fostering Oppenheimer dedicated her Oscar to "the surthat illusion and put the blame for the PA's eco- vivors of the Kindertransport." nomic crisis and the collapse of the peace process She also dedicated it "to their parents who loved where it belongs -- solely on the shoulders of them so much that they had the courage to send Yasser Arafat. them away" and "to the memory of my mother, who was among the 10,000 children, and to my grandMitchell G. Bard is a foreign policy analyst parents, whom she never saw again." in Maryland. His most recent hook is The Mark Jonathan Harris, director and writer oi Complete Idiot's Guide to-the Middle East Into the Arms spoke of sharing "the pain and triConflict. He is also the webmaster for the umph of the people in our film. They have enriched Jewish Virtual Library. all our lives."
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• THE CURE FOR CABIN FEVER1 The DisipIinecS #Path to Freedom by JUDY GRUEN, Am Echad Resources In his riveting autobiography, Fear tant messages is that gratitude, No Evil, Natan Sharansky recalled humility and subservience to God one of the many Passovers he spent have important places in our lives. in a Soviet prison. The Haggadah (literally, "the telling") When his captors confiscated the underscores this message in part by small piece of inatzoh a fellow prisoner the way it characterizes the leader of planned to slip him in his punishment the Exodus, Moses himself, whose cell, Sharansky simply used salted name is mentioned only once. The sprats as his bitter herb, a cup of hot true star of this show is God. water in place of the, wine-apple-nut It's understandable that Jews unac•* mixture of charoset. He recited some quainted with their own tradition Psalms he had memorizedfromthe would try to create a more meaningbook that he had smuggled in but ful seder experience through alternawhich his captors eventually discov- tive Haggadahs, but by rewriting the ered and confiscated. text, they miss the point. Passover "I tried to recall everything I could wasn't meant to be an expression of from the Passover Haggadah," he do-it-yourself liberationists. wrote, "starting with my favorite lines: In treading the time-honored path 'In every generation a person should of the Haggadah, Jews open themfeel as though he, personally, went out selves to the possibility of connecting of Egypt... Today we are slaves, tomor- with a primal spiritual freedom. If row we shall be free men.'" even Moses, who split the sea with a u Few Jews today can appreciate the wave of his staff, remains silent in sweet taste of freedom at the the pages of the Haggadah, how Passover seder like Sharansky, who much more are ordinary men and was physically enslaved and often women meant to ponder the idea that brutalized, but, through sheer force of spiritual freedom lies along the disciwill, remained psychologically and plined path that God sot out for His spiritually free. people The idea may seem ironic, AM Jews around the. world ait down but it is also deeply 'meaningful. to the Passover seder this year, they After more than 200 years of will commemorate the Jewish exodus Egyptian bondage, the Jewish exodus from shivery in Egypt more than was but the beginning of the birth of ..^.8,500 years ago. Traditional Jews the Jewish nation, Only later were will conduct their seders using the our ancestors psychologically and ancient text of the Haggadah that spiritually ready to receive the Torah, Shnranksky recalled from memory the blueprint for Jewish Jiving", the while a prisoner. Undoubtedly; Natan guide to infusing every facet of our Sharansky will once again read from lives with holinoHH. •.the complete text as a free man in With that in mind, the Haggadah Jerusalem, something he has been becomes far more than a menu of able to do since his own personal lib- things to aay, to eat and to drink. It eration in 1986 from the Soviet gulag. becomes a living reminder that freeBut in an effort to make the seder dom requires discipline. It reminds seem more relevant, some Jews have us too that even today, many of us -•""tried to stamp their own intellectual are still enslaved to a variety of false and political mindsets on the gods: money, ego, power, status. Passovor celebration by creating all With its quiet lessons in humility and manner of new Haggadahs; for vege- liberation, the Haggadah needs no tarians, feminists, gays, environmen- external or modern agenda imposed talists. Ironically, those most likely on it to be relevant. to create or use these Haggadahs As Natan Sharansky knew even have enjoyed political freedom their in his darkest days, imprisoned for entire lives. the crime of being a Jew longing to But are these self-styled Haggadaha live freely in Israel, the Haggadah the pathway to a Jewish spiritual offers a guidepost for true, lasting, ^awakening? In fact, the original genuine freedom. 'Haggadah holds many layers of Judy Gruen in a Los Angeles meaning for those willing to focus on writer and the author of Carpool its words and to plumb its ancient, Tunnel Syndrome: Motherhood as Shuttle Diplomacy (Heaven timeless commentaries. Among the Haggadah's moat impor- Inh Publishing, 2001).
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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 at 10:15 a.m. Bring articles to share for "YES Talk" at 11 a.m. Following lunch at noon, Mike Fahey, a candidate for mayor of Omaha, will speak. For transportation, call 330-4272. Shavuot Intergenerational Mural Project is April 17, May 1, 8 and 15. Join art specialist Julie Phillips and students from the Priedel Academy to create a collage, 10 a.m.-moon, in the JCC social hall. Lunch will be served at noon; cost is $3 for lunch, and $1 for round trip transportation. Call Maggie Conti for reservations by April 10. Deadline for Hot Dog Lunch and Movie Day to see Meet the Parents on April 19 is April 12. Cost is $3 per person. The Beat Goes On will perform at Bluffs Run Casino on April 26, deadline is April 19; cost is $5 per person. Mah Jongg Club will meet on April 11 at the JCC. For information, call Charlotte Kaplan at 551-5658. Reminder: There will be no Y.E.S. Meetings on April 9,12 and 16, WALK-IN, DROP-IN For those going on the day trip to Burnsy's Restaurant on Thursday, please meet at the JCC main entrance at 11 a.m. Exercise starts at 10 a.m. in the social hall. For transportation to the JCC, call Maggie Conti at 334-6521.
VISIONS Reminder: Visions Board Meeting is Friday, April 6, 9:30 a.m., in the conference room of the Bltmikin Home. Deadline for Membership Dues is April 1. Send $5 per person to Visions, c/o Selma Sadofsky, 7092 Charles, Omaha, NE 68132. Make check payable to Visions. Visit the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument and Pioneer Village on Tuesday, April 24. Cost is $79 per person. Price includes coach transportation, admissions and evening meal. For information, call Betty Sanford at 399-2001. As a joint project with Jewish Family Services, Visions members are asked to give a monetary donation, which JFS will use for Jewish families in need. Send your monetary gift to Marcel and lisa Kahn, 1011 N. 148th St., Omaha, NE 68154. B'NAIB'RITH BREADBREAKERS Ken Weiner, a double transplant recipient, will speak on his experiences as "The Six Million Dollar Man," at the group's weekly luncheon on Wednesday, April 4, noon, 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 CENTER FOR TOBAH LEARNING SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 5 p.m., Rabbi Shlomo Levin hosts a class on the weekly Torah portion at his home, 2001 N. 56th. MONDAY, APRIL 2, noon, "Not Only for Lawyers" Lunch 'n Learn, hosted at Marks Clare and Richards, 11605 Miracle Hills Dr. The topic will be "Legal Fiction in Jewish Law: The Sale of Hametz." Lunch from Bagel Bin is available for $5. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 7 pan., Beit Midrash at Chabad. Wednesday Lunch'n Learn will not meet this week. For more information about these or other OCTL programs, pleasei,contact Rabbi Levin at 551-1564. i,r;,-, ' u
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Jewish Holiday Treats Reviewed by LOIS FRIEDMAN
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This is the latest cookbook-craftbook in a "Treats" series and the author's first cookbook. Celebrate the holidays with recipes, activities, symbols, rituals and ceremonies. This is a celebration of roots and the history of the past combined with present day family fun. A fabulous color photograph of a roast chicken begins the Rosh Hashanah, Hebrew for "Head of the Year" when we discover and begin again, and Yom Kippur, when we reconcile with God and with each other. A brief description of each holiday precedes several recipes and easy craft projects for children and adults. Sukkot, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover and Shavuot follow. Beautiful color photographs fill many pages and illustrate many recipes and crafts. The format is the same for cooking and baking...a brief headnote gives ideas, the ingredient list and straight forward instructions for the 60 reasons to celebrate and form your own traditions and activities for the holidays.
Try these suggestions for Passover fun for the whole family.
CHOCOLATE-DIPPED MATZA This is a fun and simple project to do with kids. You need only to heat the chocolate for them; they Oil and matza meal for the cake pan can do their own dipping. And don't stop with U/2 cups blanched almonds matza. Dried fruit, fresh strawberries and nuts 7 oz bittersweet chocolate work well, too. As an alternative to dipping, use a 7 egg whites teaspoon to dribble initials onto the matza with the 1/2 tsp. almond extract chocolate. Preheat oven to 300". Oil a 94nch springforrn pan 8 oz. semi-sweet chocolate and dust with matza meal. Place almonds and 2 tbsp. water chocolate in a food processor arad chop finely. 1 one-pound box matza Transfer to a large mixing bowl and add 314 cup of Melt chocolate with the water in a double boiler the sugar. Mix well Beat egg whites with remaining over hot water. Break matza in half or in smaller 112 cup sugar until stiff and shiny. Add the almond pieces. Dip pieces into the chocolate, using tongs or extract. Fold into chocolate mixture and pour into fingers. Place matza pieces (or fruit) on waxed paper prepared pan. on a baking sheet and refrigerate to harden. Yields Bake until firm, about one hour. Serves 6-8, about 24 pieces.
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The Kripke Jewish Federation Book Discussion group will have its next meeting on April 10, 1 p.m., in the library. The discuswion will focua on Fayo Kellermau's 1999 installment of the Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus mysteries, Jupiter's Bones. The library carries copies of the book, including large print and audiobook. For further information call 834* 6462.
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Rabbi Saperstein Speaks Schedules Double Duty at Temple Israel Tonight Beth El Men's Club
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When the Beth El Synagogue Men's Club meets this Sunday morning, April 1,10 a.m., the agenda will include candles and cleaning rags. According to Glen Fineman, Men's Club President, this is the third year the group will participate in the Yellow Candle Project, a Yom HaShoah remembrance program sponsored by the National Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs. "We wrap and send yellow candles—symbolic yahrzeit candles, really—to all Beth El members," Pineman said, "and include appropriate prayers, traditional lighting times and Holocaust materials in the package. This gives everyone in our congregation a chance to observe Yom HaShoah in a meaningful way at home. "The candles are sent at no charge, but many people do make voluntary donations to the project and all the money raised goes to support youth programming at Beth El." The second part of the April 1 agenda--the cleaning rags-will find the group up to their elbows in the synagogue's annual pre-Passover Kitchen CleanUp Campaign, "These men really work and don't mess around," said Lucy White, Beth El kitchen chief. "They do a lot of heavy lifting. They scrub the stoves, the refrigerators and the inside of the coolers. They wipe down walls and counters—anything I ask them to do, they do it. And they don't gossip, either. They just work." Men interested in being part of Beth El's Yellow Candle Project or the GleanUp Campaign should call Glen Fineman at 496-4301.
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Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC) in Washington, DC, will be Temple Israel's scholar-inresidence from March 30-April 1. The RAC serves as an advocate on a broad range of social justice issues and provides extensive legislative and programming materials used by synagogues, federations and Jewish community centers nationwide. Rabbi Saperstein's theme for the weekend is "Social Justice." Friday, March 30, 8 p.m., (Sanctuary): "Reshaping America: The Contribution of Jewish Social Justice to American Life." Oneg Shabbat fol-
lowing services. Sunday, April 1, 10 a.m., (Friedman Social Hall): "Urgent Moral Crisis for the 21st Century." Bagel Brunch. Described by the Washington Post as the "quintessential religious lobbyist on Capitol Hill," Rabbi Saperstein was ordained at HUC-JIR. He also holds a law degree and teaches courses in First Amendment Law and Jewish Law at Georgetown University. The weekend is sponsored by the Hermene Zweiback Center for Lifelong Jewish Learning and is open to the community at no charge. For more information, call the Temple office at 556-6536.
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Julius Caeaer had a problem with the Ides of March-it cost him his life. His enemies did him in because of his dictatorial style of ruling. The OT/Y.E.S. groups have had trouble with the "Tides of MArch." The weather, during this blustery month, ranged from sleet, snow, ice and some new twists affecting our Monday assemblies. But, lo and behold, the tide changed and last week the sun shone and the air was crisp. As a result, we had an increased attendance. And the work on chucking chuckholes progressed nicely! (Some of the chuckholes had given birth to grandchildren.) Our guest speaker was Nebraska State Senator Patrick Bourne, representing Omaha's District 8. He- steered through the mechanics of the legisla-
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Local Activists Rally for Child Care9 Reproductive Freedom at NOW Washington Institute by JEWISH PRESS News Service
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Washington, D.C.-More than 600 Jewish women from across the country, including eight from Omaha, met in the nation's capital earlier this month for the triennial Washington Institute, sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women. Omaha Section was represented by Carol Bloch, Beth Friedman, Sara Juster, Karin Levine, Ann Moshman, Susan Rothholz, Sally Zipursky and NCJW National President Jan Schneiderman. Delegates heard from top U.S. policy makers and officials, including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, National Public Radio correspondent Nina Totenburg, :and Special Middle East Coordinator Aaron Miller,. "This year's conference came at a crucial time for NCJW activists, who went to Washington to fight for the millions of children who are denied quality child care, to support millions of women around the world who are battling for reproductive freedom, and to oppose the Bush administration's faithbased initiative," explained Shneiderman. Omaha Section followed up with their visits to Nebraska's congressional delegation in Washington with its annual Lobby Day in Lincoln on March 28. "Many working parents in America face daily hurdles as they seek quality and affordable child care," said Section President Beth Friedman. "It's time for America's political leaders to see the crisis millions of families. As Congress rushes to cut taxes, we urge them to ensure sufficient funds for child care and Head Start, because every kid counts," For information on the Section's advocacy efforts, contact NCJW State Public Affairs Vice-chairwoman Ann Moshman at 893-2695,
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EARLY DEADLINE NOTICE The annual Passover edition of the Jewish Press will.be published Friday, April 6, There will be no regular news'in that issue. Due to the Passover holiday, the Press office will be closed Sunday and Monday, April 8-&, Deadline for the BWday, April W, issue is noon, Tuesday, April 8, for all ads, copy and photos. All photos used in the Class of 2001 Passover issue may be picked up a t the Press office any time after Tuesday, April 10,
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Odyssey
A New Term For BBYO
(Continued from page 1)
by TONY ENDELMAN, Jews/? Press Student Intern —
Since the year 2001 began, BBYO has been as eventful as ever, and for those involved, the past three months have proven to be a time of inspirational change and more importantly, non-stop fun. BBYO's director Rachel Shkolnik has shown determination to take BBYO to its highest potential, and so have the youth. As a new term is beginning, active members are overcome with a revitalized feeling of enthusiasm. A new term in BBYO is also synonymous with elections, and both AZA and BBG now have new chapter boards. For AZA the new chapter boards are as follows: Mother Chapter Godol (President) Dan Lercher
Chaim Weizmann Igor Ginsburg
S'gan (Vice Cory Gilinsky President) Moreh (Teacher) Robert MosenMs Mazklr (Secretary) Ben Sherman
Alex Katz Ben Delman Eugene Ayol
Gizbor (Treasurer) Shctliach (Religious)
Brad Abramapn
Keith Graul
Ben Gerber
David Martin
new incoming freshmen into the organization. Rush is not only one of the most important programs of the year, but also one of the most fun. Weizmann hosted its annual Sweetheart dance March 24. The new Sweetheart is Rachel Katzman; Honoraries are Diana Manvitz and Leah Raful. Council elections, which started last week, continue; and the Spring Regional is coming up, April 19-21 in Kansas City. This spring will be one of the best and we are all greatly looking forward to it. Of course, the rest of the year is fun, too. For more information about upcoming rush activities, call the BBYO office at 334-6404. It will certainly be worth your while.
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Above: Sarah Edelsteim, left, 2000 Weizmann Sweetheart, congratulates Rachel Katzman, 2001 Sweetheart. Below: The sweetheart candidates and their escorts are announced by Ben, Delman, one of the dance chairmen.
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S u z a n n e B e r k o v i t s of F l o r i d a , center, National Membership Director of Assessments and Planning, was here recently to visit with some of t h e Omaha Chapter of Hadassah members, including Jean Marshall, left, and Beth Games Ginsberg. Berkovits suggested creating partnerships with other local organizations and offered innovative ideas for o t h e r activities. Hadassah celebrates its 90th anniversary, Purim, 2002.
Judith Bin-Nun's pre-Passover cooking show, Calling All Cooks, will air on cable television on Monday, April 2, 9 p.m. (check your local listings). The show features a half hour of Passover shopping, cooking and celebration.
Opera Omaha presents Man of La Mancha, the Muse, the first full-length collection of poetry classic American musical, on Wednesday, April written by Susan Aiseenberg, has just been 25, and Friday, April 27,7s80 p.m., and Sunday, accepted by Southern Illinois University Press and April 20,2 p.m,, in the Orpheum Theater. will be published this time next year. She was Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion's award-winning recently appointed Assistant Professor of English work, inspired by Cervantes 16th-century novel and creative writing at Creighton University. Don Quizote, features Richard Stilweil, Dean Aizenberg's anthology of contemporary poetry by Anthony and Joyce Gampana. American women (co-edited with Erin Belieu), The Tickets range from $15 to $85. To order, call tho Extraordinary Tide: New Poetry by American Opera Omaha box office at 346-7H72, or Women, has just been published by Columbia Tickatmasfcer at 422-UV2. University Press. The first comprehensive collecA meet-fche-artist brown-bag lunch is scheduled tion of its kind, the anthology is 400 pages long for Wednesday, April 18, noon, in Opera and includes the work of over 100 poets, ranging Omaha's lobby, featuring principal artists from from the winners of every major literary prize to Man of La Mancha. To reserve lunch for $5, call emerging talents. Tom Chandler at 346-4398, oxt. 1.11. Streit's has introduced 18 new products for Passover this year, including Manhattan-style pickles and milk chocolate raateas. They join traditional favorites such as potato pancake mix and Streit's matza available in Omaha and Lincoln supermarkets. In addition to producing hundreds of items for Passover, Streit's also donates hundreds of boxes of matza to the elderly in New Jersey and to women's seders in New York, New Jersey and Florida. The Omaha Community Foundation has announced applications are available for the 2001 Omaha Award, Pounded in 1998 by the Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation, the award of one million dollars will go to an Omaha-area non-profit agency (or group of agencies) that serves the educational, charitable, philanthropic, human services, health, arts, civic or environmental needs of the greater Omaha area. Deadline for the grant is July 16; inquiries should be ilirocti'd to Terry Rohran at the Omaha Community Foundation, 342-8458.
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Torah Mitzion Representative Visits Omaha by RABBI SHLOMO LEVIN, OCTL Director--——
David Roth, member of the Torah Mitzion International Board and Executive Director of the Jerusalem based Yoreinu foundation, visited from Israel to meet with communityleaders on behalf of the Omaha Center for Torah Learning. Torah Mitzion. is the parent organization of the OCTL. Roth's message included explaining the national and international scope of Torah Mitzion. "The Omaha Center for Torah Learning is not the invention of your local community," he said. "The OCTL is part of a movement for high-quality Jewish learning and outreach that is sweeping the United States." Roth explained that Torah Mitzion presently has over two dozen branches and receives annually many more requests from cities wanting to open new programs than it is able to accommodate with its present personnel. Allan Gonsher, OCTL President, tied Roth's presentation to the Partnership 2000 Israel program of which Omaha is a part. "Since Omaha's region of Israel is the upper Galilee, and Torah Mitzion does recruiting there, we might be able to have these programs compliment each other," he said. The presentation was followed by a short video outlining the support Torah Mitzion receives from leading Israeli religious and political figures for sending yeshiva students and young rabbis to the diaspora to con-
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Fine Speaks at Temple
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Travellers head for the concierge i_ • I*. desk when they "» •• fe,, check into a world class hotel. And visitors to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home do ;'. the same. Greeting almost every visitor by name, Rose Frankel is the "concierge" at the Home's 'welcome desk' in a Kosc Frankel's desk sits rose, "a most appropriate its front lobby. decoration," according t o Frankel worked in the insurance Joaiite Bernstein. "But Rose industry and in isn't here as a decoration; real estate for she has work to do!" years; her son, Dean Frankel, is an accountant, and her daughter-in-law, Barbara, sells advertising for the Jewish Press and runs her own table linen 'business. Among the three Omahane, they know almost everyone! The menu of the day sits on Frankel's concierge desk, as doee a calendar for the monthly activities. She also has information about the Eden Project, "so I can help explain why we have three cats and a dog here!" she adds. A jar of candy, a guest book and other items of interest are also available. "It's good to have an extra pair of hands," noted the Home's Executive Assistant;, Lenora Lancaster. "Rose often helps us label, envelopes and stuff'packets prior to board meetings," Memorial services are often held at the Home and Frankel has the right words and warm personality for family members and friends who attend. She directs visitors to the tearoom or large dining room for programs, birthday parties and other celebrations. "When I introduced the concept of a concierge desk to the Home," said Barbara Gottlieb, Executive Director of Jewish Senior Services, "I had Rose in mind. She is truly a gracious lady, who adds much to the warm atmosphere and excellent reputation of the Blumkin Home. Rose makes it feel like home!"
(Continued from page 1) The schedule includes a students only (grades 912) workshop on Wednesday, April 4, 6:308:30 p.m. Rabbi Fine's topic will be The Real Dope: Real Answers to Tough Questions Through his experiences, Rabbi Fine obtained a greater understanding of what kids need and care about. He uses what he learned on the streets when he meets with teens across the country. Much of his emphasis is on openness between teens and parents. Teenagers are now beginning to learn about crises, adversity, success, failure and relationships, but where are they going to learn those lessons? According to Fine, values and conscience should not be left to be learned "on the street." Rabbi Fine will facilitate a session that will provide meaningful and practical answers to the burning questions our teens are asking. He will encourage them to turn to their own families for answers to these questions. And in doing so, encourage a stronger link with the family. Thursday, April 5, 11:45 a.m.-l p.m.: Parents Only "Lunch and Learn." Bring a bag lunch; Temple will provide drinks and dessert. Rabbi Fine's topic will be Just How Am I Supposed to Answer That?" Practical Advice for the Tough Questions Teenagers Ask (or wish they could). Rabbi Fine's message is that teens want to be close to their parents and teachers. Yet so many parents have lost confidence in their ability to parent arid transmit values. Rabbi Fine shows them how, in the midst of fear and discomfort, to take steps to restore and enrich the family, His message contains reminders of the higher spiritual purpose behind every word we speak and every move we make. In his national lecture tours, Rabbi Fine has encountered countless teenagers. These teens consistently tell him how they wish their parents would give them specific advice. Rabbi Fine empowers parents, encouraging them to take a. positive and proactive stand on the issues that trouble today's youth sexuality, alcohol and drug abuse, depression, Hiikide, apiritutility and more. Both proifruniB am funded by fjntnts from the Lazier L. Singer Memorial Fund and the Ellen and Robert Gordmnn Donor-Advisud Fund, a component fund of the Jewish Federation of Oxnahu. Please RSVP to Lori at the Temple office, 5fiO» 653(5. The. programs are free and open, to the Jewish community.
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