EWISH PRESS VolXXXX
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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