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Nebraska Jewish Communities Commemorate Holocaust by JEWISH PRESS News Service,
Lincoln Sponsors Ceremony at the State Capital
Anna Rosmus is t h e keynote speaker. The annual state-wide commemoration of the Holocaust will be Thursday, April 19, 7:30 p.m., at the Capitol Rotunda, according to chairman Marcia Kushner, an active volunteer in Lincoln's Jewish community. Governor Mike Johannes and Mayor Don Wesley will present remarks. Senator Marian Price is the sponsoring senator. The keynote speaker is Anna Rosmus, who was the subject of a "60 Minutes" segment last April and inspired the 1989 Osear-nominated film The Nasty Girl. Born and raised in a small Bavarian town, as a high school student she wanted to write a paper on her town's history during World War I I . She found barriers placed before her when she tried to learn what happened to her town's Jewish population during the War, as well as what part the town's leaders played in carrying out the Holocaust. Instead of writing a two-page paper, Rosmus became involved with an ongoing crusade to have this Bavarian community take ownership for its role in carrying out Hitler's plan to exterminate the Jews. She began the process of documenting the history (Continued on page 20)
Dr. Haceiie Weiman to Speak at Yom HaShoah in Omaha This year's Yom HaShoah Commemoration at • Temple Israel on Wednesday, April ir 25, 7 p.m., will fea- t" ture keynote speaker Dr. Racelle Weiman, Director of the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education in Cincinnati. Dr. Weiman will address the Omaha Jewish community on the topic "Human Dignity and the Value of Human Life." Dr. Raeelle Weinoan Dr. Weiman is the first director of this international center dedicated to Holocaust educational outreach and training. Prior to assuming her new position, she was a lecturer at the University of Haifa, Israel, where she specialized in courses on interfaith relations and Holocaust studies. She lectures to professional organizations and leads seminars around the world. Dr. Weiman earned her doctorate a t the Department of Religion at Temple University, Philadelphia, in the field of the Holocaust and Interfaith Relations. She is an active member of civic organizations that are devoted to issues of human rights, pluralism, interfaith dialogue and global ethics. In 1976, she immigrated to Israel and married a former Soviet dissident. In addition to the keynote address, the evening will feature readings and songs by the congregational rabbis and cantors and a candlelighting ceremony. For further information, contact Corey Kirshenbaum, Assistant Director of the Jewish Community Center, at 334-6418. This program is sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council.
Beth Israel Board Updates Membership on New Building by BETH COHEN, Executive Director
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At a congregational dinner last month, Beth Israel members received an update of the fundraising efforts toward the building of a new synagogue. After opening remarks by Rabbi Howard Kutner, Rick Katzman, co-chairman of the New building Committee (along with Dr. Paul Shyken), and Joe Kirshenbaum, Fundraising Chairman, made their presentations. Katzman displayed a fundraising booklet, detailing the plans for the new building, including the floor plan. He also unveiled the dedication opportunities available to contributors, ranging from $500,000 to name the Sanctuary or Chapel to $100,000 for the Sukkah Court or the Nursery to $36,000 for a multi-purpose room. Dedication opportunities also include $5000 for a Torah mantle, $2500 for a mezuzah and $1800 for a pew. "To date, with pledges and contributions made by members of the Fundraising Committee, a local foundation and a number of other individuals, the New Building Fund s t a n d s at $1,000,000," Kirshenbaum announced.
The projected expenses for the project is estimated at three million dollars for all architectural and constructions expenses. In addition, the committee hopes to secure another half-a-million dollars to establish a building endowment fund to provide for the maintenance, upkeep and future upgrades of the new building. Congregants were informed that each family will be solicited individually, explained Katzman. "It is the hope of the committee that every member of Beth Israel Synagogue will participate in the fundraising efforts," he added. • The membership has approved construction pending the commitment of all funds needed to complete the new building. "Our goalis to secure all the funds needed by late summer," Kirshenbaum stated, "and.to break ground at 126th and Pacific during the fall of 2001." For a complete listing of dedication opportunities, contact the synagogue office, 1-402-556-6288, or email: BetMsrael@noviaaiet.
Temple Israel Presents Rabbi Marvin Tokayer, Expert in the History of the Jews in the Far East by JEWISH PRESS Ne^s Service — — — — Raconteur, world traveler and historian, Rabbi Marvin Tokayer will speak at Temple Israel April 27-29. He will explore the theme.Tepper, Silk and Ivory: The Exotic Jews of China, Japan and India," One of the leading authorities on the Jewish experience in Asia, Eabbi Tokayer served as U.S. Air Force Chaplain in Japan-following his rabbinic ordination from the Jewish. Theological Seminary. He received bis bachelor's degree from Yeshiva University and also has a master's degree and Doctor of Divinity from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Following Ms discharge from the service, he served as the rabbi of the Jewish community of Japan from 1968 to 1981 and was Vice-president of the Federation of the Jewish Communities of Southeast Asia and the Far-East. He is curreatiy the rabbi of North Shore Hebrew Academy Synagogue in New York and speaks throughout North AmericaRabbi Tokayer is the author of 26 books in Japanese on Judaica and Japan. He wrote one book in English, The Fugu Plan, which tells the incredible story of Japan's "unsung Sdhindler* and the European Jews who sought haven in Asia during World War II. Rabbi Tokayer is an eloquent speaker with an unusual wit who has a unique understanding of the Jews in Asia.
Rabbi Marvin Tokayer In.addition to his duties as a congregational rabbi and bis speaking schedule as a scholar-inresidence, Kabbi Tokayer also leads tours of India, China, Japan and Hong Kong from a Jewish perspective. He is planning a trip to China this July. The schedule for the Scholar-in-Residence weekend is: Friday, April 27, 8 p.m. - "Pepper, Silk and Ivory: The Exotic Jews of China, Japan and India"; Saturday, April 28, 4 p.m. - "The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and Jews During World War II s ; S u n d a y , A p r i l 29,10 a.m. - "The Oriental Mystery- The Lost Tribes of Israel in Japan." The weekend is sponsored by the Samuel and Ida Kaiman Endowment Fund. For more information, call the Temple office, 556-6536.
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Parashah Shemeni The loudest phrase uttered in all of Torah occurs in this week's parashah. No two words scream out more; no two words carry the sheer volume; no two words resonate more deeply in the core of the human soul than the words Vayedom Aharon "and Aaron was silent". More, no two words speak to us humans as deeply, no two words bring forth emotion and raw pain as clearly as that little phrase found at the end of Leviticus 10:3. In the opening verses of Chapter 10 of Vayikra, Leviticus, we learn of the sudden deaths of two of Aaron's sons. With no advance warning, a fire of God consumes the two boys after they brought an aish zarah, a strange fire, as a sacrifice. Moses and Aaron were stunned. Moses tried to comfort his brother by offering the comment that,God pulls closer those who are holy. But Aaron, in unknowable agony, stood silent. The scene must have been one of horror. Aaron had lost two of his own sons. How he must have questioned the journey, his role as advisor to his brother Moses, his new role as the first priest of the Israelite people. How he must have been consumed by guilt, wondering if he had done something wrong. And all the Torali text gives us is silence. No answers. No comfort. No healing. Only silence; Many a sage has reasoned that the boys were killed because of their arrogance, or that Aaron received some later reward for enduring auch pain. But we know that none of these arguments can change the facts. Aaron endured the most horrific of all agonies, the loss of a child. And our sacred text records only silence. In the silence, though, our text says much. By remaining silent, our text records that some pain is too difficult for words. Some agony has no adequate response. All anyone can do is stand close and reach out, just as Moses did. The words of: Moses may appear trite, yet the fact cannot be lost that Moses tried to comfort his brother, tried in vain to help his loved confidante deal with such a crushing turn of events. Our text records that the brothers moved forward in the journey, both returning to roles of leadership, both stopping to mark the loss of the boys, as we will read in Acharei Mot in a few weeks. Aaron would live to see many a triumph, but nothing, nothing he says or does, matches the power and raw human emotion of his silence in our Parasha this week. Throughout the ages, sage after sage has helped us see more meaning in the words of Torah. We dissect sentences, words, look at grammar, syntax. We struggle to understand the meaning of the words attributed to God. Yet, this week, Aaron urges us to see meaning in more than the words of Torah. He begs us to see meaning in the silence of the text as well.
EVELYN ZWEDSACK FELLMAN Evelyn Fellman died March 30 in Beechwood, OH. Services were held April 1 at Beth El Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Saul Fellman. She is survived by her daughters and sons-inlaw, Karen Rubin and Jon Jablow, and Dianne and Stephen Schachner; son, Marc Fellman; grandchildren, Heidi and Stuart Abrams, Joshua and Natalie Rubin, Seth and Allison Schachner, Jill and Bruce; Chanen, Rebecca and Max Fellman; and four g^eat-grandchildren. Memorials to Menorah Park Center for the Aged, 27100 Cedar Rd., Beechwood, OH, 44122. ANN FRESHMAN Former Omahan Ann Freshman died at the age of 92. Services were held April 2 at Beth El Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Freshman. She is survived by son, Kenneth Freshman of Newton, MA; daughter Bonnie Wolfes of Orinda, CA; five grandchildren. Memorials to the Alzheimer's Association. BESS HAYKIN STERN Bess Stern died April 8. Services were held Tuesday at beth El Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel H. Stern and her son, Arnold J. Stern. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, I-LD, "Skip" and Shelley Stern; daughter-in-law Carolyn "Rocky1' Stern; five grandchildren, John and Cynthia Stern, Richard and Lori Stern, Jeff Stem, Melissa Stern, and David Stern; and four great-grandchildren. Memorials to the Arnold J. Stern Endowment Fund of Beth El Synagogue or the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, -, ROSE MAND.EL Rose Mandel died April 8 at the age of 94. Services were held Wednesday at BHH-Fisher Farm Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Phil and Harry Mandel. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law Nate and Adele Mandel, and nieces. Memorials to Rose Blumkin Jewish Home or Beth Israel Synagogue.
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EDITORIAL In recent months, several religious leaders have been forced to resign their positions in the Jewish world all due to sexual misconduct. The list includes: • a Conservative cantor in Buffalo Grove, IL, who was charged with running a prostitution ring, along with his young wife (she has accused him of coercion). • Two girls accused an Orthodox rabbi of assaulting them while they were students in a New Jersey day school; he (and the rabbi who supervised him) were asked to resign their positions at the Orthodox Union when 35 others also charged him with abuse during a 25-year-period. •• The head of the Reform movement's HUCTJIR seminaries stepped down earlier this year when sexual misconduct (which took place at a previous job) came to light. • Yet another Reform rabbi is charged in a murder-for-hire case in Philadelphia for the death of his wife. The woman with whom he was having an affair has since left him. The news of these shameful acts should sadden us. All these men were once held in high esteem. They
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Feet of Clay worked many years as religious leaders and several rose to prominence within their own movements. That they have fallen so low should not bring us any joy. Yet there is a feature to this news that should bring satisfaction.: these contemptible acts have finally surfaced and (we hope) will be dealt with in a just manner. Sexual harassment and sexual assault are not acceptable under any circumstances. That these leaders were able to get away with this conduct for so many years might mean that victims are still too afraid to come forward. Three of these men have been charged by United States criminal courts. Everyone involved will get their say, but regardless of the outcome, we hope the accused rabbis and cantor get professional help. The victims, too, are entitled to professional counseling (though unfortunately, one victim is dead). It's a sad day for the Jewish community when we hear news like this; but at least we're no longer hiding it as though it's a shanda. The victims deserve more than that.
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NEW YORK (JTA)-The outbreak of IsraeliPalestinian violence last fall sparked a surge in attacks on JewB in the United States, particularly in New York, according to the Anti-Defamation League's annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents. Across the country, anti-Semitic acts against individuals and institutions were 4 percent higher in 2000 than in 1999, the report said. In New York, however",-the number of incidents soared by 50 percent, and college campuses saw a 15 percent rise, reversing a five-year decline in campus anti-Semitism. The audit recorded 1,606 incidents-such as vandalism, intimidation and assault—in 44 states and the District of Columbia, versus 1,547 in 1999. Of the incidents last year, 877 were verbal intimidation, threats or physical assault, while 729 were acts of property damage, arson or cemetery desecration. There typically is an increase in anti-Semitic incidents around the High Holidays, In 2000, however, there were 259 incidents in October alone, just after violence broke out in Israel and the Palestinian territories. America was not unique in that regard, as a number of countries with large Jewish populations, including Australia, Canada, Prance and England, experienced a rash of anti-Semitic incidents because of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ADL National Director Abraham Foxman noted in the report. "When the crisis in the Middle East reached a fever pitch, Jews around the world and in the United States became targets for random acts of aggression and violence," Foxman said. "Many random acts of violence or harassment were acted out by sympathizers of the Palestinian cause. Fortunately, this phenomenon was apparently a unique, one-time occurrence."
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Most troubling was the jump in attacks in New York City, home to America's largest Jewish community—and a place where Jews and Arabs live side by side. Across the city's five boroughs, incidents rose from 184 in 1999 to 275 in 2000. In Brooklyn, the number more than doubled, from 58 to 121. Overall, New York state experienced a 32 percent increase and "continued to lead the nation in expressions of anti-Jewish hate," according to the v report. "While the rest of the country saw little if any change in the statistics for anti-Semitic incidents, New York City's levels rose dramatically over the last year," Howie Katz, ADL's New York regional director, said in the report. "This increase is clearly unacceptable for a city that prides itself on its racial and ethnic diversity." Yet the rise may not have been due solely to Mideast violence, Katz said. "We believe that the cooperative efforts between law enforcement agencies throughout the state, working with the Jewish and other communities to aggressively investigate and prosecute hate crimes, have encouraged more people to come forward and report incidents," he said. "Likewise, the expansion of the New York City Police Department's Bias Crimes Unit has led to more attention and scrutiny of hate crimes and other acts that, while not necessarily criminal, are expressions of anti-Semitism." Despite the slight increase nationwide, Foxman remains optimistic. "In the 22 years that ADL has been conducting the audit, we have seen ups and downs," he said in the report. "We still believe that through education and diligent work of law enforcement, these kinds of incidents can decrease in the future." The annual report can be found at www.adl.org.
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As a child attending the Yeshivah The very modernization of the of Flatbush, a religious, Zionist day- Hebrew language (most notably by school in Brooklyn, I was taught that Eliezer Ben Yehuda toward the end of the majority of ultra-Orthodox Jews the 19th century) ia viewed by the were Zionist and that only a very ultra-Orthodox as a sin. They feel small minority (one or two hasidic the Hebrew language is so holy that sects) were non-Zionist. the only words permitted to be used For these non-Zionists the land of by human beings are Hebrew words Israel is certainly sacred, but the that were divinely revealed in the establishment of a Third Jewish Written and Oral Torah. (One of the Commonwealth must wait until the reasons why Yiddish is the lingua Messiah. According to this position, franca for many ultra-Orthodox in the founding of the State of Israel is Israel derives from this theological theologically irrelevant, and these reluctance to use Hebrew as a modnon-Zionists, therefore, firmly reject- ern spoken language). ed the religious Zionist belief It is no wonder, then, that whenev(enshrined in the prayer for the er there is any kind of conflict or conJewish State) that modern Israel is frontation in Israeli society over a "the beginning of our redemption." "religious" issue, the ultra-Orthodox take it as axiomatic that the Israeli Times have changed. Today, the majority of ultra- (Zionist) government representative Orthodox Jews are non-Zionist (and (be it the Prime Minister, the it is the Zionists among them who are Speaker of the Knessest, or the Chief in. the minority). More than this, the Justice of the Supreme Court, etc.) very term "non-Zionist" has become a will do everything they can to harm Judaism. euphemism. Current relations between t;he secuThe Zionists, according to the ultralar and the ultra-Orthodox (a.k.a, the Orthodox anti-Zionists, will only be haredim) are so hostile that one happy when the Jewish religion disneeds to speak of most ultra- appears. Orthodox as being anti-Zionist. The ultra-Orthodox, who see them(Important side point: in this culture selves as the great defenders of war, national-religious (datl le'umi) Judaism, work under very scrupulous adherents, who seek to combine reli- definitions of the Jewish religion and gious life with army service and with of what constitutes a "religious" issue. western knowledge and culture, are At least this is what they tell themviewed by both the secular and ultra- selves. Orthodox as residing much more In truth, like all Jews, they make within the former camp than within their own selective use of biblical and the latter,) rabbinic teachings. Having governThe term "iinti-Zionist* is perhaps ment employees move a giunl electric cschewod bocuuso it has in the past turbine on Shabbat ia viewed ue u (and present) been appropriated peo- serious affront to Judaism; having a ple who have also been anti-semites. factory dump pollutants into the Yet it is no exaggeration to say that Kishon River is not. the term "non-Zionist" does not do Assuring that Jews have safe and justice to the antipathy of the ultra- easy access to holy sites such as the Orthodox for the Zionists. Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron is What does it mean to be an ultra- crucial to Judaism; pursuing peace is Orthodox anti-Zionist? The guiding not a religious issue. principle for this position ia that The irony of it all is that ii; is only Zionism has just one vision for the because Israel is a democracy (many Jewish religion: the graveyard, of whose principles are rejected by The standard Zionist dream of the the haredim) that it can tolerate its Jewish people coming to Israel, estab- anti-Zionists. lishing a state, and becoming a nation And paradoxically, the flourishing like all other nations includes the of the ultra-Orthodox in Israel sugnegation of Judaism according to the gests that Zionist intentions concernultra-Orthodox (and, truthfully, for ing religion arc in fact not all that some secular extremists aa well). sinister.
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pendent Palestinian atate." In addition, the lawmakers want the administration to consider barring Palestinians believed to be involved in terrorist attacks from entering the United States and consider closing the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington. Similar letters have circulated in Congress since the violence began six months ago, but Matt Gobush, Democratic^ spokesman for the House International Relations Committee, said this campaign is far wider in scope and in its level of support. "This is a pretty clear signal," Gobush said. "This letter is broad and deep in its implications," The letter comes a week after the State Department released a report accusing P.A, security forces of instigating and participating in antiIsrael violence.
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Ijiiiiiiiiiilil Y.E.S. There will be no meeting on Monday, April 16. WALK-IN, DROP-IN Members will meet Thursday at the JCC. Exercise and bingo start at 10 a.m. Hot Dog lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. in the Social Hall. The movie Meet the Parents, featuring Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller, will be shown in the Blumkin Home auditorium at noon. Popcorn will be served. For transportation, call Maggie at 334-6521. VISIONS Tour the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument and Pioneer Village on Tuesday, April 24. Cost is $79 per person, and includes transportation, admissions and evening meal. For informatjon, call Betty Sanford at 399-2001. 89 FOREVER This month's activity includes dinner at the Mediterranean Bistro on Sunday, April 22, 5:30 p.m. For more information, call Maxine Noodellat 393-7624. ETNAI B'RITH BREADBREAKEBS A special session of Breadbreakers will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 11:30 a,m. , at Rosenblatt "Stadium for lunch and then be the guest of the Golden Spikes and Executive Vice-president Doug Stewart at the 12:05 p.m. Spikes baseball game. RSVP by April 15 to Lois Epstein at the B'nai B'rith office, 334-6443, or e-mail her at lepstein(§>jewishomaha,org. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN NCJW, Omaha Section, will hold a Garage Sale May 31-June 2, Tax-deductible donations of gently-used clothing, small household appliances, kitchen items, books or children's toys are needed. The sale will benefit NCJW's projects in Omaha, such as Dictionary Day and Kits for Kids. For information or to volunteer, call Kim Noddle at 391-7022.
OMAHA CENTEB FOR TORAH LEARNING SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 5 p.m., Rabbi Shlomo Levin hosts a class on the weekly Torah portion at his home, 2001 N. 56th. TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 7 p.m., Beit Midrash at Chabad. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, noon, Lunch 'n learn meets in the JCC library. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 7 p.m., Talmud class meets; call for location. For more information about these and other OCTL programs, please call Rabbi Levin 551-1564.
Suzanne Spence and John Sophir announce the Dec. 28, 2000, birth of twin sons, Jack Spence and Erik Bradley, named for their great-grandfathers and uncles. Grandparents are Suzie and Ray Somberg, Marty and Kay Sophir, all of Omaha, and Gerald and Judy Spence of Denver. Great-grandparents are Ruth Cohen and Audrey Sophir, both of Omaha, and Mittie Mullins and Myrvene Spence, both of Hamilton, OH.
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The OT/Y.E.S. meeting last month was one of a subdued nature as we paid solemn respect for Art Goldstein, who passed away on the 29th of Adar, (March 24) at the age of 92. Art was my blood related cousin. His grandmothby JEWISH PRESS News Service _________ er and grandfather, Vital and Mayusie Grossman, Do you have ancestors who helped start Omaha's were my aunt and uncle. Art and I joined in many Jewish community? community efforts. At the Y.E.S. meeting, I delivDo you know where the first Omaha synagogue ered a virtuous eulogy, incorporating the many held services? Or are you a history buff who did not mitzvot and deeds of tzedahah in which this uoble realize the amount of history Omaha has with man was involved. early Jewish settlers? Art will be missed. If you are curious about just one of these quesOur guest speaker was Allen Kurlaud, Director of tions, join Temple Israel Outreach on Sunday, the Pennie Z. Davis Child Development Center. He April 22, as Mary Fellman, co-founder of the related the function of the Center and how it, proJewish Historical Society, takes us on a tour of vides an excellent start in Jewish educationforchilearly Jewish Omaha. dren. Kurlaud, who came aboard last July, was forWe will also visit the Jewish Historical Museum merly an elementary school principal for 25 years. at the Jewish Community Center. Ollie the Trolley At the Early Bird session, we discussed the barwill depart from the east side of Temple Israel at baric behavior of Israel's adversaries blaming 10 a.m. and return to Temple by noon. Israel for all their self-made, wretched tsoris. Also, Cost is $5 per person. Seats are limited, so please brought up were revelations of some American call the Temple office at 556-6536 to make your companies who played footsie with the Nazis durreservation. ing World War II. For shame! We stood in reverent respect for Art GoldBtein and Esther Rainen Goldman.
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Illliipiiiii SW1CHKOW/SHRAG0 Brooke Swichkow, daughter of Danny Swichkow and Toby Swichkow of . Chicago, and David Shrago, son of Dani and Leon Shrago of Omaha, announce their engagement, The bride-to-be is a student at the Blitstein Teachers Institute of the Hebrew Theological College in Chicago. She teaches for the Jewish Children's Bureau of Chicago. . ' Grandparents are Alice Cohen and Rabbi Louis and Gertrude Swichkow. Her fiance is a student at Loyola University in Chicago, majoring in finance. He is the grandson of Helen Schwartz of Omaha. An Aug. 19 wedding is planned in Chicago.
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NATHAN/EPSTEIN Laurie Nathan, daughter of Robert and Donna Nathan of Memphis, TN, and Jason Epstein, son of Howard and Sharon Epstein of Omaha, announce their engagement. The bride-to-be earned a bachelors degree in elementary education with high honors from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, whore she was a member of Sigma Delta Tau sorority. She is currently studying for her masters degree in elementary education. Following graduation, she will teach in the Blue Valley School District in suburban Kansas City. Her grandparents are the late Evelyn Friedman, Phil Friedman, Marie Fishbeln, Jake Fishbom and David Nathan. Her fiance is also a graduate of the University of KansaB, where he was a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. He earned a bachelors degree In business administration with highest honors. He is currently studying for his masters degree in accounting and business information systems. Following graduation, he will work for the Accounting firm of Grant Thornton, LLP in Kansas City. He is the grandson of Ben and Marian Miller and Sam and Rosaline Epstein, all of Omaha. A July 15 wedding is planned at Temple Israel in Memphis. ERMAN/KAUFMAN Dana Beth Erman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Erman of Omaha, and Michael Adam Kaufman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Kaufman of Boston, announce their engagement. The bride elect earned a B.S, in mass communications and public relations from Boston University and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Simmons College Graduate School of Management. She was a 1993 Omaha Symphony Debutante. She is the granddaughter of the late BYieda and Morris Erman and the late Nina and Philip Becker. Her fiance graduated from Syracuse University and earned a Juris Doctor from Quinnipiac College School of Law. He is employed by Color Technology, Inc. where he serves us manager of human resources. He is the grandson of Frances Afremoff of Worcester, MA,and the late Abraham Afremoff, and Ruth London of Maiden, MA, and Lake Worth, FL, and the late Irwin Kaufman. A July 1 wedding is planned in Omaha.
Chloe Heyman, daughter of Richard Heyman and Betsy Baker, performed in the Omaha Theater Company's ballet The Firebird at the Rose Blumkin Theater of Performing Arts. Chloe is a second-grader at Swanson Elementary School. Kathy Simon was selected to receive the 2001 Friend of the College Award by the University of Nebraska College of Human Resources and Family Sciences. The award was presented at a luncheon last Friday in Lincoln.
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Greenhaven Press of San Diego, CA, will include a chapter from Shoak, Journey from the Ashes: A Personal Story of Triumph Over the Holocaust by Cantor Leo Fettman in their forthcoming book, Holocaust: Voices from the Death Camps, edited by
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contact; molestation , ( ' , of other children; sui' cidal tendencies. If you suspect someone of child abuse, report that person to the Child Abuse Hot-line: 1800-652-1999. , \ . Always take it seriI**i "L*h ously when children speak of being abused. Call 911 or Child Welfare Services immediately. Please don't forget there is also emotional abuse and other, more subtle abuses that happen to children each day. You have an obligation to provide the proper discipline to your child to help him/her become a healthy adult; you have the obligation to love them, withholding love is abusive; you have an obligation not to involve them in adult affairs, including putting them in the middle of a divorce.
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Rose comes to these obsessions honestly, his mother covered up her Holocaust experiences, and his father was a psychiatrist. Perhaps the openness of his writing, is due to a certain lack of inhibition, as he traces his own transformation from a fledgling artist, to travel writer to editor, from single, to married, to fatherhood, and back to single again. On Burning Ground ia also an emphatic story about hiding. Skakun's blond haired multilingual Polish father spent the war years passing as a Christian, Muslim, Lithuanian and German, The vivid memories recounted by father to son, and appearing in fabulous prose, over 50 years after the event, give the reader cause to question credibility. How can details based on memory be so lucid? Is the author-son accepting his father's memory too uncritically, or even adding to the tale, which Skakun describes as "a curve of invention to outrun the most unbridled imagination." The story is gripping and takes the reader to the edge of Jewish survival under the Nazis. Since the voluble criticism of Benjamin Wilkomirski's Fragments, an alleged account of the Holocaust through the eyes of a five-year-old, I have been skeptical of childhood accounts of the Holocaust. This caution now extends to the memories and reconstructions of the children of survivors. The fact that both Rose and Skakun are publicists is a further basis caution. A good, heroic, and moral story, is not necessarily a historically true story. Rose and Skakun represent a growing genre produced by the children and grandchildren that will continue to grow. Both these books are available at the Kripke Jewish Federation Library.
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Jewish Men Needed for National Study on Prostate Cancer
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The incidence of prostate cancer among Jewish men is no higher than among the general population, yet researchers have chosen this population to study because of a common genetic heritage.. Jaaon Caplan, a third-year medical student at Creighton University, is coordinating a local effort to enlist Jewish men to participate in a national genetic study. "We're looking for two groups of Jewish men," he told the J e w i s h P r e s s recently. "One group includes any Jewish man of any age who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer; the other, group needed for the study is Jewish men over the age of 50 without prostate cancer." The national study is headed by Dr. Robert Burk at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Dr. Burk, who is works in the areas of pediatrics, oncology and genetics, already has funding for the study from AECOM and is awaiting word on other large grants. Burk is a full professor who deals with the etiology of cancer in man, including hereditary cancers (like prostate cancer), as well as the molecular epidemiology of human papillomavirua infection and humoral response to cervical HPV infection. "This is an unusual way to conduct a study," Caplan noted. "As it's done entirely by mail. Because the Jewish population is highly educated, they're also more likely to respond. "The study is entitled CLAL, which stands for Cancer, Longevity, Ancestry and Lifestyle," Caplan continued, "but is also a play on the Hebrew word clal, which means community." Participants who are interested can call the tollfree number, 1-877-444-2525 or visit the study's website: www.aeeom.yu.edu/eM, for information. Caplan, who is originally from Manchester, England, is excited about the.study, He looks at his association with the study and Dr. Burk as a gold-
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by Eiyce Azriel • Students worked with knowledgeable and experienced teachers who helped them explore and analyze. Students who chose the "journalism" intermodule worked with Joanie Jacobson, Carol Katzman and the late Larry Axelrod in preparing this special issue of "Teen Age."
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Simple as 1, 2, 3, the internet is changing our world. Access to the internet is available to almost every; family in th United States. From schools to s businesses, the internet is changing the way we do things. The internet is not as , bad """as some I people think. With thej invention of the Andv internet, we are v now able to send messages electronically (e-mail). With this In place, we are using the postal service less and less. Instant messaging (AIM) has reduced some long distance phone bills, because families now can use this to talk to family and friends any time they are on-line. E-bay is a perfect example of a great place to .buy/bid on items over the internet. This method is completely safe for your
money or object; it guarantees that money won't be received by the seller until the item is received by the buyer. Literally everyone at my school has a computer with internet access. Kids will use them for Interaction with their favorite games (like Age of Empires, etc.) or play other games interactively (Chess, for example) with other people all over the world. Not only do kids play games on-line, but they research information on school assignments. Instant messaging has become as popular among kids as a telephone; almost all the kids have their own instant messaging screen name. I started on the internet with a slow local modem in 1997, and since then, I havp used it more and more for school. Nothing bad has ever come out of it. Every web provider guarantees safe websurfing, and some even tell you that you are entering an unsafe site. Every kid who is web-connected will have the knowledge of how to use the internet, which many jobs will require as the internet, evolves even further. Andy Is a seventh grader at Klewit Middle School.
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Dr. Judith Resnik became the second hours in space. Resnik's next flight was scheduled on American woman and the first Jewish woman in space. She was born in 1949 and the Challenger. The flight had been ; delayed many times died in 1986. f \ ; before because of the Dr. Resnik bad weather or a malwas born in function. Finally, it Akron, Ohio, on looked like a good day April 5. She went to launch, but the temto Carnegie Melperature was below lon University freezing. where she received a bacheA launch had never lors degree in been done at temperaelectrical engitures this cold. But, even neering in 1970. so, NASA was proceedIn 1977, she ing on schedule. The earned a doctorcrew had boarded and al degree in elecwas ready for takeoff. At trical engineering around 11:30, the countfrom the Univerdown had started. sity of Maryland. Mission Control then After graduatsaid, "The Challenger ing from Carnehas cleared the tower." gie, she worked All was going well, but at Radio Corpor73 seconds after launch, ation of America. there was a major malShe designed function. circuit systems On the ground, peoDr. Judith Resnik and provided enple thought the boostgineering support for system programs. ers had come off a little early, but they From 1974 to 1977, she was a biomedical would later learn that Challenger had engineer and staff member in the exploded. All seven passengers on the Laboratory of Neurophysiology at the Challenger died. Unfortunately, Dr. Resnik National Institute of Health. Judith then was one of those seven. worked briefly as a senior system engineer Cause of the explosion was cold weather. in product development at Xerox The cold had made one of the O-rlngs fragCorporation. ile (O-rings keep the rocket boosters togethJudith heard one day that NASA would er). If the day had been warmer, the O-ring be accepting women to be trained as would have had a chance to defrost. astronauts and decided to apply. She During takeoff, the O-ring cracked. knew her chances were slim that she Instead of gasses flowing out of the bottom, would be accepted, so to Increase her gasses flowed out of the side directly into chances, she ran every day and would the hydraulic tank of ths shuttle, causing the sometimes parachute. tank to explode. In 1978, Judith Resnik became one of six After the incident, President Reagan women chosen to be the first American addressed the nation. He said, "Your women In spade. She trained for about a loved ones were daring and brave, and year. Her first scheduled flight would be they had that special grace, the special June 26, 1984, aboard the maiden voyage spirit that says, 'Give me a challenge and of Discovery. I will meet it with joy.' They had a hunger On June. 26, 1984, the launch was can- to explore the universe and discover its celed because of main engineer failure a truths. They wished to serve, and they few minutes before take-off. On August 30, did. They served ail of us." 1984, the shuttle Discovery was repaired A memorial service was held three days and ready for launch. after the incident in Houston, TX. On board the Discovery, Judith deployed We can all learn something about Judith a 32 ml (35-yard) Oast-T solar array, testing Resnik and the six other crew members. a system designed to power future satellites She did so much to further the knowledge and space stations. She also participated in of space and taught a lot of people that no the launch of three commercial satellites matter what our differences, we can all set and filming with the special I-Max camera forth our dreams and accomplish them. for the motion picture The Dream is Alive, in which Judith appears. Discovery landed in David Is a seventh grader at Westslde September 5, 1984, giving her nearly 145 Middle School and a member of JYG.
On the Field by Leanne Harris ,
Pencil drawing by Joshua Phillips This is a past picture done by me in the fourth grade. I remember this assignment like the back of my hand. My teacher's name was Mrs. Kopecky. She was very nice, but very strict. For example, , she would yell ' in class and give me very Josh painful head-
aches. Another example has to do with my friend Tim. He walked up to Mrs. Kopecky and asked if he could go to the nurse's office. She exclaimed that he looked fine and that he could wait 'til after lunch. After a few minutes, he upchucked his Cheerios! She demanded that my class draw a picture with a hefty amount of detail, so I drew this wasp. It may not be the best, but I guess it was what she was expecting because a few days later, after we turned the projects in, I received a 100%! Josh is a seventh grader at Mi Hard North Middle School and a member ofJYG.
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Life of an 8th Grader; The True Story. by Jon Gates —
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by Ben Salzinger On January 1, 1911, 12:45 New Year's Day, Hank Greenberg was bom in New York and lived downtown. He was an orthodox Jew who lived with his parents who spoke Yiddish. He went to George Washington High School. His main sport in college and high school was basketball. He then went to New York University and started playing baseball. In 1930, Greenberg was playing with Tampa. It was his first year and everyone treated him badly. The veterans always talked about him and his religion. His best friend in the minors was Charlie Gehringer. Greenberg had been doing badly In the minors. Aftar a few games, ha did really well and was drafted to the Yankees, where they said even more prejudice things. He did not
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do so well and did not say much. After a year with the Yanks, he quit and went to the Tigers. There, his major career began. With the Tigers, Hank was not sure what to do -t about the holidays. He talkad to Rabbi Leo Franklin. The rabbi ruled that he could play on Rosh Hash-
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Do you think killing animals for sport is wrong? Well, that is what is happening in different places all over the country. There are bloody contests where people kill animals just for prizes and fun. The person who kills the most animals wins the contest. Most of the time, they kill coyotes. They claim they are doing the farmers a favor by exterminating the coyotes before they can eat the livestock, when actually the coyote's diet really consists of 80% rats, mice, gophers and other rodents.
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The class heads to the cafeteria for lunch. Although I love food, I hate the half-hour lunch time. That is when I am made fun of most, even by whom t think are my friends, which stinks the most. I'm called "gay" and "fag" and "fat." Plus, because I had a cold sore, people started calling me "Herp," short for "Herpes Boy." I think they just don't understood what they are saying. And they don't think they're doing anything bad when, actually, they are. After lunch I have Study Hall which is so boring, but 1 get homework done so it's not that bad. Music 8 is next in my long day. The teacher is my Show Choir teacher; she is so cool, I think she helps make boring curriculum fun for my class. I really like to sing, dance, and listen to CD's. So I think Music 8 is pretty fun. Final period. Tech Lab. In the tech lab we use today's technology to learn about different professions. The day goes so fast sometimes that I don't realize how much I actually learn. Teenagers; I know you can honestly relate with this story. Please, once In a while, actually tell your parents what happened at school. It'll make them feel good to know what you are actually thinking about school. Parents; Did you ask what your teen did today? I hope so, but 1 bot he/she said, "Nothing." Try to get them to read this and it might make a big difference. Jon Is an eighth grader at Klewlt Middle School ana a member otJYQ*
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not play on Yom Klppur. He did not play on Yom Kippur and his team usually lost. Even though ha didn't play, the Tigers still won the World Series. In May, 1940, Greenberg was drafted into World War If. His salary dropped from $11,000 to $21 per month in the Army. He was the first major loaguer to enlist and serve in the Army Air Corps in Asia. After the War, he played for three more seasons, and in 1954, he became the first Jewish player to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He then became part-owner of the Chicago White Sox until 1961. After his career, Hank Greenberg married Carol Greenberg. They had three kids named Glenn, Stephen and Alva. Glenn was the oldest, Stephen was the middle and Alva was the youngest. Glenn was a Yale football player and Stephen was a soccer player and Alva stayed at home. In the fall of 1985, Greenberg was diagnosed with cancer of the kidney. He did not tellmany people about his illness. He got really sick and the doctors could not do much more. He then broke his leg and was in pain. At 8:50 on Thursday, September 4,1986, Hank Greenberg died in his sleep. Ben Is a seventh grader at Lewis and Clark Middle School.
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Behold the dancing star fish The many wonders of th& sea Its gracefulness Is as keen as a bird As quiet as the air it floats It moves along at a boundless pace Ready to show off Its senseless beauty Behold this creature's true power As It devours you with awe and bewilderment It Is too magnificent to be harmed And yet too breathtaking not to be seen The human eye will catch its fineness And fall Into the heart of the dazed ocean When soon it will surrender to the clear astonishment :,,\ Of the mysterious, and alluring, underwater world ">'' Where the home of this wonderful life lies At the dwelling of the dancing star fish
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So Long, Appendix! As we all know, the appendix is located in the lower right side of our bodies. This mysterious little worm-like appendage serves no purpose! My dad says appendix should not even exist. The only thing that the appendix could ever do is cause abdominal pain. My appendix started to do its job one Friday during Social Studies class. It began with sharp pains in my stomach. I thought I had cramps or just your typical school-induced stomachache. That night was our Winter Dance at Lexie school, and the theme was "Jungle Fever". I was reaily excited, which kept my mind off my pain. Later that day, I asked my mom to give me medicine for my stomach. She searched in her cabinets and pulled out Zantac 75.1 took a pill and continued getting ready for the dance. Dressed in my tiger-striped pants, a black tank top, army boots, and tons of glitter, I was ready to rock. While waiting for my ride, my stomach was hurting so much I had to sit down; I could barely stand up straight. Even though I wasn't sure what the pain was, I wasn't about to let it ruin my fun night ahead. When we arrived at the dance, my stomach was hurting so I asked my friend if we could sit down. We went into the other room where refreshments were being served and sat down. I was trying to have a good time but I couldn't ignore the pain anymore. I ended up ditching the dance for home and a heating pad. About 1 p.m., my mom came to my room, took me out of bed, grabbed a towel, my favorite stuffed animals, slippers and my dad, and said, "We're going to the hospital." I started crying because I was scared. Once in the car, I thought I was going to throw up, so it was back in the house and up to bed, I didn't throw up and I didn't sleep either. I was tossing and turning all night. Lying on my side was uncomfortable so I turned on my back, That was not fun. I screamed arid cried out in pain. My mom sprinted to my room. With a repeat performance to the car, my mind was racing with questions, "Would I have to have surgery? How long wiil I be in the hospital? Will I miss school?" We arrived at the ER; a nurse asked a bunch of questions and then we met with a doctor. He told us I probably had appendicitis and that we were in Methodist not Children's Hospital. We finally arrived at Children's and nurse Kirstin put us in Room 6. This Emergency Room was designed with an underwater theme; There were underwater murals painted on the walls and fish on the ceiling. You could look up and see little beaver feet, beaver tummies and beaver teeth on the ceiling as though the ceiling was water and they were swimming on it. There were duck feet, too. It was very amusing and a
move up and down and even had a TV Marcy and my mom successfully helped great distraction! Then I noticed pink and red blotches remote. Marcy asked mom questions and me out of bed after many yelps and were covering my hands. They were all filled out paper work while Eva took my screams of pain. The nurses spent the night making sure I over my arms, legs, thighs and blood pressure. I gazed around my room; it was on the didn't get too much sleep by constantly back, too. While my mom was trying to figure out why I was cov- top floor and had a space theme. I had a checking my vital signs, administering pain ered with hives, Kirstin and her coo! picture of a planet hanging behind my killers, and Benadryl for my raging hives. assistant nurse, Cory, attempted bed and a star that looked out in the sky. At The next morning I ate some Jell-0 and a night, the star was dark blue, and during little chicken broth because I was on a liqto start an I.V. uid diet. I tried the Popsicle but it didn't They swabbed my hand, found a the day, it was sky blue. I loved it! I flipped through the TV channels while taste very good. good vein, counted to three and pushed the needle into me. No luck. Eva and Marcy were telling my mom more Many visitors came by with gifts, hugs, The vein disappeared so they had to about the surgery. They asked if I had any kisses, and well wishes. My favorite visitors questions. I nodded "no." They asked me if were my friends. They came in with a huge try again. "Lexie, you have to relax." Cory tried the other hand. I was nervous, and I nodded "yes." A lady stuffed blue-gray elephant with a balloon Sweat was dripping off his face. I doctor, an anesthesiologist, came in and tied around his trunk. was trying to be calm. The vein also asked me if I had any questions and We talked for a while and they asked me vanished again. I was so frustrat- told me more about the surgery. questions about my surgery. Since I woulded and upset being poked two She brought in another n't be going to school for a times that I screamed in anger. bed called a gurney and few days, they kindly offered to collect my homeThe third attempt was in my left arm. took me down to surgery work. They know me very Guess what? They missed. The fourth time with my parents following. I woke up; the lady docwell and know how I hate to they finally got the vein! "Thank God," I get behind in my assignmuttered under my breath. The I.V. was a tor was standing in front of ments. lifesaver though, because then they could me, holding a stuffed gold fish, a seal, and a pillow. give me medication for the pain. Luckily, Monday was a Next activity was to get X-rayed. Kirstin "Which one would ya snow day so I'd have less wheeled me off to the X-ray room. It had like?" she asked. 1 pointed work to make up. That day neon tubes swirled around the walls that to the gold fish. The fish was a good day. I got to eat changed colors in a soothing rhythm. Very had big blue eyes, smiling normal food, take a shower, cool. They helped me out of my wheel chair lips, and all the gold fish and bast of all, go home. I had and stood me In front of the machine. I qualities. They wheeled a new nurse, Lynn; she was leaned my stomach on the machine so it me into the recovery room my favorite. She was very and I drifted into a long sleep. could take images of my Insides. funny, kind and gentle. My mom liked her, too. I was so dizzy; I started to break out into I awoke in my room with my parents talkI felt much better; I could walk around a sweat. Then I lay on a hard table while ing to my grandma while my brother Nick slowly and I felt more like myself. Lynn took they took pictures of me. As I drifted off to avoided looking at me. They didn't notice I me for a stroll around the 6th floor. We sleep, Dr. Pinch (who would eventually per- was awake until Eva came In and took my stopped to look at th© playroom which had form surgery on me) came in to talk to me, blood pressure. computers, toys, coloring books, and much but I was out of it. Being true to his name, "How are you?" they all asked, except for more. I Ibved looking at all the space decohe grabbed my stomach to awaken me and Nick. I managed to squeak out a little "fine" rations and kid-created artwork. I let out a scream. He then said to my mor- and wondered what my incision looked like. Lynn entered my room with a wheel chair tified mom, "I guess she's not faking." I pulled up my hospital gown and saw a while Mom packed up our stuff. I put on my Dr. Pinch said I had appendicitis and that wad of bandages. I drifted back into sleep coat and settled Into the chair. We said our surgery was necessary. My mom was ner- as my mom recited all the people who good-byes to Lynn and left the hospital. vous. I don't think she trusted Dr. Pinch. dropped off presents for me. My appendix experience was an exciting Before cutting me open, my mom wanted My mom spent that night in the hospital drama, but I can't say it was fun, I feel like to make 100% sure I had appendicitis, Dr, and we stayed up late watching TV. We a new woman, appendixless! All I can say Pinch suggested a CAT Scan. discovered our new favorite show, "Lizzy is "So long, Appendix!" And hope that you I shifted onto a table-like bed surrounded Miguire" on Disney. Marcy came in to urge never have to get yours removedl by a big doughnut-shaped machine. The me to use the restroom because I hadn't Lexie Is a seventh grader at Westside CAT Scan nurse put a special dye in my IV. gone all day. I never even got out of bed. Middle School. "What's your favorite station?" she asked. "Sweet 98," I replied. The music started to play while the tablebed slowly moved into the doughnut. Discs spun around in the machine as it was taking pictures of my stomach. The bed slid in ; by Angela Friedman and out of the doughnut. Then it stopped and the discs slowly came to a haft. • I have been interested in acting for so before! perform. Just do your best and Back in Room 6, Dr. Pinch confirmed the J iong I don't remember. I have tried out for you'll be fine. diagnosis and I would need surgery imme- ; 13 plays and musicals and I have made diately. I had a couple questions for him. • only one. I may have just tried out for 13 "How big is the appendix?" I asked. "That Splays and musicals, but that means I big," he said, spreading his fingers about Z never gave up. I never stopped loving the two inches apart. "When will I be able to go ; performing arts. back to school?" He replied, "Maybe • I love to act, sing, and dance... to be in Wednesday." I groaned. I hate missing • the spotlight. I know it sounds like I'm school. Kirstin attempted to cheer me up by ; being vain, but I'm not. It's just what I've telling me I'd get a nicer room upstairs. I always dreamed of, and I'm not going to They wheeled me up to Room 611. There • stop until I achieve it. were two nurses, Eva and Marcy. They Z When you are about to go on stage to transferred me to a hospital bed that could J act, dance, or sing in front of a few, hun•dreds, thousands or even maybe millions • of people, you get butterflies in your stom"ach. You start to think, "What if I mess % up? What if I forget my lines? What if I for• get my steps?" » The thing you have to remember is to progressed, we started to slip. We started • breathe deeply, relax and think you're the missing ali our shots on offense, and we I only person out there; you are not yourcouldn't stop them on defense. At the end • self, you are the character. of the third, we were tied, at 36, • If you can't do these things, then picture At the start of the fourth quarter, the • the people in their unde/wear. Usually you score stayed even until the other team, took Z can hardly see the people because of the a 4-point lead with 46 seconds in the • lights and that helps, but If you can see game. We got the ball and ran a play. My • them, then follow these steps. teammate got the b a l l and made a three- • This has helped me. Now I'm not as pointer. There were 35 seconds left. J nervous on the stage, but before I perThe other team missed the long jump • form, I am so nervous. I shake so much. Angela shot. We got the rebound. Seventeen sec- • On the stage, it is such a rush, and One tip: breathe. You have to rememonds left. W© ran the play. Two seconds. I » you'll feel it. I can pretty much promise ber to breathe or you'll end up embarrassgot the ball and a long 2-pointer shot. As Z you. If you love acting, dancing, singing, the ball was in the air, the buzzer sound- Meaching or anything where you have to ing yourself in front of everyone. Just have fun. I always have the time ed. I watched the ball bounce around on • talk or do something in front of people, : of my life, even if I'm just auditioning for the rim until it finally fell in. : • then follow these steps. a play or something. Don't worry and We won! We were #1. • You don't necessarily have to be inter- do your best. Tim is a seventh grader at Russell Middle •ested in the stuff I'm interested in. There Angela Is an eighth grader at Beveridge School. • has been no time I haven't been nervous Middle School and a member ofJY&
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Omaha's Finest by TONY ENDELMAN, Jewish Press Student Intern— At this time of year, it is hard to ignore the NCAA College Basketball tournament or opening day of the Major League Baseball Season, but within our Jewish community there is something just as exciting going on, and it's happening right under your noses. Some of Omaha's Jewish youth are taking the athletic world by storm and by just paying a little mox*e attention, you may realize that they are just as dedicated as any professional, and not just to sports. Ben Goldstrom, son of Carol and Larry Goldstrom, is a seventh-grader committed to baseball. His select baseball team, the Omaha Patriots, plays 81 games a year on local, regional, and
national schedules. The Patriots also participated in the U.S.S.S.A World Series in Hutchinson, KS, where the team finished ninth place, and Ben was selected to represent his team in the home run hitting contest. "It's a year round commitment," explained Ben's father, Larry, "and the parents must be committed too." Bobby Newman, son of Patricia and Jeff Newman, and Zach Muskin, son of Mary Beth and Bruce Muskin, are also top athletes in the seventh grade and play on select baseball teams. Zach, Bobby and Ben are not only extremely talented at the sports they play, but they have succeeded in accomplishing the even more difficult
task of time management. Staying devoted to school and athletics, not to mention preparation for their B'nai Mitzvah, is just as incredible as any feat on the playing field. The importance of time management is also something Hannah Wolf acknowledges. Hannah, daughter of Nancy and Phil Wolf, is the only freshman to play for the Millard West Varsity Basketball team. But it doesn't stop there. Hannah also plays for the Millard West Junior Varsity team and the JCC girls' team. She once scored nine three-pointers in one game, and averaged 24 points in the Maccabi Games, (Continued on page 14)
Ben Goldstrom, son. of Carol and Larry Goldstrom, plays baseball for the Omaha Patriots. His iO-year-old broths, Jory, playit for the Gladiators,
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A retrospective of recently-released films by women directors is showing at the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater on the campus of the university of Nebraska in Lincoln. Among the films is Aviva Kempner's The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, showing this Saturday, 5 p.m., and again on T u e s d a y , April 17, 7 p*m.., and Saturday, April 21, 9 p.m. The screening on April 21 will be preceded by a short program featuring members of Lincoln's Jewish community sharing their memories and perspectives on Hank Greenberg. For information about the films, contact Danny L. Ladely, Director, 1-402-472-9100 or e-mail him at dladelyl@unl.edu..
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The Omaha Symphony has announced its schedule for the 2001-02 season, which opens with the renowned violinist Pinchas Zuckerman on Saturday, Sept, 15, 8 p.m., at the Orpheum Theater. Other artists to appear during the symphony's season include: Manhattan Transfer, Arlo Guthrie, Marvin Hamlisch, Boris Berman, Scott Kluksdahl and Orli Shaham. For season ticket information or for individual tickets to the opening gala, contact the Omaha Symphony box office, 1-402-243-3836, or visit their website at: www.omahasymphony.org1. The Omaha Children's Museum celebrates "Down on the Farm Week" this week, and "Earthwise Week" from April 17-22. The museum will be open Monday, April 16, 9 a»m. to 5 p.m.; Toddler Time/Preschool Pals is scheduled for Monday, 10il5 ajtn. For more information, call 342-6164. The Omaha Public Library kicked off National Poetry Month at the Books "N' Beans Coffee Shop, located at the downtown W. Dale Clark Library, 15th and Farnam. Events continue with Cash for Your Wards Poetry Bash on Sunday, April 20, at 2 p.m. Teens con compote for cash'priaes by roading their original works as laiigi Wnitus plays ja/./. favorites through the afternoon. ; CORRECTIONS In the annual Passover issue on April 6, Beth Staenbergfs name was incorrect'in her son's articler on page 18; also Juatin Jacobson was mistakenly identified as his brother, Ben," in the photos in his article on page 10. Also, on the ad.for Mi Sinai Cemetery, Phyllis Aron'a name was mtaflpplted. Thn Jewish l*ress regroLn tho ori'or.s.
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JDC Jumps Into Polish Scrap: Worshippers Flee Kotei During Palestinian 'Day of Rage' Hopes to Ease Restitution Process by MICHAEL J. JORDAN
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Pesach Foods Distributed to the Needy in Israel
Rabbi Yechial Eckstein, founder and President of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ), a Chicago-based organization, distributing food packages for Pesach to the needy in Jerusalem before Pesach. The Meir Paness Free Kitchen in Jerusalem, which is funded by the IFCJ, opened its new center last week. Rabbi Eckstein and his family, who also made aliyah last week, expressed the hope other Jewish leaders would follow his example. Chief Sephardi Rabbi Eliahou Bakshi-Doron, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert and Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg were some of the VIPs who attended the dedication of the Meir Paness Free Kitchen in Jerusalem. The IFCJ, which has raised tens of millions of dollars for social and humanitarian projects in Israel, was founded by Rabbi Yechial Eckstein. The kitchen is expected to serve about 100 people every day. Photo by ISRANET.
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Members of the Esther K. health, development, and welfare of Newman/Carolyn Kully Newman Jewish children and their families are Funds Grants Committee will meet also eligible for grants. Distributions on Thursday, May 3, to consider may be made available to purchase applications for grants that are sub- equipment, supplies, and materials mitted by 1 p.m. on Friday, April for these programs. 20, announced Barbara Epstein, Among the criteria for selecting chairman of the committee. grant recipients are the community Grants are made by the committee to value of a program including its spehew and innovative programs designed cial or unique features, an agency's to enhance the Jewish identity of youth ability to carry out the purposes and in the community. The Esther K. goals of the program or service, and Newman Fund supports programs the cost-benefit considerations of the designed for Jewish youth between program. Particular emphasis is preschool and college age and for young placed on new and innovative proadults under the age of 23 who are not gramming. attending a college or university. Organizations are encouraged to subPrograms that strengthen Jewish iden- mit requests to maximize in-kind contritity and values through educational, butions to help stretch available funds. religious, cultural, social, or recreationMembers of the Newman Grants al activities sponsored by synagogues Committee represent the Jewish and Jewish organizations in Omaha Federation Board of Directors, the and Lincoln as well as Jewish Federation Budget and Allocations Federation agencies will be considered. Committee, Jewish Educational and Income from the Carolyn Kully library Services, the Jewish Community Newman Fund is allocated to fund Center, Beth Israel, Beth El, Temple programs and activities for Jewish Israel, Friedel Jewish Academy, B'nai children of kindergarten age or B'rith Youth Organization, and the younger. Programs that strengthen Federation Foundation. Jewish identity and values through Both Newman Funds are adminiseducational, religious, cultural, social, tered by The Foundation of the and recreational activities are Jewish Federation. Applicants may reviewed by the committee. call The Foundation office at 3.84Programs that promote general 6489 for assistance.
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UNO Professor t o Focus on Jewish Writers .In JELS Odyssey by DIANE AXLER BAUM
Dr. Joan Latchaw, whose mini- refreshments in between. Sessions in course in "Contemporary Jewish each subject area are interrelated but Writers" starts this Monday at the independent of each other. JCC, credits a non-Jewish colleague Latchaw said Dr. Charles at UNO for inspiring her to pursue Johanningsmeier, a specialist in 19ththe works she explores in the ses- century American literature at UNO, sions. brought the "Bintel Briefs" and a Latchaw is one of the local Jewish short novel by Anzia Yesierska to her professors presenting mini-courses in attention when they were discussing the Odyssey of Jewish Experience and his course in Ethnic Literature. Expression, starting April 16, and These selections motivated her to continuing on four consecutive delve into the critical interpretation Monday evenings. of Jewish storytelling and to begin
NOW Goes to Lincoln for Lobby Day by ANN MOSHMAN, Vice-Chairwoman, NCJW State Public Affairs Committee —
Members of the Omaha Section of the National Council of Jewish Women joined State Public Affairs chairwoman Sura Jus'ter at the Nebraska State Capitol recently to advocate in support of more equitable funding for public education and against a bill that would ban the use of fetal tissue obtained from elective abortions in medical research, Steve Wiitala, a lobbyist for Omaha Public Schools, talked to the group and explained the repercussions of the spending lid imposed on Nebraska .schools several years ago by the Unicameral. Bill LB 305, currently lied up in the Education Committee, would provide $2000 for each beginning teacher who has been employed for up to four years and lift the state imposed expenditure lid to allow school districts to increase salaries for any other teacher. LB 305 would enable OPS to cover $7 million of a $12 million increased payroll for next year. NCJW supports increasing teacher
salaries and providing relief from the lid. Although many senators indicated that they appreciated the difficulties caused by the expenditure' lid, they al$o expressed concern over iucrouBing stutti uid U ,tf CIIOOIH, ...... LB 462, currently in the Judiciary Committee, would prohibit the use of human fetal tissue obtained from elective abortions in medical research at the University of Nebraska. The rabbis of Beth El, Beth Israel. and Temple Israel have all agreed that Jewish law permits the use of such tissue. The research at ITNMC holds hope of benefiting those who suffer from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and AIDS-relalod dementia. NCJW strongly opposefi IJB 462. Many Senators supported tho bun on use of fetal tissue, but several expreased a desire to Bee the bill remain in the Judiciary Committee for another year in order to allow the researchers at the Med Center to pursue, alternative sources of the cells currently obtained from the aborted fetuses.
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looking at the role of literature in bearing witness. "Jews in America have in many ways been cut off from their heritage. Even so, the fragments keep resurfacing and they tend to reemerge in different forms," she noted. *Our Jewish writers often work with these fragments and, at best, they help us to create a new ethos, a new inner spirit." Copies of her course guide arc available at the Kripke. Jewish Federation Library. For more information on the minicourses, sponsored by the College of Jewish Learning, please call Jewish Educational and Library Services (JELS), 334 6445.
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Every year, members of the Jewish community set aside a few hours of time from preparing their own homes for Passover to help local Jewish families. Assisting Jewish Family Service with its annual Holiday Food Project are: Shelly Fox, left, Sheila Rosen, Jenny Meyerson, Iris Ricks and Rick Fox.
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of Passau, which had been ifae site of three concentration camps, and of the role played by the town's residents. She was determined to uncover the past and chronicle t h e stories her neighbors did not want to hear. Amid threats of barm to her and her -family, as well a s countless lawsuits, she went on to write seven books an the events of the war years and continues to be an activist. Hosmus displayed incredible civic • courage to sited light on what happened IB her home town and to continue to alert t h e world to the neoNazi movement in her region. She now lives in Washington, D.C., as life for h e r a n d h e r d a u g h t e r s became too dangerons i n P a s s a a , Germany. In lite solemn candlelighting ceremony, Nebraska survivors of t h e Holocaust will light candles for t h e
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victims. Community representatives will light candles for t h e Righteous Besc'uers, t h e L i b e r a t o r s , a n d a Caadle of Hope will be lit by a recent Sudanese refiigee. "Hie Lux Middle School Choir will siag several selections aad winners of the lincoln Public Schools poetry contest on the Holocaust will read their poems. The program is sponsored by the Lincoln laterfaith Caustil, Office of the Governor of Nebraska, Office of t h e Mayor of Lincoln, J e w i s h F e d e r a t i o n of Lincoln, a n d t h e Community Relations Committee of the Anti-Defamation League. H e program is free and open to the public. For more information, call Marcia Kushner, Chairman, N e b r a s k a Commemoration of t h e Holocaust Committee, 1-402-4895967.
UJC Offers Two Singles Missions to Israel This Summer
Anna Rasmus Also Speaks at Temple Israel
by JEWISH PRESS News Service NEW YORK-North American singles, ages 25-40, will experience history firsthand and express their solidarity with the people of Israel, when they travel to the Jewish homeland this summer on a United Jewish Communities' {UJC) National Singles Mission. "A UJC mission to Israel not only connects Jewish singles with a 3000year-old heritage and tradition, but now more than ever enables them to personally show their support for and
by JEWISH PRESS News Sendee solidarity with Israel," said Caila Bitran, Acting Director of UJC's National Missions Programs. Two National Singles Missions are scheduled for summer 2001. The Midwest/West Coast mission runs July 1-11 and the East Coast Mission from July 15-25. To participate in a National Singles Mission this summer, call UJC Missions, 1-212-284-6519, or the Jewish Federation of Omaha, 3348200.
Anna Rasmus, the real-life heroine of the Oscar-nomiaated film The Nasty Girl, will speak at Shabbat services on Friday, April 20 a t Spjxu She will be in Nebraska as the featured speaker for the Nebraska Holocaust Commemoration Program in Lincoln on Thursday, April 18. Eosmus, who was also the subject of several "60 Minutes'* segments, will tell a story of the Holocaust from her unique perspective. Rosmus, who is Christian, has dedi-
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