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Community Service, Teen Leadership Awards to be Presented atYom Yerushalayim by PAM MONSKY, Federation Communications Director-
YeHow Dress Wins Community Service Award
Murow, Epstein Win Teen Leadership Awards Rebecca Murow and Robert Epstein have been selected to receive the Jewish Teen Leadership Award for the year 2000 by the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Rebecca and Robbie were both nominated for t h e award by t h e B'nai B'rith Youth Organization. The awards will be presented May 20 at "Yehuda on the Green," a community event at the Jewish Community Center, celebrating Yom Yerusfaaliyim, or Jerusalem Day, beginning at 5 p.m.
Representing the winning organizations of the Community Service Award are: Beth Friedman, left, President of NCJW, Omaha Section; Dr. Patricia Newman, Chairman of the project and President of Jewish Family Service; Joyce Bunger, Public Relations Director of the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council; and Steve Stiel, Executive Director of Jewish Family Service. During one week in February, eleven performances of The Yellow Dress and Remote Control were staged in Omaha to further the effort of prevention and educating t h e community about domestic violence. Jewish Family Service and National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section, joined with t h e Domestic Violence Coordinating Council of Greater Omaha to sponsor these moving performances in cooperation with Omaha's synagogues, the YWCA, the Girl Scouts and Westside District 66 Schools. More than 3,200 people attended the eleven performances and participated in interactive panel discussions following the play. Participants were also provided with crisis intervention resources during and after the productions. Information on teen relationship violence was part of the publicity presented on the three local television stations over several broadcasts and in the J e w i s h P r e s s , Westside High School Lance and Omaha World-Herald. The productions promoted the Jewish value of tikkun olam in a unique and powerful way. They provide our community with a vehicle to decrease or prevent domestic violence and help young people consider t h e differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships. The plays also enable young people to make appropriate decisions when helping their friends who may be in violent or potentially violent situations. The Yellow Dress, geared for high school age children, is a moving account of a young woman whose seemingly loving relationship escalates into violence. The play emphasizes recognizing the early warning signs of abuse; how to help friends and family member who are victims or perpetrators of abuse; understanding the cycle of abuse and how to utilize community resources. In Remote Control, written for seventh and eighth graders, three characters act out several scenes dealing with relationships, abuse and respect. Both plays, featuring a troupe of professional actors, are a part of Deana's Fund, a Woburn, Massachusetts, foundation established in 1994 after the death of Deana Brisbois of Topsfield, MA, who was Mlled in a car crash. The driver was her abusive boyfriend. The award will be presented to JFS and NCJW on Sunday, May 20, at the "Yehuda on the Green" outdoor concert and picnic Free tickets are available from JGC Member Services at 334-6426.
Rebecca Murow
Robbie Epstein
Rebecca, a junior at Central High School, has demonstrated exceptional leadership in BBYO, USY (United Synagogue Youth) and Central High School. Since becoming a BBYO member in 1998, Rebecca has been an active participant, exploring various levels of leadership at both the chapter and council level. As the current Omaha BBYO Cornbelt Council Treasurer and Secretary, Rebecca has performed above and beyond the expected council office obligations. Her enthusiasm for BBYO is evident in her willingness to lead programming committees, most recently "Shabbat Across America," sponsored by National Jewish Outreach. Rebecca organized a service for the event, which included all BBYO members, the Henry Monsky Lodge of B'nai B'rith and all of their families. Rebecca also is actively involved with Beth El Synagogue and USY, where she is the current chapter Religion/Education Vice President. She is Chairwoman of t h e region's 2001 Kinnus in Omaha, USY's annual fall convention, which attracts 400-500 participants. This is the first time in six years that Kinnus will be held here. She Is the daughter of Allan and Janie Murow and the granddaughter of Merle and Ruth Potash. Robbie Epstein, a senior at Burke High School, was also nominated by BBYO. Through his. ability to accept the challenges and responsibilities of leadership roles, Robbie has become an exceptional role model for his peers. He currently holds the office of Cornbelt Council Godol, or president. In that capacity, Robbie is responsible for conducting monthly Council meetings, overseeing and attending all Council programs, representing the Council at monthly Advisory Board meetings and meeting with the BBYO Director on a regular basis. In addition, he is required to attend all Mid-America Regional Conventions. Robbie organized and implemented council programming, helping to construct and pass the MidAmerica Region Constitution, as well as running regional and local AZA Board meetings. At Beth El Synagogue, Robbie attends Talmud Torah High School for Jewish Studies and participates in USY. Robbie's parents are Lisa and Gary Epstein. He is the grandson of Etta and Harold "Bae" Epstein.
Jewish Press Wins Better Newspaper Contest Award fay JEWISH PRESS News Service
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T h e 80£h Amaversary of the Jewish. Press" was an award-winner in the recent Nebraska Press Association's Better Newspaper Ckmtest. The special New Year's issue, Sept. 20, 2000, won thirdplaee in the Class D Weekly category {Nebraska papers with circalataons under 4000). T h e Jewish Press — terrific undertaking,"' wrote the NPA judge. *It was a wonderful way to salute t i e newspaper's history without the reader feeling it was self-promoiioii. This issue is a gift of history and one people wiE surely keep. "With lots of advertising, this great issoe is a one special edition others should ran men if they are younger than SOP The newest award will hang in the Press office, which now displays dozens of awards received over the years from t h e NPA, t h e American Jewish Press Association, United Way, and fee Council of Jewish Federations (now merged with the United Jewish Appeal to form United Jewish Communities). In addition to the gallery of awards, the Jewish P r e s s also has 18 months of back issues available to the community, as well as bound volumes which date back to 1968 and current out-of-town newspapers from other Jewish communities throughout North America. Bound volumes dating to 1937 are also located in the Kripke Jewish Federation library, which also has microfilmed copies from the newspaper's first issue, December, 1920. The J e w i s h P r e s s , the library and the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society are now seeking fends for a new microfilm reader and printer, widen would be housed in. the library.
MahTovu 'Wows' Crowd at Yom Haf Atzmaut
Josh Zweiback, left, and Steve Brodsky of the group MahTovu had people standing and clapping in the theater at the Jewish Community Center on Sunday. Singing familiar favorites and belting out new Jewish rock songs, the group was the highlight of Yom Ha'atzmaut festivities. To celebrate Israel's Independence Day and the State's 53rd anniversary, the JCC offered traditional Israeli foods such as humous and felafel, while children enjoyed face-painting, candlemaking, a petting zoo, and a science theater, among the afternoon's activities. (More photos on page 11)
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HERMAN MANHEBVIER Herman Manheimer died at the age of 90. by DANIEL J. FELLMAN, rabbinical student, Services were held May 6 at Beth Israel Cemetery. HUC-J1R, Cincinnati., OH He is survived by his wife, Helen Manheimer; P a r a s h a t Emor son Edward Manheimer; son and daughter-in-law The last couple of weeks have seen a national Jerry and Debbie Manheimer; daughters and sonsdebate emerge concernang our nation's actions in in-law, Linda and Roger Gouin, Harriet and John Vietnam more than 30 years ago. Former Senator Messing; daughter Lory Manheimer; and five It all starts with Bob Kerrey's national soul-baring has caused a stir grandchildren. Newspapers Memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue. and much discussion. One1 element of nearly all of those debates, without regard to which side an •22Yrs. Experience individual has taken, has involved the question of WILLIAM C. WALTER • Installation judicious evaluation of events. Graveside services for William Walter were held Parts & Repairs MONtlMENTCO. Opinion seems split on the question of whether May 8 in Omaha. He died at the age of 84. • Custom Work Frank L. Ciciulla, Jr. the actions of Kerrey's unit were acceptable under He was preceded in death by his wife, Arlene. • Sandblast Designs the rules of engagement then in place. Did the He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, 60 Years Experience Visit Our Showroom squadron do something wrong or illegal, and if so, Linda and Harry Gates, and grandchildren, With Jewish Craft what should the course of action be today? Such a Jennie, Jeff and Jon Gates. Lettering and Memorials discussion almost instantly turns to a question of Memorials to the American Cancer Society or Shower Doors evaluating laws, looking at the gray area that is Alzheimers Association. 1439 So. 13th interpretation. Amazingly - or maybe not-- our 341-2452 13237 B St. •Omaha, NE tradition includes a similar discussion in this JAMES FRIEDMAN week's Torah portion. James H. Friedman died May 3 at the age of 75. Towards the end of the Sidrah, in Leviticus Services were held May 6 a t Temple Israel 24:20, we read the oft-quoted "eye for an eye" Cemetery. He is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Arizona Arizona Arizona Arizona Arizona clause. And j u s t two verses later, in Leviticus 24:22, we are told that we are to have one set of Peggy and Chris Krasne, nieces and nephews, and laws for ourselves and strangers alike. The two close friend, Mary Buschusen. Mishpucha in Arizona!! verses suggest two separate legal concepts which Memorials to charity of choice. Moving to the Sunny Southwest? on the surface, could be easily linked: Have one set Winter homes, ASU housing, investment prop of laws of direct retribution for all people. But, ELAINE WIESMAN III find just what you're looking for almost as quickly as we move from one verse to the Former Omahan Elaine Wiesman died May 3 in Fve been in Arizona 20 yrsk, after leaving Omaha next, our sages, fronl at least the time of t h e Natick, MA. Services were held May 6 at Temple (However, it seems like only yesterday) Talmud onward, have reinterpreted those verses, Israel Cemetery. Sheldon Babendure making the legal issues much more cloudy. She is survived by her husband, Harold H. Multi-Million Dollar Producer USA At first glance, an eye for an eye seems to be a Wiesman of Wayland, MA; sons and daughters-in8687 E Via De Ventura #110 clear law for direct and equal punishment for a law, Richard and Suzanne Wiesman, Wayland, Scottedale, AZ 85268 crime. Our sages teach us, though, that we are not MA; John and Laura Wiesman, Needham, MA; Ml, Ui e:mail: Shelrltor@aoLcom to exact direct punishment in the same form as the and Ronald and Stella Wiesman, Burke, VA; sister 1-602-740-4564 initial offense, but, rather, 'an eye for an eye' sug- Elsie Block of Des Moines; brothers Dell Resnick, 05 Arizona Arizona Arizona Arizona gests a commensurate monetary payment for a California, and Dr. Norman Brodkey, Sioux City, wrong done by one individual to another. I A; and seven grandchildren, We are not to-wound the culprit as the victim has Memorials to charity of cho|ce. been wounded, but rather, are to figure out the CLIP & SAVE equivalent monetary payment, and require such :. .•,-. . KENNETH SACKS payment to the victim. This method is certainly Word has been received that former Omahan less violent and more civilized, but it also screams Kenny Sacks died May 7. Services were held May out for individualized justice, so that each fine can 8 in Phoenix, AZ. FRIDAY, MAY 11 fit each case. A complete obituary will be published in next Kiddie Lunch 'n Learn, Noon, at Beth El But how can we do this if we are to have one law week's Press. Adult B'nai Mitzvah Service, 7:30 p.m., for all peoples? Can we have one set of laws which at Temple Israel will adequately address, via monetary payments, L any wrong done by one human to another? \ SATURDAY, MAY 12 The answer, it seems, is that our tradition teaches EARLY DEADLINE NOTICE p BBSTT Graduation, 9:30 a.m., at Beth El p us to find balance in our legal proceedings. We must Due to Memorial Day and the Shavuot holiday, Lunch & BELLS, Noon, at Beth El . not be afraid to venture into the gray territory, leav- the Jewish Press office will be closed Monday and * Grade 5 Havdalah Service, 5 p.m., at Temple & ing the relatively comfortable confines of a clear Tuesday, May 28-29. s S world of black and white. Our sages suggest that The deadline for the June 1 issue is noon, A MONDAY, MAY 14 A judgment must be fair, but also well-considered. Tuesday, May 22. v YES Program, 10 a.m. V Evaluating the actions of our nation during the Last call for Senior Photos; photos and informaE E Chabad House Class, 7 p.m., at the JCC Vietnam era can become a healthy experience if we tion regarding graduating seniors and their future JELS Speaker, 7:30 p.m. are willing to maintain our commitment to equaliplans are due May 14. ty in jurisprudence. Our tradition urges us to seek Questions? Call 334-6448. TUESDAY, MAY 15 the middle ground, the gray area where things are Bake Sale, 8 a.m., at Beth Israel not always so clear. Exploring the questions surCORRECTIONS JSS Intergenerational Program, 10 a.m. rounding Senator Kerrey's experiences can help us Sandy Lehr's name was inadvertently omitted BBYO Night, 6 p.m. develop and understand what Torah demands: from the article in the May 4 Jewish Press about equal and fair justice for all people. Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., at Temple Israel the B'nai Mitzvah at Temple Israel tonight. In addition, the group made mezuzzot, which are also WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 being used as part of the Shabbat dinner centerDance Recital, 7 p.m. PRINTING, pieces. COPYING and THURSDAY, MAY 17 c The Press regrets the errors. c DIGITAL NETWORK L Adult Education, 10 am., at Temple Israel *In the Volunteers of the Year article, also on May 3706 South 132nd Street • (402) 330-5050 ' Jewish Women International Donor Luncheon, p 4, Jill Belmont should have been recognized for her Noon, at the JCC contributions to the Kripke Jewish Federation Letterhead • Brochures • , Newsletters & NCJW Installation Dinner, 6:30 p.m., * Library as public relations coordinator for Jewish at Temple Israel S Book Month. Business Cards • Mailers • Postcards s A A Dance Recital, 7 p.m.
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Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.6 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantors Emil Berkovits and G. Michael Horwitz, FRIDAY: Sew ices, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. BESTT graduates in grades eight and 12 will be honored; Kiddush will be sponsored by Beth El; TSS (Torah and Siddur Skills) Program, 10 aan.; K'tantan (K3rd grade) 10:45 a.m.; Shabbat Story Time (pre-K and younger), 11 a.***.; Mishnah study session with Rabbi Drazen, 7:55 p . m . , followed by MinhaMa'ariv and Havdalah, 8:26 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a,m.; Torah Trope Class for upcoming B'nai Mitzvah students and their parents, CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURAN Oslfi-lO a.m», call Cantor Berkovits, 492-8550, for •. : ^ , . : S O U T H S T R E E T T E M P L E /''/., ' ; . more informaUpn; Perek Yomi, 10:15 a.m. The group meets in the choir room behind, the Bimah to study .-. '• :.'..'•":•..:'.• • C o n ) j l i ' < ' i ( ' u t i « ) i i s " ' .' ••.!•,".•." tlie Book of Job, led by Dick jPellman; Kid's Snack 20<iI S. 20th.' St:, Lincoln, NE<»8502-27?>7 and Learn, 11:30 8.111,-1100*1., a special program for kids 2-5, healthy snack and Mother's Day momenta Services officiated by Cantor Michael Woiaser. to take home. FRIDAYi Sabbath Eve service, 7s45 p.m. WEEKDAYS* Services, 0s55 a.m. and S*.8O p,m. ' SATURDAYi Torah Study, 10. a.m.-noonu FREE SITTER SERVICE . :. . SUNDAY: Hebrew School, 9 a.m.. Religious Available every shabbat morning from 10 a.m. to School, 10 ajm, the conclusion of Bervicea. This program is funded MONDAY? Adult Hebrew Study/Movies, 7 p.m, by the Early Childhood Development Committee TUESDAY} Conversion class, 7-8:80 p.m. and welcomes children agea 18 months and older. WEDNESDAY: AA Meeting, library, 7i80 p.m. ADULT EDUCATION Next Adult B'nai Mitevah Class, 7:30 pan. May 28. BELLS (Beth El Lunch & Learn on Shabbat) BEYT SHALOM Saturday, May 12, after Kiddush'. "The Bible in the 21 at Century: Where Huvo till the Heroes8012 S. 119th St.. P.O. Box 2'UUKI, aud Villiaii8"Gouo7"; uauujid wcasiaa, lad by Dr. Omaha, NE()8.l24-r».'l,;.H.r Leonard Greenspoon, is "King David in the Bible." phone: 758-9233 Lunch is $5 in advance with reservations. !Ut|):/Avck'O!)u*.to/lH;ytKhul<mi/ Babysitting is free, by reservation only. For more CHABAD HOUSE information, call 492-8550. The third session is FBIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7s30 p.m, June 16. SATURDAY: Sara Munzesheimer's Bat WEDNESDAY, May 16s Annual Meeting, 7:30 I8(»(> So. 120th St., Omaha, NIS (J8l4-4-J«4(> Mitzvah, 9:30 a.m.? Havdalah at the Munzep.m., election of officers and board members. Phom>::$:H>.l800 E-MAIL-t-habad@nol.tom eheimer's home, 7 p.m. WEEKEND OF SONG WISUS1TK: www.chahadccntcrs.coni/aiitaha SUNDAY & TUESDAY: Religious School at the J. F r i d a y , May 1 8 , 6 p . m . : Special musical FRIDAY, May 18: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Kataman. Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by dinner. Special end-of-school service. MONDAY-FRIDAY: Services, 7 a,m. Saturday, May 19, 9:30 a.m.s Youth Choir in SATURDAYS Services, 9:80 a,wi. concert at services. MONDAY; Genesis Lunch Series, 11*45 a.m.» Sunday, May 20, 11 a.m.: BESTT Student and B'NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 1 p.m.; Fundamentals of Jewish Thought and Faculty Zimrtyah Song-fest. 018 Mynster St., Council Blui'ls, 1A Practice, 7-8:30 p.m. at the JCC. 51508-0700 TUESDAY: A Tale of Two Souls, 9^0-11 a.m., ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME P h o n e : 322-4705 e-mail: docjoh@aol.com Bais Medrash, 7 p.m. SATURDAY! Services, 9 a.in., led by Andrew FRIDAY? Services, 7:80 p.m. Discussion Topic will be "What is the Babylonia Talmud and Who Grreenberg. Services are held in the Herbert Golds ten Chapel, followed by Kiddush, Wrote it?" Oneg Shabbat and kiddush will follow. OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE 25th and Capehart, Omaha, NE (58J13-5000 -••";;
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EDITORIAL When the "Dry-bones" cartoon at the right arrived via e-mail from Yaakov Kirschen in Israel, who knew we'd use it a month later in conjunction with an editorial about the race for mayor of Omaha and the City Council! Kirschen might be right about using fat cells instead of brain cells as some members of Omaha's City Council tried to pass an ordinance outlawing the use of fetal tissue cells last month. Used in important research being conducted at the university of Nebraska Medical Center, fetal tissue is now apparently the defining measure for some far right groups in Omaha. Allow UNMC to use it and you lose the support of anti-choice groups. Vote for the ban and you're in the pocket of those groups forever. This Tuesday, voters in the city of Omaha will choose a mayor and members of the city council. While the Jewish Press does not endorse candidates or political parties, we do take a stand on issues of importance to the Jewish community. Certainly medical research is a priority with everyone. And the issue of abortion is one that has camps on both sides (and in the middle). But combining the two issues, by suggesting that continuing medical research at UNMC using fetal tissue cells somehow encourages women to have abortions is insulting, not to mention silly.
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No woman is contemplating pregnancy so she can abort the fetus and donate it to medical research! The two issues are unrelated and, frankly, not the purview of the City Council of Omaha. Still, voters must choose. They must decide on the basis of the merit of each candidate and the ideas which he has put forth (we'd say 'she' but, sad to say, there are no women candidates this time around). Candidates who don't think the City Council or the mayor's office has enough to do have added reproductive rights, medical research, and, from what we've heard, public school education to the city's list of priorities. There's plenty for the mayor and council to do without getting involved in state and federal issues and without mixing religion into the secular business of running Omaha. There's the issue of race relations, for one, economic development, for another, and the whole future of planned growth. Add to that everyday governance issues, like street repairs, park maintenance and improvements, relationships with the police and fire departments, and a possible city-county merger, and these elected officials have their hands full. All we can do as voters is be informed and vote. And then, stay in touch with our district representatives; let him know what's on our minds.
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Killing Them Again
by NAOMI RAGEN
At around 10 p.m. one night last week, 20-year- kind of propaganda. old Shlomo Elyakinx of Netanya was driving home Ben Wedeman, another CNN reporter, interwith his 17-year-old girlfriend, and three other viewed Arabs waiting to cross into Israel from family members: two girls and an 82-year-old army checkpoints. He listened and showed the tergrandmother. rible plight of these people who have to wait four They'd spent the day on a picnic in the blooming hours to get into a country in which they are often Galilee. The road they were on was Wadi Ara, a the perpetrators of cold-blooded murder. main highway that connects Israel's coast with its And when one of them said, what else can you North, the Sea of Galilee, Safad. expect us to do, but become terrorists after being It is a heavily traveled road, no where near any- treated this way? one's concept of a Green Line (which today gives Wedeman, his kind heart bleeding, nodded in any young man with a gun the right to execute goodness and compassion. civilians, a right particular to our part of the world. It takes four hours to get into Disneyland, Mr. In any other part of the world it's murder). Wedeman. Are you suggesting disgruntled ticketA young man flagged down the car and asked buyers bring Uzi submachine guns to express their directions to the nearby Israeli Arab village of Uhm legitimate outrage at such terrible suffering? And ElPahum. what about the wait of those going from Spain to When they provided him with helpful direc- Gibraltar? And that's part of the European Union! tions,(and he thereby ascertained they were indeed, Also hours. Israeli Jews), another car pulled up alongside, took Like Goebbels, CNN, the BBC, and Sky News, all out automatic weapons and sprayed the car with have their insidious agenda. bullets. Elyakim was murdered. The women None of this, my friends, is an accident. A coinciinjured, one of them badly. dence. My own theory is that they are busy preparHow did CNN report this horrendous crime ing the world for the next Kristallnacht. against humanity, this violation of the Geneva They want to be sure all of you out there underConvention on human rights? This shooting in cold stand that those militant, horrible Jews have it blood, in the back, of a grandmother and teenage coming to them, just like their relatives in Berlin. girls, and a young, unarmed boy? Poisoning wells, destroying the purity of blood lines "An Israeli soldier was killed." That's all you will and torturing the peace-loving Palestinian people, hear about it from CNN. who only want to drive the occupiers from their • Elyakim was not in uniform. He was not killed land. because he was a soldier. He was not in combat. (And our land, remember the U.N. vote? But hey, All of this is the distortion we get from CNN's to whom does that matter these days?) wording of this incident. Like GoebbePs, CNN's Below, I bring you a passage from page 247 of reporters and editors are master craftsmen of this The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L.
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Shirer. I found it very instructive. It convinced me we have to keep fighting them, keep exposing them for what they are. ., "I myself was to experience how easily one is taken in by a lying and censored press and radio in a totalitarian state. Though unlike most Germans I had daily access to foreign newspapers, especially those of London, Paris and Zurich and though I listened regularly to the BBC arid other foreign broadcasts, -my job necessitated the spending of many hours a day combing the German press, checking the German radio, conferring with Nazi officials and going to party meetings. It was surprising and sometimes consternating to find that notwithstand~ ing the opportunities I had to learn the facts and despite one's inherent distrust of what one learned from Nazi sources, a steady diet over the years of falsifications and distortions made a certain impression on one's mind and often misled it. No one can possibly conceive how difficult it is to escape the dread consequences of a regimes,calculated and incessant propaganda. Sometimes one was tempted to say as much, but on such occasions one was met with such a stare of incredulity, such a shock of silence, as if one had blasphemed the Almighty, that one realized how useless it was even to try to make contact with a mind which had become warped and for whom the facts of life had become what Hitler and Goebbels, with their cynical regard for truth, said they were." Naomi Ragen is the author of the awardwinning book, The Ghost of Hannah Mendes and a frequent contributor to the Jerusalem Post. JEWISH PRESS COMMITTEE Fred Tichauer, Vice-Chairman; Joanie Jacobson, Secretary; Howard Silber, Treasurer; Elyce Azriel; Jill Belmont; Jean Duitch; Penny Endelman; Kip Gordman; Gary Kudym; Howard K. Marcus; Linda Saltzman; Steve Simon; Amee Zetzman; George Schapiro (Honorary Committee Member). Editorials express the view of the writer and are not necessarily representative of the views of the Jewish Press Committee, the Jewish Federation of Omaha or the Omaha Jewish Community as a whole. The Jewish Press reserves the right to edit letters and articles for apace and content. The Jewish Press is not responsible for the Kashrath of any product or establishment.
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Kerry incident Brings Back Echoes of Deir Yassin, Nuremberg by MITCHELL BARD
The disclosure that Bob Kerrey was involved in the killing of old men, women and children during a military operation in Vietnam has opened up old wounds and raised new questions about the behavior of American soldiers, even acknowledged heroes like Kerrey, during that conflict. Reading the accounts and the defense offered for what happened, I can't help but be reminded of the most notorious incident in the Arab-Israeli conflict and the war crimes trial that was supposed to establish the standards for evaluating incidents such as the one Kerrey was involved in, • According to Kerrey, his unit acted in self-defense while approaching a suspected Viet Cong post "on a dark and moonless night," He admitted, however, he could not be absolutely sure that he and his men were fired upon first, and that it could have been "noise." • Gerhard Klann, a member of Kerrey's unit, said the former senator ordered his men to round up and kill unarmed women and children, and that a "baby was the last one alive." Now consider the basic defense. Kerrey was in the middle of a war. They were in a "free fire zone" where they were in serious danger and permitted to kill anything that moved. They believed that they had to kill whomever they found to make sure they would not alert the enemy to their presence. For more than 50 years, Israel has been pilloried because women and children were killed in an Arab village. It is interesting to compare some" of the elements of that story to the Kerrey incident. On Aprils, 1948, members of the LEHI and Irgun Jewish paramilitary organizations attacked Deir Yaasin. Jews and Arabs were by that time engaged in a war and the village was near the crucial highway linking Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Some questions have been raised as to whether the town needed to be attacked when it was, but there is no question that hostile forces had been there and that the attackers were fired upon,
Even today, a debate rages over the number of casualties, but Palestinian sources now put the dead at approximately 100 (rather than 250, the number used for decades). Women and children were definitely among the dead. The Irgun and LEHI claimed they were not massacred in cold blood but killed in crossfire, when houses were blown up where soldiers feared armed Arab men were hiding and after men were found disguised as women. Arab "fighters" were also among the dead (according to Palestinian sources) as were four members of the Irgun (which suffered 37 other casualties), so there is no question that a battle took place. Nevertheless, most of the villagers were not harmed; in fact, the Irgun evacuated many of them. In the Kerrey case, even he isn't sure his men were fired upon, none of his men were injured, no prisoners were taken and the men, women and children were killed, perhaps even executed. Though it is important to put the events at Deir Yassin in context and to describe them accurately, no effort has been made to sweep the incident under the rug. In fact, immediately after it occurred, the Jewish Agency expressed its "horror and disgust* and sent a letter expressing the its shock and disapproval to Transjordan's King Abdullah. Though we are just now learning of the incident in Vietnam, it can't be ignored simply because so much time has elapsed, This is where the Nuremberg precedent cornea in. Nazis continue to be hunted because there is no statute of limitations for war crimes. From what we know now, the Kerrey incident certainly merits investigation, but we are a long way from establishing that he or the men under MB command committed any crimes. Still, I was struck by the statement his former senate colleagues and Vietnam comrades made in his defense. Writing in the Washington Past, Max Cleland, Chuck Hagel and John Kerry wrote, "...for our countryfcoblame the warrior instead of the war
is among the worst, and regrettably, most frequent mistakes we as a country can make," It is true that war is hell and horrible things happen during battle, but the Nuremberg Trial established that actions can't be excused simply because they occur during a war. The trial charter specifically assigned individual responsibility to violations of the laws or customs of war, which included murder and ill-treatment of, civilians and wanton destruction of villages not justified by military necessity. After World War II, we won and made the rules, so Allied violations mostly went unpunished. Still, the precedent was to establish a legal code for the future by which soldiers and their leaders could be judged. That code holds that warriors are accountable, You cannot blame an abstract - war - for that is only a word describing the actions of humans. Kerrey and his comrades may be guilty of nothing, but the allegations certainly merit investigation if the lessons of Nuremberg are to have any enduring value. Mitchell <?, Bard is a foreign policy analyst in Maryland. Me is currently editing two books on the Nuremberg Trial, Mis most recent book is The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Middle East Conflict.
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Beth El Wins Award from National Organization on Disability by JEWISH PRESS News S e r v i c e — The National Organization on Disability's Religion and Disability Program announced that Beth El Synagogue is its 2000th congregation to sign a commitment to include people with disabilities in the life of its congregation. The N.O.D. program has encouraged congregations of all faiths to remove architechtural barriers that limit access for individuals with physical disabilities. It also addresses attitudinal barriers that can make people with physical, sensory, psychiatric or mental disabilities feel unwelcome. The Beth El Synagogue building is fully handicapped accessible, including electric operators on both the entrance and restroom doors, as well as many design features to allow the physically challenged to participate fully in synagogue life. "It has been an amazing experience to have so many congregations across the country commit to welcoming people with all types of disabilities," said Ginny Thornburgh, the Director of NOD's Religion and Disability Program. The wife of former Pennsylvania Govemer and U.S. Attorney General Rick Thornburgh said Beth El was a major link in the effort to enroll 2000 committed congregations at the beginning of the new millonium. The campaign will continue even though the initial goal has been met. "We hope eventually that all houses of worship will open their hearts, minds and doors to children and adults with disabilites," she added.
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Protecting the Best Interests of our Children by Jason Rich Editor's Note; The following essay earned first place in the Omaha Bar Association and the Omaha Legal Professionals Association's Law Day essay contest. As I read the rules for this essay competition, thought of I what I could j do now in | order to make j the lives of my childrenbetter. The words: pollution, racism, economy,! and care I came to mind. The fol- j lowing are my Jason suggestions on how to alleviate these concerns. Pollution is a major issue we are facing and will face in the future. Every day, millions of gallons of waste are being dumped into oceans and rivers, killing fish and polluting the water and air. We need to educate our children to make responsible decisions concerning the environment.
Some people in this world feel one race is better than another. We need to teach these people that what they believe in is wrong and unacceptable. If they will not listen, then we need to teach our children to watch out for them. Future generations will also face the issue of money. We need to teach our children that if they work hard, rewards will follow. Working hard, e a r n i n g money, and starting a family is a pattern we need to see more often. If this happens, the world would be a much better place. For our kids to make mature and responsible decisions in these cases, they will need loving and caring parents. Parents need to watch their children to make sure they are safe and healthy at all times. Parents need to put their children's needs ahead of their own. I am sure if these problems are faced correctly, our children could and will have a better and more enjoyable lifestyle than any of us could ever imagine. Jason Is an eighth-grade student at Beveridge Middle School.
Diary Editor's Note: This was written in response to an assignment "If Anne Frank had lived, what would she have put in her diary?" Dear Kitty, The war is finally over, but it is not what I thought i t . would be. Instead of people jumping up and down, everyone is lying around, miserable. I don't know j if anyone i s ' alive in m y j f a m i l y Margot died 1 A n of typhus, 9ie which caused me great pain. I hope Pirn has survived, the one true member of my family I worry and care about most. I heard that the Van Danns did not make it through the camp. Oh, Kitty, my dear friend, Peter, I loved him so much. My friends will be so happy to see me. I can't wait to smell the fresh air again, the flowers, and everything around me. Oh, Kitty, I should feel so happy, but for some reason I feel helpless and miserable as weli. The concentration camp was devastating...the worst experience I ever had. The soldiers walked with pride in their shiny boots and sharp uniforms, while the Jews wore rags and were lucky if there were shoes to spare. My feelings of "everyone has a good heart" has vanished from my heart. How could one person cause so much despair? Oh, Kitty, why did this have to happen to the Jews? What did we do wrong? I suppose this question of mine will never be answered. I can only hope for the best to come.
by Angie Shukert What do I do? How will I find Pirn and Mother? Like I said, I can only hope now. My life has changed so much from 1942. I am 15 turning 16 soon. I can't wait; my body has developed so much, but I have gotten a lot skinnier since being in the concentration camp. I was lucky to have food everyday, while most of the Jews were fed crumbs. The barrack I lived in was so cramped I had trouble breathing; there was so little air to breath. Every morning I would wake up and do what I called "the chores of the day." I watched innocent victims being shot'down to the cold ground, just because they sat to rest for the slightest minute. I have dark circles around my eyes from being so tired and feeling worthless. I feel I have so many emotions I need to get out, and I need to tell you, but I'm having trouble expressing them to you, dear friend. Oh, Kitty, sometimes I wonder why I couldn't be what Hitler wanted, so I wouldn't have to go through all of this. Then I think of what Hitler wanted: the perfect person, which does not exist. My dear friend, I am so glad I had the chance to reunite with you. The Allies arrived shortly after Margot passed. Why couldn't she have lived for only a few more weeks? Why? Once I heard the planes flying above us, I knew I made it. I had so much courage and faith that caused me to keep trying and not give up. I thank you, Americans; you saved me. I owe you my life, I have so much to tell you and so little time until Miep arrives. I will be going back to where I lived for the past couple of years. I will be returning to the secret annex today. All of the memories I had there are flashing back for me. Well, Miep is here. See you again soon, Kitty. Yours, Anne Angle Is an eighth-grade student at Morton Middle School.
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[The OTYG Experience by Sara Rips Life is full of influences. One of the first major high school influences that has affected me is the Omaha Temple Youth Group, OTYG. This past year has been a mind blowing experience. In order for me to help convey why OTYG is so great, I'll have to do some explaining. OTYG is Temple Israel's youth group, which in turn is a part o f Western. Western is a sub-region of MoValley, or Missouri Valley. And like Hebrew National it responds to a higher authority: the National Federation of Temple Youth, commonly known as NFTY. NFTY is part of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. : . Now you know where OTYG stands in the big scheme of things. Close your eyes, but wait till, after you read this or it will be pointless for me to go on, Remember those days when you were a teenager and you longed for freedom? OTYG provides that, and it shows the Judaism is not just a religion...it's a lifestyle. This year in OTYG we came up with the goal to win the MoValley TYG {Temple Youth Group) of the year award. At our first board meeting we pondered how we could obtain our goal. It was obvious a lot of work would be needed. Our co-presidents Ally Freeman and Shayna Denny encouraged us with tee-
shirts and fun events, but the presidents alone did not do all the work. OTYG has a board and each board member must contribute to the group. As it is said: "United we stand, divided we fall." We have had our ups and downs, but every Sara obstacle has been a learning experience. Our chief advisor, Stephanie Grossman has encouraged us at every turn. OTYG is not just about the board, every person makes a difference. Life is supposedly a series of moments and we are all supposed to seize ours. I don't think I would be courageous enough to seize my day with out the help of NFTY and OTYG. Our mascot, Brock the Peacock, is a wonderful symbol of our hard work. It's bright colors reflect the life of Judaism shown through us all. Sara Is a freshman at Central High School, and a member of OTYG.
Editor's Note: Eli, an eleventh-grader living1 In Cleveland, Is the grandson of Omahan Sarah Lewis, She submitted this poem for publication In this month's Teen Age. Flickering and glistening in the sunlight, Stretching himself to the four corners of the earth. The butterfly continues on his flight, Waiting for his metamorphosis; his rebirth. Visiting places and people on the way, Yet careful that he would not stray. He landed one day -- a small city in Poland, Trying to balance himself from the tumultuous air. He noticed a small house at the street's end. And fluttered his way there as if without a care. He found a foothold in the corner of a window sill, And stared within to discern the objects with all his will. Nothing was within the confines of the room, But a grave sensation, an impending doom. He caught a glimpse of a cup in the corner of his eye, Left undisturbed yet unfinished In Its surprise. Suddenly the window was shattered by a rock, Th& frightened butterfly felt unwanted, useless In his beauty and mocked. Gasping for breath, he bolted towards the peaceful sky, He did not want to disappear among the heaps, he did not want to die. Escaping the turbulent air below, Only one goals In mind; to flee his foe. Ashamed and scared, but undefeated. The butterfly stays to his course to see it completed. He escaped wings and heart whole, Only scars imprinted within his soul: Once again flickering and glistening in the sunlight, Stretching himself to the four corners of the earth. The butterfly continues on his flight Waiting for his metamorphosis; his rebirth.
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Hebrew ort the Internet
by Mark Mietkiewicz
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda would have been amazed by the Internet. Ben-Yehuda is credited with being the inspired and obstinate visionary responsible for the rebirth of Hebrew. He took the ancient language and was able to develop modern words and terminology. Thanks largely to his efforts of a century ago, Hebrew is a vibrant language in Israel and now... on the Internet. Between Israel's Yom Ha'atzinaut and Yom Yerushalayim, let's look at Hebrew on the Internet: how to learn Hebrew on-line, where to play the best Hebrew games and how to make your browser Hebrew-friendly. But first back to Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. In a marvelous essay, Jack Pellman a senior lecturer at Bar-Ilan University, explains how Ben-Yehuda believed that Jews "must return to their land and begin anew to speak their own language," http://www.us4srael,org/jsour«e/biography/ben_ yehuda.html. He and his wife, Deborah, promised to raise their son Ittamar as the first all Hebrew speaking child in modern history. Ben-Yehuda felt so passionately about protecting his son from other languages that "when visitors came to the house who did not know Hebrew, Ben-Yehuda would send him to bed so that he would not hear their foreign languages," Thanks to Ben-Yehuda's zeal and Ittamar*s needs, Ben-Yehuda coined words for such objects like dolls, ice cream, jelly, towel, bicycle and hundreds more to help Hebrew become a vibrant language. Nowadays, much of Ben-Yehuda's legacy is entrusted to Israel's Academy of the Hebrew Language, at: http://hebrew-academy.huji.ae.il/ english.html. For almost half a century, the Academy and its linguists, scholars, poets and translators have been debating the language and ruling on its grammar and usage. The Academy's decisions are binding on all government agencies including the Israel Broadcasting Authority. Rather than allow foreign words to overtake the
language, the Academy is constantly creating new Hebrew words. For example, a logo is a sarnlil; &a alien is a chai'zar, while a sitcom is a comediat matzavlm. Of course no website celebrating the rebirth of Hebrew would be complete without a photo of Eliezer BenYehuda's library: http://hcbrew-aeademy.hujx, ae.il/bemye.html. On. the other side of the Atlantic, the New Yorkbased National Center for the Hebrew Language works to build unity among Jews through Hebrew: www.ivrit.org/. "Ivrit is the one element shared by every religious denomination, every political grouping, every social organization and every cultural undertaking of Jews." This is a wonderful website full of resources for lovers of Hebrew such as an Ulpan Directory if you want to spend some time in Israel, a Literary Corner, a Hebrew Marketplace where you can read about the latest Hebrew software, and my favorite, a section called Words and Roots. If you want to learn a little bit every day, then join the Hebrew Word of the Day mailing list: https//hebrewWord,listbot.c<»iu/. You'll receive a regular e-mail containing a beginner word, an intermediate and a short translation of a Hebrew prayer. To learn more, click on the button to visit the Hebrew word archives and then join in. the online discussion group: w.ww.hebrewre8ouree8.com/disous/. If you would like to graduate from words to idioms and sayings, then click on the Jewish Agency's Passing Phrase website: www.leariihebrew.org.il/. A sample phrase: "KolMahavod" which means Great Job. Here's their cheeky explanation: "Your kid hits a home run, you would praise hini/hnr with 'Kol Hakavod!' You can read and listen to more Israeli slang at the about.com website: http://liiebrow.about.com/ hornework/hcbrow/Hbrary/Hlang/blslangin* dex.htm.
Israeli Hebrew for Speakers of English is a series of Hebrew language textbooks designed by a group of linguists and Hebrew instructors at the University of Illinois. Even if you don't purchase the textbooks, you can still learn from the 21 audio lessons provided free on the Internet: http://dubenbooks.freeyellow.eona/i8raelijheb rew_audio.htm. These lessons last up to 40 minutes and be prepared to be drilled on grammar, pronunciation and comprehension. They start with the basics but do get quite sophisticated. In order to hear these lessons, you will need to have the RealPlayer Basic program installed on your computer. It can be downloaded for free from the Real site: www.real.com/player/. There are many kids, educational Hebrew web sites that make learning fun. Dr. Nurif and Dr. Yonatan Reshef have created the lovely Hebrew Survival Kit where you are challenged to match English and Hebrew phrases: www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshefi' zionism/Bahasa/hskindex.html. As you click on the words, a voice speaks them. Stay on the Reshefs' site and you'll be quizzed to match Hebrew words with corresponding pictures: www.bus.ualberta.cfi/ yreshef/quisspieture/. {Youll need Hebrew font3 installed to play this one.) Do you remember those hand-held puzzles in which you scramble the tiles and then are challenged to rearrange them to form a picture? The Aleph-Bet Puzzle challenges you to do the same thing on-line - only this time you have to rearrange the Hebrew alphabet: b.ttp5//member8,Mpod.com/ ~ra?lstern/fM&.ii,tml. Over at th& same site's Aleph-Bet Memory Game, you are challenged to remember letters of the Hebrew alphabet in the style of the old game show Concentration. Mark Mietkiewicz is a Taranto-baned television producer who writes, lectures and teaches about the Jewish Internet, He can be reached at: highway@bomo.conn.
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Nineteen Visionaires visited Kearney to see the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, then on to Minden for Harold Warp's Historic Pioneer Village and Minden's newly renovated Opera House. After a full day of sightseeing, the group had dinner in York at Chances R. The group includes: Peggy Chasen, left, Doris Parker, Sam and I d a Fedman, Harold and Helen Abrahamson, Sally Masnek, Mercian Spiegal, Sam and Rosaline Epstein, Ilene Pachman, Jim and Esther Wax, Milton Parker, Anne Skolkin and Helen Rifkin.
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There can't be anything about my mother, I haven't already told you. You already know she pioneered an area of volunteerism which hadn't really been tapped, when she began working with the geriatric Jewish community. You certainly must remember she was one of a handful who were called to do very early social service work, without benefit of formal training. An instinctive sense of what was right served as her education needed her. She was quick to open her home to any family member who needed to be within reach of her welcoming arms. If you were among the more fortunate^ you tasted some of the most wonderful cinnamon rolls or strudel to ever come out of an oven. Because she was at home in the kitchen, I could itemize a list of goodies that were her specialities, but they'd take up this entire page. To sit down at her table, whether it was with 16 other people at holiday time, or with just the two of them, was always a treat. I say "just the two of them," certain you know I refer to both my parents. They were were truly a couple, for more than 69 years. Each would have suffered any indignity for the benefit of the other, and I suspect, often did. There is no fancier way to describe what they felt for each other, than to say "he was nuts about her" and she adored and respected him. Mind you, if he got out of line, she knew how to deal with it. However, from the day they married, on her 18th birthday, (he was 18 'and a half) to the end of his life, they were a couple.
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Reviewed by AARON LEIBEL, Arts Editor, Washington Jewish Week-
WASHINGTON -- Joan Nathan is the grande restaurant in Ramat Aviv, north of Tel Aviv, in the dame of Jewish cooking, and therefore the publica- 1970s and wanted to include the recipe in her book. tion of any of her cookbooks would be an event. But However, the restaurant had closed. She managed e this District resident's latest, The Food of Israel to track down the telephone number of the restaulobw oervice Today, is much more than just a fine collection of rant's former owner from a relative. She called him 383-17800' recipes although there are more than 300 recipes in and got her recipe. QCKBMlTHa] Some well-known people also contribute their this volume. It is a culinary odyssey through Israel, truly an insider's view of the food and the people of recipes and remembrances. Former Jerusalem Post editor Ari Roth remembers his first years in the the Jewish state. The book is written by someone who has searched country as a refugee in 1938, and how he missed the country for those recipes and eating establish- the delicious apricot jam his grandmother made in ments off the beaten track the places away from his native Vienna. HIDDEN Former prisoner of Zion and current Knesset memthe large hotels and expensive restaurants of BOUNDARIES Jerusalem and Tel Aviv where too many tourists ber Natan Sharansky reminisces about his arrival in ENTERPRISES eat and miss, literally and figuratively, the flavor Israel. At his first press conference, Sharansky tells of Israeli life. Even readers who think they under- Nathan, I was asked if liked falafel. stand life and food in the Jewish state will be "I asked, 'What is falafel?' The next day a big bag 330-9595 delightfully surprised by what they can learn here. of falafel appeared at my door from a neighbor who • Sprinkler PORES was a falafel man.'" Services, Sei Inc. Well-known eateries are included such as the I IRRIGATION Sharansky's mother, Ima, presents recipes for Yotvata dairy restaurant on the TelAviv tayelet (boardwalk), purveyors of wonderfully imaginative gefilte fish and duck stuffed with prunes and apples. food in gargantuan portions. If you've eaten there if Lili Sharon, the late wife of Prime Minister Ariel you haven't, don't miss it on your next trip you Sharon, contributed two recipes roast lamb, and sour PLUMB CONSTRUCTION, INC. probably know that it is an outlet ofa kibbutz from cream strudel filled with apricot jam and pecans. Then there are just plain recipes for delicious (soundthe Arava region north of Eilat. Quality Crttftsmanship But did you know Yotvata is an oasis, and that ing) and exotic dishes. For Pesach, for example, the settlement was founded by German-Jewish Nathan offers asparagus with Jaffa orange and ginger Zionists in 1919? (Not only can I wholeheartedly vinaigrette, chrernslach mashed potatoes stuffed with Jeff Plumb recommend the restaurant but its contribution to meat and Moroccan fish balls, among others. General Contractor The book includes a short history of food and eatthe book mushroom casserole was delicious when ing in pre-Israel Palestine and Israel, as well as a my wife gave it a try.) 5728 Colorado Lane Phone: 572-0115 It's not surprising that Nathan has included a glossary of terms used in the book in Hebrew, Ft. Calhoun, NE 68023 recipe from Yotvata. But even most Jerualemites Arabic and other relevant languages. The photos of are unaware of Le Tsriff, a small restaurant almost both people and food often tell their own stories. If you're going to buy just one cookbook MB year, hidden in the warren of small streets between Jaffa Road and Prophet Street. This pie shop's The Foods of Israel Today would be a good choice. Mediterranean vegetable and herb pie recipe is fea- (It's also available at the Kripke Jewish Federation Library.) tured in the book. Her strong Israeli connection stems partly from And the inclusion of Pinati's as a place to have j ^ e pfoven advantage good hummus in Jerusalem shows me that Nathan her upbringing. Nathan was born in 1943 in knows what she's doing. (My family and I ate Providence, R.I. Her family was affiliated with a Reading • Math • Study Skills Pinati's scrumptious hummus, whole chickpeas, ful Reform synagogue. Her Zionist connection stems PSAT/SAT/ACT [fava bean] and ground lamb in fresh pitot almost; from her father, who was a member of the BlauSpeed Reading • Writing Weiss (Blue-White) Zionist movement in Germany every Friday for lunch for more than 10 years.) It's not only restaurants but Israelis, of different eth- before immigrating to the United States, 6035 Binney St. 561 -8683 Yet, her arrival in Israel also was a result of nic groups and persuasions, from whom Nathan gathe-mail: readngplus@aol.com ers recipes and whom she introduces to us. We learn chance. She had gotten a B.A. and M.A. in-French about zatctr, that peculiar Middle Eastern spice, from literature from the University of Michigan and was Rabai Ariedi, a woman in the Druze village of Ma'ghar in France when an acquaintance told her the most in the Galilee, and Greek oregano chicken with rice interesting country he had visited was Israel. Why from Greek Orthodox Father Erinarchos at his church hot, she thought. overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Nathan apparently also found it fascinating, for Your Jewish Press subscription will stop with Varda Shilo, a Jerusalem Jew who was born in she lived there three years in the early 1970s, this issue, Kurdistan in Iraq, offers Kurdish kuhe, a meat and working for Kollek. Her French came in handy, for if you will be away over the summer and want to bulgur mixture. Kube, in its different forms, is a Jerusalem's longtime mayor didn't feel comfortable continue to receive the paper, please fill out the favorite of Israel's Sephardi Jews. speaking that language. Part of her job was to form below and send it to: It has taken her more than five years to accumu- interest reporters in nonpolitical stories, and she The Jewish Press late and try out (Nathan says she tests each recipe therefore learned much about the city's people and 333 S. 132 St., Omaha, NE 68154. in her books "at least once") the 300 recipes. Some their foods. she got from people she met during her years in Of course, Nathan also is known for her PBS TV NAME. Jerusalem.; she also has made use of the proximity series, Jewish Cooking in America with Joan ADDRESS. of the Embassy of Israel. Nathan. More episodes may be coming for the For a few recipes, she had to go into the field, so show, which was a finalist for the James Beard award for the best cooking show in America in to speak. CITY_ "I sat on the floor with kube makers from Druze vil- 2000, Nathan says she has raised "almost enough" STATE. lages in Israel and with Jews from Iraq, Morocco and money for another round and .hopes to raise the elsewhere to learn" how to make this mixture of meat rest shortly. If she is successful, the show will ZIP and bulgur that is so popular in Israel, she explained. return to PBS next January. Parent(s) Others she got through perseverance and luck. The next set of episodes will include "Jewish Local Phone No.. 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May 11,2001
New Anne Frank Film Seeks Fuller Portrayal of Child Diarist by KATKA KROSNAR
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. PRAGUE (JTA) - Anne Prank sits on a stool in a dimly lit and dusty room, whimpering as she clutches her arms to her chest, shivering from fear and cold. Her large brown eyes have an unforgettable, haunted look. As the Auschwitz inmate starts to hack off Anne's beloved long brown hair, a loud call echoes through the barren room, breaking the silence; "Cut!" The inmate, however, continues to hack off the young girl's locks with his large scissors. " Recognizing the double entendre, director Robert Dornhelm rushes over, changing his instructions to "Stop! Stop!" Crew and observers watching the filming of the heart-wrenching scene cannot help but smile. The elderly extra, a former hairdresser, is struggling to be as brutal with 13-year-old actress Hannah Taylor Gordon's hair as the scene requires. Getting it right the first time the cameras roll is crucial, as stars and crew agree that there will be no wigs'— and therefore no repeat takes j- for this scene in Anne Frank, a four-hour ABC miniseries, airing Sunday and Monday nights, May 20 and 21 on KETV-Channel 7 in Omaha. Welcome to Prague and the filming of a $12 million production, starring Oscar- and Emmy-winning actor Ben Kingsley as Anne's father, Otto Prank, and Golden Globe-winner Brenda Blethyn as family friend Auguste Van Pels. Writer Kirk Ellis, who based his script on German writer Melissa Mueller's biography of Anne, claims that the new production is the first to give a truer, broader picture of Anne's life before, during and after her two-year confinement in a secret annex of an Amsterdam home, where she wrote her famous diary, The show covers Anne's life from age 9 to her death at 15 from typhus at the Bergen-Belsen con-
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centration camp weeks before its liberation. "This shows Anne as a typical girl affected by remarkable events. Once you understand the context of her life, it puts the achievement of her diary into a far greater context," Ellis said. Filming of the miniseries, involved recreating the three concentration camps where Anne spent the last few months of her young life: Westerbork, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. It also involved the painstaking recreation of the secret annex where the Franks and four family friends hid from the Nazis, and building a facade along Prague's waterfront to resemble 1940s Amsterdam. British actress Hannah Taylor Gordon won the role of Anne over 1,200 other girls worldwide, and is taking the star turn in stride. "I am just enjoying going on the set and being as much like Anne as I can imagine," she says during a break in filming. . While Gordon's remarkable resemblance to Anne was the first thing that grabbed producer David Kappes and executive producer Hanns Proppe during the casting process, her personality and acting skills quickly impressed the cast and crew. Kingsley is among those praising her talents. ""She is the best leading lady I have ever had. She is intelligence on legs," he said, relaxing in his trailer, "Ninety percent of what I do is reacting to her, I just hold her hand and play her dad and allow my character to love her character." For Gordon, who is not Jewish, playing the role is about being herself ~ and she repeatedly refers to the character in the present tense. "I think I'm really like her. That's why I love playing this part. Anne is really bubbly and bright ••- I'm quite like that," Gordon said. "I love dreaming and making up little stories. But she could also be really deep and intense - I can just imagine her in a corner scribbling really fast. "I think the people in the annex survived the confinement because of her; she kept them going," she added. Although Gordon knew about Anne, it was not until she won the role that she read her diary closely. "I had browsed through the diary before, but two months ago I was given a copy, and as I read it properly I started to know Anne better and understand her thoughts," she explained. "During her confinement in the annex, her style of writing
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becomes really impressive. I hadn't previously understood that at the beginning of the diary she was just a child." Gordon has made a big impression on her fellow cast and crew members, but Anne obviously has left a lasting impression on Gordon as well. Gordon has been keeping a diary about playing Anne, and plans to turn it into a script when she has time. Even the prospect of having her hair cut off-something the producers insisted on from the start -- does not faze her. "I'm quite excited about it, but also nervous," Gordon admitted moments before the scene is shot. Producers Kappes and Proppe considered, filming in Amsterdam but opted for Prague, largely because of cost. "There was rarely an original, intact block in Amsterdam that still looked the way it did in 1944, without a modern addition," Kappes said. Instead, an Amsterdam facade was built along Prague's Vltava River, and other parts of Prague were used as well. Another strike against an Amsterdam location was the passion the topic arouses there. "Amsterdam's residents are very polarized about Anne," Kappes explained. For Kingsley, this is his third Holocaust role, after The Murderers Among Us — in which he played Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal - and the Steven Spielberg epic Schindter's List. "I vowed after both films that I would never go back to the Holocaust. But, quite simply, there was a little girl who said, (I want to be famous after I'm dead,' and even though it's very difficult, demanding and complex, that's the deal," Kingsley added. Kappes is quick to defend the filming of yet another adaptation of Anne's story. "Many people say that Anne Frank has been done nine times, so why do it again? But this production tells the parts we don't know - Anne?s childhood and the horror of being sent to the camps," he said. "It is a story that has to be told continuously. In the U.S., children are not aware of the horror and inhumanity, and they have to be so that this does not happen again." (Editor's note: The play, Diary of Anne Frank, is also being presented by the Lied Center in Lincoln starting today, May 11 and running through May 27. "For ticket information and reservations, call 489-7529.) Child care - One of the most Important decisions parents make. Check ft out! NEBRASKA HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
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JNF Celebrates 100th Anniversary by JEWISH PRESS News Service
The Omaha Community Playhouse will preDecember 2001 marks immigrants from across sent Our Country's Good, the final play of the the, 100th anniversary of the globe. In the upcomFonda-McGuire Series in the Howard Drew the Jewish National . ing years, JNF will conr Theater. The powerful story takes place .in Fund. Founded in Basel, 1 tinue this mission, but Australia in 1789, where a young married lieuSwitzerland, JNF's task focus on preserving the tenant is directing rehearsals of the first play ever is still fundraising in environment, conserving to be staged in that country. With only two copies Jewish communities for scarce natural resources of the script, a cast of convicts, and a leading lady the purpose of purchasand finding ways to alleabout to be hanged, conditions are far from ideal. ing land in Eretz Yisrael viate Israel's chronic Winner of the Laurence Olivier Play of the Year, to create a homeland for water shortage. the drama runs from May 11 through June 10, the Jewish people. According to Ronald J. Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and JNF is the largest Lauder, president of Sundays, 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. For ticket inforlandowner in Israel, secJNF, Israel is facing its mation or reservations, call 553-4890. ond only to the Jewish worst drought in recordstate. While is has been ed history. Opera Omaha has announced its 2001-2002 instrumental in realizing "JNF, with the help of o season, opening with a one-night only gala concert, main road were closed in Central i t s i oya l supporters, has Ail-American! with the Omaha Symphony and the the -Zionist dream of ISeveral srael a s t b ^ became temporary rivers b e e n a b l e t o i n c r e a 8 e Opera Omaha Chorus on Oct. 26. The three operas owning land in Israel, the challenge of develop »*»«tead < » * highways. In Kfar Sava last week, i s r a e i' s water supply by scheduled include Othello, Jan. 30, Feb. 1 and 3, and protecting the land motorists entering an underpass were trapped a i x p e r c e n t s i B C e I9Q0» 2002; Little Women, March 6, 8, and 10; and Don in grows everyday. rising flood water and had to be rescued. L a u d e r explained. While Giovanni, April 10,12, and 1. • . 8 w a sa During-Its first 50 ™ «*<«* described by the weather t h i a i s i n , p r e s s i v e ) s o Season ticket prices for all three productions men a s ein a o n e 10 years, JNF's main role ' * * *»« ° £ « occurrence, m u c h m o r e r e m d n s to b e begin at $24. The opening concert is priced at $10 et was to purchase last. y **»• Klnneret (the Sea of Galilee), Israel's done." and $25. For season ticket information, call the main fresh water Throughout the last 50 supply, *« still dangerously M p a r t of its centenniOpera Omaha box office, 346-7372 or toll-free: 1low Photo by by ISRANET, a l celebrations, JNF is years, the non-profit * Phot ISRANET 877-346-7372. organization developed the land, planting 210 mil- looking for everyone who helped JNF preserve and lion trees, building infrastructure for housing, protect the land of Israel. For more information, The Omaha Symphony will host its grand parks and recreation areas and helping to settle call JNF, 1-888-JNF-0099 or visit wwwjnfcorg. finale celebration on Thursday, May 24, 5:80 p,m. with cocktails and a dinner cruise aboard the River City Star, a riverboat berthed at Miller's Landing on the Missouri River, 1.1 • c; AL NOTICE BY ORDBR OPTHE COURT The highlight of the party is the auction of a 1921 "Gentleman's Roadster" Packard, followed by entertainment by Ragtime pianist Marty Mincer, Tickets for the fundraiser are $125 per person and can be purchased by calling Laurie Wilson at the omaha Symphony, 342-3836, ext. 125. All proceeds benefit the Omaha Syxnphony,
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Louie Blumkin to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Creighton University
Kripke Tower to be Dedicated Monday at JTS
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Nearly 35 years after a fire swept through the 10 floors of the Jewish TheologicaFs Tower on Broadway and 122nd Street in New York City, a new tower, named for Omaha's Rabbi Myer S. and Dorothy Kripke, will open its doors. On Monday, Rabbi Kripke will be on hand when the JTS staff, students, board of trustees and supporters rededicate the imposing tower. The tower stood empty all these years since t h e fire, until a surprise $7 million gift in 1997 by Eabbi and Mrs. .; Kripke made the dream of't restoration possible. The couple, who met at JTS Dorothy and Rabbi Myer S. Kripke while they were s t u d e n t s , married there in 1937. They became has relocated to another new building longtime friends of financier Warren on campus. Now it will house state-ofBuffet upon their move to Omaha the-art classrooms, a high-tech lanwhen Rabbi Kripke became the spiri- guage center, conference suites, a tual leader of Beth El Synagogue. recording studio and executive offices. The dedication of the Kripke Tower Their life savings, which they put in the fledging Berkshire Hathaway com- coincides with the announcement of "A pany, grew to millions, yet the Kripkes New Light", JTS's $250 million fiveyear capital campaign, inspired by the maintained a modest lifestyle. Retired since 1975, Rabbi Kripke taught $7 million Kripke gift. Some $126 milfor many years at Creighton University lion has been raised to date. Highlights of the evening celebration and still writes a weekly column, Sparks include a dramatic retelling of the from the Word, for this newspaper. His tower fire and a nostalgic exhibition of wife, Dorothy, died in 1999. memorabilia, photos and documents The tower once held thousands of spotlighting the history of the tower. rare books and precious manuscripts,
At Creighton University's annual commencement tomorrow, chairman of the board of Nebraska Furniture Mart, Louis Blumkin, will be recognized for Ms contributions to the community with an Honorary Doctorate. BiumMa, who at 81 is still a driving force at the Mart, has worked there for some 63 years. Pooaded by his late mother, Rose BlamMn, in 1937, the Mart now boasts 1900 employees and soon open a new store outside Kansas City in 2003. During World War II, BiumMa served five years overseas i s the united States Army. He earned two purple hearts. Bliinakia was honored in 1S83 by t h e Society of Survivors for providing jobs for the new immigrants after they immigrated to America. Later, the Mart also offered employment opportunities for Russian immigrants as well. When asked about this in a July 1, 1983 article by Morris Maime in the J e w i s h Press, Blumkin modestly replied t h a t the idea "was basically my mother's; immigrants were good workers and that opportunities were extended not only for humanitarian reasons, but for good business reasons as well." Last year, Blum-kin was inducted into the American Furniture Hall of Fame. He h a s been married to Frances Yeitzer Blraakin for 54 years; the couple has three sons and eight grandchildren.
Louie Blumkin Also on the commencement program is t h e presentation of the Alumni AcMevement Citation to Dr. Raady Feriic. Two graduating stud e n t s will be honored with the Spirit of Creighton Award. And Richard Collin Magrum, J.D., chairholder of the A.A. and Ethel Yossem Endowed Chair in Legal Ethics will receive the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Student Award for Teaching Achievement from the Creighton Students Union. A new award will also be inaugurated; the Presidential Medallions will be presented by first-year president Rev. John P. Schlegei, S.J., to Catholic Charities and the Omaha Symphony, described as "a linchpin in the city's expanding national vision."
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