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SERVING NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA FOR 80 YEARS
Bob Kuily Named Humanitarian ofthe Year by PAM MONSKY, Federation Communications Director This prestigious award, the Humanitarian of the Year, is given to an outstanding Omahan who has performed exceptional service for humanity based on contributions they have made throughout their lives to promote human welfare and advance social reform. The Jewish Federation of Omaha will present the award to Bob Kully at the 2002 Campaign Event featuring New York Times syndicated columnist Tom Friedman on Oct. 25. "The breadth and depth of Bob Kully's community involvement and commitment is astounding," said Patricia Newman, who, along with Paul Epstein, nominated Kully for Humanitarian of the Year. "These elements are only matched by the admiration and respect he receives by all those who know him. "Bob is an incredible listener, he listens without judgment and with great patience; he is ever tolerant in the process of gathering information and in problem solving; he has a keen and creative mind, a kind and compassionate heart and the ability to make things happen," she added. "He helps other people grow, collect data, formulate opinions, feel confident in themselves and to develop these attributes in a way which facilitate community and social action."
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"Bob cares deeply . for t h e . J e w i s h commiznity, especially for X those who have little or no voice/ said •'•I- _ •Epstein. "He shows C; no discrimination ! I among those he helps * ^* or with whom he *_ works and interacts. "He appreciates what he has been given in his life and his appreciation perBob Kully meates how he lives. He is a model leader and citizen. He personifies all that is truly good about Judaism," continued Epstein. Kully has been influential in working on several Jewish Family Service and Temple Israel grants and projects, as well as with the domestic violence productions that were in Omaha this year. He is continuing to share his time, energy and knowledge on the JFS Board and Yellow Dress Community Collaborating Team in the upcoming year. 'j-^ *£, 5«
Kally's work with Temple Israel includes service on the Investment Committee, Social Action Committee and Executive Committee. He is Immediate past Campaign Co-Chair-as well as the Pacesetter Co-Chair fa position he has held twice) for the Federation Annual Campaign. He also serves on .the Federation's Budget and Allocations Committee and the Israel/Overseas Committee. Kuily also took part on a JAFI fact-finding mission to Minsk and Israel in 1998. In addition to his Federation work, he serves on the board of the Federation Foundation. He is currently involved on the Executive Committee of the Small Business Council of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Nebraskans for Research and the UNMC Board of Counselors. • ". Kuily's past activities include President of The Refrigeration Besearch Foundation, a delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business, Honorary State life'Member-of the PTA, Chairman^ of the Mayor's Committee on Small Business. Kully is an Investment Advisor to GWR Investments, Inc. He and Ms wife, Connie, have four children and five grandchildren.
World War II Pilot Symbolizes Spirit of Jewish Heroes by CLAUDIA SHERMAN, Foundation Public Relations Coordinator December 1,1941. President Franklin D. '•>" 7th Street in Council Bluffs to visit Ms parRoosevelt called it "a date which will live ents. in infamy." Most Americans living at the On Oct. 31, 1944, Cohen was stationed in time will never forget that day. Europe with the Eighth Air Force, accordA few days after the 1941 Japanese ing to an article in the Council Bluffs attack on the United States Pacific Fleet, ^ ' . ^ Nonpareil. which obliterated some 3,700 lives, It was just a few weeks later that the America declared war on the Axis powers . newspaper reported Lt.-Cohen, 23, as missplunging the country into World War II. "*' ing in action over Germany since Nov. 25, Few American lives would be untouched by - 1944, a date that surely lived in infamy in the momentous events and courageous acts J the hearts of Anne and Harry Cohen. The destined to free the world of Nazism and y young pilot had flown 14 bombing missions raw imperialism. t. over Germany when his plane was shot Harold Bernstein, now 80, remembers *, down over Mersberg. going to the Broadway Theater in Council Bernstein's parents notified him when he Bluffs that day with his best friend, Irving was stationed in Ft. Meyers, FL. He held Cohen. The young men had grown up out hope for his friend's survival for together in Council Bluffs, graduated from months. Abraham Lincoln High School and were So did Cohen's parents. students at the University of Nebraska at On Jan. 1, 1945, Anne Cohen started a Lincoln in 1941. journal. Her first entry read: "Dear God. "I talked Irv into going to Nebraska," « Please let this year bring happiness and Bernstein recalled. "We were ZBT fraternipeace to all of us. Our dear ones back home r ty brothers." -.; to us. I pray our dear son is well, taking Bernstein thinks he most likely met Harry Cohen, Betty Cohen (Studna), Ann Cohen and Lt. Irving c a r e a*10" s o o n w e s n a 1 1 hear from him." Cohen when they attended Hebrew School Cohen in Council Bluffs, 1942, before Cohen left for service. Betty Cohen left the nest day for Iowa together at B'nai Israel Synagogue in City, where she was attending the In the summer, Bernstein worked at his father's University of Iowa. Her mother wrote, "Betty left Council Bluffs. Their parents, Louis and Grace store in Council Bluffs, People's Department Store, tonight for school. She broke down when she said Bernstein and Anne and Harry Cohen, were friends while Cohen worked for his parents at Iowa good-bye. Poor thing. She tried so hard to be brave as well. The Cohens also had a daughter, Betty. a Clothes Shop. Years later, Betty and her husband, Seymour Si" all week. She really hated to leave us, but I know But by 1942, life changed for these "fan loving soon we shall let her know of Irv's safety." Lee, had three children: Richard "Pete" Lee, who died in 1996; Patty Lee Nogg who, today, is an guys"~forever. Both Bernstein and Cohen joined (Continued on page 14) active member of the Omaha Jewish community; the U.S. Army Air Corps. Enlisting that year, Cohen was trained at several flight schools in and Judy Lee Brantz of Boulder, CO. While still in college, before getting involved in California, including Morton Air Academy in the war, Bernstein and Cohen played intra-frater- BIythe, CA, where he graduated as a B-17 pilot in Read It and Eat. JPageS nity sports and went to out-of-town football games November, 1943. Bernstein trained as an aircraft armer. He remained in the United States throughtogether. Belzer Gallery Dedication^«™«M.MM...MPage 9 "We just had a lot of fun," Bernstein remembers. out the remaining war years. After his training in California, Cohen attended Other college friends included Norman Smeerin, Jewish Websites........ — ^ . Page 17 advanced flight school at Marpha, Texas, and gradStuart Simon, Bud Studna, Norman Rips (a cousin of Cohen's), all of Omaha, and Irving Malashock, uated as a second lieutenant in March, 1944. Psychic Medium .—....JPage 18-19 Between flight schools, he came home to 37 North now living in California.
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LOUIE E. CHESEN Graveside services for Louie Chesen were held May 21 at Beth El Cemetery. He died May 19 at Parashat BeMidbar The fourth book of Torah, BeMidbar, begins with the age of 97. Survivors include his wife, Edith; sons and a census of the people, taken in the wilderness. In daughters-in-law, Gerald and Vicki Chesen of the Septuagint (Greek) and English Bibles, this Omaha, Edward and Debbie Chesen of Golden book is called Numbers. The tribes are counted to Valley, MN, and Dr. Eli and Peggy Chesen of the last man, i.e., those fit for war, over 20 years of Lincoln; daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Gary age. The number is given as a bit over 600,000. This Hawkins of Omaha; nine grandchildren and four would imply, including women and children, a pop- great-grandchildren. RUTHANNE COOPER-KLEIN ulation over 3,000,000 people. We need not here Ruthanne Cooper-Klein died May 14. Services address the question of the method needed to move 3,000,000 people through the trackless sands of the and burial were in Hollywood, FL. Survivors include her husband, Louis; three Sinai wilderness. I know from personal experience daughters, Cynthia Klein of London, England, how hard it is these days to lift one foot and put it ahead of the other. Nor need we wonder how this Diane Klein of Oakland, CA, and Paula Miller of band, no matter how disciplined they were, were to Ft. Lauderdale, FL; sister, Liberty Faier; and two brothers, John D. Cooper and Gayle F. dooper, be fed for 40 years. The manna sufficed! Nor need we stop to recognize that modern both of Olive Branch, MS. attempts to find remnants of this wilderness treksuch as graves and garbage dumps—have met with Rep, Terry Sends no success whatever. We need only recognize that what the actual, his- a Message to Lebanon torical facts were is simply beyond recovery. There by CAROL KATZMAN, Editor : is no way to know. In a last minute move by Rep. Tom Lantos (D~ What I am leading up to is not a theory. It is rather a question, a question directed at Jewish CA), the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly history. If, over the long centuries, Jews had been, approved an amendment to the State Department say, 2 or 3,000,000, instead of a small fraction of Reauthorization Bill on Monday. The bill, which those figures, would our history have been differ- passed 216-210, would strip some $700 million from American aid to Lebanon for military trainent? Well-meaning non-Jews, with whom I have spo- ing as long as the Lebanese government continues ken from time to time, have been astonished to to allow Hezbollah to use that country for a staglearn how few we are. Against the facts of Jewish ing ground against Israel. According to Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), the only influence on civilization, our limited number is representative from Nebraska who voted in favor well-nigh unbelievable. I am not sure that greater numbers would have of the amendment, "We're not going to sit idly by resulted in greater clout over the centuries. What and say it's okay...for Hezbollah to terrorize influence we have had has been moral-cultural. In Israel." Rep. Terry characterized the amendment as V this sphere, higher numbers would not necessarily have led to stronger influence. Ideas do not take message for Lebanon...After all, Israel did take its hold because of the number of people initially spon- military presence out of Lebanon...Now Lebanon soring them, but because of the intrinsic power of has to understand that Hezbollah cannot stay." the ideas themselves. Democracy, for example, electrified the political life of the world not because of huge numbers of people involved in the American Revolution, but because of the sheer inevitability of democracy's political attraction and of the plain irresistibility of b y J E W I S H P R E S S N e w s S e r v i c e " ' ' <n~ » • its promise to mankind. The 130th Annual Meeting and Congregational Wo need not hesitate to say that Torah (and all it Dinner of Temple Israel will be held Sunday, implies) was and is the strongest moral force in J u n e 8, 6 p.m., 'in the Roz and Ike Friedman human history. It is not idle, that when read in our Social Hall. Among those being honored are outgoing synagogue, we thank God for it's appearance President Paul Epstein, Cantor Jennifer Blum and among us. Shavuot is just ahead. It is the anniversary of the Milton S. and Corinne N. Livingston Sinai, the anniversary of a fateful mutuality, God's Foundation. Also receiving honors are Vicki Ducharme, Gloria Ketter and Bonnie Sullivan, granting and Israel's acceptance of the Torah. members of the staff who have worked at Temple for ten years. Shelly Fox will be recognized with the Harriet Sperling Caring Award; a Social Justice award will be presented to ait unnamed Starting June 1, the Kripke Jewish Federation recipient. Epstein will present Presidential Awards to Josh Library will switch to summer hours: Katelman for his work with Temple's youth and • Monday, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Sandy Passer for her ongoing dedication to • Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m Temple. The leadership of the co-presidents of • Sunday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m OTYG (Omaha Temple Youth Group), Shayna • CLOSED SHABBAT Taking a driving vacation this summer? Check Denny and Ally Freeman, will be recognized. In addition to the awards, new officers and out one of the hundreds of audiobooks available at trustees will be installed; outgoing trustees Tom the library? • Baker and Larry Hoffman, chairman of .the nominating committee, will present the following slate of officers: President: Michael Walts; Vice-presidents: Angela Krieger, M. Ronald Brodkey and PERSONALS Spencer Brookstein; Secretary: Rosalie Saltzman; Thank you to my family and friends for the cards, Treasurer: Dennis De Porte; Assistant Treasurer: condolences, contributions, visits and phone calls Rick Fox; Trustees to serve three-year terms: since the death of my husband, Herman. Jeffrey Passer, Barbara Rips, John Glazer and Bob • Helen Manheimer and family Newman. Sharee and Murray Newman are co-chairmen of Thank you for all the cards, flowers, and food the event. during my illness and recovery while I was in the by RABBI MYER S. KRIPKE
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Sally and Maynard Telpner cordially invite their friends and family to join them and their three daughters at Temple Israel on Friday, June 8, at 8 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary will follow the service.
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FRIDAY: Evening service, 8 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbi Debbie Stiel and Cantor Jennifer Blum will conduct the service. Rabbi Azriel will deliver the sermon. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Rosalie, Arnie and Rick Klein to honor their congregation and friends as they bid farewell to Omaha. SATURDAY: Bagels and Bible, 9:30-10:15 aan. Please join us as we continue our study of the Book of Ruth. Services, 10:30 a.m. SUNDAY (Shavuot): Concert and Service at Beth El Synagogue, 7:45 p.m. MONDAY (Shavuot): Morning Service and Yizkor, 10:30 a.m. SITTER SERVICE Available for Shabbat services Friday evening and Saturday morning, as well as Sunday mornings when there is Religious School. Please make reservations through the Temple office. Cost is $2 per family. There are no facilities for infants. ADULT EDUCATION THURSDAY, May 24: Adult Study with Rabbi Azriel, 10-ilsJH) a*nn» The focus will be on the writings of the Scholars-in-Reaidence who will join us this year.
ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME SATURDAY: Services, 9 a.m., led by Alan Shulewitz. Shavuot Services: Monday, 9 a.m.; Tuesday, 9 a.m. followed by Yizkor, both led by Rabbi Maximo Shechet. '
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Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7 p.m. West Minyan is a t the home of Bonnie Bloch and Howard Gendelman, 125 S. 127 Plz, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY: Shabbos services, 8:45 a.m.; Kiddush is sponsored by Sisterhood; Pirkei Avot class with Rabbi Kutner, 7:50 p.m.; Mincha, 8:20 p.m.; Havdalah, 9:36 p.m. SUNDAY: Morning service, 9 a,m. Candle lighting, 8:29 p.m.; Mincha, 8:40 p.m. followed by a sWur on "The Minhagirn of Shavuot," followed by Ma'ariv. MONDAY: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. Torah reading of the ten commandments, 10 a.m.; Free Babysitting from 10 a.m. through the conclusion of services; a dairy kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood will follow services; Mincha, 8:35 p.m. TUESDAY: Morning service, 8:45 a.m. Free Babysitting from 10 a.mu through the conclusion of services; Yizkor, 10:30 a.m.; a dairy lunch will follow services; Mincha, 8:35 p.m* followed by a class with Rabbi Kutner; Havdalah, 9J40 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services,-7 a.m, and 8:85 p.m. FAMILY PUN DAY CARNIVAL Sunday, Jim© B, 1-4 p.m,: Held at the synagogue's west property, 126th and Pacific. The entire community is invited to enjoy the afternoon of carnival games. Rain date is June 10.
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.5 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: Services, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. AHyce Brand, daughter of Randall and Rhonda Brand, will become a Bat Mitzvah; Kiddush will be sponsored by the Brand family; Shabbat Story Time (pre-K and younger), 11 a.m.; Mishnah study session with Rabbi Drazen, 8:10 p.m., followed by MinhaMa'ariv and Havdalah, 8:40 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a,m. and 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Join us every dny for breakfast. FREE SITTER SERVICE Available* every elmbbat inorninn from 10 aan. to the conclusion of HorvicoH, I'hi.H program is funded by the Early Childhood Development Committee and welcomes children HKCB \H months-kindergarten. ADULT EDUCATION Adult B'nni Mitevul) Class, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. SHAVUOT SERVICES Sunday, May 27 (Ercv Shavuot): Temple Israel joins Beth El for Shavuot Concert; 7:30 p.m.; Mincha/Ma'uriv led by till clergy, 8:45 p,m. M o n d a y , May 28 ( F i r s t Day S h a v u o t ) : Services, 0:30 a.m.; Minho/Ma'tiriv, 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 29 (Second Day Shavuot): Morning Services, 9:B0 a.m. Yizkor and memorial plaque dedication; Minhn/Ma'ariv, 8:50 p.m.
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FRIDAY: Services, 7:80 p,m. Discussion Topic will be "Has Rationalism Threatened Judaism?" Oneg Shabbat and kiddush will follow. SUNDAY: Veteran's Memorial Service at the Bikor Cholom Cemetary, Council Bluffs, 11 sun.
Tim Fredricks, son of Alan Fredricks and Susan Fredricks, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, June 2, at Temple Israel. A seventh grade honor student at Russell Middle School, Tim enjoys Golf, Basketball, Football and Boy Scouts. For his Mitzvah proj^ ect, he joined residents of I the Crown l'oint Retirement Home in Social I A Activities and Bingo. Tim has two brothers, Jason and Aaron. Grandparents are Arlene and David Fredricks and Melba Meyer and the late Leland Meyer. Abby Ginsburg, daughter of Beth and Bill (Jmsburg, will celebratehor Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, June 2, at Beth El Synagogue. A seventh grade honor • indent at Btiveridgo Middle School, she is a member of Student Council and Midnight Gold, a select choral group in her school. Abby enjoys volleyball, track and danco. For her Mitevah project, she has
collected toiletries and will donate baskets to a women's shelter. Abby hns a brother, Jason, 22, and a sister, Laynie, 20. Grandparents arc Jean and Wally Elkon and the late Ethel and Henry Ginaburg. AUyee Michelle B r a n d , daughter of Drs. Randall and Rhonda Brand, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, May 26, at Beth El Synagogue. A seventh grade honor student at Beveridye Middle School, AUyce swims for the Millard Aquatic Club and will participate in the Maccabi games this summer. She also plays soccer and track and field and enjoys reading, watching classic movies and being with her friencla. Allyce has a brother, Harris. Grandparents are Harvey and Evelyn Metter and Judith Brand, all of Los Angeles, CA. Great-grandparents are Elizabeth Gold of San Francisco and Bernard and Dorothy Goodman of Los Angeles.
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Remembering our Heroes
EDITORIAL This weekend, the long-awaited film Pearl Harbor opens, timed for Memorial Day weekend. This year also happens to be the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7,1941. And each year, there are fewer and fewer war veterans left to recall the horror of those days. Like Yom HaShoah, we will soon commemorate the lives of those lost in World War II, the sacrifices made, the heroes recalled, the events that changed world history, without any survivors at all. The stories of those days will be a distant memory, a footnote in dusty history books. Students will view the events of the 1930s and '40s as though they occurred as long ago as the Hundred Years War between England and France. This is not just pessimism. After all, only half of today's college students can identify Woodrow Wilson as the founder of the League of Nations (the forerunner of the United Nations), and fewer still know that it was President Truman who ordered the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, which ended World War II. There is no reason to pat ourselves on the back in this community either. Other than a few sparsely attended memorial
services sponsored by lodges of the Jewish war Veterans, the Jewish community of Omaha does little to memorialize its soldiers. Add to that our neglect of the fallen in Israel's wars, and it adds up to a pretty poor record. There are several things we could do to improve this. In Israel, citizens of the State of Israel stand silently for two minutes when sirens are sounded that day on YomUaZikaron. Since it falls the day before Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Israeli Indepedence Day), why not combine the two and introduce a short, but meaningful ceremony to recall Israeli soldiers who have given their lives? To recall the heroic deeds of Jewish men and women who have died in service to America, synagogues could add special prayers, possibly list the names of Jewish soldiers who died, during Monday morning services on Memorial Day. The Kripke Jewish Federation Library is instituting an essay contest for teens. The Jewish Press, too, pledges to do its part, starting today, by publishing the story of just one soldier, so future generations can continue to remember our heroes and the events that shaped a nation.
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chance, He saw other young men resist and be killed. He wondered if he should have done that. Two million have been killed in Sudan's Jihad, more than in Bosnia, Rwanda, Burundi, Kosovo, Somalia, put together. The US Holocaust Museum put Sudan on its "Genocide Watch," but the West lusts for Sudan's oil, and who want another confrontation with Islamism? So the South Sudanese, like the Jews of Hitler's Europe, have been slated for slaughter, as the world turns away. Meanwhile, the New York Times tells us that we should not rescue the slaves with cash, that the slaves should wait until this, the longest lasting armed conflict since WWII is "resolved." (So the West told the Jews.) We will not wait. The charge that buying slaves back foments more raids sounds right. But it doesn't work that way. If redemptions led to more of these murderous pogroms—the Bishop of Sudan and all the Dinka chiefs whose villages these are, would bar CSI from Bahr el Ghazal. Instead, they implore us to continue. Taking women and children out of the hands of monsters is not the solution to slavery as long as the war continues. Jewish law speaks to this: when Jews were kidnapped for ransom in the middle ages, the Rambam himself ruled that congregations must pay for their freedom, even with money collected to construct a new synagogue. The only caveat: don't pay more than the going price. That's CSI's policy. Rambam has Christian adherents. I told the slaves that my people were slaves in Egypt thousands of years ago, but that our God redeemed us. And that He is their God as well, who I pray, is working now to find ways to take them from bondage.
To the Editor; We returned on May 9 from the United Jewish Communities Yom Ha'atzmaut Solidarity Mission to Israel. Our friends and family here worried about us until our safe return. We, however, were blissfully unaware of most of the news making headlines. After five days with the mission, we spent 10 days seeing friends and traveling around Israel. The mission itself was very rewarding-interesting, informative, impressive and fun. On our own, we traveled by bus, taxi and private car from Beersheva to Rosh Hanikra on the Lebanese border, and inland across the upper Galilee. At no time did we feel in danger or unsafe. As has been reported, the shopkeepers and others express gratitude. A Jewish sandal maker in Jaffa was so appreciative, calling us "gutsy." We did not feel gutsy, ,we were just having a very good time. We spent a Shabbat and two delightful evenings with Annie and Harry Allen in Jerusalem, who send regards to all. We talked with other friends and a cousin about the problems and gained much insight. Our presence was supportive and, even with the difficult times, we loved being in Israel. On the inbound and outbound El Al flights, there were groups of Christians in high spirits traveling to the "Holy Land" with no apparent concerns for safety. We encourage, we urge any who have thought of going to Israel to do so. Even if you have not thought of a trip at this time, please consider it. Our support is so needed and appreciated. . Marcia and Sheldon Kushner Lincoln, NE
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WEST HARTFORD, CT-On March 28, 10 days before Pesach, I flew illegally into South Sudan to witness the redemption of 2,952 enslaved black women and children and one man. My Seders will never be the same. An Islamist holy war in Sudan has rekindled the slave trade there. Decades after the British stopped most slaving in Africa's largest country, the Islamic fundamentalist regime in Khartoum employs slave raids to impose Koranic Law on all Sudanese. Arab militia, armed by Khartoum, storm African villages, kill the men and take the women and children as slaves. It is estimated that 100,000 black slaves, mostly from the Dinka tribes, now serve Arab masters in Sudan. Stories of their lives in bondage are known primarily because of the work of Christian Solidarity International (CSI), a Zurich-based group that redeems slaves. My organization, the American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) has for years supported CSI's Underground Railroad. It was time for me to go. I landed in Bahr el Ghazal with former Washington, D.C., Congressman Walter Fauntroy and D.C. radio personality Joe Madison. In Sudan for four days, we watched several mass emancipations and spoke to dozens of slaves. Under a tree, in the 115° heat, Abuk Gar told me how she saw her parents shot and how the raiders tied her wrists together, then attached the rope to a long line of young girls. Away from her village, the rapes began. Four girls she knew resisted, were brought to the front of the group and their throats were cut as a warning. Abuk was gang-raped for all of the 10 days it took to bring her north, where she was given to a master. I met a woman whose little baby was shot in the head because there was no room on the raider's donkey to tie it. The pots they stole from her had greater value. And I met the lone man who survived because he decided to be the most servile being he could, pleasing his master at every
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Since ceramic tile is the most popular floor covering in Israel, the most popular way of cleaning one's floors is to do a sponja. The sponja has a particular place of pride in Israeli culture. It is perhaps the symbol par excellence of domestic life. Doing a sponja for your mom is one of the most tangible ways that Israelis have of fulfilling the commandment to honor their mother (yes, like everywhere else, domestic jobs are considered the realm of women—although the sponja itself is considered manly enough to be done by boys and men). Besides cooling the house on hot afternoons (sponja is traditionally done after the large, midday meal, when the floor is dirtiest and right before everyone is supposed to rest), the sponja also plays a key role in preparing one's home for a Sabbath or holy day. [Warning: the following contains a graphic description of a sponja. Do not try this at home in America unless you have first identified the exit route for your sponja water. Many a tale has been told of the unassuming Israeli homemaker, relocated to the States, who dumps her bucket of water on the floor, and then to her horror, realizes that for her sponja water, there is no escape.] But just what is a sponja'? Well, first there is the sponja stick (make of plastic or wood, the former is cheaper but has the drawback of breaking easily after you hit your brother with it). Then there is the rubber sponja itself, which comes in different lengths: the smaller sizes are for narrower spots and the longer ones are for widearea sponjaing. Finally, there are the rectangular sponja cloths, which have holes in the middle through which one inserts said sponja stick in order to wrap the cloth over said sponja rubber, A.full and complete sponja; begins by dumping a bucketful of warm, soapy water onto the floor, One then takes the aponja,vrith or without an attached cjoth, and.sqiieegees the dirty water out the door, or, if one is on an upper floor, into a hole in the nearest bathroom floor (which is otherwise covered by a rubber stopper). After the soapy water is removed, one then dumps a bucketful of clean water onto the floor and repeats the wator-removal procedure. At this point one has a clean wet floor, and one now chooses between three drying options: putting a dry cloth on the sponja and sponjaing the floor dry, throwing down a lot of towels and 'skating' the floor dry, or letting the floor air dry, praying all the while that no one enters while the floor is wet. The skilled sponjaist will also deal with the dirty water after it has left one's house (since we are still relatively new at this, we often leave the water on the steps leading up to our house—an open invi-
tation for anyone entering our house to completely wreck our sponja). Many Israelis want their dirty water as far away from their house as possible. After sponjaing her house and her outdoor patio, my neighbor (who apparently has not heard the many public service announcements begging I s r a e l i s to conserve water), takes a pressure hose and uses clean water to push the sponja water all the way down her steps and then down the street until the water puddles at the entrance to guess who's home. This is her sacred tradition, handed down from generation to generation, so who am I to interfere; besides, my kids' way of screaming in the early hours of Sabbath mornings is not quite neighborly either. A finely done sponja leaves one with a rich sense of accomplishment and is a beauty to behold-especially, as in our house, if the floor tile is white. Unfortunately, none of our native-Israeli friends has revealed to us the secret of how to make the sponja last for more than an hour or two. Pass by my neighbor's home at any time of the day or night and happen to get a glimpse of her floor and you risk being blinded by the reflected light coming off of her sparkling floor, But unless you come by our house during the hour following our thrice-weekly sponja, you'll not be impressed. Ay, but there's the rub, of course. No selfrespecting floor supervisor would settle for anything less than a daily sponja, and plenty of Israeli women occasionally go that extra kilometer and do sponja more than once a day. Carpeting does exist in Israel, and many Israelis own, vacuum cleaners, [I wish I had known, however, that my Israeli home would not contain any carpeting--! could use the storage space now being occupied by the big box containing our Hoover.] Yet the sponja serves an Israeli need that goes beyond floor donning. Since one normally doea everything possible to avoid throwing or dropping things onto one's floor, Unit devil-may care .moment when the bucket of water first hits the tile floor provided a wonderful cathartic release as one bursts out of the rigid rules of domestic life. Israel is a very small country after all, and Israelis sometimes feel hemmed in on all sides. The reversal of norm a inherent in the sponja may very well be one of the ways that Israelis have of coping with stress. True, you have to pay for the psychic release with some sponja work, but when you take into account the resulting pristine floor it seems like a fair trade off. So next time you're in Israel and see a puddle near someone's door, you'll know that you have come upon the humble but hallowed sponja. Just be sure to wipe your feet before going in—It could be very dangerous to do otherwise.
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Kibbutz Ravid sits solitary on a bluff overlooking the Kinneret. Started in the early 1970s and then abandoned it came to life again about four years ago when a group of 30 young people who had served in the army together-all kibbutzniks— received permission to try and revive it. These young people had been together for several years-doing a year of community service prior to being in the army and another year of community service after the army. And revive it they have done. They now have 50 people including three children born on the kibbutz, an educational center which operates study trips to Poland which are preceded by several months of seminars, and a factory. Rapidly becoming clogged with traffic, Ravid is an island of calm, well off the beaten path, some three hours driving time from Jerusalem and still perched on a landscape green with foliage, Its view of the Kinneret remains unspoiled. This was the setting of the marriage on t a g B'Qnier of our grandson, Haggai, and his now wife, Gili, both founders of the new kibbutz, both long time activists in the labor youth movement, both among the remaining minority of young Israelis whose idealism has not faded the dot com revolution. Weddings in Israel are presided over by an Orthodox rabbi, They are normally uninspiring affairs conducted pro-forma by a rabbi who does not know the couple, who is in a rush to finish and leave. This was different. The rabbi belongs to a. new group of young Orthodox rabbis who have decided that a ceremony needs to be user-friendly. These younger rabbis fcake no fee, spend a good deal of time with the couple finding out about them and their families and allow others to participate. This particular rabbi wore a sweater and colorful kippa rather than the usual black suit and hat. With the backdrop of'the Kinneret seen beyond the chupah he spoke to the couple in a very personal and meaningful way. But the highlight of the wedding was not the religious ceremony but what followed. It was kibbutz culture rahix. One of Israel's boat known pools and a leader of the kibbuU movement presided, read poetry and managed a string of people who spoke lovingly of the couple, their idealism, and their service to Israel. The music was Israeli-not imported rock or hip hop; the dancing was Israeli. The love and devotion of the speakers for Haggai and Gili was an emotional experience for every one of the 400 or so guests present. Kibbutzim do not experience the old time fervor much in these days of increasing privatization and self-absorption. Young people, friends of Haggai and Gili, experienced a taste of what the communal life was like and the old time residents of Kibbutzim like Kfar Blum. (Gili's home) and Naati(HaggaFs) shed a tear or two as the idealism of the past unfolded. It was a moment to be savored and remembered. For us, the grandparents, for parents Miriam and Avram, and for family from America, including Aunt Mary (Pcllman), cousin Marsha and Miriam's brothers, Daniel and Joel, as well as our Israeli family, it was a joyous family simcha which will be long inscribed in our memory,
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Make room on your cookbook shelf for this one, a nominee in the 51st annual National Jewish Book Awards in the category Sephardic-Ashkenazic Culture. More than 600 pages with food for 365 days of the year, kosher for every day and every holiday. This prolific award-winning cookbook author and writer-20 cookbooks in three languages—has researched, studied and lived the elements, customs and foods of Jewish culture and religious history and has learned from family, friends, neighbors in kitchens all over the world. She shares the richness of Jewish multi-cultural fusion cooking in this collection of recipes. There is an intermingling of ideas and recipes from the diverse countries and people as everyone learns from each other. Discover signature dishes of communities, numerous regional variations, pages of well-written, delightful informative reading, a guide for keeping Kosher, fleishig (meals of meat or poultry) and milchig (dairy meals), koshering meats and poultry and cooking kosher foods. The diversity of stocking a Jewish pantry, flexible guidelines of holiday menus, a guide to the Jewish calendar and a glossary of cooking, customs and terms of kashrut are included. Each holiday includes a few brief paragraphs describing Levy's personal experiences and holiday rituals; that's how 1000 recipes begins. The 1000 recipes include headnotes that add observations, ingredient lists and numerical clear, detailed instructions. Recipes are marked with a D, P or M, indicating whether the recipe is dairy, pareve or meat. Travel through the ages without leaving your kitchen. From Esau's lentils (the ingredient in the biblical pottage for which Esau sold his birthright to his brother, Jacob), Valeria in L.A.'s recipes, Tovah's trout (a Moroccan Jewish Style), Queen Esther's Salad (commemorating the food at the Persian King's Palace) Adis Kibbutz Honey
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Amie Wolf, daughter of Margie Alperson and the late Paul Alperson, and Todd Mehlman, son of Norma and Jordan Mehlman of Las Vegas, have announced their engagement. The bride-to-be received her master's degree in psychology from Columbia University and a Ph.D in clinical psychology from New York University. Her fiance received his doctorate in dental surgery from New York University, A May 31 wedding in Parsipanny, NJ, is planned. The couple will reside in Passaic, NJ.
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"Honor thy father and mother that thy days may be long and that it may go well with thee." Thus declares the Fifth Amendment. And, indeed, we proudly did honor over 100 beautiful mothers at the OT/Y.E.S. gathering on May 14, one day after official Mother's Day. Father's Day will be observed at a future meeting. A quaint Yiddish saying says it all: "G-d could not be everywhere so he created mothers." One mother in particular, our "House Mother" Maggie Conti, was especially honored. You can always depend on Maggie to surprise us with a special presentation. She introduced us to her darling new baby, Marie Theresa. In turn, I surprised Maggie by anointing her Kewpie-doll little one a "Honorary* Y.E.S. member with the stipulation that in the year 2066 she becomes a full-fledged member with all rights and privileges in that context, Entertainment was provided by the local atylings of Lois and Edward Downing who closed with a perennial favorite, "My Yiddiaheh Mama" during which Kleenex was much in evidence. The Early Bird discussion covered the next day's Omaha mayoral race as well as the high cost of prescription medicine. We paused in reverent respect for Bill Walter and Kenneth Sacks, Shalom,
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Metro Community College received approval from the Microsoft Corporation as an Authorized Academic Training Provider for credit classes in a new microcomputer technology diploma program option, MCSEAVindows 2000. Metro is the only approved AATP institution in the area. The program leads, to Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer certification. For information about the program or registration, call Beth Kramer at 4572576.
Aaron Passer, son of Sandy and Jeff Passer and a student at Brownell-Talbot, received an Award of Excellence from the Audubon Society of Nebraska for his drawing of a ring-neck pheasant, His artwork is currently on display at the Barnes and Noble bookstore in Oakview.
Melissa Katzman, daughter of Michael and Carol Katzman, graduated May 20 from Boston University. She earned a bachelor's degree in advertising from the B.U. College of Communication and has been working as a graphic designer for the Mosely Corporation in Franklin, MA, since the summer of 2000,
Marcy Jones, an 18-year employee at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, received a Caregiver's j Award at the recent] Nebraska Health Care Association state conferThe Omaha Childi-en's Museum celebrates ence in Kearney. She "Take Me Out to the Ballpark Week" from May 29 was the only one from through June 3. Children can decorate baseball the Omaha district who i pennants, make their own bat bookmark , auto- won this award. She is a I graph a baseball at the museum and learn all the C.N.A., C.S.M., Nursing positions on a baseball field. Services Secretary and is I Call tlie OCM for hours of operation and informa- currently in charge of medical records at the Home. tion about memberships, 342-6164, Mordticat P. Schwartz and Esther Reed Allan Goneh«r was named Social Worker of the recently earned their ordination as rabbis from the Year by the Nebraska Chapter of the National Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. Association of Social Workers, The award was pre- Rabbi Schwartz, son of former Omahans Don nnd sented at the group's annual meeting. Ann Schwartz, who now reside in Baltimore, MD, Gonsher, President of Kids, Inc., a professional is married to Rabbi lieod. consulting agency in Omaha, recently published An Allowance is Not a Bribe: And Other Helpful Mints Shayno Fiatowicas, daughter of Frank and for Raising Responsible Jewish Children, He is an Chery! Flatowicz, graduated May 19 from Hastings ordained rabbi and earned his masters degree in College in Hastings, NM. She on mod a bachelor's social work from Columbia University, degree in Bpeifchcommunication.
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IRVING COHEN LODGE, JWV #688 In conjunction with B'nai Israel Synagogue, the Irving Cohen Lodge #688 of the Jewish War Veterans will hold its annual Veteran's Memorial Service at the Bikur Holim WALK-IN, DROP-IN Cemetery in Council Bluffs on For those going on the Mystery Day Sunday, May 27, I t a.m. Ed Rosen Trip on Thursday, please meet at the of Omaha will be the guest speaker; JCC by 10 a.m. For transportation, Lloyd Krasno and Ben Schnieder call Maggie Conti at 334-6521. will conduct the service.
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On the morning of Monday, May 28, 11 a.m., Jewish" people throughout the world will celebrate the renewal of their vows with G-d for the 3,313 time. The festival of Shavuot is the anniversary (of the wedding between the Jewish people and G-d). It marks acceptance of the covenant. Synagogues around the world mark this occasion with the reading of the Ten Commandments. "We- are taught that G-d actually presents the Torah once again in a deeper and more profound way each year," explained Shani Katzman of Chabad House, which will host a family celebration focusing on the children. "The children were the guarantors as we stood out at Sinai," she continued.
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The subject today is a really nice guy who figured very importantly in our lives. We first knew him when he and his wife were our neighbors. We spent many hours together, talking, laughing, eating, driving, commiserating over the usual family "stuff." There were football games, tailgate lunches, trips to the orchards for apples, and always there was conversation. We never ran out of topics on which to air our views or good naturedly argue. Our friend had stories to tell which could have passed aB material for any stand-up comic, as well as tales from his childhood and some of the mischief he and his friends perpetrated. Some of his memories of helping in his father's grocery store could inspire hysteria or a sudden lump in the throat. He was an extremely gregarious guy, this friend of ours. He loved people, could talk to anybody, considered himself more than able to fix this little thing or that ("wait, I'll got my toolbox") and, by his whistle, you knew he was coining before you saw him. When he was occupied with a task, he would whistle an always recognizable tune. When he wasn't, he was looking for something to do. I often asked him where the shpilhas came from, and he'd grin. He loved a yiddish word, and could speak well enough to make himself understood. We often exchanged information regarding definitions of this word or that, It wasn't unusual for him to suddenly call and ask something like "how do you say ceiling in yiddiah?" He was a committed Jew, well enough educated in Hebrew and Torah to be called to the bima and do
himself extremely proud. I remember an incident which occurred years ago, when I walked in on him in the middle of an obvious rehearsal. He explained he was practicing the Haftorah which he would sing on the coming yomtov, and it was very clear how happy that made him. The most important part of this man's busy life was his beloved family. His wife and two daughters were the jewels in his crown. Then, when his grandson was born, well he must have thought it couldn't get any better. But it did get better, with the arrival of a precious granddaughter. (Although that part of the family was in another city, the grandparents never missed an event, whether it was a baseball game or a dance recital.) Family and lifelong friends made up the essential character of this good man. It was with great sadness that they moved away, when his health demanded a more temperate climate. True to his nature, he and his wife gathered a new circle of friends in Scottsdale, where they lived for a large part of the last decade. There were many happy days in the new environment, lots of good times and lovely occasions. They planned to live to ripe old ages in their lovely home, but that wasn't to be. The man who always had a story, or an answer or a suggestion, or a way to help a friend or a stranger, ran out of luck, On May 7, he quietly gave up a valiant fight against the cancer that struck nearly two years earlier. lie fought hard, never complained mid only worried about the mate he was leaving behind. He was buried May 9 in Scottsdale, AZ, surrounded by new friends, old friends and beloved family. Everybody who ever knew Kenny Sacks is going to miss him.
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Jewish Commynity Participates in Hate Crimes Project by PATRICK McNAMARA Hate Crimes Project Coordinator
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NCJW, Omaha Section, will hold a Garage Sale May 31-June 2 at the former site of Sutherland's on 108th and Maple Streets. The Sutherland family of Kansas City, MO, donated the building site to NCJW to house the sale. Chairman Kim Noddle noted, "We have received an overwhelming amount of merchandise so far. The inventory is currently being stored at the Bently Place Apartments, thanks to a donation from Broadmoor Development." 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. Committee members Sheri Dietrich and Kim Simon are working on advertising, scheduling and the overall organization of the sale. "Launching a new fundraiser is always a difficult task, however, we have received a lot of input from Mary Parizak, chairman for the Mary Our Queen sale for the past 20 years," said Simon. "I'd like to thank all those who have already donated items and time for this sale. We're looking forward to a huge success," Dietrich added. For information on dropping off donations or to volunteer, call Kim Noddle, 391-7022.
Sheri Dietrich, left, Kim Simon and Kim Noddle are in charge of NCJW's Garage Sale, May 81-June 2, at 108th and Maple. Proceeds benefit NCJW projects and programs in Omaha and Israel. To volunteer or drop off items for the sa,le, call 391-7022.
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We are planning for Shavuot, which starts this Sunday, May 27, and I wish I could tell you that I am occupied with studying the book of Ruth, working to understand the meaning of counting the Omer, and brushing up on the historic equivalents of spring harvest holidays. I'd love to say that I am focused on the significance of Ruth's devotion and courage, and on the deep inner meaning of the holiday, that would be swell. I'd look smart, and deep. And even though I am in a study group that has spent one afternoon a month for the last three or four months reading up on Ruth, I don't think that two hours learning and warm fellowship ranks me with the leading intellectuals of the day. And why not? Well because I find that my pre-holiday mindset is much more focused, as usual, on food. » Some of us just have different areas of strength. Though I'm struggling to gain any modicum of competence as a Judaic scholar (which is tough enough when you still read Hebrew like a fifth grader), I'm already really good at food. This is a holiday when that kind of competence shines. After all, even the scholars have to eat, and on Shavuous, they eat dairy dishes. This is the holiday for rich and creamy, for butter (gasp) and sauces (try my Hollandaise), for cheese and cheesecake. This is not the holiday, as you might have guessed by now, for Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers, though they will have repair work to do in short order. I have a few specialties I like to make, but every year I call my friends and bag for the recipes of recent dairy treats they've cooked (and I've gleefully eaten). This means I get to call my friend Laurie and find out how to make her spinach quiche. Then I get to call Sue for lasagna secrets. I'm going to ask Ellen how to make minestrone soup like hers, and I want Monti's broccoli kugel recipe. Who says I'm not eager to learn? It is easy to get carried away with this. Imagine little btintzes or latkes with sour croum and a dot of caviar. Thijak of grav lax (try Martha Stowart'a rocipe) with toasted fresh rye bread. Ponder fettuccini Alfredo or Coeur de Crime or chocolate mousse (and if you think this means I put Alfredo sauce in the category of dessert, richness-wise, you're right). This merriment, of course, is lost on my children. Well, the teenagers can get involved in the lasagna, but the 10-year-old's interest in dairy is limited to sugary cereal with milk (mornings) or macaroni and cheese (any time). He loves the stuff you make from a package of yellow powder stirred into the hot noodles with milk and butter. This is his basic food group, but he only likes the boxed stuff, especially one with multi-shaped noodles called Wacky Mac. One year for his birthday, I decided I'd give him a treat and make real macaroni and cheese, I handgrated three kinds of cheese and melted them in a double boiler with a little cream, a tedious and messy process, not to mention expensive. But in the end, after strenuous stirring, I had a creamy, stringy, delicious brew of mozzarella, cheddar, and Edam, flavorful and gorgeous. I lovingly scooped it over the noodles and presented it to him with a flourish for his birthday lunch. "What's this?" he asked. "Macaroni and cheese, real cheese," I told him. "It's the wrong color," he said, because it wasn't bright orange, "and it's gooey." And that was that. I made him a doixble portion of the boxed stuff and gave up on his future as a gourmet. The good news is, my husband liked the real McCoy just fine, So as Shavuot nears, with its beautiful story and incandescent meaning and serious study, I am off in the land of cookbooks. I'm contemplating artichokes with homemade garlic mayonnaise, eggplant Parmesan, creamed spinach, vichysaoiw?, and cheese straws. My mind is pondering strawberries dipped in milk chocolate, tiramisu, baklava, ice cream sundaes, and almond cheesecake. You know . . . a religious experience.
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World War II Pilot (Continued from page 1) m . i ' Day after day, Anne wrote about her life work- wrote. Then on May 7, "the end of Germany was "A presumptive date of death" for Lt. Cohen was ing at Iowa Clothes Shop, going to movies at the announced but they are waiting for an official word established by the government as 26 November 1945, the day followStrand, having lunch occasionally at Brandeis or from Eisenhower. Please God, ing 12 months of his dinner at the Blackstone, going to services, now we shall hear soon from our absence. putting away her Passover dishes, attending a dear Son. Please take care of On December Hadassah linen shower. Harry went to B'nai him. Please God." 12,1945, Anne Cohen B'rith meetings and they both played poker, gin, On Mother's Day, she received wrote in her journal bridge, Mah-Jongg and Bingo, either at their own *a nice bouquet from Norm for the last time. Her house or at the homes of their friends and rela- (Rips) saying that Irv is thinkpoignant plea still tives. During the summer, they would spend time ing of me." begged for her son's relaxing at Carter Lake. A letter arrived on the mornsafekeeping. "Please But even as life went on, every journal entry, ing of June 16 from one of please let us hear never missing a day, ended with the same hope: Cohen's crew members. "It was good news....Please.." "Oh God please let us hear good news of our son's horrible," the letter read. The She could not have crew member was "blown out of safety. We are trying to be very brave." The plea known that on that varied slightly from day to day. "Oh dear God the plane and parachuted same day, Secretary please let us hear some word of Irv's safety. I know down." While recuperating in a of War Robert P. he is alright but if we would only hear soon." hospital, he was told by a priest Patterson was writShe prayed not only for her son but for his crew. that "they found seven men and ing a letter to her "Please God take care of our boy and his crew. buried them." and Harry. "At the Keep them safe and protect them." Anne refused to believe the request of the She wrote also about a letter she sent to news. "I dressed and went to the President," it began, President Roosevelt "trying to get Palestine for store. Didn't say a word to Dad. "I write to inform I'll never tell him'. I have hope the Jews." you that the Purple By the end of January, Irv's letters from his par- our dear Son is alive and he will Heart has been ents started to be returned to them. On February come home. Oh Please dear God awarded posthu26, two days protect him." mously to your son, before the On August 14, VSecond Lieutenant Cohens' 25th J Day, Anne recordIrving Cohen, Air wedding ed the end of the anniversary, war. Corps, who sacrificed Lieutenant Irving Cohen, 1944 two raincoats By September, his life in defense of sent to Irv her entries were taking on a more des- his country. • "came back. I perate tone. "Very blue and sad. Boys "When the medal, which you will shortly receive, feel blue and are coming home everyday and no reaches you," continued Patterson, "I want you to flick" his , ; word from our boy. Please please dear know that with it goes my sincerest sympathy, and mother wrote i •'•?; God please let us hear good news." By the hope that time and the victory of our cause will in her jourOctober 18th, "All of Irv's pals are finally lighten the burden of your grief." nal. i home now. Please dear God let our boy living's friend, Harold Bernstein, returned to ' ' come home." Council Bluffs in 1946. He remained friends with Letters $*y On November 25, Anne spoke only of Anne and Harry Cohen for years and "aaw them all from Irv's one thing. "Today is one year since our the time. It was terribly hard on them for years," other crew boy has been missing. Dear dear God Bernstein recalled. members' please please help us. Please let us relatives, In 1947, the Cohens decorated and furnished the hear good news. Please please dear lodge room of B'nai B'rith Lodge #688 at B'nai Israel who were alGod. Only good news from our son." so clinging to Synagogue in memory of their son. The lodge room is the belief As yet unknown to the Cohens, a let- now a small chapel, The Cohens died in 1974, nine that their ter dated 26 November 1945, was days apart from one another. Their daughter, Betty, "boys are being sent to them by the U.S. War died in 1989. They are survived today by, Bettys chilsafe and Department. In part, it read: "After dren: Patty and her husband, Steve Nogg, and their well," were leaving the target area, (your son's) sons, Brian and Jeff, and daughter, Annie; and delivered to plane was shot down by anti-aircraft (Betty's daughter) Judy, and her husband, Jim Anne and fire. One crew member was known to Brantz, and their son, David, and daughter, Molly. Lt. Cohen's Gravestone a t A r d e n n e s bail out and another was thrown from Harry. Other surviving relatives include Betty's second husOn April American Cemetery in NeuvUle-En-Concroz, the ship when an explosion occurred in band, Harlan (Bud) Studna of Omaha; Anne Cohen's 12, as she B e ' g i u l « . mid-air. Both landed in enemy territo- sister, Freda Raduziner, who lives in New Hampshire; recorded not only her own personal burden but also ry and were captured. According to their reports, Ethel Kapperman, Harry Cohen's sister of California; history, Anne was shocked by the news of your son was last seen as he and the others pre- and several nieces, nephews and cousins. (Continued on page 15) President Roosevelt's death. "I can't believe it," she pared to jump just prior to the explosion."
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World War II Pilot (Continued from page 14) «—»—»— About 1989, someone noticed a pho- the Jewish Federation Library, tograph of Lt. Cohen on the wall at explained Harris Finkelstein, B'nai Israel Synagogue. Although Director. never having Students, known Lt. Coprobably hen or his junior and family, the senior high person who school age, saw the picwill be able to ture wanted enter a conto tell Cohen's test, said story. More Finkelstein, information by writing esabout Lt. Cosays about hen was gathany Jew from ered at the Omaha or public library anywhere else in Council in the world, a Bluffs. living person or an historiLt. Irving cal figure. The Cohen "is a winners will symbol of the receive cash many Jewish veterans who A close-up of Lt. Cohen's Gravestone. prizes. served and sacrificed," said the per"This contest will allow us to honor son who saw the picture, "Many were the memory of Lt. Cohen twice a wounded and died for the welfare of year," Finkelstein added, "once when the United States. They served in all we publish a brochure to promote the theaters of the war and in all capaci- contest, and again when we display ties such as submarine crewmen, Air the entries-probably in the JCC Force combat personnel, and in the gallery," infantry and tank divisions in all He hopes to begin the contest in branches of the service." 2002 near the time of Yom Wishing to remain anonymous, the Ha'Atzmaufc. person who noticed the picture decid"I think it's an extremely exciting ed last year to establish an endow- program," Finkelstein added, "and I ment fund in memory of Lt. Cohen think it's going to be an important with The Foundation of the Jewish program for the community. The proFederation of Omaha. "I feel Lt. gram was established because the Cohen's story should be told," said donor didn't want a new generation the donor, who also made "a gener- of Jewish children to forget the ous donation," according to the direc- courageous role that so many Jews tor of the SAC Museum in 1980 in have played in history. So when you .memory of - Lt. . Cohen, to - the. u«L Kojuiitiung up liku Uiiy it, forces Museum's Memorial Society Arbor those who knew to remember and Program. • those who didn't know to learn." Lt. Cohon is buried at Ardennes Marty Ricks, Foundation Executive Director, stressed that "our anony- American Cemetery in Neuville-Enmous donor speaks passionately of Condroz, Belgium. His friend, Harold why he wants the community to Bernstein, hopes Cohen will be never forget.Lt. Cohen. Besides Lt. roinembarod "as a jolly, fun loving guy nnd a good loyal friend." Cohen, the donor is also a hero." No doubt he will bo remembered as Income for the new endowment fund will be used to start a new pro- a friend and so much more. gram, Profiles in Jewish Courage, at
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It is the original Top Ten List. On Monday morning, May 28, the Ten Commandments will be read from the Torah to mark the first day of Shavuot. According to Virtual Jerusalem, "When the Ten Commandments were given at Mount Sinai, the course of human history was changed forever. No document has influenced the course of civilization like the Bible, and it can be argued that of all the contents the Bible, these 10 laws have been the single most influential section." Find more at: http^/207.168.91.4/vjholidays/shavuot/ten.htm. You can read the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:1 or if you prefer, you can have them sung to you at ORT's wonderful website Navigating the Bible: http://bible.ort.org/books/torahd5.asp? action»displaypage&book=2&chapter=20&ver ses=2&portion» 17. Robin Treistman has a thought provoking essay entitled "THE TEN ", in which Treistman tries to shatter some myths: www.wzo.org.il/ encountr/tencom.htm. For example, Treistman argues that the phrase Ten Commandments is actually a poor translation of the Hebrew "Aseret Hadibrot - The Ten Statements." So what makes these statements so special? "Jewish tradition holds that inside of - or included in - these Ten Statements is the entire Torah. In other words, the Ten Statements are actually Ten Categories into which each of the 613 Torah commandments falls. Name any commandment and I'll bet we can figure out where it belongs: Holidays, which sanctify time like Shabbat (the Sabbath) belong in the fourth commandment about observing Shabbat. Dealing honestly in business falls under not bearing false testimony..." Rabbi Anehelle Perl ia happy to burst another misconception. Thanks to countless paintings and the unforgettable image of .Charlton Heston atop Mount. Sinai, wo are all familiar with the Ten Commandments etched on thoao two tablets, square on the bottom, round on the top. Not quite, Hays Rabbi Voxl, www.rabbipcrl .com/holidays/shavuos.htm. He quotes the Talmud to argue that the tablets were actually square on top, He says Judaism has a responsibility to depict accurately one of its most important symbols. For many more sites about the Ten Commandments and Shavuot, check out Beitb. HaChatulim, at: www.geoeities.eom/Heartlaiwl/ HiHs/1259/shavlinks.htm and Haven: www.maven.co.il/sultf ecte.asp?S>*;i.2&
There are a few Ten Commandments sites which focus on kids. The Jewish Theological Seminary site has a large poster celebrating the giving of the Torah that kids can print out and color: http://iearnjtsa.etl u/topies/kids/shavuot_toget her/poster.shtml. The TorahTots site has a comprehensive look at the preparation the Israelites went through in order receive the Torah in addition to an explanation of the Ten Commandments geared toward Idds:www.torahtots.com/parsha/shmos/yitro2. htm. It seems that there are many children who could have done well to study the TorahTots' site. Richard Lederer has scoured the world for some of the most outrageous things kids have written about the Bible. Here are some Biblical Bloopers — actual mistakes made by young scholars about the Exodus and the Ten Commandments: http://pwl.netcom.com/~rlederer/arcblpr.htm. "Moses led the Hebrews to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert. Afterwards, Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the Ten Amendments. The First Commandment was when Eve told Adam to eat the apple. The Fifth Commandment is humor thy father and mother. The Seventh Commandment is thou shalt not admit adultery.*1 The Ten Commandments have not only become central to Judaism; they've have even woveu themselves into our popular culture. Many nitoB oven have lists of lists; www«exxnet.caxn/#eni/lencom.htm of "new" commandments. I leave you with a sampling, some sublime, some ridiculous: Ten Commandments of Lobbying: "Take your friends where you find thorn. Today's opponent may be tomorrow's ally,": www.mokid8.org/coTnmandments.htjm; Ten Commandments of Pubric Shopping: "Thou ahall never take your husband,": www.madbbs, com/users/elk war/te:a,,,eom" mandmcntH.ofJfalH'ic jshopp.htm; Ten Commandments for Sane Living: "Strike a balance between work and play.,, Nobody ever said on their death bed, 'I wish I had spent more time in the. office,"*: www.8tevonharper.coM/ten.htm. Have a very happy holiday, Mark Mietkieivicz in a Toronto-batted television producer who writes, lectures and teaches about the Jewish Internet. Me can be con» tacted at; highway®home.com.
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Linda Scott, Technology and Math, Conestoga, A Splash of Color; Sharon Royers, Instructional Facilitator, and Ginny Mollak, Assistant Principal, both of Bancroft Academy, Cultural Travels; Linda Sivertson, Music Specialist, Conestoga Magnet, Literature in Music; Judy Schubert, Resource High Ability, Oak Valley, Masters and Castelar, Gifted Writing; Corinne Butcher, 5th grade, Heidi Bartels, 4th grade, and Andrea Eisner, 5th grade, all of Bancroft Academy, Literature Links; Mary E. Bcrberich, Speech/Language, Benson West, Linking Language; Jeanne Dawson, Patricia Gilreath and J u d y T o r r e n s , all Grade 1, Franklin Academy, Listen To Me; Lynn Brown, P.E., Spring Lake Academy, P.B. monitors; Susana Lara, Spanish, Central High, Spanish For Spanish Speakers; Linda Drozda, Special Education, Ashland Park Robbius, Usintf Music To Enhance Skills; Erin Ellis, Counselor, Spring Lake Academy, Stress Management; Nancy Olson, Kindergarten, Doyd, Literacy Bags.
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Psychic Medium Rebecca Perelman 1 Communicates with 'the Other Side by LINDA BACHRACK, Special from the Detroit Jewish News.
The door chimes each time a customer walks in seeking a hot scone or a shot of caffeine at the little neighborhood coffee shop, on Orchard Lake Road. While folks gather at tables, mostly in pairs, chatting about the weather or the day's business, little are they aware of the conversations of a different sort going on in the back corner. There, steps away from the humdrum give-and-take of the real world, a more spiritual realm is invoked. Just outside the swinging doors to the kitchen, Rebecca Perelman aits on a well-worn sofa, eyes closed, communicating with "the other side." Not to be distracted by those who. wander in and out of her presence, Perelman, a psychic medium, concentrates fully on the person sitting opposite her and on those who hover in the subconscious, waiting to have their long-silenced voices heard. When clients first meet Perelman, they are simultaneously struck by her youth and by her maturity. At age 24, she looks more like a college undergraduate, dressed in jeans and a sweater, and blessed with a fresh, natural beauty, her long brown hair framing an innocent but wise face. "A face like an angel," says her dad, former Omahan Shelly Perelman. "An old soul," says her mom, Jan
Perelman, Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Michael Steinberg, an attorney from Ferndale who sought a reading from Perelman, found her youth refreshing. "My image was Shirley MacLaine with a crystal ball," he says, laughing, Once she starts speaking, however, Perelman's acute awareness of her "gift" and her knowledge of its power transcends her 24 years. One immediately gets the feeling that this is a young woman who has experienced life beyond her years, and who can relate to people of all ages. Her life, as she knows it today, started when she was 20. Self-Discovery "I was battling a deep depression, although I didn't realize that's what it was," says Perelman, re-creating her "awakening" through journal entries from her sophomore year in college at the University of Florida. "I battled sleepwalking and what I called the 'night prowler,' waking up and eating in the middle of the night. This went on for about two years." During that period, Perelman's parents were divorced after 30 years of marriage, compounding her depression and feelings of helplessness. "I felt like a prisoner, unable to sleep through a night, a victim of the pain I was facing. But, looking back,
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this 'night prowler' was a blessing in disguise because it forced me to 'wake up' to my gift." The gift she refers to is her surrender to a higher power. She feels that God was trying to get her attention and she wasn't listening until she tapped into her deceased grandmother's energy. "I started journaling when I was on the edge,, and my grandmother came through in my writings. I really feel it was not my hand doing the writing. She spoke to me about her depression and her suicide. She told me how she killed herself and she told me to surrender. "She said if I worked with her, she would bring me my soul mate. Her words were 'Ryan, red rose and 9/24.'" Eight months later, through a bizarre series of circumstances (or synchronicity, according to Perelman), Rebecca met Brian Rosen, born on Sept. 24. "I was healed," she says, Perelman and Rosen will be married on June 10, Both are originally from Omaha, NE. Evolution If Perelman's story begins with her healing, it continues with her dedication to healing others. Though her degree was in advertising, she abandoned plans to pursue a job in the field, and instead enrolled in a holistic healing school called Serenity School of Holistic Health in Farmington Hills, the only state certified school of its kind in Michigan, She will receive certification in August as a holistic health practitioner, licensing her in such practices as hypnotherapy, aromatherapy and energy reihi, a Chinese hands-on healing process. In addition, she became a certified angel therapy practitioner through a course offered by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D., whose book Divine Guidance
(Renaissance Books; $14.95) teaches ways to open the lines of communication with God, the angels and spiritual guides. Perelman's arrival at a coffeehouse in West Bloomfield, from an internship at the Jewish Federation of Omaha, came through her dad. He moved here to open a mortgage business, convinced Brian to join him, and directed Rebecca to the coffee shop after meeting the owner. Both her parents underscore the "ordinariness" of Perelman's childhood. "She has a wisdom and understanding beyond her years," says her mother. "But she maintained an interesting balance of seriousness and life enjoyment. She had an active social life and seemed to be the center of the family. She intuitively brought everyone together. "You know, she's even more beautiful on the inside," adds Jan. "A joy." Perelman's brother, Baruch HaLevi (Jason Perelman), is studying to be a rabbi with Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz (author of Does the Soul Survive?) in California, and the family has always held a deeply religious belief system. "I knew how to get spirituality through my son's theology," says Jan. "But this is foreign, I have to suspend belief about what Rebecca does and delve deeper to relate it to a Jewish context." As her loving and supportive brother, HaLevi deems Rebecca "a model of pure ideals and what is possible if and when you believe in yourself and your vision." He believes she has been chosen to do what she does. HaLevi recalls Rebecca's high school years when boys lined up wanting to date her. (Continued on page 19)
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Becky graciously and confidently turned them When you no longer need the vessel of a body, NEW YORK-One of North America's largest down. It wasn't that she was snobbish or prudish; and you have learned and evolved to the point where Jewish youth groups will break off from its parent she was both comfortable with being alone and an you can empathize fully, you don't come back as a organization and become an independent group. idealist. She had a dream of her prince charming and person, you become a spirit guide, according to Under a plan approved this week, B'nai B'rith she could not and would not settle for anything else. Perelman. God oversees all. He sends the spirit Youth Organization—currently a department of "Others told her she was crazy," remembers guides and the angels. Angels, says Perelman, have B'nai B'rith International—will invite philanHaLevi. "They didn't understand her ways then never lived a human life. They are loving thoughts thropists and organizational leaders to serve on its and I'm sure they still don't fully understand now. from God, as described in Virtue's book. board. The move, similar to one made in the early . Becky was true to herself and, in the end, she was Beyond reincarnation, Perelman believes in soul 1990s by Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish right, both in regard to finding her prince and in clusters that move through lifetimes together. Campus Life, is expected to help the financially regard to her gift with the realm beyond." "Your son could have been your husband," she struggling youth group raise money. For Shelly, who always has had a completely says. She also believes we all come into the world open relationship with his daughter, acceptance with a book of life, a blueprint of our lives. NEW YORK-A leading Jewish group is criticizcomes easily. When we experience deja uu, we are experiencing ing Austria's foreign minister for planning to ask "Becky's my telephone operator," he says. "When little signposts. They are signals to keep growing the United States to remove former Austrian she tells me something, I do it." (He's in Santa Fe and evolving. "You have to listen to get where you President Kurt Waldheim from a list preventing this month finishing a book he's writing, per should be," she advises. • alleged Nazi war criminals from visiting America. Rebecca's instruction.) Though she doesn't filter any information she The World Jewish Congress said the claim by Shelly muses that it must have been hard for his receives, Perelman "only works with energy that's Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrerodaughter to go from being a young Jewish college there to help you." She writes furiously on a yellow Waldner, who is meeting with top U.S. officials woman to a psychic medium who feels an awesome legal pad as she receives the messages. And she this week in Washington, that recently released responsibility to all those around her. tape-records the session, as well. CIA files clear Waldheim is absurd because the "She receives words from a higher power and "I hope to bring peace of mind, comfort, healing files do not deal with Waldheim's war record. feels an overriding need to share that gift," he says. and direction," she says of the 45-minute to hour- Waldheim, who served with a German army unit "It's energy we can't see, feel or touch. But all of us long readings. "I just listen, I don't tranBChannel, during World War II, has denied that he was are searching - and most people are ready to hear." or surrender complete control to the spirits." involved in Nazi war crimes. When Shelly's mother came to Rebecca, the She emphasizes our own free will. "The spirit young psychic medium began telling Shelly things guides advise but they don't tell you what to do." WASHINGTON-Several U.S. Jewish religious she couldn't know, including details about her And they don't merely appear through readings. leaders joined colleagues from other faiths in callgrandmother's suicide, They're in your dreams; they manipulate electricity ing on President BuBh to make the country's ener"It was cathartic for me. I've since had lots of con- and air pressure; they dome through music that gy policy an instrument for social justice. versations with Mom and I got rid of my guilt constantly plays in your ear. As the recipient of a In an open letter to the White House after the about her suicide," he says. "I believe we're all reading, you should have no expectations. administration unveiled its energy policy, the 39 guided by guardian angels and those who love us, "You should sit back and relax and confirm what leaders said there is a moral obligation to choose Accept it as a truth and it lightens your burdens," you hear," says Perelman. "You can ask questions "the safest, cleanest and most sustainable sources Attorney Steinberg, 37, a Reconstructionlsfc Jew, when there's a lapse in the conversation." of energy to protect and preserve God's creation." who grew up in a Conservative Jewish household, Healing Words believes in a spiritual world and tries to accept difSelf-discovery and inner peace are definite goals NEW YORK--The rabbinic organization for ferent philosophies and religions. of Perelman's readings, Some people have unfin- U.S. centrist Orthodoxy urged its synagogues to "Had I evaluated the reading as an attorney, I ished business with their loved ones and need to puniBh people who deny their spouses a Jewish would be skeptical," says Steinberg. "But I didn't clear the air, divorce, or get, put a judgment on it, or an emotional value. My Such was the case with Eva Haaae, an activity The Rabbinical. Council of America's resolution, grandmother, may she rest in peace, is n guide in technician with Jewish Vocational Service, in which enables communities to withhold (synagogue my life, and I spoke to her. I walked away hopeful." Farrnington Hills who scheduled a session after membership or deny honors without first waiting Brian, Rebecca's young fiance, admitB he was three of her co-workera came back with positive for a ruling from rabbinic courts, ia expected to feedback. help agunot, Jewish women unable to obtain a indifferent to her gift at first. "Not skeptical, just indifferent. I've never asked "I learn something new every time I listen to the divorce. for a reading. I prefer to keep our professional lives tape of my session," says Hause. "I have found such separate. But I believe it's her responsibility to inner peace." share her gift," Born in China, Hnase never met her grandparFor Brian, Rebecca is simply the woman with ents, but within the first minute, Perelman connected with them andfchoyasked if Haaae was carwhom he wants to spend the rest of his life, "My connection to her was immediate," he says. rying her mother's ring in her purse. It was a ring Ilaaso never takes off her finger, but Delivering The Message So what, exactly, happens when you sit across from she put it in her purse that day because she tliought Perelman on the couch in the coffee shop? She simply it might be a distraction. Huuse. was stunned. asks your complete name, then says a brief prayer of Lost you think Perolman spends every waking protection from ghosts, or negative sjiirits. hour as an opon channel to nil thone. with whom Almost immediately, she "sees orbs or energy she comes in contact, rest assured she doesn't walk balls, like bubbles. It's the soul of a spirit." around hearing voices. She lias control over the Sometimes, they will turn into human shapes or energy that surroundti her. different images. Always, she's clairauclient (able to "I can't stay at u mall loo loan, though," she hear voices clearly); sometimes she's clairvoyant. laughs. Pcrelinan spends her free time in yoga dasaoB at "Everything I hear or see is from someone who i 'crossed over,'" she says. "I don't read minds or pre- the Detroit Jewish Community Center and in a One of the victorious Maccabi team, Amir meditation group. She also joined Adat Shalom Bornstcin, walks into Daled School in Gilo dict futures; I just deliver messages." holding the European Championship Cup. She hands over the session to God and to spirit Synagogue. "What 1 do is out of love," she aayH. "I simply Odcd Cohen, 10, phoned Galei Zabnl's Yael guides, the spirits of those who have lived a human Dan radio program isaying he would love to deliver menHiitf«s of light,." life. 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