November 30, 2001: Hanuakkah Edition by Jewish Press

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" 15 Kislev, 5762

November 30,2001

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Acco Youth Ensemble to Perform in Omaha

B'nai B'rith Welcomes Maccabi Torch During Annual Run

by PAMMOHSKY, Federation Communications Director The Acco Youth Ensemble, from Operation Exodus got under way,

Every year year and bring since I944 t the sports and JuMaccabi Werfd daic programUnion and toe â€˘, ming together. Maccabi Tzair Help the Youth MoveHenry Monsky ment* in Israel '* Lodge and the conduct a tradi2002 JCC Mational torch reccabi Omaha lay that takes Delegation place during welcome the Hanukkah. Maccabi Torch to our commuThe torch Is lit nity by signing at the graves of Sfaukert", left, a n d Mike y up for the 12th the Maccabees ^ Abrajasoa ran in a previous B'nalB'ritfa in Israel, and Hanukkah Run. B'rith/Maccabi travels through Israel and the Diaspora sjvisi Hanukkah Torch Run. This event is the spiritual reunion of the Jewish open to the entire comniuiiity. Participants will meet at the JCC people. The Torch Relay expresses the Maccabi Movement* values: the conti- on Sunday, Dec, 16, 9 a.m-j and wili nuity of the Jewish people, the love be transported in a van to the startfor Israel, freedom and independence. ing line at Beth Israel Synagogue, This month, the Maccabi Olympic 52nd and Charles. Together, runners torch will make Its way through the will follow an eight-mile route with streets of Omaha to the JCC with the police escort, with the JCC vans folassistance of Israeli teen schliach, Zlil lowing behind. Any participant who Chen Saks. As a delegate from Israel, feels tired or is unable to run the Saks will spend several days in entire route may elect to ride in the Omaha developing projects for our van at any time. teens; helping kiekoff our Maccabi (Continued on page 2)

Israel's Western Galilee, will perform in Omaha Dec. 14-16. Their visit to the United States is part of "The Musical Connection," a project of Partnership 2000, a program of the Jewish. Federation of Omaha and the Jewish Agency for Israel that promotes business and social relationships between Israelis and Americans. The Acco Youth Ensemble will perform on Saturday, Dee. 15,1 p,xnÂť in the Theater at the Jewish Community Center, The concert is free and open to the community. An ice cream social will immediately follow the performance. In addition, the Youth Ensemble will perform Dec. 14 at Temple Israel's Hanukkah dinner, and Dee. 18 at Beth El's Sunday School Assembly, The Acco Youth Ensemble is comprised of two groups, the Acco Municipal Choir consisting of 32 teens ages 14-18, and the Acco Soloists, consisting of 12 violinists ages 12-16. The Youth Ensemble was established nine years ago as

bringing thousands of immigrants from the former Soviet Union to Acco, Israel. Some 700 pupils, or 20% of the city's school children, take part in the Youth Ensemble. Acco is a multi-cultural community where Israeli and Arab families live side-by-side. The Israeli and Arab children come from diverse sections of Israeli society and attend school together. The Acco Youth Ensemble is a wonderful example of how music helps transcend cultural complexities and brings people together. For more information on the performances, please contact me at 334-6431.

DATE CHANGE Walking the Bible, with author Bruce Feiler, is Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., not Dec. 6 as reported in the Jewish Press. We apologize for any inconvenience. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 334-6402 or e-mailing: skirshenbaum@jewfshomatta.org.

by GARY KATZ, dCC Program Associate

The Project Dreidel Chronicles

Getting Up When You're Down by PAM MONSKY, Federation Communications Director *2%e stary you are about to read is true, and used with permission. The names have been changed to respect the privacy of individuals and families. Welcome to the first installment of "The Project Dreidel Chronicles." Over the next several weeks, you will get to know some of the Omaha-area Jews who have been helped by Jewish Family Service. Each person depicted in these stories has graciously agreed to share their story with the community to increase public awareness of the programs and services ofJFS that have made such a tremendous difference in their lives. JFS provides Hanukkah gifts and Jewish holiday meals to families in our area, who cannot afford photo by Jen Gates them, through "Project Dreidel." But, sometimes, families and individuals have unexpected emergen- having to move to a less desirable neighborhood. cies that require immediate intervention. JFS is Instead of feeling depressed about his circumthere to provide the financial and emotional support stances, he looked upon this as a temporary setthey need to get back to normal, and that support back. After all, he'd experienced many such setcosts money year-round. backs during his 50-plus years and had always Your gift to the Jewish Federation of Omaha's landed on his feet. 2002 Annual Campaign is what allows us to take The day before he was set to move, Eckhaus care of each other. Despite our best efforts, our comlooked around his apartment at his meager belongmunity's needs continue to outpace the increase in ings, now in boxes. He double-checked to make sure gifts to the Annual Campaign. Your increased that the $280 for the deposit on the new apartment Campaign gift ensures that every Omaha Jewish was in the envelope in the box marked "kitchen". community member will have access to professional It had been a long, hard couple of days packing, and compassionate help in a Jewish environment. and he was not feeling welL A diabetic since childhood, Eckhaus had always Had it not been for JFS, the man in this first installment of "The Project Dreidel Chronicles" followed his doctor's instructions and tried to take might have fallen into such deep despair, that he care of himself as best as he could. As he's gotten older, though, Eckhaus' diabetes has progressed wouldn't have been able to get backup again. Morris Eckhaus* was all packed and ready to and it's become more of a daily struggle to regulate move to his new apartment. The rent on his $350- his insulin injections. He'd even had a couple of . a-month apartment was becoming just too much for serious diabetic reactions recently. Even though he didn't feel well, Eckhaus had to him to handle on his factory worker's salary. At $280, the money Eckhaus would save on rent at the finish getting organized for the move in the mornnew apartment would help stretch his grocery bud- ing. But the insulin reaction hit him so fast, he didget to cover the whole month. To Eckhaus, the n't have a chance to do anything about it. Eckhaus extra savings outweighed his disappointment in passed out and hit the floor with a thud.

Thankfully, someone, possibly one of his neighbors, called 911 and the ambulance came and took him to the hospital. With no family to visit or check on him, Eckhaus lay alone in the hospital for two days. While he was worried about his apartment, he reasoned that his neighbors must have shut and locked his front door when he was taken to the hospital. After all, they'd been nice enough to call for the ambulance when he was lying unconscious on the floor. When Eckhaus was released from the hospital, he went to the apartment right away. His heart sank when he got there. Not only was his door open, but someone had gone in and pillaged his belongings. Praying for a miracle, Eckhaus looked inside the box marked "kitchen* hoping against hope that the rent money for his new place would still be there. But, of course, it was gone, and Eckhaus sank to the floor with his head in his hands. He checked every box, becoming more and more despondent as he mentally listed everything of value that was taken. Eckhaus had to do something. He had terminated the lease on the old apartment and needed to leave immediately. The money for the first month's rent on his new apartment was gone. There was only one place Eckhaus felt he could turn: Jewish Family Service. (Continued on page 15)

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Parashat VaYishlah Our Sidrah brings us to the fateful meeting of Jacob and Esau. Jacob has done serious harm to Esau. By deception, Jacob has received Isaac's blessing, which rightfully should have gone to Esau. Before that, Jacob had managed to buy the right of the firstborn for a "mess of pottage." And now Jacob sends very valuable gifts to Esau, as they were about to meet. He sends flocks and herds, the only real source of wealth besides land. He cleverly separates them into four different sections, so that Esau willbe overwhelmed by the generosity of his brother. Jacob is frightened when he hears that Esau is coming to meet him with a private little army of 400 men. The reader must note here that Esau, who is so manhandled in rabbinic literature, appears in the bible as a very decent, gentle and innocent character. He has been wronged and put upon, but he shows himself the gentleman and the forgiving brother. The question arises here, Is appeasement an option? Was it right for Jacob to try to win Esau's favor by the lavish gifts he send on before? Put in terms of today, would it be right for the Coalition to offer $25 million, not for the capture of Bin Ladin, but simply as a bribe to the Taliban to 'keep your forces friendly'? Obviously, this is not what President Bush has in mind. He plans to destroy the Taliban and all other opposition in Afghanistan by aerial strikes and then military strikes on the ground. Jacob, we are told, has had a climactic spiritual experience when he wrestles with a "Man" before the fateful meeting. It is here that Jacob acquires a new name, Israel, which means something like "the man who fought with God and prevailed." In our Sidrah, too, is the story of Jacob's dream. He sees angels ascending and descending, from earth to heaven and back. What are we meant to understand here? That the spiritual is always with us, rising right up from the ground where we are, if . only we would train ourselves to be sensitive to ideas and hopes and aspirations that are not material? The reader of this Sidrah is urged to read it again and again because of the richness of the ideas present and latent in these wonderful stories.

Capital-to-Capital Mission Shows Solidarity with Israel

by JULIE WIENER

NEW YORK (JTA)-When Charles Bronfman stepped down last week as chairman of the United Jewish Communities Board of Trustees, he threw out a bold challenge to the thousands of federation leaders who had gathered to hear his valedictory remarks. Addressing UJC's General Assembly in Washington, the former Seagram co-chairman dared to ask an almost unspeakable question: "In the new world of Jewish philanthropy, will UJC and the federation system be relevant?" Citing a biblical proverb etched on his father's gravestone that reads, "Where there is no vision, the people perish," Bronfman said we are living in "an age that cries out for forceful vision," "The baton is in your hands, my friends,,and with it, the future of the Jewish people," he said. "In these early days of the 21st century, I pray that indeed you will be visionary pioneers." His words were proof enough that UJC is at a crossroads today. The heavy work of hammering out the governance details of the merger of three national organizations that took some six years to implement is mostly completed. Now many, like Bronfman, are clamoring for the new entity to offer more vision and leadership, and to clarify its goals and priorities for the coming years. Much will be determined by the actions of the new people at the top: Stephen Hoffman, the president and CEO, and James Tisch, Bronfman's successor as chairman of the board. In their new roles, Hoffman, 50, and Tisch, 49, face an array of competing demands from the 189 federations that are "owners" of the organization: • offer vision and leadership that is strong and decisive, yet not authoritarian; • address the major issues of the times without stepping on the toes of Jewish advocacy groups; and • trim the group's approximately $44 million budget, while offering more services.

Torch Run (Continued from page 1) • route may elect to ride in.the van at any time, At the conclusion of the run, join the Maccabi athletes as they line the JCC parking lot to greet runners and welcome the Maccabi Torch to Omaha. A symbolic lighting of the menorah will take place, and refreshments will be served. Holiday activities, provided by our shliach, will conclude the program. Adults may send $18, payable to Henry Monsky Lodge, to: Lois Epstein, B'nai B'rith, 333 So, 182 St., Omaha, NE 68154, Maccabi participants may enter the Torch Run free of charge and can register with me, 334-6403. For more information, call Lois Epstein, 334-6443.

Healing and Renewal Service Offers Comfort and Support

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s Some of the participants on the United Jewish Communities Capital-to-Capital Mission, gather at the end of their journey in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Mission brought approximately 500 participants from 25 communities to Israel as a show of solidarity and unity. The Jewish Federation of Omaha will bring 15 members of the community to Israel next week as part of another 500-person Solidarity Mission. HELP WANTED The Jewish Press has an immediate opening for a part-time indexer. Ideal for high-school or college student with Sunday or evening hours available. Five hours per week through May needed to bring index up to current issues. Eye for detail and familiarity with Microsoft Word a plus. Will pay $7.50/hour. Call Maureen at the Jewish Press, 334-6449, for more information.

Vicki Perimeter describes Temple Israel's Service of Healing and Renewal as "comforting. I just like the atmosphere in the chapel," she said, "The words of the service are meaningful and the music is beautiful." Perimeter's mother, Role Meyers, has attended the Healing and Renewal Service with her daughter. She mentioned that "it's always helpful to know you're not alone in your feelings." The service provides "a very supportive feeling and a comfortable environment." "People come to the Healing and Renewal Service for different reasons," said Mike Walts, who often plays the guitar and leads the singing with Cantor Wendy Shermet at the bi-monthly service. Walts added, "I feel like there's always something different going on in my life and it's amazing to me how being at the service works. I feel a little bit better for going." Whether an individual or a family is coping with illness, loss or grief, he observed, "There's always something going on in our lives that needs a little patchwork soothing, refreshing, and consoling."# Temple's next Healing and Renewal Service, which is open to the community, will be Tuesday, Dec. 11,7 p.m.

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One Small Light Have you ever noticed how the light from just one candle can brighten up a whole room? Somehow, that one small flame has more impact than a room lull of light. So it is when the rabbis decreed that we should celebrate Hanukkah as the Festival of Lights, starting with one candle and adding one more each night thereafter. That first light is so exciting, not only to young people (who now associate the lighting of the Hanukkiah with receiving presents), but to adults who realize that the flickering candle brightens even the dreariest of winter days.

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This year, that first candle, lit on Sunday, Dec. 9, seems especially meaningful. Thankfully, the Jewish people are still free. We are free to celebrate our holidays, free to choose where we want to live and attend school and work, and free to vote and yes, even run for the highest office in the land! This year, too, the Afghan people are free, or soon will be. They're free from the rigid, narrow-minded rule to the Taliban, who have forbidden even the most innocent of human pleasures -kite-flying and listening to music. They're free to form their own government (and we pray that it is not only democratic, but that women will be guaranteed basic human rights—the right to an education, access to health care and to make decisions about who and when to marry). The Afghan people are free because the United States of America stood up

for the principles of freedom and democracy -- but only after we ourselves were attacked on Sept. 11. The Afghan people have lived under the oppressive rule of the Taliban (and by extension, Osama bin Ladin's Al Queda's terrorist network), for the past five years. Notice that bin Laden and associates could have used his millions to build educational institutions and hospitals, roads and housing. They could have funded entrepreneurs and made grants to scientists and doctors. They have no plan to improve society, but they've been pretty successful at tearing it down. There are two lessons we should take away from this year's celebration of Hanukkah: The first is obvious: civilized people must fight to defend their democratic way of life. That's what the Maccabees did when the Syrian-Greeks tried to impose their beliefs on the Jews and killed anyone who opposed them. In our modern day scenario, it's America and her allies who are fighting against radical Muslims who think they can take over the world with their warped view of Islam. Moderate Muslims must stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Jews and Christians all over the world to ensure this doesn't happen. The second lesson is: 'don't wait.' Don't wait for the rest of the world to suffer before standing up to oppressions and tyranny. It only takes one candle, after all, to make a dark room bright, and only one person to make a difference, Happy Hanukkah!

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Unlike last year, when Hanukkah coincided with Christmas, there is no such overlap this year (since Hanukkah occurs between Dec. 9-17). This lack of contiguity matters a good deal to American Jews, but largely goes unnoticed in the Jewish State. A Hanukkah that encompasses Dec. 25 in America is . a Hanukkah when Jews are in sync with the majority culture—they celebrate.at the same time that the majority of Americans celebrate. In Israel, Christmas is not on the cultural radar for most Israeli Jews, and so, whether or not it falls out during Hanukkah hardly makes a ripple in an Israeli's consciousness. What does it mean as a Jew to grow up with just one winter holiday., where Hanukkah is the December holiday of your country? In thinking about this question, one can see that celebrating Hanukkah in the Jewish State is a cultural experience akin to celebrating the other Jewish holidays in Israel: Passover is this country's Spring holiday, the Israeli New Year is celebrated in September (or sometimes in October), and Succot is Israel's Fall holiday. Seen in this light, the question becomes: How does it feel as a Jew to celebrate a Jewish holiday in a Jewish state, where one's private celebratiou is greatly enhanced by the social energy of a national celebration (stimulated by such things as adver-

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tisements for products using holiday songs and themes, holiday office parties, municipal holiday displays, and the widespread availability of holiday foods). The answer is: I t feels very good indeed. Celebrating Hanukkah and other Jewish holidays in Israel feels like you are part of something much larger than yourself, something very deep arid special. . , For an American Jewish immigrant to Israel, there is another facet to this issue of the absence of Christmas from Israel's cultural landscape. With the new cultural environment, one may find oneself developing a more benign view of Christmas. For example, when I read my second-grader an English-language children's book that recounts the big moments of a particular second-grader's lifeincluding the Christmas play (it's incredible how often Christmas is mentioned in ordinary children's books), I don't have to get upset at the writer and publisher for not being sensitive to my religious sensibilities. I don't have to skip that page; I don't have to worry that this exposure to Christmas fun will cause my child to want to celebrate Christmas (though I do have to explain to him what Christmas is). Instead, I can read the page with mild bemusement at the prevalence of Christmas in American

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life. Similarly, when we were at a children's concert in the States this past summer, and a little girl requested that the performer sing her favorite sang—Jingle Bells, and, later, when we were at activity time at a local library and a boy wanted to hear a story about his favorite animals—reindeer, I didn't get upset at the lure of Christmas in American culture. I didn't feel that these events made it more difficult for our family not to get caught up in the Christmas spirit-because in Israel, my children are not exposed to any Christmas spirit whatsoever. The hypersensitivity I had to all things Christmas in America is rapidly fading away here. It could be argued that such a situation in Israel has its negative side, that there is something troubling with the Israeli child's lack of awareness and appreciation for other vibrant cultures. (Israeli children do learn about other cultures, but there's a difference between learning about a stranger's culture and learning about your next-door neighbor's or classmate's culture.) It could be argued that the Israeli Jewish experience leads to people who are less broad minded, less free thinking and less tolerant of difference. There is something to be said about this argument. I will address it in my next column. Happy Hanukkah.

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BEHIND THE HEADLINES Scholar Traces Jewish Names Through the Ages

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TORONTO (JTA)--Ask Alexander extending from a Hebrew list of vicBeider about the derivation of his tims of the First Crusade in t h e first name, and he'll explain that, Rbineland in 1096 to a Russian votaccording to a talmudie source, ers'list in 1912. Jewish parents began to use the A derivation scheme traces the name after Alexander the Great con- many detours that the name quered Palestine in 333 BCE. Aleksander took—including Sanderlike his ancient namesake, Beider— man, Zenderlin, Zandrik and Shanke a Moscow-born Jewish emigre living —through the ages. The dictionary in Paris-is proving a skilled and savvy also shows that Sander is an informal conqueror who has marched from one and colloquial version of the name, province of Jewish names to the next and that Ziskind and Zusraan are in a bold scholarly campaign to illumi- some of its vernacular, everyday equivalents. A glossary adequately nate their various etymologies. A computer consultant and project explains these technical terms. analyst by day, Beider moonlights in To compile the dictionary, Beider libraries and archives, in Paris and mined names from hundreds of hiselsewhere, to research his favorite toric sources, including ancient tombtopic-Jewish names. stones in Israel, lists of medieval He's the author of two groundbreak- European epitaphs, and records of ing studies of Jewish surnames, A anti-Jewish persecutions in medieval Germany. He studied and assessed Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire and A Dictionary the work of previous scholars, rangof Jewish Surnames from the ing from the early~19th-century Kingdom of Poland, Beider recently German authority Leopold Zunz to marched into the equally intriguing the late Rabbi Shmuel Gorr, who published a slim study some years ago. territory of Jewish first names. Published by Avotaynu, Inc. of New Having studied math and statistics Jersey, his 728-page Dictionary of in Russia, Beider traces name derivaAshkenazic Given Names, Including tions with tli© meticulousness of a sciTheir Origins, Structures, Pronunci- entist. He seems particularly skilled ations and Migrations, is a com- at untangling historic inaccuracies pendium of Jewish first names from and overlapping levels of'meaning biblical to modern times. that neeni to confound the origins of The dictionary opena with a hefty cortoin nnmett. scholarly introduction that runt* morn While Inn research solved many than 250 pHge.s. II Mum lists more uiyaLe.rk'H, Hcidor suy.M it also liuJ to than ir>,OOu Aahkeuuxie. tciven names nurprinoH, lift »ayn hi1 was !is*toiunhed mid vnriathma, linking their doriv«• by the hi fib levul to which JHWM UOMH to n pool of about 735 root assiiutiliiled inlo (Shnsliuu society in names. In most, cases, it. trace* the. Germany in the* medieval era. name's evolution hark into history, Mt>wn borrowed a very fiigaificfuit sometimes UK far back aw the talniu- number of UHIIIUH from ihoir dic period—the second to sixth cen- Christian niiitfliborn during the 'Iltli turies C.E. The book's six itidoxos list- to the 13th ctmturiea," ho observes. male and female names in Latin, His research into Jewish first Cyrillic and Hebrew charucters. names alao led him to question what For the root name Aleksander, the many Jewish historians have long dictionary begins with 1J/2 pages of held tvs fact, that the Jews of Eastern history and analysis. It outlines Europe were descended from the eardozens of occurrences of the name in lier Jewish settlements in t h e diverse places, times and languages, Rhineland.

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Haifa—Well, it looks like there is going to be a Palestine state after all. Maybe it's all for the best. Maybe it will mean an opportunity for two neighbors to make peace between them. Fm not so sure. Remember that the Arab goal-and they make no secret of it-is to obliterate Israel completely. But so long as Israel remains strong militarily, they won't be able to achieve that goal. And eventually they will see that they have much.to gain, economically, from friendly relations with the neighbor. They have suffered a great deal and have paid a great price up to now. Their own people have become tired of what seems like an endless struggle. "That sounds logical by western standards, but remember that the Arabs have a different set of standards. Don't expect them to act like us. Once they have been given independence, free of any Israeli interference, there is nothing to prevent them from inviting other states to move their armed forces in, and use Palestine as a convenient base of operations against Israel. Do you want Iraqi troops, with bacterial and possibly nuclear weaponK, nelct door? Look at Syrian de facto control over Lebanon." One can't help but admire the. tenacity with which the Palestinians nro punsuinfj their aituH. The PalenliiHMns h;ivi> bourn the fathers of modern terrorism)., The loan Ii:s1. of I heir atrocities in htrsiel has) In ken n terrible loll ol <'ivilinin<. uud has net tlir* pat fern whirl) foil,iv shocks the world. And tor thi:i they should bo rewarded with a MluU1'/ Whul. a terrible message to other would -lie terrorints: The more horrible your terrorism, tho greater your chances of being rewarded. But they now realize that their own best interests dictate economic relations with Israel. One of their big: problems today is the unemployment caused by tine fact that the tens of thou-

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sands of. Palestinians who used to work in Israel have lost their jobs there. There you go again, citing rational factors. Reason and logic have nothing to do with it. If they did, there would have been immediate peace when Barak made his generous offer. There will be peace, and even Israel should be interested in having a stable neighbor. I can think of only one advantage for Israel in the establishment of such u state. The Arab residents of Israel will at last have a clear choice. They can either certify their loyalty to Israel, or elect, as Palestinians, to move over into their new homeland. But that really won't help. With all the good will in the world, an independent state of Palestine is simply non-viable. It would be an artificial entity capable of existing only so long as it receives constant international philanthropic aid. The oil rich states have already shown how little they are interested in supporting it. "But there is a native population there. What is to become of them? Israel certainly does not want to absorb them, for with their high birth rate they would soon outnumber the Jews and democratically take over the state. "If they would be willing to accept a non-militarized neutral status as » little neighborhood, perhaps under U.N. jurisdiction, there might be something to talk about. Tint their delusions of Rnmdeur apparently rule that out. Since ati independent vhibhmtaU' there in Hiip<Ki;ubW\ let the 20 or more Muslim mw»t.rie;; »ti>;'.tiri) wine oH-hcwe people in (i imnumitsiriHii gesture. We don't H[xmk here of destroying an uxiHting itiitioiml entity. There never wns n Palestinian state, and until recent years the population there even refused to identify themselves as Palestinians. An independent, miniature state with expansionist ambitions, squeezed alongside Israel, is practically and theoretically unfeasible. Worse, it is dangerous.

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Dan Jaffe, recognized as "the jazz poet" since publication of his most recent book, Playing the Word, will come to Omaha to read from his works and participate in relaxed conversation at the first Poetry Night in the Kripke Jewish Federation Library, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 7-10 p.m. Wine, cheese and hot apple cider will enhance the informal, intimate ambiance of the evening, said Library Director Harris B. Finkelstein, The public is invited to attend. D a n "We're extremely pleased to present a writer of high stature whose connections to Nebraska and Judaism have been among the important influences on his work," Finkelstein said. "I hope this will be the first of many afterhours sessions in our library devoted to the sharing of companionship and literature." Jaffe, with more than 12 books in print, has been given a range of labels, including landscape poet, family poet, Jewish poet, and, more recently, jazz poet. "When I put them, all together, that's what I am,' he said in a recent telephone interview from his home in Miami. Playing the Word, published last year, received praise from poets and musicians alike, including Pulitzer Prize winner James Tate, who endorsed it as "a celebration of jazz so vivid and passionate,, I could hear the lines and see the smoke." Jaffe has written on the Holocaust among other

Jewish themes. He said some of his poems, inspired by memories of attending Orthodox services with his grandfather, "reflect the rhythms and sounds of the Torah." He is currently completing The Freedom Book, "a very American Haggadah," different in many ways from any Haggadah already in print. Due for publication this spring, his translation considers the work from the perspective of its great literary merit, he said, It promises to be of Jaffe interest to non-Jewish and Jewish readers alike. ' Jaffe was raised in Elizabeth, NJ, and educated at Rutgers University and the University of Michigan, where he won the coveted Hopwood Award in 1958. He sought his first faculty position at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln because of his admiration for faculty member Carl Shapiro, who served then as editor of its literary publication Prairie Schooner, He was a faculty member at UNL from 1958-60, and its press published his first book, the only biography of Dan Freeman, Nebraska's first homesteader. He holds an honorary Professor Emeritus from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, where he taught for many years while raising a family of six. He makes periodic trips to Omaha to visit daughter and son-in-law, Sara and Serin Juster, and their children.

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A pre-Hanukkah party will be hosted at the Parkwood Terrace clubhouse on Saturday, Dec. 8, 6:30 p.m. A dairy potluck dinner will be included. Questions, call Maxine Noodell at 393-7624. OMAHA CENTER FOR TORAH LEARNING Tuesday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m., Bais Midrash returns at the Chabad House. Wednesday, Dec. 5, noon, OCTL resumes Lunch 'n Learn at the Kripke Jewish Federation Library. Thursday, Dee. 6, 7 p.m., the Gemorrah class meets at the home of Leon Shrago, 805 So. 1.20th Ave. Friday, Dec. 7, 6 p.m., join OGTL for Shabbat dinner at Allan and Rini Gonsher's, 5417 Franklin, followed by a lecture by Dr. Guy Matalon at Beth Israel Synagogue at 8 p.m. Cost is $12.50 for adults, $5 for children. RSVP to Carol Katzman, 397-9935, by Dec. 3. For information about OCTL, call Allan Gonsher at 558-2767. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN

Pam Friedlander, NCJW Vice-president for Public Affairs, announced "City.Government Day" will be held on Thursday, Dec. 6, 10 a.m. Meet in Mayor Fahey's office with Chief-of-Staff Paul Landow for a tour and meeting, with City Councilman Frank Brown, on issues confronting the City Council this year, For reservations or more information, call Pam at 334-8773. Save your 'gently worn' clothes, furniture, sports equipment and electronics for NCJW's Second Annual Spring Garage Sale. Call Kim Noddle, 3917022, or leave a message at the NCJW office, 3346565, to arrange for pick-up.

Y.E.S. Members will meet Monday at the JCC. Play bingo at 10:15 a.m. with Eileen Reiner, or exercise with Stacey Paskert at 10:30 a.m. Bring articles to share for "YES Talk" at 11 a.m. Following lunch at noon, Rita Paskowitz will perform Hanukkah Storytelling. For transportation, call 330-4272.. Make reservations with Maggie Conti at 335-6521. The Hanukkah Party is Dec. 10, featuring the Omaha International Folk Dancers—Israeli Dancers. Hanukkah gifts will be given following the performance. Deadline is Dec. 3. The Magical Mystery Tour is Dec. 13. Cost is $4; lunch is on your own at Michael's Tea Room in Florence. Deadline for reservations is Dec. 6. Pizza & Game Day is Dec. 20. Lunch starts at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $3 per person. Please pay in advance. Deadline is Dec. 13;. Bluffs Run Casino is on Dec. 27. Cost is $5 per person. Deadline is Dec.20. Membership dues to Y.E.S. for the year 2002 are now due. Please mail your check, payable to Y.E.S., for $4 per person to Frieda Krizelman, 331 So. 93rd Ave., Omaha, NE 68114. WALK-IN, DROP-IN Members will meet at the JCC on Thursday. Exercise starts at 10 a.m. For those going on the day trip to Brother Sebastian's, please meet at the main entrance by 11 ajn. For transportation, call Maggie Conti at 334-6521 VISIONS

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Looking for a great way to make your shopping dollars go farther this holiday season? National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section, has the solution. NCJW has come up with a way you can do all your holiday shopping and make a contribution to NCJW at the same time. Shop at The Village Bookworm in Countryside Village, or either Zany Brainy location (78th & Dodge or 140th Street near Oakview Mall) during the week of Dec. 3-7. When you check out, tell the cashier you support NCJW and a portion of what you spend will be donated to NCJW. You do not have to be a member of NCJW to participate, only a supporter of the programs and services NCJW undertakes on behalf of women, children and families. NCJWs "It's a Wrap" fundraising project is also being held again this year. NCJW will provide giftwrapping services for these same merchants, The Village Bookworm and both Zany Brainy stores. Since these merchants provide free gift-wrapping to their customers, NCJW members will wrap for tips and donations. NCJW wrappers will be at The Village Bookworm Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. each week until Dec, 24. NCJW wrappers will handle the wrapping stations at each Zany Brainy location three weekends during the holiday season, Dec. 7-9, and Dec. 21-24. To participate in "It's a Wrap", please call chairwoman Susan Rothholz at 391-3043.

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Creighton University Professor Bette Novit Evans, from the Political Science and International Studies Department, was selected as a recipient of the "Alpha Sigma Nu 2001 National Jesuit Book Award" for her book, Interpreting the Free Exercise of Religion: The Constitution and American Pluralism. Alpha Sigma Nu is the highest honor that is bestowed on an individual from a Jesuit University. The induction of 56 students, and award to Dr. Evans, will take place Dec. 1, 4 p.m., in the Rigge Science Lecture Hall, #120.

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Dr. Dana Kaplan, whose interests include Jews under siege in such countries as South Africa and Cuba, American Jewish history and today's "hot button" topics of intermarriage, conCleo Rogers-Marcovitz is a Daisy in this version and gender week's production of the Nutcracker at the issues, will present Orpheum She is the daughter of Mimi Rogers and the sermon at ShabMichael Marcovitz. bat services, Dec. 7, 8 p.m. at Temple Avery Hannah Lehr, daughter of Sandy and Israel. John Lehr, will be feaProfessor Kaplan Dr. Dana Kaplan tured as Hannah Rose is the Oppenstein Jenkins in the heartBrothers Assistant Professor of Judaic and warming Grande Olde Religious Studies in the Department of History at Players Theatre producthe University of Missouri-Kansas City He earned tion of Papa's Angels» a Ph.D. in American Jewish History from Tel Aviv written by Collin Wilcox University and received his rabbinic ordination, Paxton, in collaboration from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of with and directed by Religion in Jerusalem, He has written more than Omaha's legendary 40 scholarly essays and general audience articles Charles Jones. The and is the editor of Contemporary Debates in show opened Nov. 29 and American Reform Judaism: Conflicting Visions, a runs through Dec.23. collection of essays that takes a hard look at Tickets are $6-$ 12, and cam b© purchased through today's Reform movement. the box office at 397-5262. The Grande Old© Prom his rabbinic perspective, Prof. Kaplan links Players Theatre is located south of Hobby Lobby at important concepts from rabbinic and Talmudic 2339 No. 90th St. thought to contemporary concerns, He is known for hia relaxed, conversational style popular with a A new CD by Karen & Friends is available for variety of audiences including adults, seniors, Hanukkah gift giving,.Karen Sokolof Javiteh ' teenagers, religious study groups and synagogue wrote 18 new songs, including the title song, His, boards. Name Was Freedom, for a CD arranged by Originally from Manhattan (New York City), this Mannlieim Steamroller conductor Chuck will be Dr, Kaplan's first trip to Omaha. Feningtoft. The CD is available at the Bookworm, In his sermon, Dr, Kaplan will "try to givo a little Homers, Borders, .Anderson •Q'Brie.^ Gallery and bit of the background of what's going on hi religious trends in general on topics such as women's issues, intermarriage, and denominational choice the sales wfii'be dunated to Ike.Sept ii'||mi^W||li more Information, call 398-380S. in America's religious marketplace."

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Molly Goldberg, daughter of Wendy and Bruce Goldberg; Daniel and Claire Schlessinger, children of Joel and Nancy Schlessinger, are performing in the Omaha Community Playhouse production of A Christmas Carol. The show runs through Dec. 20. Molly and Claire are in the Children's Ensemble and Daniel plays the character of Tiny Tim.

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Debbi Brown to Teach Preparatory Course for Israel Experience Grants by DIANE AXLER BAUM

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Debbi Brown, Assistant course. Deadline to regisDirector of the Antiter for the course is Dec. Defamation League/Com28. munity Relations Com"The course, once committee, will cliannel her pleted, may be applied knowledge and passion toward the receipt of a about Israel into five ses$1000 grant for study in sions for Jewish youth, Israel, now or later," as instructor for the explained Kathy HirshIsrael Experience Grant man, Director of ScholarProgram's required prepships and Educational aratory course. Administration for JELS. "It, just makes sense to The classes will take take advantage of our place at the JCC, from current instructor,, who 1:30 to 3:30, on the folKathv lowing Sundays: Jan; Hirshman and Debbi Brown plan the i s e x c e p tionally knowl13, Feb. 17, March 17, tpreparatory course for teens participating in e dgeable about Israel ri s t o I s r a e L April 21 and May 5. P and also truly underBrown, who serves as staff person for stands the needs of teenagers." Partnership 2000, said her goal is to make the The Federation's Israel Experience Grant of course "educational, relevant, exciting and fun." $1000 is not financial aid, but rather a gift and a She promised to show students where they will be motivator, Hirshman noted. She pointed out that going geographically and then to prepare them for JELS does have other resources for providing what they will hear, taste and feel, in addition to financial aid to students who are eligible. what they will see and do. Students also will Completion of the preparatory course is one of receive brush-up on practical Hebrew Language for several requirements for receipt of a Federation the traveler, Israel Experience Grant. Recipients must be resi"I love Israel, and, in my opinion, you can't fully dents of Omaha or Council Bluffs currently love Israel unless you go. Then it attaches itself to enrolled in grades nine-12, and they must agree to you," Brown said. She is planning her next trip in perform service to the Jewish community after December as u member of the Federation's returning from Israel. Solidarity Mission and a staff person for The family of a recipient must contribute, at any Partnership 2000. level, to the Federation's annual campaign. The In early November, Jewish Educational and particular trip must be approved by the recipient's Library Services (JELS) sent applications for the rabbi. preparatory course to parents of students currently For more information about the preparatory in grades nine to 12. Students considering an Israel course or the Israel Experience Grant Program, study trip for this coming summer, or in the future, please e-mail khirshman@jewishomaha.org, or are encouraged to take the current preparatory call 334-6445.

Reform Jews Have Voice in World Zionist Election by CLAUDIA SHERMAN Temple Israel Communications Coordinator*

Reform Jews can play a vital role in making Judaism more inclusive and tolerant of different ways of expressing one's Jewish identity, according to the Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA), by registering to vote in the upcoming elections of the 34th World Zionist Congress, the international parliament of the Jewish people. ARZA mailed copies of the "It's Your Voice" brochure this fall to homes of Reform Jews who belong to Reform synagogues associated with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations throughout the country, including the Omaha community. Delegates from various Jewish organizations from around the world will be selected to attend the World Zionist Congress. By completing the voter registration form in the brochure, Jews will be able to vote for the organization of their choice "and effect the distribution of the money we raise in the annual Federation campaign for the state of Israel," explained Temple Israel's Rabbi Aryeh Azriel. Rabbi Azriel said voting will "help further the practice of religious pluralism in the state of Israel." The future of Reform synagogue day schools, the Reform youth movement, and Reform kibbutzim will be effected by the voting. When the Congress of the World Zionist Organization last met in 1997, Reform Jews made an impact which resulted in increased political and financial support for the Reform movement, reported ARZA. Proper representation in the World Zionist Congress will serve as a voice for pluralism, religious freedom, democracy and unity, according to ARZA. Registering to vote also provides an opportunity to participate in critical decisions defining "who is a Jew." To register to vote, the form in the It's Your Voice" brochure must be mailed no later than Dec. 14, Registration and more information can also be completed online at www.VoteRefo.rmJudai8ni.coin.

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Hundreds of k metic to elemenEthiopian Jewish tary school chilchildren, many of dren, enabling them newly- arimmigrant chilrived from Ethidren to catch up opia, will have a to or surpass nutritious hot their Israeli-born lunch in Israeli classmates," she #W!^\ • , - :•-:-.•.'*^j ,?...• schools, due to added. "Their the highly sucfamilies are very cessful Eighth poor, so the midNight of Hanukday lunch we kah program run provide is the by the North most nutritious American Conmeal of the day ference on Ethifor most of the i / opian Jewry children." (NACOEJ). NACOEJ hopes "Thanks to the An Ethiopian J e w i s h family celebrates their first to help Ethiopian lunches, which Hanukkah in Israel. children celeinclude meat and two vegetables, the children are brate the eighth night of Hanukkah by making a alert and comfortable, and ready to study in our gift of $18, which will purchase two weeks of lunchafter-school classes until three or four every after- es for an Ethiopian-Israeli child, in honor of a spenoon," explained Barbara Ribakove Gordon, cial child in the United States. NACOEJ Executive Director. For more information about participating, con"The NACOEJ after-school programs provide tact NACOEJ, 132 Nassau St., Suite 412, NYC, NY intensive instruction in Hebrew, reading and arith- 10038.

Boys Town Jerusalem students Avroham Datash, left, of Ethiopia, and Dovid Yehuda of France enjoy nufganiyot at a school Hanukkah party. While jelly donuts are a traditional Hanukkah treat, the main theme of Hanukkah is the celebration of religious freedom. The Syrian Greeks outlawed the practice of numerous Jewish rituals, but most important, the study of Torah, the very essence of survival of the Jewish people. At Boys Town Jerusalem, Hanukkah takes on added meaning. In addition to the festivities, students mark the centralliy of Torah study by participating in a special contest testing their knowledge of the history, laws and customs of Hanukkah.

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You saw them full-size at the Orpheum, One Pacific Place, Westside High School and other points around the metropolitan area. Now through December, you can see them, in miniature, in the Gallery of the JCC. The display of "J Does at the J" represents a month-long project by the students of Priedel Jewish Academy, said Julie Phillips, director of the Academy's art program. As Friedel students,developed individual figures, they "participated fully in the creative process," she explained. Students sketched ideas, selected one idea for implementation and worked with diligence and patience to sand and paint Ellie Greenspoon, right, and Julie Phillips, left, share thoughts their plaster figurines. with. Friedel student lilly Phillips as she completes work on her The J Doe unit concluded with a Ian- Space Doe, which she decorated with a variety of celestial shapes. guage arts assignment that called on and submitting designs, to the application of the students to write about the experience. The foot- final, glossy finish on her piece." high figures express a range of feelings and emo- Greenspoon was greatly impressed with Priedel's tions, Phillips noted. For example, Sydney Nissen's art program because it connects art and creativity Faceless Beauty—Doe is faceless, to show that with other areas of the curriculum. "The arts bring "beauty is more than skin deep." Several creations together lots and lots of information, which you can were responses to the Terrorist attacks, including partner with so many other subjects," she said. "A Alyssa Gerber's Fourth of July Parade Doe and hands-on project helps people lenrn more easily Andrew Taylon's Standing Tall Doe, and get more excited, The arts are integral to One highlight of the project was a visit to the learning." Academy by Omaha artist Ellie Greenspoon, whose Greenspoon holds a Master in Fine Arts in own J Doe, Setting America's Table, was sponsored Photography from Clemson University in South by ConAgra, Originally placed at the Chamber of Carolina. She taught in the. Fine Arts Center in Commerce, her piece was later purchased by a pri- Greenville, S,C, and for 15 yours headed the phovate collector in Lincoln. Greenspoon offered stu- tography department nt a magnet school for the dents an important chance to make the acquain- arts. Her current studio is located in the new Hot tance of a successful, professional Jewish artist. Shops Art Center, where aho concentrates on mixed "Ellio was great," exclaimed Phillips. "She media and photography. She also holds the post of watched the students at work, and she answered Youth Programs Director at Beth 101 Synagogue. many questions, She shared the progression of her own J Doe experience—from capturing a concept

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Gross Endowment to Fund NJHS Rabbinical Exhibit by CLAUDIA SHERMAN, Foundation Public Relations Coordinator

Telling the story of how the rabbis "who have Jerry attended the University of Nebraska at graced our synagogues" have influenced the growth Lincoln for one year before finishing his college of the Jewish communities of Nebraska and Iowa education at Omaha University. He went to work since the first settlers arrived, is the theme of a new exhibit being planned by the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society (NJHS), said Louise Abrahamson, President of the organization. Hoping to have the exhibit completed sometime early next year, Abrahamson predicted the proposed display will be comparable to -s the 50th wedding anniversary and the Jewish-owned businesses exhibits organized by NJHS in the pa^t. She has asked Rabbi Myer S. Kripke, senior rabbi of Beth El Synagogue for about 30 years and now Rabbi Emeritus, to assist the Historical Society in compiling the names of all the rabbis who have been a part of the Omaha, Lincoln, and Council Bluffs communities since the areas were first settled. Rabbi Kripke was "very enthusiastic" about helping, Abrahamson said. NJHS is interested in whatever documentaPearl and J e r r y Gross tion of "every and any rabbi we can get," she indicated, Anyone who has anything to contribute, as an adjuster for an insurance company after that including pictures and awards, can call the office at and then worked for S, Riekes and Sons in Wichita, 334-6441, she added. KS. During World War II, he worked for Cessna "In the past, there have been ideas and materials Aircraft, a subcontractor for Boeing. Pearl Osoff was a member of the first class that for exhibits," Abrahamson said, "but no financial backers were available." However, thanks to accepted women at Creighton University. She was Gerald (Jerry) Gross and his wife, Pearl Osoff Queen of the Foreign Language Ball, to which Gross, there is an endowment fund "tofinancethe Gerald Gross accompanied her. Shortly afterwards, cost of developing and promoting new exhibits dedi- they announced their engagement and were marcated to collecting, preserving, publishing and dis- ried in 1938 by Rabbi David Goldstein at the playing materials that pertain to the history of the Blackstone Hotel. Jewish community of Nebraska." Pearl worked as a secretary for Max Barish, an "One day we were talking," said Jerry Gross. "We auto dealer. After the war, her father, Hyman wanted to donate something, and there was an arti- Osoff, asked Jerry to help expand a hardware store cle in the Press about the Nebraska Jewish owned by Osoff at 16th and Davenport, Gross Historical Society." Recognizing that the Society agreed and the store thrived at that location until had "underfunded needs," Mr. and Mrs. Gross the federal government bought the building in 1952 talked to Sheldon Bernstein, who was Director of to build a post office the Jewish Federation Foundation, at the time, At that point, "we rented a former Safeway about setting up an endowment fund to benefit the Grocery Store at 44th and Dodge and made it into a Historical Society. hardware and sporting goods store," Gross recalled. "It sounded like what we were most interested After his father-in-law retired in 1962, Gross opened an athletic equipment business, Regal in," Jerry Gross said. Both Jerry and Pearl Gross are native Omahans. Athletic Supply Company at 45th and Military.

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"It gradually evolved into a trophy and awards business under the name Regal Awards Company," Gross explained. "We supplied SAC (Strategic Air Command) with awards, plaques, trophies, and embroidered emblems" used all over the world by SAC security police. In 1982, Gross sold the company and retired. Regal Awards is still in business today at 61st and Center, and at a second location, 735 No. 132nd St. While Jerry was earning a living, Pearl was raising the couple's children: Andrea Jean and Robert. Andrea Jean lives in Asheville, NC, and has written extensively for,Ladies Home Journal, traveled extensively, and is the author of three books. Robert is a physician who lives in Los Angeles, CA. Jerry and Pearl have eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Jerry and Pearl Gross think the rabbi exhibit would be a good fund. Among the rabbis who have been part of their lives, in addition to Rabbi Goldstein, are Rabbi Kripke, who conducted their son's Bar Mitzvah and their daughter's wedding. The late Rabbi Sidney Brooks and his wife, Jane, led a trip to Israel that Mr. and Mrs. Gross remember fondly. As their thoughts turned to another rabbi in their lives, Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Mrs. Gross said, "I smile when I think of him.'He's kind, has a nice sense of humor, and is wonderful with children." Marty Ricks, who succeeded Bernstein as Director of the Jewish Federation Foundation, said, "This community has been blessed with outstanding rabbis, and it's wonderful that Jerry and Pearl want to support this project with the fund they established over three years ago." Ricks added that "Jerry and Pearl are dedicated members of our community with a vision to document our local heritage for sharing with present and future generations." Abrahamson said NJHS has been consulting with a professional research editor and writer for ideas on putting the exhibit together. Ultimately, she hopes it will be installed in the corridor between the JCC and the Livingston Plaza Apartments "By offering their financial support for this important and memorable exhibit," Abrahamson remarked, "Jerryt and Pearl will insure that our Jewish roots will be perpetuated."

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November 30, 2001

Hanukkah 5762: Israel Then and Now by RAH EL MUSLEAH

The news from Israel these days takes me back to 165 BCE. We all know the story: The Maccabees, a small band of Jewish rebels, fight the mighty Syrians who rule the land and have desecrated the Temple. Judah and his insurgent band hide in the mountains and caves around Jerusalem and attack the superpower with rocks, arrows, and whatever other weapons they can find. The ironic hand of history has reversed the Hanukkah story today. It's Israel who is now portrayed as the conquering and insensitive superpower. It's the Palestinians who are defending their avowed claim to the land with rocks and stones. The Temple Mount has again "become the setting for violence. We have only our imaginations with which to draw portraits of the Maccabees. But we have videotapes and long-lens cameras that have captured front-page pictures of a 12-yearold Palestinian boy collapsing against his father, or of an Israeli soldier being thrown out a window into a lynch mob. How do I explain such pictures to my children? What can I— should I—teach my children about power and powerlessness? My nine-year-old daughter Shoshana says that in her Jewish day school last year she learned that a lot of people are getting hurt on all sides, Many of her classmates saw the violent images and wanted to discuss what was happening. Her teacher suggested that in their moments of

daily silent prayer, the children could add their own prayers for peace in Israel. "Is it good to be strong?" I ask Shoshana. "Yes,"she nods. "It helps Israel;" ' "Can you ever be too strong?" I persist. She cites her vast experience on the subject from a. Hey Arnold television episode. "Arnold's grandmother taught him. karate. Then Arnold met a guy and he thought he was going to be mean, so before hearing what he wanted, he punched him," Shoshana remembers. "The guy just wanted to know where the bus stop was." Of course, the crisis in Israel goes way beyond karate chops and bus stops, beyond big bullies beating up on little kids with pebbles. But it is about strength and how to use it; it is about listening, about perceptions, misconceptions, and alternatives to violence. As peace becomes more and more elusive, Israel is caught in the horrendous vise of using just enough power to defend itself without exceeding limits. The critical question of our time, says Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, founder of CLAL and president of the Jewish Life Network, which supports Jewish social and educational programs, "is how to exert power with restraint. The use of force is legitimate in the name of defense. But any time you use force, even if you exercise

restraint, innocent people will suffer. That's part of the complexity of real life." The great evolution of the Jewish people, Greenberg continues, is that we've given up powerlessness. "That's healthy. Powerless people cannot exist anymore, so Israel could not exist if it. were powerless. But the stronger you are the harder you have to work at controlling yourself and admitting mistakes." Greenberg points out that the warm, fuzzy Hanukkah story with its happy ending is not true to history. The Syrians, and the Hellenist Jews who supported them, didn't accept the Maccabees' victory as final. For 20 years, the two sides continued to battle each other. The Maccaoees suffered a major defeat until they eventually triumphed and achieved both religious and political independence; Judah was killed in the process. "People love a happy ending," Greenberg explains. "The romantic version of the story has been told through 2000 years of exile and powerlessness. Now it should be told in the context of the real world, The Jewish people won sovereignty—but in a painful way. They had to learn to fight. There are very few simple military solutions. After you've won, you have to negotiate your place in the world." The analogy to the crisis in Israel

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Hanukkah 5762 (Continued from page 18) — — For older kids, popularity equals power. Encourage them to define power in terms other than force, she says: Power can mean including someone who is being ostracized or left out. In public school districts throughout Long Island, where I live, a special bully-prevention program teaches fourth and fifth graders to put themselves in others' shoes. Rather than focus exclusively on the bully or the bullied, the program targets the 80 percent in the middle who constitute a silent majority. It's not always clear who is the bully and who is being bullied. To try to protect themselves, victims often become aggressors, Rutkin explains. Teach kids alternatives early, she recommends, so they can express themselves through words instead of fists. Suggest that they ignore the aggressor. Nothing gets a child madder, she says; the lack of tx reaction is the opposite of what they oxpoct. Ask children to think, about what's behind the taunting and bullying: not real power, but insecurity. As with moat things* in life, the answer to the power dilemma seems to lie in achieving balance, Don't be a victim-but don't abuse your strength. Stand up for your beliefs when you think you are being treated unfairly, but do so with maturity. That's a challenge for adults, not juHt for children. How much more so for entire

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nations. "Life is unfair," Rutkin states. "All of us have to come to terms with that. We often teach kids they deserve everything instead of being able .to tolerate minor injustices that are just life." When something is important enough to protest, she encourages her children to do so in a non-hysterical, cogent way. Her daughter, Ariela, and her friends, for instance, started a petition when they felt the paraprofessionals on the school playground were consistently assigning the girls a smaller soccer field than the boys. All the girls in the grade signed the petition, and the situation changed. If the use and misuse of power are inescapable aspects of life, so, too, are hope and despair. As we celebrate the heroism of the Maccabees, let's focus on the hope. Maybe tho words of Zcchariah wo recite in the hufUiruh for Shubbut Ilunukkah will inspire a miraculous peace, both in Israel and in our own livoa: "Not by might and not by power, but by My spirit, said tho Lord." Rahel Munleah h the author of Sharing Blessings: Children's Stories for Exploring the Spirit of the Jewish Holidays (Jewish Lights). She presents programs on the Jewish communities of Jndia, where she wan born.

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Nostalgia is an emotion in which seniors love to indulge-wistful memories of earlier times. And the Thanksgiving party's entertainment was billed as "Lest We Forget; Memories of the "40s" and was enacted by septuagenarian Eugenia Hartig (age 78). ' Hartig shared her memories of that era in song and talk that.brushed away the cobwebs in our minds. She has performed alongside Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra, in USO shows, appeared on stage in leading roles in The King and I, Sound of Music, Applause and others and has been interviewed by television personalities. Hartig is the perfect example of "it's not how old you are, but how you are old,"

The Thanksgiving party packed the dining room at the 'J.' However, one absentee was particularly noted-our group's so-presldent, Sarah Lewis, recuperating from being tripped by a wayward rug in her apartment. She is doing well at the Blumkin Home. During the Early Bird discussion, we reviewed the battle in Afghanistan and the terrorism around the planet, as well as another attempt to get Israel and the Palestinians to resume meeting and toss words around instead of rocks and bullets. We welcomed Lorene 'Polly' Eastwood as our newest member, and paused in reverent respect in memory of Florence Eisenberg, Faye Evans and Annette Frank Schloff. Shalom.

BIRfHS Louri a n d C h a r l i e Sullivan announce the Oct. 2 birth of their son, Charles Thomas (Tommy), They also have three other children; Rachel, 0; Josh, 5; and Samuntha, 2. Grandparents arc. Tom and Darlynn Follman. Groat-graudparonfca are Loo and Helen Meyerson.

Grandparents are Alice and Robert Lachin of Potomac, MD, and Rosalie and Ernie Saltzman of Omaha.

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Year-end Endowment Opportunities Provide Needed Services, Save Donors Tax by MARTY RICKS, Executive Director, Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Omaha,

Last week's Jewish Press contained articles that can offer some exciting and very worthwhile opportunities for our community. Page 1 included an article about the 62-year-old Israeli grandmother, Mimi Atias, who has been waiting for a liver transplant here in Omaha since August. While her family from Israel spends thousands of dollars on transportation and living costs to shuttle in and our in order to provide moral support for Mimi, still after four months a liver has not been found. I want to express my personal appreciation to Marcia and Steve Pitlor for establishing a fund to cover costs such as those being incurred by Mimi and her family. With the worldwide reputation that the University of Nebraska Medical Center Transplant Program is receiving, we will see many people traveling here for one last chance to extend their lives. Atias is not the first Israeli to come to Omaha for a transplant. There have been several more in the last four years. The Jake and Mary Wine Fund and the Pitlor Family Fund that were both referred to in the Nov. 23 article, are available to provide some financial support; however, additional funds would mean that more assistance could be provided to both Omaha residents who have non-reimbursed costs for transplants as well as those living elsewhere and traveling the long distance to Omaha. The second opportunity also emanates from last week's Press editorial regarding the fact that it is extremely important that the Jewish community

stay in close contact with our college students. To me, the most critical local Jewish issue is the fact that most of our college students graduate and return to Omaha only for infrequent family visits. Although the editorial spoke mainly to having the local rabbis take the time to stay in touch our college kids, let us not forget those young adults who are attending our local colleges and universities. The Omaha Jewish population ha been stagnate for 25 years. With the fantastic physical facilities at the JCC and the synagogue coupled with highly capable and caring clergy and other Jewish communal professionals, we a positioned to support a Jewish community of 10,000 and more. We need to actively support o college kids to encourage more of them to settle here after college. So here again is an opportunity for a family in our community to speak with me about establishing a fund, endowment or otherwise, to enable us to do more to make our college kids feel more important and to encourage them to make Omaha their home after they complete their advanced studies. With my help, a fund can be customized to match community needs with the particular desires of a donor family. We are an inclusive community and support secular causes as well. I certainly cannot begin to list all the secular opportunities in Omaha, But there are three I want to mention that have Jewish sponsors helping our schools. Page 9 of last week's Press summarized another successful Dictionary Day, a project of the National

Council of Jewish Women Omaha Section. Two weeks ago, another 1400 dictionaries were delivered to 22 OPS elementary schools. Surely an endowment fund to support this program would help in NCJW's annual fundraising to purchase these useful resource books for children, Another NCJW project needing funds is R.A.F.T. (Resources Available for Teens Guide), a directory of 14 categories of more than 200 resources and social services agencies, given to all sophomores in Omaha area high schools. You may contact Sally Zipursky, 445-0802, or Sandy Epstein, 397-2528, for more information on these projects. Finally, the very successful program started by Jerry and Cookie Hoberman has resulted in elevated test scores and improved citizenship performance at four Omaha Public Schools. This Winner Circle Educational Program includes Belvedere, Conestoga, Santiago and Mount View, all inner city elementary schools, collectively serving 1600 children. The Hobermans have devoted countless hours and resources towards thia project and would welcome the opportunity to discuss funding opportunities with anyone in the community. They can be reached at 333-2090, My direct line is 334-6440, and I am readily available at all times. We are a month away from ending the calendar year. Establishing a fund on any of these projects will support a needed cause and provide a charitable income tax deduction that may save substantial income tax dollars.

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Celebrating the-Holiday of Lights — Even Though It'sBeen a Dark Year by JANE ULMAN '• ' '

ENCINO, CA (JTA)-Nes Gadol Hayah Sham, We all agree that the letters on the sides of the dreidel stand for "A Great Miracle Happened There." (In Israel, of course, the letters stand for Nes Gadol Hayah Po--"A Great Miracle Happened Here.") But~and this is why there's a book titled Two Jews, Three Opinions—

is that the Maccabees conquered the Greek army. I studied Ancient Greece, and they had a pretty good army." The First and Second Books of the MacCabees, which are contained in the Apocrypha, a series of books that were excluded from the Bible, support Jeremy. These tell the story of how the small band of Maccabees, led by Judah, fought for the right to practice what miracle are we talking about? Judaism—to observe Shabbat, to "It's obviously the oil," my son Zack, study Torah and to eat kosher foods. 17, says. "Read your Rashi." When the Talmud asks "What is They overcame the stronger, larger Hanukkah?" Rashi, one of the leading army of the Syrian-Greeks, as well aa rabbinic commentators, interprets this scores of Jews who readily embraced to mean "What is the miracle of Han- the Hellenistic culture, and reconseukkah?" The Talmud then explains crated the Temple. There is no menthat when the Maccabees entered the tion of oil. defiled Temple, they found a small The military victory, and not the oil, amount of oil, enough to last only one is also commemorated in Al Hanisday. But, miraculously, the oil burned sim, tho special prayer included in for eight days. the Amidah during Hanukkah. "You Thus, we light candles on our meno- delivered the mighty into the hand of rah for eight days to commemorate tho weak, the many into the hand of this miracle, fulfilling the only com- the few , .." it nays. mandment of this--yes, hard to "That's not a miracle. That's hard believe, minor und non-biblically work," Zuck arftues, WA miracle ordainod--holidny, which is also implies [something Unit is Ixsyond appropriately culled the Festival of human capacity." Lights. Additionally, if ponsiblo, we "Liko fighting holiday crowds and display the monorah in a window to s t a n d i n g in long linos to buy a publifli/.p. the triumph of Jewish faith MicroHoaXbox?"Ift8k. over the forces of darkness. In t r u t h , t h a t is the miracle of "No," says Jeremy, 12. "The miracle Hanukkah, Not merely that we stand

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year. Not because it comes in the Northern Hemisphere before the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, but because it comes after Sept. 11. Almost three months later, it comes after our shock, which has protected us with a shield of surrealism, has worn off, leaving us with the stark and painful reality of thousands of senseless deaths. And it comes after we've seen unemployment and long lines at food pantries across the nation rise, along with increased reports of depression and anxiety. And even though the IsraeliPalestinian violence-now 14 months old -shows little sign of abating. But despite our somber moods, it is imperative that we celebrate Hanukkah this year as fully and joyfully as possible, focusing on its enduring story of survival. My sons, along with ancient and modern Jewish authorities, can continue to debate the nature of miracles, Whether they result from divine intervention, such as the parting of the .Red Sea or Daniel's escape from the liona' don. Whether these supernatural phenomena are preordained or allegorical. Or whether miracles come from human struggles thai eventually triumph in the faco of groat advftraity. But at tho end of day, this Hwnukkah, we again neod both kinds of miraclea-our faith, as Americans and as Jews, and our military mightto dispel tho darkness that has fallen on our world.

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your Hanukkah

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Bare Elegance • Barrett-Reed Menswear • Barrett-Reed Women • Borsheim's Jewelry • Cafe Di Coppia • Christian Nobel Furs • Creative Occasions Bridal Garbo's Salon • Kobe Steak House • laurie & charles • McGuires • Parsow's • Pears Coffee • Regency Gift & Gourmet • Regency 1"ravel • Robert Max Opticians Sugar Bakers • Tilly • TOPP'S • Wyndham Street Ltd. • 120 Regency Parkway • Center Court is available for private functions - call 332-3650

a tradition in Omaha Regency Court (402) 397-6700

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A World of Fashion

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Distinctive Ladies Fashion Regency Court 399-8080

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Discover One of Omaha's Best Kept Secrets For Yourself.

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KORET OUTLET STORE

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Women• Petite

Nebraska Crossing Factory Stores in Gretna

Owner: lisa Coppi Call to schedule an appointment today!

431-1500 2073 N. 120th Street

Timely Gifts for Hanukkah

TIME CENTER

SALES

• Seiko • Howard Miller . •Ansonia • Linden • Cuckoo Clocks •Sligh 120th and Center

Watch & Clock

• Complate Watch Repair • Batteries, Band, Crystal • Chimes and Strike Clocks • Cuckoo Clocks • Grandfather Clocks/Home Service

Repair

Westwood Plaza

330-6677

Best wishes for a joyous celebration topped with much happinews and prosperity

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1:2418 Martha St. Phone: 697-8177 Mobile: 968-8177

'We're Serious About Fun & Games'

Come in now for floor model and factory closeouts at special prices. SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE STORE!

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CERAMIC TILE •WOOD FLOORS • FORMICA •BLINDS

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON, WE WISH YOU A

Happy Haniikkah from

HAPPY HANIIKKAH

Featuring Kosher Meats including: Beef Brisket, Rib Eye Steaks, Beef Franks, Smoked Salmon Loxand More.

ROCKBROOK FLOORS

Visit the Omaha Steaks Store Near You or Call Us at 1-800-248-8786!

in WESTWOOD PLAZA

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333-2711 FREE ESTIMATES Guaranteed Installation by our own crow! CERAMIC TILE • WOOD FLOORS • FORMICA • BLINDS

HAPPY HANUKKAH from your friends at. . . Luggage & Gifts • Luggage • Business Cases • Gifts Travel Accessories • Small Leather Goods • Complete Luggage Repair At Our Off Site Facility 9

Westroads Mall One Pacific Place Oak View Mall 10381 Pacific St. 3001 S. 144th St. 10000 California 402-393-3288 402-697-8225 402-392-2500 Free Gift Wrapping & Monogramming.

GAME ROOM CONNEGTION DARTS Huge Selection of Darts. Electronic and Non-electronic. See Our

Talking Dart Boards/

Custom orders are welcome — Bridal jewelry available. Come visit our jewelry gallory today!

J HUGE SELECTIONS OF BAR & I COUNTER STOOLS. J

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SLATE POOL TABLES Professional Quality Slate Pool Tables and Accessories. At Discount Prices. Largest Selection in the Midwest! COMPLETE With

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BOXES

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BARS & PUB TABLES

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FINANCING AVAILABLE

POOL TABLES • BARS * GAME TABLES • DARTS! 1

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SALES • SERVICE • MOVING•REPAIR • RECOVERING

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HAPPY HANUKKAH! Your Past is a Family Treasure

SAVE YOUR MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD, COURTSHIP,

l \< k A ( , I N C &

PARENTS, THE FAMILY BUSINESS.

HAPPY HANUKKAH

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CHANUKAH SPECIALS Empire Cryovac 4-4.5 Ib. average

Manischewitz W i n e

Roasters

750 ML

lb. Empire I.Q.F. Chicken Thighs

41b.bag

Sparkling Grape Juice

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Meal Mart Beef Kielbasa

2.69 $3.99

16 oz. $3.89

vita Salmon Burgers 12 oz. Kineret Grilled Fish Fillets

Upscale Macaroni & Cheese

Garlic or Lemon 7.6 oz.

7.25 oz. 2 for $1.00

Macabee Eggplant Cutlets 10 oz. Macabee Eggplant Sticks 8 oz.

Sircits Potato Pancake Mix (Âťo/.

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Tradition Ramen Chicken Noodle or Noodle Oriental Soup 2.8 oz.

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UNJOV THE BLESSINGS o r HANUKKAH HA PPY

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Omaha, NE

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HAPPY HANUKKAH!

HAIRITAGE STYLING 1328 So. 119th St., Suite A Omaha, NE 68144 For appointment, please call

697-1700

Custom Windows and Entryways From Design to Installation

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For Collectors, Investors And Hobbyists

REMEMBER HANUKKAH WITH,., • Jewelry • Stones • Minerals & Silver • Crystal Repair « Foiled &. Leaded Panels 'Fusing

8487 Frederick 397-9606

• Carvings • Gift Items M-W-F 10-5:30 PM T\ie. iStThm. 10-9 PM Sat. 10-2:30 PM

• Classes

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• Kilnwork 12100 W. Center Rd. Bel Air Plaza, Suite 505

Candy Shoppe

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Best Wishesfor a Happy Hanukkah

Were proud to be the printers of the Jewish Press.

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C o m e H o m e T o. . .

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Come and share in the spirit and joy of Hanufckah

CHANUKAH O N WHEELS

Shakespeare's greatest tragedy meets opera's greatest composer - Verdi

TELLO

First Night of Chanukah Sunday, December 9 5-7:30 p.m

January 30, February 1 JL3

at Skateland Family Fun Center 1-680 & Irvington Exit

Orpheum Theater

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Featuring • Chanukah Dinner with frineds & family • Grand Menorah Lighting • Greatest Kids Choir • Roller Skating

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: 2 oB2 ;

• and much more!

included

jMIchaela Martens

as Desdemonx

For reservations, information or directions, call Jennifer a t |

402-330-1800

Tickets $12 - $72

Call 34- OPERA (402).346-737Z

toll-free (877) 34-OPERA

www.operaomaha,org

Chaired by Cheryl Lerner, Marceo Rogers & Nancy Wolf