April 26, 2002

WISH PRESS Vol. LXXXI

No. 33

Omaha, NE

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JDC Experts Brief Leadership on Crisis ir§ Argentina^ Israel

We Stand With Israel Solidarity Walk and Rally Gaining Momentum

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In an emergency meeting called by Forrest Krutter, President of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, Omaha's leadership made a commitment to raise one million dollars for victims of Palestinian terror in Israel and for poverty-stricken Jews in Argentina. Two experts from the Joint Distribution Committee put a human face on today's headlines, with graphic explanations of the crisis in those countries, as well as mounting antiSemitism in Europe. Michael Novick, Executive Director of Strategic Planning for the American JDC, who was in Argentina just seven weeks ago, described the situation of one man, a 52-year-old architect. "His parents, survivors of the Holocaust, came from Poland after the war," Novick explained. "Bernardo Siekira, once a successful builder, now has no health insurance to cover the daily medicines he needs following heart bypass surgery. He can't afford to send his daughters to Jewish day school any longer and the family has dropped their membership to both the JCC and their synagogue. Novick added. "The Jewish Agency will help those who want to make aliyah to Israel—and 5000 are expected to do so this year-and JDC's job is to help them get back on their feet in the Jewish communities of Argentina. One ironic note—4000 Argentinian Jews have.applied for Polish visas!" (Continued on page 2)

Mayor's Office to Proclaim April 28 Israel Solidarity Day in Omaha by PAM MONSKY, Federation Communications D i r e c t o r . ~ — —

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Israel Solidarity Day will be proclaimed by the Omaha Mayor's office at Sunday's We Stand With Israel Solidarity Walk and Rally. The rally, April 28, 3 pan. in the parking lot of the Jewish Community Center (in case of rain, it will move inside to the JCC lobby), features speakers, ranging from clergy to elected officials. "We Stand With Israel" signs and placards will be available for people to carry and blue Israel Solidarity ribbons will be distributed. In addition, Left photo, Joel Tauber, former president of United Jewish Appeal participants will have the (now United Jewish Communities) reviewed Israel's history and refutopportunity to make a e<* inaccurate news stories at a kick-off of the Terror Relief Campaign; pledge to the Israel Terror he was applauded when he emphatically stated, "With our help, Israel Relief Fund to help the vie- will remain strong...with Jerusalem, as its undivided capital." Right, tims of terror and their Shirley Goldstein, co-chair of the emergency fundraising campaign families in Israel. with Tom Fellman, showed photos of victims of terror. Goldstein After the rally, the announced that more than $330,000 has already been raised. Solidarity Walk will proceed east on the West to the JCC. The entire walk is about two miles and Dodge frontage road to 120th Street and then back is expected to last until 5 p.m.

Rabbi Harold Kushner Returns to Omaha to Introduce New Bible Translation by OZZIE NOGG — — — •

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Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of the international best seller, When Bad Things Happen to Good People, will speak at Beth El Synagogue on Wednesday, May 8, 7:30 p.m. He will deliver an up-close and personal inside-look at the creation of Etz Hayim--the new Conservative Torah Commentary for synagogue use that he co-authored with novelist Chaim Potok. Etz Hayim is dedicated as a memorial to Rabbi Kushner's parents and to his in-laws, the late Sylvia and Dave Estrada, long-time Beth El members. The chumashim in use at Beth El were purchased out of a memorial fund in the Estrada's memory and are a gift to the synagogue from the Estrada's daughters—Barbara Mishael, Suzette Kushner and Suzanne Sobel. Rabbi Kushner's wife, Suzette, and her two sisters will be with Rabbi Kushner during his Omaha visit. "Beth El was very important to Sylvia and Dave during their more than 60 years of living in Omaha," Rabbi Kushner said, "and my wife, Suzette, and her sisters see this as a way of honoring their parents' memory and perpetuating their values." Long anticipated, Etz Hayim is winning accolades across the Jewish world. This exciting 21st century Torah commentary is the first such publication produced for Conservative synagogues since the 1929 Hertz Chumash, and it promises to become a landmark modern work. The new commentary is considered to be a monumental achievement, incorporating recent archaeological findings, textual interpretations and-for the first time—the opinions of female rabbis. The volume also contains more than 40 topical essays which address every subject from the academic and archeological to the spiritual and mystical—each written by a rabbi or scholar affiliated with the Conservative Movement. In the words of Publishers Weekly, Etz Hayim.

Rabbi Harold Kushner "boasts an all-star editorial cast." In additkn to Rabbi Kushner and Chaim Potok, contributors include Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Rabbi Susan Grossman, and biblical scholar Michael Fishbane. Rabbi Jules Harlow—often a guest scholar at Beth El Synagogue-served as literary editor of Etz Hayim. Rabbi Kushner's contribution to Etz Hayim, the d'rash (commentaries) include selections from the expanse of Jewish spiritual literature, from classical midrashim to medieval commentators, from Hasidic masters to contemporary theologians. When talking about this interpretive section of the chumash, Rabbi Kushner reminds us that "Jews do not read the Torah as one reads a newspaper, skimming it in search of something interesting. Neither do we read it as one reads a novel, to see how the story comes out. Jews read the Torah the way a person reads a love letter, eager to squeeze every last drop of meaning out of each word and phrase. To do that, we needed a commentary to guide us through the text."

Rabbi Kushner is Rabbi Laureate of Temple Israel in the Boston suburb of Natick, MA, after serving that congregation for 24 years. When Bad Things Happen to Good People was first published in 1981. The book has been transcribed into 14 languages and was recently selected by members of the Book of the Month Club as one of the 10 most influential books of recent years. Rabbi Kushner has also written When All You Ever Wanted Wasn't Enough, which was awarded the Christopher Medal for his contribution to the exaltation of the human spirit. In 1995, he was honored by the Christophers-a Roman Catholic organization-as one of 50 people who have made the world a better place in the last 50 years. He is also the author of When Children Ask About God; Who Needs God; To Life; How Good Do We Have To Be? and the recentlyreleased, Living A Life That Matters. Rabbi Kushner was born in Brooklyn, NY, and graduated from Columbia University. He was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in 1960 and awarded a doctoral degree in Bible by the Seminary in 1972. He has six honorary doctorates, has studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and taught at Clark University, Worcester, MA, and the Rabbinical School of the JTS. For four years, he edited the magazine Conservative Judaism. In 1999, the national organization—Religion in American Life-honored him as their clergyman of the year. (Continued on page 9)

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The Ancient Priesthood

BESS BORDEN Graveside services for Bess Borden were held by RABBI MYER S. KRIPKE — • — — — — April 19 at Beth El Cemetery. She died April 17 at Parashat Emor the age of 88. With all the adverse publicity that Roman She was preceded in death by her husband, Catholic priests are being bombarded with these Murray. days, it is at least interesting to have a word about Survivors include son, Howard; daughter, priesthood in ancient and contemporary Jewish Maureen of Omaha; sister, Sara Meirovitz of life. Minneapolis; sister-in-law, Pat Cooper of Redondo Our Sidrah deals with the duties and privileges Beach, CA. of the ancient priesthood. To begin with, the Memorials to Beth El Synagogue, Heart priests were reminded that they are the descenAssociation or charity of choice. dants of Aaron, the brother of Moses, and that this involves them with direct religious leadership of EVA (Eve) R. BOGUCHWAL the people. At this point we remind ourselves that Services for Eva Boguchwal were held April 23 at the duties of the Kohanim in our day have been reduced to rather near zero, and are taken more in Beth Israel Cemetery. She died April 21. She was preceded in death by her husband, good humor than in religious seriousness. Morris. Prometheus it was, who brought down fire from Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, heaven for the use of mankind. We do not claim Stephen and Sherry of Manalapan, NJ, and descent from him, but the passage suggests that Lawrence and Freda of Pound Ridge, NY; daughwe are descendants of Aaron and Moses, who ter, Janet of Evanston, IL; five grandchildren: accepted grave responsibilities from the LORD Scott, Jonathan, Audrey, Wendy and Louis. (directly!). It was our ancestors who recognized Memorials to the American Cancer Society or the one God among the many non-gods who were Hospice House of Omaha. worshiped by the peoples among whom they lived. Our ancestor chose, and the generations of Jews that followed also chose, the contumely of their NOTICE contemporaries, rather than to give up their Senior photos are due by May 14 in the integrity. At least in our times, it has been recogJewish Press office for publication in the nized that the worship of the one God was right from the beginning. It is true that there are still June 7 issue. Please send photo, name, some who disdain us and let us know about it. parents' names, high school attended and It is certainly a troubled world. But we are clos- plans after graduation to: Jewish Press, er to a mature humankind and we must devote ourselves to strengthening that quest for maturity. 333 So. 132nd St., Omaha, NE 68154. Questions? Call Jen Gates, 334-6558. We are the Kohanim (priests) of the world.

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page 1) Rabbi Jonathan Porath, JDC Director for St. Petersburg, Russia, the Urals and Volga, briefed the Federation board and guests on current conditions in Israel. An American-born rabbi who made aliyah in 1984, Porath contrasted the situation in America after Sept. 11 with the terror Israelis face on a daily basis. "At least on 9-11, bin Ladin was in Afghanistan," Rabbi Porath asserted. "In Israel, however, the enemy is right across the valley. Imagine how you felt here in Omaha, 1500 miles from New York City, on the day the World Trade Center was attacked. Now think about those who were right there on Jaffa Road, or at the pizzeria, or the bus JDC's Michael Novick, standing, addressed from Haifa." The JDC, he explained, is now adding after- the Federation leadership Tuesday night, school programs and summer camps for low income along with Rabbi Jonathan Porath, right. families so their kids can be in a safe place. In ror, the government has already come to the JDC addition, trauma counseling and intervention, to ask if we can spend more of our resources on especially for the elderly, has become a high priori- social services," Novick noted. "Can we say no?" ty. Novick added that $17 million was allocated by "This is a fast moving train," Krutter added, United Jewish Communities from Federation responding to questions about how UJC will actuCampaigns last year; it was originally supposed to ally allocate the funds for the emergency campaign. be matched by another $60 million from the Israeli "Our job is to raise the funds first," asserted Jan government. Perelman, Executive Director of the Federation. "UJC "Between the downturn in Israel's economy and is trying to keep up with the situation as it develops. the necessity of spending $2 billion on fighting ter- In the meantime, Israel isfightingfor her life."

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the Duke Talent Identification Program. Allison will participate in the 2002 Maccabi Games in Omaha as a member of the Omaha JCC's basketball team. Allison has two sisters, Amy, 10, and Jessica, 7. Grandparents are Sue and Bert Kwasman of Scottsdale, AZ, and Leta and Chuck Levinger of Yankton, SD. Great-grandmother is Mary Shane, also of Scottsdale. David M, Trubnikov, son of Maya Wertheimer and Adam Trubnikov, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, May 4, at Beyt Shalom. A seventh-grade student at Morton Middle School, he enjoys soccer, swimming, biology and being j with his friends. For his Mitzvah Project, he volunteered at MUMS' Place, a homeless shelter in Iowa. He will also donate a tree to Beyt Shalom Religious School. David has two brothers, Sasha and Adam. Grandparents are Khaya and Khonon Trubnikov of New York City and Sarah and Yakov Zlot of Holon,

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A Time, to Cry-, a Time to Celebrate, and a Time to Dig Deep The Jewish Federation of Omaha has just kicked off an emergency campaign to raise one million dollars (or a third of our regular annual campaign) for terror relief for Israelis. It's not the first time our Federation has had to add a "second line" to its annual appeal. And, unfortunately, it probably won't be the last. We Jews have faced many crises over the years, from the Depression to World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust, to the establishment of the State of Israel 54 years ago. A few weeks ago, this editorial mentioned the crisis in Argentina, where 18% of Jews once described as middle-class are now poverty-stricken. Financial assistance for them will be included in this emergency campaign. And now, French voters have given 17% of their vote to the notorious head of the extreme right wing National Democratic Front, Jean-Marie lePen, who will square off against current president Jacque Chirac in determining who will lead France. LePen once called the Holocaust "a detail of history." We may wind up adding French Jews to our list of "Jews in need" (and if this sounds all too familiar, think 1939 and act before it's too late). Those of us who live in freedom and "have had a little mazal (luck)" as Israel Terror Relief co-chair-

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man Tom Fellman said this week in kicking off the campaign here in Omaha, have the privilege of helping another Jew, merely by writing a check. After all, it is not our sons who are grabbing uniforms to rush to duty in Israel; it is not our families who have lost everything in Argentina's economic crisis; and it is not our countrymen who voted for an anti-Semite for president. But it may as well be, because we're all family; we're mishpocha, and it's our obligation to help. It's not easy to keep asking for money. But when you talk to the Federation leaders who are doing the asking, there's no doubt in their voices at all. "We must," is always the answer, because there really is no choice. We're so lucky here. We have the luxury of focus-

ing on The 100th Anniversary of the Jewish Federation for our Sept. 6, 2002, New Year's issue of the Jewish Press. And we can celebrate this milestone by capping off a century of service with another successful community-wide effort to help Jews, wherever they are in need. Call the Federation at 334-6431 to make your commitment to the Israel Terror Relief Fund, and call the Jewish Press at 334-6450 to be a part of the New Year's issue. Dig deep for both so that by Rosh Hashanah, we do have reasons to celebrate.

Findings, in Jenln Could Prove Turning Point by LESLIE SUSSER •

JERUSALEM(JTA)~After the Israeli army's 12day action against armed Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp, a London Times headline read: "The Camp of Death," conjuring up a clear association with Nazi death camps like Auschwitz. And U.N. special envoy Terje Roed-Larsen, as he walked through the rubble in the Jenin refugee camp last week, just three days after the fighting had died down, virtually accused Israel of war crimes and spoke of "a shameful chapter in Israel's history." European hyperbole in condemning Israel comes easily and the historic reasons for it are many and complex. But it is a phenomenon of more than passing academic interest, for i t feeds into a consistent Palestinian narrative aimed a t delegitimizing Israel in the most fundamental way. In this context, Jenin was a human tragedy waiting to happen from the moment Israel launched its

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Third, that the Jenin refugee camp was a major center of Palestinian terror, used especially by Islamic Jihad to send suicide bombers into Israel on a regular basis. About a quarter of the bombers since the beginning of the intifada in fall of 2000 set out from the Jenin refugee camp. The fighting in Jenin started on April 3. According to Israeli soldiers who took part in the battle, armed Palestinian gunmen had taken up positions inside the buildings. Explosive charges were strewn all over the camp. Some of the buildings were booby-trapped. In some cases, Palestinian gunmen forced civilians to remain holed up with them. Israeli soldiers entered the camp from four directions, forcing the Palestinian fighters away from civilians into a small central area. Israeli soldiers, using loudspeakers, called on all Palestinians who did not want to fight to leave the camp peacefully. Some did and were not harmed. (Continued on page 5)

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•••••••••IB Remembering the Fallen by TEDDY WEINBERGER — — — The day before Israel's Independence Day is Yom. Ha-zikaron Le-halelay Tsahal (Memorial Day for the Fallen of the Israeli Defense Forces), which this year was on April 15. Differences in the way America and Israel observe Memorial Day stem from the enormous percentage of Israelis who have experienced personal bereavement for a fallen soldier. It is no wonder, then, that Memorial Day in Israel is somber and mournful, whereas in the States, it is the third day of a long holiday weekend. It is characteristically Jewish to place Memorial Day right before Independence Day (in the States, on the other hand, the two are separated by about five weeks). In the Catholic tradition (for example) you have the exuberant Mardi Gras before the austere Lent, in Judaism you have the Fast of Esther precede the gaiety of Purim, you have the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) a few days before Succot (traditionally, the happiest of Jewish holidays), and you have the solemnity of Memorial Day immediately precede the festivities of Independence Day. Israel thus continues the Jewish tradition of prefacing celebration with a period of somber reflection. The onset of Israel's Memorial Day itself follows Jewish tradition of starting at nightfall. Also, in keeping with Jewish tradition, where the eve of a holy day takes on the 'color' of that day, the eve of Memorial Day is similarly weighty. Almost all expect a public swimming pool to close, not only for Memorial Day proper, but also for the hours leading up to this day. It is interesting here to note that places of amusement are legally forbidden to open on this evening. Givat Ze'ev has a community-wide Memorial Day ceremony, especially honoring the fallen relatives of families who live in Givat Ze'ev. (Technical clarification: a person does not have to die in battle in order to be considered an official IDF casualty; if a person dies at any time during the course of his or her military service, whether this be during the initial few years of regular army service or during the sporadic days of reserve duty in the decades afterwards, that person is considered an IDF casualty. A few years ago, one of the men in Givat Ze'ev was killed in a car accident on his way to reporting for reserve duty.- He is included among

the IDF dead.) Givat Ze'ev's ceremony took place beside its own memorial monument (inaugurated last year, it is a high and narrow metal sculpture, with water cascading down, looking like a staircase ascending heavenward). The ceremony began at 7:50 p.m. with the lowering of the Israeli flag to half mast, the lighting of memorial torches, and the recitation of the Yizkor memorial prayer. At 8 p.m., a siren sounded throughout Israel for one minute, officially ushering in the day. Besides 'routine' speeches from the mayor and the rabbi of Givat Ze'ev and from an officer representing the IDF, a member of one of Givat Ze'ev's bereaved families addressed us. We are also specifically reminded of the lives that were lost, as the faces of Givat Ze'ev's dead boys and men are projected on a screen in front of us. It concluded with everyone singing sad songs. Such singing is an Israeli Memorial Day tradition and ended with "Hatikvah", a song about "being a free people living in our land" with more feeling than we ever do at any other time of the year. Businesses are open on Memorial Day, though friends and relatives of the deceased will usually fill the country's Army cemeteries with prayers and reminiscences, placing stones and flowers at the graves of their loved ones (parts of some of these cemeteries are only open during this day of the year). Schools are open, too, with learning focused on the themes of service and patriotism to one's country, and with a special school assembly. State radio and television programming (ad-free on this day) tell specific stories of some of the soldiers who died, and victims of terror incidents are also recalled. At precisely 11 am, a siren sounded for two minutes across the country. During these two minutes it is customary to stop whatever you are doing. Traffic on Israel's roads and highways comes to a complete halt during this period, as drivers and passengers all get out of their vehicles and stand silently at attention. There is an official national ceremony in Jerusalem to mark the end of Memorial Day before the festivities of Independence Day can commence. When the holiday does begin a short while later, it is with a renewed awareness of the price that Israelis have paid—and continue to pay—for their independence.

Findings In Jenirt (Continued from page 4) •«—.••- —•••——

Israeli reservists, fighting from house to house, encountered fierce resistance and had to regroup. The Israelis could easily have solved the military problem, like most other Western armies, by sending in fighter planes or using heavyartillery. In both cases, resistance would have been broken in hours. But civilian casualties would have been heavy. Israel chose, instead, the much more hazardous house-to-house ground combat, precisely to avoid causing civilian casualties. It now appears that fewer than 100 Palestinians, mostly armed fighters, were killed. When helicopters were called in, it was to silence heavy fire from precise locations. All the houses in the camp had code numbers, and the pilots were able to make precise hits. But seven days after it started, the

fighting was still fierce. On April 9, 13 reserve paratroopers were killed when a booby-trapped building exploded and collapsed,on them. It was then that the Israelis decided to bring in the bulldozers to destroy potentially booby-trapped buildings as IDF soldiers closed in on the gunmen. The soldiers say they did all they could to make sure the houses were empty before th^y bulldozed them. During the fighting, Israel supplied truckloads of food to the camp, and a generator and oxygen to the Jenin hospital. Israel also offered blood, which was rejected. Israeli army doctors and medics say they treated injured Palestinians. Every stage of the Jenin operation was filmed and this material, Israeli officials say, will help prove the Israeli case.

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OMAHA CENTER FOR TORAH LEARNING Join OCTL for Lunch'n Learn on Wednesday, May 1, noon, at the Kripke Jewish Federation Library. Bob Oberman will lead a discussion on the weekly Torah portion. OCTL will host a Shabbat dinner at the OCTL House, 1313 N. 58th St., Friday, May 10, 8 p.m., following Kabbalat Shabbat services at Beth Israel Synagogue, 7 p.m. Cost is $12.50 for adults and $5 for children, ages four-12. Reservations are due by May 8 and can be made by calling 397-9935. For information on OCTL programs, call Allan Gonsher, 558-2767. . WALK-IN, DROP-IN Members will meet Thursday. Exercise starts at 10 a.m. For those going on the day trip to the Bunch to Lunch at Anchor Inn, please meet at the JCC by 10:45 a.m. For transportation, call Maggie Conti at 334-6521.

VISIONS YIDDISH GROUP For those going to the Desert Dome at the Henry Lomir Redn Yiddish: Let Us Speak Yiddish Conversation Group will meet on Thursday, 1- Doorly Zoo on Wednesday, May 1, meet at the 3 p.m., at the JCC. Call Anne Skoltdn at 343-1638. main entrance, upper level, by 9:45 a.m. Luncheon meeting is Friday, May 10, 12:30 p.m., at Caniglia's "Venice Inn. Cost is $8. Y.E.S. Members will meet Monday at the JCC. Play Guest speaker is Dr. Richard Shugrue, Nebraska's bingo at 10:15 ajn. with Eileen Remer; or exercise foremost political analyst for the last three with Stacy Paskert at 10:30 a.m. Bring articles to decades. A professor of law at Creighton share for "YES Talk" at 11 sum. Following lunch at University, Shugrue has achieved national recogninoon, a docent from the Henry Doorly Zoo will tion for his incisive commentaries on politics and speak about the new Desert Dome. For transporta- constitutional law. Send reservations to Harry tion, call 330-4272. Alloy, 11317 Harney Plz. Cir., Omaha, NE 68154. B'NAI B'RITH BREADBREAKERS NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN Aaron Graham, former UNL All-American, will Save your 'gently used' clothes and home furnishspeak about "Life in the NFL" on Wednesday, May 1, noon, at the Park Inn Regency, according ings for NCJW's spring garage sale. Call Kim to Howard Kutler. Lunch is $9; beverage service Noddle, 391-7022, or leave a message at the NCJW only, $2. The program is open to the community. office, 334-6565, to arrange for pick-up.

iiilliiil STEIN/NEIGER Sima Stein of New York City and Jeffrey Neiger of Fairlawn, NJ, have announced their engagement. The bride-to-be, daughter of Howard and Susan Stein of Skokie, IL, graduated from Barnard College, and is a teacher at the Ramaz School. She is the granddaughter of Ben and| Eva Heisler of Omaha I and Lorraine Stein off Los Angeles. Her fiance, son off Regina and Steven! Neiger of Fairlawn, NJ, is a graduate of Harvard College, and is pursuing a degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. A July 28 wedding is planned in Chicago.

FRANKEL/KLEEBERG Amy Frankel, daughter of Barbara and Dean Lippman, Marty Swidler and Robert Ball, all of Frankel, and Evan Kleeberg, son of Eileen and Chicago; and best man, David Chesler of James Kleeberg of Chicago, were married Sunday, Philadelphia, PA. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona in April 21, at Beth El Synagogue. Rabbi Paul Drazen officiated at the 6:30 p.m. wedding, which was fol- Tucson, and is also employed by Information Resources in Chicago. lowed by a dinner reception at Beth El. The couple resides in Lincolnwood, IL, and will The bride, a graduate of Emerson College in Boston, MA, earned an MBA from the Braniff take a delayed honeymoon to Japan this fall. School of Management at the University of Dallas. She is Vice-president of Information Resources. Her attendants included her two grandmothers, Rose Frankel (who celebrated her 100th birthday Meredith and Avraham Nacher of on Jan. 12), and Ruthie Nogg, (who turned 92 on March 3). Her three nieces, Sarah, Emily and Mattersdorf, Jerusalem, Israel, announce the Hannah Frankel, and nephew, Sam Frankel, also March 31 birth of their daughter, Shira. Grandparents are Wayne and Carole Lainof of participated, along with her brother and sister-inBellevue, NE, and Stuart and Susan Nacher of law, Janice and Harris Frankel. Livingston, NJ. The groom was attended by his sister and brothGreat-grandparents are William Hack of er-in-law, Alysia and Jordan Rosner, groomsmen Mark Handleman of San Jose, CA, Jeremy Riverton, NJ, and Sarah Nacher of Brooklyn, NY.

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Y.E.S. and Friedel to Host the Fiddling Children's Poet by MAGGIE CONTI, JSS Older Adult Director.

Using the words of children's poet James Whitcomb Riley, violinist Deborah Greenblatt will weave a whimsical glimpse into the world of this noted Hoosier poet. The event, underwritten by the Nebraska Humanities Council and the Schrager Foundation, is Monday, May 6, 12:45 p.m., following lunch at noon. Performed in character and costume, Greenblatt will feature her own musical settings of Riley's poems, as well as portions of his lectures and letters. Riley toured with poet Edgar Allan Poe and corresponded with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. For more information or reservations, call me at 334-6521.

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ADL Sends Teens to Washington for Youth Leadership Mission by DEBBI BROWN, ADL-CRC Assistant Director —— More than 50 teens from three areas of the country came together in Washington, D.C., to explore current issues of bigotry, intolerance and extremism in the annual Youth Leadership Mission. This is the third year in a row in which former Omahan Robert B. Sturm of Denver, CO, has funded this trip to the-United States Holocaust Memorial. Twenty Omaha high school students of diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds joined 20 students from the Anti-Defamation League's Mountain States Regional office in Denver, and 14 students from the Los Angeles/Orange County ADL office. Using the lens of the Holocaust to view moral behavior, this unique program applies lessons of the Holocaust to study modern lay issues centered around prejudice, bias, bigotry and discrimination.

The Youth Leadership Mission helps educate students in fighting prejudice within their own communities. The delegates learn to become positive agents of change through an intensive four day workshop using the ADL's anti-bias curriculum. Participants met with Rep. Robert B. Sturm Howard Berman of California and Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado. Both are role models for standing against bigotry. Upon the students' return, a variety of structured and informal activities will be scheduled throughout the year to reinforce the enduring message of this mission.

Rabbi Kushner Returns (Continued from page 1) • >••< •• When discussing Rabbi Kushner's May 8 visit, Rabbi Paul Drazen of Beth El said, "What an honor it is to have Rabbi Kushner with us. Chumash Etz Hayim will be a source of study and inspiration for generations to come. Rabbi Kushner, as an editor, is touching the future of world Jewry. We are pleased he was able to find time in his schedule to come to Omaha to be with us." Preceding his presentation, Rabbi Kushner will speak to BESTT students during the Hebrew High dinner session, scheduled for 6 p.m. at the synagogue. His appearance is offered at no charge to the entire community. For more information, call Beth El at 492-8550.

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The Metro area's best high school scholar/athletes were announced by Gil Cohen, Chairman of the B'nai B'rith Charity Sports Banquet. A total of 59 local media representatives, athletic directors and coaches from metro-area high schools selected the best male and female athletes. The two students will be honored at the organization's 48th annual dinner on May 8 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center, a new location this year. Cohen named seniors Robbie Morrissey from Millard West High School, and Angie Janis from ' Millard North High School, as the area's top Omaha athletes. Morrissey will receive the Bert Render award as the top male athlete. Janis will accept the Earl Siegel plaque, the counter-part award. Each scholar/athlete's school will also receive a $250 donation to its scholarship fund, a practice begun last year. CBS Host and Play-by-Play Announcer Greg Gumbel will be the featured speaker at the $95per-plate charity event. Otis XII will reprise his role again this year as the banquet's Master of Ceremonies. Morrissey, son of Dick and June Morrissey, lettered in three sports, receiving accolades for his superior play in football, baseball, and basketball. In the fall, he will attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln on a baseball scholarship. His goal is to play professional baseball after earning a degree in medicine. Janis, a senior at Omaha Millard North High School, plans to attend Creighton University in September on a basketball scholarship. The daughter of Larry and Brenda Janis, Angie earned great acclaim for her accomplishments in basketball, volleyball and track. Tickets for the event can be obtained by calling Lois Epstein at the B'nai B'rith office, 334-6443. A special VIP ticket for a private reception is $150.

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Omaha, Lincoln and Israel Celebrate Yom Ha'Atzmaut by JEWISH PRESS News Sen/ice - —

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Photos, top row, from left: Trevor Caroline Juster enjoy lunch in before Yom HaAtzmaut (photo Harry Werner and Irit Varkony; Gerson, center, leads Boy Scout Troop #218 in raising the American and Israeli flags to open Israeli Independence Day celebrations in Omaha; Alex Wolf and

the shuk, marketplace, at the JCC; Israeli soldiers pause for two minutes of silence to rememher fallen comrades on Yom HaZikaron, which falls on the day

courtesy of ISRANET); placing first in the B'nai B'rith Israel quiz was the Beth El team of Aveva Shukert, left, Howard Epstein, Marty Shukert, Dick Fellman,

Rabbi Stanley Rosenbaum, center, led festivities in Lincoln, including Israeli dancing; leading a session of Israeli songs at Tifereth Israel was Emily Evnen.

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JCC Gallery Features Jerusalem Artist by RACHEL BLUM, JCC Program Director —.—...—.•

Beginning May 1, the works of artist Rebecca Shore, who currently lives Katherine Pinnegan, who lost her only sibling in the in Jerusalem's old City, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. will be on display in the 11, will share how this tragedy has affected her life Gallery of the Jewish when she speaks at the Women of Reform Judaism's Community Center. Originally from New (WEJ) Donor Tea on Tuesday, April 30,1 p.m. York, Shore moved to Finnegan is an active member of Temple Israel Israel in 1984. Her artwhere she teaches second grade Hebrew at work fuses 3500 years of Religious School. She and her husband, David Jewish tradition with the Gilinsky, have three children. youthful, brightly-colored Sharing "Reflections, Changes and Love" with a community of Americans is important to Finnegan imagery that has become in order "to keep the memories alive" of all those her well-loved style. She who perished on Sept. 11. "It's something people specializes in artwork for Jewish children, which need not forget," she emphasized. Finnegan said her brother, Michael, and she combines her passion for were "very close." She will talk about how his Judaism with her flair for death has changed her view of the world, family, colorful, enchanting visu- Artist Rebecca Shore and personal loss. She is disheartened that six al design. Jerusalem's Old City. "Art has always been a months later, "We're seeing it happen again in part of my life," she explained from her home in Israel, where it's just as devastating." Reservations are requested to attend the Donor the Old City. "I received my first set of professional Tea, which is open to the community. Prices range watercolors on my fifth birthday! It's a dream come from $18 to $75. Guests who are not members of WRJ may attend for $10. Call Sandy Epstein at 397-2528 to make reservations.

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by CLAUDIA SHERMAN Temple Israel Communications Coordinator.

makes her home in ™ t h &* ° b j e c t s ' p i c t u r e frames and mezuzot. Shore's work will hang in the gallery during the .month of May. To see more of her art, visit her website at www.RebeccaShore.com.

Evening to Remember for Drazen Family

Chabad Opens Camp Gan Israel

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Plans are in full swing at Beth El Synagogue for by JEWISH PRESS News Service — — — . — . the gala "Evening to Remember" in honor of Rabbi At Camp Gan Israel, each individual child is Paul and Susie Drazen and their children, Gila and given the opportunity to express his/her own tal- Yoni. The event is scheduled for Sunday, May 19, ents and abilities. Meeting five days a week, the 7:30 p.m., in the main sanctuary. varied schedule of field trips, athletics, and swimRabbi Drazen will step down at the end of June, ming is perfectly consistent with the preferences of after 20 years as spiritual leader of Beth El, to kids today. Self-growth and creativity is encour- assume the position of Executive Director of the aged through songs, discussion groups, arts and newly-formed Mid-Continent Region of the United crafts, and dramatics. Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Mollie, daughter of Kathy Helm, said about last According to Margie and Bruce Gutnik and Mike summer, "Loves camp and never wants to miss a day." and Sheri Abramson, General Chairmen of the A portion of each day is set aside for Torah study. tribute, a wonderful group of volunteers are work.The learning program is carefully designed to ing behind the scenes to make this a night that the achieve maximum personal growth, as well as Drazens will long remember. understanding and appreciating Jewish life. The list of workers includes Francee Altaian, Counselors blend the joyous and fun-filled atmos- Cheryl Cooper, Hanna DeBruin, Ellene Edelstein, phere of camp with the learning and experience of Jodi Epstein, Dan Fellman, Anna Gologorsky, Judaism. Director Shani Katzman is "looking for- Gloria Goodman, Susan Goodman, Andrea ward to another thrilling camp season." Grossman, Carole Greenberg and Larry and RTLee For more information, call Jennifer at 330-1800. Hasslinger. Camp, which includes a kosher lunch, is based at Also involved in the event are Esther Hellman, the Chabad House, 1866 So. 120th St. Phyllis Hoffman, Joanie Jacobson, Becky Kahn,

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Henry and Dorothy Riekes Family Trees Added to NJHS Museum by CLAUDIA SHERMAN, Foundation Public Relations Coordinator.

Walking through the doors of the Henry and Dorothy Riekes Museum of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society (NJHS) is like walking back into the early years of the 20th century. Dedicated in 1995, the Riekes Museum is a recreation of the B'nai Jacob-Adas Yeshuron Synagogue, also called the Kapulier Shul. Located in the Dan and Esther Gordman Education Center for Jewish Learning in the southwest corner of the Jewish Community Center, the Riekes Museum was the idea of Mary Fellman. When the synagogue closed in 1985, the original ark, bimah, pews, shtenders, a menorah, and one of the stained glass windows were put in storage. Fellman asked several families in the community to help fund a small restored version of the Kuplier Shul, which had been located at 31st and Cuming St. Among those who agreed to help Fellman were Henry and Dorothy Riekes, long-time community leaders and philanthropists. They donated $100,000 to construct the 725-squarefoot restoration. The Herbert Goldsten Trust also donated $50,000. In 1994, Henry and Dorothy Riekes established an endowment fund to continue to help support the Museum. They also created a second fund that year to maintain the permanent exhibits of the museum and also to establish other exhibits or to fund

Henry and Dorothy Riekes programs and activities occurring in, tory is important," she noted. or related to, the museum. In addition to the Kapulier Shul Recently, two family trees were recreation and the family trees, a added to the Museum on the north four-tiered timeline and display porwall. The Riekes/Chait Family Tree is traying the story of all the congregaa three-by-eight-foot mounting of two tions, past and present, in Nebraska family photographs on plexiglass. One and Council Bluffs, adorn the south tree depicts the Riekes' extended fam- wall. Dedicated in 1996, the Herbert ily, and the other tree portrays the Goldsten Foundation funded the Chait family (Mrs. Riekes' maiden lighted Wall of Synagogue History, name). Together, the trees include which gives the impression of being about 50 people, and describe four three dimensional. generations. Another corner of the museum is dedHenry and Dorothy Riekes wanted icated to the Riekes Shul, a minyan of to provide a connection between the 10 men who met in the home of Henry name of the museum and the families Riekes' parents, Samuel and Dora that the name represents. "It's more Riekes. The ark curtain and Torah decthan Henry and me," said, Mrs. orations in the museum were part of Riekes. "It's our children too. The his- the Riekes Shul.

Occasionally, the children who attend Friedel Jewish Academy use the museum for services. Some special events, including a brit milah, (a ritual circumcision) have been performed there, too. Visitors are welcome to call ahead for appointments to tour the museum during NJHS office hours, which are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Appointments can also be made for tours on Sundays. "The museum is the history of our community," noted Renee Ratner Corcoran, Executive Director of NJHS. "The Wall of Synagogue History is the story'of preserving our past," she added, "and I hope everyone will take the opportunity to visit this unique peek back into the years gone by." Fellman remarked that "the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society is most grateful to the Riekes-Chait families for sharing their photographic, four-generational family history with the many visitors to our historical museum. The story of these two pioneer, families adds immeasurably to the beauty and effectiveness of our already spectacular museum." "We are very grateful to all the members of the present Riekes and Chait families for their thoughtfulness and generosity in making this historical moment ever present," she said. Dorothy Riekes explained simply:

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WE STAND WITH ISRAEL! Join those wiio have already made a .commitment to support the ISRAEL TERROR RELIEF FUND Doris and Alvin Abramson Sheri and Mike Abramson Susan and Jeffrey Aizenberg Joel Alperson MartieAl person Shirley and Bernic Altsuler Mary Anderson Vickey S. Anderson Phyllis Aron Israel ArotichUc Tntyana Ayol Elyce and Rabbi Aryeh Azriel Judy and Jack Baker Amber and Tom Baker Luba and Mike Basov Robert Batt Sandra Bel tirade Millie and Harold Bernstein Mary and Tom Bernstein Freda and Jerome Bleicher JuniandAlBIoch. Carol and Steven Bloch Rachel and Mike Blum Frances and Louie Blumkin Lyubo v and Aron Blyakher Judi Brand Marge and Jim Bresel Barry Broder Carol and Pete Brodbey Sandy and Sherman Brodkey Stacie and Marc Brodkey Florence and Jack Brody Michelle and Ron Bucher Esther Canar Vicki and Gerald Cheaen Anne and Alan Cohen Mareia and Jack Cohen Linda and Steve Conn Margaret and Gilberto Conti Cheryl and Bon Cooper Harold Cooperman Shelly Coron Marlene and Don Dandy Mary Kay and Henry Davis Eunice and Norman. Denenberg Tippi and Steve Denenberg Susie and Rabbi Paul Drawn Teresa Drelichani Toba Cohen and Brie Dunning Bobbie and Bob Epstein lisa and Gary Epstein Etta and Harold Epstein Geri and Irving Epstein Lois and Mel Epstein Rosaline and Sam Epstein Sandy and Paul Epstein Sharon and Howard Epstein Ruth and Joe Erman Jill and Mike Erman Judy and Jim Farber Mary Fellman Beverly and Dick Fellman Dorlynn and Tom FeUmaxi Kate Rose and Harris Finkelstein Sherry and Dick Fletcher Barbara and Dean Frank el

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