Vol. LXXXII
No. 45
Omaha, NE
11 Tamuz, 5763
July 11, 2003
SPECIAL ISSUE ON HEALTHY LIVING, STARTS ON PAGE 9
JCC Maccabi Team Heads to St. Louis by RACHEL BLUM, Omaha Delegation Head For an entire week this August, 6,000 young Jewish athletes will share in the fun of competing, the joy of meeting their peers from North America and five other countries, and the pride of being part of a world-famous Olympic-style event filled with Jewish content and values. It is a life and personality-shaping experience that the JCC Maccabi Games have been offering to Jewish teenagers since 1982. At this Jewish miniOlympiad, each participant has the chance to participate in one of 13 sporting events, creating memories that will last a lifetime. The JCC Maccabi Team Jodi Levine practices her dance routine in preparation for the Games is gearing up for the in August. She won a gold medal at last year’s Games in Omaha. Female athletes and their sports include: 13-14 Games this summer in St. Louis. Thirty-two teens will participate as part of Team Omaha, three of dance, Sarah Spooner; 15-16 dance team members, whom are Israeli athletes from our sister city of Abby Ginsburg, Jodi Levine, Shiri Tene, Gal Tsabari; 15-16 table tennis team, Becky Kahn and Akko, Israel and the Western Galilee. The Israeli teens will come to Omaha a week Shayna Kurland; 15-16 tennis team members, Olga before the Games to get to know the members of the Elkin and Amy Saylan; and 15-16 basketball team Omaha JCC Maccabi Team. During this time, they members, Leanne Harris, Lindsey and Stephanie practice with our athletes and go to local hot spots, Lovette. Chaperones include: Aaron Aizenberg, a former like shopping malls and movie theaters. Then, when the time comes for us to board the plane to St. participant of the Games, Results Coordinator of last year’s Games, and coach; Jackie Pfitzer, dance Louis, they’ll be right there with us. This year the JCC Maccabi Games in St. Louis are coach; Rachel Katskee, JCC Program Associate; Bob Aug. 10-15. Participating male athletes and their Franzese, JCC Athletic Director and coach; Chaim sports include: members of the 13-14 basketball Amer, Sister City chaperone; and me. The JCC Maccabi Games can be called the team, Alex Epstein, Nimrod Ginsburg, Justin Jacobson, Adam Meiches, Aaron Murow and Zach Olympics for Jewish teens, but they serve a larger Spooner; members of the 15-16 basketball team, Adi purpose than athletic competition. The Games also Kachal, Dan Murow, Zach Muskin, Jacob Phillips, promote community involvement, teamwork, and Jason Rich; members of the 15-16 soccer team, pride in being Jewish. For example, athletes visitCorey Green and Ken Zimmerman; member of the ing host communities stay with local Jewish fami15-16 tennis team, Idan Ifrach and Alex Wolf; 13-14 lies. This “home hospitality” is vital to the experibowling, Aaron Passer; 15-16 bowling, Jon Lerner; ence, representing the extended Jewish family and 13-14 swimming, David Trubnikov; and 15-16 the value of welcoming the stranger. (Continued on page 11) swimming, Joel Passer.
Israeli Scouts to Perform in Omaha by LISA SHKOLNICK, JCC Assistant Director In a free concert for the entire community, the Israeli scouts will perform on Sunday, July 20, 7 p.m. in the theater of the Jewish Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for first-come seating. The Caravan is an Israeli teen performance group that tours the United States each summer, performing for and working with Jewish Communities throughout the United States. The Israeli Caravan is comprised of 10 scouts, 17 years of age, who have been selected for their talents as performers as well as exemplary role models from their communities. This delegation of carefully selected Israeli teenagers will travel across the United States to share their passion and knowledge about Israel
Eating Disorders in the American Jewish Community Mirror Larger Society by CINDY SHER,Associate Managing Editor JUF News CHICAGO--Picture this: A thin 14-year-old girl, decked in her Britney Spears look-alike outfit complete with midriff-exposing T-shirt and platform shoes, attends a Hanukkah party with her family at their synagogue. In an offhand comment, she exclaims, “Nobody eats latkes. They’re way too greasy and fattening.” Loved ones should pay attention to these types of comments, according to Abigail Natenshon, an MA, LCSW, and author of When your Child has an Eating Disorder. They could signal misperceptions about food that could lead to problems down the road. Natenshon and Karen L. Smith, an MSS, LSW, spoke to mental health professionals in the Jewish communal world at a seminar last spring, entitled “Eating Disorders: Body Image and the American Jewish Community,” sponsored by The Jewish Family Network. Their presentations focused on the social and clinical findings on eating disorders, and how they relate to the American Jewish community. But to understand eating disorders in the Jewish community, it’s important to look at the broader American society, because American Jews are as American as anybody. “First, we’re Americans,” says Smith. “That is the culture that we’re most directly influenced by day in and day out.” The Department of Jewish Family Concerns/Union of American Hebrew Congregations defines the three most common eating disorders: Anorexia nervosa is characterized by significant weight loss, often as a result of self-imposed starvation. Bulimia nervosa is marked by a cycle of binge eating-consuming a large amount of food in short time periods, with a sense of being out of control-followed by some form of purging. And binge eating/compulsive overeating also entails consuming a large amount of food in short time periods, likewise with a sense of being out of control. Eating disorders are not just about food. Natenshon defines eating disorders in general as “the misuse of food to resolve emotional problems.” Eating issues are tied up entirely in the way the person thinks and feels. “You cannot separate food and feelings,” she says. Often, the diseases represent a way for the sufferer to control something in her life, because only she can control what she digests. For American women, eating disorders exist on a continuum of body-image hatred. Many women--4050 percent of young women on college campuses today, according to Natenshon--exhibit issues with food, or “disordered eating,” which is often a precursor to an eating disorder. “We are not so different from the average woman with an eating disorder,” Smith explains to the seminar, almost entirely women. “She’s just taking it a little more to the extreme.” (Continued on page 16)
INSIDE: What’s Up with the Weather? Monsky Lodge Hosts Recognized Authority...........page 6 through song and dance performances. The Tzofim will perform at public gatherings, schools, community centers, hospitals and nursing homes throughout the summer, touching the lives of people in over 300 audiences, including thousands of children at Jewish summer camps. (Continued on page 21)
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by RABBI MYER S. KRIPKE Parashat Hukkat/Balak When we have these two Sidrot together, we have both the red heifer and Balaam’s ass to deal with. We are puzzled by the one and amused by the other. There isn’t too much hocus-pocus in the Bible, but the red heifer, who is useful only when dead, puzzles us. Ashes from her funeral pyre are mixed with cedarwood, hyssop, and scarlet thread, and this mixture is used to purify one, for example, who has touched a corpse. We are, in our age, not responsive to the biblical clean and unclean altogether; but this purification ceremony leaves us with tongue hanging even more. There is more in the first Sidrah. Miriam dies, and in the same breath, the Torah tells us that there was no water. The rabbis later said that the virtue of Miriam was such that a well of living waters followed the Israelites through the desert. Now, with water scarcity at her death, Moses had to bring out water from the rock. And when he banged it with his rod, instead of speaking to it, he was punished--mind you!--barred from the Land of Israel. There is much more in this Sidrah, the death of Aaron, the confrontation with Canaanites, the complaints of the people, and the attack of fiery serpents. And here is the point where Moses prepared a brazen serpent, which, when held aloft could be seen by people who were then cured of disease. We also hear of the first great victories, against Amorites and Og, King of Bashan. One must not omit here mention of Jephtha’s daughter in our haftarah. The text never tells us whether indeed Jephtha’s terrible prophecy came to her or not. And in the second of our two Sidrot, we find the ass more perspicacious than its owner, Balaam. But there is one wonderful thing here, that his oracle spoke well of the children of Israel in his famous Mah Tovu. (A note to the ba’al tefilah: it is Mah TOvu, not Mah ToVU.) Here, too, we must call attention to the famous verse from the eighth century prophet Micah who defines religion, quite aside from ritual, as “doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly before the Lord.” We might also notice that the angel who confronted Balaam was not seen by him, until the ass pointed it out to him. Sometimes the lower creature is more understanding than the human, even though Balaam was considered to be a prophet. And you remember that someone who ridiculed the idea of an ass speaking like a man was told that’s no more unusual than a man like him speaking like an ass!
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DEATHS JANET BEREK Janet Berek died at the age of 90. Services were held July 3 at Beth El Cemetery. A longtime teacher in both Omaha and Fremont, Berek was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel. She served as principal of Underwood High School in Omaha in 1949 after obtaining a degree in education from the Omaha University in 1937. She returned to teaching in Fremont, NE, in 1940 after she married. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Jonathan and Deborah Berek of Santa Monica, CA; daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Delane Johnson of Sumner, WA; grandchildren, David Johnson of Marietta, GA, Jeff Johnson of Tacoma, WA, Micah and Margaret Berek of Berkeley, CA, James Berek and Jessica Berek of Santa Monica, CA; brother and sister-in-law, Sol and Esther Graetz of Omaha; and one great-grandchild. SIDNEY KLOPPER Sidney Klopper died at the age of 65. Services were held July 6 at Golden Hill Cemetery. Klopper taught history at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs for more than 35 years. He is survived by his wife, Harriet; son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Barbara Klopper of Council Bluffs; son Allan Klopper of Chicago, IL; grandson, Jackson Alexander Klopper; and sister Phyllis Schwartz. Memorials to charity of choice. ROBERT B. COHN Robert B. (Bob) Cohn died at the age 87. Services were held July 8 at Beth El Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Frances, and a son, Rick. He is survived by his wife, Doris; daughter and son-in-law, Skippy and Monte Schlitten, Jupiter, FL; step-daughter and son-in-law, Pamela and David Wheelock, Long Beach, NY; step-son, Jeffrey Fox, Dallas, TX; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Memorials to charity of choice.
Americans Raise Money to Provide Israeli Soldiers with Bullet Proof Vests by RONN TOROSSIAN Amazingly, Israeli soldiers, who are in the heart of the conflict in the Middle East work without bulletproof vests. Filling a gap where Israeli defense budgets have been unable to protect troops, a new organization has recently been formed to raise funds in America to provide bulletproof vests for all Israeli soldiers. The SOS Fund--its initials stand for Saving Our Soldiers--is the brainchild of Brooklyn native Aaron Singer. Singer came up with the idea before embarking on a volunteer stint as an IDF reservist during Operation Defensive Shield. A former paratrooper, Singer saw that the Israeli military had a shortage of light-weight bulletproof vests and decided to help finance their purchase. “Before I served a month in reserves duty as an IDF paratrooper I read an article about new bulletproof vests. I learned that the IDF did not have the funding available to buy them. I found it shocking that these soldiers, who were putting their lives on the line every day, remained unprotected,” Singer said. “It started as self-preservation. I have a wife and kid, so naturally I wanted to ensure that I went through my service unscathed. I started by raising money from friends and family for my one vest,” Singer related. Upon his return to the U.S., Singer formed the SOS Fund to continue raising money to purchase more vests, working in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Independent analysis has shown that 30% of military deaths would be prevented if all soldiers had vests, Singer said. “I view this as a collective project of the American community to protect Israeli soldiers’ lives,” Singer said. “Our goal for this year to raise two million dollars, enough to buy 2,000 vests,” Singer concluded. The organization is hoping to raise enough funds to provide vests for every IDF soldier, an undertaking Singer estimates costing some 30 million dollars. Locally, Lesli Shrago is trying to help emergency workers purchase bullet proof vests in the Israeli town of Ateret. For information, call her at: 963-9889.
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FRIDAY: Men’s Club, 11:45 a.m. All male members of Temple Israel are invited to a weekly informal get together at Spirit World, 7517 Pacific St. Join us for some relaxation and great conversation; Shabbat Evening Service, 5:30 p.m. Cantor Wendy Shermet will officiate. Outdoor Summer Service, 6 p.m. The evening begins with a bring-your-own picnic supper followed by services led by Rabbi Craig Marantz. Bring any sporting equipment you might like to use; a sitter will be provided for young children. SATURDAY: Bagels and Sacred Books, 9:30 a.m., in the Milder Center; Morning service, 10:30 a.m. SITTER SERVICE During the months of July and August, available for the 5:30 p.m. Shabbat Services. There will be no sitter service Saturday mornings. Please make a reservation through the Temple office. Cost is $2 per family. Sorry, there are no facilities for infants.
Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7 p.m. West Minyan, 7:30 p.m. at the home of Dennis and Susan Paley. SATURDAY: Morning Services, 8:45 a.m. Free babysitting begins at 10 a.m.; Kiddush is sponsored by Sisterhood. Mincha, 8:30 p.m., followed by Shalosh Suedot and Ma’ariv; Havdalah, 9:48 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 7 a.m. and 7 p.m THURSDAY: The fast of the 17th of Tammuz begins at 4:54 a.m. Morning Service, 7 a.m. Evening services, 8:20 p.m. The fast ends at 9:35 p.m.
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With Flip and Then Flop, Israeli Interior Minister Moves Toward Religious Revolution by GIL SEDAN JERUSALEM (JTA)--Israel last week moved a step closer to a religious revolution. For the first time in the history of the Jewish state, there is a good chance that those who convert to Judaism in Israel through the Reform and Conservative movements will receive automatic Israeli citizenship. “I will inform the High Court of Justice that I will register every convert who wishes to do so as an Israeli citizen--regardless of whether his conversion took place in Israel or abroad, or whether it was an Orthodox or nonOrthodox conversion,” Israel’s interior minister, Avraham Poraz, told JTA. Representatives of the liberal movements in the United States praise the possible change as a major step toward religious pluralism in Israel--while Orthodox leaders view it as one that would undermine the character of the Jewish state. The statement by Poraz, a member of the secular Shinui Party, comes as an issue that long has been an open wound in relations between Israel and Diaspora Jewry may soon be reopened. Israel’s high court is slated to hand down a ruling soon in the case of an
appeal by 18 Reform converts against previous interior ministers’ refusals to grant them Israeli citizenship. In recent governments, interior ministers--who often belonged to the fervently Orthodox Shas Party--refused to register non-Orthodox converts who had converted in Israel, arguing that only Orthodox conversions supervised by the Chief Rabbinate should be legitimate in the Jewish state. However, they did recognize conversions performed overseas. A high court ruling last year forced the Interior Ministry to register local converts as Jews in the national Population Administration--but the ministry usually refused to grant them Israeli citizenship. When he was appointed earlier this year, many expected Poraz to change the policy--though until last week it seemed he had other plans. Poraz originally said he wanted to separate the issue of conversions from citizenship, making citizenship decisions based on the applicant’s “contribution to society and identification with the Zionist movement, or on humanitarian grounds.” That meant he wouldn’t grant auto-
matic citizenship even to people who had undergone Orthodox conversions in Israel--but he would consider granting citizenship to non-Jews, such as sports stars, musicians or scientists, who had made significant contributions to Israeli life. The idea infuriated leaders of all streams of Judaism. “It is unacceptable that people will be recognized as Jews but will not have the right to live here,” Rabbi Uri Regev, Executive Director of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, as the Reform movement is known, told JTA. With Poraz’s about-face last week, the liberal movements are pleased once again. “Israel is the state of all Jews, not just those who accept one particular interpretation,” said Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in New York, who met with Poraz on June 25. Poraz’s shift came after pressure from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Israel’s attorney general, Elyakim Rubinstein. When Poraz announced his original intentions, Rubinstein wrote a sharply worded letter to Sharon, charging that
Poraz’s new criteria would upset the customary conversion procedure and conceivably could allow more than 100,000 resident non-Jews --such as illegal foreign workers and their children--to receive Israeli citizenship. “Israel is a Jewish state and it must remain such,” Sharon said. He insisted that only conversions approved in Israel by a rabbinical court under government supervision should grant Israeli citizenship to converts. Poraz agreed that he would no longer withhold citizenship from converts -as long as the liberal movements’ converts were accepted as well. Of course, not everyone is pleased with Poraz’s move. “How you do a conversion to Judaism is governed by rules that have developed” over thousands of years, said Harvey Blitz, President of the U.S.-based Orthodox Union. Orthodox conversions conform to those rules, while liberal conversions don’t, Blitz said. In the meantime, everyone’s waiting for the court ruling to make the next move. (JTA Staff Writer Rachel Pomerance in New York contributed to this report.)
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EDITORIAL We’re living longer and curing more diseases--on one hand--and getting fatter and dying of new diseases on the other. Cure rates for colon cancer and heart disease are up, but now we have to contend with SARS, West Nile virus and monkey pox! Health professionals tell us one day that coffee, fat and chocolate are bad for us and the next day, we’re supposed to have a glass of wine for our hearts, a little fat for our joints and-for women--chocolate for our emotional well-being. What are we to do? The most obvious answer is: use your common sense. Women have known for years that a little chocolate (especially the dark, expensive kind!) makes them feel good. And who can argue about a half a glass of wine? Of course, to go with that chocolate and wine should be a little salmon, a salad, some green leafy vegetables and maybe a carb, but just one. But who are we kidding? Do all of us eat like that all of the time? And do we exercise three times a week, 20 minutes at a time to get our heart rate up and the joints moving? When was the last time we worked up a sweat (other than from the golf cart to the tee and
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L’Chaim: to Life! only because it was 96º out)! Given the longevity of midwesterners and the developments in science and medicine, we do have a lot for which we should give thanks. But there are basic steps we can all take, regardless of our level of health consciousness, to improve our physical selves--and therefore our mental state, as well: • Eat healthy, but include a few “fun” things in moderation; • get an annual physical, (including a mammogram and pap smear for women-and PSA blood test for men--before you turn 40 and yearly after that); • get a colonoscopy at age 50; • set a goal to exercise regularly and stick to it; • to exercise your brain, learn one new thing a year--a language (how ’bout Hebrew?), a subject or a skill; • add one new food item into your diet--tofu, sushi, a veggie you’ve been avoiding--and eliminate one you crave (chips anyone?); • purchase long-term health insurance to cover the cost of skilled nursing care at the Blumkin Home or yours; • do one nice thing for someone every day--you’d be surprised at how much that helps your physical health!
In Today’s Medical Climate, a Humanist Approach is a Must
BEHIND THE HEADLINES by DR. ARNOLD P. GOLD NEW YORK, (JTA)--Medical practitioners today are faced with onerous economics and an increasingly depersonalized and technically complex health care system. This reality presents serious challenges to practicing humanistic medicine. It is therefore especially important now to value and re-emphasize the intrinsic connection between compassion and competence in the practice of good medicine. In the early 1980s, I began to notice that my students seemed to be more engaged in science and technology than taking care of people. Why? Did medical students begin school with idealism, altruism, compassion, and empathy, only to have it depleted during their educational experiences? Or, was the medical admission process simply selecting less humanistic applicants? Research examining the attitudes of 3,500 entering medical students from across the nation concluded that most were indeed empathetic and humanistic when they began their studies. Clearly, some time during medical school and the end of the residency experience, many caring young doctors change. Why do some students maintain a humanistic orientation while others lose it? How can we teach medical students a more humane approach to medicine and promote a medical system that fosters relationship-centered care? Nearly 15 years ago, colleagues at the
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, philanthropists, and community leaders cofounded a public charity, the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, to create opportunities for meaningful Ritual, Recognition, Role Modeling and Research, as well as national Conferences, Curricular change and building “Caring Hospital Communities.” These programmatic themes (the four Rs and three Cs) are customized for the four populations we serve: medical students, medical school faculty, hospital residents, and the public. Ritual and tradition are central to Judaism and to the work of the foundation. We encourage medical students to make a psychological contract--to incorporate compassion as part of their professional responsibilities through the public recitation of a professional oath. Foundation programs such as the “White Coat Ceremony,” a rite of passage for entering medical students, and the “Student Clinician’s Ceremony,” for third-year students beginning their relationships with patients, provide an opportunity for reflection and a renewed commitment to humanistic values. The Hippocratic Oath, written 2,500 years ago, has been a keystone for physicians throughout history. Its admonition to “do no harm,” treat patients with respect, and to “lead lives of uprightness and honor” is
taken seriously throughout Western medical education. Jewish tradition embraces these same ideas, as well as additional ethical and spiritual considerations. The Physician’s Oath and Prayer, attributed to Moses Maimonides, the 13th-century physician and philosopher, articulates ancient Jewish values and goes beyond the Hippocratic Oath in delineating appropriate behavior and practice. In his prayer, Maimonides speaks about social justice in medicine: “May I never see in the patient anything but a fellow creature in pain,” acknowledging the potential biases of wealth, power, and personality as barriers to equal treatment for all patients. It is important that all practitioners develop both skills and values that reflect these oaths. Medicine is an apprenticeship profession, where humanism can be taught and behaviors associated with humanism can be learned. Medical students are quick to adapt to formal curricular expectations; they also absorb the attitudes, habits and ethics found in the cultural environment. In other words, students of medicine at all levels imitate role models, adjust to the culture in which they work, and adhere to the values expressed or demonstrated by their teachers and peers. Therefore, if we teach and role model humanism as “the best medicine,” we will create more humane physicians. Such com-
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petent caring will increase trust, enhance the healing process, and result in better patient outcomes. A growing focus on physician professionalism has instigated a strengthened interest in humanism and its role within the definition of “the professional.” This bodes well for greater pressure within the medical culture to include the art and “habit of humanism” in its formal and informal curricula, and in accreditation criteria and standards. If we are to be successful in challenging the negative pressures from commercial and legislative interests, we will need an educated and vocal public to partner with like-minded professionals. We invite you to join us in this struggle to re-emphasize humanistic medicine. In sum, what is the role of a physician? A humanistic physician demonstrates concern and respect for the values, autonomy, and cultural and ethnic background of others, and provides skilled, compassionate, and empathic help to someone with a problem or need. In addition to being President of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, Dr. Gold is professor of clinical neurology and clinical pediatrics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Reprinted from the Journal Sh’ma, a service of Jewish Family & Life!
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It’s Time for a Holistic Approach: Bringing Caring, and God, to the Sick
FOCUS ON ISSUES by RABBI SIMKHA Y. WEINTRAUB NEW YORK (JTA)--“So teach us to number our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom...” (Psalm 90:12) Truth be told, there are no “soft issues” in medical ethics, unless by “soft” we mean the human issues, the matters of the spirit, that so influence people’s capacity to heal and even (as research seems to be showing more and more) their ability to be cured. “Soft” is the “how” dimension of medical ethics, a critical complement to the “what” decisions that are often its salient province or overriding focus. Perhaps the best place to start is to ask, “What are the psycho-social needs of people going through serious medical experiences?” Let it first be acknowledged that the needs of these people are not unlike everyone else’s--just, perhaps, more so. People who are suffering, or struggling, or facing mortality--and those who care for them--need what we all need, if more urgently, boldly, unavoidably. These universal needs include: • a restoration of connection, a new relatedness-to a sense of self, the community, creation, God, the big picture; • transcendence, growth, meaning, affirmation of their total identity (including but not limited to their diagnosis, condition, or illness), an expanded sense of hope and possibility; • re-empowerment, striking a balance of dependence and independence, taking charge and letting go; • tools to integrate major losses or fundamental life-disruptions into their life-narrative. Jews who are suffering, and those who care for them, similarly need and deserve resources of guidance, strength, insight, comfort, solace, and hope--and, for centuries, have looked to Jewish tradition and the Jewish community for these resources. In diverse host cultures and civilizations, Jews developed a very strong tradition of bikur cholim, reaching out to those who are ill and those who care for them. This mitzvah was understood as a basic and far-reaching commandment that requires and enables us to emulate God’s own care and concern, indeed, to partner with God in making that care and concern manifest and tangible. Bikur cholim was highly developed through our treasured, evolving
corpus of both narrative and legal texts. “The essential feature of the mitzvah of visiting the sick is to pay attention to the needs of patients, to see to what is necessary to be done for their benefit, and to give them the pleasure of one’s company. It is also to customary to pray for mercy on their behalf...” (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Chap. 193/3) What a cogent summary of what folks need. Practical and individualized help, social and interpersonal connection, and intercession/dialogue with God in echoing or amplifying the patients’ needs, wishes and prayers.
...Jews, like everyone else, recoil from serious illness, and we need to strategize how to restore illness and death to their natural and important place in our lives. The good news is that these efforts, at least in my experience, are on the rebound in our community. More and more synagogues, Jewish community centers, day schools, healing programs, family service agencies, and other Jewish organizations are developing or revitalizing bikur cholim efforts, sometimes called G’mach (for gimilut hasidim, or deeds of lovingkindness) or caring committees. More than 200 bikur cholim organizers and volunteers, from over 75 different sites in all corners of the Jewish community, took part in the November 2002 15th annual Bikur Cholim Conference in New York City. Jewish chaplaincy, long the terribly underfunded and neglected professional field in our community, is experiencing a growth in recognition, support and status. Rabbis, cantors and Jewish educators are devoting more time in training and continuing education to expand their skills and enhance their effectiveness in reaching out to the ill and their families and professional care-givers. And materials that help Jews hope and cope are multiplying. Yet so much remains to be done. We live in a society that desperately seeks not only to avoid disease
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and pain at all costs but also to deny vulnerability, aging, disability, and mortality--and the Jewish community is not immune from these biases. Though it is somewhat more comfortable than it was in recent decades to utter the “c” word--cancer-Jews, like everyone else, recoil from serious illness, and we need to strategize how to restore illness and death to their natural and important place in our lives. There are many ways to bring about the reintegration of illness and death into communal life. School curricula, youth group projects, film series, concerts, art exhibits, public programs where people tell their stories, rabbinic sermons and bulletin pieces can all work to undo the denial of suffering and death and enable Jews of all ages, backgrounds and affiliations to share the vulnerability and burdens of disease and disability. In these and other ways, we can reach for a time when Jews will feel freer to let others know of their challenges, more secure in asking for help, and less constrained in offering it. Complementing these educational and cultural innovations and communal change ought to be substantial advocacy efforts that work for a more humane and holistic approach to pain, suffering, and healing. Convention resolutions are fine, but we must do more to “walk the walk.” Synagogues, schools, service agencies, and JCCs must join in challenging the current health care systems that render so many suffering people alone, confused and despairing. Practical efforts directed at changing legislation, policies, and managed care companies must go hand in hand with the one-onone, direct support and service provision. Our generation, as those before and after us, will be judged by how we listen and attend to those who are sick and vulnerable and to those who care for them. In the end, there is actually no “them”; there is only “us.” Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, a certified social worker, is rabbinic director at the National Center for Jewish Healing/Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services in New York. Reprinted from the Journal Sh’ma, a service of Jewish Family & Life!
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The Rebbe’s Army
BOOK REVIEW Reviewed by SETH STERN New York--In a Queens cemetery, whirring fax machines and computers spit out hundreds of letters a day addressed to a man who was buried nearly a decade ago: Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe Manachem Mendel Schneerson. As the continued stream of letters suggests, Schneerson’s death hasn’t dented his influence over the Chabad Lubavitch movement at all. Lubavitch children born in the years since still talk about him in the present tense. Some of their parents wait eagerly for his Messianic return. But as Sue Fishkoff shows in her exhaustively reported The Rebbe’s Army, the movement Schneerson led hasn’t exactly stagnated in his absence. Instead, the Chabad’s global crusade to bring Jews closer to Judaism has only grown larger. Fishkoff ’s tour guides are the rebbe’s foot soldiers themselves, called shlichim. These newly minted rabbis and their brides barely out of their teens embark on lifelong missions as emissaries to secular Jews. She watched them host college students for free Shabbat dinners, broadcast a star studded Hollywood telethon, prowl for Jews on the streets of Portland, Oregon and troll the halls of Capitol Hill in Washington. She travels to their farthest reaches--from the lone Lubavitch rabbi in Alaska to a Passover seder in Bangkok, Thailand that draws hundreds of Israeli backpackers. She also peeks inside “770”--the nickname followers give for the Lubavitch’s dingy headquarters in Crown Heights, a seven by four block Brooklyn neighborhood that’s been the sect’s center since Schneerson’s predecessor fled from Europe half a century ago. It was Schneerson who launched the Lubavitch’s aggressive outreach in the 1960s, deploying huge outdoor Hanukkah menorahs and converting Winnebagos into mobile mitzvah tanks. Many they approach are still turned off by those glaring symbols, yet Lubavitch outreach strikes a chord with Jews of all stripes. The Lubavitch don’t brainwash or proselytize. In fact, unlike their Mormon counterparts, they avoid aggressively pushing their religious message on Jews and don’t target new converts at all. Instead, the Shlichim rely on their infectious generosity and joy. Ironically, one of the most theologically rigid Jewish sects is also the most welcoming. They don’t ask college students dining at their dinner table to adopt their ways or make visitors to their services feel uncomfortable about what they don’t know. The shlichim take their guests as they are and view progress one mitzvah at a time. This is a largely glowing portrait but Fishkoff also includes many of the criticisms directed at the Lubavitch movement from every corner of American Judaism.
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by Sue Fishkoff Being open minded about individual Jews doesn’t mean Lubavitchers are open to other versions of Judaism. They won’t even attend services led by Conservative or Reform rabbis. Jewish community groups complain the Chabad’s aggressive and successful fundraising efforts siphon off money for their own programs. Orthodox rabbis charge that Chabad rabbis water down services aimed at secular Jews. And internal critics attack fellow Lubavitchers who embraced Schneerson as the Messiah either before or after his death. Most striking perhaps is their willful ignorance of the non-Jewish world in which they jet around like business executives. In part, that’s because the men’s non-Talmudic education largely ends at a sixth grade level. Mainly though, it’s because they travel to exotic destinations to find their own kind rather than explore new cultures. As Fishkoff describes, no matter whether they’re in Omaha or Buenos Aires, the same books line their living room walls and chicken soup is invariably simmering on their stoves Friday night. Still, the shlichim’s life long dedication to preserving and enriching Judaism is remarkable. They see parents or siblings only during annual conventions or the occasional wedding or bar mitzvah. And no matter what you think of the Chabad movement, it’s hard to argue with their impact, whether in creating Hebrew day schools and Chabad houses on college campuses or going where few others want to tread. They are often the only rabbis in many American prisons and staff synagogues in the most isolated corners of the globe. Chabad’s continued success doesn’t mean the movement didn’t suffer when Schneerson died. As Fishkoff writes, his death “ripped through Chabad’s gut with razor sharpness, leaving a raw gaping wound that still bleeds easily.” The Lubavitch lost the sole voice who could speak for the increasingly decentralized movement. In Crown Heights in particular, some of the urgency and unity died with him. It’s unclear whether that modern day Brooklyn shtetl can retain its role as an anchor in the future. Fishkoff also correctly questions what will happen in future generations that lack a personal connection to Schneerson and can’t turn to him in the same manner as a guidepost and inspiration. Writing letters, hanging pictures and watching him on video may simply not be enough. Perhaps the movement may once again need to select a rebbe who can fulfill those roles. But it’s unlikely Schneerson’s equal will emerge any time soon. (The Rebbe’s Army is available at the Kripke Jewish Federation Library.) Seth Stern is a staff writer for the Christian Science Monitor. He lives in Boston, MA.
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JNF Ranks First for ‘E-Philanthropy’ Among Jewish Non-profits by MEIRA MAIEROVITZ DRAZIN Communications Manager, Jewish National Fund New York, NY--Using a combination of e-philanthropy techniques, including a new website with customized and personalized content, localized emails and a sophisticated on-line store, Jewish National Fund ranked first for on-line fundraising in 2002 among Jewish organizations, according to Ken Markus, Manager of Internet Business Technology at AOL Time Warner and Internet Chairman on JNF’s Marketing Committee. The current pace of online fundraising will raise $1 million in 2003 for the internationally respected environmental organization. JNF jumped to the head of the line among Jewish non-profits with new technological capabilities. JNF’s newly designed website has added functionality and 10 times more content than its old site. Monthly e-mail newsletters targeting JNF’s 100,000+ e-mail database are localized for JNF’s 22 regions to provide more targeted messages. Tracking features enable JNF to see how many of the e-mail newsletters are opened, what and from whom the many donations came from as a result of the email, and which links in the emails are the most popular with recipients. JNF e-newsletters are opened at a rate of 34 percent, significantly higher than the industry standard. A bridge was built in order to synchronize JNF’s offline database with its online database. This bridge technology is complex and many for-profit companies grapple with solutions on how to properly synchronize their databases while not damaging their data integrity. Finally, JNF launched an affiliate program offering commissions to other Jewish or Israel oriented websites that drive sales to JNF’s website. JNF’s website is receiving an average of 56,000 hits per day since the new website was launched in
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Teach your Paying for Long Term Care Does ‘Big Brother’ JOSEPH M. JOHN, CLU, ChFC kids it’s easier byThe Care About Our Privacy? high cost of long term care makes paying for to never start. it a challenge. What makes it even more challeng- A Look at the New HIPAA Regulations
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JCC Maccabi Team (Continued from page 1) “Last year was my first at the Maccabi Games and I’m really looking forward to the Games in St. Louis next month,” said Jodi Levine, who won a gold medal in dance at the Games in Omaha last summer. “I’ve made a lot of friends and love the people I’ve met at Maccabi.” Jodi, the daughter of Dr. Michael and Cheryl Levine, will be a senior at Millard North High School this fall. She averages about three to four hours a week practicing her dance routine, after putting in a full day as the kindergarten counselor in the
JCC’s summer camp. “My older brother, Josh, participated in two JCC Maccabi Games,” Levine added, crediting him and good friend and fellow gold medal dancer Jen Cooper for influencing her decision to participate. “It’s so much fun!” In addition to the athletic competitions, and opening and closing ceremonies, every set of Games has a volunteer day called Day of Caring/Day of Sharing, when athletes join with local community organizations to work on social-action projects.
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by RABBI MAXIMO SHECHET There are some things that are deemed to Pesach, a time when people are very busy. as impossible, but if the Almighty wills it, However, Sepehr wanted his Bris before they come to fruition. The following is a Pesach, just as the Jewish people in Egypt true story: Just like everything else in creation, the human body is replete with many wonders. Among them is a marvelous mechanism in the blood whereby if the person bleeds, the blood coagulates and the bleeding stops. Otherwise the person would just continue bleeding. In the hemophiliac, the blood does not coagulate, and the Sepehr smiling, comfortable and happy during the bris, bleeding does not shown here with Rabbi Ron Jawary; Sepehr’s uncle Herzl stop. Obviously this Lary and Rabbi Jacob Shechet, the mohel. condition affects bris (the ritual surgery performed on an eight- had their bris before Pesach. day-old Jewish boy). For centuries, Three days before Pesach, Sepehr got his Jewish families who had hemophiliacs wish, Rabbi Shechet performed a bris on among them, did not have a bris. For him. Despite his great resolve, Sepehr them, the bris could have resulted in dire had trepidations. His mother, underconsequences. standably, was full of fear, and his grandSepehr Aziz is a 17-year-old, who immi- father constantly recited Tehilim (Psalms). grated with his family from Iran and Rabbi Jawary, Sepehr’s uncle Herzl Lari, eventually settled in Los Angeles. As a and other relatives and friends, were preshemophiliac, he was denied a bris at birth. ent providing a minyan (a quorum of 10 Although not his fault, he felt very disap- Jewish men). Sepehr himself recited the pointed about lacking such a basic tenet of Brocho (benediction) “Lehikoneis Bivirito the Jewish faith. shel Avraham Avinu” (to enter into the He discussed it with his Talmud teacher, covenant of Avraham, our Forefather). Rabbi Ron Jawary, who contacted Rabbi After the successful conclusion of the Jacob Shechet, who performs new born, bris, Sepehr got off the table with a big adult, and special bris, concerning the pos- smile, extremely happy and grateful. sibility of doing a bris on Sepehr. After the Bris, by his own choice, he was Appropriate medical consultation ensued named Yehuda Sapir (a diamond). and Rabbi Shechet agreed to perform the Visit www.613.org/briswins.htm. for bris on Sepehr. It was less than one week more information.
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The fastest growing health hazard in the U .S., U.S., by far far,, is
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It is impossible to estimate the number of Americans who will die of the ramifications of obesity in the coming years, but it is a frightening statistic. William Dietz, Director of Nutrition of the government’s Centers for Disease Control, states: “Never before has America seen a chronic disease epidemic of such massive proportions.” In 1980, 14% of Americans were obese; by 2001, 31% were obese. Since 64.5% of Americans (and 19% of children) are overweight, the obesity numbers will continue to climb precipitously. Our number one killer, heart disease and related cardiovascular problems, leads to the death of over one million people a year, almost half of our total annual death toll. The effects of obesity on heart problems alone cause an ever-increasing number of deaths.
Obesity brings on heart attack. Just being 10% overweight raises one’s risk by 30%, especially if the extra pounds surround the belly. And those who are obese develop heart disease seven years earlier than those who stay slim!
Obesity is a double whammy in the area of breast cancer. It not only tremendously increases a woman’s risk of getting the disease, but it also increases the likelihood of fatality, because fat makes tumors hard to detect early and keeps blood hormone levels high, making it harder to fight the disease. The Harvard Nurses’ Health Study (80,000 nurses) found that women who are 44 pounds overweight double their risk of breast cancer. A new Yale study found that severely obese women are three times more likely to be diagnosed too late.
The list of life-shortening effects of obesity is staggering: n A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that being obese at age 20 can cut 20 years off a person’s life! n A study of 900,000 followed over 16 years showed that overweight contributes to 20% of cancer deaths in women and 14% in men!
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n 65% of high blood pressure in women and 78% in men can be attributed directly to obesity. High blood pressure leads to strokes and Alzheimer’s! n Colon cancer risk is up to 70% greater in overweight men! n Over twelve million American children are obese or near-obese! More than one in three are overweight! n CRP, the most newly recognized major heart risk, is six times more likely to be elevated in obese women than in thin ones! n Overweight kids as young as three have ballooning blood pressure and cholesterol levels! n Over twenty million Americans have obesity-related, adult-onset diabetes, and more than one-third do not know it! n Obese smokers die 13.5 years sooner than normal-weight nonsmokers! n Inactivity is worse for women! In a Duke University study, sedentary women gained fat twice as quickly as sedentary men did!
Diabetes Of all the diseases associated with unhealthy weight, Type II (non-insulin dependent) diabetes is the most strongly linked. Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, amputations and heart disease. For such a dire health threat, diabetes is fairly easy to forestall by making basic healthful lifestyle changes. The National Institutes of Health enrolled 3,234 Americans at highest risk for diabetes in a
prevention study. Over 58% of those who did moderate exercise five days a week and lost only five to seven pounds each escaped diabetes for the life of the study. Medical researchers estimate that between 88% and 97% of the cases of Type II diabetes diagnosed in overweight patients are associated with their obesity. There is a five-fold increased risk in those who are moderately overweight and a ten-fold increased risk in those who are severely obese! Unbelievable!
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C-Reactive Protein A SIMPLE NEW NEW BLOOD BLOOD TEST TEST Could Save the Lives of Millions Who Don’t Even Know They’re in Danger!
A dramatic breakthrough has recently been added to our arsenal to prevent heart attacks! It is a recently proven method of testing blood to measure the amount of inflammation in the body. C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels reveal deadly heart disease in the absence of other risk factors years before symptoms appear. Inflammation creates unstable plaque in the blood vessel walls that may rupture, spewing forth debris into heart arteries. Clots form and heart attacks follow. “We now can foretell risk well into the future and take steps to reduce inflammation before it damages your heart,” Phil Sokolof says. “The best way to reduce inflammation is with the same drugs that lower your cholesterol – the unbelievably effective statin medications! “Studies of more than 85,000 people over the last ten years prove that painless inflammation in the heart blood vessel walls is the strongest trigger of heart attacks in those with normal cholesterol levels,” Sokolof says. “Millions of Americans will soon be talking about their CRP levels as they now discuss cholesterol and HDL. This new blood test, which measures hidden inflammation, will identify the almost half of Americans over 40 who are at substantial risk of a heart attack within 10 years regardless of their cholesterol numbers.” Inflammation comes from many sources – including obesity, lack of exercise and lingering infection. It triggers heart attacks by weakening artery walls and making fatty buildups burst. Inflammation can be measured with a test that checks for C-reactive protein, a chemical necessary for fighting injury and infection. The test costs a few dollars to perform, and labs and
hospitals charge between $25 and $60. Guidelines recently published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend testing CRP when patients are on the borderline for needing aggressive treatment and lifestyle changes to prevent a heart attack. Medicare will now pay for this vital test for seniors. “The new regulations are the first to officially recognize the vital role of inflammation in predicting heart disease,” Sokolof says. Sokolof notes that several studies have shown that cholesterollowering drugs such as Lipitor, Zocor and Pravachol (known as “statins” for the endings of their chemical names) are effective in reducing inflammation. Exercise reduces inflammation by 30%, even when it doesn’t result in weight loss, Sokolof says. “If you lose weight, the reduction is even greater. And, of course, stop smoking!” he admonishes. Smokers have higher CRP readings. The new guidelines, which appeared in the January, 2003 issue of the journal Circulation, recommend CRP testing for those judged to be at 10 percent or higher risk of heart disease over the next 10 years, based on such factors as age, high cholesterol, obesity and high blood pressure. This new category is large, encompassing almost 40 percent of U.S. adults, nearly 100 million Americans. Patients with diagnosed heart disease should already be getting all standard treatments, including the statins. Dr. Thomas Pearson of the University of Rochester, head of the committee that wrote the new rules, says they are oriented toward
finding those patients whose treatment and behavior should be altered. Pearson said they strike a balance between those who argue every adult should get a CRP test and those who reject it completely, because they fear it will draw attention away from reducing cholesterol. Dr. Paul Ridker of Harvard pioneered research in the relationship between C-Reactive Protein and heart disease and is the world’s foremost authority on the subject. He has conducted numerous CRP studies and authored four New England Journal papers on the subject, since 1995. One of Ridker’s latest studies, of nearly 29,000 women, found that almost half of all heart attacks and strokes occur in people with seemingly safe cholesterol levels, and that those with high CRP have double the risk of women with low levels. He says that CRP is the first new blood test to be accepted for checking heart disease risk since cholesterol screening became standard 25 years ago. Dr. Ridker will direct clinical trials involving 15,000 men and women with no history of heart trouble, cholesterol levels in the safe range and CRP above 2 milligrams per deciliter of blood. The average CRP reading in the United States is 1.5. Ridker ’s studies show the risk of heart attack or stroke is dramatically higher when levels hit 3. Sokolof concludes, “There is an ever-increasing group of cardiologists and heart researchers who feel that everyone past 40 with any heart risk factors should be tested for C-Reactive Protein!”
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Detecting Dreams Through the Finger Could Reduce Heart Attacks by MARTHA MOLNAR, Technion NEW YORK and HAIFA, Israel--More heart attacks occur during the early morning hours than at other times. Most Rapid Eye Movement (REM) or dream sleep also occurs in the early morning hours. Researchers have long suspected a connection between the two. A novel FDA-approved device developed at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and at Itamar Medical Ltd., an Israeli technology company, easily and reliably identifies the onset and duration of dreams by tracking changes in the blood flow through the finger. This could have strong implications for prevention of heart attacks and other cardiac events. “This monitor could do for heart disease what the home blood pressure monitor has done for stroke prevention,” said Technion Professor Peretz Lavie. Information about the proportion of REM sleep and its timing during the night is also very important for the assessment of sleep quality and diagnosis of sleep disturbances. Lavie also said, “people may be able to track their dreams and wake up at the right moment to remember them.” A significant benefit of Watch PAT 100--worn on the wrist and using probes that slip over two fingers--is that it is non-invasive and can be easily used at home. The signals are stored in a removable memory card in the device, which can then be downloaded to a computer for analysis. This eliminates the need to spend an expensive night in a sleep clinic. Watch-PAT 100 is being marketed in the U.S. by Respironics of Murrysville, PA, the largest sleepmedicine company in the United States, for approximately $5,400. The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is Israel’s leading science and technology university. It commands a worldwide reputation for its pioneering work in computer science, biotechnology, water-resource management, materials engineering, aerospace and medicine.
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by KAREN GUSTAFSON, JFS Therapist This is probably not your typical Jewish Family Service article (whatever that means), but it remains an article about an important mental health issue. This time I am offering a book review. No, I am not a book critic. Quite the contrary, I want to share my enthusiasm for a book that I have just finished reading, called Odd Girl Out, by Rachel Simmons. Here are just a few of the reviews that this book has received: “Required reading for young girls and their mothers.”--the Boston Globe. “This is the book we have been waiting for. It’s a wake-up call to all of us who care deeply about girls’ development. Simmons has given voice to the girls who struggle everyday with friendships. She has uncovered a hidden world of aggression that unfolds behind adults’ backs.”--Susan Wellman, President of the Ophelia Project. “Provocative...Cathartic to any teen or parent trying to find company.”--Detroit Free Press. As you can see from these comments, the book is and will be an excellent resource for teens, parents and educators for many years to come. When you read this book you can’t help but to reflect upon your own life growing up. Was I cruel to someone? Should I have confronted a problem when I didn’t? When that person said something about me was she purposely trying to be cruel? But after reading further it also dawned on me that as an adult woman, women still remain in these patterns of relating to each other. We have been taught to be “the nice girls.” The very manner in which we have been socialized may in fact be making us more susceptible to remaining in unhealthy relationships with friends but also with boys/men.
The one thing many girls fear most is isolation. So how do you think that girls can hurt other girls if they want to...by isolating them from the very friendships that they seek. How can an abusive spouse or partner hurt us...by isolating us from the people who would support us the most, our family and friends. Just an eerie coincidence? The author asked 28 girls between the ages of 13-17 to identify the qualities of the “ideal girl” and the “anti-girl;” the results are astonishing. Without listing every quality, I will summarize by saying that many of the qualities of the “anti-girl” describe qualities that we are trying to teach our young girls. They are the very qualities that we often admire, that our role models have. What a contradiction this is for girls who are still in Jr. High and High School, not to mention college or even elementary school. We, as adults are teaching them to stand up for themselves, be independent, be strong and confident. While at the same time their friends are admiring those girls who are pretty, fake, happy, perfect, girlie and fit. We have a lot of work to do and my goal is to begin that process. As a woman and a therapist for JFS I am in the planning stages of a book discussion for both mothers and daughters. Watch the Jewish Press for more information. The Omaha Public library has four copies of the book and it is available at local bookstores. I just can’t stay silent about a book I feel has so much to say and to teach us about relationships between girls, between woman, and also in the relationships that girls/women have with others. Happy reading!
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Wellness in the WorkplaceA Good Idea by LINDA GRUNBERG Wellness Coordinator, Senior Market Sales Health and wellness are hot topics. If you don’t believe me, pick up a newspaper or stroll down the magazine aisle at your local grocer. We’re living in the fast lane with super fast and super-sized foods, superstressed jobs and super-stressed personal lives. Let’s not even mention the cost of health care today. The employees at Senior Market Sales, Inc. in Omaha are taking matters into their own hands, or I should say feet, by implementing a walking club as part of their newly formed worksite wellness program. SMS, an insurance marketing company geared toward the senior market, has 32 employees. Fourteen of them recently purchased pedometers and individually committed to walking or jogging anywhere from 10 – 35 miles a week. Together they plan to log in 2,400 miles by the end of August. If they make their goal, SMS will host a celebration lunch. Other incentives are planned along the way. Milton Kleinberg, chief executive officer and Jim Summers, president of SMS, fully support employees’ efforts to combat weight gain and reduce stress. Kleinberg has been a proponent of a healthy lifestyle for years. An avid handball player, he has a simple philosophy toward fitness, “Take the steps and eat fruit”. SMS also provides a “Quiet Room” complete with a comfortable glider, CD player, desk and phone, where employees can go to make personal phone calls or take short mental breaks. The company subscribes to a wellness newsletter “The Well Workplace” which is distributed to all employees. In the future, SMS hopes to offer CPR training, and other educational and fitness activities. For information on how to implement a successful program at your workplace, contact Howie Halperin at The Wellness Council of the Midlands, (402) 390-8346 or visit their website at www.wellnesscouncil.org. ADVERTISEMENT
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(Continued from page 1) The disorders hit almost exclusively women (but are becoming more common in men), usually middle--to upper-class, well-educated white girls. The most common time to be diagnosed with an eating disorder is between ages 12-17, but women of all ages suffer from the diseases, increasingly women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, and children as young as five. Eating disorders are a Western phenomenon, most common here in the United States. They are a current --not a historical-- problem, and they are on the rise. Currently, some 11 million people in the United States suffer from eating disorders. Plus, they hit “our best and our brightest,” according to Smith. The girl with an eating disorder is likely to be the creative straight-A “powerhouse” perfectionist student involved in a gamut of extracurriculars at her school. “She was always such a good girl,” friends and family often say about her. For a woman, according to Smith, controlling her desires-such as her hunger-is seen as a triumph, which is not the case for men. What do we mean when we say a “woman was good today?” She had the will power not to touch that donut or cookie, according to Smith. Many American Jewish women develop eating disorders, says Smith, but not necessarily in greater numbers than in American society in general. “Not that that isn’t true,” she explains, “but we just don’t know if it’s true. There’s no evidence to back it up.” It makes sense that many Jewish women acquire the disorders, because they often fit the target population of eating-disorder sufferers: successful, middle-to upper-class, well-educated women. But the disorders look a little bit different in the Jewish community. Food is one of the centerpieces of Jewish culture. Jews incorporate eating into religious observance, celebration, and grieving. Tradition teaches that since the destruction of the Temple, every table in every Jewish home has become an altar that is the center for the sacred in life, according to the Department of Jewish Family Concerns/UAHC. Jews know Jewish holidays by the foods associated with them. Judaism is often about satiation, according to Smith. At the Passover seder, the Haggadah says, “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” Shabbat should be filled with pleasure and feasting, Israel is thought of as the land flowing with milk and honey, and Jewish holidays often last seven to eight days because “we are supposed to fill ourselves with, and we must taste the richness of the holiday,” says Smith. “Food is the vehicle of transmission to us from our mothers,” Smith explains. “Food is the way we take in our mother’s milk.” Because food is the symbol of
Jewish culture, it’s easy to abuse when in search of emotional satiation, according to Department of Jewish Family Concerns/UAHC. “In Jewish culture, food represents love,” said one woman recovering from anorexia. “By not eating her food, I was rejecting my mother’s love.” Often, Jewish homes send mixed messages, according to Smith. “Eat, eat, eat, but don’t get fat. You don’t want to look like your Aunt Goldie.” She says this hearkens back to when Jews were not fully assimilated into society. “In the Jewish home,” says Smith, “we have a mother who deems us to take in tradition from her and deems us to assimilate.” She doesn’t want her daughter to be overweight, because she knows how poorly she will be treated. American Jewish women sometimes feel torn between achieving success and not acting too overbearing; they compensate for that struggle through food, according to Natenshon. “A conflict for many Jews, traditionally and culturally, in the quest for excellence, is with having been taught to be assertive, to make demands of themselves and of others,” she says. “At the same time, Jewish women feel guilt for having an appetite for success, a hunger to occupy ‘space’ in the world, as society says it’s not feminine.” Many Jews, Ashkenazi Jews in particular, believe they do not conform to the classic standard of American beauty. “Ashkenazi Jews genetically aren’t going to look like Barbie or anything close to it, because we’re from a very different climate,” says Smith. In the Jewish American tradition, there is a conflict between wanting and deprivation. Many thirdgeneration Holocaust survivors, for instance, suffer from anorexia, because they feel guilt over wanting too much when their grandparents suffered such torment, according to Smith. It’s important for parents and loved ones to step in if they observe odd eating behaviors or issues with food, according to Natenshon, such as the teenager who is convinced that no one eats latkes, illustrated above. “These diseases don’t happen in the doctor’s office,” she says. “They happen at home, they happen in kitchens, in bathrooms, in supermarkets.” With help, a person suffering from an eating disorder can find the guidance she needs to conquer the disease and triumph. For more information, please visit the following websites: www.fullliving.com, www.empoweredparents.com, www.empoweredkidZ.com, and www.UAHC.org. Or call the Department of Jewish Family Concerns at 1-212-650-4296 or Jewish Family Service here in Omaha, 330-2024.
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by MARK MIETKIEWICZ There are many times that the Internet is criticized for being a world wide waste of time. And far too often, those criticisms are completely valid. But used properly, the Internet can be a critical tool for joining communities and perhaps even saving lives. This is particularly true for people searching for medical information in the burgeoning field of genetic research. Today, I present the best places to find Jewish genetic resources on the Internet along with a look at the ethical and halachic challenges of genetic research. I must emphasize very strongly that although you can find a wealth of information out there, the Internet must not be considered a substitute for trusted medical or rabbinic experts who are familiar with your particular circumstances. Also, pay close attention to the credentials of the authors of anything you read on the Web. Not everyone is a reliable or accurate source of information. “Why is this gene different from all other genes?� That’s the name of a recent conference that examined scientific, ethical and religious genetic issues facing the Jewish community. Dr. Robert Pollack, a professor of biological sciences, says that advances in decoding the human genome have allowed us to develop new screening tests for genetic diseases found among Ashkenazi Jews. But those advances also open a Pandora’s Box of ethical dilemmas. (Should a couple considering marriage opt for genetic testing? What should they do if they receive heart-breaking results? Does an embryo sitting in a laboratory have the same status as a fetus in utero?) The conference was organized by the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists whose website has many thought-provoking articles geared to both scientific and general audiences. [www.jewishgenes.org/] The controversy over genetic screening and its ethical and halachic implications is dealt with at length in several areas on the Internet. In his essay
on Genetic Screening, North Dakota State University student Mike Wetzstein gives an overview of this issue and explains some of Judaism’s concerns with genetic screening [www.cc.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/mcclean/pls c431/students/mike.htm]. “The obligation with regard to procreation is not suspended simply because of the statistical probability that some children of the union may be deformed or abnormal.� One of the greatest fears about genetic testing is the stigma that could occur if someone is known to be a carrier of a disease. I recommend a fascinating article in the Jewish Homemaker magazine that looks at a Brooklyn-based organization called Dor Yeshorim [http://ok.org/homemaker/chanukah99/health.html]. Dor Yeshorim tests young men and women before they begin to date. Their results are kept anonymously, and are only available to Rabbis who compare the charts when couples seriously contemplate marriage. If both are carriers for a certain disorder, they are told their prospective union is “not advisable.� No one is told if he or she is a carrier, only that both people must look for another match. The Dor Yeshorim method has apparently gained wide acceptance through Brooklyn’s Orthodox community but has also been criticized by Rabbi Moshe Tendler, a Rosh Yeshiva and Professor of Jewish Medical Ethics at New York’s Yeshiva University. [www.yucommentator.com/archives/v62iA/ne ws/doryesharim.html] Rabbi Tendler has concerns with mass screening programs since finding a genetic defect “can lead to discrimination by insurance companies, employers, and others looking to be married.� Dr. Fred Rosner is a professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. [www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/genetic.html] In Judaism, Genetic Screening and Genetic Therapy, he concludes genetic screening
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and therapy “are permissible in Judaism when used for the treatment, cure, or prevention of disease. Such genetic manipulation is not considered to be a violation of God’s natural law but a legitimate implementation of the biblical mandate to heal.� The best place to start is at the National Foundation for Jewish Genetic Diseases website [www.nfjgd.org/]. The Foundation has supplied online information and web links about genetic diseases more common among Jews such as Bloom’s Syndrome, Canavan Disease, Familial Dysautonomia, Fanconia Anemia, Gaucher Disease, Mucolipidosis IV, Niemann Pick Disease, Tay-Sachs Disease and Torsion Dystonia. You can find links to specialized websites dedicated to those illnesses at [www.nfjgd.org/internet.shtml]. Several universities and medical centers have established divisions that specialize in Jewish genetic diseases such as the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network website [www.einstein.edu/ jewishgenetics/], the Jewish Genetic Disorders Program at Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital [http://jewishgenetics.org/] and The Center for the Study and Treatment of Jewish Genetic Diseases at the University of Pittsburgh. [www.pitt.edu/~geneorb/ctr-jewish.html] These sites all provide helpful information as does the Mazornet Guide to Jewish Genetic Diseases. [http://mazornet.com/genetics/] Less known than Tay-Sachs or Canavan Disease is the connection between Schizophrenia and the Jewish community. [www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ epigen/ashkenazim.htm] The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine wants to identify the susceptibility to schizophrenia among Ashkenazi Jews and develop new treatment. Why study Ashkenazim? The site explains that “Jewish individuals are in a unique position to assist scientists in the understanding of genetic disorders. (Continued on page 19)
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Jewish Genetic Disorders (Continued from page 18) Due to a long history of marriage within the faith, which extends back thousands of years, the Jewish community has emerged from a limited number of ancestors and has a similar genetic makeup. This allows researchers to more easily perform genetic studies and locate disease causing genes.” The site explains that the risks for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder seem to be about 1% for any population. Some studies have suggested an increased risk in the Jewish population but those studies have not been adequately substantiated at this time. Sephardic Jews also carry genetic disorders but as Dr. Gideon Bach of Jerusalem’s Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center explains, the way these diseases appear is quite different than in the Ashkenazi population. “The high-frequency genetic disorders specific to Ashkenazim are different from those of the surrounding populations [Poles, Germans]. Sefardim, however, tend to share hereditary diseases with their host population. This is believed to result not from intermarriage, but from natural selection. Kurds and Kurdish Jews, for example, have a genetic predisposition toward thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder. Crippling though thalassemia can be, it protects healthy carriers against a severe form of malaria, and may thus have been genetically selected.” [www.hadassah.org.il/news /jewish-gen-disease-had0101.htm] Once you have read through all the websites, you may want a personal connection. An excellent way for someone trying to learn more about a rare Jewish disease is by meeting others who are facing similar challenges. You can join that worldwide community through e-mail lists such as The Genetic Disease E-Mail Discussion List [www.gaucherdisease.org/list.htm]. Hopefully, the genetic links that join people from around the world will be better understood thanks to links created by the Internet. Mark Mietkiewicz is a Toronto-based television producer who writes, lectures and teaches about the Jewish Internet. He can be contacted at highway@rogers.com.
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Weizmann Institute Scientists Solve ‘3-D Structure’ of Enzyme in Gaucher Disease by ALEXIS SMITH Rehovot, Israel--An interdisciplinary team of Weizmann Institute scientists has solved the threedimensional structure of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase. Mutations occurring in this enzyme cause Gaucher disease, a genetic illness that mainly affects Ashkenazi Jews. The Institute study, published recently in EMBO Reports, may lead to the design of effective new therapies for treating the disease. Gaucher disease was first described in 1882 by the French physician Philippe Gaucher. It is characterized by swelling and enlargement of the spleen and liver and disruption in the function of these organs, and in rare cases it also affects the brain. In the 1920s, the disease was found to be caused by the excessive accumulation of a fatty substance, or lipid, called glucosylceramide. In the 1960s, researchers discovered that the accumulation occurs due to a defect in the glucocerebrosidase enzyme, whose function is to break down this lipid and regulate its amount. In the 1980s, the gene responsible for manufacturing the enzyme was isolated; scientists found that mutations in this gene disrupt the function of the enzyme, leading to the development of Gaucher disease. By the early 1990s, the U.S. company Genzyme started producing the enzyme--first from placenta, then by genetic engineering. Today thousands of Gaucher patients are treated by injections of the enzyme, an approach called enzyme replacement therapy, or ERT. The annual cost of the therapy per patient is approximately $100,000 to $300,000. Obviously, more affordable alternatives, such as the ones that may emerge from the Weizmann Institute study, are urgently needed. The Institute team included Prof. Tony Futerman of the Biological Chemistry Department, Prof. Joel Sussman of the Structural Biology Department and Prof. Israel Silman of the Neurobiology Department, as well as Dr. Michal Harel, Lilly
Toker and graduate student Hay Dvir. The first step in solving the three-dimensional structure of an enzyme is to grow its crystals. In the case of the glucocerebrosidase enzyme involved in Gaucher disease, the crystallization was a formidable challenge. The Weizmann Institute scientists succeeded in this task by cutting parts of certain sugar molecules on the surface of the enzyme. The scientists then resorted to X-ray crystallography, a method in which the crystal is exposed to Xrays and the structure of its molecules is determined by the diffraction pattern of the X-rays. The solution of the enzyme structure may lead to the development of new therapies for Gaucher disease. First, the structural information may help design a more effective enzyme that will improve today’s ERT therapy. This approach is most likely to provide effective additional treatments for Gaucher disease, until the development of gene therapy for this disorder is developed. Another type of therapy likely to emerge from the Weizmann findings is the design of small molecules that will supplement the damaged enzyme in the patient’s body, thereby restoring its normal functioning. Yeda Research and Development Company, which is responsible for the commercialization of Weizmann Institute research, has filed a patent application for the medical applications of these findings. The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, is one of the world’s top-ranking multidisciplinary research institutions. Noted for its wideranging exploration of the natural and exact sciences, the Institute is home to 2,500 scientists, students, technicians and supporting staff. Institute research efforts include the search for new ways of fighting disease and hunger, examining leading questions in mathematics and computer science, probing the physics of matter and the universe, creating novel materials and developing new strategies for protecting the environment.
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Israeli Scouts The 17-year-olds who are selected to be part of the Friendship Caravans go through an extensive interview and selection process during which they must demonstrate leadership experience, a broad knowledge of Israeli and Jewish history, a high level of scouting achievement, fluency in English, and strong communication skills, as well as an intense love for the land and people of Israel and a desire to share this passion with Diaspora audiences. Once selected, they participate in an intensive preparation program before coming to the U.S. Not only do the Tzofim charm and educate American audiences about Israel through their singing, dancing and spirit, but as the Caravans travel throughout the United States, they receive home hospitality by American families in each community, establishing enduring relationships between the Tzofim and their “summer families.” A dessert reception will follow the concert. For more information about the Israeli Scout Caravan, call me at 334-6425. At left: Jewish National Fund sponsored the Tzofim at a concert in Manhattan earlier this spring. JNF is one of the sponsors of the summer touring schedule.
by BERT LEWIS The health world is yelling again about how overweight we Americans are. Special attention is still on our children, and about damage caused by obesity. Also, a great deal of blame is placed on the fast (and junk) food kids love, and which they eat every chance they get. Plus, lack of exercise is usually listed with other causes for this problem. Too much sitting in front of the computer games or the TV and not enough running and biking outdoors. Boy, have things changed. I remember many of the ways children were kept well and healthy when I was a kid. For one thing, we ate at home, not in a fast food drive-in. If it was a sandwich, it was made with good bread and filled with something delicious, like maybe slices of last night’s meatloaf. Or, if there was leftover roast, it was great with good rye bread and my mom’s home made thousand island dressing! In the absence of leftovers, there was nothing better than egg salad on challah, or maybe tuna salad. There weren’t bags of potato chips or piles of greasy fries either--maybe a pickle or celery sticks kept the sandwich company. And, depending on which filling, the drink was either milk or maybe mom’s home made grape juice. Pop? That’s the guy who was our father, not something to drink. Once in a while, on the way home from some place, we’d stop at the earliest of drive-in places for root beer, but we never had it at home. Not the kind you bought, anyway. My mom made her own, but it wasn’t a daily treat...it was for special occasions. Another idea for the best way to keep a kid healthy was the use of cod liver oil. That was undoubtedly decreed by the meanest dietitian of the time. I can still see that thick, awful stuff, filling up a tablespoon, and I swear I hear my mom say, “Open up and swallow fast.” Yeah. Right. Not only was it terrible tasting,but it smelled bad, too. Every mom knew the right way to raise healthy kids was by feeding them well, bundling them up
against the elements and sending them outside to play. We were encouraged to go outdoors, even if it was winter. We simply had to wear extra sweaters (which itched like the devil) under snowsuits and don’t forget the galoshes. I’m not sure that’s spelled correctly, but I’m talking about the rubber boots with the metal fasteners....the things you couldn’t open or close when your fingers were cold! Yes, our moms knew how to keep us healthy. If somehow we did catch a cold, there were home remedies to cure it. Some moms used smelly stuff to rub on the chest and some, like mine, mixed up her own cough medicine. Honey, lemon and schnapps was the recipe and I think the grown-ups liked it better than the kids! Of course chicken soup was the first thing a person thought of if somebody was sick. (Several members of my family still put on a pot of soup to cook the minute somebody complains of not feeling well!) Well, we kid a lot about all these things, but nothing much matters if we aren’t in good health. And, if we want to be honest about it, the experts who are screaming that we eat too much and sit too much and don’t take proper care of ourselves are absolutely right. So get up off that couch--no, don’t go in the kitchen for a nosh. Go outside for a walk or find something to do which could be called exercise. And try to remember that you really don’t need that dish of ice cream before you go to bed. Yes, I know it’s non-fatno-added-sugar, but you still don’t need it. Try to think of how great you’d look if you’d drop those extra pounds you’ve been carrying around. Or a better incentive might be to think of how good it would feel to let them weigh you at the doctor’s office without a protest. Okay, that’s all the help you’re going to get from me. I just know this issue of the paper concerns good health and I’m only trying to help. Do whatever you want and zie gezunt.
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(Continued from page 1) The Tzofim Movement is an Israeli youth movement that serves the needs of over 60,000 Israelis by organizing youth groups and programs that include nature hikes, community service projects, cultural activities and informal education programs. Each summer, 100 Tzofim are chosen to represent Israel as the annual Summer Delegation to the United States. This summer, 30 of the delegates were chosen to be members of the three performance-based Tzofim Friendship Caravans, while the remaining 70 will spend the summer as counselors at Jewish camps. Each Friendship Caravan consists of five young men and five young women, as well as two adult leaders.
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ORGANIZATIONS LOMIR REDN YIDDISH Want a place to brush up on your Yiddish? Join us Thursdays, 1 p.m. at The Yiddish Conversation Group in the Social Hall of the JCC. Call Anne Skolkin for information at 343-1638. OMAHA CENTER FOR TORAH LEARNING Rabbi Aryeh Blum will give his weekly parasha shiur tomorrow afternoon, July 12, 6:30 p.m. Time for Talmud is Monday, July 14, 7:30 p.m. The Beit Midrash meets on Tuesday, July 15, 7:30 p.m. The Wednesday Women’s Class is July 16, 7:30 p.m., all at the OCTL House, 1313 No. 58 St. Join OCTL for the weekly discussion of Torah Topics at Lunch ’n Learn, Wednesday, July 16, noon, at the Kripke Library. For information about OCTL, call Rabbi Aryeh Blum at 320-8055. B’NAI B’RITH BREADBREAKERS Prof. Terry Clark will speak on “Lessons learned from Iraq and Where We Go From Here” on Wednesday, July 16, noon, at the Park Inn Regency, according to Gary Javitch, July co-chairman. Cost for lunch is $9; beverage service only, $2. Programs are open to the community. WALK-IN, DROP-IN For those members going on the Mystery Trip on Thursday, July 10, please meet at the JCC by 9:45 a.m.
VISIONS Reminder: Join us for the Summer Luncheon on July 18, 12:30 p.m at Caniglia’s Venice Inn. The cost is $9. Stephen Rennard, M.D., is the guest speaker. For information, call Harry Alloy at 697-8709. Join us for the Lauritzen Gardens on Tuesday, Aug. 5. A tour with a docent will begin at 10 a.m. Following the tour we will dine in the Visitors Center cafe (lunch is on your own). Cost is $6 per person or free for members of the Gardens. Deadline for reservations is July 25. Send reservations to Sandy and Fred Bromley, 13419 Marinda St., Omaha, NE 68144. Join us for the Summer Picnic at Chalco Hills on Sunday, Aug. 17, 12:30-4 p.m. The cost is $6 per person. Enjoy Musical of the Rat Pack with Michael Walker following lunch. Send reservations to Betty Sanford; 9205 Western Ave. #127, Omaha, NE 68114. Deadline is Aug. 8. Broadway in Omaha presents Mama Mia! at the Orpheum Theater Sunday, Nov. 9, 2 p.m. The cost is $58 per person. Send reservations to Jean Elkon at 1005 N. 63 St., Omaha, NE 68132. For information call Ethel Goldston at 393-7358. Deadline is Aug. 1. Make all checks payable to JSS. Visions presents “Catskills in the Caribbean” aboard the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Enchantment of the Seas, Jan. 5-10. Join Freddie Roman, Jack Carter, Avi Hoffman and
IN THE NEWS Louise Abrahamson was featured in the Spring, 2003, issue of the Girls and Boys Town Journal. Her efforts as manager of the Clothesline, an on-
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Following lunch at noon, 10-year-old Arthur Masyuk will perform on the violin. Arthur is a member of the Omaha Youth Orchestra and has played for Victor Yampolsky, Musical Director for the Omaha Symphony. For transportation call Dee Dee at 330-4272. Call Maggie Conti for reservations. Deadline is July 17 for Bunch to Lunch to The Rose Restaurant in Treynor, Iowa, on July 24. Deadline is July 24 for Bluffs Run Casino on July 31.
ENGAGEMENTS GIBSON/KENKEL Anna Gibson, daughter of Kent and Gloria Gibson of Atlanta, GA, and Matthew Kenkel, son of Tom and G a i l Kenkel of Council Bluffs, announce their engagement. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Georgia Technical Institute of Technology, with a BS in International Affairs, and is currently working for the United States Air Force at the Officer Training School for the Intelligence Corps. Her fiancé is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, and is currently in pilot training in Del Rio, Texas. He is the grandson of Lloyd and Edythe Krasne and Ray and Evelyn Kenkel, of Council Bluffs. A December 2003 wedding is planned.
SHAPIRO/SHAPIRO Sherry and Larry Shapiro announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa Lynne, to Matthew Alan Shapiro, son of Barb and J e f f Shapiro of Edina, MN. The bride-tobe graduated with Highest Distinction from the University of Kansas, with a BS in Journalism, and is employed with Nebraska Furniture Mart in Kansas City. She is the granddaughter of Betty and Ben Shapiro, and the late Robert Dessauer. Her fiancé is also a graduate of KU, with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, and is employed with Frito Lay in Topeka, KS. He is the grandson of Rose Grossman and the late Lewis Grossman, and Marilyn and Alan Shapiro. A May 2004 wedding in Omaha is planned.
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The Grande Olde Players will hold open auditions for their 19th Season opener, The Solid Gold Cadillac, on Sunday, July 21, and Monday, July 22. The successful comedy by Teichmann & Kaufman shows what can happen when a little old lady with one share of stock stands up for the rights of the little guy. Director Deb Ritsch said she is anxious to work on such a timely script given the interest in Wall Street lately, and it’s even more fun when you can laugh at the whole affair. Ritsch will be looking for both men and women in the large cast of 17 plus. For more information or to review a script before the audition, call her at 558-7737. For information about the theatre, call Colene at 397-5262. Though auditions were held last week for A Musical Revue with Stephen Raphael, the composer and local radio personality is working on the Jewish American Musical to be produced in the coming year. The Musical Revue will be performed one night only, Saturday, Aug. 30, at the Millennium Theatre, 601 So. 16 St. For more information, call 345-8166.
LETTER FROM Y.E.S. by ILENE PACHMAN Well, a half a year has just whizzed by us, but check out the calendar for July. That Maggie sure does keep us seniors busy and the Monday programs sure sound interesting. Just can’t understand why some of you don’t get up and join us! Wasn’t that fun to see all those “aprons” by Esther Pilster? I don’t put one on in my kitchen--since I don’t spend much time in that room anymore! Bye for now.
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by PAM MONSKY Federation Communications Director Harris Finkelstein, Kripke Library Director will be moving to Washington, D.C. to be closer to family. His wife, Kate, will start a new position at the George Washington University Medical Center Library. His last day will be July 18. Finkelstein was hired in 1999 and oversaw the Library’s move to its new location within the Jewish Community Center. He was also instrumental in the dedication and renaming of the Library for Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke. Under his guidance, the Kripke Library has increased its holdings and reputation as one of the finest Jewish libraries in the Midwest. Some of Finkelstein’s most important accomplishments include an increase in the number of computers with Internet access for public use and starting an impressive collection of Jewish film on DVD, which now numbers more than 60. He is also responsible for the community’s first Jewish Film Festival, which was held last year and attracted more than 500 people. “While we understand Harris and Kate’s desire to be closer to their family, we’re losing two wonderful members, Federation Executive Director Jan Goldstein said. “In my opinion, Harris’s most significant accomplishment has been in the area of community relations. He made it a priority to bring the Kripke Library to the religious schools, the synagogues and the entire community. Because of his efforts, the Library is used more than ever and the atmosphere is inviting.
He’s made the Library into a gathering spot for the community.” Rabbi Myer Kripke, for whom the Library is named, expressed his admiration, adding, “It’s easy to say, ‘our loss and their gain.’ But it’s much deeper than that. We have a wonderful library, and we have had a wonderful librarian, knowledgeable, efficient, innovative, erudite--and always willing to help. We wish him well. But we know that we are diminished by his leaving us, and that it will be difficult indeed to find a worthy successor.” Jewish Education and Library Services Director Guy Matalon is coordinating the search for a new Library Director. “Harris has accomplished a great deal in four years. Even though we are all sorry to see him leave our community, he has laid a tremendous foundation for the next director to continue to meet the goals of the Library,” he said. A community farewell will be held Thursday, July 17, 2 p.m., in the Kripke Library. Said Finkelstein, “Since our decision to leave, people tell me they are happy for me, but sad that I am leaving. I also have mixed emotions about it. Being close to family is something very important to Kate and me, and we are overjoyed to make it a reality. But it is with much sadness that I leave the Kripke Library and the Omaha Jewish community. There is a bond between the Library and myself. The community has a wonderful closeknit quality while being large enough to make things happen.”
by MARK GOLDWERT, Staff Writer New Jersey Jewish News After stops at the Universities of California and Michigan, the National Student Conference on the Palestine Solidarity Movement will be held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick in October, an organizer has confirmed. NJ-Solidarity education committee chair and Rutgers Association for Middle East Justice member Charlotte Kates told New Jersey Jewish News that the third annual conference is coming to Rutgers. “We have an active movement,” said Kates. “The Palestinian issue already seems to be getting a lot of attention and there’s a lot of discussion on campus.” The national body of representatives which selected Rutgers made the decision in January. While having Rutgers as the setting for a national conference on the issue of IsraelPalestine may serve to galvanize local pro-Palestinian activists, it will likely serve to further alienate pro-Israel groups on campus. “Given NJ-Solidarity’s open espousal of the view that dialogue and individual discourse is not something we need on campus, it leads me to believe it can’t be a productive conference,” said Rutgers-Hillel Executive Director Andrew Getraer. “I see from the conference in Michigan that it’s basically an anti-Israel diatribe, bringing together a collection of the anti-Israeli, anti-Zionist, and antiSemitic misfits who make up the solidarity movement.”
Kates suspected the news would be unwelcome among those in the other camp. “I don’t imagine they’ll particularly like it anymore than the groups at Michigan liked it. But it’s not about them. It’s people working for Palestine coming together to have activist training and workshops and hear speakers.” At Palestinian solidarity conferences held at the University of California in 2001 and the University of Michigan in 2002 organizers hoped to create a groundswell of activism on behalf of the Palestinian cause and against Israel on campuses across the nation. The “from the river to the sea” banners, which appeared on the Rutgers campus last semester, prompted AntiDefamation League NJ regional director Charles Shai Goldstein to send a letter to Rutgers University President Richard McCormick expressing the ADL’s concern that college regulations may have been overlooked in allowing the placement of the fiercely political banners. In his letter Goldstein also told McCormick that he was troubled by editorials that have appeared in the Rutgers Daily Targum and the climate at the university. Goldstein told NJJN that the situation at Rutgers could become as bad in terms of anti-Israel activities as at California, Michigan, and Concordia University in Montreal where proPalestinian demonstrators forced the cancellation of a speech by thenIsraeli foreign minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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