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Vol. LXXXV No. 46 Omaha, NE

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Groups Collect for Israel Relief

Continuing Fighting Leaves Israelis and Recent Visitors Sad, Angry...and Determined

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by CAROL KATZMAN Editor of the Jewish Press Stop in to Uri Levin’s office at the Jewish Community Center these days and you’ll likely find him glued to web pages on his computer, reading blogs, military updates and looking at photos of the current fighting at Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. The Omaha community shaliach just returned last week from what was supposed to be a four-week trip to Israel with 21 Omaha teens. Instead, the group had to leave four days early. And Levin had to miss out on a weekend with his family. Levin, whose two-year stint in Omaha ends at the end of next month, comes The missiles continue to rain down on the north of Israel with scores of hits on buildings in from Tsurit, a small town in Haifa, Kiyrat Shmona, Carmiel, Tsfat and Tiberias. In Haifa, a series of loud explosions Israel’s Western Galilee, just rocked the city Monday as missiles damaged several buildings. Shaul Feldman checks that a few miles east of Acco. The his piano is still working after the apartment where he lives in Haifa was hit by a missile. entire group was to have There were no deaths reported, only light injuries. Since July 13, more than a thousand spent its last week in Levin’s Copyright: ISRANET katyushas have been fired from Lebanon on to northern Israel. “neighborhood,” which also happens to be Omaha’s Partnership with Israel region, fell there, too, ARTZA wound up in Tel Aviv. “We thought we would be based in Bat Yam (a suburb meet Levin’s family and experience home hospitality. “All the great experiences of that region--hiking in the south of Tel Aviv), but after a day at the beach, we were Banias, touring Acco, Rosh HaNiqra and the naval base told to go to a youth hostel in Jerusalem,” said Diane where I served--it all had to be cancelled,” Levin told the Malashock, a chaperone on the ARTZA trip with Levin Press upon his return from Israel. “We were actually in and Esther Katz (who will replace Leslie Wallace as the Haifa when the first missile hit.” The group was warned JCC’s new Dance Director). “Of course, the day we by the staff at the Israel Experience desk, the group that arrived was the day the police caught a suicide bomber plans teen tours like the Omaha’s ARTZA trip, “not to near City Hall,” Malashock added. “But really, we did cross the Acco/Tsfat line,” Levin added, noting that the not want to leave Israel. We honestly felt safe.” group then planned on going to Tiberias. When rockets Continued on page 2

NEW YORK (JTA)--Jewish groups collecting emergency relief funds for Israel include: • United Jewish Communities’ Israel Crisis Fund will provide emergency humanitarian and relocation relief to vulnerable Israelis, such as youngsters, the elderly, immigrants, the disabled and victims of terror. Visit the Jewish Federation of Omaha’s website at: www.jewishomaha.org to make a dontaion online or call 402.334.6429. • American Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA) has dispatched 150 ambulances and personnel to the northern part of Israel and has mobilized the MDA National Blood Services Center to supply additional blood to hospitals in areas under attack. Visit www.afmda.org/site/PageServer or call 212.757.1627 or 866.632.2763. • Friends of the Israel Defense Forces is a support group that aims to provide troops with supplies as Israel continues its military actions in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon to free captured soldiers. Visit www.israelsoldiers.org or call 1.888.318.FIDF, ext. 10. • Jewish National Fund announced Operation Security Blanket to raise funds to send Israeli children from the North to summer camps in central Israel, build security roads along the border with Gaza and purchase emergency response equipment. Visit www.jnf.org or call 1.888.JNF.0099. • The Lincoln Jewish Federation also is collecting donations for the Israel Crisis Campaign. Checks can be sent to PO Box 67218, Lincoln, NE 68506. • Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya is located in Omaha’s Partnership with Israel region. During the last few weeks, the administration has been forced to send its critical patients, newborns and maternity patients into its underground facility. In addition, more than 600 wounded, 40 of whom are Israel Defense Force soldiers, have been admitted. According to Prof. Shaul Shasha, MD, Director General of this hospital, “With 50 years of experience and being only six miles from the border, our hospital has accrued extensive experience with situations of this nature. After the first katuysha rockets landed, we organized immediately, moving patients to the protected Continued on page 4

Ongoing Rocket Attacks Change Venue of Yad Vashem Seminar from Jerusalem to New York by CAROL KATZMAN Editor of the Jewish Press Despite the continuing battles with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah on Israel’s northern border, a teacher from Omaha’s Central High School, had hoped to fly to Israel this Sunday for a seminar for educators about the Holocaust. Jennifer Stastny, a 11th and 12th-grade English teacher, is one of 17 teachers originally selected to attend a pedagogical seminar at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, in Jerusalem. She was to be accompanied by Beth Seldin Dotan, Director of the Institute for Holocaust Education, an arm of the AntiDefamation League’s Great Plains Region office here in Omaha. Instead, the two will be flying to New York on Sunday, for a reformatted conference there, instead of in Jerusalem. Stastny studied “Echoes and Reflections, a Multimedia Curriculum on the Holo-

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caust” and was trained on how to implement its lessons in their classrooms. Acording to Dotan, the curriculum is the result of an unprecedented partnership, combining the national outreach network of the Anti- Beth Seldin Dotan, left, and Jennifer Stastny, left, discuss the “Echoes and D e f a m a t i o n Reflections” curriculum before leaving for their educators’ seminar now League, the rescheduled for Rye, NY, instead of Israel. “As the years take us further away from unmatched visual history resources of the the Holocaust and witnesses pass away, it University of Southern California’s Shoah is incumbent upon us to teach not only Foundation Institute, and the historical of that terrible time, but to the history expertise of Yad Vashem.

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learn its lessons so that it will never again happen to any people anywhere,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, and himself a Holocaust survivor. “That is the goal of Echoes and Reflections, which will further solidify the knowledge of how to teach the Holocaust and allow the teachers to influence a new generation of young minds,” he added. Stastny and Dotan will avail themselves to lectures on a range of subjects at the Rye Conference Center, including the origins of anti-Semitism and the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the building of the State of Israel. “Jennifer has participated in numerous activities dealing with ‘Echoes and Reflections’, including a national focus group which reviewed the curriculum last April prior to publication,” said Dotan. “But we’re both very disappointed we won’t be travelling to Israel.” Continued on page 4

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Continued from page 1 Both Levin and Malashock were part of the crowd of more than 300 at the JCC Tuesday night in support of Israel. In his speech to those gathered, including the media, Levin added: “For me, this is a very personal war. Every time I talk with my family on the phone, I can hear shelling and bombs in the background.” Speakers at the rally also included: Zoe Riekes and Norman M. Sheldon, immediate Past-president and curLeft: Uri Levin, Omaha’s community shali- trip earlier this month. Right: Diane rent President of the Jewish ach, leads 21 teens on a hike the Ramon Malashock tours the Neve Tzedek neighborFederation; Jan Goldstein, Crater in the Negev Desert during the ARTZA hood in Tel Aviv with Omaha’s ARTZA teens. Executive Director; Rabbi Mordechai Levin of Beth El, Rabbi Eric Linder, resenting AIPAC, and Bonnie Bloch, Past-president of Assistant Rabbi, and Cantor Wendy Shermet of Temple Beth Israel. Reached at Sbarro’s Pizza in Jerusalem Tuesday night, Israel; Rabbi Mendel Katzman of Chabad; incoming ADL Executive Director Alan Potash, along with Patty Rabbi Jonathan Gross of Beth Israel Synagogue, said, “I Nogg, who will co-chair the Federation’s 2007 was here when the second intifada started and there was Campaign with her husband, Steve; Michael Miller rep- Continued on page 3

Want to Help Israel? Buy Israeli--There--or Here by SORIYA DANIELS There is no shortage of journalistic accounts when it comes to the human toll of the current war between Israel and Hezbollah, not to mention the ongoing quasi-war it fights with the Hamas-led Palestinians. We are all familiar with the Jewish lives it has claimed and the wide extent of property damage spanning Israel’s northern cities and towns. It would be no surprise to hear of people cancelling their summer trips to Israel, which takes a big financial toll on a small country that boasts tourism as its dominant source of national income. This war is also estimated to cost Israel about $50 million a day. Behind the scenes of smoke and casualties, Israel’s economy is taking a big hit as residents from Haifa to Tsfat bunker down in bomb shelters and nearly all businesses in the north are closed. There are myriad ways, big and small, that North Americans can help bolster Israel’s economy today, while simultaneously deriving personal benefit. Possibilities abound--from buying Israeli products to investing in Israeli funds or Israel Bonds, from participating in a Partnership 2000 initiative to buying real estate, from planning a visit to Israel (even for later in the year) which will support its shops and restaurants hit hard by this war to enhancing exports from Israel. We spoke with Meir Nitzan, head of the Jewish Agency for North America, to demystify what exactly we can do to lend a hand during Israel’s time of need. Three factors have adversely impacted Israel’s economy, according to Zohar Peri, former Economic Minister to North America. They include reduced exports, the plummet of the high-tech sector and the Second Intifada. Adding insult to injury, real estate investments are up and down, as well. “If the general atmosphere is not good, then people invest less in real estate,” Peri explained, stressing that there is less money circulating to go toward equipment and the labor costs involved in building. Not only has Peri not despaired, but he shared his dream with us: “In every community, there are, no doubt, business people who are part of economic activity, either working for an organization or investing or spending money.” Peri stressed that this can be done with Israel, and benefit both parties. “Today, there are so many possibilities to help by simply trying to see if there are good business arrangements one could do in Israel or with Israel. It could be ‘normal’ business activities such as buying goods or investing in funds or in industry. People could invest in venture capital funds or in industrial funds in Israel,” Peri added, alluding to Israel’s favorable investment conditions. Peri also reminded us to buy Israel Bonds, well known for their stability. Israeli products are plentiful, and not just in Jewish supermarkets. Many can be ordered online. In fact, there are a number of websites that cater to Israeli products. Here are some innovative Israeli products it might be worth taking a look at: Tired of mowing your lawn? Leave it to “Robomower,” a self-guiding, automatic battery-powered lawn mower developed by Israel’s Friendly Robotics. Next time you leave a voicemail message, think of Israel: Comverse Technology, whose main operations

are in Tel Aviv, is the world’s largest producer of voice messaging systems. Are your medicines costing you a small fortune? It is possible to order medicine at low Israeli prices from reputable Israeli pharmacies that will deliver to America. Simply put, the brainpower and ingenuity of Israel’s citizens render the country a great place to invest or buy from. Thousands of high-tech start-ups are launched in Israel every year, providing investment opportunities for venture capital firms and other investors. Israel’s position at the forefront of leading-edge technology is based on its highly educated population, the superb high-tech training provided by the Israel Defense Forces, and the fact that Israel boasts the world’s greatest per capita number of engineers, scientists and doctors. Israel has a thriving life sciences sector and Israeli scientists are pioneering important new drugs, treatments and medical devices that are being used worldwide. One such example is the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone, which was developed at the Weizmann Institute and is made by Petach Tikva-based Teva Pharmaceuticals, the largest generic drug maker in the world. And for those who take to heart the Biblical commandment, “Be fruitful and multiply,” Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer discovered Pergonal, the world’s most widely used fertility drug. For business people seeking information on the entire range of issues impacting trade and investment with Israel, the Government of Israel’s Economic Mission to North America, headquartered in New York City, is a central source of information. The Mission provides a direct link between Israel’s business sector and the North American business community. They will also assist in locating importers and exporters of Israeli products for local businesses. Supporting Israel’s economy doesn’t end here. The Partnership with Israel initiative links North American Jewish Federations with Israeli cities, as well as American individuals wishing to mentor an Israeli venture in a given town. New York is partnered with Jerusalem, Los Angeles with Tel Aviv; Boston is paired with Haifa, and Omaha with the Western Galilee. North Americans involved with this project help foster economic development in a city or town in Israel, either by providing consultancy or participating in an exchange (such as with teachers and students.) “It’s up to a Joint Steering Committee between the region in Israel and the Federation with the community to decide on which projects they are to be involved in during a specific year,” explains Nitzan. Groups of Israelis typically come to the United States to meet with North American businesspersons to help develop cities and towns in Israel. Stacey Rockman, Omaha’s Partnership chairman, was supposed to attend a meeting last week, along with Center for Jewish Education Administrator Mary Sue Grossman. When the meeting was cancelled, Rockman and her husband, Jonathan, instead joined a Solidarity Mission to Israel. “I just couldn’t stay away,” Rockman said. “If I can’t go to a meeting in Nahariya, I’ll spend money in Tel Aviv!” Soriya Daniels is a contributer to the Jewish Press; Press Editor Carol Katzman contributed to this article.

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Sad, Angry and Determined Continued from page 2 there was a lot of tension then. Right now there are lots of tourists here--Israeli and North American. I feel perfectly safe.” Uri Levin hopes the Israeli teens scheduled to join Omahans for the JCC Maccabi Games in Phoenix, AZ, starting Aug. 4 will be able to come. “It’ll be a nice break for these three teens from Acco and moshavim in the Western Galilee,” he said. “I’m sure their parents will be happy they’re out of harm’s way.” Patty Nogg, who just returned from a campaign seminar in Israel last week, introduced herself at the rally as, “Miss Patty, someone many of you know” as the music coordinator and teacher at the JCC’s Child Development Center. Nogg called for “an immediate need for cash...to pay for the cost of moving children from the north; $350 will pay for a child to have safety for a week,” and added that we might not be able to create peace, “but we can provide peace of mind.” More than 200 members of the Jewish community arrived at the JCC before the rally started Tuesday evening. By the time Zoe Riekes welcomed the crowd, more than 300 were jammed into the lobby and down the hallways. Even the members of the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization came to the rally after their meetings. Robert Mosenkis helped teens make signs that read: “We support Israel” and “Hezbollah armless equals peace in the Middle East.” Levin’s cousin knew one of the tank commanders killed in the Shalit kidnapping across the border from Gaza, he told the Press. His sister is still in the IDF, but she’s stationed down south, and his parents are still in Tsurit.

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Above: Eitan and Eadie Tsabari, whose daughter Gal is a member of the Israel Defense Forces stationed “somewhere in the north,” said they were “praying for peace and hoping this will end soon.” Below: Brandon Thomas, who just returned from Israel with ARTZA and spoke at the rally, holds his nephew, Spencer Gordman, waving the Israeli flag. Taxdeductible checks or credit card payments may be made to the Jewish Federation, c/o Israel Crisis, 333 So. 132 St., Omaha, NE 68154, or online at www.jewishomaha.org. and anxious about his family’s safety. “This is the place they built with their own hands, when I was just a baby. The feeling being uprooted is terrible,” Levin said, adding that “my family--here and at home--is standing strong for Israel.” Diane Malashock insisted that the ARTZA teens did not want to come home early. “This was a true Israeli experience,” she said. “With Shabbat, the desert, travelling, shopping on Ben Yehuda Street on our last day, the Kotel, and yes, even the bombing. But to watch our kids change was the best.” Marty Nachman, who is to leave in six weeks for the Conservative movement’s NATIV year-long program in Israel, said, “I hope for the best--and expect nothing less.”

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Former Omahan’s Son Competes in Triathalon to Raise Money for Pancreatic Cancer Research by CAROL KATZMAN Editor of the Jewish Press Jon Aronson, grandson of Omahans Phyllis and Harvey Aronson, moved from his home in Chicago to Los Angeles three months ago to care for his father, Bob, after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “I’m tired of sitting around hoping for a cure,” Aronson wrote to the Jewish Press. “I want to do something about it and I need everyone’s help.” On Sept. 10, Aronson will compete in the Los Angeles Triatholon to raise money for research in the cause and cure for the deadly disease. The funds will go directly to PanCan, which focuses attention on pancreatic cancer, provides public and professional education and helps researchers develop protocols for early detection, treatment and an eventual cure. He’s already raised $16,000, but is hoping to raise more. Tax-deductible donations, payable to PanCan, can be sent by Sept. 10 to: Jon Aronson, 1300 So. Barrington, #12, Los Angeles, CA 90025, or can be made online at: www.firstgiving.com/jaronson. His father, who moved to Southern California after graduating from college, was diagnosed nearly five months ago, after doctors found a tumor on his pancreas. “I am hoping you will sponsor my efforts as I compete in the LA Triathalon,” he said, “to raise money to help my dad as well as everyone else who is suffering from this horrible disease.”

Groups Collect for Israel Relief Continued from page 1 underground shelters and preparing our system to receive wounded. Since most of the communities’ health services are closed as the residents are in shelters, the administration has now taken over regular services, like outpatient clinics, dispensing of medication, and the like.” Dr. Shasha also e-mailed a list to the Jewish Press of critical needs for the hospital: pulse oxymeters, $1,200 each; patient-controlled analgesia units, $2,900 each; automatic vital signs measuring devices, $4,000 each; ICU respirators, $18,500 each; monitors for the ICU, $28,900 each; PACS computerized x-ray archiving system for emergency room, $52,000; and a mobile computerized X-ray for the operating room, $120,000 In addition, Judith Jochnowitz, International Liaison from the Western Galilee Hospital, added, “In the midst of all this, the freezer in the blood bank and hematology laboratory broke down again, so I am adding a ‘-30º upright Plasma 7 drawer, 231-bag Revco freezer’ for $13,000 to the list.” For a U.S. tax deduction to the Western Galilee Hospital, send your gift through the Jewish Federation of Omaha, 333 So. 132 St., Omaha, NE 68154, or to: P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds, Inc., 317 Madison Avenue, Suite 607, New York City, NY 10017. Jodi Bodner of JNF reported that as of Tuesday, more than $1,300,000 has been donated. One touching story: JNF’s Chicago office received a check for $438.50 with a note: “This is from my bar mitzvah money. I hope it helps the children to find a safe place to sleep. As a child I would not want to have to go to bed

Community Volunteers Plan ADL Gala Planning the Tribute Event honoring Bob Wolfson of the Anti-Defamation League, Plains States Region, are: Danielle Gordman, left, dinner chairman; David Gilinsky, ADL regional chairman; and Jan Schneiderman, tribute dinner general chairman. Wolfson, who has served as Executive Director for the past 18 years, has taken a position with the national office as Associate National Director of Regional Operations. ADL’s new director, Alan Potash, will begin his duties as Wolfson’s successor, on Aug. 1. The gala evening, featuring ADL National Director Abe Foxman as guest speaker, is Thursday, Aug. 17, 6:30 p.m., at the Hilton Hotel, downtown at 10th and Cass. A Patron Party for donors of $1,000 and more will begin at 6:15 p.m. For more information, please call the ADL office at 333.1303.

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scared from missile explosions.” In addition to other major Jewish organizations (all of which have established mailboxes online at their websites) such as Hadassah, B’nai B’rith, the AntiDefamation League, American ORT, AMIT, and the National Council of Jewish Women, four more organizations also are in need of emergency infusions of cash: • Zaka, which provides voluntary rescue, life saving and recovery organization, responds to incidents of terrorism, accidents or disasters. Its workers often can be found at the scene of terrorist attacks, picking up body parts for burial. Send donations to: www.zaka.org.il. • Started by an American woman who moved to Israel, “A Package From Home,” allows donors to send packages to members of the IDF. Visit www.apackagefromhome.org or contact: Daniel A. Lindenfeld, Seven Pennsylvania Plaza Suite 420, New York, NY 10001; or call him at: 212.868.8688. • The Israel Free Loan Association provides interest free loans to small businesses to keep them afloat during the current crisis and has distributed more than $54 million to nearly 30,000 needy immigrants from the Former Soviet Union, Ethiopia, Argentina. Make donations online at: www.freeloan.org.il. • One Family Fund provides assistance to terror victims and residents of Israel’s northern communities under attack. Send checks to: One Family Fund, Glenpointe Center East, 300 Frank W. Burr Blvd., Teaneck, NJ 07666, or online at: www.onefamilyfund.org. Carol Katzman, Editor of the Jewish Press, contributed to this article.

Attacks Change Venue of Yad Vashem Seminar Continued from page 1 Statsny was instrumental in working with the administration from Central to include 15 fellow teachers in a training on the curriculum last November. “The Plains States Office of the ADL looks forward to gleaning additional techniques, methods and programming ideas from Jen’s experiences,” Dotan added, noting that training workshops on the curriculum are planned for the fall in Omaha, Lincoln, Scottsbluff, Kearney and Neligh. “Thanks to grants received specifically for this training from the Nebraska Humanities Council, the Cooper Foundation of Lincoln, the Herbert Goldsten Trust, and the Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Supporting Foundation, we can educate even more teachers about the Holocaust,” she said. Asked if she feared for her safety in Israel had the trip not been rescheduled to New York, Stastney replied empahtically, “No! But I’ll get to Israel yet.”

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Best of all, we scored rooms with balconies directly facing the Mediterranean and its beaches, which bustle with swimmers, joggers, bicyclists, dancers, lovers, paddle ball players and patrons who jam restaurants well past midnight. Watching all that under a glorious Mediterranean sunset, we felt we were as close to heaven as we were likely to get, despite warnings of a stealth invasion--by jellyfish. What surprised us was that Shalit’s kidnapping near Gaza and the Israeli retaliation did not break the mood or stir up our relatives and Israeli friends. Rather, they appeared surprised by our questions and concerns about “another incident down at the border.” The disconnect between the global headlines and the bland reaction among Israelis is rooted in two major attitudes, we were told again and again. One is a preoccupation with personal and Tel Afek-- Jewish Agency Chairman, Zeev Bielski, left, visits the ‘Noar Ha’oved Ve’halomed’ sum- family concerns, the other mer camp at the Afek Park near Rosh Ha’ayin in the center of Israel, where 700 Jewish, Druze the need for a certain and Arab children and youth from the north of Israel are participating in the 'Moving Our emotional distance in a Children to Safety' campaign of the Jewish Agency. Nearly 4,000 children and youth are cur- society constantly beset rently participating in 12 summer camps. The program enables Jewish, Arab and Druze chil- by political and military dren and youth to leave the north of the country during the current fighting and relax in sum- crises. Maya Bar-Tov, the mer camps in the more tranquil center of Israel. Credit: ISRANET bright and attractive When news of a border incident with Egypt got daughter of a cousin and a university student in geoprominent play in the American press, the Californians physics, reflected the opinion of other young Israelis cabled their Tel Aviv relatives, “Stay if you must, but when she said, “We live our own lives. We may talk a litsend the children here for safety.” tle about politics once in a while, but it gets boring and A year later, when the Watts riots exploded in south- we turn to something else.” central Los Angeles, some 50 miles from where the The sense of national familyhood still exists at some American family lived, they received a wire from their level, but in a weaker form than at Israel’s creation, when panicked Israeli relatives, who urged, “Stay if you must, the country had one-tenth of its current population. but send the children here for safety.” A grandson of my wife’s sister put it bluntly. One more story, this one actually true. After the War “I live in an apartment house where my neighbor may of Independence ended in 1949, I decided to work for be a Russian, Ethiopian, Orthodox or Iranian,” he said. a few months on a left-wing kibbutz before returning to “What do I have in common with them?” the United States. One day I fell into conversation with A sense of emotional remoteness from the headlines is a highly intelligent kibbutznik who assured me that he Israel’s “abnormal normality -- otherwise you go crazy,” would never visit the United States. said Uri Dromi, a retired air force colonel and former When I asked why, he matter-of-factly informed me emissary to Los Angeles who now works for the Israel that it was far too risky to visit a country where -- as Democracy Institute in Jerusalem. everybody knew--gangsters were continually gunning The attitude should be understandable to down innocent people in the streets and lynched Californians, Dromi added. Negroes were hanging from every other lamppost. “You know that a devastating earthquake will hit you He listened politely while I explained that there were sometime, but you don’t think or talk about it at every indeed gangsters and lynchings in America, but that the waking moment,” he said. average citizen was unlikely to encounter either one in In a recent poll measuring the happiness quotient of his lifetime. He didn’t believe a word of it. citizens in various countries, Israel ranked near the top, OK, here’s a short report on my Israel stay. It started certainly a surprise for a nation and people known as shortly after the kidnapping of Cpl. Gilad Shalit near the whiners. Yet nearly every relative and friend I met agreed with Gaza Strip triggered fighting with the Palestinians, and ended a few days after Israeli planes pounded targets in the poll results. They cited good economic conditions, Lebanon and missiles fell on northern Israel in response close ties to family and comrades and a solid faith that the nation would survive. to the kidnapping of two more soldiers. As for the likelihood of peace, real peace, a friend My Jerusalem-born wife, Rachel, and I came mainly for a family reunion of her extended mishpoche, accom- guessed it would take several generations. Another panied by three of our grandchildren, ages 1 to 6, and sneered at such wild optimism. “At least another 200 years,’’ she said. their parents. by TOM TUGEND TEL AVIV (JTA) -- My concerned daughter in Los Angeles called me in Israel over the weekend, shortly before my trip back home. I told her, truthfully, that I had just enjoyed the most idyllic and peaceful weeks of my long life. Come again? Didn’t I know that there was a war on, with missiles falling on Haifa and near the Gaza Strip, and that experts were predicting a regional conflict? Had I been holed up in a Dead Sea cave looking for missing scrolls? Well, not really. What I was experiencing, as I have many times before, was a confirmation of what I have modestly dubbed Tugend’s Law: The perception of a crisis intensifies in direct proportion to the observer’s distance. That’s not because the media invents or even exaggerates the facts on the ground; it’s just that readers and listeners in distant lands lack the geographical and emotional frameworks to place the facts in context. A joke from the early 1960s illustrates the point. A family had two branches, one living in Tel Aviv, the other in the northern corner of sprawling Los Angeles County.

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ENGAGEMENT DAVIS/CHOUCROUN Samuel Davis, Bloomfield Hills, MI, announces the engagement of his daughter, Erica Davis, Bethesda, MD, to Eric Choucroun, son of Judy Bisman Rubin of Omaha, and Jonathan Choucroun of Jerusalem, Israel (formerly of Overland Park, KS). The future bride is also the daughter of the late Bernadette Davis. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late Benjamin and Carolyn Davis, Southfield, MI, and Bernadette and Maurice Villeneuve of MI. She Redford, received her bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Oakland University in Rochester Hills, MI, and a master’s degree in Museum Studies from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She is the Rights and Reproductions Coordinator for the Handbook of North American Indians at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Her fiancé is the grandson of the late Roy and Sally Bisman, Kansas City, MO and the late Abba and Fraicha Choucroun, Jerusalem. He graduated with honors from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, PA, with a degree in Music and Video Business. He is an Audio-Visual Account Executive employed with Washington Professional Systems in Wheaton, MD. A March 31 wedding is planned in the Washington, D.C. area. The couple will reside in Bethesda, MD.

BIRTHS Christi and Kevin Finkel announce the June 6 birth of their son, Simon Alexander. He has a brother, Eli Garrison. Grandparents are Lois and Joel Finkel, and Jane and Michael Siegel. Great-grandparents are Helen and Leonard Finkel. Dr. Corey and Kristin Priesman of San Francisco, CA announce the May 1 birth of Elice. She has a brother Leo. Grandparents are Rhoda and Harlan Priesman of Lincoln, and Cathy and Jack Donoghue of Milwaukee, WI. Great-grandparent is Jean Priesman Selo of Peoria, AZ.

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Bubbie’s Kasha Brings Young Businessman Home president at First Data every week to the arts, food and dining Resources. and more than 20 pages of calendar items NEXT GENERATION “I played on all of the every week. Major stories covered in the basketball teams at the ‘J’, paper include politics, features and inIN BUSINESS and went to Israel on the depth news stories. In December, he by JOAN K. MARCUS

Andy Ruback has no intentions of leaving Omaha. “Every single Friday since I was a baby, we’ve gone to Bubbie’s house,” he said, refering to his grandmother, Shirley Kirshenbaum. “There are 21 of us and I remember growing up with cousins as though they were my brothers and sisters. I don’t know too many guys who get homemade kasha on a reular basis and it’s my favorite! Andy went to Beveridge Middle School and Burke High. His primary job during high school was as a camp counselor at the JCC day camp. Being Jewish was a big part of his life. “Bubbie told me that when I was little, I wanted to be a rabbi,” he said. “That was probably because I loved Jewish food so much!” Ruback smiles when he speaks of the popcorn that “Bubbie” serves as an appetizer. “All the kids gather around when the candles are lit and then they get candy. Right now, there are three generations at Friday night dinners. I rarely let anything get in the way of going there.” The son of Jayme and Altan Ruback, (grandson of Shirley and Max Kirshenbaum and Paul Ruback), Andy lives in Omaha’s Old Market and serves on the board of directors for Downtown Omaha, Inc., and the Nebraska Foundation for Visually Impaired Children. His father has a small distribution company and his mother is a Vice-

ARTZA trip. Two years later, I went again as a chaperone and it was an incredible experience to visit Israel as an adult.” After college, Ruback attended Arizona State and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln before earning a BA in journalism from Bellevue University in 1999. During college, he didn’t know what he wanted to do for his career. “My interests were everywhere but it just took me a little longer. I wasn’t an academic success like my brother, Michael,” he said. “I needed a job so I went to Capstar Broadcasting (now Clear Channel Radio),” he explained. “Usually, people who sell radio advertising don’t make much. However, for me, it was amazingly successful and after a year, I became national sales manager for the eight stations in eastern Nebraska.” Ruback took to it and, at one point, he was in charge of advertising for many stations. Before he left, he also got into the concert business. He managed the “full chunk of logistics for concerts and that’s a big job,” he added. “In a matter of two years, my life was different because I had a lot of responsibility. In October of 2003, I resigned from the radio business to start my own business.” Ruback’s newspaper--City Weekly-focuses on news, arts and entertainment. “The only thing that makes us an alternative paper is that we’re not a daily,” he said. The paper, a weekly, dedicates space

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to cover these things comprehensively.” At a Fourth of July party in 2003, Ruback met Teresa Kramer, a chef who impressed him. (Must have been his bubbie’s influence!) “She was talking about food and I was began another paper: The City Weekly of Sioux Falls. Both newspapers have teams wondering how I could use her in my business,” Ruback recalled. of salespeople. “This incredible lady had cooked for Wolfgang Puck at Spago and all I could think of was how to use her in my business. Can you believe it?” he laughed. “She called me later and I realized it was love at first sight.” They were married in Omaha (of course) at Temple Israel on Aug. 8, 2005. Teresa now works as a food consultant for companies doing recipe development. She consults with Andy Ruback, publisher of City Weekly, is an Omaha native companies, such as Hagen Daz Ice Cream, Burger who couldn’t wait to return home and start a business. King, Wal-Mart, Sonic and “Business is hard but we’re over the various hotel chains. Her work has taken hump,” he said. “We started from scratch her to London and Germany. “I’ve gained about 30 pounds since and it wasn’t easy...believe me! Soon, we’ll be launching a direct mail campaign we’ve been married but food is a big part called ‘City Coupons.’ It will be market- of our lives,” he said, once again referring ed with the paper and will be sent direct- back to his family’s Friday night dinners. Andy refers to himself as “an Old ly into the homes.” City Weekly is free and is available at Market Rat!” Although he grew up in more than 1000 locations in the Omaha West Omaha, he savors the flavor of area. Ruback has a full time staff of 20 being near the food and music of the people who help to run the paper, com- downtown area. “I love it here!” he said. “I know all of pletely supported by advertising. “As Omaha is evolving every day, we’re the nooks and crannies and ‘ins and outs’ also maturing with our music, food, of Omaha. My family and friends are here etc.,” he said. “This is a great market for and I feel as if I’ve been imbedded foreventertainment and my paper is an outlet er in this community.”

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by MARY BORT Nadel also enjoyed co-facilitating a “Lunch and for Beth Israel Synagogue Learn,� where he and Rabbi Gross talked about what it As a rabbinic intern this summer, Seth Nadel has actually takes to become a rabbi. “In rabbinic school at moved from studying in the classroom to gaining actual YU, there are a series of classes involving intense study experience “in the field.� The “field� for Nadel has been of Jewish law,� Nadel explained. “And there are other Beth Israel Synagogue and Omaha’s Jewish community. classes in pastoral counseling, public speaking, and Beth Israel was chosen by Yeshiva University (YU) to Jewish life cycle events. However, there’s nothing like participate in YU’s Rabbinic Intern Program. The new first-hand experience, which is why I’ve been here this summer program is designed to expand the training summer. Experience is really the best in preparing you opportunities available to future rabbis. for the rabbinate.� The path to Omaha started when Nadel met with Beth During the time that Rabbi Gross was in Israel for a Israel’s Rabbi Jonathan Gross while Gross was in New rabbinic conference, Nadel’s duties expanded when he York for a rabbinic confer“filled in� for Gross. Nadel ence. “We knew each other lead Beth Israel Shabbat growing up,� explained services and other daily servNadel. “Rabbi Gross told ices, answered calls, visited me about the possibility of a patients in the hospital and summer internship in lead an outdoor sing-a-long Omaha. He worked with class for children last Sun YU’s Center for the Jewish day. Future to put together this “I think it’s important to program.� The Center for take our talents and do the Jewish Future partners something with them,� with communities and works noted Nadel. “I sing and to develop and support play guitar, and perform future rabbis. Jewish rock-n-roll, traditionNadel was eager to begin Rabbinic Intern Seth Nadel’s arrival in Omaha began with a al music and original Jewish his internship at Beth Israel. musical “experience� when he and Rabbi Gross happened to folk-rock music that I’ve “I was looking to get sum- meet the 80’s “hair band� Tesla. Nadel, left, Tesla lead written. I use the music not mer rabbinic experience and singer Jeff Keith, and Rabbi Gross. to just entertain, but also as to teach,� said Nadel. “This was an opportunity to learn a vehicle to inspire and educate. During a concert, about the communal responsibilities of a rabbi as well as there’s teaching and story-telling between songs.� the day-to-day responsibilities.� Through years of performing his songs at summer A graduate from YU with an undergraduate degree in camps, shabbatonim and synagogues, Nadel is comfortsociology, Nadel is concurrently working towards a able performing in a variety of settings. Master’s in Jewish Education while studying for smicha Nadel’s web site, www.sethnadel.com, describes his (rabbinic ordination). A teacher, singer, and songwriter, music as “... a high-energy hybrid of rock, pop folk and he has performed concerts at synagogues, schools and blues. Critics have called his music ‘Dylan, Springsteen, Shabbatonim. “I’ve been involved in music since I was a and the Counting Crows meet Carlebach and Diaspora,’ and ‘a fun rockin’ Jewish good time.’ His well-received little kid,� stated Nadel. Nadel is from Passaic, New Jersey. He is here with his concert at the synagogue earlier this month included wife, Na’ama and their two sons, 21/2-year-old Shalom, original songs from his recently released CD, “Achas and 51/2-month-old Ilan. Nadel noted, “Na’ama has Shoalti--One Thing I Ask.� In the future, Nadel wants to be involved in Jewish made friends with some of the young women in the community who also have small children. They’ve gone education and the pulpit. His summer internship at Beth Israel provided him with useful experiences that round to parks, to the mall, and she’s had a nice time.� As for his own schedule, Nadel has been kept busy out his rabbinic education. Nadel explained, “I have had during his time in Omaha. “Rabbi Gross and I met with the opportunity to learn a great deal. Rabbi Gross is a communal leaders with the goal that I see how he works great communal rabbi. He has built strong relationships with them,� he said. “There were meetings with mem- and it’s one of the reasons he’s successful. Relationships bers of the Federation where I learned more about the are very important and he really cares about everyone. I rabbi’s role in the community. I also met with Beth appreciated learning how he interacts with others.� During his time in Omaha, Nadel only had praise in Israel’s Executive Director, Beth Cohen, to learn what she does and how she works with the rabbi. And I his description of Beth Israel and the Jewish communilearned about what’s involved with running a board by ty. “This is a very vibrant and active community,� he spending some time with the synagogue’s former stated. “And I found the members of Beth Israel to be very involved in the community. It’s great to see such President, Bonnie Bloch.� Meetings weren’t the only thing that Nadel did this interest in perpetuating Jewish institutions and Judaism summer. One of the reasons he came to Omaha was to in Omaha.� “This was an exciting opportunity and an invaluable gain experience speaking from the pulpit and leading services. Nadel was able to do this by assisting Gross learning experience for me,� summed up Nadel. “I’d with ritual and pastoral duties. “We also met with two like to thank Rabbi Gross, Beth Cohen and the entire young rabbis in Lincoln and shared our rabbinical expe- community for having me and offering me this valuable experience.� riences,� said Nadel.

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Visits from Great-grandchildren Are “Never Enough”

BERT’S EYE VIEW by BERT LEWIS There’s a very useful Yiddish expression (gor or gornit) which can be said when a person means he has either plenty or not enough. That’s a rough translation, but you get the idea. This summer, so far, that’s what I think of when the subject of visitors comes up. Let’s face it, our climate isn’t so terrific in the months of June, July and August that people want to flock here to vacation. This season has been different for us, however, and we’ve had out of towners frequently already, and it’s still early in the summer as I write. The interesting part is the visits have been, so far, in tiny little increments of time. In fact, the winner for brevity is my nephew Loren who stopped here on his way home from his in-laws--he was here from four in the afternoon until four the following morning. A whole 12 hours! Mostly however, the visits have been extended weekends, such as Friday arrivals and Monday departures. The kind of visit I once complained about, calling them “too short.” Well friends, in my old age I’ve revised that attitude. I have come to realize that any visit, no matter how brief, is better than no visit. And secondly, I’ve decided that a really short visit is kind of like a very rich food product which has been condensed by removal of something, maybe water for example. The extraneous has been taken out and just the essence is left. When one of my kids shows up for just a few days, it’s sort of like that. We squeeze out all the unnecessary stuff and just enjoy the time we have together. The (so far) second shortest visit recently was from our first born, who arrived on a Monday and left on a Wednesday. He made very good use of his time however, and managed to do a little gardening for me on the only morning he had to just catch up on lost sleep. Made me feel really sorry there wasn’t time to roast a fatted calf in his honor, but that’s the way things seem to happen in this age of hurry up. So, we make the best of the time we have and try to enjoy every minute, rather than complain about the scarcity of those minutes. Up to this point, three of our four have been here for some of those mini-visits, and the fourth is due to arrive soon. I’m really excited about that one, because she and her youngest will be here an entire week! I keep thinking of what we’ll do with that time, knowing we don’t need to rush our brains out! Actually, between their

arrival and this minute, there will be one more really short visit. Our two great-grandchildren will be coming to see us for what will seem like a 20 minute visit. Oh yes, they’ll be bringing their parents too, our granddaughter and her husband, and if you think I’m not excited about this, think again. It’s wonderful to go grocery shopping with a list that contains things like cookies shaped like teddy bears and apple juice and various other items we usually don’t use. I’m always left with lots of that sort of thing because they aren’t around long enough to eat it all--that translates to mean I open my pantry and find something the toddler didn’t eat and suddenly am lonesome for him. That of course, is one of the many bad things about grandkids living many miles from grandparents. I think the up side of that is maybe we really appreciate the short spans of time we get on those little visits. Of course every grandparent kvells over the kids, no matter when or how often they’re seen, but if yours are many miles away, I’d guess you know what I mean. A couple of years ago I talked my youngest into trusting us with her youngest for a week--just the kid, who came by himself. We had such a wonderful time, spoiling him and allowing all kinds of stuff that wasn’t “legal” at his house. I guess out of all I did to make him feel special, the morning he answered, “nachos” when I asked what he wanted for breakfast, was the best or the worst, depending on your attitude! I really didn’t think it was so awful. After all, there was plenty of calcium and other vitamins in that choice, and the kid doesn’t like cereal, so why not? Okay, so his mother couldn’t believe her ears, but you know what? The kid was in seventh heaven and that made me happy too. His mother got over it, although she still remembers the episode with disbelief. Big deal, wouldn’t you grandmas agree? So much for having company, whether often or infrequently, for short or long visits. It’s summertime and people like to get away from home when they can. And if you’re lucky enough to have kids who want to see their parents, well be sure there are clean sheets on the bed in the guest room and warn them to book their dates early. Remind them if a sibling took the same date, the second choice is the studio couch in the den, and you know how that feels! After years of bourching about “20 minute visits,” my motto has turned into come when you can. Given enough warning, I can promise borscht in the fridge for the one who loves it, matza (fried) for the one who loves that, all the fixings required for nachos, and whatever else is listed as a favorite. My kitchen isn’t ordinarily a cafeteria, but I can make exceptions! Bert Lewis can be reached at BertLewis39@aol.com.

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We’ve Been Here Before... And we’re hoping and praying we won’t have to do it again. Stay in Lebanon, that is. After more than 1000 katyusha rockets rained down on the Northern and Western Galilee this past week, the Israel Defense Forces had no choice but to amass a show of strength and send its soldiers into harm’s way. Hezbollah terrorists, who shoot rockets from residential buildings, then change clothes to blend in with the local population, lost some of its advantage, however, with the death of some of its highly ranked leaders and the IDF’s capture of two strategic strongholds. The questions is: where do we go from here? Does Israel cave to pressure from the European Union and United Nations and agree to a “ceasefire” which only gives Hezbollah time to regroup and build its armaments for a fight another day in the future? Does it keep pounding away at Hezbollah strongholds until more and more of its launchers, as well as its rockets and terrorists, are eliminated? Does Israel agree to even talk to representatives of Hezbollah? And what about the two kidnapped Israeli soldiers, held still (we hope) in Lebanon...and yet another held by Hamas in Gaza? The answers are not easy, but no peace has ever come from a ceasefire--or from appeasement--only from victory. Not in 1865, when the South surrendered to the North in America’s Civil War. (Can you imagine what the U.S. would be like today? We never would have become a world power or the most democratic nation on earth, but a divided nation with Mexico probably controlling everything from Texas to California.) Not in 1939 when Hitler told Chamberlain Germany only wanted the Sudetenland back. (Hitler, by the way of historical reminder, took control of Germany through democratic

means--and then pushed the rest of the way in a putsch--or coup. So if anyone out there thinks that Hezbollah’s--or Hamas’--victory in elections equals responsible government, think again.) Certainly not in 1944, when the Japanese and the Germans surrendered to the Allied Powers, and then became free, democratic countries themselves, powerhouses of economic development. It took military power to make them yell, “Uncle” first. Today’s enemies of Israel are different than the Arabs who fought in 1967 and 1973. Knowing full well the might of Israel’s Air Force and ground troops, many Arab soldiers just laid down their arms and fled. Who hasn’t heard of the rusting Egyptian tanks left empty in the Sinai? Today’s enemies are ruthless, willing to die for world domination. If you think that’s going too far, just look at the signs held aloft at the recent “peaceful” protest in London: “Europe: Take Some Lessons from 9-11” and “Be prepared for the REAL Holocaust.” Today’s enemies are not only willing to die, they’re willing to take their Muslim brothers and sisters with them..not to mention Jews, Christians, Buddhists (remember the Taliban who destroyed the ancient Buddhist statues in Afghanistan?) and Hindus. In fact, Muslims have actually killed more Hindus than any other single group-and where has the U.N.’s outrage been? Oh, right--voting on more resolutions against Israel (passing more against this tiny country than any other on the planet). Today’s enemies, Islamofascists, are killing Muslims in Somalia and Rwanda, not to mention young women in Arab lands--who dare to speak to boys, hold hands in public, smoke cigarettes or uncover their faces.

Proportionality

FOCUS ON ISSUES by SHOSHANA BRYEN Kofi Anan, supported by the chorus, calls Israel’s response to Hezbollah’s attack over the international border “disproportionate,” meaning, it seems, that Israel killed “too many” Lebanese in proportion to the number of Jews killed. We think he means “parity,” not “proportionality,” but consider the stupidity of either in assessing threat and response. Hezbollah is a proxy of Iran and Syria and operates by virtue of the failure of the Lebanese government to control its own territory. The population of Iran, Syria and Lebanon (plus the Palestinians, who are cheering for Nasrallah) is about 122,243,630. The population of Israel is 6,276,882. The ratio is roughly 19.5 to one. The number of Israeli killed thus far is 31--proportionality requires 605.4 Arab and/or Iranian deaths. The Lebanese government says 330 people have died. Try a different number. The states of the Arab League plus Iran constitute 326,291,363 people, a ratio of 52:1. Remove for the moment Egypt, Jordan and Mauritania--the only members of the Arab League that have relations with Israel--and you get 252,109,172 people; a ratio of 40:1. [At one point we had removed Iraq, thinking they had enough trouble of their own, but last week Prime Minister al-Maliki denounced the Israeli attacks, so Iraq now counts.] That gives you 1,829 or 1,240 deaths required to create proportionality. Try a different thought. Coalition forces in Iraq uncovered approximately 400,000 bodies in mass graves no older than 1991, coincident with the crushed Shiite

uprising. That works out to 33,333/year for the 12 years between 1991 and the invasion of 2003. Add to that the 5,000 “excess child deaths per month” estimated by the UN for Iraqi children during the period of sanctions, or 60,000 children annually dying beyond what would have been considered “normal” in a country such as Iraq. That is more than 93,000 annual regime-related deaths in Saddam’s Iraq in the last 12 years of his dictatorship. Whatever destruction Sunni and Shiite militias plus foreign forces supplied by Iran and Syria have brought to Iraq, there is a long way to go to reach parity with the stability of the “good old days.” How many deaths would it take in Darfur to create proportionality with the government of Sudan? Less than the 200,000 already dead, we suspect. The war in the Balkans likewise cost more than 200,000 dead--mainly civilians --proportional to what? Enough. Body counts are a terrible way to assess the justification for military action or the success/failure thereof. Israel faces a terrorist army seeking nothing less than the destruction of Israel and the death of as many Israelis as possible, civilian or military. It is clear to objective observers that Israel is doing all it can to limit the killing of civilians--even giving up the element of surprise over Hezbollah to warn people to flee. But the obligation of the Government of Israel is to find and remove the threat, even when it is dispersed within the civilians of Lebanon in an effort by Hezbollah to create “disproportionate” Lebanese civilian casualties. Shoshana Bryen is Director of Special Projects for The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs in Washington. JINSA can be reached at: www.jinsa.org.

Muslims are killing more Muslims than Jews ever have, maybe even more than the Crusaders did centuries ago. Thursday is Tisha b’Av, recalling not just the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem, but the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, the Wannsee conference that determined the “final solution” of the Jews, and other horrific events in Jewish history. Let’s hope these nihilistic megalomaniacs don’t put another disaster on this Jewish date, as Hezbollah’s Sheik Nasrallah has promised. The clock is ticking, so pray for strength for Israel to win.

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Israeli Military, Civilian Losses in War with Hezbollah by JTA STAFF As of press time, these are the names of those killed in the recent fighting. Civilians: Monica Seidman Lehrer, 40, of Nahariya; Nitzan Roseban, 33, of Safed; Omer Pesachov, 7, of Nahariya; Yehudit Itzkovitch, 58, of Meron; Shmuel Ben Shimon, 41, of Yokneam Illit; Asael Damti, 39, of Kiryat Yam; Nissim Elharar, 43, of Kiryat Ata; David Feldman, 28, of Kiryat Yam; Rafi Hazan, 30, of Haifa; Dennis Lapidos, 24, of Kiryat Yam; Reuven Levy, 46, of Kiryat Ata; Shlomi Mansura, 35, of Nahariya; Andrei Zelinksy, 36, of Nahariya; Rabia Abed Taluzi, 3, of Nazareth; Mahmoud Taluzi, 7, of Nazareth; Shimon Glickblich, 60, of Haifa; Habib Isa Awad, 48, of Iblin; and Dou’a Abbas, 15, of Kfar Mrar. Military: Sgt. Maj.(res.) Eyal Benin, 22, of Beersheba; Sgt. Maj.(res.) Shani Turgeman, 24, of Beit Shean; Sgt. Maj. Wassim Nazal, 26, of Yanuah; Staff Sgt. Alexei Kushnirski, 21, of Nes Ziona; Staff Sgt. Yaniv Bar-on, 20, of Maccabim; Sgt. Gadi Mosayev, 20, of Acco; Sgt. Shlomi Yirmiyahu, 20, of Rishon le-Zion; Sgt. Nimrod Cohen, 19, of Mitzpe Shalem; Staff Sgt. Tal Amgar, 21, of Ashdod; Sgt. Yaniv Hershkovitz, 21, of Haifa; Cpl. Shai Atias, 19, of Rishon le-Zion; 1st Sgt. Dov Steinshuss, 37, of Carmiel; Staff Sgt. Yonatan Hadasi, 21, of Kibbutz Merhavia; Staff Sgt. Yotam Gilboa, 21, of Kibbutz Maoz Haim; Maj. Benjamin (Benji) Hillman, 27, of Maccabim Re’ut; Staff Sgt. Refanael Muskal, 21, of Mazkeret Batya; Staff Sgt. Nadav Baeloha, 21, of Carmiel; Staff Sgt. Liran Saadia, 21, of Kiryat Shmona; Staff Sgt. Yonatan (Sergei) Vlasyuk, 21, of Kibbutz Lahav; Maj. Ran Yehoshua Kochva, 37, of Beit Hanania; 2nd Lt. Lotan Slavin, 21, of Hatzeva; Staff Sgt. Kobi Smileg, 20, of Rehovot; Col. Zvi Luft, 42, of Kibbutz Hogla; and 1st Lt. Tom Farkash, 23, of Caesarea.

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Israel’s Unnecessary War hubris, came flooding out. Deciding that (1) they had enough of war and (2) they could end the war on their own terms, Israelis experimented with such exotica as “the peace process” and “disengagement.” They permitted their enemies to create a quasi-governmental structure (the “Palestinian Authority”) and to amass hoards of armaments (Hizbullah’s nearly 12,000 Katyushas in southern Lebanon). They shamelessly traded captured terrorists for hostages. In this mish-mash of appeasement and retreat, Israel’s enemies rapidly lost their fears, coming to see Israel as a paper tiger. Or, in the pungent phrasing in 2000 of Hizbullah’s leader, Hasan Nasrallah, “Israel, which has both nuclear power and the strongest air force in the region, is weaker than a spider’s web.” As I wrote in 2000, “their earlier fear of Israel has been replaced with a disdain that borders on contempt.” As Israelis ignored their actions’ effect on enemies, they perversely seemed to confirm this disdain. As a result, Palestinians and others rediscovered their earlier enthusiasm to eliminate Israel. To undo this damage of thirteen years requires Israel returning to the slow, hard, expensive, frustrating, and boring work of deterrence. That means renouncing the foolish plans of compromise, the dreamy hopes for good will, the irresponsibility of releasing terrorists, the selfindulgence of weariness, and the idiocy of unilateral withdrawal. Decades of hard work before 1993 won Israel the wary respect of its enemies. In contrast, episodic displays of muscle have no utility. Should Israel resume the business-as-usual of appeasement and retreat, the present fighting will turn out to be a

BEHIND THE H EADLINES by DANIEL PIPES The blame for the current fighting falls entirely on Israel’s enemies, who deploy inhuman methods in the service of barbaric goals. I wish the armed forces of Israel every success against the terrorists in Gaza and Lebanon, hoping they inflict a maximum defeat on Hamas and Hizbullah while taking a minimum of casualties. That said, the rest of this column focuses on erroneous Israeli decisions that led to an unnecessary war and suggests the only way Israel can win that war. For 45 years, 1948-93, Israel’s strategic vision, tactical brilliance, technological innovation, and logistical cleverness won it a deterrence capability. A deep understanding of the country’s predicament, complemented by money, will power, and dedication, enabled the Israeli state systematically to burnish its reputation for toughness. The leadership focused on the enemy’s mind and mood, adopting policies designed to degrade his morale, with the goal of inducing a sense of defeat, a realization that the Jewish state is permanent and cannot be undone. As a result, whoever attacked the Israel state paid for that mistake with captured terrorists, dead soldiers, stalled economies, and toppled regimes. By 1993, this record of success imbued Israelis with a sense of overconfidence. They concluded they had won, ignoring the inconvenient fact that Palestinians and other enemies had not yet given up their goal of eliminating Israel. Two emotions long held in check, fatigue and

summer squall, a futile lashing-out. By now, Israel’s enemies know they need only hunker down for some days or weeks and things will go back to normal, with the Israeli left in obstructionist mode, the government soon proffering gifts, trucking with terrorists, and yet again in territorial retreat. Deterrence cannot be reinstated in a week, through a raid, a blockade, or a round of war. It demands unwavering resolve, expressed over decades. For the current operations to achieve anything for Israel beyond emotional palliation, they must presage a profound change in orientation. They must prompt a major rethinking of Israeli foreign policy, a junking of the Oslo and disengagement paradigms in favor of a policy of deterrence leading to victory.

The pattern since 1993 has been consistent: each disillusionment inspires an orgy of Israeli remorse and reconsideration, followed by a quiet return to appeasement and retreat. I fear that the Gaza and Lebanon operations are focused not on defeating the enemy, but winning the release of one or two soldiers --a strange war goal, one perhaps unprecedented in the history of warfare--suggesting that matters will soon enough revert to form. In other words, the import of hostilities underway is not what has been destroyed in Lebanon nor what the U.N. Security Council resolves; it is what the Israeli public learns, or fails to learn. Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and author of Miniatures (Transaction Publishers). He can be reached at: www.DanielPipes.org.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: Our young people are not old enough to remember first-hand the many acts of aggression that Israel had to endure over the years...the repeated wars that Israel was drawn into in order to defend itself. Although the world did not get involved in this struggle for survival, world opinion was on Israel’s side, rooting for the underdog. A few decades ago, the “Palestinians” hired a high-powered Madison Avenue public relations firm to help sway public opinion. They cultivated contacts with the media and went on our college campuses. They have been effective in furthering their cause with their spin. Unfortunately, Israel did not respond in kind. It has always been their view that being “right” would be enough. As American Jewry became more and more

assimilated, the knowledge of what brought us to this precipitous point has been lost. I cannot stress this enough: your survival depends on the survival of the State of Israel. Without Israel, it is just a few steps to a repetition of events like the Holocaust. This is about us! The leaders of the surrounding states are no longer crying for the elimination of Israel...but for the elimination of all Jews from the Middle East. Voice your support of Israel--whether you like its tactics or not...the goal is survival and the right to defend itself. Study the history of the Middle East and its struggles from the Israeli/Jewish point of view. Most importantly, please remember the generations that came before you. Susan Fried Brookline, MA

Christians Have a Biblical Duty to Support Israel in Time of Need

BEHIND THE H EADLINES by THE REV. JOHN C. HAGEE SAN ANTONIO (JTA) -This week, more than 3,000 Christians representing all 50 states gathered in Washington for a truly historic event. Without the traditional rally on the Capitol steps or demonstrations that bring Washington traffic to a halt, Christians United for Israel held a banquet saluting the State of Israel and met with members of Congress to urge greater support for the Jewish state. Christians United for Israel, or CUFI, is not a lobbying group; we are a national Christian organization that urges

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stronger U.S. support for Israel, especially in light of growing international tensions. Delegates came to Washington at their own expense to exercise their right to meet with members of Congress. Since its founding in February, CUFI has attracted members at an amazing rate. I believe that is because we perceive Israel to face threats of historic proportions. From Hamas and Hezbollah at its doorstep to the nuclear threat by Iran’s president to wipe Israel off the map, Israel faces graver dangers than at any time since it was founded in May 1948. It’s my view that Christians have a biblical responsibility to support Israel in the face of this aggression, and CUFI is the organization that will allow us to express that support with one strong voice.

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BETH EL SYNAGOGUE FRIDAY: Musical Kabbalat Shabbat service, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Kiddush sponsored by Beth El; Evening Service, 8:40 p.m. Sitter Service is available during Friday night and Saturday morning services, on a drop-in basis, at no charge. WEEKDAY SERVICES: Sunday, 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Weekdays, 6:55 a.m./5:30 p.m. ADULT EDUCATION SUNDAY: Bible Discussion Group, 10 a.m. K’TANTAN PLUS: Our summer program, led by Daniel Christensen, meets in the chapel from 10:45-11:45 a.m. Our next sessions will be held, Aug. 12 and 26. The program is open to children in K-6, and offers opportunities to take roles in leading Shabbat services, as well as the parasha discussion. For information, call Judy Rubin at 498.0904. SISTERHOOD MAH JONGG: Sunday, July 30, 12:30 p.m., following a short meeting and snacks. RSVP to M’Lee Hasslinger, 493.5541 or Carol Nathan, 496.0564. TISHA B’AV SERVICES: Wednesday, Aug. 2, 5:30 p.m.; Thursday, Aug. 3, 6:55 a.m. and 1 p.m. MEN’S CLUB SOFTBALL LEAGUE: Sunday Aug. 13, 10:30 a.m. JCC ball fields. Please be there by 10:15 a.m. SISTERHOOD ANNUAL HONEY SALE: Now through Aug. 21, orders are being taken for Rosh Hashanah honey and holiday greetings. For more information, call 301.7321 or e-mail chai.honey@cox.net.

BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Fri., 8:30 a.m-2 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Jonathan Gross. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m. Free babysitting, 9:30 a.m.; Children’s Classes, 10 a.m. (contact the office for class schedule); Kiddush is sponsored by Laura and Ralph Kostant in honor of

Rabbi Jonathan and Dr. Sara Gross’s wedding anniversary; Mincha, 8:30 p.m.; Havdalah, 9:32 p.m. SUNDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; “Asset Building – a Parenting Workshop”, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Babysitting will be provided at no charge during this workshop that is being led by Karen Gustafson, interim director of Jewish Family Service; Contact the office for Mincha/ Ma’ariv service time. WEEKDAYS: Shacharit, 7 a.m; Contact the office for Mincha/Ma’ariv time. WEDNESDAY–Erev Tisha B’Av: Fast begins, 8:45 p.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 8:30 p.m.; Eicha, 9 p.m. THURSDAY–Tisha B’Av: Shacharit, 7 a.m. Call the synagogue office for a list of classes and movies offered throughout the day; Mincha, 7 p.m.; Ma’ariv, 9 p.m., followed by a dairy dinner; Fast ends, 9:26 p.m.

Friedman and Stephanie Dohner with oneg provided by Alan Frank. SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. led by Sara Friedman; Torah Study, 10:30 a.m., led by Larry Rosenfield. THURSDAY: Choir Rehearsal, 7 p.m.; Board of Trustees Meeting, 7 p.m. During the month of August, the Social Action Committee is collecting school supplies to donate to Saratoga School. Place them in one of the boxes in the Social Hall. Thank you from the Social Action Committee and especially from the students!

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CHABAD HOUSE Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. FRIDAY: Service, 7 a.m. SATURDAY: Maamar class, 9 a.m.; Service, 9:30 a.m.; Kiddush luncheon follows the service. SUNDAY: Services, 8:30 a.m.; Torah Studies-Journeys exploring the Book of Bamidar (Numbers), 10 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Minyan, 7 a.m. MONDAY: Halacha class, 7 p.m. TUESDAY: Women of Worth Prayer Circle, 9 a.m. WEDNESDAY: Kabbalah Circle, 7 p.m.; Mincha/Maariv followed by Eichah, 8:30 p.m. THURSDAY: Jewish Thought, 12:45 p.m.; A study of Midrash Eichah, 7:30 p.m.; Mincha/ Maariv, 8:30 p.m. All events and programs are open to the community. For information or to register, call 330.1800 or visit www. Ochabad.com.

CONGREGATION B’NAI JESHURUN Services conducted by Rabbi Ilan Emanuel. FRIDAY: Shabbat Evening Service, 7:45 p.m. led by Sara

BAT MITZVAH Molly Renee Kudym, daughter of Robbi and Gary Kudym, will become Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Aug. 5, at Beth El. Molly is a eighth-grade Distinguished Honor Roll student at Kiewit Middle School. She received state recognition as a part of the Duke Talent Identification Program as a seventh grader. Her interests include oboe, ballet, ice skating, babysitting, talking online, and music. For her mitzvah project, Molly

donated her hair last summer to Locks of Love, so a wig could be made for a child who has cancer. She will also make a donation to the Susan B. Komen foundation. She has a brother, Seth. Grandparents are Betty Kolnick, and the late Martin Kolnick, and Ruth and Fred Kudym.

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TIFERETH ISRAEL Services conducted by Rabbi Royi Shaffin. Minyan, MONDAY, & THURSDAY, 9 a.m. FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m. followed by a light oneg. SATURDAY: Parashat Hashavu’a class, 8:30 a.m.; Morning service, 9:30 a.m. followed by Shabbat lunch and Talmud class. WEDNESDAY: Men’s Lunch Group will meet at the Knolls, 12:30 p.m. Contact Yale

On Hot Day in D.C., Evangelicals Remind Israel that It Is not Alone by DAVID J. SILVERMAN WASHINGTON (JTA) -- As the American Jewish community mobilizes to defend the embattled Jewish state, more than 3,500 evangelical Christians converged on Washington to remind them that they’re not alone. Representing all 50 states, delegates to the first annual Christians United For Israel summit flooded the halls of Congress on Wednesday in a spirited lobbying campaign to boost American support for Israel. Israeli and American lapel flags were in abundance, as were red, white and blue buttons that read, “I vote the Bible.” “We as Christians have come to Washington, D.C. today, 3,500 of us, for one purpose and one purpose alone, and that is to go see every senator and every congressman and tell them that 40 million Christians in America stand with the State of Israel,” the Rev. John Hagee, the group’s founder, told a crowd of approximately 1,500 supporters of Israel, most of them Jewish, at a Washington rally Wednesday. Some delegates attended the rally, but most were engaged in meetings with more than 200 congressional offices. In meetings with Senators and House members, delegates urged the United States to permit Israel to continue its anti-terror operations against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon until the missions are completed.

But many Jews are wary of evangelicals, who often subscribe to a deeply conservative domestic political agenda. Others are skeptical of the evangelicals’ scripture-based support for the State of Israel. One such person was Seth Gale, who braved the 90-degree heat to attend the Israel rally. “To couple their strong take on the right to the land with their domestic issues is troublesome for a lot of Jews,” said Gale, who described himself as a social liberal. “At the core of it is that you want the intentions and the motivations to be the same with someone who supports your cause.” Before a standing-room-only crowd at a July 19 news conference, Hagee denied that his movement’s support is based upon an apocalyptic end-of-days scenario, in which the ingathering of Jews to the Holy Land is a precondition for the coming of the Messiah. He vowed that the group would not proselytize Jews. “Everything that’s conducted will be completely non-conversionary,” Hagee said. “You can’t invite someone in to honor them and start off by offending them. Speakers also included Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Daniel Ayalon; Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS); Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich; Rep. Ben Cardin (D-MD); Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL); Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).

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Enough to Live For SPARKS FROM THE WORD by RABBI MYER S. KRIPKE Tisha b’Av I sometimes mourn the fact that so many people take vacations in July and August and miss the wonderful Sidrot in the Book of Devarim, Deutoronomy, Here the Torah rises to unusual eloquence in Moses’ review of his leadership and his teaching about the way of life that Israel has accepted. And there is, specifically, the arresting chapter of Isaiah that gives this Sabbath its special title, Shabbat Hazaon, the Vision of Isaiah. This Haftarah always preceds Tisha b’Av, when we are reminded of the destruction of the two Temples. It is, as I say, arresting, because the language of Isaiah is so striking and commanding that the reader cannot resist its power. It is a great indictment; the faults of Judah are so glaring, in the prophet’s words, that it is no wonder that the Lord has permitted great evils to come upon it.

Here is a major theme of Deuteronomy and prophetic literature: the doctrine of reward and punishment, expressed so eloquently, the reader cowers before the stark power of the tongue-lashing of the prophet. Israel and Judah, unable to reach perfection or rise even half-way to moral excellence, suffered vituperative attacks by Amos, Isaiah (our Haftarah), Jeremiah (the last two Haftarot), and others. No matter that Israel and Judah had risen far above the immoralities of their neighbors. For the prophets that was not enough. Wickedness must be punished. But we must recognize that both Biblical and rabbinic teaching caution us not to understand the prophetic position as a view of the world that is. We live in a world that is what it is. Wickedness does not necessarily bring ruin; virtue does not bring reward. The doctrine of reward and punishment, echoed for example in “Yigdal,” has become standard religious teaching. “Peace of mind,” however, “peace of soul,” and a deeply satisfying sense of inner integrity--these are indeed the rewards of virtue. Perhaps that is all there is. But if that is all there is, it is enough, enough to live for, enough to live by.

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JOURNAL ENTRY FROM ISRAEL by TEDDY WEINBERGER I know that it’s not a good sign when there are no commercials on my radio station. This was the case on July 12. My radio station, Israel Radio Channel 2, goes into what it calls “open mike” format during times of heightened security concerns. There are no commercials and no up-beat music. Just reports, interviews, eye-witness accounts and analyses straight through until 1 a.m. News of an “iru’a” travels extremely fast (strikingly, the same word in modern Hebrew is used to speak of a festive family “event” as well as a terrorist attack). My wife’s livelihood actually depends upon accurate news, as her work is affected by daily events in Israel. She is a broker for foreign institutional investors (e.g., pension-fund managers) on Israel’s stock market. Investors fear market instability, and military clashes that threaten to drag on for weeks can create a sense of panic. Investors want to analyze companies without having to worry about variables such as katyusha rockets. On “security” days, Sarah’s job is to try to help investors make rational sense out of what is happening. On days like July 12, public concerts or celebrations are often canceled. In fact, there had been a big concert scheduled for Jerusalem’s Gan Sacker (the city’s Central Park), and this was canceled. Private parties, however, typically go on as planned, and at 10:30 on Wednesday night I could hear Middle Eastern music blaring from a block away as neighbors celebrated a family occasion. On a day like that, people often commiserate with each other by saying something like, “quite a difficult day, huh?” But Israel prides itself on maintaining some kind of normalcy through difficult times. My radio station checked in occasionally with a man whose house comes right up against the Lebanese border. And it was surreal, because the radio host was asking the man to describe the signs of fighting from his window, which the man did (mainly clouds of dirt set off when explosives detonated), but yet the man also insisted that regular life was going on even in his house: his daughter had just gotten a book

to read, his wife was making dinner, etc. My 11-year-old son Elie knew all about the soldiers who were killed when I got home late-afternoon. His friends had told him. Elie wanted to look at a news website to get an update on what was happening. (We don’t have a television.) On the one hand, I thought, he’s only 11-years-old; on the other hand, I felt that it’s legitimate for him to want to have accurate information, and so I let him go on-line--but for a limited time. As is usual on security days, a senior military officer, in this case the Israel Defense Forces Northern Commander Udi Adam, gave a press briefing. He spoke about how it was a difficult day for the IDF and the Israeli people and about how the IDF would avenge the deaths it suffered. I heard Adam’s remarks and they were mildly comforting, but my boss Anat Hoffman, a native Israeli, felt differently. She felt Adam was a bit too smug, that after such a colossal failure he had sheer chutzpa to basically say: “rely on me.” Anat explained: “I didn’t want him to look crushed or to cry, but I did want him to start with something like ‘this has been one of the hardest days for all of us.’ I wanted him to act like something terrible happened, like the lives of his soldiers are precious to him.” Even though the military action intensified over the next days, commercials did return to my radio station. The music, though, tended to remain poignant. One song that gets a lot of play-time in this mode is called “If Only Birds,” written by the great Naomi Shemer. I end this week’s column by quoting at length from this song of hopeful yet unrealized longing: If only the birds that fly over the sea If only birds spoke like human beings What stories would the birds surely have...

Israel prides itself on maintaining some kind of normalcy through difficult times.

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Beth El to Host Extraordinary Hanukkah Concert to Unite Jewish Children from throughout the Midwest All Jewish elementary-school-age kids in the Omaha home. by JILL BELMONT Beth El Publicity Coordinator metropolitan area, as well as the CDC (four-year-olds Finally, everyone will come together during a dress Jewish children from throughout Nebraska and only), are encouraged to take part in this exciting rehearsal early in the afternoon on the 19th, she said. neighboring Midwestern states will come together on event, he said, adding that congregations in Nebraska, All concert participants will receive special concert tSunday, Nov. 19, 4 p.m., to lift their voices in song Iowa, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota shirts, as well as complimentary CDs of the event. (The during “The Great Plains Hanukkah public will also have an opportunity to Concert: Rededication to Our purchase CDs following the event.) Children,” a unique and joyful “This will truly be a community event Hanukkah program to be hosted at for all Jewish families, and we’re hoping Beth El Synagogue. that when we send out the call, our The one-hour concert will feature community members will step up to over a dozen kid-friendly Hanukkah the plate and volunteer to make this songs, as well as several selections to be concert a phenomenal success,” Cantor performed by cantors and cantorial Bogomolni said, adding that commitsoloists; local musicians will provide tees are being formed to coordinate accompaniment. Proceeds from the such needs as home hospitality, dessert event will benefit Omaha’s Child reception planning, ticket sales and a Saving Institute and a child-oriented variety of concert details. charity in Israel, which will be Saying she believes that this program announced at a later date. “has the potential to touch thousands Spearheaded by Beth El Cantor of people--either through their particiGastón Bogomolni and Cantor Wendy pation in the concert, their attendance, Shermet of Temple Israel, the “Great their support as advertisers or by purPlains Hanukkah Concert” has already chasing the concert CD,” Cantor generated great excitement within the Shermet observed that “having a cullocal Jewish community, and Beth El, tural event focused on Hanukkah--at Temple Israel, Beth Israel, Friedel the time of year when Christian holiday Jewish Academy, the JCC Child celebrations and shopping dominate Development Center and Chabad our community--will be an important House have signed on to participate. step in alerting the wider world to the “This concert, unprecedented in our Cantor Wendy Shermet and Cantor Gastón Bogomolni met recently to rehearse selections to be life of Jewish people in their midst.” area, will offer children a wonderful performed during this fall’s “Great Plains Hanukkah Concert: Rededication to Our Children.” This remarkable event will be a family opportunity to enjoy an unforgettable Jewish experi- have also been invited to join this holiday celebration. affair for all ages; to sign up your child(ren), to volunence and join together for a common cause--to share Saying that “We want as many kids as possible to be teer or for more information, contact Beth El’s coorour culture of giving,” Cantor Bogomolni said. “And part of this fabulous event,” Cantor Shermet explained dinator on the committee, Beth Friedman, at what could be better than making new friends from that children will learn the concert’s musical selections BMFriedman@cox.net, or Rabbi Jonathan Gross at other states and sharing joyous holiday music with this fall in their respective religious schools; in addi- Beth Israel at: 556.6288 or rabbigross@orthodoxother Jewish children? It’ll be great fun --it’s all about tion, all participants will receive a practice CD, allow- omaha.org, or Temple Israel’s representative, Dorothy the kids, and it’s Hanukkah!” ing them to familiarize themselves with the songs at Spizman at 399.9490.

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