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Damage Assessment Moving Slowly for Jewish Institutions on Gulf Coast by CHANAN TIGAY NEW YORK (JTA)--A month after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, Jewish institutions in the region, from synagogues to schools to community centers, are still struggling to assess the nature of the damage to their buildings and the cost of repairing or rebuilding them. “There’s no way of knowing any costs at this point,” said Arlene Barron, Executive Director of the New Orleans Jewish Community Center. “It’s very frustrating, it’s very tough, because it’s all moving so slowly. In New Orleans we haven’t even been allowed back in yet, really.” Part of the problem, say Jewish community officials, is that insurance adjusters, who are overwhelmed dealing with numerous claims in the storm’s aftermath, don’t put institutions on their to-do lists until the areas where they are located are re-opened. As such, some organizations are simply stuck waiting for adjusters to inspect their buildings. In the meantime, some organizations are taking small steps to help minimize the damage. At the Chabad Jewish Center in
An Israeli volunteer helps in the rescue and recovery effort in hard hit areas of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, in September. Credit: Courtesy of IsraAID/Israeli Flying Aid
Home is Where Your Story Begins Say Pacesetter, Lion of Judah Chairmen by OZZIE NOGG Patty Nogg and Jim Farber, respective chairs of the Lion of Judah and Pacesetter Divisions of the 2006 Federation Campaign, understand the Omaha Jewish community, its past history and its current needs, and bring their own personal perspectives to the fundraising process. “My husband, Steve, and I raised our kids in this community,” Patty says, “where Jim Farber they had so many opportuPacesetter Chairman nities. Our sons moved away for a while, but now things are coming full circle and they’ve chosen to come back to Omaha and live here. “I believe so much in the entire Federation organization, especially its programs that serve young families. Our contributions to Campaign help continue those programs for the next generation and beyond.” Jim adds, “Our job is to take care of this community, to provide services as needed from childhood through old age. We show our commitment with the Child Development Center, the JCC, the Blumkin Home. The entire Campus is a physical sign that gives us credibility, stature and shows our strength.” Recently, while in a local coffee shop, Patty noticed a sampler that read, ‘Home Is Where Your Story Begins.’ “Those words really spoke to me,” she says. “All our stories begin at home. Mine certainly did. My grandparents, Harry and Annie Cohen, always gave us Israel bonds or planted trees in Israel for our birthdays. My grandfather owned the Iowa Clothes Shop in Council Bluffs, and I remember hearing stories about how he helped out the men who had served in WWII.
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“He gave them suits of clothes for whatever down payment they could afford-sometimes just a dollar--so they would look good when they went to interview for a job. I imagine they eventually paid him in full, but who knows. My grandfather was so trusting, he gave from his heart. “And I have all my grandmother Annie’s Hadassah memorabilia at my house, scrapbooks full of articles Patty Nogg Lion of Judah Chairman about the good work she and others did. My folks were active, too, in the synagogue, Sisterhood, B’nai B’rith, Philanthropies and the American Red Cross. It’s what I was raised to do, help others.” Jim’s echo is succinct. “I do this because my parents raised me to do it. They’d want me to do it.” Jim admits he sometimes feels concerned about the future and wonders where the new leadership and dollars will come from. “My folks’ generation had those same concerns, but the manpower and financial resources seem to regenerate themselves. It’s good to see our young leaders take part in the 2006 Campaign. They pep the thing up.” In 2001 and 2002, Patty co-chaired the Women’s Division with Joanie Jacobson. “Once you’ve had that experience,” she says with a smile, “you don’t want to be ‘put out to pasture’, so I’m happy to have this new role.” When speaking of her original Campaign involvement, Patty says, “Years ago, as a young bride, my first Campaign gift was $52. I was asked to give a dollar a week and that was simple for me to understand. It was such an easy way to start, a way to get my feet wet. Continued on page 7
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Metarie, LA, a clean-up crew went in last week and pulled out sheet rock and insulation to staunch the spread of mold in the synagogue building, which took in about two feet of water during Katrina. The Goldring-Woldenberg Jewish Community Campus in Metarie, which houses the suburban branch of the JCC, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans and the New Orleans Jewish Day School, took about eight inches of water on its first floor in Katrina. Eric Stillman, the Federation’s Executive Director, said that following the storm, an insurance agent told Jewish officials that it would be alright for them to perform some immediate tasks to prevent the spread of mold: they restarted the building’s air conditioning and sheet rock and wall coverings were torn out on the first floor. In addition, furniture and some flooring materials were removed. Meanwhile, synagogues throughout the area were busy trying to figure out not only how badly their facilities had been damaged, but where their congregants will be praying as the High Holidays approach. Several Torah scrolls hustled out of Continued on page 8
Kripke Library Announces “Incredible Lineup” for Jewish Book Fair by GARY KATZ Library Administrator The 32nd Annual Jewish Book Fair jump starts on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 7 p.m., with Omaha native Eric Konigsberg speaking about his first book, Blood Relation. He tackles a long suppressed family secret that his great-uncle was a legendary Mafia hit-man. Hear Sam Apple, author of Schlepping Through the Alps, a week later on Nov. 9, 7 p.m., as he details his strange trip with an Austrian shepherd, Hans Breuer, a singer and preserver of Yiddish songs through the Austrian countryside. Humorist Judith Viorst will be speaking on her latest collection, I’m too Young to be Seventy, at the Women’s Luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 8, 11:45 a.m. The cost is $12 and reservations are required. And as a special treat, famous mystery writer Rochelle Krich will lead book discussion on her latest recent bestseller, Now You See Me, on Thursday, Dec. 15, 1 p.m., in the Kripke Jewish Federation Library. All books by these authors are available in the Kripke Library for purchase. “Chanu-Kid’s” returns on Sunday, Dec. 11, 3-5 p.m., in the Kripke Library, is a special Hanukkah program for all preschool through third grade children with music, story-telling, games, prizes and more. Parents and grandparents are encouraged to attend, enjoy watching the activities and browse the special selection of children’s books and games available for purchase. The Kripke Jewish Federation Library will have a wonderful array of books, games, toys and more for sale--all to enhance your own personal library. This is a great opportunity to browse and select items for gift giving. For more information about Jewish Book Fair or to make reservations, contact me at 334.6462 or gkatz@jewishomaha.org.
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Sukkot and Simchat Torah at Beth El Offer Joyous Festivities for All Ages
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by JILL BELMONT Beth El Publicity Coordinator Beth El Synagogue has joyous, fun-filled festivities on tap for Sukkot and Simchat Torah, and Jewish community members of all ages are invited to join in the celebration. On Sunday, Oct. 16, 8 a.m., the synagogue’s Men’s Club, assisted by USY members, will prepare for Sukkot by building a sukkah in the synagogue’s front courtyard. All those interested in helping out are encouraged to join in; extra hands are always welcome. Sukkot services will begin Monday, Oct. 17, 5:30 p.m., and will be held daily through Oct. 24. The holiday will be highlighted by a “Soup-er Sukkot Party” on Sunday, Oct. 23, 12:15 p.m., in the synagogue’s sukkah, featuring lunch, songs, and surprise entertainment for all to enjoy. In addition, the synagogue’s newest members (since July 1 of this year) are invited to attend the Sukkot party free of charge, and are encouraged to come to Beth El at 11:45 a.m. to have their photos taken for display on the synagogue’s new “welcome” board. This super Sukkot celebration is sure to be a great gettogether for grandparents, parents, and children of all ages--everyone is encouraged to join in the festivities. Cost is $6.50 for adults; $4.50 for kids ages five-12; free for kids under five. Reservations are needed by Oct. 11, and may be made by calling the office at 492.8550. Rounding out the High Holidays will be a joyful Simchat Torah (“Rejoicing in the Torah”) celebration on Tuesday, Oct. 25, with services at 6:15 p.m.; Hakafot will follow at 6:35 p.m. This festive holiday celebrates the love of Torah, and is observed with joyful instrumental music, singing and dancing with the Torah scrolls throughout the community court. In addition, the following congregants will receive a
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MONDAY, OCT. 10 ADL/CRC Board Meeting, noon Hadassah Board Meeting, 1 p.m. Executive Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m. at Friedel Jewish Academy, FJA Board Meeting, 7 p.m. Beth El Rosh Chodesh, 7 p.m. Jewish Press Meeting, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY, OCT. 11 ADL Manhigim Institute, 4 p.m. Federation Executive Committee Meeting, 5:30 p.m. ADL Institute for Holocaust Education, 5:30 p.m. BBYO Night, 6 p.m. Federation Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY, OCT. 13 JCC CLOSED FOR YOM KIPPUR High Holiday Youth Program, 10 a.m. at Beth El HAZAK Break the Fast, 7 p.m. at Beth El Break the Fast Dinner, 8 p.m. at Beth Israel
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‘Yad Award,’ for reading Torah and/or Haftarah at least seven times during the past year: Michael Gerson, Colleen Kennealy, Ben Shapiro, Andy Greenberg, Lev Nachman, Steve Denenberg, Gary Nachman, Jim Fried, Marty Shukert, Steve Riekes, Janie Murow, Tali Levin, Roni Reiter-Palmon, Howard Kaplan, Forrest Krutter, Jesse Reno, Phyllis Hoffman, Jill Belmont, Stanley Mitchell, Beth Dotan and Dan Levitan. The evening will be capped off with a scrumptious ice cream social--an always-popular favorite for attendees. On Wednesday, Oct. 26, 9:30 a.m., during services dedicated volunteers Marty Shukert will be honored as Hatan Torah, and Colleen Kennealy as Kallat Bereshit. Kennealy has served as the webmaster of Beth El’s web site (www.bethel-omaha.org) for the past three years, and has been instrumental in creating a beautifully-produced, easily accessible site which affords visitors a detailed look at the synagogue, plus multiple links to information about Conservative Judaism. This site, which she updates weekly, has been used extensively by locals, as well as visitors from around the country. Kennealy’s involvement at Beth El also includes attending services as a regular minyannaire; she is also a frequent Torah reader. Shukert’s contributions to Beth El have included serving as a High Holidays service leader, gabbai, past choir member and choir director, and regular Torah reader. In addition, he was an instructor for BESTT’s “Bricks, Mortar and Faith” class, and currently helps to lead the Sunday morning Bible study discussion group. Shukert is also responsible for designing the synagogue’s 75th anniversary logo, as well as its 21st Century Founders plaque. Both Sukkot and Simchat Torah offer families great opportunities to celebrate together, and the community is invited to come to Beth El and join in the fun!
The Hippocratic Oath Gone Awry by CAROL KATZMAN million others, including the mentally and physically Editor of the Jewish Press challenged, homosexuals, gypsies and dissidents. What happens when doctors turn from healing to The underlying theme, according to Wells and murder? The result is the role Heberer, seemed to be the played by medical professionobsession of the Nazis (and als turned Nazis during the 45% of German doctors World War II. In a powerful who joined the Nazi party) presentation on Sept. 19, Dr. with “who was valuable--and Alan Wells, a faculty member who wasn’t” to society. of the American Medical The two-day conference Association, and Dr. Patricia included classes for continuHeberer, an author and staff ing education credit for medmember at the U.S. ical professionals and was Holocaust Museum in sponsored by the Institute for Washington, D.C., traced the Holocaust Education (under evolution of doctors under the auspices of the AntiDr. Wells and Dr. Heberer prepare their notes prior to giv- Defamation League), the the Third Reich. Starting with compulsory ing a community lecture at the JCC to about 100 people. Maimonides Society of the sterilization and euthanasia in the 1930s, the medical Jewish Federation of Omaha, the University of field in Germany became willing partners in carrying Nebraska Medical Center, and Jewish Educational and out the Final Solution against six million Jews and five Library Services.
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by CLAUDIA SHERMAN Foundation Public Relations Coordinator Established in 2003, the Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Supporting Foundation will meet this fall to consider requests for funds from qualified organizations including local projects and programs of the Jewish Federation and its agencies, area synagogues, and Jewish service organizations lacking funding through their respective annual operating budgets. Local and national Jewish and secular charities in the areas of medicine and medical research (especially kidney related diseases), rescue and relief, education, current events of Jewish content, and human rights through the Goldstein Lecture Series at the University of Nebraska at Omaha will also be considered for grants. Preference will be given to requests for new and innova-
tive projects that would not otherwise be funded through general community resources and which have a favorable long-term impact on the Omaha Jewish community. Grant applications requesting relatively small or token amounts, which can be satisfied from other community resources, normally will not be considered by the Goldstein Board of Directors except in extraordinary situations. The maximum amount that can be requested is $7,500. Grant applications should be submitted to the Jewish Federation Foundation (attention: Laurie Peatrowsky), 333 So. 132 St., Omaha, NE 68154, no later than Tuesday, Nov. 1, 1 p.m. Late applications will not be considered. Questions or assistance in preparing grant requests can be directed to Marty Ricks, Jewish Federation Foundation executive director, at 334.6440, or to Peatrowsky at 334.6439.
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Liev is Illuminated ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT by VICTOR WISHNA Emerging from his dressing room in a white undershirt, gray flannel slacks, and Adidas flip-flops, Liev Schreiber seems perfectly unperturbed. Soft-spoken and polite, he greets me and sinks peacefully into a chair, as though he hasn’t a care in the world. Either that, or he’s just completely exhausted. “The biggest challenge of all this has been the hours,� he says. “Try to imagine a year and a half of 14- to 16-hour days without a day off. That was surprising to me, and awful.� The “all this� Schreiber refers to is the project that has consumed his life for almost two years: the film adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s best-selling novel, Everything Is Illuminated, which Schreiber is directing, using a screenplay he wrote, and which opens in theaters today. Before every show--for most of this year, he had been performing on Broadway in David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross eight times a week, in a role that won him a Tony Award--Schreiber could be found at his laptop, reviewing digital scans of the film, editing sound, inserting music cues. Filmed last summer in and around Prague, Everything Is Illuminated stars Elijah Wood as Foer’s semi-fictionalized self, a young Jewish American who travels to Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. For firsttime director Schreiber, who has built his acting reputation with a diverse range of screen and stage roles and whose own
Jewish grandfather emigrated from Ukraine in 1918, the project represents not just a professional debut, but a very personal journey. “This has been so intense because this whole process has been about trying to understand my own history through that of my grandfather’s, and wanting to know more about being Jewish,� he says. Isaac Liev Schreiber was born in San Francisco in 1967. After divorcing his father, actor Tell Schreiber, his artist mother, Heather, brought three-year-old Liev to live with her in New York, where, he says, he was practically raised by his maternal grandfather. Unfortunately, though, he recalls very little from those early years. have “I always had what I consider a pathological memory problem,� he says. “It didn’t really me Director Liev Schreiber worry until I was in Photo credit: Neil Davidson. Š 2005 Warner Bros. my 20s--and I Entertainment became aware that I really didn’t remember much from before the age of 16.� When his grandfather passed away, his first time losing anyone so close, Schreiber was struck with anxiety at the thought that he might eventually have no memories of him at all. So he started writing things down. As an actor, Schreiber had learned that he was able to remember things by reciting them back to himself. “In writing about [my grandfather], I became interested in his past, and what it meant to me to be of Ukrainian and Jewish descent.� His jour-
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naling eventually turned into his first original screenplay, a semi-tragic tale of a young man who travels to Kiev to discover what it means to be Ukrainian. But as Schreiber’s acting career soared ever higher, the screenplay sat, awaiting revisions. Then, in 2001, he discovered a magazine story entitled “The Very Rigid Search,� about a young American traveling to Ukraine in search of his grandfather’s past. At the time, Schreiber had no idea the story was part of an unpublished novel by a previously unknown author named Jonathan Safran Foer. “I was bowled over by the similarities in terms of the story and the idea,� Schreiber says, “but even more impressed by the quality of the writing, the humor he had done it with, and the compassion. He had been able to retain the source of his searching, which was this dedication, curiosity, and love and loyalty toward family and history.� Schreiber met Foer at a local bar and, over drinks, they discussed their grandfathers, Ukraine, and what it meant to be Jewish. Schreiber left with the number for Foer’s agent and a pretty good idea the rights to the story would be his. Inspired, he wrote his script in a month and a half, sticking to the novel’s presentday storyline of a young man seeking his heritage with the assistance of a linguistically-challenged guide, Alex, Alex’s grandfather, and their dog, Sammy Davis, Jr. Fans of the novel will notice only references to the magical, mythical scenes of the Trachimbrod shtetl that comprise the other half of Foer’s book. And, without giving too much away, Schreiber has added a significant twist that reflects his own curiosity with “what the repercussions of surviving the Holocaust are on
someone emotionally and spiritually.� His own Jewish identity, he says, is something that has always given him comfort, allowing him to feel closer to people. His favorite Jewish tradition is the Passover seder. He says he loves the “Old Testament rhetoric� of the Haggadah, in particular the part “where they talk in very pragmatic terms, about who’s son was who’s son, was who’s daughter, and it goes all the way back to Adam,� he says. “In Jewish culture, we’re constantly reminding ourselves and our children of our history and our connectedness.� Glengarry closed at the end of August, and as the date of release--both for his movie and from his exhausting endeavor -arrives, the writer/director allows himself a bit of cautious pride. “I do think its heart is awkwardly set in the right place,� he says of his film. “Like all of us. It’s not a perfect setting, it’s an awkward setting, and therefore worthy of love. I’ll be thrilled if the audience gets one iota of that.� Schreiber, a versatile actor known both to patrons of New York’s Shakespeare in the Park and fans of all three Scream movies, has other projects looming, but for now, his goals are somewhat modest, including “about a month of sleep� and a chance to process everything he’s absorbed from this experience. However, he is certain of one lesson, taught by his religious tradition and reinforced by his artistic undertaking. “There’s a reason why we want to know our history, and why we want to share stories with others,� he says. “We all need to feel connected.� Former Kansas Citian Victor Wishna lives and writes in New York City. He can be reached at LetterFromNY@juno.com.
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Wamsat Exhibit to Fill Gallery Walls in October by RACHEL BLUM JCC Program Associate After fulltime motherhood, in conjunction with a full time art career, Sara Sumnick Wamsat still can’t quit doing a little bit of everything. This Omaha artist hopes to spark your imagination with her paintings, folk-art home accessories, and art quilts. A muralist and Trompe-l’oeil artist, Wamsat does very special, original designs not only on walls, but also on furniture pieces which can be used all over the home. Her framed art styles vary from regional-realistic, to surreal and contemporary. All of her work is done in acrylics, enamels, and a dash of recycling with assemblage work combined. In February of 2005, her “Altered Ego” piece was dis-
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the JCC in conjunction with the Nebraska Caucus for Art show. It had previously travthis show to the Museum of Nebraska Art in and the Dawson County Museum in Lexington. The piece went on to the Association of Nebraska Art Club’s show in Valentine in June of 2005, where it won Best of Show out of over 400 pieces in the state-wide competition. Many pieces from Wamsat’s collection, including pieces available for sale will be shown in the JCC Gallery through Oct. 30. The community is invited to the JCC Gallery to meet the artist at an artist’s reception on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2-4 p.m. For more information about the exhibit, please contact me at 334.6404.
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Beth El’s Chaverim Youth Group Plans Outing to Vala’s Pumpkin Patch Gretna’s always-popular family attraction. by JILL BELMONT Beth El Publicity Coordinator The bus will return to Beth El at 4:30 p.m. Cost – The Beth El Synagogue Talmud Torah (BESTT) which includes transportaChaverim youth group for tion and admission to Vala’s children in grades 4-6, is -- is $13 for Chaverim memplanning an afternoon of fall bers and $15 for non-memfun at Vala’s Pumpkin Patch bers and parents accompanyon Sunday, Oct. 9. ing their children. Jewish families from throughout Following religious school, the entire community are lunch will be provided for invited to attend. To make BESTT students; then at reservations or for more 12:30 p.m., everyone (parents are invited, too!) will Members of BESTT’s Chaverim youth group enjoyed a wet information, contact Judy Rubin at 498.0904. board the bus and head to and wild time during their pool party last month.
Aleph-Bet for the Adult Learner to Begin at Temple Israel by CLAUDIA SHERMAN Temple Israel Communications Coordinator Starting Sunday, Oct. 16, 10:15 a.m. to noon at Temple Israel, Colleen Kennealy, will again teach beginning Hebrew to adults. The class will continue on Oct. 23 and 30, Nov. 6, 13, and 20. Natasha Kraft, who took Kennealy’s adult Hebrew class last year, “really liked it. I enjoyed the group interaction and that everyone was on a similar page,” Kraft Colleen Kennealy said. “Everybody’s strengths were shown, and we had a lot of fun.” “It was very well done,” added Mike Halstead who also took the class last year. “I certainly learned a lot. It was very well taught, and I strongly recommend the class to anyone interested” in learning Hebrew.
“Beginning Hebrew” is for “true beginners,” pointed out Kennealy. “We’ll start with aleph and bet and quickly put letters together to form some of the most common words in our prayers. We’ll use a book published by the Union for Reform Judaism called ‘Aleph Isn’t Tough’. Its focus is helping the adult learner read prayers from the Shabbat service. “If you’re a beginner with no formal training in Hebrew, or if you studied Hebrew years ago, this is the class for you!” she indicated. Starting January 8, “we’ll build on what we learn in the fall,” Kennealy continued. “We’ll practice reading and singing prayers right out of the siddur. If you know the aleph-bet and want to be able to read the prayers in the siddur with more confidence,” she encourages your enrollment. This class, “Beyond the Aleph Bet,” will also run on Jan.15, 22, 29, Feb. 12, and 26, 2006. Kennealy has taught at Temple’s Family School for several years and is also a Bar/Bat Mitzvah mentor. Fees for each of these classes are $18 for Temple members and $25 for non-members.
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Love of Learning Unites Beth El Bible Study Group who have some great insights into what we’re talking not, in every place where Jews have lived.” by JILL BELMONT He and Riekes both noted that although a by-product about,” she said. “There have been times when I’ve Beth El Publicity Coordinator You’ll find them in Beth El Synagogue’s library every of such dynamic discourse is a variety of differing per- started out thinking one thing, and after hearing other Sunday morning at 10 a.m., engaged in the time-hon- spectives, respectful disagreement is the rule of the day. perspectives, I end up thinking another.” Greenberg added that newcomers are always welcome ored practice of Jewish study--in this case, Bible study. “The class gets somewhat spirited--quite often,” The class is fluid, welcoming regulars and newcomers Fellman noted. “There are some really smart people who to join the group, and an extensive knowledge of the Bible is not a pre-requisite to attend or paralike, but made up mostly of veterans of the ticipate in the discussions. “You don’t have intellectually-stimulating group, who have to be well-versed,” she said. “You read the shown up week after week for the past five chapter we’re studying and then give your years. opinion or just listen. Whatever your level Steve Riekes, a longtime champion of of participation, it’s so interesting to learn Jewish education, serves as the informal what the Bible has to say.” coordinator of the Bible study group, sharRiekes agreed, saying that all participants ing facilitating duties with other regulars need is the desire to know more, to read including Dick Fellman, Lynda Mirvish, and discuss. “This is the text of our people, Marty Shukert and Howard Epstein. our history, and our sacred text that underCreighton University Professor Leonard lies Judaism. We bring it through the milGreenspoon also serves periodically as a discussion leader plus consultant to the group, Caryl Greenberg, left, Lynda Mirvish, Marty Shukert, Sylvia Wagner, Howard Kaiman and lennia and we use it as the beginning of providing historical perspective to the sub- Steve Riekes are among the regulars who participate in Beth El’s Bible Study discussion what Judaism is about.” group each Sunday. “I love this class,” Fellman said. “This ject matter. “Jewish study is about participation--involving your- participate. They come from many different back- class is what a synagogue is all about--together, of self in our history, in our story, the story of the Jewish grounds: some know Hebrew as a native language, some course, with prayer and a meeting place. Jews have people,” Riekes said. “We learn from each other, and the know it passably well; some know history, Jewish and always studied, and they have studied this same Book. intellectual discourse is very high and very fulfilling.” general; some know religion and philosophy; and some, How much better can it get?” Time is spent exploring Bible characters, their relation- once again, are just smart. “In this busy world, where can you go and find minds ships and their lives, then asking the question, “How do we relate to all of this?” he noted.” How do we--in con- like those every week, who have taken the time to read temporary times--relate to life, to God, to our religion?” the same few pages of Bible that you’ve read, and that by GARY KATZ He added that, “What is so interesting is that even your ancestors read for 2500 years or so, who will sit and Library Administrator though we’re studying Bible, people’s own life experi- ask themselves what the passage means, and then listen What could be more fun than story time in the ences and happenings around the world come into play. to what the others have to say?” Sukkah? The group is currently studying the second book of Participants weave relevancy into the study.” The Kripke Jewish Federation Library will present a Fellman calls the hour-discussion group every Sunday Kings, and each session proceeds at its own pace, Riekes lively and animated Sukkot program on Thursday, morning “one of the most joyous hours I spend during said. Depending on the amount of conversation, the Oct. 20, 10-10:45 a.m., in the Rose Blumkin Jewish the entire week. I like the fact that I am studying Bible. group sometimes studies one chapter for several weeks, Home Sukkah. The library staff will read new and which works well within the laid-back class format. It gives me a good feeling,” he said. exciting Sukkot books for kids aged 12 months to five “On Shabbat, as I follow the Torah and Haftorah “There’s no schedule to finish, no exam,” he explained. years. Children under two require parental superviLongtime regular Caryl Greenberg said that the most readings, I now find I not only understand most of sion. them but I can place them in historical context and I satisfying aspect of the class is learning what other peoStory times are fun ways to develop a lifetime interknow a bit about them. It is wonderful to know that the ple have to say about the Bible. In certain cases, hearing est in books. For more information please contact me book before us has been studied for thousands of years different opinions has changed some of her personallyat 334.6462 or gkatz@jewishomaha.org by people no different than us--some smarter, others held views. “There are some really bright people in there
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ORGANIZATIONS B’NAI B’RITH BREADBREAKERS Coach Dana Altman will be the guest speaker at Breadbreakers on Wednesday, Oct. 12, noon, at the Regency Lodge, according to Al Abramson, Chairman. Altman is the Head Coach of the Creighton Blue Jays, and he will discuss the upcoming season and prospects for the Blue Jay team. Cost is $11 for lunch and $2 for beverage service. Breadbreakers is open to the community. The members of Henry Monsky Lodge, together with the members of the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, will again decorate the Sukkahs at the the Blumkin Home, the Child Development Center and the Friedel Academy. This annual event will take place on Sunday morning Oct. 16. 11:30 a.m. Volunteers will meet at the Youth Lounge at the JCC. Monsky Lodge, as in
the past, will supply the decorations for the sukkahs and will also provide a pizza lunch for all volunteers. Anyone wishing to help may call Lois Epstein at the B’nai B’rith Office, 334.6443 or Rachel Blum at 334.6404. Because of Sukkot, there will be no Breadbreakers on Wednesday, Oct. 19, or on Wednesday, Oct. 26, because of Simchat Torah. NEBRASKA JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY If your ancestors came to America through the port city of Galveston, Texas and arrived by ship from Bremen or Naples or Liverpool in the first decades of the 20th century or they were part of the organized movement of East European Jews who were brought to America through Texas and settled in cities
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throughout the Midwest, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum would like to talk with you. NJHS has received notification that the Bob Bullock Museum is planning a major traveling exhibition that will explore the history of Galveston Island as a significant port of immigration into Texas and America from 1845-1914. One section of the exhibit will highlight “The Galveston Movement”, an international movement of more that 10,000 Jews who were recruited in Eastern Europe to come to America through the port city of Galveston. Museum staff are planning to travel to cities in the Midwest to collect these stories from the descendants of Galveston immigrants. If your grandparents or great-grandparents came to America via Galveston and you would like to participate, please contact Anya Rous at: galve-
Manischewitz the leader in quality kosher foods, kicks off the Fall holiday season with a variety of enticing new products perfect for entertaining family or guests at any gathering. Created to add multiple flavors to traditional holiday meals, these new taste sensations offer something for everyone. Spice up your holiday meals with Manischewitz Brisket and Steak Seasoning, Poultry Seasoning, and Fish Seasoning available in easy-to-use 3.5 oz. shaker bottles. Already known for its popular original Horseradish, Manischewitz debuts ‘With Lemon’, ‘With Dill’, and Wasabi. Finally, put Manischewitz Honey Apple Butter Spread right next to that bowl of honey on your holiday table. Popular food Susie expert F i s h b e i n , renown for her series of cookbooks Kosher by Design, Kosher by Design Entertains and Kosher by Design Kids in the Kitchen, is a huge fan of Manischewitz. “Year after year, at each Jewish holiday table, Manischewitz adds something new to the excitement and closeness of the holiday. This season there is a colorful and
delicious array of new products to use and serve. Manischewitz, now part of mainstream America, will always have a special place in many hearts and memories.” For information about these and other products, visit www.manischewitz.com. First National Bank has earned a spot on Working Mother magazine’s annual “100 Best Companies” list for the fourth consecutive year, announced Bruce Lauritzen, chairman of First National Bank. The magazine will honor First National and other selected companies in its October issue and during an awards banquet on Oct. 19 in New York. Daniel Canfield, son of Sandy and Rick Canfield, was recently honored by Parade Magazine, for his article on his most memorable homework assignment. Parade sponsored a contest challenging teenagers to describe what assignment in school had taught them the most. From hundreds of entries, Daniel and five other students contributions were chosen as the best. His article appeared in the Sunday, Sept. 11, issue. Walk As One ...Taking Steps Against Prejudice. Imagine a large gathering of people from different backgrounds, faiths, ethnicities, abilities, ages and interests. Now, picture this crowd celebrating their differences, taking steps against prejudice, and enjoying multicultural entertainment. This vision will be realized on Sunday, Oct. 16, 1 p.m. In the Heartland of America Park, 8th and Douglas Sts, downtown Omaha. The National Conference for Community and Justice of the Midlands (NCCJ) holds the seventh annual Walk As One to raise funds that support NCCJ’s mission-driven work and programs such as Anytown, Unitown, Project C.O.R.E., Campustown, NCCJ A.M. Series, and Social Justice 101. Omaha Steaks, a long-time supporter of NCCJ of the Midlands, is the 2005 Walk As One Corporate Sponsor.
BIRTHS Amy Frankel and Evan Kleeberg of Lincolnwood, IL, announce the Aug. 29 birth of their son, Brayden James. Brayden has a brother Max. Grandparents are the late Barbara and Dean Frankel, and Eileen Kleeberg of Chicago, IL, and the late James Kleeberg. Sonia and Alan Tipp of Ellicott City,
MD, announce the Sept. 19 birth of their daughter, Adria Rose. Grandparents are Michael and Sara (Moses) Baum of Columbia, MD, and Steven and Marilyn Tipp. Great-grandparents are Malwina Moses, formerly of Omaha, and the late Solomon Moses, and the late Pearl and Monroe Rosenberg.
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The Rent Is Due for 2006 Home is Where Your Story Begins by OZZIE NOGG The message at a recent Pacesetter Division workers meeting was clear. The Federation Annual Campaign literally turns the lights on for the world’s 13 million Jews, and provides the basic infrastructure in which members of our community get help and give it. Referring to the effects of Hurricane Katrina, Jan Goldstein, Federation Executive Director, described how her colleague in New Orleans was able to remove the Torahs from his synagogue to relative safety on the third floor of the city’s JCC. “The New Orleans Jewish community is much like Omaha,” Goldstein said, “but after Katrina their donors are gone, their day-to-day operations aren’t there. As a member of the United Jewish Communities, Omaha is able to help the Jews of New Orleans rebuild. That’s what we do. We take care of people here and in other Jewish communities, as well.”
Attending the Men’s Pacesetter workshop to kick off the Jewish Federation’s 2005 Live Generously Annual Campaign, are: Don Goldstein, top left, Mike Platt and Joe Erman; Harlan Noddle, Mike Erman, and Norman Sheldon and Howard Kooper.
Bruce Shackman, 2006 General Campaign Co-Chair with his wife, Anne, reminded the group that the Federation agencies serve everyone. “All of us have been touched by something. Our kids have benefitted from the Child Development Center, our folks have been cared for at the Blumkin Home. Volunteers from Meals on Wheels get in their cars and deliver dozens of meals a day. “Year after year, Pacesetters take their Campaign work seriously, and this community is very thankful. Pacesetters always come to the party.” Pacesetter Chairman, Jim Farber, summed it up. “Omaha is one of the strongest, proudest, most productive Jewish communities in the country. When we ask, people answer. The needs are real. And the rent is due for 2006.”
Continued from page 1 Vocational Services Agency of the San Francisco “A gift that a woman makes in her own name is so Federation. They helped with her resume, pointed her important. Today I’m proud I can be a Lion of Judah. towards job opportunities. They took care of her like she Every dollar counts, and the contributions Omaha was one of their own. Because she is.” women make to the Annual Campaign have assumed an Farber finds the trends in charitable giving have increasingly significant role in our success.” changed somewhat. “Today, the emphasis seems to be The Lion of Judah Division, introduced in 1972 by turned inward. Many people want their contributions to the Miami Federation, is an internationally recognized go to a specific cause, and if you ask their support of designation for women who personally contribute something that’s not important to them, they hesitate. $5000 or more to their local Federation Campaign dur- The very act of asking is hard. This campaign is someing a given year. Women who reach the Lion level thing I believe in, and my job is to help the community receive a gold pin in the shape of the Lion of Judah, a see that in order to maintain what we have here, each of symbol of commitment to the worldwide Jewish com- us must assume some responsibility. Workers have to get munity. Currently, there are nearly 12,000 Lions of up out of the chair, pick up the phone, turn the doorJudah in the U.S. “Right now,” Nogg says, “Omaha has knob. All of us need to share what we have--live gener62 Lions. It’s been an extraordinary movement in ously--help those who don’t have it.” women’s giving, and it is roaring!” Piggybacking on his thought, Nogg says, “To me, livLocally, monies raised through Federation’s Annual ing generously means saying ‘yes’ when someone asks Campaign support the you to help, and that you in Community Relations turn will ask others to help. Committee (CRC), the We need to find out what Jewish Community Center, potential givers really care Jewish Educational and about, what affects them Library Services, Jewish personally. Maybe they have Family Service and Jewish a child in the CDC or a relSenior Services. Those dolative at the Blumkin Home. lars also help continue the Maybe Jewish Family work of the Jewish Press, Service helped them with Young Jewish Omaha, the counseling or adoption. And synagogues, Friedel Jewish if people haven’t needed Academy, Va’ad HaKashrut those agencies in the past, and various programs for they might in the future. Speedy Zweiback and Jim Farber newcomers and leadership. “Face-to-face solicitation Though the bulk of campaign dollars stay in Omaha, can be a scary step from both sides. But if a worker calls a portion goes to Israel and to the former Soviet Union and asks you to have coffee, to talk about your 2006 to support an estimated 230,000 Jewish elderly, the Campaign gift, I hope you’ll take time out of your day majority of whom live in poverty. and do it.” “But we’re not just helping impoverished people in Helping Patty Nogg in the Lion of Judah Division are faraway places,” Nogg says. “It happens right here in Susie Cohn, Bobbie Epstein, Sandy Epstein, Ruth Omaha. At Hanukkah time, Project Dreidel brings toys Erman, Thama Friedman, Nancy Greenberg, Andi and clothes to kids in need. Even the children in my Kavich, Maxine Kirshenbaum, Joan Lehr, Bobbi CDC classes contribute their nickels and dimes and Leibowitz, Jody Malashock, Jean Neff, Sharee Newman, quarters. The concept of tzedakah is so big, but we start Nancy Noddle, Marcia Pitlor, Kimberly Robinson, Jan them at an early age. Even the littlest kids understand Schneiderman and Anne Shackman. warm coats and shoes.” Jim Farber’s Pacesetter Division workers include Joel Farber agrees. “When our children are small, we teach Alperson, Paul Epstein, Joe Erman, Mike Erman, Tom them to walk on the green light, tell the truth and help Fellman, Sandy Friedman, Dick Glazer, Don Goldstein, others. Young people don’t necessarily think about the Don Greenberg, Gary Javitch, Arnold Joffe, Joe Blumkin Home or Jewish Family Service. What are their Kirshenbaum, Kevee Kirshenbaum, Jerry Kohll, interests? What’s important to them? We need to appeal, Howard Kooper, Marty Lehr, Murray Newman, Harlan positively, to tomorrow’s leaders--what’s in their wheel- Noddle, Jay Noddle, Steve Nogg, Steve Pitlor, Mike house? We must help them understand that participating Platt, Harley Schrager, Phil Schrager, Bruce Shackman, in the Campaign enhances our community’s security and Norm Sheldon, Fred Simon, Steve Simon, Stuart Jewish identity.” Simon, David Slosburg, Richard Slosburg, Norm “We need everyone to understand that Federations Veitzer and Speedy Zweiback. help us maintain our Jewish identity even when we leave For more information about the Jewish Federation of our hometowns,” Nogg adds. “When our daughter, Omaha and its 2006 Live Generously Campaign, please Annie, moved to San Francisco, she contacted the call the Federation office at 334.6485.
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Jewish Institutions on Gulf Coast Continued from page 1 New Orleans for protection were evacuated for a second time in Rita’s aftermath when rain waters overwhelmed the roof drainage system at Beth Shalom, a Reform synagogue in Baton Rouge, LA. “They had to re-rescue the Torahs that had already been rescued once,” said Emily Grotta, a spokeswoman for the Union for Reform Judaism. Although the Torahs were unharmed, the synagogue’s ceiling was badly damaged, leading to flooding in both its sanctuary and social hall. The Jefferson Baptist Church, with which the synagogue shares a parking lot, recently opened its doors to allow the congregation to hold its services there.
down. If the latter proves true, they are likely to rebuild farther from the nearby shoreline, officials say. In the meantime, they are planning to sign a deal with a local hotel to secure a room for services. Congregation Beth Israel in New Orleans, an Orthodox Union-affiliated shul, was flooded by somewhere between eight to 18 feet of water. Four out of six of the synagogue’s Torahot--among them scrolls believed to be more than 250 years old--were damaged beyond repair, but a ZAKA Jewish rescue-and-recovery team was able to go in and salvage two Torahs. “I’m glad that we did this, but I’m terribly saddened,” said Isaac Leider of the New York-based ZAKA team. “It’s hard to see them in this condition.”
An Israeli volunteer helps in the rescue and recovery effort in hard hit areas of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in September. Credit: Courtesy of IsraAID/Israeli Flying Aid
C.J. Perry, left, Katie Perry, and Isabella Rubinstein enjoy apples and honey after a healing service at Congregation Beth Israel in Biloxi, MS, on Sept. 21.Credit: Harry Silverman
Other Reform synagogues were hit as well. Congregation Gates of Prayer in Metarie had its sanctuary flooded in Katrina and continues to operate out of Temple Emanu-El in Houston, where many Jewish evacuees took refuge in the wake of Katrina. Although New Orleans’ Temple Sinai is itself in working order, so many of its congregants lost their homes that it will not be holding High Holiday services. Its spiritual leader, Rabbi Edward Cohn, will instead be serving as interim rabbi over the holiday at Baton Rouge’s B’nai Israel, which recently put its rabbi (former Omahan Rabbi Barry Weinstein)--on administrative leave. He had spearheaded its effort to house dozens of hurricane evacuees. The Northshore Jewish Congregation Mandeville, LA, has been holding services in a parking lot since the first storm, and is still hoping to be back in the building by Rosh Hashanah. In the meantime, synagogue officials are awaiting a damage report from building inspectors. The historic Touro Synagogue, which bills itself as the oldest Jewish congregation outside of the original 13 colonies, sustained minimal damage, but the area where it is located remains closed and the synagogue continues to operate out of Congregation Beth Israel in Houston. High Holiday services for evacuees looking for Reform worship are being planned in both Houston and Baton Rouge. In addition to the costs of renovating and rebuilding, synagogues are likely to be hard hit on another front. If the congregations are shut down for a good portion of the coming year, their members--many of whom are likely to be working to repair their homes --won’t be paying dues. The Union for Reform Judaism, whose Disaster Relief Fund has raised close to $2.5 million dollars, has now made $765,000 in grants to disaster relief agencies, Jewish agencies and Reform synagogues. The group also said it would be underwriting two months of salaries and benefits for full-time employees of the four New Orleans Reform synagogues, where many members’ homes have been lost or badly damaged. The group also has been holding weekly conference calls with rabbis, synagogue presidents and movement staff to determine what Reform needs are in the region. One need that has emerged is for prayer books, and the union is now organizing prayer-book loans from all around the country. Members of the Shir Chadash synagogue in Metarie, LA, a Conservative congregation, are still waiting for a verdict from inspectors on whether their damaged shul can be repaired or will need to be rebuilt from scratch. In either case, officials from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism say, they are not likely to get back into the building until at least the beginning of year. The USCJ’s Hurricane Relief Fund has thus far raised $650,000. At Beth Israel in Biloxi, MS, also Conservative, large holes in the synagogue remain and its leaders also are net yet sure whether it can be fixed or will need to be torn
Leider’s team was aided by members of the National Guard and other volunteers who were brought by ZAKA in a private helicopter from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. The O.U., along with Yeshiva University and the Rabbinical Council of America, have thus far raised between $420,000 and $430,000 for hurricane relief. The Chabad House at Tulane University stayed dry through the storms, but the Torah Academy in Metarie --whose preschool had just been remodeled--got between six inches and a foot of water. Damage to furniture and other items there was extensive. Chabad-Lubavitch will be hosting a Rosh Hashanah retreat at the Atrium Hotel in Monroe, LA. So far, 150 people have signed up for the High Holiday getaway, including a busload of evacuees coming in from Houston and Memphis. Chabad--which has to date raised some $1 million for hurricane relief--is also planning Yom Kippur services at the Chabad Jewish Center in Metarie. “We don’t have sheet rock or carpets, but we’ll have services, air conditioning, water,” said Rabbi Yoss Nemes. “We’re very much looking forward to the holidays,” he added. The Jewish month of Elul “is a month of preparation, and the fact is that we’ve been wandering this whole month. It’s been a different kind of life in the month before Rosh Hashanah than we’ve ever had.” The United Jewish Communities, meanwhile, enlisted the aid of Hollywood celebrities to raise money for its Disaster Relief Fund. The group--along with the Jewish federations of North America--has raised more than $16 million for disaster relief effort. Meanwhile, the Henry S. Jacobs Camp in Utica, MS, is still housing about 30 relief workers, five Katrina evacuees and two people forced by Rita from their homes in Lake Charles. “I think people are tremendously frustrated, but certainly the people who have come through camp over the last month have felt lucky that they have a place to go,” said the Reform camp’s director, Jonathan Cohen. “Jewish evacuees, wherever they have ended up, have been made to feel very welcome and thus have had a comfortable place to deal with the personal and organizational and institutional aggravations.”
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Soprano Anna Christy opens the Tuesday Musical series on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 7:30 p.m., at the Witherspoon Concert Hall at Joslyn Museum. Christy, who performed in Opera Omaha’s “Lucia” in 2004, will make her debut performance with New York’s Metropolitan Opera this year. Future concerts on Tuesday Musical’s schedule include Eugenia Zuckerman on Nov 8, Alexandra and Kirill Troussov on April 4, 2006, and Awadagin Pratt and Zuill Bailey on April 25-all at the new Holland Center. For ticket information, call 402.345.0606 or log onto www.ticketomaha.org.
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An Exaltation of Soups
Yachad Celebrates The Harvest Season
by Patricia Solley (Three Rivers Press, $16) chapter with a brief Jewish history, a thumbnail sketch of Sephardic, Ashkenazi and Yemeni (“the protectors of King Solomon’s spice caravans�) Jews, and several soup recipes for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover and for Sukkot, this Polish Zupa.
READ IT AND EAT Reviewed by LOIS FRIEDMAN A bowl of soup from any culture reflects that specific people, their times of celebration, their passages of life and life experiences. This is a love song (Solley’s web site is www.soupsong.com) to soups and soup traditions from around the world. Here then her collection of more than 100 soup recipes for more then 40 occasions...and maybe greatgreat grandmother’s soup of memory, too. Beginning with soup history, proverbs (Yiddish: “Troubles are easier to take with soup than without�), reflections, riddles, tales and lore. Stocks and Foundations of Soup Basics precede the three parts: Soups of Passage, of Purpose, of Piety and Ritual. Chicken soup can be to celebrate and recover from giving birth in China and Puerto Rico, to strengthen a convalescent in France and Korea, to honor the dead in the Philippines, to celebrate the Japanese New Year, and the Jewish “Penicillin� recipe includes a bit from Fiddler on the Roof when Tevye says, “As the good book says, when a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick.� Mendel says, “Where does the good book say that?� Tevye says, “Well, it doesn’t say that exactly, but somewhere there is something about a chicken.� A bit-o-Hollywood appears when magnate Louis B. Mayer, “insisted that chicken soup with matzo ballsmade from his mother’s recipe-be served on the MGM commissary menu every single day.� The international recipes include a bit of lore in headnotes and sidebars and have clear numerical instructions to prepare, to cook and to serve. This is a delightful read...read of various international festivals including a
SPICED PLUM SOUP/ZUPA LIWKOWA Serves 6 to 8 2 pounds ripe purple plums, washed, cut in half, and pitted 6 cups water 1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 1 tablespoon cold water 1 6-inch thin strip of orange zest (scrape away any bitter white pith) 11/2 cups orange juice, or more as needed 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 cup honey 1/2 cup plain sour cream, whipped (optional) 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar Sour cream or croutons, for garnish To Prepare: Prep the ingredients as directed in the recipe list, to include toasting the croutons if you plan to garnish the soup with them. To Cook: Mix the plums, water, cornstarch, orange zest, orange juice, cinnamon, cloves, and honey in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for about 30 minutes, until the fruit is very soft. Puree the mixture in a blender, skins and all. Optionally stir in the sour cream. If you plan to serve the soup cold, chill it in the refrigerator for several hours. To Serve: Whether you are serving the soup hot or cold, add more orange juice, if you like, to get the consistency the way you like it. Stir in the balsamic vinegar, then ladle the soup into small bowls. Swirl a spoonful of sour cream into each portion as a garnish or top with toasted croutons. Lois Friedman can be reached at: ReadItAndEat@yahoo.com.
by DUANE J. PIEPER Billed as one of the midwest’s largest autumn festivals, Vala’s Pumpkin Patch was the site of Yachad’s most recent program. Vala’s has grown into a 152-acre operation with nearly 55 acres of pumpkins planted every year. The signs of a successful growing season were on display everywhere throughout the grounds filled with
Gail and Jeremy Friedman, Nancy Isler, Jill and Debbie Salomon, Jeff Steinberg, Lisa Salomon, Grace Isler, unidentified, Ben Friedman, Beth and Alan Friedman, Avi and Doug Wolfson settle in for an old-fashioned hayrack ride. brightly colored fall flowers, corn stalks, bales of hay, scarecrows, multi-shaped gourds, and lush apple orchards. However, the main theme of the event was centered around the pumpkins. They even have a field of beautiful white pumpkins. For anyone who loves pumpkin pie, try their pumpkin fudge on your next visit. There were a wide variety of amusements and show venues, but Yachad’s favorite stop was the Pumpkinapolis 500. For a few moments everyone was king of the road as they navigated their vehicles around the pumpkin-laden curves of the track. The final event of the day involved the boarding of an old-fashioned hayrack, finding a comfortable straw bale and traveling out into the fields in search of the perfect pumpkin. After some careful scrutiny, everyone found just the right pumpkin and climbed back into the wagon. The Fall Festival was a perfect way to enter into this very special season of blessings and celebration. Yachad’s next event will take them to Beth Israel Synagogue on Oct. 16 to celebrate Sukkot. Members will join in decorating of a sukkah with Rabbi Gross telling the story of the Feast of Booths and pointing out the significance of this event. Call Jewish Family Service at 334.6491 for further details.
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underwritten by A GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION FROM AN ANONYMOUS DONOR Editor’s note: This month’s Teen Age features the teens of the Beth El Synagogue. Special thanks goes to Jamie Skog for collecting the material.
Thoughts from the President of the huge changes we are making, but at the same time by STEVEN MEYER This year is the New Year, we have an awesome new I also know how successful it will be. The love and pasyouth director, and we have an awesome board, and we will sion that I have for USY is what makes me work as hard redo, or re-jew-venate, if you will the whole chapter, and as I do, and the same love and passion that I have is what I want to instill in all of the once again become a nationalother children of BILU. ly recognized chapter. When I come to USY it’s a My goals for this year are special experience, especially pretty much just simple when I go to regional conthings that not just one indiventions. It is great to be vidual can do by themselves, surrounded by other people and that is why I am so glad who are involved in USY. to have the dedicated, hardThere is something special working board that I have. about spending the weekend One of the goals is to with other Jewish children increase membership, this from around the region. I goal has already been reached, just get this amazing feeling and it’s only the first month of and I want my whole chapthe USY year. We now have at least tripled our member- While setting up for the spaghetti lunch, Marty Nachman, ter to experience this as well. I know that through the ship since last year, and tripled Marty Kaplan and Steven Meyer take a break to show off the many amazing programs we our paid members. Another sign they spent the morning making. goal I have is to increase the overall income of the chapter. have planned and through the four awesome convenThe past years we have barely made anything, and this year tions that we will be able to accomplish this. This USY we are already off to an amazing start between the year will be a great one, and I encourage every teen to come and try it out. overnight, and the spaghetti lunch. I know that this year will be a rough one, just because Steven Meyer is a sophomore at Millard North.
The Many Faces of Our Board by the USY BOARD Not only does our board have a desire and drive to be part of USY. They are also all extremely motivated and involved. We would like to show you the other faces of our board. Not only are they great leaders in USY, but they are all also participate in many outside activities. I’m Steven Meyer, and I am the 2005-2006 President of BILU USY. I am involved in many things at my school including: Drama, the musical, the play, forensics, chorus, and I am currently on varsity swing choir. This year I have such a hard working and dedicated board, and I know that whatever we set out to do we will accomplish. Hi everyone! My name is Liatte Dotan, and I’m really excited for USY this year. As executive vice president of the Omaha chapter I know that our programs this year will be unbelievable. I am currently a sophomore at Westside High School, where I play the flute in the marching band. Hey there, my name is Seth Rich. I’m the Religious Education Vice President for this year, and I’m excited beyond all belief. I’m a junior at Central. I’m in many many clubs and activities, but the most prevalent are acting, and debate. This past year I qualified to Nationals in debate in Philadelphia, in student senate. Once again I’m super excited for this year, and please if you have any idea’s please give me a call!
Hello my name is Aaron Murow. I attend Burke High School and am currently a sophomore. I enjoy playing basketball, listening to music, and playing the guitar. My position on the USY board is the Social Action Tikun Olam Vice President also known as SATO. I can’t wait to get started on some of the upcoming events and the Purim Carnival which is SATO’s main event of the year. Hey! I am Ben Nachman, the current BILU USY Communications Vice President. I am a sophomore at Westside High School who really enjoys to be outside running, a liking that I fulfill through cross-country and track. I have known all the other board members for a long time, as we have all gone to Hebrew School together for a long time. I think that we will all work together very well to create the best USY chapter ever! Hello; my name is Rachel Reno. I am USY’s 200506 Membership Kadima Vice President. I’m a sophomore at Central High School, and this year I’m in the spring musical! I’m excited to help in increasing and maintaining membership within Kadima. Hi, I am Salo Cemaj and I am this years freshman representative. It is my job to get the Freshman class involved and excited about USY. It is my first year in USY, and I am excited to be on board. I am currently a Freshman at Westside High School, where I run cross-country and participate in the French Club.
Starting the Year off with a Bang the night was still young and the group by LIATTE DOTAN To kick off the year we had a USY stayed up until they were too tired to overnight, which was especially fun. stand. Some were even able to make it There were 38 kids in eighth through the whole night without sleeping. It was a great way to start off the year, 12th grade that got together and had one of the most because it a m a z i n g was a fun nights ever activity that recorded in got people USY history. excited about The evening USY. With began with a such a great beautiful turn out for Havdallah our first service and event, our the fun conexpectations tinued as we for the comUSY children gather while they play an entertaining game of partied late at ing year are ‘Jewpardy’ at the Sept. 10 overnight. Papio Fun high. We are Park. There we were able to play laser hoping to have great programs and get tag, putt-putt, space ball and dance- students involved and excited about USY. dance revolution. After a night of activiLiatte Dotan is a sophomore at ties we returned to the synagogue, but Westside High School.
Learning Leadership in Des Moines by BEN NACHMAN At the end of August, the BILU board went to our region’s [Emtza Region] Leadership Training Institute (LTI). The training convention was held this year in Des Moines at the local synagogue. Our board met with USY boards from all over the Midwest, ranging from Colorado to Minnesota. We shared a lot of great infor-
Liatte Dotan, center, and two USY friends from around the region take a snapshot to remember the convention. mation between board members, as well as go to meet the regional board. At LTI, we got the feel for what we would do at a convention. Some important things that we learned during the course of the LTI weekend were: mixers, how to create, maintain and increase membership participation, and how to lead services USY style. Towards the end of LTI, every board member met with other board members with the same position from all over the region. We discussed new ideas for the upcoming year, as well as shared old ideas that each of our chapters use, for other chapters to borrow. LTI was a great start to our programming year and has really inspired our board to work hard to make this year in BILU USY great. Ben Nachman is a sophomore at Westside High School.
Spaghetti Lunch...Yum! by SALOMON CEMAJ Sunday afternoon at the synagogue we held a spaghetti lunch for everybody to enjoy. It was a fundraiser for USY programming. There was spaghetti with homemade sauces, garlic bread, salad and brownies.
About Kadima by RACHEL RENO Kadima is like a prequel to USY! It’s the youth group for seventh and eighth graders who will be in USY in their high school years. Kadimaniks attend programs similar to the ones USY plan, which excited them for the REAL THING! This year in Kadima, I want to get more members and plan crazy, fun, and Jewish programs! I’m pumped to be this year’s membership Kadima Vice President. Rachel Reno is a sopho m or e at C en tr a l H i g h School.
Wiener and her children and Sally Zipursky and her children go through the food line, helped by Marty Nachman and Salo Cemaj This was a good chance for us to present our group to the synagogue. We got a new youth director this year and with a young vibrant board, we wanted to show the congregation that this year will be amazing. We had around 50 people attend our lunch, and they ranged in age from children to grandparents. It was great to get such support from the synagogue. The sauces were made by Shirley Cemaj and Eadie Tsabari; it was great of them to dedicate their time and cooking ability to our group. Without their help it would not have been as successful as it was. The lunch was such a success that we are hoping to do it again in the future, but this time we will change the menu. Salomon Cemaj is a freshman at Westside High School.
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The Good News...and the Bad Like any year, 5765 seemed to be filled with its share of good news and bad, but the bad news seemed worse than usual and even the good news has people worried. Let’s look at both: • Last October, the Israeli Knesset approved Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s decision to evacuate all Jews from settlements in Gaza. Protest demonstrations and counter protests continued throughout the year with fears of civil war between orange (supporters of the settlers) and blue (supporters of disengagement). The good news is that the withdrawal was accomplished with no bloodshed, few complications and earlier than expected. The bad news is that immediately after the Jews left Gaza, Palestinians burned down the synagogues. Can you imagine if Jews burned a mosque? What an outcry there would be from the Middle East to the European Union! But their voices were silent after this latest desecration of ritual holy places. Infighting among Palestinian factions has already begun, with Hamas and Islamic Jihad firing rockets into Israeli towns like Sdereot. That left Sharon no choice but to defend Israeli citizens. If Mahmoud Abbas, the PA Prime Minister, cannot control the dissident factions among his people, then he should not be touted as a statesman and peacemaker. Good news: Israel has washed its hands of Gaza; bad news: chaos reigns and could become a real threat to the security of Israelis. • In November, George W. Bush was reelected President of the United States. Not since 1984, when Ronald Reagan was re-elected have Jews voted for a Republican in such numbers. However, Democrats don’t seem worried; Jews still vote with the Dems by three-to-one. And the question remains: Is it “gut fer de Yidden?” Some would say Bush is a friend of the Jews-
-supporting Ariel Sharon and Israeli government policy, authorizing funds for disabled students in religious schools, and appointing hardliner John Bolton as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations--the man who faced down the U.N.’s “Zionism is racism” resolution. Others disagree, pointing to Bush’s antichoice stands in appointing judges, his tax policy favoring the wealthy, his apparent indifference first to the tsunami and then to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and his ties to the oil-rich nation Saudi Arabia. Good and bad news (depending on your point of view): Bush can’t be re-elected and he’s in office for only three more years. • Among the “normal” list of natural disasters this year were some major ones: the December, 2004, tsunami in the Indian Ocean, and last month’s back-to-back hurricanes: Katrina and Rita. There’s much to be learned from both: the necessity for preparedness by individuals, the overdependence on government to protect us before, during and after natural disasters, the inability of government agencies to operate as efficiently as some corporations and nonprofits, and the willingness of ordinary people to help. Good news: we learned from Katrina and were better prepared for Rita; the bad news:
it will happen again (maybe an earthquake in California or a terrorist attack on a major city-like a repeat of the July 7 subway bombings in London) and we’ll react just as poorly. • Locally, we lost some important members in our Jewish community: philanthropist Henry Riekes, Frohm trustee Dean Frankel, businessman Harold Cooperman, young people Joel Brodsky, Ally Milder and Mark Saloman, just to name just a few. They’re irreplaceable, but their legacies can live on in the way we live our own lives. The good news: both the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home and Temple Israel are moving ahead with plans to build new buildings; the bad news: because of the sticker shock of the losses from Katrina and Rita, the jump in oil prices and the effect on the economy, it may be harder to raise funds for these projects. Let’s prove the pundits wrong. May 5766 be hurricane-free, terrorism-free, and may we all be sealed for a good, peaceful, sweet year!
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God’s October Surprise
BEHIND THE HEADLINES by RABBI ARTHUR WASKOW God has given our spiritual and religious traditions a gift of time: During October 2005, an unusual confluence of sacred moments in many different traditions invites us to pray with or alongside each other, share food and stories, and work together for peace, justice, human rights, and the healing of our wounded earth. The sacred Muslim lunar month of Ramadan and the sacred Jewish lunar month of Tishrei, which includes the High Holy Days and Sukkot, both began Oct. 3-4. The last time this confluence of Ramadan and Tishrei happened was in the years 1973, 1974, and 1975. That is why Jews remember the Arab-Israeli war of 1973 as the Yom Kippur War, while Muslims often call it the Ramadan War. All the more reason in this turn of the spiral of our sacred calendars to turn the confluence toward the holiness of peace. And there is more: Oct. 4 was the Saint’s Day of St. Francis of Assisi (who almost alone of all Christian leaders of his generation opposed the Crusades and studied with Islamic teachers, as well as connecting deeply with all the creatures of the earth); Oct. 2-Gandhi’s birthday, and the Worldwide (Protestant) Communion Sunday. In midOctober, there are important Buddhist and Hindu festivals. There is much that we could do to heal the world during this sacred season made up of sacred times: • Jews could invite others into the Sukkah, a leafy hut that is open to the wind and rain. Traditionally, “sacred guests” are invited in
and the ancient Rabbis taught that during Sukkot, blessings are invoked upon “the seventy nations" of the world. Traditional prayers implore God to “spread the sukkah of shalom” over us. These are perfect rubrics for peacemaking among the children of Abraham and all humanity with each other and with all the earth. • Muslims could host Iftar--a break-fast meal--for other communities, after nightfall on any of the evenings of Ramadan. And they could invite others to join in celebrating some aspects of Eid el-Fitr (the feast at the end of Ramadan), and Jews and Christians could (as in Morocco) bring food to that celebration.
Our communities could together take some action during the month to protect human rights, heal the earth, and seek peace in the whole region where Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah sojourned. • Churches could invite other congregations to join in learning about and celebrating the teachings of Francis of Assisi. • Synagogues could set aside a time during Yom Kippur or the Shabbat just before, or another special time during the month, to read and discuss with Muslims the Torah’s story (Gen. 25: 7-11) of the joining of Isaac and Ishmael to bury their father Abraham, and then to achieve reconciliation at the Well of the Living One Who Sees Me. • Our communities could together take some action during the month to protect human rights, heal the earth, and seek peace in the whole region where Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah sojourned. And from sunrise to sunset on the day that
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for Muslims is one of the fast days of Ramadan and for Jews is the fast day of Yom Kippur-Oct. 13--Christians and indeed all Americans could also observe a Fast for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal. All of us could learn from the passage of Isaiah that in Jewish tradition is read on Yom Kippur morning. God, speaking through Isaiah, says, “Do you think the fast that I demand this day is to bow down your head like a bulrush? No! The fast I demand is that you feed the poor, house the homeless, clothe the naked, and break off the handcuffs on your prisoners.” So in our own generation, we could encourage those who join in this Fast to take visible steps in the world to “Seek peace, Feed the poor, Heal the earth.” A call to all Americans to join in an Oct. 13 fast and to create shared multireligious local and regional events during the month was initiated by The Shalom Center, with The Tent of Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah. It has been endorsed by the National Council of Churches, the Islamic Society of North America, Pax Christi, ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal and its rabbinic affiliate Ohalah, the Jewish Committee for Isaiah’s Vision (an ad hoc committee made up of more than one hundred rabbis and other Jewish leaders), and a number of local and regional groups. To explore your own participation in this effort, write--Office@shalomctr.org. In 2006 and 2007, Tishrei, Ramadan, and St. Francis’ day will again coincide. With three successive years of making sacred connection, perhaps we can learn to continue even when the calendar is not so filled with God’s surprise. Rabbi Waskow is director of The Shalom Center. For further information see: www.shalomctr.org.
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Masters of Reconciliation BEHIND THE HEADLINES by RABBI ELIYAHU STERN The first half of the 20th-century saw Americans locked in a fierce ideological debate surrounding economic class and the distribution of wealth. In the second half of the century, the cultural wars addressed issues of race and gender. As we stand at the dawn of the twenty-first century, a perhaps even more fundamental issue divides the American body politic. From stem cells, abortion and human cloning to the Schiavo case and physician assisted suicides, the question of life has become this generation’s great ideological battle ground. Jewish tradition certainly sees life as a primary value. Rosh Hashanah is so significant in the Jewish calendar precisely because it celebrates the birth of the world. Life is God’s first gift to humanity. The liturgy of the High Holidays constantly celebrates life and, as Rabbi Irving Greenberg has suggested, in the Torah reading for the first day of Rosh Hashanah God tells Abraham that Divine service does not mean sacrificing human life for the Divine but rather living a life devoted to bringing the Divine into the world.
Judaism’s ologies that in their talk radio extremes However, emphasis on life is matched they refer to the other position as the by its emphasis on choice. equivalent of Communism or Nazism. Both these noisy sides ignore the silent Human freedom to choose is incorporated within majority who stand in the very gray, Maimonides thirteen pri- murky and complex terrain called living. mary theological principles. Those who stand in the world of the livMaimonides in his Mishnah ing realize each of us chooses life: Torah (Laws of Repentance 2:1) suggests “ubacharta bachaim.” Living means recthat the essence of repentance is rooted in ognizing that though dogmatic, absochoice. “What is complete lutist and all encompassing ...noisy sides ignore world views might make for repentance?” he asks, “It is the case of someone who the silent majority good media headlines, has the opportunity to tenure at a University or commit a sin he or she has who stand in the very electablity at the voting committed, and has the gray, murky and booth, they fail to make any ability to commit it sense in the real world. [again], and yet separates complex terrain called In the real world, people from it and does not com- living. are not rational computers mit it because of having who make every decision done repentance, not because of fear or based on a-priori theoretical doctrines. In because of lack of power--such a man is a some cases we are more open to the pain master of complete repentance.” and suffering of the present. In other Such a conception of law highlights the cases we feel more the weight of history unique choice-centered nature of Jewish and text. law and repentance. Jewish tradition recognizes that each But in today’s American society, the decision involving human life is a world complementary qualities of life and unto itself. To be sure, the Jewish tradichoice have come to represent opposing tion is not unprincipled. It states unamworldviews. Both sides have taken biguously that never one, but a number absolute positions, demanding that of competing factors exist in every biohuman beings live either by the credo ethical decision. It stands in opposition to “the sanctity of life” or the motto “life both extremes of the debate and offers a without choice is not worth living.” So sober worldview that gives dignity to the blinded are those who express such ide- often conflicting rhythms of life.
Fran O’Brien’s and the Soldiers BEHIND THE HEADLINES by THOMAS NEUMANN for JINSA Readers know JINSA has been supporting dinners at Fran O’Brien’s Steakhouse for soldiers recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In fact, you raised several thousand dollars for the effort. So we are disgusted by news that antiwar protesters have been congregating at Walter Reed and heckling the buses that leave to take the soldiers to the restaurant on Friday nights. Protesters hold signs reading “Maimed for Lies” and “Enlist here and die for Halliburton.” These people claim to be “against the war, but support the troops,” an ugly lie if ever there was one. If you support the troops, you support those who have made a personal sacrifice to do what their country asked of them. You help them heal. You protect them from those who would use their injuries to score political points. Or you just leave them alone to be helped by those who love them. These protesters are the antithesis of support for the troops. They are a blot on America. Marc Moreno of CNS reports, “Antiwar activists were unapologetic when asked whether they considered such signs as ‘Maimed for Lies’ offensive to wounded war veterans and their families. ‘I am more offended by the fact that many were maimed for life,’ said (one). (But) Kevin Pannell, who was recently treated at Walter Reed and had both legs amputated after an ambush grenade attack near Baghdad in 2004, considers the presence of the anti-war protesters in front of the hospital ‘distasteful.’” Pannell is kind. People who truly support the troops,
regardless of their feelings about the policies that led to the injuries being treated at Walter Reed, can express their support once again through JINSA. Send a fully tax-deductible check to JINSA, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 515, Washington, D.C. 20036, and put Fran O’Brien’s in the memo. Your entire gift will go to the soldiers. You will be aiding directly in the rehabilitation of young men and women who have laid it all on the line for us. We remind of what Col. Jaffin, thenCommander of the Medical Corps at Walter Reed, wrote to us: “If you doubt the impact of your magnanimity, from my perspective, the benefit on these soldiers and their families is incalculable... While the steak dinner is in itself a treat for those who have been eating in a dining facility... the meal is so much more than a dinner: it is a night out, a chance to get away from the hospital environment for a few hours, an evening to do something as normal as going to a restaurant. “Even more, it is a tangible demonstration of the support, respect, and even love that Americans feel for our troops. I have heard from many of the grateful participants who were, without exception, touched and appreciative. They may not know who supports the costs, but I now do and must tell you how much it has meant.” The soldiers we have met at Fran O’Brien’s are proud of their service and determined to overcome their adverse circumstances. They are grateful to the restaurant for hosting them, and overwhelmingly grateful for the understanding that Americans stand behind them and care about them. Help us help them, please. Tom Neumann is the Executive Director of JINSA-- The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs; he can be reached at: www.jinsa.org.
They are grateful to the restaurant for hosting them, and overwhelmingly grateful for the understanding that Americans stand behind them and care about them.
While the tradition worries about partial birth or late term abortions, there are times that even under such circumstances the most stringent of rabbis would allow for terminating a pregnancy. Likewise, almost all rabbinic authorities acknowledge the importance of stem cell research; and while the vast majority of the tradition opposes physician assisted suicide, much debate and legal room exists around the status of those who are brain dead. These rulings might seem contradictory, but on closer examination they give testimony to a theology not of life or choice per-se, but rather a theology of the Living. The word repentance, teshuva so commonly heard over the High Holy days has many meanings: among them is reconciliation. As we sit and watch the political and religious absolutism infecting the American body-politic threaten to irreversibly rend our national soul, we as Americans and Jews must become baalei teshuvah, masters of reconciliation. We need to help in healing and reconciling this divided country and remind our fellow citizens there is more to living than life or choice. Rabbi Eliyahu Stern is Scholar-inResidence at Park East Synagogue and is finishing a Ph.D. in Jewish Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. This article is an Edah resource.
MAZON Sends Relief to Gulf to All in Need by JEREMY DEUTCHMAN LOS ANGELES, CA--MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger announced a total of $305,000 in grants to 15 organizations working to provide relief for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. The grants span Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and support programs that offer food services to the victims of the storm. The following is a list of grant recipients: Bay Area Food Bank, Theodore, AL: $50,000; Montgomery Area Food Bank, Montgomery, AL: $15,000; Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana,New Orleans, LA: $50,000; FoodNet-Lafayette, LA: $15,000; Northwest Louisiana Food Bank, Shreveport, LA: $20,000; Southern Mutual Help Association, New Iberia, LA: $20,000; Greater Baton Rouge Federation of Churches and Synagogues, Baton Rouge, LA: $15,000; Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana, Monroe, LA: $10,000; We Care Community Services, Vicksburg, MA: $10,000; Jacob’s Ladder: A Relief Project of the Union for Reform
Judaism, Utica, MS: $10,000; Stewpot Community Services, Jackson, MS: $15,000; Public Policy Center of Mississippi, Jackson, MS: $30,000 Love’s Kitchen, Meridian, MS: $10,000; America’s Second Harvest, National $25,000; Food Research and Action Center: $10,000. “MAZON is an expression of the American Jewish community’s belief that all of us, regardless of faith, are part of the same human community,” MAZON President H. Eric Schockman, Ph.D. said. Donations to MAZON can be made at its website www.mazon.org or by calling 310.44.0020. In 1985, MAZON was founded as a national nonprofit that raises funds from the Jewish community and allocates to organizations that alleviate and prevent hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds. Since 1986, MAZON has granted nearly $36 million in support of antihunger programs and advocacy working to end hunger and supply aid to needy families throughout the U.S., Israel and other countries.
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Candlelighting Friday, Oct. 7, 6:38 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, Kol Nidre: 6:31 p.m.
Synagogue Listings B’nai Israel Synagogue 618 Mynster St. Council Bluffs, IA 51503-0766 322.4705 email: CBsynagogue@hotmail.com
Beth El Synagogue Member of United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism 14506 California Omaha, NE 68154-1980 492.8550 www.bethel-omaha.org
Beth Israel Synagogue Member of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 12604 Pacific St. Omaha, NE. 68154 556.6288 BethIsrael@OrthodoxOmaha.org
Beyt Shalom An Affiliate of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation 3012 S. 119 St. P.O. Box 390352 Omaha, NE 68139 660.2395 www.beytshalomomaha.org
Chabad House An Affiliate of Chabad-Lubavitch 1866 S. 120th St. Omaha, NE 68144-1646 330.1800 nebraskajudaism.com email: chabad@aol.com
Congregation B’nai Jeshurun South Street Temple Union for Reform Judaism 2061 S. 20th St. Lincoln, NE 68502-2797 435.8004 jewishnebraska.org
Offutt Air Force Base SAC Memorial Chapel 301 Lincoln Highway Offutt AFB, NE 68113 294.6244
Rose Blumkin Jewish Home 333 S. 132 St. Omaha, NE 68154
Temple Israel Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) 7023 Cass Street Omaha, NE 68132-2651 556.6536 templeisrael-ne.org
The Neighborhood Minyan 1317 No. 57 St. Omaha, NE 68132 551.6609
Tifereth Israel Member of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 3219 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln, NE 68502-5236 423.8569 www.tiferethlincoln.org
Prayerbooks Available for Visually Impaired The Jewish Heritage for the Blind announced the availability of the High Holiday Machzor in large print and in Braille free of charge for all those who need them. Due to the high expense involved a doctor’s note stating necessity is required. To receive a complimentary Machzor contact our office at 718.338.4999; or fax 718.338.0653; or e-mail to Jewishheritage@gmail.com.
B’NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE FRIDAY: Family Shabbat Service, 7:30 p.m. MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY, Oct. 9: Service at Council Bluffs Cemetery, 11 a.m. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, Kol Nidre Services, 7:30 p.m., Leonard Greenspoon to speak. THURSDAY, Oct. 13: Yom Kippur Service, 10:30 a.m., Oliver Pollak to speak. All services led by Jeffrey Taxman. BREAK-THE-FAST POTLUCK Thursday, Oct. 13, 5:30 p.m., following Yom Kippur services, a Break-the-Fast Potluck will be held at the synagogue.Pease call 323.8885 to let us know what you will bring.
is $10.50 for adults; $5.50 for children ages 10 and younger. Reservations are required; send a check to Natalie Rubin, 2004 So. 138 Ave. Cir., Omaha NE 68144. For information, call Gloria Goodman, 333.3351. SUKKAH BUILDING: Join Men’s Club and USY in building Beth El’s sukkah in the courtyard on Sunday, Oct. 16, 8 a.m. SUKKOT PARTY: The community is invited to a “Soup-er Sukkot Luncheon” on Sunday, Oct. 23, 12:15 p.m., in the synagogue’s sukkah. Cost is $6.50 for adults; $4.50 for kids ages 512; free for kids under five. To make reservations by Oct. 11, call the office.
BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE BETH EL SYNAGOGUE FRIDAY: Musical Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Junior Congregation (37), 10 a.m.; K’tantan (K-2), 10:45 a.m.; Kiddush sponsored by Beth El; Evening Service, 6:45 p.m. MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY, Oct. 9: Service at Beth El Cemetery, 10:15 a.m. SUNDAY: Bible Study Class with Leonard Greenspoon, 10 a.m.; “Living Hebrew,” with Susi Frydman-Levin, 10 a.m.; Adult B’nai Mitzvah class with Cantor Bogomolni, 10 a.m.; Jewish Pot Pourri Class, 11 a.m.; “From Your Heart to God’s Ears”, led by Andy Greenberg, 11 a.m. WEEKDAY SERVICES: Sunday, 9 a.m./5:30 p.m.; Weekdays, 6:55 a.m./5:30 p.m. PATTER will not be held during October; it resumes Nov. 2 at a new time Wednesdays, 10:3011:45 a.m. YOM KIPPUR WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, Kol Nidre Services, 6:10 p.m. Oct. 13: THURSDAY, Morning Service, 9 a.m.; Alternative Service, 9:45 a.m.; Study Session with Rabbi Jules Harlow, 4 p.m.; Minha-Ne’ila, 5 p.m.; Children’s Procession, 5 p.m.; Sounding of the Shofar, approximately, 7:10 p.m.; Break the fast dinner following services. Yizkor is recited on Yom Kippur at the end of Torah Service of both Alternative and Main Services. WOMEN’S ROSH HODESH GROUP: Monday, Oct. 10, share High Holidays memories at the home of Sylvia Jess, 740 Sunset Trail. Social hour is 7 p.m.; the meeting follows at 7:30 p.m. To RSVP, contact Jess at 556.0880 or sjess@iopener.net; or co-host Rita Novak at ZadyH@aol.com. HIGH HOLIDAYS YOUTH PROGRAM: For preschool-sixth grade attending High Holidays services, 10 a.m -1 p.m. on Yom Kippur. Cost is $18 or one hour of adult volunteer time per child. Babysitting is available for infants and babies; for reservations, call Program Director Margie Gutnik. BREAK-THE-FAST: Hazak will sponsor Break-the-Fast following Ne’ilah services, Oct. 13. Cost
Hours: MondayOffice Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8:30 a.m-2 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Jonathan Gross. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Free Babysitting, 9:30 a.m.; Junior Congregation, 10:30 a.m.; Kiddush sponsored by Sandy and David Gross, Amy Gross, Nina Gross, and Avi and Laura Greenbaum in honor of Rabbi JGross’s first anniversary at Beth Israel; Mincha, 6:30 p.m.; Havdalah, 7:36 p.m. SUNDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Tashlich Picnic at the lake house of Paul and Susie Shyken. Meet at Beth Israel at 11 a.m.; Call the office for Mincha/ Ma’ariv time. WEEKDAYS: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Contact the office for Mincha/Ma’ariv time. WEDNESDAY: Office closes at noon; Mincha, 4:30 p.m.; Kol Nidre, 6:30 p.m. Free babysitting service available during Kol Nidre. THURSDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Free Babysitting service, 9:30 a.m. through the conclusion of services; Junior Congregation, 10:30 a.m.; Torah reading, 10:30 a.m., followed by the sermon and Yizkor service; Mincha, 5 p.m.; Neilah, 6 p.m.; Free Babysitting service, 5 p.m. through conclusion of services. Following services, break the fast is $5 per person (children 12 and under are free). Make reservations with the office. FRIDAY, Oct. 14: Sukkah Building part I follows Shacharit. Contact Harry Berman at 346.2345 to help. Sukkah Building part II is Sunday, Oct. 16, 11 a.m.
BEYT SHALOM FRIDAY: Shabbat in the Home. SATURDAY: Shabbat T’Shuvah, 9 a.m. at the Blumkin Home. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12: Kol Nidre Services, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY, Oct. 13: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m.; Musaf, 11 a.m.; Mincha Discussion, 5 p.m.; Neilah, 5:45 p.m.; Yizkor, 6:30 p.m.; Break-the-Fast, 7 p.m. All events at the synagogue, unless otherwise indicated.
CHABAD HOUSE Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. FRIDAY: Minyan, 7 a.m. SHABBAT SATURDAY, SHUVAH: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m.; Kiddush to follow service. SUNDAY: Services, 8:30 a.m.; Mishne class, 9:30 a.m.; Chabad Cheder and Aleph Champions, 10 a.m.-noon; Kapparot Ceremony, 2 p.m. (call to register). WEEKDAYS: Minyan, 7 a.m. MONDAY: Halacha, 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY, Erev Yom Kippur: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha, 5:15 p.m.; Kol Nidre, 6 p.m. THURSDAY, Yom Kippur: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Children’s Program, 11 a.m.; Yizkor, noon; Mincha, 5:30 p.m.; Ne’ila, 6:30 p.m.; Fast Ends, 7:28 p.m.; Refreshments will be served to break the fast. For information, call the office visit: or www.nebraskajudaism.com.
CONGREGATION B’NAI JESHURUN Services conducted by Rabbi Ilan Emanuel. FRIDAY: Shabbat Evening Service, 7:45 p.m., led by Rabbi Emanuel, with oneg following provided by Randy Reinhart and Gina Matkin. SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Torah Study, 10:30 a.m. led by Rabbi Emanuel SUNDAY: Gan Simcha, grades K, and 4-7, 9:30 a.m.-noon, at Tifereth Israel; grades 1-3 and Hallah High, 9:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at B’nai Jeshurun; LJCS Carwash Fundraiser, 1-3 p.m. ADULT EDUCATION WEDNESDAY: Kol Nidre service, 8 p.m. THURSDAY: Yom Kippur service, 10:30 a.m.; Children’s service, 2:30 p.m.; Afternoon service, 3:30 p.m. followed by Yizkor and Neilah. Join the congregation after concluding services for a congregational Break-the-Fast Potluck in the social hall. Michelle Schreiber will coordinate, but needs help with set-up. Call her at 438.1081.
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m.
ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME SATURDAY: Shabbat Services, 9 a.m. led by Beyt Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation. WEDNESDAY, Erev Yom Kippur, Oct. 12: Kol Nidre, 7 p.m. led by Andrew Greenberg. THURSDAY, Oct. 13: Yom Kippur, 9 a.m. with Yizkor led by Andrew Greenberg; Mincha/ Neilah, 6:45 p.m. led by Rabbi Myer S. Kripke; The shofar will be blown by Robert Mosenkis.
TEMPLE ISRAEL FRIDAY: Shabbat Evening Service, 6 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel,
Rabbi Craig Marantz and Cantor Wendy Shermet will officiate. SATURDAY: Sparks Beneath the Surface, 9:30-10:15 a.m.; Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 a.m.; Tashlich, immediately following 10:30 a.m. service. Join us this year for the Tashlich service. Come to the 10:30 a.m. Shabbat service and follow us to Elmwood Park, or meet us the stream at about 11:30 a.m. MEMORIAL SERVICE Sunday, Oct. 9, 1 p.m., Temple Israel Cemetery, 6412 No. 42 St. ADULT EDUCATION SUNDAY, Oct. 9, 10:30 a.m.noon: Mensches with Wrenches with Len Burrell . WEDNESDAY, Kol Nidre: First service, 6 p.m.; Second service, 8:15 p.m. THURSDAY, Yom Kippur: Children’s service, 9 a.m.; Morning Service, 10:15 a.m.; Alternative Service, 10:15 a.m.; Ethics Panel immediately following; Musical Interlude, 1:30 p.m.; Moments of Remembrance, 2:30 p.m.; Family Youth Service, 2:30 p.m.; Afternon service, 3:30 p.m.; Yizkor, Neilah and Havdalah, 5 p.m.; Break the fast, 6:30 p.m. OTYG, Haunted Havdalah, Saturday, Oct. 15, 8 p.m.: Community Jewish seventh-12 graders are invited to havdalah at Annie Rips’ house (672 J.E. George Blvd). Board the bus at Temple for a ride to area haunted houses. No cost for OTYG members; $10 for all others. MONDAY, Oct. 17, Erev Sukkot, 7:30 p.m. Bring the family at 6:30 p.m. to make decorations to add to our outdoor sukkah, followed by a potluck dinner. Ice cream and cookie Oneg Shabbat follows services. Call the Temple office, 556.6536, by Friday, Oct. 14 to make your reservation. There is no charge. TUESDAY, Oct. 18: Sukkot Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.
NEIGHBORHOOD MINYAN There will be no services in October.
TIFERETH ISRAEL Services conducted by Rabbi Royi Shaffin. Minyan, MONDAY & THURSDAY, 9 a.m. FRIDAY: Services, 8 p.m. with an Oneg following. SATURDAY: Morning service, 9:30 a.m. WEDNESDAY: Men’s Lunch Group will meet at the Knolls, 12:30 p.m. Contact Yale Gotsdiner at 423.7066. WEDNESDAY: Kol Nidre, 6:30 p.m. THURSDAY, Oct. 13: Yom Kippur Service, 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Services conclude at 7:45 p.m.
October 7, 2005
Torahs Have New Home
Can We Atone?
Jewish Press, Omaha, NE
Be a role model; the person you want your kid to be. What stronger anti-drug message is there?
SPARKS FROM THE WORD by RABBI MYER S. KRIPKE
Former residents from the Jewish settlement Gush Katif in Gaza celebrate the arrival of Torah scrolls to their synagogue in their new home of Nitzan on Sept. 19. Protestors hoped to influence the Supreme Court justices to prevent the demolition by the IDF of synagogues in former Jewish settlement in Gaza and the northern West Bank. In the end, the court ruled that the synagogues could be demolished before the IDF finally left. However this was overturned by the cabinet. No sooner had the last IDF vehicles trundled out of Gaza at dawn on Sept. 12 than jubilant Palestinians planted national flags on the rubble of Jewish settlements and, not unexpectedly, armed mobs started setting the synagogues ablaze. Credit: Edgar Asher of ISRANET
Sukkot Celebration at Temple Starts with Sukkah Decorating, Potluck Dinner by CLAUDIA SHERMAN Temple Israel Communications Coordinator Sukkot is one of the three shalosh regalim, festivals observed in ancient times with pilgrimages to Jerusalem. Also a harvest festival, Sukkot recalls the days when Israelite farmers went to the fields and lived in lean-tos until the harvest was gathered. Coming in the fall after the long dry summer, Sukkot precedes the rainy season in Israel. Therefore, prayers of thanksgiving were offered for the rains which had benefited the year’s crops. Here in eastern Nebraska, most of us would agree it’s been a long hot summer and we could use the moisture of autumn rainfall for the crops farmers raise in this part of the country. On Monday, Oct. 17, Temple Israel will celebrate Sukkot and thank God for the goodness of the earth and its harvest. Families are invited to come to Temple at 6:30 p.m. to decorate the sukkah. Temple will supply the decorating materials. But bring your appetite for the potluck dinner prior to the 7:30 p.m. family service. Temple will provide beverages. If you have a new child, born since last year’s High Holy Days, bring the baby for a special blessing to be given by the clergy during the dinner hour. Following the worship service which will conclude in the sukkah, Women of Reform Judaism will provide an ice cream and cookie Oneg. Please make reservations by Friday, Oct. 14 for the dinner although there is no charge to attend. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, 10:30 a.m., there will be a worship service in the Livingston Chapel.
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Yom Kippur In our age, we have become so sophisticated that we do not assign direct meaning to concepts of sin and atonement. We think of them mainly as metaphors. Some of us may remember our parents using the “sin� when we were children. And we may remember our colleagues when we were already adults, chiding us for offensive ideas or actions and charging us with “sinful conduct.� The fact is that we do, consciously or unconsciously, offend other people all the time. Children offend parents and parents, children. Husbands and wives. Friends and colleagues and partners. Fellow teachers and fellow students. Fellow employers and fellow employees. It is the need to reconcile with other people that Yom Kippur recognizes and advocates. But the long prayers for the day are directed, as it were, to God. It is our expression of regret, and the feeling behind the expression that the Day requires. We are better persons for going through this process of soul searching. It is this that clears our conscience. One of the devices of the liturgy is the alphabetic listing of our sins and sinfulness. Most of us remember that as children we denied to ourselves that we “didn’t do all that!� “Ashamnu bagadnu�--that’s so much more serious than the petty things which we have done. But the text requires of us that we admit to all of this sophisticated offense, not once but many times during the day, in order to jog our memories and help us to see where we have been wrong. If we could learn to take the prayer more seriously it would be of great psychological help to us. We rarely challenge ourselves morally. We assume that we are just about right. “Ashamnu bagadnu� tells us that we are just about wrong. If Yom Kippur is to be something more for us than a long and tedious day of reading and listening, reading and listening, we shall have to cut into our moral obesity and find a way to more sensitive and more genuine feeling. Yom Kippur does not let us go, not easily. It holds onto us and forces us to recognize the gravity of the day. It obliges us to look into the inner self and see ourselves for what we are. It urges us to be better. If we cannot be saints or tzadikim, at least we must endeavor to try. It’s the trying, the endeavor, that the day urges upon us.
Beth Israel to Hold Tashlich Service and Picnic at Beaver Lake by MARY BORT for Beth Israel Synagogue Beth Israel Synagogue will hold its annual Tashlich service during a picnic this Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Beaver Lake home of Paul and Susie Shyken. Those planning to attend should meet at Beth Israel at 11 a.m. and then everyone will caravan to the Shyken’s house. According to Rabbi Jonathan Gross, “Around the time of Rosh Hashanah, it is customary to gather at a river or other flowing body of water and recite a few selected prayers. One of the verses we recite is from the book of Micha, ‘And cast into the depths of the sea all of their sins.’ Therefore, we symbolically ‘cast away’ past year transgressions by throwing breadcrumbs into the water.� Gross added, “In previous years, Beth Israel’s brief Tashlich service has been held at Elmwood Park. This year we’re trying something new, at a different location. We’re able to do this thanks to the generosity of the Shykens, who are kindly hosting the picnic at their lake home.� For more information about the Tashlich service and picnic, please call the synagogue office at 556.6288.
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Temple Israel Moving Ahead on New Building Process by CLAUDIA SHERMAN Temple Israel Communications Coordinator Temple Israel’s sanctuary was filled nearly to capacity last month with congregants who came to hear what the next step would be following a three-year process of discussion and community conversations culminating in a vote to move forward, investigate, look for land, and continue the process to relocate. Wendy Goldberg, President of Temple’s Board of Trustees, addressed the congregation proclaiming that “collectively we will create sacred space that will tell our stories and honor our tradition. I am confident,” she continued, “we are prepared to and capable of building a new Temple that will reflect the mission of our congregation. We are blessed with great talent, strong will, and unmatched dedication.” She went on to say that teams will host forums or community conversations to analyze, research, and evaluate the viable options of building a new synagogue. “I assure you,” she pledged, “we are all committed to the openness of the process and (the leadership) will continually be held accountable to the congregation.” She also said that “it is my sincere intent that we build more than a building--this endeavor promises an opportunity to build community as we find strength and support from each other deepening our understanding of and relationship to our fellow Jewish people, our tradition, and most importantly, God.” Rabbi Aryeh Azriel spoke next commencing with a moment of silence for those who were evacuated, exiled, and displaced by Hurricane Katrina and Israel’s disengagement from Gaza. Then he called for “this family of ours to move on! To dream again! To imagine and create our next home. Tonight,” he said, “we have the opportunity and the privilege to be summoned to the holy task of building, both the physical and spiritually, the next Temple Israel.” Suzanne Singer spoke briefly about Temple’s 134-year history which has taken place in three buildings with the most years spent in the current building. Board President-elect Jon Meyers explained that since the spring of 2002, more than 25 locations were considered by a site selection committee. “In November of 2004, the Board voted to accept a gift of land located at approximately 168th and West Dodge Road. The gift was structured with an incredible amount of flexibility, allowing “the site selection committee to continue to look for sites,” Meyers said. He insisted that “this is not a done deal. It is a process. We are totally committed to continuing this open process. The Long Range Planning Committee and the new
After speakers John Meyers and John Waldbaum talked about future plans, congregants Anne Shackman, Andi Willensky and Vicki Perlmeter gathered to ask questions (below). Temple Israel 21st Century Campus Steering Committee which includes Meyers, John Waldbaum, Rick Fox, and Stacey Rockman, “will be the people to insure that this ‘culture of inclusion’ will not be abandoned.” “We have begun the process of selecting an architect,” added Waldbaum, Building and Grounds Chairman. “Ten members of the congregation have volunteered to review and evaluate materials we receive from various architectural firms.” Information has been requested from three Omaha architects and nine outside of Omaha. The Architectural Selection and Design Committee, one of 22 programming committees, could
possibly recommend an architect by mid-December. By April or May of 2006, Waldbaum speculated, “We could begin to see preliminary plans.” He also said, the 21st Century Campus Committee would “try to involve a general contractor in the process to help us establish the cost of the project as we go along.” At that point, Amee Zetzman, co-chairman along with Orly Gilat of the Long Range Planning Committee, asked the congregants to move to 12 separate rooms for smaller group discussions. The conversation centered on topics such as what the groups like and don’t like about the current building and what they have seen that impresses them about other buildings. Gilat pointed out that “all participants had a great opportunity to share their thoughts and expectations filling the rooms with hope and a sense of togetherness.” Afterwards, everyone reconvened for informal conversation in the social hall “where people shared experiences and reviewed input from other groups,” said Gilat. Meyers said he noted “a feeling of cooperative excitement” in the social hall and that most congregants support “that we are staying the course on the process.” Gilat added, “Everyone left knowing that this was only the beginning of discussion and that there will still be plenty of other opportunities to contribute.” “We were very excited about the level of enthusiasm that everyone had,” mentioned Zetzman. “Our congregation has terrific ideas, and we were happy that they were willing to share their thoughts and ideas with us. It was a great night, and the beginning of something great.”
Klutznick/Harris Symposium Celebrates 20th Year with ‘Love’
by CAROL KATZMAN Editor of the Jewish Press Maybe it’s just coincidence...or maybe organizer Dr. Leonard Greenspoon chose the theme of “Love: Real and Ideal in the Jewish Tradition” because he knew what the outcome would be. Regardless, the theme certainly reflected both the attendance--more than 170 came for the dinner and Sunday evening’s keynote on Sept. 18--and the camaraderie of the presenters. Above, from left: Dr. Greenspoon, holder of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton University, introduces himself to Jewish students
at Creighton. Representing the Jewish Federation, Michael Abramson, seated, listens to Kevin Saltzman, “a shirt tail relative of Phil Klutznick”, describe him as “a man of vision” and “what they need” in rebuilding New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Lawrence Shiffman gave the keynote speech about Ahava--love, and Chesed-kindness. He asked the question: “If you define love--is it still love?” He proceeded to give examples from the Bible...everything from sexual love and forbidden unions to what happens when a parent loves one child more than another to society’s responsibility to one another.
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