Elimination of Terrorists Is Vowed by Israel's Peres Uriel) Defense Minister IraiMlng. Israeli commandos storShim on Peres vowed Tuesday in Uie waiie of five med the building four hours Idllings by Arab terrorists later and killed all thcee that Israeli armed forces Arabs. Enraged townspeople would liunt dowiv the then threw the bodies of the terrorists until "the last one terrorists — one reportedly headless — out of the of them is eliminated." In the meantime, the building, doused them with Pentagon was seemingly gasoline and set them afire. Before police doused the disputing a report by Israel's Prime Minister, Yitzhalt flames and dragged the Rabin, that the Russians were bodies away, the crowd unloading 20 shiploads of shouted, "Death to the arms at the port of LataUa in terrorists!" Responsibility for the atSyria. The latest terror-murder tack was claimed by the raid by Arabs came Tuesday Marxist Popular Democratic when three Arabs armed with Front for the Liberation of Soviet-made automatic rifles Palestine, which vowed to and hand grenades seized a "continue to strike" until it three-story apartment house has succeeded in driving the in Beit Shean near the Jor- Israelis out. A police report that the danian border. The trees terrorttis Ulled terrorists had come from the five Iiraelli — three men and Jordan River suggested that two women — and another 22 beleaguered Israel may have persons, mmlly chtMren, anew woe: that King Hussein suffered Intaries wlien they of Jordan may have lifted his ban on leaped from wtodowi In the four-year-old
!«BW YOKK - Members of Betar. a Zlenhil LjrouUi organizalioD, prepare lo set fire to an effigy of Palestine Liberation Orginiiation |(PIJO) leader Yask- Arafat suUlde United 'NaUona headquarters In New Ya^. Animal blood Is splattered on the sUewalk as part of
tbe protest. T>rply-elgbt measbers of the group wtrt arrested during the demonstration, one of a series in New York in protest Ui the srrlval of the PLO delegation to Ukr part In the U.N. General Assenbly's debate on Palestine.
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Press Honored in Chicago CHICAGO - The Jewtah Division (pop. M.Mt snd Press won the Inlarmediate above) was the Combiaed Cities Award for Best Special Jewish Philanthropies j>l l>ublicat ion-Supplement Greater Boston for "The during the Council of Jewish Middle East Crisis — A Federations and Welfare gyllsbas". Honorable V'und's General Assembly nentton went lo the United here last week. Jewish Federation of PiltThe Jewish Federation of sbargh for its Yom KIppur Omaha, the Press' publisher, • War supplement in the PiUand the paper's former sburgh Jewish Chronicle. editor, Mrs. Mickey Greenberg, were honored for the The awards were among a New Year 1973 ediUon which record-breaking SB public bad as its theme, "Profile of relations awards for outthe Jewish Community — standing programs in the Revealing the Omaha Jew". complete range of public relations and comThe issue presented the munications services results of a question-andpresented to 30 cities •nswer survey of the eomnunily which allempted lo •how where Omaha's Jews Blood on vital Jewish issues •uch as belief in God, synagogue attendance, ^eping kosher, inOMAHA — Because of the termarriage and support for Thanksgiving Holiday on Israel. Thursday, Nov. 28, (he The Intermediate Cities deadline for news copy for the Division includes cities Jewish Press is Sunday, Nov. bmerally in the 5,000^(0 20,000 24. nnge in Jewish population. The deadline for tite Dec. 6 Among cities in the group are issue for news and adIndianapolis, Las Vegas, St. vertising will be Friday, Nov. ^aul, Minn., and New 2>. br leans. I Wlaacr in the Urge Cttlas WMM NMmMMMMW
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The. awards were announced Thursday at the Plenary Session of the 43rd General Assembly. Mrs. Greenberg, accompanied by her husband Mort, former Omaha Federation executive director now with the Orange County, Calif., Federation, was on hand to accept the award. The Greater Miami Jewish Federation, winner of the award for the best set of yearround materials, led the field and distinguished llaeif in nine other categories. Omaha was one of 19 Federations winning single awards. Nat Kameny of Bergen County, N.J., chairman of the PR Awards Committee, said the awards indicate the various Federations' increasing awareness of the need to use the full range of media to support campaigning and to tell the "yearround Federation story . . . And quite evident, too, in the competition was the steppedup role community publications and papers were playing in answering the needs of today's readers."
terrorists operating from hi* country. Talk of peace by ike Palestine Liberation ^ Organization's Ysssir Arafat iMfore the United Nations General Assembly last week was proven by the attack to be "nothing but a bloody dagger pointed at the heart of Israel," said Israeli iaformatioB Minister (Jen. Aharon Yarlv. When the terrorists attacked, many tenants wrapped their children in bedsheets and lowered them to the ground on clotheslines, according to witnesses. William Beecher, a Pentagon spokesman, meanwhile confirmed that some 20 to 2S Soviet and Eastern-bloc vessels were in LataUa, but he said that numt>er of ships was about the normal level and that "only a very small number" were believed unloading military equipment.
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$15MHUon ts Aiiocatedat GA CHICAGO (JTA) - A total of fIS million was allocated this year by 210 Jewish communal groups throughout the country for Jewish ediKation In the U.S., it was reported by I. Jerome Stern to the 2,500 communal leaders from the US:, Canada and abroad attending the 43rd (ieneral Assembly of tbe Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. The money raised this year, he said, was double (he amount allocated for Jewish education'in 1966^
Stern, chairman of the Committee on Federation Planning ' for Jewish Education, said the funds, raised by communal groups affiliated with the CJF, were used to maintain and enlarge programs dealing with cultural enrichment and Jewish identification. Hr reported that some 60 percent was used to subsidize Jewish elementary and high schools while the remaining 40 percent was utilized by 74 Federation-supported boards of Jewish education and committees for aodio-vlsual
Women's Division Plan Luncheon OMAHA - The first Women's Division Philanthropies event for the 1S7S campaign is a the Grand Givers Luncheon scheduled for 12:30p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, in the Cloud Room of the Plaza Club. The guest speaker will be Mrff. Ruth Tekoah, wife of Josef Tekoah, Israeli Ambassador lo the United Nations.
Co-chairmen for the luncheon are Mrs. Harold (Harriet) Chernlackand Mrs. Nick (Barbaras Rips. Grand Givers Division chairmen are Mrs. Jules (Carolyn) Newman, Mrs. Jack (Audrey) Cohen and Mrs. Millard (Shirley) Rosenberg. Mrs. Caryl Greentierg is Women's Division chairman for the campaign.
material, curriculum aMa. texts and consultants. Allocations for Jewish day schools. Stern said, are currently above $4 million. Figures he provided showed that about 75,000 children attend Jewish day schools In this country, 200,000 attend week-day afternon schools and 125,000 attend Jewish Sunday schools. Stern noted that Jewish Federations and welfare fund organizations in Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Toronto and New York are allocating $1 million or more for Jewish education. However, he said, "allocations lo all-day JewiiAi schools continue to grow at a faster rate, and in our large cities already represent 22 percent of all funds expended. (Continued on page 2)
Public Invited OMAHA-The regular monthly meeting of tbe Jewish Federation of OmaiM board of directors will be Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 7:30p,m. in (he Jewish Community Center. The public is invMad to attend.
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Fun and Educational Aspects Of Jewish Books Is Feature
SMILES OF ACCOMPLISHMENT — Tbc NatlMwl Fc4eraliM W Jewish Mea'i Chibt. an aiMciallMi M ITS bralkerhaMb af, nUatcd wiUi Ue Conwrvailvc MavencBt. climaxed aa eiiraartiaary year af 4c4icaUaa to Ike Leaden Tralnfaig FeUowaip rr*Sraai by caaliibMtaif to the Jewish Tbeolecical Seaitaary a( Aaicrka to total af IM.***. Alaacd at high KbM>l hoyt aad (hia wha are caMlaaiaB their Jewiih sladlea. LTF far •MTc thaa tw« decades has eacaaraged the devdapmeal af Marc rabMa. caatara. teachers aad lay ceagregattoaal leaders. la Itn the Fedcratiaa faileastfied is conailtBeat to LTF by vatiag a laaadatory aasessmeat lor its conslltaeal claba Ihraaghaat the Ualted SUIes aad Caaada. The Hrst year's sleppcd-ap effarto prodaced t2«.«M, nore thaa aae half af LTF's aaaaial badget admlaistered by the SeMlaary. Phato Made hi New Yarfc at preseautiaa af Haal M.tM check rcflecU callecUve glow af prUe by. left to right. Rabbi Joel 8. Genea. the Fedcratloa's spirltaal advisor; Syvia Ettenberg. Asaaclale Deaa al Seaiaary College af Jewish Stodies — Teachers lasUtate aad NFJMC Prcsl4eat I. Marrary Jacobs af Birmingham. Michlgaa.
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OMAHA - That Jewish books can provide fun and also learning experiences for children will be one of the main features of the Jewish Book Fair this Sunday. Nov. 24, from 1 lo 5 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Jewish Community Center. The children's program will begin at 1 :Mp.m. with a story hour and arts and crafts session for pre-school to Grade 2. At approximately 2:4S p.m., all interested children are invited lo • puppet show. From 3:15 to 4 p.m. a special arts and crafts program will be hek) for children in Grades 3-( to learn the book-binding process and lo then make their own scrapbooks or portfolios. A second story hour for preschoolers-Grade : will be held from 4-4:3P p.m. While the children are busy, all adults are invited lo lake a walk through a myriad of booths with displays of books for sale, many appropriate for Hanukah gifts, as well as displays of books for loan for your reading pleasure. In addition. Book Fair visitors will learn how books are transcribed into Braille, sec what is involved when a scribe writes on a parchment scroll, learn about the history of Jewn in America by
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viewing the on-loan exhibit from the American Jewish Archives and listen lo taperecorded mini-book reviews of books of current Jewish interest. Anything not directly available at the Fair will gladly be ordered. Cataktgues wiU be avaUaUe. The entire family is invited 10 attend the Fair. Theo and Now — New Crisea, New Needs
$15 MilUmm^^cated (CoolOauMS^fLgelV^ •'MWSnlifth the objwrtivc for Jewish education. The Assembly adopted a resolution calling for expansion of support for Jewish ediKatioa. The five-day Assembly, which ended Sunday, focussed on priority measires to strengthen the quality of Jewish life in North America and lo relate it lo the diverse concerns of American cities as well as to that of Israel and world Jewry. More thaa !•• accOags were heU dariag the five days, bicliidhig early breakfast sesslaas aad past-midnight meetlags. Raymond Epstein, who was re-elected president of the CJF, sUted that the Couocil has begun lo scrutinize itself "in an effort lo make it more representative, more responsive to the interests of its constituent Federations."
CUIdrm atlMidJni « imr-tama f»r liK'kaadred hoj» mnd girU Ml lb« $r4unA» «f tlie Momi Aliysk Children'! Vill<|e, • pr*i«<1 af American Misraebl W«mcn. VacaUont (or rhildtwn from ltr*«W len>« border M(tlemenl*. and da)r-«are for rhildrcn of workins molherft, ara rareivins «orial aoipbasii in profraa a«M of Amarican Misracbl women dnre tha 1971 Yam Kippar I'ar In liraal.
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He noted that "we not only seek to faithfully respond to those constituent Interests but we must venture at times to lead them or al least to expose Ihem lo new, emerging, relevant concerns and solutions. We see our role today not as one of passive response but an acceptance of responsibiUty for initiating thoae actions which will best serve Federation goals."
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of acting as "a collective community" a number of actions will be taken, including a restructuring of the CJF board and a schedule calling for more meetings throughout the country to make the CJF more accessible for participation by all, Epslein said.
^ths Mrs. Ben Novak of Omaba is greal-grandmotber of Benjamin Novak, born recently in Hawaii lo Mr. and Mrs. James Novak. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hurwita and Mike Rockiln all of Sioux City, Iowa, are grandparents and great-grandfather, respectively, of Jason Daniel Hurwitz, bom lo Mr. and Mrs. William Hurwitz of Sioux aty. IIORAOUATE Eleven Russian dental practitioners recently graduated from a It^MMith crash course In modern Western dentistry at the Hebrew Universlty-Hadaaaah School of Denial Medicine.
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r/!r Ae (^uu^g^ttby Pro St^Sbe Wlade Cantw a 'Do-h-Yoursi [ OMAHA - U you've ever [been forced to "do-ltijrourself" because qf high teat '•charged by otheri, then tjrou're in league with Cantor ;Leo rettman of Beth IITMI fSynagogue. It was hia exasperation •ome IS years ago over what be (eit was an oatragtau* fee 'Charged by a profesaional iBebrww scribe that forcwl 'him into volunteering to fix ^damaged or otherwiac im'yerisct Tarahs. l Bat hapiiily enoagh, bis [•sparienee in MM in Ontario, ICvada will allow him to demonstrate some M the skills ol s Hateww serthe to i^Omabans Sunday at tbe ,Jmriah Bock Fair at the f:Cammaaity Oantar. • TheeshMlieawahaaaeef kaMajr at the Fair, bela« haU Ja f —ttlsa wUh Jewish ^Beifc MaiMh. The Fah Is speasered by the Jewish Fsdersllsa sf Oauha Ubrary i^uader dkecliea af Ukrsriaa fBdye Wele sad Uferary SCkaalttee Chalnaaa Mirris :^HanaMB. I Specificaliy, Cantor Fettiman, who came to Omaha from Madison, Wis., this past summer, will demonstrate his skill at correcting acripture. "If a Torah is damaged or a letter Is missing. It must be fixed," he noted.
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scribe since I know how to -write •cript." Cantor Fetanan explained that the Hebrew term for HELBHA-KIINSrEIM
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Omahans in The News Mrs. lone Kubby, an El Paao woman who has strong family ties In the Midlands, is new national president of the American Legion Audliary — reportedly the first Jewish president in that organization's M years. Mrs. Kubby, 61, mother of two and grandmother of eight, ia a sister-in-law of Mrs. Mary Kubby of Omaha and of Ju(^ and Mrs. Ben E. KiMy of Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. aherman Sperling of Omaha are a niece and Mrs. Kubby was dected and installed national praitdsnt at tbe Auxiliary's mid-Oetaber cottvanUen la Waml, Ha. She has wotted bi tbe AnslUary II years and
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Bcrlhe Is "soier'* "Solertei" tiasue mm Ifae fsot of a are few In the United SUtes, kosher animal. Tbe scribe although there are in- must be careful, however, to dependent scholars who write see that every letter Is and eorract script, he said. properly placed and that the In hia demonstration stylus does not pierce the Sunday, will display the letters. Before leaving Madison for proper tools and mater^ used in correcting s Torah. Onsha, Cantor Fettman The esacntlsl toob needed are dlacovered, quite by accidnet, indelible ink, stylus, ruler and that the imiel FoundaUon a quill, he ssid, explaining Rotahs on the University of that the quill, made from a Wiiconain campus were not turhey feather, is used as a kosher. He related how be had twen pen. The point is cut diagonally to give it a flat called upon to correct a mistake In the previous surfsee. Before the cantor begins, he week's Torah. "I found the miist purify himself by im- mistalw and corrected it. I mersing in a ritual tMlh (ailfc- also sewed it," he said. But veh). Later, wearing the the fallowing week, the rabbi traditional Jacket, he tests the appraoched the cantor, feather and ink by writing the telling him the mistake still name "Aauiek" and then existed. Whereupon Cantor Fettcrossing it out. "Amiek" means "enemy of the Jews" man discovered not only that and after this ritual, he may . he had been given the wong Torah the first time, but also then make his corrections. Cantor Fettman, who that neither Torah in the believes he is quslified only, synagogue was kosher. "They to correct the mistakes in had not been written on existing scrolls ratlier than kosher parchment," he exwrite new Torahs, says too plained. The cantor will demondifficult to correct mistakes in the Torah "since the ink strate his skills during the can be acraped off with a Fair's 1 to S p.m. schedule of events Sunday. knife." If a scroll is torn, it may be sewn together with gMdca.
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University, recently served as a juror In the selection of art for the 33rd Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual In Green Bay, Wis. Mrs. Krsft, who started st Creighlon in 1965, is the first woman department chairman In the Jesuit sclxmrs College of Arts and Sciences. A recent guest lecturer at the University of NebraskaOmaha was Susy Buehwald, a UNO education graduate who this past summer was promoted to imit coordinator for Slephaa Cottage at Tbe Christian Home in Council Bluffs. Her topic at UNO was group therapy; she is presently woridng toward a licease in transactional therapy. Ms. Bucbwald, daugblar «f Mr. and Mrs. Norman. Buehwald of Omaha, is a l*6a graduate of Central High School who was active in United Synagogue Youth and who taught religious school at Beth El Synagogue.
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Over 1,300 View Photos OMAHA — Over l,aoo people have viewed the internationay acclaid, "Jeruialem: City of Mankind" photographic extiibit, now on display in the Jewish Comnnunity Center's auditorium. It cloaes Nov. 21.
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Here's a score (or you: Iowa 40, Nebraska 3. No, that's not a prediction o( the outcome of the Nebraska-Iowa college football game scheduled for 1979. Rather, It's a much more recent "score" that seemingly licflects something a lot more Important for Nebraska ilewry than football. The figures represent the number of repfMentatlvw Irhich the Jewish communities in the two itates MOt to Tlie exhibit l>egan with the JBie Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Finds' organization. The Internatiooal Fund For Concerned General Assembly a week ago in Chicago. In the language of football, which is quite popular Photography, which comiDiese days in both states, Nebraska was handed a missioned 21 photographers 'thrashing" by its sister-state, Iowa. And, as they form Israel, United States. •ometimes say in sporta, the "game" was as lopsided as Austria, and France to record the inuge of their Jerusalem. (be score indicates. What the "score" shows is that Iowa — which has The exhibit was brought io about 3,000 Jews in Des Moines and about 1,500 in Omaha by the Center's pavenport-Bettendorf and Sioux City - had 40 delegates Cultural and Performing Arts at the convention while Nebraska, which has over 6,000 Departmeln with assistance Jews in Omaha alone, had only three representatives. from the Nebraska Arts And two of those were profeosloaal staff members from Council, which is an am of tlie National Endowment to HsFederatkin. the Arts, and from the The breakdown for Iowa shows Des Moines with 32 International' Fund For lepreaentaUves, Sioux City with six and Davenport- Concerned Pliolography in Bettendorf, two. New York. Futbermore, the lowans were involved in leading of Many groups and inparts of the General Assembly — for example, Harlan Bockenberg and Gary Rubin were chairmen of dividuals liave toured the exhibit tlie last two weeics, groups that included representatives from including Talud Torah, itbe country. Northwest High School, Lewis Part of the reason for Des Moines' fine represen- and Clark Junior High School tation is its junior leadership program, which has and various church groups Itrongly stimulated interest among ttiat city's young have visited the Exhibit. men and women in matters of Jewish life. Omalia, Bteanwtiile, has been struggling to get something starled, and little has been heard from Lincoln's 500 or so Jewish residents. And Des Mofaies has not Evented its delegates' trips to these General Assemblies — Dr. Gerald S. Pemuui, Des Moines Jewish Welfare Federation executive director, said the organization has decided igainst such funding. Therefore, what must be motivating Iowa's Jews is pride in and concern for Judaism itself — which is what motivates the General Assembly, too. For it is at the Assembly that programs for the enhancement of Jewish Hfe, both in North America and in Israel — are fortaiulated, discussed and revised. Apathy is our worst enemy. If we don't care for putaelves, wlw will? I Ca^atulations to the Iowa contingent on its fine Wprewntntlon. :%. For those Nebraskans wtio could have gone but ilidn't, there's always next year. Next year's Assembly is iciieduled for San FYancisco — which is farther from Omaha than is Chicago — but even so, the time to start planning for next year, the time to start training new pDung leaders, is now.
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Jewish Culture Oasis in Heart of America EdiUr-s Note: In rec*g>IUa« •! Jewish Book ami oT Uie Oaialui Jewlsli FederaUon Ubrary-B B«ak Fair Uds Smiday. Nav. 24. TiM Jewisli Press la repriaUag this calaaiB by Carl Alpert. wiM regularly writes fraai lile peat al tlie TechaiMi In IsrseL The celama. which first aypcarcd IT years aga la the Nalloaal Jewish Past, featares Alpert's ahacrvalioaa •( Uw Ubrary as he fauad it la Ita larmer haaae at IM Mara 2ath8U«et. AHhaiigh aiach has cbaaged — far iastaace. the Ukrary is m*m at Uw new JCC oa llZad 8t. aad the (Um catalegae is In aeed of apdathig (aad saea will be I we feel the cahnaa is atiU aa accwate aad lasplriag view ol this faistitatloa. MMUI
Omaha, Neb. — Here in the heart of America's breadlMsket, a center for railroad lines, perched on the edge of the great Western Plains, is to be (ouod a Jewiah cultural oasis with influence and ramifications throughout the IJnited SUtea. Invited to visit the Jewish Commtmlty Library of Omaha, a visitor would expect to find a modest collection of current books and the usual collection of Ixxik discarda from attics, rummage sales and the houses of oldtime local scholars, now deceaaed. He will be surprised to discover a veritable treasury of Jewish Imowledge and culture — a
collection which must be ranked among lh« very best working Jewish Ubraries in America. Onaka's Jewish Commaalty Library Is not restricted tebMks alone. Ita coUecUoo o( films — OB Israel. Judaism, bolldayt and general dacameatarles — Is probsbly the most complete (lie available la the cMinb-y- And I mean availahie. because Uils to not a prescrvaliaa vauH. The (IIBS are ctrcalated. and an ladlcatlsa sf the services rendered may be (ouad In the handreds of ordcri received from JewUh communMIe* In every part o( Uie land. There to probably no film of Jewish biterest and value which can not be lauad here. Send for their catalogue and sec. In lilce fashion there has been built up a library of recordings — liturgical, dances, foik-aongs, that has few equals. While these do not circulate out of the immediate Omaha area, the caUiogue issued by the library authorities is an invaluable key to contemporary Jewish music. Nothing else like it has been published by any of the great national Jewish organiiations or the giant insUtuUons of Jewish learning. It remained for Omaha to do the Job. For » years this library hat diligently and conscientiously gone about acquiring (Continued on page S)
Bluff News
By Syhria Telpaer The Council Bluffs Chapter of Hadaaaah will honor David Gallner with an Associate Hadassah Membership at a dinner on Sunday, Nov. 24, 8:30 p.m. at the Beth Israel Synagogue Social Hall. DavM lias been an outstanding worker for Hadassah and Is greatly appreciated by all the memt>ers. Tlie presentation will t>e by Hadassah President Flora Telpner. with Kenneth Sacks as master of ceremonies. Principal speaker will be Mrs. Nathan Bernstein of Lincoln, Neb., who is regional Hadassah president. Jeanette
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Katelman will handle the introduction. Betty Stemhill is dinner chairman. Co-chairmen are Sarah Sacks and Fannie Gordon. Vera Tepperman ia program chairman. For reservatloiu, call either Vera Tepperman (332-0149) or AnnetU Brown (322-63(7). Gene Telpner of Winnipeg, Canada, son of Mrs. Sylvia Telpner, was a weekend visitor with his family. Edie ColkSi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Colick, assisted Abe Katelman in conducting the memorial service honoring the late Lou Passer last Pridsy.night at B'nai Israel Synagogue. Edie is aciwdaied to perform in "Road Show" at Abraham Lincoln High School in the Bluffs this weelcend. She also hat been chosen a member of the Courtesy aub
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Jewish Culture Oasis in Heart of America (Continued from Patjge 4) •verything published in English that would be M value in a Jewith community collection. :tvery book and pamphlet, every album of art, •very film and film-itrlp, every recording, no matter where produced, wa> added to (he coUectlon. One will find no incunabula or rare first •diUons here, but the compleleneM of the modem collection li staggering. The organization of the library is also a pleasure to behold. The thousands of books are -grouped by category in a classification system which makes these treasures instantly •vailable. Just by way of illustration: Are you looking for material on great Jewish women or -0(1 the place of the woman in Jewish life? You'll find everything on the subject placed on • single shelf. Full credit must be given to the leaders of the local community who annually authorise a liudget of ts.OOO from community funds for the maintenance and expansion of the library. The pcaylc of Onaba make goo4 use of liM lOHvry. For OMKICWS especially, it has kccome the acknowledged, anlharltatlvc cealcr ol iatormatlon and nalerial on every aaiwcl of Jewisb life in America and abrsad. I woadcr if the Jews of Omaka take tkeir library lar granted — act realising that It Is a aniqnc hiitttutioa.
Omaha's catalogues have become well known, but if you have not seen them you can ask for copies. List of Jewish films? List of LP recordings, cross-indexed by each song? List of every book and album on Jewish art, with description of the contents? Write to the Jewish Library at 110 N. Twentieth St., Omaha, for a copy, and you'll see what I mean. As the reader prot>ably surmises, there is a personality behind all this. He is Paul Veret, director of the Federation for Jewish Services in Omaha. In this capacity lie is responsible for the Community Center, the fundTaising, and no doubt many duties in the field of general social work. That he has also had the time and the will to devote to the creation of this cultural supernurket is an indication of the kind of man he ia. Incidentally, I call it a supernrurket rather than a cultural storehouse because of the obvious difference in functions. There are many Jewish communities in America which are bigger and wealthier than Omaha. New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, down through several more scores of cities have their educational institutions and agencies of note. But of them all, I nominate Omaha for the (itle of the Yavneh of America. (Fram the Nalkinal Jewish Poet, Nov.Zt,lH7)
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Lincoln Lights By Eatollc Reseaberg 'The South Stovet Temple Nsterhood will cater a Runza ind Hot Dog Supper Sunday, Nov. M, at »:30 p.m. at the iTcmple. Reservations leadline is Friday. Nov. 22. Ibe fee is t2 for adulu, tl.M lor children under U.
: The Uncoin Chapter of I'nai B'ritb will sponsor a "Go Big Red" - New Year Party Dec. 31 at tlie Corliiusker-Raddison Hotel. The T. V. Kick-Off wUl be at Ip.m. followed by dinner and eeckuils at •:aa. There also Will be favors and dancing. The fee is 125 a couple,ll2.50' per person. The B'nai B'rith Youth Organization will be jwUIng tickets door-to-door. Oill Bob Handleman, 483-1195 'or Jell Mellen for tickets: Tifereth Israel Jr. Congregation services will be Md Saturday, Nov. 23, at 10
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II is the Ume to begin thinking about how you would like to spend Dec. 25 with Hadassah.
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Fourtit Reich: A Reality By MAR'niVV. WOLF, PhD. This latest addition to the Omaha Federation Library's Holocaust Collection will sadden and enrage the Jewish reader simultaneously. Mr. Farago is a researcher rather than a Nazi hunter and his book explores in depth the complex conspiracy that permitted the Nazi fugitives to escajpe retribution and find safety in South America. The major emphasis is on Marin Borman, the former Reich leader and secretary to Hitler. Intracking the escape of Borman from Belin in 1945, Farago unearths the netwoork of conspiratiors from th Catholic Bishop, Alois Hudal, to Juan Peron, tlie Fascist dictator of Agentina. Tbe reader la revolted by (be part played by "decent" cbvrch autherltles and "neutral" countries that partlelpsted wllllagly and enthnsiastieally tai astbting tbe "defenders of Bolshevism" (o mskc good (beir eacapes. The book leaves no boubt as to what happened to at least 50,000 ex-Nazis living confortably in South America — Dr. Joseph Mengele practicing medicine in Paraguay; Colonel Hans Rudel, head of the Nazi rescue organization, Kameradenwerk, ably assisted by Eva Peron; Klaus Barbie enjoying his poet-war years in Bolivia. The author writes, "Dr. Mengle's presence is keenly fell, attested as it is by numerous eyewitnesses in Asuncion where he shows up from time to time to visit friends, take care of. some private buinsess, or do his shopping." American Jews who believe the Thrid Reich is gone must recognize their naivety if they read this book. There is now a second generation of young Chileans of German orignin organised in _ a neo-Nazi organization that is growing by leaps and bounds. Each
year the South American Nazis pick a Miss Nazi of the year.
Even the Israeli governmnet has drastically rediKed its efforts with their Secret Service. Eichmann was the last major thrust. Notxidy cares that the Nazi fugitives reporduced tliemselves and a new generation of future monsters thrive in the tropical paradises, of South . America. Mazism is not dead, and we Jews who delude ourselwes into thinking that It is, do a disservice to the six millk>n and to our future generations. This book should be read. (Dr. Wolf is assisUnt deaa at Iowa Western Community CoHege in Council Bluffs.)
This book should be read. It deals with reality - the reality of insufficient justice, of weak-kneed governments that did not prosecute when they had the facts, of political deals and police corruption paid for the the stolen money of millions of Holocaust victims. The reader is slapped In the face by the sUrk reality of the truth. Tbe Naii batchers did In fact escape; they are growing in Both America and in Europe.
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SERVICES: Friday: Following lervtces, Rabbi Sidney H. Brooia will hold an "If you Aik Me" open discussion on a number of subjects. Qu<>stions from (he Congregation are invited. Miss Ida Gitlin will direct the Temple Choir in the musical portions. There will be a Sabbath Coffee Hour HAR MITZVAH Scott Selfin, son of' Mr. and Mrs. Millard Seldin. will become Bar Mitzvah at U a.m. Saturday, Nov. 29. during Sabbath Morning
CONFIRMATION CLASS The Conflrmation Clan will meet at the Temple for their Tuesday, Nov. 12, 4:30 p.m. class with Rabbi Brooks SISTERHOOD GIFT SHOP The Sisterhood Gift Shop at Temple Israel with be open Sunday, Nov 24 from 10 a.m. until noon. NURSERY SCHOOL There will be no Nursery School on Friday, Nov. 29. HEBREW CLASSES There will be no Hebrew Claaaea on Thursday, Nov. 28.
MI/SIC CHAIRMAN Shalom A'ltman, Philadelphia music professor, has been named chairman of the Jewish Welfare Board Jewish Matic Council.
LEVITT NAMED William J. Levitt, founderchairman, Levitt & Sons, Inc , is recipient of the 1971 Appeal (or Human Relations Award of the American Jewish Committee.
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SERVICKS: Friday: Sat>l>alh Eve Services in (he Sanclu;ir>' al 8:rip.m K;il)t)i Myw S Kripko will di-liviMlhc sermon. Cantor C'haim Najmiin and (he Beth El Choir will conduii IlK- musical service Salarday: Morning Service 10 a.m. Mincha-Maariv 4:45 p.m. Sunday: »a nu Weekdays: Servicesal 7a.m. and7pm
Omaha Bath Israel SERVICES: Friday: Traditk>nal Evening Service* (Kabbalat Sbabbal) 4:45 p.m. I.jte Friday evening family service at 8:15 p.m.. conducted by Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, Cantor Loo Feltman and the Beth Urael C^hoir.
B'NAI MITZVAH Jeffrey Clayman. ion Mr. and Mrs. Albert Clayman, will l>ecome Bar Mitzvah on Friday, Nov. 29and Saturday, Nov. 30.
The 42 sludente of Beth Israel Religious school who entered the Book Review Contest Will be recognized at the family service. The chiklren's book reviews plus other materials will be on display in the Social Hall In observance of national Jewish Book Month
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The Sisterhood Gift Shop will be open for Channukah shopping on Sunday, Nov. 24 from 10 am. lo noon.
Council Bluffs B'nai Israel SERVICES: Saturday :9 a.m.
Morning Service: 8:45 am conducted by Habbi Nadoff and Cantor Feltman The Talmud class will be conducted by Rabbi Nadoff at 4:15 p.m. followed at 4:45 p.m. by Mincha, Sholas Sudoa and Maariv. Stmday: Minyan 9 a.m. folknved by breakfast and Rabbi's Bible class In the Book of benexis.
Siaiday :9 a.m.
Both services will be conducted fyy Mr Sam Sacks
Omaha B'nai Jacob Adas Yashiron SERVICES: Saturday: Morning Service: >:45a.m. Sunday: Morning Service: 8 a.m. Serviccil conducted by Rat>bi Abraham Elsomaeln.
Sabbath Candle Lighting Friday, Nov*mb«r 32,4i41 p,ni. Friday, Novombar 39,4:3* pjtt.
Benediction for Kindling Sabbath Lights:
Barukh Atoh Aiionoy Eloheinu Melekh Hoolam, Asher Kideshanu Bemitzvotav Vetzivanu Lehadlik Ner Shel Shobbot, (Blessed art Thou, 0 Lord, Our God, King of the Universe, Who sonctifies us by His Commondments and has commanded us to kindle the Sabbath lights.) ""
DaUy: Services at 7 a-m. and 4:45 p.m. B-NOT MITZVAH Tammy Yvette and Sydney Michelle, dai^hters of M. and Mrs. Abner Rubin, will beome B'not Mitzvah in a double ceremony Friday, Nov. 29, at 8:15 p.m.
Lincoln Tif erech Israel SERVICES: FRIDAV:8 p m. Oneg Shabbat: The American Melting Pot and The Jewish American Writer"-Phyllis BernI, UNL Saturday:9 a.m. Jr. Congregation 10 a.m. Rabbi Mark Bisman will conduct the services. Suaday:t a.m. Tifillin Oub, 9 a.m.
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SERVICES: Friday: 8 p.m. with Rabbi Barry D. Cytron. Family service. Cantor Spiro will chant the liturgy; SaUvday Shabbat classes 9:15 a.m. Tefillot 9:30 a.m. MinchaMaariv 4:45 p.m. Saaday: »:3» a.m. Daily: 7 am
Des Moines Temple B'nai Jeshurun SERVICES: Friday: 8 p.m. Family .Service. Rabbi Jay Goldburg will deliver the sermon. BAR MITZVAH Jay Edward Brown, son of Mr. aad Mrs. MUtan Brown, will become Bar Mitzvah on Friday, Nov. 22.
Dee Moines Children of Israel SERVICES: Regular rainy^n service^, Monday and Thursday 6:45 a.m.
Rabbi Daniel GoMberger. a Denver family and marriage counselor, will laad a Jewish Family Livioc Institute during Hanukaiij Dec. 13-15.
Lincoln B'nai Jeshurun SERVICES: Frlday:8 p.m. Rabbi Roberi Kaiser will conduct the community swica.
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Do You Remember? (YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Steiner announced the birth of a son, Edward Gilmore. Mr and Mrs. Ronald Greene announced the birth of their son, David. Dan Pollack and Dan Lipsey observed their B'nai Mitzvah
10 YEARS AGO Craig Fisher, James Rice and Bruce MusUn became B'nai Mitzvah. Norma Migdol and Marshall Fried announced their engagement. Tom Fellman was elected president of Pi Lambda Phi at the University of Oklahoma. Chaim Weizmann AZA Sweetheart candidates were Rahdi Schumeister, Marge Siref, Susie Rips, Carol Sherman, Susie Sanfoi^, Joannie Sax and Cita WakschUg Roberi Hahn was chosen Hevrah Beau.
IS YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Barton Greenberg announced the birth of a daughter, Beth. Beth El's Supper Club presented "Tercentenary TitiUations" starring Seymour GoMston and • Joe Hornstein.
25 YEARS AGO New officers of Temple Israel Youth Group were Alan Marer, Gordon Rubin, Alan Nogg and Larry Albert. Mr and Mrs. Harold Finkd announced the birth of a daughter. Jerry Margolin observed his Bar Mitzvah. It YEARS AGO Gerald Gitnick and Arnold Stem observed their B'nai Mitzvah.
Saturday: Morning Sat>bath service, 9 a.m. at Iowa Jewish Home.
UYEARSAGO Mr. and Mrs. Alan Simon announced the birth of a SuDday:9a m. daughter, Janice. Special Yahrzcll scrvic-c, Barbara Herzog and everyone is welcome. Rosalind Bordy observed Mrs. BIber, secretary, 277- . their B'not Mitzvah. IffiOl
Des Moines BethBJacob SERVICES: Friday: 5:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday: Morning Service 9 a.m. Leamtaig service 11 a.m. Bible 4 p.m. Mincfaa. Sholas Sudos, 4:4S p.m. Snaday: 9 a.m. and noon. Monday and Thursday: Morning Services 6:45 a.m. TMS.,
Wed. aad FrI: 7 a.m.
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OMAHA - Mr and Mrs. Charles Slutzky announce the engagement of their daughter, Debra Ellen, to Steven David Chasen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Chasen. . Debra is a graduate of Central Higli School. Her fiance is a senior at University of NebraskaOmaha, affiliated with Tau Kappa Epsilon A fall wedding is planned.
WEST BRANCH OPEN HOUSE The community is invited to an open house at Beth Israel West, 12604 Pacific, on Sunday, Nov. 24 from I lo 5 p.m. Beth Israel West Branch has recently been remodeled for use as a school facility for students living in the west end of the city.
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YAD Caiemiar Groacba, Harpo, Ckice aad lonrtines Zeppo by Josefih Adamion. N.Y. Simon * Schiuter, 1973. 4Mp. — A zany, funny, brilliant, definitive and idotyncratic account ai the r lives, the early careen and Che final flowering of the Marx brothers. V«eafe in Zion by Ehud Ben Ezer. NY. Quadrangle, lir74. 3S2p. — A series of interviews with prominent Israeli intellectuals, thinkers and writers who repraeni a wide horizon of views. The Naii Secret Service by Andre Brissaud. NY. W.W. Norton, 1974. 320p. — A recount of a series of episodes, involving various principles of the Nazi secret service, that took place between 1933 and 1939. Crafts or Israel by Ruth Dayan. NY. Macmillan, 1974. ITSp. — This is a study of Israeli arts and crafts written by the ex-wife of Israel's former Defense Minister, Moshe . Dayan. Aftermath: Martin Bormann and (he Foarth Reich by Ladtslas Parago. N.Y. Simon and Schuster, 1974. 479p. — The story of Farago's hunt for Martin Bormann and ot the . documents, discoveries, adventures and revelations that finally led him to a personal confrontation with Bormann himself. ^ The Best of Jewish CooUng by Phyllis Frucht. NY. Dil Pr., 1974. 406p. — A timeless gourAiel collection, the very best dishes from the rich and varied American-Jewish table. Concerning Death by Earl Grollman. Boston. Beacon f^., 1974. 3<5p. — A comprehensive resource book dealing with the emotoni and the fact of death. The Hitler File: A SocUl History of Germany and the Naxb. itiS-IMSby Frederic Grunfeld. NY. Random House, 1974.374p. — A pictorial history of the Nazi era, using more than a thousand visual Images to dramatize the elaborate symbolism and psychology of Nazism, including he personality of Hitler himself. . A JewishTheologyby Louis Jacobs. N.Y. Behrman, 1973. 342p. — A systematic and bislorically developed study of Jewish theology. Family SecreU by Rona Jaffe. NY. Simon It Schuster, 1974. Slip. — This novel depicts three generations of Adam Saffron's family' whose dream was to slay together, but which inevitably falls apart. „,A Bag ol Marbles by Joseph Joffo. Boston. Houghton MiffUn. 1974. 292p. -r The true story of two highly resour.(ieful brothers set loose in the French countryside, who tutwit the Nazis 1A ode^ied'France A New Approach to Jewish Life by Mord«cal M. Kaplan. Bridgeport Conn. Medi Judaica, 1973. 8Sp. — This woric reveals the basic concepts of Reconstnictionist Judaism as set forth in the early writings of the most influential phiioaopher of 20th-century American Judaism.
By Rose Fellman Marina and ended in the Old The Shabbat dinner — Market with a spaghetti prepared by and featuring a dinner served by candlelight. service conducted by YAD Except for one driver who (Young Adult Division) tried to extend the "mystery members — was a successful adventure" by driving north event. on a one-way, southbound Credit goes to Sindie, street, everything was great. Lesley, Hannah, Burl and And the morning-after Aaron on the overall handling brunch at Hannah's was . . . of its various aspects. Postwell, another mystery adventure, i"dinner topics were on YAD and its reason for being; why On Nov. 28, at 6:30 p.m., we Identify as Jews, and YAD will sponsor a religion vs. tradition. Thanksgiving Dinner. Call Everything was a surprise Sindie to RSVP (496-0479). On at VAD's recent Mystery Nov. 30, YAD's cultural Tour — including where the program will be at 7:30 p.m. drivers were to hold their at the Jewish Community meetings. One such meeting Center — call Bruce to RSVP ended with four cars in a •'(331-6733). dead-end bike route. The YAD Calendar: Nov. 28 — T-Oay Dinner. Nov. 30 Nevertheless, 20 YAD'ers Cultural program, "Why had a fine day touring parts of KIbutzim Are Falling", talk by George Griffith and followed by a Omaha which few people ever mixer at ttie JCC. Bring a friend. see. The tour included FonDec. 5/ •— Planning session, 7:30 p.m. at the JCC. Dec. 14 — tenelle Forest, Union Stock Hanukah Party. Dec. M — "The Yards, and the Anchor Inn Last Party", featuring live music.
'Shayneh Maidel' OMAHA—The new "baby" is bringing "naches" to the Omsbs Jewish communliy—the "new one" being the new Jewish Commsnity Center. Barely a half-year old. the "shsyneh mstdcl" ("pretty little girl" in Vidilish) was one of ID new "faces" on the Omaha building scene which the Women's Division of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce cited for "oatstanding contrlbattons" to the community at-large. The C of C said the Jewish Federation of Omaha—and Indirectly the Jewish community itaelf—"arc to be commended for their confidence in the futare of our great city—and serve ai a source ol inspiration tootlwrs." The iHilldlng's theater roof, which Is visible over a wide area of West Omaha, Is shown above. Below are the men who led development ol the facility—from left. Bemie Lleder, representing Baker Associates architectural firm; Norman Bait, chairman ol the JCC bollding commiliee; fly Tabachnlck. JCC executive director and Don Mathews of Foaler-Smetana, general contracting firm.
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What the Kaddish Means to Me EdiU>r'( Nate: Following b tb« lermon drllvere^ by Rabbi Jay B. Goldbiirg on Yam KIppw morning cooceming the neaalag of KaMbh. In the quiet of this Sabbatli of Sabbaths, we are aware of how quicUy the years vanish and how few are the days of our Uvea. In this morning service, as in the Memorial and Neila prayers, one primary question looms before us: What is the meaning of life and death? Many of us first are shocked by a sudden illness or the death of a loved one before we pose this question. This year the question entered my consciousness with a new urgency in a very personal way. A few days prior to Rosh Hashanah a dear friend and Die godfather of our daughter died. Erika and I flew to Minneapolis to honor his memory and be near his wife. After the funeral the RabiM intoned the final tirayers on a lonely hill at the cemetery. While Erika and I were reciting the ancient Kaddish, I meditated about life and death. The Kaddhh, a doxolagy proclaiming God's hollBess and aujetty. was originally a peroration, recited at the conclasion •f • discourse of Torah. Later the custom evolved of honoring a deceased scholar al the end of seven days of mourning hy reciting a learned discoarst and concluding with tlw Kaddish prayer. Gradually a section of Torah and the Kaddish were recited during the seven days of Shiva, not only for the Rabbis and eminent scholars but for all who passed away. Under mystical influence the Kaddish was asaodaied with redeeming the soul from Gehenna. While saying the ICaddish at the funeral of a loved one, I was immersed in a stream of consciousness. The Kaddish began to have an entirely different interpretation for me. It reminded me that life is a fleeting shadow—in the calculation of eternity, we live only a few hours. The Kaddish prompted memory to pose many questions about life. We all may ask these questions of ourselves. When was the last time we visited our dear ones? Were we present to share in the happiness of a loved one or to offer solace during hours of sadness? During the past year did we renew our homes in understanding and thoughtfulness? Did we draw near loved ones hi hitlmacy and care or, rather, did silence and enmity separate us? Did we speak (he comforting and helpful word or was it left unspoken? What have we done with our lives? Have we hallowed the hours of (he past >ear or did the days ehide •• and do we coae to Temple with the sad refrain on our lips — If only. If only, if only I had lahen more time with loved ones; if only I had listened marc carefully: if only I had taken the walk, offered my hand . .. If only, if only . . . In his autobiography "So Far", Meyer Weiagal, the past president of the Weizmann Institute, relates an unusual incident which I believe reveals the true meaning of the Kaddish. Meyer's father was a spiritual and passionate Jew. He was a cantor, a scion of rabbis. Cantor Weiagal was ever near his children, sharing in their joys and sorrows. Their home was always filled with song. Often father would gather children of friends for impromptu concerts. He would chant cantortal •elections and all would join in the melodies. At the turn of the century Cantor Weiagal brought his wife and children to America. In IMl Meyer's (alher was taken seriously Ul. Aware tint eternal separation was near, Cantor Weisgal summoned all of kis children. Meyer vividly recalls the scene in which he and his siblings gathered around their father's bedside. "Father made one of the strangest pronouncements ever to come from the lip* of a devoutly religious Jew. He absolved us from the duty of saying the Kaddish for him. Anyone familiar with Jewish life and tradition must realize the enormity o( this waiver. Kaddiah — the prayer for the dead — it one of the most
Board Meeting's Agenda DBS MOINES — FoUowing «re the highUghb of the jagenda of the Board of jiQovsrnon meeting sciieduled fpr 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec t, at Beth El Jacob Synagogue: 1. D'var Torah — TUn Urban (Urban has recently returned from a Young Leadership Mission to Israel) 2. Tnasorer's Report }. I««el Bond Campaign Beport — Msurice BuckrtMum 4. %lBC—JtUit.Airtttw*-
and Fund-Raising Committees S. Presentation of Small Cities Goodall Award for the Programs of the Bureau of Jewish Education -«. Review of Agencies — Jewish Family Services —Absorbing Russian Families in.Des Motnea and our Future — At a Croaaroad —Review of EMcnIive Committee Emargsacy • •*4 %«*«*»*4
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sacred prayers of all. Jewish fathers often refer to their sons as my Kaddish', the one who will recite the blessing YISGADAL VYISKADASH SHEMAH RABA every day, three Umes a day, during the first year and thereafter on every holiday and Sabbath when the memorial prayer is intoned. This act of my father's can only be compared to that of a devout Catholic vohintarily foregoing the Last Sacrament. "Bat Father didn't leave It al that," he canUaaed. "My soul will not be redeemed by your Kaddish, but If you want to remember your father, come logetlwr oace a year and sing Meine Sachen. my songs." And Meyer reminisces, "For almoat thirty years, for as long as all of us were in good health, we observed father's memorial day in the manner he proposed. From wherever we children happened U> be Uving, we came together, usually at our house, with husbands and wives and later with our own children." In his final hours. Cantor Weisgal was imparting to his children this insight. During the brief span of the years we are to sanctify the hours of life by making each hour and each day as laiique and precious as possible. Tlie days pass and the years fade. And as Anionic de Saint Exupery reminds us i:i "The Little Prince," grownups are always engaged in matters 'if consequence. We are often so immersed in the mad pursuit of our daily living that we seldom pauseto behold the loveliness of nature and nurture the relationships of those who are near. The Cantor did not want his children looking back upon their lives echoing these sentiments. "Why didn't we see one another more often? Why didn't I say the words that were in my heart before it was too late? If only, if only . .."- Cantor Weisgal knew the true intent of the Kaddish. It is a prayer not for the dead but, rather, for the living. We tnily honor the memory of thoae who have departed by sanotifying the hours with loved ones — by turning to those who are near in added tenderness and devotion. The days vanish like a mist and loved ones are waiting for: hours of shariag baurs of UBderstandlag boars of ceiebratlau This summer I read a short story, "The Tlvee Questiaas", by Leo Tolatoy. The story is germaine to my interpretation of the Kaddish. One may well inquire why a Rabbi would refer to Tolstoy in a sermon. In a way, his life is intertwined with our people. In IWS Count Toisloy was deeply saddened and outraged by the Kishinev pogroms and he protested to the Czar. He wrote the Governor of Kishinev of his moral indignation in these words. "Profoundly shocked by the atrocities committed at Kishinev we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the innocent victims of mob savagery and expreta our horror at the acts of cruelty perpetrated by Russians, our scorn and disgust with all who have driven the people to such a pass and have allowed this dreadful crime to be committed." in memoriam, Tolstoy wrote three short stories and gave them to Sholem Aleychem to be published in Yiddish. The proceeds were to go for relief to the vie tims of the vkilence. One of the three stories was entitled "The Three questions." The story is about a King who wishes to rule in perfection. He convinces himself that if be possesses the answers to three questions he will succeed in his desire. These are the three questions: 1. What Is the best Ume te tattiale sctisu? 2. Who is the mast Impertaat persaa fai the wartdT 1. In life what is the most essential Ihhig la do? The monarch then summons his most learned cotmsek>n and aslrohigers and poaes the questions to them. They deliberate and make intricate calculations in order to answer his questions, but the King Is not satisfiedr At the conclushm of the story, the questions finally are answered in this way: I. HM best Umc U act U NOW. Z. Tbe most Important person hi the world Is the obe with wham you arc at this instant. 1. And the most easenUal thtag la da Is to do gaad to the one who is near. In this story Coimt Tolstoy captures the essence of the Kaddish—of this day A year has gone—a New Year haa arrived and In just a few hours in the memorial prayers we shall call to memory our loved ones. May the Kaddish ever lift us to the heightened eonscleusness that life passes quickly by. May it bid us to sanctify this hour and all of tlie hours of the New Year with the nuiat important person in the world—with the one who is nearest. And Kaddish Impels us to do good to the one we arc wllh by offering our love, thoughtfulness and understanding—now and forever more. May it be so. Amen.
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Des Moines Organizations and Notices Rubin Is Associate Chairman Gary Rubin has been appointed associate chairman of the Small Cities Committee of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. This Committee relates the problems of the small Jewish population cities to the Council and plans activities so as to assist these Jewish communities in fulfilling their tasks. -
Hadassah Group to Meet The Hadassah Study Grotip will have Its medting Monday, Nov. 25, 9:30 a.m. in the Party Room at 3100 Grand Ave. Hostesses will be Mesdames Mary Hurwitx and Rebecca Nussbaum. The text used for the study group is the Jewish Catalogue. The discussion will be on the cycle of life, from birth to bar and bat mitzvah. Panel members will be Mesdames Shirley Berg, Rebecca Nussbaum, Ruth Jacobson and Sylvian Weiner. Mrs. Ruth Kaminsky is president and Mrs. Sarah Williams is chairman.
ORT Aids Consumer Des Mones chapter of Women's American ORT is hosting a timely panel discussion, "What Are Our Righta as Consumers?" On Monday, Nov. 25 at American Federal Savings and Loan Association, 73ni and Westown Parkway, West Des Moines, at 7:30 p.m. The featured speakers will be Ms. Roumne Conlin, asaistant to the attorney general In charge of the civil rights division of the SUte Department of Justke; Julian Garrett, asaistant to the attorney general in charge of consumer protection; and SUp Laitner, environmental coordinator for Isplrg. The meeting is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Education Should Be Useful "A nation that does not respect both its philosophers and its plumbers will find out neither iu theories nor its pipes hold water." John Gardiner said It first; delegates to the National Conference of Women's American ORT heard these sentiments voiced again by featured speaker Bernard Wand-Polak, director of ORT's Latin American operations. Wand-Polak emphasized, "It must not be education for education's sake, but to function In life; that in America e<hKators have not kept pace with the technological revolution; and that attitudes must be changed so that manual trades will be regarded as occupations with dignity." The delegates also learned that ORT hopes to cstabliah a school in the Jewish poverty area of New York to educate and to serve as a model for vocational education. Delegates from Des Moines were Mesdames Charlene Feinberg, Lois FIngerman and Gail Barmlsh. Florence Pumell attended as a representative from District S.
GA Delegation to Meet The Des Moines Oneral Assemble Delegation will meet at the Jewish Student House at 2aS2 University, 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, to evaluate the General Assembly aiKi to discuss ways in which knowledge acquired can be transmitted to the community.
Bar l\/litzvah DE8 MOINES - Jay Edward Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. MlHon Brown, will . heceme Bar Mitivah al I p.m. tonight (Nev. a I at Temple B'aal Jesharan. Fallowing the service, the Brewsf will
tender an Oaeg Shahbal In the Tcmpte Center. No personal tanbatleas are being sent. All are cordially Invited to nltend. The family rcqactto ae gifts, pteasc.
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rniTious SWEET ROLLS By Nmra> Barach
People are concerned today about eating "empty" calorie*—that la, foodt which have little nutritional value*. Thi* recipe is a iweet roll which t« not ao sweet and is good for breakfast or brunch. Actually, this roll resemble* bread and Is U*ly eaten with butter or margarine and a cup of coffee. Z labispt. dry ycaal I cap lukewarm water I cap tM( water M cap baaey ^4 cap *• I Up. saH Zcggi ( cap* whele wheal flour IV4 cap* aaWcachcd n«ar I iMsp*. browu lagar I (Uck melted margariae I cap nuU. diopped ralains (optional)
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Dissolve yeast in hikewarm water. Mix well. Let bubble for five minutes. Mix hot water and honey. Add oil, salt and eggi. Stir. Add yeast and nours. Mix well. Place In refrigerator for about six hours. Flour a board with unj bleached flour. Divide dough into four balls. Knead each ball lo a litUe of the unbleached flour. Make sure there is flour on the rolling pin and board before rolling out since the dough is sdeky. Roll each ball Into a fairly thin rectangle. Sprinkle two tbisps. brown sugar, Vi cup nuts, some raisins, ^4 stick melted nurgarine on each rectangle and roll like a jelly roU. Cut each roll Into six slices. Place on a greased cookie sheet fairly close together. Cover with a clean, dry dish towel and place in a warm place about 40 minutes to allow to rise. Bake at 42S degrees for about 20 minutes or until done. SerVe warm with butter.
32 From DIVI Attend G A in Chicago DES MOINES - Des Moines had Its largest delegation in the lait *everal year* at (he General Aaaembiy of the (Council for Jewi*h Federation* and Welfare Funds. The Conference In Chicago was highlighted by presentations by Israel's Minister of Information, Aharon Yariv; Professor David Weisa of the Hebrew llniver*lty and Shabbatons organized by the National Jewish Conference Center, directed by Rabbi Irving Greeaberg. The Shabbatona were led by Rabbi Greenberg and other national scholar*. They Included Friday night *ervice*, « banquet and an Oneg Shabbat as well as morning services, study groups, luncheon banquet and a Havdallah Service culminating in singing and dancing. The latter was led by David Shneyer, the College
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Reminder Ule Mra. BSMIC Cotefeld, (ceHUr) then bonorary nilioiul pretident of AmericBn Misrachi Women, receivet Burvivori of lierrc Arab fighiini in the Cuih Eixion Blor during the 1948 War of Indepentlenre in Icrael. Yoongilera from religiouH tetllemenU in the area were evacoaied under rover of darkneu and taken to Beth Zelrotb Milrarhi, Tel Aviv, a projerl of Ameriran Miirarhi Women.Today, nludenK of Beih Zeirotk Miararhi. Tel Aviv are preparins to move into a new M'hool ftlruflure in North Tel Aviv, • he Wolf and Julia Eitenberi Coniprehetioive High Sehool. TIM
Reserve Dec. II for Professer Allan Pallack appearing on behalf of the Women's Plea for Soviet Jewry.
NOTE: Board of Goveraors ol the Jewish Welfare Federation meeting scbedaled for Nov. 2* has lieen postponed to Dec. 5. It74 at 7:3« sharp at Beth El Jacob Synagogne.
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Mrs. Ron Winder wlU speak ori "Eklucation Today" at the regular meeting of the Career Women of Hadasaah, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at the home of Mrs. Charles Roes, 4»1» Hamilton St.
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Friday, November a Bar Mitzvab—Jay Brown at Temple B'nai Jeshurun. Saaday, November 24 t p.m.-^<jeneral As*embly Delegate* at the Drake Student Houie. Monday, November 23 12:45 p.m.—Temple Sisterhood Luncheon Meeting, 7:30 p.m.—Jewish Family Services Board Meeting, t p.m.—ORT Meeting. Tuesday, November tt 12 p.m.—Commission President, Iowa Jewish Home Officer, Executive Director.
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Rabbi: Study Requirement/s Winning Converts Rabb) Paul SwerAow of ^BroomaU asierted (hat with JewUh locial sanctions against mixed marriages losing their inhibitive effect, rabbis have become "the last line of defense" to salvaging aomalhint for Judaism from ' tte grMtring problem. However, he contends, the demand of many rabbis tor conversion as a condition of rabbi nica I ly-conducted marriage means that "we are asking someone with at best a limited knowledge of Judaism to commit himself to convert not so much for his future marriage as for oar rabbinic aervices." To acMsrs tkm (aal al cawcnlas tut Is ssni save >• Ike paH a( Ike MSKlcwtsIl partarr. RabM laiidlaa has scfaralcd raavirstaa tr«M the wcMlBg. dcMaBdiag •ettkcr that aar a ft»mki abeal the rellglaa af any cMMrea resaHlag frMi Ike •aim. Wkal be does rehire is "a gaided study af Jadaisai"
Death REV. MAYER SCUUUNAN interment was at Fisher Farm Cemetary for Rev. 'Mayer Schulman, ritual director of Beth Israel Synagogue from 194S-63. Who died Nov. IS at age M. /Funeral services were held at rthe Jewish Funeral Home. Survivors are sons Harry Schulman and George Schulman; daughters, Mrs. Abe (Helen) Baker, Mrs. Sam (Lillian) Katz and Mrs. Irving (Elsie) Babbitt: 14 -grandchildren and 31 greatgrandchildren.
couple for instruction II dev«kiped (hat the two cpupica gave to each other "a dimeoaion beyond what I was offering." Others Joioed (he group, which grew to include persons who had previously decided to convert, others seeking a better understanding of Judaism, and some lo gain an appreciation for the religion of their future
by balk iMrtBers. A unique elcBient of Rabbi Swerdlow's program developed from his Hfiding thai formal claases, while imparting knowledge, failed "lo reach the inner needs and questions of each couple" but that individual instruction left Judaism "in a vacuum since the only interaclioo is with the rabbi." Two yeas ago. he reported, he hit on an approach offering the positive elements of both instruction methods — a Havura kelling. While he was working with one coup)*, he was apfiraaclMd by a second and he suggastcd (he two nawcoaiera Join with llie first
Rabbi Swcrdlow reported (bat after four years as rai>U at Temple Beth Sbolom in Broomall, he enrolled in Itli at Itaiple Law School while simultaneously serving in Newark. Dei. as rabbi ol Temple Beth Bl, a
this Anne Berg, Olga Jaoottow, Elsa Kahn. Moni ZalUn, Blanche Kalman, Ida Potash, Connie and Hyman Adler. Get-well caitl and wishes to Mrs. Jenny Bear at Lutheran Hoapital. Anniversary wishes to Sam and Rose Poska brom Edith LorUs. Get-weU wishes to Rose Poska from Sue Mayer, Ida Potash and Rose Perlmuter; also from Susie and Hark ZalUn and AlUn and Monie ZalMn to Rose Raioick who is at Clarkaon HoapiUt. Other wishes: to Sarah Bennan for her recovery; Ubby RifUn and Dora Stein in University Hospital Condolences to the family of Helen Wolk. Leo Ostrayich chanted the prayer over the bread and Rabbi Abraham Eisenstefai led the "benchen". The meeting was cloaed by the singing of "God Bless America" led by Jack Saylan and assisted by Abe Fisher and Bessie Behn.
We wUI have e«r Thanlugiviiig luncheon on Monday, Nov. SS, so please make your reservatioas now with Use or Martha tt S94-
saoo. Dorothy Andrews and accompanist GaMys Swanon will enterUin. There will be door prizes. We were luppy tf Me Grace Simon, Abe Fidier, Sarah Berman and Bertha Bait, a guest, Mrs. Sklarin— Bertha Batt—Churnovich, Mr. and Mrs. RifUn and Roae Gokistein. Our photographer. Van Farrand, has the pictures that were taken at our FabUff Party and at (be dinners for (be Kansas City people. If you want a print, see Van—it's 60 cents a print. Oar cseralive lleard mcctlag aa Nov. II fealared rcparto by Aaaetta Brawa, recording secretary, aad Fanny Manvits. liaaaclal secretary'
congregatton of about too families, and as Hlllel counselor at the University of Delaware, which he said has 900 Jewish siudents. Temple Beth El is on the university campus. By (he foilawbig spriag, be reparttd. calb on bim la perfarm mixed marriages begBB l« pralMersle and "k seen becsme evident Ikal la iaflaence eack caapic Jrwiskly." a "sIgaiflcaBi ceataiitnient la Uac and cffast was ascessary," widck kc decided la asake. By (he fall d IffTt, he said, (Ime piesanres made individual imtnRtion of Ike couples impaasible and the Havura was bom out of necessity. The group began with (wo tm^fka, meeting for an how oeefa Monday. Durii^ the year, enrollment inrreesfil lo six coiqiies and be offlcialcd at aU six waddings. He said there were two conversions before marriage and two after. Of the two who did not convert, both became knowledgeable in Judaiam and "comfortable in Jewish situations." Thai Havura met in an annex of Temple Beth El contributed by B'nai B'rith for use by Jewish siudents at
the university. That Havtva ended wiien Rabbi Swerdlow left in August, 1973. Sisrting in September 1973, while completing his law studies. Rabbi Swerdlow was asaociaied wi(h a synagogue in Easion, Md.. for the High Holy Days, and another. Or Ami, in UtayeKe HUl, Pa., where he (attgh( confirmaiion. A new Havura developed, consisting of four eouptas, meeting at RabM Swerdlow's home for an evening every two or Ihree weeks over a seven-monib period. Two members of that Hamra have ab«ady comerted and '*I saapeci that at leaat one more will make that decision skorlly," be told Ike JTA.
Ctercatly. he said, a new step — a lammer Haven — had beca Uken fai cseperatiae witk the Peaasylvaais Federatlaa af Refarai Syaagegacs. The summer group was (be ou(growlh of a discussion with Rabbi Lewis Bagage, regional director of the Pennsylvania Federation, which sponsors conversion clasaes three (imea a year for (he Philadelphia metropolitan area. Agreement was reached to apply (he Havura approach to (he summer program and Rabbi Swerdlow daacribed himself aa "acting on beiiaU of (he Federa(km of Reform Synacogues."
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This "different" Mexican experience is limited to 12 participants. Registration deadline Is Monday, Nov. 25. Contact Kathy Nogg, teen tour leader, 391-1264. COMPETITION IN ' A* of this date, over hair of WRIIING the available Jewish teens The Youth Department is are members o( the Center. working closely with the Your help is needed—first, Federation Library in the ,brlng us your suggestions for sponsorship during Jewish future programs, and aecond, Book Month of the 8r. High volunteer to work with us to Crestive Writing Contest follow through on these which closes Sunday, Dec. 8, Miggestions. at S p.m. EMry blanks are available A> you know, our Center Teen Board is responsible tar in my office and through the 'assisting In program Hebrew High School. Call or stop in for yours today! development. BU8T0 BRECKENRIDGE Board members and Ihdr We'll leave the JCC committees are as follows: Thursday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m. to Marlene Belmont, Randi Uke 2S Center taens to this Priedel, Jill Uutgarten, and Colorado ski resort (or three Ronna Ratner—Social; Betty dsys of siding and winter Moaes—Jewish Cultural; recreation. To sign up call Oie Debby Denenberg and Bruce "J", 334-8200, and ask for Greenberg-Cultural Arta; Gary Javltch (Ext. 20), Lee Gary Chasen and Wendy Sloan (Ext. S3), or myself Dann—Athletic-Health (Ext. 3i). Education; Jeff Brooksteln DECEMBER DOINGS and Kathy Nogg-Camping Lslkes, music, dancing, 'and Special Trips; Beth and more will be yours at the Kaplan and Stephi Shapiro- Senior High Chanukab Community Service—Human Celebration at the "J" Relations: Ed Pried, Keith Saturday evening, Dec. 14. Josephson, and Staph It's Jointly sponaored by Beldln—Inter-Citles and AZA 100 and the Youth In&r-Group Relations; and Department. We'll have nu)re Joel Alperson—Lounge— particulars next week. Oamerooni uti4- - Vauth .iVN. HIGH PROGRAMS Workroom. A variety of fun activities Feel free to contact any of are in store for you during the the above, or myseU, Lee, or 1074 Winter Vacation Season. Larry RutMck. Help us keep Once again, you will enjoy an our bag of programs FULL! afternoon of bowling for prizes, an evening of roller skating, an exciting Coffee TEEN TBYOUT8 House and a back-to-school We need singers for the Splash Party. Youth—Performing Arts' allExact dates and fees will be Icen production of (he smash announced later. Israeli musical, "To Live POOL WINNERS Another Suitimer." Julie Rochman came from Try outs will be Sunday, behind to defeat Marty Roaen Nov. S4, 7-10p.in. at the "J." in thefinals of the Junior High Pool Tournament, 25-22. Marty made it to the finals by IMAKE IT TO MEXICO defeating Steve Zaikin, 15-5 There will be a Youth and JuaUn Kohll, lS-0. RochDepartment-sponaored trip man had an opening game Airing Winter Vacation to bye and then beat Bob Lutz inagnificent Mexico City and 15-7 to gain the finals. LuU tUgL points of excitement. earlier eliminated Jay Rosen by a score of 15-12. Bob Chapman kat his opening round game to Kohll. 15-0. The last of oiir Fall pool competition will be Sunday, Nov. 24,1 p.m. Entry fee is 25 cents. Trophies will be awarded. The staff and Lounge— rOUR PLANNED StudenU in the 10th and 11th Gamerooon Committee are |rade« and their parents are now planning a series of contests in wrist-wrestling Rrged to attend the 7:30p.m. Dec. 3 meeting at which and shuffleboaid. We'U tall Rabbi Samuel Schafier will you more later. Mscuss the 1*74 Ramah Youth Tour of Israel.
More than 20 residents attended the LOVE volunteer recognition banquet at Highland Country Club on Nov. 6. From the Ume the MAT senior citizens bus arrived, through the delicious trout dinner, until the final recognition certificate was awarded, it was a beautiful evening for all. On Nov. 4, the residents went to the Jewish Community Center for the "Sing Along With Israel" led by Mark Zaikin. The NaUonal Council of Jewiah Women presented a
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Aquatics Notebook
PLAYERS NEEDED FOR JCC VOLLEYBALL TEAM Jewish Community Center Adult Men's Class B Volleyball leam that competes against other area teams on Tuesday Bights at the Center needs players. Interested persons should call the Athletic Department at 3S4-«a00 IDDY-BIDDY BASKETBALL Kindergarten and first-grade boys will learn fundamental skills of basketball — dribbling, passing, team-work, defense, offense, and general rules of the game. Class is held on Monday afternoons from 3:4S to 5 p.m. HANDBALL INSTRUCTION NOW BEING OFFERED Junior and senior high students and young adults wishing to learn one of the finest all-round indoor sports should call Jeanette Ferrin at 334-82p0 and register for handball in•tructions. Jack Cohen, Class A handball player, will provide semiprivate and group lessons on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m.
FAST KIRSHENBAUM Joe Kirshenbaum played an outstanding tournament to capture the first JCC Men's Health Club Class B Racquetball Championship. Kirshenbaum's stiff est teat came in the semifinals against Larry Schwielz, who extended him to three games, 20-21, 21-13 and 21-10. Kirshenbaum then defeated Marvin Steinberg, 21-14 and 21-17, in the finals. A good turnout of IS entrants found the tournament headed by Jay Lemer. JCC racquetball committee chairman, to be enjoyable. A souvenir T-shirt, good sportsmanship and friendship were among the highlights.
COED ADULT VOLLEYBALL Thursday night is Co-ed Adult Volleyball Night at the Center, and last Thursday the season-openers were played. The league has eight teams with games at 7:30 p.m. and S:30 p.m. The first match saw The Upsetters drop The Leftovers, 8-15, 15-fiand 16-14. The Highbalk defeated The Net Set lS-2 and 15-2 The Jet-Sets and Bruisers hooked up in an exciting match, having to go the entire three games with the Jet Sets winning, Ills, l&-«, lS-4. In the finale, the Mean Machine lost to the Fantastiks, lS-« and 15-11.
TEEN SKI WEEKEND Because of the limited space available, teens are urgd to sign up now and avoid being disappointed by not getting on our ski trip to Breckenridge, Colo., Jan. 23-27. For further information, please contact Gary Javitch, Larry Katz or Chuck Arnold at the Center. JUNIOR BUYS GYM HOCKEY Last Friday the 1874 JCC Juniors Boys Gym Hockey League opened play, with the Rangers beating the Broina, 5-3, and the Knights and Flyers playing to a 1-1 tie. JCC BASKETBALL LEAGUE SCHEDULES Following are the starting dates for these basketball leagues: M»fi'»v»rsilyL«»9ue Wednesday, Nov 27 Men's Slo'Down Vanity Leagu* Wednesday, Nov 27 Sr High Bov& Club League Sunday. Dec 8 Olympic League (7th and tth Grade) Sunday, Dec. t Midget League (5th and 6th Grade) Sunday. Dec 1 Note — Tlie Senior Hifh Leaf we will oHer practice wstienft en Sunday. Nov.Mler AZANo. I (It to It a.m.) andferChaim Weiimannlll a.m. to noon).
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By tiary JavMch Meeting on a monthly basis, the Jewish Community Center Aquatics Committee plays an important role in developing, implementing, and supervising the swimming and safety program Led by Chairman Bucky Greenberg, the committee planned such things aa the inauguaral program and the upcoming intra-Center swim meet. In the opening program, sub-chairman Mary Jo Wnil featured scuba and fancy diving, synchronized swimming and other water actlvitieB. Committee members Lee
Society of Fellows To Hear Perlmutter OMAHA Nathan Perlmutter, assistant national director of the AntiDefamation League of B'nai B'rith, will give a brief presentation on national priorities and current problems on the national and local levels at the 1974 Society of Fellows meeting Tuesday, Dec. 3 The meeting will be at the home of Morton Richards, who will host a cocktail reception The Society of Fellows helps support the various activities of the Plains States Regional Office of the ADL. The activities are directed toward gaining an equalized and positive altitude toward Israel and Jews in the United States and the world.
I What does the tern "Rabbi" Imply? [ A. The title "Rabbi" is derived from the noun "rav" which in Mbical Hebrew means "great": in mishnaic Hebrew, the word prav" meansa master as opposed to a slave. In the generations Mfter Hillel, it was first employed as a title for sages. [ The word "Rabbi" means literally "my master" and not "teacher" as popularly misunderstood Since the title was Kcorded only to those who had tieen properly ordained, and Rich ordination was not granted in talmudic times outside Ivael, it was not borne by the Babylonian sages, the Amoraim, iiio adopted, or were granted, the altervalive title of "rav." The rabbi of the Talmud was completely different from the iretcnt-day holder of the title. The talmudic rabbi was an inicrpretar and expounder of the Bible and the Oral Law, and Wually had an occupation for his livelihood. It was only in the ffiddle Ages that the rabbi became the teacher, preacher, and S' iritual head of the Jewish congregation or community, says • Encyclopaedia Judaica. ^ From the Uth ceatory oaward there energed the concept af
•M rabM lor one locality, the "mara de-alra." "the master of the locality." la today's huge concenlraltons of Jews In modern citin. the coocrpl of "mara de-aira" Is vanishing: the rabbI here Is mainly the rabbi of a synagogue congregation. In the Keform movement the very concept of rabbi has changed: he becomes to a large degree a priest ordering the prayer service and leading U. The function of the modern rabbi varies somewhat from country to country, though there are lines of similarity. Preachng occupies a place of prime importance. The rabbi is expected to devote much of his time to pastoral work. eslablisMng a personal bond between himself and his congregation, visiting the sick, officiating at bar mitzvahs, marriages, funerals, and houses of mourning. He lakes part in all social educational and philanthropic activities of the congregation. Above all, be is looked to as the spokesman of the Jewish community to the larger community. In the United States, Canada, and England, and in other countries where yeshivah education developed, a return to the old conception is apparent within limited pockets of strict Orthodox Judaism.
Morton Richards The 1974 Society of Fellows committee in Omaha includes Harlan Noddle, Murray Newman, Ernest Wintrdub, Raquel Newman, Alvin' Abramson and Ed Rocea.
Bum Effigy of Arafat NEW YORK — Member* of Betar, an Zionist yoath orgaabatlon. prepare to set fb-e to an effigy of Palestine Liberation Organiiallon (PLO) leader Yash- Arafat OHtslde United Nations headquarters fai New York. Animal blood It splattered on the sMewalk at part of the prolett. Twenty-eight members of the group were arretted daring the demoMlratloa. one af a terles tal New York In protett to the
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Hatch. Don GoUaldn and Robbie Pred helped make the demonstrations a success. The committee also rtins the activities. Linda Cohen, for example, has been the registrar at each of the CPR sessions, and BiKky has introduced the programs. Sol Krizelman is communications man while Warren Zweiback, Ted Cohn and Susie Budwig lend their expertise to our competitive swim program. Jeff Cohn and Robbie teach aa well as guard. With aiKh an active committee. Center members are guaranteed a well-rounded program.
arrival of the PLO delegaUoa to Uke part In the U.N. General Attembly's debate on Psiesline. JEWISH REFUGEES Since 1948. Ihere have been 621.000 Jewish Refugees from Arab countries, according lo Ihe United Nations report. FIRST CLASS The first class of medical doctors trained at the Medical School in Haifa graduated on Nov. 5 this year.
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