Tree'Offers Song, Color, Comedy OMAHA - Lart nlgbt there I'waa a hanicnlnc at ibe Jewish ^Cauununtty Center. Ilw world pagmi in ttie Center Theater, Pand what • lovely world It is. i "n» Anpie Tree" is three f one-act plays by Mark Twain, iFrank R. Stockton and Jules 'elffer. It creates a world of ^ •ong, eUor, comedy and fimaglnaUve entertainment, fswhlch Is most welcome after l^llstMUng to the six o'clock I' Julian Jones, wlw was the 'Master of CeremooiM In ^"Cabaret", gives us moUier IfolislMd and completely jiprofesslanal performance in 1*11 three stories. >. I dost vaK to tfvt dM Hat it Is a OM, ior ISQtojwda riot a( nnr teeat too. Marda tin
an thraa acta, waa dtU^Md. She wu particularly appeaUng as Paaatonaila lo ttie tUrd act, WIMB bar comadtr talaaUreaUyAoMdttatM^. An "old face" that Is always welcome on any stage Is that of Jerry Venger, who was an almost "too friendly" snake In the first act, iNit a good storyteller In the second and third acta. All of the production details were done well down to tlie last detaU by Ira Raznick, Nancy Kiellan, Candace Johnson and Rita Glass. I'm leaving out a k>t of names but you'll find them all on your programs. The Incorporatkm of animated strips and movie film adds much to the show. This is a show for the whole family (not the wee ones) to
enjoy, and enjoy it you will. I'll be honest lo admit that there is one lad note Ira Ranlck doas not have enough baekatage help and It hurts the pace of the show samewbaL It doesn't take a kit experience to to move sets and handle props. You can have a great time, meet new people and be a part of something that will give the whole community pleaiure. Do yourselves a favor and come early so you can sit toward the middle and back of the theater. The thniit«tage does deprive some of the seals on the side of total vlahm. Tickets can be ordered by caUing the Center (3344X10) for performances on Dec. 7 thni 12 and Dec. 14. AU performances begin at 8 p.m.
RANDAUSIOWN, Md. - At their home tai RandaUatown, Md., ebUdrsn take turns limiting the Haaukkah MMwrah. Young Eric Faid Utfiis the fbit candto as hb brotbar, StovsB, and slaters, Ellao, RoMn and Susan, and Mrs. aad Mrs. Israel FaU watch. At londowD on Dee. t Ifala yaar candlaa will bet lit ID JaaMi bemaa thraotfioat tbe worid. Spadal prayan wlU bo radled by the father o( the bouaahold and the candles wHl be bleaaad. Ttaa^
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'i .ffiRUSALEM - Many people who saw the Toootrantatkn between the thousanda of ^ yoontfters who tried-to settle in the regions of ! Samaria and Jericho recently and the aoldien 'Wlio sought to prevent them, th* demoD^jtratkins at the pioiettlement and antli" aettleuient supporters bi the large towns, the I noisy debate bi the Knesaet foikwing Premier • Yitzhak Rabbi's annouDoaroenta about the ^future of the Weat Bank, will be aaking ji thenaahaa wbalhar Israeli society is not apj proacfalag the verge of civil war. I The mabi element that characterized the naewed settlement movement In the West a near-fanatical ardor. The settlers te all ol them young Orthodox people _ yarmulkes — are convbtced of the I rigMaousness of their cause. , lliey say frankly that they prefer theb* j. iMilefS lo the law of the SUte. Their belief bi ' aemiag the West Bank U bispired by God's ['commandments while the law of the State is a r product of human beings, they claim. The , asttlers prodabn that a believer must prefer
the law of God when it contradicts the law of the Knesset. OD the <lbv Ma e< tha laoa, m Ind la Ifea past Ihay ha«a aftai *om Ih* didtoittwtolh*aliM. IbsaartranoMlrwtag a( iMpM aactoty haa Hgwad in naQjr Tbe MOM eanp coiHlBti of the Matipn pwp, the Molad Party (the modsrate Oommodal Party): Rakah (OM radical - moatiy Arab - OonmnM Party) sad Ite left alraam Raesotly, the MMalanaeiiaatolba
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ofH^anar Ralsatr aad HaUMi Haartd (Mapam oaatral Mac). Agataiat the argumania of Iha aaitkn - that God's commamhnaniB an pniaraUe - the Wt-wtag arguea that fai a tltmftTratif atata tbe law <( tbe paritamaat ahouUbadanlaaat. Both sidM believe that U tbe other eamp'a cuncaptlBB la adopted, Israel nay be eapoaed to latal daocr. TIM rIgM rellgkwa groigia (Continued on Page5)
Heat Trips Sprinklers OMAHA - Jewbh Community Center mabitenance men and staff personnel worked about three hours Tuesday night to mop up an eaUmated 300 gallons of water bi tbe north end of the bulkUng The mop-up apparently was caused when heat from the kiln located next to the ceramics studio set off tbe sprinlder system. Damage was believed mbwr. The water covered tbe studio floor, an adjacent art room, part of another art room, and part of the connecting hallways. The sprinkler, which pours water St the rate of about 25 gallons a minute, was on approximately IS minutes. Chucl( McCollum, maintenance chief, said apparently someone working the ceramics studio inadvertently closed the door to the kiln room.
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Personnel Code Back in Committee OMAHA - The Personnel Practices Code for staff members of the Jewish Federation of Omaha was sent back to committee for clarification following its abing at the Nov. 20 meeting of the Federation Board of Directors. Paul Cohen, chabman of tbe parsonnel Practices Committae, saU after the meetbig he would seek to have the code on the agenda for the
will mark tbe begbaalng of Hanukkah, tbe Festival of DodicaUon calabratad by Jews for more than toot years to coeunemorate the victory of Judas Maccabeue and Ua toikwers over the Syriaaa to W B.C. Tka caadto Ughttag is repeidad ior eight sucraaalve Digits wtU all el^ candles on the Menerah are abtoaa. A ntoth candle, caBedtha Aanmaah, b UMd to Ught the others.
December meeting of the Federation. Work on the code, which covers such thbigs as employment procedures and practices. Including hiring and firing, work schedules, vacations, bisurance plans and other programs, was first begun to I97S, Cohen pobited out. It "governs the relatkinship o( the Jewbb Faderatlpn and ... oonatltueDt departroeola"
of tbe Federation-Camp Esther K. Newman, Dr. Sher Home, (immunity Relations, Library, Conununlty Clenter, Educatkm Bureau, Family Service and Jewish Press. It covers permanent and parttime employees of these departments "who work at least 30 or more bours of the work week" as designated in the code. The Federation also nalDdad Omabans.aho bid
made FUIanihroplaa pladgai thatpaymeob must be to the itae Pedaratkn oMce by Dec. 31 if tbe donor wtahsB to datan them as tax dsductbaa to 1174. Leo Meyerson gave a fiveyear report on the sUtus of Omaha Philanthropies cash collections which showed a total of $1,565,551.85 as still out. Of that total, $1,339,271.22 U owed thb year, he said. That (Continued on Page 5)
Sharon Warns About Fullbacks JERUSALEM (JTA) Gta. Ariel Sharon the retbred Yom Kippur War hero who beads Ukud, sakl that any further pullback of Israeli forces bi Stoal woukl limit. Israel's military optkms so that its only reaponse to the massbig to egyptlan forces east of the Suez Canal would have to be a preemptive attack. Addresstog a luncheon of the Israel Academies Committee on tbe Middle East, Sharon maintained that Israel could not give up any territory on the West Bank without endangering Its existence and that it could afford only very Ibnited further pullbacks on the Golan Heights, and then only in return for a fullfledged peace agreement with Syria. Accordtog to Sharon, Egypt now has the capability of moving 1,500-2,00 tanks across tbe Suez Canal in one night. If Cairo did this under the strategic conditions that prevail today, Israel would have the option of mobilizing its forces and waiting for the next Egyptian move, he said. Howaver, If Israel withdraws Ito faroes any deeper toto Stoal, that oplbo wauM be dintod and Israel woubl have toatrike fbit at any sign of Egyptian masatog east o( tbe canal, Sharon added.
He explained that the present alignment of forces b along a 100-mile front. If Israel withdraws beyound the MItle and GidI passes, given the configuratton of the Stoal peninsula, the front would broaden to 200 miles, thbmbig out Israel's forces and creating serious logistics problems. Tbe Likud leader emphasized that he was not opposed in principle to further Israeli piullbacks in Stoal withto the framework of a peace treaty with Egypt. He said his own view of a final settlement with Egypt envisioned the return of most of Sinai to Egyptian administration provided that the peninsula was demilitarized and that Israel retained control of Sharm el-Sheikh and the Abu Rodeis oil fields. With regard to the oil fields, he suggested that Israel would pay royalties to Egypt. Sharon was pessimistic over the chances of a peace sltlement with Syria. On the West Bank, he said, the Issue was not who Israel negotiated with-whether the PLO or any other factlon-but the subject of negotiations. In hb view, control of the West Bank b not open to negotiations with anyone but the political future of ito Inhabitants could be a subject of discussion.