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Dr. K. Rnds Resistance; Vinnell Probe Asked U. 8. SacreUry of SUte Henry Kluinger, vliltlng larael and Egypt early this week, said In Jenisalein any wU-out of taraell InteretU In an effort to gain peace between the two countries Is ".unimaginable." However, U.S. lourcea who
attended the dinner at which Kissinger spoke said Kissinger encountered considerable resistance during seven hours of talks because of an Israeli fear that he might press for an agreement "at any cost." Kissinger and bis wife,
Nancy, were greeted at fogshrouded Ben Gurion Airport by Foreign Minister and Mrs. Yigal Allon and by U.S Ambassador and Mre. Kenneth Keatbig. At bis arrival, KkNlngtr laM to ««ioained tiM IsratU fDvenment'c dedsicn which
hla atep-by-step tvproach to a settlement, an ifipnMdi wUd) the U.8. teds should be leitod. Israeli leaders were said to want to ascertain, In their initial exchange of views with Kissinger, what guarantees could be obUlned that a
partial settlement achieved now with Egypt would not be abrogated several months from now at a reconvened Geneva conference. Israel was insisting on reciprocity - "a piece of territory for a piece of peace,'' one source said.
First 75 Telethon Is A 'Big Success' (COUNCIL BLUFFS, LINCOLN, OMAHA. Vol. UV No. 18
Omaha, Neb., FrI., February 14,1976^
OMAHA - The 1975 day's effort were Shirley Women's Division of Jewish Rosenberg, Mickey Katzman, Philanthropies held lU first Adeline Nogg, Betty SchTelethon for this year's midman, Mickey Sturm, Bea campaign on Sunday, Feb. 9, Landow, Audrey Cohen, and Telethon Chairman Nancy Greenberg, Erica Frances Fox termed the day's Hochster, Owen Pred, phone soUcltatk>ns a "big Lorraine Silverman, Frances success". Fox and Caryl Greenberg. According to Women's Division Chairman Caryl Additional volunteers are Greenberg, over 300 women needed for Telethon No. 2, were contacted by volunteers Sunday, Feb. 16 and for who staffed phones graciously Telethon No. 3, Sunday, donated by Greenberg In- March 2. If you are available, surance Agency and KOIL please contact Frances Fox, Radio. 391-0975, or Caryl Greenberg, Telethon callers for Sun- 393-7240.
In other developments, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee was asked by Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D.,Wash.) to scrutinize the $77 million contract let by the defense Department to a private California company to train Saudi Arabian troops. At tte same Ume, tte Jewlih Telegraphic Agency learned that "a real proUem" would arise If tte contract did not contahi tte standard clauses in all government agreements regarding equal rigbts and opportunity for employment for all Americans. This element Is considered of paramount Importance now that American universities and business concerns are seeking contracts with Arab governments and may be restrained from employing American Jews because of discrimination being enforced by Aratw. The contract with the Vinnell Corp, of Los Angeles authorizes training of the Saudi National Guard and is believed the first agreement ever made with a private American company to train a foreign army. The firm was swamped Tuesday with applications from men seeking Jobs with the 1,000-man training force. Also In Washington, the U.S. State Department was reported giving "serious consideration" to seeking entry hilo the United States for about 2,000 Soviet Jews hi Rome.
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.eadership Workshop Is Slated OMAHA-Two special three-bour workshops on motivating and directing participation in organizations will be offered leaders of O m'a ha's Jewish organizations next month. '^ special workshops, which will be Umlted to 70 persons, will be directed by Dr. R. Timothy Stein, •Mlslasit proleaior In the ; Dcpartawnt of Piychoiogy at ' the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The ses8k)ns, presented by the Federation of Jewish I- Wonnen'i Clubs of Omaha, are • scheduled (or Monday, April , 14 and 21, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, according to CoCbalrmen Mrs. Isaac (Jeanette) Nadoff and Mrs. David L. (Arlene) Fredricks.
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Overall objective of the workihops will be to provide •kltlf and techniques for Improving and developing leadership capabilities In a "leamlng-by-partlclpatlon" sItuatkM. Dr. Sietn, who is currently tMcbIng a topical seminar on lesssrch into loaderiilp and
managerial behavior, has served as a consulUnt to the State of Delaware and has worked In the Seventh Step Foundatkm and In Omaha's Equilibria Drug Center. He
also has worked with the Omaha Jaycees. Presidents of Omaha organizations will receive registration Information in the mall.
ByBenGallob Iteee gsnantlonr are united In tte pertormanoe o( tto tradtUonal Shabbat Havdalab osrsmooy as grandtatlwr Yadidjra Bahreod U^ tto candle bdd by dai«bter Hama Fvman'a HB Adaai as Ite proud mothsr helps. In right background Is rrada Bchrend, Hanna's mottor.
An Israeli Family In'48;
After All This, There Were Matzohs By Roae Hoffman They came separately - he from a small town In Germany, she from a Jewish orphanage In Berlin — and built for themselves a new life In an old land. Thus Hanna Ferman, wife of Des Moines Jewish Welfare Federation Executive Director Dr. Gerald Ferman, recalls her family's history, a history that spans three generations, that witnessed brael's re-birth and struggle to survive - a history that, despite the hardshlpii of the past, continues to unfold. Hanna's father, Julius Behrend, a young Social Democrat in the 1930's, wrote against Hitler and was arrested and Imprisoned. But friends somehow smuggled him from prison and In February of 193S, he arrived In Palestine and Joined the ChafeUChayiimklbbuU Ibat BUM year, MenrMta Sioid arraagMl ior Prtda, a young ebOd paycfaoioglBt, to •ccaopany tto flrat group irf or pbans from Berltai to tte "Abavab" orpbanagt tai Afulah. Ste, loo, JotaMd CbaMs OiayUm and met JuUus. Tto two beeaoM ai^piggdlnlin. The couple left the kibbutz and were married, but not before their rabbi, pitying them because they'd left everything in Germany, hired a carpenter to make a few crude pieces of furniture lor their new hone. Behrend found a Job as a Janitor in a small private school,
but Hanna recalls he was more than that to the children, who came to him with their troubles and addressed him as "Herr Director." Hanna was bom in 1938, her twin brothers, YosI and Asher, a year later. War broke out In Euni^, but communications continued between the Behrends an(nhelr families In Germany for several years. Then tragedy struck. Freda learned of her parents' death In Hamburg In 1942 from starvation In a Nazi-imposed ghetto area closed off from food and other supplies. Julius' parents, aided by friends, remained In hW-ing until 1944 when they escaped to Denmark, not realizing that It, too, was Nazi-occupied. They were captured and sent to their deaths at Auschwitz. Julius and Freda cooUnued working In tte private school after the war ended, being blessed bi 1946 with another daughter, Naomi. The years that followed were harsh and turbulent. Behrend and his wife attended night classes In the old Arabic house which they occupied - but the classes were not English classes as was assumed; they were firearms training sessions. Weapons attached to ropes were lowered and stored wilhbi the shaft of a water well Iruide the house; such secrecy was necessary to avoid detection by British spies. (Continued on Page 9)
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Reform Judaism, following a centuriesKjId procedure of traditional Judaism, has published tte first volume of a liberal commentary on tte Torah. "Tte Torah - A Modem Commentary," represents a monumental literary and religious undertaking which treats tte Old Testament both as sacred wrltbig and world literature at tte same time, according to Rabbi Alexander M. Schlndler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the association of Reform synagogues. Tte first volume, a commentary on Genesis, took four years to produce. It was written by Rabbi W. Guntter Plaut of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, described by Rabbi Schlndler as one of Reform Judaism's leadhig theologians. Rabbi Schlndler said Rabbi 'Plaut has also finished a commentary on Numters and will be responsible for commentaries on Exodus and (Continued on Page 71