Rabin's Resignation Culmination of Dissension Cdttofl NoU: At Of prcu time Taejday morning the news available to the JewisbPresrwu that Israeli Prime Minister Yltzak lUbto bad resigned but would remain at the bead of a caretaker - government. Rabin hm called (or •arty election*, probably in the tprlng. Elections had been scheduled for October 1977. The following JTA release provides the backround to Rabin's decision. v
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his Cabinet Dec. 19. and opened the way for early elections. The Rabin coalition is now in the minority, commanding only 57 of 120 Knesset seats. It faces a motion of noconfidence whlcfi the- Likud opposition was expected to introduce in the Knesset fpr action Tuesday. Rabin's move was approved JERUSALEM (JTA) - by a majority of Uie Cabinet Premier Yitzhak Rabin but It came as a surprise even abruptly dismissed the Na- to his Labor Alignment coltional Religious Party from leagues. At the opening of the
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weekly session and without political changes in Israel prior debate,- be Informed almost a year before the elecReligious Affairs Minister Yit- tions set for October 1977. zhak Rafael and Welfare It was clear that Rabin did Minister Zevulun Hammer not fire the NRP ministers in a that they could no longer serve moment of anger over their In bis government. breach of coalition discipline. Both had abstained when He apparently concluded that the Orthodox Aguda bloc the religious.faction was no presented a motion of no-, longer a reliable partner and confidence in the government would increasingly oppose on Dec. 14 for alleged Sabbath government policies as elec.desecration. The motion was_ tion day neared. He is known defeated by a vote of 55-48 with to have sought the advice of nine abstentions. But ac- Justice Minister Halm Zadok cording to Israeli law, a who felt that the strongest member of the government measures had to be taken who falls to oppose a no- against the NRP lest Its deconfidence motion is subject fiance make a farce of the to dismissal by the Premier. coalition government. Rabin had not asked for the Gen. (Res.) Ariel Sharon resignation of the third NRP who recently quit Likud of member of his Cabinet, .In- form' the Sholmzion faction terior Minister Yosef Burg, which hopes to win Knesset who had voted against the seats in the next elections, Aguda motion. Burg said, said Rabin's action' marked however, that the ouster of his a n o t h e r s t a g e in t h e colleague gave him no choice disintegration of the system but to resign. / '\'..: that has governed Israel since These events ended the long, its independence^. "One should uneasy partnership. between welcome the developments the Labor Alignment and the because they bring closer the NRP, the larges.^fand, * moment of truth, we are relatively, the most moderate • waiting for, , the elections of ' the various religious which will overthrow the prepolitical factions. More Impor- sent system," he said, tant, it set the stage for major Some observers here, ex-
pressed the view that Rabin deliberately provoked a government crisis in order to have early elections that, be hopes, will give Labor a strong new mandate from the people. These observers say that the present government Is too weak to go to Geneva to negotiate a peace settlement that Inevitably will require substantial territorial concessions by Israel. They point to the Dec. 14 vote In the Knesset which came uncomfortably close to toppling the Rabin regime on" a parochial issue that was of importance only to the religious minority. Rabin, of course, will run serious ( risks In early electlons, c o n s i d e r i n g t h e precarious state of the economy, the recent exposure of high level corruption in Labor ranks arid the rising, wave of labor unrest. On the other' hand, heavy political pressure Is expected to be brought to bear on Israel to negotiate with the Arabs next year. This can only be done if the government has a united electorate behind It and Rabin has taken the first step to bring it about, the observers say.
. WASHINGTON, (JTA) r- tlncl, i The Blumenthal family Bendlx Corporation Chairman Michael Blumenthal, who was came to the United States In Blumenthal w a s designated Dec. 14 by 1947. Family Released President-elect Jimmy Carter reported by dose friends as In an unprecedented move, to be his Secretary of the being a good friend of tity and philanthropy started By Barbara Simon the Soviet authorities released Treasury, is the second Secretary" of State-designate Deenie on her way to becomOMAHA - Deenie MeyerBoris Cbemobllsky, his wife refugee from Hitlcrlsm to Cyrus Vance. He also was said . Ing a more aware, committed and two daughters. Charged reach.a pinnacle of politlcil-. tobejtclose friend joliorxikr; son is joining! She is jplnlng Jewess. ;' ' • • ' • ' • " - '••• •'' •-as a "Soviet Jewish dissi- power In the United States.; Undersecretary t.! State • Marleffe vHechtma'rrfahd "This work Is for me" says: Mickey Sturm co-chairmen, In dent," Chernoblisky faced the George Bail, who for a time Like Secretary of State Deenie. "It's real Work; It's possibllty of up to five years in Henry A. Kissinger who fled was considered a front runner planning and executing the creative and exciting. I live in Women's division of the 1977 prison for peaceful protests In from Germany with his as Kissinger's successor. Omaha, I am Jewish — I feel • Omaha Jewish Philanthropies Moscow in October, according parents and brother In the late However, Blumenlhal's own honored to have been asked to to the National Conference on 1930s, Blumenthal and his position towards such matters Campaign, domyshare." What docs this mean? For Soviet Jewry. parents and sister departed as the Arab "boycott, trade "We're very pleased to have Deenie, chairman of workshop five years alter the Nazis took with the Soviet Union hinging Deenie working with us," says training meetings, it means on Soviet emigration policy over Germany's government. Marlene. "She's young, that she is arranging five The Blumenthal family In and other matters have not workshops over a two-day vibrant and enthusiastic — Berlin w a s "completely been specified by those close period for 150 leaders and just the sort of person we're s e c u l a r i z e d ' a n d n o n - to Blumenthal. reaching out to this year. workers. The workshops will religious," an aide to Blumen"We feel It's a privilege to be held Jan. 19 and 20 and will Jewish Leaders thal told t h e J e w i s h work on this campalqn, and be filled with information, WASHINGTON, (JTA) PARIS (JTA) - Nachum Telegraphic Agency, "Until we know Deenie does, too. entertainment and education Goldmann, president of the the Nazis came along to re- Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal of We're hoping that all Omaha about Omaha's needs, what's New York has been named to' C o n f e r e n c e on J e w i s h mind them they w e r e Jewish women will feel this two of the most Important happening In Israel and with Material Claims Against Ger- Jewish." The aide said ,way — and Join us in that Jews around the world. many,-said here he has In- Blumenthal is Jewish, "no positions In the leadership of Deenie Meyerson privilege * as workers and Ruth Lack, a dynamic the Democratic Party .in the structed Benjamin Ferencz, question about It— culturally donors." Deenie met Ruth Lack by woman from Houston, Tex.,* House of Representatives. The. representative of the and ethnically Jewish" but "Dozens of fresh, new faces Claims Conference "Jewish activities are not In Rep. Henry Wasman of will be at the workshops for accident six years ago in a will be with us this year," negotiating with the East Ger- t h e c e n t e r o l b i s California also has been the two days, says Deenie. hotel in Paris. They became signally honored by his col- "She's so-terrific — I can't friends on that trip, and adds Mickey. man Committee of anti- prfroccupations." Ruth's own personal feelings As the planning for the camFascist Resistance Fighters, 'However, major news leagues in the' leadership waittosee her again and to be about Jewish solidarity, idenwithher." (Continued on Page 2) ' to refuse to accept Si million media reports described his .hierarchy. offered by the Committee. ' parents as non-practicing The Bast Germans made Jews and Blumenthal as a the offer "on humanitarian "baptized Presbyterian." It grounds, as a.pne-tlme finan- was also reported that the . , . , fcAbboEbon cial payment'fU) needy U.S. family converted to ProAmerican Jewish organizations will reject any advice to Editor'* Not.: The Soviet Jemy dropout toue l i currently under Intently* dlscutcitizens of Jewish faith who testantism, when the Nazis withhold aid and compassion from Soviet Jews who reach a free>, •lon ond orielytlt In In* Jtwltn community throughout in* world.'A (pedal committee of Mraell end American Jewlth leaden, We tnteroreanlzotlonoJ Commitwere persecuted by the Nazi were rising to power. haven anywhere hi the world. The deepest Issues of Jewish «— — » - J ~ . «—-•»«• ' " • • • ; " ; • j - ^ j ^ j ^- «*— « H y i .ti'"*!r? regime." . fraierniiy are here ni issue, o'unx viir Jewish fcintiGiiSiiip is Blumenthal, who was born In ell HiramWIcetlon*.•ecoute of the Uportonce of lhe~:Siiier«fie JeWlih Telegraphic Agency hot published en article written by former Israeli Foreign fraternal it imposes an unconditional solidarity. In view of the great wrong In Berlin in 1926, Is the son of Mlnfiler Abbotbone«cluilv«lyforlheJTA. Zionism has an absolute obligation to the interests of every done to tens of thousands of Ewald and Rose Balerie Mark Jewish victims of Nazi Blumenthal.'The family left JERUSALEM, (JTA)-Israells and American Jews alike Jew, In rectitude or in errror, for better or for worse. The obligapersecution in Bast Germany, Berlin in late 1938'or early believe that Jews who emigrate from the Soviet Union to the tion is transcendent and all-embracing. It springs to our conscience from the depths of our tragic history. And it is sustained a«Mi«inn «»H ttw nllor at t l 1339, the side said, andjnadfi, United Spates with Israeli vlsas'do great disiervlce to the cenby memories too poignant to discard. ""' .> million to not to be taken their way to Shanghai where, tral interests of the Jewish people. . . Aliyahis is a unique and a translatable idea. But it is totally Inseriously, especially In view of. "they were stuck" through They exchange the idea of a Jewish homeland fpr-the opcompatible with any concept of coercion. If it lacks the volun- , the (act that West Germany World War II. While in portunistic notion of individual welfare. They bring discredit on tary impulse it becomes drained of Its nobility. Nor is there has provided until now about Shanghai, they were sheltered the powerful historic theme in the name of which, their much prospect of durability in a sojourn in Israel engendered by (23 billion In reparations to In a camp conducted by the d e l i v e r a n c e w a s s e c u r e d . '•'-'. ' • • '•''•'••• Nazi victims. , Joint Distribution Committee. They reward the State of Israel for their own redemption by the pressure of deprivation Imposed by a docile but reluctant Another reason for the re- Shanghai was the locale for a reducing the dignity and authenticity of the very statehood American Jewish decision. The moral implication is intolerable. jection, Goldmann said, was large German-Jewish com- which has served them in their ordeal. Every resource of per- . American Jews who have shown an infinitely smaller tenden-. that It Is only for Jewish vic- munity of refugees In that suasion and Incentive should be put to work to bring this moral cy towards aliyah than Soviet Jewry have no right to compel ' Soviet Jews to fulfill an obligation that American Jews ignore period. It began disintegrating paradoxtoan end. tims now II vlng In the U.S. •• v (ContinuedonPage2) ^V (ContlmiedonPage2) _ _ after the war and is now exYet with all the severity of this Judgement, 1 Hope that
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E$st Germany's $V Million Offer Gets Rejection (Continued from Page 1) The Claims Conference has never accepted any special . compensation for citizens of any one counry, but negotiates for al) Nazi victims, most of ' whom are now In Israel.
Working on the 1977 Women's Philanthropies Campaign are, 'Iran left, Mickey Sturm, Caryl Greenberg and Mariene iHechtman. (JP Photo) *
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' The Claims Conference will not be a party to any attempt by East Germany to discharge Its responsibilty by a token amount, aand will continue to claim 'real compensation, Goldmannsald. In 1974, the U.S. made restitution for Nazi victims an issue in negotiations leading to the recognition of East Germany. The Conference on Jewish Claims and the East German committee began negotiations shortly after diplomatic ties were established on Sept. 4,1974. -
World News Briefs Jewish Chief SAVANNAH, Ga* (JTA) Savannah .has a police chief who holds two masters degrees from Michigan State University, is working on his doctorate and is Jewish. His name is David Epstein and he is the second Jew to hold the office of police chief in the history of this bastion of the Old South. The first was Charles Garfunkel who served from 1903-1907 and whose son, Benjamin M. Garfunkle, serv-
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adults, we certainly cannot abdicate our responsibilities in this vital area of responding to the needs of our people," Stanford Lipsey Paul Alperson Mariene adds. Press Committee Co-Chairmen Deenie Meyerson, mother of Judith Morburg four and wife of Larry MeyerActing Utor son, agrees. "When I said yes Jonis Fischer Claudia Shermon to arranging the workshops," Assistant - Centtr Scene she says. "I had the thought Suzanne R. Somberg' • that it really is only a lucky DebiJoAbromsPlatt twist of fate that I and my Advertising Frank and Cheryl Flatowicz Second Class Postage Paid' children are here, rather than announce the birth of a-son, at Omaha, Nebr. in Europe, In need. And who Annual Subscription 18.SO JssoaKsrionDec.14. knows, there could yet be a Advertising Rates on Application Grandparents are Mr. and Tkt J*»tsi Press It aet ntewnMt ft* tune in my life when 1 might Mrs. Hersz Flatowicz and Mr. Ikt lM*r«fk "ef « y tMfetf *r need help from one of the com, and Mrs. James P. Phillips. etteHskeuirt. munity services we raise ' PvblicotMOffkiiJMSo.ilMSt. . Great-grandparents are Mr. OmdM.IWir.M154 H I O M . W MW money for." I believe in the and Mrs. Lewis Ellis. '; CeeyOee«lmM»ne«yl value of donating my time in this way." , She, Mariene Hechtmanand Mickey Sturm urge * any woman who wishes to work on the campaign who has not . ' ' . (Continued from Page 1), , , been called, to pick up the with such totality. The American Jewish kettle Is not entitled to phrjne, dial 391-3008 and JOIN call the Soviet Jewish pot black or any other color. IN! . Whatever the motives for the American Jewish record on allyah It must surely generate a decent humility towards Soviet Jews who, In their fatigue and confusion, are unable to fulfill the dictates of our national history. ' Interesting ond varied lull-limo secretarial position available in ' When Zionism celebrated its decisive political victory after Federation office. Require secretarial experience with good World War I its leaders took a double and parallel course. typing skills and transcribing machine knowledge. Shorthand not rwcenary. Good benelits. tChalm) Weizmann and his colleagues appeared before the Orll Ruth I h H i a V , 3 M - S 2 0 0 for an Interview. peace conference in 1919 with their call for recognition of Jewish national independence. And Nahum Sokolow, representing Zionism in Its full sovereignty, joined Louis Marshall and Julian Mack in their efforts to protect the civil and collective Jewish rights of Jewish communities in Europe.'
(Continued from Page 1) paign got underway this week; Mariene and Mickey met with advisors from past campaigns: Jeanne Lipsey, Mary ' Fellman, Jeanette Nadoff and Caryl Greenberg. The group organized the sequence of , workshops and "at-home" meetings, chose speakers and lined up division leaders, who in turn will select, workers. . "We're delighted with the spirit of the women we have contacted thus far," say,the cochalnnen. "It appears that many .women truly f e d a s challenged as we do and that working on the Philanthropies cam-' palgn — a s well as donating ample dollars—is an extension of the new womans* spirit," : comments Mariene. * "When -we're working for our rights' in business and in the professions, as capable
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The Job Nobody Wants' Is Rewarding ByBenLaub "How can you tolerate being so close to so many old people? Howcan you stand the endless complaints of these people?" Not a week goes by without a variation of these similiar comments being addressed to- me as the administrator of a home for the aged. The negativism and hostility towards older people manifested by these repeated remarks by residents, their children, or other visitors, were constant sources of wonder and distress to me. Did old age evoke such fear ancijoalhing that • these constant critics could do little more than recoil with bitterness and revulsion? 'Happily, these hostile attitudes do not prevail. Most visitors, especially volunteers among whom are members of the board of trustees, are attracted by the residents' courage/tenacity and good humor In the face of a life predicament that could be overwhelming. Consider, if you will, the residents of a home for the aged. For a brief moment, exchange places with them. Who are these elderly people? Almost all led productive lives. Among them were professionals and business people, artisans and shopkeepers, homemakers, parents who raised children and sometimes grandchildren. For better or worse, they planned and managed their lives and the raising of their children, made decisions and assumed the myriad responsibilities connected with domestic lives, careers and communities. Despite the variations in cultural and life styles and financial and vocational backgrounds, all the residents have one thing in common. They had reached a time in their lives when they were no longer able to function adequately and safely In the community. They need the protection, services and the care available in a home for the aged. Recognitlng this need, they appu&3 tor admission albeit with much apprehension and Travail. ' The moment they entered the Home, they were faced with a system operated by a benevolent board of trustees, administration entangled in a web of financial intricacies and bureaucratic regulations, and a dedicated, concerned staff of skilled and unskilled personnel. Having accepted these thoughtful, responsible adults, the service system developed within the Home removes some opportunities for decision making. What they eat, when they eat, what recreation and cultural activities may or may not be offered or be available, who will supervise the dispensing of prescribed medications are among the many fundamental dally
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Omahans in The News Jerald M. Goldstrom, former Omahan, has recently been appointed district .manager for Price, Allen and Stevens Financial Corporation, a financial planning firm in Beachwood, Ohio. He and his family presently reside in South Euclid, Ohio. Howard S l l b e r , the World-Herald's military affairs editor, was presented the Air Force Association's first
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Unknown Heritage Causes Confusion HAIFA-YlUhak Gabbai Is established but the conflicting bi arranged for Israel Gabibal dullah's birth, but Bedouins the 23-year-old son of a claims are irreconcilable. of Tlrosh to meet the Young have been notoriously lax in religious Jew living in the The story began three mon- Bedouin. He noted a marked such matters, especially when a child is born at home, The village of Tlrosh, near Bet ths ago when the Bedouin family resemblance. Sheraesh Just outside of Arab had -a fight with his Gabbai told that his son had police put the old.Bedouin Jerusalem. Shortly he plans to cousin. The latter taunted him disappeared 21 years ago, and through a He detector test— enroll at a yeshiva in the Holy that he was not born a every effort of the police to and he emerged with his find him at the time, or even veracity unquestioned City. Bedouin, but was. really of In the meantime Yitzhak Abdullah Rahav is the 23- Jewish blood, adopted by Ills his body, had been to no avail. year-old son of Naif Mohamm- family. As Abdullah tells It, he Grossman asked for iden- (Abdullah) was trying to ed Rahav, a Bedouin member had always felt himself to be a tification marks, and the make up for lost time. He had of the Arab-AIayU tribe, en- stranger. He sensed that his father told of scars on the had almost no schooling, and ' camped near Nahalal. parents never treated him on boy's back received during In- could neither read nor write in The connection between the a par with his twelve brothers fancy. Abdullah pulled up his any language. He began to two boys la a strange one: and sisters. Now the "secret" shirt, and there were the ' memorize prayers and take part in synagogue services They are one and the same was out, and Abdullah fled scars, Just as described. At that moment Abdullah dally "He wears a skullcap at person! Which Identity u the from his home. true one has. not been He turned up at the door of ceased to exist, and Yitzhak all times. His ambition is to attend yeshiva and maybe R a b b i D a v i d V i t z h a k Gabbai was reborn. (Panorama But the Bedouin family did become a rabbi, G r o s s m a n , in M i g d a l Abdullah's parents came to Haemek, who is known not give up. They couia not throughout Israel for his deeds p r o d u c e s a t i s f a c t o r y see him—but Yitzhak refused in reunltingjamllies. The rab- documents attesting to Ab- to meet with them. Then-they found a birth certificate atOne of the Jews In Vienna ment In Palestine. "These By David Schwartz testing that a son Abdullah who came to see this play was people have the answer," had indeed been born to them, There hss been s great dsa! a man who was probing deep thought Herzl, ami wrote ''Das but other records showed that of' talk of late about ,the into the human emotions and Judenstaat." He showed it to child had died in infancy. Panama Canal. A. lotof party who probably was not as op- his friend Schlff who read it vention. 1 think it is about time APATHY DEPLORED politics has entered into it. timistic about this solution — with tears in his eyes. I am very sorry to report people started caring. As the The case became even more There has been talk that the SIgmund Freud. "Go see a doctor," said that the 'Cornbelt Region saying goes, "People start complicated when, after press issue might engender another Mark Twain was a visitor to Schiff. He was sure Herzl had Winter Convention that was to regions and people can publicity, a Pejach Tikva war. The Panama Canal is a Vienna at that time and his gone whacky. • have been held on pec. 23-26 destroy them" and this region woman showed up claiming he note in the ground and we need picture of the city from which Herzl took the advice, He has been canceled. is on the verge of 'being was her son, missing for 20 a war about it like a hole in the Hitler was to come was also went to see Dr. Max Nordau, destroyed because of lack of years. Not to be outdone, a The theme of this convenhead. Anyway, it is gratifying very dark. physician and world, famouus tion was going to be: "Why? interest and caring. Jaffa woman claimed that her that ho Jew is mentioned in its "There are 19 different par- literary Iconoclast. . . . Because is not the I am not writing this letter son had disappeared 17 yean connection. ties in Vienna,'' he wrote, Nordau read It."Herd," he answer." I think we should to give you any great answers ago, at the age of 7. FurtherBut it might have been dif- "each fighting all the others said, "if you are. crazy, I am change It to:' "Why? . . . to wipe us clean of apathy more, she claimed he had two . ferent. Theodor Herzl as a and the only point on which all too." APATHY is the answer," It because I cannot do that; I am : scars in a certain place on his child would tell his playmates are united is in hating the Herzl felt better. At least he really bothers .me that wrtitng this so that perhaps bead. that when he grew up, he Jews." had company. However, the because of one little word, the youth of BBYO wUl open Sure enough, Abdullahwould build the Panama Canal Weizmann once remarked paper on which he worked there will never be another their eyes. If everyone will Yitzhak has the scars on his but he would warn them, that Herzl had one advantage would not permit the mention Cornbelt regional Convention! show a little bit of support, our head, in addition to the ones on "Don't tell anyone." over him as a Zionist leader— of the term Zionism. The Cornbelt Region Is supposed region can and will be strong his back. His parents encouraged him he knew nothing either about Jewish wits of Vienna liked to to be an area of chapters from but until then I don't know No Solomonic Judgement in his early technical studies Jews or Palestine. spoof on the subject. "Yes," Des Molnes, Sioux Falls, Sioux .what will happen. All I do will be required. The boy is of to that end, but it was destined This was said facetiously they would say, "Zionism is a City, Oltumwa, Lincoln and know is that, like many others, age, and can decide where he for another by the same name but perhaps coming from an wonderful thing." But they, Omaha. Throughout all of BBYO has played an imporwants to live, and how. — Theodore Roosevelt — to atmosphere of Ignorance was would prefer to be an attache these chapters, we couldn't tant role in my life and I'd like Whether he will be recognized bring the canal into existence. to see it continue and grow to a help. The one who does not to the Zionist envoy in Vienna. even get 50 people to go to contruly as a Jew may yet have to toe point it was years ago Growing up, young Henl know often learns more eagerTwenty • years later, the be decided, not by the police, -when BBYO was an aqive, realized that bis talents lay in ly and is apt to act upon it novelist Stephen Zweig, but by a rabbinical court, on thrivlnggroup. a different direction and he more zealously. He comes as recalled that at this period the • the basis of evidence accepbecame a newspaperman, an outsider with the freer two most derided people in I am writing this letter as I table to halacha, Jewish law. JERUSALEM - Three playwright and ultimately the perspective of the latter. It Vienna were Theodor Herzl distinguished rabbis, one from was one of (he Winter Convenfounder of t h e Zionist was an Englishman who knew and SIgmund Freud. Brazil and two from Israel, tion coordinators. I am movement. little about America, Thomas were awarded honorary Doc- discouraged about a great But Herzl worked on. The He seemed In the beginning; Paine, who did the most to igtor of Divinity degrees by deal of work, time, and effort to be as fitted to be a Jewish nite the flame of American in- first World Zionist Congress Hebrew Union College-Jewish : put forth by myself and others' was convened. Max Nordau leader as to build the Panama dependence in 1776. in preparing a convention w a s t h e r e and' o t h e r Institute of Religion at a Canal: His first proposal for The Dreyfus case finally distinguished Jews. centennial convocation of the which will never be, I am not the solution of the Jewish pro- awakened the Jew in Herzl. asking anyone to feel sorry for' There was also a great college, one of the highlights this time and effort; I am askblem was for the Jews to con- The shouts of "death to Jews." of the recent Golden Jubilee American non-Jew sittingin vert. Shakespeare in the Mer- the countrywide celebration ot International Conference of ing for everyone to please care Professional Equipment chant of Venice had pointed the humiliation of Dreyfus as the gallery — a man famous the. World Union for Pro-,and realize that at this point, we are in trouble. It is not too out one of the difficulties, of though It were a national holi- for making the world laugh gressjve Judaism. late; we can buUd ourselves that solution — it would be in-, day, eroded altjpfJlerzl's op; but he was not laughing now. LEVENSON'S flationary, raise tfie price of tlmlsm about the disap- He At as thinking very seriousHonored for their highly up again—if we act NOW. ly, It was Mark Twain. 14O7Harney pork. 3414088 meritorious service to .the pearance of anthSemltism. ; Lynn Reiner There were other difficulties - One day he returned to-his ' ."The Jews," said Mark cause of Liberal Judaism' .Omaha .and Herzl <h»«ha Twain, '"are, too dispersed t o were Rabbis Saadia Gelb of iMffl iull nf Hnmalr Onpnlnfl ed them for in his play "The a bottle of wine sent by his e x e r c i s e power. Herzl Kibbutz Kfar Blum in Upper Ghetto," his solution was dif- brother-in-law, he read the understands the power of con- Galilee, Richard G, Hirsch, executive director of the ferent. In Just a little time he label on the bottle: centration:", thought by the processes of ; So it was that Herzl didn't World Union for Progressive ZICHRONYAAKOV civilization, the prejudice The name of a pioneer dig any holes In the ground. He Judaism, and Henrique Lemje nt Rln tie, Janpro __ Jewish agricultural settle- JliSt CESfllfid a nallrni
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SERVICES: Friday: KabbalatShabbat4:45p.m. Family Services: 15p.m. ' Th« service is conducted by Rabbi Isaac Naooff and Cantor Leo Fettman with the Beth Israel Choir. The Oneg Shabbat reception following services will be sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Levey, in honor of their granddaughters, Snarl and Tracy Gross, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Gross. Following services, college students will participate in a panel discussion with the Rabbi. Saturday: Morning Services 8:45 a.m. Kiddish will be sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Novok, Mr. and Mrs. Siilffi Goldberg and Rachel in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Levine. Youth services 10 a.m. Talmud Class 4:15 p.m. Mincha Services 4:45 p.m. Snalosh S'eudos 5:15 p.m. Ma'arlv & Havdalah 5:45 p.m. • Sunday; . Morning service 9 a.m. Breakfast with the Rabbi and-MUhnaclasS9:3oa,m. Weekdays: Morning services 7 a.m. Evening services 4:45 p.m. Cantor'sClasses:
SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. There will be an "If you ask me.. ."with the Rabbis responding to questions oncurrent Jewish issues. Saturday: Morning services 11 a.m.
Saturdayi: ." . Tm-ih Reading II : » « . m . ; Mondiy: . Adult Adv, Hebrew 7:15 p.m. Adult B«g. Hebrew «:30 p.m.
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B'NOTTORAHJ On Tuesday, Dec. 28,; Sisterhood's B'not Torah (study group) will meet at 2:30 p.m.
STUDENTSBRUNCH All college students are Invited to a brunch on Sunday, Dec. 26 at 11 a.m. at the home of Rabbi and Mrs. Bromberg, 5204Calfornia.
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BATMTOWAH • Cathy, Pleck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Manfred Pieck] will become Bat Mitzwah on Friday, Dec. 31 and Saturday, Jan.
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PIONEER WOMEN On Dec. 25, Pioneer Women will have a post Hanukkah party at the home of Jack and Helene Shrago, 12639 Shirley St. The fee is $1.50 per person. Gifts are to be brought which wll be auctioned off. Guests are welcome, Reservations may be made with Magda Fried, 383-5237.
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OMAHA - Slndie Jan Harris became the bride of Jerry Wayne Katskee in a late afternoon service at Temple Israel Synagogue on Sunday, Dec. 19. Rabbi Sidney Brooks,officiated. The bride, daughter of Lt. Col. Irwln J. Harris (USAF, Ret.) was attended by her sisters, Mrs. Spencer (Lori Ann). Brookstein of Denver, and Mrs. Marc (Claudia) Sherman. The groom, son of Mr, and Mrs. David Katskee was attended by his brothers Melvin and Milton Katskee. A r e c e p t i o n at the synagogue followed the wedding. A family dinner was held at the Ramada Inn Central. The newlyweds are on a honeymoon trip to San Diego, Carmel and San' Francisco. They will reside in Omaha where the bride Is a teacher at
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cio!* iiioi •ic*!* iiomv* s e c t i o n Gavriel Zifroni Comes in February DES MOINES- Gavriel Zifroni, who will be the . scholar In residence, was born In Tel Aviv and educated at Herzliah High School and the American University in Beirut, Lebanon. Zifroni has been the Driector General of "Habina", the national theater of Israel, since 1969. He is also the President of the _ Israel Drama School in Kamat "*Gan. From 1936 (o 1958, he was . the Jerusalem correspondent. of the London Daily Telegraph and from 1938 to 1954, he was the Middle East corresponGavriel Zifroni dent of the New York Herald Tribune. Zifroni was the Christian churches, groups, Editor of the - now defunct and cults and the government Israeli daily, "Haboker." in regard to the Christian A member of the Israel religious shrines throughout Radio and Television Authori- the country. He was one of the ty from 1962-1974. Zifroni was founders of the Israel Interalso one of the founding fallh Committee. members and currently viceOn the Board of Directors of president of the Asian Press the Israel National Park Association. He is on the Authority, Zifroni has visited Editorial Board of the Israeli and lectured in the. United daily newspaper "Ma'ariv." States many times. His last Zifroni has had extensive visit was in 1974 where he contact with the Christian served as the American community in Israel. He has Zionist Federation scholar-in•' written a great deal on church residence in Atlanta, Georgia. •*iand Christian community_af- He has also traveled extenfalrs and personally knows sively - throughout Asia and most of the clergy and par- Africa. triarchs. He is considered an He Is an extremely effective expert on the "Status Quo" ar- and witty public speaker who rangement dating back some is equally at home with inJOO years, which defines the formal groups. .,. ^relationships and respon- • Zifroni will be in Des Molnes • slbUities between the various <- from Feb. 13-20. He will be
DesMoines I Calendar I MONDAY - DECEMBER 27 »:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m. — Chapter Hadassan Board Meeting. WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 29 »;30 -11:30 a.m. — Tlfereth Israel Women's League Adult Education Classes with Rabbi Cy Iron,
The Real America by Ben J.Watteoberg. Revised edition with an introduction by Richard M. Scammoo. Capricorn Books, G.P. Putnun's Sons, New York. Paperback, Ml pages « i o .
* If Ben Wattenberg did not have a single other fact to add in his latest version of "The , Real America" he would be hailed for having performed a monumental favor for truth and light in pointing out rich America does have poor Jews who fear crime in the slums in •which they exist and. they require help like others in poverty. ..... '•>••• •••• "The Real America," however, .has myriad tacts beyond those on Jews arid is, 7)s someone has said, "a brilliant look at the facts rytiio
Discussing "Black Progress and Liberal Rhetoric," Wattenberg asks how does "a group"— an ethnic group, a religious group.'a racial group — make "progress" and adds wisely: "Is 'progress' denned as a situation when a whole. group Is seen moving up and out of poverty or when only a substantial fraction moves up and out.. If the whole group must go up and out, then even the Jews haven't made it yet. "One of the reasons of the American Jewish Committee lobbies'for high Social Security rates is because such a high proportion of elderly Jews are still in poverty — despite the generaljy acknowledged success story of American Jews. What is. true for the Jews is true as well for the Irish and
Bureau Reports Schedule DES MOINES- Spring semester high school classes have Just been announced and students'are in the process of enrolling. This semester we will have a Joint DrakeBureau course taught by Dr. Burton Leiser, entitled "Foundations of Jewish Thought." This class is open to the entire community, high school-and college students and adults, and three hours of college credit will be glvcrt for the course. The second trimester has
tragedy is compounded; Many elderly Orthodox Jews In New York no longer go to lateafternoon services .because they must return home after dark and fear, mugging, beating and humiliation. . In Israel, a land where sexual equality has long been a well-establisbed and certainly well-publicized doctrine, a survey team of Hebrew University sociologists found that ,75 percent of married women from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv responded affirmatively to this statement: 'A good mother and a good bomemaker Is a woman's most noble goal.'Which may prove what has long been suspected: American females are nothing but Jewish mothers in station wagons."
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begun for seventh and eighth grade students and they have signed up for more classes than tn the first trimester. A retreat was - held in November at the 4H Camp near Madrid, Iowa, and sixty students were in attendance. The theme was "Preserving Jewish Identity, Past and Pres e n t . " E v a l u a t i o n s by counselors and students strengthened our feeling that this was. our'most successful retreat to date.
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DES MOINES — Occupancy In'the Home for the month of November was excellent with 94 per cent oMhe skilled nursing unit's beds filled durthe month and 100 per cent Communists Meet ofingthe retirement apartments TEL, AVIV, (JTA) - Three were*also occupied during the officials of the Soviet Com- same period of time. munist Party have arrived ' The population is composed here to attend the congress of of primarily women with only the Rakah (Communist) Par- 4 men residing within the ty. Delegations have also or-:" Home. The Home at this time r i v e d - f r o m R u m a n i a , lias 1 couple as part of its resiCzecholovakia and East Ger- dent population. • • » many. Rumania is the only As indicated last month, the Communist country to have H o m e has secured the serdiplomatic relations with vices of Thorp Decorating to Israel. Alexander Aksenov, undertake (he repainting of secondary secretary of the the Home's halls and rooms Byelorussian Communist Party, told reporters at Ben Gurlon Airport that resumption of relations between the USSR, and Israel could follow DESMQ1NES — Erspicers a complete Israeli wimurawai, from Arab territories and the who might be willing and able recognition of the rights of the to hire Immigrants or' other Palestinians. The other community members, please members of ihe Soviet delega- ccntsct Lil Carson, Jewish tion were Nikolai Slepov, Family Service Director, at former secretary at the Soviet 244-3146. A list of potential Embassy In Israel before rela- employers will be compiled. tions were broken during the Employers Will be Contacted Six-Day War, and Karen only when the prospective Brutenz, deputy director of employee's skills may match the Soviet Communist Party the needs of the job's. Job sucExecutive's International cess is most Important for both employer and employee. -dspHrfmenL
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American life." His bits about and some failure, each, t e n e x t e n s i v e l y o n poor Jews are especially chronicled in our literature, demographic and political essential facts that should be our politics, and our in- matters, is one of those few handy at the least to every dustry." WashjngtQnlans who goes welfare worker to quote Wattenberg has a pungent behind the prefab platitudes directly to tnose who think an ~ footnote'iri discussing a qtzcs* "concocted by •publicity pcopJc Jews are rich and powerful. ' tionnalre on women's libera- to fit a politician's policy. A . W r i t i n g on crime, wat- tion^ 'Noting that 14 'percent of teacher and business consult e n b e r g s a y s : " t r i p l e - American women think that tant, hefhas worked for Presi- padlocked doors,, drug ad- "having a loving husband who dent Johnson and Senators d i c t s , m u g g i n g s , rape, is able to take care of me i s ' Hubert Humphrey and Henry ' shakedown of school children much more important to me M. Jackson, and is founder for lunch money are enough to than making it on my own," and co-chairman of the Coali''drive many of the best inten- Wattenberg points out: tion for a Democratic Majoritioned urbanites into the "These feelings do not seem • ty. What is best about bis calmer suburbs. For the elder- to be restricted to American books is that they are what he Iv, and often defenseless, the women..; •-• ' ; fo-"real."
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UJA Conference Closes NEWPORT, R.I.-Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, is presented with a replica of the flag at Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, by Mrs. Sylvia Hassenfeld,right,National Chairman of the UJA Women's Dlvlson. The words of George Washington — "To Bigotry No Sanction, To Persecution No Assistance" — are Inscribed on the flag. The presentation, In honor of the U.S. Bicentennial and the shared spirit of democracy and religious freedom In both countries,.was made during the closing ceremony of "This Year In Jerusalem", the UJA Conference wblcb brought 3,000 American Jews to Israel In late October.
DES MOINES - The Rus- fidentiolity our clients should sian Jewish Resettlement pro- have when visiting us, while gram is running relatively still being near enough to the smoothly: Two new families Federation office to make use came to Des Molnes about of i t s equipments and three, months ago. One family facilities. has obtained employment and The Jewish Family Services the other is expected to begin Board has improved its comworking in January. A new mittee structure. 'Various family Is expected to arrive committees are currently conThursday, Dec. 23. Our new sidering our budget review for coordinatpr for Immigration, United Way, our immigration Esther Hockenberg, Is work- policies, short-and long-term ing very hard to. secure program planning, and peremployment and provide for sonnel policies. We anticipate the many needs of our Improved organization and families. planning resulting from an acBeginning in January the tive committee structure. . Jewish Family Services willbe located at 493 Securities The Jewish Press is not Building, pur new dfflee will responsible for the provide the much nededcoh-.
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which have not been done for approximately 8 years. This redecoration project h a s already begun and should be finished by mid-January. At the same time the project' began, a tola! decorating scheme was developed by Bobble Nagorner that Included replacement of draperies, bedspread, certain floorcovering and wallcoverings and a n u m b e r of o t h e r miscellaneous items. Any fabrics in the future will be of synthetic Verell our polyglass blends which a r e both fireproof and resilient. A nonallergic form of Verell has been chosen for the replacement drapes. " . An Army Against Cancer Thii April some 2,300,000 .volunteers will visit friends and local businessmen across the • countiy i s gather support for; the American Cancer Society's 1975 educational and fundraising Crusade..
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Is Significant By Barbara Simon OMAHA — It's very challenging for this writer to highlight scholars and other people in our community who make significant contributions to us and the world in general. The challenge is not only to highlight the individual and bring him-her to your attention, but also to attempt to explain the work and the reasons that person has chosen Omaha. Recently Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbauin, new director of the Federation department of education and instructor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha In Judaic Studies was the subject of the Press interview along these lines. His next door neighbor, literally, who offices in UNO's department of philosophy and religion, is Dr. Joe Seger, whose etory and work is of great interest to us as Jews and to the worldof scholarship. Seger is an eminent biblical archcologist, beginning the second of a two-year grant lecture-teaching "visit" at UNO and around themlckWest. Seger and Rosenbaum have other ties too. They shared many of the same teachers at Har. vard's department of Near Eastern Languages and Literature, where Rosenbaum is now finishing work for'hls Ph.d. and Seger received hisTh.d.< Dr. of Theology) in 1065. Their fields overlap — Rosenbaum, as a rabbi and scholar, is Interested in encouraging 'more intensive Jewish studies through, the history of Jewish practices and law, while Seger, u m ofualncu minister, scholar and field arcfaeologist, is interested in encouraging • more serious interest in Jewish history (and near Eastern history) through the study of archeology and, specifically, the archeologlcal remains in Israel. • The two men together, their collective In' formation .and education, form a "gold" . storehouse of knowledge and perspectives that certainly rivals some of the gold finds in recent archeologlcal digs! The National Foundation for Jewish Culture, New.-York, crested by Nick .Newman and others who wanted both to assist Jewish scholars and artists and to help bring them to smaller communities who did not have much opportunity to experience Jewish culture, provided a grant to the College of Fine Arts at UNO to bring Seger here last January for a two-year residency. His position Is as CM. Newman Visiting Professor of Art History and Biblical Archeology., although-hls field is interdisciplinary, and his course, titled simply Scnlof Seminar (Art 495) is also taken by students majoring in religious studies and history of religion. It is open to Juniors and seniors, but in fact may be taken by almost anyone, with permission from Seger. (Registration: Jan. 10; class held TuesdayThursday, l-2:25p.m.) Seger's major purpose in being in Omaha for two yearsi other than teaching, Is to lecture and talk about the significance and findings of his field excavations in Israel, all around the midWest region, and thereby promote Interest In Jewish history, Jewish studies, and Israel. Seger, as previously mentioned, is not Jewish, a fact not at all held against him by the selection committee for the grant! They recognized that his field of study concerns Jews and Jewish subject matter, and that he Is one of perhaps six top archeologlsts in the country In biblical archeology. From 1966-69 Joe Segcr spent his summers
however, says Seger, and the dig uncovered a Seger and his wife, Karen, also an arcfaeologist fortress wall system dating from around 2500 and social scientist, will leave again for Israel B.C. This find is significant because there are In May, 1977, to continue the dig, and will then only a few .archeologlcal sites, he points out, return to UNO for the Fall semester. which produce artifacts from the 2500 B.C. ' Students or other volunteers who might be interested in joining the dig are invited to call D r . ' period In southern Israel. This period is being closely studied right now Seger at UNO. Subscriptions and other finanbecause of the most sensational find in recent cial donations are also invited. times outside of the Dead Sea scrolls — the unIt Is a great thrill to have Joe and Karen covering of the ancient city of Ebla, in Syria, in - Seger in Omaha. It's a boon to scholarship, a 1975. credit to Nick and Raquel Newman and the At Ebla, some 20,000 clay tablets were found, grant selection committee, and a marvelous dating from 2500 B.C., covered with cunieform opportunity for us to "touch" our past and writing, part of which are in a language related come In contact with Israel, living history and to what later became Hebrew, and containing the fascinating Held of archeology. Seger lecreferences to the name "David." tured at the Jewish Community Center last These tablets are the first place the name has Spring, and will do so again this Spring,. *" appeared outside of the Old Testament. On the tablets also are names of people who appear in We look forward to more talks, displays and Genesis who are said to.be ancestor* of the learning opportunities through the next year, Patriarchs. perhaps a major exhibit or conference and The Lahav project, because of Its early ' maybe (if wishes were horses?) someday a history, can be cross-checked with the Ebla permanent university chair for Jewish History materials, and both can illuminate the other. and Culture, as other communities have And in this way the science and mystery of ar- established.-. • cheology continues. Make every opportunity to meet and hear Joe Work at Lahav will continue for many years. S e g e r - it's a treat! Dr. Joe Seger digging in Israel as a senior staff member bi the Hebrew Union College excavation at Tell Gezer. Winters he taught Old Testament studies at Hartford Seminary Foundation, a private Methodist liberal arts seminary, From 1969 to 1974, he was resident archeology director at Hebrew Union College In Jerusalem, teaching archeology to seminarians from Hebrew Union College who customarily spend their third year in Israel. From 1971-1974, he was also director of the dig at Tell Gezer. Seger's particular expertise and scholarship centers around a 300 year period In Biblical history called the Patriarchal Period (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob), about 1800-1500 B.C., and even more specifically the ceramics and pottery of this period. The excitement for him comes when during a dig, pieces of pottery are uncovered which can more accurately date events we know about in the Bible and can establish precise times When certain things happened. Many other exciting things occur during an excavation too. For instance, at Tell Gezer his excavation found a gate and a wall from the period about 1600 B.C., and other materials which established the site.as one of King Solomon's district capitol cities dating around 95OB.C. They also discovered storage rooms containing jars which had signs written on them from the earliest known alphabet in existence. As pleased as he is with the success of the Gezer dig, Seger and his group are off to new adventures, uncovering a site near Kibbutz Lahav called Tell Hallf. This time, the dig Is being carried on by a private group, endorsed by the Hebrew Union College and the American Schools of Oriental Research, with several schools offering credit to students who participate in the field excavations] Last summer, this site had Its first intensive probing. The finds suggest that the site is indeed biblical and may be the ancient city of Zlklag, the city that King David used as his main southern headquarters around 1000 B.C. The site was occupied much earlier,
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Ramah Pilgrimage Appeals to Many OMAHA-Thirty Omaha high school students indicated their interest in the Ramah Pilgrimage to Israel by atten- , ding an orientation meeting at • . the Jewish Community Center . M o n d a y evening, Nov. 29. ' Several of the students have already 'submitted their applications to the education directors of their respective synagogues. The: Ramah tour, jointly sponsored by Beth Israel Beth El, Temple Israel and the Jewish Federation of , Omaha will leave at the end of ' " June for a seven week stay in Israel. Indications show that there will be a record number of travelers this year. Boys and girls who enroll for the tour are required to attend 'the spring session of the High School of Jewish Studies. Classes geared to learning about Israel will enhance the trip for them. The High School session is for twelve weeks beginning Feb. 7. Because classes must be arranged, the initial pilgrimage applications must be submitted by Jan. 15. Applications are available et the three synagogues and from Jeff Lowe at the Center. Information about the tour may be ob; tained from the synagogues' education directors or from .a Pilgrimage chairmen, Helen Epstein, 391-9187 or Caryl •Greenberg, 393-7240
Senior Citizens'Scene By Helen Newman More than 150 members and guests of the JCC Older Adult Club enjoyed a beautiful and impressive Hanukkah party on.Monday, Dec. 20. The menprahs, which gave a
Tbe New Image Quartet will entertain at the Older Adult pre New Year's Party on Dec. 29, 5:30-10 p.m. Its members are, from left, Dory Gerber, Carol Hutchlnson, Myrt Regler and Nancy Ellis. The party will also feature a combo for dancing plus favors and door prizes.
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T h e group enjoyed a delicious luncheon including a birthday cake and ice cream furnished by the family of birthday celebrant Belle Shrago. The holiday was especially joyous with the return of Mollie Delman and the other 'travelers from Israel. Mollie was.wearing wooden shoes' which she picked up in Holland, where the group spent a few days. Highlighting the program was the appearance of Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum who spoke on the origin of Hanukkah and what it means to the Jews of modern times and the rededication of the identity of the Jewish religion. There were Hanukkah gifts for everyone which offered some surprises for those in attendance. Out-of-town guests were Stan Shrago of Los Angeles and George Shrago of Las Vegas. New club members are Sally Ricks, Evelyn Levy, Kate Babendir, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Frank and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Brown. The luncheon was prepared by Lucille White with volunteer workers Donna Epstein; Elsa Kahn, Sally Eps-
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