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NCIL BLUFFS. LINCOLN, OMAHA OmahB.rieb.. Frl., April 16.1977
Nevv Film Series To Feature Israel "Israel Report," a monthly film series that provides an indepth, objective view of the . land and culture of Israel, is now available through the Federation library at the JCC. The 16ram s e r i e s of sound/color films is being made available on a regular and continuing basis through Seagram Distillers in conjunction with Morton Fisher of Sterling Distributing Company In Omaha. According to Edythe Wolf, librarian and area coordinator, each new monthly film will be available for use within the community after regular participating groups
Peres Wins Labor Slot
JERUSALEM (JTA) have had an opportunity to use Shimon Peres won enit There is no rental fee, Just a t h u s i a s t i c a n d n e a r $1.50 handling charge; she ad- unamlmous approval by the ded. •••••. Labor Party to head Its list in TBO Productions, Inc., . the May 17 elections and Skokle, 111., producers and become' Premier if Labor distributors of "Israel forms1 the next Israeli govern• Report" point out that the ment. quality and content of the Peres, 54, who is presently The flowers that bloom In the spring tra la catch the playful eyes of Jason Perelman and Andra films insure acceptance by Defense Minister, was ac- Pinsky In the Pre-school class at the JCC. See our gardening-related stories on Pages 6 and 7. (JP Jewish and non-Jewish groups (ContinuedonPage2) Photo) meeting in large and small group situations and by youngsters as well as adults. Supplementary materials Including background - .Information, discussion guides and contents cards are available for each film;
Beth El Schedules Unique Torah Study "A modern incarnation of an ancient institution" — so did Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg of Beth El Synogogue describe the unique Torah Weekend to be held at Beth El on April 2224. Dr. Joseph P. Schultz, author, lecturer and professor ' of history at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, will head the congregation in a series of popular lectures, question periods and discusDr. J.P. Schultz sions centered around the theme of Judaism and the Gentile Faiths. Among the ty involving a leading Judaic religions that Dr. Schultz will scholar, Is the contemporary explore from a comparative version of the Babylonian perspective are Christianity, "kallah", or study convention, which began some 1700 years Islam and Buddhism. ago. In that era, scholars of The Torah Weekend, an (Continued on Page 2)' adult Jewish education activl-
Conservative Judaism Moves Forward Advancing Religious Rights of Women
The debate on the role of lagging behind in its search to women in Conservative advance women's rights, is Judaism goes on. In its last heading steadily forward. He three issues, the United believes the Movement's proSynagogue Review, quarterly gress toward this goal i s magazine of the United e s p e c i a l l y s i g n i f i c a n t '(Jyftagogbi of America, con- 'because, unlike RefoM ;TJregHflifflai representative of rjudalsm, Its actions are baswl America's 830 Conservative on the nalacha, the" Judlac congregations, has, published law. articles which discuss women In Jewish law, women as The Deserted Wife synagogue presidents and In a review of the changing even the possibility of women role of women in Jewish life rabbis. In the magazine's current and law Rabbi'Gordis argues, issue, Rabbi Robert Gordis, in effect, not only that ConserProfessor of Bible at The vative Judaism has come a Jewish Theological Seminary long way but that It made of America -argues that Con- changes even before women's servative Judaism, far from liberation was fashionable. He
Omaha Jewish Federation. • Vilna Ghetto melodies by Cantor Chaim Najman •• On behalf of the survivors by Aaron Zeiderman, "Linking Past and Present" * Liturgical selection by Cantor Aaron Edgar • K i n d l i n g of t h e memorial candles for the 6,000,000 by six concentration camp survivors * Special memorial prayer by Cantor Leo Fettman • Kaddish led by Rabbi David Levin * Closing prayer by Rabbi Sidney Brooks •Hatlkva
*;£$l9w.f a,nd; Jneahs were fowl, within the halacha, to free her iri certain circumstances so that'she could remarry. After World War II, many women, Orthodox and Conservative, whose husbands were missing in action were able to . avail themselves of the new procedures and save themselves from a life in marital limbo. Similarly, the rabbis, using
"Our homebound older adults need your help if you drive a car and have a little free time," says Esther Csnsr, chairman of the Jewish Community Center's Older Adult Committee. "Our plan is to provide transportation for this group, to and from the Jewish Community Center
gram at the Dr. Sher Home. Ben Laub, director of the Home, has announced that the State of Nebraska, Department of Health, and the Eastern Nebraska Human Services Agency have approved the program' as a therapeutic service. According to the announcement, the Metropolitan Area T r a n s i t will p r o v i d e reasonable transportation support to those outpatients served by the Home. In a letter to Laub, Lawrie G. Robertson, director of ENOA, said, ".. . ENOA applauds the Jewish Home's efforts and is most Impressed by the service Initiative of the
and BCUJ El Synagogue."
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Wanted: Mitzvah Corps
Draws on Stone Lithographer Seymour Rosenthal prepares a work of art by drawing directly on stone. He also works in oils, tempera and watercolors. An exhibit of his work will be on view April 24 through May 8 at the JCC.
principles long established in halacha, have successfully dealt with the problem of recalcitrant husbands who, while consenting to a civil divorce, have refused to consent toya B«*r orSrellglous divorce, today siicti a marriage, even when there are children, can be annulled by a beth din, a court of Jewish law, and the woman is thereby free to remarry under Jewish law. Rabbi Gordis concedes that the most difficult unresolved issue in the Conservative Movement today Is the ques(Continued on Page 2)
Sher Day Program Adds Bus Service Portal-to-portal bus service Is now available to transport the aged from their residences to the Adult Day Servlce.Pro-
Vom Hashoa The annual -city-wide *Yom Hashoa Holocaust Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, April IS, 3 p.m., at Beth Isrss! Synagogue. Yom Hashoa falls each year on the 27 of Nisan and is celebrated on the nearest Sunday. The order of the service is: * The Presentation of Colors by Epstein Morgan Post,r260 of the Jewish War Veterans * Prsyer by Rabb! Myer Kripke * Opening remarks by Rabbi Barry Weinstcln * Responsive reading led by Rabbi K e n n e t h Brombcfji * Remarks by Leonard Goldstein, president o{ the
points out that back in the 1930's, the Rabbinical Assembly Committee on Law and Standards grappled with the problem of the agunah, or
Persons wishing to volunteer for this "Mitzvah Corps" should call one of the chairmen: Babe Arnoff, 333-4886; Sarah Harding, 558-1781; Mickey Katzman, 397-1748; or Mollle Delman, older adult director, 334-8200.
On The Inside ? NCCJ presents "ArtlBts In Resident", Page 3 , ^ Family life education series begins at Center, Page 4 ' . . . Special gardening-related section, Pages 6 and7'.':.Des Moines News, Pages. '