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Beth El Presents 'Havdalah'
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Rehearsals are in progress' at Beth El Synagogue for the local premiere presentation of "Havdalah" a multi-media cantata on Saturday, April 29, 8:30 p.m. in the main sanctuary of Beth El. This elaborate production, under the direction of Arnold Epstein and Cantor Chaim Najman, promises to be one of the highlights of the year. In addition to an augmented choir, the pageant will feature the Junior choir, orchestra ensemble, soloists, dancers and narrators, according to Caryl Gfreenberg, chairperson of the gala event. Mrs. Greenberg announced that the Beth El production of "Havdalah" is a first for the Omaha community. Although several religious rites and ceremonies have been set to music, the beautiful Havdalah ceremony bidding farewell to the. Sabbath was not set to music until 1975. Morton Gold composed the work as a special commission for Tifereth Israel S y n a g o g u e , Des Molnes, Iowa In honor of its 75lh anniversary. Many of the selections In :"Havdalah" are suffused with a remarkable sense of Jewishness and a certain Israeli quality. In addition to providing an enjoyable and Innova(Continued on Page 6)
NEW YORK - Nearly nine million — with orders still coming in — is the distribution figure of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nal B'rith's 16page newspaper supplement on the history of the Nazi years. « ~-t Entitled, "The liecord The Holocaust In History — 1933-1945," the tabloid-size Insert will be published by leadbig newspapers around the country in conjunction with the NBC-TV "Holocaust" series on prime time, April 10-19. The 916-hour NBC special teledrama, produced by Emmy Award winner Herb Brodkin and Robert Berger, stars Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, George Rose, Sam Wanamaker, Tovah Feldshuh, Marlus Goring and 150 additional actors. Based on actual records, "Holocaust" Is an original screenplay written by
Gerald Green (The Last Angry Man) and was filmed on location in Europe. Morton Gould composed and conducted the musical score. The Omaha World Herald is among the newspapers In Vol. LVII No. 30 which the ADL supplement, "The Record," will appear. Others are the New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Washington Star, Boston Herald, Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Bulletin, Birmingham News, Dallas Times Herald, El Paso Times and Herald-Post, San Antonio Light, Louisville Courier-Journal, Seattle Post-Inteiligencer, St. Louis GlobeAn Omaha group plans to Democrat, New Orleans Tiroes-Picayune, Stamford conduct a Shabbat Holocaust Advocate, and Detroit Free Study Weekend In Skokie, III., Press. It will also be used as in support of the Jews of Skoan insert by some Anglo-Jew- kie, and as a strong response ish newspapers In local eom- to the planned Nazi march. Alvin L. Ross, a teacher at (Continued on Page 4) .• Hebrew High School, said his class in Modern Jewish Problems, is planning the Skokie program. Mr. Ross is coordl- nating the Weekend in conjunction with Rabbi Dov Rosenbloom, of Skokie Valley Traditional Synagogue. The weekend will start May 12 with dinner and services at the Synagogue. Following services on Shabbat morning, a, study program will be conducted. Among those Invited are the Mayor and City Attorney of
OUNCIL BLUFFS. LINCOLN, OA/KHA; Omaha, Neb., Frl., April 14,1978
Omahans Plan Weekend Of Holocaust Studies In Skokie Synagogue
lorlan, ... ^ ^ v . /. :•.•.,. Mr Ross said tide program will Include simulated Holocaust experiences and possible responses, talks by concentration camp survivors, and will conclude with the showing of the movie, "Caba-
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ret"/ Mr. Ross said he plans to invite representatives from Lincoln and Des Molnes to join
with the Omaha group. Those desiring to participate in the weekend may. contact Mr. Ross at 556-2706
Federation Replies To Gamp Questions Editor's Note: The doting of Camp Either K. Newman and the lead itory about It in last week's edition of the Jewish Press prompted a number of questions by members of our Jewish Community. The Jewish Press presented these questions to Mary Fellman, president of the Jewish federation of Omaha, and Louis B. Solomon, executive director of the Federation. The questions and answers are as follows: Why wasn't the Community advised that the Federation board, at Its March meeting, was going to vote on the closing of the camp? Answer: It was pur feeling that the future of the camp had been under discussion for many months and that to many people in the community, the discussion and ensuing vote to be taken at the March meeting was certainly not a secret. To bring you up to 4j»t£gj in October, 1977 when the camping season of 1977 had been reviewed, trie future of the camp was discussed with the board and a number of interested persons present. At that time it was voted to continue the camp under the direction of the Jewish Community Center as it has been for the past summer. Following the meetings of the budget committee, a report was submitted at the December meeting of the Federation Board recommending that a report be brought in by Feb. 28,1978 as to the registration of campers in order to decide whether the .camp could continue in 1978. Following that meeting an editorial indicating the camp was in trouble appeared in the Jewish Press on the front page. There was no community reaction to that story. The Jewish Communtty Center Camp Committee proceeded to mount a major campaign to get all registrations in before the end of February in (Continued on Page 5)
Kick-Off Lecture April 25
Grant Makes Archeology Festival Possible " fey Barbara Simon Israeli The word conjures up so many images and meanings for Jews. Israel will be on our lips even more than usual over the next months. Next week's Jewish Press - Passover Edition will focus on Israel; her 30th anniversary Will be celebrated in May with fireworks and dancing, food and special religious services. And recently, for our Combined Federation Campaign, we've heard again about Is' raell immigration, housing and education needs. But for romantics, historians and •just plain people who are lately enthralled with their "roots," nothing thrills the imagination about Israel quite as much as archaeology • — the literal digging up of our earliest existence, our earliest residence in the Land of our Fathers. ,, " Archaeology will, be in the 't.;air(froth '** M & N
veuiber and December* since the Jewish Community Center has been' awarded a. $20,000 grant from the Nebraska Committee for the Humantles to mount a major archaeological exhibition, a Festival of Biblical Art & Archaeology, designed to attract people from the entire region (50,000 people are expected to attend over the three week period from Oct. 29 to Nov. 21). Dr. Joe Seger, the Biblical archaeologist that the Federation Is privileged to share with UNO, and Rabbi-Jona-
than Rosenbaum, our director cal archaeologists. His among other borrowed pieces region the chance to experiof Jewish Education and also scholarly contacts around the from museums and univer- ence the ""Biblical past reinstructor of Judaic Studies at United States arid the Near sities, will make this exhibit vealed through the rigors of UNO, are the major forces be- East, his own artifact collec- ' 'one of the most exciting cul- modern scientific research. tion, and his ability to secure tural events that has hap- Its purpose Is to inspire the hind the exhibit. public to understand the BibliThey will Introduce Biblical the Louis and Carmen Wars- pened in the Midwest. Dr. Seger says, 'This Festi- cal and Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, and preview the chaw Near Eastern Artifact (Continued oh Page 2) Festival at a free lecture and Collection from Los Angeles, val will give the people of our slide presentation, Tuesday, April 25,8 p.m., JCC Theater, sponsored by the Lecture Forum Series of the Jewish Cultural Arts Council. Other cultural and educational Institutions in Omaha are also Involved in the Festival both with planning and coordinating their own programs to fit into the exhibit timetable, and some by contributing money:. UNO, Crelghton, College of St. Mary, Omaha Public Library, Joslyn, Omaha Public Schools. A storage jar, circa 700 BCE, Dr. Seger has been an active found at Tell Hallf. field archaeologist in Israel for many years, and he is recognized as one of this genera- Dr. Joe Seger, right, confers with Ardyth Schoonover of Omaha on the excavation strategy during .- ' : .' lion's most- outstanding Bibli- (he 1977 digging season at Tell Halif.Lahav. .