jenrisli Vol LVII No «
Omaha. Nab
August 4.1978
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to Conduct Public Hearing
Harry S Allen, preaideni of CongregaUon Tl(a«th Israel In Lin colii. ilgns the guest Hit at yffutt Air Force Baae laat Sunday lo preparation for a Community Forum spooaorad bv Jewish servicemen at the Base lUPPhotobyMallnei
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Jewish Reaction Forced to Change In Skol<ie Affair
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Leonidze Family.Arrives in Omaha Thr Vaad alao afiprovrd appliratkMi ionm for r« taMtahmenti requrslinK •uprrvtsKNi
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Krom left ai*. Arkody LeonJdir, hU wife. (Nfa. and th«tr eight year-old ion. Yevgeny. Jan Schnetderman. prealdmt. Omaha SecOoa and Suaan Sophlr. co^fhalrman. of the Omaha Sactlon'i SorM Jewry Committee
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A Report From Israel tyUonMlrvMt nUPttytmafill There k no way lo dncrlbe IwNbcttiiirpiHtographa One must tee the for one's self There Is r a day in which the (nwp B'l experience something far, we have spent fivr lys In Jerusalem and five I in thr Caliire In Jenna we Mw the Wall on Fri lea Aearlm IhrlheaMMMi. the llcal excavations on part of Ihe t and the Church I Nathrlly In Bethlehem walked UMtNitfi an anwalar tanM by candwi and saw beatiUflil mo-
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Mlcs In palaces, churches and synagofuas In the GalUee We climbed down Ml Artel drove through the strategic Golan HelghU and visited the •Good Fence' The (Man Heights are im mansely diverse. From the hot sulphur vrli^ al D Arama to the cold springs ol Banlas. from the mountains lo thr pla teaui. and from (he barren peaks lo the lush valleys, the scenery constantly chaiigaa In the future, we will camp out on a beach, climb Maaaa da, spend three nlgMa camping out In the Negtv and jVaad another three waefca In Jantulem W« will alao spend five working days on a ntoshav
i.sh people today "History is an expensive teacher." he Mid, explaining that (irrman Jrws of the 308 considered thrmsrives Grr man and wrrr pmud of their heritage Many Orman Jews felt that Hitler would either go away or modify his views, and that • iertnan Jews possessed religious centers and intellectual depth, he said
The problems of assimilation existed for (iertnan Jewry r as they do tor American Jews." Kabbi Kosenbadm addwl ^ How should we respond to earlier In the CampaiKn. " he (he present threats'" uid • It'» a ca.s*'(i( ignoram-e and Rabbi Kosenbaum anThr f'edrration Board unan apathy, an example of forcing swered his question with four imously ('»inmended the ( am IB to come lo gri(«i with a se points pal|pi leadrnihip Ties o( questions, " Kabbi Jrws must utilize their conRoernbaum said stitutional rights Jews must In other artkm. thr Board Mr ripJainrd that rxtemal not assume that threats to approved thr rxprndllurr o( threats such as anil .Semiti.«m Jewish life will disappear t^ tl.llg to r<>pair the JCC park and cull-type missionary ac lhem.selvrs Init lot, ISiMio lor repair and tivity are parallel threats sim "We must not br inlimimaintmaiH-e uf the JCC Imil liar to Skoklr datrd by the argumrnt that ers 12.510 for a ropyinn ma Internal threats such as m publicly drfrnding oursrives rhinr for thr Or I'hilip Shrr Ifrmarriage ami assimilation - will lead lo anii Srmitism." Home alao have to br recogniied. he and "Amrrica provides the AI.V). thr Board appnivrd a added frerdom and history the lealoan up to fSO.liOQ to provide Rabbi Kosrnhaum wrni ions by which we can combat caih flow to thr Festival of tMick into history lo drterminr (he .Nazis at .Skokie and other Biblical Art and Arrhaeoloftv a pnip**r rf>tj{M)ri«.4' fftr ilw IJ'U IhreaLs to Jewish life '
Campaign Shows Increase Federation Board Advised The lim rrdrrallon ("am paiftn will sh<m a tllRhl in irrasr over thr prrrrdinii year, Louis B Solomon, ewiutive director, lolrt thr Fed rralion Board of Uirrrton last week Mr Siokimon Mid he antlo ipatn an inrrraar of atmut 110.000 over the 11.650.000 ralaed lail year He Mid thai final figures will not br available until latrr thi* month, but that the Cam paign would not rearh lla tl. TSO.oaogoal "Howrvrr thr total will sur pau what had t)rrn projected
Thr Skoklr affair must be viewed within thr context of ihrraLs to JewiKh life in gener al, Kabbi Jonathan HoM-n luium said here laKl week Kat)hi Rosenbaiim. director (>ppartment of Jewish Kduca lion, spoke to about 75 mem l)rn o( the Jewish communlt) of Omaha and Jewish srrvire mrn statlonrd at Offult Air Korcr Basr al a forum Initi atrd by (Ubbi Sydnry Hof Iman.SAI chaplain Hat)t)l Kosrnhainn de vnbrd Skokle a.s l)ringinK about u changing Jewish re Ipunsr from ignoring the prob lem to finall> conlnmling lh«' neo-Nazi drmonxtratnn>
Major Exhibit Planned at JCC By BartMTS Simon The recent King Tut exhibit thrilled Americans and stirred an Interest In archaeology and ancient hislorj' Now Ihe Midwest will have s similar experience A Frslivsl of Biblical Art and Archaeology. "Climbing the .Steps of Time," la a ma)of new exhibit showing thr life and i-ul (urr of BlMr times through thr exciting discoveries of modem Biblical archaeology It will be held at Ihe Jewish Communlly Center from Oct SloNov 21 I'reeented al the Jewish Communify Center for the public, the Festival is a cooperalivr. community wide event co^spon iwcd by thr Cmirr, thr Cnlvrmily of .Nebraska al Omaha, Creighton University, Brilrvue ( nllfu. i)..ri.. i ,.ii..j.. ih. t„\ legeofSI Mary, Joslyn Muar>. iieran Metropolitan MInulrles, 11; uid Individual Omaha churches with considerable financial support from Omaha businesses The Festival Is an interprrtive exhibition u( priceless and rare arllfacu from the lands of Ihe Bible Israel Syria Jordan. Iraq. Iran, l^ebanon. Fgypt I along with aci tTturrs. films, workshops and demonstrations, des I > .idult audience The display will feature more than SOO authentic objects from I Continued on Page 31
Prnlaet wnrrtlnrtor Dr. Joe Sagar, Ml, protect d«ii«iar Patty O'Connor and voitinton' JudI RoanMatt unpack a gi1ndli« slona. the nnt aitUact to arrive lor the ardiatlacteal eshlUt
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