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Quality Jewish Education Is Steven Riekes' Goal ByJodKbHartari " AK • diUd pwvtim up tn Omaha. my J«wI was )UM (air In rart. In rHI •ould have to uy 11 wai lack Norn, ai r. Stevan J Ridwa baa oor raetad thai lark and SDM on to lake aa Mllve Intereai in the area of Jewlih educa lion In Omaha "I Mt II was necaasary to Itroaden and Mraaatben my own JawtA aducalkm and awaraneaa before I could uk othen to do the Mine " In IW. Mr Rleka t)ccame the rhalr man of the Jewlih Cultural Commltire wider whoae auaptce* the School of r«nti nulag JewM Sludlea of(ef% * wide aalactloa of adult Jewtih ftudlet rroiB U7477, Mr Klekn !irrvf<d as ctMlraian ol the tward ol the Jewish Day School and li illll a member of that ttoard He li aiao a member ol the board of Beth El .Synagofue and ti greatly roncemrd with the Mat* of adHcaUon In his own syna •Dgue aa wan at others "JawMi aducatlon Is too Imitortani U> let pnlttlca and parochialism overrtde H " With iMa UMMgit a»-Ma lumping off poM. Mr RMM pumaa hU goal of a quality Jewish aduMUOB for the youth of the Omaha JawWiCommunity Ai^lCliialnnan of the Oparimeni of Jew Hh Educallan Knee IVD he is In a position lo comment on the problenu which lace the Jewish community in the area of education "The community faces proMems which sre intensifying." Mr Rlekes says, add ing, "not the li^ast of which Is a drastically derllnlnii Jewish population " He explained that this declining papula tloa comhliied wrth the effects of inflation have placad communily resourm In a IroiMad poattlon This is being felt In the (Md af eihirallon as severely as in other araaa of the Jewish community The synagogue Khools. faced with fewer pupllit and Increased rostt. must
By David Landau sndCHSwIan M iJTAi-The I < i>KJ lo frieze all •ettiernenl activities at the West Bank untU after the sum mil at Camp David Sept S But the laaur over the propoaal to aataUHh three new sattlamaob In llie Jertcho area and two In the northern Jordan Valley It expectad to continue to simmer It is alao eipected lo come up. at leait abiiqualy, at Smday's CaMaat BNaUag whan the Cablnat begliN (tie polMcal dIscuialOM bi pr^Mrathm (or the maatlnfi between Premier Menacfwro Begin, Presi dent Carter and ll:gyptjan
Hresidenl Anwar Sadat al I'amp David « Foreign Minister Moahe Dayan. aci-ording to source*, told the Cabinet that the puh llahed accounts of the five new settlements may have hurt Israel abroad prior to the summil Many ministers expreased the (ear that the United Stales and Kgypt would issue ttalaments condemning the •attlamanla, ihut damaging prvapeeta for Camp David The CablnM hopes that by Ireeslng discussions on the setUemenls It will avoid this from happening Deputy Premier Ylgael Vadin has been arguing
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move to etfahUih a greater spirit of cnoperatlon between themselves and (he Jew lih Day School In past yran an atle/hpl In achieve tome sort o( a sharing waifunder y taken but was etaentlally defeated bV'dn (ereaoc* In Ideology." atrcordlng lo Mr Riekaa. • ThcA la. In Omaha, a deftntta lack of qualified staff for Jewish educatioh. a situ alMn which could be alleviated through the cooperation of the synaiogue schuols and -'the Day School to fund and properly utilize lull time professional staffing in a sharing situation This could be accomplished If we " take Ideology out of the school leave il In the synagogue " Mr Riekessays Meantime, the Department of Jewish EducatkMi has devekiped a leactter tram ing program for educators in the Omaha Jewish community "This program la Important and ne«ds more development Ti^chrrs should be ex posed to quality enru'hmeni programs " In this manner, by improving the qual Uy of the schools and their staffs. Mr RMiai hopoi that his children will not reach adulthaod (erling a lack in their Jewish education
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A new United Jewish Appeal project will be discussed during a meeting ol the Feder stion's Board o( Directors. Aug 24 al 7:30 pm In the J(r According to liOUls B .Solomon, executive director of the Fedrralion, a lay memtier o( the Midwest Heglortal Cabinet of UJA will makf a presents lionon "Project Renewal " The possible partlrjpallon of the Omaha Jewish community In this project will be a matter of discussion, and the public Is invited (u attend th» lantllMI Mr .Solomon added The project will br In addition to the regular 1979 fund raising campaign, and Is de^
signed to put an end lo Israel's slums and with normalizing the life u( the lens of thousands of Immigrant families The three year campaign In which Jews from other countries will join is calcu^ lated to bring ahoul normal life in 30 of the 160 slum areas In these first 31) rommu miles selected (or "renewal" live 9.00U families numbering M.OOO people Based on the experiences of Ihe first stage of the program, plans will be adjusted to ac commudair all ol the t&,oao slum families The Jewish Agency and Ihe Israel govern ment will be Involved In this project
strongly that no government committee has given approval lo the five settlements But CablraA Secretary Arye Naor said that the Cabinet, sitting u the ministerial security committee on June 28, decided lo eataMlah five new mlllUry outpoats on Ihe Jordan River Naor's announcement came after Sharon warned that unless the government officially clarified the alluatlon, he would IsMie his own irtatement on radio and television regarding Ihe June S decision. "I will not let you spill my bkiod any longer and hide tiehind my back," Sharon told Yadln Vadln ordered Naor to Issue the statement after consulting with Begin Should the Cabinet approve the settlemenu Yadin, who Is the leader of the Democratic Movement (or Change i DMC), has threatened to take the matter up with the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee The Begin government's agreement with the DMC al lows It lo go before the Knesset committee when it disagrees on any seltlrmeni plan lor the occupied territories Yadin mainlains thai Ihe June 21 action was invalid since the Cabinet did not review the entire issue Sharon argues that six weeks have passed since the ministerial committee's decision and Sim • I Iwo week period ' I to appeal and VadiM inii iit« (in II, the decision is valid
Jewish Day Schools Snow 18% Increase NKW YORK - The number ol Jewish day srh<jols In the I'mled States and Canadii has grown by more than III percent In Ihe pasi five years, Ihe American Association (or Jewish (education reported this week An analysis ol Jewish schools recorded in Ihe AAJK's newly published Jewi.sh F:dufa IKHi Directory revealed that S23 day schools were in operation during the 1977 78 academic year an 18 3 percent Increase over the 442 davs schools which appeared in Ihe last i W:i'
edition o( the Directory The new Directory the sixth in a series published p«Tiodic«lly by the AAJK, lists 2. 7I,S Jewish congregational, day. communal and Yiddish sch<»ls in the United States and Canada by cnmmunily and Includes, in addition lo addres.s<'s and telephone numbers, their sponsorship or denominational affllla lion grade levels aiirl fre<)U4-ncy o( classes II also provides dt'scriplive information on I Continued on Page «i
Professor of Jewish Theology Asserts Catholics Adopting Pro-Jewish Attitude
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L A growing Bumher of influenilal Catholics are assuming s •MlnMi antttida. Dr David Nelman profcMor of Jewish ^^•ocy et<8oalan Callefi. said here last week ^r Melman. Ibe first Jewish scholar to be appointed a hill w iiiwlfui a( Iheohigy at a Catholic University, discussed 'this growing graas roots support In an interview with the Dr Nelman was In Omaha to visit friends He had been here In 1172 as director of the B'nal B'rith Institute al Camp New nan More and mere prtmi. twaa. aad prolsaaeo of ihealagy are adopting a vltsrouadateoaeof the JewHlipa«ple."Dr Nelman I Their feeling." he said." Is thai the Jewi have a right lodeIcnnlnr their own needs lor the future .i right to Ibalandoflaraal, aright to their own poll iv.andihe to datannlM Uwtr own fate without being sutijectad la the power of oiher nat ions MMUealpoweri Mfc. WitoMi. a graduate of Yeahlva in Brooklyn. N Y . and ^HlalMver IMveraHy la PMiadalpMa where he earned a PhD in
Hebrew and Biblical Archaeology, resides In Newton, Mass He vised so that Jews should not be held responsible for Ihe crucials((serves the Revere. Mass.. Jewish community as a weekend fixion of Christ and that Christians should not leach that Jews rabbi at B'nal Israel are quilly of the death ol Christ A professor at Boston Cobege the past 12 years, he was afflll The Pope appointed Dutch Cardinal Willebrands as head of sled With Brandels University for three years beliH^ that as a the commission on Calholic/JewiKh relations and MiiaMitnor profaator of biblical studies, and previously had taught al the Rljkasheadof acommitleetoslari the process New School for Social Research in New York City This process, according lo Dr ,\riman was supposed to edu Dr Neiman has the disllnclion ol being the only rabbi to cate (•hri..ii,.r... 1-... .iinniend curriculum changes, hold mlerf leach Jewish Utedofy al the Pontifical (iregorian I'nlvemly in alth n.' , <- the altitude ol the church Rome which Is the central theological institute ol the Jrsuil I'ji — :.. one ol Ihoae now under consideration Order V. as successor to Pope Paul VI was described by Dr Neiman as "ihe best pruuiihlei'lwiiivtnrllH",lews " He was vliltlng profeaaor at the 4»-ycar-old instinitkin in 1V7I Many ol the church's oirrenl bishopa and cardinals as well However, Dr Nelman added, (animal Willebrands' chances u six of the last eight Popes had been students Ih^re g^arc ncEllKiblp In th.il Ihe lop body ol Ihe church, Ihe Curia, Dr Nelman explained that the current trend in Cathfilic ' han 40 Cardinals and Bishops, is "over thinking la an outgrowth o( ttie ecumenical spirit ol the '6Us when . .lews , the (Thurch opened up to the rest ol the world Tlie * uria. Dr Neiman explaiwd is the U>fi Kovorninu IMW Pope John XXIII made many sweeping changes, one o( in the hierarchy ol the church iind i ,in Ix- likened to a coitihinawhich resulted in the Ecumenical Council revising ilnirch Law tlonoflheUS Cabinet;ii K'(ii ii{C3i The Constitution on Jews, a section of Canon Law was rea~- -. •^•^^sm
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