Synagogues Holo^ Federation Sabbath.
.COUNCIL^LUFFS. UWCOLN. OMAHA' Vol. LVIII No. 13
Omaha. Nab , FrI.. Oacambar 29,1978
Annual Meeting To Be Preceded By Champagne Supper
Beth Israel SynafmP>e. Beth Kl SynaKogue and Temple Israel will participate in Federation Sabbath beginninit with Friday nighl aervices Jan S We are Kr.t'' " • co'ip<>rati4)ri <if >nd Iheir ^yn«K<n!iii--,ii : vl.iry Fellman .Icwish Kiileralion of Omaha preiKlenI, to brmu lo the atlenlion of the entire community the role of the Federation We hope many people will attend services Friday night and participate in tlie <ipen discussion follow ing the services-^ Two representllives from the Federation Board will Ite available for questions and
comment* at each nf the gogui.^ ning At Beth Israel the repi tatives will be Joe Kirshen baum. vice president of Fed pration and l,eon Wi hwleralion Synagogue lions I'ommitlee Mary Iman. Federation president and Lou Solomon executive dt-' rector of Federation will lie at Beth Kl Silvia Hoffman, Federation exe<'utive board mem ()er and Jewish Press Com mil lee chairman and Uean Frankel. l-'ederation treasurer will be available for quettli at Temple Israel
The Jewish Kederalion •/ ' honor ol the TSth anniversary, Omaha will cp|H>rate Its 7Mh a apcclal award of uppr«H~ia annlvprury of vrvicf to thr (Ion for continued service will communlly on Sunday. Jan 7 be given to Rabbi Isaac Na doff. Beth Israel .SynanoKue. The Jrwiah Krdrratlon of Rabbi Kenneth Bromt>er({ Omaha'i 7Sth annivcnary will Beth ¥.\ SynaKoKur. and Rahtii kick off with a dwmpaiinr Sidney Bnnks. Temple Kriwi buffH iupper at 6 p m at the Federation President Mary Jewiah CoinmunKy Center Tellman enrourai;es all Jt-w The coat will be tS per penon ish Federation memben> lo at and reaervaltom iltould be lend both events made by Jan 2, at the Peder This week's Jewish Press In atkm office eludes a special s< The redrratlon annual nlxlns the JewKi mertinR will foUow at 7 30 of Omaha and ii > i 'iiiuiiunig Thf mefUnf li open to the record of service lo the com rommunily at no charge In Riunlty
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Chinese Express Views Of Mideast Situation UNITED NATIONS (JTAi The United Natlona' MIs^ tlon of the People's ReptAllc ol China haa dmilated here a prcM releaae reviewing Mid east devdopmefits In 1971, with surpiialngly mild remarks about Israel Under the headline "Commentary by Hsinhua Comipondent: A Turbulent Year In Mideast." the Oilneae crit
Icized laraal. charging only that "during the paat 30 years, the ZIonM Israelis had time and lime again Invaded Arab countries, engaging them In war on four occasions " The prcaa releaae described the Egyptian-Israeli peace talks during 197a "as the most salient event In the area (Mid east) this year "
'Danny the Dreidel'
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"Danny the Drakttl " Aa al^-loat laU pivotliv tbakW riwaiH the aubjact of much glee at the JCC iaal Sunday CoMtnictad tad^H Hannan Rubin. JCX: aaalstant aacudvt dirtcior, and Haraan, "Danny'a" purpoaa la to provide a flood Ume for chilAaa. FortiBialeiy, "Daany" la goodHaaturad, aod stood stUl while the kkia pthered araund to give him Ihatr ponooal autograph* (PhotobyAbblLaiarual
Omaha Man Recalls Hanukkah Miracle doccnexecutloaers ^^V*It wu a miracle" "I was halptaa.' Roaen ^^When Carl Roaenberg. an berg remembers "I couldn't Omaha tailor, lights Hanuk- do anything more because I kah candks. the miracle of the was luat blMdlng Ui my heart aadeoi holtday lan'l Ibe only knowing that it's over - our ooa he la celebrating end* are coming" lo the fall of 1942. RosenKvery day afler thai Roaen berg, along with his parents berg recalls there were castwo brothers and a sister. ualties Rubl'i manager of the wet* all living in the Polish dally labor force, Banach. labor camp Wolanow Life came lo the base <>ach day. 'K** prrtly good for Uioae "shooting whoever he could times Althougi. the Nur get a hold of " •fflbrrg lawf had Just been Late one evening. In the paaaed, Oberbau Inapactor middle ol November. Bana< h Buaaa. la cbarfli o( Ibe nearby came lo the camp wiih (iw baae and the labor camp, went young Poles- Over the loud out of Ms way lor the Jews speaker, he ordered thr Roaenberg was working as a women to turn over every tailor and had a special paaa to place ol Jawdry by Ihe law of enter and leave Ihe base by the German flovcmmcnt himaell Banacb UMI ordarad the But Ihe acntlmenta ol the women betwaen M and 20 to era were acalnat Buaac and turn Ibemaelve* over lo the hia Rtao raportad bim to high men "Die girl* refused and er authorltica as a "Jew- more than a balf-doien of kMw " He waa aMppcd off to them were ra|ied and beaten the Eaalam (rani and re- by Ihe Polea Bafore they laft, piaoad by a tivalad party man Banach wamad Ih* aioinan oaiaad Harmaa RuM. Ibat If ibey breatbad a word of Two waaka aflar RMM'I ar- Ibl* lo Ibair boaaea at Iha base rival. IM man, mvutn and OM ha arouid cut off the «omctoiMron waiv raadomly la- «n'* toncuca and then ihoo* lecl«d aod riuit down bv • Iham
"t couldn't sleep thai night." said Roaenberg. "In my mind was only one thing. Baiuich will end up In charge ol Ihe camp and he'll shoot us all to death "I was Ihihkinu how I could take revc ' of him I tNiughl. » I toll I re pod him. Ml what'' I am a Jew and I have no right I'll be shot
for accusing him I decided, if I'm going lo die. let me do something that I'll die as a hero not u a sheep I'm going to make a false rejiort against him and say that he said he was doing what he did In the namr ol the fuhrer and the fa theriand " The next morning. Rosen berg went to Rubl's apartment
Carl RaMtafi, la hli Rackbroak TaB«rlkap>ild* the aMck iwlTao vMk Mm la DadMMi. Raambarg aawad UM Mrs Into tbs Untag of aa a»«ceat tat ordar lo havo •HkaMcbtopratact
and woke him up 'What do you wanf " Rubi yelled through the door "What kind of RUIS do you have to wake me early in the morning''" Please let me In." Rosen berg answered. "I have to lell you what happened last night ' "Start to speak or I'll shoot you "Hubisald Rosenheru told him the strii <- that Ba name of the fuhrer .mil inr liiinriiand "Vou're under arrest " Ruhi ^»ld. "If you re lying, you II Iw shot by lOo'clock " Hy u M}, Banach and four of the Poli-s had tieen arrested and a court martial had been convened When Rosenberg was ushered into the court, he was sure It was his last morning on earth On the wall hung pic tares of Hiller Himmler, Gocbbek i Roaeni' story to Ihe court in > •1-1111,411 The Poles, when i|uestloned, said they had only followed Banach's orders They also loM the court that Banach had
taken ''^ privai' were .siiiin.,-,! ,,ii I.. trationcamp Then it was Banach's turn to testify "Did you hear the accusation''" the prosecutor asked. "Isiltrue"'"" Rosenberg held hl« breath I was drunk. ' Kunach ai swered "I don I remem anything that happ<-ne<l " "We are fighting and bli inK and laying down our livi ' ' triand," the pr I "Mow can y iu>M [M. Ti.iiiie ol the fuhrer ii vain make it dirty ai shameful and rotten Ranach was arrested and Rosenberg w^is disniiss«'d "We ceici iikkah inl»42bylit;: csand, making a party in the camp Rosenberg said "We cell braled with thr greatest priv lege - lobe alive Wesuffei and we knew the day of deal was written, but we stil prayed to (iod " "People today shoul know,'" Rosenberg added,' "there Is still such a thing as miracle '