Health Fair Taps New Diet Program 3 COUNCIL
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ley Goldstein Re-elected Council for Soviet Jews
Shirley Goldstein of Omaha was re-elected to the national board of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews at the organization's annual meeting In Washington, D.C. last week. Mrs. Goldstein, chairperson of the Omaha Committee for So-, vlct Jewry, has been Involved In Omaha's efforts to free Soviet Jews as well as taking on leadership roles in the national movement. Beginning a 10th year of activism on behalf of Soviet Jewry, delegates from around the United States and Canada attended the annual convention of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews In Washington, D.C, Sept. 5-8. UCSJ President Robert Gordon urged those attending to Increase their activities on behalf of So-
Shlrley Goldstein viet Jews during the difficult times ahead. Speakers at the convention included Tatyana Yankclevich, step-daughter of Soviet Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov. Ms. Yan-
kelevlch spoke of the anguish of her father's exile and exhorted those present to "defend dissidents, Jews or whoever speaks out on the injustices in the Soviet Union. By defending them, you are defending yourselves, your freedom, your democracy." The four-day meeting ended with a' tribute to Representative Robert F. Drinan (D-MA) by his colleagues, which took place in the chambers of the House of Representatives. At the reception which followed, a gift was presented to Rep, Drinan by the USCJ lauding him for his years of dedication to the cause of freedom for Soviet Jewry and, especially, his work on behalf of Prisoner of Conscience Anatoly Scharans-
Hupp, Paxson Earn Brotherhood Honors The director of Boys Town and the president of a national company headquartered In Omaha have received the 1980 Brotherhood Awards from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Recipients were the Reverend Robert P. Hupp, executive director of Father Flanagan's Boys' Home and James M. Paxson, president of Standard Chemical manufacturing Company. About 600 attended the annual dinner which has held under
the dome at Mutual of Omaha. Charles D. Peebler, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Bozcll & Jacobs, Inc. was chairman of the event. In presenting the awards, Joseph Soshnik, NCCJ Midlands co-chairman, noted that Father Hupp, one of the original founders of Operation Bridge, has spent a lifetime of dedication to God's service and to all human relations activities. NCCJ Midlands cochairman, Jerry Hargltt cited
Paxson for his quiet generosity and his long-time involvement with many civic and charitable activities. Prior to the presentation ol the awards, Donald J. Murphy, NCCJ Midlands co-chairman discussed the role of the National Conference of Christians and Jews In today's society, and pointed out that the group promotes, through education and discussion, civjc cooperation and mutual understanding among all people.
The Pritikln Program for diet and exercise will be the subject of a series of lectures to highlight the upcoming annual L'Chalm-to-Life Health Fair at the Jewish Community Center. Dr. Robert Bauer, chief medical advisor of the Longevity Center and the Longevity Research Institute (located in California and Florida), will speak Oct. 26-27. According to Dr. Eugene Zwelback, chairman, JCC Health and Medical Committee, Dr. Bauer's lectures on the Prltikin Program will be in three parts and run in sequence. The first lecture will be conducted Oct. 26 at 10 a.m., with the second that evening at 7 o'clock, and the third on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.
other degenerative diseases," Dr. Zweiback said. The cost for all three lectures Is $5 per person, or $2 (or each individual lecture. Tickets and reservations may be obtained by calling 334-8200. More than 25 organizations will be represented at the Health Fair itself, and there is no charge for this phase of the activity. According to Chuck Arnold, physical education director, there will be exhibits, free screenings and educational materials. Dr. Robert Bauer "A good deal of excitement and controversy has been generated by this new diet-exercise approach to treating heart disease, diabetes and
The exhibit area will be open Oct. 26 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The times'for Oct. 27 are 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and from 7 p.m. _ to 9 p.m.
Vaad WHS Supervise Kosher Meat Outlet A new kosher retail outlet offering frozen meats and sliced delicatessen meats is scheduled to open approximately Oct. 15 at 2603 South 120th street. The firm's application for kashrut supervision w(j|^approved unanimously by*the Vaad Hakashrut of Omaha at the group's meeting Monday night at the JCC. Approval was given under the following conditions: 1. That Hashgocha be provided by Rabbi Tibor H. Stern's permanent mashgiach for the wholesale operation at 50th and William streets. 2. That all slicing meats be clearly Identified by a tag or plumba while being sliced, or by a casing in the case of salami or bologna etc. 3. That all delicatessen meats sold be supervised by a
mashgiach appointed by the Vaad. The application had been filed by Larry Paletta, president, Kosher Pride Division of Pride Foods. Larry Chester, chairman of thejfaad Hakashrut, advised those attending the meeting that the application covered the retail outlet at 120th and Center, and not the planned wholesale operation at 50th and William streets. He said that Mr. Paletta's wholesale operation will be under the Hashgocha (supervision) of Rabbi Stern, of Miami, Florida, who is an international authority on Kashruth and that this arrangement was satisfactory to the local Vaad. Rabbi Isacc Nadoff, Hav Hamachshir of the Vaad explained that under Jewish law
it is possible for a non-Jewish owner of a meat facility to obtain Hashgocha if the operation is under constant supervision of a mashgiach. It was pointed out that wholesale operations where there is constant supervision by a mashgiach are treated differently than retail operations which do not require the same degree of strict supervision. Although primarily a selfservice operation, It will be possible for customers to place special orders for custom cuts of meat, Mr. Paletta said." Approval of the application now gives the Omaha Jewish community a second retail outlet selling kosher meat. Nate Shukcrt advised the Jewish Press that he would be managing the new facility.
Vatican's Statement Worries Jewish Leaders ByBorisSmolar (Wllor-ln-chltlcmcriluJ, J.T.A ) 0, Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Inc.)
Numerous leaders of the Catholic church in this country, usually friendly to Israel, are now In a great predicament. They, have been pushed Into an anti-Israel position by a Vatican policy statement on Jerusalem. The statement — the first of Its kind outlining the Vatican stand on the Jerusalem Issue — Is anti-Israel, strengthens the position of the Arabs, and is liable to create confusion in the friendly Catholic-Jewish relations In this country and everywhere else. American Jewish-leaders are worried. The document was circulated at the United Nations among all members of the UN Security Council, at the Vatican's request. The Vatican — not a member of the United Nations — obviously wanted Its position on Jerusalem to be known at the Security Council when the Jerusalem Issue'was debated there last month. The distribution of the Vatican statement is believed to have influenced the Council's adoption of the resolution censuring Israel for declaring all of Jerusalem its permanent and undivided capital. The resolution, as known, was passed by the Security Council by a 14-0 vote, with the United States abstaining. It is now believed that the Vatican's indirect pressure had much to do with the U.S. failure for the first time to use its veto at theUN on matters that spell danger to Israel. The move on the part of the Vatican in the UN did not attract attention of the American media; the attention was concentrated on the resolution Itself and on the failure of the U.S. to use Its veto to defeat-it. However, the move was not overlooked by American Jewish leaders. It came to them as a painful surprise.
The document makes It clear that in the opinion of the Vatican, Israel alone cannot provide the necessary guarantees regarding Jerusalem. The responsibility for Jerusalem, it argues, "goes well beyond the states of the region, and surpasses the interest of any single state or bilateral agreements between one state and others." American Jewish leaders are perturbed by the Vatican statement which — In addition to being presented to the members of the UN Security Council — was also published In Osservatore Romano, the official organ of the Vatican. They consider the statement as a political document intended to stake out a primary role for the Vatican In the unfolding negotiations over Jerusalem.
About 25 years ago the Vatican explicitly informed the American Jewish Committee that its concern was only with the holy places and the parts of Jerusalem In which they are located, not with the city as a whole. Its present stand is far removed from that assurance. What does the Vatican suggest now with regard to the status of Jerusalem?
Its intervention at the United Nations with Its policy statement indicates clearly that the Vatican now seeks to have a say on the disposition of Jerusalem as a whole. The' document challenges, in effect, Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem. It minces no words in warning that "any unilateral act tending to modify the status of the Holy City could be very serious." They foresee that the issues on which the Vatican outlines Its Contrary to the impression it has given in previous years that stand may arise now in inter-religlous or other discussions In Its Interest lay only in protecting the holy places, the Vatican which Jews participate with Catholic representatives. They rec- now resurrects the idea of "Internationalizing" Jerusalem. Its ommend that Jews should at this stage, not become involved in. document calls for giving the entire city an "International statany action or programs Involving the Vatican statement. us' ' and' 'an appropriate Judicial system guaranteed by a higher Troubled by the Vatican stand, they are urging local commu- international body." It emphasizes that the Jerusalem question nity leaders throughout the country to keep major Jewish organ- cannot be reduced to mere "free access for all to the holy ' izations Informed of any indication that Catholic and pro-Arab places." personalities or groups may be seeking locally to advance or As to the governance of the city, the Vatican suggests that all promote the troublesome points In the Vatican declaration.' three religions — Jewish, Moslem and Christian — be ensured On the other hand, they do not discourage any broader dis- on a "level of parity." The three communities "should be partcussions designed to increase Christian understanding of the ners in deciding their own future," the document recommends. deep historic and religious ties that bind the Jewish people and It is not clear from the text as to what such "partnership" signiJudaism to a unified Jerusalem. Where appropriate, they would fies. The statement does not spell out whether It means equal encourage the planning of such dialogues on Jerusalem, Inviting governance of Jerusalem where the Jews are a majority and the evangelical and moderate Protestant leadership who are sym- Arabs are a minority, or whether It means Arab governance of East Jerusalem alone. pathetic to Israel's position to participate.