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bhi Brooks honored Israeli author warns ' 30 years at Temple of nuclear terrorism
By Barbara Simon How to measure 30 years? I sat with Rabbi Sidney Brooks and wife, Jane, on a sunny morning in his study n few weeks ago and watched him shake his head In disbelief that so many years have flown. < The Brooks arc being honored this month (or their 30 years at Temple Israel with a candlelight gala hosted by the congregation. Oct. » . In the Temple social hall, "I suppose this thing I'm most proud of," he said, "is that during these 30 years I've represented the voice of liberal Judaism...and liberal religion in general." ••I've used the pulpit and the reaction of the rabbinate to apply religion to current events. I've tried to wed the Ideals of our faith with modern psychology and science. The purpose, of course, is to lead to our selfunderstanding, growth and education, And through it all, I've tried always to stand for the defense of liberalism. That's what these 30 years — and more — of liberal, Reform Judaism mean to me." He sat back to reflect. "As a rabbi I'd always hoped I'd be a good one — that I'd have an Impact — one-to-one — on my congregants' personal lives, My main work has always been teaching, preaching and one-to-one counseling. I wanted to be a good rabbi — to be able to comfort and support, and 1 put all my energy into the congregation." "It's been the major hunk of my lifetime," he sold, smiling, In his familiar Eastern twang, "and any success I've had has been because of a team effort with Jane and the wonderful, decent people in the congregation," Both Sidney and Jane's accomplishments are Impressive by any measure. In addition to teaching, preaching and
Sidney and Jane Brooks counseling in the founding an intcrfaith congregation, Rabbi housing advocacy group to Brooks has taught Com- the board of the Personal parative Religion for six Crisis Center to a comyears at UNO and Theology mittee that reviews the use of the Bible as a visiting of humans in testing at professor at the College of Clarkson Hospital to guest SI. Mary for 10. Added to lecturing on medical ethics his BA (in English) and a at the University of KanDA and MA of Hebrew sas. He co-founded Letters and his Kabbinic Ordination, he received an Operation Bridge; worked Honorary Doctor of against extremist politics; Divinity degree form is active in the Religious Hebrew Union College in Coalition for Abortion Rights and initiated and 1971. He is busy with the directs the well-known Central Conference of Institute on Judaism for American Rabbis as a Christian Clergy. And the list goes on, member of the Liturgy Committee, helping decide crowned with honors like the form and content of the Freedom Foundation Reform prayer books and Award of Honor in 1957 and publications, and with the 1961 and the Humanitarian National Rabbinical Award from the National Placement Commission, Conference of Christians the policy-making com- and Jews in 1991. Jane Brooks is also a mittee which governs the community leader with placements of rabbis. He's been honored with awards and honors. In Ihreo terms on the addition to being Sidney's Executive Board of this helpmate and raising two national, Central Reform children, she's been apRabbinic body, which pointed by governors and forms the policies for the mayors to planning Rabbinic" arm of the commissions for mental National Jewish Reform health, fair employment, community development Movement. Thirty years Include his and the Omaha City vast community in- Charter, She helped found (Continued on Page 2) volvement, too, from
since he was a boy growing By Robert Yirfe co-chairman up In Tel Aviv, when he had This Sunday, at 7:30 to play Indoors because p.m. in the JCC, the College snipers kept shooting at the of Jewish Family Learning front of the building where with the cooperation of the he lived from the roof of the Anti-Defamation League of Mosque across the street. B'nai B'rith will open the "I'm not trying to scare fall semester with a lecture anyone, but I want to by Dr. Sabi H. Shobtai. educate people how to deal Dr. Shabtai is an with terrorism before we authority on terrorism, have to face a terrorist hijacking and other acts of nuclear Pearl Harbor," he political violence. He has said. served as consultant and Born in Israel, he lecturer to airlines, police received his early departments, SWAT education there and also Teams, the U.S. Army, and served In the Army. He the U.S. Navy. holds a doctorate In In addition, Dr. Shabtai political science from the is the author of 5 Minute* University of Chicago. to Midnight, a novel A former member of the about international and Israeli Foreign Service, nuclear terrorism, now Jn Professor Shabtai has -its fourth printing. taught political science at Dr. Shabtai has been several Universities and Involved with terrorism was for three years a
Senior Fellow at the Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs, specializing in problems of violence and international terrorism. Dr. Shabtai has served In this country as a special representative of Israel's Minister of Finance. Currently he is with the Israeli Institute for the Study of International Affairs. He is also the director of counterterrorist studies for the California based Office of Special Services which offers protective service* to corporations and governments , throughout the western world. Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Shabtai by telephone. He had just spent July and (Continued on Page 2)
removal By David Landau JERUSALEM, (JTA) Israeli officials predicted "tough and probably protracted" negotiations for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon today after U.S. special envoy Philip Hablb returned to Washington to report to President Reagan and special envoy Morris Draper returned to Beirut after a lengthy meeting with Premier Mcnachcm Begin and Defense Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem. An official statement issued by Bcgln's office after the meeting with Draper said Israel and the U.S. agreed in principle that Israeli and Syrian forces should pull out of Lebanon simultaneously, cither in stages or all at once. But American sources here would not confirm this and refused to take a public position on any ol the substantive issues.
In fact, there appeared Assad would not agree, to be substantial dif- therefore, lhat the two ferences between the armies be "equated" with' Israelis and Americans on respect to their withsuch key mailers as the drawals. timing of the Palestine Liberation. Organization pull-out from Lebanon and arrangements for a security zone north of Israel's border to ensure Richard Fellman will that the PLO would not return. Those differences speak Wednesday at noon and reported Syrian at a luncheon meeting of resistance to the principle B'nai B'rith Breadof simultaneous with- breakers in the Ranch drawal apparently gave Bowl, 1600 South 72nd rise to the feeling here that Street. the talks will be hard and Mr. Fellman, long. Democrat, is seeking election as the Israeli sources reported representative from the that Draper told Begin that Second Congressional President Hafcx Assad of District. His opponent Hal Syria rejected the idea of Daub, a Republican, simultaneity on grounds spoke at Breadbrcakers that the Syrian army had on Wednesday, Oct 13. entered Lebanon in 1976 at that country's request with According to the anthe backing of the Arab League as a peace-keeping nouncement, the lunforce whereas Israel's cheon meeting will be army Invaded the country. open-to the public.
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