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SERVINQ NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920 Vol. LXVI No. 28 Omaha, Nabr
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ADL holds luncheon
Mayor's wife models MW7 SM Hanii mocUb • ^(iag outfit TMsday at tke UMoia Ckaptw of Hadaaaah** DoBor. She ia the wife of Uaeofai Mayor BiU Hania. Other photoa oa page 8.
Dr. Shai Feldman, a senior Mow at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, will speak March 24 at a noon luncheon in the Jewiah Community Center. The event is sponsored by ADL/CRC and coat of the hincbeoa ia $6. Reaervations may be made by calling 333-1303, before March 20, announced Robert Wolfson, executive director. Dr. Feldman, an analyst on U.S./Israel relations, has been a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of California. He is a fifth-generation Israeli and his topics include: "U.S./Israel Relations in the Wake of the U.S. Decision to Open Dialogue with the PLO," "The U.S./l8rael Strategic Relationahip in a Buah Admiiuatration," and "The Stratagic Balance in the Midde East"
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Ry Dvora Wayawen (WZP8) "Eat your bread with joy, drink your wipe with a imny heart." tlie Bible tails ua (Ecdea. 9:7) and then is no festival more joyous than Purim. It falls on the Hebrew date, 14th Adar, except in Jerusalem where it is celebrated one day later. 16th Adar is known as Siuahan Purim, recalling the fact that the Jews who lived in the Persian town of Sfauahan continued to fight their enemies on 14th Adar, then celebrated thw victoiy a day later. It was ordained that towns in Israel with andent walls dating back to the days of Joshua should celebrate Purim on 15th Adar. For thoae of us fortunate enough to live in J«ru8«lam, tho cslsbration goea on for two days. On 14th Adar,
"miahloach manot" (giiWof fruit, cookies, cakea. sweets and nuts) are delivered to friends living outside Jwusaktn, and the next day ainular packages are prepared for fkmily and frienda at home aa well as the poor. Both days we eqjogc seeing the skreata filled wi()i miniature Queen Esthers and Mordechais, brides and "batmen, clowna, cohnntoww and cooks, as the childrMi dress up for what is the nearest thing Israel haa to camivaL In the kibbutzim, alao, there is great gaietymusic, daroae. theatrical performancea, beauty (inaan competitions, games and fun. Purim is a merry, UBiohibited hohday—the one iw4ival where you are permitted to drink "Ad lo Yada..." until you cannot
tell the difference between "Blessed be Mordechai" and "Cursed be Haman," the hero and the villain respectively of the Purim story |Me«^Uah 7b). That is now the giant fancy dress parade hdd each Puiim in Tel Aviv came by the name "Adioyads." For those interested in gematria, the two Hebrew phrases "Blaeeod be Mordsehai" and "Cursed be Haman." have ths same numerical value of 502, which is perhaps an excuse also for the conftiaioB. he^)ed along with lots of intoxicating beverages for a people with a repwUtkin for aobriaty. ActiMJbr. the obligation to bscoms intoxicated at Purim is ths only iQstancs in the whole of Jewish Utsratura that ncammoDds such action, and svsD than moat (Costinasd o« Page 7)
Cantors' concert to benefit Beth El building fund A Cantorial Concert featuring performances by Cantor Chaim Najman and Cantor Emil Berkovits will be presented at Beth El Synagogue on April 5, 7:30 pjn. Cantor Najman is presently cantor of Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield, Mich., and serves as president of the Cantors Council of Detroit and secretary of the Cantors AssemCantor Chaim Nijaaan bly of America. In 1987 he appeared with nine other Beth El from 1972 to 1979. cantors in a cantorial conCantor Berkovits, Beth El cert of the Cantors Assem- Synagogue's cantor since bly in the Jerusalem the- 1981, has appeared profesater. sionally as a soloist In 1988 Cantor Najman throughout Canada, Israel was a tenor soloist in an and the United States. Born oratorio oommemorating Is- in Czechoslovakia, he emirael's 40th anniversary. He grated to Montreal, Canada, has appeared fi«quently in after World War II. concerts throughout the Cantor Berkovits, along United SUtes. with his brother, have folCantor Nigman served lowed in the footsteps of
Cantor EmlT Berkovits their father, grandfather and great-grandfather, as they were all cantors. Information on patron, spaDsw and general admission is availaUe through the synagogue, 553-3221. Tickets may be purchased in advance by mailing a check to Beth EL Proceeds will benefit the new Beth El building.
Lincoln Women to hear cantor at lilderation lunchion m^WaoMSisittviaiaQ (tf the L&Koln Jsatish Witttev FederaUon will bold its Big Gifts Lonchson. March 30, at the Nsbraaka Qub. Ilieir gnert will be Cantor Holly Callen, who has servad Mount Zion Temple in St Paul, Minn., for the past 13 years where aha hss taught reiigioua ochool and adult education classes along with preparing children for their Bar/Bat Mitz vaha. Cantor Callen is noted for har fundraioiBg efforts on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal through presentatun of her one-woman show, "Four Great Jewish Women," written by Joanie Jacobaon of Omaha, and "laraak Land of Paradox," which she wrote following bar first trm to Israel Cantor Callen haa receivsd honora from the MatropoiitaqOpara District Audiiiona; San Franciaco Opsra MsioU Auditiona: Richard Tuckar Memorial Award; and the J.A. O-
ara Snis-Bnslaari fi«ther Ras Chiimia. Rath Levismnnr soa, Irene Ootsdiaer. Kuklin, Paula Neiden. nah Kellw. Miriam M: Lori Feldman and Nancy Coren.
HoUyCaUaai Shaughnessy Memorial Awaid—she was the first ever redpiant of both dtations. Betty Poiaky, preeideot of the Lincoln Jewish Welfare Federation, has announced that Eleanor Neiden is serving as Women's Division rhairman, aasbted by Halaa Dorothy Grant pro-am rhainaan; Barbara Seglin and Rhode Priesman. invitation ooBunittss; sad Ruth Qvidmiima. mOMky. Hslptng with the evout
Minimum fampaign commitment for the iJfair is S150. Reservations may be made by catling Eleanor Neiden, 488-6131. or Helen Miale. 464-0611. There will be a $6.50 charge for the hinch. Mrs. Neiden said that "in an attempt to reach all maoAbera of the Women's Division, a series of softaea wiUbehakiMarch29ather home. 3441 Calvert, at 10:30 aja, 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p-m. The Phonathon for both man and women wiU take place April 2. The Men's Division is headed by Max Neiden, Bryan Misle and Richard Evnen. During the month three parkv maetinga are balng.hakl to aolidt Fa atioa mambsrs.
i Two surprise guests 'pin"Lion' on Bobbie Epstein By Mortis MalfaM of th« Womsna [ty LunchsoB hut oorvad a ow^ of all^ frias gussts akma with lastund aoaoinss. Manr Iteiraca ol nUr, Pau and
Mary fans. WhM Bobbie Elpstein, chaimaa of the Woman's DivWM of tba Fadaratioa CiMJ^ii wtfksd loto Ak< SarxMi fcr ths hwhion. shs had ao idM 4bat aha woold wdk out witk aliOB
of J«lah pin hnnginc frm> karWMk. Hot hushawl, Robert,
came in during the program, took caotcr stage, and announced that oat of admiration and bve for hia wife, hs was going to incraaas har Campaign pledge so that aha could rseaiva ths prestigious United Jawirik A|ipsal Mka thus jolwd KOH Bloadite aad Ikwess Bait Oinaha JwiM sonnuilksr to acUsf* tUshonr. AM! «a top a4r ths aM>meat nd to aaka the prssaijlstiosi cams tks asoand amptias gusat, Sandra
Lipiqr of Wanan, Ohio, a msmbsr of the t^HtmrH UJA Woman's Diviaiaa Board aad the tiaB'aoaw«ltaBt(o< MM. Epstote » opt only to hsr ana Uia. L^py. bat to tha —-.«^ fi wooMB for havlM i^via ksr
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"paaoeftil man" who has been refused an exit permit for 18 yaors. ''who haa baan harassed, arraatad and oetradaed." He now wiU have his Paasovor draam raaliaad, hswMcaiateatethshoMiOr ShM^ (kkbtsiai chairman of the Jewish Fadsiation'a Soviet JoanqF Oaa** nittaa who «w aoalila to bs ^ the hanchaoB bscaaas of •Makki«i in Wiittntnn, told tksJowMPMw that Yuly had togsXgsM his _ bscanasof thai
of his mothorinjaw. Shs I dad, bowavor, that a ralativo waa able to taka car* of t patient and that Yuly,'. wifa and children finally ialaraaL Ma. Invars thatthspoMcy fcMiiitaatitat«dklks9Didiiil to ths IWtod States preparad to offar lainrda lor thoso
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