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Lincoln synagogue brings Rabbi Neil Gill man to speak Jraa)uDdUrfF«t>.9aadl«. f *W^GBi'riPrtya*I ^Wfaat Can I Do About |tr" wiU ba Rabbi jQiOinaii'a topic at the 8 f .m. aervksaa oo Fiiday •veniog, Feb. 9. An Oneg J^habbat will follow tbe ••rvioes. . Ob Saturday moraing, Itabfai OOfanan wfll diacuss E' irn approaches to h rituiu in a talk en"Doea Ood lUaJly Care What Food I Eat?" 9HVioee begin at (hSO a.m. ipd wiU be followed by a tidduah luncheon and pUbU QObnan'a lectore. ^The weekend will conflode with a reception for
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morning at Tanwte Israel at 10 ajn. with "Garden of £den, Myths or Reality." A native of CTiifadei^'a, Dr. Paul made aliy^ to I» rael after obtabdng degrees from Tsmple Uidversity, Gratz CoUege and tha Jewish lliedo^eal Seminary, aa well aa Ua Ph.D. in Oriaotal Studiee fixmi the UMveraity of Psnnayl' vania, . Currently chairman of the Bible department at Hebrew Univeraity, Dr. Itaul ia also editor of as K>
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Scholar, author and lecturer Rabbi Shalom Paul comes to Ouuiha in March to speak at aO three Omaha synagogues for Kallah weekend. The weekand's topic is "Bringhig the Bible Bsck to life" and wiU b^gin at Beth Israd Friday night, March 23, 8 p.m., with "Jemealem, Center of the Universe." Contindng on Saturday afternoon at Beth 19~at 4:90 p.nL, Dr. Paul focuaes "New Li^t on an Old Tak Oeneeia on Geneisia." He concludes Sunday
University in Montreal hi l964:waaordaicMdatthe aeminary in 1960 aad cmnpletedhisPh.D#Nliw<at Columbia UnivSitir in 1975. A teacher hi the adult education prograoi at Paric Avenue Synagogue in New York City, Rabbi Oillraan has aerved aa a Bcholar-in-reaidenca for adult education weekends in dtiee acrooa the eountry. He has poUahad aitenaivefy hi SafiaU of modem Jewiah phlloaophy. Arranged bv the Tifarallk laraslAiak Bdaeatioa Commlttaa, the weekend is co-sponaored by a grovp of patrons and flfentb larasl Glyaagogue.
Jewish singles plan national meeting iiere "A Shigularly Jewiah Agenda" wiU highlight the firat nationwide'*gnaa roots''Mqiinnoa for persons working with and for Jiwiah ijni^ hi Omaha Saturday, March 24, and Sunday, March 26, aooOfdmg to^ Maiy FeOman, editor and co-founder of The Cenaee; tor, a national pnblkatian to help Jewiah singles meet Jewiah shi|^ The conference will bfgin wtth dinner at 7;80 pjn. on Saturday tad vB eoWinM thwgkhmAunSMBdiff aiit laiMifliliiia, nel, editara of Mher Jewiah^ __ letters preeently involved hi eHorts to hsip Jewish singes meet Jewiah sfaigies. According to Mrs. Felfanaa, "This is the beginning of a Joint efnct to devekip a nationwUe dearinghouw and Jewiah sfaic^ directory-billboard to reach many thousanda of Jewish siogiee of all agee with parttMnt hiformation about activitiee, tr^ and wiskwdji hnportant to them." She faidicated that she haa heard from a number of aimilariy taitereeted ptrsona acroea tbe United SUtes shioe the idea waa first laaachod in December and looks forward to an aacdting exchange of ideas and information. "Perh^M atarting thia endeavor fimn the 'graaa roota'of the Jewish community of American fawtead of waiting for it to coma from the leadership of one national grganiution or another might be the most effertiva method we can use to help ltmi$k, aingiee meet each other and to counteract bitermarriage, Mra. FeUman addefi«" Sbglee who are bitereeted hi attandhig the sessions are a^ed to call or wriU Mrs. FeOmaa at 1-402-6617257, or write to her through The Conaector . P.O. Box 24311, Omaha, ffeb. 68124.
ble entries for the Ekiqrclopedia Jadaica. . In additton to lecturing in synagoguee and univeraitiea throughout the United S^Us, South America, Europe and Japan, Dr. Paul has, for the last 20 yesrs, served as sch(dar-in-residence for Ramah Camps in USY programs in Israel Kallah Weekend is sponsored by the Jewish Cultural ArtsCouncfl snd is sanxirted by the Morton A. Ridards EndowsMut Fund and the PhiDip and Esthar Khitmick Program in Jewish Studies. For information, call JCAC dh«:torBethSeUm DoCan at 834>«SOO, ezt 272,
Rabbi critielzed By Gil Sedaa 4BSUSALCM{JTAiFormer Sephardic Chief Rabbi OvadU Yoeef has run afoul of the ultraOrtMpx Eda fiduradit community ovecjdben to light thffliMMith r^Birtlts inJmdtkn. Yoaaf. leho hsads thaSeirfiardh: Council of Sagse. ruled reosntly that 20 miautee before sunset wsa ad^ple thaa. Hie haredi hiaist it BMut be 40 mfaiutee. Their Beth Din (leUgkms court) anaoBiKad thia week that it may condemn or even excommunicate the iH«8tigious Ssphardic rabbi, unleaa he reversee himsdf. According to halachafa. Sabbath cradlee must be ttt 18 minutee before sunset. But the longstanding tradition in Jeruaalem has been to light the eandlae 40 minutes before euneet. apparently beeaaas the city's high altitude might give the im|Heseioo that the Sebbathhegms later thMitdoas.