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Klutznick symposium focuses on diversity of Jewish iife
ByLymamFimak AccohdM flowed during the Tliinl Annual Synqiosium of the Phflip M. md Ethal Klutnidc Chair in Jflwiah CMUzatian held on Oct. 14 and 16. Or. Mwachem Mar, who holds the Khitcnk^ Chair at Crei«^ton University, was applauded by participants for his organizatimi and for bringinf togBtfaer scholars ftmn throoghoot the United States, Canada and IsraeL Jay Lcraer, president ^ the Jewish Pedetation oi Omaha, aakl thia yeer'a ayinposiuin "tcbittnAtp^ dal status" by bringing pennanance to the aeeodatioo d Crsigfaton Univcrsliy. the Khitsnidc family and the Jewish community of Omaha. AooocdiagtoWiUiamF. Cunningham Jr., vice praaidsBt for Aeadaodc A&rfrs at Ctaigfatfla University, "tiw suooees of the (Klotanick) Chair in teaching, scholarfh^ and ooopsragoala" aapi'seaed whiMi Mr. Khitnkk firat dilcnaeed the idea five ysara aga He said tUa ia dnie to the wotfc at Or. Mor and the intartat of Mr. Khitinick.
Gala event to Idclcoff Women's Division campaign By Jaa Perefaaaa Womea's divisioa pabUdty dudmaa
Mar, left, holdir of the Phil^ M. aad Ethd Kbitayek Chair ia Jewish CiyUisatka at Cnlgktoa Uahvnitgr is seated with Beayamim Taedaka fraa the iMtitate of SuBuitaa Stodiee ia IsraeL Mr. Teedaka made the etatemeat that, "Judaism sad Saaiaritaaism are two tracBtioaa whkh developed from a aia^ aoufce traifltioBslmaitaBeoualy... The ideological dUrswncea ware theraralt of dffereat geogrephieal aad historical badqptNmda aa wall as the mntoal isolation of the two groups." - T^ theme of tha two^ not SamaritsTia arfi to-Vdiqr ayB4>daium. "Jewiah oaaatderad Jewiah. thanle Socta, Ratigioaa Move- of feminiam in Judaiam, mant and Political Par- tha fntoie of AmarfcaB Jutiss," focused oo past snd ^•t«tn^ ^iwt the trends in preaeat diverrity in Jew- Israeli roUgioaa political ish Ufe. laduded were parties. diacoaaiaaB on whether or (Coatlaaad ea Pi«s 11)
This year there'a aomething new in. atore for the women of the Omaha Jewish community. The Women's Division of the 1991 UJATFederstion Caiqpaign will launch the major fimd-raiaing effort with a Kickoff Gala event to be held on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:16 p.m. at the Jewiah Community Center, S93 So. 132Dd Street, announced Anne Broder and Jolee Kateman, diviekn oochairmeo. Mrs. Broder eiplafaed that in previoua yeara, tha idea of a women's txnaamxnity gathering focuaed on the wrap-up of events snd soUdtatiaD: it was marked by the bringing togetlier of Jewish women to celebrate the culmination of hard work and success. This year, however, the women's event will earma^ the opming of the Women'a Campaign. "Bringiag Pmapa Jewiiih wotnaa t<iia>hsr toezpertaioe the positive feelinga of eootriboting and perpetuating oar community is what this aveat is aU about," aheaakL "This feaUng at sharing haa alwaya been a goal of the
Anne Broder WooMo'a Campaign. However, this year, it waa our desire to take thia energy and feeling and uae than as an impetus fm our efforts, not an eodiag." She continuee, "It is our hope that this event will leave the Jewiah women of our community with a clears imderstindiiis cl their importance in the ^timp*>gr and heightan their fadings hr larasl's snd oar own oommuidty's needs. We wsnted them to start thinking about thia community before they give."
Jnlee The event will indude a doaaert and yine receptkm fdlowad hgr an eriginai collaborative musical/dramatic ni funntatifflfii "Light The Candles...Paaa It On," written and performed by over 30 women from the Omaha Jewiah community. In addition, past chaitmen of the Women's Campaign since ld43 win be honored. "Anne and I are two people who fed atroogty aboat what we do, and we wanted other women to fed stnm^y about thia (Coadaaed on P^ 7)
The biggest story of my We
Open heart surgery— and I am the patten! Notac OB Oct i Morris BiaMas, sdtter4a<Ud, I Bfgggkm^ Bmn^ aa aa ^tpadsat far a I hie atory. ByMerdeMaHae The laat ooopla of days I spsat in the hoopitd and my first fsw days at home connmsd mo with the intense desire to pat ray fingsra to ths keys aad get my thougfata into tha papar. I had what ia commonly refiarrsd to aa a triple bypass and the entire experience awiried me into a cyclone of coofuaien taUng nw to thoqghta of death. religk», sdenoa. and BOW—the outlook for an ezdting futiue. My first and moat important raaaoa for going public with the story is on thi diaaes that my medical experience may, in aome reapectOi be similar to yours and that you may bo tfalBUng aa Ihad:
No pain or symptoms I may be a Mttla ovarweight, bat I am f oOowing a aenkw4at, low^att, low-cboleatarat dlat; I exerdae aiodeatly, bat leaalarly; Iiloa't siaaks or driak or keep wild howra; aad i have abaolntely no pain or •ytaptoma of heart diaeaae. Iliua, my oondusion had boMt that I waa in the lowrisk profile and my conduaioo had been reinforced by computerised bk>od teota, tow cholesterol readings and prsvious physidana' commanta. So thia is really the atarting point. I waa feeling great. Mteiwhfla, ua Jewish Federation of Omaha changed its hadth insursnee to ExdudCsre, snd I had to aaUct a prinuuy care phjrsidan aasodatad with that plan. On the recommsndatioo of other phyelciana I know, I rsfiatarad with Vt.Jnam V. Ortman and want to see
him aboat renewing my gout and diabatee medicatkna. WhOa provkiing BM wtth a thorough physkral, ha indnded an alactrocardiagram (KKO) aad an extandve dlacoasian of nty fsmlly history whkh involved the dsatha of parenta and an older brother from heart problems. Ha told ma that tha BKQ waa inadatiuata baeaiisa of soma dactricd diaturbanoe and I auggeatad to Um that prsvious physkiana had eneountersd the aame difficulty but had deddad that no furthnr taeting waa faidkated.
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I wasindinsdtoaccapttkamorediataatcondaaian that Dr. Levin had otferad: the poadbUity of ooddng aerious rather than the ath« probabflMea becaoap I really fdt great. However, Dr. Ortman had taken me this far and I wanted to meet with him once more to make oertdn that I shoold InxKeed. At this Bsxt msdiag; Dr. Ortmaa read ma a portkm Doctor Ortman persevered of Dr. Levin's rsport which went aomething UIM this: Dr. Ortman fdt Qtharwiae. Ha did not accept the fact "WUe it ia dlfHeolt to argae i«^^ aopA, the fladthat lack of pain indicated a problem-free heart. iiwe ol the catheiarisatioB teat shooM far outweigh the "Your family history, phu the fact that you are a di- riak to the patient." I lodced at my wife, Ruth, and wa both sort of abetk, suggeets to me that you should have a atraes^ teat winced as I consented to the next step. With that advice. Dr. Ortman propelled me into a As I plsnned to enter the hospitd on Oct. 4,1 waa directkm of hedth care that undoubtet^ saved me from abadutely convinced on the basis of ths no-pain theory a maadve heart attack and, more than likdy, death thst I would hsve nothing to worry sbout. itsdf. Dr. Hugh S. Levin, a canUologiat, aubjected me to a , Good humor prevailed thallium strees test in whkh a radionctiva lubatance is On Oct. 41 entered the koopitd for the cath test and injected into the blood stream and than photographed was in such good humor that whan one of the nuraes to dsUradae whathar bkKkaga of veeeela ia indicated. aaked me idiat I did for a living, I tdd her I waa a writer. Or. LaviB aaU that the teat indkiated the poedble need "And what do yoo write?" she aakad. for a bypaaa operation, perhaps only medicatkm, and "I write reviawa of madicd prooedurae," I quipped. poadbly no remedid measuree at aU. «: Ow chuckled and add."Wdl wall juat have to do a very But, for a definitive anawer he wouM need me to good job on you." undergo a heart catheterisaUoa test. In thia teat, Or. Joaefdi A. Jaraobdd. a cardtologiat, He painted out thst there wss the risk of a heart at- inaertad a eatiietar through my groin, worked it into the tacki a straka, or avaa «bath ia the proeadure, and I saU heart and injected a dya M that the workings of the that I wanted aome time to think about it. heart could be obearvad on talavldoB acMSoa aad For the next stverd waaka, I talked wfth eome who photographed with x-rays. had had the teat and I read up on the procedure. Da^ ing theee weeka, I fdt fine aiid rontiinitd azacciBiBg <Ceatlaned ea Piwe S)