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r Progressive synagogue r to build in Jerusalem JERUSALEM (JTA)PngnsiA^ qmagogue I laid the foundatkn for future in the Jkuealem leighbdrhood of 6aka th a oeM>ratJ<>t> that attracted over 250 peofde, indadinf Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek. Conatraction for the new home of Kehilat Kol Haoeahama ia under way, but conqiletion ia a long way off becauae of ddays in constractkm due to the Pttaian Gulf War, and the fact th9( only on»iiaarter of 91 minion in conatruction coata haa been raiaed. accordfaig to Rabbi Levi Wrinum-Kelmaa. "The pace (of oooatructioo) {eeia fruatrating," he aaid. '"Thare just ian't enough space for all the people who come. "^ , He founded the congr*fatiflo, which has grown to lOO member famSiea and 150 Shabbat aervioe worshipara. in 19S6. Worah^MTs meet in a
ePMjB HBJyatfd hwflding, VjUdi hiaatt a movery achool during the week and has roMi for 80 people. The current building and new home under construction are both on the plot of land on Baka'i weetem edge, which Kol Haneahama leaaee from the Jeniaalem municipality. Moat at the maabare «re yoong faoiliea. Some
66 applicati<HiB were recently received for 16 (^enhiga in next year's nursery echool dass. The new building will have room for a nursery school, a kindergarten and a youUi center, as well as a sanctuary. HW congregation made headlines around the world when ita fint Simchat Torah feetivitiee were interrupted by the Sephardic chief rabbi of Baka and two dozen of his UAkmers, who shouted txfibtives at the wtmien dancing with the Torah and tried to take the Torah out of the synagogue. That incident "really exploded tl» Orthodox myth that Reform belongs hi America and doesn't have aplaoe in larael," WeimanKefanan said in an inter view with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency at the time. Th«e are approximately 30 BOV'Orthodoi; synarly htH of UMOB R*. form. Three of the Progreaaive oongregatkma are in Jartiaalem. TO RESUME FI4GHTS TEL AVIV (JTA)-Pan Awtican World Alrwaj^ which suapandei) earvlce to I«nel when the Peraian Gulf war began on Jan. 17, ennoihiped it wfll reeuna flights from New York to Tsl Aviv on April 11.
Differences evaporate as children relish development of friendships By Morris MaHne and Diane Banm What do studrata at the Friedel Jewish Academy have in common with students at Mount View Elementary School? After an, the Academy is located in West Omaha and draws its student body from what could well be the moet affluent part of the dty. And the Mount View Elementary School at 5322 North 52nd street, primarily a atodnt body of black atudenta, ia k>cated hi a disadvantaged part of the dty. Both classes learn reading, 'liting, and 'rithmetic but that'a not the answer. The answer is that friendsh^ are devek)|dng as the atodarta lean and play together. Thay are findhig that differances don't hold up, but similarities do. «toded a viait by the Jewish children to Mount View and a viait by the Mount View studenU to ths Friedel Jewish Acadenqr. The activity started kst SaptaniMr with Helen Epatein'a Mount View aecond-gndare exdianging p»pid letters with Bobbie
An«ood'»Prieddl(AMa. After many iattara and
FVoni left. Jauilb Jordan, Naooy KaMJtet; Aifkt J«i9«. ead AadK Bradford e» Joy a game at the FWedel Jewiah Acadeaty; carda had been writteo, written, the Mount View dasa mvited their pen pala to a Thankagiving party where t^ dAlren eaag songa. jUliMitt tnfcaahmnta, and oiade^AaNriean Indian belts. "Once these children from vary different backgronada met each other, their letters and oaids became Bwch moM pasonal, focoaing on what activitiaa they eBjojr, what hooka' they read, even what time they have to go to bed on achool nighta," aaid BIra. Shafted out that the cUldnv'have gahied new nnderatanding of each other and Mrs. AOgDod addad thet it's not mmaaal to hear her atudnta refer
to the Mount View chOdren by exclaiming: "They're just Uke us!" The ongoing multicultural expeHiaee" ra>somed laat vaal^ when ited the I^Hsdel Jewish Acadenqr and partidpeted m a variety of gamae and learning axperientea. Friedal's older diildren helped direct Ifa younger ch&ben with the gamea and eompetltiona drawing from math, vocabolary and aodal atudies. Three mothera, a father and a graadmotlMr Oegal guardian) vohmteered to faring the childmi from Mount View to PiiedaL Liz Kofoed aaid her daughter, Sharon, axpreaeed deep cancan that
after she leaves Blra. Epstein's daaa aha wont have any more opportunitiea to wifte to Erin (Erin Standifer). Mrs. J|a4oed aaamadher dauj^btar ttat aheatatldbeaklalireantimie the friaadahip. Pam fiurgees saU her Bon, Robhy, waa aossdted whan ha met Ua pan pal, Aaron (Aaron Rich). "Kelookajuatlikame," Robby had ahottted. nWy both wear eyegiaaaae and they both have dark hafar.) AUaaa Johaaon aaki bar granddaughter, Tiffani Iteha, ie pen pal to lOina Kboroahukhin, a recently arrived MBigraat from the SoviaiUaioa Leny Jordan aaid that (Coatlnnad on Page 11)
Holocaust observance includes listening, discussion, April 2 By Beth Seldhi Dotan, dbeetor, JCAC The Jewish Cultural Arta Council and the Nebraaka Jewiah Hiatorical Society wiU co-sponsor an evening of liatcidng and diaooaaion about the Hdocauat on Tueeday. April 2, 7 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center.
Not any morel PhUip Sokolof ahows the new advertiseoMat hia Natioaal Heart Severe Aaaodathm k raaafaw bi aaefor aewapepws to call attaatioa to the MdloaeU'e aaaoaaoe•eat of a new lew-fat haadbarger. A previooa advartiaeaMat ia wUch he charged that McDeaald'a hamhargera eaatafaMd too maeh fat le on the eaaai ColaoUantel|y,raiEaMgadBesslec«edthla wash teianathreepi^ profile en >ir.Sehelof calUag Urn ."A Cnumdtr Fnm the iraBrtkMf."Alw, a Nomt leoae a« IV Jbnr aa/a/theAsaaafaaaMedfaaiAaaadariea aaid that Mr. Satoiefheeanaahly dene awe to farfenn Anwrfaana abont Juiiatirsl thaa the effarta e< aBadaadc eel eeatara, the fedtral govaraaMat, and sMior health iwgaaiaallsai.
ProfSBsor Henry Kreiael, author of The Weh Miai and The Betrayal, oqnpa to Nebraaka under^lbe of the "Public Raadhigs by the Canadian writers in the United Sutee." HewiUbeagueatatthe UnMialtyofNafareduat Unbob for the Canter for Great Plataa Study. Bora hi Vienna, Auatria, Profoaaor Kreiad evaded Hitter's atrodttee by er
caphig to Canada hi liHO where he eventuaUy became a ataff member at the Univerdty of Alberta. He waa head of the Department of English in 1961 and later aerved aa senior preeident: He waa granted univerdty profeesor in 1976 and, hi the same year, waa invited to be a visithig fdlow of Wolfaon College hi the Univerdty of Cambridge. On April 2, Profeeaor Kreisel will read from his short storieo "An 1 with Shalom and "Chaaidic SOM." Alao, aome portiena ofne Betrayal, a poat^Holoeauat novd. PoUowing theee raadhtga, the audience wiU be anoooragsd to Join hi a diacnadoo with Franoaa Kaye,
assnriata pi ofeeaui of Eim liah at the Univerdty of Nebraaka at Uneob. She ia alao the editor of Great Plalae Qaattarly. Thia diacnsaian wiU focus upon fteUngs and emotiona which 'come upon bystandara of a war, and thoee who view a war from the periphery. The Gulf War poeee queotions relating to the denld many fUead after the Holocauat. The oommamoration for YomHaahoahwiUbahdd on April 11 at Beth El Synagogue. A 7 p.m. mincha ma'ariv aervice wiU be held, foUowed by a 7:80 manutid and hitargnaratknd program hi the aaaetuary. Tranaportatioa ia available for thoee who faiqnlre atthaJCC.