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Vol. LXVH No. 45 Omaha, Itobr.
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welcome Hke none other HrBy Mary lUfanan ^It wa» 2:16 a.m. Friday morning in Jenualem and the walmiip caUa were being rooelVBd in every Laromnw Hotel room wlwre our UJA MisaioB members were sleeping. It was time to get iq>, draas in a few minutes and get on the bus to the Ben Quiion air. yettrWe ircre on our way to greet a 4 a.m. plane load of Soviet Jews and we w#t ntrvous and exdted. Suddeodty we wen there, and as we rushed out of the bus someone shouted that the plane had landed and was taxiing over to the tarmac area wfaere we Kiabwlr Bofaiaaaa otitn a toodi oi fendiicw u> unviag wtM by th«i waving our pappjr at afapart la bracL IsrasU flags and wiping away the tears. The portable stairs were quickly > raOedont, the doors opened . and thijr b«fan to descend, an 360ot than with thafr parents and their -Jon <3] to Isrofil chlldran, thair packages '^ and their pet dogs and , cala.Thay seemed atartled others received upon en- them came from the same ^, at ibi reciptioa, aston- tering Qalveatoa in the towna and mejor dtiea s ishi^ as voices greeted eaiiy 1990a, not the wel- where our families came I. tEiteover the loud speak- come my father and many from. It didn't matter. er era, amiaed by the pleth- others nmived upon arriv- Theae were our Jewa com' on of Isradl flaga oeing ing at Ellis Iriand. This ing home to Israel ead to waved at them. We sang waa another generation of tlie new free life and oppor"Havenu Sholom Alei- Jews leaving their homes tunities it offered. For , ohem" and cheervd for in Ruaala and thair fami- their children and the I tbam tkraigb teant We Uaa to come to latael, to youagv people it wiO be i hugged them, kissed thorn, •tart a new life and to leaa difficult For the older \. held them dose and tried regroup with relatives who generation it will have to substitute actions of had come before them. many problems. For the I love for the words we Tlwy ware only a small Omshans who were there ; oouki not express. They part of the more than it waa a "magic mount of i •nllsdatus,thsycrisd.too, 18,000 who arrived during mirada"—an eaperiaBoe to ', and they buoM us back the two wok period I was be chsriahed forever and in lareeL Maybe aome of ' and thf''''t^ us. ItwMauralynotUkathe than wire our Mood rela(CeatiaMd en Peg* S) [ weiGomtJny OMtto and tivaa. Certainly aome of
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By Morria MaUae Beth Israel Synegogue's new rabM ia looking forward to leading an Orthodox ctmgregatkm in Omaha—a 20>mimite city with an active Jewiafa Ufe. "The fact that there is a Jewish day school, a koato butcher ahop, kosher bakeries, a mikvah, a Jewish library—all within a short distance, is very appealing," said RiMri Mark Urkowitz. He pointed oat b an-in^ tervfew with the JewiA Frees last week that it's not uncommon for Jews residing in the Chicago area to travd 26 miles or more to fulfill Jewish needs. Rabbi Urkowitz, 39, and his wife, Devora, have three sons: Tzvi, five, who win be atten£ng the Friedd Jewish Academy; Arid, three, and Eitan, 16 months. Mrs. Urkowitz, a Hebrew adiool teacher, most rec^tti^ served ia fiiilndal dinetor for Bar Oan University in New York City. The Uikowitz famfly, scheduled to arrive in Omaha in mid-August, will reside at 1820 N«Mth 64th street. As spiritual leader of
RabU Mark UiAowita Caagregati(Hi Beth Israel, pointed out that he beRabbi Urkowitz succeeds came a rabbi because he RaU>i laaac Nadoff who likes to hdp Jews. retired |pi Noyembi;.}WB. VUwiaiiBkafioMtJiw "My hope," aaid Babbi profaaaions where thare is Urkowitz, "is to build so much job satisfactkai," upaa the success of Rabbi he said. NadofTs aocoamliahmenta RMA Urkowite painted and ease the difficulties ex- out that the appeal of perienced by the congrega- Omaha indinV^ the fact tion the past two years." that a thriving Orthodox A native of Brooklyn, (Caattanwl am Pagt S) N.Y.. Rabbi Urkowitz
Beth Israel dedicates new cemetery site August 4 Beth Israel has announced the dedication of its new cemetery, to be known aa "Beth Israel Cemetery." Located on a hillaide overkxiking northwest Omaha at 78th and Grown Point Avenue, the cemetery win provide a serene final noting place in an atBKMphere of dignity and raepect, according to Dr. Paul Shjrken, chait^ man of the Cemetery Committee. On Aug. 4, at 11 a.m., a dedication ceremony for the new cemetery will be coadacfad by Rabbi Isaac NadolT and Cantor Leo Fettman. The burial of "ahamea"—old prayer books and religious artklea-will be part of the dedlcatloa program. The nongragaMnii'a board of oomntaioaite haa invited the community to the canoMMiy aad to partidpate in thia mileatono event The new fadUtiea wU be the firat new Jewtell oametery atarted fai the area b over half a decade. In addition to Dr. Shyken, the Cemateiv Commlttaa coodata of Harry
Sidman, chairman emeri- give a uniform and dmple, tus; Maurice Katsman, dignified appeared to Joe Kirahenbaiun, Leon the oametery. It is our inWintroub, Rick Katiman tentkm to provide a place rrilectiBg ffignity and kive and Gary Parilman. "ReaUiing that the pres- for our deer departed to be ent cemeteriee of Beth Is- intoned here. "We m very proud of rael would one day be filled, and that there woukl the new Beth Israd Cembe a deaire for our mem- etery. Ilw devdopmsnt of bership to have a oametery the area and the opening in the western part of of the f acOitiee is due to Omaha, the board of Beth the dedicati(m and forelarael Synagogue pro- si|^t of a large number of vided for the purchaae of people who gave of their land at 7Btfa and Crown time and axpertiae over a Point Avenue. During the period of many years to past five yeara, the grounds plan and execute this projhave beoi architecturally ect. A ^wdal thanks is landacaped, and treee and due to Harry Sidman, the grass planted. The focal chairman emaritua of our point of the ground ia a coounittec, wboee leader'' 'mediUtion area' hxatad ahip waa inatrumsntal in,''f hi the center of the oame- the fruitful cea^iletiaa oCj our new Beth larad Cem-i1l tery," Dr. Shykan aaUL atery." Dr. Shyken contlnwed, Side of lametny kits toij "ItwiUbethepoUcyofthe Beth larad rasmbsrs haa Cemetery Committas to started; lots wiD be avail-' opsrate theee fadlitiea in able for purchaae by the strict adhtreaea to Jewtah laws and eoatoma. The I. PeceoBMl win be on grounda and individual hand after the dadieatkai graves wiU be malntelned ceremony on Aug. 4 to an* to the higfaeet standards. •war qoeeUoiu and aid b Each grave wiU have a the seieetkn of cemetery atandard-aiae maikar to lote.