lloo n^^'^^CAL SO SERVING NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920 tVol. LXIX No. 6 Omaha, Nabr.
Campaign Serenade— a memorable evening
3 Chaahvan, 5752 Friday. Oct. 11, 1991
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By Carol Katzman Women's Divlflion, chair-alect len the musical duo of Joanie Jacobson and Ozzie Nogg combine their talents, the result is a smash hit. And so it will be when their company, Two for the Show, and the Jewish Federati(Hi produce "Campaign Serenade" on Saturday evening, Nov. 2, 7 p.m., at the Red Lion HotdL "One thing we learned from 'Campaign Cabaret,'" said Ma. Jaoobaoo, "was the magic of being in the avne room with hundreds ; of Jawiah Omahanal "We haven't been together like this since that snowy night in 1987," 8h« continued, "so it's a chance to put aside our cares and concerns and cel', ebrat^ together as a uniI fied community." Billed as an exdting eve-' ning of great music, dancing and entertainment and wonderful food, "Campajgn Ser^oAide" wiU be reminiscent of the supper clubs of the 1940a. Chairmen Nancy and Harlan Noddle and Terri and Dick Zachan^along with their committM; havq recnated the daya of Astaire and Rogers. From the art deco invitation, deaigned by Carolyn Magid. to the flowars and chocolates-, available from roving salaapaople, "Campaign SarwiiKia" aeeids sure to
Joan and Maury Udea evoke memories of "Dancing Cheek to Cheek " A photographer will be on hand, aa wail, to record new maooriea aa souvenir picturw. Featuring CHuck Pen-
nington's nine-piece band, members of Omaha's own Jewish community, will ait in on vocal and instrumental numbers. Some of the (Coatinaed on Page 8)
Dr. Robert Gale to address Maimonides Society By Barbara Chandler Federation public relations director The Omaha Chapter of the Maimonides Society is gearing up with plans for an exciting year, according to chairman Eugene 'Speedy' Zweiback. He announced that Dr. Robert Gale will be the guest speaker at the chapter's first meeting of the year, on Oct. 24 at Highland Country Club. Dr. Gale is associate professor of medicine at UCLA where he established one of the world's first bone marrow transplant centers. In 1986, he went to the Soviet Union in response to the Chernobyl nuclear power station accident, and continues to collaborate with Soviet scientists to' study the long-term effects of radiation in the exposed population. He is currently chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the international Bone Marrow Transplant Registry, President of the Armand Hammer Center for Advanced Studies in Nuclear Eno-gy and Health, and President of the Center for Advanced Studies in L«ukemia in IXM Angeles. Dr. Gale co-authored a book on nuclear energy and nuclear weapons wtitlad"Final'Waming: The Legacy of ChemobyL" He has received numerous
Maimonides Sodety steering committee members Drs. Ronald Cooper, left, Gerald Smcos and Eugene (Speedy) Zweiback met recently to diacuss the Oct. 24 function. awards for his scientific and humanitarian contributions."Dr. Gale is an internationally known figure and we are excited to have someone with his knowledge about the long-term effects of radiation speaking to our community," remarked Dr. Zweiback. Serving with I>r. Zweiback on the Maimonides Society steering conunittee are Drs. Ronald Cooper, Gerald Simons and Norman Sheldon.^ The Maimonides Society is an affiliition of Jewish physicians and dentists seddng to str«igthen the bonds betwe«i tbemftelves, the* Jewish community and larael through educational, social and philanthropic activities. Discusaing future pro-
gramming. Or. Zweiback added that this past year the influx of Russiaui Jews into Omaha allowed members to become involved in the community and the Federation by assisting with their health care needs. "Our goals for the coming year are to achieve greater involvement of medical and dent^d profrasionals in our conun^ty and to interact with other Maimonides Society chapters in the Midwest and throughout the United States." • • Anyone interested' in miaking a reaervation for Oct. 24 or d«airing addi' tional information on membership in the Maimonidea Society, may call the Fedwation office, 3348200. ext. 223.
Legal scholars warn:
Supreme Court erodes freedom of religion By Mania MaiiM Coostitutknial guarantaa OB bfMdom df raligioo no •siata. aooordlng to two lagal scboUrs attending I'ourth Anaaal SynBoaium of tha Philip M and Ethel Khitznk^ Chair in Jawiah CivtUj|atkm. The First Amaodmaat to Uta ConstituUon no longer protects conduct ralatad to r^tigioa," said Brwia ChMDiriiiaky, Law Cantar, Univarsity of Southern CaHfornia. ' ' In a aimilar vein, Gragg Ivars, School of Publie Affairs, The American Univsraity. said," Inatadd ofanfordng the frsaaiarciaaclauaatoaaauraralittoMsawinnritiaa insulafroo^ omforiiariaB whims, tb^Aiurt DOW viawa rail" ctmdnctt aa aubjact to i isiiiMlii rigutotioa." iliotMsiasiiaflh [paiadlli aliajrnnta final itlyua Sunday night at th* J«#jah Cnmmimtty CBtar. taid about 150 idtoaraahnlaraiiMliiwmharB of the ;y that our "first fraadomia.no more," ' . jrarafarring to ArtidaOuiof tiMiQUl of mgbU TPhe First Amwdmsnt) whflf stataa: 'v^Coogrssa ahall make no law rs^Mctiog an aatablishiiMnt of raUgioo ('Tha Eatabllahmant Clauasl or prohibiting'tha frsa exferciaa tbsraof; iTha Fraa ExardasClam^)." Prolmaor Chamarinaky told tha group that throughout history. Jaws have baaa pariacutad. amulaad and uUeminatad by svary host country anpt tha Unitad Stataa. HsMidthasatragadiaawarfBOttaoaaibiainthaUnitad SUtsa bacMiss of tha protactk» atfofdid by the EatabttabnaatClMuw.
not vary much bahaviorally) " Dana S. Davia, aevriand-Marahall CoUaga of Uw. Cleveland State Univaraity, aaid, in diacussing BlackyJewiah ralaUona. that black praachar/politidana cim baooma mof* sanaitiva to how thair iCyla ia pocaivad by Jaws, and woik to ovaroome that auiaty. Jaws can laara that tha black and white churchea in America repraaeat vary diffannt culture and ahouU bsevatuatad accordingly. Ishak SBnglard. Habraw Univaraity of Jeruaalam. Piofasaor Ivars asaertad that religioua minoritiea not pointed out that the daipar underatandiiig of the acute poeseeaingthepolitkalpowartoinfluaacelagialaOvaout>.^U)nak» between SUte and ReligioniB contemporary Is comae will haw their fate left to thettominant "m^arita^ r)M. causing fraqoaot and intanaiva daahm on the pub> •'" U£sceaa,raqi(ireaananalyaiaoftheidaolocicalrodUof ianmomaot "The Court's new understanding of the free exerdae thecoaffict. Aahar Maoa, Faculty of Law, Tal Aviv Univaraity, said clauae draina it of substantive meaning. For religkiua minoritiee, religioua freedom nokmgar meene the ri^t to that while laraeli cooatitutkwal law is hi^dily infhianciad ezan^ an amuiacated eubetaative Uberty," Ptafeeaor by AmKican law, eapedally in the area ol civil Ubertiaa. the American First Amendment modal does not fit laraeli IvaraaafaL rtohaeori ChameriDaky and Ivars.mca smflngaome^O aodety. He auggaated that rather than advocating aeparatioo scholars from ths United Statee and larael participating of atate and ralUno, amphaaia ehouU be put OB freedom IB tha tw«Hl«y eyntpoeium. The aecood day's activitiee of r«hgian and freedom from re|igi«a. took place at CM^too Univeraity. RkhardV. Pierard. Indiana State University, aaeerted Other papera praeanted offered the following obaetvathat the Firat Amaodmaat guaranteee of full reUgkiua libtiona: SpaeJOllg OA Are We A ChHatiaa NatkwT, Daniel 0. arty and goverameatal aon-tevolvement in religioua afOiboeoe, ue Univeraity of Oklahoma, aaid tha maia re- faire is possibly in greater peril than at any other time in aponaa tQ the queetion ia that "We are not legally, offi- the nation's hiatory. " Lovers of freedom need to be meda aware of the extent cially, or governmantally—We are hiatorically and traditionally though ohwioualy not aichiaively—UvKl piobebly of thia danger.'
Ha polntad out, howavar, that tha emmt Cooaervativa Court hu abandiooad tha 'Strict Separation" doctrine and will daler or aocommodata govemmaot aa long aa govenunaat doas bot aatabliah a religion or coaroa raligiouabahavior. Ha pradictad that dargy^lad prayera io tha pubUc achools, aUantraflaction, vouchara, and aid to parochial acboola wfll ba allowad. "The future for tha'Wall'(ofSeparation) is dismal," he