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Super Sunday is here! By Mark and Jill Belmont Super Sunday chairmen During the past six weeks, you've seen articles and advertisements promoting the Jewish Federation's Super Sunday phone-a-thon. You may have been asked to make calls or to participate as a co-sponsor of the event. Well, the build-up is over. The phone-a-thon is two days away and now we're asking members of the Super Sunday bivision to ANSWER THE CALL on Feb. 7. We're very pleased to report that the response to our pre^Super Sunday mail solicitation has been outstanding. To the several hundred of you who have already "answered the call" by pledging your support to the campaign, we send a very heartfelt THANK YOU" for your commitment to our Jewish community. Thanks also go to the many people who have joined in the community spirit of making this event a success: to our steering committee, to the dozens of volunteers who will man the phones on Sunday, to Sheri Idelman who will lead caller training sessions, and to Richman Gordman for allowing us to use their corporate offices. We are also gratefiil to our generous corporate sponsors: Richman Qordman, Idelman Telemarketing, Bags and Baggage, Baker's Supermarket, Cheers, Demma Fruit Company, Larry Herman, Julio's, KB Foods, MidContinent Bottlers, No.Frills Supermarket, Nobbies, Norman Sheldon, D.D.S., Omaha Compound, Pleasure Pak and Zio's Pizza. Finally, in advance, we'd like to express our appreciation to all those Super Sunday division members who are planning to answer the call in two days and support the 1993 UJA/Federation Campaign. You are an important part of our Jewish community. Your gift — no matter how large or small — is important to the continued strength of our community. Your dollars make a difference. YOU make a difference and w^itiVilLyou for your gMierous support.
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Jewish ritual lield at Bergan iMlercy iMedicai Center ' By Morris Mallne Bergan Mercy Outpa.tient Surgery never looked like this: A rabbi, a mohel, were participating rn the ritual circumscision of six youngsters who are part of the gr.owing Russian/Jewish community in Omaha. "Thift most likeiy is the first time that Bergan Mercy has been Rabbi Katzman ^the site of such a religious ceremony," one of 'secured the cooperaIhe hurses commented. tion of . Dr. Erie I The narse said that Phillips, an orthopemany of her colleagues dist, who coordinated observed the cere- the event with the hosOr. Oarnon monries as th-ey took pital. place Jan. 28 from Longo,' a iirologist, served as the attending :iV46a.m. to 2:30 p.m. "This was 9 wondtir- physician and Rabbi ful axpcTience, the first Betsalel Marinovsky of opportunity for moat of Houston, was tlie US, to see what was mohel. Rabbi Katzman orga'involVe4 in a bris," she pointed out. < nised a similar ceremoThe boya are: Alex ny about a year ago at Immanuel Medical Rhkain, son of Leonid and irima; Boris Center for a group of Kuper^an, son of older Russian boys. After last week's Michael and Anna; Yuliy Tisetsky, son of surgery, t^e yourfg'Vladimir ..-1 M,.,..i,u
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Leslie Beth Goldman and Scott David Rogoff were married Jan. 9 at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. Rabbi Carl Wolkin ofTiciated. The bride is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and is a student at DePaul University College of Law. The groom is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and is a student at Illinois Institute of Technology/Kent College of Law. The bride is the daughter of Sharon and Elliot Goldman of Northbrook, 111. - ^he is the granddaughter of Annette and Abe SchlofT of Omaha and thS late Max Frank. The groom is the son of Rochelle and Robert Ploua of Green Bay, Wis., and Alan RogofT of Chicago. The couple lives in Chicago.
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Mark and Stephanie Saferstein of Omaha announce the birth of a daughter, Rachel Lauren. They also have a son, Dylan Jack. Grandparents are Mary Saferstein of Omaha and James and Ruth Cullen of Annandale, Va.
TEMETTE SMEERIN Services were held Wednesday at Temple Israel for Temette Smeerin. She was 70. Survivors include her husband, Norman; daughters, Jaynie of Los Angeles and Laurie Kabb of Chicago; brother George Wright of Oklahoma City, Okla.; two grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the endowment fund at the Rose Blumkin Home or to a charity of choice.
Shari and Steve Goldberg of Dallas announce the birth of a son, Braden Fraser. ' Grandparents are Judy and Blaine Roffman of Omaha, Phyllis Goldberg of Dallas, and Marvin Goldberg of Milwaulcee. Great-grandmothers SHEBA AWARD are Ruth Shapiro of LOS ANGELES (JTA) Omaha and Esther Rosen— Liza Minelli was given berg of Dallas. the 1993 Sheba Humanitarian Award of the Friends of Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, Israel. -
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DAN KRAUS Services were held Jan. 29 at Beth El Synagogue for Dan Kraus. A former longtime resident of Van Nuys, Calif, Mr. Kraus moved to Omaha in 1992. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sis. His survivors include a daughter, Suzy Sheldon of Omaha; a sister, Miriam Samuels of Los Angeles; and two granddaughters. Memorials may be sent to the Rose Blumkin Home.
Sharl Adier Aspiund, a former Omahan, was elected to the board of directors of Women at Work, a non-profit career and job resource center in Pasadena, Calif She also was recently elected treasurer of the National Women's Political Caucus of California. Mrs. Aspiund serves as project administrator at NASA's jet-propulsion laboratory in Pasadena and lives in San Gabriel. She is a daughter of Bernice
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Ifebniary 5,1993 ^^B«th El SynagogiM i_ 14606 California ^K Omaiia, NE 68164 W^ 492-8S60 OfTice Hours: Monday Uirough Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berltovitfi. FRIDAY: Services at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush follows services. TSS (Torah Siddur Skills) begins at 10:15 a.m. Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. Shabbat Story Time for children ages 2-6 at 11 a,m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services are at 5:35 p.m. SUNDAY: Services are at 9 a.m. and 5:35 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services are at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. JUDAICASHOP Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon. LUNCH 'N LEARN Lunch 'n Learn with the Rabbi continues at noon Thursday at Beth El. Topic is "Responses to Only Orthodoxy will Enable Judaism to Survive." Call the synagogue office for reservations. Lunch is $5. ADULT EDUCATION • Beth El Women's League and the Adult Education Committee are ort hiatus during JCAC season. Contact Marcia Pitlor for information when , classes resume • (496-46321 [ SUNDAY BRUNCH Women's League and Men's .Club will have a brunch Sunday at 10 a.m. Leslie Golbitz will speak on her experience with the '^Marcli of the Living." Cost is $4 per.person plus a personal item for the Sienna St.. Fraiicis Houses, or $5 without, bn item. . Call Kris Sthulman, 4966575, for reservations. WOMINt LEAGUE Susie Drax^n will r««urae the women's study group, "Women, Can We Talkr on Tuesday. Discussion will locus on traditionally-oriented Jewish women in an egal itarian Conservative Synagogues The last .sessioh WiU be Match 9 •CHOLAR Rabbi Elliot Dorff, pr\>fessor at University of Judaism, will be the speaker nest weekend. Friday's top«c at 8:30 p.m will be 'Finding the Meaning in Prayer*; Saturday: "Remaining . and AtUng at a Cooaarvative Jew*; Sunday maraing;. *Cipk>rlag Jewiah Sources in American Uw.tVrtMEVAT Tu B'Shavat la at on Feb. 13. The grade classes will Isadportloaa of tha seder, •ay ba sant synagogue. K.rl
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Candletlghting for Friday, Feb. 5:5: 27 p.m. CONCERT by Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 The Annual Cantor's Fink and Cantor Webber- a.m. to 2 p.m. Concert featuring Cantor Gilat. Sitter service is Sunday (when school is Berkovits, Beth El Choir available for evening and in session), 9 to 11 a.m. and several young singers morning services; please Services are conducted is Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. Tick- make reservations. There by Rabbi Mark Urkowitz ets are on sale now or at are no facilities for and Cantor David Taub. the door. ' infanta. FRIDAY: N.Y. DELI FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat serNew York deli will be at Shabbat service is at vice is at 5:25 p.m. Beth El Feb. 21. Lunch 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, SATURDAY: will be noon to 2 p.m.; din- Rabbi Fink and Cantor Morning service is at ner from 5 to 6:45 p.m. Webber-GUat will officiate 8:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary Call the office for reserva- at a brief Shabbat Service . and Croldstein Chapel. tions. to be followed by a Tu Junior Congregation is B'Shevat Seder. The Oneg at 10 a.m. Babysitter serB'nai larael Shabbat following the vice is provided courtesy 618 Mynster Street Seder will be sponsored by of Sisterhood. Council Bluffs, Iowa the Temple Sisterhood. Little People's service is 51503 SATURDAY: at 10 a.m. 322-4705 Shabbat service is at Talmud class with Services are officiated by congregation members. 11:15 a.m. in the sanctu- Rabbi is at 4:45 p.m., folFor information, leave a ary. Simcah B'Shabbat, lowed by Mincha at 5:25 message on the synagogue an alternative Torah- p.m. Shalosh Seudos, answering machine (322- study service, will be held; Ma'ariv and Havdalah the congregation will conclude services. 4705). study the Torah portion SUNDAY: FRIDAY: Service is at 9 a.m. Services are at 7:30 for this week. BATJMITZVAH WEEKDAYS: p.m. Dara Quinn Rosenberg, Services are at 7 a.m. daughter of Sylvia and and 5:25 p.m. Chabad Houae Maynard Rosenberg, will Each weekday evening 1322 So. 119tli Street celebrate her Bat Mitzvah between Mincha and Omaha, NE 68144 at the Shabbat morning Ma'ariv, we study Mish697-1124 service. nayes. The study sessions SATURDAY: ADULT EDUCATION are led by Rabbi UrkDavening is at 9:30 Introduction to Juda.m., followed by Kiddush. aism class will be 7:30-10 JEWISH STUDIES SUNDAY: Supplementary classes Davening is at 9:30 a.m. p.m. on Tuesday. "Jewish in Hollywood" in Jewish studies are at 6 WOMEN'S GROUP led by Rabbi Azriel will be p.m. Wednesdays at the Study group for women Thursday, 9:30-10:30 a.m. JCC. Program includes on the Tanya, 7 p.m. The Tanya, written by Rabbi "Tlie Matriarchs and their supper and Mishna studLegacy" led by Rabbi Fink ies witli Rabbi Urkowitz. Schneur Zalman of Liadi, will be 10:30-11:30 a.m. GEMARA discusses human exisP.E.P. Cantor David Taub tence fh)m a spiritual perParallel Education for leads a Gemara study sesspective. Parent* will meet Sunday sion for NCSY seniors TALMUD at 9:30 a.m. Topic will be (and others who are interTalmud class, 9:30 a.m. •'Parent-Child Relations" ested) Mondays at 4:30 Wednesday. Advanced using clasaic Jewish p.m, in the Blumkin Talmud, 12 p.m. Thnnsources. Home's Goldsten Chapel. day. TOPICS CHUMASH TKarath Israel. "Topics of Interest for Chumash class for 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Growing Young Jewish adults, 10:30 a.m. W«dLincoln, NE 68502 Ladies," Feb. 21 and 28 nesdav. 423-8569 at 1 p.m. at the JCC with ' YIDDISH Services are ofllciated Devora Urkowitz as ' "Hooked on Yiddish " by Rabbi Elihu Milder mstructor. leesona, lliursdays at 7:30 FRIDAY: TU B'SHEVAT p.m. ;|t Chabad Houae. Services are at 8 p.m. Children ages 4 to 13 BNOUSN CLASS conducted by Lincoln can learn Tu B'Shevat "Think Jewish and Chapter of United Synaspeak English* classes on gogue Youth. Oneg Shab- songs with Cantor Taub. Jewish topics for new bat wiU be hosted by U5Y. Call the synagogue to make reservations. Tu Amarieana, Tueadays and SATURDAY: B'Shevat luncheon and 'Thursdays at 10:30 a^m. Tu B'Shevat services children's program is at Chabad House. are at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 6. Cost is 16 for adults, $4 for children ONuH CiHHdwt Chapal aoth and South StraaU agaa 6 to 12; t2 for children ages 2 to 6. Make 2(th Street and Unoohi.NE 66903 reeervations at the synaCapahart 48M004 . Omaha. NE 68123 Services are ofHciated gogue by Feb. 1. tlSmiNOOD 4M4061 by Cantor Michael Sisterhood meets nUDAY: Weiaaer Tuesday at 13:30 pm. for Ssavicaa start at 8 p.m PRIDAYr Sabbath evening servk* hutch. SSRV1CBS at 7:46 p.m. Know Thy Neighbor, aATUROAYi BATUniUY: Saavkea are haU ia the Morning aervice at 10 spada| sarviea on Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. OcMg Shabbat CaMilaa Chafe! at 9 am. apoaaorad by the SlaterManb«a of the commuTUmUY: nity are invited to join AduH cducatioa at 7:30 wtBi reatdentt for the eertica pm. Shabbat Peb 30 The and the kidduah followTHURSDA'k inc. Cbair rshsaraal at IJO DVar Tbrah will be delivare4 by Caral KataoMB, Sjpaclal aaSMrial aarWeaan'a Diviaiee Gbaii^ vieia afa haU aa the last elect aad toaaiber af the Saturday of each nMath Pa4aratiaa Board. Kid daabtaMtaw. iMNo^aaBdStoaat A special kklduah hon0«aha.NXa8tO« TOaSOMSlraat oring nembera of the OinalM.>aCltU3 OinUa hisara: Meaday Chevra Kadish will ba Servlcea ara offlciatad thrnigh Thursday. 8 a.m. held Peb 37
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By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Parashat B'shaiah "Land for Peace" a Blind Alley Like many of us, I have very deep sympathies for the Shalom Akhshav (Peace Now) movement. If we can see Israel at peace through the cession of control of some of the administered territories to Arab control, even if it results, eventually, in a Palestinian state, well, let's have it. I am more and more convinced that there is no substance to these hopes. "Land for peacie" is a chimera. Our Sidrah calls to mind the ancient attachment of our people to the Land of Israel. That attachment, beginning with Abraham, reiterated in the Exodus, the wandering, and the entrance to Canaan, has never ceased. It predates any Arab connection with the land by 2,000 years. , When the pre-Zionist and Zionist movements began in earnest, in modem times, to bring Jews back to the land of Israel in any kind of numbers, they were opposed by Arabs' in bloody confrontations from the very beginning. That opposition has never ceased. Nor has it been abated. There is a deeply rooted insistence, religiously intensiped and culturally abetted, that this whole part of the world is Arab (or Moslem) and that it must remain so for all time. Most Arabs, probably a large m^ority, share this belief With this in mind, Arabs cannot stomach the idea of a non-Arab state within the Arab world, a stretch of land from the Atlantic to India. Israel is thus illegitimate and must be destroyed, by any possible means. After a series of unsuccessful wars, the fundamentalists act on it not by war but by terror and murder., Others do not oppose and do not condemn, (Even the United Nations does not condemn this apprt)ach of terror and murder. We must not forget that! The present crisis, the murderous deportees in southern Lebanon, is a case in point.) Until and unless the Arab states (so far only Egypt) announce to their own people and to Israel that this religio-political tenet has been abandoned, and Israel is accepted without qualification as a state within the Mideast, no peace is possible, land concession or ho land concession. All negotiations must recognize this. If and when such, announcements are made, and peace is negotiated for peace (not for land), it is then and only then possible to defme peace, and then and only then can land concessions be contemplated. They then become part of the picture of a peaceful Mideast, not the be-all and end-all of peace negotiations. This gnawing truth must be kept in mind: The very lands that are the subject of "Land for Peace" were the launching pads for attacks on Israel in the past wars. There is no ground whatever to make them deadly ' attack pointa once again—unless peace for the sake of peace becomes the negotiating position of the Arab countries. If this is far off in the future—so be it. As for the "Palestinians," who so gleefully supported Saddam Hussein and his boast to turn Tel Aviv into a vast crematorium, they will have to wait. They will have to convince themselves and their Arab-state sponsors that Israel must be allowed to live undis- , turbed and unprovoked before any consideration can be given to their statehood.
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assisted suicide are pro- the Law and Standards By Larry Raful hibited; passive euthana- committee. The work is The past three years only partially theological, sia is allowed, he said. have brought complex, An outgrowth of the he said, because the comsensitive and difficult committee work was the mittee is also concerned One incident in the life of the Omaha Jewish commu- issues to the agenda of adoption of two advanced about methodology. the Conservative MoveSince the Conservative nity... directives on the issues Years ago, I don't recall the date, but I do remember ment's committee on of end-of-life and living Movement doea not subJewish Law and Stanbeing in my office when Shirley Goldstein arrived with a wills, and rather than scribe to the "literal" frail looking young woman and her equally frail looking dards, said Rabbi Elliot the usual sole Committee interpretation of Torah, Dorff, who serves on the dau^ter. standard, two directives it is important "to develThe chQd didn't have shoes, she was frightened at her committee. were adopted, allowing op a philosophy of law However, it is the very new surroundings, and she found it difficiilt to relate to each adult to make a and then apply it in conability of this pluralistic these strange Jews. ' choice in this area after crete terms." Elliot Dorff She and her mother were of the Boat People, and the group of rabbis to formuRabbiUorff, who also consultation with his or discussed recently were Jewish community of Omaha had offered to help in resetr late standards for today's holds a doctorate in the question of end-of-life her local rabbi. Conservative Jew which tlingthem. Rabbi Dorff said the Philosophy, said that There were early stories in the Jewish Press, the moth- is one of the core values and bioethics, and the Committee' now intends there are many different issues surrounding the in the Movement's theoler remarried eventually and the family moved away. to turn its attention to motivations to review an Time marched on and my experience with the family ogy that Jews have an status of homosexuals in another area of bio- issue: changing commuobligiation to use judg- the conservative Movefaded and over the years became distant memory. ment. The medical ethics ethics: the beginning-of- nity customs (for examNot 80 writh Shirley Goldstein. As she does with most ment. discussion focused on life issues such as artifi- ple - status of women), Rabbi Dorff, provost of of the refugees she comes in contact with in her role as cial insemination, surro- ' and new facts that give Soviet Jewry chairman for the Jewish Federation of the University of Jud- euthanasia, withholding gate motherhood, and new understanding to and withdrawal of health aism in Los Angeles and Omaha, she keeps in touch. w^hat may have always genetic engineering. Recently, she received a letter from Reataamay Ung, ' a leading authority on care, and artificial nutriHe said the future will been present (for examtion. the nature of conservanow a beautiful young lady attending Seattle University Rabbi Dorff and anoth- also bring more discus- ple - status of gay/lestive Judaism, will be the and planning to wed in August. — er rabbi proposed stan- sion about the role of bian Jews). With Mrs. Goldstein's permission, I am sharing Dr. Leon Fellman ScholAll of thes^ issues dards to deal with the women in Conservative ar-in-Residence at Beth excerpta of her letter: Judaism. While the ordi- makes for lively and iasues of irreversible terEl on Feb. 12, 13 and 14. "...I work part time at the University of Washington nation of women has heated discussion at the Press in the accounts receivables department...! recently The entire community is minal illness. Rabbi already been adopted, committee on Jewish Dorff noted that in transferred to Seattle University and my accumulated invited to hear Rabbi the question of women as Law and Standards, and grade point average is 3.60. My major is accounting with Dorff on Friday evening Jewish law the person witnesses has lingered, it is these issues that who kills breaks the law, and Saturday and Sunan emphasis in taxation. but in these kinds of and it will be discussed Rabbi Dorff plans to dis•^y engagement ceremony took place in the morning day mornings. cuss when he visits In a telephone inter- cases, one _ may be in the Committee within Omaha. For more inforat my apartment with close friends attanding...! will give the year. exempt froiri punishview. Rabbi Dorff said you a brief introduction to my fiance. ' Rabbi Dorff eryoys the mation, call Beth El "His name is Kine - pronounced Keen. He's 28 (I'm that the two major issues ment. challenges of serving on (492-8550). Euthanasia and selfwhich the Committee 21). He graduated from the University of Washington two years ago as a mechanical engineer and is working at the Naval shipyard. "He's Chinese, but was born in Lao. He can speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Lao, Thai, and of course, English. •^e plan to get married in August and so far we have reserved a space in the restaurant and have hired a video By Morris Maline and cameraman. I hope you and your husband can come A young boy ran to his to our wedding. Since we don't have any family in the United States, you both can represent our family. We grandfather's house on 38th Street to see a sixlove you. May God bless you. foot cross smoldering on Love, the lawn. Reatsamay The boy's grandfather had been victimized by a hate crime because of his support for the Urban League and the Conference of Christians and Robert Wolfaon Sen. Brad Ashford> Norm Komey Jews and because he He said tliat more than is directed at gun sellers He pointed out that fought discrimination hatred and bigotry toward 200 million firearms are and gun holders. Amerthroughout the city. icans one day will have no That's how State Sen. a race, or religion "under- in the hands of Americans alternative but to ban Brad Ashford, as a mines our spirit and our an.d that over the paat firearms altogether.two years some 60,000 youngster, waa intro- nation." His Child Protect Act is deaths have' been caused The current bill has duced to bias and biggeared to marking parotry. The experience been amended to respond by guns lying around the ents responsible for their stuck with him as he to Constitutional ques- .house. children accessing guns in Sen. Ashford said that grew into manhood, tions and now should be the home. unless some responsibility' acceptable, he added. became an attorney and (Founded In 1920) Sen.Ashford credited then proceeded to win Howard Kaplan election to the State Robert Wolfaon, executive Prciidcnl, Jewish Pics'director, ADL/CRC, with I^egislature. HiianJofDirecii'!' He told B'nal B'rith helping promote the legis.. ird Mcmtxo Jack V.. Cohen. Kcasutcr. Him- :miu|.jip., Breadbreakers laat week lation and for hia long- By Bernie Mosow iictrelary; Paul Ctounsc, Sieve Danon, Scon Fiiedman, that his introduction of term commitment to work Debbie Joiephiqn, Shctyl !.ee, Sieve l-cvinfier, Fsihcr LB 133, otherwise refer- against diatrimlnation. Remember the old expression "Too close to Uie forest Meiches, J«ne Rip«. Sieve Skid and Sylvia Wagnct The senator also point- to see the trees?" Well, I am guilty of the poor eyesight red to as the Hate Morris Maline DeboiihIclliiian Crimes Statistics Act, la ed to Norm Komey, a described. EditorinChiet Assistant lUliiur a high priority with him. member of BreadbreakI have overlooked a friend who is most deserving of Thia is the third year ers, crediting him with space in thia column: Faye Unger, a community treaSberyl Friedman Buiineu Manager that such a bill haa been making a m^jor contribu- sure. She haa functioned admirably In So many capaciintroduced, ha said, tion toward paaaage of the ties for so many organizatiotu in Lincoln that it would Dawna Robertson George SchM>iro adding that ha it com- Living Will bill in th« take far too much apace to list them all. Production Assijiani Office Volunteer mitted to work toward Legislature. Faye Is a native Uncolnite. She and (lar two bfothSties Repiejentativei: Diane Baum, Molline Casunan. On the subject of gun ers, Hy Polsky and tha lata Max Polaky, have all been « Its pusage daapite oppoMadeline Firestone. Barbara Frankel. Ret»ee Kazor. sition from Sen. Ernie control. Sen. Ashford closely aaeodatad not only with the Jewish community, • Dora Shefren and Rocky Stem. referred to the National but with the aodal, athletic, buaineas and political com- "" Chambers. bdiioriali e«p»tM IIK viewi of il* wntcr and an liol nccet"Nebraska ia one of the Rifla Association as a munitias mt well varily repretenuilve of iht' vitwt of li>e Jewiih PiCM Board, few staUs that doaan't "shadow govamoMnt." Pay* la tha only person I have ettcounttrsd who can the Jewiih Fedcraiion of Omaha o( the Omaha Jewish Ha dascribM) tha NRA walk around town aitd be greetad by name by taachert, have such a law.'' Canmualty u a whole. as a Tary wealthy group, He told tha 18 B'nal the Mayor, houaawlvos, coaches and aenators. B'rith members attend- able and willing to speiid Her efforts have been many and varied. Fayee ii aiMUkmtm. RepniM ri|^« an itwrvtd and advnlMai fatn a>« ing that he is struck by many thousands of dol- never too busy to call those who noa^H ni (I knojj •TitlaMc upni icqurti lin to protect the arms the fact that hau trriniM blaH causa many a time she's been m> > set table Tli« role of the Jtwitli Fcdcratioa •! Oaukc b !• nianufacturtng Industry. are *imp«raonal acts.* IttaS for functions at the synagogue, to liead a committ involve Jews In m*«tU| Jtwtili MMHUHMI •••'• when everyone else is "too busy," or to work at th^ locaNy. nalkHwUy and la IOTML Children's Muaeum every week. When called upon to Afenctei of the Federation art: Commaaity Raliiloni. 'get out tha vote," Faye does her civic duty and calls kwiih CooiniM^hy Canter, icwWi Bdwadoa. Jr»IA PnM. Mends by the dosen to onoaurafe them to do Ihaini. kwlth Family Service. Ubrary mi ItOTM for Itw A«lag. 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I am writing in response to Cynthia Kohll's article in last week's Jewish Press. Ms. Kohll's assertion that "It takes two Jews to produce more Jews, not one" is arrogant, uninformed, hurtful to most American Jews and false. Her opinions stab at the heart of Jewish values of community, family and faith. Judaism has survived because of its adaptability. What was the norm for Ashkenazic Jews in
Europe is not necessarily the standard for practice in America today. I personally have experienced acts of antiSemitism, and I am certain in my belief in God. For those oif us who share in the anguish provoked by Ms..Kohll's article: Be strong in your personal beliefs. Whatever the source of your JewishnesB, no one can rob you of your spiritual roots. Be strong in your convictions and know that your Jewishness is valid. Dawna L. Ilobertson
To the Editor: Cynthia Kohll's recent article brought back many memories of my own trip to Israel in 1988. A trip to Israel is often a pivotal educational and spiritual experi-' ence for any Jew in the Diaspora. I hope all of Omajia's young Jewish community will have this opportunity to strengthen their Jewish ties. I must, however, object strongly to her statement that the U.S. population is rapidly dying through intermarriage and that it takes two Jews to produce more Jews, not one. tn the United States, where we no longer have to face blatant anti^ Semitism or live in a ghetto, being Jewish means that we all have to be Jews-by-Choice, whether by birth or by conversion. This requires ongoing education, practice, and making Jewish choices in our own daily lives. I know from my own pa^t experiences that just because two Jewsby-Birth marry, that does not ensure the survival of American Judaism. I was fortunate to
.later marry a non-Jew who has become totally committed to Judaism and has made its practice central to our family life. It was her enthusiasm and dedication that prompted me to become an educated, practicing Jew, a Jew-By-Choice. One does not need to go to Israel to feel the powerful perception of God or to experience authentic Judaism. If you make commitment to Judaism an integral part of your daily life, you will find God in everything you.do. To quote Dennis Prager, "the issue is not intermarriage. The issue is whether or not Judaism is important to the Jew." We must all become dedicated to rediscovering the wisdom and joys of being Jews and practicing Judaism, for ourselves and our children, alid actively living it every day of our lives. Then not only will the survival of Diaspora Judaism be assured, it will only grow stronger. Jeffrey A.. Passer Chairman, Outreach Cpmmittee Temple Israel
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Colorado Jews plan 'Journey to Justice' By Andrea Jacobs Journey for Justice* to Intermountain Jewish express solidarity with German citizens protesting News DENVER — Leaders neo-Nazi activity in favor of repreHenting Denver's equality and justice. Germany is not the only diverge religious, political and ethnic groups will tour country plagued by ethnic Germany for five days tensions and old hatreds, starting Feb. 6 to reinforce Rabbi Steven Foster of the historical lesson that Denver's Temple Emanuel siild at a press conference hale kUla. Organizers also want to onnoundhg the tour. He cited the turmoil in show the international community that most of Bosnia-Ilerzogovina at a Colorado, currently labeled flagrant example of human by somo as the hate state" rights violations. An important reason for due tojts passage of the anti-homosexual rights the trip "is to educate peoAmendment 2 last ple (and demonstrate) how November, opposss such people from very dilTercnt ' backgrounds can focus on discriminatory laws. Colorado Lt Gov. Mike in isstia, return <to Denver) CslUhan, in cooperation and teach other Coloradans with Uenvsr's KU8A- what they've Isarnad," Channel 9, initiated "A Rabbi FosUr said.
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Tu B'Shevat as a New Year's Day By Irving Greenberg JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Mishnah lists Tu B'Shevat (the 15th of Shevat), which this year falls on Feb. 6, as one of the four New Year's days of the Jewish calendar. The holiday is placed on a par with the political/religious New Year (the first day of the first month, Nissan, the inaugural date of new Jewish royal administrations and of the annual cycle of the three pilgrimage holidays); the cosmic/judgment day New Year (the first of Tishrei, the seventh month); and the tax year New Year's Day (first of Elul, the sixth month; or, possibly, first of Tishrei). The Mishnah defines Tu B'Shevat as the New Year's Day for trees - for tax and tithing purposes. The tithe of firuits for the past year is taken fi-om fruit that grew before this day. Fruit that buds sifter this date is tithed in the following year. Similarly, the first three years' fiiiit of newly planted trees in Israel was proscribed as immature (orlah); thefourth year's produce was sanctified. Only in the fifth year did the fruit enter into normal use and commerce. Tu B'Shevat begins the new year for such chronological counting. But why do we need a fourth New Year day? And why is this date designated as the beginning of a new year? Rabbi Elazar suggests that the day was picked because it is an agricultural turning point. Generally, by the 15th of Shevat, the bulk of Israel's annual rainfall has occurred. Since rain is the life source providing the moisture that fructifies the trees, for all practical purposes, Israel's fertilization period is over by the 15th of Shevat. Therefore, the new year of growth is dated from" this day - although the bulk of the winter season still lies ahead. Logically, the spring - when winter's dead grip is broken and the trees come aUve - should commence the New Year. TTie insistence on marking Tu B'Shevat as the beginning bespeaks a deeper purpose. The clue to decoding this choice may be found in the "Seder" for Tu B'Shevat developed by the Kabbalists of . Safed in the course of their drive to interfSify the cosmic process of tikkun (perfecting the world) after the expulsion from Spain. • In Judaism's conception, the entire world is locked in a cosmic battle of life and death. God is the Creator, the Infinite Source of life who seeds life in the world and seeks nothing less than a final victory for life. Allied with God is humanity and "every living creature . . . birds, domestic and wild animals . . .'every life on the earth" (Genesis 9: 10). Their life and proliferation is sustained by the regular Divinely upheld order of nature: "Seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and da^ and night (which) shall not cease" (Genesis 8: 22).
"A Jew is pledged to be on the . side of life." A Jew is pledged to be on the side of life. "Today ... I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the iurse; therefore, choose life.' (Deuteronomy 30, 19). Every actiori should be guided by this Commitment: to choose war or peace; to love or to hate; to kill or not to kill; to have children or i^ot; to eat healthy food or junk; to exercise or not; to drive recklessly or responsi- -. biy; to smoke or not to smoke. No detail is too trivial or too big: To throw out garbage or to recycle; to allow moiv or less pollutants per gallon of gasoline; to drive a larger car than necessary; to build double-hull oil tankers or single hull (which break up more easily) to carry oil. With each decision, humans take their stand for life or for death. All of these principles come together around trees. Trees, an early form of life, yield ttie primaty food that one can eat without killing other life. Trees heal the soil
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and hold it together against erosion — thereby insuring that rain will fructify the earth rather than gouge it and undermine its capacity to sustain life. One must plant trees and not waste them; it is prohibited to cut fruit trees down even in a military siege (Deuteronomy 20: 19-20). Trees heal the air as they absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen to sustain life. The death of vast tree forests under the impact of pollution and acid rain is a contemporary warning and devastating reflection of the ascendancy of the forces of death. Whenever death appears dominant, we must leap into the fiiay on the side of life, say the Kabbalists. The Kabbal-ists set up a Seder with pitchers of white and red wine. White represented the forces of exfoliation, the cumulative weakening of life's power with the shrinking hours of sunlight in the winter. Red represented the forthcoming reawakening of nature's life force and the coming seasonal strengthening of the sun. As fruits were eaten and biblical passages were read, four glasses of wine were drunk. The first Was all white; gradually the wines were mixed so the red became dominant. Thus the mystics sou^t, liturgically, to identify with the forces of fertility and to strengthen'the cosmic force of life. TTie turning point is ti;>day, on Tu B'Shevat, say the mystics. Now, in the heart of winter, humans must join in the battle for life. We cannot wait; we must work to bring the spring. In Jewish tradition. New Year's day is judgment day when God - and humanity - decide for life or death. It is time for Jews to renew Tu B'Shevat as the New Year for trees. Tu B'Shevat means more than planting trees; it' is the time for the community to join foursquare in protecting the earth by making ecology a core Jewish issue. It is time to renew our covenant as partners with (jod who "in goodness renews Creation every day." Irving Greenberg is president of CLAL - The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership and is author of "The Jewish Way,"> (New York: Summit Books).
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Friedel Jewish Academy has formed a committee to select a new executive director and will hold a reception where parents can ask questions of the executive director of a Jewish day school in Kansas City. Ed Prince, executive director of the Hyman Brand Academy, will describe the search process from his own experience. To meet Mr. Prince and learn about the search process, parents of current and prospective students can attend a dessert reception at the school on. Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. Mr. Prince will also advise the school board in its search, said school chairman Mike Katzman. The school is recruiting applicants from Hebrew
Teenagers interested in technology can study robotics, computers and biotechnology in Israel on a four-week study program sponsored by ORT. Based on a campus in the Galilee, the program is open to teenagers from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia and other English-language countries. Lindsey Taxman, a senior at Westside High School, attended the program last year. "It's great, especially if you're interested in science," Lindsey said. Tou take two-day classes, and the rest- of the time you
Show at JCC theater TTie comedy "Cantorial" is the next production by the Theatre at the J. Written by Ira Levin, the ahow is about a young couple whose apartment ts haunted by the ghost of a cantor. (The apartment building ohcie was a synagogue.) The couple tries to rid the place of the ghoet's singing! Other ahows by Mr. Levin include. "Rosemary's Baby," "Deathtrap," "No Time for Ser-
geants," and 'The Boys' from Brazil." "Cantorial"' will be directed by M. Michele Phillips. The cast includes Jeft" Taxman, Barb Rosa, Patric Vendetti, and Jennifer Ziadel, according to Marcia Lipsman, chairman of the JCC Hieatre Committee. The ahow opens March U and will run through March 28. For tickets, call 3348200.
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The school's new officers include vice-chairmen Allan Gonsher and Marty Wolf, treasurer Joel Rich, secretary Julee Katzman, and past chairman Steve Riekes.
Jewlah ritual objects, lent by Beth El Synagogue, Temple Israel, and Beth Israel Synagogue, were displayed at St. Cecelia's CathedraL
Flower show displays Torah, tallit A Torah, tallit,'yad aha and the Midwest, and Torah cover were ^ach display featured included in a display at religious symbols, such the seventh annual as aculpturea and icons. Designer Kevin Kelly Cathedral Flower Featival. of Kansas City, Mo., The festival, held last placed the Torah scroll weekend at St. Cecelia's on a pedestal surroundCathedral on North 40th ed by sand and desert Street, featured 30 foliage. He called it "a flower displays created cool oasis in which one by designers from Om- can praise God."
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Prancing 4-year-olds Girls in the JCC's preschool dressed as ponies to entertain parents and friends at the school's circus last week. Pictured above are (from left) Rebekah Priluck, Laura Bailis, Lindsday Belmont, and Sarah Munzesheimer. Other children dressed as lions, lion tamers and clowns. As their teachers played circus music on a record player, the children performed dances and skits. Many wore the bashful smiles and skittish expressions of first-time- performers. But parents didn't mind. They just kept their camcorders on and kept the film rolling.
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The annual'"Know thy Neighbor Sabbath," a Shabbat service to which non-Jewish friends of congregants are invited, will be next Friday at 7:25 p.m. at Beth Israel Synagogue. The service is "a popular event with our nonJewish friends and neighbors," said event chairman Mary Grossman. "It provides an opportunity for them to have their questions answered." Refreshments will be served following services. For more information, call Mrs. Grossman (4533352).
Jewish Family Service has announced the tentative arrival time in Omaha for 11 additional refugees from the former Soviet Union. The three families, members of which range in age from 16 to 80, are scheduled to arrive at Eppley Airfield on Feb. 9 at 8:18 p.m. on TWA flight 487 from St. Louis. A spokesman for JFS said the public announcement of the flight time is being made to encourage members of the Jewish community to participate in the welcome activities at the airport. For information, call 334-8200 ext. 273.
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The troop kicked off activities for the Citizenship in the Community merit badge with a visit from Howard Bloom, who is executive director of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Mr. Bloom, who was born in Canada, recently became a U.S. citizen. The slate of troop positions was voted and approved for a new term of six months. Patrol leader for the Hawk patrol will be Ben Gonsher, and for the cobra patrol it will be Jake Pilley. Other leaders include Jeremy Nichols as junior assistant scoutmaster; Alex Wolfson, chaplain aide; Dusty Nichols, troop guide; Matt Chasen, librarian; Jeremy Chasen, historian; and Adam Nichols, scribe. The troop winter campout will be Feb. 26 to 28 at Camp Wakonda Headquarters. Rabbi Allan Gonsher will lead activities related to the Ner Tamid religious awaird and counsel scouts working on the Family Life merit badge. David Stein and Dt'. Mark Pilley, assistant scoutmasters and merit badge counselors, will coordinate activities for the Camping, Astronomy, and Environmental Science merit badges. Any boys ages 11-14 who are interested in joining Troop 218 can join us at Camp Wakonda. For more information, call Scoutmaster Barb Nichols (896-1171).
Mourners' handbook published A new book, written by two rabbis, offers moument advice on funerals, mourning observances, postmourning practices and dealing with loss. Entitled "A Jewish Moiuner's Hdndbook," the book is written by Rabbi Ronald M. Isaacs of Temple Sholom in Bridge-water, N.J., and Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky, director pf Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's New York School of Education. The book is available from KTAV Publishing House in Hoboken, N.J.
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Archaeological dig needs volunteers Volunteers will be A four-week archaeological dig in the 2000-year- trained in archaeological old city of Caesarea field work and will hear Maritima in Israel needs lectures by visiting specialists on ceramics, epig^.volunteers. The dig is in June and raphy, Israeli history, and July. Details will be other related topics. Some underwater relics described Feb. 17 at 1 'p.m. in a slide presenta- will be explored by scuba. The program is spontion at the Creighton University Student Cen- sored by Creighton University's Klutznick Chair ter(rooni 104). Caesarea is located 30 in Jewish Civilization and miles north of Tel Aviv the University of Haifa and features ancient and is open to all adults aqueducts, theaters and in good health. Fees include airfare, an Crusader relics. King • Herod's Temple is also application fee and a fee of about $1,300 for dormithere. Relics that could be ' tory housing and meals. For more information, uncovered and explored ::thi8 summer include call the KlU|tznick Chair mosaics, jewelry, and at Creighton at 280-2303. ceramics.
Come and get 'em: synagogue sells hamantaschen Hamantaschen by the thousands, with fillings of prune, poppyseed, apricot, and chocolate chip-peanut butter, are being baked now in the Beth El kitchen by members of the'Women's League, The three-pointed treats will be given to new members of Beth El and residents of the Blumkin Home, the Livingston apartments and the Remington Heights home. They will also be sold at the synagogue's Purim Carnival on March 7. Other hamantaschen bakers include Lola Reinglass, Joye Wees, Judy Moore, Harriet Kutler, Enid Blumenthal, Lili Berkovits, HoUie Fineman, Sandi Fried, Beth Ginsburg and Bea Karp. All baking is done at Beth El. Cost is $6 for a baker's dozen (13); deadline for ordering is Feb. 15. To order, send a check to Mrs. Shpayher, 1732 S, 153 Ave. Circle, Omaha, 68144.
Made with an old family recipe, these hamantaachen were baked by (from left, front row) Frieda Krizelman, Mary Fellman, Lucy Brown, EUa Epstein, and Nancy Schlessinger, (back row) Chairman Norma Shpayher and SeLroa Sadofaky.
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By Ilene Klein Several people have asked me how I became so involved in the subject of interfaith marriage. The obvious answer is that our daughter, Stephani, became "serious" with our (now) son-in-law, Jim. At the outset my readers must understand that Jim is the perfect mate for Steph, her other half, and we love him dearly. But Jim is not Jewish, and at that time there was no interfaith marriage in our family. We were made aware of the fact that Jim had no intention of converting. In the beginning, as the normal average family we are, we accepted the news with tears, yelling and many arguments. We felt tliis couldn't work. TTien we regained our composure and began to talk— and listen. The Kleins are often accused of talking a subject to death, but it works for us. I also read every book I could find on the topic of interfaith marriage. It was very important to us that Jim knew we loved l»im and didn't reject him personally. We also knew we were not going to "sit shiva" for our daughter. I am proud to say we have made a great success of our relationships, because we all worked at it. Beth El's Project Link was bom after a discussion among Rabbi Orazen, myself and then-president, Ray Goldstein (a case of asking the right person for the right job). We then got a grant from the Murray H. and Sharee C. Newman Supporting Foundation, formed a committee, and began to carry on its work, Tliat's my story. How about yours? A different twi«t on the same theme? Another resolution? I'd love to hear from you (334-11851
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Have you ever been to a trade show? Does everybody know what a trade show is? I guess you could say it's someNvhat like a convention to spotlight something—an example might be fijrniture. People in the furniture business meet at one designated place where they can select those items they want to offer in their own store. Recently there was attention given to the electronics trade show. So many unusual things were exhibited to the folks who sell them that many were featured on small segments of news programs. This particular convention brought back early memories of Flash Gordon to many of us over the age of 40. The one to really grab me was the recent trade show of TV programs, Yes, although most of us probably didn't know of the existence of such a convention, it does, in fact occur. And like the furniture show or the electronics show, this convention gathers for the benefit of TV executives and/or buyers who select those programs you and I will see next "season." , ; ' \ In this case, season refers to that televisioii time which starts in early fall. It must have been quite a show to attend, judging from the news film 1 saw. There were performers and "stars" pushing their particular programs, trying to ^ snag the interest of those with purchase power. \t would be safe to guess that next T\ season will have an even greater variety of "talk shows" than we presently can see, with still more hosts. Personally, I thought there were enough at present, but I'm only one viewer. I would also venture to say there will be some new quiz shows; since America loves tl^ose. There was one really new, innovative idea which-stopped most in their tracks. INTER ACTIVE TELEVISION. This truly was 8omethin|[ new and different Simply described, it means you, the viewer, can par ou ticipate in something that's going on onscreen.- You use a remote control, and with the proper gadgets place, you can o^der something from a catalog, or a player in a game show. ^ryV As a learning tool, the idea is said to have ver; great potential, so educators could possibly applaud the invention, I'm not sure about thia one.' Since the start of tele»j vision, people haVe been yelling back at the screei trying to "beat' those with whom they disagre We've always been able to dp that with some satii ^ faction I'm not sure I want to get any more invnlvedj with that side of the acreen. Maybe enougl) enough. \v ' V call to ask what I think. Ill be sure s)H ip. Just one thing...what do YOU think
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Young writers, artists win awards
Sixty-four children 'designed book covers and reviewed books for the 6th annual Elinor A. Whitman Memoria Book Appreciation con test at the JCC. Book reviewers were asked to describe what made their books Jewish. Reviewer Ben Gerber, 6, wrote that his book taught him that. "Haunkkah is about family, being Jewish and love." Marissa Epstein, also 6, also reviewed 9 Hanukkah story. Hers, a variation on the "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" tale, features a
hungry bear who visits a 97year-old Jewish woman for latkes and dreidelplaying. She thinks she's eating with the rabbi, not bear. Ben and Marissa's reviews are reprinted here. Illustrators drew pictures of Jewish families, rabbis, and, in This book Jacket wu dealgned by 6th-grader Authe case of 6thbooks as prizes. Union. grade winner Adam • First-, second- and The Federation liRich, a train carrying third-place winners re- brary sponsored the conJews out of the Soviet ceived Jewish-themed test from 1974 to 1987.
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Book Reviewers, age 6 The Chanulcah Guest byEncKimmei Reviewed by Marlaaa Epstein There was a bear who was hib'ernating. He smelled something good like food. He knocked on the door where the smell was coming from. She was 97 years old so she couldn't see very good. She thought that it was the rabbi. She said, "I'll take your coat." He said, "Grrrr." So she left him alone. They played dreidet. The bear got a nun. When they went again, she got a gimmel. • 'I win!" she said. He said, "Grrr." She said, "It's only a game." Then, they ate latkes. He ate until the latkes
were all gone. When he fell asleep, Bubba Brayna made him go home. Then there was a knock at the door. It was the rabbi. She didn't know who he was. She explained that the rabbi had already come. "I was in the synagogue the whole time," said the Rabbi. Bubba Brayna told him that the latkes were all gone. The kids noticed bear footprints in the house. Bubba Brayna realized that she thought the bear was the rabbi. They" all helped Bubba Brayna . bake more latkes for Chanukkah. The part I liked best
Winners in the book report category included (front row, from left) Stephanie Oleah, Radiel Katzman, Ben Gerfaer, Marjaaa Epstein, (middle row) Julie Coren, Brandon Rich, Tzvi Urito%vitz, Renata Yuiikov, Naomi Katakee, Trevor Gerahon, (back row) Brian Joseph, Louie Newman, Michael Fineman, Renata Zinkov, and Adam Rich. Not pictured are Michael Hellman, Ariel Shukert, Dmitry Litvin and Canie Kaplan.
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HanUlckah byHom'schottar Reviewed by Ben Gerber I read this book be- celebration. The family cause it is about had a lot of fun lighting Hanukkah. The story the Menorah, playing tells how a family cele- dreidel, eating latkes and opening presents. brates Hanukkah. I learned that we There are eight people in the family, just like should always remember meaning of there are ei^t candles on the Hanukkah, that Hanthe Menorah. Everyone in tiie family ukkah is about family, helped prepare for the being Jewish and love.
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Summertime fun at Jewish camps
Hanging out in the bunk makes time to laugh with friends. Pictured is Stephanie DePorte (bottom left) with her bunkmates at Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute. B'nai B'rith Beber Camp Mukwonago, Wisconsin (708)498-1441
Harzl Camp Webster. Wisconsin (612)927-4002 Sessions range from one to six weeks and are (roughly) specific to age Sessions range from, groups. Children entering two to eight weeks for third and foiirth grades children ages 7 to 16. can go to one-week "Taste First-time campers ages of Herzl" sessions; older 7 to 9 can attend "rookie children go to two or camp." All food served is three-week sessions. kosher. Teenagers entering According to camp reg- ninth grade can stay five istrar Kandi Levy, the weeks in the "Kadimah" camp is "culturally Jew- program; tenth-graders ish." "The kids don't go to can learn carpentry and services every day, but other skills in the sixthey know they're at a week work program Jewish camp," she said. "N'Divim." "We celebrate Shabbal." Campers attend mornOther activities offered ing services daily and celinclude horseback riding, ebrate Shabbat. The athletics, lakefront sports, kitchen is kosher. Activarts . and crafts and ities ipflude lake sports drama. such as windsurfing and Many Omaha children boating, arts,and crafts, have attended; children drama, and sports. Accoralso attend from through- ding to camp administraout the United States tor Shelley Kornblum, and, occasionally, Europe most campers come from and Israel. the Minneapolis area, Omaha, St. Louis and Kansas City, though a Attend Services few travel from the V/PM this Shabbat Coast to attend.
Qan Israel Kalicaska, Micliigah (313)737-7000 This Lubavitch camp for children ages 6 to 14 offers two sessions: gne for boys and one for girls. Older boys study Torah three hours each morning; girls and younger boys study one hour each morning. All children study one hour each evening and attend services two or three times daily and on Shabbat. Other activities include boating, drama, music, art and athletics. Campers come from throughout the United States and Canada, and a few come from Europe and Israel. "The spirit here is extraspecial," said Batsheva Shemtov, camp coordinator. "Our camp gives something'special that no one else does." Most catnpers are from Hasidic families, though some come from non-religious families, she said.
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Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute Oconomowoc, Wisconsin (312)338-2871 Sessions range from two to seven weeks for third-graders to high school seniors; campers may attend sessions backto-back for a total of eight weeks. Campers stay in cabins or in tents; they select. Specialty programs include a four-week arts program and, for high school students, a sevenweek Hebrew-language program, a wilderness travel program, and a sixweek trip to Israel. Campground activities include water sporta, athletics, art, horseback riding, and rockclimbing. Children attend from throughout the midwest; alMut 30 Omahans attend each year, said assistant director Jeff Friedman. Camp Moshava Wild Roads. Wfisconsln (312)338-2871 This "religious Zionist" camp is Orthodox, featuring three-times daily services and kosher food. Campers range in age from (incoming) fifthgraders to juniors iiT high school. The camp offers two four-week setslona, •eparated by age groupe. Children entering itith grade can go to either ••••ion, or to both.'Teent entering the eophomore year of high echool can •tt«nd '^•chal,* a fltneM camp that features hiking, boating and sports. Juniors can sttend "Mach Hsch," a work and Judaic-studies program that features a weeklong trip to Mt. Ruahmore. Other camp activities
By Deborah Fellman What's the best way to make summer wonderful? Go to camp! In the Midwest, Jewish summer camps abound. Most are nestled in the woods alongside cold-water lakes, where children can swim and sail (and sun on real sand). Legfuls of mosquito bites become a tolerated consequence. Some Jewish camps offer daily religious observance and Jewish instruction; others off^r Jewish-song singing without much formal observance. Some serve only kosher food; others keep their kitchens kosherstyle. Differences aside, summer camps make one common guarantee:'a bunkful of new friends for each camper. For younger children who aren't ready to leave Mom and Dad for long, some camps offer short "rookie" sessions. Many camps offer longer (five to eight week) sessions for teenagers, who would spend the entire summer away from home if they could. Summer camp plans should be made soon; some sessions are already booked. Details on nine Midwestern Jewish camps follow; each includes a wtntef phone number parents CAnxallitn- more information. include water sports (heated pool and several lakes), radio and video production, drama, photography, and art. Campers come from throughout the country, said camp secretary Rita Kirshner.
Day and evening trips to baseball games and amusement parks offer campers the benefits of Chicago, said Rabbi Yosef Polstein, camp director.
Camp Sehwayder Mt. Idaho, Colorado (303) 388-4013 Located at an elevation of 10,000 feet in the Rockies, Camp Sehwayder offers wilderness living in a Jewish environment. The kitchen is kosher-style; services are held daily. Sessions offered include two one-week sessions for third- and fourth-graders and four two-week sessions for children in grades three through 10. The camp is small: only 80 children per session. Each year, a few of those are from Omaha. Campers can attend sessions back-to-back for a total of eight weeks, said resident director- Scott Esserman. Camp activities include horseback riding, arts and crafts, drama, music, dance, athletics, and wilderness activities.
0,ne of six Ramah camps in the United States, this Jewish Theological Seminarysupervised camp offers religious education in an outdoors environment for 400 campers each year. Sixth-grade campers stay for four weeks; those in seventh through eleventh grades stay eight weeks. All campers daven daily, eat only kosher food, practice Hebrew and celebrate Shabbat. Camp Ramah "helps kids dfscover who they are Jewishly," said camp director Rabbi David Soloff. Special programs atHamah include "Tikvah," a camp curriculum for high school students witii learning disabilites. Camp activities include water sports, athletics, arts and photography, and drama.'
Yeshlvat Hakaylta Skokle, llllnole (700) 874-7780 An all-boys', Orthodox camp for teenagers entering aaventh through tenth grades, the camp is housed on ttie campus of the Hebrew Theological College In suburiwn Chicago. Campers live in alrcoiiditioned dormitory rooms and attend morning and evening aervices dally. Activities include Torah studies, 'enrichment courses' in rocketry, video production and computers, and athletlca.
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Camp Jay-C-C Fremont, Nebraska 334-8200 Sponsored by the JCC, this two-week camp for children in third through eighth grades Is held at a campground near Fremont, Jewish observance indudas Shabbat services and Hebrew-song singing; the kitchen is kosher. Activities include swimmll^l tit a pool, horseback riding, athletics, art, drama, vIdM production, Karoake. About 70 children attended tlie camp last year, said Robin RosanMd, camp director.
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yVDL audit shows drop in anti-Semitic acts By Debra Nuasbaum Cohen In the continuation of a tr end first discerned in terns of anti-Semitism, according to the ADL. In the NEW YORK (JTA)- For the first time in six years, 1^91, there were more anti-Semitic incidents of first 10 years of auditing anti-Semitic acts, the organithe Anti-Defamation League reported a decline in anti- harassment, threats and assaults than vandalism. zation found vandalism as likely to target Jewish propSemitic incidents. • "This "in your face" anti-Semitism may signal a new erty as public facilities. There were eight percent fewer incidents in 1992 tendency to engage in direct confrontations with Jews One arena in which there was a dramatic upsurge in than in 1991', and the moat serious types of anti- and further erodes the taboo against open bigotry," anti-Semitic activity was on campuses, both high Semitic vandalism declined by almost 50 percent, pro- Salberg said. 'school and college. ducing the lowest number since 1988, according to the There were 28 reported cases of the most serious There,- anti-Semitic activity rose to its highestlevels annual audit released Tuesday by the ADL. types of vandalism-arson, attempted arson, cemetery ever, with 114 incidents reported last year. That repre"While we welcome the reported reduction of anti- desecration and synagogue bombings-which made it sents a 12-percent increase over 1991 and a doubling Semitic incidents reflected in the audit, one year of the loweat number in four years and a decline of 43 in the number since 1988. decline is not a trend," said Melvin Salberg, national percmt since 1991. The number of affected^campuses—60—did not " chairman of the ADL. They included seven cases of arson, four of attempt- change fix)m 1991. ^ A total of 1,730 anti-Semitic incidents were reported ed arsdn, one bombing and 16 cemetery desecrations. In addition to the overt anti-Jewish incidents recordlast year, the second-highest total in the annual audit's This significant decline "may be attributable to the ed in the audit, other more subtle but ominous devel14-year history. ever-increasing attention being paid to the hate-crime opments~the popularity of Holocuast revisionists and The record was set the previous year, in 1991, when problem by law-enforcement agencies around the coun- other anti-Jewish speakers-have contributed to a I 1,879 incidents were reported. try," said the ADL report. sense of unease among Jewish students at many colOne indication of this is the fact that there were far leges and universities, according to the report. more arrests in 1992 in connection with hate crime The 1992 audit, prepared by the research departinve8tigation8-86-^than t here were in 1991, when ment of the ADL's civil rights division, includes data there were 52 such arresta. from 39 states and the District of Columbia which was Also, just 18 percent of the reported anti-Semitic reported to ADL regional offices by victims, community incidents targeted Jewish institutions, while 44 per- leaders and law-enforcement officials. . cent took place in public areas, such as public schools It includes anti-Semitic acts which are not crimes, or office buildings. This indicates, according to the like distributing neo-Nazi pamphlets and making slurs The decline of about eight percent was tracked in report, that Jewish organizations and synagogues are against Jewish individuals. each of the audit's two main categories: vandalism and being better protected by security personnel than they The states reporting the most acts of anti-Semitism harassment. were in the past. included New York state, with 156 inddents, down a There were 856 acts of vandalism against Jewish The remaining 38 percent of the actsof vandalism significant 38 percent from 1991. institutions and Jewish-owned property, and public took place on Jewish-owned private property. New Jersey saw an increase of 53 incidents, bringing property, reported.in 1992, a decrease of 7.7 percent The proportion of vandalized buildings belonging to the total to 155 for 1992. California reported a drop of i from 1991. Jewish organizations has been declining since 1990, as eight incidents,- to 116, while Florida experienced an And there were 874 acts of anti-Semitic harassment, the percentage of public buildings damaged by anti- increase to 69, up by 26 acts. threat and assault reported in 1992, down eight per- Semitic incidents has risen, according to the report. Massachusetts was down 16 for a total of 52, while . cent from the preceding year. The new ratio marks a distinct change in the pat- Pennsylvania was down six, for a total of 43.
'In your face' anti-Semitism signals a new tendency toward direct confrontation
^ Jan Gies dies; ^ hid Anne Franl<: By Henriette Boas AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Jan Gies, the man who helped hide Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis in the Amsterdam "secret annex," died at the age of 87. Gies, together his wife Miep, helped hide the Frank family and five other Jews in dn upstairs hidden loft above Otto Frank's own business from July 1942 until August 1944, when the entire group was discovered by the German Gestapo. Anne later died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. All but Otto Frank perished in concentration camps. He returned to the anneit behind the bookcase after the war and retrieved Anne's diary. . The moving Holocaust story of how the non-Jewish Gies couple protected the Franks has been unforgettably etched in history by the surviving diary of the teen-age Anne. " "The Diary of Anne Frank" has been published around the world and translated into scores of diiferent languages. Reacting to news of Gies' death, Abraham Foxroan, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said in New York, "The only light in the dark of the murderous Nazi regime were those like Jan Gies who risked tl\eir lives to protect Jews." The ADL honored the couple in 1987 with its Courage to Care award. The couplf> also received an award in 1988 from the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum and memorial in Jerusalem. Hie Giea couple for many yean shunned publicity, but the American author Allison Leslie Gold eventually persuaded Miep Gies to tell her story. '* Miep's recounting of theatory, "Anne Frank Remembered," was published in English in 1987.
Church group urges pressure on Israel By Debra Nussbaum Cohen NEW YORK (JTA) — A m^or church group has sent a letter to President Clinton urging him to press Israel to reverse last month's deportation of more than 400 Moslem fundamentalists. The Jan. 15 letter from the Churches for Middle East Peace, a consortium of 16 Protestant and Catholic agencies, urged Clinton to "pursue actively a policy that will induce the Israeli government and people to accept the return of the Palestinians.
Nazi leaves WASHINGTON (JTA) — A Chicago-area man who acknowledged he was an SS guard at a Nazi concentration camp has voluntarily left the United States rather than face deportation hearings. Michael Schmidt, who was stripped of his U.S. citizenship three.years ago, left the country for Austria,-from which he planned to go to Germany, the Justice Department announced. He promised never to return to the United States. - '
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By Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA) — Aft«r 27 years of negoUations, Israel and the United States have finally signed an agreement protecting individuals from being taxed by both countries on the same income. The treaty still requires ratification by the U.S. Senate and the Israeli Cabinet and Knesset, but approval appears likely, since the problems that doomed earlier versions have finally been resolved. Inouy* honored The document, signed in Jerusalem by Foreign NEW YORK (JTA) — The Defender of Jerusalem Minister Shimon Peres and the U.S. ambassador to Award was bestowed up'on Sen. Daniel Inouye (D- . Israel, William Harrop, was actually a protocol amendHawaii), Shlomo Riskin, chief rabbi of Efrat, West ing a 1975 treaty and a 1980 protocol that was never Bank, and the Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization implemented. of Israel.
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