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Author clears Israel's name at Federation event
Songwriter Karen Sokolof Javltch (left), scriptwriter Mary Fellman and accompaniit Shirley Schwartz rehearse for the show. Not pictured are scriptwriters Jean Duitch and Joanle Jacobson.
Musical to mark Israel's 45th year By Deborah FeUnuui Most of us celebrate our own birthdays with parties, special foods, maybe some singing and dancing. For Israel's upcoming birthday, its 45th, a group of writers, musicians, singers, dancers and actors will present a show that they created specifically for the celebra- Elaine Jabenis directs the show. tion. Another song, a duet called "Leaving Called "Omaha-Israel Spectacular Home," tells of one Russian family's up45," the musical features a cast of 43, coming move to America and another's including Jeffrey Taxman, Stan Wid- move to Palestine. man and Michael Yablonski and tells Produced by the Jewish Cultural the stories of Jews in long-ago Russia Arts Council, Oie show also features a and modern-day America, all thinking script written by Mary Fellman, Jean about the Jewish homeland. Duitch and Joanle Jacobson. The play, "It's moments like this that,you feel according to JCAC Director Beth so privileged to be Jewish." said Elaine Seldin-Dotan, grew out of discussions Jabenis, who directs the show. "T^is is between Mrs. Fellman and Israeli-bom something nobody will ever forget." Amnon Dotan about the connection Songwriter Karen Sokolof Javitch, who usually pens love songs and coun- Omaha Jewry has with Israel. In one scene, a group of excited try-western songs, focused her mind on teenagers prepare for a summer trip to her 'Jewish side" to create the show's Israel. i' ' '•' six songs. "Israel Is part of a lot of Oihahi Jews' The closing song, "One People, One Destiny," describes a .bond among all IWes," Ms. Seldin-Dotan said. The show will be performed April 2S Jews worldwide and the Jews of hisat 1 and 2:46 p.m. at the JCC thesUr. tory.
By Morris Maline Author John Loflus said he will clear Israel's name in two highly-publicized historical events: Contragate and the U.S.S. Liberty. He told more than 100 attending the closing event of the Federation Campaign's Women's Division this his new book. Spying on Zlon, will tell the truth behind these two events. . "The United SUtes often has acted in a doublehanded manner in its treatment of Israel," Mr. -Loflus said. He pointed out that the initial thrust of Contragate did not include any participation by Israel, but that Israel was brought into the fray as a "red herring" to detract investigators. The truth, he pointed
out, is that Oliver North and former President George Bush had arranged to buy guns, for the Contras — not from Israel, but from the Palestine Liberation Organization. He said the PLO obtained the weapons from the Soviets and banked American money in payment. "Bush and North blamed Israel in just another attempt to blackmail the Jewish state into acting as a scapegoat." Mr. LoftUB referred to the strafing of the U.S.S. Liberty by Israel during the 1967 war as necessary to stop the United States iivm sending battle intelligence to the British, who in turn, were transmitting the date to the Egyptians.
Service marks half-century since Hoiocaust
Guest rabbi speaks on spiritualil
A Holocaust memorial service at Beth Israel Synagogue on April 18 at 2 p.m. will mark the 50th anniversary of the Jewish uprising in the Warsaw ghetto. The Yom HaShoah service, sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council, includes a lecture by Professor Michael Berkowitz of the Ohio State University. Also, the names of Omahans' friends and relatives who' perished in tlte war will be recited. Omahans who survived the Holocaust will light six candles to represent the six million Jews whb died at the hands of the Nazis. To contribute names of Holocaust victims to the service, call Beth Seldin Dotan or Beth Cohen st 334-8200.
By Judith Marburg Temple Israel publicity In Keepingwith this year's theme, TTie Year of the Family," Rabbi Kerry 0lit2ky will discuss issues facing the Jewish Family at Temple Israel April 23 to 25 as a scholar-in-residence. His topic for the weekend is "Making our Lives Wliole and Holy Once Rabbi Kerry Olitzky Again." On Friday, at 8:15 p.m. of theSchool of Education services, his sermon will and the graduattf studivs be on 'A Personal Search program of the Hebrew for Jewish Spiritualitv." Union College-Jewish InAn Oneg Shabbat will fol' stitute of Religion in New York. He has developed low services. On Saturday at 3:30 training programs for clerp.m., I^abbi Olitzky will gy of afl iaitna on the subapeak on "Healing the ject of addictions and spiritual counseling. He writes Jewisli Family," Sunday at 10 a.m.-, he and lectures on topics such will discuss "The Elderly as innovative religious edAmong Us: Giants of ucation, spiritual renewal Jerusalem.' Brunch will and social gerontology. He has written books on b* served. Rabbi OliUky is director alcoholism snd other addictions, spirituslity, mourning and bereavement, gerontology and tha Russian Jewish experience. All three discussions sre free snd open to tlte community
Pliysician relates Jewish Ethiopian life _By Barbara Chandler, FMMratioa public ralatioiui dlraotor 'In 1981-82, Peggy and I heard about the plight of tha Ethiopian Jaws who. because of drought, famine and political unraat in Ethiopia, hid migratad to Sudan.' writes Dr, Ted Myers in his brochure, "Faith and Survival, Ethiopian Jewish Life 1983-1992.* The brochure is illustrated with photographs taken by his wife. Psggy. Dr. and Mrs. TW Myers will be in Omaha on Thursday, April 22 for s program sponsored by th« MalmonkUs Society of Ihs Jtwish Fedtration. Ths progrsm will fsaturs slides of Peggy Myers' photogrsphf, which sr« currently on sshlblt in
m^jor U.S. cities. In the brochure. Dr. Myers explaliu that when he and his wife first went to the Sudan, there ware about 12.000 Jews. They (bund living oondlUons almost unbeHrable. Food and water were InsufHd«nt, and there was often no medical care. In cooperstion with ths Amsrican Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC), Dr. Myers dsvelopad a msdical program for tha Ethiopian Jews. Ths program was discontinued in February, 1990. when the American msdical staff was evacuated because of ths civil war. However, Dr. snd Mrs. Myers continusd their work. Dr. Myera sa^lains, "In Augtist. 1990.1 'was askad by ths AJDC to siganlae a
new medical program In Addis Ababa to meet the needs of this community of 22,000 people (E thioplan Jews). From that time until May, 1991, the number of deaths in the Jewish community pregrsssively fell fVom 39 per month to 3-4 per month. On May 24 and 26, 1991, with Addia Ababa surrounded by rebel ftaroes, almost sU of ths Kthiopian Jaws ware flown to Israel In the dramatlo airlift known as Operation Soknnon." Ted and Peggy Myers have sines developed a msdIcal program for the Jews of Quara, the only significant group of Jaws remsinlng in Ethiopls. Upon returning from thsir current trip to BthlopU, Dr. Myers wiU
"The United States was spying on Israel during time of War and Israel had to knock out the ship's antennae to stop the transmission of vital intelligence." Mr. Loflus asserted that Israel was persuaded to accept blame for the incident and that the U.S. granted favors in exchange, llie favors included reimbursing Israel for the compensation she gave to the families of those who died during the strafing. Zoe Riekes, Women's Division chairman, told the group that the Jewish women of Omaha raised $525,000, an increase of nine per cent over last year.
Two Kesalm (rabbis) tnm ()uBru, Ethiopia, 1991 addrsai the Omaha Jewish community. Tbs program will begin St 8 p.m. at Highland Country Club. It is open to ths community and wiU be followed by a dessert
rsoapUon. lite ooat Is tlO per parson. Raeerratlons csn be msds by cslling Kathy Wstkins st lh« Fsdsrstlon office, 3348800,0X1.247.
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Judi Leff Newman and Ted Newman of San Francisco announce the birth of a daughter, Vianna Naomi, on'Jan. 26. Grandparents are Raqtiel Newman of San Francisco, the late CM. (Nick) Newman, and Sylvia and Henry Left" of ; Walnut Creek, Calif.
Ernie Nogg, Dies At 78
Services were held March 29 at Beth El Synagogue for Ernie Nogg, longtime chairman of the board of I-Go Van & Storage and a former president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Mr. Nogg died at theage of 78 after a threeKari Epstein year battle with cancer. David and Susaniie A native of Omaha, Mr. Kari Allison Epstein,' Spitzer of St. Paul, Minn., announce the birth of a daughter of Sandy and Nogg graduated from daughter, Natalie Ann, on Paul Epstein, will become Technical High School bea Bat Mitzvah at Temple fore moving to California March 30. They also have an older Israel. She is the daugh- in 1936. He worked for a ter of Sandy and Paul Ep^ shipbuilding company daughter, Emily Rose, 3. there before returning to Grandparents are Mr. stein. An honor student at Omaha ia 1946 to work and Mrs. David Goodman of Omaha, Dr. and Mrs. Westside Middle School, for I-Go, a company Jerome Spitzer of Kari etyoys dance, horse- fouaded by his brother, Hutchinson, Kan., and back riding, tennis, golf Ralph. Theit brother, Irving, also worked for I-Go. Mrs. Ethel Pelly of the and reading. By 1955, Ernie Nogg beShe has a brother, Cory. Bronx, N.Y. Kari is the granddaugh- came chairman of the ' Great-grandparents are Lillian and Harry Noodell ter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris board at I-Go. He reof Omaha and Malvina Lipp and Mr. and Mrs. mained in the post until 1990, when his son, Steve, Harold Epstein. Spitzer. succeeded him.
In The News RUBY KAHN
Robert D. Bates will serve as general chair of the 1993 United WaJ/CHAD capaign. The United Way of the Midlands helps fund Jewish Community Services. Mr. Bates, chief executive officer, president and chairman Of the board at Guarantee Mutual Life Co., formerly served on the United Way pf the Midllands' board of directors.
Services were held March.26 at Beth Israel Cemetery for Ruby Kahn. She was 86. Survivors include her daughter, Lynda Mirvish, and two grandchildren. Memorials may be made to a favorite charity. LIBBY S. NtfTKINS
Services were conduct: ed in Cleveland, Ohio, for Libby Swerdlin Natkins, a resident of the Montefiore Home in Cleveland. Mrs. Natkins died March 17 at the age of 77.
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Mr. Nogg was active in the Jewish community, serving on the boards of the Jewish Federation (he was president in 1962-63) and Beth El Synagogue. He was a longtime member of B'nai B'rith. He also served on the board of directors at Highland Country Club, United Van Lines, and Uie Nebraska Motor .Carriers Association. His survivors include his wife, Adalyn;,son, Steve; daughters Lynne Weinberger of Akron, Ohio, and Jane Fruchtman of Toledo, Ohio; brothers, Ralph and Irving; sisters, Pauline Haykin of Atlanta, Ga., and Charlotte Slutzky; and eight grandchildren. Memorials mtty be made to the Ernie Nogg Memorial Fund at the JCC or the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. Mrs. Natkins was preceded in death by her husband, Jacob. Her survivors include her daughter, Sheryl Friedman of Omaha; son, Charles (Chic) of Solon, Ohio; and three grandchildren. Born in Akron, Mrs. Natkins was raised in Cleveland and returned there last year after living eight years in Miami Beach. She was a member of Park Synagogue, Mount Sinai Hospital Women's Auxiliary, Child Care Association, and a
Services were held March 28 in Miami for Marvin Levin, publisher emeritus of Southern Beverage Journal, a trade magazine for the liquor industry. His survivors include his • wife, Janie; two HARRY CHUDACOFF daughters, Carol KatzServices were held- man of Omaha and Dr. March 28 in Montebello, Elsie Levin of Boston; two Calif., for Harry Chuda- sons, Eliot of Miami and coff. He was 89. Dr. Alan of Stuart, Fla.; a . A former resident of brother, Herbert, of West Omaha, Mr. Chudacoff Palm Beach, Fla.; and was preceded in death by five grandchildren. his wife, Bess. Memorials may be His survivors include made to the Friedel Jewdaughters Phylis Neren- ish Academy or the Naberg of Montebello and tional Council of Jewish Ruthann Heeger of Santa Women. Barbara, Calif.; brothers Dave of Los Angeles and Irving of Omaha; five CORRECTION grandchildren and nine A recent JTA story regreatgrandchildren. ported that the Tel Aviv Marathon is said to be the only migor footrace RUTH KLOPPER worldwide held on city Services were held streets on a normal workMarch 31 at Golden Hill day and that all other Cemetery for Ruth Ida marathons take place on weekends. While the first Klopper. Survivors include her statemerit may be true, husband, S. Abe; her the second is not. The daughter, Phyllis Boston Marathon takes Schwartz; her son, Sid- place on Patriots Day, ney; grandchildren and which is not a normal workday, in Boston but great-grandchildren. does fall on a weekday.
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Beth Israel Synagogue
Candlellghting for Friday, April 9:6:39 p.m.
Beth El Synagogue
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7023 (^ass Street Omahti,NE 68132 556-6536
Office Hours; Monday throuRh Thursday: 9 a.m. tx) 5 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Draz.en and Cantor Emil Berkovits. '
FRIDAY: Shabbat service is at 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbi Daniel Fink and Cantor Karen Webber-Gilat will officiatx;. Rabbi Azriel will speak. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood. SATURDAY: Shabbat service is at 11:15 a.m. in the sanctuary. Simcah B'Shabbat, an alternative Torah-s'tudy service, will be held in the ch.apel. The regular Shabbat service will be held in the sanctuary. B'NAI MITZVAH Erin Beth Cooper, daughter of Ronda Thompson and Jeff Cooper, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvahat the Shabbat Morning Service on April 10. Kari Allison Epstein, daughter of Sandy and Paul Epstein, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat Morning Service on April 17. SITTER SERVICE Jsitter service is available each Shabbat evening service. Sitter service is available for Saturday morning service when there is a Bar/Bat mitzvah. Please make a reservation so we may plan accordingly. There are no facilities for infants. ADULT EDUCATION Adult B'nai Mitzvah class, Tuesday at 7 p.m. CONCLUDING PASSOVER - Piassover Evening Service will be Sunday at 5 p.m. Passover Morning Service and Yizkor will be Monday at 11:15 a.m.
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Hoi Hamocd Passover. Shaharit, 6:45 ^.m. Evening services at 6 o'clock. SATURDAY: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush follows services. TSS (Torah Siddur Skills) begins at 10:15 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv services are at 7:50 p.m. SUNDAY: Shaharit services are at 9 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv is at 6 p.m. MONDAY: Seventh day of Passover. Shaharit, 9:30 a.m. MinhaMa'ariv, 6 p.m. TUESDAY: Eighth day of Passover. Shaharit (Yizkor is said), 9:30 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv, 8 p.m. , Passover ends no earlier than 8:25 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. JUDAICA SHOP Open Tuesday through Thursday,.11 a.m^to 2 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon. ADULT EDUCATION Beth El Women's League Tuesday morning'classes will not meet during Passover. PASSOVER SHABBAT DINNER Beth El will offer Shiibbat diiiiici tonight following 6 p.m. services.
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Bluiiikin Home SATURDAY: Services are held in the Goldsten Chapel at 9 a.m. Members of the community are invited to join residents for the service and the kiddush following. Special memorial -(.ivlc.^ no lifld'nn the last Saturday of each month. SUNDAY: Services are at 9 am. MONDAY: Soivicesarc .il '' . in TUESDAY; a Ul::)0;i.ni, Smiccs ;iri' .n
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•H. 20th and South Streets •H Lincoln. NE 68502 r^ 435-8004 I Services are officiated by Cantor Michael Weis.si r I FRIDAY: . » I Sabbath evening .«>rvir(> at 7:45 p.m. I SATURDAY: ^ Morning servile ... ...,. ... SUNDAY: Hebrew Glasses for children at it am ; religious school at 10 a.m. TUESDAY: Yizkor service, 10 am Hmird of TrustwH meeting, 7:30 p.m. Adult Education class, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY: ("heir r..t,<.,iro„l lit 7:30 u.m.
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Chpbad House 1322 So. 119th Street Omaha, NE 68144 697-1124 SATURDAY: Third intermediary day of Pesach. Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush. Mincha and Ma'ariv are at 7:50 p.m., followed by.Havdalah SUNDAY: Fourth intcrmediarv day of Pesach. Shachant is al 9 a.m; Minchu and Mii'ariv are at 7:50 p.m. MONDAY: Shacharit IH "' " "> " "• M'""'J>" "»'l Mii'uriv are at 7:60 p.m. ^•^s-DAYi ..irit IN n« 9 30 nn\. Viikor ia at 11 a.m. Mincha in at 7 p m M ondah ia at 7:16 p.m., followed hv Ma'iiriv nn
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"Topics of Interest for Growing Young Jewish Ladies," meets April 18 at 1 p.m. at the JCC. Instructor is Dfvora Urkowitz. SUPPER AND MISHNA
Supplementary classes in Jewish studies meet Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the JCC for supper and Mishna studv. Instructor is Rabbi Urkowitz. GEMARA Cantor David Taub lead^ Gemara-study sessions on Mondays at 4:30 p.m. at the Blumkin Home's Goldsten Chapel. HAFTARAH TROPE
On Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at the JCC. Cantor Taub teaches llaflarah trope to post-Bar Mitzvah-aged students. JEWISH LIVING CLASSES
Taught by Cantor Leo Kettman. classes meet on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the school wing of the synagogue. On April 28. the topic will be "Belief in U-d." On May 5 and 12, the topic is "Prnver." Phe classes continu*'through Sept. 1.
Torah for Teens During Pesach we learn about the 10 plagues. Moses was told by God to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. Pharaoh did not, and God made the Egyptians' lives miserable. For God's first plsguc, Moses struck the Nile with his rod and all the water in canals, ponds and even oooking pots turned to blood. There was no drinking David Shrago water. Next, without warning, frogs Tilled the land and houses. Pharaoh still would not let the Israelites go. The third plague wall lice making people and animals itch like crazy. Still, after all theie plaguea, Pharaoh waa deter-' mined to keep the Israeliteii. Swarms of flies then covered the land and animals. Tlie Jewii and their flocka were spared. Next, all the Egyptian*' animals got sick and died. Thi» time, Ciod gave a warning, but Pharaoh did not liaton. . ' The Egyptians', magicians could not stop theae plaguc'N. Many Egyptian)) became luraelitea because they were ao convinced that God's power waa mightier than any other.
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1502 No. 52nd Street Omaha, NE 68104 556-6288 Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday (when school is in session), 9 to 11 a.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Mark Urkowitz and Cantor David Taub. • Candlelighting schedule for Pesach: Today, 7:39 p.m. Sunday, 7:41 p.m. Monday, 8:43 p.m. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service ip at 7 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service is at 8:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. Junior Congregation and Shabbat Juniors meet at 10 a.m. A kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood will follow. Babysitter service is provided courtesy of Sisterhood. Talmud class with the Rabbi is at 6:45 p.m., followed by Mincha at 7:35 p.m. Shalosh Seudos, Ma'ariv and Havdalah conclude services. SUNDAY: Service is at 9 a.m. Mincha is at 7 p.m. MONDAY: Service is at 8:45 a.m. Mincha is at 7:35 p.m. TUESDAY^ Service is at 8:45 a.m. Yizkor is at 10 a.m. Mincha is at 7:35 p.m. Chametz should not bfe used before 9:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services are at 7 a.m. and 7:35 p.m. Each weekday evening between Mincha and Ma'ariv, we study Chumash. The study s.essions are led by Rabbi UrkoWitz.
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A View from Campus Sparks From Editor's Note: This is one in an occasional series of opinions written by undergraduate and the Word
Editorial By Morris Maline
For Miriam Grossman One of the best known ladies in the Omaha Jewish Campus environment is Miriam Grossman. She is especially dear to us at the Jewish Press because she never misses a chance to stir our thinking. Recently, she provided us with an essay that Mark Twain wrote in 1899 and asked that we put the article into the paper. Here is what he wrote: "If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggesU a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. - "Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of; but he is heard of, has always been heard of He is as prominent on the planet as any other people; and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. "His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science^art, music, finance, and medicine and. abstruse learning are also way out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. "He has made a marvelous fight in this world m all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself and be excused for it. "The Egyptians, the Babylonians, and the Persians rose filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dreamstuff and passed away; the Greeks and the Romans followed, and made a vast noise and they are gone; other people have sprung up and held theutorch high for a time but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. "The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowmg of - his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. • „ ^. r "All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his imn[iortality." r u rr. • When Mrs. Grossman gave me a copy of the IWain article, I put it aside thinking that I might find it useful in the future, j u »v. The article appears now because I noticed that the Miami Jewish Tribune carried an advertisement which used the article along with a list of famous Jewish names showing the contributions that Jews have made to American life. You name the field: arts, science, medicine, literature—Jewish names rank high in achievement. I particularly Uked the ending of the advertisement which stated,..."If you're a diabetic thank a nameless Jew for insulin; if you have arthritis or a headache, thank a Jew named Bayer for aspirin; if you Uke F.M. music, thank Heinrich Hertz." The Ust went on, bjit I'm out of space — except to thank Mrs. Gro8sraan...a Jewish woman who concerns herself with improving the world.
graduate studente from Omaha's Jewish commuBy Rabbi Myer S. Kripke nity. Now at colleges and universities throughout the country, students are encouraged to Shabbat Hoi Hamoad Pasah write about Jewish issues, organizations or The Promise of Freadom events in campus life. This piece was written by If poetry is "the overflow of powerful emotions," one 20-year-old Mike Silverman, a sophomore moor- need not find it always in verse form. ing in political science. He is the son of Susie and The often-prosaic Ezekiel has given us an unusual example of this in the luminous passage that is our Jim Silverman. By Mike Silverman, University of Kansas Haiterah. I have cared greatly about Israel since I visited that In the Babylonian ExUe (after 587 BCE), the people country three years ago. But until last month, my con- were despondent to the point of national self-destruccern for Israel existed in a vacuum. I followed the news tion. How could they possibly recover from defeat and and discussed Middle Eastern affairs on a computer exile and a devastating body blow? network, but my support for Israel had no focus. Ezekiel, and later, II Isaiah, were the eloquent voicThat changed when I joined about 1,000 other stu: es that were more powerful than the Babylonian dents and 1,000 adults from around the country at the armies- They awakened within the hearts of the exiled annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Judeans every latent hope for national restoration and Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, D.C., every spark of religious faithfulness. How powerful March 20 to 23. their words! Imagine being with 2,000 people who share your conThe Bible more or less pictures the return from the cern for Israel. Imagine listening to speeches by high- Babylonian exile as a new Exodus, and the awakening ranking officials from Warren Christopher, secretary of of the people to want it as a stirring from the slavery of state, to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Egypt. Hence the reading of our Haftarah today: the Imagine attending workshops led by an Israeli Valley of Dry Bones in Ezekiel's remarkable vision. ambassador, officials from the U.S. State Department, (We must not confuse this promise of national and members of Congress. Imagine that in addition to restoration with the later, rabbinic, idea of personal you listening to members of Congress, that they lis- resurrection, life in a World-to-Come. Ezekiel has tened to you. nothing to say about that.) Add in the social excitement of being with so many What could have gone through the minds of these like-minded students and of rubbing elbows with some exiled, -uprooted ancestors of ours? Here we were, of the most powerful Jewish businessmen in America, "God's people." Yet he could not protect us from the and you'll partly get the feel of what the conference Babylonian hordes and their gods. Are not their gods w&s lilc6. superior? More powerful? , Excitement was everywhere. The bustle of activity Our king and his family have been executed, cruelly. was nonstop, from emotional speeches to crowded Our army has been shattered. Our young men have tables of brochures and publications. Walking through been brutally slain; our young women ravished. Our the lobby, .0")" could overhear or join in on dozens of Temple is in ruins, and our priests, as it were, conversations, with students or industrialists. Members of the press showed up for the big speech- defrocked. Shall we not make the best of the life offered to us in es. Jewish activists representing many organizations
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handed out literature and talked with people. The conference opened with a video that reminded us of why we were there. Scenes of Scud attackson Tel Aviv were juxtaposed with scenes of Ethiopian Jews crying for joy after landing in Israel. Pink Floyd's song. Time," played in the background. Then Prime Minister Rabin spoke via satellite link from Jerusalem. Tlie conference included workshops and seminars on topics like the peace process and media bias. The highlight of the conference was when I went up to Capitol Hill to meet vrith Rep. Peter Hoagland CDNeb.) and Nebraska's senators, James Exon and Bob Kerrey. I was with two more-experienced lobbyists, and I am pleased to report that all three of Nebraska's representatives are concerned about Israel ind will strongly support her in Congress. The conference had social rewards as well. Working with more than 1,000 students for three days, I made many conUcta and new friends. It was wonderful to be with so many people my age who were also pro-Israel activists. ' , At a banquet the final night, some new friends and I refiectedon what many of us had been told: that people ray age are the future of the pro-Israel movethent. More of us must become involved, because there will always be people who will try to distort the record and put Israel down. I am glad to be part of an organization dedicated to briiiging o^t the truth.
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newest Hadassah associate, David Roeenberg of Hastings, ilejoins 30 other men in this dlstinguiahed group. The Lincoln Jewish Welfare Federation hosted a deasert meeting at the Elleven on March 20. What a splendid occasion it was. Not only were thinga wound up for the '92-'93 season, but plans and eommitteei for the '93-'94 were announced. T»)» "Uirli «fr wmkend Is set for May. In t}»e meantiinr, tningu iirt- being finaliied for th» arrival of the Kappengut I >n has made arram; 't this young couple and their baby feel welcome In Lincoln. Personally, I have no qualms sbniit their reception hers. This community is warm and welemning to newcomers. I know, bwxuM It wunt so long afB Uial the Motows moved here
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By Mark Joffe WASHINQtON (JTA) f — Relations between Is! rael and the Clinton administration are so good that Jewish organizational leaders have voiced concern here that pro-Israel activists would relax their guard and not be mobilized for battles looming ahead. Secretary of State Warren Christopher gave an effusively pro-Israel speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's policy conference here (last month), and immediately afterward,
nity's strong support for Bill Clinton at the voting booth last November — a point that Democratic National Committee Chairman David Wilhelm mentioned in an address to AIPAC delegates. While Jews make up a statistically insignificant percentage of the electorate, they constituted 10 percent of the delegates at last summer's Democratic National Convention and may have raised as much as half of the money for Clinton's election campaign. The fact that the Jew-
"There is an openness to things Israeli," an Embassy official said. Things "have not been this good for a long time."
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Teens prepare for trip to Israel By Jo Carroll Four months before they board a plane to travel halfway across the world to Israel, 31 Omaha-area Jewish teenagers spent a weekend i n Bellevue to practice survival skills in unfamiliar surroundings. Ensconced in a motel on Highway 75, they studied maps of Israel and practiced communication skills to improve group relationships. In July, the teens will begin Artza III: To the Land, a three-week trip through Israel. The trip is partly funded by the Jewish phil anthrophic organizations and was open to any Jewish teenager from Omaha. JCC High School Programs Director Beth Cohen, who will accompany the teens on the trip, said the weekend was structured to encourage the teens to get to know one another. "They need to spend some time together so when they're in Israel, they're a group, not just a bunch of kids," she said. In study sessions led by Bureaii of Jewish Education community teacher Lionel
eye-to-eye on many issues, .including a basic approach to the Middle East peace process. That may have more to do with the change in Israeli governments last summer than the change in American ones this winter. There is no doubt that this administration, like its predecessor, feels more comfortable with the policies of Yitzhak Rabin than with those of Yitzhak Shamir. While the Bush administration was suspicious about the Likud's level of commitment to the peace process, the Clinton administration trusts the Israeli Labor government's seriousness about reaching a settlement with the Arabs, In his AIPAC speech, Christopher said he believed on the basis of his meetings with Rabin here and in Jerusalem that the Israeli prime minister is "prepared to make the the chairman of the Con- ish community's mass de- hard choices that are ferencie of Presidents of fection from the Republi- needed to see this process Major American Jewish can Party was motivated through." A State Department ofOrganizations spoke of "a largely by the Bush adficial directly involved in ministration's tough polidanger in becoming complacent" about the "chal- cy toward Israel is not the peace process said lost on the Clinton people. that the administration lenges in front of us." Second, top administra- was "very satisfied" with Those challenges intion officials appear to what it had heard during clude a possible fight over aid to Israel in an atmos- have a more pro-Israel Rabin's visit last week. "We had very good disphere on Capitol Hill of predisposition than their cussions across the predecessors. cost-cutting in foreign afboard,"'the official said, While James Baker 3rd fairs. This year's convention was perceived as a stereo- adding that Rabin had offered a vastly different typical patrician WASP floated a number of 'ere- view of American-Israeli who could summon little ative ideas." There also seems to be Wolberger, the teens used relations than last year's, emotional sympathy for a real appreciation of Is- oversized maps of Israel when speakers angrily re- Israel,, his successor. rael's security concerns. to 1 earn the state's geogWarren Christopher, is called President Bush's Christopher told the comments in 1991 about already being viewed aa a AIPAC delegates that hia. secretary of state in the pro-Israel lobbyists; visit to Israel, which inAIPAC delegates actually mold of George Shultz — cluded a helicopter tour of the kind of guy who may booed when Vice Presithe Golan Heights, "imlook funny standing with dent Dan Quayle attempted to explain the a yarmulke at Yad pressed upon me the naradministration'* tough Vashem but emerges row margin of security on adr itance on loan guarantees from the Holocaust which Israel exista." ^vptai To be sure, the adminmemorial 'choked up." •Plreqiluested by Israel, But the appi^eciation of istration does not approve This year, delegates of some of the security heard the secretary of Israel goes deeper than P hei measures that Israel the emotional level. state rhapsodizing about takes in the administered Israel being "a very spe- Christopher told the territories, including its AIPAC delegates that one cial place" and were reexpulsion of 416 Moslem minded of Prime Minister reason the Clinton adfundamentalists in Deministration 1B committed Yitzhak Rabin's remark that Israel now has 'a to strengthening U.S.-Is- cember. On the other hand, friend" In the White raeli relations is the there seems to be a recogrecognition that the two House. nition on the part of the countries have BO much in U.S.-Israeli relations United SUtei that Israel "have not been this good common. cannot let repeated atfor a long time," a senior ' "Shared value* give our tacks on its citizen* go ofllcial at the laraeli Em- t-elatlonship a special unanswered. basay here said. "Tliere ia character th^l has linked As the State Depart us over the years," he an opennMS to thinp lament ofTlcial put it, while said. raeli." Perhaps the most sig- the administration Is There are a number of nificant reason that the "very sympathetic' to possible explanations for new administration gets Palaetlnian human righU the change of climate. concerns, it is "equally First, this administra- along willi U»« current Issympatlietic to the securition clearly has a deep raeli government Is that ty concerns that Israel the two countries' policiea appreciation for the American Jewish commu- are in lync — they aee faces." f
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Building a pyramind to get to know each othpr are Artza participants (clockwise from" top) Jamie Epstein, Traci Mogil, Jon B roder, Alan DePorte and Eric Bassik. raphy and Biblical histo- last year, but wanted to ry. Later, using hand-held go on this trip so he could maps, they created possi- climb Mount Sinai. Parble trip Itineraries. One ticipant Shana Novak said she wanted to compare the big cities in Israel to the big cities in the United States. The students will also be accompanied on the trip by Anne Broder and Phil Berman. In Israel, they will met by an Israeli tour direct or and a medic/guard who will travel with them throughparticipant, Evan Saltz- out the trip. Trip organizman, said he had gone to ers are Mrs. Broder and Israel with his parents Janie Kulakovsky.
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By Henry Stern Next meeting is April 20. At the March 23 Earlybirds, Norm K-, as in Korney, led the discussion. He offered opinions on Ross Perot and Rush Limbaugh, how their philosophies may be dangerous in terms of control of the airways and some of the media. Charlie Fellman mentioned the TV interviewer, Charlie Rose. Jacque Dolgoff, Dave Wine and Dave Dvorkin offered opinions. Art Grossman questioned our concerns about Russia, and informed us of missiles in the Ukraine. We discussed the economy and the Supreme'Court. The topic of military-base closings came up, and my family members, son Joel from" Los Angeles and son-inlaw Ben Laub from the Bay Area, were questioned on their opinions. TWy are here for nr^K 80th birthday. We pressed onward to Amy's deli in the glen, for a luscious luncheon, with Motzi by Keith Peltz and Benschen by my son, Joel, the cantor. We had an announcement that Doc Margolin is out of the hospital, and we have a new member, Abe Margel. Treasurer Les Waxman gave a financial report, and we stood in memoriam for Morrie.Babendure and Abe Feldman. Amy called me up to the microphone, aind the birthday cake was cut for me, I introduced my guests: my wife, Ann, my dear former neighbor, Josephine Pease, Dave Wine, Norm Whitman, Stu and Phyllis Fried, Doris Wmtroub, my son Joel, my daughter and son-inlaw, Nancy and Ben Laub, and Sam Epstein, husband of our distinguished server, Rosalie. The birthday cake was served up beautifully and I was honored. Thanks, one and all. Vice President Harry Paskowitz, subbing for Sam .Kaplan, presented our guest speakers from the Omaha ' Royals baseball team. General Manager Bill Gorman and Publicity Director Rob Goodman showed a video of our team in action, and it was exciting. Oldtimt-rs will go as a group to a baseball game this season. See George .Sthapiro for tickets. See you at the ballpark.
Happiness is being a volunteer at the Rose Blumkin Home, where volunteers are greatly appreciated. We have a need for a manicurist on Thursdays from 9 to 11:30 a.m. It is a fun position, and no experience is necessary. Do you have a green thumb? The Home needs someone who eiyoys growing plants for residents' rooms and who will water and trim them weekly. The home also needs a beverage server who eryoys Visiting with residents while serving at tea time, one or more days per week. You can be a volunteer and not leave home by mending bibs and walker bags for our residents. Material and patterns are furnished. If you are interested in volunteering at the Rose Blumkin Home, call Lois Wine at 330-4272.
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Mary Herzberg, an investment broker with Dain Bosworth, will discuss tax-free investments, retirement plans and new taxes at B'nai B'rith Bceadbreakers on Wednesday. Breadbreakers meets each Wednesday at noon at the Regency West Best Western, 107th and Pacific streets. The evejit is. open to the public. Cost is $7.50. .
Jewish War Veterans' Epstein-Morgan Post 260 will meet April 18 at 'l0:30 a.m. at the JCC. L'CHAIM Temple Israel's social group for the widowed, L'Chaim, will meet for brunch on April 25 at 11:30 a.m. at The Charter House in Regency West. Cost is $7.95 for senior _-citizenS;;_For reservations, call Marcia Gallner at 393-6775.
under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, is supported by government grants- and by generous friends in Israel and overseas. Some of the boys are sent there by Youth Aliyah or the Ministry of Religious Affairs. BTJ students are active in community life as well. Their program,of support for chronically ill children in Jerusalem has earned wide praise. And when a citywide chess tournament was held among 15 Jerusalem schools, BTJ walked off with first place. It should be noted • that all- four members of the winning team were recent immigrants from Eastern Europe.
that it is possible to serve—and alsoobserve. The Commander of the Air Force paid tribute to BTJ graduates who joined his branch of the servict: "They stand oiit among our soldiers in their maturityi their positive attitudes and their high level of proficiency. There is no doubt that they strengthen the Air Force and are a credit to BTJ, its educators and supporters." Presiding over all this is the founder and still the guiding spirit, a former American rabbi, the venerable Alexander Linchner, who has built up a well-functioning educational team. An illuminating footnote. During our visit, a
Our iiHan In Israel By Carl Alpert
Haifa — What's Ih a name? A great deal. Call it a yeshiva, and for many it will conjure up images of rock-throwing haredim, and young men. who refuse to serve in the Israel armed forces. Call it a school, and it falls into the category of hundreds of other schools in Israel which carry on educational programs of one sort or another. But call it Boys' Town Jerusalem (BJT), and the imagination is gripped. BTJ occupies an 18acre campus in the Bayit Vegan area of the nation's capital, where over 1,100 boys between the ages of 14 and 20 live in the dormitories and pursue a By Henry Stern unique education combinAt the March 21 meeting, those attending were ing Torah and technology, George Schapiro, Jycque Dolgoff. Ben Magzamin, Sam Mishna and microelecRosensti'in, Julie Siref, Nate Marcus (who is back from tronics, ending up after theCoasti, Sgl Mann, Bill Pachman and Les Waxm&n. graduation, with distinHarry Paskowitz, vice commander, subbing for Com. guished service in Israel's Sam Kaplan, gave us Nate Marcus, who gave us a Defense Forces. treasurer's report. We have about 100 member^ now in This year's student our order, and we are told to see JaCque Dolgoff for' body, which includes a dues payments. large group of recent arWe will be donating a new Israeli flag to the JCC. rivals from Russia, come .Sam Ro.senstein brought refitshments and announced fcom 36 different counihat the next Bingo game for our volunteers, at Veter- tries around the world, ans' Hospital, is May 9, Mothers' Day. • including Sweden, Kurdistan, Ethiopia—and even the U.S. and Canada. Within Israel they represent no less than 135 cities, towns and villages, literally covering the map of the.country, The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection but with strong represenLEXlis OF OMAHAtation from development 13026 W. Dodge Rd. Omce (402) 333 6400 and border towns where Omaha. NE 68164 Fax (402) 3;)3 9543 there are many underprivileged children. InJACK J.SHERMAN cluded alio are three 'Peace of Mind is Part of the Deaf boyi, memb«ra of • sect of Peruvian Indians who converted to Judaism and arrived in Israel rwrently IDI \viiys ojMusii with their familiea. Boyt' Town reputation haa beon enhanoad by the
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achievements of its graduates. Among the more than 4,000 who have graduated since the school was founded in 1948, are distinguished lawyers, doctors, educators, engineers, six judges, 298 army officers—and even rabbis. There is an active follow-up of graduates, and special seminars are held periodically to recharge spiritual batteries and to update technological progress. As a yeshiva, BTJ provides a thorough Jewish education in Torah and Talmud, but it. also has a soccer field, a gymnasium, a basketball court and other sport facilities. As a trade school, BTJ has served as a source of technological developments that have earned it high praise. Students here have devised a microprocessing control system for traffic lights; a computerized teaching aid for hard of hearing children; a device to measure the velocity of bullets as they leave the muzzle of a gun—now in use by the police department; improvements on p computerized dictionary which purints out translations in Braille. What a yeshiya! In marked contrast to many other religious institutions, BTJ is completely apolitical, and enjoys support from no political party. For the ipoat part,, student* come from homes beset by economic Or social problems, and only 10 percent pay full tuition. Sixty percent are on partial icholarshipt, and 30 percent pay nothing, The school, which is
BTJ students are active in community life as well. Their program of support for chronically ill children in Jerusalem has earned wide praise. In its early days Boys' Town taught such trades as printing and carpentry, but it has moved with the times. The key words now are computers, electronics, electro-mechanics and other terms of the new high technology. Proudly they display a certificate of merit from the Israel Air Force, recognizing BTJ achievements In training ita atudents in mechanical engineering, jet engines and electronics, thereby equipping the graduates for vital service in uniform. Nor do they forge(
member of our party fell and sustained bad bruises. Within moments, two students, David and Shimon, from Hazor Haglilit and Ashod, were on the spot with first aid kits, and played the role of paramedics with cool skill. We learned that the entire student body undergoes an intensive program of Rrit did instruction. ' Boys Town Jerusalem, known in Hebrew as Kiryat Hanoar, ia a shining jewel in the crown of education in Israel.
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Campaign thanks volunteers
The Men's Division of the 1993 UJA/Federation Campaign held a luncheon recently to thank its volunteers, Art Grossman (left) and Harry Paskowitz • chairman of the Oldtimers Division.
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Young women get together to learn about Federation Twelve young women, in their 20s and early 308, gathered recently for the Jewish Federation of Omaha's Young Women's Focus Group. Speakers were Jay Lemer and Tom Fellman, who discussed their involvement with Operation Eicodus, the rescue of thousands of oppressed Jews in the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia. Susie Noddle serves as chair of the focus group, which will meet next on April 28, when AntiDefamation League Director Bob Wolfson will talk about anti-Semitism and American politics.
Pictured are group chairman Susie Noddle and speakers Jay Lemer (left) and Tom Fellman.
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Al Gore will speak at Warsaw anniversary
Call for conference on justice, tolerance
NEW YORK— Vice President Al Gore will speak at the nation's largest commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on Sunday, April 18 at 1 p.m. in the Paramount, Madison 'Square Garden. Exactly 50 years to the day after the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto rose up against the German occupying forces in the first mtgor civilian revolt against Nazi military forces during World War 11, more than 6,000 survivors of Nazi concentratioii camps, members of resistance groups and their families will gather to observe Yom Hashoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day. An estimated one million persons will attend similar memorials in communities throughout the United States, in Israel, Poland and other lands. Governor Mario Cuomo has proclaimed April 18 "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Day" in New York State. At the ceremonies in New York, a color guard from the 3rd U.S. Infantry, carrying the flags of the American military units that liberated the concentration camps at'the close of )A(orld War II, will present the colors and lead in the singing of the national aiithem, accompanied by the United States Army Band. Benjamin Meed, president' of the American Gathering/Federation of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and of the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance Organization (WAGRO), will chair the program. "^e are deeply honored,* Mr. Meed said in announcing the Vice PiMident's participation, "that Al Gore, a lifelong friend and supporter of the Jewish community and of Israel, has agreed to join us on thia historic occa8k>n and lead us in saluting the haroiani of the Warsaw Ghetto fSghtcra and in honoring the memory of the Six Million who perished at the hands of the Nazis. *0n this solemn occasion," he added, "it is our lacnNi obligation to ensure that the horror and shanta of the unspeakable acts committed 50 years ago are never for gotten, never reiteated."
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the rabbis of the Conservative movement are calling on other religious and Jewish communal leaders to join them at a conference on tolerance and social justice that they hope to convene in Washington late this year or in early 1994. The plan was announced at the 93rd convention of the Rabbinical Assembly, held here exactly 25 years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel addressed Conservativf rab bis at the same gathering in 1968. Blacks and Jews must work together for liic ivimu because they form "a coalition that has shared blood and common graves, bound by history and destiny," Jackson told the convention audience of about 1,000 ' rabbis and guests. He was referring to the 1964 killings of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, the three young men — two Jewish and one black — who were murdered while in Mississippi helping register blacks to vote. We must form the**core of 9 non-exclusive coalition of conscience for change,' he said, citing the fact that' blanks and Jews are the first groups to be attacked by bigots. The same group that comes afler one of us in the morning comes afUr the other in the afleriioon. We have no choice but to coalesce for mutual survival," he •aid The goal of the proposed conference, according to Rabbi Gerald Zelizer, preeident of the 1,400-member rabbinic body, will be to bring together the "teadership of all religions to reduce ethnic and religious stereotypes in thia country.'
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Federation Library offers new books The Jewisli Federation Library has many new non-fiction boolis. Tiiey are: ' "Jewisli Social Ethics," by David Novak and Rabbi Dan Finlc; "Through the Ages in Palestinian Archaeology," by Walther E. Rast; "The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered," by Robert H. Eisenman; "Celebrating the Jewish Holidayg," by Sharon Kalman; "Let the Earth Teach You Torah: a Guide to Teaching Jewish Ecological Wisdom," by Ellen Bernstein; "Jewish Personal Names; Their Origin, Derivation and Dfmunitive Forms," by Shmuel Gorr; "Beyond Sarah and Sam: an Enlightened Guide to Jewish Baby Naming," by Linda Rosenkrantz; "The Bar/ Bat Mitzvah Survival Guide," by Randi Reisfeld; "A Jewish Mourner's Handbook," by Ronald H,
Isaacs; "1,201 Questions and Answers about Judaism," by David C. Gross; "God Was in this Place & I, I Did Not Know," by Lawrence Kushner; "Jewish Thought in the 20th Century," by Eliezer Schweid; "Law and Custom in Hasidism," by Aaron Wertheim; "A Rabbi Talks with Jesus: an Intermillennia.l Interfaith Exchange," by Jacob Neusner; "Tough Choices: Jewish Perspectives on Social Justice," by Albert Vorspan; "IQ search of antiSemitism," by William F. Buckley; "The Socialism of Fools: anti-Semitism on the Left," by Michael Lerner; "Terror in the Night: the Klari's Campaign against the Jews," by Peter Haas; and "No Cholesterol Passover Recipes," by Debra Wasserman.
Tenor to perform for Tuesday Musical Grammy-winning tenor Jerry Hadley will perform Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Joslyn Art Museum in the final Tuesday Musical performance of this season. Mr. Hadley has performed opera throughout the world .and performs regularly with the Boston Symphony, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony and others. His wife, Cheryll Drake Hadley, is also his pianist.
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Rabbi Azriel to visit KU Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of Temple Israel will visit the University of Kansas on April 20 and 21 to meet with students from Omaha's Jewish community. To be included in a dinner with the Rabbi, students (or their parents) should call Temple at 556-6536.
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Jewish writer to spealc in Lincoln Faye Moskowitz, author of two essay collections and a book of short stories, will speak at the University of Nebraska's Great Plains Art Gallery in Lincoln on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Her lecture, "Tales from an American Jewish Life," is the Norman and Helene Krivosha Lecture in Jewish Studies. Faye Moskowitz Raised in an Orthodox sidered," Ms. Moskowitz family in a small town directs the creative writ*\ with only a handful of ing program at Georg«' Jewish families, Ms. Washington University in Moskowitz writes about Washington, D.C. her childhood and family. Her newest book is In her stories, she tells "And the Bridge is Love," of eating bacon, lettuce a collection of essays. Her and tomato sandwiches earlier books are "Whowith friends, trying to fit ever Finds This: I Love into her non-Jewish sur- You," a collection of short roundings. stories, and "A Leak in An occasional commen- •the Heart," a book of autotator on National Public biographical essays. Radio's "All Things Con-
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