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Record number of Omaha teens travel to Israel Omaha teens going to Israel this summer, left to right, front row. Josh Gonsher, Jon Broder, Gary Shyken, Michelle Patton, David Kulakofsky, Dan Schneider, Dustin Nichols. Row two, Andrea Collis, Heather Olesh, Kelly Broder, Shana Novak, Dan Rosen, Jill Mann, Jason Kirby. Row three, Danny Horwich, Brian Nogg, Jamie Epstein, Becky Perelmari, Nikki Cohn, Jimmy Friedlander, Carin Riekes, Stephanie DePorte, Debbie Givner, Traci Mogil. Row four, Jason Itkin, Aaron PoUak, Cory Tichauer, David Kricsfeld, Andy Ruback, Jeremy Nichols, Jamie Endelman. Row five, Dana Zucker, Jeff Nogg, Alan DePorte, Nikki Paley, Evan Saltzman, Eric Bassik. Not pictured: Laura Breslow, Sari Gilinsky, Leslie Golbitz, Carrie Jaoobson, Courtney Nogg, Lisa Silver, Susie Shackman. Summer, 1993 will see a record number of Omaha teens — 44 — traveling to Israel. They are going on various organization-sponsored trips including ART2^ III, USY Israel Pilgrimage, BBYO Israel Summer Institute, NCSY Israel Summer Seminar, NCSY Overseas Leadership Seminar and NFTY Israel Safari. To a large extent, their trips were made possible by a subsidy from the Jewish Federation of Omaha, and scholarships from the following foundations: David E. Beber Scholarship Fund, Livingston Scholarship Fund, Edward Zorinsky Endowment Fund and Esther K. Newman Memorial Fund, all managed by the Foundation of the Jewish Federation and distributed through the Federation's Bureau of Jewish Education. Penny Endelman's daughter, Jamie, is one of those going to Israel this summer. "It's a wonderful opportunity for Jantie to identify Jewishly," she said. 'This is an experience we never had as teens." She added that they have been longtime supporters of the Federation and are apjpreciative of the subsidies and scholarships. (By Barbara Chandler, public relations director, Jewish Federation of Omaha)
Vietnam, Israel sign accord
Jewish Cultural Arts Council Jewish film festival By Seth Bomstein The Jewish Film Festival will be held at the JOG at 7:30 p.m. from July 18 to July 21. Tickets are $5 each or $16 for all four. The Man Without A World, the opening show, is a historic piece Eleanor Antin of European cinema. Directed by the post modernist director, Yevgeny Anitnov, it was believed lost to history until Glasnost, when a vintage print was discovered in an obscure Odessa archive. The film, in reality, is a product of the 1990s. Filmed in Southern California, including a scene done on Eleanor Antin's (producer, writer, director) driveway, it was shot as if it were Poland, 1928. Mt. Antin will be in Omaha for the first night of the fllm festival to introduce the film and answer questions. There will be a reception at the end of the fllm. Her mother, who performed on the Yiddish stage in Poland, often told her stories of he^ childhood. Ms. Antin wanted,to recreate all the images of Yiddish fllm. The other noteworthy films scheduled for the Festival are: (July 19) Europe, Europe, the true story of a young Jewish boy mistaken as an Aryan during World War II; (July 20) The Quarrel, a Canadian fllm about two fHends, one religious and one secular, and the impact of the Holocaust on their beliefs; and (July 21) Cup Final, an Israeli nim about a middle class ahopkaapar whoa* only dream is to attend the World Soccer Finals in Madrid, but ends up on the front lines in the 1083 Invasion of Lebanon. Funding for the Jewish Film F«sUv«l Is •ponson'd in part by the Morton A. Kichards Endowment Fund and the Avy L. and i^eris L. Miller Endowment, UtiA§*y MIIUr-Lerman, Andrea MllierKsllnr and SUphanle Millar Koran.
Jewish theology classes By Beth Seldin Dotan, cultural arts director "'New Studies in Jewish Theology' will be the title for a mini-series of classes sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council," Steve Riekes, Theodore Weinberger College of Jewish Learning committee chairman, has announced. The course, taught by Theodore Weinberger of Florida International University vrill begin Thursday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. The mini-course will run for three consecutive Thursday evenings through Aug.6. The fee is $10. Subjects for the three sessions include: Tish'ah B'Av and the Interpretation of Suffering; Miracles and the Traditional Siddur; and Strategies for Sustaining Religious Commitment M.'. Weinberger, assistant professor of religious studies, teaches courses in theology, as well as Introduction to Judaism, and Religion, Interpretation and Analysis. In addition to his two published books, 'Strategies for Sustaining Religious Commitment: The Art of the Religious Life' and "And for Your Miracles That are With Us Every Day': On Miracles and the Siddur," he has written numerous articles and reviews. Mr. Weinberger recently gave a paper in Omaha during the American Academy of Religion Regional meeting. In December, he will be a panelist in Boston for the National Association of Jewish Studies discussing the Influence of feminism on Jewish theology. Mr. Weinbargar is married to Sarah Jane Kosa and they four children; Nathan, Rebecca, Ruth and Ezra. He returns to Omaha annually with hia family to visit hislnlaws, Al' 'Ills Ann Ross. For Informnt "t fleth Seldin DoUn at 334820O sxt, 272.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Vietnam and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding this week to establish diplomatic relations. | The agreement was signed Monday in Jerusalem' by Nguyen Dy Nien, Vietnam's visiting deputy foreign minister, and his Israeli counterpart, Yossi Beilin. it was described here as a significant step for Israel in building up its relations with the Far East. Beilin said the agreement represents ""a new chapter in Israeli foreign policy." For the past year, the two countries have exchanged trade delegations and engaged in other low-level diplomatic activities. A few Israeli technical experts already work in Vietnam on a semi-official basis and Vietnamese students study in Israel.
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New Omaha residents GiU and Yakov Khala have arrived in Omaha to bn rrunited with her sister, Frtma .Slmkhovirh. Ths Jewish Federation of Omaha s Operation Eiodus Campaign Is hatptng to rMattIa the family.