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By David Landau JERUSALEM (JTA) — About 200 Yemenite Jews have secretly immigrated to Israel during the ,past year, the government, publicly disclosed for the .first time this week. The Yemenites, most of whom have close family relatives already living in Israel, are presently housed in absorption centers in Rehovot and Ashkelon. The government had until now kept the operation secret out of fear that disclosure would jeopardize the welfare of Jews remaining in Yemen, as well as the chances of bringing more of them here. The chairman of the Jewish Agency's Immigration and Absorption Department, Uri Gordon, visited the newcomers in Rehovot on Wednesday and said at a news conference there that some 900 Jews remain in Yemen, most of them in the capital of Sa'ana. He said they are not in any danger. Other reports put the number of Jews remaining in Yemen at close to 1,500. The newcomers have retained their traditional garb and appearance: the men with long curled sidelocks, beards and big colorful yarmulkes, and the women in long dresses. In deference to their traditions, they are being taught Hebrew in segregated ulpan classes. The absorption of the Yemenite Jews has been the subject of bitter controversy between fervently Orthodox parties inside and outside the government. Degel HaTorah, a faction of the opposition' United Torah Judaism Front, claims the immigrants are being deliberately stripped of their Orthodoxy by exposure to the secular side of Israeli Ufe. Degel HaTorah blames the Sephardic Orthodox Shas party, a member of the governing coalition, for these supposed problems. ' But a Shas party official directly involved in the Yemenites' absorption. Deputy Housing Minister Aryeh Gamliel, hotly denied these accusations — as do government and Jewish Agency officials.
Slovenia to open embassy By MarU S. Halpert VIENNA{JTA) — The young republic of Slovenia, formerly part of Yugoslavia, will open an embassy in Israel by the end of the year. Agreement on the matter was reached during an informal meeting between Prime Minister Lojze Peterle and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres in Slovenia. Peter Aran, Israel's ambassador to Austria, was accredited to Slovenia in April, and the Israeli Embassy in Vienna is to represent Israel in Ljubljana, thtf Slovenian capital. Slovenia also plans to organize missions to Israel.
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"Omaha remains BEST of Jewish Communities*' High level of community services maintained By Barbara Chandler, Federation public relations director Jerry Slusky, president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, announced that the Budget and Allocations Committee of the Federation has completed its work for this year. The available funds come from two revenue sources — the 1993 UJA/Federation Campaign and interest income from the past year. Funds are allocated to the seven agencies of the Federation in order to run their programs and services. "Our donors have proven, once again, that Omaha is the best of Jewish communities," said Mr. Slusky. "Their generous response during the UJA/Federation Campaign resulted in a modest increase over last year's campaign.
, "However, due to interest rates being down in the market place, our interest income was down, so the total funds available for community needs were actually $18,587 less than last year," he explained. "This was a very difficult process and I want to compliment the B&A committee and the agencies for working diligently to use the available resources fairly, efficiently and wisely. "As a result, in spite of hard times, we are able to maintain a very high level of service to the community and support for Israel." The tables on page 12 indicate the sources of available revenue as well as the budget requests and allocations for the agencies.
Cuban Jews face hardships By Victoria Verlichak BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Cuba's small Jewish community of about 1,000 has no permanent rabbi, but does boast a Sunday school in Havana attended by 20 children who are picked up at their houses. These are among the tidbits of information reported by a group of three young Argentine teachers who worked in Havana and described their experiences in Buenos Aires' Jewish newspaper, Nueva Sion. Supported by Joint The teachers worked with Cuban Jews as part of a program supported by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. "The material difficulties that Cubans face are unbelievable," one of the emissaries said, explaining how gasoline is rationed in Cuba and buses are scarce. At first, some in the Jewish community came to programs held by the teachers just for the refreshments, but eventually they became more interested in the material presented.
New phone service NEW YORK (JTA) — Locating services for the elderly has just become a little easier thanks to a new toll-free telephone service sponsored by B'nai B'rith. The non-sectarian program, dubbed the CaringNetwork, is the first to offer subscribers the names of preacreened advisers and service providers to the elderly — from social workers to nursing homes — anywhere in the country. "Although many communities have information and referral services for elderly needs, most don't do more than supply telephone numbers," said Stephen Plumer, director of CaringNetwork.
The vast majority of Jews intermarry, the teachers said, noting that only 250 or 300 Jews maintain some form of regular contact with Jewish institutions in a country whose population numbers 10.7 million 14,0OQ Jews before the revolution Thirty years ago — in the days before the revolution — the Jewish community comprised some 14,000 people. Although some Cuban Jews said they were not particularly persecuted by the Communist government, religious activities of all kinds have diminished considerably since Fidel Castro came to power in 1959. Cuban Jews have not had a rabbi in residence for the past 10 years. There are two rabbis and a doctor who travel there frequently to provide different services, especially among the young, who are starting to build a relationship with the community or children of mixed marriages who are converting to Judaism.
Hula Lake re-created By Gil Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA) — Forty years after the Jewish National Fund drained the swamps of the Galilee's Hula Valley to create more farmland, the agency has started work on a somewhat opposite project — to re-create the Hula Lake. The inauguration ceremony of the New Hula Project took place recently as 50 heavy tractori began work. By November, promi.sed Moshe Rivlin, chairman of the JNF, more than a million cubic yards of earth will be removed to form new canals in the area.
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KADER/EIDELMAN Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Eidelman of Baltimore announce the engagement of their daughter, Lori Joy Eidelman, to Dr. Howard Aaron Kader, son of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Kader. Miss Eidelman received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland and a Master of Arta from the George Washington University. She is employed at the University of Maryland at College Park. Dr. Kader received a Bachelor of Arts cuni laude and a Bachelor of Science from Washington University in St. Louis. He also received a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Kader recently completed his internship in surgery in Washington, D.C. He is currently in a pediatric residency program in Omaha. An Oct. 10 wedding is planned in Baltimore.
In the News Jennifer Lee of Cottonwood Elementary School, was chosen as one of three winning entrants in the Law Day USA poster contest. The theme was "Justice for All. All for Justice." Jennifer, daughter of David and Shei^l Lee, received a $50 U.S. Savings Bond for third place and was honored at the annual Law Day luncheon. Ruth Mosow of Kent, Ohio, is the new children/youth director at the Jewish Community Center in Syracuse, N.Y. Ms. Mosow was a teaching assistant at Kent State University and a computer counselor at the Akron JCC day camp. Most recently, she was a first grade teacher of Hebrew and math at the Lipman Day School in Akron. She has a master's degree in education and is certified in elementary education. Ms. Mosow is the daughter of Jack andfBernie Mosow of Lincoln. The National Council of Jewish Women, Inc., has announced that Carol Katzman, national board member and past president of the Omaha Section, has been named a member of the Leaders Institute Planning committee for the 1993-1996 trienniCMcago Federation preaktent diea
MYRON A. COHEN Services for Myron Cohen were held Tuesday at Temple' Israel Cemetery. He died Sunday at Bergan Mercy Hospital at the age of 75. Mr. Cohen was a longtime concertmaster of the Omaha Symphony Orch'estra. He was born in Denver but wps a resident of Omaha since the age of three. Mr. Cohen graduated from Central High School and the University of Omaha and served in the Army during World War II. He earned his master's degree in music from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He also studied at the DePaul University School of Music, the Julliard School of Music in New York and the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. • In 1978 he formed the Myron Cohen String Quartet which later became the Metropolitan String Quartet. Survivors include a nephew and a niece. Memorials may be made to Temple Israel or the American Cancer Society. ESTHER M. FOX Services for Esther Fox were held Tuesday at Oak Hill Cemetery in Council Bluffs. She was 86. Survivors include husband, Albert of Omaha; brothers. Sylvan and Norman Mack of St. Paul, Minn.; sisters, Sophie Albiun of Minneapolis, Betty Schweitzer of St. Paul, Minn., and Sue Cohen of Scottsdale, Ariz.; nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Beth El Synagogue and Visiting Nurse Association.
Rabbi Simon Greenberg dies; chancellor emeritus of JTS NEW YORK — Rabbi Simon Greenberg, vice chancellor emeritus of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, former president of the University of Judaism in Los Angeles and a 60-year member of the Seminary faculty, died at his home in Jerusalem Monday night, July 26, only moments before the beginning of the fast of Tisha b'Av. His housekeeper found him at his desk, dressed to go to synagogue, a book open in front of him. He was 92 years old. Until the end of his life. Rabbi Greenberg continued to teach, lecture and write. The week before his death, he had sent the first four chapters of his most recent book to Vice Chancellor Rabbi William Lebeau, who is also acting dean of the Seminary's Rabbinical School. The book was to be a guide for rabbis on writing sermons, and would have been his 23rd publication. Ordained at the Seminary In 1925, he received his Ph.D. from Dropsie College in 1932. A member or the inaugural class of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Rabbi Greenberg became the first rabbinical student to spend a year studying in Israel, then still known as British Mandatory Palestine. J
Abram Sachar dies
NEW YORK (JTA) — Abram Sachar, founding president of Brandeis University and a leader of the CHICAGO (JTA) — Arthur Brown Jr., president Hillel Foundation, died July 24 of respiratory failure of the Jewish Federation-Jewish United Fund of at his home in Newton, Mass. He was 94. Metropolitan Chicago, died recently of cancer. He Sachar was considered the driving force behind was 54. In addition to serving as JF-JUF president shaping Brandeis, in Waltham, Mass., into a m«jor since 1991, Brown was a member of the Board of research institution and making it the only nonDelegates of the Council of Jewish Federations and served as chairman of its National Funding sectarian university sponsored by the American, Jewish community. I Council, which he helped create.
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Beth Israel Synagogue FRIDAY: 1502 No. 62nd Street Special family worship service in the park at 6 Omaha, NE 68104 p.m. Bring your own family picnic to the field 550-6288 behind the JCC. Shabbat service conducted by Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. Cantor Webber-Gilat at 7 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; FViday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Regular Shabbat service is at 7:30 p.m. Rabbi' Services are conducted by Cantor Leo Fettman Daniel Fink will officiate. Shabbat worship during and Cantor David Taub. the summer services are devoted to the topic: Pirkei FRIDAY: Avot, a compendium of practical advice and ethical Kabbalat Shabbat service is at 7 p.m. guidance handed down by rabbis throughout the SATURDAY: centuries, Morning service is at 8:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary SATURDAY: and Goldstein Chapel. The D'var Torah will be Shabbat service is at 10:15 a.m. delivered by Sarah Jane Ross. Beginners' Minyan SITTER SERVICE and Junior Congregation are at 10 a.m. Babysitter Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening service is provided by Sisterhood. service. Please make a reservation so we may plan KIDDUSH accordingly. There are no facilities for infants. Alvin and Willis Ross and Jean Epstein will sponsor this week's Kiddush in honor of the 85th B'nai Israel birthday of Sylvia Ross. 618 Mynster Street Mincha at 8:20 p.m. Shalosh Seudos, Ma'ariv Council Bluifs, Iowa 51603 and Havdalah conclude services. 322-4705 SUNDAY: Services are led by congregants. For general Service is at 9 a.m. information, leave a message on the synagogue WEEKDAYS: answering machine (322-4705). Services are at 7 a.m. and 8:20 p.m. FRIDAY: JEWISH LIFE AND LIVING Services are at 7:30 p.m. Cantor Leo Fettman will discuss "Preparation Rose Blumkin Jewish Home for marriage and/or make our marriage better; the SATURDAY: Jewish woman's guide to happiness; realizing your Services are held in, the Goldsten Chapel at 9 piitential as a homemaker" on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. p.m. in the school wing of the synagogue. Members of the community are invited to join HAFTORAH TTIOPE residents for the service and the kiddush following. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the synagogue library Special memorial services are held on the last with Cantor Taub. Saturday of each month. B'nai Jeshurun Chabad House 20th and South Streets 1322 So. 119th Street Lincoln, NE 68502 Omaha, NE 68144 436-8004 697-1124 Services are officiated by Cantor Michael SATURDAY: Weisser. Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush. FRIDAY: SUNDAY: Sabbath evening service at 7:45 p.m. Davening is at 9:30 a.m. TUESDAY: ^ TALMUD CLASSES Adult education classes at 7:30 p.m. Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Advanced TEMPLE GARAGE SALE Talmud, 12 p.m. Thursday. The annual South Street garage sale will be Aug. CHUMASH CLASS 26 and 27. To donate goods, call the temple at 435Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. 8004 or Sam at 476-9985. YIDDISH "Hooked on Yiddish" lessons, Wednesdays at 7 Offutt p.m. at Chabad House. E^^. Capehart Chapel ENGLISH CLASS H 25th Street and Capehart "Think Jewish and speak English" classes on ^ Omaha, NE 68123 Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and 294-6061 Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House. FRIDAY: Services start at 8 p.m. Food to Gaza By Joseph Kopel Video tape showing BRUSSELS (JTA) — The European Commission, the executive body of the European Community, The Jewish Cultural Arts Council will show the has decided to provide some $3 million of emervideo tape of the Yom Ha'atzmaut production gency food aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. "Omaha/Israel Spectacular 45," Aug. 1 and Aug. 8 The aid is aimed at helping the local population, at 2 p.m. which is suffering from a deteriorating economic The showing will be on 'big' screen at the situation brought on by Israel's decision in late Livingston Plaza apartments. March to seal off the administered territories.
GfTice Hours: Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. to 3..<u p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRIDAY: Services at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush follows services. Devar Torah given by Susie Drazen. Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. Shabbat story time starts at 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services are at 8:40 p.m. SUNDAY: Services are at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services are at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
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Commemorates Vichy roundup By Michel Di Paz PARIS (JTA) — France, for the first time, has officially commemorated the roundup and deportation into Nazi hands of tens of thousands of Jews in France carried out by the collaborationist Vichy regime during World War II. Speaking at the site of a Paris sporting stadium where thousands of non-French Jews were held after being rounded up in July 1942, Prime Minister Edouard Balladur honored those Jews who were "hurled down into horror and death with the atrocious complicity of the regime instituted under the (German) occupation." The memorial day, to be marked annually on July 16, has been established to honor the memory of some 13,000 Jews who were rounded up between July 16 and 17, 1942 and held in atrocious condi- a tions at the stadium, the Velodrome d'Hiver. '9 About 4,000 of the Jews, those without family, were sent to the Drancy internment camp, from which Jews were deported to Auschwitz. The remaining 9,000, which included 4,000 children, were kept at the so-called Vel d'Hiv for a week and then sent directly to Auschwitz. Only 30 of those Jews, all adults, returned after the war. The roundup was carried out by the French police on the orders of Rene Bousquet, who was in charge of the Vichy police. Bousquet, who had been slated to stand trial for crimes against humanity, was murdered. j
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ADL/CRC Perspective That the word-play was conscious, deliberate, artful, seems to be apparent in that in Chapter By Robert Wolfson, director, ADL/CRC 1:37, in an almost exactly parallel usage, the text By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke You open the newspaper one day and discover uses for "the Lord was incensed with me," vayirParashat VaEt-harian — Shabbat Nahamu that a,law has been passed or a situation has . lanaph, an entirely different root. Word-Play on Serious Matters Translate the word-play? If the Lord hadn't b?en arisen where a law enacted some time in the past It is not easy for me to pass up comment on our Haftarah. Indeed, Isaiah 40 is probably my favorite so angry, we could translate, "Cross over, will you? has a consequence you didn't know of or contem' chapter in all the Bible. It was one of the first I I'm too cross with you!" Or, "pass over the Jordan, plate. You know, that involvement in these issues knew by heart, the Sh'ma and some Psalms of the will you" No, you'll pass away on this side!" But requires time and,efTort, more than our busy lives these leave the anger too mild. morning service excepted. No, "vayitaber," "wrathful," is simply too angry. permit. And you wonder, what is the solution to a The exquisite language of this chapter never fails to leave me gasping a't the consummate skill of One friend tried: "Ford the Jordan? Ford it? I'm willing mind but a busy life? We at the ADIVCRC office have the answer. , the prophet in creating a mood with only a few furious!" If you can come up with a good one, let me know! Recently an "Advocacy Profile" was mailed to the words. The gentle comforting, the mollifying tenentire Jewish community. It asks for information derness, the soaring hopefulness of the first few Editor's Note: The Rabbinical Assembly that will allow us to share with you vital material verses cannot easily be matched. But it is the use of language that takes me away "Homiletics Service" for Deuteronomy (July on a wide range of issues. It will help us mobilize from the Haflarah to the Sidrah. For I am mightily 24 to Sept 18) includes five of Rabbi Kripke's involvement'when crucial issues arise. The potential for enabling us to increase >our impressed by a play-on-words which I think cannot Jewish Press colunms. effectiveness and impact is significant. The right be chance. Paronomasia (word-play) is not rare in communication with the right constituent at the the Bible, and often it adds to the power of a phrase Robert Manning extradited right time can greatly affect our political process. or an idea. By Hugh Orgel I If for some reason you did not get a profile, Amos, for example, declares it useless to pray in TEL AVIV(JTA) — Robert Manning, wanted in please call our ofTice at 333-1303 and ask for Mary Gilgal or make offering there, for Gilgal shall go into exile ("haGilgal galoh yigleh") (Amos 5:5). We the United States to stand trial in connection with Beth. If you did receive it, please fill it out and _... ;.._ see at once that it is all but impossible to translate a 1980 mail- bombing murder of a California secre- return it. If you want to be more involved, call irie.' In coma word-play from one language to another. One tary, was finally extradited to the United States word-play that I have enjoyed since childhood was after years of legal wrangling that included four ing weeks I will be writing articles on specific issues that face us and that may spark your particthe question, "May we?" and the answer "Mais oui!" appeals to Israel's Supreme Court. The Israeli police kept plans for his extradition a ular interest. Because of the breadth of our agenBut to our text. Moses had pleaded with the Lord, 'Let me, I pray, cross over and see the good secret until the last minute in order to prevent da, sharing with the entire community all the inforland..." But, he continues, "The Lord was wrathful Manning's lawyers from lodging yet another mation we have in our office is impossible. appeal. But if we know of your interests, we can effecwith me on your account..." In the most recent deterrent to his being taken tively use our limited resources to bring current The word-play? In the Hebrew "let me cross over* is e-ebra. "The Lord was wrathful" is vay- away. Manning avoided extradition at the very issues more to life. itaber. In the two words, the only consonants audi- doors of an awaiting plane because he had swalUJS. nabs hgacker ble to western eras, in addition to those that make lowed 20 sleeping pills and was too ill to travel. NEW YORK (JTA) — A Palestinian terrorist the grammatical forms of the verbs, are the b and Court voids Knesset vote nabbed by FBI agents in Nigeria and whisked to the r. Indeed, the two words come from the same JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel's High Court of the United States is believed responsible for the root If we could pronounce the third consonant, the "ayin" it would be even more apparent. Those who Justice has overturned a decision by the Knessiet to brutal murder of an Israeli woman and an know Hebrew know that changing the verb from strip Knesset member Rafael Pinhasi of his parlia- American woman during a 1985 hijacking incident. Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq was convicted in one structure to another may sometimes change the mentary immunity so that the lawmaker could face meaning completely. Here is our example: from charges of misappropriating funds from the Shas Malta pf hijacking an Egyptair jet there in party. November 1985 but was released early. "cross over" to "be wrathful!" from the same root! Spark^ from The Word
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Women's conference raises $7,000 for flood relief
By Barbara Chandler, Federation public relations director Carol Katzman, Sandi Fried and Bobbie Epstein represented the Jewish Federation of Omaha Women's Division at the UJA Midwest Region Women's Division Leadership Conference in Chicago on July 19 and 20. The first order of business was a plea by Bobbie Epstein for donations to the Des Moines Federation to help flood victims. Brian Abrahan -, Midwest region director announced that donatic > were also needed for the CJF Flood Relief Fund which will be distributed to all Midwest Region Federations in flooded areas. By the end of the conference, nearly $7,000 had been raised among the 120 conference delegates. The conference sessions were filled with ideas, From left, Carol Katzman, Susan Moiseev of information, emotion and conversation. Carol Detroit, and Sandi Fried Solomon, National Women's Division chairman gave a moving description of her first hand experi- brought back a number of new ideas for campaign ence as part of the rescue operation in Tashkent. programs, education and events that will be As she described the scene there, the unimaginable shared with the women involved in Women's became reality. Jews continue to suffer and their Division during the coming year. efforts to escape reach panic level as people try to Don Kent speaks on PACE overcome the bureaucracy and to ignore the death . \and mayhem that surrounds them. Don Kent,^director of the Council of Jewish Several sessions were devoted to idea exchanges Federation's Planned Giving and Foundations among the 22 Federations represented. The contri- Relations, presented a lively and informative lesson butions of the Omaha delegation at these sessions on PACE (Perpetual Annual Campaign consistently triggered comments like, "What a Endowments). He explained that there are several great idea," and "Do you mind if we copy you?" once ways to establish such an endowment, and that it is again proving that Omaha is the best of Jewish an excellent way for people at every giving level to communities. Ofcoursc, our representatives also perpetuate their annual campaign gifts.
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Alumni breakfast At a recent breakfast meeting, Don Goldstein (left) and Fred Simon, chairmen of the Pacesetter Division for tha 1SB4 UJA/Federatlon Campaign, mat with paat cam' paign leaderahlp to discus* plans for the com' Ing year. The 16 men who attended the meeting have all aarved as Paccaetter chairman and general chairmen of prevloua eampaigna.
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By Henry Stem JWV Epstein Morgan Post will meet Aug. 15, 10:30 a.tn. at the J. At the July 18 gathering, Chaplain Doc Margolin gave the Pledge of Allegiance and prayers. Commander Sam Kaplan called the roll. He mentioned the national commander's request for stamp collection and added that the national convention will be Aug. 29 to Sept. 5 in Orlando, Fla. Volunteers will be appreciated to assist in the Aug. 8 bingo game at the Vets Hospital. Contact Sol Mann for details. A letter from National to President Clinton was read protesting the replacement of the chairman and vice chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial, and also one from Col. Rosenbleeth (retired) linking terrorism with our relations with Israel. We are assured Kosher food at all JCC meetings, according to Lori Rabb. Nate Marcus gave a financial report and mentioned our contributions to the Boy Scouts. We voted to give to the flood relief in Des Moines and discussed proposals for new members and our ties to Sioux City and Des Moines JWV posts. Closing prayers were made by Doc. We were then served bagels and cream cheese, thanks to Nate Marcus, Sol Mann and Sam Rosenstein.
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YES YES will meet Monday at the JCC. Bingo and "YES" talk" discussion group are at 10:30 a.m. English class also meets at 10:30 a.m. in the auditorium. Following lunch, Julia Parker, housing administrator, will speak. For transportation, call 330-4272. WALK-EN DROP-IN The next Walk-In Drop-In progfram is Thursday •ht the JCC. Exercise class begins at 10:15 a.m. and is free. Bingo and English class begin at 10:30 a.m. Bring a dairy sack lunch. Following lunch, Kate Ferer and Kim Cohn will lead a sing-a-long. BREADBREAKERS Professor Dennis Mihelich will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Wednesday at noon at Regency West Best Western. Dr. Mihelich is an associate professor of History at Creighton University. Luncheon cost is $7.50. LOVE Notes By Sadye Newman Music warms the hearts of the residents of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home and July was a month of musical entertainment. An entertaining musical program, sponsored by the Women's League of Beth El Synagogue, was presented by Stan Widman, accompanied by Harold Zabin at the piano, with music from "Fiddler on the RooP and Broadway musicals. Following the program, tea was served by Sheila Rosen, Rachel Rosenberg, Ellie Feldman, Jean Epstein, Betty Goldstrom and Norma Schpayer. A program, writh Eve Myerson on the piano, was sponsored by Beth Israel Sisterhood, followed by a tea and gifts for the residents. Hostesses were Georgia Steinberg, Adele Mandel, Charlotte Kaplan and Reva Ruderman. The families of the residents were invited to a sing-a-long on family night.
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New Jewish communal policy plan shifts focus to domestic concerns By Larry Yudelson NEW YORK, July 13 (JTA) — Renewed attention to social justice concerns is a focus of the organized American Jewish community's blueprint for the coming year on a host of public policy issues. . This reflects both the possibilities for change raised by the new Clinton administration and the fact that the Middle East peace talks and the generally free emigration of Jews firom the now-independent republics of the former Soviet Union have lessened the urgency of what were formerly top priority issues. For the first time in at least five years, this year's Joint Program Plan, as the policyJ)lueprint is known, leads off with a section devotedto "Equal Opportunity and Social Justice," rather than Israel and the Middle East" or "International Concerns." Among the top domestic priorities spelled out in the plan for 1993-94 are poverty and the urban agenda, immigration and refugee policy, and health care issues. The plan, released last week, is published annually by the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council to provide policy guidelines to its constituent groups, which include 13 national Jewish agencies and 117 local community relations councils. The plan provides an overview of organized American Jewry's chief concerns in the public arena, ind the information it contains will shape the way these issues are addresed by the major organizations charged with acting on behalf of American Jews. NJCRAC has traditionally maintained a strong interest in domestic issues, unlike other Jewish umbrella groups, such as the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which is chiefly preoccupied with Israel and U.S.-Israeli relations.
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"By embracing the challenge for change offered by the Clinton administration, the organized Jewish community will strengthen its recprd of commitment to the social justice agenda," the plarj states in its introduction. r Such a move, the plan stresses, would also assure "continuing suppqrt in the administration and Congress for our traditional interest in Israel and the pursuit of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East." The plan looks closely at 18 issues. For each, a detailed analysis, focusing on events of the past year, is coupled with a series of "strategic goals." For example, one goal concerning poverty charges the Jewish community relations field to "urge the administration and the Congress to consider as a top priority developing policies and strategies that focus on blighted urban areas, including rebuilding urban infrastructure; initiatives that will expand the base of safe and affordable low-cost housing and emergency shelters for thofte in need; improvements in the public transportation system, especially so that there is better access to job oppwrtunities not located in city centers; developing an anti-crime strategy that renders urban (enters safer for families and increases the safety and protection of children." Goals on other issues include continuing present levels of immigration to the United States, and raising public awareness of the benefits immigrants and refugees provide to American society; supporting legislation that would establish a national system of enforcing the collection of child support; developing programs to educate the community abut the significance and urgency of the Middle East peace process; and educating Congress and the administration on the basis of the Jewish community's position in support of Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel.
(Contributing to this report was JTA correspondent David Kantor in Bonn.)
New peace proposals swirl JERUSALEM (JTA) — U.S. Secretary of Slate Warren Christopher's return to the Middle East takes place amid discussion of a variety of
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The need to review the overall situation in the peace talks has became more urgent due to differences of opinion within the Palestinian camp and, to a certain extent, within the Israeli political community on the effectiveness of the present format of the negotiations. Christopher is expected to focus hi6 talks on the alternatives that have been raised in recent days by both Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and key members of the Palestinian delegation. Most importantly, these proposals aim to discuss the final status of the territories, rather than merely an interim settlement, in the current phase of the talks. Both Peres and some Palestinian leaders have renewed talk of creating a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation as an alternative.
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Not easy lor Israeli woman rabbi By Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Jerusalem mother of four made history recently when she b)ecame the first Israeli-bom woman to receive rabbinical ordination. Maya Lebovich's ordination at the Reform movement's Hebrew Union College is "a landmark," said Michael Klein, dean of HUC's Israeli campus. "While the Reform movement in the U.S. has ordained more than 200 woman during the past 20 years, Israeli women have been fighting a great struggle for equality," he said. This is "a unique opportunity to change the world of the rabbinate by bringing a new perspective, a new angle of vision," said Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk, president of HUC, which is based in Cincinnati. Lebovich, 46, admits that the road to the rabbinate has not been easy.To begin with, the Orthodox rabbinic establishment in Israel takes a dim view of women who want to assume religious leadership positions. "Four years ago, I applied for a position on the Jerusalem Religious Council," Lebovich said in an interview. "The council flatly refuses to even consider women as members, and the case is now in court." But her status as a rabbi is also complicated by the fact that she is receiving smicha ii*om the Reform movement. According to Israel's rabbinical establishnient, the Reform movement is "muktsah," or outside of mainstream Judaism, Lebovich explained. As a result, Reform rabbis are not able to perform many of the functions that Orthodox rabbis can, such as officiating at marriages. A teacher by profession, Lebovich was brought up in a completely secular household in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Can. "My parents were Holocaust survivors and turned their backs on Judaism," she said. "They lost all their family, and below the surface there was a lot of anger about what Judaism symbolized."
Her parents, she said, "were doing what many people of their generation did. They wanted to shield us from bad memories, from being ashamed to be Jewish. They thought, wrongly, that being Israeli was enough. "It isn't," she said. "T grew up with the need tp fill an emotional and historical gap." Even today, she said, "people often think that if you live in Israel you internalize being Jewish. That's not true. In order to lead a Jewish life you" have to consciously make your life Jewish, through study, through mitzvot. "But first and foremost, all Jewish children need a good Jewish education," she said. "You can't expect an 18-year-old to feel a natural love of country and religion if no one has prepared him to do so." "This doesn't mean that everyone has to practice Judaism daily," she added. "But Jews must make choices out of knowledge, not ignorance." Lebovich is critical of Israel's secular school system, where, she said, "children learn Judaism from a historical and archeological point of view, but not from the standpoint of faith or belief. " She hopes that the hoopla surrounding her ordination will show the Israeli public that the Reform movement "isn't a foreign entry. It isn't just an import brought to Israel by American immigrants. It's an Israeli movement with Israeli rabbis and values." Lebovich pointed out that there are sometimes differences between the American and Israeli brands of Reform Judaism. One example, she paid, is in their approaches to intermarriage. "While American Reform rabbis often perform mixed marriages, we have taken a stand here in Israel not to perform mixed marriages," she said. Despite some differences, "there is so much the two branches of Reform give each other," she said. "American society is a model in openness. If there's anything we can learn from America, it's how to open our hearts to pluralistic ideas."
Asked whether Israel is ready for a sabra woman rabbi, Lebovich shrugged her shoulders. "That depends," she said. "Over the past few years, an increasing number of women are calling for changes in halachah (traditional Jewish law} that will include women in Jewish study. Many women's prayer groups have sprung up, something we didn't have 20 years ago. "In my encounters with Orthodox women, many have told me that they accept the notion that a woman might want to be a rabbi, or at least to participate more fully in prayer and ritual. "Some are very open-minded to the concept, although they themselves maintain a traditional role." Though she is only the second woman to receive rabbinic ordination in Israel — the first was American-bom Naamah Kelman — Lebovich is hopeftil that more women will follow. "There is an entire generation of young men and women who are ready for a more active part in Jewish life, but they will meet resistance from the older generation," she said. As an example, she recalled a family that attended her son's bar mitzvah. "The father, a neighbor of ours, was rather shocked when he saw me standing on the bimah with my son, wearing a tallit and carrying the Torah," she related. "He (old me he was uncomfortable with it all, but that the food was delicious. "Five minutes later," she said, "his 18-year-old daughter came up to me and said, 'The best part of the bar mitzvah was when you stood on the bimah and held the Torah.' "I'd say that describes Israeli society in a nutshell."
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There is nSt, bovever, ikquate water available for laundry, cleaning, or bathing, Steinger said. Although this shortage has presented a serious threat of disease, none of the elderly residents of the home have taken ill so far. "We are doing our best to monitor the quality of care. We are doing the best we can, and so far, no one has gotten sick," Steinger said. In addition to its problem with the nursing home, the Jewish community has been forced to shut down its camp and day care programs. "We have closed the tamp and day care center because of the danger of disease. If you can't supply people with water and sanitary conditions, the danger of diseases is enormous, and you can't do that to children," Steinger said. Because all non-essential businesses have been closed, Jewish-owned businesses have also been hurt. In addition, several Jewish-owned businesses are currently under water, Steinger said. The Des Moines federation is also overseeing a project to call senior citizens in the Jewish community on a daily basis and bring water to them, because they are often unable to carry it themselves. "We have elderly people who simply cannot carry the water.
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JEWISH BOOKS IN REVIEW: THE MOST FAMOUS JEWISH CHARACTER IN LITERATURE By Dr. Mark A. Bernheim "Shylock: A Legend and Its Legacy," by John Gross. Simon & Schuster, New York. 1992. 386 pgs. $25 (cloth). "Invested with Shakespearean power and ... prestige, Shylock the Jewish villain became part of world mythology. He may not have added anything to existing stereotypes, but as the most famous Jewish character in Hterature he helped to spread them and to keep them vigorously alive. He belongs, inescapably, to the history of antiSemitism." Thus begins John Gross' ambitious book "Shylock: A Legend and Its Legacy," a long and illustrated history/interpretation of the lasting "appeal" of the Shylock myth in both Jewish and non-Jewish contexts. Gross has an established reputation as theater critic and literary essayist, and indeed has been editor of the prestigious London Times Literary Supplement. His is an eminent background to handle such a theme. Yet it's possible after reading this handsomely designed book to feel that the subject can easily overwhelm. The whole question of Shylock and what the image has meant to the world (and even China, Japan and Africa are not out of Gross' purview) is such a complex one, calling into question as it does possibilities of censorship and the impact of literature on the popular consciousness, that we discover here several books in one. We have a full and historical survey of "The Merchant of Venice" as Shakespeare both found the story and elaborated on it. Almost every production of the play is detailed: it is unlikely that we will forget that in Japan, for example, it was very popular in the I9th century as, of all things, "The Strange Affair of the Flesh of the Bosom," with Shylock as "Stubborn Close-Fist" and never identified as Jew at all. Gross charts all the famous actors, English, American, Continental and others, who portrayed
"The tTio^ faiTious Jowi'sh Character in literature" Shylock; the critics who both praised and vilified the image of the Jew; the attitudes of the societies and other famous writers (Byron, Heine, Victor Hugo, etc.). He uses the writings of Karl Mari, for example, on Shylock as an occasic|n for a blistering attack on Communism and its traditional anti-Semitism. He devotes the entire last section to an exploration of post-Holocaust vi^ws and statements. Very little is omitted historically. We are switched back and forth repeatedly between the chronological organization and the analytical. . True theater fanciers will find a great amount of information on the background and development of the play as part of stage history: we even learn the David Suchet, who has of late achieved popularity as Hercule Poirot on British and American public television, is a '"Jewish-bom" actor who in Gross' estimation created a merhorable new Shylock in his own interpretation 13 years ago. Gross does not speculate on how Agatha Christie might have reacted to this portrayal, given the frequency of her own anti-Semitic comments during the 30s in some of her best-known works. But Gross does much more than survey the subject historically. He often intrudes in personal, voice-of-the-critic terms, and it is these speculations that bring the book to an over-long impression. When digressing into the question of efforts in America to banish the play in the 30s, he notes: ""I must admit to mixed feelings in the matter. Books'should not be banned, except for the most compelling reasons; once you start, you never know where it will stop. On the other hand, school texts are a special case, and it is not hard to imagine circumstances in which being made to read "The Merchant of Venice' ... could be genuinely inflammatory or hurtful. It depends on so many things... But with less, and less literature being studied in schools anyway, perhaps the problem will solve itself. Perhaps it already has."
A most curidus remark, especially since not long before we are told: ""At the |heart of the problem is Shylock, and the Shylock myth is not a continuous fact of literature ... but a stable one, which different generations do not so much reinterpret for themselves as rehabilitate... The essential Shylock has always a knife and has always the moneybags; he is always funny, and always horrible." Surely John Gross is not to be faulted for not succeeding in ""solving" the question of Shylock and its .undeniable persistence as a Western image, again today in Eastern Europe and wherever intolerance toward Jews may be encouraged. , The subject is as daunting as ever. To approach it as a combined theater history/involved observer may have appeared to him a possible solution. We can only caution against a bit of the mix. He notes, for instance, in discussing the Italian writer Svevo ("'Jewish-born as Ettore Schmitz") that Svevo's well-known distancing from Jewishness was in part specious: "'In an autobiographical sketch he described his father as "assimilated,' which was a best a halftruth... No father bent on wholesale assimilation would have called his son "Aron,' which was Svevo's middle name." At the risk of being too personal: my own German-Jewish family could have won a wishfulassimilation prize of the 40s here. But lurking in many backgrounds are other factors — relatives who have to be appeased, etc. I never knew parents more assimilationist than mine — note my middle initial? ""A" for guess what? . . Dr. Mark Bernheim teaches at Miami University of Ohio and is a journalist for USA Today International. He is author of ""Father of the Orphans," a biography of Janusz Korczak.
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UNITED NATIONS Nations, Israel would (JTA) — The United give U.N. forces five States and Israel have days' notice for cargo agreed upon a new pro- ships weighing over cedure to resolve the 8,000 tons, and the vesproblem of Israeli ships sels would then be perheaded to Eilat being mitted free passage to stopped in the Straits of Eilat. Tiran by the U.S.-led Smaller ships would United Nations naval still have to be checked. force blockading Iraq. The new procedure Under a new plan pre- should be implemented sented by the within a matter of days, Americans to Gad after the agreement is Yaacobi, Israel's ambas- circulated by the sador to the United Americans to other
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By Bemie Mosow ' Today's mail brought another in a long line of advertisements for new magazines, but this one is different. It's not about current events, people, food, literature, homes or fashions. It's about yesteryear's events, people, food, literature, homes and fashions. By now you may have guessed that the activities of by-gone days are of great interest to me — not in the "we always did things this way" mode — but as a point of departure for new methods to use to solve a problem, attach a quandry, or urtravel a mystery. Organization also needs a new approach to situations that arise. Back to the magazine and an idea it gave me. How about some reminiscing about Lincoln Jewish life? Surely there must be great stories to be told about fun happenings, interesting folk, the odd, the bold, and the wonderous activities of the past. Put on your thinking caps and talk it over with family and friends. I am sure you can come up with some great stories. Call me and well get together to reminisce about the "old days." Then you'll see it unfold in print so this generation and future generations can see how it was done in the past. They will have a great place to start anew. What a joy it will be and what a pleasure well all have participating in and watching the "new ideas" that are sparked by these stories.
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Clutching an laraeli flag in one hand and candy in the other, a little girl from Russia starts her new life in Israel. By Barb Platt, Mission participant We knew something was up. We were down to the last two days of our ten-day mission in Israel. We had spent the aflemoon at the Dead Sea, and tomorrow's schedule called for a tour of Ammunition Hill. But all aflemoon the guides had been hinting that there might be a change. They were anticipating something. Finally, on our way back to Jerusalem from the Dead Sea, we were told what was going on. There was a planeload of Russian olim landing in Israel that night and we were going to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv to welcome them to their, new homeland. No one could sleep. We really didn't know what to expect. At 4:30 a.m. we boarded our buses and left for the airport. One hour later we were standing on the tarmac, holding Israeli flags and candy for the children. A band was nearby playing Israeli songs. We watched the night sky for the approaching lights of the El Al plane. As the plane taxied to a stop and the doors opened, I watched people of all ages walk down the steps. So many thoughts went through my mind. There was a man carrying his little dog. Another was carrying a birdcage. They appeared to have with them all of their most prized possessions.
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_Beit|^Ej2j^i£^^—• By Bert Lewis It seems as though we're always reading about amazing scientific discoveries, such as the ability to identify the kind of paper used centuries ago. Or what actually killed a famous persop a mere one hundred years ago ... you know what I mean? Really obscure pieces of information. So here's what I'm wondering: do you suppose it would be possible to find out how similar our current conditions are to the weather patterns of Noah's time? . I fervently hope that by the time you read this our constant and daily rains will have ceased, but as I write, they are a part of our lives ~ day in and day out. Yes, I know that's redundant, but so is the rain! • This morning when I looked outside at 7 a.m., it was very dark and pouring just like yesterday and, according to the forecast, tomorrow. It was while watching the weather part of the newscast that I began to wonder about Noah and the flood and the ark... I'm not sure how important it would be for us to have an ark handy, but good heavens, should we be thinking about it? I know, according to the story, Noah had very authentic warning. Well, think about this: are WE getting warning, only a little more subtle? And what about my original question ... are conditions anything like they were when Noah was warned? Of course, my question isn't too serious, but on the other hand, I have a hunch all those poor souls who have lost their homes to the current floods might take me seriously. And anyway, I really do wonder what we've done to disturb the natural order of things in the atmosphere? Have we fouled the air so seriously with all our wonder chemicals? Maybe zooming around in space has messed up things for us. Maybe our inventions and behaviors have nothing to do with it, but just the same, don't you wonder a little? And the perversity of the weather — in between reporting record-breaking river crests,.we hear that people in other parts of this country are losing crops to drought conditions ... and praying for rain! So what the heck is going on here?
I still have to wonder if this is the way it was when Noah was advised to take (and make) cover. And if various scientists are smart enough to know whether King Tut had the hiccups an hour before he died, they ought to be able to answer my questions. I Descending the steps, the olim saw us — a crowd If not, I guess we'll just have to wait for the sun of people on the tarmac waving Israeli flags, to come out. May it be soon. singing and cheering. Their bewildered faces changed to ones of joy and anticipation as they became aware of where they had finally arrived. There was one lady in particular, quite elderly, who caught my attention.
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Agency directors comment on budget challenges By Barbara Chandler, Federation public relations director
"In addition, we raised JCC dues one percent more than we had planned."
Agency directors agree that there is certainly no financial crisis in the community at this time, and anticipate that the high level of programs and services for our Jewish community will be maintained. However, they did note that there are challenges in funding programs and services at the current budget level. The following are the directors' comments about how they met the budget challenges for fiscal year 1993-94.
ADL/Conununity Relatibns Committee Bob Wolfson^ director "The level of activity in the ADL/CRC office has been growing at an increasing rate. Our staff and lay leiaders continue tffpitch in to keep up, but many important issues do not get enough attention. "We are very fortunate to h^ve continued strong support from the Federation for our work, for which we are very grateful. The pressures of increasing costs and increasing workloads have made the management of our activities and the choices we must make more difficult."
Bureau of Jewish Education Susie Drazen, director "Summer is our time for new ideas and recharging batteries. Limited financial resources have prevented us from widening the scope of our services to the community. We were not able to fund a head teachT/coordinator for our special needs program, or additional hours for the Community Teacher program. We had also hoped to return synagogue school and day school subventions to 1990 levels in order to support our schools in their vital task of educating our children. "On the other hand, we are looking forward to another excellent school year." Jewish Community Center Jeff Aizenberg, director "Membership and participation in the Center are at their highest levels ever. "To meet the challenges of this year's budget, we eliminated the professional staff, person for adult services, who planned programs and social events for college students, singles, and Prime Time adults. Hopefully, volunteers will continue to plan programs for these groups. "We also were unable to fiind an additional staff member in the fitness center, and we had reduce the number of spaces in our drop-in day care service for children.
Jewish Library Edie Wolf, director "Our Jewish library is an excellent, nationally recognized community library. For us to maintain that level of quality, we must turn to additional contributions. In the past, we ran the Friends of the Library Campaign to raise additional funds for 'the extras'. Now, we plan to run the campaign every year in order to maintain our minimum level of purchasing." Bureau for the Aging Gfene Brandt, director "We have some excellent programs operating for the senior citizens in our community and want to do everything possible to maintain that high level of service. Facing limited funding, we cut a substantial amount from the senior programming travel fund. "In addition, we looked for ways to continue to offer services such as transportation and meals. All of our senior citizens are on limited fixed incomes, and currently pay a small fee to offset the costs of transportation and meals. With the limitations of this year's budget, we are asking the senior Russian emigres, who have been receiving these
services at no charge, to begin paying for them at the same rate as the rest of our senior citizens. Newly resettled Russians will continue to receive free services for the first 90 days after their arrival." Jewish Family Service Glen Fineman, director There is an increasing demand for counseling and other mental health services in our community, while financial constraints on the budget will make it difficult to meet these challenges. The fees for counseling will need to be increased slightly more than anticipated and the family life education program may need to be revised. , "Though we anticipate a greater need for volunteer involvement in agency activities, we greatly appreciate the strong support that both the Federation and volvmteers have given the agency. We look forward to, and depend upon, the strength of this relationship in working together to meet the needs of our community." Jewish Press Morris Maline, director "It is extremely difficult to maintain a high level of service to our readers in the face of declining revenue. We derive our revenue from advertising, subscriptions, and from a Federation subsidy. Our revenue determines the number of pages we can publish, the amount of local, regional, national, and Israel coverage we can provide and the editorial resources we can make available to the community. We are moving ahead, attempting to increase advertising sales and to decrease production costs. Our readers already have seen dramatic changes in the looks of the paper and these changes are driven primarily by the overwhelming need to cut costs. We shall do our best to continue the long tradition of quality newspapering for the Jewish community, but the community must recognize the financial facts of life."
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