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Jewish community to celebrate Mrs. B's 100th birthday By Morris Maline There are aot many people who can be compared to Rose Blumkin, a living legend in Omaha — and a role model for entrepreneurs throughout the world. With each passing day, and at this writing the figure is something like 36,500 days, she defies statistics and probabilities — enjoying every minute of her precious time on earth. Not many live to be 100. Not many continue working at 100. Not many — regardless of age — reach that enviable status of being a self-made millionaire. Mrs. B is all of the above and more. While writing this tribute, I looked for help in a book called Jewish Wisdom, and found the following quotes which I would like to share with you: "If you love the things you do, you don't age, you always remain young. Age is for the calendar." ... Sol Hurok "Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do."... Golda Meir I like the first quote particularly, because Mrs. B obviously loves what she does and to those of us fortunate enough to have known her for many years she always will remain young. As much as I respect the wisdom of Golda Meir, I can visualize Mrs. B on the plane flying through a storm, but I don't believe she would sit still and do nothing. It wouldn't surprise me at all, if she went into the cockpit, took over the controls and brought the plane to a safe landing — nuts to the storm. There is much to be said on this 100th birthday. The story of this Jewish woman's life is a matter of public record and when new history books are written, she'll be there. With humility and pride, and on behalf of the Jewish community of Omaha, we wish Mrs. B the blessing of 120 years with continued health and happiness.
Happy birthday Mrs. B The Jewish Federation of Omaha and the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society will present gifts to Mlrs. Blumkin on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center. The public may attend.
-1 NJHS looking lor Mrs. B memories jAnyone having stories, anecdotes, memories of. I Mrs. B during the past years are asked to write | I them up and submit them to the Nebraska Jewish j I Historical Society for a scrapbook to be given toj Iher along with a giant birthday card which will bel 'in the Jewish Community Center gallery. Call' 1334-8200 ext. 277 for details. '
A gala "Happy Birthday" reception honoring internationally recognized business entrepreneur Rose Blumkin on her 100th birthday will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center. "We hope many members of the Jewish community will come to celebrate with Mrs. B and her family," said Louise Abrahamson, president of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society. The NJHS is sponsoring the reception and opening of the exhibit on "Jewish Women in Business" in the JCC Gallery. In addition to a mfyor display about Mrs. B, the stories and pictures of more than 50 women who have been presidents, founders, and heads of businesses during the past 100 years will be included in the exhibit. The display is being prepared by Roger Reeves of the Historical Society of Douglas County and members of the NJHS Board. The exhibit will be available until Jan. 23,1994. There is still time for those desiring to bring in more pictures and stories about their business or company. Arrangements are being made to exhibit these in the "Corridor of Jewish History" at the JCC. Call 334-8200 ext. 277 or come to the NJHS office at the JCC. - - Mary Fellman
Endowment fund planned The Jewish Community Center Child Development Center (CDC) is working to establish an endowment fund to supplement programs which will benefit educational and social welfare needs. Programs'provided at the CDC for children aged six weeks to six years include preschool, full-day and afternoon care. Endowment funds will be utilized once an initial $5,000 base has been established. (Continued on page 7)
Family changes not recognized By Larry Yudelson NEW YORK (JTA) — Here's the plan: Take all the parents juggling two careers and raising a family, put them on the boards of synagogues, federations and community centers, and tell them the future of Jewish life is in their hands. If it sounds crazy, it is. But that is exactly what is happening, delegates to '*<• recent General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations were lold. Despitf! two decad'is of change in the structure of t^e American family, the Jewish community sticks to organisational patterns of a generation ago, Rela Monson GefTen, coordinator for programs in Jewish communal studies at Gratz College in Philadelphia, and Barry Kosmin, the CJF's research director, said in two sepQrate sessions at the CJF meeting The thern^f^^^)«eting,j|^^yuaught thousandt of J«AHHMWI)I Am^NNIMIontreal for several days in mid-November, was "Jewish Community Through Diversity," and one of the messages of Geffen and Kosmin was that the Jewish community has failed to understand the demographic diversity of it* members. The Jewish community is continuing to pile burdens on the increasingly overworked, and decreasingly common, so-called traditional family, even as it neglects groups with time and energy to spare, such as unmarried and childless adults and couples with grown children. Only a minority of Jewish households have children at home, said GefTen. The most common household type is one person living alone, followed by two adults without (hildrmt.
The 1990 National Jewish Population Study found only 14 percent of the households surveyed consisted of two married Jews with children. "We have the largest proportion of any ethnic group who live on their own," said Kosmin. But the Jewish organizations, he said, remain "traditional and very family oriented" in their outlook. "Most things are done in couples. The Jewish community considers it very hard to sell an individual ticket to anything," he said. Kosmin recently conducted a study on women in federation leadership. "Only 7 percent of women involved in women's divisions of federations are single," including divorced and widowed women, he said, Similarly, Geffen told of being approached by a woman who, despite 17 years of involvement in a synagogue that she helped found, still felt like an outsider because she wai not married. "The cadre of adult single Jews under 35 is particularly important for Jewish institutional life," said Geffen, and yet it is an "abandoned group." But it is precisely the adults, straight out of college, who are looking for connection, frequently seeking to meet other young Jews, and to be taken seriously by the community for the skills and time they can contribute. This group has the fewest proportion of their closest friends who are Jewish, said Kosmin, And this is the age when people marry. The median age of Jewish women getting married today is 26; that for Jewish men it 28. "These people are not in social networks as much aa in oth«r points of their lives," uid Kosmin.
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EUGENE D. RICH Richard A. Freund, professor of religion, has Services for Eugene Rich were held Sunday at been awarded a University Research Fellowship at the University of Nebraska at Omaha to continue Beth El Cemetery. He died Dec.2 at the age of 82. Mr. Rich was bom in St Joseph, Mo., and graduhis work on the third volume of "Understanding Jewish Ethics," and his work as director of the ated from the Missouri School of Journalism in' Bethsaida Excavations Project Israel. 1932. In 1947, he founded Business Printing r Service with his wife, Charlotte. His company is Sid Abraham, Midwest Food Distribution Co., now a mainstay of industry in South Omaha. Omaha, and Larry Albert, Louis Albert & Sons During World War II, Mr. Rich served as M^jor Foods Co., Omaha, are among those named in the Air Force at Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio, Nebraska Food Industry Trustees for 1994. Food in public and employee relations overseeing more manufacturers will have the opportunity to present than 200,000 military and civilian personnel. His current state and industry business issues. The active work in the War Bond Campaign raised huntrustees will address these issues and provide dreds of millions of dollars. direction to resolve specific food industry business. He continued his writing and public relations abilities working at Metro Goldwyn Mayer movies Mahn's International Meats in Omaha has and was one of the founders in Chicago and Detroit received the fourth annual Jerry Brenning Award Variety Club of America. for the Nebraska Quality Best New Food Product Mr. Rich was chairman of public relations for for their "old fashioned pot roast." Over 60 new the construction of Beth El Synagogue. He was a products were entered in 10 various food categories member of B'nai B'rith for over 50 years, a lifetime and were judged on appearance, taste, texture and member of the Jevrish War Veterans, lifetime assomarketability. ciate member of Hadassah, Jewish Federation philanthropist. Former Omahan Lea Karpman was interSurvivors include his wife. Charlotte; three sons. viewed by the MetroWest Jewish News recently on Lou, Joel and Philip, all of Omaha; seven grandher reaction to the movement toward peace sons, and two sisters, Helen Shanin of St. Joseph, between the FLO and Israel. Mo., and Ruth WolflTe of Denver. A resident of Springfield. N.J., Ms. Karpman Memorials may be made to the Nebraska Kidney came to Omaha in the 1950s from Israel with her Foundation, Beth El Synagogue or charity of your parents, brother and sister. Her sister resides in choice. ROSE SCHWARTZ Israel and Ms. Karpman, according to the interServices for Rose Schwartz were held Monday at view, plans to return to Israel after her middle Mt. Sinai Cemetery. She was 96. daughter completes high school. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chanukah Live, a one-hour educational Isaac, and a son, Melvin. Survivors include two sons, Sol of Omaha and Chanukah program, will be aired live on Dec. 12 from 2 to 3 p.m.. on Cablevision Channel 3, and will Ben of Maumelle, Arkansas; a brother, Harry repeat on Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m., on Cox Cable NoodelJ of Omaha; eight grandchildren and six Channel 2. The program is designed to bring the great-grandchildren. Mrs. Schwartz came to Omaha in 1922 from the joy and inspiration of the Chanukah holiday and its message of universal freedom to the international Ukraine in the former Soviet Union. She was a member of Pioneer Women and Young Energetic viewer. Seniors. She visited Israel two times in her later years. During World Wfar II, Mrs. Sctiwartz helped the war effort by taking a man's place painting gas From the family of Paul Alperson... storage towers. We wish to thank everyone who showed Memorials may be made to Beth Israel or to a us their support and kindness at Peicy's favorite charity.
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' FRIDAY: Chanukah family service is at 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Fink and Cantor WebberGilat will officiate. The Temple Tones will present a Chanukah medley. The Oneg Shabbat is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Max Novak and Jerry Novak in honor of Andrew Novak's Bar Mitzvah, and by Temple Sisterhood. SATURDAY: Shabbat morning service is at 11:15 a.m. Simcha B'Shabbat — An alternative Torah Study Service will take place in the chapel. The • egular Shabbat service will be held in the sanctuary. Sitter Service Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening service and the Saturday morning Shabbat 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 Tuesday, "Introduction to Judaism class," 7:30 to 10 p.m.; Thursday, Sisterhood Adult Education, 10 to 11:30 a.m., "Jewish Ethics" led by Rabbi Azriel. B'nai Mitzvah Andrew Ryan Novak, son of Linda Novak and Jerry Novak, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service Saturday. Eric Bradley Hamburg, son of Andrea and Marc Hamburg will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service Saturday, Dec. 18. "TIGGS" Temple Israel Go Getters will meet Wednesday TIFERETH ISRAEL at noon for lunch at Temple Israel. Senator Bob 321B Sheridan Blvd. Kerrey will speak. Cost is $3.50. Make your reser- Lincoln, NE 88602 vations with Mary Lou Goodman at 553-6634, or 423-8669 Libby Kaplan at 551-6202. Services are officiated by Rabbi Elihu Milder. Men's Club FRIDAY: Men's Club will meet Sunday at 10 a.m. Lox and Light candles no later than 4:42 p.m. Services bagels will be served. Omaha Police Chief James are at 8 p.m. Skinner will speak about police/community relaSHABBAT CHANUKAH tions. A question-and-answer format will be feaSATURDAY: tured. Cost is $3 for non-members. Services are at 9:30 a.m. Annual Family Spaghetti Dinner Jr. Congregation is at 10:15 a.m. Omaha Temple Youth Group will sponsor an annual family spaghetti dinner and auction OFFUTT Sunday, Dec. 19, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Cost is $7 for Capehart Chapel adults, $4 for children. For reservations, call the 25th Street and Capehart Temple office at 656-6636. Omaha, NE 68123 294-6051 FRIDAY: Services start at 8 p.m. CHABAD HOUSE 1322Salieth Street Omaha, NE 68144 ISRAEL GROWTH TRUST 697-1124 Marshall Lewis of Kemper Securities, Inc., has SATURDAY: announced that his firm will offer a unit investDavening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush. ment trust invested in 14 Israeli companies. The SUNDAY: trust will mature in seven years, but can be liquiDavening is at 9:30 a.m. dated earlier, the announcement stated. Talmud Classes Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Advanced Talmud, 12 p.m. Thursday. Chumash Class Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Yiddish "Hooked on Yiddish" lessons, Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Chabad House. English Class "Think Jewish and speak English" classes on Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House.
rBETH EL SYNAGOGUE 14606 California Omaha, NE 68154 492-8660 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRIDAY: Services are at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services are at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services. Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. TSS (Torah and Siddur Skills) meeU at 10 a.m. Shabbat story time is the first and third Saturday at 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services at 4:40 p.m. Weekly Torah study, an English discussion of the Torah portion with modern commentaries, meets 30 minutes after services. 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. Judaica Shop Open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon, and by appointment. Lunch 'n Learn Lunch 'n Learn with the Rabbi continues Thursday. Call the office by 10 a.m. Thursday to reserve your place. Hanukkah Party B'NAI JESHURUN Sunday from 5 to 7:30 p.m., dinner and live 20th and South Streets music. Lincoln, NE 68602 Women, Can We Talk? 436-8004 The series, "Women, Can We Talk," led by Susie Services are officiated by Cantor Michael Drazen, will resume Monday at 7:30 p.m., at Beth Weisser. El. For reiervations, call Suxie Silverman. FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: ROBE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME Tornh study and service at 10:30 a.m. SATURDAY: SUNDAY: Services are held in the Oeldstan Chapel at 9 Hebrew school at 9 a.m.; Religious Khool at 10 a.m. a.m. Members of the community are invited to join TUESDAY: residents for the service and the kiddush following. AHiili cfliicntlon clnsses at 7:30 p.m. .Sprcial memorial services are held on the last •\Y: Snlurday of each month. lice rtl7:.?0p m
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To the Editor: The plight of Jonathan Pollard must be addressed now. I implore you to help secure his immediate release, i Please call or write President Clinton and ask him to commute Mr. Pollard's life sentence to time served. Commutation would certainly not excuse what Mr. Pollard did, but would indicate an understanding of what motivated him to act as he did. He could not bear the thought of being an accomplice to another possible Holocaust by dutifully remaining silent, after realizing that ou^merican government had no intention of advising Israel of the impending peril. It is very possible that his information saved hundreds of thousands of Jewish lives. , We are asking, WHY IS HE STILL BEING HELD? Many others convicted for supplying information to enemy governments received much lesser sentences. Mr. Pollard has been grossly and unjustly sentenced. He has served his time in an excessively hellish environment. You have influence and can help make his freedom a reality. In the name of mercy and justice, please help in this matter. Ask President Clinton to commute Jonathan's outrageous sentence to time served — now. Call the White House (202) 456-1111, or write President Clinton, White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. 20500. Irwin Goldenberg Lincoln, NE
I By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Parashat Mikketz Additions ... Among the Apocryphal books (which Jews do not recognize as Scripture) are.Additions to Daniel and Additions to Esther. Here is an unauthorized addition to Genesis and the story of Joseph: After the Chief Butler had been gone from the prison for two weeks, Joseph managed to smuggle word to him. Joseph found that a man who brought food to the prison was also a purveyor of food to the Palace. Through him, Joseph sent an urgent request to the Chief Butler: "You promised to get me out of here! Can't you do something?" The word came back, "Look, I've only been out two weeks. Be patient. I have to wait for the right moment!" Joseph waited another month. He knew he couldn't manage to bribe this food purveyor again and again; but once more he begged the Butler to do something. Again the word came back: "I've already told you I have to wait for an auspicious moment. Keep your shirt on. I won't forget." But he did forget. At least he nevfer was willing to bite the bullet and say to Pharaoh, "Your Magesty, there's a young Hebrew lad in prison and he really did nothing to deserve his sentence. He's been there almost 13 years! We ought to release him, if Your Majesty agrees." He was never able to muster the courage to approach the Pharaoh with anything like that.. So Joseph remained in prison. After six months,
he tried again. The purveyor of food insisted on a large bribe, "Look, this is too dangerous. You're playing with my head!" Joseph managed to come up with the money. This time he begged the Butler, "Do something, do anything! Maybe you should go to Potiphar, since he doesn't outrank you so much ..." The Butler sent back word. "Look, you'll just have to wait. I can't risk my life with Pharaoh or anyone else. Don't write me and don't send me messages. If 1 can do something some time, I'll let you know. "In the meantime, forget that you know me. Please. Pharaoh hangs people on a whim, and I don't want to be the one to give him a hanging whim. Joseph, please." Joseph bit his tongue. This is what happens when you deal with officials. Each one is protecting his own interests. I'll have to forget it. But after two years, a handsomely-dressed offi- • cer, whom Joseph had never seen before, came the prison carrying an armload of clothes. "Are you Joseph? Put on these clothes, and for Ra's sake, get rid of your scraggly beard and wash up. This whole prison smells and you do too." Joseph asked a hundred questions but got no answers. In the end, he washed and shaved and put on the clothes, and they brought him to Pharaoh.. . The whole episode above is fictitious and does not appear in the Bible narrative . . . There are a hundred such stories that can be written to fill in the spaces in the Joseph story alone ... 1 wrote the episode only to show the richness - and the succinctness - of the Sacred Text. "At the end of two years.. ." But did nothing happen during that time?
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I By B«rt Lewis To. ipend time with a two-year-old these days is quite an education. I guess it always was, but when we're talking about a grandchild, it becomes a different matter. I Especially with what I call *a child of the '90B. These are kids who have a working interest in computers, who recognize the beep of an electronic anything and who know instinctively the world would stop without batteries. The two-year-old I refcr to has a familiarity with a big, noisy place he calls the mall." He looks right at home, this tiny person strolling past store windows. His first announcement when I took him was "let's get a bagel." This, it turns out, is his treat when his Mom and he go shopping in their home territory. He speaks to everyone, in a friendly, un-selfconscious manner; "liello lady" is as natural to him as breathing. This is particularly amusing to me, since I remember how painfully shy his mother was at the same age. And if he sees anything resembling a TV screen, he announces "let's go play on the compooter." Here we really see the child of the times. He Itnows about pushing buttons and rewinding tape and showing a video and heating something in the microwave. In fact, his mom says when playing with him recently, she asked him for "a cup of pretend coffee." She expected him to pick up the toy coffee pot, but instead he took a tiny cup and put it
into the microwave part of the toy kitchen. He sees his Dad heat a mug of coffee that ^ay, so why not? Walking into the airport, he spotted the TV screens which post arrival and departure times. He make a bee line for them and seemed disappointed there was, no way to make a game appear. But nothing compared with the real joy the child experienced with the public phones in that place. They had push buttons and, wonder of all wonders, some of them had a screen with words which appeared at the touch of the buttons. And as if it was all meant for the pleasure of somebody his size, they were eye level for him! One look and he announced "I'm gonna push these buttons now." When the plane was in the process of boarding passengers, he was still working on that "compooter" and furthermore, refusing to leave. If Grandpa hadn't scooped him up and removed him from the premises, I think he would have let, his family leave without him. Yeah, this is a different kind of kid . . . not like the ones I raised. This one, together with his big brother, showed me many differences, including an ease with adult strangers. To walk down the halls of the Blumkin Home and hear them greet everyone was almost as dear as the response from those they greeted. Children of the '90s are truly amazing. But wait a minute — maybe it's just because they're grandchildren. It's hard to tell, even for me; and you can see I don't have a prejudiced bone in my body.
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B'nai B'rith Bible Quiz Howard Kutler, president of Henry Monsky Lodge, will serve as master of ceremonies for the Eighth Annual Edward Zorinsky B'nai B'rith Bible Quiz, according to Steve Riekes, spokesman. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbi Paul Drazen and Rabbi Joseph Friedman will judge the event Also serving are: Gloria Kaslow, quizmaster; Ron Gordon, timekeeper; Lois Epstein, scorekeeper, and Bob Birt will help behind the scenes. Mrs. Kaslow, Stan Mitchell and Ann Kibel Schwartz helped coordinate the contest, which is Dec. 12, 2 p.m., in the theater at the Jewish Community Center. Following the event, a reception is planned in honor of the contestants and is open to the community at no charge.
Jewish singles, age 25 and over, are invited to attend a planning session for the upcoming UAHC Midwest Jewish Singles Convention to be held in Omaha next year. The planning session is Dec. 19, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Room 10 at the Jewish Community Center. A bagel brunch will be served. Reservations are encouraged, according to Mike Milder II, convention chairman. Individuals interested in chairing committees or doing other volunteer work on the convention are encouraged to attend. For reservations, call Art Epstein at 551-3135. For information about the convention, call Rabbi Dan Fink at 556-6536, or Howard K. Marcus at 333-8588.
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*ShIoek Rock — the Ultimate Omaha Experience,' sponsored by Beth Israel Synagogue, Dec. 18, 8 p.m., will "shatter any stereotypes of what good Jewish music is," said Rabbi Joseph Friedman. According to Rabbi Friedman, longtime friend and a member of Lenny Solomon's original band, Kesher, "so much of our liturgy was actually taken fi'om Christian sources. Lenny has continued the time-honored tradition of taking the music of the surrounding secular culture and bringing it into Judaism. Except now it's got a great dnun and bass beat!" Part of the beat will be supplied by Rabbi Friedman himself, who will be on stage to accompany the band playing a variety of instruments and harmonizing. Rabbi Friedman and Shlock Rock founder Solomon met while in yeshiva in Baltimore. "Kesher was formed within the milieu of NCSY," Rabbi Friedman said. "We realized that in order to bring the message of Judaism to the kids, it had to be packaged into something new and totally different. "We needed something which they could relate to. It's a real rush for teenagers to integrate the Jewish part of their lives through the medium of rock music. It's the ultimate melding of cultural experiences, and it's neat" They began by taking popular rock songs and spoofing them. "Fame" became "Frum." "Jump!" by Van Halen became "Bensch!" Rabbi Friedman and Solomon formed the Youth Minyan known as "The Bros," in Kew Gardens, N.Y., and sang every Shabbat afternoon with kids of all ages, "doing everything from traditional liturgical to Black gospel. We just kept making up songs," said Rabbi Friedman. "It was contagious. The kids went crazy!" Kesher released two albums in 1985. Rabbi Friedman lefl the band later that year to be married. With guitarist Yonah Lloyd, Solomon formed Shlock Rock. The rest, 11 albums, two videos and hundreds of non-stop-globe-trotting performances, is history. "People always ask me what it is that makes Lenny and the whole idea of Shlock Rock so unique," said Rabbi Friedman. "It's that he's so completely there for eveiybody else. His genuine enthusiasm for what he's doing becomes infectious. Shlock Rock is a positive force for Jewish education — it's Torah with a beat, and boy, what a fabulous, groovy beat it is." The concert is open to the entire community. Tickets may be purchased by calling Beth Israel at 556-6288.
ADL/CRC to host speaker The Anti-Defamation League/Community Relations Committee will host a special guest speaker Wednesday, Dec. 15, 8:30 p.m., in the Adult Lounge at the Jewish Community Center. Jonathan Shimshoni, Brigadier General (Ret.), a 20-year veteran of the Israel Defense Forces, will discuss current issues and insights into the Israeli/PLO Declaration of Principles and the scheduled and debated Dec. 13 withdrawal from Jericho and Gaza. Professor Shimshoni is currently a visiting lecturer at Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. ^ The community is invited to attend. S
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Friedel shares Hanukkah with Saint Robert's class FViedel Jewish Academy shared Hanukkah celebrations with Saint Robert of Bellarmine School Wednesday, when Mrs. Kathy Teshack brought her fourth-grade class to the Academy to see skits from the musical play 'Yehuda and the Young Maccabees" and to watch the lighting of a Hanukkah Menorah and a demonstration of the Dreidel Game. The lighting of the four-foot high Hanukkah Menorah, or Hanukkiyah, took place within the framework of the skits. Afterwards, Dr. Lionel Wolberger, Judaic Studies teacher, explained the significance of the Dreidel Game and used an oversized dreidel to demonstrate how the game is played. This is the third time in several years that Mrs. Teshack has come to Friedel with over 30 students in what has become a rewarding relationship between the two schools, according to Michele J. Riojas, director of the Academy. The Saint Robert's students previously visited Friedel for Hanukkah and Purim parties. "Our students and faculty are delighted to share Jewish heritage and holidays with Mrs. Teshack's classes," said Mrs. Riojas. "We have seen that by learning from each other and playing together, we help develop an understanding of each other's different beliefs and customs," she said. On Dec. 15, the FViedel student body will present "Yehuda and the Young Maccabees" to parents, grandparents, supporters and friends in the theater at the JCC. Parents of students currently enrolled at the JCC's Preschool also have been invited, and over 200 persons are expected to attend. Mrs. Riojas said the Hanukkah production is "a
In Friedel's Hanukkah musical, Jacob Katzman, right, lights the candles as Daniel Davidson watches. perfect example of ways that the Academy integrates Jewish and general studies into a fully rounded curriculum." "In preparing for the play, our students studied Jewish music, literature, history, and art, and enjoyed the hands-on learning associated with making the costumes and sets. It was then especially satisfying for them to perform their play for appreciative audiences," she said. "Yehuda and the Young Maccabees," which tells the story of a courageous young villager who is determined that Hanukkah celebrations will take place in his village in spite of threatening circumstances, reflects the origins of the Festival of Lights.
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By Henry Stem Next meeting is Dec. 14, the seventh Hanukkah candle. At the Nov. 30 Earlybirds, Harry Lobel identified his drawings of the Ram in the Thicket. Thanks, Ha^ry, P09 Mwsolin gwiin^n^ij.on Pr. Kevorkian. Art Grossman commented on articles relating to Israel and the Gaza strip and on the Lincoln NeoNazi. He also mentioned violence, the Mad Dads and their excellent work, Clinton's speech at Luther King Church, and Jesse Jackson's comments on homicides among his people and the growth in numbers of illegitimate children. Harry Schulman spoke on oil. On to the luncheon. Motzi by George Schapiro, Benschen by Harry Schulman. President Sam thanked our servers and read letters of thanks from Marit Epstein and the UN Medical Center for our contribution for cancer research. Les Waxman gave a financial report Sam told us that Bud Greenspan, Steve Brooks and Jay Stoller are hospitalized and Sam Epstein is back home. We stood in memoriam for Paul Alperson, Herman FVumkin, Gary Koester and Joe Rice. Rabbi Joseph Friedman spoke on the idea of true religion and the perspective of searching. If one religion is right, are others wrong? He referred to thousands of years of the Bible and we had questions and answers. Thanks, Rabbi.
Eric Hamburg, son of Marc and Andrea Hamburg, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Dec. 18, at Temple Israel. A seventh-grade honor student at Beveridge Junior High, he enjoys playing tennis and bas- !#' ketball, and reading. He is a member of student council. Eric has a sister, Jamie. Grandparents are-Jack and Shirlee Hamburg and the late Richard and Eleanor Sizer, all of Chicago.
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(llie author was one of 14 women who went on the Women's Leadership Mission to Israel fkxjm October 20-31.) I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Jewish Federation of Omaha for giving me the opportunity and allowirig me the privilege to participate in the recent Women's UJA Mission to Israel. Since my return, except for the period of time it took to reacclimate myself to Omaha (!), I have been trying to digest all that I saw, heard, felt, touched and even smelled on my trip. I have avidly sought out newspaper articles pertaining to Israel and, as I've recognized names and places, I have felt a continuing connection with our land. People ask me what it was about Israel that so enthralled me and I usually answer that it wasn't necessarily the physical aspects, but rather it was all of the people I met and<the evidence all around me that as a People we have always survived. I use the word "Vfe" because I realize that Israel is not "them" but rather "us". Our visit to Kibbutz Misgav Am on Israel's northern border with Lebanon was one of the times I really understood how important our dollars have been to Israel and her security. It wasn't that our guide drilled anything into us about UJA; he didn't need to — all we had to do was look around us! We were truly fortunate to meet Amna Dwas Daif, an Israeli Arab, and visit with her in the home she shares with her parents in the Arab village of Ara. She works for Givat Haviva Institute which works towards a better understanding between Israeli Arabs and Jews. It is through these efforts that peace will really happen. Visiting the Youth Aliyah Village and meeting with Ethiopian young men who are learning Hebrew and English, visiting the Absorption Center and seeing whole families who were rescued by Israelis with aid from UJA, and also visiting an abuse shelter for women, were definitely highlights of this mission. We met Yael Dayan at a backyard dinner at a private home in Tel Aviv. She proceeded to apologize to us for how she looked, explaining that she had just come directly from Jericho where she was working on the-peace proposal! This was history being made! I spent a considerable amount of time speaking with Anat Hoffman, a member of the Jerusalem City Council and a member of a new group called The Women of the Wall, a group that is attempting.
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