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By Mai:^ Fellman An old Yiddish expression says "Man Trocht, jott lacht" In English it means "Man thinks and )lan5; Grod laughs." This saying is with me as I •emember Dan and Esther Gordman and their najor involvement in the new Center for Jewish [peaming. The story began almost ten years ago with disussion of the needs for an Education Center at 'lanning and Evaluation Connmittee meetings. Vhen it was given the "go ahead," there was a disippointing period when the Federation director, Steve Rod, and I approached several families for their major financial involvement One day a committee member quietly said, "I ihink you should talk to Dan Gordman." And so }egan a number of wonderful sessions, call them iiscussions, mostly listening to Dan talking about lis Jewish feelings, his hopes and dreams for maha's Jewish youth, his previous involvement d leadership roles in Beth Israel Synagogue and er Jewish areas of life. There were many times talk about what an Educational Center could ean for tjhe fcwish life for Omaha's children and dults. And th6f« was the day when a gift of 1,000,000 was requested and he and his wife, ler, not only understood the need but endorsed with enthusiasm and love for its potential. However, it was to be a long time of starts and itops for additional fund-raising, for delays because if Operation Exodus campaigns, for the hesitation f some of the expected participants, for various bommittees' concerns fbr campus space, and on and Dn. Through it all, Dan was patient, supportive, )ften disappointed, but never withdrawing his sup>ort. His business and health problems were not letenrents as he was informed of all changes in the Driginal plans for a m^or building housing Jewish schools, classrooms. Federation library, offices and Other facilities. He was determined to continue his support when some of the expected occupants withdrew from the planning, and he asked only that there would always be room available for educational activities and classes in the late afternoons, tvenings and summers.
Dan and Esther Gordman The recent "go ahead* vote of the Federation board means now that the groundbreaking will take place this spring; a beautiful one-story center will be built on the Jewish Community campus with space for the Friedel Jewish Academy, a Nebraska Jewish Historical Society Museum, offices and additional parking. A number of families and foundations have already made pledges for the commons room, classrooms and museum. Hopefully, more will come forward with their contributions so that eventually there will also be an endowment fund to insure support for this building. Generations of children and adults will use and enjoy this facility; the hopes and dreams of Dan and Esther Gordman will be partially fulfilled. Unfortunately, they will not be here to see it because of their recent deaths. However, the Dan and Esther Gordman Center for Jewish Learning will always be a reminder of two people who cared deeply about the Omaha Jewish Community and its Jewish life.
By Morris Maline The Dan and Esther Gordman Educational Center will be up and running in about a year. Architect Marty Shukert made the prediction following a unanimous vote of final approval by the Federation's Board of Directors at its March meet-; ing. Mr. Shukert said bids for the 9,500 square foot structure would go out shortly and that groundbreaking might take place in May. Completion would follow in about 10 months, hej added. || The Board's approval followed the reading of a final agreement among the Federation, the Gordman family and representatives of the Friedel Jewish Academy. The Board was advised that the Gordman Educational Center will be constructed as a turnkey building including all sofl costs and contingencies not to exceed $1,171,100. There will be no cost to the Federation for Friedel Academy's participation in the project, the agreement stated. The Friedel Jewish Academy will be the major tenant in the building which will be constructed at the southwest corner of the Jewish Community Center. An estimated 700 square feet will be used to house the B'nai Jacob Museum, a project of synagogue reconstruction provided by the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society. In addition, some 450 square feet will be utilized for ofTlces of the Bureau of Jewish Education. Enhancements discussed at the March meeting included the construction of additional parking spaces and replacement of an outdoor storage shed with basement storage, and modifications to the main parking areas. In addition to the $1 million pledged by the Gordman family, other benefactors include: Gene and Charlotte Rich, the Frohm Foundation, Robert Eisenberg, and the Katzman family. Final approval of the plans came after six years of discussion and preparation during which the concept of a $3 million, 30,000 square foot building was scaled to the present size.
Holocaust program in Iowa An estimated 500 students, along with faculty, administration and other Iowa residents gathered at the Tri-Center gym in late March to consider the Holocaust and the extermination of six million Jews. A report on the program, prepared by Maureen R. Olsen, editor and publisher of the GAZETTE, is being reprinted in this issue with the permission of the publication. The report starts on page 5 and continues on page 7. A copy of the publication is available in the office of the Jewish Press. The GAZETTE, a 1993 Iowa Newsppaer Association award winning newspaper, circulates in McClelland, Minden, Neola, Persia, Shelby, Treynor, and Underwood. The Holocaust coverage took up most of the front page and included a photo of Holocaust survivors Lola Reinglas, Sam Fried, and ADL/CRC director BobWolfson. Ms. Olten also included an editorial which the Omaha Jewish Press plans to publish in next week's issue. Now at the JCC ia an exhibit of artlfacU ^m the site of Bcthsaida in Israal. At top, uian Draxon, dir«otor, Bureau of Jewish ducation, ihows part of the wall exhibit. olow is a display case with items dating cl( thousands of years. The exhibit will b« n display until April 28, and tours can be ngnd by oailin«SS4-820O.
March of the Living Six teenage girls led Omaha Tuesday to spend two weeks in Poland and Israel in connection with the March of the Living program. Participating in the program, sponsored by the B'nni IVrith Youth Organization, ore MOIIISB Katsman, Jayme Tiehauer, Mindy Colcher, Dob GoldiUin, Sarah Rafltl and Beth Shyken.
Before their departure for England, George Bronitein, left, of Lincoln, and Jacob Cohen, his navigator, stand in f^nt of an amyh barracks in the United States. Jacob and aorialj gunner Jack Shepherd survived. Beoj Bronstein's story on pafeS.
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Benefit Concert at Temple Israel By Judith Marburg, Chairman Temple Israel music committee (This article includes opinion) The champagne^ cakes, tablecloths and centerpieces are ordered. The piano has been tuned and the sound system fine-tuned. The musical selections have been made and the program is about to be printed. Tickets are going quickly. Every deUil for the April 23 "Of Thee I Sing — Melodies of Broadway" benefit concert at Temple Israel is being checked and rechecked. There is, however, one circumstance that Temple Israel's Music Committee, which is planning the musical progpram with Cantor Karen Webber-Gilat and Cantor Evan Kei.t of Temple Isaiah in west Los Angeles, had not foreseen. And that is Cantor Webber-Gilat's imminent departure from Omaha and Temple Israel. We had thought and hoped to have many years in which the community could enjoy all facets of her talent, but that is not to be. While Cantor Webber-Gilat will continue to fulfill her cantorial duties on and off the bimah until her departure in May, the April 23 concert is expected to be the community's last opportunity to hear her in a non-liturgical setting. Many in the Omaha community will remember the 1992 concert in which she joined with Cantor Emil Berkovits to present an evening of Sephardic songs. The April 23 program, which will commence at 8 p.m., will feature Jewish composers and Broadway melodies from George Gershwin to Kurt Weill, Irving Berlin to Stephen Sondheim and more. The cantors will intertwine the songs with brief commentary on the composers and their music. Accompanist John Swoboda will also play a piano medley.
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e Jewish Cultural Arts Council will present Shalom Sherman, a one-man comedy show, at the Jewish Community Center Saturday, April 16, 8:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the National Council of Jewish Women. Dessert will be served. He will also sing and dance at the Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration Sunday, April 17. Known to some as the original Yiddish Cowboy, the 37-year-old Israeli-bom Mr. Sherman is a frequent traveler across the U.S. for out-of-town celebrations. He estimates he has played at over 600 Bar Mitzvahs and 1,000 weddings. He has entertained the Jewish communities of Tokyo and Kobe during Passover and the Jewish communities in Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina. According to a magazine article by Herb Brin, "when it comes to entertaining at parties or events, forget all past standards, Shalom is different. And if you don't have a sense of Jewish humor, he will bring a lot of it along." Following the musical program, the music comCost is $8 for adults; $6 for students and seniors. mittee, with the help of Sandy Nogg and Judy For reservations, call JCC Membership Services at Zweiback, has planned an elegant champagne and 334-8200. cake reception with harpist Patrice Jenks providing backg^und music. CUP ft SAVE Tickets for the affair are $25 each ($15 tax deductible) and may be purchased by completing the order blank elsewhere in this paper or through the Temple ofTice, 556-6536.
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Kalah Franklin and Hatikvah Chapters of AMIT Women and Friends will host a Mother-Father-Family banquet Sunday, April 24,6 p.m., at Beth Israel Synagogue. "A Show of Hands" will be performed by local talent. From left, Susie Shyken, Melissa Friedman and Julee Katzman.
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LILLIAN KUTLER , Services for Lillian Kutler were held April 1 at Golden Hill Cemetery. Survivors include a brother, Sam M, Kutler, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Memorials may be made to charity of yoqr choice. ESTHER GIMPLE Services for Esther Gimple were held April 1 at B'nai Jacob Cemetery. She died March 31 at the age of 89; ^ > She was preceded in death by her husband, David. Survivors include two sons, John of Omaha and Lariy of San Francisco; three grandchildren; four great-graodchildren and many nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Beth Israel Synagogue. LABRINA (CISSY) LIBERMAN Services for LaBrina (Cissy) Liberman were held Wednesday at Golden Hill Cemtery. She died April 5 at the age of 71. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry, and son, Brian. Survivors include a daughter, Marsha Frank; three grandchildren and cousins, nieces and nephews. NATHAN J. MANTEL Services for Nathan Mantel, 81, were held Tuesday at Westside Chapel. Mr. Mantel was a member of Masonic Temple Omaha Lodge 288 A.F. & A.M., Scottish Rite and Tangier Shrine. Survivors include his wife, Dellamae; a daughter, Marilyn Mantel-Guss; a sister, Rita Rosenblum, and one granddaughter. . Memorials may be made to Pilot Dop, Inc., 625 West Town St., Columbus, Ohio 43215.
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Former Omahan Stanford Lipsey, who in the late 1960*8 and 1970's was publisher of the Sun Newspapers of Omaha, which won a Pulitzer Prize, is the publisher and president of The Buffalo (New York) News with which he has been associated since 1981. He was a leading force on the Board of Directors of the Omaha Jewish Press in the late 1970's. Mr. Lipsey is also a professional photographer, and three of his pictures were recently loaned to The Omaha Jewish Federation by Mrs. Lorrie Bernstein, Mr. Lipsey's cousin who returned to live in Omaha in 1992. Mrs. Bernstein's husband, Sheldon A. Bernstein, is endowment director of The Foundation of the Jewish Federation. The framed 14-inch by 18-inch, signed pho(ographi are nature tcenei. They are described as (1) young aspens hibernating, (2) poppy pollination, and (3) looking up with Janet (Harkin, Mr. Lipsey's daughter who lives in California). Mrs. Bernstein has had the three prints for about tight ytari. Mr. Liptey gave them to her as a gift Tve er\joyed them in my horns and now I'd like to share their beouty with the community," she said. The prints are displayed in Mr. Bernstein's ofTice at The Foundation located in the lower level of the Rose DIumkin Jewish Home.
I^rrie and Sheldon Bemetain show one of the prints by Stanford Lipiey which are on display. Mr. Lipt«/i work has been exhibited in shows In the New York area. Dan Lipsey, Mr. Lipse/i son, lives in Omaha.
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BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 1602 No. 52nd Street Omaha, N£ 68104 556-6288 Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; FViday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Services are cor^ducted by Rabbi Joseph FViedman. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat services at 7 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning services are at 8:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. The Kiddush is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gerber in honor of their wedding anniversaiy. Mincha is at 7:40 p.m. Shalosh Seudot, Ma'Ariv and Havdalah conclude the services. Babysitter service is provided by Sisterhood. SUNDAY: Morning services are at 9 a.m. Breakfast and a study session in the Beit Ha Midrash with Rabbi Friedman and Rabbi Gonsher follow the service. Evening service at 7:40 p.m. ' WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 a.m. and 7:40 p.m.
B'NAI ISRAEL 618 Mynster Street Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 322-4705 Rabbi Sheryl Shulewitz is the spiritual leader. For information on any synagogue activities, call 322-4705. FRIDAY: Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m. SUNDAY: Religious School at Westside Community Education Center from 10 a.m. to noon. FRIDAY, April 15: • Rabbi Shulewitz will conduct a special Shabbat service in honor of long-time member Rose Katelman in celebration of her 90th birthday. An Oneg will follow. SATURDAY, April 16 Torah study service, 11 a.m., at the 'home of Marty Rosenburg and Ellen Fennick, 3516 S. 104th St., Omaha, 390-9062. 5 p.m. — Rabbi Shulewitz's course on "Exploring Jewish Values from a Reconstructionist perspective" continues at the home of Rod and Linda Sadofsky, 9265 Pine Circle, Omaha, 398-1595. A pot-luck dinner and Havdalah will follow at 6:30 p.m. SUNDAY. April 17: Religious School at Westside Community Education Center from 10 a.m. to noon. j ^K ^F
TIFERETH ISRAEL 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Lincoln, NE 68502 423-8569 Services are ofTiciated by Rabbi Elihu Milder. Minyans every Monday and Thursday at 7:15 a.m. FRIDAY: Light candles no later than 7:41 p.m. Services start at 8 p.m. SATURDAY: Services start at 9:30 a.m. Jr. Congregation at 10:15 a.m.
TEMPLE ISRAEL 7023 Cass Street Omaha, NE 68132 566-6536
' FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service is at 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Fink and Cantor Webber-Gilat will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will speak. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Betti and Richard Robinson in honor of their son, Evan. SATURDAY: Shabbat morning service is at 11:15 a.m. Simcha B'Shabbat — An alternative Torah study service will be in the Chai>el. The regular Shabbat service will be held in the sanctuary. Bar Mitzvah Evan Nathan Robinson, son of Betti and Richard Robinson, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service Saturday. 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. Men's Club Men's Club will meet Sunday at 10 a.m. Douglas County Commissioner Michael Albert will speak. Lox and bagels will be served. Cost is $3 for nonmembers. "L'Chaim... to Life" "L'Chaim. . . to Life" will meet Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Bring your own sack lunch. Elyce Azriel will review the book "Sotah" by Naomi Ragen. The community may attend. For information, call Miriam Shrier, 397-5149. Hunger Banquet Temple Israel will host a Hunger Banquet Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is designed to be both a fund-raiser and a consciousness raiser. It is a special meal that portrays the differences in diet and access to resources between people in high, middle and low income countries around the world. Cost is $25 for couples; $15 for individual adults; $5 for students of all ages and for seniors 60 and older; and free for children five and under. Proceeds will benefit several organizations that feed the hungry. For further information and tickets, call the Temple office at 556-6536. Adult Education Sisterhood Adult Education, Thursday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The topic, 'Jewish Ethics" will be led by Rabbi Azriel. Sisterhood Luncheon Sisterhood will host a luncheon Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. James Allen Flanery, a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald, will speak on "Should the Medical Profession Be Regulated?" Cost is $7 and guests are welcome. For information, call the Temple office at 556-6536. Family Shabbat Dinner A Family Shabbat dinner will be held Friday, April 22, 6:30 p.m. Services will follow at 8:15 p.m. featuring Cantor Evan Kent and Cantor Karen Webber-Gilat. Cost is $7.50 for adults and $4 for children grades six and under. For reservations, call the Temple office by April 18. "Shabbat Comes To You" Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Fink and the Temple Youth Group will lead a Shabbat Service Friday, April 15, 3:45 p.m., at Livingston.
ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOAfE SATURDAY: ^•^ B'NAIJESHURUN Services are held in the Goldsten Chapel at 9 ^•^V 20th and South Streetn a.m. ^V Lincoln, NE 68502 Members of the community are invited to join ^•^ 435-6004 Services are ofTiciatad by Cantor Michael residents for the service and the kiddush following. Special memorial servicea are held on the last WeiiMr. Saturday of each month. FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 7:46 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah study and service at 10 a.m. OFFUTT SUNDAY: Cnpehart Chapel icbrew aehool at 9 a.m.; Religious Mhool at 10 2Sth Street and Capchart a.m. Omaha, NE 68123 TUESDAY: 294-6061 Adult education clauea at 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY: THURSDAY: Sorvtceii start flt 8 p.m. Choir practice at 7:30 p.m.
Jewish Presa Pa«e3 BETH EL SYNAGOGUE 14506 Califor)iia Omaha, NE 68154 492-8550 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) meets at 10 a.m. Shabbat story time is the first and third Saturday at 11a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services at 7:50 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, U a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon, and by appointment. Adult Siddur Class j Adult Siddur classes continue Monday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. B'nai Mitzvah Tiffany Eisenman, daughter of Shelley and Scott Eisenman, will become a Bat Mitzvah Friday evening and Saturday morning. Jonthan Zoob, son of Nora and Barry Zoob, w,ill become a Bar Mitzvah Friday evening, April 15, and Saturday morning, April 16.
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DEDICATION A memorial for Gertrude Levey will be dedicated Sunday, April 17, 9:45 a.m. at Beth Israel Cemetery.
Dr. Freund to speak at Temple Israel Rabbi Dr. Richard A Freund will speak at the 64th annual Charles Rosenitock Institute on Judaism for Clergy today (Friday). The overall theme ii "Ethics for the 21tt Century." Rabbi Freund's morning lecture will be "Jewish Ethics and Judeo-Christian Ethics," and his afternoon lecture it entitled "Lying and Deception in the Bible and Post-biblical Religioutj Tradition." In his invitation to the clergy. Rabbi Aryehi Azriel said, "Through the past 64 years, the Clergyl Institute hat loft its mark on our community by having brought outttfknding scholars to teach at — and to and to inspire us in our sacred work.'
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Letters to the Editor To the Editor. ' Congratulations on a very well done Passover issue on the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. However, the issue was remiss in not crediting, anywhere in your 72-page edition, that the National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section has been a major supporter of the Philip Sher and Rose Blumkin Jewish Home for over 40 years. Over the years, more than 350 different individuals have made donations through the NCJW Project Fund for the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. In the past 12 years alone, NCJW has contributed $25,000 to the Building Fund; $33,660 for one-and one-half vans; $12,000 for three large television screens and 24 fans; $10,200 for two lifts; and it's most recent contribution of $10,000 toward the Endowment Fund to help insure the continuity of the Home. While we applaud the generosity and dedication £»f the many volunteers and supporters of the
Home, we feel the absence of any mention of NCJW should be known to the Jewish Community. Debbie Priedmaii, president Omaha Section
By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Parashat Shemihi Realities of the Past — Ghosts of the Past
Preceding Israel's Independence Day (Yom haAtzmaut), Jews observe Yom haZikaron laShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). The two are independent of each other; yet there is a connection, at least in the popular mind. The average non-Jew thinks that the establishment of Israel was a kind of payment for the Holocaust. He has no knowledge cif the back-breaking sacrifices that went into half a century of Zionist activity (and some pre-Zionist) activity before Herzl!) that made the land and the world ready for an independent Jewish state. It is likely, moreover, that some of the nations that voted that Israel be established voted for it because of an international sense of guilt for the Holocaust — adding to the popular impression of a quid pro quo. Our Haflarah includes a promise to King David, brought to him through the prophet Nathan: "And I Richard M. Joel, International Director, HiUel will appoint a place for My people Israel and will Susan Behrend Jerison, Director of Community Affairs, Hillel plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be disquieted no more; neither shall the chil"The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum displays An ad for a miracle cure for the H.I.V. virus dren of wickedness afflict them anymore . . ." (II no proof anywhere of homicidal 'gassing' chambers." would not appear on the pages of most papers Sam. 7.10). This horrible lie is being perpetrated by one because it is outi-ageous. Refusal to publish si)ch an In fact, however, the people Israel were afflicted man, Bradley Smith, who seeks to place ads in col- ad has nothing to do with freedom of speech, but again and again, not only in Biblical times but in lege newspapers around the country attacking the rather the standards of honesty set by the paper. A later times, and with greater violence and cruelty. historical validity of the Holocaust Museum and paper should rather publish a story about refusing The Middle Ages and beyond, climaxing in the claiming that the extermination of six million Jews the ad and expose it for what it is, than use it and Holocaust, were terrible centuries for Jews. The across Europe during World War II is open to give legitimacy to its message. establishment of Israel delivered the promise made debate. In previous ads, Smith has asserted that to David 3000 years ago — but only halfway. No newspaper in a free society has an obligation "free inquiry and open debate on the Holocaust are During the last several weeks I have been in routinely suppressed on university campuses," and to publish anything. Before the fall of communism groups trying to establish some sort of mutual that a newspaper refusing to publish his ad "is act- in the Soviet Union, Pravda could not choose what understanding among Jews, Christians and to print. Its editors had to include items they know Muslims. We have listened to solemn protestations ing in the role of de facto censor." Does the most treasured of American freedoms, were untrue. Freedom of speech gives newspapers from each group that it looks with love at all the the right to free speech, mean that Bradley Smith the right to refuse to print falsehoods. other people in the world. In one group, a Hindu has a right to speak these lies? Of course, it does A university must hold free inquiry and the pur- approach was also included. Everyone loves everyDoes he have the right to leaflet the world? Yes. Do suit of truth as its sacred mission. Tensions will one. college newspapers have the right to publish the always exist between a commitment to free expresIt is, however, a rueful conclusion that nothing of ad? Yes. Should college newspapers at Maryland, sion and the maintenance of a community of value Georgetown, Brandeis, Queens College and Penn and values that honor the truth. Campus leaders the sort is true in a practical sense. Herzl was simState have accepted a paid advertisement? No, they must not let extremists, wrapping themselves in a ply right that the Christian nations of Europe could should have refused. distorted blanket of First Amendment protection, not, would not, permit Jews to live freely among Editors and universities around the country give credence and credibility to lies and falsehoods. them as Jews. His was a melancholy conclusion have struggled with the issue. Some papers accept- They must not unleash hatred and chaos, but from looking at his contemporary world a century ago. It is a bitter fact in our day, noting for examed the advertisement — either saying they have the should rather promote dialogue and dreams. ple, the mood in the countries evolving after the right to print it or claiming that in this way they'll The President of Ohio State University, E. break-up of the Soviet Empire, that what was true expose the pernicious lie — both views are misguidGordon Gee, eloquently spoke out aigainst publish- in Herzl's day is not particularly improved in ours. ed. There is no right to impose evil distortions on a ing a similar ad. He said, "On the university camnewspaper. As far as exposing the "lie," these type So the realities of the past leave ghosts, imprespus, we hold sacred the opportunity for all pointsof horrid lies are put to rest when they are shunned of-view to be debated. But a pernicious lie is not a sions, in our minds in the present. The ghosts influand unuttered. Even displaying them encourages point-of-view, regardless of the cloak of legitimate ence our thinking, our striving, our actions. haters to hate. We still think that being Jewish is — at least for Newspapers usually have standards for what scholarship it attempts to wear ... In the instance us — the best possible means of attaining a status they will and will not publish. In most cases, this of what happened in the concentration camps of of humanity. And with the (some think ridiculous!) Nazi Germany, there is no legitimate revisionism. ad has been turned down because "Tiate speak" falls outside these guidelines. They refused this ad just There is only intentional falsiflcation of the most perpetual optimism and unconquerable hopefulness of Judaism, we look forward to the day when new as they would one that claimed African-Americans devious design." realities will efface the ghosts of the past and bring This ugly hateful issue points to a larger chalcame to these shores on cruise ships not slave in a new world of peace and brotherhood. ships, or that Native Americans never suffered lenge confronting institutions and individuals, on campus and beyond. We must reacquaint ourselves from the Western expansion. Every day newspaper editors make choices about and become familiar with the balance of rights and what they will and will not print. That is both their responsibilities. As citizens of a free society we right and responsibility. Their papers are not mind- need to guard and treasure both. But too oflen we less microphones. People judge newspapers by the are unappreciative of the former and irresponsible Lisa and Michael Wasserman of Lansdale, Pa., quality of their reporting, and by the caliber of for the latter. Our rights define the broad limits of announce the March 31 birth of a daughter, Talia what we are able to do. Our thoughts and values their advertisements. Readers believe that newspaBess. They also have a daughter, Hannah Rachel, pers have integrity and will not publish what is must inform us as to what is responsible to do. In 2. confronting increasingly complicated issues, we untrue. Indeed, the community can and should hold Grandparents are Jtrry and Phyllis Wasserman the newspaper accountable for a certain standard should impose a simple formula — It's my right, of Omaha and Jean and Harry Perlmutter of New but is it right? We won't always agree with the of responsibility. This is precisely why Hillels Jersey. answer, but posing the question makes our society around the country have led protests against the Great-grandmother is Ida Potash. more fair, more just, more worthy of freedom. publication of this advertisement. TotheEditon 1 have reached an impasse in some research 1 have been doing. Slowly, I have been working backwards to recreate the list of Beth El Synagogue BILU USY chapter presidents, staff members, board members and regional board members. I have spotty information on the executive board for 1980-1981, and minimal information prior to 1975. I have been unable to verify that John Farber was president in 1963-1964, and have no information prior to that year. Anyone with any information should contact Larry Moldo at 492-8550 or send the information to P.O. Box 540430, Omaha, NE 68154-0430. Larry Moldo
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Reprinted from the Neola, Iowa, GAZETTE Tri-Center hosts a panel on the Holocaust An estimated five hundred students, along with 'acuity, administration and other area residents gathered at the Tri-Center gym last week to consider events a world away ih time, in location and experience. They came to hear about the methodical destruction of six million Jews under Nazi Germany (and six million others, including Gypsies and homosexuals), the "final solution* that has come to be known as the Holocaust. They came from Tri-Center, from Underwood, from AvoHa-Shelby-Tennant, from Harlan and from several different area communities. They came to listen, to learn, to experience. They especially came to meet two very special people, survivors of the Holocaust, Sam Fried and Lola Reinglas. Sam Fried began volunteering to share his experiences in an effort to educate others about the Holocaust several years ago, when voices of denial first began to be heard and a book was published that claimed the persecution a^d extermination never took place. "Up until then," he explains, "we didn't want to relive what we had barely survived." ' Lola Reinglas has only recently begun to join him in that effort, afler nearly fifty years of finding her experiences too painful to discuss in public. Recently, interest has been stirred in the Holocaust by the enormous critical success of Steven Spielberg's movie, Schindler's List, based on the book by Thomas Keneally. Both book and movie recreate the story of Oskar Schindler, a war profiteer and Nazi collaborator who nevertheless managed to save the lives of over a thousand Jews. Fried has seen the movie: Reinglas has not. Sam Fried credited Spielberg with having, "put those innocent victims, those children, our fami, lies...and he put souls into them, and 1 am very grateful." He is quick to add, however, that the film shows only a sKce of life under Nazi domination and not the worst horrors of the Holocaust. "It would have been impossible for him to portray...the other side of the fence (at Auschwitz),"
Shukert to present results By Barbara Chandler, Federation public relations director On Monday, April 25, Marty Shukert, chairman of the Federation's Planning and Evaluation Committee, will present the results of the Community Priorities Study conducted last fall. The presentation, which will take place in the auditorium at the Jewish Community Center at 7:30 p.m., is open to the commvuiity. Members of the committee are Eliane Freund, Bobbi Leibowitz, Larry Raful and Paul Shyken. The survey was sent to 437 individuals in the Omaha Jewish community who sit on the boards of all the Jewish organizations as well as the Federation agency boards. According to Lori Rabb, Federation assistant director, there was a remarkable 38 percent response rate. "The Planning and Evaluation Committee took on this project in order to get some guidance from community leaders concerning future program planning in the Omaha Jewish community. "The purpose of the survey was to poll priorities in several broad categories such as formal and informal Jewish education, youth services and services for the elderly," explained Ms. Rabb, "The results are very interesting. "We encouTagc everyone who participated in the survey to attend the presentation as well as anyone in the community who is inUrested in fUture planning for Jewish organiznlions. "Although a full report will be distributed to all organixational and agency leadership, Mr. Shukert's explanations and comments will provide a better understanding of the results and how they ^ can be used as a planning tool."
says Fried. "We remember l^e end, the ehinnuys, the fires." * Lola Reinglas echoes that thought, "I remember the fire, the smoke, the smell of burning bodies. When I hear a train whistle it is always in my mind." "That film has nothing to tell me that I don't know; nothing to show me that I don't remember." At Tri-Center, they came to resurrect some of the worst memories held by any living human beings, breaking their own silence in hopes that they can teach others the importance of speaking out. "A Holocaust cannot happen but in silence," pointed out Tri-Center teacher Ernie Abariotes as he helped introduce the panel. The Tri-Center crowd included Tri-Center students in grades seven through twelve; approximately sixty Underwood students from upper level English literature and social studies classes; and a similar number of AvoHa-Shelby-Tennant students from sociology, psychology, contemporary history and college English classes (which also included eight students from Walnut). There were also numerous teachers and school administrators present, as well as a number of area residents, who came just because they wanted to hear the panel. The afternoon's program began with a musical introduction provided by "Inscription of Hope", sung by Allison Maaske and Kristin Farley, and Sarah Benzing presented a concentration campscene from "Sophie's Choice" that earned her AllState qualifying status in dramatic acting. Preliminaries also included video excerpts from the recent Academy Awards presentation and from a documentary on Schindler that included scenes from the Plaszow work camp where Reinglas was interned. Bob Wolfson, Director of the Plains States Region Anti-Defamation League (which is located in Omaha and represents Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska), expressed his appreciation for "a school district and staff, motivated by their own sense of mission...to make sure as many students as possible would see Schindler's List and follow up with panels like this."
B'nai Israel Synagogue to honor Rose Katelman By Art Weiner Members of B'nai Israel Synagogue will honor long-time member Rose Katelman Friday evening, April 15, 7:30 p.m., eight days before she celebrates her 9Dth birthday. According to Rabbi Sherri Shulewitz, friends and family of Mrs. Katelman will take part in the special service, which will be in the main sanctuary of the synagogue at 618 Mynster St. in Council Bluffs. The Synagogue, which is also 90 years old this year, will sponsor the Oneg Shabbat following services. Ruth Weiner is in charge of the arrnngements. Rabbi Shulewitz, describing Mrs. Katelman's importance within the B'nai Israel congregation, said: "She is one of the primary forces behind the longevity of our congregation." The Rabbi described the former Council Bluffs hardware store owner as "a very remarkable woman and an inspiration to all of us." Martin Rosenberg added: "One of the defining characteristics of the B'nai Israel community, which makes it different from other young Reconstructionist congregations, is the central presence of long-time members such as Rose Katelman. "As the congregation continues to grow and change. Rose provides support, encouragement and an example for all of us to follow." "Rose has a legion of friends and we hope that they will join ui for this celebration," said Rabbi Shulewitz. Mrs. Katelman and her daughter, Sissy Silber, retired from the hardware business in 1981. Members of the Katelman family were among the founders of H'nni Israel Synagogue.
Previously, Tri-Center juniors and seniors had the opportunity to see Schindler's List as a group along with students from Elkhom, Nebraska. Alan Parsow, an Elkhorn citizen who helped arrange the special showing, and Gary Javitch, who purchased tickets for thousands of Omaha students and sponsored an essay contest, were also on hand at Tri-Center and both expressed their pride in being part of the program. "I can't tell you how much I am touched. I am touched by your presence," said Fried. "I thank all of you on behalf of those who didn't survive for being here today." Wolfson shared the stage with Fried and lieinglas, restating questions from the audience for clarity and supporting their personal accounts with relevant statistics. Sam Fried caught the audience's attention dramatically at the start of the panel discussion simply by picking up the name card in front of his place and pointing out that fifty years ago he "wouldn't have known who that was." "I was known fifty years ago as A5053," he recalls. "That was the only thing I would have responded to from the day I arrived in Auschwitz." Those first twenty-four hours at Auschwitz Were the worst of his life. "I went from being a kid, a teenager," says Fried, "to being naked, an orphan...my life hanging on a needle thread." The average lifespan of a prisoner at Auschwitz was four to six weeks. Fried survived for a year. Upon arrival, prisoners were immediately separated into two groups: "The left side meant you went straight to the gas chamber; the right meant you went to the showers and were tattooed." Those who were young tried to look older; those who were old tried to look young; everyone tried to look healthy and strong enough to work. Having a useful occupation helped; Sam Fried said he was an electrician and had to prove it by climbing an electrical pole. He spent the next year working on electrical equipment in a coal mine, and attributes his ability to survive to being able to sneak a rest during the (Continued on page 7)
B'nai B'rith names winners Barry Siff, chairman of the 40th annual B'nai B'rith Charity Sports Banquet, and Larry Goldstrom, chairman of the Youth Athletic Committee, have announced that Ben Fogarty and Sarah FVedstrom have been named the winners of the Metro High Senior Athletes of the Year by B'nai B'rith. Mr. Fogarty, the son of Jim and Colleen Fogarty, attends Creighton Prep High School, has excelled in football, basketball and baseball, and will attend Creighton University in the fall on a baseball scholarship. He is a member of the National Honor Society and a member of the Academic All-State football and baseball teams. Also, he is involved with the Big Brothers Program and Operation Others. Ben has one sister and one brother. Ms. Fredstrom, the daughter of Glen and Linda Fredstrom, is a student nt Omaha Burke High School and a member of the National Honor Society and Student Government and is active in the Burke OClub. She has lettered in volleyball, soflball, basketball and tennis. She was selected by the Omaha Sports Foundation as the 1993 Omaha female athlete of the year for the fall. Sarah will attend Colorado State University on a soflball scholarship. She has one brother. They will receive the Bert Render and the Earl Siegct Awards respectively at n banquet on April 20 at AK-SARBEN. The event is sponsored by Henry Monsky Lod(;c B'nai B'rith. Bobby Bowden, Florida State Seminole head football coach, will spcnk. Cost is $75 per plate. For tickets, call Barry SifT at 393-5730, tfr the B'nai B'rith ofTlco at 334-8200.
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He was assigned a crew of nine men: A co-pilot, bombardier, navigator, engineer, radio man and four gunners. The last time his family would ever see him would be in June, 1943. George and his crew had originally been scheduled to go to the Pacific Theater, but when they left Topeka, Kan., for combat in July, 1943, they instead found themselves assigned to the 44th Bomb Group . . . better known as "The Flying Eightballs" ... of the 8th Air Force in England. A "replacement crew," they flew their B-24 Liberator bomber across the Atlantic Ocean, and arrived at the 44th's base in Shipdam. Not much later, the Bronsteins received a telegram from George saying he was "safe," with a "letter to follow." » American bomber crewmen were required to fly 25 combat missions before returning to the states. George's crew flew four missions through the summer and early fall of 1943. The mission of Oct. 1, 1943, was their fifth. . . The Eightballs were sent to North Africa in September, 1943, to support the American invasion at Salerno, Italy. That invasion began to succeed, but the Air Force would not let the Eightballs return to England just yet. Instead, the desertbased airmen were sent to bomb targets in northem Italy, and finally, the German aircraft factory at Wiener-Neustadt, Austria. They successfully struck that target once, in August. Their second mission to the target was "scrubbed," canceled, from bad weather four times before Oct. 1. That day arrived, "beautiful — sunny, warm and the air very quiet," and the mission was "on." Taking off at 7 a.m., the group crossed the
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African coast, traveled up the Adriatic Sea and flew north over the snow-covered Alps on their way to Austria, a journey of over 90O miles. | As written by the Eightballs' historian, "approaching the target, the group was met with an attack of flak, terrible in its intensity, and wave after wave of German fighters. Explosives rent the sky as the result of direct hits in the bomb-bays of several crafl, and falling planes and drifting parachutes filled the skies.' Eight Liberators, carrying a total of eighty meri', were shot down out of the Eightballs' formation. Of George's crew often, two survived and emerged from German POW camps at the war's end. But, the Bronstein's only learned of the fate of their son and brother in 1946, when they received a letter from Caryl Stollings, the girlfriend of George's radio operator. It was through Caryl they learned what few details they ever would know about the loss of their son and his crew. Caryl was told the story of the mission by an airman who was also shot down on the mission and who witnessed George's bomber in its last moments. 'All around us we could see bornbers and fighters going down. I could see that George's bomb-bay doors were left open. They were sorely damaged; one engine was out, another smoking, half the right wing and part of the tail were gone and there were holes three feet wide in her.. 'For the last seconds, there had been no gun fire from their plane. Jack Shepherd, an aerial gunner, said his guns Jammed and the intercom was out so he didn't know anything about the other crewmen. . . Once more the German fighters came at us. Lieutenant Bronstein or his co-pilot lifted their plane over ours and I could see she was burning in the bomb-bay. She started a long glide earthward. 'Jack Shepherd said she exploded just as he left her. 'As I descended in my parachute, off in the distance huge black clouds of smoke showed where the bombers had crashed. "I was picked up by the Germans soon after J landed, and as they drove me to Vienna, I could see anti-aircraft guns on railroad flat cars, highways, in the streets/md even in the city parks. 'Later;^me German pilots who'd fought us that day said, "We knew a day before the raid that you'd be coming. We pulled 200 guns into WienerNeustadt from as far as Berlin and Frankfurt. Today, we 'got you,' but you hurt us too." Mollie, one of George's sisters, recalls that "For years the whole family lived with the hope that George was still alive but we finally gave up. He was never found and after one year, was declared 'dead.' I was living in New York when this happened." Likewise, Frieda remembers, "^Ve were all devastated when my brother was "missing in action." We always felt that he would return to us." William and Sarah wrote letters to the families of all George's crewmen, but they only heard from Mrs. Leon Archambault, the mother of their son's bombardier. The two families corresponded for many years. George was not the only member of the Bronstein family lost in World War II. His father's brothers and sisters, who remained behind in Poland, were never heard from once the war ended. When his father passed away in 1960, Frieda had two memorial plaques erected in the family's synagogue, one for her father and one for her brother. Now, in 1994, George remains a memory for his sitters. Still in their possession are his awards: the Purple Heart and the Air Medal, for hit five combat misiions, some uniforms and his silver pilot's wings. When a restored B-24 bomber visited her local airport in 1991, Frieda was drawn to the plane. Peering inside, the eyed every crew position. The gun turrets of the flight engineer and tail gunner, perched upon the fuselage; the cramped bomiMdier's compartment in the note of the plane, and finally, but moat importantly, at ehe saw th« cockpit from where her brother commanded hit plans, she wondered about what happened so many years ago. Now, as then, she is "so proud of what he accomplished. I still think about him." I
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day by crawling into high voltage areas. Asked to recall a typical day, he recalls being yelled at to wake up at about 3 or 4 in the morning. The prisoners would line up for a head count, rubbing their faces to try and look healthier. A Gestapo ofTicer would point to those who didn't succeed, saying, "You, out!" and they would be pulled out of line an(i sent to their death. I After a cup of coffee, the work crews would go to the coal mine, line up for another "head count, and then go to work. Back to the camp at the end of the day, then another head count, and again the shout, "You, out!" A bowl of soup made from unwashed potato peels and slice of bread completed the day at about 10 p.in. "Every time there was a head count, your life was at stake," says FVied. Reinglas adds that when she worked on construction at Plaszow, "If they didn't like the way you were working, they just shot you right there." She has vivid and bitter memories of the camp commander Amon Goeth, who would survey the camp on a white horse and accompanied by a German shepherd dog that was trained to attack on the command, "Juden" (Jews). Reinglas was very nearly killed at one point when she was caught trying to visit her father, also confined at Plaszow. She was beaten into unconsciousness and now believes that Oskar Schindler was responsible for keeping her firom being shot, although at that time she was unaware of any effort he was making to protect Jewish slave laborers. For Reinglas, September 3, 1939 was the day. "It started for me. I knew I was a Jew £md I knew I was persecuted because I was a Jew." It took the Germans only three days to conquer Poland, and immediately notice went up in Krakow to register as Jews and to give up all valuables. She was fourteen years old when the war broke out, "I was never a child...they took my youth from
me. They'took much more. Her mother was faced with the choice of being separated from her brotl^er or being shot with him. Her father stayed alive swearing he would "live to see Germany defeated" and died two days after the ^nd of the war. By that time, Lola Reinglas weighed only sixty pounds and had to be nursed back to health by the Americans who freed her. " Sam Fried had his first inkling of things to come when he took off his armband to sneak a visit to a neighboring town. 'There, he saw all the Jews being rounded up and taken away. Someone who knew him warned him to get away and that they would be coming to his towti three days later. He went home and told his parents, who assured him, "It won't happen here." Still uneasy, he accepted a friend's offer of papers to escape, but found himself hiding within view on the day the roundup was to occur. He saw his family and friends taken from their homes...and he saw the parents of the friend who had given him the papers joining in to ransack his parents' home. Shocked and disillusioned, he threw away the papers and turned himself in. Both Reinglas and Fried pointed out that most survivors tried to put their experiences behind them and go on with their lives. Becoming stronger, becoming better...simply living was to deny Hitler a victory. It was not just Nazis who created the Holocaust, however. One of the statistics which most shocked the audience at Tri-Center was when Wolfson pointed out that only ten percent of Germans were members of the Nazi party. "I don't hold just the Germans responsible," says Fried. "I hold the whole world responsible." Adds Reinglas, "TThe whole world knew what was going on, and nobody lifled a finger. Hate starts at home...children are born without hate." Wolfson pointed out that the hatred and persecution that led to the Holocaust tend to occur under
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fascist governments or dictatorships, that democracies are more resistant. The panel stressed the importance of using individual vbices and votes. Fried added, "The biggest gift all of you could havfe been given...is to be born free. Protect your country and protect your neighbor." "We are all God's children," says Lola. "We caj; not be silent." Reactions Former Persia Mayor Jim Youmans, who challenged the crowd to accept the reality of the Holocaust, said, "I was in the South Pacific and I saw a lot of the Japanese atrocities. This was different...pure hate. I'm glad someone has taken,on the responsibility of keeping this in perspective in light of the hate there is in the world today." AvoHa-Shelby-Tennant High School Principal Ned Cox reports, The teachers thought it was fantastic and the students were (appreciative). I'm pleased Tri-Center included us." Sarah Benzing reported she had never realized before how much the "ordinary' people had helped the Nazis, even if just by keeping silent. 'I could not believe that people did not do anything about it." Tri-Center student Marty Dalton added, "It was different and interesting. A lot of people learned up close what happened during the Holocaust. It made it seem more realistic...they showed emotion and you can't really get that emotion from a book." Tri-Center Superintendent Ed Rastovski agreed; "You've seen it on film and you've seen it on TV; people tell you about it and you read about it; but when they said those things it became so real." Both Reinglas and Fried have volunteered to come back and talk with smaller groups of students, realizing that it .was difficult, especially for younger students, to ask questions in the large group situation. This isn't something well do every year," says Rastovski, "although we already had students doing The Diary of Anne Frank and other elements that came together. Schindler's List was an opportunity to expand what was in our curriculum. It is possible that we might do something like this in a cycle, say every four years."
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Dr. Stephen Burnett has been awarded the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer prize. This award, with a $1,000 subvention, is given annually by the American Society of Church History to the author of a first book-length manuscript in church history. Mr. Burnett's book is entitled "From the Jews' Own Books: Johann Buxtorf, Christian Hebraism, and the Emergence of Jewish Studies."
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Bryna Weiss in 'Lily' set for April 24 By Diane Axler Baum, theater committee publicity The cheers and standing ovations which have followed Bryna Weiss from 6alifomia to New York promise to ring out next in Omaha, when the JCC Theater presents the award-winning actress in her one-woman play, "Lily," on Sunday, April 24, at 7:30 PM. After the performance here, "Lily" is scheduled for an iiigagement in London, according to Marcia Lipsman, who chairs the JCC Theater Committee. Mrs. Lipsman said "Lily" combines drama and music to relate the bittersweet story of a Holocaust survivor whose life odyssey has taken her from Poland to New York to Israel. The play opens in 1991 with Lily expressing less concern for herself than for her grandson, an Israeli soldier fighting in the Gulf War. Under threat of Scud Missile attacks, and with gas mask in hand, Lily switches from present to past, and with humor, deep emotion, and sensitivity she recalls her personal history in all of its tragedy and triumph. "Audiences across the United States have responded with thunderous applause and an outpouring of positive reaction to the powerful content of "Lily" and to the masterful handling of the material by Bryna Weiss," said Mrs. Lipsman. She cited a letter by Cantor Alan Weiner of Newport Beach, CA, who wrote to Ms. Weiss in
praise of "the realism and range of emotion you brought to every scene." "It is one thing to study Jewish history, but quite another to see it unfold personally in such a gripping, dramatic way," he wrote. Critics have been equally enthusiastic, said Mrs. Lipsman, citing as one example a review by WKBW-TV in San Diego, which stated, "The play deals with some of the mtyor moral issues of our time...including Israeli-Arab relations...at the most basic human level. Ms. Weiss's understanding of how to translate this emotion-packed dramatic material to her audience is certainly due to her skill as an actress." ' "Lily" was created exclusively for Bryna Weiss by Hindi Brooks, who has written for theater, film, print, radio, and television. Her credits span numerous movies for television in addition to many dramatic series, including "Family," "The Waltons," "Ironsides," and "Marcus Welby, MD." After the performance of "Lily" at the JCC, a reception for Bryna Weiss will offer the audience an opportunity to meet the actress and speak to her about her life and her work, Mrs. Lipsman said. The performance of "Lily" in Omaha has been made possible in part by a grant from the Nebraska' Arts Council. Tickets are $5 and can be ordered by calling JCC Membership Services at 334-8200.
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Shortly thereafter, he said, he met with the producers in Los Angeles, but it was another six months before he got a follow-up call: the studio had hired Australian Robert Caswell to write thei script. "I'm going to come up to Portland and By Elizabeth Tape immerse myself in your environment and find out F The 1991 film "The what it's all about," Dr. Rosenbaum recalls the r Doctor" was based on a screenwriter saying. "Then he took off for Australia I memoir writtep by and that's the last I saw of him." I Edward E. Rosenbaum, After another "six or nine months," Dr. M.D., a rheumatologist Rosenbaum got his next call from the studio: born and raised in They had a script and wanted to know what I Omaha, and a 1938 gradthought of it. I read it and I didn't recognize my uate of the University of book. It was terrible. I called them up and said, Nebraska Medical 'Hey, this is the best script I ever read' which is a School. true story: I'd never read a script." In this book, initially Many modifications later. Dr. Rosenbaum was titled "A Taste of My Own Medicine," Dr. Dr. Rosenbaum invited to Los Angeles for a conference. He toured Rosenbaum recounts his, reactions to being diag-, the mammoth set the studio had built to shoot the r.osed with and subsequently treated for, laryngeal film's interior scenes. He told of his own cameo role, as a physician in a cancer, from which he is now fiilly recovered. Dr. Rosenbaum returned recently to the medical hallway speaking with a patient, played by his center to speak at the annual Alpha Omega Alpha vrife. Dr. Rosenbaum said he was told that William Honor Society dinner and while here also met with Hurt (playing the title role) would tap him on the internal medicine residents to speak about his book shoulder and he was to say "Hi" in response. "We filmed that scene 32 times," and the movie that grew out of it. Dr. Rosenbaum told his audience. "If you blink In his remarks and in an interview, he turned his attention to two topics: comments about his your eye, you're going to miss it." In supporting the film's authenticity. Dr. involvement with the making of the film "The Doctor" and observations about the importance of Rosenbaum noted that 16 physicians and six nurses served as advisors to the filmmakers and that being aware of patients' feeling^. Dr. Rosenbaum noted some of the modifications "all ancillary personnel are nurses and doctors are screenwriter Robert Caswell made when adapting real life." Further, he said, "William Hurt and his character for "The Doctor." "In the movie," Dr. Mandy Patinkin, before they acted their parts of Rosenbaum said, "I'm a cardiac surgeon in San surgeons, watched nine bypass operations." As he screened clips, Dr. Rosenbaum made addiFrancisco. I'm 40 years younger and I have hair. In real life, I'm an internist, a rheumatologist and I tional remarks about particular scenes. After live in Portland, Oregon. In the movie, my mar- watching his character, named Dr. Jack MacKee in riage is strained. In real life I've had 52 years of the film, make a crude remark to a patient. Dr. very happy marriage. In the movie, I have one son, Rosenbaum commented, "I don't think most of us realize how often we doctors do something like •in real life I have four sons." Before screening a series of dips. Dr. Rosenbaum that." After screening a scene where Dr. MacKee shared a series of anecdotes recounting his experiences with the production of the film. It all began, answers an anxious call over his car phone. Dr. he said, when his publisher contacted him about Rosenbaum advised his audience to maintain attentiveness in taking patients' concerns seriously. the Disney studio's interest in his book.
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In addition to (Comments specifically about the film. Dr. Rosenbaum addressed issues he has found important in the practice of medicii^^. Citing his experiences and those culled from aiieedotes , he noted that seemingly simple considerations as the design of patients' gowns, the complexities of hospital bills or the time spent waiting to see physicians can worsen an already anxiety-ridden experience for patients. Dr. Rosenbaum even referred to his laryngeal cancer as "an illness that forced me to take another look at my profession." ' As an example, Dr. Rosenbaum remarked, "Patients are always looking at you and watching you. Whatever you say, they interpret in their own way. You have to be very carefiil." He emphasized his feeling that occasional lapses in physicians' expressing compassion are not a result of their unwillingness but rather a product of their overly demanding schedules. "I don't think the problems is a lack of compassion on the part of the doctor. I think most doctors are over-worked. Successful doctors work 60 hours a week and study on top of that ... who else does that?" When asked if things have changed since the book and the movie. Dr. Rosenbaum said, "I don't know if the book did it, but medical schools now are mandating courses in humanism." Dr. Rosenbaum also cited a passage from his book. After a period of protracted therapy. Dr. Rosenbaum recalled, on the day after Yom Kippur, his wife suddenly noticed a wonderful indication of his recovery. "For the first time in months," he read from his book, "my voice sounds almost normal. 'I have been inscribed for another year in the Book of Life,' 1 tell Dee. Autumn is a time not of death, but of harvest and rejoicing. The Oregon rain after a dry summer is liquid sunshine. It promises rejuvenation and a renewal of life." Dr. Rosenbaum turned to the audience and concluded, "If my grandfather would have had what I had, he would have died of it. If my father would have had it, he might have lived but he wouldn't have his vocal chords. It's now nine years for me and rm here talking to you."
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I.OIcts. 1.17cts. 1.SOcts. 1.52cts. 3.02cts. 3.04cts. 3.09cts. 3.28cts. 10.02ct8.
$ 6.500.00 $ 3,510.00 $ 4,550.00 $ 3.819.00 $ 6,420.00 $ 7,920.00 $ 5,980.00 $ 6,850.00 $8,775.00
$6,565.00 $4,106.70 $ 6,825.00 $ 5,804.88 $19,388.40 $24,076.80 $18,478.20 $22,468.00 $87,925.00
1.26ets. 3.29cts. 5.42c1s. S.OIcts. 6.02ct8.
$ 4,500.00 $ 5,500.00 $ 6.500.00 $13,000.00 $ 6.500.00
$ 5.670.00 $18,095.00 $35,230.00 $65,130.00 $44,980.00
Fancy Intense Yelow/Colof Cert Only
F F G G E 1 H G Badiamcut
VS1 WS2 VS1 VS2 VS2 VS1 VS1 Sll
Fancy Yellow/Colof Cert. Only Fancy Yellow/Cotof Cert. Only Fancy Yellow/Cotof Cert. Onty Fancy Intense Yalow Fancy Yellow Sll Marqurta Cut Fancy Yellow
0 G H F H
WS1 SI3 Sll Sll VS2 VS2
1.24CIS. 1.54cts. 2.00cts. 2.20ctB. 2.40cts. 2.6acts.
$ $ $ $ $ $
5,200.00 3,150.00 4,800.00 5,000.00 6,225.00 4,875.00
$ 6.448.00 $ 4,851.00 $ 9.600.00 $11,000.00 $14,040.00 $13,065.00
1 Q E Q
VS1 VS1 VS2 Sll
2.00cts 3.00cts. S.OOda. S.OOcta.
$ $ $ $
4.SO0.0O 7,380.00 7,260.00 9,450.00
$ 9.000.00 $22.140 00 $21,780.00 $47,344.60
Sll Sll
3.00ctB.
$ 6,300.00 $ 7,005.00
$16,000.00 $28,041.90
t 4,242.00
$ 6.B99.00
% 7,162.00
»M,647.00
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