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a refugee from Bosnia, now attending Park Middle School in Lincoln, lights the Candle of Hope during the Holocaust Commemoration program at the State Capitol on April 13. An estimated 250 attended. More information on page 5.
Members of the Jewish War Veterans snap to attention and salute the colors at the opening of the Israel Independence Day celebration at the Jewish Community Center Sunday. An estimated 500 attended the varied activities throughout the afternoon. See page 9.
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Dr. Spanier speaks on Holocaust
Editor's Note: At the Holocaust Commemoration program in Lincoln last week, Dr. Graham Spanier, chancellor, University of Nebraska, described hU qaest to ^-understand the Holocaust. His general reaiarks follow and his report on a most unusual experience appears on page 5. By Graham Spanier I couldn't be with you at this time last year. Instead, through a combination of circumstances, 1 was drawn to Warsaw, Poland, where 1 attended the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and, nearby, the 50th anniversary of the Treblinka uprising. There is little to see with one's eyes at these places, since the Nazis, soon before the end of their terror, tried in vain to erase, through mass destruction, all traces of their inhumanity. But there is much to see with one's heart and mind, and while at Treblinka I listened to one of the few living survivors of this infamous death Dr.Spamer camp describe his existence there. One needs to huar the story of only one witness to understand why we must remember, why we must never forget, why we must come together on Yom Hashoah, and why we must say "never again." We must never forget that six million Jews and millions of Gypsies, political dissidents, homosexuals and others were sent to the concentration and death camps for only reaioni related to nothing more than personal characteristics — their coloring, religion, beliefs, sexual orientation or geographical happenstance. Thankfully, there nre thousands of witnesses the world over — and, for those of us In my generation, tens of thousands of children of witnassti, who must never forget. This is why, at Treblinka — the death camp whira hundr«di of thouMindi of Jews wero tortured
and murdered — I felt compelled to stand for a time in one of the railroad cars that delivered the Jews to their final destination in the final solution. This is why I have taken that train ride to Dachau to see the barracks, barbed wire, photographs and the names — those lists of names, lists of names, lists of names, under "S" listing Spanier over and over again. This is why I have stood on the ground where Lidice once existed, trying to fathom what could compel a people to completely, literally, wipe a community off the map by killing all its inhabitants and burning everything to the ground. This is why 1 have been to the edge of the ravine at Babi Yar, in the now suburbs of Kiev, where tens of thousands upon tens of thousands of Jews were systematically and brutally murdered and lefl to be forgotten in perhaps the world's most infamous site of mass murder. This is why, in that nearly forgotten town of Katyn near Minsk in Belarus where one-fourth of that country's entire Jewish population was eliminated, I have touched the stones that were once the foundations of homes and closed my eyes to imagine first the peaceful rural life of the Jewish community there and then to imagine the horror they experienced when the command was given to obliterate all the men, women, children, the old and the young. This is why, in the rural northwest corner of Czechoslovakia, I continued my quest to understand this challenge, traveling to the town of Terezin, named Terezinstadt by the Germans. There it a ghastly story there, extremely well preserved. As I found my way around this town, once the home of 3,000 peaceful citizens, later converted to a concentration site for more than 180,000, I struggled again to understand how the world could have allowed the holocaust to happen in the face of increasingly compelling information that it was unfolding. There were unspeakable crimes in ths 35,000prisoner concentration camn known as the Little Fortress in the cfneient crematoria of Teretin whore thousands perished and in the town which became • collecting point fbr Uns of thousands of Jews wh" dia^ at, Auschwitz. It was a period in world history when urns individuals and some nations had the chance to look ahead and make a dinVrencc, but for a time did not not. Certainly the answers are rarely easy. (Continued on page 4) •Mi
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Lincoln completes campaign Herb Friedman, president, Jewish Federation of Lincoln has announced the completion of Campaign '94. Under the direction of Women's Division chairman Helen (Mrs. Abram) Misle, and Men's Division chairman Leio Hill, the community has planned a" Campaign Culmination Gala." The event, chaired by Dr. Rizowy Barbara (Mrs. Allan) Kenyon, will be May 1, 6:30 p.m., at the Villager Motor Inn Ballroom, and is open to the entire Lincoln Federation membership. Dinner will be served. Carlos G. Rizowy, Ph.D., J.D., will speak A practicing attorney in Chicago, Dr. Rizowy specializes in international legal issues and foreign policy. He is a partner in the law firm Levenfeld, Eisenberg, Janger, Glassberg, Samotny & Halper, concentrating in domestic and international business transactions. Born in Uruguay, he later moved to Israel where he obtained a Bachelors Degree from Hebrew University before earning his law degree. He also holds a Masters Degree and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is a weekly commentator on National Public Radio (WBBZ) and is a frequent guest on local, national and cable TV programs as an expert on Middle East politics. Fluent in several languages. Dr. Rizowy lectures and advises extensively throughout the United Stoics, South America and Furope on legal and foreign policy issues. Mo is the former chairman of the Political Science Department ond Director of International Studies Program at Roosevelt Univorsity of Chicago. He is a founding member and immediate past president of the Organization of Holocaust Survivors; a member of the executive board of Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry; a member of the board of directors of the Anti-Defamation League. He also is director and general counsel to the Latin American Chombor of Commerce. Dr. Ftizowy will spenk on HThc Pence Proceii: From Conflict to Reconciliation." For information, contact Barbara Kenyon, 6829 Bariinrn l.niir. I.iiiroln, NK 08r)12, iiliotip -lOZ 423a67N
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National Honor Society Burke High School recently held an induction ceremony for National Honor Society. New inductees included Kelly Broder, Alan Deporte, Jason Epstein, Debra Givner, Brian Nogg and Rebecca Perelman. Scholarship awards were presented to seniors Jason Itkin and David Kricsfeld. Back row, from left: Kelly Broder, Debra Givner and R«f>ecca Perelman. Front row, from left: Jason Itkin, Jason Epstein, Brian Nogg, Alan Deporte and David Kricsfeld.
Letter from Israel
Ghetto uprising
WARSAW (JTA) — In a By Harry Allen ceremony heavy with It may have been Doris Day, but then again it memories, several hun- may not have been, but whomever it was, the song dred people gathered she sang, "Ce Sera Sera - Whatever will be, will here this week to lay be," overlaid the festivities of the 46th Yom Look how wreathes in a solemn Ha'atzmaut. Following the terrorist murders in affordable ceremony commemorat- Afula and Hadera, the latter just the day before on Celtic Medicare ing the 51st anniversary Yom Haziokron -- the remembrance day for the Supplement of the Warsaw Ghetto almost 18,000 soldiers who have been killed since insurance can be: uprising. 1948, took on new meaning. Even though more Under bright but than a million Israelis jammed the parks and picnic Plan F Mdnlhly Premium chilly skies, survivors of areas and even though a quarter million people • MSPOLF) the uprising joined with lined the beach of Tel Aviv to watch,the Air Force Age Asc Polish government ofTi- show and the naval maneuvers, the usual joy of the 65-69 $66.72 75-79 $96.03 cials, soldiers and oth- day was somewhat muted. Yet despite the current 7«-7< $1(3.74 m-M $104 36 ers on Tuesday at a uncertainty, one should not overlook the tremenCDII Today: (402) 397-2112 monument honoring the dous achievements of Israel and the Jewish people Daniel Mt (irain, CLU. ChFC Jews who died during these past 46 years. LynnetteS. Olson, MBA the monthlong uprising In 1948, we were some 600,000 Jews in .i^jinnsl ihc Germans Palestine. Today we number 4,400,000 and we are still growing. At the end of World War II, the Jewish world was reeling from the revelations of the Holocaust and Jewis self-esteem was at a low CLIP & SAVE ebb. But Israel changed all of that and continues to do so with each passing year. The editorial cartoon in the Jerusalem Post said it all. It depicted a giant cactus growing in the desert in the shape of 46 and two disconsolate-lookC C ing Arabs viewed the phenomena saying, "no matL L ter what we do, it keeps on growing." And so Israel I P does. Terror, boycott, invasion, propaganda, nothing has stopped Israel from growing and gathering strength. It is the realization that Israel has won S S its battles that has impelled at least some Arabs to SUNDAY, APRIL 24 A A the peace table. As I have written before, they will V Production of Lily, 7;30 p.m. V never love us nor we them, but we can, perhaps, E E have a marriage of convenience. So on Yom Ha'atzmaut, we all had much for which to be thankful. It was a time to reflect on the MONDAY, APRIL 25 reality and meaning of our freedom and to look conYES, 10 a.m. fidently to the future. It is that glorious chapter of Isaiah, not "Ce Scra-Sem," which captures the essence of Israel. It is the prophet proclaiming: TUESDAY, APRIL 26 "Is a nation brought forth at once? . . . Rejoice ye with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all that love Federation Board, 7:30 p.m. her; lUgoice with joy for htr all y« that mourned her; . . . Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river And the wealth of nations like an overflowing stream;.. . And ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem; THURSDAY, APRIL 28 And when you see this your heart will rejoice, And Walk-in Drop-in, 10:30 a.m. your bones will flourish like young grass. And the hand-pf the Lord will be known to her servants, And he shall have indignation against his enemies."
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Vandals strike cemetery By Steven Wilks GREAT NECK. NY. (.JTA) — Jewish leaders have set up a fund to cover the cost of reparing a Jewish cemetery in Queens that was desecrated twice in 10 days earlier this month. "This is not just an act of vandalism," said Manny Behar, executive director of the Quatns Jewish Council, which set up the fund. In cooperation with cemetery owntri and volunteers, the council also has organised a May 1 nmetary clean up day.
By Lisa Glazer ^H MOSCOW(JTA) —. Back on Russian soil after a^ raucous trip to France, ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky denounced reports that he is half-^« Jewish at a rambling news conference here. ^^ He spurned documents discovered by the Associated Press in his birthplace, Almaty, Kazakhstan, describing them as a "forgery" and a "fabrication." Public records published by the AP show that Zhirinovsky's mother married a Jewish man named Volf Eidelshtein and that her son used the name Eidelshtein until he changed it to Zhirinovsky when he was 18. According to local news reports, Zhirinovsky's April 15 news conference was filled with antiSemitic remarks and condemnations of "Zionists." Last week, while Zhirinovsky was on a visit to the French city of Strasbourg to address the Council of Europe, he lost his temper when about 100 Jewish students demonstrated against him in frontof the Russian Consulate there. Television cameras showed him grabbing small bushes from the consulate's garden and throwing them at the demonstrators. He reportedly also spat at the demonstrators and threatened to use a "nuclear gun" against them, though he did not make clear exactly what he had in mind. Referring to that incident during the news conference, Zhirinovsky said sarcastically, "A group of Jews in Strasbourg can attack any deputy of the Russian Parliament. That's possible, that's democracy. Full freedom for Jews in Strasbourg — and Russian diplomats and deputies have to keep silent."
Hungary marks deportation BUDAPEST (JTA) — For the first time ever, Hungary held official ceremonies this week to commemorate the deportation of 600,000 Hungarian Jews to death camps during World War II. The commemorative events, which were held here on Sunday, began with a ceremony at the Central Jewish Cemetery, where the 50th year anniversary of the Hungarian Holocaust was remembered. On Sunday evening, a ceremony sponsored by the World Jewish Congress was held at the Opera House here. Among those attending were Hungarian President Arpad Goncz. (joncz told the audience to remember the "passivity of hundreds of thousands of people, watching hundreds of thousands of their fellow countrymen marched away to death."
Israelis to help monitor elections in South Africa By Suzanne Belling fl JOHANNESBURG (JTA) — Twenty Israelis will^ be going to South Africa to help monitor the country's first democratic elections on April 27 — six of them forming part of an official United Nations monitoring team. The U.N. monitors include three Knesset members, Naomi Chaxan of Meretz, Saleh Tareef of Labor and Eliecer Sandberg of Taomet The other monitors form part of an Israeli team. Among its members are former Russian refusenik Natan Sharansky. Professor Itthak Galnoor, a prominent academic and Arik Bachar, foreign editor of the Hebrew daily newspaper Ma'ariv. Two of the monitors have close connections with prominent Jewish South Africans. Chaim Slovo, commissioner for the aouthern region in Israel's Interior Ministry, is a cousin of Joe Slovo, chairman of the South African Communist Party and a leading figure in the African National Congress. They did not even know of each other until recently. The other Israeli monitor. Nicole Goldstone, ia the daughUr of Judge Richard Goldstone. who has played a pivotal role in the transition in this country as head of a commission of inquiry, bearing his name, into the causes of violence in South Africa, He recently revealed findings on the alleged involvement of senior police ofTicers in the aocalled "third force" aimed at desUbilising the country through violence to disrupt the elactiona.
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Synagogues Candlelighting: 7:53 p jn. BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 1502 No. 52nd Street Omaha, N£ 68104 656^288 Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Joseph Friedman. \ FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat services at 7 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning services are at 8:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood, who also sponsors this week's Kiddush. Study Talmud with Rabbi Friedman at 6:55 p.m. Mincha is at 7:55 p.m. Shalosh Seudot, Ma'Ariv and Havdalah conclude the services. SUNDAY: Morning services are at 9 a.m. Breakfast and a study session with Rabbi Friedinan and Rabbi Gonsher in the Beit Ha Midrash follow the services. Evening services are at 7:55 p.m. »Services at 7 a.m. and 7:55 p.m. •r. V
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. SUNfDAY: Religious School at Westside Community Education Center from 10 a.m. to noon. "Exploring Judaism" course at 10:30 a.m. Services this weekend will be conducted by visiting Rabb) Ruth Ehrenstein. FRIDAY. April 29: ShabbAt services at 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, April 30: 11 a.m. — Shabbat service and Torah discussion at B'nai Israel. 5 p.m.— Rabbi Ehrenstein will lead a discussion on Lag B'omer at the home of Brent and Rebecca Bloom. Potluck Lag B'omer dairy-vegetarian picnic and Havdalah will follow at 6:30 p.m. SUNDAY, May 1: Religious School at Westside Community Education Center from 10 a.m. to noon.
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Services are officiated by Rabbi Elihu Milder. Minyans every Monday and Thursday at 7:15 a.m. FRIDAY: Light candles no later than 7:56 p.m. BarMitzvah Aaron Michael Bowert, son of Lucy and Kirk Bowers, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday and Saturday. The Oneg Shabbat will be hosted by his parents. SATURDAY: Services start at 9:30 am. Kiddush and luncheon hosted by Lucy and Kirk Bowers in honor of their son's Bar Mitzvah.
B'NAI JESHURUN E20th and South Streets K Lincoln. NE 88502 r 436-8004 Services are officiated by Cantor Michael Weisier. FRIDAY: t Shabbat evening service at 7:46 p.m. •SATURDAY: • Torah tiudy and service at 10 am. r SUNDAY: Hebrew echool at 9 t.m.; Religious school at 10 .m. TUESDAY: Adult education classes at 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY: Choir practice at 7:30 p.m.
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 11 a.m. Minha-Ma%riv and Havdalah services at 8:05 p.m. Weekly Torah study, an English discussion of the Torah portion with modern commentaries, meets 30 minutes after services. SUNDAY: Services are at 9:30 a.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. Adult Siddur Class Adult Siddur classes Monday, 10 to 11:30 a.m. B'nai Mitzvah Hal Senal, son of Lisa and Mark Senal, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday evening and Saturday morning. Melissa Shapiro, daughter of Sherry and Larry Shapiro, will become a Bat Mitzvah Friday evening, April 29, and Saturday morning, April 30. Lag B'Omer Lag B'Omer Lunch and Learn for children age five and under with parents and/or grandparents Friday, April 29, 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. There will be story time with Rabbi Drazen and singing with Cantor Berkovits. For reservations, call Barb Oilier at 334-5746 by April 22. Cantor's Concert The annual Cantor's Concert, featuring Cantor Emil Berkovits and the Beth El Choir, will be Sunday, May 1, 7 p.m., at Beth El. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the office or at the door.
CHABAD HOUSE 1322 So. 119th Street Omaha, NE 68144 697-1124 SATURDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush. SUNDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m. 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. Enflish Class "Think Jewish and speak English" classes on Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House. Lag B'omer Children's Fair Chabad House will hold it's Lag B'omer Children's Fair Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m., with carnival booths, crafl projects, group games, largerthan-life displays and a puppet show. The event is open to the entire community %t no charge. For information, call 697-1124.
ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME SATURDAY: Services are held in the Golditen Chspel at 9 a.m. Members of the community are invited to join residenU for ths eervice and the kiddush following. Special memorial services are held on the last Saturday of each month
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FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service is at 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Azriel and Cantor Webber-Gilat will officiate. Cantor Evan Kent will be a guest. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Marilyn and Norman Fishel in honor of the Bat Mitzvah o'' their daughter, Jane, and by the Temple Sisterhood. SATURDAY Shabbat morning service is at 11:15 a.m. Simcha B'Shabbnt — An alternative Torah study service will be in the Chapel. The regular Shabbat, service will be held in the sanctuary. B'nai Mitzvah Jane Fishel, daughter of Marilyn and Norman Fishel, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service Saturday. Charley Landow, son of Susie and Paul Landow, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service Saturday, April 30. 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. ^H
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DEDICATION A memorial for Jeanette Katz katelmap, widow of the late Council Bluffs Mayor Joseph B. • Katelman, will be dedicated Sunday at 4 p.m. at ^ Bikur Cholim Cemetery in Council Bluffs. Cantor Karen Webber-Gilat of'Temple Israel will dfficiate. 60 Yeare Expenence With Jewish
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Dr. Spanier speaks on Holocaust (Continued from page 1) But even when the answers^ are elusive, the questions must be raised Are the fundamental questions really any different today? Are we not still confronted each day with issues of equity, justice, compassion, sensitivity, tolerance and understanding? These are the values that govern many of my own priorities, many of my own decisions and many of my own choices, yet I still struggle each and every day to understand why so many around us fail to understand why fundamental human rights — whether defined by the constitution, my Judeo-Christian morality or simply by common decency — should be so elusive, so foreign, so feared. Have we forgotten already? Or have we failed to learn in the first place? ' One needn't go to Europe time and again as I have to find evidence of atrocities. The world knows only too many examples today in their contemporary variations. There are, in varying degrees, too many examples of violence, fear and hptred Why must we address such issues in our homes, communities, schools and, yes, in our universities' Because as others have pointed out before us . . . springs from fear; fear springs from ignorance; ignorance can only be combated by education; and, thus, education is the solution. As Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation .League has pointed out, "there are no halfway measures against bigotry, hatred and anti-semitism. It has to be rejected totally. And so must we reject totally the kind of thinking that discriminates against any individual or group of people because of their God-given characteristics. Now, if I may, let me tell you a story. The invitation for me to speak tonight was prompted principally by an essay I wrote based on a profound personal experience. I wrote this essay, which will be published soon in the Prairie Schooner, in the minutes after a taxi ride to a hotel in Richmond, Va. I checked into the hotel and requested that they immediately send a typewriter to my room. Ironically, I was in Richmond to attend a meeting of the Christian Children's Fund. I say ironically because I am a Jew serving as chairman of the Board of Directors of the world's largest child development organization and one of the world's largest charities, elected by 20 devoted Christian clergymen and lay persons. Since writing this brief story, I have tried, for some reason unsuccessfully, to read -t aloud. As good fortune would have it, when I turned to the chairman of our Theater Arts Department for assistance, Tice Miller had a thought. It was a great thought. He introduced me to Alex Gelman, Assistant Professor of Theater Arts, who has been gracious enough to read my story tonight. Professor Gelman has a fascinating story of his own, leaving then Leningrad, Russia, at age 12 just weeks before his 13th birthday. He was Bar Mitzvahed in Israel, where he and his parents immigrated before coming to the United States. He grew up in New York and specializes in directing. Thank you, Professor Gelman, for reading my story, and thank you all for letting me share it with you.
DIALOGUE CONTINUES JERUSALEM (JTA) — Negotiations between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization ran into snags thi.s week in Cairo, although both sides were stressing that the dialogue between the two sides is continuing. , A major difficulty holding up the signing of n final agreement in the Egyptian capital was the issue of who will have legal jurisdiction over nonPalf'slininns once sclfruli- is implemented in the (iHza Strip and the West Hank town of Jencho.
Sparks from The Word By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke
cherish totally different ethnic loyalties. But he is your fellow. He deserves not your hatred but your Parashiyot Ahare Mot-Kedoshim love. Ethiopians, Philistines and Syrians In our Haftarah, the prophet Amos, incensed Even glancing at the newspapers these days, or that tne People Israel was not all that it should just scanning the headlines, makes the eader have been, bluntly reminded Israel that God loves recoil with fear that the future of mankind i bleak. other peoples in the same way he loves Israel, even A writer at the time of World War I (was it' lomas' Philistines and Syrians, Israel's perennial enemies, Hardy?) wrote: "After two thousand years . I last, and the Ethiopians. ' we've got as far as poison gas." In our own terms, A few hundreds of years later, Melachi reminded we might have said, more bitterly^ "After three his fellow Israelites (Judeans), that Israel's ways of thousand years and morg, 'ethnic, cleansing' leads worship are not the only ones that are addressed to to war." the one God. Not everyone must do as you do. "For Whether it is Central Africa, East Africa or from where the sun rises to where it sets, My name Europe, some members of mankind Still demand is honored among the nations, and everywhere that only my religion or only my ethnic strain shall incense and pure obligation are offered to My rule. name." I say "three thousand years and more," because Why has all of this been so hard for mankind to David's Jerusalem is 3000 years old and Sinai takes us back 200 years or more. And what have we understand? Is Friday God's chosen, holy Sabbath? learned from the history and ethical production of For Muslims, yes. Or is it Saturday? For Jews, yes. the people who lived in Jerusalem and the rest of Or perhaps Sunday? For Christians, yes. Is white skin or dark God's chosen? Are Israel? Hispanics or Asians God's chosen? Look at our Torah and Haftarah readings! "You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am We have to say. None of the above — or All of the holy." above. "You shall be holy," the text says. God's We could build our whole ethical system on that anger is not against this or that way of worship or verse alone. But a little later comes the specific this or that skin color or language or ethnic strain. instruction, "Love your fellow as yourself: I am the Amos, in our Haftarah, continues, "The Lord God Lord." has His eye on the sinful kingdom ..." Your fellow human being doesn't have to worship The sinful kingdom and the kingdom of holiness. as you do. He may use different symbols and These are the only contrasts acceptable. It is only employ wholly different sact-ed myths. He may the sinful kingdom that is to be "cleansed" away.
Mrs. B wins United Way's ethnic honor
The United Wf y of the Midlands presented 20 awards to individuals and groups for outstanding volunteer work in the community. Rose Blumkin (Mrs. B) was awarded the honor in the ethnic category. Nominated by the Jewish Federation of Omaha, she was cited for doing so much to help so many. In photo, at lefl, Frances Batt accepts her mother's award from television anchorman John Mason and at right, she shows the silver bowl, donated by Borsheim's, to tloward Bloom, executive director, Jewish Federation of Omaha. Also included among the outstanding volunteer nominees were Tbby Kagan, Barbara A. Nichols, the Pacesetter Corporation, Dr Mark D. Pilley, Julie Send, and Irv Yaffe. Jan Sayers received the Volunteer of the Year award; Nicolette S. Klein received the Leota G. Norton award; Christina L. Hendricksen received the Volunteen of the Year award, and U S West Communications received the newly-created Spirit of Volunteerism award. More than 400 attended the luncheon progralh at the Holiday Inn, and among those participating were Mayor P. J. Morgan, Thomas D. Whitson, chair of the board. United Way of the Midlands; Ray Simon, chair, Douglas County Commissioners, and Tbm Johnson, media manager, Nebraska Ix)ttery.
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Holocaust commemoration Among those participating in the Holocaust commemoration program at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, April 13 were, top row, from left, can candle lighters Dan Morgenstern and son, Ariel; Marilyn Moore, for the compassionate gentiles; Bob Clark, for the liberators. Middle row, Yale Gotsdiner and Cantor Michael Weisser; members of the Irving Middle School choir, and bottom left, Alex Gilman who read Dr. Spanier's essay, and the Rev. Dr. Norman Leach, Lincoln Interfaith Council.
Lighting candles for the victims were: Sarah Bauman, Ilona Berk, Sonia Breslow, Jean Axelrad Cahan, Rose Feuerberg, Eli Modenstein, Ann Modenstein, Joe Polonski, Bluma Polonski, Eva Sartori, and Leelo Sommerhauser. Also participating in the program were Senator LaVon Crosby, Rabbi Elihu Milder, Governor E. Benjamin Nelson, Mayor Mike Johanns. Coordinators included Charles Griffin, Ann Irvine and Donna Hersch.
COinCiQGnCG 3nCl InjUStiCG .. .By Graham B.Spanier,Chancellor, university of Nebraska at Uncoln Reprinted from Prairie Schooner Pall 1994 by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright 1994 by the University of Nebraska Press. Coincidence and Injuitice I know very little about ipy roots. My father died four years ago and told me next to nothing. He never wanted to talk about the war, or for that matter, what preceded it. I suppose because it was all so painful for him. After slipping out of Hitler's Germany in 1936 as a 15-year-oId, he never saw most of his family again. With a few Deutsche marks sewn secretly into his collar by his mother but with no other possessions, he managed to escape the oppression of his land of birth and gain entry to South Africa. He was sponsored by a far-sighted woman who provided young Jewish boys with a temporary home outside of the fascist state. In the years that followed, twenty of his close relatives died in the death camps. His father, the owner of a prosperous cigar industry, died of a broken heart, they say, afler escaping to Holland in 1941, parking his car at the border and fleeing with his wife and younger son across a farm field. They then found their way to England, then to the United States. My grandfather, a prominent citizen and a German soldier in the first World War, lost everything — his business, his family and his homeland. He never saw his son again because my father didn't reach the U.S. until later. On a Piedmont flight to a meeting in Richmond, I was engrossed in a little book that was trying to plain to me why the Jews came to be so hated at the German populace could have been motivated to participate in the Ilolocoust. The long history of discrimination dating back centuries, the defeat in World War I, the economic problems of the 1920'R, the global impact of the stock market crash and the need for a scapegoat all played a part, tho hook snid. Like other poit-war babies with similar roots, I've struRglod to iindprufnnd 1 hnvc what some would consider nn unhoalthy obneision, forcing myself to revisit tho horrors of tho holocaust
through books, movies, lectures and discussions; I have visited the sites of the atrocities. I think I have a survivor's guilt even though I really didn't survive anything. Then the coincidence. The kind you see in movies. Joining me in the taxi firom the airport to the hotel was a young couple with hints of an accent. The taxi driver immediately ascertained that they were from West Germany, here to visit Philip Morris, the tobacco manufacturer. Then they would take an extended vacation. Being friendly, as people are to strangers in taxis, I asked where in West Germany they were from. They described the general area near Hamburg. I asked if they knew of a small town named Bunde, thinking quietly to myself about this horrid little place where my father's uncle Willie had been hanged in a storefront window and set afire. Why yes, they lived there! Incredible, I thought, someone from the small town where my family lived for generations. "My family is firom Bunde," I said. "Is there by any chance a cigar factory that is still there?" Tes," he exclaimed with amazement, "it is our factory!" I'm not a terribly emotional person, but I experienced in the span of a few moments more emotions than I knew were possible to feel in so short a time. I was stunned by the coincidence, incredibly excited by the opportunity to be able to find answers to a hundred questions that clamored in my mind. I also experienced horror thinking that I was inches away from the person who inherited from his grandfather the very house and business that Hitler had taken from my grandfather. I suffered a silent rage as I contrasted the affluence of this young couple who I learned were on a 10-city vacalion-of-n-lifetini(! first class lour of the U.S. with tho poverty my father inherited and I experienced, spending my first eight years in u working-clnss neighborhood of immifp-nnls on the South Side of Chicago. My father died nn unhappy mon, never seeming to transcend tho ronlity of his lol, always aspiring to thf nmuencn he might have had but novor did This younu inun in thv tiwi WMH frittiidly enouKh,
and I reminded myself that he, too, was a post-war baby. It was not his fault that he owned my family's factory, I reasoned charitably, "My grandfather built that factory," I said with a mixture of revelation and tact. "His name was Gustav Spanier He left there in 1941." "I know the name! Yes, I know that he was the founder." He was now a sticky kind of pale, and 1 felt the very same way. I learned that the factory came to his family immediately afler my grandfather was forced to leave it. I also learned that it employs 15O0 people and is still the major employer in the region. I wanted to know if his grandfather were still alive, but didn't ask. I'm not usually that polite; I am unsure if my reluctance was related to a fear of knowing or just an interest in avoiding the discomfort for both of us. I knew he sensed an awkwardness of the moment when I asked if I might have his name and address. He was noticeably reluctant and said he had no business card. I did force that one issue because 1 wanted to know. I got his name and address and gave him mine. The factory now was known by his family's name: Andre. As the cab arrived at the hotel, I had asked only 10 or 12 of my hundred questions. I wanted to know 80 much more. What did he personally know of the circumstances lending to his family's acquisition of the company? What was his grandfnthor's connection to the Nazis? How did he feel about this twisted injustice? It was a generously long cab ride because the driver, sensing the moment I suppose, somehow understood I needed that time, But ir w< approached my hotel stop, the taxi w, si) silent. I was ready to cry but wouldn ; .is to happen in the taxi. That would come later. My coincidrntnl companions were suriily roiidy for my exit, having bcoit gracious in the face of what could only have been diHcomforl My purling comments allowed for tho possibility that I mighl Homediiy visit nnd thoir words wore moHl encouraging. I know 1 will never heai from these folks ngnin. I now niiinl strugcic with ihc qupKiion of whfthiT thÂŤ>y will hfnr ngnin from mr
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Teens on Torah This week's 'i'orah reading consists of two parshiyot: Acharei Mot and Kedoshitn. Acharei Mot tells about the kohen gadol's job on Yom Kippur. The kohen gadol, the high priest, was only allowed to enter the holy of holies once a year, on Yom Kippur, but is requii;-e(d to do four services during that day. ' The first service was when the kohen gadol would burn ketores, or incense. He would enter with a spoon filled with ketores in his left hand and a pan of hot coals in his right. Then he would pour the incense into the coals and it would bum. In the second service, the kohen gadol sprinkled blood, one time upwards and seven downwards, ! from the bull used as a sacrifice. The third service required the kohen gadol to sprinkle blood from the goat sacrifice in the holy of holies and in the holy section and also on the golden altar. In the fourth and final service, the kohen gadol removed the pan and spoon with the burning • ketores. I This sedrah goes on to explain forbidden marriages, doing teshuva (asking for forgiveness) and the special garments worn by the kohen gadol. Parashat Kedoshim teaches many important mitzvot. One of them is to be holy, whichmeans that we should be close to Hashem not only when we are praying but other times too. Three other important mitzvot deal with leaving part of the harvest for poor people in Israel. The • first one is called paia. When a farmer harvests his crops, he must leave a corner of his field for the poor. The second is caUed leket. If a farmer drops stalks of grain while he is collecting, he must leave them for the poor. The third is called shikcha. If a bundle of grain is left in the field, it must be left for the poor. Other mitzvot iitclude not stealing, judging people fairly and respecting elderly people. A mitzvah called kilayim forbids Jews to grow two kinds of plants together in Israel. A similar commandment is called shaalnez. This forbids us to wear clothine made of wool and linen, because the kohen gadol's were made of these fabrics and Hashem doesn't want us to be holy as the kohen gadol. This story deals with not taking revenge. A butcher was once cutting meat in his market when, the knife slipped and cut his left hand. The butcher became very angry. "You stupid right hand! I will take revenge on you for cutting my left hand!" he shouted. He then chopped off a finger on his right hand. This butcher acted foolishly. He hurt his body even more when he sought revenge. In the same way, all Jews are "one body," and when we seek revenge on a fellow Jew, we are just hurting ourselves in the end.
Rabbis gather for Bris Omaha's Rabbis celebrated the bris and naming of Michael Chaim Wolberger on April 13 in the Goldsten Chapel at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. From left: Morton Wolberger (grandfather), Rabbis Joseph Friedman, Morey Schwartz (Mohel), Mendel Katzman and Paul Drazen. Dr. Wolberger was handed the baby by Rabbis Richard Freund, Dan Fink and Laura Rappaport (not pictured).
Temple Israel Outreach program The Temple Israel Outreach prograiTi will sponsor a Tour of Jewish Omaha" Sunday, May 1, with tour guides from the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society. Coffee and rolls will be served at 9:30 a.rn. at the Temple and the 'OIlie the Trolley" tour participants will depart at 10 a.m. (from same location), with return at noon. A limited number of spaces are still available for $6 each. For reservations, call David Noodell at 334-3144.
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Boy Scout Troop 218 The Scouts assisted at the community Yom Hashoah service at Beth El by handing out programs and distributing yahrzeit candles. Those who participated included Alex Wolfson, Ben Gonsher, Adam Nichols and Aaron Rich. Forrest Knitter, law merit badge counselor, met with scouts to discuss the meaning of law and the functions it serves. He explored the issue of Jewish law in our legal system. He also gave several examples of legal 'what if "It really made me think," said Adam Nichols, a life scout. Scoutmaster Barb Nichols attended groundbreaking ceremonies for the new scout service center t« be located at 124th and West Maple St.
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Organizations YES YES will meet Monday at tiie JCC. "TfES Talk," bingo and English start at 10:30 a.m. YES choral group will'rehearse at 11 a.m. Lunch will be served at noon. Following lunch, the Bellevue Senior Singers will perform. Following the program, exercise with Belinda will meet. - WALK-IN DROP-IN Walk-In Drop-In will meet Thursday at the JCC. Bingo and English start at 10:30 a.m. Jerry Rassmussen of the State of Nebraska Unicameral will speak. YES and OLDTIMERS YES and Oldtimers Organizations will celebrate their installation of officers for 1994-95 on Monday, May 9. Lunch will be served at noon. Cost is $5. Included are a raffle, installation ceremony and song-leading by Cantor Karen Webber-Gilat. Make reservations by May 2. Call Reva Druch at 3918344. BREADBKEAKERS Robert Lake, supervisor of special agents with the IRS, will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Wednesday at noon at Regency West Best Western, according to Jerry Raznick, April chairman. Mr. Lake will discuss criminal investigations, money laundering and drug trafficking. Cost is $7.50. ORT The Omaha Chapter of Women's American ORT has announced a spring planning meeting April 27, 7:30 p.m., in the older adult lounge at the JCC. The theme is 'How to Structure ORT for Omaha in the '90s. Rita Torf, ORT National Chairman of Field Service from Chicago, will attend. This is a very important meeting for all Omaha women who want to help set the future of this organization," said Dale Moss, co-president. "All members are urged to attend," she added.
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Nebraska fiddler authors riew boolc Deborah Greenblatt, resident of the old schoolhouse in Avoca, Neb., has just published an innovative music book The Fiddler's Scale Book." She is a Master Artist with the Artist-in-theSchool/Communities Program of the Nebraska Arts Council and a member of the American String Teacher Association, Music Teachers National Association and Music Educators National Conference. The Fiddler's Scale Book," a spiral-bound collection on recycled paper, introduces fiddlers (and violinists) to scales commonly found in "Western" music (major, melodic minor, pure minor, harmonic minor, chromatic and whole tone), modes (Ionian, aeolian, mixolydian, lydian, dorian, phrygian and locrian), and Klezmer scales (Adonoi Molokh, Ahava Rabba and Misheberakh). Ma. Greenblatt has won the Nebraska State Championship and the Mid-America Fiddle Championship. "The Fiddler's Scale Book" is available for $20 plus $2 for shipping and handling from Greenblatt & Seay, P.O. Box 671, in the old schoolhouse, Avoca, NE 68307.
Council Bluffs Hadassah , Council Bluffs chapter of Hadassah will hold its annual Linen Shower luncheon and meeting Wednesday, April 27 at noon at Lake Shore Country Club. Susan Drazen, director of Jewish Education at the Jewish Community Center and wife of Rabbi Paul Drazen of Beth El Synagogue, will speak. She will review the book To Life," by Rabbi Harold Kushner. For reservations, call Edythe Krasne at 3239172, br Sally Telpner at 322-5607.
Melissa Lynne Shapiro, daughter of Larry and Sherry Shapiro, will become a Bat Mitzvah Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30, at Beth El Synagogue. Melissa, a seventhgrade honor student at Beveridge Junior High, I was on the debate team and enjoys dancing, Melissa Shapiro svvimming, babysitting and spending time with her friends. Melissa has two brothers, Bobby, 18, and Jeff, 15. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ben Shapiro of Sioux City, Iowa, Mrs. Gary Harvey of Sarasota, Fla., and the late Robert Dessauer. Great-grandmother is Mrs. Harry Lefkowitz of Omaha. Charley Landow, son of Susie and Paul Landow, will become a Bar Mitzvah Saturday, April 30, at Temple Israel. A student at Elkhorn Middle School, he enjoys collecting baseball cards, reading, sports and playing the piano and drums. Charley has a brother, Ed, and a sister, Kay. Charley Landow Grandparents are Evelyn Katz and Bee and Henry Appel.
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Jackson urges speed on peace negotiations W YORK — Tefrning Islamic fundamentalism "a threat to democracy worldwide," the Reverend Jesse Jackson called for the acceleration of IsraelPLO negotiations "based on mutual recognition, mutual respect and mutual security." In a private briefing to leaders of the the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Rev. Jiickson, who had visited Israel earlier this month at the dual invitation of the Israeli government and the PLO, told of his meetings with Israel's political and religious leaders and his "almost daily" telephone calls to Yasir Arafat in an cfTort to foster the peace process. Citing the credibility he gained during his shuttle diplomacy in the region in 1979, Rev. Jackson termed the invitation itself "a reflection of the historic transition now underway." "My hosts felt 1 had a role to play in getting the talks back on track," he said. Rev. Jackson described the Declaration of Principles signed.Jby Israel and the PLO last Sept. 13 as "a new equation for peace in the Middle East." The black leader and former presidential candidate added: 'The process is in a race against time. It faces saboteurs and opponents on both sides. Moderates from both camps question whether their leaders are strong enough to make peace. The euphoria that followed the signing of the DOP has been seared by continued violence and reaction to violence." Charging that the attack on Afula by Hamas Islamic fundamentalists underscored the threat to democracy worldwide and the necessity of accelerating the peacd* process, Rev. Jackson called upon Israelis and Palestinians to set aside their fears and insecurities — "to move beyond the horror to hope" — and speedily implement a peace "based on mutual recognition, mutual respect and mutual security. " I witnessed the anguish, the anger and the pain that still plagues the biblical land," he said in urging the Palestinians to eschew violence and calling on both sides to build "new institutions and a new economy, while developing the sinews of autonomy and self-determination." Rev. Jackson said he recommended to President Clinton that the U.S. convene a Camp David-style meeting with the leaders of Israel and the PLO. "Our country must move more aggressively to support the process," he said.
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Resource Fund keeps Sara Rose Woskoff memory and art alive at Blumkin, I By Claudia Sherman Foundation public relations director Sara Woskoflf started volunteering at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home because her mother, Nellie PCadis, was a resident there. ' Sara, an artist in her ovm right, would come to the Home and participate in various art projects, primarily painting, with the residents, said Sharon Conlon, activities director at the Home. She wouldn't hesitate to come to the Home on weekends and show Broadway musicals or Yiddish theater from her own video collection. "In her own quiet way," said Ms. Conlon, "Sara was able to take charge of a situation. When something needed to be done, she just did it." When Mrs. Woskoff died in October, her family wanted to set up a "living memorial" to their mother. "I like the idea of keeping my mother's memory alive," explained Scott Woskoff, "and associating her name with art and the Blumkin Home." The purpose of the Sara Rose Woskoff Arts and Crafts Resource Fund, which is administered by The Foundation of the Jewish Federation, is "to enrich the lives of the residents of the Rose Blumkin Home through involvement with arts and crafts." There are some funds for arts and crafts through the LOVE program and a limited amount available through the Home's budget. "But this is the first fund set up for the specific purpose of supplementing our arts and crafts program," said Ms. Conlon. The Sara Rose Woskoff Arts and Crafts Resource Fund will provide funds to hire instructors and artists to demonstrate art techniques, to encourage outreach programs with local universities, to cosponsor programs with matching grants from organizations such as the Nebraska Arts Council and the Jewish Federation, for workshops to prepare staff and volunteers to teach arts and crafts, for intergenerational art classes, to buy materials for art classes and to display residents' art, to buy hardware and equipment including adapting it as necessary for the residents, to purchase videos, books and magazines about art, and to encourage artists to exhibit their work at the Blumkin Home. Ms. Conlon and Margaret Brosnihan, who is also an activities director at the Home, are excited about some of the projects they envision as income from the Sara Rose Woskoff Fund becomes available. For example, an artist could be invited to draw caricatures or portraits of the residents. "We'd like to have a potter, or a papermaker, or a quitter demonstrate their work," said Ms. Conlon. "^e'd like to see the ceramics room used more often bv
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Library reports surge in I^Aarch circulation The Jewish Federation Library has reported a March circulation of 9)0 items -- a new record, Edythe Wolf, executive director of the Library, told the Jewish' Press that the March figure represents the highest circulation figure for any month in the past 20 years. She said interest in the Holocaust, the Passover holiday, and the influx of Russians have contributed to the surge in circulation. ' The circulation breakdown shows 357 non-ficfion books for adults; 172 for juveniles. Ficlion for adults amounted to 168 while juveniles accc anted for 32. She said that the growing Russian population contributed to the rise in periodicals bringing that figure to 97 for the month. Recordings, filmstrips, slides, and cassettes accounted for the balance in circulation. According to Ms. Wolf, Passover and Hanukkah are the Jewish holidays encouraging the most circulation in the Library. She pointed out that the interest in Schindler's List and Holocaust commemorations also have prompted borrowing of books associated with World War II and the trials of war criminals. The momentum appears to be continuing in April, she added.
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Making a difference Top photo, from left, Bruce and Joyce Hansen; Frances and Sam Fried, and Sara Faith Hansen, essay contest winner. Mr. Fried provides the prize, a trip to Washington, D.C. and a visit to the Holocaust Museum. At left. Bill Hayes, world history teacher at Westside, presents a check for $136 to Jane Batt, assistant ADL/CRC director. The money was donated by the students in appreciation for the opportunity to view the film and participate in the dialogue.
Editor' s Note: Sam and Frances Fried sponsored an essay contest recently for students at Westside High School who saw the motion picture, Schindler's List. The following essay was selected as the winner
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As the last rock was placed on Oscar Schindler's grave, the movie ended. A silence like 1 had never heard before, a silence full of emotions, fell over the theater. This silence was composed of shame, sadness, ignorance, inspiration, and, most disgustingly of all, hatred. I found myself doing what Oscar Schindler had fought against. I found myself hating the Nazis, hating Hitler, and hating the world for not militarily or politically protesting this ignorance and senseless murder, both then and today. "I finally meet a decent German and he's Czechoslovakian," was spoken by a man in front of me. I couldn't believe what I had heard. Had this man slept through the whole movie? Had he forgotten what Oscar Schindler crusaded against? 1 felt hatred towards him. It finally hit me that this man was nothing but a mirror to me. In this mirror my spirit was ugly and dark. I had not learned the lesson. I had been returning the hatred. It scared me that a lesson so simple had been missed by so many. Yes, one man can make a difference. I became inspired to tell others that it is not acceptable to feel hatred towards anyone at anytime. 1 made a promise to myself that if 1 were confronted with any racist or discriminatory remarks, that I would not stand for it. Then I began to think of how weak 1 am. Not just physically, but spiritu ally also. I began to doubt that I could defend anyone, let alone myself. Schindler was of the Nazi party. He wasn't exactly a perfect angel. He used the suiTering of others to turn a profit. What was hit mirror? What made him save the Jews, the people whom he was supposed to hate. His mirror was hit accountant. Ironically, this man was a Jew. And ironically, this man, Schindler's mirror, showed Schindler what his soul looked like. It was dark, but yet there still was a •park, and this spark would save lives. Schindler felt what he was about to do was right tie knew what he h"H t^ Watit atftnat
What amazes me is that he was so spiritually strong in the face of bigotry and hatred when it is so easy to be so weak. He sacrificed all that was important to him, all he knew, in order to save something that wasn't quite clear to him. He used his money, his social power, and his understanding of hate and ignorance to defend the "undesirables". Even if Schindler was unaware, he had a power inside him, a presence that always conquers evil if one lets it. Schindler unleashed this power which was stronger than any army or any thought. After Schindler condemned these thoughts and acts of hatred, he condemned himself for not doing more than he already did. This guilt most likely stayed with him as long as he lived. His thirst to save was probably never quenched, but because of him, many people lived to carry on his quest to fight against hatred. Because of him, he has an army composed of people he saved. Not just the Schindler Jews, hut the media today, and the peo-> pie today. Through us, I believe that Schindler's thirst to save can finally be quenched. 1 want to be a Schindler soldier. 1 want to strive to become spiritually strong so his legacy will live on. It is a continuous battle to make decisions that will not comply with the hatred Schindler fought against I pray that I will never be taken prisoner by these thoughts, and if I am, I pray that there is a mirror out there who has the spark, the inspiration to save me. To me, this mirror is not only a person like Oscar, but education. thank Oscar Schindler for saving 1,200 precious lives and the person who would bring this story of heroic stature to the public eye. This story has a life of its own. We must keep it alive. I now know the immense power of ignorance, and because of one man, Oscar Schindler, I know that education is the only way to fight ignorance. I now know that it is my duty as a Schindler soldier to combat ignorance by not only educating others, but also educating myself As a Schindler soldier I need and want to learn all that I can about hate. I need to know and have a feel for the enemy before I can fight against it I cannot let Oscar Schindler's lesson go unheard. I will not let silence be tM of anger and hatred anymore. JndcM wnt Jan* BaM, ADl/CBC aMbtaat dIrMtari •••i aiirf rniBMS VH*4,M««M« ayaw—n aimia Kaalaw, MiMatoci Uwnmm BaiWl. 4«M. Cratgtitoa Uw labaali ••k W«Ua«a, AOIVCBC nm«mUwu dtraalart Mlahaal *—g -^-' Ti *-irlilinsillnrtiM"WM'-Minkini4li
Kert's Eye View By Bert Lewis A short time ago, one of the biggest food processors in our country, maybe even in the world, announced the 50th anniversary of the frozen complete meal. Not exactly an earth-shaking event but because the firm is based here in Omaha, there was special publicity. I thought about it all, especially afler seeing a national news program doing an intervjew with one of the technicians who had perfected the now famous innovative idea. Notice I said TECHNICIAN, not cook. It also made me think about the w^ it was way back when the idea of frozen, complete meals was new. . I hadn't been in the housekeeping business very long when those packages began showing up in the grocei-y stores. And they were grocery stores then, not super markets yet! Early in our marriage, my room-mate and I divided chores usually assigned to the woman (we were pioneers in that area). He had more time as a full-time student than I did as a full-time office employee. He did the food shopping ... I cooked, for the most part, but he often either got a meal started or prepared much of it before I got home. I don't remember much of his cooking, but a few things stand out in memory. I recall how he presented a gorgeous, freshly baked cherry pie one day when I returned from work. • I nearly fainted with surprise and envy until he pinally admitted he got it frozen and baked it according to the directions. Other than that, we didn't do a lot of frozert stuff until later years when Ihe kids started filling up the house. I admit to buying a lot of chicken pot pies and fish sticks and other quick stuff, but usually themeals were cooked from scratch. I guess it just took a long time to pftl used to the idea, since the early frozen meals pre-dated fast food. In fact, those meals probably WERE the first "fast food" since nobody had yet put up the golden arches, and you couldn't call and order a pizza to be delivered. All. this comes under the heading of changing jmes. . * So many more moms work outside the home these days, it's a real convenience to be able to make a meal appear with minimum time and effort. And so many dads are now sharing such tasks as meal preparation, they too must be grateful for any and all time-saving tricks. The advent of the microwave oven goes hand in glove with the frozen stuff ... no wonder the processors include both conventional oven and microwave instructions for heating. It makes me wonder where we'd be without the ^ezer. Never mind — I don't want to even contem>late that question. I suspect everything would (low down considerably. We'd have to take (and nake) time to do things. Everything would have to slow down, and you tnow what? Maybe that wouldn't be all bad. We klrtady know we hurry around so much these days iv« make ourselves nuts. Whatever. I guess I should at least say congritu•tions Swanson — for good or bad, you changed he way we live!
Births Marsha and Barry Engel of Denver announce he April 8 birth of a son, David Joseph. Orandpsrents are Eileen Jacobson, Dr. Robert Ingel and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Morris of Bend, Ore. Karen and Lionel Wolberger, Ph.D., innounce the April 5 birth of a son, Michael Chaim. They also have a daughter, Roslyn Margaret Grandparents are Morton and Esther Wolberger if New York City and Margaret and Ben Kushner f Maine,
CORRECTION Lisa and Michael Wasserman'a daughter's •me was misspelled in the birth announcement in i« April 8 issue of the Jewish Press. Her name is »]ya Beis.
April 22,1994
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Lag Ba'Omer is considered a semi-holiday and has lone been a^ssociated with weddings and picBob Blumenthal, conics. However, it was never widely celebrated and founder arid partner of its origins and proper observance have long been Blumenthal-Cady & the subject of rabbinic debate. Associates, has been Today, Lag Ba'Omer is mostly known as an occa- named to the U.S. sion for outdoor congregational and community Registry's Who'.--. Who events; family field days, picnics, softball games Among Out.standing and races. Americans. Temple Israel will have a celebration immediateMr. Blumenthal, ly after religious school April 28 at 6 p.m. Executive ViceThe event will begin with music and a parade President/Creative I down to the picnic area and a fire pit below the Director, has over 20 Bob Blumenthal parking lot. After a short evening family service, a years of experience. potluck dinner will be served. Blumenthal-Cady & Associates, located at 10040 Bring a dish and/or something to barbecue on Regency Circle, is celebrating it's 5th anniversary the bonfire. Following dinner, there will be more in October and has amassed numerous awards. music, games, dancing and even some Jewish ghost stories. Catherine Blanchard, senior national accounts For information, contact Rabbi Fink at the manager, and Clark Sisson, vice president of Temple, 556-6536. inbound operations, have joined Idelman
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