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Revving up with Shirley en Tom and Darlynn Fellman rolled up to the Omaha building Sunday morning to attend the Pacesetter recognition brunch, Shirley Goldstein displayed such enthusiasm and curiosity over the cycle that Mr. Fellman took her for a ride -• her first, ever, on a motorcycle. At right is fellow cycle enthusiast Phil Schrager. The Pacesetter Division of the Federation Campaign raised $1,781,000, some 65 per cent of the community's $2,741,000 record total. More Pacesetter jphotos on pages 10-11.
The Exodus continues
Czech parliainent votes ^ to return property ^F By Josef Klansky i>RAGUE(JTA) — After lengthy debate, the Czech Parliainent last week enacted legislation calling for the return of property seized from individuals during World War II. As a result of the new legislation, citizens of the Czech Republic having their permanent residence in the country are entitled to submit their restitution claims for property currently held by the Czech state or municipalities. Owners of property that was privatized after 1991 will receive financial compensation. Agricultural land and forests were not subject to the new law. The legislation was passed two months after Czech President Vaclav Havel joined the local lewish leadership in criticizing the failure of Parliament to pass a similar restitution bill. In April, Jewish groups reached agreements with the governments of Hungary and Slovakia for the restitution of Jewish property seized during ;he Holocaust. Czech Jews, whose property was confiscated by the Nazi occupiers during World War II, were enti;)ed under postwar legislation to reclaim their estotes, which had been taken over by the Czech Itate afler the Nazis' defeat. But in many cases, the postwar Czech authorises — who were at the time already under strong Communist or nationalist influence — refused to wmply with Jewish claims and protracted the proseedings until the Communist takeover in 1948. Following the takeover, claims for the restora,jon of so- called •capitalist" property were rendered impossible. Under the new law, some 100-200 individuals — mainly the heirs of the original Jewish owners — will b« entitled to submit their restitution claims. Restitution claims for Jewish communal propcry held by the Cuch Republic — including lyna[Oguei, cemeteriea and other estates, such as the ollections of the Prague Jewish Museum — will tot be affected by the new law. Restitution claims br those properties will fall under separate legal )ro visions.
After a hiatus of nearly five months, families from the former Soviet Union are once again arriving to resettle in Omaha. The Dubov family, from Nizhniy Novgorod, a family of four, will arrive on May 10. According to Jewish Family Service, the Jewish Federation of Omaha's resettlement agency, the Dubovs do not have relatives in Omaha. Because there are no immediate relatives here, JFS is asking the community to greet the new arrivals. Flight information can be obtained by calling 3302024,
Two major events are planned to highlight the Jewish Federation of Omaha's annual meeting on Sunday, June 12 at the Jewish Community campus. According to the announcement, the groundbreaking for the Dan and Esther Gordman Educational Center will take place at 7 p.m. The annual meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center and a focus of the evening will be on the scores of former Soviet residents who are now part of the Omaha Jewish community. Jewish Family Service, the Federation's resettlement agency, and its volunteers will be honored at that time. , The feature of the evening will be the presentation of awards in connection with the Humanitarian of the Year, Volunteers of the Year, Young Leadership, Teen Leadership, and community service. In addition, officers and" directors for the Federation and its agencies will be elected while those leaving office will be recognized. Entertainment will feature Karen Javitch and Jeff Taxman, who will sing,"Tell Our children Now," the song they sang at the Elie Wiesel community event. A dessert reception will follow the meeting. Chairmen for the annual meeting are Mark and Vicki Sanford.
Neo-Nazis arrested BUDAPEST (JTA) — Police arrested two Hungarian neo- Nazi leaders here over the weekend after raiding their apartments and confiscating swastikas and neo-fascist literature. In raids on Friday evening, police arrested Albert Szabo and Istvan Gyorkos, both described as neoNazi leaders. Gyorkos was head of a recently founded neo-Nazi organization, the Hungarian Movement of Radical Nationalists. Szabo recently returned to Hungary from Australia. He reportedly fled Hungary when the country was under Communist rule.
Home residents share their stories The book, 'listen Up, Ibire Kindcrlach," contains oral histories and black and white photographs of the residents of the Itosc Blumkln Home. Drawings by socond-grade students from l^mple Israel illustrate the relationships between the youth and the elderly. The book is available through Lois Wine, volunteer coordinator ut the Homo, and in the gift shop at the Homo. Cost is $10 per copy. Funds will be used by L.O.V.K. (I4)ague Offering Vtiluntccm for the Elderly) to develop now programs for the residents. Front row, from left: Fannie Wintner, Lillian Becker, Pearl Gold, Dora Kirshenbaum and Molllc Parsowsky. Back row, ftx>m left: Inr Lincoln, David Weiss, Mary Wine, Mae Ostrow and Ida Potash.
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B*nai Mitzvah ' Eryk Gilinsky, son of Rick and Jeannie Gilinsky, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah Saturday, May 14, at Beth El Synagogue. A seventh-grade honor student at Beveridge Junior High, he enjoys tennis, bowling, basketball, video games, collect-' ing baseball cards and Eryk Gilinsky being with his friends. Eryk has a sister. Sari, and three brothers, Cory, Devon and Cameron. Grandparents are Sam and Rose Cohen and Beverly Gilinsky. Phyllis Aronson, Barbara Frankel, Barbara Kushner, Bobbi Leibowitz and Lois (Ducky) Milder will be called to the Torah to become B'not Mitzvah Friday, May 13, 7:30 p.m., at Temple Israel. They will sponsor an Oneg Shabbat following the service.
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Dr. Dean Ornish to speak on lifestyle Dr. Dean Ornish, M.D., will speak at^ community program May 7, 9 to 11 a.m., at the Holiday Inn Convention 1 Center, 70th and Hascall St. His topic will be "Opening Your Heart — Alter Your Lifestyle and Live." Dr. Ornish is president and director of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, Calif. He is also the author of the New York Times' bestseller "Dr. Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease," and "Eat More, Weigh Less." Participants may also visit the resource center where low-fat recipes, stress management and exercise tips will be offered. Cost is $5 and pre-registration is encouraged. Call 1-800-372-7400. The event is sponsored by The Heart Institute, Immanuel Medical Center, Mutual of Omaha Companies and ConAgra Frozen Foods.
Westside High School National Honor Society Westside High School recently honored their new inductees in the National Honor Society. A candlelighting ceremony recognized students for their scholarship, service, character and leadership. Among the students inducted were: Allison Boehm, Jill Mann, Lyndi Passer, Mindy Colcher, Deborah Goldstein, Rachel Krieger, Daniel Rosen, Tony Schrager and Andrew Weitz.
Some fear chaos By Cynthia Mann JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli and Palestinian skeptics here charge the Palestine Liberation Organization with being unprepared to assume the authority in the Gaza Strip and Jericho that is being relinquished this week by Israel. They fear internal political chaos, an inability to meet popular Palestinian expectations, a failure to control terrorism and crippling funding shortfalls. For their part, PLO officials concede they do not yet have the administrative mechanisms in place and they have no money, but they defend their readiness to rule. Meanwhile, some Israeli analysts say they expect a difficult transition but are confident the new authority will function. The self-rule agreement expected to be signed this week calls for an orchestrated transfer of power from Israeli to Palestinian hands over what is anticipated to be a period of a few weeks. But 80 far, no Palestinian department heads have been named to take over the 38 civilian departments that need to be transferred to Palestinian control. Israeli army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ehud Barak reportedly told the Cabinet this week that Israeli soldiers "should get out (of Gaza and Jericho) as soon as possible. There is nobody on the other side with whom to make an orderly transition of authority." Environment Minister Yossi Sarid also expressed disappointment and worry, saying Israel had urged the Palestinians to step into the territories "ready to start taking over," but "they did not do that.
Rabbis set guidelines for sexual relations By Larry Yudelson KIAMESHA L/VKE3 (JTA) — Castipg aside an unofficial but long-standing policy of "don't ask, don't tell" with regard to all things siexual, a committee of Conservative rabbis hopes to shine a . flashlight of Jewish values and teachings into the bedrooms of their congregants. The hope is embodied in a draft pastoral letter on sexuality issued this week by the Commission on Human Sexuality of the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly. It was released in conjunction with the rabbinical group's annual convention, which is taking place here this week. The letter was given to the Rabbinical Assembly's authoritative Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, which must approve it for it to become official Conservative policy. The 35-page letter strongly advocates marriage and calls on Jews to have three or four children. But it also asserts that even without marriage, committed and loving relationships "can embody a ineasure of holiness." The letter also discusses Jewish sexual values within marriage, analyzes Jewish teachings on contraception and delicately sums up the debate over homosexuality that has rocked the movement since 1990. Also included in the report is what is believed to be the first call on Conservative Jews to consider observing the laws of family purity. These include the biblical prohibition forbidding sex during a woman's menstrual period, followed by the wo.man immersing herself in the mikvah. "Judaism has much to teach all of us about how we should think about sex and how we should behave sexually — whether a person is single or married, heterosexual or homosexual," said the letter. Rabbi Kass Abelson, chairman of the Law Committee, hailed the pastoral letter and accompanying report of the sexuality commission as "a real step into the real life of our community." Noting that most couples who ask him to perfonn their wedding ceremonies are already sharing an address, "now I feel I can talk with them on a different level," he said. Rabbi Elliot Dorff, who drafted the pastoral letter on behalf of the commission, said that the discussion of non-marital sex should not be seen as liberalizing the Jewish ideal of marriage. Instead, he said, it actually endorses a conservative approach, since it applies traditional values to the situation where many American Jews find themselves. "Even if they are disobeying the Jewish tradition by having sex outside of marriage, they still have to abide by Jewish moral norms. It's not all or nothing," Dorff said in an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. The moral norms spelled out in the letter — which apply to marital relations as well — include respect for others, modesty, honesty, fidelity, health and safety and maintaining the Jewish quality of the relationship. The difficulty of following these demands in a non-marital relationship, according to the letter,"is a major reason why Judaism understands that marriage is the proper venue for sex in the first place."
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Synagogues Candlelitrhting: 8:08 p.m. BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 1502 No. 52nd Street Omaha, NE 68104 556-6288 OfTice 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. Kiddush sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kirshenbaum on the occasion of the Aufruf of their son, Jeffrey. Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood. Study Talmud with Rabbi Friedman at 7:10 p.m. Mincha is at 8:10 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 Friedman and Rabbi Gonsher in the Beit Ha Midrash follow the services. Evening service at 8:10 p.m. WEEKDAYS: »Servicesat7a.m. and8:10p.m.
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B'NAI ISRAEL 018 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, May 13: Rabbi Shulewitz will conduct Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m. The congregation will honor her for her service as Rabbi. SATURDAY, May 14: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Long-range planning meeting 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 Marty Rosenberg and Ellen Finnick. Pot-luck dinner and Havdalah will follow at 6:30 p.m. SUNDAY, May 15: Religious School at Westside Community Education Center from 10 a.m. to noon.
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BETH EL SYNAGOGUE 14506 Califomip Omaha, NE 68164 492-8550 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 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 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 vSaturday at 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services at 8:20 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. B'nai Mitzvah Jeffrey Nathan, son of Carol and Ira Nathan, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday evening and Saturday morning. Eryk Gilinsky, son of Dr. Rick and Jeannie Gilinsky, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday evening. May 13, and Saturday morning, May 14. Women, Can Wc Talk? "Women, Can We Talk?" series, led by Susie Drazen, resumes Thursday at 8 p.m. Shavuot Program "Commandments and Cheesecake," a Shavuot program reflecting on the ten commandments, will be held Sunday, May 15, 7:30 p.m. In keeping with Shavuot as a harvest holiday, when offerings were brought to the Temple in ancient days, please bring a non-perishable food donation.
FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service is at 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Fink and Cantor Webber-Gilat will officiate. Cantor Webber-Gilat and the Temple Quartet will give a sermon in son, "Mothers of Israel." The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Sheila and Mark Jacobson in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Zachary. SATURDAY: Shabbat morning service is at 11:15 a.m. Simcha B'Shabbat — An alternative Torah study service will be in the Chapel. The regular Shabbat service will be held in the sanctuary. B'nai Mitzvah Zachary Alan Jacobson, son of Sheila and Mark Jacoljson, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service Saturday. Carrie Anne Kaplan, daughter of Sally and Gary Kaplan, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service Saturday, May 14. 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. Tot Shabbat Service A short service of song and prayer, followed by cookies and juice,^ will be held Friday at 7 p.m. The event is for toddlers through children in the primary grades and their families. Adult Education Sisterhood adult education will be Thursday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The topic "Jewish Ethics" will be led by Rabbi Azriel. TOW Torah on Wheels (TOW) will be held Tuesday from noon to 1:15 p.m. at Commercial Tower, 2120 South 72nd, 14th floor, No. 3. James Spooner is the host. Reservations are required. Call the Temple office at 556-6536. "Shabbat Comes To You" Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Fink and the Temple Youth Group will lead a Shabbat service Friday, May 13, ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME 2 p.m., at the Blumkin Home. SATURDAY: "L'chaim.. .to Life" Services are held in the Goldsten Chapel at 9 "L'chaim. . .to Life," originally scheduled for May a.m. 8, has been changed to May 15. Bring a sack lunch Members of the community are invited to join at 12:30 p.m. Rabbi Laura Rappaport will play the residents for the service and the kiddush following. dulcimer and share a potpourri of stories on Special memorial services arc held on the la.st "Mothers." The community may attend. Saturday of each month. For information, call Mirian Shrier at 397-5149.
TIFEUETH ISItAEL 3219 Sheridan Hlvd. Lincoln. NE 68502 423-8569 Services are officiated by Rabbi Elihu Milder. Minyans every Monday and Thursday at 7:15 a.m. FRIDAY: Light candles no later than 8:10 p.m. Services start at 8 p.m. SATURDAY: Services start at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush luncheon in celeHr;it ion of Lei-lo Sommcrhauser's 80th birthday.
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Editorial ... byMomsMalme
Not too long ago, Mitchell J. Warren was making ' By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke an impact in Omaha as a youth leader. Currently, Parashiyot BeHar-BeHukotai he is making an impact in South Africa as director of The Society for Family Health., As I was leaving the JCC earlier this week, The Tokhaha" (Rebuke) at the end of the Book Mitchell's grandfather handed me a copy of an email letter Mitchell sent recently to his cousin, of Leviticus is exceeded only by the similar Rebuke in Deuteronomy 28. The list of horrors that, would Robyn Epstein. follow as punishment for failure to follow Torah Excerpts from that message follow: "... We both really enjoyed your questions about and God's commandments is a list of the worst the life here in South Africa. There is much to report, human imagination could dredge up. It is ironic and I promise to give you fuller answers soon. that Israel's history in succeeding centuries, and Meantime, I wanted to share with you how amaz- especially the Holocaust of our own day, managed to surpass for evil the dreadful list in the Torah ing today has been. "While there have been many concerns raised about the elections, it has been remarkable how ^But we are confronted by a mammoth theological peaceful today has been. We spent all morning in problem. Neither in group life (life of nations) nor Soweto at one of the main polling stations where in individual life can we see any such principle at work. It is by no means clear that the wicked are thousands were waiting over six hours to vote. "It was stunning to be in the heart of Soweto on punished and the righteous rewarded. In our expesuch a monumental day. We really felt part of his- rience, there is no apparent connection between virtue and prosperity, nor between wickedness and tory. _^ "While several bombings have occurred this misery. The realm of chance and accident seems to be week -- including a bomb this morning at the Jo'burg airport - and while Alice and I and our two larger than the realm of moral authority. What friends were the only whites out of thousands in kind of world is this? In more than a few passages in the Bible itself, Soweto, we felt totally safe and comfortable. This'is one of the most amazing things about life here -- one or another prophet laments that the principle whites and blacks have led largely separate lives, of reward-and-punishment does not work. They and we often find ourselves interacting with black challenge the theory by pointing out the fact, before South Africans in ways that white South Africans them, even as we do ourselves. A massive attack on the principle is mounted in have never dreamed of. Without doubt, today marked my most incredible encounter with democ- the Book of Job, a literary masterpiece that stands racy ever. We Americans take so much for granted, mountains-high even among Biblical literary maswhile today I was with people grandma and grand- terpieces. If there is a conclusion reached, it is that pa's age who have never, ever contemplated voting and who patiently waited six hours to vote. But, when you've waited all of your life to have voice, a To the Editon mere six hours seems painless. It's that time of year again when so many are "All our love, Mitchelland Alice." doing spring cleaning. Mitchell's e-mail connection is: sn0222@connectinc.com The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society would He may have left Omaha, but it's a small like to be silent partners when your readers attack world. the basement boxes, attic accumulations or the garage. We ask everyone to start a separate pile of family remembrances, family photos, awards and other memorabilia that would make wonderful additions to our archives. Call us at 334-8200, ext. 277, or bring items to our office at the JCC, 333 S. 132nd St., Omaha, NE 68154. We look forward to hearing from you. Susan Silver, Archivist Nebraska Jewish Historical Society
there is indeed no discernible conr^ection between morality and prosperity and between immorality and misery. Moreover — and this is the telling point — in the Book of Job, God himself approves of this conclusion! I Rabbinic Judaism struggled with the problem, for if (jod is good (and perish any other thought!), then'why do the righteous suffer? Rabbinic thought surrenders; it admits that there is no way to explain why the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper. The idea of life after death, which came into Judaism in pre-Christian centuries, seemed to offer an explanation: It is in a future world that all these injustices will be righted. In the world-to-come, justice will prevail! This answer satisfies some people. I doubt that it satisfies the mother who lost a child to a drunken driver, or the victims and their families following random terror, or the families of the victims of Auschwitz. No. Standard theology fails completely at this point. Only the brutally frank admission of Job stands firm. We must not think of God as a police personjudge, who sees to everything. Our conception of (jrod requires emendation and profound analysis. And our conception of the duty to lead moral lives must stand on that alone: as human beings, we are required by our humanness to live morally. If there is reward — that in itself is reward.
Letters to the Editor
Former Omahan Richard Slutzky, son of Charlotte Slutzky, and his family, from left: Aly§on, Beth and Diane, reprcacntinK the Jewish Community Foundation of Metrowest in Whippany, N.J. Hic photo was taken at the Council of Jewish Federation Endowment Director's Institute mectinK in Israel recently.
To the Editon We want to express our deep appreciation to the Jewish community of Omaha for making our family feel so loved and cared for. When we moved here we were told that Omaha is a good place to have babies. We are happy to report that it is (rue! We have been showered with gifts of loving kindness. People have stocked our freezer with home cooked kosher food and filled Michael's dresser with beautiful gifts. Not a day goes by that another Jewish friend or neighbor does not wish us mazcl tov and offer to help in some way. We pray that we may repay this generosity to others and raise the next generation to care and open their hearts the way the baal batim (Jewish homemakers) and mensches of Omaha have opened theirs. Lionel and Karen Wolberger To the Editon If anyone has information about Emil and Stella Naumberg, who lived in Omahu from the 1920's through the 1960'B, please call me at (718) 8623304 or write me at 116 Brick Church Road, New HampsUad. N.'V. 10977. Gerald Wolfset
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Th* rol* of the Jawiih Fcdiratlon of Omaha is to involv* Jaws in matting Jawish communal nMda locally, natinnsjly and in laraal. Agancias of th* Fadarttlon art: Community Ralationi, Jiwiih Community Cantar, J.wi.h Education, Jawiah Praia, Jawish Family Sarvica, Library and Buraau for tht Aging. Tha Jawiih Praai (USPS 27K620) it publiihad woakly on FHdsy fnr 124 par calendar year VS., $27 foraign, by tha Jawlih Fadtrition of Omaha. X\3 South l.')2nd Slraal, Omaha, NE 68164. Sacond elati pniUg* paid at Omah*. NE. POSTMAflTKR: .Sand addrtai rhango* t^ Tha Jawiih Praia, 933 south 132nd Striat, Omaha. NE <81&4, Tilaphona 402-334S20O.
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To the Editon As we near the time when we will be choosing people to represent us on our local school boards, we need to know who these candidates are and how their personal beliefs may affect us. Everyone who seeks out a seat on a school board or any public office, does so for his/her own reasons. It is widely suspected that there are certain individuals seeking out these positions due to a personal agenda that may not have the best interest of all, people in mind. ]• There are several well-organized groups that^' have gained increasing strength in the United States. Some of the more prominent of these are: The Christian Coalition, Citizens for Excellence in Education, The Moral Majority, Concerned Women of America, Focus on the Family, and locally, Nebraskans for Quality Education and Nebraska Taxpayers Association. The goal of these extremists is to return our country back to its roots as a Christian nation. The subliminal message given is, "Pray OUR way, vote OUR way." I am not sayingthat any specific candidates hold this philosophy, but we should all be aware that there are those out there who may, in fact, have this as their personal philosophy. Please vote May 10 and vote wisely. Know which candidates in all the races have you and your children's best interests at heart. Jim Silverman
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Sandi and Ed Pried announce the April 27 birth of a daughter, Gabrielle Miriam. They also have a daughter, Magda Dehlia, 6, and a son, Joshua Zachary, 3. Grandparents are Shirley and Lew White of Kansas City, Sam and Frances Fried and the late Magda Fried.
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Bobbie Epstein, Jan Perelman, Barbara Platt, Sharon Kooper, Anne Broder We heard from Edwarti Djerejian, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, about the recent developments in negotiations between Israel and the PLO. His message: "Time is of the essence and the time for peace is now." But, all agree that the peace Israel seeks can only be one that offers security to the people of Israel. We sat in groups to talk with high school students from Jerusalem's Hebrew University secondary school who spoke of their hopes for a peaceful future. They spoke about concessions of land for peace, something not openly discussed just a few short years ago. But, these 17-year-old boys and girls, who will soon graduate to go into the Israeli army, did not hesitate to tell us that they are ready to go to defend their country; that this is what keeps them and Israel strong. As one young man expressed it so beautifully, "we go for those who have gone before us." Thirty-six hours is so little time, but in this short time, we accomplished so much. We were guests at the home of Israel's president, Ezer Weizman, where we were reminded once again that we are a small part of this dramatic time in Jewish history as Israel negotiates for peace from a position of strength. We also attended a reception at the Knesset where we heard from key members of both the Likkud and Labor parties. At the farewell dinner, which came much too soon, Rabbi Brian Lurie, UJA executive vice president, gave special thanks to the incredible feat that the UJA Missions staff had achieved, organized in
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less than a week by UJA in cooperation with El Al Airlines, the Israel Ministry of Tourism and the Conference of Presidents of Mtyor American Jewish Organizations. This was testimony to the fact that despite concerns of threat, the Israeli people will not change their way of life, and American Jews will continue to support and to visit Israel; and we five women were very proud to represent our Omaha community in this very special mission. Although the farewells were sad, we were uplifted by the repeated messages from our new and old Israeli friends: "Our gratitude to you for conning is great. Please return to your communities and tell them that peace will be difficult, but we hope for peace to come; that we need the American Jewish people to continue to visit Israel. If you are strong in your communities, then you will be strong for us, and we will be here for you and Jews all over'the world." You can appreciate that with only a few hours, there was little time to shop in Jerusalem — which is always a must on any trip. (Last year, a a record 385,000 Americans visited Israel, which represents 2.6 billion dollars to the Israeli economy.) But not to be discouraged, I found a little time to walk along the famed Ben Yehuda Street, feeling secure and very safe in a city where, as a Jew, I felt at home. I entered a lovely Judaica shop where I found a menorah I had been wanting for some time. When the shopkeeper asked me if I was part of the special group of Americans they had heard about who had come to show the world that it was safe to be in Israel, he grabbed my hand and said, "My name is Shmulik. I thank you Mrs. — you do so good to come to show others that they must come too. Business is very difficult, and I fear if people will stop coming, but all of you gives us hope." *' • As I began to leave with my menorah, he added, Tlease, when you go home, tell your people that we need them." So, I'm keepinp my promise to Shmulik by writing this article to all of you in our wonderful Omaha Jewish community. Israel is strong; Israel wants peace with security; and Israel values its partnership with the American Jewish people
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Rabbis call on French president to back fight against anti-semitism By Michel Di Paz 'ARIS (JTA) — Rabbis from all over Europe have asked French President Francois Mitterrand » become personally involved in combatting antiSemitism in Central and Eastern Europe. The call came recently during the biennial Conference of European Rabbis. More than 100 rabbis representing 22 countries attended the conference, which was held in Lesigny Castle, irtar Paris, and chaired by Lord Immanuel Jakobovits of London. Among those attending the conference were the two chief rabbis of Israel: Yisrael Meir Lau, the ^shkenazic spiritual leader, and Eliahu BakshiDoron, head of the Sephardim. There was a high measure of security for the conference, with the number of police maintaining jurveillance far higher than the number of rabbis. Summing up the three days of discussions. Rabbi Joseph Sitruk, head of the French Consistoire of the religious Jewish community, focused on one of the chief concerns raised at t^e conference: the rise jf anti-Semitism in Central and Eastern Europe ind the passivity of local authorities, particularly in Poland and in Russia, in combatting this trend. Mitterrand received a delegation of rabbis attending the conference. They asked him to intervene with the leaders of the countries where antiSemitism ran highest in an effort to see that luman rights were respected and messages of hate promptly condemned. . "Physical attacks are rare," said Sitruk, "but verbal anti-Semitism has become commonplace in Europe today." The conference also expressed its support for the ingoing Middle East peace process and reaffirmed ;he centrality of Israel to the whole of the Jewish people. [ • During his meeting with the rabbis, Mitterrand told his visitors that he had advocated direct talks letwe.en Israel and th'e Palestine Liberation
Organization 10 years ago. That suggestion, said the French president, had '",80unded scandalous then." During the conference, the rabbis stressed the obligation of individuals to learn more about their religion. , "We are not a generation of assimilated people," said Sitruk, "but a generation of ignorant people. Jews in Europe know they are Jews, but they don't know exactly what it means." Jewish identity, France's chief rabbi continued, was not simply a matter of remembering the Holocaust and stressing one's links with Israel.
Reflooding Hula Valley By Cynthia Mann JERUSALEM (JTA) — A dam in the Jordan River was ceremoniously opened last week during the inauguration of a project to reflood a portion of the Hula Valley in the Upper Galilee. The reflooding is part of a redevelopment plan overseen by the Jewish National Fund, the Israel Lands Administration, the Ministry of Agriculture and regional local authorities. Plans call for the newly created water body to serve as a natural mecca for tourists. Lake Hula was drained and its swamps dried during the 1950s by JNF to transform the area into agricultural land and to combat malaria by eliminating the habitat of the disease-bearing mosquitoes. Following the lake's draining, the area was cultivated for orchards, crops and fish breeding, realizing the planners' original objectives. But serious ecological problems arose over the years in some of the drained areas. The peat soil began to sink, caught fire frequently, was infested with mice and lost much of its fertility. ' During winter flooding, there was also a flow of pollutants into the Sea of Galilee from the runoff of fertilizers.
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Jeanne Ross has been elected president of the National Kidney Foundation of Nebraska. The organization serves kidney patients throughout Nebraska with research, education and patient service programs. Ms. Ross, a certified public account, is a tax manager with Enron Jeanne Ross Corp. in Om^ha. She has also served on various committees with Temple Israel. Sam Passer, son of Claire Passer and Jeff Passer, and grandson of Richard and Fanny Gummers and Stanley Passer, has been inducted into Mortar Board, a national senior honor society. He is a junior at Drake University and was one of 22 students selected from a field of 270 qualified candidates. He has also been honored as the Outstanding Junior Greek Man at Drake tind has been selected to the Order of Omega, an honor society in which 3% of the Greek system are inducted. In addition, Sam is a Student Ambassador. Only 15 students firom the University are chosen to give tours of the campus. Tom Fellman, vice president of the Omaha •Jewish Federation and CEO for Broadmoor Development, recently sponsored this year's MidAmerica Council Eagle Scout banquet. Tom is an , Eagle Scout and his commitment to scouting continues. Among those honored was Eagle Scout Jeremy J. Nichols of Troop 218, chartered to the Jewish Community Center, Beth J. Kaplan of Cincinnati, formerly of Omaha, has been promoted to vice president, cosmetics and fragrances, by the Proctor and Gamble Company. She and her family will move to Baltimore, where she will assume the duties of chief executive of the P & G cosmetic and fragrance division. Beth is the daughter of Marilyn and Yale Kaplan.
Al Rhea, a well-known local artist and sculptor, will exhibit his work in the Jewish Community Center Art Gallery, 333 S. 132nd St!,;ft?om May 2 through May 27. An opening f^r the artist will take place Sunday, May 8 from 2 to 4p.m., in the gallery. Mr. Rhea will show eight new pieces in his Dance Series, painted in bright acrylic color. Each of these pieces is 72 inches high and 48 inches long. In addition, he will exhibit a number of his large metalwork sculptures. A student of Les Brunning at Bellevue College, Mr. Rhea studied art and sculpture froip 1983 to 1988. He was greatly influenced by a sculpture he viewed in Lincoln years ago, created by William King. 'I had the skill for metalwork and decided to enlarge a one-foot bronze piece that I had already done. The end result was a 7-foot metal sculpture which was finished with enamel paint," he said. Many of his works are dancing figures or musical instruments. His most recent work of paintings are an offshoot of his dancing figure sculptures. Mr. Rhea has commissioned many of his works locally. He has also sold paintings to people in Lincoln, Minneapolis, South Dakota, Arkansas and California. He will show his work at the Jewish Community Center for the second time. The exhibit can be viewed during regular JCC hours; Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday from 1 to 7 p.m.; and Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, contact Beth Seldin Dotan, Cultural Arts Director at 334-8200, ext. 232.
The Friendship Force of Eastern Nebraska will conduct three interview sessions for those interested in traveling to Brazil as ambassadors June 13 through June 29. The Friendship Force is an international organization founded to promote peace and friendship with people in foreign lands on a one-to-one basis. There is an induction fee; however, scholarship n^ney is available for qualified applicants. Exchange director Glenn Trembley said ambassadors will spend two weeks living with host families, the first week in Curitiba and the next in Engenheiro Beltrao, Brazil. For information, contact the Friendship Force office at 391-4625.
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Steven Spielberg greets Chernobyl children in Israel Steven Spielberg greeted children from the contaminated areas of Chernobyl on his recent visit to Israel to open his film "Schindler's List." The children had been evacuated to Israel as part of the Chabad Children of Chernobyl Medical Relief Program. Mr. Spielberg and several members of his family support the program and are members of the board of directors. He recently donated his film for a benefit in New York. The children presented Mr. Spielberg with a Children of Chernobyl sweatshirt and paintings they had drawn. One of the children, Yehuda Rabinowitz, 12, from Kiev (pictured), told Mr. Spielberg, "We know you made a movie about a man named Schindler who saved many Jews, You, Mr. Speilberg, are like Schindler to us because you helped save us from a very bad place." Mr. Spielberg explained how, in honor of his stepfather's birthday, be had sponsored a group of children on one of the ten Chabad flights. The Chabad program has evacuated nearly 1,000 children from Belarus and the Ukraine and brought them to Israel for medical treatment. The children remain in Israel and are eventually joined
The 1944 JCC Association Gateway Biennial will be held in New York City from May H through May 15. Margo Riekes, president, Richard Jacobson, vica president, and Jeffrey Aizenberg, executive director of the Jewish Community Center, will represent Omaha. A vast array of seminars will be held under the general areas of Jewish Continuity and Program; Planning, Marketing and Membership; Human Resources; Operations; and Revenue Enhancement. MH. Jacobson, who will represent the Omaha Center as its new leader of the year, will lead a special workshop on "Evaluating your executive director." Mrs. Riekes will lead a workshop on ''JCC/Federation relationships." Mr. Aizenberg will serve as a staff resource person for each workshop. Over 1,000 delegates will participate in the JCC Biennial, representing over 100 Jewish Community Centers throughout North America. The JCC of Omaha will also receive three special awards for excellence in customer service, Jewish programming and staff development.
Schindler's factory in KralcoW" tourist attraction? By Ruth E. Gruber KRAKOW, Poland (JTA) — Krakow may have a new tourist attraction this season — Oskar Schindler's enamelware factory, which was used for location shots in the film "Schindler's List." The factory, the actual place where Schindler employed the Jews that he saved, now produces electrical components. It was open to the public earlier this month, when at least 800 teert-age participants of the March of the Living visited it — each charged the equivalent of $1 entrance fee. Workers at the factory, located in an outlying industrial district between the wartime ghetto and Plaszow concentration camp, say they are considering opening the plant to other tourists this season. ""We will see," said one worker. Steven Spielberg shot some of the scenes in the film that take place at the factory on the spot but used constructed sets for most of the interiors. Easily recognized are the outside of the building on the street, as well as the steep entry staircase and the glass-enclosed angle where Schindler was portrayed standing. In the filrh, this enclosure appeared to, be indoors, but it is actually facing a courtyard in which a monument was recently erected to Schindler, who managed to save 1,100 Jews by hiring them as worners.
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De Klerk's National Party will be the main opposition. In recent days, Jews in Johannesburg and Cape Town, where the vast majority of the country's Jews live, voiced their hopes and fears regarding 'the future — and optimism was the predominant sentiment. Fueling this optimism, Mandela, in a statement of reassurance and reconciliation to the country's white population, stated this week that he will find ways to bring Christians, Muslims and Jews into his administration to raise the moral tone of government. Speaking from Cape Town, boutique owner Charlotte Resnekov, said, "Mazel tov on the birth of democracy —
something we have waited for and worked toward for so many years. Throughout the apartheid er^, the blacks have lived with hardship while we have lived with deep-seated shame." Resnekov said she is happy to be in South Africa "and not any other place in the worl at this time. In her business trav? els abroad, she said, she was tired of being blamed for the evils of the apartheid system. "Now South Africa is no longer a pariah, we no longer have to pretend we are Australian or British to avoid international criticism. We are free from guilt and shame." Resnekov added that the Cape is Eighty members of the Lincoln Jewish Federation celebrated the raisdifferent from the rest ing of more than $132,000 in its annual fund raising campaign at a dinof the country. ner Sunday night at the Villager Motel. In top photo, from left, are Carlos G. Rizowy, speaker; Helen Misle, chair, Women's Division, and Abram Mislej Below, from left, are Cantor Michael Weisser, Leo Hill chair, Men's Division; Kathy and Herb Friedman. Mr. Friedman, pro' dent of the Federation, said he and his wife were excited with thi recent two-week trip to Israel, and that the dollars sent there arc •.•, spent. "With Israel, the Jewish people will always be a free people." Rizowy said that the major consequences to the Jewish people of collapse of the Soviet Union are the freedom to emigrate for Sv. Jews and the ability of American foreign policy to achieve a'Mi'' East base in the Persian Gulf region thereby eliminating the form. Soviet Union from involvement in that part of the world. As a rcsu' he said, the Palestinians began to understand that time no longer w on their side. He predicted that Israel would become one of the top economic powers in the world by 2010.
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An estimated 80 members and guests of the Pacesetter Division attended the recognition brunch Sunday at the Atrium in the Omaha building.
From left, Phil and Harley Schrager, Tom Fellman, Milton Abrahams, and Stanley Slosburg, sustaining members of King Solomon's Circle, receive awards from Pred Simon.
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President's award recipients President's award recipients for April were, from left: Shane Kotok and Hene Klein for the National Council of Jewish Women and the Bureau for the Aging, who co-hosted a forum called "Aging: It's a Family Affair," and Edith Rogert for Jewish Cultural Arts Council for the miniature Passover seder she created for display in the JCC gallery.
Grounds for optimism By David Landau JERUSALEM (JTA) — Despite Syria's announced "rejection" of an Israeli peace package and Israel's characterization of Syrian counterproposals as "distant," both sides and their middleman — U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher — still found grounds for some optimism in their exchanges this week. That optimism was based in part on the fact that Syria reiterated its readiness for a full peace and normalization of relations with Israel, in return for a full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights. In conversations with Christopher over the weekend, Syrian President Hafez Assad was understood to have been more specific and detailed regarding the outlines of an eventual Israeli-Syrian peace than he ever has been before. Assad's specific responses included an unequivocal statement of readiness to enter into full diplomatic relations with the Jewish state. While Christopher cautiously stressed the great amount of work that needs to be done before any substantive breakthrough can be achieved, American and Israeli sources said they regarded the position enunciated by Assad to the secretary as an opening position, and as such, a basis for further negotiation.
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And President Jenifer — who holds two degrees from Howard — resigned three days after Muhammad's April rally, amid speculation that the school's board of directors had begun talks on whether to oust him. And recent conversations with Howard students revealed that while most categorically reject the Nation of Islam, many seemed willing to accept — or at least entertain — some of the group's radical views. Howard, a 127-year-old institution that counts the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison among its alumni, may have more than its formidable reputation at stake. Jenifer said he has receiVed hundreds of letters from Jews who say they are angry over perceived anti-Semitism at the school, some threatening to withdraw corporate or personal financial support. And Howard's noted African American studies department reportedly received several amonymous phone calls from people who said they would pressure their congressmen to withdraw federal aid to the school. Though technically a private university, Howard depends heavily on government funding. In 1993, it received $183 million in federal appropriations, more than a third of its yearly operating budget. Jewish leaders in Washington have criticized Howard officials for not moving quickly enough to distance the university from Unity Nation and the Nation of Islam.
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By Pamela Dnickennan ' NEW YORK (JTA) — America's foremost black university is fighting perceptions that it is a hotbed . of anti-Semitism, following the second appearance there in two months of controversial Natiop of Islam member Khalid Abdul Muhammad. While some news reports have cast Howard University's student body as largely sympathetic to the racist and anti- Semitic views espoused by the militant black Muslim group, many students, faculty and administrators claim that the school is under siege by a hostile media. They claim news reports have exaggerated the prevalence of the views held by Unity Nation, the Howard student group which SFwnsored the Feb. 23 and April 17 rallies at which Muhammad appeared. And on a campus that had been known more for its students' ardent preprofessionalism than for radical political involvement, many — including outgoing President Franklyn Jenifer — alleged that the media has honed in on Howard because most of its 12,000 students are black. •'You begin to wonder," said Jenifer, "why, of all places that (Muhammad) has gone, why is it that the press has focused in on Howard University?" But Muhammad's appearances have not been the only cause of controversy at the campus in recent months. In early April, a scheduled lejcture by Yale University historian David Brion Davis was postponed by a faculty member because of concerns that Davis, a specialist in the history of slavery, would be heckled because he is Jewish.
Keith B. EdouM Chairman of the Board Suburban Subdivision
Eugene T. Mahonsy Vice Chairman ol the Board Metropolitan Subdivision
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Secretary Metropoiitan Subdivision
John K. Green Board Member Metropolitan Subdivision
Dennis D. Jorgensen
MIchaelJ. O'Hara
Gene P. Spanca
Board Member North Subdivision
Board Member Metropolitan Subdivision
Board Member Metropoiitan Subdivision