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Israeli baby undergoes liver transplant Special to the Omaha Jewish Press By Gary Javitch
Bulletin: On Monday, Or Bibi underwent surgery for a liver transplant. To save their baby's life, Israelis Nitzchia and Eli Bibi have traveled about a quarter of the way around the world. Their nine month old son, Or, was bom with a medical condition that has caused his liver to deteriorate. Without a new liver the baby cannot survive. Leaving their two teenage daughters at home with Eli's sister in Nes Tziona, a community near Tel Aviv, Mr. and Mrs. Bibi sought help at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, world renowned for its pioneering work in liver transplants. For the last six weeks, the trio have anxiously awaited a donor with a compatible organ. The tedium facing the couple is exacerbated because neither speaks much English. Communicating with their outside world has proved frustrating right from the moment of their midnight arrival on March 17, when they were met at the airport by Sherman and Harriet Sperling who were only able to connect with the Bibis by holding up a sign in Hebrew which said "Shalom." Stepping in to assist them was Beth Seldin Dotan. Fluent in Hebrew, she coordinated arrangements on their behalf, by among other things, recruiting her Hebrew speaking friends to help hurdle the language barriers with the medical staff.
Or Bibi She was not the only one, however, to volunteer her time. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel eased the newcomers way in their first days. Several days later, so did Ophir Palmon, an Israeli, working locally as a photographer. He spent two solid days with the Bibis, serving as a translator with the team of surgeons, social workers and child development psychologists who described the medical predicaments their angelic baby faced. Hanna Schwalb, Kiva and Yaffa Shyken were also there to assist. Others jumped in, too. Rabbis Drazen and Friedman came by. So did many more. Meanwhile, Beth arranged food through the Blumkin Home's kosher kitchen. (Continued on page 2)
Germany used ovens before Holocaust By Morris Maline The president of the Holocaust Center of Northern California told a group of local doctors and dentists that Germany utilized poison gas and crematoria to eliminate the 'medically unfit' before attempting to^terminate the Jews. Tn the early 1930s, six installations consisting of ras chambers and crema;oria were established Dr. Thaler and used to dispose of 72,312 people whose lives were declared "unworthy of living,''8aid Dr. M. Michael Thaler. A Holocaust survivor and currently professor of pediatrics, division of gastroenterology and nutrition at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Thaler spoke last week to about 50 members and guests of the Jewish Federation's Maimonides Society at the Marriott Hotel. He said the installations, called the T4 program (for the location and people who made the deadly decisions) was only the prelude to a policy of active euthanasia which claimed more than 400,000 before the Catholic church put an end to the practice in 1941. Dr. Thaler, who is pursuing historical research in line with a forthcoming graduate degree, talked about the changes that transformed German medicine into Nazi medicine. .. He said the practice of killing piisple for "health' reasons was part of a "giant public health program." Dr. Thaler's starting point was the industrial revolution when 16 feudal states formed Germany to compete with Britain and Prance. The shift from an agrarian society to an industrial country brought with it miyor diseases. This period, he said, coincided with rapidly
Children of the Dream earns Community award This year's Community Service Award winner is the progrrarn. Children of the Dream, nominated by ADL/CRC, the Jewish Federation of Omaha has announced. The award presentation will be made at the Federation's annual meeting, Sunday, June 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center. A previously announced 7 p.m. groundbreaking ceremony for the Dan and Esther Gordman Educational Center has been postponed due to a scheduling conflict. Children of the Dream took place last Octob er and involved the appearance in Omaha and Kansas City of four Israeli/Ethiopian teenagers and their chaperon. This event was part of a cooperative effort with Voices United for Israel, a Kansas Christian/Jewish coalition group promoting support for Israel. Funding was provided through a grant from the Herbert Goldsten Trust. The program was designed to strengthen bonds and understanding between diverse groups and communities. Omaha public schools participated setting uy Schedules for speaking engagements; volunteer.-, were recruited to assist with a community meeting; _^_ sessions with Jewish youth were arranged. .^M As a result of the project, Omaha high school students gained an understanding of the diversity of the Jewish people and were challenged to change the stereotypes they may have that all Jews are of white European descent and physically identifiable, the announcement pointed out.
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Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People and To Life: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking, will deliver a community lecture on May 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center. Sponsored by Jewish Family Service and the Jewish Federation Library, the event is free and open to the public. A dessert reception will follow and Rabbi Kushner's books will be available for purchase. A private reception for those belonging to Friends of the Library will take place in the Library at 6:30 p.m. Reception chairmen are Linda Gordman and Barbara Simon Goldstein. Friends of the Library is an organization whose membership has an interest in Jewish literature and learning. A contribution of $18 enrolls one in the group. According to Edythe Wolf, executive director of the Library, appeals for renewals and new members are being made at this time highlighted by the forthcoming appearanc* of Rabbi Kushner. A rabbi for more than 30 years, Rabbi Kushner also wrote When Bad Things Happen to Good To demonstrate the medical mindset of Germany People to cope with a family tragedy. He also is at the time, Dr. Thaler quoted from a talk delivered the author of Who Needs God, When All You've by the dean of the University of Vienna's School of Wanted Isn't Enough. MIS latest book, To Life, is described as a book Medicine before faculty and siiidcnts of the for everybody who had n bad Hebrew School experi Department of Anatomy:" ence as a child, for anyone who feels n need to fill the spiritual vacuum in his life, for the Christian ...The purpose of caring for the who may suddenly find himself with u Jewish individual i8 to sustain the peo- daughler-jn law and Jewish grandchildren, for the Ele as a whole...With this goal believer who wants to find out about the origins of cfore us. our social awareness his faith, and for everyone who is seeking time-testand the legal guidelines will ed answers to the ongoing religious an spiritual enable us physicians to treat the issues that every human being has to face. "To Life explores the ideas and visions of entire nation both in the positive sense, in the sense of pro- Judaism — explaining why prayer matters, how moting the able-bodied, but also holiday observances and life-cycle events teach us in the sense of eradicating the to be human, why we follow the dietary laws, how we look at Christianity, and why the world needs wortiilesB." committed Jaws to make God's purposes come •bout," the announcement stated
advancing research into genetics and the emergence of "racial hygiene" as a new science. It was during this period that the Nordic-blueeyed concept of a superior race developed along with the fear that an inferior gene pool would cause the downfall of the nation. When the Nazis came to power, they turned Germany into a "giant public health program," proving that given the right conditions, modern medical science can lead to something criminal, Dr. Thaler explained. Research into genetic markers prompted Joseph Mengele to undertake his experiments in the con centration camps, Dr. Thaler added. He pointed out that the Nuremberg laws added additional public health measures such as deafness and blindness to the list of those not contributing to the well-being of society. An outgrowth was the establishment of the T4 program, the adoption of the "pure Aryan race" concept and the isolation of the Jews. The Holocaust was an extension of a vast health program."
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A growing network of Omaha heroes joined to help the parents in the roughest moments of their /initial weeks. Upon first examining Or, the doctors hospitalized him i immediately. They performed surgery in the first few hours to insert a shunt to feed the undernourished baby who has since gained some weight. While Omaha was not the first choice of the Bibis, the medical center did offer them much needed hope. A Belgian hospital was closer and more economical, but the liver donor Hist for that facility \Vas too lont. They were not accepted in an English hospital, feifher. However, an Israeh doctor knew a pediatrician at the UNMC and recommended this Services for Abram S. Misle, 66, were conducted city. A rabbi in Israel "brokered" the arrangement, Tuesday at Tifereth Israel Synagogue in Lincoln according to Dr. Alan Langnas, their liver transwith Rabbi Elihu Milder officiating. Burial was in plant surgeon. Mount Carmel Cemetery. The Bibis felt they had a good chance of getting a Mr. Misle died suddenly Saturday in California, a donor for their baby in Omaha within a four to family spokesman said. eight week period. "They are hanging onto those In addition to his wife, Helen, Mr. Misle is surnumbers," Palman pessimistically explained. The vived by a son, Howard, Lincoln; daughters, Lynn truth is "the delays could even be longer as Or's 'B' Weiner and Linda Shrier, both of Omaha, and blood type represents only 3% of the population." Marsha Haugland, Lincoln, Dr. Gayle Sosnick, Time and money are now becoming crucial factors Hillsborought, Calif.; two brothers, Henry and in young Or's existence. The Bibis are not wealthy. Jtilius, both of Lincoln. Eli, 40, is a plumber by trade. "Nitz£(," 36, is a full A native of Riga, Latvia, Mr. Misle came to the time homemaker. United States at the age of 12, residing in They have reached this point in Omaha only Nebraska City, and Crete before relocating to because of a generous outpouring of community Lincoln. assistance back home where they raised nearly He was the youngest of three sons of Ben Misle $200,000. As the lonely days slip away, so does who also operated car dealerships. their money and their optimism. Nevertheless, He was active in Lincoln car dealerships involving they are very appreciative of all the help they the Misle family for about 40 years, and at the have received from the Omaha Jewish communitime of his death headed Park Place Enterprises, a ty. Fontiac, Cadillac and GMC dealership as well as Speaking from Or's seventh floor room in the Misle Chevrolet and Imports. pediatric wing of the medical center which she selMr. Misle was affiliated with Congregation dom leaves, Nitza fed her son. Her eyes moistened Tifereth Israel and the South street Temple, B'nai as she said through Mrs. Dotan , her interpreter B'rith, Tifereth israel Men's Club, Lincoln Jewish that day, " I want to thank everyone that came. I Federation, Sesostris Shrine, Chancellors Club, really feel the support (of the community) to help Husker Wheel Club, Lied Foundation and Lion's pass the time." Club. Those who can speak Hebrew, prepare a kosher Memorials may be made to AbramMisle meal or would like to visit the Bibis should call Children's Fund, c/o National Bank of Commerce, Beth Seldin Dotan at 334-8200. The Bibis are usu13th and "O" streets,Lincoln, NE 68508. ally in the baby's room until 10:00 each evening.
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Dr. Langnas, described Or's medical condition as biliary atresia. In this circumstance, the bile can-' not drain from the liver and gradually destroys it. The four to six hour operation to correct the problem has a high 85-90% survival rate, he stated. Dr. Langnas is a member of Temple Israel. While her spouse is having a great deal of difficulty dealing with the daily wait, Nitza explained why it was a little more easy for her. There is the hope," she sighed, "that everyday will bring a liver."
Joan K. Marcus was honored by The Arc of Nebraska with the Marvin Stovall Award in recognition of her advocacy for people with mental retardation. Mrs. Marcus was cited for her work with the organization across the state and for her role in obtaining over two million dollars for new services for people with disabilities during the past legislative session. Mrs. Marcus, an Omaha native, is president of The Arc of Nebraska, past president of The Greater Omaha Association for Retarded Citizens, chairperson of the ENCOR Region VI Advisory Committee and a member of Governor Nelson's Developmental Disabilities Planning Council. Michael Silverman, a junior at the University of Kansas, was recently inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha, Gamma Chapter, the National Political Science Honor Society for outstanding students. Criteria is a 3.5 GPA with no grade lower than a B. The son of Jim and Susie Silverman, he is mitring in political science. Kevin Juro received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center last December. After completing a preceptorship at Hadassah Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, he will begin a residency program in pediatrics at the Tulane University Medical Center Mimi Waldbaum will be honored as one of eight women of distinction at the YWCA's annual Tribute to Women luncheon Monday at noon in the ballroom of the Red Lion Inn. Reservations are $30 per person. Videos on each honoree by KMTV-3 will be featured.. Parking has been arranged. For information, call the YWCA, 345-6566. According to the announcement, competence and vision characterize Mrs. Waldbaum, a profeuional volunteer. i One of her miOor aceompliihments was bting named the first chair of the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission, establishing procedures and mechanisms to monitor campaign contributions.
Beth El plans Shavuot program Beth El Synagogue will begin its observance of Shavuot Sunday at 7:30 p.m. with a program "Commandments and Cheesecake," sponsored by the Adult Education committee. Members of the congregation will share ideas on each of the Ten Commandments. Participants include Aaron Aizenberg, Bev Fellman, Glen Fineman, Michael Fineman, Bruce Gutnik, M'Lee Hasslinger, Sarah Juster, David Kotok, Shane Kotok, Stanley Mitchell, Steve Rabb and Bunny ^, Rothenberg. • A reception will follow featuring fruits and dairy foods traditionally eaten on Shavuot. Shavuot, observed on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan, is an agricultural festival marking the grain harvest and the end of the solemn period of the counting of the Omer. Most importantly, however, Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah at Sinai. Study is intrinsic to Shavuot, for without study, Jews cannot participate in the receiving of the Torah.
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SHAVUOT SCHEDULE SUNDAY: Mincha, 8:20 p.m.; candle lighting, 9:14 p.m.; learn-in, 9:14 p.m. * Tentative topics: Why should a rational person believe in the events at Mount Sinai?; 12:45 a.m. 1:45 a.m., The Palestinians A mighty myth; 2 a.m. 3 a.m., "Bubba Maisas" - Does Judaism believe in superstition?; 3:45 a.m. - 4:45 a.m.. Seven wonders of Jewish History. MONDAY: Early minyan, 5 a.m., led by Rabbi Friedman; regular morning service, 8:45 a.m., led by Cantor Fettman; Mincha, 8:20 p.m.; candle lighting, not later than 9:15 p.m. TUESDAY: Morning service, 8:45 a.m.; Yizkor, 10:30 a.m.; Mincha, 8:20 p.m.; Havdalah, 9:19 p.m. A dairy lunch will follow the Yizkor service, reservations required. OFFUTT 294-6051 FRIDAY: Services start at 8 p.m.
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The regular Shabbat Weekly Torah study, an English discussion of service will be held in the sanctuary. the Torah portion with modern commentaries, B'nai Mitzvah Carrie Anne Kaplan, daughter of Sally and Gary meets 30 minutes after services. Kaplan, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the SyNDAY: Services are at 9 a.m. Shabbat morning service Saturday, May 14. WEEKDAYS: At 6:55 a.m..and 5:30 p.m. Nicole Danielle Flatowicz, daughter of Roberta Judaica Shop Open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. t^2 p.m.; Flatowicz and Pierre Flatowicz, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service. May Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon, and by appointment. 21. B'nai Mitzvah Sitter Service Eryk Gilinsky, son of Dr. Rick and Jeannie Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening Gilinsky, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday service and the Saturday morning Shabbat service evening and Saturday morning. Jennifer Rifkin, daughter of Caryn and Gary when there is a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Please make a Rifkin, will become a Bat Mitzvah Friday evening. reservation. There are no facilities for infants. "L'chaim.. .to Life" May 20, and Saturday morning, May 21. "L'chaim. . .to Life," originally scheduled for May Shavuot "Commandments and Cheesecake," a Shavuot 8, has been changed to May 15. Bring a sack lunch program reflecting on the Ten Commandments, at 12:30 p.m. Rabbi Laura Rappaport will play the will be presented Sunday at 7:30 p.m. dulcimer and share a potpourri of stories on "Mothers." The community may attend. Minha/Ma'ariv services at 8:30 p.m. May 16: At 9:30 a.m.; Minha/Ma'ariv at 6 p.m. For information, call Miriam Shrier at 397-5149. SHAVUOT SERVICES TUESDAY, May 17: Services, Yizkor and dedication of memorial Sunday, May 15, 7:30 p.m., service of confirmaplaques at 9:3p a.m.; Minha/Ma'ariv services at tion; Monday, May 16, 11:15 a.m.^ morning service and Yizkor. 8:40 p.m. CONFIRMATION Kids Kabbalat Shabbat The Confirmation service will be held on the Kids Kabbalat Shabbat, an informal family-oriented Friday evening service, will be held Friday, Festival of Shavuot, Sunday, May 15, at 7;30 p.m. Following the service, the parents of the confirMay 20, 7 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows. mands will host a reception in honor of their chilB'nai Mitzvah Meeting A meeting for parents of children who will dren. Confirmands are; Jonathan Broder, Kelly become B'nai Mitzvah in 1995 will be held Sunday, Broder, Jesica Christensen, Antonia Delgadillo, May 22, 10 a.m. Alan DePorte, Jeremy Evans, Jenny Javitch, B'NAI ISRAEL Rachel Jacobson, Joshua Katelman, Cathy Kully, 618 Mynster Street Tony Renstrom, Adam Silverman and Michael Council Bluffs, Iowa 51603 Stekoll. 322-4705 Rabbi Sheryl Shulewitz is the spiritual leader. ANNUAL MEETING | Robert L. Freeman, president, will preside at the FRIDAY: Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m., will be conducted annual meeting, Wednesday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. Presentations will be made to Rabbi Dan Fink by Rabbi Shulewitz. She will be honored by the congregation for her service as rabbi. and to Cantor Karen Webber-Gilat, both of whom will be movingout of Omaha. SATURDAY: Election of officers and new trustees will be held. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., long range planning meeting at the home of Marty Rosenberg and Ellen Fennick, Those officers nominated for election are : Robert 3516 S. 104h St. Omaha, 390-9062.Following will Freeman, president; Jane Rips, Dr. Michael Walts, | be Rabbi Shulewitz's course on Exploring Jewish Sandy Passer, vice presidents; Sally Kaplan, secrej Values from a Reconstructionist perspective, and at tary; Spencer Brookstein, treasurer. Trustees ar^ 6:30 p.m., a pot luck dinner and Havdalah at the Marc Delman, Sam Fried, Don Greenberg, Lis^ Lewis, and Howard Shrier, same location. SUNDAY: TIGGS Religious School at Westside Community Temple Israel Go Getters will meet for lunch Education Center from 10 a.m. to noon. and a speaker. May 18 at noon at Temple Israel. ^ FRIDAY, May 20: Cost is $3.50. • Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m. Reservations with Mary Lou Goodman, 553SUNDAY, May 22: ,, Religious School at Westside Community 6634, or Libby Kaplan, 551-6202, Education Center from 10 a.m. to noon. FOOD FOR THOUGHT 9 CHABAD HOUSK The next luncheon session will be Tuesday, May 17, from n 30 1 p m Rabhi Fink will It-iul thi- di 1322 So. 119th Street Omalia, NK68114 cussion 697-1124 Tcmpli' will provide drinks, guests may brinj V)ri>wn bag lunch SATURDAY^ Oaveninc is at 9:30 a.m., followed byiCiddush. SUNDAY: Davening is at 9:30 am Beth Seldin DotJin, cultural art.s director .it th| Talmud Classes Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Advanced Jewish Community Center, hos resigned e(Toctiv| Aug 12, Talmud, 12 p.m. Thursday, According to her nnnouncemi" Chumush Class Dotan family will bi> going tu Israel Sii.i.iiilaT.J Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuosdays. They will spend a year at Kibbulx Ayelet Yiddish ^ "Hooked on Yiddish" lesftons, Vi^aneadayit at 7 Hnshochnr, Upon return, Ms, .Seldin Dotiin will be working p.m. at Chnbad House toward n doctorate in education and museum edu^] English Class "Think Jewish and speak Knultsh" clnssew on cation at UNL, She plans also to be involved in spocini pro Jewish topics for new AmoricanH, Tuendayit and grumming for the M" ond cultural art* Thuridays at 10:30 a.m, at Chabad House.
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Maimonides Society meets Committee members of the Maimonides program last week were: top photo, from left, Dr. Michael Thaler, Dr. Ron Cooper, Dr. Joel Schlessinger, Dr. Michael Levine, Dr. Gerald Simons and Dr. Larry Siref Not in photo, Dr. harris Frankel, Dr. Speedy Zweiback. Below are new members, Dr. Maryann Bower and Dr. Schlessinger.
By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Parashat BeMiclbar ' What is Torah? Some years Ago, a cantata by Ira and Judith Eisenstein answered that question in a delightful and instructive musical play on the surprisingly wide reaches of the concept "Torah." (It would be attractive for one group or another to present a somewhat modernized version of that cantata for this generation!) When we say that Shavuot, which is just before us, is the aifhiversary of the gift of Torah to Israel at Sinai, we'are saying that Shavuoljs the"beginning of the people Israel: Its escape.£rom EQfptian servitude, for which we celebrate Paftsover, culminates and finds its purpose in Torah, a teaching about life and duty that gave meaning to the life of Israel, the life of Judaism. Without Torah, the ancient Israelites would have remained a mass, a rabble, a mob, a riff-raflr. That is what they were when they left Egypt. But when they left Sinai they were on the way to becoming a cultured, disciplined, moral people. One might say that civilization, in the western sense, begins with Torah, and that Israel became a nation of moral teachers. • The word Torah was mistranslated "Law" because of the ancient Greek translation, the Septuagint. A better translation would be "Teaching." In fact, however, trying to put the word into any language other than Hebrew defies our best efforts at translation. Torah is used in orthodox Judaism as the word of God, literally, in the whole of the Bible, and, further, in the whole of rabbinic literature (the "Oral Torah"), again literally. Thus it is to be taken literally, beyond dispute or interpretation. We have
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seen this view in Teens on Torah* in the Jewish Press. In a wider sense it is to be understood as all of Jewish tradition. Here it is be noted how freely rabbinic Judaism interpreted the written Torah, sometimes altering or even canceling a plain meaning of the written Torah. THis rabbinic practt£^ made it possible for Jews generally to be free of the literalism and bibliolatry that so entangled parts of Christianity. In a still wider sense Torah may meari all of Jewish life. Here it is possible for those who accept critical views both of the origin and editing of our Bible and of rabbinic opinions as well, to cherish Torah as the heart of Judaism and the adhesive that makes for the unity of the Jewish people. When the Book is read (chanted) at Synagogue services, hold in mind that it is here that civilized life begins. Shavuot should remind us that there is no way better for Jews to continue their eminent, incomparable contribution to mankind than to maintain Torah and strengthen Judaism.
Protest revisionist ad SAN FRANCISCO — With classes ending in less than two weeks, Jewish students and faculty at San Jose State University are scrambling to get the school's administration to condemn a Holocaust revisionist ad that appeared in the campus newspaper. The ad, which was published in the Spartan Daily in early March, was paid for by Bradley R. Smith's Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust (CODOH), which has been successful in placing similar ads in college papers throughout the country, the ad says not one one individual was 'gassed' in a'German program of'genocide.'
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NCJW plans installation The National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section, will install officers May 18 at 11:30 a.m. at the Highland Country Club. Those to be installed are: Debbie Friedman, president; Vicki Sanford, president-elect; Cindy Goldberg, community services vice president; Sara Juster, public affairs/education vice president; Lisa Samis, membership services vice president; Linda Novak, fundraising vice president; Beth Michnowski, public relations vice president. Also, Marcy Ruback, treasurer; Julie Martin, financial secretary; Margaret Linden, member services secretary; Cheryl Kapell Lerner, recording, secretary; Dottie Rosenblum, parliamentarian and by-laws; Carol Katzman, nominating chairman, and Harriet Epstein, Max Sampson, Debbi Josephson, Donna Olesh, Pam Friedlander and Sandy Nogg, directors. In addition, the Emerging Leader Award will be presented to Cindy Goldberg,, and the Distinguished Service Award will be presented to Sally Malashock. Reservations for the luncheon i>hould be sent to Kate Kirshenbaum, 12033 Famam, Omaha, 68154. Cost is $10. Call for menu selection, and Debbie Friedman at 330-5155 for information.
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Exodus: drama in Israel every day By Barbara Chandler Federation Public Relations Director When Anita Gray spoke to nearly 50 young adults from thei^Omaha Jewish community on April 28, she made two predictions: One, in the future, when Jews gather and discuss epic moments in time, they'll look back at this time and say this was the moment of moments. Today's exodus will surpass the Bifjiical exodus from Egypt. And two, in 5 to 6 years, Israel will be an economic world power. Ms. Gray spoke at a dinner sponsored by the Young Women's Division of She Jewish Federation. Chairmen of the event were Carey Herzberg ap6 Susie Noddle. Speaking of the immigration to Israel of 1 million Jews over a 5-year period,' Ms. Gray said, "In 1948 Jewish destiny was put back into our hands. Because of the creation of Israel and her partnership with Jews worldwide, miraculous rescues of oppressed Jews from all over the world are taking place. The drama is going on every day. Jews are getting off planes from strange places like Uzbekistan and starting new lives. You hav^to go there to see for yourself She noted that every airlift of Jews out of Sarajevo has included families of Muslims. "Jews and Muslims have lived in peace for generations in Sarajevo." Mrs. Herzberg commented that she was particularly moved by Ms. Gray's suggestion that with the modern exodus a new Jewish holiday was in the
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From left, Carey Herzberg, Anita Gray and Susie Noddle making that would celebrate Vshavu v'anim ligvulom, the return of the exiles." Ms. Noddle added that they were truly thrilled with the turnout for the event and for the opportunity to hear from such a dynamic speaker. Preceding Ms. Gray's speech, Susie and Mike Norton were introduced as chairmen of the new Young Leadership Development program sponsored by the Federation, which will begin in the fall. Mrs. Norton remarked, "^e are identified as future leaders and volunteers, but why wait for the future? We should explore our involvement today. We can face the social issues that Jews and all people face and discover how we can contribute to tikun olam, the repair of the world."
The Midlands Chapter of The National Conference of Christians and Jews will honor three Omahans at its annual Humanitarian Awards dinner Wednesday, June 8, at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. Del Weber, Chancellor; University of Nebraska at Omaha, is chairman. Herman Cain, president and CEO of Godfather's Pizza, Inc., and General Lee Butler, retired commander in chief of the U.S. Strategic Command and vice president of Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc., will receive the Humanitarian Award. The award is given for distinguished service to the community. C. Denny Holland, an agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and civil rights leader, will receive the Otto Swanson Spirit of Service Award for his long-time commitment to the causes of unity among all people. Free from bias The National Conference has worked toward a society free from racial and religious bias and bigotry, a society in which Americans of every ethnic origin and cultural background can live together in harmony and mutual respect. The organization utilizes the tools of education, leadership training and conflict resolution to achieve its goals so that amity and diversity can flourish. "Locatad in (ha Pattagmray of the Old Uarkat"
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