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By Matthew Dorf — Moments after Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein signed a declaration ending the 46-year state of war between their two countries, the leaders stepped off the stage on the South Lawn of the White House to greet a handful of guests at the ceremony. Indicative of the new era of peace, Rabin pulled Steve Grossman, president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, close to his side and introduced Hussein to the Jewish lobby's leader. "In my wildest imagination I never imagined 1, as president of AIPAC, would be introduced to the King of Jordan by the prime minister of Israel with the president of the United States watching," Grossman said later, still beaming from the encounter. Although Monday's White House ceremonies lacked the drama of the signing of the declaration of principles between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization ten months ago, the public meeting was deemed a significant breakthrough by most Jewish leaders. "This is a different kind of enthusiasm," Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said after the White House ceremonies, echoing the sentiment expressed by many Jewish leaders in town for the ceremonies surrounding the summit. "People were very moved, but this coming together is less dramatic and more substantive," Hoenlein said. SHINGTON (JTA)
Rabin and Hussein signed what they termed the "Washington Declaration," pledging to settle all disputes peacefully. Although what they signed was shy of a full peace treaty, both leaders said full normalized relations are only months away. . The White House ceremonies under a sweltering Washington sun-splashed summer day also lacked the careful choreography of the Rabin meeting with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat at the same site last September. Senior White House officials reportedly rehearsed the Rabin- Arafat handshake, carefully planning where the participants would stand, and giving the media the best possible vantage point for the historic moment. In sharp contrast this week, a White House aide scurried to lay name cards on the podium only minutes before President Clinton, Hussein and Rabin took the stage in a Rose Garden introduction ceremony. "The two leaders shook hands the moment they took to the stage in the Rose Garden. And Rabin, in his introductory remarks, said he anxiously awaits the day when greeting Hussein becomes so routine that "no one will want to take pictures of us shaking hands." The only minor glitch in the production came when Jordanian officials protested the plan to fly the Jordanian flag behind the Israeli flag, hoisted in alphabetical order, according to an official involved in planning the ceremony this week. Members of the Jordanian delegation reportedly reminded administration officials of the country's
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official name, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The order was reversed and a Marine band played the Jordanian national anthem before Israel's Hatikvah. The signed document strikes at the heart of what has proven to be one of the thorniest issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict: the question of Jerusalem. The agreement affords Jordan "high priority" and pledges respect in maintaining Jordan's "historic role" in administering Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem. The declaration also giiarantees Hussein a role in final- status negotiations for Israel's capital scheduled to begin within two years from now. Officials hero have confirmed that Israeli negotiators insisted on adding the language concerning Jerusalem late last week following emotionally charged remarks by Arafat. Arafat, with U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher at his side at a news conference in Gaza, lambasted the Israeli government for inviting Hussein to pray in Jerusalem. "They have no right to issue any invitations," Arafat said. "It is my duty and my responsibility tr> invite my brothers and friends to come visit the holy Muslim and Christian sites, which arc under Palestinian jurisdiction." Jordan has administered control of the Al Aksa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock through its Religious Affairs Ministry since Israel captured Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War. Hussein has spent over $8 million of his personal wealth to fund the restoration of the sites. Israel gave him photos detailing the progress of the work.
British Jews react with outrage to bombing London Jewish Chronicle LONDON (JTA) — British Jewry's leadership has reacted with outrage to Tuesday's bombing of the Israeli Embassy here, the latest attack against Jewish targets around the world. The explosion, which left 13 people injured, came eight days after a bomb tore through the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, killing close to 100 people, and six days after a bomb killed 21 people, including 12 Jews, on board a Panamanian plane. One leading British Jewish organization said this week that it had warned the police and the government that Muslim fundamentalists opposed to the Middle East peace process were likely to use London as a target. The Board of Deputies of British Jews said in a Statement, "We warned the police and the Home Office that this could happen.
But they did nothing to crack down on the extremists, and this is the result." After the explosion in Buenos Aires last week, the Board of Deputies requested that London police set up extra security measures at Jewish communal buildings in London, particularly those housing the board and the country's chief rabbi. As part of their request, they sought police restrictions on parking near Jewish communal buildings. The police did not immediately act upon the request, but after Tuesday's bombing they indicated that parking would be blocked off near Jewish communal sites. In both the Buenos Aires and this incident, the explosion was caused by car bombs parked near the targeted buildings. In this week's explosion, a welldressed middle-aged woman described by police as being of Middle East appearance, was seen leaving a cur shortly before the bomb exploded at around noon.
The explosion ripped through the consular offices which front a different street than the heavily guarded one fronting the main building. Some 30 pounds of explosives were used in the attack, which caused most of the consular building to collapse. The blast was said to be so powerful that witnesses half-a- mile away reported seeing debris shoot up hundreds of feet in the air. Windows in nearby buildings were shattered, including those in nearby Kensington Palace, home of Princess Diana. "It was such a huge, huge explosion. Parts of the building just collapsed," said Rachel Gordon, who works in the embassy's press office. It was perhaps just a matter of luck that there were no fatalities in Tuesday's bombing, which occurred when many embassy staffers were out of the building for lunch. It was not immediately clear how many people were in the building at the lime of the explosion.
American Jews reach out to beleaguered Argentinians ^B By Susan Birnbaum N^ YORK 26 (JTA) — Among many American Jews who flew down to Buenos Aires last week to express solidarity and offer immediate help to the Jewish community were the leaders of B'nai B'rith and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Each group promised assistance to the community, which was devastated by the July 18 terrorist bombing of the Jewish community building in Buenos Aires that killed close to 100 people. And in Los Angeles, the Simon Wiesenthal Center responded to the anguish of local Jews from Argentina by sstabtishing a liaison ofTice with the Argentine authorities and Jewish community and providing daily updates of the casualty list.
B'nai B'rith organized a soup kitchen for the rescue workers at the bomb site. JDC Executive Vice President Michael Schneider, who went to Buenos Aires lost Friday with JDC's Latin America director, Alberto Bendery, said the bombing had only compounded already existing economic problems in Argentina. "Even before the blast, the community was in need because of the economic crisis in the country, which did severe damage to the middle classes. People were dropping out of schools, clubs, all these things, because they could not pay the feea," he said. Among the help JDC would be providing would be financial, "until the community gets back on its feet," Schneider said.
"The profcssional.s at the different institutions have begun to work out n short-term crisis plan as to how to manage the community's immediate needs, and JDC has joined this effort," he said. "We want to sit down and find out what are the community's immediate cash needs," he said. JDC might "subsidize some programs for some time until they get on their feet. JDC will sec how it can best bo of assistance, possibly to the fomilies of the victims," he said. Schneider said the JDC was also loaning its consultants in Argentina to the Jewish community, to fill joba that had been held by personnel killed in the bonnhing. "Wo may also have to finance additional trauma counseling for relatives of victims and for those who help children."
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MISSION' Omaha—Ellis Island—Israel, making the connection By Sandy Epstein The Family Mission was incredibly great! On a personal level, 1 was able to learn more about my roots. . . and count my many blessings! What could be more exciting than to see Israel through the eyes of my children! We started our.journey in New York, where I wanted to see Ellis Island. My mom's maiden name is Ellis. We have had a hard time tracing the family name so now wc have accepted that my grandfather, at age two, came to the United States vith his family and because of a language barrier, ended up Isaac Ellis, heading to Lincoln, NE. We met up with the UJA Family Mission and spentlO days with four bus loads of families from all over the U.S. Our itinerary was full of touring, learning, swimming, tubing, "jeeping", eating, sightseeing, dancing, hiking, digging, bonding, shopping, "Ttibbutzing", tree planting, sharing, not to forget the moving B'nai Mitzvah ceremony. Thanks to Anno Broder and Jan Perelman, we were treated FIRST CLASS - hotels, meals, itinerary, speakers, Dalia, our kids' counselor, Yossi, our driver, and our guide, Gcrshon - we were the "chosen" bus with every need met. Our family couldn't have done it without them and UJA!
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From left: Kari, Sandy, Paul and Cory Epstein For me, after meeting with olim^(recent immigrants) I realized how truly fortunate 1 am to be living free in the United States instead of somewhere else the Ellis' could have ended up. For some, Israel was their choice, for others, their escape. For me, it is my homeland where I hope 1 never "have to" escape, but choose to visit many more times.
Reform claim victory on marriage ruling By Cynthia Mann
JERUSALEM (JTA) — In a breakthrough decision, the High Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must recognize civil marriages, including intermarriages, of Israelis and other nationals that are performed in foreign consulates. The ruling came in response to a petition filed by the Israel Religious Action Center of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, Israel's equivalent of the Reform movement. The movement has called the decision the latest step "toward the breaking up of the Orthodox monopoly in Israel." "Until we have an overall change in the system to open up free choice in matters of marriage and divorce, we hope that this partial solution will pave the way for additional ways of being married in Israel," said Rabbi Uri Regev, director of the lieligious Action Center in Israel. The Orthodox, for their part, are fighting the reformers in the political arena. The Labor Party has been trying for months to woo the fervently Orthodox Scphardic Shas Party back into the Lubor-led governing coalition. But Shas is now stipulating that it will rejoin the coalition only if Labor jjuurantees it will maintain the rclif^ious status quo and uphold the supremacy of,Jewish law in the face of challenges brought UvUiri! the High Court The Religious Action Center petition was filed on behalf of II lini/llian couple married in November 1990 in the Brazilian Embassy. The wife, Kva Goldstein, was a Christian who married Uri Goldstein, a recent Jewish immigrant who had retiiincd his Brazilian citizenship. Thoy chose to be married at the Brazilian Embassy because Jewish law in Israel dicUites that only Jews may be married under Jewish law. Since the British Mandate, foreign consulatee have had the authority to marry^ouples who are eitiseni of the country represinned by the consulate, '
But in the Goldstein case, the, Ministry of the Interior refused to recognize or register the marriage as legal. The ministry had argued that foreign consulates could not officiate at mari'iages where one of the spouses is Israeli. But the court ruled that the ministry had overstepped the bounds of its authority by using its own discretion and failing to register the marriage. Regev said the decision would help countless new immigrants from Russia, many of whom are not Jewish, who want to marry in Israel but are ineligible under the rules of the Orthodox rabbinate.
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PAULINE FRIEDMAN MAYER Services for Pauline F'riedman Mayer were held July 21 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Council Bluffs. She was 78. Survivors include two daughters, Judy Feiertag of Chicago and Joanie Lehr of Omaha; a son, Richard Friedman of New York; two sisters, Rae Brodkey and Shirley Kulakosky, both of Omaha; a brother, Harold Bernstin of Omaha; and grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Memorials niay be made to charity of your choice. 1 NATHAN (NATE) CUTLER Word has been received of the July 14 death of Nathan (Nate) Cutler of Los Angeles, formerly of Omaha. He was 83. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ilean. Survivors include a daughter, Tamar Cutler of Los Angeles; a son, Samuel of San Francisco; a brother, Louis Cutler of Omaha; two sisters, Anne Lapin of Nashville, Tenn., and Mary Feldstein of Chicago; one grandson and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Cutler graduated from Creighton University. He traveled with CJeneral Omar Bradley as his pho tographer in World War II. He attended the surren der of the German Generals to the allies where h took photographs. JACOB FRIEDMAN Word has been received of the death of Jacob Friedman of Houston, formerly of Omaha. He died July 17 at the age of 84. Services were held July 19. .Survivors include his wife, Betty; one granddaughter; and nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr. Friedman served in the Army during World War II. He retired in 1977 as vice president and actuary of the World Insurance Co. in Omaha. Memorials may be made to the National Heart Association. LOUIS LEVY Services for Louis Levy were held Wednesday at Colden Hill Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Betty; a sister. Leah Zarkowski; and a brother. Jack Levey. Mr. Levy was a retired captain of the Omaha Fire Dept. Memorials may be made to Beth Israel Synagogue. .
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IDF sees increase in accidents, suicides By Hugh Orgel
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The rate of fatal accidents in Many have tried to marry through the Russian the Israel Defense Force was twice as high this Consulate in Tel Aviv, but the Interior Ministry year as last, according to the officer in charge of has refused to recogniie their marriages, said manpower in the Israeli armed forces. Regev. Speaking before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs Meanwhile, the Reform movement is awaiting and Defense Committee this week, Maj. Gen. another ruling on a separate case involving the Yoram Yair said that in the first six months of Goldstein family that could decide the legal validi- 1994, 16 soldiers were killed in all type of accidents, compared to 17 for the whole of 1993 and 37 ty of Reform conversions performed in Israel. for all of 1992. Eva Goldstein converted And the suicide rate in the army appears to be escalating at an even greater rate, he said. Eva Goldstein was converted to Judaism in 1991 Twenty-eight soldiers committed suicide by a rabbinical court of the Reform movement, but between January and June 1994, compared with 38 the Interior Ministry refused to recognize her as an throughout 1993 and 22 in 1992. immigrant or to record her as a Jew in the populaCol. Shmuel Karon, head of the army's mental tion registry. health department, told the committee that of the 28 soldiers who committed suicide, 10 were found The High Court has in recent years decidi'd that to have suffered from personal stress and seven non-Orthodox conversions performed outside of killed themselves as a direct result of their army Israel must be recognized in Israel under the Law service. of Return, but has not recognized the legitimacy of No apparent reason was found in five of the these same conversions when they are performed cases, and six others are still under investigation. in Israel. Five of the suicides were recent immigrants, Regev, who represented Goldstein in this case as including two from Ethiopia, two from the former well, has said there should be no distinctions made Soviet Union and one from Brazil. Yuir also told the committee that 12 soldiers based on where the conversions are performed. died in the first half of 1994 in clashes in the south The state has argued that the law dating back to em I^banon security zone, in the West Bank and the British Mandate calls for religious conversions the Gaza Strip, and along the )}ordcrs. On a brighter note, testimony before the key to be announced ofliciolly by the heads of religious communities — ond that in Israel, the Jewish lend- Knesset committee indicated that the fight against accidents during training appeared to have been ers arc the Orthodox chief rabbis. successful, Last year, not a single soldier died in such acciThe High Court earlier this month heard the final arguments in the case, but no date has yet dents, and only one died to far Ihil year. been let for a ruling. In 1992,10 solditrs died in training accidenu
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Kabbalat Shabbat services at 7 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning services are at 8:46 a.m. in the Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. Kiddush sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Yale Halperin on the occasion of Yale's 64th Bar Mitzvah. Babysitting service also provided by Sisterhood. Mincha is at 8:30 p.m. Shalosh Seudot, Ma'Ariv and Havdalah conclude the services. SUNDAY: Services at 9 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Memorial plaque dedication ceremony at 2 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.
rBETH EL SYNAGOGUE 14606 California Omaha, NE 68154 492-8550 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRroAY: Services are at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services are at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services. The Devar Torah will be given by Greg Greenberg. Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. Shabbat story time is the first and third Saturday at 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services at 8:40 p.m. Weekly Torah study, an English discussion of the Torah portion with modern commentaries, meets 30 minutes after services. SUNDAY: Services are at 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services are at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Judaica Shop Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and by appointment. Beth £1 Picnic Series Beth El's series of picnics for children and their families continue Thursday, Aug. 4, for third and fourth grades. Fifth and sixth grades will celebrate Aug. 11. For reservations and information, call Dan Fellman at 492-8550.
BB'NAI ISRAEL The RECONSraUCnONIST CONGREGATION Omaha-Council Bluffs 322-4705 Services are led by Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein and congregants. For information on any synagogue activities, call 322-4705. FRIDAY: Family Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m., 618 Mynster St., Council BlufTs. FRIDAY, Aug. S: Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m., 618 Mynster St., Council BlufTi.
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FRIDAY: Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m.' Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Jeffrey Taxman will officiate. The theme for the early services in July and August is "Finding Our Way: the Road to Jewish Spirituality." SATURDAY: Shabbat morning service is at 10:15 a.m. Simcha B'Shabbat — The congregation, together with the Rabbis and Cantor, will study the Torah portion for the weeek. Sitter Service Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening service. Please make a reservation so we may plan accordingly. There are no facilities for infants.
B'NAI JESHURUN 20th and South Streets Lincoln, NE 68502 435-8004 Services are officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah study and service at 10 a.m. SUNDAY: Hebrew school at 9 a.m.; Religious school at 10 a.m. TUESDAY: Adult education classes at 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY: Choir practice at 7:30 p.m. Temple Garage Sale The annual Temple garage sale fund-raiser will be held in August. Donations are greatly needed and items may be brought to the Temple. For information, contact Susan Hall at 489-9031.
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. Chumagh Class Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Yiddish "Hooked on Yiddish" lessons, Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Chabad House. English Class "Think Jewish and speak English" classes on Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House.
IIFEKETH ISRAEL 3219 Sheridan Blvd. 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 8:28 p.m. Early services start at 6:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Services start at 9:30 a.m. Aufruf honoring the marriage of Elyza Kay Richmon and JefTSpinner. Kiddush luncheon sponsored by Edward and Mildred Rosenbaum, Jeffs Spinner's parents. Everyone welcome.
ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME SATURDAY: Servicei are held in the Goldsten Chapel at 9 tk.m.
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Sparks from The Word By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Parashat Eqev Historical Memory Our Sidrah opens with an admonition that carries its truth through the centuries: Eqev ... In Consequence of. . . On the heels of. . . The law of effect. . . What we do, to be plain, carries consequences, and actions must be weighed in advance against their probable effects. Our Haflarah concludes with another observation about life: We are not self-made; rather we are made, in part at least, by the traditions into which we are bom: "Look to the rock from Which you were hewn . . ." "We Jews," Isaiah of the Exile reminded his people, "are the children of Abraham our Father." It is expected that King Hussein of Jordan and Prime Minister Rabin will sign an agreement of nobelligerency when they meet on July 26 in Washington,. (Note added July 26: It has been done!) Here are two statesmen of different traditions, each looking back on many centuries of love for this land of our ancestors - and, it must be understood, of theirs as well. One of those who understood that he was hewn from a particular kind of rock was the late Yaacov Herzog, son of the late Chief Rabbi, Isaac Halevi Herzog. Yaakov was offered — but refused - the position of Chief Rabbi in England. He had been too deeply rooted in Israel to want to leave. In one of his speeches, he touched on what we may consider the background of the meeting between Rabin and Huessein. 'The issue is not territory; the question in their (Arabs') minds is whether we are permanent or temporary. For 50 years, they have been asking themselves: this people: are they rooted in this area or are they strangers? I believe that as we grow closer together, as we assert the uniqueness of historical memory, the understanding of our permanence is penetrating our neighbors' minds." The fact is that Israel's neighbors are beginning the soul-searching that will result in recognizing Israel's right to be where it is. With Egypt and Jordan (soon?) abiding by peace treaties with Israel, other Arab nations will have to follow. Otherwise they leave themselves out of a flourishing, revived, 21st-century Middle East. Syria will be the first to come to terms. Assuming that Israel will relinquish the (Jrolan, which was mentioned in last week's Torah Sidrah (!), Syria will have to relinquish its designs on Jordan and Israel. Both Arabs and Jews will be the better for recognizing that each has what Yaakoc Herzog called "the uniqueness of historical memory." We are hewn from rocks which were both broken off from ^_ the same original boulder. We are both Asian in ori- ^H gin. We are both human. We are of one human ^^ race.
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Liver patient to return to Israel
By Gary Javitch Or Bibi arrived in Omaha desperately clinging life almost five months ago. Early next week, th 13-month-old toddler and his parents will return to their home near Tel Aviv, following u successful liver transplant operation that saved his life. The toddler has gained weight and his hnir has grown long, according to Ophir Pnlmon. Mr Palmon is one of many Hcbrcw-speaking friends the Bibi family made while here. The family's ordeal was made easier liecause of many members of the community who truly extended themselves to the couple while caring for their son.
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By Morris Maline Editorial: Recipe for sizzling One knockout punch after another is being thrown and trying to cope is difficult. The Powerball is in Nebraska and the odds of winning are estimated at one in 55 million. Jupiter is hit by mountainous fragments of a comet - an event that comes about within our gaze of approximately once every 65 million years. So, how can one put into perspective the odds of peace in the Middle East? since the State of Israel was born in 1948, we have been confronted with wars, terrorism, needless deaths and suffering. This pattern of wanton destruction had all the earmarks of continuing from generation to generation. There was no end in sight. Then came the shock of peace with Egypt, followed by the unimaginable shaking of hands between Rabin and Arafat. The thought of that handshake was so unlikely that no odds were even calculated. Yet, it happened. Now, we have a public display of a desire for peace between Israel and Jordan. This brings up an interesting point: Jerusalem and the holy sites. Israel claims sovereignty over Jerusalem. Arafat demands control over Moslem holy places and King Hussein considers his role to be primary. A major test of power will take place soon at the Dome of the Rock, a Muslim focal point. The photos below were taken by Ophir Palmon, an Israeli photographer now residing in Omaha. This site will be the center of a sizzling event when Israel, Jordan, and the PLO get together to decide what's what.
Adult B'not Mitzvah Celebrating their Bat Mitzvah's on May 13 at Temple Israel were, from left: Barbara Frankel, Ducky Milder, (Elyce Azriel, teacheri, Phyllis Aronson, (Rabbi Azriel), Barbara Kushner and Bobbie Leibowitz.
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Births Joe and Terri Greenberg of Sherman Oaks, Calif., announce the July 19 birth of their daughter, Lauren Anne. Grandparents are Caryl and Barton (Bucky) Greenberg of Omaha, Eilene Shaw of Sherman Oaks and Allen Shaw of Las Vegas.
By Harry Alien There he was, about five years old, peyot and kippah, tzitzis, out having a ball eating a "whopper^ and French fries with a large Coke. His bearded, kippah-wearing father and properly-wigged mother were enjoying the same American hamburger. Burger King has come to Israel, serving Wendy Budwig and Larry Scannell of some 3,000 hamburgers a day in the bright and Livingston, Mont., announce the July 5 birth of a shiny "Jerusalem Mall." Oh, one could always get a son. Walker Frederick Budwig-Scannell. hamburger at Burger Ranch or Mac Davids — but Grandparents are Susan Budwig and Ronald not Burger King — that is special. Even I have had Budwig of Omaha and John Scannell of Dracut, my first whopper ever. (Price is 8 shekels or about Mass. $2.95). Great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert The night of the big anti-Arafat protest in Walker of Methuen, Mass., and Mrs. Frederick Jerusalem, the Mall was jam packed, parking in Nassauer of Baltimore. the giant lot and underground garage was at a premium and the lines at Burger King and Pizza Hut were long. At the other end of Jerusalem, a group of settlers has erected a tent city opposite the Prime Minister's office to protest the peace process where perhaps as many as 500 to 1,000. people take turns of the American Jewish PreM Aaoociation living in tents and passing out leaflets. (fourth in a series) These two very different gatherings in their own way symbolize the Israel policy as the country By Kent E. Schiner moves ever closer to an agreement with the Arab Congratulations on the 50th anniversary of world. On the one hand, tent city with its banners, the American Jewish Press Association. The posters depicting Prime Minister Rabin as Yasser network of Jewish newspapers, magazines, wire Arafat, its strident opposition to any and all comservices, radio programs and the cable televipromise with the world about it is, as one observer sion programming, bind us closer to our comnoted, "the maginot line of the settlers' movement." munities, link Jews around the world and are And like that illusory defense bastion of the French absolutely crucial for the survival of the Jewish will probably collapse as the worst predictions of people. chaos and destruction fail to materialize. As we celebrated the 150th anniversary of At Burger King and Pizza Hut and the B'nai B'rith with special events around the Jerusalem Mall are represented, the Israelis, who world, I have t'enerally been pleased with the probably long ago opted for pursuit of normalacy coverage the Jewish press has given to this hisrather than ideology, an American hamburger and toric occasion. From the very first disaster relief fries on a Saturday night projsably looms larger for campaign to help victims of the Baltimore flood the kids and parents than arguing about retaining (13 years before the American Red Cross was Beit El in Samaria. founded) to the establishment of the B'nai Even the Jerusalem Post, certainly one of the B'rith Youth Organization and our ongoing promost vocal opponents of the present government, grams around the world, you have chronicled has noted that the progress with Jordan at the B'nai B'rith's long history of achievements. apparent expense of the PLO demonstrates the Most of the coverage has been fair and accudiplomatic skill of Rabin and Peres. rate. Yet there is a disturbing trend among all By the time this is printed, Rabin and King media to ignore good news stories in order to Mussein will probably have shaken hands on the dig for items that can be sensationalized. White House lawn with a beaming Bill Clinton Within our relatively small worldwide populalooking on. By the summer, tourists will no doubt tion, this trend is extremely alarming. It erodes be driving from Eilat to Aquaba and beyond — as support an^ jeopardizes the survival of organisoon as they finish eating their hamburger and zations that have done so much good for so fries. It just may be that for better or worse, normany years. malacy, whatever that means, may be coming to Israel.
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Museum gets center to study resistance By Jeannic Rosenfeld NEW YORK (JTA) — A new center has been established at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington where scholars and researchers can study Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. , 1 Miles Lerman, chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, said ho does not accept the myth" that the Jews murdered by the Nazis went to their deaths "like sheep to the slaughter. 'Historians persist in promulgating the m^th that Jews offered no opposition to their mass anrfthilation. These accusations distort the truth and defy historical fact," Lerman recently said. According to Lerman, the resistance of the Jewish people to the German forces is the one major aspect of the Holocaust that has been largely ignored by historians. To fill this void of unrecorded history, Lerman founded the Miles Lerman Center for the Study of Jewish Resistance. \ "The story of Jewish resistance during World War II is a heroic and inspiring saga, a story that must be told," he said. The ceptervyas forrnally launched June 5 pi a State of Israel Bonds dinner at which Lerman received the Israel Bonds Freedom Award for his efTorts on behalf of worfd Jewry. In his acceptance remarks, Lerman spoke of this historical gap and emphasized that the well-known Warsaw Ghetto uprising was not an isolated event but rather part of a campaign of widespread resistance by Jews throughout occupied Kurope. The center will be part of the already existing Research Institute, which currently comprises the entire fifth floor of the U.S. Holocaust Museum. The institute, which houses photo and paper archives, a registry of Holocaust survivors and a resource library, serves as a base for scholarly endeavors. A fund-raising campaign is currently under way, with substantial donations being made in the form of Israel Bonds. The donations support Israel as well asthe center.
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At the dinner, Lerman stressed the need for continued support of Israel, saying, "the memory of 6 million must be translated into deeds, so that Jews will never again have to rely on the mercy of the world." ' Lerman envisions the center as a place to study "accounts of Jewish resistance that weave an epic story of brave young men and women who rose in rebellion against the most formidable army the world had ever seen." Lerman, who fought the German forcesas a partisan commander during World War 11, honors those who fought with minimal chahces of survival for "choosing to fight — and ultimately to die — to preserve the honor of the Jewish people." Lerman hopes the center will enable research in this neglected chapter of history to thrive so that the world will recognize the courage of Jewish resisters and the myth of Jewish passivity in the face of their annihilation will finally dissolve.
50 YEARS AGO July 29-Aug. 4, 1944 MANY JEWS IN GERMAN CAMlirRY TO COMMIT SUICIDE WHEN EXCHANGE PLAN FALLS THROUGH LONDON, July 30 (JTA) — Many Jews in the German concentration camp of Vittel in France attempted to'tommit suicide when they learned that they were to be deported to Poland instead of being exchange 1 for Germans in Allied countries, it is revealed by British internees from Germany who arrived in Lisbon to be exchanged for Germans. The Lisbon correspondent of the Sunday Express quotes one of the internees as stating that 35 Jews threw themselves from the windows of the building in which they were held, when they learned that the countries whose visas they held had refused to honor them and that, therefore, they would not be exchanged. The countries which issued the visas were not disclosed.
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^^K By Mardee Gruen ^V^ The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle MILWAUKEE (JTA) — With prompting from Alilwaukeeans, the YWCA national board has scuttled an 11-year-old policy that was critical of Israel in favor of one supporting the current Middle East peace process, and is urging international YWCA to follow suit. A resolution calling for "bridges between the people of the Middle East" was introduced earlier this year by Julia Taylor, executive director of the Milwaukee YWCA, and adopted in June by the YWCA national board, which is headquartered in New York. The resolution has now been placed before the Council Assembly of World YWCA, which will convene next year in Seoul, South Korea. The YWCA maintains a political as well as social agenda. The Middle East statements are part of an overall political policy. The policy adopted by the World YMCA Council Assembly at its 1983 convention in Singapore calls for; * The withdrawal of all occupying foreign forces from Lebanon and the assurance of the sovereignty of Lebanon. * A halt to the building of Israeli settlements in the West Bank; establishment of a Palestinian state in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967; support of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination; and the establishment of the Palestinian state on the West Bunk and Gaza. * Recognition of the State of Israel by the Arab states and the Palestine Lib<!ration Organization and the recognition of the rights of the Israeli people. Taylor credits Mordecai I.<ec, executive director of the Milwaukee Jewish Council for Community Relations, for bringing the YMCA's critical Middle East policy to her attention. She snid that Lee "was examining another issue when he came upon the policy statement regarding the Middle East "Afler he pointed out the language to me last fall, we b«gan to prepare a resolution to create o medialinK position to present to th« national boarrl
of the YWCA at its convention. With input from Jewish community activists Doris Chortek, a YWCA board member, and Judy Bluestone and Phil Lerman, YWCA supporters, Lee and Taylor drafted a resolution to "encourage and support those nations, institutions and peoples who are taking phenomenal risks in pursuit of lasting peace in the Middle East." The resolution also "encourages and supports local programs in the Middle East which permit all women in the Middle East to learn about each other, work together for peace and to better their daily lives." And it sta'iis that solutions to the Arab-Israeli conflict "must be based on non-violence, mutual respect and the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. The YWCA seeks to support policies and programs which can build bridges between the people of the Middle East." Taylor said she believes that "the new wording provides a more balanced approach to support those working to resolve the conflict in the region." She said it was "likely" that the YWCA World Council would approve the proposed resolution. But she cautioned that "the YWCA of the USA has made other changes that the international group has not accepted." Lee called it "exciting for Milwaukee to be at the forefront of changing policy of a worldwide organization" and said the change indicates that the Young Women's Christian Association wants to be more "responsive to the needs of the Jewish community." Taylor said the YWCA has been seeking "a more ecumenical attitude. "We struck the word "Jesus' and other language from our mission statement. We still acknowledge our Christian roots, but represent a broader range of membership today than we did 13& years ago, when the agency was founded," she said. The ogcncy's Ictt<!rhcad descriljCH the YWCA as "a membership movement of women from diverse backgrounds and faiths, of different ages and experiences, committed to the ompowermont of women." World YWCA, which is based in Geneva, has branches in 91 countries
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Cuban synagogue affiliates By Jeannie Rosenfeld NEW YORK (JTA) — A lOO-member congregation in Havana has recently become the first Cuban congregation to affiliate with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. The synagogue, Patronado de la Casa de la Comunidad Hebrea de Cuba, which was founded in the Cuban capital in 1949 and has been searching for links with fellow Jews for many years, is one of five remaining synagogues and the only Conservative congregation in the country. It is also the site of a modem community center which houses a library, provides children's Sunday school classes in Hebrew, hosts conferences and organizes youth activities.
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By Harry Paskowitz Next meeting will be Sunday, Aug. 21. Epstein-Morgan Post 260 of theljWV held its first regular meeting at the Jewish Community Center with Harry Paskowdtz as the new commander. Attending were Jay Benton, Jacque Dolgoff, Sam Kaplan, Ben Magzamen, Sol Mann, Dr. Milton Margolin, Harry Paskowitz, Keith Peltz, Leo Sivin, Lester Waxman, Bill Wolfson and Shefta Zisser. We saluted the flag and Chaplain Dr. Margolin gave the opening prayer. We stood in memoriam for Quartermaster Nate Marcus. Harry thanked Mrs. Marcus (Bebe) for her help with the post's activities and records. Jacque Dolgoff, membership chairman, reported that the post has 129 members, 14 of which are life members. Sol Mann, VAVS, reported on the volunteer hours at the Vets Hospital. Sam Rosenstein was inadvertently omitted from the last report — he had 222 hours. The life story of the JWV is now available in the Jewish Federation library. Sol Mann was elected quartermaster. Chaplain Margolin offered the closing prayer and refreshments were served.
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By Bert Lewis I have a smart aleck answer whenever somebody says to me "what do you know?" I usually say "not much ... if I knew anything, I'd have a better job." Which makes me think about so-called "perfect jobs." What constitutes a perfect job? Does the person who works for a travel company qualify? I don't mean the one who works out the itinerary — I mean the one who actually goes to far-off vacation spots to check them out for the possible traveler. The one whose expenses are all paid and whb is instructed to try out all the goodies oflFered; to really do what a vacationer might do. That must come close to being a perfect job. Maybe that title belongs to the restaurant critic. The person whose assignment is eating and being paid to make special note of service as well as food. How bad could a job like that be? Except I should think there ought to be special hazard pay on that one. To cover the cost of the diet programs, of course. .r oI saw something related to that category recentA program covering a fr^de show, but not exhibiting electronics or toys or the usual. This show was on fancy, specialty foods, and a man in charge was pointing out all the fabulous edibles on display. He admitted most were only available in gourmet food shops or restaurants, but it was obvious he had done a great deal of research on taste because he spoke knowledgably. To his credit, he was not overweight, although I couldn't understand why not. Maybe some people would think the fashion editor who attends those extraordinary showings has the perfect job. Maybe . . . especially the shows in Paris or Rome, even if in reality, the clothes are usually mostly for viewing, not for wearing by real people. • I don't really know who has the "best" job. " For the person who loves movies, I suppose theaters would qualify. But, of course, the critic can't just mindlessly watch — he or she must be able to write a whole big megillah about it afterward. All of these possible winners have a certain hedonistic quality . . . the work brings enormous pleasure to the worker. I wonder if the best of all possible jobs might be something which brings great pleasure to others? Something which comes to mind with the word "gratifying" must rank right up there wyth the world's best jobs. In any case, I hope you like what you do. What would be worse than starting each day with dread? We all know the feeling... with luck it only happens occasionally. In fact, I wonder if that was responsible for the invention of the expression "have a nice day." You never know.
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Debbie Rosebrough and Tony Lohrman were married May 20 in San Angelo, Texas. The bride, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Rosebrough of Corpus Christi, Texas, is employed by Heritage Buick-GMC Truck in San Angelo. She is a graduate of Angelo State University and also attended California State University at FuUerton. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Lohrman of Omaha, is stationed in San Angelo with the U.S. Air Force. He is an instructor in fire protection training for the Department of Defense; Mr. Lohrman attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. William Lohrman. After a honeymoon to St. Lucia, in the Caribbean, the newlyweds reside in San Angelo.
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Louise Abrahamson, left, Nebraska Jewish Historical Society president, presented a lifetime membership certificate to Susan Silver upon her retirement as archivist-historian. The Omaha Community Playhouse has Ms. Silver was honored recently at a recepannounced auditioi^s for the musical "Sweeney tion for NJHS board members and personnel Todd" which opens in the Fonda-McGuire Theater at the Jewish Community Center. Oct 7 and runs through Nov. 27. Auditions will be held at the Playhouse Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 7 and 8, at 7 p.m. The Junior League of Omaha is currently acceptA large adult cast of singers, dancers and actors ing project proposals for financial and volunteer are needed. assistance from non-proflt agencies. Application The role of Mrs. Lovett has been cast; all other forms may be obtained by writing the Junior parts are open. League of Omaha, 608 North 108th Ct., Omaha, Everyone auditioning will be asked to sing and NE 68154, or call 493-8818. Project proposals should include requests for volwill need to prepare 16 measures of music. An accompanist will be provided. unteer assistance for the program year Jime 1995In addition, everyone will be asked to try a move- May 1996. Intent to propose a (project) application ment combination. forms should be received at Junior League headFor information, call 553-4890. quarters no later than Aug. 20.
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By Cynthia Mann JERUSALEM (JTA) — Efforts to strengthen the Labor government coalition were frustrated once again this week when a deal with the fervently Orthodox Sephardic Shas Party stalled because of critics' charges it would undermine Israel's democracy and foster religious coercion. Labor leaders had hoped Shas members would rejoin the coalition late this week following a memo of understanding between party leaders in which Labor guaranteed there would be no change in the status quo on religious affairs. The Labor agreement was made despite recent Supreme Court rulings that non-Orthodox movements in Israel touted as victories over the Orthodox establishment. In one recent decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Israel must recognize civil marriages, including intermarriages, performed in foreign consulates. CHEVALIER'S CUSTOM CLUBS • CuitomGoMCIubt FarTh(Enti(tFiinl|r
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July 29,1994
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Where are teenagers? By Miriam Widman BERLIN(JTA) — One year after the first postwar Jewish high school in Germany opened here, school officials admit they are having a hard time attracting Jewish pupils. Of the 27 students in the first high school class, some two-thirds were Jewish. But only one-third of the incoming class of 25 students are Jewish, and principal Uwe Mull admits that Jewish students are hesitant about coming to the new school. A key problem. Mull said in a recent interview, is that prominent Jews in the community have chosen not to send their children to the new high .school, and this has been detrimental to the school's efforts to attract Jewish pupils. "When a prominent board member (of Berlin's Jewish community), a director at one of the other Jewish schools and a religious teacher decide not to send their children to the high school, it's very difficult to work against such an advertisement," Mull said. Officials in the Jewish community did not return phone calls. Jewish parents here tend to send their children to one of the community's elementary schools, but have taken a wait-and-see approach about the oneyear-old high school. "I did not want to send my kid to another experiment," said one parent. Mull acknowledged that a new school must first establish itself, but expressed disappointment with the reaction of the community. In a recent interview, retired Rabbi Ernst Stein said the lack of interest in the Jewish high school is symptomatic of the Jewish community's lack of interest in things religious. "Everything that Rabbi Stein said is true," Mull said. Expressing optimism that in the long-run the school will gain acceptance, he said that the school has garnered strong political support from the city government.
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ARIS (JTA) — The French government has appointed Jean Kahn, the leader of the European Jewish Congress, as the French representative to the newly created European Consultative Commission on racism and xenophobia. The appointment of Kahn, who is also head of CRIF, the umbrella of France's Jewish organizations, was announced by French Minister for European Affairs Alain Lamassoure. The member states of the European Union ratified the creation of the new anti-racism commission, at the suggestion of France and Germany, during the latest E.U. summit, which was held June 24-25 on the Greek island of Corfu. Each member of the E.U. Sweden — will have one representative on the new commission.
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Offiqials at the high school have not yet decided just what its religious orientation will be. Mull favors a school that has a Jewish tradition but remains open to non-Jews. The Jewish high school is located smack in the center of the city's former Jewish neighborhood in what was formerly East Berlin. It is an area where Jewish culture is on the rise. ' The school itself was a Knabe, or boys school, before the war. Hitler closed it in 1942 and turned it into a deportation center. But the high school's historic location is actually working against it. Most of the city's Jewish population lives in the western part of the once divided city, and many western parents are skeptical of a school in the east.
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LONDON (JTA) — A senior member of the Chief Rabbi's Commission on Women revealed this week that Rabbi Jonathan Sacks had rewritten key recommendations in its recently released report, which said there was much to change to improve women's lot in the community. Evelyn Stem expressed disappointment that her committee on religious and synagogue affairs had not been allowed to publish the "detailed" recommendations it had prepared. Speaking at a packed meeting of the Women's International Zionist Organization, Stern said: "The printed recommendations on kaddish (the prayer for the dead) and Simchat Torah were reworded by the chief rabbi so that they would be more acceptable. "We wanted to know when, where and how women could recite kaddish," she said, "not whether." The original text of the recommendation, obtained by the Jewish Chronicle, called for "written guidelines" to clearly set out "when, where and how women may say kaddish."
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Community ousts rabbi for political involvement
By Michael Shapiro WASHINGTON(JTA) — The Senate passed legislation last week preventing federal agencies from By Ruth E. Gruber counting Holocaust restitution payments as income BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, (JTA) — Rabbi Lazar when determining eligibility for federal assistance Kleinman, the rabbi of Kosice, in eastern Slovakia, programs. has been fired from his position after the leader"These payments are not income, but gifts from ship of the Slovak Jewish Federation said he was the people and the government of Germany who , engaging in activities they thought inconsistent are trying to make amends for one of the darkest with his rabbinical position. periods in human history," Sen. Dennis DeConcini Kleinman is fighting the dismissal in court and (D-Ariz.) said. refuses to leave the apartment allocated to him by Companion legislation was introduced in the the Jewish community, according to Fero House last year by U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman and Alexander, executive chairman of the Union of recently passed there. Jewish Religious Communities in Slovakia. DeConcini, who introduced the legislation in the "Kleinman was released from his position by the Senate, did so after receiving a letter from Fanny Schlomowitz, an 83-year- old Holocaust survivor Union of Jewish Communities and his work permit living in a government-subsidized one-room apart- as rabbi was stopped as of June 30, 1994," Alexander said in an interview. ment in Phoenix. Kleinman was fired in the spring. Charging that . Schlomowitz wrote that her rent was to increase by four times the current amount because the his dismissal was not carried out according to Department of Housing and Urban Development Slovak law, he has brought a suit against the Union of Jewish Religious Communities in considered her restitution payments as income. Slovakia.
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Alexander, speaking from his office in Bratislava, said Kleinman had been engaged in activities that were "harming" the Kosice Jewish community, including involvement in local politics and other activities "that a rabbi shouldn't do." Jewish sources said Kleinman made many political contacts, including with right-wing nationalist parties. He angered many Jews by making political statements in public to the effect that there was no anti-Semitism in Slovakia. In addition, Kleinman became involved in intense and bitter personal conflicts within the Kosice Jewish community, which erupted soon after he took up his post two years ago. Alexander said the "last straw" came when Kleinman became a consultant to the East Slovakia Steel Works and announced that a committee had been formed in the Jewish community to help the steel works. "This was not true," Alexander said. He said the community had opposed the idea.
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Can Clinton write off Jordan's debt? ^V By Matthew Dorf ' WASHINGTON (JTA) — When Jordan's King Hussein cairie to Washington last month, President Clinton promised to ask Congress to forgive Jordan's $700 million debt if there were significant strides toward peace, including a public meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. In light of Monda/s historic White House meeting and the unprecedented address the Israeli and Jordanian leaders make to a joint session of Congress, uncertainty abounds over whether Clinton can deliver congressional support for his pledge. Observers believe that Jordan has moved ahead unilaterally with Israel at least in part because of the potential economic payoff. But Jordanian expectations of economic benefits resulting from reconciliation with Israel raise the larger question of whether the United States will be willing — or able — to fund peace in the Middle East. One point on which all analysts agree is that times have changed significantly since Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979, and began to receive what has amounted to annual peace dividend checks of $3 billion and $2.1 billion, respectively. Even if consensus emerges on Capitol Hill to forgive Jordan's debt, many analysts say budget restrictions could prevent a quick fix for Jordan's mounting debt. Jordan's debt to the United States accounts for only a fraction of its $6.6 billion in outstanding loans, primarily from European nations. Debt payments amount to almost 30 percent of Jordan's total annual budget. In addition to going to Congress, Clinton has pledged to ask other debtor nations to restructure and forgive much of Jordan's debt. Clinton intentionally left his offer to Hussein vag^e, according to White House officials, Clinton has told Hussein that he would have to take significant strides toward peace with Israel, and perhaps
even sign a full peacei treaty, in order to get Congress on board for debt relief Members of Congress themselves have eihoed a similar position. Many lawmakers have said they want to see, at the minimum, a pledge for full normalization of relations between Israel and Jordan before considermg debt forgiveness. But some on Capitol Hill want Jordan to go further — disavowing the Arab boycott of Israel, beefing up sanctions against Iraq and agreeing never to harbor terrorists. Those who oppose debt relief until a peace treaty is signed say Clinton's pledge amounts to a "typical administration ploy," according to one senior Capitol Hill staffer. "You make the promise and then shove it down Congress' throat and blame Congress for the failure of the entire peace process if it doesn't go, along," the staffer said, echoing the sentiment express by many on Capitol Hill. Clinton has already taken steps to prepare a proposal to forgive Jordan's debt, according to officials. The Office of Management and Budget is preparing for the White House, at Clinton's request, an exact accounting of Jordan's debt. Jordanian officials estimate their country's debt to the United States at $900 million rather than the $700 million the State Department lists. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the discrepancy comes from technical calculations that depend on when interest and principal of the loans would be paid. Before Congress could vote to forgive Jordan's debt, lawmakers would have to cut spending or raise taxes to offset the bill for debt relief In 1992, Congress and the then-Bush White House agreed to offset any new spending by cuts in other programs or new taxes. In order to forgive Jordan's debt, therefore, the appropriations committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate must find savings SALES SKILLS CAN LEAD TO UNLIMITED EARNINGS POTENTIAL
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or raise taxes to pay off the loans. Clinton is also expected to ask Congress for a handsome package of military aid that would update the Jordanian aFmy and could conceivably provide high-technology U.S. aircraft. Many are waiting for the euphoria to settle from this week's visit to weigh in on debt forgiveness and military aid. Capitol Hill staffers warn not to expect the socalled pro- Israel members of Congress to carry the ball on money to Jordan. "We just finished the push for Israel's $3 billion and Egypt's $2.1 billion. "This effort is going to have to come from members like Obey an(^|Leahy," a senior Senator's aide said. U.S. Rep. David Obey (D-Wisc.) serves as the chairman of the Foreign Operations Appropriations Committee. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) chairs the Senate committee where any hearings on debt forgiveness would begin. Both Obey and Leahy refused to comment on any possible package for Jordan until after the committees meet to debate the possibility. Their aides say hearings could start as early as next month but caution not to expect results until after the fiscal year ends Sept. 30. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which supports some form of aid to Jordan, is in the process of formulating its own policy as well as strategy on this issue. AIPAC staffers have begun consulting with members of Congress to assess the mood on the Hill before proceeding. Most other Jewish organizations have not yet determined how active they will be on the aid-toJordan issue. However, Morton Klein, the president of the Zionist Organization of America who has been assertive in lobbying Congress on issues related to the current peace process, is already gearing up to. lobby on this issue. Klein appears to be the lone supporter of linking debt forgiveness for Jordan to a similar package for Israel.
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Off-Broadway actress starts over in Omaha
Russell E. Sawyer Jr., DC, of Omaha was elected president of the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) at the 31st annual business meeting and convention held in Nashville, Tenn., this month. The ACA is a 23,000 member organization which represents the majority of practicing chiropractors in the U.S. Dr. Sawyer is the husband of Jane Sawyer, who is a member of Temple Israel. He is the son-in-law of Miriam Shrier. Travel Associates has announced the appointment of its new officers as follows; Teddy Levine, president; Sue Lovette, vicepresident sales; Debbie Friedman, vice-president marketing; and Jeanne Shechet, administrative assistant. New to the staff are Debbie Friedman and Jeanne Shechet. Joining the marketing team are associates Jeanne Kerhoff, Jane Sawyer, Deenie Meyerson, Janise Schwee and Violetan Luane.
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By Diane Axler Baum Lynne Rothman is not yet convinced that an offBroadway actress can find happiness in Omaha, NE. But she suspects that involvement with the JCC Theater Committee greatly improves the odds. Ms. Rothman moved to Omaha from New York last February. For her husband, Bernie, relocation offered the challenge of a senior vice presidency with First Data Lynne Rothman Corporation, but for her the change meant a painful separation from the stage and screen directors who respect her work. Her successful New York career held starring roles in a wide range of plays, including such hits as "Springtime for Hitler," "Born Yesterday," "Barefoot in the Park," "The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" and "Hello Dolly." She also appeared in films and in numerous TV commercials, most recently for GM Trucks. Her final off-Broadway appearance was a major role in 'The Cherry Orchard" under director Gene Frankel. "I need to become involved in acting here in Omaha," Ms. Rothman told Marcia Lipsman, longtime Theater Committee chairman. She feels lucky to have met Mrs. Lipsman soon after arriving. Mrs. Lipsman, considering herself equally fortunate, lost no time recruiting the talented newcomer for the Theater Committee and was delighted when Ms. Rothman offered to assist with script reading. This is often the first step in selecting plays for production by Theater at the J. Mrs. Lipsman also encouraged Ms. Rothman to begin auditioning for local productions and she has already captured a starring role. She recently began rehearsals as Bella in "Lost in Younkers,"
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