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Crisis in Jewish education -- Israel pays attention By Cynthia Mann JERUSALEM (JTA) — AB a student, Dikla Shahar used to love learning Bible and Jewish history in the public schools she attended. But the 21-year-old JeruSalemite remembers feeling that too few classes were offered and those that were available taught Judaism in a superficial manner. But all that could change. In a move that some might consider a revolutionary new approach to teaching Judaism to Israeli youth, a governmentappointed committee is recommending that students in public secular schools learn more about Judaism and its progressive, humanistic values. At stake, say members of the committee and other experts, is the Jewish identity of non-Orthodox Israelis, who make up the overwhelming majority in the Jewish state. She may not be an expert, but Shahar, too, strongly believes that Jewish knowledge is essential for Israeli youth. '"The children must be given more. They don't know anything," said Shahar, who describes her family as non- religious. "If we don't pay attention to it, if we forget, we will bp lost. We won't be a people anymore," she said. • How Jewish identity among Israeli youth is shaped, say the experts, has wide-ranging repercussions for the future of Israel- Diaspora relations.

"If there is no change, the Jewish community in Israel will remain with no knowledge of and commitment to the Jewish people and to Jewish continuity," said Muky Tsur, an educator, former head of the United Kibbutz Movement and member of the committee. Menachem Revivi, director general of the United Israel Office of the United Jewish Appeal, beUeves that 'more Israelis should be concerned that we're bringing up youngsters who have no understanding of what it means to be Jewish." Not only is too little Jewish knowledge imparted to Israeli i^tudents, say those involved in the issue, but what is taught is too narrowly focused. "For students who come out of the current system, Judaism and Jewish identity is very narrow," said Allon Gal, director of the Center for the Study of North American Jewry at Ben-Gurion University. "It is often built on negative factors such as antiSemitism, the Holocaust and Israel's wars, rather than on positive factors, such as a pluralistic, everdeveloping culture," he said. The committee, headed by Haifa University Rector Aliza Shenhar, was appointed in 1991 by former Education Minister Zevulun Hammer to investigate the declining interest in Jewish studies in the-public secular schools. Of the 35,000 high school pupils who took the matriculation exam in Bible studies last year,

fewer than 3 percent chose to study beyond the mandatory two units which were required for the test, according to Shenhar. The committee report called the decline of interest in Judaism in the classroom a partial reflection of changes in the values of Israeli society in general. It cited the decline of ideology, the growth of materialism, the explosion of technology and specialization, the politicization of religion and the polarization between the religious and secular populations. The conmiittee recommended additional hours of required study of Jewish subjects. But it put most of its emphasis on teaching these subjects in a new, innovative and interdisciplinary fashion and dramatically revising teacher training. It also called for pluralism to be a central focus of Jewish studies. While the report does not refer to the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements by name, it calls for the teaching of the different streams and movements within world Je*rry. The report also criticized the secular schools for abdicating responsibility for Jewish education to the Orthodox. Teachers from Orthodox yeshivas, it pointed out, are often brought into the non-religious schools to teach Bible or Jewish history from an Orthodox viewpoint. (Continued on pa^e 6)

Project under way to tally Jews buried at Arlington cemetery ^^kf By Dan Joseph ^B Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON (JTA) — Almost 200,000 U.S. war veterans are buried at Arlington National Cemetery. No one knows how many of them are Jews. That's why every weekend Ken Poch hikes through Arlington's endless rows of marble headstones, searching for stones marked by a distinctive six-pointed star. Under those markers lay the bodies of American Jewish soldiers, some of whom died in battle, all of whom fought for their country and earned the right to be buried at the nation's official military cemetery. Operating strictly on his own time, money and motivation, Poch hopes to compile a list of all Jewish veterans at Arlington, the burial site of

such renowned Americans as George Patton and John F. Kennedy. Since starting the project last June, Poch said he has located approximately 300 Jewish veterans buried at Arlington, with more than two-thirds of the cemetery's vast grounds still to be searched. Poch's research has stirred interest among Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. and Arlington's own historians. Neither group owns a list of Jewish veterans buried at the hallowed cemetery. "I think he's going tp turn up a lot of interesting stories," said cemetery historian Kathryn Shenkle, who sees the list as a potential aid to tour guides. When visitors ask if any notable Jews are buried at the cemetery, Shenkle has been short on answers. "Hyman Rickover, father of the American nuclear navy, buried at Arlington, is famous, and I

Or Richard Hodet, head of the American Jewish Joint Oistrittution Comnf>ittee (JDC) medical team in Gome, Zaire, examines a Rwanden child In the KIbumba refugee camp The JDC-Goma medical team Includes specialists, nurses and paramedics JDC, In partnership with 35 other major Jewish organizations, has alio sent in medications, mobile medical units and has established a nutrition program for children Photo; JDC

didn't know he was Jewish,'* she said. An amicable, unassuming man, Poch seems an unlikely candidate to while away his weekends climbing cemetery hills and examining tall-standing monuments. During the week he works at an advertising company in Reston, Va., where he also lives. While he did serve a two-year army stint in the early 1960s, he never saw combat and has no friends or relatives buried at Arlington. Poch simply thinks that American Jews' contributions to the armed forces have been underappreciated. "People have looked at Jews' contribution to art, literature and science. But stereotypically, Jews are considered weak people," he said. "I just wanted to see how many of us are here, in Arlington Cemetery." Poch has criteria for determining who qualifies as "us"at Arhngton. Even if a headstone carries an obvious Jewish name such as Jacob Goldberg, Poch will not include it on his list if it lacks the all-important six-pointed Star of David. "If the family does not want to acknowledge the person's Jewishness, I can't force them to do it," he said. Upon finding a veteran's stone with a Star of David, Poch writes down the deceased's name and pertinent information, snaps a photo of the headstone and puts its all into a thick black binder. Shenkle said that with the exception of Japanese Americans, no other ethnic or religious group keeps track of its dead buried at Arlington. When Poch finishes his research he intends to publish a book that will also examine the parallel roles that Jews have played in American life and wars since the Civil War. To that end, Poch said, he has been trying to learn more about some of the Jewish veterans buried at Arlington, but he has run into a stone wall from the cemetery's historians, who are prohibited by official policy from relensing any personal information without family approval. Poch says anyone with information about a Jewish veteran buried at Arlington can contact him ot 11550 llolling Green Ct., Reston, Vs. 22091, Hit phone iiuni>M>r is (703) 391-0664.

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September 9,1994

Sparks from The Word

By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke

Purashat VaYeiekh -- Shabbat Shuvah Reflections Before Yom Kippur We are about to spend a whole day in prayer and "afflicting our souls." The afflictions consist of about 26 hours of fasting, including refraining from drinking water. On hot days before air-conditioning, the water deprivation was a real affliction. These days we shrug it all off. Usually, we have no oppressive hunger pangs and even no obsessively demanding thirst. Thus we pass it all off without much effect on us. The prayers our ancestors wrote—and prayed— withisuch fervor'generally arouse no fervor in us. The greatest sin of the relatively affluent Jews of the United States is smug satisfaction with ourselves. This is just what Yom Kippur is supposed to penetrate and eradicate. But it rarely does. Almost all of us will be relieved to finish the day and the fast without too much difficulty. If that is all, the day will have been wasted. Indeed a somewhat jesting question is sometimes asked. In the Maariv service after Yom Kippur, why do we include "Selah lanu Avinu ki hatanu . . . (Forgive us. Our Father, for we have sinned . . .)"?

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Richard H. Hiller dies in California

What sin could we have committed in those few minutes between Yom Kippur's end and this moment of evening prayer, while we remained right Word has been received here that former Omalian here, here in the Synagogue? The answer (how true Richard H. Hiller has it is!): You have committed the sin of self-satisfaction, of pride, of hubris .if you will, for you think that died in California at the age of 03. Services took all your sins are forgiven. We should be moved by all the prayers of these place Aug. 31 at Temple days of penitence, special prayers for Rosh Adot Shalom Poway in haShanah and Yom Kippur. If we aren't moved by Rancho Bernardo. A native of Omaha, Mr. prayer, we should be warned by the Haftarah of the morning seryice. Hers Second Isaiah charges the Hiller was active for worshiper to understand that "afflicting his soul" by many years in the fasting is not enough. What the Lord wants is a fast Federation's annual philthat directs the worshiper to his moral duties, to anthropies campaign.He clothe the naked, to feed the hungry. In short, he is also served as a member of the board and as treacommissioned to perfect his society. If that doesn't take hold, the worshiper is seized surer of Temple Israel. Richard Hiller In addition, he served again by the Haftarah of the Minhah service, the numerous civic and charitable organizations taking marvelous Book of Jonah. Don't you get it? the leadership roles in the Rotary Club, the Omaha Haftarah asks. True, repentance has unlimited power. Unfailingly, it brings forgiveness. But it Chamber of Commerce, the Immanuel Hospital must be true repentance. It must be more than advisory board, the Mid-America Council of the Boy mouthing prayers and enjoying the chant of "V'al Scouts and the Creighton University lay board of kulam . . . Selah lanu . . .(But for all our sins, God of advisers. He also served as president of the Omaha School forgiveness, forgive us . . . reward us with atoneBoard for three years, as a Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben ment)." There is a world that need repair. There is a Councillor and as chairman of the Nebraska Heart Jewish world that requires serious attention and Fund drive. Mr. Hiller and his father, Louis, expanded a family deep personal sacrifice. There are you and I, who loan biisiness specializing in automobile loans, need to focus our energies morally and intelligently. Yom Kippur is not the end of our religious duties. It industrial and commercial financing. In 1963, he joined Omaha National Bank becoming a vice presiis the beginning; and its call is ever urgent. dent in 1965. He graduated from Central High School in 1929 and from Creighton University law school in 1935. Mitchel William During World War II, Mr. Hiller served with U.S Weiler, son of Jo Ann Army Intelligence. He moved to Rancho Bernardo in Weiler and David Weiler, 1979. will become a Bar In addition to his wife, Betty, he is survived by Mitzvah on Sept. 17 at sons, Robert of Estes Park, Colo., Paul of Irvington, Beth El Synagogue. N.Y., Andrew of Winnetka, 111.; and five grandchilMitch is a seventh dren. grader at Beveridge High ULLIAN M. KRAFT and he plays football for Graveside services For Lillian Miller Kraft of the Westgate Indians. He Baton Rouge were held Aug. 29 at Beth El enjoys drawing, music Cemetery. She was 80. and basketball. She is survived by a son, Donald; a daughter Mitchel Weiler He has a brother, Sharon Wilbom of Deltona, FL; and five grandchilScott, and sister, Heather. Mitch is the grandson of Ida Israel of Montreal, dren. PAUL STEINBERG Quebec, Canada. Graveside services at Beth El Cemetery were held on Aug. 28 for Paul Steinberg, 86. Jonathon Coliis, son He is survived by a sister. Rose Steinbsrg Gross, a of Elisse Coliis, became a brother. Dr. Maurice Steinberg, nieces and Bar Mitzvah recently. He nephews. Memorials may be made to donors' choice. is an eighth grade student at Kiewit Middle School and his hobbies include computers, read ing and music. BLOCH/MEYERSON Jon has a sister, Jennifer Chaya Bloch and Scott A. Meyerson, Andrea. His grandparboth of Omaha, were married Sept. 4 at Beth El ents are Helen and Synagogue. Jonathon Coliis Joseph Stern. Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits officiated. A reception followed at the Red Lio Hotel. The bride, daughter of Steven and Carol Bloch, i a student at UNO School of Social Work. She is a graduate of the University of Kansas where she was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority. She also attended Washington University, St. Louis, jl Her mother is a community volunteer and her " father is a partner at Frascr, Stryker, Vaughn, Meusey, Olson, Boyer & Bloch law finn. The groom, son of Larry and Deenie Meyerson, ii employed by Bctterman. Katelman & Hotz law firm He is a graduate of the University of Kansas where re ; he was a merWber of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, an the University of Nebraska College of Law. His mother is a community volunteer and hi father is a marketing consultant at MEG Corporation. Maid of honor was Tracy Bernstaln of St. Louis? United Talmud Torah of Omaha has friend of the bride. Bridesmaids were Suxsnne le announced the winners of the Merit Bloch, Julie Dorman, Lainie Geary, Caria Myers, s, Scholamhip winners. They aret Bacli row, Heidi Schneiderman and Casey Wills, from left, Cory Itkin, Michael Kricsfeld, Best men were Dr. Lance Meyerson and Troy >y Beth Shyken, Andy Itkin, Allison Gordon, Meyerson, brothers of the |p-oom. Groomsmen were, Jeff Shapiro and Ruvane Kurland. (lower Dr. Michael Bloch, Jny Kapp. Scott Schneidemion, photo) Shayna Flatowicz. Not pictured: Lee SchwarU, James Simon, Poul Stumbo and Josh Andrea Coliis, Caren Friedman, Jason Zweiback. 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BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 1S02 No. sand Street Omaha, NE 68104 I TEMPLE ISRAEL 5564288 ^_ 7023 CMS Street Office hours: Monday through l^hursday, 8 a.m. ^m Omaha, NE 68132 to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Services are 5S6-6536 conducted by Rabbi Joseph Friedman. FRIDAV, Sept. 9: Shabbat Shuva service, 7:30 pan. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat services at 7 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Cantor Yablonski SATURDAY: will officiate Morning services are at 8:46 a.m. in the The Oneg Shabbat will be Bponsored by Temple Sisterhood. Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. SATURDAY: Kiddush sponsored hy Sisterhood. Skabbat morning service is at 11:15 a.m. Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood. Lesson with the rabbi at 6:30 p.m. Simcha B'Shabbat—^The coiigre^tion will study Mincha is at 7:26 p.m. Shalosh Seudot, Ma'Ariv the Torah portion for the week. and Havdaiah conclude the services. Sitter Service SUNDAY: Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening Services at 8:30 a.m. and 7:26 p.m. service. Please make a reservation so we may plan Breakfast and a study session with Rabbi accordingly. There are no facilities for infants. Friedman follows the morning service. Yom Kippur MONDAY and TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY, Sept 14: Services at 6:30 a.m. and 7:26 p.m. First service, 6:30 p.m.; Second service, 8:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY, Sept. 15: Morning service, 6:30 a.m., Mincha, 2 p.m. Morning service, 10 a.m., followed by "Medical KOL NIDRE, 7:30 p.m. ( The Beth Israel Ethics Panel" discussion; Young Children's service, 1:30-2:15 p.m.; Family Youth service, 2:30-3:15 Bulletin erroneously reported Kol Nidre at 6:30 p.m.; Afternoon service, 3:30 p.m.; Yizkor and p.m.) Candlelighting, 7:17 p.m.; no food after 7:30 p.m . Neilah services, 4:45 p.m. THURSDAY: (Yom Kippur) EtliicB Panel Discussion-Immediately followServices will be conducted by Rabbi Joseph ing Yom Kippur morning services Thursday,a panel discussion entitled 'This Is My God, My Friedman, Rabbi Yohoshua Sauer, and Rabbi Spiritual Journey" will be held. The panel mem- David Kaye. Morning service, 8:30 a.m.; sermon, 10:45 a.m.; bers and congregation will discuss their spiritual journeys from unique perspectives and how all of Yizkor, 11:16 a.m.; Mincha, 6 p.m.; Neilah, 6:30 us can become more spiritual in our everyday lives. p.m.; Fast Ends, 8:15 p.m. Call the office with David Jacobson is chairman of the panel which reservations for break the fast. includes Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Marvin Brookstein, Sam Fried, Lois (Ducky) Milder, Jeff Smedlund and CHABAD HOUSE Donald Yale. 1322 So. 119th Street 'Shabbat Comes To You" \ Omaha, NE 68144 Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and the Temple Youth 697-1124 t Iroup will lead a Shabbat service Friday, Sept. 9, SATURDAY: 3:45 p.m., at Livingston. Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush. "Food For Thought" . SUNDAY: Luncheon session is Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to Davening is at 9:30 a.m. 1 p.m. Rabbi Stiel will lead the discussion. Bring a Talmud Classes brown bag lunch, Temple will provide the drinks. Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Advanced "TOW Torah on Wheels will be held Tuesday from noon Tahnud, 12 p.m. Thursday. Chumaah Class to 1:15 p.m. at Grace-Mayer Insurance, 10050 Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Regency Circle. Gary Kaplan is host. Reservations Yiddish are required. Call the Temple office at 566-6536. "Hooked on Yiddish' lessons, Wednesdays at Bar Mitzvah Nicliolas Bohbot, son of Menasse Bohbot, will 7 p.m. at Chabad House. English Class celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning "Think Jewish and speak English" classes on service Saturday, Sept. 17. Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and Men's Club Men's Club will meet Sunday at 10 a.m. Douglas Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House. County Sheriff Richard Roth will speak. Traditional loz and bagels will be served. NonTIFEREl'U ISRAEL members cost is $3. 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Also, the Men's Club now has the new Pleasure Lincobi, NE 68602 Pac. Stop by the Temple office to pick up your copy 423-8S69 for only $25. Support Temple Men's Club! Services are officiated by Rabbi Stanley Suldiot Family Service and "Box Dinner" A Sukkot family service will be held Monday, Rosenbaum. Minyans on Mondays and Thursdays, 7:15 a.m. Sept 19, 7 p.m. Bring the family at 6 p.m. to make FRIDAY: your own Suklcah decorations and add to our outCall the synagogue for information. door Sukkah. The activities will be followed by a SATURDAY: "bring your own dinner." Drinks will be provided. Call the synagogue for information. Call the Temple office by Wednesday, Sept 14, to Erev Yom Kippur malw reservations. WEDNESDAY, Sept 1& Kol Nidre, 6:30 p.m. Yom Kippur ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME THURSDAY, Sept 16: 8:30 a.m.; Junior conSATURDAY: Services are held in the Golditen Chapel at 9 gregation, 11 a.m.; Mincha, 5 p.m.; Fast will end with the blowing of the Shofar. a.m. Members of the community are invited to join residents for the service and the kidduah following. B'NAI JE8HURUN Special memorial services are held on the last 20th and South StreeU Saturday of each month. Unoohi, NE 68S02 Yom Kippur 435-8004 WEDNESDAY, Sept 14t Kol Nidre, 7 p.m. Services are officiated by Cantor Michael THURSDAY, Sept. 18: Yom Kippur, 9 a.m.; Weisser. Yiskor, 10:30 a.m.; Mincha and Nilah, 6:45 p.m. FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 7:46 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah study and service at 10 a.m. Memorial Prayer Service SUNDAY: Memorial Prayer Seivlcet will be held at Pleasant Hebrew school, 9 a.m.; Religinvis school, 10 a.m. Hill Cefnelafy (B'nal Jacob sectkxi) 42nd and Redick TUESDAY: Ave. on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 11:30 a.m. Rabbi Adult education classes at 7:30 p.m. JoMph Friedman wUI conduct THURSDAY! theservloea. Chflil' practi''" nl 7 .10 p m Candlell^ting 7:26 pan.

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PERSONALS A happy, heatttry and peaceful Mew Year to al our relatives and Irtends. Babe, Aaron and Stave Marcus Thank you lo all my (umily and friends for their contributions, flowers, gifts and other acts of kindness shown me ouring my recent hospitaKzatlon and recuperation. Bemlce QMtMT

Temple Israel Memorial Service Sunday, Sept 11,1 p.m. Rabbi AzrIsI, Rabbi Stiel and Cantor YabkxiaM wil conduct a Memorial Service at the Temple Israel Cemetery, 6412 North 42nd St.

Memorial Prayer Service Memorial Prayer Seivtoea wtll be heW at Mount SInal Cemetery, 78th and Crown Point on Sunday, Sept. 11 al 12:30 p.m. RabU Joaeph Friedman wIN conduct theaervkxa.

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Assad meets with American Jews in new sign of warming relations

By Larry Yudelson Siegman said that in reporting the meetings, NEW YORK (JTA) — In a new sign of Syria's the official Syrian media did not mention the turn away from confrontation with Israel, group's Jewish ties. President Hafez Assad met last week in Damascus The other delegation members, who are also with the immediate past leaders of the American involved in the Council's Middle East project, were Jewish Congress. , Robert Lifton, AJCongress' immediate past presiThe meeting followed recent visits to Syria by dent; Lester Crown, ithe Chicago industrialist and two American Jewish groups, who held discussions Jewish philanthropist; and Steven P. Cohen, a conwith senior government officials. sultant for the Council on Foreign Relations, who These visits follow a long tradition of contacts has long played a role in back-door negotiations between Arab leaders and American Jews that between Israel and the Arab states. have preceded Arab-Israeli diplomatic breakSix weeks ago, a 10-person delegation reprethroughs. senting Project Nishma visited Syria for four days At the same time, the intense deliberation and met with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk alwithin high Syrian governmental circles over per- Sharaa. mitting these contacts highlights the decidedly cauProject Nishma is a Jewish group which suptious approach Assad has taken toward possible ports the peace process. peace with Israel. In January, members of Americans for Peace Last week's delegation went under the auspices Now also visited Damascus. of the New York-based Council on Foreign That these meetings are being seen as a step Relations, whose U-STMiddle East Project is head- forward by Israel is evident from remarks made by ed by Henry Siegman, the AJCongress former exec- Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres on Aug. 17, utive director. after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Assad "did not meet with us as Jewish leaders, Mubarak. though he was clearly aware all of us had played a Peres said that Assad had told the Egyptian role in American Jewish life," said Siegman. leader of his willingness to receive a delegation of American Jewish leaders in Damascus to discuss Israeli-Syrian relations. Peres said Assad's offer signified "an advance" in the peace process. Israeli officials now say that Mubarak, and Peres, were apparently referring to Siegman's The American Jewish Press Association group, which met with Assad on Aug. 16. The meet(ninth in a series) ing was facilitated by Mubarak. By David A. Teutsch, "These contacts could serve to boost and help President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College This is a time when the dissolution of some parts establish a direct and continuing dialogue with of the American Jewish community and the revi- Syria," said an official at the Israeli Embassy in talization of others is happening so rapidly that Washington. ""The more Assad speaks to and hears from the changes cause whiplash. The Jewish press has a critical role to play amidst people, Jewish leaders and others, of the message of peace and the need for peace, the better the these changes. Weekly Jewish newspapers are virtually the sole chances are for peace," said the official, who asked Jewish reading material in many households. It is not to be named. Another Israeli ofSdal in Washington offered a not enough that they report on fund-raisers and carry news of Israel, though neither of these activi more cautious assessment. By meeting with Jews as part of a non-Jewish ties should be denigrated. The Jewish newspaper needs to understand itself organization, Assad "did not really make an ideoas the link into deeper Jewish living and a source logical concession," said this official. "There is an absence of sufGdent qualitative change. of Jewish acculturation. "This is in no way a substitute. If he thinks Newspapers should therefore report enticingly on classes and Jewish experiences that their readers meeting with Americans, whether administration oflidals or American Jews, is a substitute for direct choose to pursue. The newspapers need to review books that they dialogue with Israeli ofTicials, he is misreading the reality," the Israeli official said. hope their readers will be drawn into reading. Israel and Syria are apparently involved now in They should provide guidance for those who want to take the first steps toward observing Shabbat indirect negotiations, with U.S. Secretary of State and Jewish holidays. They should provide stories Warren Christopher passing ideas and general proon alternative ways of leading Jewish lives and get- posals from one party to the next. But Israel believes that for the process to really ting involved in cultural, intellectual, and social move forward, it requires direct discussions. justice activities. Siegman said his group did not carry any mesEven that, however, is insufSdent. They need to provide feature stories on individuals who are wor- sages to or from Damascus, although it met with thy of emulation. They need to provide alternative Israeli leaders t oth before and afler the vi: t. Their visit also included meetii s with ways of understanding critical life issues from the point of view of liberal and traditional Jewish Mubarak, Jordan's King Hussein and I destine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat. ethics. Richard Murphy, a former undersecretary of In short, they need to be a guide to contemporary state and former ambassador to Damascus, said Jewish living. That is an enormous task, but a critical one in the meetings between Syrian officials and American effort to provide a bridge from the contemporary Jews reflect not only a warming toward the Jews, American situation into the Jewish tradition. The but toward America. The trip to Syria "has not been a voyage often Jewish newspaper has a unique opportunity to made by private individuals," said Murphy, a entice Jews into Jewish living. Reporting on the breadth of political, social, reli senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations. gious and cultural activity in the Jewish communi- He added that Syrians have had little contact with ty is a way of providing the maximum number of the outside world. That desire to reach out on the part of bridges. [May the supporters and readers of the Jewish Syrians, to explain their position, and listen to press provide the incentive and support that media other points of views, I think is a plus for both sides," said Murphy. need in order to take on these taaks. Cohen agreed that hia group's visit reflected

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Assad's increasing engagement with American society i "As he engages more depply in American soci-^ ety he understands there are institutions other than the American govef'nment that are important to> engage with, such as the Council on Foreign Relations. And that will increasingly include the Jewish community," he said. ^ While the meetings with Syrian officials mark a new course for American Jews, this is not the first time that such contact has preceded official IsraeliArab dialogue. Similar meetings were held in the past between American Jews and Egyptians, Palestinians and other Arabs. "Our feeling is that over the years the peace process is generally preceded by relationships between the American Jewish leadership and the parties in question," said Theodore Mann, co- chairman of Project Nishma. "Syria, like other parties to the peace process on the Arab side, is primarily interested in opening relations with the U.S. and we are, after all, Americans," he said. "Apparently Syria believes that we have some influence with the American government." During the almost two-hour meeting at the Syrian Foreign Ministry, Project Nishma delegates stressed the importance of more public diplomacy by Syria in order "to convince the Israelis that peace will be genuine and safe for them," Executive Director Thomas Smerling said. Smerling said the American Jewish community is "extremely valuable" in peace negotiations as a "vehicle that Israel and Arab governments can use to take incremental steps towards engagement with each other. "Every breakthrough is preceded by a long series of small steps, of tiny gestures, of precedents being broken. "That's how the peace process moves forward and at some point crystallizes in a serious breakthrough," Smerling said. Smerling noted that Egypt extended the redcarpet treatment to then-Hadassah President Charlotte Jacobson shortly before President Anwar Sadat made his surprise trip to Israel in 1977. According to Israeli offidal and others familiar with Israeli diplomacy, Cohen, who was part of the recent delegation that met with Assad, has served as a "conduit" for Peres in back-door dealings with Palestinians and other Arabs. Cohen dismisses this account, which is widely accepted. Smerling said Syria is now involved in a slow, incremental process of coming to terms with Israe' He said Syria's decision to welcome the Pro jt Nishma delegation as an organization and nr individuals represents one step in this process. The earlier group from Americans for P Now received visas only as individuals. "It is a distinction that is very meaningfu the Syrians," said Smerling, who said the Syr government considered his group's visa request i r more than a year. Another partial gesture from Syria came earlier this month, when it granted a visa to David Makovsky, a reporter from the Jerusalem Post who also writes for U.S. News and World Report. While he officially went on behalf of the weekly American magazine, he said the Syrians understood and agreed that he would write about the trip for the Post, as well as a Hebrew newspaper, afler he returned to Israel. Makovsky said Syrian Foreign Ministry officials told him that "they had had a whole discussion as to whether I constitute a confidence-building measure," said Makovsky. "They decided I wasn't, because I traveled on an American passport." (JTA correspondent Matthew Dorf Washington contributed to this report, i

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Jewish theater goes beyond race, ethnicity By Donna Ezor, senior staif writer , Jewish audiences are also getting older. During a well as entertain, he says, noting, "We need to Metro West Jewish News recent conference of the Council of Jewish learn about our background, we need to teach. M When trying to define "Jewish theater," Jeff Theaters, participants complained, "Our audience I Seibert believes "the best definition is the broad- this year they're 80, next year they're 85, and it est." looks scary," reports Laurie Wessely of The JCC M'etro West director of arts and education V Weehawken, former artistic director of the says one can look beyond race and ethnicity to find Washington Jewish Theater in Rockville, MD. Jewish elements in a play. Ran Avni, artistic director and founder pf the He cites Athol Fugard's Road to Mecca, with its Jewish Repertory Theatre in New York City, symbolism of light, as well as Tony Kushner's believes there's more Jewish theater today, because Angels in America. "You wouldn't call Angels in Jews are more comfortable with themselves. America a Jewish show," says Seibert, yet it exam"I think Jews are less and less embarrassedi ines the Jewish response to AIDS. He can envision about seeing Jews on stage. People are identifying using such a production as a springboard to pro- more [with their religion). The pot is not melting grams on the topic. that fast; people don't want to lose their heritage." When a play addresses the Holocaust, "I think it's Wessely, artistic director of the tentatively titled for everyone," and not just Jews, continues Seibert, Modern Jewish Repertory Theatre, founded by Lithographs Of noting that A Shayna Maidel, about the reunion of Lenny Mandel and Michael Reimer, both df West a Jewish family that was separated during the Orange, is a little bit less optimistic. She takes a Noted Artist Holocaust, is really about family relations. more practical approach. Often, he says, the non-Jewish response to the "If you're only going to appeal to the Jews, you've play is "even stronger." got a problem." Wessely says with such writers New York director/choreographer Helen Butleroff as Neil Simon and David Mamet so successful writsays the problem with most Jewish theater is that ing for the Broadway stage and film, they don't it isn't directed to contemporary audiences. "I have need to write for the smaller stage. Therefore, she seen so many plays that are Jewish that are only says, "we're just not generating those classics" for Now thru October 6,1994 interested in 1890 Prague or dancing hasids," she the repertory companies. A portion of the proceeds of the sales of these works says. "There's plenty of stuff to do, and there's plenty of benefits the Jewish Community Center of Omaha Butleroff, conceiver/director/choreographer of crap," continues Wessely. "I don't think we're in That's Life at the New York City-based Jewish the middle of a Jewish theater renaissance. No Repertory Theatre, says it's rare to address con- matter how you intellectualize it, you have to make temporEuy Jewish life in a musical. money." That's Life is an exception. The show, which feaMiriam Greenberg agrees with Wessely, noting tures musical vignettes and monologues about that perhaps there is not enough money available Jewish life in America, is attended mainly by to keep many Jewish theater companies afloat. The Jewish audiences, she says. Livingston resident says such financial support "When you leave, you should feel good about should "be seen as a priority of preserving the culbeing Jewish. You should feel good about yourself. ture of yesteryear." You see yourself on stage." Greenberg, an actress who's appeared in shows at Butleroff has been involved with Jewish theater the JCC and the Foiksbeine Playhouse in New since 1967, when she performed in Oy, What a York City, believes that the only way to bring tradiWedding, at the Yiddish Anderson Theater in New tional Jewish values to contemporary society may York City. "I always thought that Jewish theater be through the theater. In Yiddish productions she had a lot of heart and soul.So many other styles of recalls seeing as a child, there was "always sometheater can be much more restrained." one who was pregnant out of wedlock because In recent years, the JCC's Seibert has seen a Jewish values were so against that. 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March of Living participants publisli boolc By Abigail Pickus NEW YORK (JTA) — From the ashes of the past the next generation emerges — this time with a Holocaust book written by Jewish youth. "For You Who Died I Must Live On: Reflections on the March of the Living" is a recently pubUshed collection of poetry, prose and art work by North American teen-agers who attended the March of the Living pilgrimage to Poland in 1'992. The March of the Living — the biennial event where Jewish teen-agers from all over the world travel to Poland and then to Israel — seeks to symbolizes the journey from past destruction to present day rebirth. Over the years, the march has grown into a massive event. Some 1,200 students participated in the first trip in 1988; by 1992, the numbers rose to 6,500, with teen-agers from about 35 countries attending. While the march has been the subject of two documentaries, this is the first time a book of the participants' reactions has been published. ~"0f all the thousands of books on the Holocaust, this is the only book in existence that reflects the response of today's Jewish youth to the Holocaust," said the editor of the book, Eli Rubenstein, national director of the United Israel Appeal of Canada. The book, which was written primarily by Canadian teens, contains 142 entries divided into three sections titled '"Memory," "Anguish" and Hope." Its title is taken from a song written for the 1988 march that promises the victims of the Holocaust: "The songs you could not sing I promise I will sing." Intended for both Jews and non-Jews, the

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book is now in bookstores across the country. It "There are thousands of Jews who feel that bemg Jewish is self-flagellatioi^ — Jews who are Jewish won the 1994 Canadian Jewish Book Award. The dramatic photograph on the cover with a girl out of the pain of generations before us," he wrote. Rubenstein disagrees. "We don't emphasize wrapped in an Israeli flag walking along the same train tracks that once carried Jews to their, deaths, death. We mourn death and emphasize life," he said. foreshadows the feehngs expressed in the book. "One mission had the students meet Jewish Through language and art, the teens convey their horrors, self-reflections and the strength they Polish students and meet with a righteous gentile." All participants in the march attend preparatory found from their peers. "It is riveting, profound stuff, especially consider- sessions where they learn about the history and ing the age of the kids," said Rubenstein. The aver- culture in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust, according to Rubenstein. age age of the contributors is 16. This book offers the march's participants a "If you don't give the students an appi^eciation for chance to relate their experiences to others. the Jewish existence before the Holocaust, they are "When they come back from the march, they have not going to feel a los^wheii they are there," this desire to change the world. Rubenstein said. Wm* ^ "They want to wake people up and fight complaThe students' feelings o^Rss and pain are evident cency," Rubenstein said. in their submissions. "This is the best way to do it." The March of tlje In a poem titled, "So Wrong," 16 year-old Living is not exempt from criticism. Daniella Weber fi-om Vancouver, British Columbia The most commonly heard critique is that the writes, "I want the air to be heavy and thick/ The march concentrates solely on the death of the Jews birds to stop singing their song/ I want the stones in Poland and fails to acknowledge the resurgence to turn into people/ To find out why humans went of Jewish life in Poland today. so wrong." Poland was home to 3.5 million Jews before the Others voiced their inability to understand the Holocaust. Holocaust. "I will never, ever be able to compreToday there are an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 hend the Hell/ that you were forced to endure . . . Polish Jews. "Stop the March of the Living," wrote Never in eternity," writes Elisa Frame, 17, from Jonah Bookstein, an American Fulbright scholar in Medford, N.J. Poland who works with Polish Jewish youth, in an The overwhelming response, however, is one of article in a national Jewish student paper. New hope for the future: "And we will March on. We Voices. shall live on," writes 16 year-old Marni Beth Instead, Bookstein calls for a "bridging (of) the Bimbaum fi-om Girard, Ohio. living" with integration programs that would bring Rubenstein plans on publishing a revised version young Jews and Poles together. of the book with new material afler every march.

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Party and the former deputy education minister under Shulamit Aloni, was reported to have said that Reform is not Judaism and that Shas would not rejoin the Labor-led coalition if the ministry begins teaching Conservative and Reform Judaism in the secular schools. Despite the opposition, the report is not expected to become a political football. According to Goren, it is already on its way toward implementation by the ministry. Strategies to put the main recommendations into effect are to be submitted to Rubinstein in October, said (Jioren. The minister ajso plans to appoint an independent board to ensure that implementation remains faithful to the committee's policies, she said. At the same time, new curricula for teacher training are being mapped out, while some of the principal recommendations are already being carried out as experiments in some schools, Goren said. The non-Orthodox movements in Israel have applauded the recommendations. They represent a "potential revolution in the way Jewish studies are perceived and taught," said Rabbi Uri Regev, director of the Reform Movement's Israel Religious Action Center. "Today, the discipUnes are chopped up and unrelated, not enabling the student to see the dynamic trend and continuity" of the tradition, Regev said. "Bible is taught as literature and grammar and not as a national value system and ethical trea-| sure." 1 The Shenhar report recognizes the "need to have an integrated tencliing approach for the different, Jewi.sh disciplines: Bible, oral law, Jewish litera-l ture and history," Regev continued. ' "Only in this way con Judaism come to life and not remain an esoteric theory and pure science, which is the tragedy today. It is not relevant to the young Israeli." Regev also hailed the centrality of pluralism and the call for teaching about contemporary streams of Judaism in the report, a subject not now required, j much to Regev's frustration. I "It is inconceivable and unacceptable that Israeh students will know more about tfae French revolution than about contemporary Jewry," he said. Oal, of Ben Gurion University, echoed Regev, bemoaning the fact that students currently can pass the matriculation exam "while knowing nothing about American Jewry." "It is traditional in the schools to ignore North Amarican Jewry or to mention it in a narrow woy,"

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Tillie Olsen will speaK at UNO's Eppley Auditorium Nebraska born authoi' Tillie Olson will speak on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. at UNO's Eppley Auditorium. Her topic will be: Growing Up In Omaha. Ms. Olsien's talk is sponsored by the Historical Society of Douglas County, the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society and the U^ O History Department. According to the announcement, there is no charge and refreshments will be served following the lecture. i Ms. Olsen, whose last formal education was at Central High School, will discUss how her family, teacher (Sarah Vore Taylor) and Central influenced her life. i After publication of her first book,Tell Me A Riddle in 1969, she went on to teach and serve as a writer in residence at Amherst College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford Uftiversity and Kenyon College. For information, contact Roger Reeves, curator of history. Historical Society of Douglas County, 4511013.

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CJF task force urges federations to deepen understanding of intermarrieds A task force convened by the Council of Jewish Federations on the Intermarried and Jewish Affiliation, declaring that failure to take action would result in "disenfranchising a significant segment of the population, wittingly or unwittingly, from Jewish life," has called on Federations,to deepen their understanding of intermarried families and to take leadership in a community-wide planning effort to intensify services to them. "Serving the intermarried is now an urgent matter," the Task Force declares in its recently released report, "Jewish Community Services to the Intermarried." "Many intermarried families want to participate in the Jewish community and their involvement depends on the variety of programs and choices available to them." "Jewish leadership is challenged to act," in the context of planning for a broad spectrum of services, the report says.

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Advisory: Last week's Rosh Hashanah issue included the participation of many volunteers and staff people, and the Jewish Press is grateful for the effort that was provided. A special note of appreciation is due Susie Drazen, executive director, Bureau of Jewish Education, for providing the many stories relating to education and scholar' •hips.

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mIdtimers Review By Harry Paskowitz Charley Fellman, piore than 90 years old, recounted stories of his life at a recent Earlybirds discussion group. Recalling his journey from Russia to Oniaha after the the Russian-Japanese war in 1905, Fellman compared his early years here with the lives of teenagers today. Mr. Fellman advocated for special prisons for young offenders similar to Great Britain's system. Discussion followed with Dr. Milt Margolin and Dave Dworkin adding their comments regarding juveniles. Art Grossman and Norm Zevitz expressed their concerns about the high rate of illegitimacy and unresponsive legal system. Mr. Fellman voiced his approval for the Clinton crime bill and the congress for finally passing it. The discussion turned to the latest developments in the Middle East. Sam Epstein and Art Grossman mentioned the good news regarding the peace process and Abe Gendler told the group that a soccer game between Israel and Jordan had recently taken place. Charley Fellman expressed his concerns about the status of Jerusalem. The group agreed that it should not be given back to the Arabs. Dr. Margolin mentioned that Notre Dame now has a Jewish quarterback, a first for that school. Guest speaker for the lunch program was Manny Goldberg. He spoke of the high cost of drug research and development and the often discriminating practices of some companies in pricing. Sam Kaplan thanked the servers at the luncheon. Motzi was said by Art Grossman and the bensching lead by Keith Peltz. Norm Wohlner gave the hospital report, which included Gertrude Epstein, Leo Nogg, Mollie Rhodes, Sam Rosenstein and Ruth Weinberg. The group stood in respect for the recent losses of Joseph Gotsdiner, Richard Gummers and Bruce Horwich. Lester Waunan gave the treasurer's report.

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COLOR CLARITY

CARAT WEIGHT PRICE PER CARAT

TOTAL

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COLOR

CLARITY CARAT WEIGHT PRICE PER CARAT

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TOTAL

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Radiant Cut

F

' VS1

.69cts.

$3,570.00

$2,463.30

Fancy Yellow Color Cert. Only 1.26cts.

$ 4,500.00

$ 5,670.00

H

VS2

I.OOcts.

$4,410.00

$4,410.00

Fancy Yellow

1.70cts.

$ 4,800.00

$ 8,160.00

F

VS2

I.OIcts.

1

VS2

$ 4,999.50 $ 4,272.30

$12,150.00

J

VS1

Fancy Yellow Color Cert. Only 2.43cts. ,. „ „ „ . ^ ^ , Fancy Yellow Color Cert. Only 3.29cts.

$ 5,000.00

I.OIcts.

$ 4,950.00 $ 4,230.00

I.OIcts.

$ 4,272.30 . ,„„ „„ $ 4,681.80

$ 5,750.00

$18,917.50

Fancy Yellow Color Cert. Only 3.91cts.

$ 7,500.00

$29,325.00

1.50cts.

$ 5,250.00

$ 7,875.00

F

SI1

1.02cts.

$ 4,230.00 . -,«„„„ $ 4,590.00

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VS2

1.03cts.

$ 4,230.00

$ 4,356.90 $ 4,483.80

VS2

PrincwCllt

H

SI1

1.06cts.

$ 4,230.00

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811

1.15cts.

$ 3,870.00

$ 4,450.50

p

VS2

1.75cts.

$ 5,250.00

$ 9,187.50

K

811

1.16cts.

$3,420.00

$3,967.20

H

Rawless

2.32cts.

$ 7,875.00

$18,270.00

H

811

1.23cts.

, $ 4,230.00

$ 5,202.90

Q

ys2

3.02cts.

$ 8,025.00

1

812

$24,235.50

1.30cts.

$ 2,925.00

1

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VS2

3.04cts.

812 .

1.37cts.

$ 9,240.00

$ 2,730.00

$ 3,802.50 * ' . $ 3,740.10

$28,089.60

$ 8,025.00

$26,322.00

$ 9,000.00

$90,180.00

$ 5,600.00

$ 5,824.00

F

WS2

1

VS2

1.43cts.

$4,500.00

$6,435.00

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-812

1.52cts.

$ 3,690.00

$ 5,608.80

^

SI1

10.02cts.

H

WS2

1.55cts.

$5,100.00

$7,905.00

1

VS2

I.eicts.

$4,250.00

$6,842.50

1

V81

1.Slots.

$ 4,420.00

$ 8,000.00

1

811

2.24cts.

$ 4,560.00

$10,214.40

K

VS2

2.34cts.

$3,840.00

$8,985.60

1

VS2

2.35cts.

$ 4,960.00

F

VS1

2.54cts.

$ 7,820.00

Marquise Cut ,

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^^^ 1.24cts.

$ 4,500.00

$ 5,580.00

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2.20cts.

$ 5,000.00

$11,000.00

$11,656.00

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$ 6,640.00"

$15,936.00

$19,862.80

^

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2.68cts.

$ 5,200.00

$13,936.00

VS2

3.53cts.

$ 6,500.00

$22,945.00

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^82

. 3.00cts.

$ 9,200.00

$27,600.00

G

VS1

3.00cts.

$ 8,600.00

$25,800.00

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$10,200.00

$50,726.25

G

VS1

2.21 cts.

$ 6,225.00

$13,757.25

E

V81

2.60cts.

$ 7,875.00

$20,475.00

VS1

2.54cts.

$ 9,435.00

$23,964.90

1

811

2.94cts.

$ 4,845.00

$14,244.30

1

V82

3.12cts.

$6,320.00

$19,718.40

K

VS1

3.72cts.

$ 5,250.00

$19,530.00

E

VS2

3.75cts.

$ 9,900.00

$37,125.00

1

VS2

4.01cts.

$7,520.00

$30,155.20

J

VS1

4.19cts.

$ 6,800.00

$28,492.00

D

811

4.23cts.

$10,125.00

$42,828.75

^ „ „ Fancy Yellow

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Pwr Cut

WS2

1.22cts.

$4,500.00

$5,490.00

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VVS2

2.75cts.

$ 5,250.00

$14,437.50

D

flawless

2.03cts.

$15,225.00

$30,450.00

E

811

-3.07015.

$ 8.625.00

$26,478.75

D

VS2

3.53cts.

$11,250.00

$39,712.50

1

VS2

5.01cls.

$ 8,625.00

$43,211.25

4.46cts. 5.04cts. 8 lOcts

$ 3,600.00

$16,056.00

$ 3,000.00

$15,120.00

$ 4,000.00

$32,400.00

$ 3,850.00

$46,354.00

$ 6,500.00

$79,430.00

Fancy Yellow

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.46cts. .70cts. I.OIcts. 1.26CIS. 1.54cts. 1.55cts 1.57cts. 2.47cts. 2.70cts 2.80cts. 322cts. 3.77cts

$ 1,740.00 $ 1,850.00 $2,950.00

$ 800.40 $ 1,295.00 $2,979.50

$2,250.00 $3,650.00 $2,250.00 $ 2,450.00 $ 3,600.00

$2,835.00 $5,621.00 $3,487.50 $ 3:846.50 $ 8,892.00

$ $ $ $

$ 9,18000 $ 9,800.00 $11,720.00 $15,080.00

3,400.00 3,500.00 3,500.00 4.000.00

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12.04c1s. ^2.22cts.

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1.56cts.

$ 2,900.00

$ 4,524.00

2.44ctS. 3.20cts. 3.22cts. 4.09cls.

$ 3,200.00

$ 7,808.00

$ 3,400.00

$10,880.00

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$ 3,600.00

$12,236.00

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$ 3,500.00

$14,315.00

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