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Temple Israel to host Scholar-ln-Residence Dr. Seymour Rossel, director of the Department of Education of the Union of American Hebrew CongregatioaB, will visit Temple Israel as a Scholar-inResidence from Dec. 16 through Dec. 18. Dr. Rossel lectures widely On Jewish history, edu' cation, values, the Bible, and conducts teacher workshops in Jewish communities throughout North ^ „ „ . America. ^''- Seymour Rossel He is the author of more than a dozen books for Jewish and public schools including the two-volume best-seller "A Child's Bible," "When A Jew Prays," "When A Jew Seeks Wisdom," the two-volume "Journey TTirough Jewish History," "A First Book of Family," A First Book of Judaism," "The Holocaust," "Israel, Covenant People, Covenant Land," and "Judaica Book News," "Jewish Education," "Sh'ma," and other periodicals. Several of his musical settings for liturgy have also been published. Dr. Roesel has served as vice-chairman of the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education and on the national executive boards of Central Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE), the Jewish Book Council of America, and the National Association of Temple Educators. He served as consultant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry, Los Angeles Jewish Federation, the American Association for Ethiopian Jewry, and the Skirball Museum of Hebrew Union College. In 1988, he was chairman of the CAJE 13-conference in Israel, the largest international gathering of Jewish educators ever held. Dr. Rossel is Usted in "Who's Who in the Eastern States," 'Contemporary Authors," "The International Authors and Writers Who's Who," as well as "Who's Who in Worid Jewry." In 1980, he was presented the Bonei HaNegeo award for outstanding work in Jewish education. The public may attend the following events: Friday, Dec. 16, 7:30 pan. — Family Shabbat service and sermon "The Mask of God." Sunday, Dec 18, 10 a.in. — Bagel brunch end workshop for parents: 'The Jewish Dreams Workshop.*
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Minister Rabin writes to Jewish communities Editor's Note: Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin sent the following letter to American Jewish communities in response to suggestions that Israel no longer needs UJA funds.
It is particularly gratifying to see UJA taking an aggressive role in the 'Israel Experience' program. As American communities struggle with the question as to whether their "grandchildren will be Jewish", the Israel Experience offers a marvelous way to build both Jewish commitment and identity "There have been some questions in recent in today' s younger generation. I know, having met months as to whether or not Israel continues to American youngsters while they were here, of the need the funds raised on our behalf by the United enormous impact the program has had on them Jewish Appeal in the United States. Please, let it and I would encourage UJA and the Federations to be known to all concerned, that the need is serious stress the need for raising the money. So send as and that the partnership between us remains cru- many of your children as you can. Success here will cial and vital. be very good for both countries . We all realize that the world has changed. Israel Recent articles in the press and some opinions I is engaged in a peace process which is bearing have heard expressed about Israel no longer wantifruit, our economy is getting into high gear and we ng or needing American support or conunenting on now have many friends and supporters amongst the notion that Israel is less of a "hot button" than the family of nations. it used to be, fly in the face of reahties. It is in this very context that the work of UJA American Jews have worked so hard to help us and the Federations in America becomes all the remain strong. That work has paid off. It has been more important. I believe, having looked at your a success. We are strong. We are secure enough to 1995 Case For Giving, that the initiatives you have negotiate peace from strength. Our long-sought put forward are essential to our future. We have dreams are coming true. You helped us shape those shared the dream and the miracle and the costs of dreams, you helped make them come true. You bringing 500,000 Jews home to Israel in just five have stood alongside us all the way. We expect you short years. always will. We beUeve that at least that many will still come The reasons for American support may be changand we count on you to be beside us to complete ing, but the need remains. It is in our interest as this task. Nothing will contribute more to Israel's Jews, no matter where we may live, to work togethstrength in the next century than this wonderful er to ensure a stronger future for us all." increase in our population, so the need for Sincerely yours, American support has in no way diminished. In Yitzhak Rabin many ways, it is even more important.
Child Develoj3ment Center celebrates Hanukkah (Photot by.Jo Carroll)
Red Cross emergency radio now located at the JCC An American Red Cross disaster emergency radio station is now in its new location at the Jewish Community Center. In testing the radios, two-way contacts have been luade with locations all over Europe, the Middle Bast, Russia, Africa and islands near the South Role. AAer the station is set up, anyone interested can observe ttie activities. According to Campus Manager Mike Collier of the JCC, he lias been watching for possible interference with telephones, small radios, intercoms and TVs in the center, the Rose Blumkin Home, the Livingston Apartments, or any surrounding neighborhoods. He luggeits that if anyone suspects interference, call the JCC operator at 334-8200 and ask for a personal test. The radio* should be in limited operation in January and in regular operation by the middle of March,
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David and Molly Goldberg Pre-Bchoolera in the Child Development Center hoated a Hanukkah party with their familiea aa gueita. They aang oengs, made crafts and ei^oyed Hanukkah cookie*.
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I have always admired the skill of the writer of the Joseph story in knowing just when to call off the cat-and-mouse game Joseph was playing with his brothers. He had tortured them with the insistence that they bring their youngest brother down to Egypt with them,-or not bother to return at all. They brought Beiyamin. And then the final twist of the knife (to change the metaphor): Beixjamin, on a trumped-up charge, is accused of stealing Joseph's silver goblet. Judah, in a magnificant speech that opens our Sidrah, offers to remain a slave to Joseph if only Joseph will allow the lad, Benjamin, to return to their father. If the writer had been less of an artist, he might have had Joseph reply, "Why should I take you for him? You're about 15 years older than Benjamin, and I'd get 15 years less work out of you! I'll just keep the thief You go back." But the writer was too much artist for that! In his narrative, Joseph is overcome with emotion and identifies himself to his incredulous brothers. And then the whole family comes down to Egypt, Jacob and all the sons and daughters and in-laws, with all their retinue of hired help, and all their flocks and herds. Thus begins the saga of Israel in Egypt. There is one flaw in all of this. In his wonderfully impressive plea to Joseph, Judah consistently refers to Benjamin as ha-katon, the little one. Our best translation has it, the youngest one. But this does not solve Judah's continuous use of the word naar for Bei;jamin. This can only mean boy or lad, or, at best, young man. This is what makes the poignancy of Judah's plea: Beiyamin is still a youngster, and I vouched for him to my father! So what's wrong with that? Only that a later chapter of our Sidrah lists the people who came down to Egypt with Jacob. And of all the sons of Jacob, who came with their own children, none had so many sons as Bei^jamin! See Chapter 46, verse 21, where Beixjamin's 10 sons are named! We are left unknowing whether there were any daughters, and how many wives Beixjamin had to produce so large a family. Going back to Judah's impressive speech, how could Judah refer to the naar, the boy, the lad, with all the brothers, and Beiyamin among them, standing before Joseph? Had Beixjamin not confided to Joseph, who had favored him and given him lavish gifts, that he was a family man and a father 10 times over? So our text leaves us wondering on this score. But nothing detracts from the unmatched eloquence of Judah and the inimitable power of his plea to Joseph. The literary grace and beauty of the words of the Bible are matched here with the power of the words. Joseph succumbed to Judah's brilliant appeal. So did we - no matter how many times we have read it.
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Debbie Josephson installed as president
From left, Lois Epstein, Marilyn Warren, Davna Brook, Debbie Josephson, Sally Zipursky and Jeanne Angalet. Debbi Josephson was installed as president of WJR, Women of Reform Judaism, District 20, at the biennial in St. Louis recently. Davna Brook, WRJ 2nd vice president, conducted the installation ceremony. Lois Epstein was installed as corresponding secretary, and Marilyn Warren, recording secretary. Also attending were Sally Zipursky and Jeanne Angalet. The five women represented Temple Israel Sisterhood. Marilyn Warren, formerly of Omaha, is also a member of Shaare Emeth Sisterhood in St. Louis. Ms. Josephson will spend her two-year term travehng to the various district congregations in support of Women of Reform Judaism.
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December 9,1994 Jewish Press Page S BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE BETH EL SYNAGOGUE 14606 California 1502 No. 52nd Street Omaha, NE 68104 Omaha, NE 68154 556-6288 492-8650 Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m Office Hours: Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. oseph Services are conducted by Rabbi Joseph Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. i Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Friedman. FRIDAY: Cantor Emil Berkovits. . Kabbalat Shabbat services at 4:40 p.m. FRIDAY:. SATURDAY: Services at 6 p.m. Morning services are at 8:45 a.m. in the SATURDAY: Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services. Beginners Minyan at 9:30 a.m. Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. ... Super Shabbos, 9:30 a.m., for children of all ages. Shabbat story time, the first and third Saturday Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood. at 11 a.m. Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood. K'tantan (program for kindergarten, first, second and third grades) meets the first and third Lesson with the rabbi at 3:40p.m. Mincha is at 4:40 p.m. Shalosh Seudot, Ma'Ariv Saturday at 11 a.m. TSS (Torah Siddur Skills) at 10 a.m. and Havdalah conclude the services. SUNDAY: Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 4:40 p.m. SUNDAY: Morning services at 9 a.m. " Services are at 9 a.m. Breakfast and a study session with Rabbi WEEKDAYS: Friedman follow the service. Senior NCSY study session with Rabbi David Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Judaica Shop Kaye. Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 Evening services at 4:40 p.m. WEDNESDAY: p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon; and by appointment. A class in Practical Judaism with Rabbi David Bat Mitzvah Sara Gordon, daughter of Dr. Peter and Kaye, 7:30 p.m. at the synagogue. Genevieve Gordon, will become a Bat Mitzvah WEEKDAYS: Friday evening and Saturday morning. Services at 7 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. Lunch 'n Learn Kids Kabbalat Shabbat Lunch 'n Learn will be held Tuesday from noon to Kids Kabbalat Shabbat for children six and under, and families, will be held Friday, Dec. 16, at 1 p.m. Call the syngogue office for location. No 7 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat will follow. lunch-fast day (10th of Tevet). Sisterhood Gift Shop Bar Mitzvah Year of Cantor Berkovits Open every Sunday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and by Cantor Emil Berkovits will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah Year at Shabbat morning services Dec. 17. appointment. A kiddush luncheon will follow the service. ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME M Sisterhood Cookbook The Sisterhood Cookbook "Just Desserts" is availSATURDAY: 1 Services are held in the (jroldsten Chapel at 9 able at Beth El. Cost is $6.95. a.m. Members of the community are invited to join residents for the service and the kiddush following. B'NAI ISRAEL The RECONSTRUCnONIST Special memorial services are held on the last CONGREGATION Saturday of each month. 322-4705 OFFUTT Services led by Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein and conCapehart Chapel gregants. 25th Street and Capehart For information on any activities, call 322-4705. Omaha, NE 68123 FRIDAY: 294-6051 Services at 7:30 p.m., 618 Mynster St. FRIDAY: SUNDAY: Services start at 8 p.m. Membership meeting, 10 a.m. to noon. Congregational brunch, noon to 1 p.m. Cost is $7 per person. For information, call Linda Sadofsky at SECURITY SYSTEMS 398-1595. 3724 S. 132 St. FRIDAY, Dec. 16: 7511 Dodgo Services at 7:30 p.m. at the Omaha location. ^ 391-5700 SATURDAY, Dec. 17: Havdalah adult study session, 5 p.m., followed by ITS JAFE potluck dinner and Havdalah service, 6:30 p.m., at RELIABLE WHY NOT DO IT THE the home of Paul and Debbie Simon, 2512 S. 153rd DOOR-TO-DOOR EASY WAY? Circle. For directions, call 330-3596, or the rabbi at TRANSPORTATION FOR CHILDREN! 697-1660.
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By Dottie Rosenblum Shalom Mission participant
Israel-Egypt border kibbutz Ye'elim, as green as can be mid a rocky, wind swept desert sea ' agricultural 'miracles' happened there you see! with hundreds of hands and hearts working together rocks were defied, then the water and weather to thaintain these green places in the desert...forever! then an evening sojourn on a boat thru the Gulf called Aqaba by some and by others, Eilat but the hope ofpeople, the message we got, it would soon be called PEACE in that gulf in that
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with twinkling lights on the shores we could see on one side Jordan, the other Israeli and a wedding on board, and the Rabbi's guitar and fireworks for a finale does anyone here believe where they are? • . now we wait back at home for the news from afar that another 'miracle' has happened there and that magical gulf will be renamed PEIACE! and all those green places will be in that desert... I forever!
By Barbara Chandler Federation public relations director Cindy and Bruce Goldberg, Super Sunday chair,men, expressed their appreciation to the students at U.T.T.O. and Temple and B'nai Israel Religious Schools for their Super Sunday posters. "We were overwhelmed by the number!" remarked Mrs. Goldberg. "We received 155 posters. "Students were asked to relate their posters to the 1995 UJA/Campaign message, 'Building Bridges Together.' They were very creative and did a great job. "The poster designed by Sarah Linn and Annie Rifkin is on display in the windows of local grocery stores and businesses. Leah Raful's poster is part of our 'sponsor thank-you' ih this week's Jewish Press." All of the posters will decorate the calling area at Idelman Telemarketing this Sunday when volunteers call members of the Super Sunday division for their pledges to the campaign. Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg expressed appreciation to the following sponsors who have donated their services: Sheri Idelman and Barry Siff, who have volunteered to train the Super Sunday callers. Bagel Bin, Bagel Bistro, Bags & Baggage, Baker's Supermarkets, Demma Fruit Company, and Ideal Pure Water. Also, Idelman Telemarketing Services, K-B Foods, Julio's, Keystone Pharmacy, Larry Herman, MidContinent Bottlers, No Frills Supermarkets, and Zio's Pizza.
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Organizations YES YES will meet Monday, at the JCC. "YES Talk", bingo and English claBses start at 10:30 a.m. The YES choral singers will rehjearse. Following lunch, Dr. Shaugrue will speak. Call 330-4272 for transportation. OLDTIMERS The Oldtimers will meet Tuesday at the JCC. Earlybird discussion starts at 11 a.m. in room 10. Following lunch at noon, Bob Wolfson, ADIVCRC director, will speak. WALK-EN DROP-IN Walk-In Drop-In will meet Thursday at the JCC. Exercise with Larisa at 10:15 a.m. There will be no bingo because YES members are going to tour the 'new' Joslyn Art Museum. . Transportation will leave the JCC at 10:30 a.m. sharp, and return at approximately 2 p.m. VISIONS Visions members are going to the Dundee Dinner Theater Sunday. Dinner is at 5 p.m., and the play "Something's Afoot" will start at 6 p.m. Parking is limited, so come early. VISIONS, OLDTIMERS and YES If you make a pledge to the 1995 UJA/Federation Campaign before Dec. 31, with an increase over last year's pledge, then you will be eligible for tickets to see Ambassador Abba Eban at the Red Lion on Feb. 9. The Jewish Federation will provide transf>ortation at no charge for members. The bus will leave the JCC or Temple Israel (tentalively) at 5:45 p.m. and return at approximately 10 p.m. For reservations, call Margaret Conti at 330-4272 by Dec. 31 and specify location of pickup. Visions will receive a flyer in the near future.
RUSSIAN CLUB The Russian Club will meet Dec. 23 at the JCC. Exercise with Larisa at 10 a.m.; lunch is at 11; Moscow news at noon, and movie at 12:30. Make reservations with Idp Grinshpon at 330-8316. BETH ISRAEL SISTERHOOD Beth Israel Sisterhood will hold their monthly luncheon meeting Tuesday, Dec. 20, 12:30 p.m., in the synagogue social hall. Shirley Herman is chairman. The theme for the program will be "Israel Memories." Melissa Friedman, Julee Katzman, Reva Ruderman and Susie Shyken, who all traveled to Israel with the October '94 Federation . Mission,will relate their personal eye-witness reports. Make reservations on or before Dec. 15 with Bemice Cohen at 558-3423.
BREADBREAKERS Gary Kerr, a newsman for WOWT Channel 6, will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Wednesday at noon at Regency West Best Western, according to Ron Gordon, December chairman. Cost is $7.50 and the public may attend. HADASSAH and JCAC The first educational program, hosted by Hadassah and the Jewish Cultural Arts Council, will be held Dec. 14, 9:30 a.m., at the home of Corinne Levin, 906 Sp. 96th St. Rabbi Debbie Stiel will speak on "Jewish Women as Rabbis." For reservations, call Deborah Platt at 496-2699; Corinne Levin at 391-6090; or Sandra Kohll at 3915603.
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Some of the stories were difHcult to obtain. Mrs. Moskowitz said daughters who had written about their mothers who were still living were afraid to have the material published. "Two pieces were taken back three times before I could have them." She said it was hard to write about living relatives, but 'if you write tributes, no one but your mother would want to hear them." In choosing short stories, she said she wanted to use women authors who were not household names. "I wanted to give back something to women who had not been published." In answer to questions from the audience, Ms. Moskowitz said her'own daughters "are enormously proud of me but don't talk about my writing." The author said relationships between sons and daughters are different. She said relationships with daughters were more difficult. When asked if she would change the way she raised her daughters, she replied, "I would make my daughters braver than I let them be." She said relationships with her daughters-inlaw are less complicated. 'I don't have the vested interest I have in my daughters.' Mrs. Moskowitz read two short stories from her book entitled "And the Bridge is Love." The Jewish Federation Library, which sponsored the event, is currently taking orders for her books.
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B'nai Mitzvah Mathew Chasen and Jeremy Chasen, sons of Debra and Steven Chasen, will celebrate their Bar Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service Saturday, Dec. 17, at Temple Israel. Seventh-grade students at Westside Middle School, they eiyoy baseball and basketball. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Slutzky and Mr. and Mrs. Jay Chasen, all of Omaha.
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Sara Elizabeth Gordon, daughter of Pete^ and Genevieve Gordon, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at Beth El Synagogue Saturday morning. A seventh-grade honor student at Beveridge Jr. High, she enjoys volleyball, dance, Softball and water sports. Also, she has been chosen for the Duke University Sara Gordon Talent Identification Program. Sara has two sisters, Allison and Emily. Grandparents are Mrs. Thelma Gordon of Queens, N.Y., and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Y. Rechnerof Appleton, Wise. ^
Federal tax laws on contributions New Federal tax laws now require that nonprofit charitable organizations, such as the Jewish Federation of Omaha, provide a formal receipt acknowledgment to its donors for any contribution of $250 or more. The law requires that, while the receipt does not get filed with your tax return, you must have it in hand before filing and that you keep it with your records to substantiate your contribution. In compliance with this new law, the Jewish Federation of Omaha will mail receipts for 1994 contributions of $250 or more by Jan. 31.
December 9,1994
Chevra Kadisha plans information symposium
Bert's Eye View By Bert Lewis It's that time of year bgain--when the commerdals on television become short stories with characters and a plot. Since they pay many, many dollars for the few minutes of the assault, I guess they have a right to decide HOW they want to deliver the message. On the other hand, how many consecutive years must we see the little girl greeting her brother, home from college for Christmas vacation? You know the one...they go into the kitchen and make coffee etc., etc. That little girl must be in college herself by now! Then there are the greeting card people, who give us the family gatherings, minus one important member. They sing and they open presents, but they wait for whats-his-name to arrive; when he does, it's Kleenex time. Those same advertisers like to re-run the bride and her Dad having tearful moments too, but that's usually in June around Father's Day. "The graduates get plenty of attention during that same general time, which is to be expected. Certain commercials are pleasant to watch, especially if they feature cute children. Lately, I see a grape juice ad with one of the most adorable little boys imaginable. I don't buy the product but the kid with the dimples and the lisp is better than some TV programs, by far. Going back to the over-done, drama-laden scenarios, one of the coffee ads has created an on-going playlet with its characters. The age-old man/woman theme had two neighbors meeting casually and suddenly there's a romance, plus another character. Actually, that one isn't as bad as many others. I guess the thing that bothers me most about commercials is the annual re-run of those tear-jerker Christmas scenes, but the guy who wants everyone to test drive the car is getting to be a pain in the neck. And that one has nothing to do with any holiday...it only annoys in a general way. The invention of the remote control means nobody needs to be subjected to something unpleasant. Just give the dicker a click and get rid of the annoyance, without moving more than a thumb, right? Then why am I complaining and griping about the subject? Hey...Andy Rooney has made an entire career out of such boorchin, so why shouldn't I? I'm not expecting to make a career of it, but you never know. Maybe that's the way the concept of Advocacy originated. Somebody decided to do more than complain-to try to effect a change in something unacceptable. Who knows? Not me. I only know which commercials irritate me, and I DO have a remote control!
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The Omaha Community Chevra Kadisha will conduct a recruitment and information symposium at the Jewish Community Center Silnday, Dec. 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. "Last year's demonstration by Rabbi Friedman, and the ensuing discussion, helped us recruit new members," noted Allan Gionsher, chairman. Chevra Kadisha, or "Holy Society," is the name traditionally given to the group ofmen and women who undertake the responsibility of the ritual preparation, or "Tahara," of the deceased before burial. "For thousands of years, it has been the Jewish belief that any indignity committed against the body — either living or dead — is a profanation of God's name," said Rabbi Joseph Friedman of Beth Israel Synagogue. He explained that "God chose our body to house our Divine soul. By that virtue alone, the body becomes sanctified, even after the soul has left." According to Rabbi Friedman, volunteers are few and far between and the women's group, in particular, is in dire need of committed workers. "There is a crisis developing in the Omaha Jewish community, which most are completely unaware," he said. The program will consist of an overview of the history and development of the Chevra Kadisha, the procedure that takes place during a Tahara, along with a demonstration of a Tahara on a mannequin. "This is the last Mitzvah one Jew can do for another. We hope this will take the fear out of the burial procedure and insure the proper care of our loved ones after death," said Mr. Gonstier. Members of the Community Chevra Kadisha represent all of Omaha's synagogues. For information, call Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of Temple Israel, 556-6536; Rabbi Paul Drazen of Beth El Synagogue, 492-8550; Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein of B'nai Israel, 322-4705; or Rabbi Joseph Friedman, 556-6288.
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