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The men of BBYO's Chaim Weizmann #1610 have been hard at work for many months planning their annual dance. In past years, the girls wore formal dresses and the bo3r8 wore suits or tuxedos. This year, Jewish teens will shp out of their formal attire and into their t>ell bottoms. Yes, I did say bell bottoms! Chaim Weizmann members wanted a change from the usual *l>lack tie affair* so they did something different. *In years past, our annual dance has been just a dance—this year, it's one big party!," chairman Jon Broder said. "The whole Jewish Community is invited- even parents'.," he added. For a little live entertainment, teens can eryoy 'C'mon Jack", a band that includes two of our own, seniors Seth Silberstein and Mike Ivers. The Grease Band will also be an act that shouldn't be missed. There's still more! Next, starting at 11 p.m., candidates will be presented and the new Chaim Weizmann Sweetheart will be named. For only $2, the whole community is invited to catch a peek at this year's candidates: Allison Gordon, Beth Shyken, Jayme Tiscbauer, and Maggie Jacobson.
Past Sweetheart Shana Novak and Honorary Sweetheart Kelly Broder will also be present and available for an autograph session. Just kidding! One thing there's no kidding about-lots of fun is in store for the whole community. If you'd like to join the men of Chaim Weizmann and their friends for the evening, you can purchase tickets for $7 (single) and $10 (double) from any Chaim Weizmaim member or at the BBYO office at theJCC. Tickets will also be sold at the dance. Clear your calender for Saturday, Jan.' 14. The fun starts at 7 p.m. and ends at 11:30. "Our dance will be a night with many kinds of entertainment that our Jewish Community has never experienced," Jon saiid. It sounds like the night will be full of many surprises! All members of the Jewish Community are invited and encouraged to attend, but leave those high heels and tuxedos at home—this is Chaimstockand bell bottoms will be acceptable attire. Peace man and see you there.
Religious ruling JERUSALEM (JTA) The chief rabbi of Safed has issued a religious ruling forbidding residents of the city from selling or renting homes to Arabs.
Egyptian amulet discovered UNO Professor Dr. Richard Freund displays the current issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, cover of which features a photo of an Iron Age statuette of the Egyptian god Pataekos, a protective deity. The amulet was found by a UNO team excavating at Bethsaida, north of the Sea of Galilee.
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By Gloriann Levy Jewish Cultural Arts Council director The Jewish Community Center has acquired an original piece of Judaica called Remember U* To Life, painted by Mordechai Rosenstein and hand-woven onto an oriental rug. This work was purchased by the Trachtenbarg Family Endowment Fund, which was set up for the acquisition of permanent Judaic art for the JCC. Mr.Roscnstein, whose work* of art were displayed at the Center during September, created this piece to reflect the rich and ancient tradition! of Judaism. Drawing upon the grace and lyrical qualities of the Hebrew alphabet, he embellishes the letters and gives them a iipecial rhythm and excitement to make them virtually dance •cross the rug. BemnnlHr Ut To lAfb Is on permanent display next to the Jewish Cultural Arts offloa at the JCC.
By Larry Yudelson NEW YORK (JTA) - The teenagers speak to the camera with the earnestness of true poster children making an api>eal in a slick fund-raising video. But these f>oster children don't hail from Moscow, Marrakech or Kiryat Malachi, a development town in Israel. They are all Floridians, and they are promoting a special fund-raising campaign at the Jewish Federation of Greater Fort Lauderdale for "Jewish continuity" programs such as youth trips to Israel and Poland. Appearing in the video, one of the girls says that after her recent trip to Israel, "it's all of a sudden more important to me to marry a Jewish man." With these words, she clearly is touching the hot button fnr would-be donors. Nationwide, local federnlions and national Jewish organizations are launching programs and raising money to dramatically raise the number of Jewish youths traveling to Israel. Trips to Israel are being widely touted as an important vehicle for enhancing Jewish identity among the youth at a time when intermarriage and assimilation have become top communal concoms. But Fort Lauderdale has dramatically raised the itakei by launching what ii believed to be the flrat "lecond-line" campaign for Jewiih continuity,
The campaign asks donors to make a special gift to its Community Funds for Youth. According to Kenneth Bierman, executive director of the Fort Lauderdale federation, the new campaign reflects the changing priorities of his and other Jewish federations. "The focus on everyone's mind today is Jewish continuity and what we need to do to get our kids to stay Jewish," Bierman said. Until now, special campaigns in the Jewish community have primarily been launched to help Jews abroad. Launched Operation Exodus The United Jewish Appeal launched its Operation Exodus campaign in 1990 to finance the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of Jews pouring into Israel from the former Soviet Union. Before that, its Project Renewal campaign provided funds to refurbish poor Timoli neighborhoods. With its new continuity nun paign, the Fort Lauderdale federation will test two questions heatedly debated within the philanthropic system: Can federationa raise money by appealing to concern* for local needs rather than for Jews overseas? And are American Jewish phllanthropiata willing and able to pay for enriching American Jswisb Uf«7
In the ongoing debates over how to divide the federation pie between local and overseas needs, these questions have loomed large. But an increased emphasis on continuity may be changing the picture. Several recent million-dollar gifts targeted at Israel experience programs around the country provide evidence that continuity sells. Test campaign The Fort Lauderdale campaign could provide the widest test of this thesis. At the UJA-Federation of New York, the women's division has launched its own special campaign to finance Israel youth programs. That campaign, which is seeking to raise $1 million, is more modest than the one in Fort Lauderdale, when compared M its total campaign. ^ The New York women's division last year raised $20 million for the regular campaign. In contrast. Fort Lauderdale's $3 million, three-year goal ia a sizable share of its annual campaign, which last year raised $6.7 milUon. The Fort Lauderdale campaign ia directly comparable to Ita multi-year Operation Bxodos campaign to resettle Jews from the former Soviet Union in Israel, which raised nu $4 millioo in Fctrt UudmlakL
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Workshop on Sh^\bl)a!'s Uni»'t>rsnl Mefisagp . Interfaith Famihes." The program is open to the community. Adult Education Thursday: "Beyond Midrash," led by Don Schwartz, 7 to 8:15 p.m. "Food For Thought" The next luncheon session will be Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring a brown bag lunch, Temple will provide the drinks. Singles Shabbat Dinner A singles Shabbat dinner will be held Friday, Jan. 27, 6:30 p.m. Cost is $7.50. Shabbat service will follow at 7:30 p.m. For reservations, call the Temple office by Jan. 23, 556-6536. CHABAD HOUSE 1322 So. 119th Street Omaha. ME 68144 697-1124 SATURDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush. SUNDAY: Oavening is at 9:30 a.m. Talmud Classes Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Advanced Talmud, 12 p.m. Thursday. Chumash Class Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Yiddish "Hooked on Yiddish' lessons Wednesdays, 7 p.m. English 'Think Jewish and speak English" classes on Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House.
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Jannaiy IS, 1996 JmwUh Praaa BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE BETH EL SYNAGOGUE 14506 California 1S02 No. 52nd Street Omaha, NE 681M Omaha, NE 68104 492-8660 556-6288 Office Hours: ' Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Joseph Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Friedman. Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRIDAY: FRIDAY: Services at 6 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat services at 5 p.m. SATURDAY: SATURDAY: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services. Morning services are at 8:45 a.m. in ithe Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. Shabbat story time, the first and third Saturday Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. Beginners Minyan at 9:30 a.m. at 11 a.m. K'tantan (program for kindergarten, first, second Super Shabbos, 9:30 a.m., for children of all ages. and third grades) meets the first and third Kiddush sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Alex Saturday at 11 a.m. Grossman in celebration of thair 18th wedding TSS (Torah Siddur Skills) at 10 a.m. anniversary. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 5:05 p.m. Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood. SUNDAY: Lesson with the rabbi at 4 p.m. Services are at 9 a.m. Mincha is at 5 p.m. Shalosh Seudot, Ma'Ariv and WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Havdalah conclude the services. Judaica Shop SUNDAY: Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 Morning services at 9 a.m. p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon; and by appointment. Breakfast and,a study session with Rabbi Sisterhood Cookbook The Sisterhood Cookbook, "Just Desserts" is avail- Friedm^ follow the service. Youth study session with Rabbi David Kaye. able at Beth El. Cost is $6.95. Evening services at 6 p.m. Adult Education Study Group Adult Education Study Group, led by Rabbi Tu B'Shevat Seder and Dinner Drazen, will continue Monday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. A seder in the style of the Passover Hagaddah USY Shabbat will be held at 5:30 p.m. An Israeli menu dinner Members of USY will participate in Shabbat morning services Saturday. Following services, the will follow. Cost is $10 for adults; $5 for children 2youth group from the Latter-Day Saints Church 12; and $2 for children under 2. For reservations, will have lunch and a discussion on religion. call the office. Sisterhood Shabbat MONDAY: .hood women will conduct Slutbbat nioiuia;: Sen/ices at 9 a.m. and 4:50 p.m. .i.c'.'a Saturday, Jan. 21. Spc-in! aliyot wi'i be WEDNESDAY: It'll to new meiiibfrs and benefactors of A class in practical Judaism with Rabbi David Sisterhood. Kiddush will follow. Raye, 7:30 p.m., at the synagogue. This week, the "Laws of Kashruth" (Fish and Meat). TIFEBETH ISRAEL WEEKDAYS: 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Services at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Lincoln, NE 68502 423-8669 Institute of Jewish Studies Services are conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. L.A-V.E., Life and Values Education, and a crash Rosenbaum. course in Hebrew will be offered through the Minyans on Mondays and Thursdays at 7:15 a.m. Institute of Jewish Studies. The series will consist FRIDAY: of five one-and-one-half-hour weekly classes startLight candles no later than 5:04p.m. ing Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Beth Israel West Services start at 8 p.m. (Friedel Jewish Academy), 12604 Pacific. SATURDAY: Cost is $15. To register, call the office. Services start at 9:30 a.m. Jr. Congregation at 10:15 a.m. Lunch 'n Learn Lunch 'n Learn will be held Tuesday from noon to B'NAI ISRAEL 1 p.m. at the office of Al Ross, 9140 W. Dodge, Suite The RECONSTRUCTIONIST 225. Call the synagogue office before 10 a.m. to CONGREGATION order lunch. 322-4705 Sisterhood Gift Shop Services led by Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein and conOpen every Sunday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and by gregants. NOTE: Services on the first and third Fridays of appointment. each month are held in Omaha. Ail other Friday night services are held in Council Bluffs. eOYsanExpenenoe For information on any activities, call 322-4705. Wilh Jewish FRIDAY: (at the synagogue) Lettering And Memortalt 6 p.m.--l8raeli dinner. Cost is $10 per person; free for pre-Bar/Bat Mitzvah ag6. 1439 So. 13th 7:30 p.m.-Tu B'Shvat seder and pot-luck dessert. 341-2452 Frank L Ciclulla, Jr. SUNDAY: Religious School, 10 a.m., Westside Community Education Center.
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By Harry Paskowitz With Art Grossman again at the helm of the' Earlybirds discussion group, and in keeping with the holiday season, he started off with a newsclipping captioned "Beyond the Power pt Santa," wherein a seven-year-old kid asks a store Santa for a gun - a real gun, one that shoots bullets, one Uke Dad had - to shoot cops and get Daddy out of jail. Art then brought up the article in the paper about the new plastic bullet that penetrates bulletproof vests and guarantees a kill. Next came Mike Kelly's World-Herald item on unsinkable and sensibly humorous Norm Korney, who just celebrated his 83rd birthday. He and his wife, Gertrude, will celebrate their Gist wedding: anniversary Jan. 31. On the importance of each vote counting. Art cited a clipping of Connecticut's highest court declaring Democratic Representative Sam Gejdebsib the winner of a contested congressional race by only 21 votes. Also discussed was a news item from Israel about the inabliUty of a couple to register their 4-year-old son at the Interior Ministry because of a sin committed by the wife's family, an illegal marriage 2,500 years ago. Sam Kaplan presided at the luncheon. He thanked the food servers, and announced that BREADBREAKERS Edward Kahn is celebrating his 97th birthday. Bjrron Wood, news anchor at KPTM Fox 42, will Motzi was by Harry Schulman and benschen by speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Wednesday at Keith Peltz. noon at Regency West Best Western, according to Norman Wohlner, courtesy of Kay Ferer, gave the Gary Javitch, January chairman. Cost is $7.50 and hospital report, which included Paul Goldman, the public may attend. Doris Room, Dorothy Kovner, Irving Charney, Lillian Becker, Stewart Muskin, Izzy Ratner, Paul Krasne and Allan Forman. Lester Waxman gave the treasurer's report. Jaiie Rips, vice-president of Temple Israel, has Sharon Kirshenbaum, archivist for the Nebraska recently been installed as a member of the Board of Jewish Historical Society, spoke about many proTrustees of the Union of American Hebrew jects on Jews in Nebraska the Society is working Congregations. This 200-member group is the lay on, and requested photos, memorabelia and stories. leadership of the UAHC and has responsibility for ' Pleaoe contact her if you can help. the management and direction of the Reform movement.
YES YES will meet Monday at the JCC. Bingo starts at 10:30 a.m. YES diBCUBsion will meet in the adult lounge, also at 10:30. The choral group will rehearse in the auditorium e^t 11. Following lunch at noon, members of Opera Omaha will perform. For transportation, call 330-4272. WALK-IN DROP-W Walk-In Drop-in will meet Thursday at the JCC. Exercise with Larisa at 10:16 a.m. Bingo starts at 10:30. Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:45. "The Jack Benny Program" video will be shown at 12:15. VISIONS Reminder: membership luncheon (and installation) meeting will'be held Friday, Jan. 20, 12:30 p.m., at Venice Inn. RUSSIAN CLUB The Russian Club will meet Friday, Jan. 27. Exercise with Larisa at 10 a.m. Lunch will be served in room 10 at 11 a.m. Sign up to visit the (new) Joslyn Art Museum. Cost is $1.50. Transportation will leave the JCC at 11:30 and return before 2 p.m. Make reservations by Jan. 25 with Lidiya Linde at 697-9169. For transportation, call Ida Grinshpon at 330-8316.
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Brent Bloom, an Omaha attorney, was recently Workshop on Sabbath experience elected national secretary of The Federation of planned for interfaith families Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot "Outreach wishes to welcome interfaith couples (FRCH), according to an announcement. A member of the FRCH Midwest Regional into our homes, our synagogue and our hearts, recCouncil, Mr. Bloom is past president of the ognizing the special contributions, differences and Reconstructionist Congregation B'nai Israel of concerns that face people when different beliefs £u-e Council Bluffs/Omaha, and has been a director at joined together in relationships." large of FRCH since 1992. He and his wife, Rebecca A workshop to explore differences and demonBleicher Bloom, have two children, Alex and Eli. strate for interfaith families the Jewish spirit of hospitality will highlight the meaning and interpretation of tho-various stages of the celebration •. Students who attend any Omaha-area college or and services. • "We will explore the structure, rituals and the university and would like to be included in the Jewish Student Organization programs, should call origins of the liturgy and setting. As part of the program, certain Outreach members will share Lois Epstein at 334-8200. what makes Shabbat special to them." The organization is sponsored by Henry Monsky The program is at Temple Israel on Sunday at Lodge B'nai B'rith. 10 a.m. Don Schwartz is the assigned facilitator. Dr. Richard Freund is advisor.
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took a taxi to the Western Wall. For hiWl an houi. stood with tallit and t'fillon on and prayed. I was just one of the crowd there that morning. That is the point — I was just part of the masses, I was one of them, I was with my people. I was home. However, as moving as that morning was, it does not hold the most precious place in my heart. I have been giving money to plant trees in Israel for as long as I can remember. Ailer we left the Val-
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The Bureau of Jewish Eklucation is sponsoring a parent panel discussion, *My Child Has Special Needs," on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center. Panel participants will be parents of special needs children with various disabilities. Time for questions and answers will follow the discussion. Please call Susan Drazen at the Bureau of Jewish Education at 334-8200, ext. 246, for more information.
Sixty women will take part in the annual Sisterhood Shabbat at Beth El on Jan. 21. This is a very special morning where women come together to participate and lead the congregation with their unique talents," said Dinah Raful, coordinator. Ozjde Nogg, past president of the congregation, will present the D'var Torah. In preparation for the Kiddush following the service, bakers will meet in the Beth El kitchen Monday, Jan. 16, starting at 8:30 a.m.
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