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Blumkin Home plans fund-raising event

Florence Brody and Loirie Bernstein As it approaches 24 years of service, the League (ffering Volunteers for the Elderly (LOVE) this reek announced its most ambitious project to date: : fund-raising event appropriately called A LOVE (FFAIR, which is a benefit for the Rose Blumkin ewish Home. • Florence Brody and Lorrie Bernstein are cohairmen of the event, which they hope will involve lie entire community. Mrs. Bernstein says, "We ren't going to tell you all the details now, but be jrepared for enough excitement to cover two conBcutive evenings next September.' Mrs. Brody added, "We can tell you we plan to ell Patron tickets which will include a beautiful bcktait party, an elegant gourmet dinner and an Vening's entertainment featuring a comedian wellpiown to Omaha audiences." The ladies explained brther that the entertainer, whose identity will be nnounced soon, will perform in an "open-to-theBmmunity" show. Tickets will be available at variUs levels, with all proceeds going to the Blumkin tome benefit. In addition to the important endeavor to raise eeded funds, a highlight of this two-day gala will e recognition of Lee Jane and Sol Parsow as [onorary Couple. Since the earliest days of LOVE, ley have both been tireless volunteers. They have tirticipated^n countless programs and projects for le enrichment of the lives of the elderly. The Co-chairmen have promised more details bout this Sept. 9 and 10 LOVE AFFAIR in the ays to come. Committees have been formed and eople are already working to make this a never-toe-forgotten weekend. The Rose Blumkin Home, together with the ilder Adult Community Services, comprise The 'Ureau For The Aging, an agency of the Jewish Meration of Omaha.

""TempIelsVaeryouth group'"' awarded top honors at regional conclave Omaha's Temple Israel Youth Grouiyfras award id top honors at the National Federation ofl iTemple Youth Regional Spring Conclave in Denver (his month. • The local group WHS iiumcd 'TYG of llio year," {eating youth programs from Missouri, Jowa, [Colorado and Southern Illinois. In addition, O.T.Y.G. won 12 leadership and programming awards including Best Membership Program, Best Use of the N5TY Social Action Iriicme, Best and Most Creative fund-raiser for. Camp Rainbow. Also, the Tikkun Olam Star Award, Most! Magnificent Minutes and Scrapbook, Moat [ntpiralional Relig^ious Service, Best Junior High Programming and Best Religions/Educational Programming. Those interested in 7-12th grade Temple youth tcUviUes may call Keith Singer at 556-6536.

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N 10:) N n , • ByMaryFellman B I'l-^'l i3«^«'' ''^ is ii 0B':i I ,1 Year , The official opening of the newly bui. I'.iH :JN A I ;i 1:) 0;., Esther Gordman Center for Jewish L idOS 1 I «0. the Jewish Federation Campus wi Sunday at 12:30 p.m. All members of tfiT Jewish for two generations has community are invited to attend the dedication supported and guided the ceremonies and reception. Tours of the building youth of Beth El will be conducted by docents from the Nebraska Synagogue, has been JewishHisiorical Society. named Humanitarian of Participants in the dedication ceremonies the Year by the Jewish include Jerry Slusky, president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Federation, and Jerry Gordman, representing the He will be honored at Gordman family. Also, Marty Shukert, architect- the Federation's annual designer of the center; Mary Pellman, chairman of meeting, June 14 at 7:30 fund-raising; and representatives of the Friedel p.m. in the Jewish Jewish Academy and the Bureau of Jewish Community CeYiter theEducation, two of the center's occupants. ater. Other honorees will The Henry and Dorothy Riekes Museum of the be recognized, and the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society will have its election of Federation and agency officers will take opening in October. place. A reception will follow in the Gordman Mezzuzahs from Israel will be affixed at the Education Center. main entrance doors by representatives of the Mr. Ginsberg has served as youth director. Youth building occupants and donor families and found- Commission chair, and now holds a place as hontions. orary board member with youth portfolio. A chorus of students from the Friedel Jewish He also has taken on training and has begun Academy will share in the dedication festivities. working as a mentor and counselor for youth needThe building of the Center for Jewish Learning ing guidance. was made possible by the initial gift of one million In a historical note, Mr. Ginsberg made the front dollars by the late Dan and Esther Gordman and page of The Dei Moines Regiiter on Nov. 2,1940, by gifts and endowments by other Omaha Jewish when he was recognized as the first draftee in Des families and foundations. Moines and probably in the midwest to be called Individuals, families and foundations interested for induction into the army under the Selective in information about endowing classrooms and Service law. other areas of the Gordman Center are asked to At the time, he played guard with the Comets, a contact Mary Fellman, 393-3144. professional football team. The building was constructed under the direction According to the news article, Mr. Ginsberg volor Ron Epstein, vice-president of Hawkins unteered shortly after registration and was the Construction Co., as project manager; Mike Heser first to be selected. was job superintendent; architect for the project Mr. Ginsberg rose the military ladder reaching was RDG Schuette Wilscan Birge, with Marty the rank of staff-sergeant, then master-sergeant, Shukert as project designer. (Continued on page 4)

The biggest fluke in the world!' By Morris Maline What happened to Marilyn Tipp? One day, she's a nice Jewish girl taking care of her husband, Steven, and their children ~ cooking, cleaning and housekeeping. The next day, she's a right-wing extremist, Christian fundamentalist, and pro-lifer-picketing and screaming outside an abortion clinic. It could only happen in the movies ~ and it is. Believe it, or not, Mrs. Tipp has the seventh largest role in the motion jjicture. The Devil Inside, now being filmed in the Omaha area by Miramax Productions, Her fellow actors are: Laura Dem of Jurassic Park fame, Swoosie Kurtz of televiMarilyn Tipp is hugged by sion's Sisters, Mary Kay Place and Swoosie Mary Ray Place of The Big Chill, Kathleen Noone from 'soap opera' roles, and, (if the reader can handle it) Hollywood's Burt Reynolds. 'It's the biggest fluke in the world...I'm a rank amateur working with professionals, I have my own trailer for changes, and people ore coming up to me asking for my autograph." She added, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime situation, and I'm enjoying every minute."

Mrs. Tipp's real-life fantasy started when a friend of hers asked her to audition for a part in the film. "I was handed some lines and told to make believe that I was a pro-choice woman angry at pro-lifers. I got carried away with what I was doing and added some expletives to enhance my anger. I was thanked and that was the end so I thought' However, she then was called back for another reading and this time was told to be upset and cry| "1 mustered up all my 'talent,' and practically cried on demand as they shot all around my face... the director was so pleased that he came up to me and kissed my Laura Dem. Watching are hand." It wasn't Kurtz. until she got a telephone call from wardrobe asking her dress sizes that she realized that she had a part in the film. She said the majority of the film will be shot in the Omaha area-about 17 locations in all-and that a day on the set for her is from 7 a.m. to noon. *I can't get over the fact that these famous people are really buddies, and that Tm actually acting with them and being taken seriously..,fromII UIJ^ my friends; I'm being ribbed beyond belief

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Services for Dorothy G. Kooper wei-e held Monday at Beth El Parashat Behar Cemetery. She was 94, The Mysterious Power of Faith She was preceded in ideath by her husband, A fri(>nd and colleague of mine, a Jesuit priest, Robert. recently published a book that more or less, in his Survivors include a own words, came to the same conclusion that Rabbi son, Howard, and two Harold Kushner came to in his femouS|book, "When grandaughters. B^d Things Happen to Good People." Mrs, Kooper was born I shobld have said "I'havdil!" Rabbi Kushner's in 1900 to Hyman and book is based solidly on Je\yish tradition, and Minnie Goldstein in Hauser's book comes to the conclusion that only in Omaha, and was married faith in the Christ is found the ability to cope with to Robert Kooper in 1928. She was active in Beth personal or public tragedy. I It was pleasing to me to notice in the press, again El Sisterhood and particDorothy Kooper ipated in the building and again, that reporters found people in project of Beth El Synagogue, then located at 49th Oklahoma City-and the country-able to rebound and Farnam St. She attended initial services at in the midst of their grief because of the depth of both the old and the new Beth El Synagogues. She their faith and the certainty that life was not was an active volunteer in other Jewish activities empty of meaning. i throughout the cityi as well as with the Red Cross Our Haflarah is a special and poignant lesson in during World War II. She volunteered nearly every Sunday for 25 years in the Clarkson Hospital gift the power of faith. Early in the 6th century BCE, Jehoiakim of shop and was honored with a special award for her Judah rebelled against Babylonian overlords, with years of volunteer service there. In addition, she was co-chairman of the Jewish fatal results. The arrest and deportation of all the Women's Philanthropies Campaign. leading people of the country followed. In 1993, an educational trust was estabUshed in Only some 10 years later, King Zedekiah again the memory of her late husband and in her honor responded to the pressure of the people and tried to to provide college scholarships to Jewish students. throw off the Babylonian yoke, again with fatal results. The land was now all but emptied of WARNER B. FROHMAN Judeans. After the massacres of fighting men and Services for Warner Prohman were held Tuesday civilians, the masses of the people were nbw carried at Temple Israel. Burial was at Temple Israel off, lamentable prisoners, to Babylonia, cruel mis- Cemetery. He died Monday at the age of 73, Survivors include his wife, Barbara; a daughter, tress of the Middle East. Just before that last deportation, the noble, but Margo Beth Par^ow; and two grandchildren. Mr. Frohman was former president of the hapless, prophet Jeremiah had been unusually active in denouncing king, nobles, priests, and peo- Cattlemen's Association at the Union Stockyards in ple for their failure to live by God's ways.. At one Omaha. He was also former president of B'nai B'rith Cornhusker Lodge and the Roundtable of time he was imprisoned and charged with the Jewish Men. death penalty, for his denunciations were accompaHe graduated from Omaha Central High School nied by threats that the Lord would send the and served in the Third Infantry in the Army in Babylonians against Judah, to destroy nation and World War II. people. Only because of a (fascinating) precedent Memorials may be sent to Temple Israel^ the American Cancer Society, and the Nebraska was his life spared! And now, Jeremiah again in .prison .and the Chapter of the Parkinson's Disease-Association. Babylonian arniy ready to spring its final assault against Jerusalem, Jeremiah is visited in prison by Hadassah to sponsor his cousin Hanamel. "I must sell my land," Hananiel told him, "and since you are my closest Coffee with the Rabbi' relative, you have the right of first refusal." "Jewish Women and Jewish Children" will be disThink of it! The Babylonian army was encamped cussed by Rabbi Allan Gonsher Wednesday at on the land in Anathoth and in Nob, overlooking 10:30 a.m. at "Coffee with the Rabbi," sponsored by Jerusalem from no large distance. Buy this land? Che Omaha Chapter of Hadassah. This Babylonian camping ground? The event will be held at the home of Eleanor But Jeremiah, who had been pronouncing Slosburg, 8405 Indian Hills Drive,_and is open to Jerusalem's doom consistently, did not hesitate. He the community. laid out the money and had the deed recorded. Reservations lye due by Monday. Call Sandy Jerpm-iah had a perfect faith: if the Lord could Kohll, chairman, 391-5603; Deborah Platt, 496order the captivity of Jerusalem, so could He order 2699; or Ms. Slosburg, 397-3606. its rehabilitation. "Houses, fields, and vineyards," Next year's series will concentrate on 'Ask the Jeremiah gravely announced to the witnesses of Doctor" discussions at the Wednesday monthly the deed, "shall again be purchased in this land!" events, according to Mrs, Kohll. This is our Haftarah! Houses, fields and vineyards! Perhaps this column should be entitled, Camp Courageous "Jerpniiah, Theodor Herzl, and the State of Israel."

now hiring staff Group to work on 'Yiddish Festival' By Olorianne Levy Jewish Cultural Arts director One of the programs the Jewish Cultural Arts will be working on for 1995-96 is the development of "Yiddish Festival." A program is being planned that will encompass not only as n language, but as an aspect of Jewish culture that hag impacted literature, art, theater, and politics in Europe and America. Yiddish and Yiddishkeit are undergoing u revival of sorts and there are B number of resources to draw on including the National Yiddish Book Center, YIVO Institute, HIAS, and a number of colleges that now offer Yiddish studies curriculums. Members of the community who would like to help in the planning and implementation of the proeram. should conUct Ms. Levy at 334-6403.

Camp Courageous of Iowa is a year-round residential and respite care facility for individuals with special needs. The camp serves children and adults with mental and physical disabilities, head injuries, hearing and visual impairments, autism, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, Alzheimer's and other special needs. Volunteer, internships and paid positions are available for 1995 on a year-round or seasonal basis. The summer season starts May 21 and ends Aug. 18. The fall season starts Aug. 21 and ends Dec. 8. During the summer season, campers participate in activities from Sunday through Friday of each week. During the fall season, campers attend from Monday through Friday. For information, contact Jeanne Muetterleile, Camp Courageous, 12007 190th St., P.O. Box 418, Monticello, Iowa 52310; phone (319) 465-6916; Fax: (319) 466-6919.

wyr uw BETH EL SYNAGOGUE 14506 California Omaha, NE 68154 492-8550 CandleUghting 8:21 pjtt. OfBce Hours: Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to'5 p.m.; TEMPLE ISRAEL ' 7023 Ca88 Street Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. PI Omaha, ME 68132 Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and I 55e-6S36 Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRIDAY: FRIDAY: i Shabbat evening service at 8:15 p.m. Services start at 6 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Cantor Yablonski SATURDAY: will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will speak. Services start at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Sherry Sitter service starts at lO a.m. and Jeff Taxman in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Shal^bat story time, the first and third Saturday their daughter, Whitney. at 11 a.m. Sitter Service K'tantan (program for kindergarten, first, second Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening ; service and the Saturday morning Shabbat service and third grades) meets the first and third when there is A Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Please make a Saturday at 11 a.m. TSS (Torah Siddur Skills) at 10 a.m. reservation 80 we may plan accordingly. There are Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services start at ] no facilities for infants. ( 8:35 p.m. •SATURDAY: Shabbat morning service at 11:15 a.m. B'nai Mitzvah Rebecca Rennard, daughter of Dr. Stephen Simcha B'shabbat--An alternative Torah study service, will take place in the chapel. The regular and Barbara Rennard, will become a Bat Mitzvah Shabbat service will be held in the sanctuary. Friday evening and Saturday morning. Bat Mitzvah Andrew Finkle, son of Dr. David and Judy Whitney Brooke Taxman, daughter of Sherry Finkle, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday evening, and Jeffrey Taxman, will celebrate her Bat May 26, and Saturday morning. May 27. Mitzvah at &e Shabbat morning service. Michael Parsow, son of Alan and Carol Parsow, will become a Bar Mitzvah Monday (Memorial "TOW" Torah on Wheels (TOW) will be held Tuesday Day), May 29, 9:30 a.m, SUNDAY: from noon to 1:15 p.m. at Capitol Rent A Truck, 9401 J St. David Goldstein is the host. -. Services start at 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Reservations are required. Call the Temple office, Services at 6:65 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. 556-6536. Judaica Shop Adult Education Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 Tuesday: Adult B'nai Mitzvah, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday: Sisterhood Adult Education. "History p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon; and by appointment. Shabbat Study of Jewish Women's Spirituality," led by Rabbi jStiel, Each Shabbat afternoon between the holidays, a 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.; 'Finding God: Jewish ' Responses,' led by Rabbi Azriel, 10:30 a.m.; Beyond section of Pirkei Avot wiU be studied starting 30 minutes before Minha services. Midrasb,? to 8:15 p.m., led by Don Schwartz. Mitzvah of the Month Monday at 7:30 p.m., Mitzvah of the Month will CHABAO HOUSE present * 'Til Help Arrives," which tells you what 1322 So. 119th Street you can do in an emergency situation on your own. Omaha, NE 68144 It is an American Red Cross class sponsored by 697-1124 Beth El. Call the synagogue for reservations. TURDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush. TIFERETH ISRAEL SUNDAY: 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Davening is at 9:30 a.m. Lincoln, NE 68502 Talmud Classes 423-8569 Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Advanced Services are conducted by Rabbi Stan-ley M. Talmud, 12 p.m. Thursday. Rosenbaum. Chumash Class Minyans on Mondays and Thursdays at 7:15 a.m. Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. FRIDAY: Yiddish Light candle» no later than 8:23 p.m. Hooked on Yiddish" lessons Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Services start at 8 p.m. English SATURDAY: • "Think Jewish and speak English" classes on Services start at 9:30 a.m. Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and Junior Congregation at 10:15 a.m. Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House.

Synagogues

" ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME SATURDAY: Services, held in the Goldsten Chapel at 9 a.m., will be conducted by Steve Riekes. Members of the community are invited to join residents for the service and the kiddush following. Special memorial services are held on the last ; Saturday of each month. ; ^_^ B'NAI JESHURUN ^B 20th and South Streets ^B' Lincoln, NE 68502 ^K 436-8004 ' Services are officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY: Tornh study and service at 10 a.m. ' SUNDAY: Hebrew school, 9 a.m.; Religious school, 10 a.m.

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' tmgmws BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 1502 No. 52nd Street Omaha, NE 68104 556-6288 OfBce hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Services are condbcted by Rabbi Joseph Friedman. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service at 7 p.m. SATURDAY; Morning services are at 8:45 a.m. in the' Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood. Beginners Minyan, 9:30 a.m. Super Shabbos-For children of all ages, starts at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood. Babysitter service provided courtesy of Sisterhood. Lesson with the rabbi, 7:25 p.m. Mincha at 8:25 p:m. Shatosh Seudot, Ma'Ariv and Havdalah conclude the services. SUNDAY: Morning services at 9 a.m. Breakfast and a study session with Rabbi Friedman follow the service, while Rabbi Kaye leads a study session for the youth group. Evening services at 8:25 p.m. WEEKDAYS: ^ Services at 7 a.m. and 8:25 p.m. Lunch 'n Learn Lunch 'n Learn will be held Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at the home of Rick and Julee Katzman, 12717 Capitol Plz. Call the office by 10 a.m. to order lunch. Practical Judaism A class with Rabbi Kaye, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., at the sjrnagogue. Evening of Memories "A Night of Nostalgia," Sunday at the synagogue. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.; cocktail hour at 5; and buffet deli dinner at 6. For information and reservations, call Don or Bemice Cohen, 658-3423. Cookboolc "Happiness is Still Good Food," available at the gift shop, or call Charlotte Kaplan at 551-S658. Sisterhood Gift Shop Sisterhood gift shop is open by appointment. Call Leah Siegel at 556-5455.

Tifereth Israel to host Scholar-in Residence

Congregation Tifereth Israel in Lincoln will host this weekend with Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Joseph Lukinsky. The event is in conjunction with the formal" installation of Rabbi Stanley Rosenbaum and the annual meeting and installation. B'NAI ISRAEL Rabbi Lukinsky is Baumritter professor of Jewish The RECONSTRUCTIONIST Education, Jewish Theological Seminary o( CONGREGATION America and professor of Religion and Education, 322-4705 Teachers College, Columbia University. Services led by Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein and conThe schedule is as follows: gregants. Friday: Shabbat services, 8 p.m., sermon by NOTE: Services on the first and third Fridays of Rabbi Lukinsky. Oneg Shabbat. each month are held in Omaha. All other Friday Saturday: Shabbat services, 9:30 a.m.; formal night services are held in Council Bluffs. installation from the bimah of Rabbi Rosenbaum; For information on any activities, call 322-4705. Kiddush luncheon, and lecture by Rabbi Lukinsky; FRIDAY: open house at 8 p.m. B'nai Israel will host the Midwest Regional Sunday: Congregation broinch, 11:15 a.m., folReconstructionist Kallah through Suiiday. lowed by the annual meeting and installation of Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m. at Omaha location. officers. Conferred by Rabbi Lukinsky. SATURDAY: Shabbat services and baby naming for Lila Zoe, daughter of Jenni Schlossman and Jeff Ferber, 9:30 PERSONALS a.m., 618 Mynster St. Luncheon to follow. My sincere thank you to our many friends for tfie Havdalah, 7:30 p.m. at the JCC. Discussion about Reconstructionism, followed by singing and good wishes and concern during my recent hospitalization and recuF>eration. dancing. Also, our family cannot put into words our appreSUNDAY: Religious School and Kallah workshops at ciation for the many expressions of sympathy and love lor the loss of our dear Reva Suvaltky. May Westside Community Education Center. Workshops from 10 to 11:30 a.m. For information G-d grant_us all the strength to carry on. SfllwJn Suvatsky, Ronda, Steven and Marti about Kallah events, call Rabbi Ehrenstein at 6971660. Thanks to my family, relatives and triends tor FRIDAY, May 26: their concern and helpfulness during my recent Shabbat service, 7:30 p.m.j 618 Mynster. heart surgery. SUNDAY, May 28: Sol Mann Last day of Religious School.

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Letter to the Editor

Joe Ginsberg - humanitarian, counselor for youth (Continued from page 1) ind after graduating from officers candidate school' )ecame a second lieutenant. ' i ' ' He served as a batallior. surgeon's assistant with he p9th Infantry Division of the 272 Infantry legiment. ' The medical detachment to which Mr. GinsborK was assigned provided one doctor and one assistant » care for 800 men. ' i, It was during the Battle of the Bulge while Lieut. Ginsberg was attending to casualties when lis right side was sliced by shrapnel. He later received the Bronze star and a battlefield pronioaon to First Lieutenant. In a recent interview, Mr. Ginsberg displayed a Jopy of his division's history and pointed to page 9(i iifhich includes the following passage: • "... she showed the Love Company the concentration camp. Tears rolled down the cheeks of the men js they were shown the sea of people subjected to |he barbarous treatment. The payoff came when Shey saw what remained of a building the SS had burned to the ground. • "To keep the record of the Krauts straight, they lad crowded some 200 patients into it before ignitng the fireworks. The sight was not a pleasant one. The troops realized that the enemy was all and more than anyone han ever imagined." Mr. Ginsberg recalled the "most horrible nightmare he ever had when the house was opened and he saw the "skin hanging on bones." • "I wasn't emotionally ready to see the remains of fi lot of Jews and I did what any seasoned soldier would do ... I cried. "

Letter from Israel

To the Editor: This note of thanks is long overdo. On behalf of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society, as past president, I thank you for your faith in us and thanks for your encoiiragemc'nt and help in getting our message out to our Jewish cofnmunity. A thanks, indeed, for allowing the NJHS to write the stories and gather pictures in the recent Passover edition of the Jewish Press. It was a wonderful vote of confidence in showing the Jewish Community that we do so much with material that has been turned in to, our Archival office and thai we are doing our utmost to pre.'^erve our rich heritage. You've given us press when we've needed it to promote our exhibits, you've been there wfien we needed pictures taken, and we are indeed grateful for your support throughout the past years. Future generations will have a rich source of information becaiise of your help. Yes, you are a caring and sharing person who travels many roads doing your very best to help others. I know that I speak for our entire board as well \ as our membership, when I recognize your wonderful support and friendship. . Louise Abrahamson past president, board member "> Nebraska Jewish Historical Society

By Harry Allen Two issues, posing moral dilemmas to Israel, aregaining wider and wider attention. These haVe nothing to do with such over-reaching matters such as peace with the Arabs or moving the Airterican Embassy to Jerusalem. But they have much t!o do with the character of Israel. dilemma one: Should oasino gambling be 'legalized in Eilat? All'of the new luxury hotels hqve been built with space designed to be converted to Las Vegas-style.gambling emporin. Some of the niiyor gambling executives from America have been here to urge lajcge scale casino operations (with them as operators, of course). • • The argument, heavily touted by the Ministry of Tourism, is that both Taba in Egypt' and Aqabn in Jordan will operate casinos. If this occurs, and they are doubtless correct, Israel will lose some tourist dollars, since both Tabrrand Aqaba share the same sun and beach as does Eilat. The glitz of Las Vegas and Atlantic City would be one more step in the Americanization of Israel. , Dilemma number two: Theodor Herzl is reputed to have said that we will become a normal state when prostitutes freely walk the streets of cities in the Jewish state. By this criteria, we have become an exceedingly normal country. So normal, in fact, that a commission of the Tel Aviv municipality created to study the problem this week recommended creation of an official red light district in Tel Aviv in order to provide closer supervision of the trade. These are hardly the kinds of government-sancJoel Rich, elected to chair the board of Friedel tioned activities for which the Jewish state was creJewish Academy, will begin a one-year term in ated. Not exactly a fulfillment of the prophetic June. Mr. Rich'succeeds Mike Katzman, who will vision that the "word of the Lord would come from serve on the board as immediate past chairman. Jerusalem." Other officers are Sara Juster and Julee The idea that it is bitter to regulate sin than to Katzman, vice-chairmen; Marty Shukert, secretary; oppose it, is not new in our world. We tax liquor (its and Phyllis Hoffman, treasurer. use is not forbidden in J'udaism) because we know Newly elected to the board are Maggie Gerber, that people will drink the sljuff. Cigarettes kill, but Lynne Saltzman and Michael Linn. They join ongowe levy a high tax on the product. Might as well ng board members Michael Gerson, Shirley make some profit from poor judgment and worse Goodman, Myra Oberman, Alan Potash, Dani health. Shrago, Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbi Paul Drazen, Zurich, Switzerland, has created "needle park," Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein, Rabbi Joseph Friedman, where addicts could use drugs without fear of Mrs. Susan Drazen, Allan Gonsher and Jerry arrest. They have also abandoned it because it creGordman. ated more problems than it solved. The Friedel board took a msyor step this month Prostitution and gambling will not go away. This by launching a local and national search to replace is certain. But a Jewish state should not, must not, Dr. Carrie Sorensen, educational director, who has provide a hescher for either. Israel needs to stand resigned effective June 30, the end of the current for far more than the best gambling this side of school year. According to Mr. Rich, Dr. Sorensen's Monte Carlo or the most identifiable and well-reguresignation was pron '-^d by a wish to leave the lated red light district outside of Amsterdam. field of administration and return to classroom A Jewish state needs to be a state in which teaching. Mr. Rich expressed optipiism about the process of Jewish values take precedence over monetary or selecting a new director for Friedel. "The Academy amoral considerations. Though no political supporter of the Haredim and is undertaking its search from a position of strength. This is a good time in the academic year the National religious party, I share with them for a school to be seeking an administrator. In addi- total opposition to these proposals. As we approach Shavuot and celebrate the giving tion, our outstanding new quarters in the Gordman Center for Jewish Education will be an incentive of the commandments, we hope the moral imperatives are what we use to formulate public policy on for highly qualified applicants," he SEiid. Mr. Rich has served on the Friedel board for six these issues, not whether or not we gain or loseyears. He and his wife, Mary, have a seventh-grade tourist dollars or-whether or not controls are more son who is a Friedel graduate and another son who easily exercised in a defined Israel red light district in Tel Aviv. will begin first grade at the Academy in August.

Friedel elects new board; starts search for director

Kiryat Shmona protests By Naomi Segal In the top photo, Mr. Ginsberg holds a copy f The Des Moincs Register with his photo ind story about being the first draftee from >e8 Moines to enlist for service. The bottom ihoto shows Lieut. Ginsberg next to a billloard pointing out that entrance to the city i Leipzig is now possible through the courBsy of the 69th Infantry Division.

JERUSALEM ijiA) — Residents of the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona went on strike to protest what they called the government's failure to respond to the needs of the community in the wake of repeated Katyusha rocket attacks. The rockets have been fired from the southern l^ebanon security zone by the Islamic fundamentalist Hezbollah.

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Kiryat Shmona Mayor Prosper Azran called the strike last week. Schools and businesses were closed during the event. The latest attack was about 10 days ago, when a Katyusha rocket landed between two apartment buildings, causing property damage and light irguries to four people.

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s ,-^ YES ' • . The dedication of the new Dan and Est|ier Gordman Education Center will be held Sunday at 1^:30 p.m. YES members will then travel to the Grande Olde Players' to see the show "The Matchmakers." YES will meet Monday.at the JGC. Participants •^are asked to bring articles to share at the "YES Talk" discussion group at 10:30 a.m. Bingo and English class also start at 10:30. The YES choral group will rehearse at 11. Following lunch at noon, Jim Hendrison will speak on bicycle paramedics. WALK-IN DROP-IN Walk-In Drop-In will meet Thursday at the JCC. Exercise starts at 10:15 a.m.; bingo starts at 10:30. Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:30. At noon (sharp) the animated film "The Lion King," will be shown. Popcorn will be served. . RUSSIAN CLUB The Russian Club will meet Friday, May 26, at the JCC. Exercise starts at 10 a.m., and lunch will be served at 11. Transportation will leave the JCC at 11:30 and return at 2 p.m. for the boat excursion at the Heartland of America Fountain. Make reser[yations for transportation to the JCC by Wednesday with Ida Grinshpon at 330-8316. VISIONS Baseball and barbecue at Rosenblatt Stadium Thursday, June 15. Dinner at 5:30 p.m., game at 7:05. Mail reservation form by June 1 to Harry'. 'Alloy, 5811 Nicholas St., Omaha 68132. BREADBREAKERS Mayor Hal Daub will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Wednesday at noon at Regency West Best Western, according to Natan Schwalb, chairman. Mayor Daub will discuss current issues |)erta'ining to the cityiCost is $7.50 and the public piay attend.

Fair to commemorate Marconi's invention

A telecommunications fair celebrating the 100th anniversary of the invention of the wireless telegraph will be held May 21-28 at the Fort Omaha Campus of Metropolitan Community College, 30th [and Fort St. A special opening ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. Th^ Marconi Telecommunications Fair will showcase communications technology from the turn of the century to the present, combining historical exhibits with television and radio equipment. All activities and exhibits are free and open to the pub-

ac. Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian electrical engineer, first developed wireless telegraphy in 1894. 'I The fair will also recognize some of the achievements in telecommunications since Marconi's discovery. • Events will include: ' *An operational amateur radio station on the Fort Omaha grounds to let visitors communicate with "ham" radio operators throughout the world. •Historical perspectives of the radio industry fea;uring Leo Meyerson, founder of World Radio Laboratories, Inc. ; •Special ham radio demonstrations for Metro's Mopt-A-School partners from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. *A ham rafllo flea market on Saturday, May 27. 'Demonstrations on the use of Morse Code for eommunications. •Television, computer via radio, laser technolo^es, long-distance communications, hand-held miniature technolr^es and many other displays. ; Metro Community College will set up for use three large antennas, not commonly available. ; The Western Heritage Museum will display many irlifacts from its collection of historic and vintage radio equipment. The Historical Society of Douglas County will dis>lay materials depicting the U.S.Army Signal !;orpB during its tenure at Fort Omaha in the early 1900'g. . • Mr. Meyerson is honorary chairman of the fair. Sponsors include Metro Community College, the ft'pstern Heritage Museum, the Historical Society (f Douglas County and KVNO. Amateur radio clubs participating include AK5AB-BEN, Bellevue, Pioneer of Fremont and louthwest Iowa Amateur Radio Club. For information, contact Paul Marsh at (402) 4491424.

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NCJW to sponsor workshop

The National Council of Jewish Women-Omaha Section will sponsor a workshop for parents of children in preschool and primary grades entitled "Barney, Big Bird and Brachol," Sunday, 2:30 p.m.,. at the hon\e pf Cheryl and Dr. Gary Lerner, 12721 Westchester Plaza. > The workshop will examine how cute characters and catchy son'gs can help teach language skills. Dr. Lionel Wolberger, a community teacher with the Bureau of Jewish Education, will address the question of whether children Who-grow up watching, singing and chanting have a head start in learning languages. The workshop is co-sponsor«d by the Friedel Jewish Academy and is free Und open to the community. Refreshments will be served. Reservations are appreciated. Call Sara Juster at 496-4604; Cheryl Lerner at 334-8430; or Julee Katzman at 333-6621.

Life saving/first aid classes at Beth El Beth El's Mitzvah of the Month committee will hold a Red Cross class entitled " "Til Help Arrives," Monday at 7:30 p.m. The program is free and open to anyone age 10 and older, and will focus on techniques to help victims survive until a qualified physician arrives on the scene. This is not a CPR course, but CPR techniques will be reviewed as well as proper first aid procedures for almost every situation. This class is excellent for babysitters, youth workers, parents, grandparents and anyone who would like to' know what to do in case of an emergency in their presence. For reservations, call Hollie Fineman at 4964301, or Blanche at the Beth El office at 492-8550.

Discovery seminar coming to Omaha By Carol Katzman What objective proof is there for the existence of God? Who wrote the Bible? How do we account for the bizarre course of events in Jewish history? What's the difference between Judaism and other religions? These and other fascinating questions will be answered when the world-renowned Discovery seminar comes on Sunday, June 11, the first time in Omaha, at the Jewish Community Center, according to Sharon Kirshenbaum, chairman. Hosted by synagogues, temples and federations in more than 150 communities nationwide. Discovery also has international appeal and has been translated into Russian, German, Hebrew, Spanish and French. More that 10,000 people a year attend Discovery's one-day seminars or shabbatons. Introduced to American audiences in 1985, the Discovery seminar begins with a discussion between reason and faith. Participants are shown that afliliation with Judaism can and should be a logical decision, not a leap of faith. The audience can test Judaism's rationality through a novel process called "Failsafe," a paradigm of logical analysis based on techniques used by the Israeli intelligence agency, the Mossad. Highlights of the segment include 'Hidden Codes of the ToralT," which demonstrates the startling results of a superspeed computer analysis of the Hebrew letters of the Torah. Discovery's presenters, a team of physicists, mathematicians, lawyers, doctors, psychologists and professors, are all volunteers. "The people giving this seminar don't ask you to believe anything," said Mrs. Kirshenbaum. "They're simply asking to present the evidence for the validity of the Jewish religion." The one-day seminar is open to the community. Its aim is to present some of the fundamentjil of Judaism to people of all backgrounds or no background. Discovery is sponsored in memory of the lute Gertrude Levey by her husband. Jack. There is a $15 fee, which includes lunch, refreshments and all materials. For information or to register, call Sharon Kirshenbaum at 668-7898 (H), or 334-6442 (W).

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Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration at the JCC 1 Israel's 47th anniversary

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A community-wide celebration of Israel's 47th anniversary (Yom Ha'atzmaut) was held recently at the Jewish Community Center, sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council. There were over 300 in attendance, according to Gloriann Levy, Cultural Arts director. Cheryl Lemer and N^cy Schlessinger were coi-chainnei]. ' ' i Among the activities featured were the raising of the American and Israeh flags; a Klezmer band; a clown making animal sculptures; arts and crafts for children; and entertainment by Gary Rosen, who incorporates "Tot Rock'iwith Jewish and Israeli music. Refreshments were served in the auditorium.

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An estimated 125 members and guests of Ebdassah paid tribute to the Esther Helman, Linda Jess, Edyth Kass, Amy Katz, Denise Lehman, community's Jewish nurses during the benefit program for Hadassah Bonnie Leiserowitz, Carol Lainof, Pat Linn, Lila Lutz, Joan Marshal, Israel Educational Services, May 10 at the Highland Country Club. Deborah Meiches, Sheri Mulnick, Sandy Nogg, Myra Obennan, Sandy Nurses honored (not all id photo) were Rena Bailen, Elenore Bernstein, Freda Bleicher, Dee Brown, Liz Cohen, Rovia Collis, Passer, Noni Seiner, Nancy Skid, Jane Snyder, Raquel Taub, Mindi Cheryl Comisar, Nancy Ferenstein, Barbara Finkle, Darlene Gotbitz, Tourangeau, Patsy Wallace, Sara Wolfson, Vicki Wolpa.

Beth Ginsberg presents a lifetime achievement award to Mary Dan Greenfield is honored for his years of service to Hadassah. . Fellman.

.'Miriam Simon also was honored as membership chairman outreach.

USY happenings

Barbara Reitzes, member of the national Board and National Services Committee, installs Beth Ginsberg as president. By Michelle Lee, MiUard North High School, Jewiih PreM4ntem

^ Walking tlway from the 1994-1995 year with the most prestigious regional award a chapter can win, Beth El Omaha (BILU) USY is getting ready to have an eventful May with rushes to recruit new members and elections to choose leadership. Although April was spent relaxing and preparing contest materials, the month of May will be full of programs to initiate new leadership and members for fall. The lineup of events started on April 29, when BILU USY sent seven delegates and Youth Director Michael Levine to Regional Spring El.ections at Camp Chi in the Wisconsin Dells. Over the course of the weekend, one of the chap\ ter's delegates, CB Abraham Lincoln junior Ruvane Kurland, was elected the new religious/education vice president of the region. '1 think it's really great to be on regional executive board because it gives me a chance to not only benefit BILU but also to help chapters on a larger scale around the region. I plan to increase religious programming because it's often left out of social events," he said. He was not the only BILU member to triumph

during the weekend. In fact, the whole chapter experienced victory when, for the first time since 1988, the regional Chapter of the Year award (the highest award in EMTZA region) was won by BILU USY! Programming awards were also won for the Hanukkah pound auction, peanut butter and jelly a-thon, video scavenger hunt, and Sunday food sales. "We worked really hard to win Chapter of the Year and 1 was very happy when our dedication paid off. *To be eligible for the award, we had to plan and run quality events, put together a scrapbook, and increase membership, Tikun Olam donations, and fund-raising. Winning this award means not only that Omaha USY is a mfyor force in EMTZA region but also that we are being noticed for our programming. Even though we can't win again next year, we now hove a springboard to continue our quality programming next year, and make it even better!" Youth Director Michael Levine said. Members will hav; a 10-day recovery period before the leadership positions for the 4:hapter are

decided. On May U, the new executive board was voted on by all members. Introducing eighth graders to USY over a volleyball net and picnic basket will take place on May 21. The first rush of the year will be held at Zorinsky Lake. "I hope that a lot of eighth graders decide to join USY. It's a great experience and a lot of fun!" Burke freshman Rachel Katskee said. Tradition will be broken at Final Banquet on May 25. Instead of putting on Synagogue clothes and eating a sit-down meal, the chapter will instead kick back and relax with an informal event. Bidding farewell to the old board and installing the newly elected leadership will be the highlight of the afternoon. Awards will also be given to the most outstanding members. â&#x20AC;˘ "I think it's a great idea to have a different Final Banquet this year. The relaxed atmosphere will make it memorable, and people will ei\joy it more if they don't have to dress up," Burke senior Heather Olesh said. Kinnus 1996 will also continue taking shape wiii^ (continued on page 9)

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The capture of. Reprinted With permission from the Nebraska fleport, Nebraskans for Peace After years of evading German authorities and a cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, Nebrasl^a neoNazi Gary "Gerhard" Lauck was apprehended in Denmark March 20 by Danish police. Acting on warrants issued by the city prosecutor's office in Hamburg, Germany, and transipitted via Interpol—the international police organization—to 15 European nations where Lauch was suspected of having supporters, Danish police arrested, Lauck and continued to hold him in custody while considering his extradition to the German Federal Republic. The warrants charged Lauck with distributing illegal propaganda and Nazi symbols, encouraging racial hatred, inciting criminal acts and participating in a criminal organization. Conviction on these offenses in Germany carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Lauck's arrest comes on the heels of a four-month campaign to spotlight his activities, led primarily by Nebraskans for Peace andi the GermanAmerican Heritage Society of Lincoln. Last fall, these two organizations spearheaded a campaign asking the Lincoln City Council to disassociate the City of Lincoln from Lauck's neo-Nazi propaganda and philosophy. Christoph Sander, Deputy Consul-General of the Gertnan Consulate in Chicago, came to Lincoln to testify in support of the resolution which the city council unanimously passed. The city council's resolution drew the attention of representatives of German television ARD in Washington, D.C. and Hamburg, which began making plans to come to Nebraska to do a story on the subject. Simultaneously, a follow-up effort was begun in Lincoln to discourage local printing firms from accepting Lauck's printing business. Yale Gotsdiner of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Leola Bullock of the Lincoln NAACP, and Tim Rinne of Nebraskans for Peace signed a letter to the Lincoln newspapers urging these businesses to refuse to print Lauck's material. Rinne and Bill Ross of the German Heritage Society also wrote a letter to the board of directors of the Printing Industries of the Midlands (P.I.M.) based in Des Moines, Iowa, requesting that the organization discourage its members in the three-state areal of Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota from dealing with Lauck,

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The Legislative Resolution In January, NFP and the German-American Heritage Society approached Lincoln State Senator La Von Crosby and asked her if she would sponsor a legislative resolution—modeled on the City Council measure—disassociating the State of Nebraska from Lauck's activities. Crosby, whose district encompasses the infamous Post Office "Box 6414, Lincoln, NE 68506 USA" readily agreed to carry the resolution. Five other Lincoln-area senators offered to sign on as co-sponsors to Legislative Resolution 52. Rather than allowing the resolution to be immediately discussed on the floor, however. Speaker of the Legislature, Sen. Ron Withem of Papillion, decided that the resolution would be controversial and referred it tq the Judiciary Committee for a public hearing. Anxious to come to Lincoln to start filming, German television ARD correspondent Volker Steinhoff, host of the German news magazine show "Panorama," began trying to schedule his interviews while still in Hamburg, Working by phone, he even attempted to set up an interview with Lauck, which Lauck agreed to grant for a $2,000 fee. When Steinhoff refused, saying that ARD would not pay to interview Nazis, the matter was dropped. However, when news of the Printing Industrie* of the Midlands' board action discouraging its membership from accepting Lauck's business was reported in the media a few weeks later, Lauck himself—in a curious development—personally contacted ARD television in Hamburg by phone to insist that these efforts to restrict his printing operation would not stop him. Repeating essentially the same message he had used in a Nebraska Public Radio interview last

November, Lauck defiantly declared that thel fl olutions would not succeed in hampering his activities. 1 , During this same period however, Lauck also began calling up local journalists, tiying to discover if they had any information as to when the legislative resolution (LR 52) would ibe heard in committee. When the date for hearing was finally set for Thursday, March 16, Steinhoff immediately contacted Lauck again and this time got him to consent to meet for an interview—without pay— on the 14th, two days prior to the hearing. " After having waited nearly six weeks to come to Nebraska to cover the legislative hearing, Steinhoff arrived punctiially for his interview only to find that Lauck didn't show. Going to Lauck's mother's home at 6401 South Street in Lincoln, the.base of operations for his National Socialist German Workers Party—Overseas Organization, Steinhoff was told that Lauck had suddenly been called out of town. The next day, Lauck's second-in-command, Michael Storm, called SteinhofTs hotel to inform him that Lauck was in Europe and would be unavailable to meet. The day of the public hearing, representatives of the American Legion, the Lincoln Inter-faith Council, the Nebraska Inter-Tribal Development Corporation, the NAACP, the ADL, the Jewish Welfare Federation, the German-American Heritage Society and Nebraskans for Peace, as well as Sen. Crosby and Ken Haar and Coleen Seng of the Lincoln City Council all turned out to speak on the resolution's behalf. Dr. Gabriele von Malsen-Tilborch, ConsulGeneral of the-German Consulate in Chicago, also made a special visit to Nebraska to testify at the hearing. The hearing on LR 52 In a surprise move, Sen. Ernie Chambers, a member of the Judiciary Committee, testified against the resolution. . Claiming that a significant number of the Nebraska public actually supports the policies of Nazism, and that the Nebraska Legislature itself has voted to uphold Nazi tenets, Chambers said it would be hypocritical for the Legislature to go oh record disassociating itself from Lauck's philosophyIn LR 52, Chambers noted, the Legislature was proposing to condemn a neo-Nazi who hated homosexuals, and yet, he reminded the committee, this same Legislature earlier in the session had refused to consider a bill supported by both Sen. Crosby and himself that would have outlawed job and housing discrimination against homosexuals in Nebraska. His conscience, he said, could not permit him to stand by and allow the Legislature to cynically support something with their words that was contradicted by their actions. At one point. Chambers asked Herb Friedman, a Lincoln attorney and Jew who was testifying in favor of the resolution, if there were people in Nebraska who hated Jews. Friedman acknowledged that there were. How about Black people, Chambers then asked, were there people in Nebraska who hated Blacks. And Native Americans, and homosexuals, he asked pausing each time expectantly while he waited for Friedman's admission. "People in Nebraska hold to the tenets of Nazism," Chambers said, 'So much of Nazism is believed in by Nebraskans, is practiced by Nebraskans, and is reflected in the things they do, the laws they pass, and the laws they refuse to pass. That's why I say people in Germany are justified in thinking that this man is a nut that fell not too far from the tree in Nebraska," Sympathetic to Sen, Chambers' arguments, Sen, Ciiosby nevertheless urged the committee to advance the resolution to the floor. When the only impression being disseminated to the international community was that Nebraska was the headquarters of neo-Nazism, she said it was imperative for stAte government to reafHrm the basic principles of democracy and freedom and to disassociate ourselves from hatred and radsm. Consul-General Malsen-Tilborch corroborated Crosby's view. Detailing the activities and hatecrime* in Germany to which Lauck ha* been

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r.Gary 'Gerhard' Lauck nked, she said. "I believe in the power of the rord." If Lauck," she continued, "uses so many rery, very bad and murderous words" to produce tis propaganda from his base in Nebraska, why ian't the Nebraska Legislature "use a few words to ell him publicly it is not right?" Admitting that the resolution was only paper, Walsen-Tilborch insisted, 'If it only prevents one roung person in Nebraska from joining Gary Lauck ind his friends, if it only keeps one person in Sermany from taking it seriously, it had done mough." Frank LaMere, a Winnebago and executive direc;or of the Nebraska Inter-Tribal Development iorporation, noted that American Indians too have en subjected to racism and attempted genocide hich enables them to identify with what the Jews jjnderwent in Germany. Lauck, LaMere ironically anted out, wants to confine Indians to reservaons, but he says that "on lands that have been itolen from the Omaha tribe." . Scheduled on the last day of public hearings, as Jie last legislative proposal to be heard, the hearng on LR 52 lasted over two hours and did, not end intil after six o'clock. Late as it was, the Judiciary •loramittee adjourned for a' four-day weekend without voting on whether to advance the resolution to the floor for consideration by the full Legislature. The following Monday, the German crackdown, lode-named "Atlantic II," which had been planned or the past three months, went into effect.

Rinne, speaking on behalf of Nebraskans for Peace, speculated that all t^he attention focused on Lauck through resolutions and media coverage may have intimidated him and caused him to flee. To sopie extent we were complicating his lifej Who knows? Maybe we were the ones who caused him to leave Lincoln and go to Europe." In a KOLN, Channel 10/11 intierview, he said, "I thipk what was happening here is Gerhard Lauck was starting to feel some heat." , According to ARD's Steinhoff, Lauck's choice of a low-profile life style in Nebraska was a classic neoNazi tactic. Neo-Nazi organizers, he says, don't lilte to draw attention to where they live. They often take up residence in areas where they can lead quiet, unassuming lives and then go off elsewhere to do their damage and dirt. And indeed, Lauck told the AP in 1993 that he ran his-operation in Lincoln because the city was quiet. I don't bother the police, and they don't bother me," he said. "Why should they? I'm not doing anything illegal. In Syracuse, Nebraska, where Lauck usually lives with his wife, nobody apparently knew anything about him except the neighbor woman next door who appreciated that "he always scooped her walks in the winter." Irvin Kehlenbeck, mayor of this small Nebraska town which hosts the state's Germanfest each September, said, "He lived kind of incognito and didn't bother anybody."

USY happenings (Continued from page 7) weekly meetings &nd committee decisions. "In May, we will have lots of meetings with the chairmen and different committees, and we will be starting to piece'specific details together. We want to get a lot of the planning done before people leave for the summer," Burke sophomore Jeff Shapiro said. After school lets out for the summer, BILU will travel to Lake'Okoboji, Iowa, for the second year in a row. This trip will be the seniors' last USY meinory and the incoming/reshmen's firsti taste of the youth group. Among the plans for the June 6-6 Candidate Membership Training (CMT) are waverunner rides, a bonfire, and a trip to Arnold's Park (an amusement park). Unfortunately, CMT will be the seniors' last USY experience. President Seth Silberstein is saddened about leaving. "Thank you very much for the best year ever, BILU. I will miss you all a lot. Keep up the good work. I love you all," he said.

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Lessons for the future Ignoring Lauck, and racists just like him, Steinhoff emphasizes, plays right into these neoNazis' hands. They thrive on anonymity and benefit every time citizens and governmental officials look the other way. For 22 years, Nebraskans turned a blind eye to Gerhard Lauck, assuming that it was safest and wisest just to ignore him. Talking about him, elected officials often argued—from city hall to the statehouse—just gave him more "credibility." But as Sen. Crosby observed, "it's high time that Nebraska associated itself from his activities. LR 52 is even more important now because we need to send a message to the German people that we don't condone what he does." Even with Lauck's capture, Deputy ConsulGeneral Sander of the Chicago consulate still urged Nebraska to pass the resolution to show the world that Laiick lacks support in America. While state legislators praised Lauck's arrest, however, the momentum for the resolution quickly flagged, and support dissipated. LR 52 sat in the Judiciary Committee for almost six weeks before finally being advanced to the floor on a 5-2 vote. But with barely a month left in the legislative session,, and the Legislature only debating priority bills, prospects for passage look dim. Our old habits of always wanting to look the other way, it seems, die hard. And in the case of Gary "Gerhard" Lauck, 22 years apparently has still not been enough time for Nebraskans t^ learn that unless we speak out, our silence will be taken as collaboration.

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Lauck's flight ,; : Tipped ofr by one of his European contacts that [J.SJ or German authorities were about to move jgainst him and his network, Lauck called the ^ssociated Press in Bonn and notified them that he was about to be arrested. He said he had had to )hut down the Lincoln operation and was going underground. "Lincoln is wiped out," he stated. "We noved our files and everything so they wouldn't fall nto enemy hands." Jonni Hansen, a Danish neoNazi and spokesperson for Lauck, revealed that Lauck had arrived in Denmark from the United States around March 13. Delivering a prepared statement from Lauck, Hanseh said that "although the Lincoln headquarters was closed down, the propaganda material will Still float to comrades around the world. He had )lenty of time to determine the new NSDAP-AO itructure with international bases. The German itate authorities are a joke and helpless towards le new AO-structure. The operations can continue ithout the Lincoln office because of the newlyformed foreign bases, working together. (It) doesn't lepend on Lauck. Others will take over his job." lauck, Hansen claimed, was "ready to take (he five eight years he might face in Germany" if extraited. The motivation behind Lauck's sudden departure 'rom Nebraska is not completely clear. As reighton University law professor Michael Fenner pressed it, Lauck made a "stupid mistake" leaving the United States. "He's gone to a place Denmark) where he's not protected."In a Lincoln Star article about the arrest.

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Young Jews, therefore, now regard those arguments as racist, since tliey are based on preserving the purity of Jewish ethnicity rather than the purity of Jewish values, i Only if Jewisli values are distiricuve is there a positive and non-racial reason for Jews not to intermarry or in any other way to maintain a distinct Jewish identity. But Jews have been raised increasingly to believe that Jewish values are not distinctive, that they are essentially identical to liberal, secular humanistic ones. Conse<iuently, many Jews, both in their behavior iind their values, liHve become indistinguishable 'from tlip many non-Jews who also have been raised without a distinctive reli(;ious value system and who bold the same liberiil, serul.-ir hnnianistic values. None of this should come as a surprise. Haven't a great many Jews been raised to regard most differences among groups especially in tlie area of religion—as a reactionary notion to be discarded? Haven't they been taught to be "universalist" by not being "tx)o JeWish'.'" Haven't they been taught thai religion i^ either irrelevant to ethical values or an actual impediment to them? And once Judaism is no longer a Jew's source of values, does he have a single distinctive Jewish • value? Given such an upbringing, why should an American Jew identify as a Jew, lead a Jewish life, or marry a Jew, or raise Jewish children, or support Israel, or... ? The solution • , Once the greatest Jewish problem and its cause are recognized, the solution is overwhelmingly clear. Jews must be taught why to be Jewish^ Jewish life must embark on a campaign to teach this to Jews with the same commitment, resources and sense of life or death as it has in creating'and supporting Israel.

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Even Jews whose dominant Jewish concern is Israel alone should recognize that without such a campaign to fight assimilation, there will be few Jews left in the Diaspora to support Israel. Why be Jewish? Because the Jewish people has a religious/moral/holy mission to "repair the world under God's rule." BecauiM'he Jews are bidden by God to be a "light unto the nations." Jews must be taught why to be Jewish. Jewish life must embark on a campaign to teach this to Jews with the same commitment, resources and senseiof life or death as it has in creating and supporting Israel. • Because Judaism fills one's life with a holiness, meaning and joy that is not at'tainable to the uncommitted Jew. And because Judaism has distinctive values which, if conununicated to the world, will reduce human suffering, help to extinguish evil, and prevent holocausts (which are taking place with greater frequency and more apathy). Jews need reasons— intellectual, personal, moral—to be Jewish. Ethnic feelings will no longer suffice to keep Jews Jewish. When Jews understand these reasons, they will lead Jewish lives. But they must have the reasons. In an open and free society, Jews need powerful, positive reasons to remain Jewish. They need to know why they should be different when non-Jews are equally well educated and fine, and why Judaism has better moral and personal answers than secular humanism. — And Jews need to learn the answer to a question once posed to me by a Holocaust survivor who has completely rejected his Jewish identity, 'Why should I bequeath to my child the possibility of another Holocaust?" Jews need reasons-intellectual, personal, moral, to be Jewish. Ethnic feelings will no longer suffice to keep Jews Jewish.

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