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Historic signing The Jewish Press is pleased to present excerpts from the remarks by President Clinton, King Hussein I, President Hosni Mubarak, Chairman Yasir Arafat, Wme Minister Yitzhak Rabin at the signing ceremony of the Israeli-Palestinian interim agreement; PRESIDENT CLINTON, i^rime Minister Rabin; Chairman Arafat; Your Majesty King Hussein; President Mubarak; Foreign Minister Peres; Mr. Abu Mazin; Prime Ministers Gonzalez, Filali, Bin Shaker; Foreign Minister Kozyrev; our coaponsor of the Middle East peace negotiations; distinguished foreign ministers and members of the Diplomatic Corps; and honored guests: I welcome you to the White House for this milestone on the path to reconciliation. Today we make a great stride toward the fulfillment of a vision toward the day when two peoples divided by genorations, by conflict, are bound now by peace Finally, the time is approaching when there will be safety in Israel's house; when the Palestinian people will write their own destiny; when the clash of arms will be banished from God's Holy Land. (Continued on page 10)
How does Federation support synagogue religious schools? ' By Howard Bloom, Federation executive director Jewish education bavJong been a priority in our community. It is appropriate and desirable for the general community to support Jewish education for its children. The Federation, throu^ the Bureau of Jewish Education (BJE), provides financial support for Temple Religious School, B'nai Israel Religious School, United Talmud Torah of Omaha (U.T.T.O.) — the afternoon Hebrew School for Beth El and Beth Israel Synagogues, and the Friedel Jewish Academy. Through the BJE, the Federation impacts 600 children in our community as it helps the synagogues operate their religious schools and encourage Jewish education of our children in the' following ways: 1. The Community Teacher Program BJE employs 3 teachers — 2 full time and 1 part time — who are available to all the community religious schools. 40% of their salaries and benefits are paid by the Federation and 60% are paid by the schools. Each school pays a share based on the number of hours the teacher is instructing at that school. Through this program, synagogues can adjust their teaching staff to meet their needs, and most importantly, this Federation funded Bureau
of Jewish Education program attracts quality dents from Omaha used their Jewish Experience Jewish educators nationwide who would not other- Grants to attend Jewish summer camps in 1995. The BJE is budgeting for 40 to 45 participants for wise be drawn to our community. . the Summer of 1996. a. Religioua School Subventiona 4. Paaaport to Israel All of the religious schools receive funds directly This community has had a long tradition of profrom the Federation through the BJE. The schools submit forms to the BJE indicating their hours of viding fiinds to send children to Israel and we are instruction in Hebrew and Judaic studies. This now building on that tradition with this new proinformation is put into a formula: hours of instruc- gram. Plans are currently in progress for Passport tion z frequency of instruction z number of stu- to Israel, a Federation/Synagogue/Faraily partnerdents = contact hours. For the 1995-96 academic ship which helps students begin saving in the third year, each school is receiving $1.09 per contact grade for a high school trip to Israel. hour. 5. Special Needs Every child is entitled to a Jewish education to 3. Jewish Experience Grants These are gifts from the Federation in the the best of his or her ability. The Phil and Terri amount of $360.00 to students on the occasion of Schrager Special Needs Program of the BJE helps their Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah which they can to make this a reality. The program employs 1 use to attend Jewish summer camps. This pro- part time teacher, an aide and a sign language gram is based on the belief that Jewish camping interpreter. Special needs services are available to experiences help our children expand their Jewish all Bureau affdiated schools including the Jewish education and strengthen their Jewish identities. Community Center Preschool and day camps. The The program was initiated in 1994. The BJE bud- program is underwritten by the Phil and Terri geted for 35 participants, but the response was so Schrager Supporting Foundation which covers 40% great that they had to come back to the Federation of the costs. (Continued on page 4) for additional funding. An unprecedented 39 stu-
Rabin: "Just stick to fundraising" By Lisa Hostein NEW YORK (JTA)-At the same time that Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabiji is trying to convince American Jews that he is on the proper path toward peace, he is also asking them to mind their own buiineu. In a series of meetings with Jewish lead«n and editors from the Jewish media, the prime minister'* main target of wrath over American Jewish involvsfflsnt in the peace process was th«
increasingly vocal segment of those opposed to his policies. But he also sent a message to American Jews in general that their role in the IsraeliDiaspora partnership should center on philanthropy — and more of it. 'As far as the issues of war and peace, it is a matter to be decided by the Israelis alone in a free, democratic system, Rabin said. Lashing out at opponents who have been lobbying Congress on peace-related policies that are at odds with
the Israeli government, Rabin said: "To try to undermine the policy of a democratically elected government, to pressure members of Congress is unprecedented in the relationship between Israel and the great, generous, prosperous Jewish community in the United SUtes.* He stopped short o( repeating a position that he took recently that the continuation of Luke Warren, grandson of former Omahans Marilyn and Marty such activity could threaten the Israeli- WMTCB earorU In Capetown, South AMea, where he reeidee witli hia parenta, Mr. and Mr*. Miteheil Warren. Diaspora ralatioaship.
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I ^ MANN/McGAUVRAN ' Harold and Linda Mann of Omaha announce the Shabbat Hoi haMoed Sukkot engagement of their '^lielet and Enduring Values daughter, Kathy, to ' ^ I . John McGauvran, son One of the characteristics'of Judaism that I find of Ron and Sally most appealing and most attractive is its sobriety. McGauvran of Clinton, Even in times of great disaster it maintains hope- Iowa. Miss Mann is direcfulness; and in times of great joy it attempts to tor of Member Services | maintain an even keel. the Jewish] Thus, for example, in celebrating the victory at for the Sea of Reeds, with Israel marching through the Community Center of I seas on dry land, we dip drops of wine at our Seder Omaha. She is a grad- f table at each of the ten plagues. . .At a wedding we uate of the University I end the joyous ceremony with breaking a glass, in of Arizona-Tucson,! memory of The Destruction. Whatever the origin of where she was a mem-1 these practices, we give explanations that temper ber of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority. the celebration with more somber thoughts. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Irving Mann of And here is Sukkot, considered Biblically to be Myrtle Beach, S.C., and the late Irving Mann, and the happiest of Jewish festivals. Aside fi-om Torah the late Mr. and Mrs. Eli Zalkin. readings, what additional Biblical book do we read? Mr. McGauvran is production manager of Omaha The most cynical and doubt-laden book of Graphics. He is a graduate of the Art Institute of Scripture, Ecclesiastes, Qohelet! Atlanta, Ga. The rabbis of the Midrash strive valiantly to A Dec. 31 wedding is planned at the Aquila Hotel interpret away the pessi^listic tone and the cynical in Omaha. pronoui}cements of the book. Example: "A time to be bom and a time to die." Do we need a Solomon LEVIN/KmSCH . to tell us that? Is that all his vaunted wisdom Mr. and Mrs. Alan Levin of Highland Park, 111., amounted to? No, the Midrash says: What Solomon announce the engagement of their daughter, was trying to teach us is that that man is blessed Nancy, to Steve Kirsch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emie^: who is as innocent at the time of his death as he KirschofDeerfield.Ill. N was at the time of his birth. Ms. Levin is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs Another example, perhaps more important: What Mickey Kaplan of Omaha. advantage is there for one who works all his life away under the sun? So the text has it, and it implies that the specter of death hangs over himand what good was all his striving? And now the stunning of the Midrash: True Dr. Art Epstien Pb.D has been appointed 1995enough, the rabbis say, the implication is clear that 96 chairman of Living Well with Diabetes support all men's work "under the sun" is frustrating, for group. nothing lasts. But, they continue, note the phrase The group, free and open to the public, meets the under the sun, that is, his work for material things second Saturday of each Month, except December, of this world have evanescent value; but his work at the Dundee Presbyterian Church, 5312 for things or ideas or values or concepts above the Underwood Ave., at 10 a.m. sua have permanent value. And these are mitzvot The meetings include adult ^up discussions and and acts of compassion. One of the conunentators professional speakers supplied by the Diabetes subsumes the whole under Torah: here is where Education Center of the Midlands (DECM). For enduring values lie. information, call Dr. Epstien at 255-0070. T^is in one deft stroke the Midrash takes the sting out of the cynicism of Qohelet! And it sounds the continuous note of Judaism: if Hfe is to be lived Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of joyously, despite its many tragedies and frustra- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor tions, we must link ourselves to a structure of val- Dreamcoat will make its Omaha premiere at the ues more ongoing, more permanent than our little Orpheum Theater for a one-week, eight-perforselves. mance engagement starting Oct. 31 and will run Nonetheless, to return to our original theme, through Nov. 5. even the celebration of Sukkot is restricted, interrupted, even questioned by the reading of Qohelet. Shall we celebrate with the Torah? Yes, indeed! Myra Katherine Hale, Miss Nebraska 1995, But only if ye remember what Torah stands for, a will be a guest at the Miss Omaha/Miss Douglas hfe of gentleness and sobriety, a life of responsibili- County Scholarship Pageant Saturday, Oct. 21. ty and piety, a life dedicated to love of neighbor, a The local pageant, a preliminary to the Miss life focused on values that endure. Nebraska/Miss America pageant system, will be held at the Jewish Community Center at 7 p.m. The pageant will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Miss America program.
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BETH EX SYNAGOGUE 14806 California, Omaha, NE 681S4 492-8850 Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emit Berkovits. FRIDAY; Services start at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services. Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. TSS (Torah Siddur Skills) will meet at 10 a.m. Shabbat story time, the first and third Saturday at 11 a.m. Ktantan meets the second and fourth Saturday 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 6:35 p.m. SUNDAY: Services start at 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Judaica Shop Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11a.m. to 2 p.m., or by appointment. Sukkot SUNDAY: Hoshana Rabbah, 9 a.m.; Minha/Ma'ariv, 6 p.m. MONDAY: Morning service, 9:30 a.m., Yizkor and Dedication of memorial plaques; Minha/Ma'ariv, 6:30 p.m.; Hakafot, 7 p.m. TUESDAY: Morning service, 9:30 a.m.; Minha/Ma'ariv, 6:40 p.m. Gourmet Cooking Class The first cooking class will be held Wednesday, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. "Chardonnay" will present kosher recipes. Send reservations to Susan Friedman. B'nai Mitzvah Erin Malashock, daughter of Neal and Jody Malashock, will become a Bat Mitzvah Friday evening and Saturday morning. Ian Geraon, son of Michael and Meta Gerson, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday evening, Oct. iO, and Saturday morning, Get 21.
TEMPLE ISRAEL 7028 Caaa Street, Omahm NE 68132 586-6836 FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 8:16 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi S^iel and Cantor Contzius will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will speak. '^The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Temple Sisterhood. 'Shabbat Comes to You.-" Rabbi Stiel and the Temple Youth Group will lead a Shabbat Service at 3:45 p.m. at Livingston Plaza. Sitter Service Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening service. Please make a reservation so we may plan accordingly. There are no facilities for infants. SATURDAY: Shabbat morning service at 11:15 a.m. Simcha B'shabbat~An alternative Torah Study service will take place in the Chapel. The regular Shabbat service will be held in the Sanctuary. Lindsey S6phir, daughter of Penny and Jim Sophir, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat service. SUNDAY: Brev Simchat Torah P.EJ'.-Parallel Education for Parents will meet at 10 a.m. The focus of this year's classes is *HoUnes8 in Time." Erev Simchat Torah services at 7 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Cantor Contzius will officiate. Consecration of children in kindergarten will take place. A special reception with food and dancing will follow. Tabrangen Fiddlers" will begin playing at 6:45 p.m., and continue after the service in the social hall. MONDAY: Simchat Torah Yizkor, 11:15 a.m. TUESDAY: Tood For Thought:" The next luncheon sesB'NAI ISRAEL sion will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rabbi Azriel The RECONSTRUCTIONIST will lead the discussion. Bring a brown bag lunch, CONGREGATION, 697-1660 and Temple will provide the drinks. Services are led by Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein and WEDNESDAY: congregants. TIGGS:" Temple Israel Go Getters will meet FRIDAY; for lunch at noon at Temple Israel. Cantor Erik Services at 7:30 p.m. Contzius will speak. Cost is (4, Make reservations with Mary Lou Goodman at 653-6634, or Libby BEYT SHALOM Kaplan at 551-6202. RECONSTRUCTIONIST SYNAGOGUE THURSDAY: P.O. Box 241130, Omaha, NE 68124 Adult Education; 7 to 8:16 p.m., 'Beyond Midrash,' led by Don Schwartz. For information, contact Mike Salmi at 291-3469. Bar Mitzvah FRIDAY: David Edward Gutman, son of Catherine and Services are held every Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Victor Gutman, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at Second Unitarian Church, 3012 So. 119th St., the Shabbat morning service Saturday, Oct. 21. Omaha. Congregants are asked to bring items to donate to Project Warm Up, the community-wide project to provide warm coats, hats and mittens for CHABAD HOUSE Jews in the Fanner Soviet Union. The project runs 1322 So. 119th Street, Omaha. NE 68144 through early December. 607-1124 SUNDAY: SATURDAY: Beyt Shalom participates in the River Cities Shacharit, 9 a.m. Reconstructionist Religious School. Classes are SUNDAY: Shemini Atseret held every Sunday at the West Side Community Family Hakafot, 6:30 p.m. Education Center, 108th and Grover (use the rear MONDAY: Shemini Atieret Shacharit, 8:30 a.m.; Yizkor, 11:30 a.m.; Hakafot parking lot), 10 a.m. to noon. 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY: TUESDAY: Services for Simchat Torah will be held at the Shacharit, 9 a.m. Second Unitarian Church at 7 p.m. The evening Talmud Classes will include dancing and a dessert potluck Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Advanced SATURDAY, Oct 21: Talmud, 12 p.m. Thursday. The monthly Havdalah will be held at the home Chumaah Class of Wendy and Carlus Harris, 3002 S. 104th Ave., Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Omaha at 6 p.m. Bring a dairy-vegetarian dish for Yiddish the poUuck dinner. Eveiyone is welcome. "Hooked on Yiddish* lessons Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Enclish Think Jewish and spesk English' classes on Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and ROSE BLUMfON JEWISH HOME "Hiundays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House. SATURDAY: OFFUTT Shabbat aervios, 9 t.m. UOHDAJi ShMJni AtMtrat Capelwit Chapel SBth MrMt and Capehart ScnriCM, 9 aJB.; Yiskor ••nrios, 10:30 am. TUnOATt BfaMiMt Torah OMIM,NB«6US Swiess, 0 ajB. SarrioM will be M by Don SehwarU or Rabbi FBIDATi MaihBoShMhst Sarvieai start at 8 pjn.
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Services are officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY: Tbrah study and service at 10 a.m. SUNDAY: Hebrew school, 9 a.m.; Religious school, 10 a.m.
Bar Mitzvah Ian Max Gerson, son of Meta and Michael Gerson, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at Beth El Synagogue with Parsha Bereshit Friday evening, Oct. 20, and Saturday morning, Oct. 21. A graduate of Friedel Jewish Academy, he is an honor roll student both at Beveridge Jr. High and UTTO. At Beveridge, he is a member of B.U.O.S. and the swim team. Also at Beveridge, he plays drums in the Advanced Band and works ss an office aid. In addition, hs is • patrol leader in the JCCs Boy Scout IVoop 218. Ian has a brothar, Tnmr Noah. Graodparaata ars Meta Miller of Columbia, Mo., and the late David Miller, and Norine Q«rw>a of SkoUo, 01., and the lata LsM Goftoo.
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Federation support (Continued fkvm page 1) The balance of the cost is sharMf equally — 30% by the Fedeiiation through t^e Bureau of Jewish Education and 30% by participating schools. Like the Community Teacher' Program, schools pay only for those hours during which they use the services of the special needs staff. B. Teacher Training The Federation, through the Bureau of Jewish Education, provides teacher training and enrichment at no cost to any of the participating schools. These are top-notch programs that are made possible for our community's Jewish educators because the BJE uses its resources to recruit excellent speakers and facilitators. In addition, the BJE covers the cost of transportation and registration for the our community's educators and teachers to attend regional conferences such as the Mini-CAJE which will be held in Kansas City in February. The BJE also covers JCAC enrollment costs for teachers from Bureau affiliated schools. So the answer to the question is "Yes," the Federation, through the Bureau of Jewish Education does support our community's religious schools. We provide funds and much more than that, the Bureau of Jewish Education brings to our Jewish educational institutions quality resources, teachers and hands-on support.
O.J.'s lead attorney criticized By Tom Tugend LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The verdict may be in, but reverberations from the closing arguments of the O.J. Simpson murder trial continue. Just when watchers of the O.J. Simpson murder trial thought they had heard everj^hing, a flam boyant defense lawyer managed to drag in Hitler and the Holocaust on the flnal day of arguments. Jewish agencies immediately denounced the rhetoric by Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., Simpson's lead attorney, while a local Jewish lawyer said the suffering of his family at Nazi hands was a source for Cochran's remarks. The reference to Hitler was introduced by Cochran while denouncing former Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman, a key prosecution witness. During the trial, Fuhrman had been called a racist. According to one witness' testimony, Fuhrman had said that if he had his way, "all the niggers would be gathered together and burned.' In comparing Fuhrman to Hitler, Cochran told the jury that "there was another man not too long ago in the world who had those same views, who wanted to bum people, who had racist views and ultimately had power over people in his country. Cochran said: 'People didn't care. People said he's just crazy. He's just a half-baked painter. And they didn't do anything about it This man, this scourge became one of the worst people in the world, Adolf Hitler, because people didn't care didn't try to stop him." "Fuhrman wants to take all black people now and burn them or. bomb them," said Cochran. "That's genocidal racism." The Anti-Defamation League and the Simon Wiesenthal Center immediately criticized Cochran's analogy. In a written statement, the ADL reported that its offices throughout the country had been "besieged with calls of outrage." "However vile Fuhrman's words have been, the comparison to Hitler's deeds is insulting and demeaning to the millions of his victims and to a world that was racked by war for six years." the ADL said. "The metaphor trivializes a profound historical tragedy."
New lessons from the 4 species By Irving Onenberf NEW YORK (JTA) — Says the Torah: "On the first day [of Sukkot], you shall take the fruit of the hadar tree (by tradition, the citron etrog], the branches of the palm tree [lulav], boughs of leafy trees [by tradition, myrtle branches) and willows of the brook and you shall regoice before the Lord your God [at the Temple]." (Leviticus 23: 39-40) In biblical times, the four species served as the thanksgiving and celebration offering of the harvest before God. Centuries later, a Midrash homiletically transformed the cluster into a symbol of Clal Yisrael. It is time fpr a new layer of meaning. The fruits of the Sukkot holiday can teach us the difference between tolerance and pluralism —; and why tolerance is not enough for Clal Yisrael in our time. The Midrash teaches: The citron is a fruit that has strong flavor and fragrance, which represents a section of the people Israel: Jews who learn Torah and perform good deeds. The palm generates b fruit with flavor but no fragrance, which represents another section of Israelites: people who learn Torah but do not perform good deeds. The myrtle is a plant that has fragrance but no flavor. This symbolizes yet other Jews: people who perform good deeds but are ignorant of Torah. Finally, the willows have neither flavor nor fragrance, representing Jews with no Torah and no good deeds. Concludes the Midrash: "What does God do to such Jews?" In other words, what good are people with no Torah and no good deeds? The answer is that 'to lose them [or destroy them] is impossible [morally/theologically]." "Instead, the Holy One, the Blessed, says: Bind them together as one bunch and they will each make up for each other. When you do this, I [God] rise up on high." (Vayikra Raba, ch. 30, Paragraph 2) The requirement that all four fruits must be waved together has remained a symbol of the unity of the Jewish people. Nevertheless, the message is essentially one of tolerance. The "willow" Jews have no redeeming social value; they are included as a gracious gesture on the part of people who have everything — Torah and good deeds — who nevertheless reach out to hold on to those who have nothing. No one should make light of tolerance. For thousands of years, religions tended to treat other faiths as the totally "other." Those who did not meet the inside group's standards had no rights. Jews were frequently the victims of such violence and suppression. But when Jews were in power, they did not necessarily respect the others, either. The establishment of the right to practice religion freely without interference was one of the breakthroughs of modem culture. As a minority, Jews benefited a great deal from the shift. Nevertheless, tolerance, as a policy, has shown real weakness in contemporary society. In the tolerance ethic, the other faith may be all wrong, but one is expected to live and let live. But when religious emotions run high, people find it hard to self-restrain in the face of wrong. In country after country, the bonds of tolerance have frayed under the impact of resurgent religious feelings. In Judaism as in other faiths, the tolerant were thrown on the defensive; they retreated or yielded the decision making to fundamentalists, the "totally committed." The other weakness of the tolerance ethic grows out of the openness of modern society. As people experienced the neighbor's faith, they often were struck by the power or inner coherence of the other. For many, the ethic of tolerance collapsed —
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because they fislt that tolerance did not do justioe to the impact and VEd^dily of the other. In the ,new encounter between faiths, tolerance often sounds condescending rather than respectfiil. Often, people lost respect for their own religious position because it negated the o^er. To some, the breakdown of the standard of tolerance even led to a new relativism. But the foiur species can be interpreted anew — extending a viewpoint expressed in the Talmud. In Menachot 27A it sajrs: Of the four species, two are fruit-bearing (citron and date palm) and two are not. The fruit-bearing need the nonfruit bearing and the nonfiruit bearing need the finiit-bearing [to be valid). No one fulfills their obligation to (]!od unless they bind them together in one bunch. Similarly, when [the people) Israel seeks reconciliation with God (it is achieved) only when they come together as one group." (Rashi: When they fast (seeking forgiveness) they get no response until they come together in one group, the righteous and the wicked [my emphasis).) In this interpretation, the finiit-bearing need the nonfruit bearing and vice versa. The observant and learned realized that they need the other Jews — yes, even the wicked. Note well: Pluralism is not relativism. The learned do not yield their criticism that the others are nonobservant (or even wicked). But they admit that their goals cannot be accomplished without the other. Pluralism is more than tolerance. Without saying that anything goes or that all are the same, without yielding its own standards, the pluralist group affirms that the others, despite their limits and even misdeeds, make a contribution to Clal Yisrael, which God wants and which the group alone cannot make. Lubavitch and other right-wing Orthodox outreach groups that embrace all Jews can be described as Jews of tolerance. The individual sinners are embraced but they have little to contribute but their repentance and transformation. The tolerance does not include organized groups or the rabbis of liberal movements — for they offer their rejections or nonobservance as an alternative position. Similarly, the liberal groups that claim to be pluraUst often must be judged to be, at the most, tolerant — as when they delegitimate the ultraOrthodox. Some years ago, the National Havurah Institute — officially dedicated to pluralism — ruled that all minyanim were valued at the institute except for the Orthodox mechitzah service, which violated the Havurah's principle of egalitarianism. Both sides offer Umited tolerance for individuals who "deviate" from their standards but have no willingness to admit that organized groups with different views from their own have a real contribution to make to Clal Yisrael. The four species of Sukkot offer us a deeper vision. As we bind and bring them together, we should remember that neither relativism nor tolerance is enough. We can disagree sharply with other groups yet admit that they bring strength to Clal Yisrael that we cannot bring. And the great reward of binding is that when different elements are brought together, the fragrance and flavor rubs off from one to anoth-
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By Alyaon Gold, aenior writer in B'nai Vrith't eommunieatioii's department "Who wants to go firBl?", ' In the middle of dense, green woods in the mountains of Stariight, Penn., a dozen girls ^re preparing for an ezerdse called Trust Falls.' The activity is part of International Leadership Training Camp (ILTP), a summer program run by B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO) to biiild future Jewish leaders. Karen volunteers to go first and^the instructor signals the girls to 'zip up' by creating two oppos-' ing columns and linking their arms together like a giant zipper. Karen climbs atop a 4-ft. high wooden post, gives a nervous smile and shouts, *Ready to
faur '^e only celebrated one holiday while I was growing up: Christmas." *Ready to catch!' the group answers. Body stiff, eyes wide open, she falls confidently backwards, landing on the interlocked arms of her fellow campers. Inspired, the next girl and the next falls, each learning the same lesson: theyll be there for you when you need them. In a way, Karen has already learned this lesson from BBYO. The child of Jewish-Catholic parents, religion played a marginal role in her formative years. "We only celebrated one hoUday while I was growing up: Christmas." On the threshold of adolescence, Karen found herself confused. "It was kind of a weird situation," she says. "I didn't identify with either religion." One could say Karen.was on a sort of religious freefail, not knowing who, if anyone, would be there to catch her. But when she entered junior high, a couple of her friends were involved in BBYO and encouraged her to attend some activities. Attracted, at first, by the feelings of sisterhood and camaraderie, she became a member. Soon after, her interest in Judaism began to grow. "I started learning the prayers and stuff and people would tell me what they meant and I started really liking it a lot," she says. Now a high school senior, Karen has risen through the ranks as a leader in her local chapter and has gone on to hold regional leadership positions. She ery'oys Israeli dancing and music and studying Jewish philosophy and recites the Birkat : Hamazon, the Jewish after-meal prayer. But while she cherishes her newlv-found Jewish identity and is eager to continue learning, she admits that embracing Judaism has had its downside: she ctm't share her enthusiasm for being Jewish and for BBYO with her grandmother, who is Catholic. "She had wanted (me) baptized and her family is prejudiced against anyone Jewish,' Karen says, regretfully. 'It's really hard, but I get around it, because I wouldn't give up BBYO for her.* Karen is one of many youngsters growing up today in households with one Jewish and one nonJewish parent. But Dr. Bernard Reisman, Klutznick Professor in Contemporary Jewish Studies at Brandeis Univeraity, notes that despite high intermarriage rates in the Jewish community, *a large number of non-Jewish spouses do not object to their mates or children practicing Judaism." This, he believes, createe an opportunity — through programs like BBYO's — to encourage youngsters who show an interest in Judaism and to foster in them a strong identity. How does the Jewish community go about nurtur-
ing Jewish identity in "peripherally identified' teens, including those whose parents have intermarried? Shaya Kilimnick, an Orthodox rabbi from Rochester, N.Y., who spends a part of his summer vacation each year on the ILTC staff, believes that adolescents who do not have strong Jewish environments at home need to be exposed to the "smorgasbord of Jewish studies thpt is available.' Dr. Reisman also favors a comprehensive approach and asserts that organizations which provide Jewish education and cultural activities within a social context, are an excellent jumping-ofT point for kids who want to become better acquainted with Judaism. "A positive experience makes it more Ukely that a person will become a member of the Jewish community,* and pursue further education or a formal conversion, if necessary, says Dr. Reisman. "Being a part of BBYO gives these kids fiiends who they like, leaders they respect and programs that are fun and meaningful. With those things, a person can become a very affiimative Jew,' be added. Children of intermarried parents are not only ones who can benefit tcom the Jewish identity boost that BBYO can provide. With widespread assimilation—^which Dr. Reisman considers "no less a problem" than intermarriage—many young people who hail from households with two Jewish parents still consider themselves, at best, "culturally Jewish." Whether due to lack of a strong identity on the part of their parents or to the more formal nature of synagogue and religious classes, they have been 'turned ofT to Judaism. But they can be turned back on, when Judaism ia presented in a way that they can relate to. Such was the case for Joey, a 16-year-old from London, England, who also attended the BBYO's leadership camp. "As far as my Judaism goes," Joey says, "I never really had any training, except for some classes when I was around eight or nine and I resented those so much. They were formally conducted and it pretty much turned me off to Judaism, because I thought it was just sitting in a room being taught things with people reading you information.
But they can be turned back on when Judaism is presented in a way that they can relate to. Such was the case for 16-year-old Joey. 'In BBYO, they manage to get across Jewish ideas through their programming," he continues enthusiastically. "So that pretty much fed me into the whole system. We have programs on everything, ftin programs, as well as those on current events, Israel — anything you can mention about Judaism, essentially. "That got me interested. And then I began to think for myself and I began to want to learn by reading books." Rabbi Kilimnick, who has been a teacher and mentor at ILTC for more than 14 years, has seen this kind of transformation often and says that kids—whether they've had little Jewish education or have attended Jewish day schools—respond to the accessibility of BBYO's programs. NOTE: Photographs and names of local participants who attended ILTC, and who are available for interviews, can be obtained by calling 202-8676536. KarmCraw*
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By OhvtrB.PoUak University of Nebnuka-Omaha Lee Shai y^eissbach, "The Synagogues of Kentucky, Architecture and History." Lexington: Universityof Kentucky Press, 1995.184 pages. Kentucky and Nebraska Jewry have much in common, and this book serves as a research guide on how to look at the Jewish houses of worship in the Comhusker State. < Louisville, on*the Ohio River, is atithe edge of the state. Lexington is smaller and in the interior. Kentucky had eight other cities where congregations established synagogues or temples. Kentucky's Jewish popiilation is not much ^arger than Nebraska's.' The introduction of interstate highways, chain stores, and shopping malls changed how and where Jews made a living. Some town lost their Jewish population and in others the synagogues migrated to the suburbs. Synagogue styles range from the nondescript to Gothic and Moorish style complete with arabesques. Adath Jeshurun in Louisville was designed by Braverman and Halperin of Cleveland who also designed our Temple Israel. This firm is responsible for more than 20 synagogues in the Unites States and Canada. Early synagogues were houses of worship. Synagogues built after the Second World War contain assembly and social halls, kitchens, classes, spacious reception areas, administrative offices, comfortably furnished studies for rabbis, libraries, youth lounges and gift shops. These changes may have transformed the congregant from participant to spectator. This book is a welcome addition to the Jewish Federation library. Its publication reflects growing interest in the history of synagogue architecture. This is exemplified in our own community by the reconstruction of the Kapulier Shul in the Henry and Dorothy Riekes Museum.
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Beware conspiracy theori^^ A critique of ,.. By Abraham H. Fozman, national director of the Anti-Defiimation League Conspimcy theories throughout the course of history have equally done harm to the Jewish people. How disturbing, therefore, it was 0.read the recently released bo(^ 'The Secret War Against the Jews,' by John Lofius and Mark A^ns, which is nothing more than a venting of the authors' conspiracy notions. Because Messrs. Lofius and Aaroha are attively seeking to win over the Jewish community to their views,il felt compelled to write the following critique. The m^jor powers of the world have repeatedly planned covert operations to bring' about the partial or total destruction of Israel.* Thus, in its first sentence, John Loftus's and Mark Aarons's The Secret War Against the Jews establishes its central idea: that since the ISZOfe nearly the entire political leadership of the West has conspired to derogate or destroy Jews and the Jewish state. The book is BO exaggerated, so scantily documented, so overwrought and convoluted in its presentation, that Loftus and Aarons render laughable their claim to offer 'a glimpse of the world as it really is.' Rather than eliciting sympathy for the alleged victims of their account, they achieve just the oppoI site. Because every m^or event involving Jews and the West is depicted as a sinister token of a vast overarching scheme, the credibility of actions and
policies that actually have harmed Jews and Israel is undermined. ' In the manner of other overreaching revisionisms, the history Loftus and Aarons trace to support their conspiracy notions is little more than a compendium of anecdotes divorced from their original context, linked harum-scanmi and laced with distortions, hearsay, and innuendo. While they claim to rely on intelligence records, they frequently dte as evidence uncorroborated assertions of anonymous individuals and of unnamed former intelligence ofBcers, whom they call Toot soldiers in the generals' secret wars against the Jews." The book's 115 pages of endnotes fail to provide concrete documentation supporting any broad allegations of conspiracy. The authors argue that in the first half of the „ —century, the West plotted against the Jews out of a n^i _Ga««« * f * H »«nol-mt<^«T *«>t**lA • v> _»A<mAi J__._J anti-Semitic hostility, while in recent decades betrayal of Israel can be largely attributed to the economies of the oil industry and multinational profiteering (although anti-Semitism remains significant). Along the way, Loftus and Aarons tell us that "late one night" in the 1920's, a nun watched as Eugenic Pacelli, then papal nuncio in Munich and later Pius XII, handed "a large amount of church money" to Adolf Hitler. We also learn that
Franklin Roosevelt knowingly planted Nazi sympathizers in the U.S. government and that during the Reagan-Bush era, Jewish children in summer camp were monitored for "subversive activities." Indeed, the authors assert, 'For the last fifty years, virtually every Jewish citizen, organization, and charity in the world has been the victim of electronic surveillance by Great Britain, with the knowing and willing assistance of the intelligence services of the United States' [italics in original). Other chestnuts from the 614-page volume: ** •British spy Jack Philby, Saudi Arabian king Ibn Saud, ^d longtime American espionage of fidal Allen Dulles were together responsible for building the foundations of the modem Middle East, funding —ttthe —"-Nazi -luauwar TTtu machine, u«««v«A<uv7yand cuiu blocking uiuun^ii^the Luvescape ODvaUc of persecuted European Jews to Palestine. The ^1 .-. _i._a_ i\ • t* i . ... authors state that "it is too easy to blame a couple of bigots for the consequences of the Holocaust," but at the same time they assert "United by their hatred of Jews, they waged an unremitting campaign against the Zionists and, alter 1948, against Israel. They fought their secret war in silence, sabotaging peace conferences, funding terrorist groups, betraying all who stood in their way. The truth of what they did has never been told before.
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described in The Secret War Against the Jews are true. King Ibn Saud was in fact hostile to Israel, and British and American policy toward Jewish refugees in the 1930's and 1940's clearly led to the loss of thousands of lives. i But it is ludicrous to suggest that the tragic decisions over two decades by these and most of i the other Western governments were engineered by two or three anti-Semites conspiring to destroy Jews. Foreign policy, and world events, involve many numbers of factors and people of all types of personality and belief These elements can always be manipulated and simplified by revisionists to serve a special agenda: one might as well argue that the U.S. has engaged in a century-long war against Ireland, for instance, or Australia. At least one would not be forced — as Loftus and Aarons are — to explain away U.S. largesse toward Israel. The conspiracy view of history, which alwajrs purports to be founded on the desire to affix blame properly, in fact does tfale opposite. If one argues that a secret force oversaw both British and American refugee policy in Palestine in the 19308, then the British and the American governments are not fully to blame. And if this same and other related forces, for the same reasons, provided aid to Arab nations for the construction of "Veapons of genocide," engineered
the Iran-Contra operation, the dulfiyar, ahd keeps every Jew under surveillance, then it becomes nearly impotaible to bring reason and judgment to any event, because we do not know the truth of any event In the end, conspiracy-mongering beoomea a kind of nihilism, an assertion that nothing is more truthfkil than one's sense of grievance. "Hie story of Jews and Israel includes grievance, but also heroism, suffering, joy, and confusion. He variety of opinion and feeling on all sides of the mEgor issues of this history are unfortunately absent from "The Secret War Against the Jews," The book stakes its claim gp telling what other history books have left out. It does, but what it tells isn't history.
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Agreement — fkx>m page 1 togethar in peace. Already that border hai ben Two years ago, on anoUier brilliant September transformed, as have the lives of Israelis and day here-at the White House, two men reached Jordanians, after 46 years as enemies. King across one of histor/s widest chasms with a simple Hussein sWds as a rock on which peace can be wravmiirwt DOI * MwunClMnBimn handshake. That moment is etched forever in our built. In only a few Weeks, he wUl host the economI tOMnDnliayMH memory. ic summit in Amman that will bring together a iTiaiOiHirMlM With the eyes of the world upon you, Mr. Prime Israelis and Arabs from throughout the region, & t JliMIMIaraIgn 3 * AilialFn.lMICortid Minister, you declared your wish to live side by side business and government leaders firam throughout y t OwkFaimnar with the Palestinian people lin dignity, in empathy, the world, to map the promise of tomorrow. I * Uidi, IMi, Men ! * •OKxaramiM.N as human beings, as free , Pizza Pasta Today we are also joined by the largest group of And you, Mr. Chairman, vowed to wage what you Arab foreign ministers ever assembled to support Cheese SIf'.ik Snndv.ichcs FLOYDS called "the most difficult battle of our Uves, the bat- the growth of peace. Prime Minister Filali of 50th & L' Omaha FURNACE & AIR tle for peace." Morocco has traveled here to represent King 731-1919 In the days of labor that have followed you have Hassan, who has done so much to advance progress Dine In -Take Out '•'7!:',;!:'Z: 556-9706 both shown profound courage in bringing us to this in the region. With us as well are representatives of moment, and you have kept your word. nations tiiat have provided vital support for peace, The enemies of peace have fought the tide of his- including the countries of the European Unioni CHEM-DRy OMAHA tory with terror and violence We grieve for their Japan, Canada, and, of course, Norway, whose I Carpal Cleaning Specialists victims, and we renew our vow to redeem the sacri- assistance .two years ago opened the Way to this 6 ; Upholstery, Drapery And Oriental Rugs fice of those victims. We will defeat those who will moment. Call Us For A Free Bslmeate resort to terror. And we revere the determination of All those who doubt the spirit of peace should 496-9746 these leaders who chose peace; who rejected the old remember this day and this extraordinary array of habits of hatred and revenge. Because they broke leaders who have joined together to bring a new era so bravely with the past, the bridges have multi- of hope to the Middle East. The United States is plied — bridges of communication, of commerce, of proud to stand with all of them. wo IV OPEN understanding. Today, the landscape changes and Much remains to be done, But we will continue to 4040 N. 132 St. the chasm narrows. walk each step of the way with those who work and Eagle Run . The agreement that now will be signed means risk for peace. We will press forward with our Shopping Center CSkiHfdP^^ that Israel's mothers and fathers need no longer efforts until the circle of peace is closed, a circle worry that their sons will face the dangers of which must include Syria and Lebanon if peace isr patrolling Nablus or confi-onting the hostile streets to be complete. We will not rest until MusUms and Hum MooStl 11:00 un • lltX pn Chineae Restaurant Cta««)Sinlay< of Ramallah. And it means that Palestinians will Jews can turn their backs to pray without any fear; be able to decide for themselves what their schools until all the region's children can grow up teach, how their houses should be built, and who untouched by conflict; until the shadow of violence they choose to govern. You, the children of is Uaed fi-om the land of Ught and gold. Abraham, have made a peace worthy of your great ms MAJESTY KING HUSSEIN: What we forebear. Abraham, patriarch of both Arabs and are meeting here today to witness is all about Jews, sacrificed power for peace when he said to his responsibility, moral courage, physical courage, nephew. Lot, 'Ut there be no strife between thee maturity, for the interests of people is the driving^ and me. If thou will take the lea hand, then I will motivating force behind leaders, and fulfilling Uieir go to the right." Patience and persistence, courage duties to future generations. and sacrifice — these are the virtues, then as now, It is, indeed, the result of a commitment to peace, that set peacemakers apart. unwavering. And you have, indeed, vritnessed and Mr. Prime Minister and Mr. Chairman, you are seen the hours spent and the efforts made and the showing that it is not by weapons, but by will and obstacles surmounted because there is goodwill. LUNCH M thru F by word, that dreams best become reality. Your And there is total commitment to peace by all those achievement shines as an inspiration to others all who played their part so far in shaping the compreDINNER - 7 Evenings around this world who seek to overcome their own hensive peace that we all seek in our part of the 181B N. 144 • 498-3889 • Omaha conflicts and to secure for themselves the blessings world. of peace. 808 P St. • 435-3889 • Lincoln In addition to all that. I believe for our Chapter by chapter, Jews and Arabs are writing Palestinian brethren — and they are tiie closest to a new chapter for their ancient lands. Camp David, us in the Arab worid, and we are the closest to the Declaration of Principles, signed here two years them — tijat is also the fulfillment of a dream they ago; the peace of the Arava last year between have Bb-uggled for for years, a chance to contiibute Jordan and Israel: With each of these, the ti-uth of their share in shaping their future and to have this book has become clear to the world. As coura- their word regarding that future and destiny. geous leaders stepped beyond the bounds of conI am proud to be a part of this occasion on behalf vention, they build for their peoples a new worid of of the government and the people of Jordan. %'''% ^F^ '^ ^^ Spirit^rid hope and peace. We will do everything we can. 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achievement of economic and cultural progress in Palestine and in the region. I I hope they won't be wanting. I hope they will be From this day on, we do not want to see any there. And I hope that we will have fulfilled, after waste 0^, or threat to, any innocent Palestinian life all these years of struggle, our responsibilities or any innocent Israeli life. Enough killing and towards^ur people and the generations to come, enough killing of innocei^t people. the children of Abraham and their descendants forPRIME MINISTER RABIN: Now, after a long ever. i i series of formal, festive statements, take a look at Thank you very, very much, indeed. And I hope the stage. The King of Jordan; the President of that we will next month see another mtjor step in ^Sypt; Chairman Arafat; and us, the Prime our part of the world when the economic summit is Minister and the Foreign Minister of Israel, on the convened in Amman with the presence of all who one platform with the President of the United belong to the peace camp to present our area in the States. context of peace and all our friends from throughPlease, take a good, harct look. The sight you see out the world. before you at this moment was impossible, was PRESIDENT MVBARAK: Today, we witness unthinkable just three years ago. Only poets another significant step on the road to peace and dreamt of it. And to our great pain, soldier and reconciliation in the Middle East. The signing of civilians went to their death to make this moment this elaborate agreement testifies to the strength of possible. the new spirit which has emerged in our region Here we stand before you, men who fate and hissince we started the peace process years ago. tory have sent on a mission of peace, to end once This dream could not have come true without the and for all 100 years of bloodshed. Our dream is courage and the farsightedness of a group of deteralso your dream — King Hussein; President mined men who worked together under the most Mubarak; Chairman Arafat, all the others, and difficult circumstances in order to translate their above, assisting us, President Bill Clinton, a vision into a living reality. V/e also thank those President who is working in the service of peace. friendly nations which have stood firmly in support We all love the same children, weep the same of the peace efforts — notably, the American people tears, hate the same enmity and pray for reconciliand their energetic leadership who put their full ation. Peace has no borders. weight behind the peace process. Yes, I know our speeches are already repeating CHAIRMAN ARAFAT: We meet again today to themselves. Perhaps this picture has already make new headway in giving hope to this historic become routine. The handshakes no longer set your process, the process of realizing a credible peace, pulse racing. Your loving hearts no longer pound reconciliation and co-existence between the with emotion as they did then. We have begun to Palestinian and Israeli peoples. get used to each other. We are like old acquainA significant portion of Palestinian national tances. We can tell all about Arafat's grief He and rights reverts today to the Palestinian people his friend can tell you all about ours. We have through their control of the cities. Villages, and matured in the two years since we first shook populated areas. It is also a step which paves the hands here — the handshake that was the sign and way to free and democratic Palestinian elections, symbol of the start of reconciliation. capping, thereby, the political components required Today, we are more sober. We au^ gladdened by for the establishment of an independent the potential for reconciliation, but we are also [Palestinian national entity on the Palestinian terriwary of the dangers that lurk on every side. The tories. enemies of yesterday share a common enemy of The continuation and expansion of the settlement today and in the fiiture — the terrorism that sows drive, as the situation in the city of Hebron and death in our homes and on the buses that ply the elsewhere shows, lead to the persistence of tenstreets. sions. Likewise, continued qualms about a new and The sounds of celebration here cannot drown out dependent K^estiqian IMc^ con^uy to Mch and the cries of innocent citizens who traveled those every Palestinian tW feeling tha^is or her life buses to their death. And your eyes shining here shall remain in jeopardy. cannot erase for a single moment of the sight of the Today, standing before you, I tell you with lifeless eyes of the students who were going to their courage and a sense of responsibility, that our parclasses and housewives who were on their way to ticipation in the great peace process means that we market when hatred stuck them down. We are are betting everything on the future. Therefore, we pained by their death, and remember them with ^ must condemn and foreswear violence totally, not love. only because the use of violence is morally repreI want to say to you. Chairman Arafat, the leader hensible, but because it undermines Palestinian of the Palestinians, together we should not let the aspirations to the realization of peace and the exer- land that's flowing with milk and honey become a ' cise of our political and national options, and the land flowing with blood and tears.
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