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Lincoln's Federation to kicl( off Campaign The Jewish Federation of Lincoln will begin its annual campaign on Feb. 16, according to Stuart Goldstein, chairman. Mr. Goldstein will also chair the men's division campaign. Other chairpersons include Karen Caulfleld for the women's division and Pinky Neiden for Super Sunday. The kick off will be at the annual B'nai Jeshurun, Tifereth Israel, Federation Joint Shabbat to be held on that date at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 3219 Sheridan Boulevard, at 8 p.m. B'nai Jeshurun will be dark that evening. ' Chaired by Dr. Michael Eppel and Dr. Vicky Weisz, the service will feature Jonathan S. Kessler, a consultant to many organizations involved in Middle Eastern affairs. Mr. Kessler is a former executive director of the Center for Middle Kaat Peace and Economic Cooperation in Washington, D.C., where he worked to facilitate communication among ..'. ^ parties to the Arab-Israel conflict and to expand the constituency for Middle East peace. Prior to joining the Center, Mr. Kessler Jonathan 8. Kewler served as the development and public afifairs director of the National PAC (NatPAC), the largest proIsrael political action committee in the nation. He also served as leadership development coordinator, political leadership director, and special assistant to the executive director of AIPAC. He was the principal architect of AIPAC's student program, and co-authored The AIPAC College Guide, an in depth analysis of pro-Israel campus activity. He was also the originator of the nation's first "Dinner without Dinner," a benefit which attracted 800 people and raised more than $50,000 for MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. Soon to follow the official beginning of the campaign will be 'Super Sunday" on Feb. 18. Pinky Neiden will chair the event which promises to include as many as 60 volunteers from the community. Park Place will again furnish facility and equipment. In discussing the telephone effort, Ms. Neiden said, "We are asking that people sit down together and discuss what they might be able to do this year before we call them," Mr. Goldstein added, "Advances of m^or proportion are being made world-wide as well as locally. And this is our chance, those of us living right here in Lincoln, to be part of it all. What could be more challenging or more exciting?*
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Jerusalem 3600 lecture to be held at the JCC Gadi Wexler, Director of Historical Tours Program at Yad Ben Zvi, and specializing in historical and archaeological tours of Jerusalem will be lecturing on "Jerusalem 3000" Sunday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m., in the auditorium of the Jewish Community Center. The lecture is free and open to the public GadiWexler Mr. Wexler taught at the Haim Greenbe^g Teachers' College, the Brandeis University Program in Jerusalem and at the School for Overseas Students at the Hebrew University. He has developed courses on "Jerusalem in Modern Literature," 'Jerusalem in the Arts," 'Jerusalem's Many Faces — Sociology of the City's Population," "Christian Denominations in Jerusalem," and 'Jerusalem in the Tenach and in the New Testament." He holds a Masters degree in the Historical Geography of Jerusalem from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. For more information, call Gloriann Levy, Jewish Cultural Arts Council director at 334-6403.
Jewish tradition commands "cherish the earth" By Rabbi Bernard's. Raakas ST. PAUL, Minn. (JTA) — Tu B'Shevat comes at the right time, especially this year. Amid the politically charged atmosphere in Israel and the anxiety of world Jewry, it refocuses our attention on what is central in Jewish life: the care of the soul, the spirit and the soil. Tu B'Shevat is not about borders, but "bokser," or carob, and brooks. It is not about territories, but trees and tractors. It is not about ideology, but the earth. It is about the new year of the trees and their sacredness everywhere, particularly in Israel. The great pilgrimage feasts — Sukkot, Passover and Shavuot — are basically agricultural holidays. The sukkah highlights the foliage and the four fruits, Passover emphasizes spring with the greens on the seder plate and the beginning of the counting of the "omer," or the growing buds, and Shavuot is the festival of the first ripe fruits. The biblical references to agriculture and nature are basic. The opening chapters of the Bible contain the story of the Garden of Eden. The creation of the flora and fauna precedes that of humans. In referring to new land, it is referred to as "a land of wheat, barley, vines, figs and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey." (Deuteronomy 8:8) Jewish literature is filled with statements using fruit as metaphors and symbols: "As a lily among the thorns" (Song of Songs 2:2), "Those who are just and fair will blossom like a date palm" (Psalms 92:13) and "The roots of a fig tree are soft, but they break through the hard stone." (Taanit 1:3) The Torah itself is called a 'tree of life." Israel in classic Jewish literature is referred to as 'eretz hatzvi,' or the land of the deer. In the Bible and Jewish literature, one finds passage after passage concerning responsibility to care for plants, animals and the environment. Similarly, Rav Hai Qaon noted in the 9th century that Tu B'Shevat is close to the Arab holiday Alagomara Al-thoniye, in which trees moisten and drink. The 13th-century Arab geographer Quzwini in his cosmography states that on the day after the (Continued on pag»A)
Scholarships available The Robert H. & Dorothy G. Kooper Charitable Foundation Trust has announced the availability of scholarships for the 1996-97 academic year. It will be based on financial need for a Jewish student wishing to further post-secondary education. Robert Kooper had a long history of service to the Jewish community. He was elected B'nai B'rith president in 1929; headed Beth El Synagogue in 1941; was president of Highland Country Club in 1951; and was president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha 1958-1960. He died in 1961. Mrs. Kooper was a strong supporter and worked with the Jewish Federation and Beth El Sisterhood. She died in May, 1995. "Awarding a scholarship to a young Jewish person is a very appropriate way of honoring my parents," Howard Kooper noted: He and his wife, Sharon, will fund the Kooper . Charitable Foundation Trust. Tom Fellman will also act as trustee of the Foundation. The Bruce M. Fellman Charitable Foundation Trust also is offering scholarships based on financial need for post-secondary education. Bruce, son of Tom and Darlynn Fellman, was a 1982 graduate of Westside High School. He was active in BBYO and served as president, vice president, secretary and treasurer of Chalm Weizmann AZA. He attended (jeorge Washington University in Washington, D.C., and was participating in the University of Pittsburgh's Semester at Sea at the time of his death in 1984. Trustees for the Foundation are Darlynn Felhiuin, Terri Schrager, and Howard M. Kooper. Applications for both may be obtained by calling Mr. Kooper's office at 392-1800. The completed form must be received by April 1.
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The ExoduB-Yetziat Mitzrayyiin--i8 the focal point of human history, in our cherished Jewish liturgy. 'Zekher liYetziat Mitzrayyim" occurs again and again in our prayer services. Our Sidrah is the source and explanation of this fact. For both in prose and then in a triumphant ode of exultation, the sacred text recounts the marching out of Egypt and the astonishing crossing of the Sea of Reeds. Indeed, this whole Ode of Triumph, exalting God's power, is placed in the morning service for every day of the year! Placed strategically just before the Ba-rlihu, the formal call to worship, it , remains in the worshipper's mind as a powerful reason for him to praise God. The Jew in the modern world may be, indeed is, troubled by the emphasis on the miraculous nature of the crossing of the Reed Sea. Reared as we have been in a world dominated by science, our minds are loathe to accept the stress on miracles, if we use the ordinary deflnition of the word as the intervention of God in the normal processes of Nature. Rabbinic Judaism had no problem in accepting miracles, just as the Bible gloried in God's intervention on behalf of His people Israel. Christianity early on allegorized many of the miracles, as well as other Biblical passages, to force them to mean ideas and practices that were later to be important to the Church. The Crossing of the Reed Sea, e.g., was thus interpreted to be a protobaptism. Both Rabbinic and medieval Jewish commentators used allegory only sparingly, and then only to add to, not to substitute for, the plain meaning of the text. In his famous essay on Nachmanides, Solomon Schechter summarizes Nachmanides' view thus: Every Jew must understand that all our affairs happen as the direct will of God-that they are all, in that sense, miracles. Thus in every Amidah, every day, we say, "We praise You for Your miracles, which daily attend us.. ." Closing this brief discussion, let me say that every Jew who accepts the Torah literally and who believes in divine intervention into the affairs of Nature and humanity has good Jewish tradition behind him. Many Jews, however, probably a large m^ority in the society in which we live, cannot accept a view of the world in which miracle is possible. I am in this group. We see the wonderful Song at the Sea, the Ode of Triumph, as one of many examples where Bible writers reached out to praise God as the Worker of miracles. In their world of discourse, it was legitimate and proper to bolster faith in God by praising Him in spectacular, supernatural terms. In our understanding of God, we do not find it necessary to give credence to miracles. We expect other Jews to understand us and to recognize our Judaism as legitimate. We too love the Bible in all its parts and cherish the traditions which have sustained us.
SARAH SIEGEL SACKS Services for Sarah Siegel Sacks of Rockville, MD, whb died Jan. 30, will take place Feb. 2 at 11 a.m. at the McCurdy Funeral Home, 121 South 7th St., Council Bluffs. Burial will be in the Oak Hill/Bikur Sholom Cemetery. The widow of Sam Sacks and Jacob Siegel, she is survived by daughter, Jeanette Hulman of Gaithersburg, MD; grandchildren and greatgrandchildren; sister, Gertie Korz of San Francisco, i Memorials may be made to the Sarah Siegel Sacks Memorial Fund for Volunteer Services, c/o Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852, or to Temple Emanuel Piano Fund, ipiOl Connecticut Ave., Kensington, MD 20895.
Beth Israel schedules Lunch 'n Learn Rabbi David Kaye will lead a series of discussions, open to the entire Jewish community, on the weekly parasha on Wednesdays from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the following homes: Feb. 7—Bob and Myra Oberman, 710 JE George; Feb. 14—Al and Willis Ann Ross, 676 No. 56th; Feb. 21—Ben and Eve Heisler, 5841 Hamilton; Feb. 28—Paul and Susie Shyken, 601 Ridgewood To order lunch, call the Bagel Bin before 10 a.m. For more information, call Beth Israel Synagogue 556-6288.
Jewish tradition (Continued from page 1) "second ember," which coincides with Tu B'Shevat, roses, jasmines and narcissus are planted. For the past 90 years, the Jewish National Fund has been engaged in a massive project of planting trees and caring for the Land of Israel. Perhaps that is why this year its slogan is "Plant A Tree For Peace." This may be the time to renew the dream of "Eretz Yisrael Hayafah" — the beautiful land of Israel. This term summons images of planting trees, growing flowers, singing songs of peace and revering the earth as the "chalutzim," or pioneers, did. The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel is the largest citizen group of any kind in Israel. SPIN works on all phases of the environment — education, legislation and other activities. This is part of the program in which the government in 1963 set aside 280 nature reserves — more than one- fifth of the country's total land area — to protect the flora and fauna in their natural condition. Al) of this is under the auspices of the Natural Reserve Authority, which is committed to restoring the land and the natural beauty of the Bible plants. One of its nature reserves, open to the public, displays biblical and Talmudic plant lore. The organization also conducts research about Israeli ecosystems and publishes books for adults and children about nature in Jewish texts. The wildlife program, Hai-Bar, is one of the most compelling ecological processes in Israel. It is an international effort to "return animals of the Bible to the land of the Bible." Rabbi Bernard S. Raskas is rabbi emeritus of the Temple of Aaron, St Paul, Minn.
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TI^MPLE ISRAEL 7033 Caaa Street, Opiaha 68132 556-6638 , PRTOAX: Shabbat evening service, 8:16 p.m. Rabbi Azriel and Cantor Contziua will officiate. In commemoration of Shabbat Shira, there will be a Sabbath in Song featuring the muaic of Salomone Rossi. Also featured will be the Kol Rina Choir, a string quartet, English horn, oboe and the flute. Lionel Wolberger, ethnomusicologist will speak. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Susan and Irvin Blumkin in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Rebecca. Tot Shabbat Service, 7 p.iii.--A short service of song and prayer, followed by cooldes and juice, will be held for toddlers through children in the primary grades and their famiUes. 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, 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. B'nai Mitzvah Rebecca Blumkin, daughter of Susan and Irvin Blumkin, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service Saturday. Joseph Ruback, son of Marcy and David Ruback, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service Saturday, Feb. 10. SUNDAY: P.E.P.-Parallel Education for Parents will meet at 10 a.m. The focus of this year's classes is 'Holiness in Time." Annual Spaghetti Dinner and AuctionOmaha Temple Youth Group (OTYG) will sponsor the annual family spaghetti dinner and auction from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cost is $7 for adults, and $4 for ciiildren. Proceeds will benefit Camp Rainbow (for terminally ill children) and the OTYG travel fund. Sisterhood Adult Education Thursday: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.- Taking a New Look at the Jewish Holidays," using Arthur Waskow's book Seasons of Our Joy, led by Hazzan Contzius; "Modern Jewish Thought," 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., led by Rabbi Azriel; "Beyond Midrash," 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., led by Don Schwartz. FRroAY, Feb. 9: Tu B'Shevat Seder, 6 p.m., in celebration of the new year of trees. Cost is $7.50 for adults and $4 for children. RSVP to the Temple ofBce, 556-6536, by Monday.
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B'NAI JESHURUN 20th and South St., Lincoln, 435-8004 Services are ofneiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 7:46 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah study and service at 10 a.m. SUNDAY: Hebrew school, 9 a.m.; Rellcious school, 10 a.m.
14506 California, Omaha, 492-8560 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 Emil Berkovits. FRTOAY: ' Services start at 7:30 p.m. Kids Lunch and Leam-12:16 p.m., for children six years ahd under, together with parents or grandparents. 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. K'tantan meets the second and fourth Saturday at 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 5:30 p.m. SUNDAY: Services start at 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Volunteers needed Beaked items are needed for the cantor's concert. Call Shirley Kirshenbaum at 333-4116, or the Beth El kitchen. Judaica Shop Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundays, 10 a.m. to noon; or by appointment. Emet V^munah Study Group The group, which defines the philosophy of Conservative Judaism, will be led by Rabbi Drazen Sundays, Feb. 18 and March 17, 10 a.m., in the social hall. The. classes can also be attended Saturday mornings after services Feb. 17 and March 16. For information, call the synago^e.
BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 1502 No. 52nd St, Omaha, 55&6288 Services are conducted by Cantor Leo Fettman. Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service at 5:25 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning services are at 8:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary and GSoldstein Chapel. Jr. Congregation, 10:30 a.m. Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood. Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood. Mincha at 5:25 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Ma'Ariv and Havdalah. SUNDAY: Morning services at 9 a.m. Tahnud Shiur with Rabbi Kaye at 10 a.m. Evening services at 5:25 p.m. Tu B'Shevat Seder, 5 p.m. A celebration of the "New Year for Trees," with a special seder menu. Coat is $5 for adults, $3 for children age 2-12, and $2 for children under age 2. Call for reservations. WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. Lunch & Learn Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. with Rabbi Kaye. Call the office for location. Practical Judaism A class with Rabbi Kaye Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., at the synagogue. Cookbook "Happiness is Still Good Food," available at the gift shop, or call Charlotte Kaplan at 551-5658. Sisterhood Gift Shop Sisterhood gift shop is open by appointment. Call Leah Siegel at 556-5455. Sisterhood Luncheon Tuesday, Feb. 13,12:30 p.m. The program will be "Omaha's Dancing Grannies." Call Beverly Franklin for reservations, 334-7365.
OFFUTT Capehart Chapel, 26th and Capehart Omaha, 204-6051 FRIDAY: Services start at 8 p.m.
ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME SATURDAY: Services, led by Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein and Albert Friedman, start at 9 a.m. in the doldsten Chapel. Members of the community are invited to join residents for the service and the Kiddush following.
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618 Mynster St^ Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 322-47O5-Syna0pgue 697-1660-Rabbi Ehrenstein FRIDAY: Shabbat services are held every Friday night at 7:30 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Ehrenstein and lay leaders. Oneg Shabbat follows. SUNDAY: B'nai Israel participates in the River Cities Reconstructionist Religious School. Classes are held every Sunday at the West Side Community Education Center, 108th and Grover, from 10 a.m. to noon. The community may attend. Call Rabbi Ehrenstein or Dr. Martin Rosenburg, director of education, for an appointment.
BEYT SHALOM RECONSTRUCTIONIST SYNAGOGUE P.O. Box 241130, Omaha, NE 68124 For information, contact Mike Salmi «, 291-3469, or Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein at 697-16^^'A FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m., at the Second Unitarian Church, 3012 So. 119th St., Omaha. SUNDAY: Tu B'Shevat-Beyt Shalom will celebrate the holiday at the Religious School at Westside. An adult workshop will start at 10 a.m., followed by a model seder with the children at approximately 11 a.m.
Bar Mitzvah Joseph Eric Ruback, son of David and Marcy Ruback, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah Saturday, Feb. 10, at 11:16 a.m. at Temple Israel. A superior-honor-roll student at Kiewit Middle School, he plays Pacesetter select basebsdl and has been a member of Pacesetter teams since he was nine. He also enjoys basketball, snow skiing, football, art and music. He has been a volunteer "Budd}r" for the Challenger baseball league. Joe has a brother, K.C., 8. Grandparents are Paul Ruback and the late Frances Ruback, and Dottie Rosenblum and Hubert Rosenblum.
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Letter from Israel r>v Hairy Altiii About one million residbnts of the West Bank and Qaia turned out to vote in the firstpever Palestinian election. Not under the Turks, not under the British, not under the Jordanians; only under the IsraeUs were the Palestinians allowed to freely choose a governing council and a chief executive. Yasser Arafat, running against token opposition, received 89% of the vote— not a surprising outcome since he had forced meaningful opposition candidates off the ballot. But now, for the first time, he will be forced to work with an elected council—not all of whom share his views even though his Fatah faction controls 75% of the seats. Many of those elected oppose the Oslo agreements and are much less open to compromise than Arafat now seems to be. Arafat now faces daunting tasks. He must show immediate economic improvement in Gaza, and rapid progress in negotiations with Israel. From the Israeli point of view the election will present a very much tougher problem. Acting aloi}e, Arafat in the past could make compromisesthat he will find very difficult to duplicate in the face of an elected council. On the key issues of Jerusalem, return of refugees, settlements and final borders, the new council will maximize its demands. Jerusalem: Peres and the labor party keep repeating that Jerusalem will remain the undivided capitol of Israel. This does not mean that certain peripliprai areas such as Sihvan, Abu D^s, Atarot, all Arab spttlenients now within the municipal boundries could not be declared part of the "autonomous area." It would be a disingenous argument but even that will not satisfy the new Council. Refugees: Israel,has expressed some willingness to readmit the refugees from the 1967 war, but not those from 1918. This will not play with the new council. Nor even if they accept the concept—which is highly unlikely—these refugees arc mostly from fflaces like Haifa, Ramie, Lod and other areas of THIS PESACH ENJOY THE LUXURY & SUNSHINE
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Letter to the Editor To theEditor: 1 am writing with a suggestion. 1 think that conversions to Judaism ghould be, with the convert's perinission. publicly announced as a celebration. The sort of communal pleasure we get from seeing the announcement of a Jewish birth, bar and bat mitzvah, engagement and wedding should be extended by having stories or announcements of a conversion to Judaism. I hope local rabbis will contact you with such announcements and that you will include such items. Lawrence J. Epstein, Ph.D. author of "Conversion to Judaism: A Guidebook" Stony Brook, N.Y.
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BREADBREAKERS Barry Ward, campus manager at the University of Nebraska Med Care, will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Wednesday at noon at Regency West Beat Western, according to Howard Kutler, chairman for February. Mr. Ward will tliscuss the new Lied Transplant Center. Cost is $7.75 and the program is open to the .community.
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2 p.m.~Because Of That War, Israeli, 1988 Hebrew with English subtitles Directed by Oma Ben-Dor-Niv 3:30 p.in.—Intermission/Refreshments 4 p.in.—My Dinner With Abbie, USA, 1990 Directed by Nancy Cohen 6 p.m.—Discussion with Nancy Cohen, director 1:30-6 p.m.—Children's films/videos in the youth lounge (free). The Kallah Film Festival is sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council with grants from the Mort Richards endowment and the Avy L. and Roberta L. Miller endowment.
Births Tom and Jeanne Rice announce the Jan. 5 birth of twins, Kyle Joseph and Jaime Mae. They also have a daughter, Dana, 2. Grandparents are Ernie and Eleanor Archer of Omaha and Don Rice of Rancho Mirage, Calif, and the late Ewie Rice.
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South Street Temple I celebrates consecration During the regular service on Friday evening, Jan. 19, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun celebrated the consecration to a life of Jewish learning of eight of its youngest students. Families and children gathered together in the social hall for a festive Shabbat dinner complete with songs and blessings and then continued with Sabbath evening worship. The children sEtng Shabbat Shalom and led the Congregation in the Sh'ma before marching around the Sanctuary with the Torahs. The children who took part were: Emma Berman-Courtney, Jeri Kohn, Sara Robinson, Kate Rosenbaum, Marci Rosenberg, Maggie Schur, Emily Stanfield, and Molly Tobin. One student, Gabriel Bernstein, was unable to attend. Each child received a certificate, a miniature Torah and a mezuzah as gifts from the congregation in honor of their consecration. Cantor Michael Weisser expressed the sentiment^ of all with, "Everyone in the congregation wishes you and your families a hearty Mazal Tov! May you have many more simchas."
Cellist to do benefit for Tifereth Israel Dallas Symphony Orchestra celli^t Michael Coren will present a recital of classical and Jewish music to benefit Tifereth Israel on Feb. 25, at 3 p.m., at the Synagogue. He will be accompanied by pianist Marina Fabricant. Both artists are donating their services for this special fundraiser. The cousin of Charlie and Nancy Coren of Lincoln, Michael Coren is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Indiana University, where he studied with Janos Starker. Ms. Fabricant, a native of Riga, Latvia but now part of the Lincoln Jewish community, holds a masters degree in music from the Latvian State Conservatory.
The duo will^ perform the Sonata in A mqjor by Luigi Boccherini, Sonata in G minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, Schelomo, Hebrew Rhapsody by Ernest The evening Shabbat services at the South Bloch and Max Bruch's setting of KolNidrei. The benefit will be followed by a dessert recep- Street Temple, B'nai Jeshurun, are taking on a tion where the audience will have an opportunity to new feeling each week. According to Cantor Michael Weisser, many conmeet the artists. Tickets may be purchased at the Synagogue gregants have asked about various options for woroffice, 3219 Sheridan Boulevard, during business ' ship which the unique rotation is meant to accommodate. hours or by caUing 402/423-8569. On the first Sabbath of the month, the service will be in the style of the old Reform Synagogue. The music, organ, and eventually a choir, will About two hundred people gathered in the sanc- reflect this. From time to time, the older Reform liturgy tuary of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun on Jan. 15 for the Temple's annual observance of Martin found in the Union Prayer Book will be utilized. Cantor Weisser expressed his hope that this service Luther King, Jr. Day, Persons from all parts of the community, Jew will attract some of the members who fondly recall and Gentile, White, Black, Brown, Yellow and Red the way it used to be. The second Sabbath service of the month will heard from the Rev. Reaves Nahwooks of the Indian Community Church, Salima Wilette of incorporate the new gender-sensitive Gates of Lincoln's Muslim community, the president of the Prayer for Shabbat and Weekdays, along with local chapter of the NAACP, Rick Wallace, and organ accompaniment. Contrastingly, the third service will be done in Cantor Michael Weisser. John Walker, professor of philosophy at the style of the old Synagogue. There will be more Nebraska Wesleyan University with his guitar and use of Hebrew chanting, and no instrumental organist Sally Johnson provided music for the occa- music. "A great part of our heritage, the cantorial sion. Cantor Weisser has offered this service to the chant, the style of worship we evolved in both Lincoln Community fdr six of the past seven years. Ashkenazi and Sephardi Europe will be highlightHe commented, 'I believe it is very important to ed. This will also be the week when, from time to bring diverse groups of people together for common time, we will have special religious ischool services," purpose because it is ignorance of one another that said Cantor Weisser. The fourth Sabbath monthly service will be creates and perpetuates bigotry and intolerance." He continued, 'I also believe that the Jewish contemporary in nature. Music will be selected community must work hard to remember the days from the modem era and readings and prayers will of the civil rights movement of the 19608 when be taken from a variety of sources. On occasions when there is a fifth service, the African-Americans and Jews formed a mighty worship experience will be thematic. coalition in the pursuit of justice.' Stories on this page were provided by the Those in attendance felt the message that all can Jewish Federation of Lincohi's Public work together to solve our problems was very strong during the Martin Luther King, Jr. festiviRelations Committee, chaired by ties. Chuck Kuba.
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