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Bethsaida and Jerusalem exhibit to be displayed at UNO A mBjoT exhibition of artifacts [discovered at the Israeli cities of Pethsaida and Jerusalem will be on display starting March 27 fA the University of Nebraska lit Omaha. 'Cities of David: From Bethsaida to Jerusalem' will be exhibited until April 12 at UNO's Mile Bail Student Denter. The artifacts will be on disKlay from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., londay through Friday. Translated as "the house of fisherman," Bethsaida is one and one-half miles from the Sea >f Galilee near the Golan Heights. Five years ago, students led ty Dr. Richard Freund of UNO jegan to dig through the 22icre site. Since then, the remains of three houses have >een found along with, numer>us examples of pottery, coins md statuery. UNO now supervises an interlational consortium of colleges ind universities in excavating ;he site. In 1996, the Israeli (overnment plans to open the Sethsaida diggings-in-progress o the general public. "In addition to the artifacts acavated at Bethspida, we

PATAEKOS fertility god, found In a Oeihurite palace dated approximately 9th century B.C.E.

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have received another 30 antiquities on loan from the Bade By Claudia Sherman Archaeological Museum in Berkeley, Foundation public relations director Calif.," said Dr. Freund. "These Services crucial to enabling elderly. Jewish resiantiquities were found at a site dents of Omaha to remain independent and in their seven miles from Jerusalem and it own homes are funded by charges for congregant will be the first time for these two biblical cities to be displayed togeth- meals. Federation funding, federal grants, and Bureau for the Aging endowments such as the er," he added. The exhibit is divided into five dif- Ruth Riekes Richards Endowment Fund, which is ferent areas: fishing implements; one of 28 endowments serving the elderly adminisartifacts from the house of a Roman tered by The Foundation of the Jewish Federation. patrician and wine cellar; gods, godThanks to the Ruth'Riekes Richards Endowment, desses and minor deities figurines; which partially funds Kosher Meals on Wheels, palace wares; and Hellenistic and transportation, and the salary of a professional Roman finds. Thousands of artifacts counselor (who advises and accompanies clients have been excavated from the site. and acts, as a liaison between them and service An important find, which is included agencies outside the Federation), the Bureau for in the exhibit, is a first-century the Aging is able to serve 1,900 senior citizens in shard of pottery displaying a cross. , The pottery shard is significant our community. Kosher Meals on Wheels serves nutritional because it predates by 300 years the use of the cross as a symbol of needs. Transportation for medical appointments helps clients maintain their health. A counselor, Christianity. It is truly a unique exhibit which meal deliverers, and drivers interact with elderly we call the "Cities of David Exhibit" clients to provide for their continued well being. and just in time for the celebration of "Without the Ruth Riekes Richards Endowment the 3000th anniversary of Jerusalem and other funds like it, the Bureau for the Aging and Bethsaida," said Dr. Freund. would be hard pressed to provide the various ser"It's also the first time the public will vices that are supporting the needs of seniors who see show-stopping antiquities like want to remain as independent as possible," stated the gods and goddesses figurines and Gene Brandt, executive director, Bureau for the the cross shard, which has never been displayed anywhere before this Aging. "We're grateful to have these supplementary funds," he emphasized. exhibition," he concluded.

A passover story -- Exodus delayed By Ellen Grosman and Yosef I. Abramowitz ^DDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—Amid the calm Eucalyptus grove in the Jewish cemetery of ^dis Ababa, Berihun Ambau, 43, has buried four family members in three years while praiting to leave for the Holy Land. Standing over the fresh unmarked grave of their light year-old daughter, Alem Berei, who died four Donths ago from complications from an ear infecion, his wife Tsehanesh Tamrat, 30, wails. Her «dy rocks up and down, her arms flail as she cries lUt, overcome with grief. When she has no voice sft, she leans against a tree, eyes red with tears, iding her face in her scarf, "We starved ourselves to take Alem to the clinic ut we had no money for medicine," Berihun says. (Then there is work he earns 6 birr a day, or 85 ents, carrying stones. The family is not eligible for id from the American Jewish Joint Distribution iommittee (JDC). Yet they, like most of the other 1,800 people in Addis Ababa commonly referred to I Falash Mura, have family in Israel, have been ving an Orthodox religious life for years in Addis kbab, and qualify under the Law of Return for emiration to Israel because of their Jewish lineage. The family came from Gondar three years ago ,oping to join Berihun'i brother and sister in irael. Instead, two years ago, his mother, father, pd other brother died of starvation. They lie liried in the same cemetery at his daughter. 'If we •d all gone to Israel we would all have gotten •dieal trMtment,* Berihun sayt. *Her« w« wait for the embassy to take us to Israel . Ut now we are starving and dying." Berihun, behaneih and the other Falash Mura, are stuck in le bureaucratic nightmare that followed peration Solomon. At the close of the miraculous t-hour airlift, which in the midst of a civil war rought 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel, the raeli government stated that there were no more left in Ethiopia. Yet 111 people have been n^i«it

buried in the Jewish cemetery in Addis Ababa since May, 1991 when the last El Al plane left. During the weeks before Operation Solomon, as Jews were beckoned by Jewish Agency emissaries to come to Addis Ababa, they were met by officials with a rough census of Jewish villages and famihes. Tliuse whose names were on the list were classified as Beta Yisrael and were given clearance to go to Israel; the others were classified as Falas Mura, converted or assimilated Jews. As the Beta Yisrael left on the planes, the Falas Mura were told that they would be leaving the next day. Six years later 1,000 people draped in white sit in an open-air compound in Addis Ababa listening to the Torah being read on Shabbat. An Israeli flag flaps gently in the wind, as a young man takes the fringes of his prayer shawl in his hand, kisses them, and touches them to the standing, blue Sephardi-style scroll and recites the proper blessing in Hebrew. "Blessed are you, Adonay our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who chose us from among all the peoples and gave us the Torah..." The men close and dress the Torah. The service ends with 1,000 strong, clear voices quietly singing 'Am Yisrael Ctiai," The people of Israel lives." Each weekday morning in the former Solomon compound administered by the North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry (NACOEJ), community members gather for morning prayer. The adults meet in and around the synagogue for the lull shacharit service, while the first-shift of school children line up in the courtyard to say the morning blessings and sing the Israeli national anthem. On this March morning two school children stand below the Israeli flag, next to torches that commemorate the &7 Israelis lost in the recent bombings. Bayush, a pretty 11 year-old girl, says, 'I wish that their families will have comfort and I tiiink about the peace in Israel."

The compound is the center of the community, although the Falas Mura live outside it in rented one-room shanties. The school, which serves two shifts of children each day, provides adult education classes most afternoons. One member from each of 427 families works daily in the compound's embroidery program, which produces pillows, bags, wall hangings, an occasional chuppah as well as challah and matzah covers. The compound also houses the children's lunch program, the administrative office, and the ritual bath that has served more than 550 women since it opened two months ago. Tebka, 10, is one of 1,160 children in the school. Aschalew Feanta, the director of the school, says that since her grandparents left for Israel a year ago, Tebka misses them so much that she can't concentrate. Her grandparents left under Israel's family reunification policy, which permits Israelis to bring in immediate family members out of humanitarian concern. Until her grandparents left, Tebka had family to care for her and a living subsidy from the JDC. Orphaned at birth and raised by her grandparents, Tebka, has lived half her life around the compound in Addis Ababa. The Jewish Agency and the Israeli Interior Ministry refused the grandparents request to bring Tebka with them to Israel because she is a granddaughter not a daughter. She was left by herself with no income because she is not eligible to receive money from the JDC. Her 13 year old sister was eventually brought down from Gondar to care for her, and supports them both by spinning cotton. "I want to go to Israel, I want to be with my grandparents," she says in a whisper. "Can you help me join my grandparents?" she asks a visitor. Aschalew Feanta , the director of the school, says 'It is mental torture for the students when one of ^^ neof (Continued on page R)

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DR. ROBERT FAIER Services for Dr. Robert Faier, an Omaha ophthalmologist, were held March 10 at Beth El So soon as we open the Book of VayYikra Synagogue. Burial was at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. ULeviticu's), as we do in Torah reading this week, He died March 8 at the age of 68. Survivdrs include his wife, Estelle (Sokol) of we confront a long-standing problem: What is the relation betwpen the Biblical method of worsjiip, Omaha; two daughters, Joan Faier of New animal sacrifice, and the various interpretations of Roclielle, N.Y., and Elizabeth Faier of Bloomington, Ind.; a son, John of Chicago; a brother, Martin Judaism in our communities? I.,et it be said at once that the interpretations of Faier of Chicago; and two grandchildren. Dr. Faier was on the faculty at the University of Judaism in our communities, whether right or left, are all based on Rabbinic Judaism, not Biblical Nebraska Medical Center and the Creighton Judaism. To be sure, Rabbinic Judasim is, itself, University School of Medicine. He was a 1944 gradbased on Biblical Judaism, with u|l that that uate of Omaha Central High School and a 1947 implies. ' graduate of Creighton University. But without Rabbinic Judaism, we would have no Dr. Faier earned a master's degree in chemistry synagogues, no Siddur, no organized prayer ser- from Columbia University in 1949. He earned his vices, no organized services for the Holy Days, no medical degree in ophthalmology from the Hanukkah. no Simhnt Torahi no elaborated University of Nebraska in 1958. In 1963, he Kashrut, and a thousand other features of Judaism received the Omaha-Midwest Clinical Society's pret that we take for granted. mier award from individual investigations for And, broadly speaking, we would not have the research advances in the area of diabetic retinal glorious democracy and the exquisitely sensitive disease. ethical sense that we cherish in Judaism. Memorials may be made to the American Heart That having been said, we may beel at liberty to Association or charity of choice. free the average Jew -- and for that matter, the average functioning rabbi! - from expertise in the LB. ZIEGMAN sacrifical system as it reveals itself in Leviticus. Services for LB. Ziegman were held March 17 at Scholars in Judaism find it interesting and valu-' Beth El Cemetery. He died March 14 at the age of able to know the details of the system in Leviticus 92. . , and its relation to sacrifice in other religious comSurvivors include his wife. Rose; a daughter, munities, especially, perhaps, the Canaanites. Paula Ziegman; a son, Jerald; two sisters, Monet But for us it is sufficient to read the Sidrot of Wintroub and Fay Bernstein, all of Omaha; and VayYikra carefully, as the schedule of Torah read- nieces and nephews. ings unrolls during these weeks. Mr. Ziegman was the owner of various entertainMore important, it is sufficient for us to know ment establishments from the 1930s to the 19908, that Rabbinic Judaism was able, almost without He also built the Ranch Bowl and Rose Bowl bowlspiritual trauma, to change the emphasis in ing alley near 50th and Hamilton Street. Judaism from the Temple routine to personal and Mr. Ziegman was born into a poor Jewish family public prayer, on the one hand, and to the pursuit in Romania in 1903. His family left the counto' a of high moral lives of compassion and honesty, on year later and came to Omaha. He quit Central the other. High School to sell newspapers, helping his father None of this is meant to delegitimize the Bible and brother support the family. nor to diminsh it. Sacrifice, from Cain and Abel Mr. Ziegman also was a key contributor to area through the destruction of the Temple in 70, made holiday food drives and was known for contribuits point and served a high religious purpose. tions he made to Boys Town, Boys Club and other When the Temple was destroyed by the Romans groups. After retirement, he was a goodwill ambasand the priesthood ceased to function, the sador for keno at Ak-Sar-Ben. Pharisees and their successor rabbis stepped into the breach and saved Judaism from destruction. They mourned the devastation in Palestine, they yiianiaam wept for the massacred Jews, and they suffered GREGORY'S PAINTING f ConiilKTcLii - RrsldrnUiil - Industrial | deep pain as they viewed the ashes of the Temple. ATTENTION: Apwiment ud buildinf But with profound spiritual insights, they created owner! - we do • complete paint Job. a new Judaism, a portable Judaism that could live E*uhllajictl 21 Yean Afto In Europe, 8 In Omaha for Pail SU Yeata. without the Temple and withoput the ministrations Prafculonal and Fritndly Palnlcra from USA. Rusala. of the priests. Poland and Uosnla. Very Stror^ Rercrcnceii Atk About Our Siierial Ihicet... They even gave grave and serious attention to the system of Temple sacrifices. Although they formalCaU Gregoiy Kogan 491-3929 - Office ly prayed for the restoration of that system, they 290-0170 • Mobile made it possible for Jews to seek holiness ("sacri633-0087 - fugtt or Uark pcberetlmiuky 492-9616 fice" means to "make holy") without the use of Temple alters. Study, prayer, and compassionate living were their substitutes. And we are their heirs.

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TEMPLE ISRAEL 7033 CM* Street Omaha, NE 68132 6S048S8 FRIDAYi Early worship service, 5:30 p.m.--Union Prayer Book. Shabbat evening service, 8:16 p.m. Rabbi Azriel and Rabbi Stiel will officiate. Guest soloist Will be Dr. Michael Yablonski. Rabbi Stiel will speak on "Domestic Violence: Challenging the Jewish Community to Change." The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood. 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, 11:16 a.m. Simcha B'shabbatr-An alternative Torah Study service will take place in the Chapel. The regular Shabbat service will be held in the sanctuary. SUNDAY: Outreach-10 ajn. to noon. An open forum on Jewish conversion: "To Convert or Not, That is the Question.' The program will be led by Rabbi Ariel and Sally Kaplan, MSW. They will discuss conversion to Judaism and explore various issues and concerns surrounding conversion. Adult Education March 26: Post adult B'nai Mitzvah, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. March 28: Beyond Midrash, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., led by Don Schwartz. Bat Mitzvah Jamie Lauren Hamburg, daughter of Andrea and Marc Hamburg, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service Saturday, March 30. New York Temple Deli Night The annual New York Temple Deli Night, sponsored by Temple Israel's Men's Club and Sisterhood, will be held Sunday, March 31. There will be two Beatings, one at 5 p.m. and one at' 6:30 p.m. Take-out orders will also be available. For reservations, call the Temple office, 556-6536.

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^^ 397-1124 SATURDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush. SUNDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m. Talmud Classes Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Advanced Talmud, 12 p.m. Thursday. Chumaah Class Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Yiddish "Hooked on Yiddish' lessons Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Engliah "Think Jewish and speak English' claBses on Jewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House.

B'NAI JESHURUN k 20th and South St. ^K Lincoln, NE â&#x20AC;˘^ 435-8004 ' Services are officiated by Cantor Michael Weisier. FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 7:46 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah study and service at 10 a.m. SUNDAY: Hebrew school, 9 a.m.; Religious school, 10 a.m.

PkfaS Muoh22,19M JawiahPMM BETH EL SYNAGOGUE BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 1502 No. S2nd St 14506 California Omaha; NE Omaha, NE 5564288 402.8550 Services are conducted by Cantor Leo Fettman. Office Hours: Monday througii Thursday, 9 a.m. Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and to 4:30 p.m.; t^Viday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. FRIDAY: Cantor Emil Berkovits. Kabbalat Shabbat service at 6:26 p.m. , FRIDAY: SATURDAY: .Services start at 6 p.m. Morning services are at 8:45 a^m. in the Bat Mitzvah-Joanna Kay, daughter of Leslie and Helen Kay, will become a Bat Mitzvah Friday Sanctuary aad Goldstein Chapel. Jr. Congregation, 10:30 a.m. evening and Saturday morning. Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood. SATURDAY: Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood. Services at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services. Mincha at 6:26 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. Ma'Ariv and Havdalah. TSS (Torah Siddur Skills) will meet at 10 a.m. SUNDAY: Shabbat story time, the first and third Saturday Morning services at 9 a.m. at 11 a.m. Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Kaye at 9:46 a.m. K'tantan meets the second and fourth Saturday Evening services at 6:25 p.m. at 11 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 6:30 p.m. Services at 7 a.m. and 6:25 p.m. SUNDAY: Lunch & Learn Services start at 9 a.m. Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. with Rabbi Kaye. Call Congregational Meeting, 4 p.m., to discuss the office for location. approval of the Phase 11 building completion. Practical Judaism WEEKDAYS: A class with Rabbi Kaye Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Services at 6:55 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the synagogue. Judaica Shop Cookbook Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to "Happiness is Still Good Food,' available at the 2 p.m.; Sundays, 10 a.m. to noon; or by appointgift shop, or call Charlotte Kaplan at 551-5668. ment. Sisterhood Gift Shop Sisterhood gift shop is open by appointment. Call Leah Siegel at 556-5455. BEYT SHALOM RECONSTRUCnONIST SYNAGOGUE P.O. Box 241130, Omaha, NE 68124 For information, contact Mike Salmi at 291-3469, Jamie Lauren Hamburg, daughter of Andrea or Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein at 697-1660. and Marc Hamburg, will FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m., at the Second Unitarian celebrate her Bat Mitzvah March 30 at Church, 3012 So. 119th St., Omaha. Temple Israel. SATURDAY: A seventh-grade honor| Beyt Shalom will celebrate Havdalah at 6 p.m. student at BeveridgeJ at the home of Deana and Mike Liddy, 9820 Spring Middle School, she parSt., Omaha. Bring a potluck dairy-vegetarian dish. ticipates in stage band, I SUNDAY: Reconstructionist Cooperative Religious School, debate, student councill and future probe. Shel 10a.m. to noon. West Side Community Education enjoys playing the pianol Center, 108th and Grover. (use rear parking lot) and flute, horseback rid-' ing, acting and being with friends. Jamie has a brother, Eric. B'NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE Grandparents are Shirlee and Jack Hamburg and RECONSTRUCTIONIST CONGREGATION the late Eleanore and Richard Sizer, all of Chicago. eiBMynsterSL Council Bluffs, Iowa S1S03 322-4705-Synaeogue By Suaan A. Drazen 697-1660-Rabbi Elirenstein Bureau of Jewish Education director FRIDAY: During the week of March 17-24, the students of Shabbat services are held every Friday at the Friedel Jewish Academy, the United Talmud 7:30 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Torah of Omaha, the Temple Israel Religious Ehrenstein and lay leaders. Oneg Shabbat follows. School, the Reconstructionist Religious School and the JCC Child Development Center will once again SUNDAY: B'nai Israel participates in the River Cities participate in their unified Tzedakah effort, Reconstructionist Religious School. Classes are Mihyah 5766. The word, "Mihyah" comes from the same held every Sunday at the West Side Community Education Center, 108th and Grover, from 10 a.m. Hebrew root as "chai" (life) and means support. Through Mihyah 5756, students will help support to noon. The community may attend. Call Rabbi Ehrenstein or Or. Martin Rosenburg, life through their contributions to the Omaha Area Food Bank and Jewish Family Service's holiday director of education, for an appointment. food program. Mihyah 5766 is jointly sponsored by the Nebraska Council of Jewish Educators, the Bureau TIFERETH ISRAEL of Jewish Education and the participating schools. 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Lineohi,NE 423-85m PERSONAL Services are conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. I want to express my thanks and gratitude to my Rosenbaum. dear family and friends for the flowers, calls, good Minyans on Mondays and Thursdays, 7:16 a.m. wishes, contributions and many kindnesses during FRIDAY: my recent surgery. I also appreciate the visits of Early family service, 6:15 p.m. Rabbi Drazen and Cantor Berkovits. Services, 8 p.m. Oneg Shabbat hosted by Gail HalefM TIchauer Wishnow and Mux Neiden. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m.; Jr. Congregation, 10:15 a.m.

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Letters to the Editor To the Editon I am writing to inform the community of my decision npt to renew my current contracts with Beyt Shalom and B'nai Israel. In the past few weeks, the opportunity has arisen for me to move east to be closer to my family, and I have felt that this was the right thing for me to do, despite my strong commitment to the Reconstructionist commuhities here and their demonstrated commitment to me. I interpret Maimonides' concentric circles of responsibility to mean that we are first responsible to ourselves, then to our immediate families, then to our larger families, then to our religious communities, then to our Jewish communities, then to all Jews, and so on.' I love the religious community that I will have been a part of for two years. For those of you who y have not had the opportunity to meet the Reconstructionist communities of Omaha and Council Bluffs, you are missing some very special people. They are people who are committed to a • vibrant Judaism that lives their values. Both communities have shown that they are deeply committed to their beliefs. I feel privileged that I have been^^iart of this commitment. I have been a ^SrFof building the Reconstructionist Cooperative Religious School, and a part of the things that each of the congregations have done. It is hard for me to leave all of this behind, since, as Maimonides suggests, I am committed to my religious communities. In spite of this commitment, I feel that I must also make some choices with regard to what needs to be a deeper commitment, the commitment to my own family. As I said in this paper, only last week, life isn't a dress rehearsal. While it is difficult to leave tlie people I love and the community that I ; have been a part of, I know that I must take steps to live the life that I would want to have lived. It will also be very hard for me to leave the Omaha Jewish community, of which I have also been a part. While there will be time for goodbyes, since I am not leaving any time soon, let me thank you now for your support and love, and for welcoming me into your community. I, like many other Jewish professionals who have been among you, will always speak highly of this Jewish community. Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein

To the Editor: I would like to personally and publicly thank Glen Fineman, the staff of Jewish Family Service and the area synagogues for the program they presented on suicide. With over 150 people in attendance, there can be no mistake about the interest in the subjects of suicide and depressioh in our Jewish community. Mpny people spoke about their personal pain, how they have coped, and how they encouraged everyone in attendance to keep this openness going. The expertise of Dr. Eugene Oliveto added a very educational component and he serves JFS well as their consultant If I could have said anything to the group, I would have urged us all to listen more.. .to what is important to people we love, because if it is important to them, it needs to be important to us. It often isn't something major like a job loss or the break-up of a relationship; it's pain, in all different forms, in all different sizes. For many years our donations to the Jewish Federation of Omaha have supported Jewish Family Service. Tonight was another example of how caringly Jewish Family Service is supporting us. M"Lee Hasslinger

Mr. President, we all love you (^ell, maybe not all, but most). The Sharm el Shiek conference gave us a wonderful opportunity to see what the Egyptians have done to improve the scenery, and the confab may well produce something very tangi-^ ; ble-we will wait and see. Your decision to visit the school in Katamon, which has lost four students to Hamas bus bombings, is much appreciated as is your visit to Tel Aviv. In all honesty, we feel that you are the most sincere American president ever in your feelings for Israel. But please, Mr. President, in the words of that immortal blues song, "Bill Clinton, won't you please go home." It's really great having you, but when you're here, we can't drive in downtown Jerusalem and the highway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is closed. It was especially tough this visit with literally thousands of police and army blocking intersec- " tions, closing off streets, and making a total mess by throwing their sunflower seed shells away. (All Israeli soldiers and police eat sunflower seeds in great amounts while on duty). It is just not true' that if somethii^g happened they would be too busy eating to notice. Last night we were at a friend's house for dinner; They live near the Laromme Hotel-three blocks away on a different street to be exact. To make To the Editor: I am taking this means to say goodbye to my sure you were OK, Mr. President, senior citizens many friends in Omaha, I will be moving to Corpus like myself were not even permitted to cross the Christi, Texas, so I can be closer to my children and street. But today was not all lost. We managed to grandchildren. I will surely miss every one of those get to our Thursday Talmud class without incident good friends, but it is time for me to make a change and after that, made our way to the Jerusalem in my life. Since the death of my wife, Roselle, it music center where our granddaughter's concert has been a lonely life and I know that spending band is studying with a masters class for two days. Tomorrow, actually late this afternoon (March more time with my family will help to fill the 14) Jerusalem will come back to its usual crowded emptiness. I hope to continue to receive the Jewish Press so I streets and cacophony of automobile horns-Tel can keep up with what is going on in the Jewish Aviv will take a few hours longer. You are always welcome, Bill, but the next time we hope the community of Omaha. I thank the many people who contacted me when results of this visit will permit a very decreased I was in the hospital recently, as well as those who level of security. One last thing, please give the speech writer, who inserts those wonderfully remembered me after Roselle's death. Satii Libowsl(i appropriate biblical quotes in your manuscripts, a raise.

Looking at people... An interview -- Uy Michelle Wiith. r»ce-la«iie wriler Lloyd E. Roitstein, Scout Executive Boy Scouts of America, Mid-America Council Lloyd E. TtoTtstein grew up thinking he would become a dentist. Although he didn't realize it at the time, he started ab entirely different career at age eight. That's when ||ie became a Cub Scout with the Boy Scouts of| America. Thirty-three years I later, Mr. Roitstein has [ reached the pinnacle of j his profession. He now is , the executive director of j the Boy Scout's MidAmerica Council, presiding over programs that I serve more than 30,000 [ scouts and attract 8,000 volunteers in Nebraska and Iowa. Now he admits ' he is one of the few execu""y^ RolUteln tives he knows — particularly among the Jewish community — who has considered a lifelong career with the Boy Scouts. Most people who work for the Boy Scouts, Mr. Roitstein says, support the organization wholeheartedly. "You don't work for the Boy Scouts to make money, but those of us who work for the Boy Scouts do love what we do," he said.

The organization emphasizes God in its programs, yet Mr. Roitstein is one of the few Jewish "scout executives" of 350 nationwide. 'The religious aspect of scouting is very high," he said. "And we encourage everyone to participate." Some troops meet at religious institutions, including local churches and the Jewish Community Center, which incorporate specific religious customs into their activities. For instance, the JCC's troops participate in services and a Shabbat dinner during camping trips. 'But the Boy Scouts are mostly nondenominational," Mr. Roitstein said. 'Most troops and packs are a mixture of all religions." Air. Roitstein's interest with the Boy Scouts began at the First Presbyterian Church, where his father, Morris Roitstein, served as a scout master from 1950 to 1965. Lloyd took over the post in 1965, until he |>assed it to his brother, Larry, in 1980. Larry continues to serve as the scout master for that group. The Roitsteins' involvement with the Boy Scouts evolved from a dental appointment. Morris Roitstein, who ran a dentisti^ practice in Omaha, was asked by his patients to get involved. The rest was history. Lloyd Roitstein said he still is influenced by the experiences he and his brother shared when they

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participated in their father's Boy Scout troop. One of the key aspects of the Boy Scouts, he said, is to get parents involved with their children — whether it's by working as a scout leader or participating in the family activities outlined in the scout manuals. 'The most important things we do is teach values," he said. 'Every day, you read in the paper about youth getting in trouble, but you'll never see a young person involved in scouting getting in trouble," he added. Mr. Roitstein's passion has effected positive results. The agency has been accumulating more volunteers each year, collecting 500 new volunteers in the 1994-95 year. The Mid-America Council has grown six consecutive years in the number of people served and registered, and is the largest agency serving young people in Iowa and Nebraska. Also, more and more members of the Jewish community have become involved in the Boy Scouts during Mr. Roitstein's tenure as executive director. Two other staff members and 15 board members are members of the Jewish community. In fact, he believes key principles of Judaism and Boy Scouts overlap. "Judaism builds strong families, it's based on the home," he said. *I think scoutr. ing has the same objectives." Mr. Roitstein, his wife, Debbie, daughter, Carrie, and son, Steve, are members of Beth El Synagogue.

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By Beth Shyken, BBYp public relations In April, B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO) will begin a process called "rush" in which eighthgrade students and non-members of BBYO will be introduced to the fun and eiccitement of BBYO. BBYO consists of two AZA (boy) chapters, AZA #1 and Chaim Weizman #1510; and two BBG (B'i;iai B'rith Girls) chapters, Ediar #710 and M.Z. Yosh^nah #2053. It is an international: organization open to grades 9-12. Each chapter will have two rush programs for their current and perspective members throughout the month of April. Ediar #710 and Chaim Weizman #1510 will have their first rush Saturday, April 13, in the evening; the second rush will be Sunday, April 28. M.Z. Yoshanah #2053 and AZA #1 will have their first rush Sunday, April 14; the second rush will be in the evening Saturday, April 27. It is important that perspective members attend all of the rushes in order to decide in which chapter they would like to be a member. Chapters have been working hard to make their rush programs the best. " 'Rush' is one of the most important times in BBYO," M.Z. Yoshanah President Aryn Rrechwald said. "Members are the most important part of a chapter and M.Z. is determined to have creative and successful rush programs." To all eighth graders and non-members of BBYO," get ready to be a part of an organization known throughout the world.

(from left) Susie Norton, Jeff Gordman and J.D. Gordman are members of the Omaha delpgation to the UJA Young Leadership Conference.

ob Wolfson briefed the delegates about pro'ures for their Capitol Hill visits. Susie oddle was Hill Visit chairman for the E>maha delegation. Eleven Omahans were in Washington, D.C, lecently as delegates to the UJA Young Leadership Washington Conference. Participants were Joel Wperson, Ellie and Jefi" Epstein, Jeff Gordman, f.D. Gordman, Susie Lehr, Susie Noddle, Susie and (like Norton, Kevin Saltzman and Tom Vann. The conference, which was held from March 179, takes place every two years and is the largest J.S. gathering of young Jewish leadership. This rear more than 3,000 people attended. Delegates heard from national and international [overnment leaders who offered a wide range of lews on issues of interest to young Jewish adults, n addition, Omaha's delegates met with Nebraska's Senators and Congressmen to discuss lolitical issues including the current situation in srael and immigration legislation.

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Food distribution project Jewish Family Service and Women's American ORT are preparing for the Passover food distribution project for local Jewish families in need. , Members of the community are asked to donate nonperishable kosher food appropriate for the holiday. Food can be placed in the Tzedakah bin in the front lobby of the Jewish Community Center before April 1. Cash donations are also appreciated and can be sent to the Jewish Family Service office at the JCC.

Beth El Purim extravaganza By Michael Levine Over 350 people attended the Purim Carnival recently at Beth El Synagogue. Raffle tickets were drawn, falafel devoured, prizes were won, bingo numbers were called, etc. Also, there was a silent auction, TosUtos booth, the Moon Walk and the AMazing booth. Through the generosity of Beth El families and the Omaha community, USY and Kadiniah were able to raise over $5,500 at the annual carnival, the largest total in Omaha USY history. Portions of the money raised are allocated to Omaha USY's Tikun Olam (USY's International charity) donation, and the remainder helps subvent programs that USY has to offer.

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Strengthening and preserving sound (Jewish) family life—the mission of Jewish Famil}t Service (JFS) for 85 years. ' i i Last week's program, 'Suicide in the Jewish Community, " co-sponsored by JFS and Omaha area synagogues, exemplified this mission. A frightening, yet a very real issue in our Jewish community, like many other topics, won't go away by not talking about it. I

By Lev Kricbevsky MOSCOW (JTA) — In an unprecedeiited action by a Russian court, members of a neo-Nazi organizatioii have received long prison sentences. Igor Pirozhok, 28, the leader of the neo-Nazi group known as the Werewolf Legion, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for hooliganism and inciting racial and ethnic hatred. Pirozhok was sentenced by the court in Yaroslavl, a city 130 miles north of Moscow. Another member of the organization, Victor Baranov, 23, received a nine-year prison term for homicide and hooliganism. The group, which was formed in the spring of 1994 in Moscow, includes about a dozen youths allegedly bent on carrying out acts of terror. The legion was reported to have set the "final solution of the Jewish question" as one of its m^or goals. Before the organization was broken up by Russian federal security forces in July 1994, Werewolf members had been preparing to carry out acts of terror. A laboratory for the production of explosives was discovered on the premises of the organization. Shortly after it was organized, the Werewolf Legion allegedly attempted to set fire Lo tlie Olympic sports hall in Moscow, which was serving as the site of a Messianic Jewish conference. The group was also reported to have planned a series of arson attacks on movie theaters that were showing the acclaimed Holocaust film "Schindler's List." Prior to his arrest, Pirozhok said in interviews with several Moscow newspapers that "Democrats, Yankees and kikes should be wiped out ruthlessly."

The incredible outpouring of emotional sharing by many people showed a high degree of sensitivity, and our need to talk to each other for both support and in the hope that a hand—a life line—could be extended to help someone ielse. The JFS staff is very grateful to each of you who openly shared your feelings and experiences with depression and suicide. Jewish Family Service will be starting two new support groups this spring, a group for teens and a group for "survivors of suicide" for adults. These groups will be offered free of charge. Watch for details in the Jewish Press and in synagogue announcements. Other groups and programs will be formed as needed. As part of this educational component of JFS, the agency has a wealth of resource material on many mental health issues, which is available to you. Licensed professional staff facilitates, teaches, provides crisis intervention and therapy, and is available through a 24-hour emergency service, by calling the direct office line, 330-2024. We treat with care, confidentiality and are always here to serve you.

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PASSOVER NUT BARS 2 oz. bitter chocolate 1 /2 cup sifted 1/2 cup oil matzo cake flour 2 eggs 1/2 cup chopped almonds 1 cup sugar . or walnuts 11. instant coffee 1/41. salt Melt chocolate; add oil and salt; cool. Beat eggs and sugar very well; add to chocolate mixture. Gradually stir in the cake meal and coffee. Grease pan (8x8) well. Bake at 325 for about 25 minutes. Cut into bars while still warm. PASSOVER MANDEL BRAIT 6 eggs 1 cup matzo meal 7 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup cake meal 11/2 cups oil 1 T. potato starch 1 cup chopped nuts 1 T. cinnamon Mix ingredients in listed order. Refrigerate until thickened-about 2 hours. Form into rolls as for strudel. Arrange rolls on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for about 1/2 hour. Slice and toast in oven 15 to 20 minutes. P/^SOVER ALMOND CAKE 1/4 cup potato flour 2 eggs, plus Parve cream 1 /2 cup matzo cake flour to equal 1 cup 1 cup sugar 1 T. lemon juice 1 /2 t. salt 2 T. melted butter or 1 cup chopped almonds margarine Sift dry ingredients and add almonds. Beat eggs thoroughly and add enough milk to make 1 cup. Add lemon juice and melted butter. Combine the 2 mixtures and bake in a buttered loaf pan at 350 for 50 minutes or until brown on top.

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PASSOVER BANANA CAKE 7 eggs, separated 3/4 cup cake meal 1 cup sugar 1 / 4 cup potato starch 1/41. salt 1/2 cup chopped nuts 1 cup mashed bananas Beat egg yolks until light and add sugar until creamy. Add salt, meal, starch and bananas to egg mixture. Beat whites until stiff and fold into batter. Fold in nuts. Bake at 325 for 40-45 minutes.

PASSOVER S'MORS 1 egg motzo per person 1 chocolate bar per person 5 marshmallows Melt marshmallows in microwave. Break matzo in half. Place chocolate bar on matzo half. Spread hot marshmallow over chocolate. Put top matzo on to make a sandwich. PASSOVER ICE BOX COOKIES 1/4 lb. butter or margarine 1 cup cake meal (1 stick) 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup potato starch 2 eggs, well beaten 112 cup chopped nuts Cream butter or margarine and sugar. Add beaten eggs, cake meal, starch and nuts. Allow to rest until mixture is stiff enough to handle. Form into rolls. Wrap each roll in wax paper or foil. Place in refrigerator or freezer until ready to bake. The firmer the rolls are, the easier they are to slice. Place slices on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 325 for 15-20 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet immediately.

STRAWBERRY MERINGUE (For Passover Cakes) 3/4 cup sliced strawberries 1 egg white l/2cupsugar 1/41. salt Combine ingredients and beat until mixture is quite stiff—7 to 10 minutes.

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Engaged KENYON/STROLE I Howard and Linda Kenyoa of Omaha announce the engagement of their I son, David Allan, to Cynthia Ann Strole, daughter of Leslie and! Carolyn Strole of| Geneseo, 111. Mr. Ke.nyon is thel assistant technical coordinator for Opryland Productions in Nashville, Tcnn. He is a| graduate of Burke High School and the University of Northern Colorado in (ireelry. . Ms. Strole is an audio engineer for the 'Nashville on Stage" concert sepes at Opryland. She is a graduate of J.D. Darnall High School in Genespo, and Millikin University in Pecatur. III. All April l.'i wedding in Nashville planned.

SH EKMAN/f JOLDMAN Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Sherman of Geneva, N.Y., announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Marie, to Daniel Scott Goldman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Goldman of Northbrook, 111, Ms. Sherman graduated with honors from the University of Rhode Island where she was a member of Delta Zeta sorority. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in marketing and design. Mr, Goldman is a graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor of science degree in accounting. He was n member of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. Mr. Goldman is the grandson of Annette and Abe Schloff and the late Max Frank of Omaha. An August wedding in Geneva, N.Y., is planned. KASNER/SPITZ Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Kasner announce the engagement of their daughter, Jane, to Eric Joseph Spitz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spitz of Philadelphia. Miss Kasner is a product marketing manager for Information Resources Software i^ Waltham, Mass. She is a graduate of Washington University. Mr. Spitz is completing an MBA at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. An Aug. 25 wedding is planned.

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Aschalew Feanta.director of the school, says ''It is mental torture for the students when one of their clasBmates who sits near them leaves for Israel." Since Operation Solomon five years ago, everyone in the eommuhity has been waiting to leave 'tomorrow." , The synagogue and scht^l rooms are temporary structures, stick frames stretched with blue canvas or filled with earth and straw. For the past five years since the community requested teachers of i Judaism from Israel, every one studies Judaism, Hebrew and learns about Israeli culture in preparation for their life in Israel. According to Tesfahun Worku, the head of the steering committee for the community, they have turned down offers of seed money from the JDC to start businesses in Addis Ababa. "We are not able to invest ourselves here in Addis Ababa. All the people's minds are in Israel, on our life and future there. None of us ever expected to slay here and to linvo the need to beg the JDC In support us. We all expect to join our relatives in Israel as soon iis posssible. Until then wc need sufficient support so that noone is hungry and all have medical care." The JDC, also known aF- the Joint, is the humanitarian relief arm of the organized American Jewish community and provides medical rare and an average of 30 birr per month, about $5, to 70 percent of the Falnsh Mura. This amount has not increased over the past five years, despite a sharp rise in the cost of basic goods' Even so, every month 400 families contribute one birr a piece, or 15 cents, to the steering committee fund to help those who have nothing. About 100 Falash Mura escape the poverty and leave for Israel each month, but only 30-40 come from the NACOEJ compound, the rest are brought from other regions of Ethiopia. 'At the current rate we. will be finished with our task by the year 2001 or 2002," says Michael Schneider, head of the JDC. Takele Alemayehu, 76, and his wife, Molajaye Engeday, 44, wake up each morning in the single room they share with seven of their eight children, ages 3 to 19. Their eldest son, Ka.saw Takele, 23, serves in the Israeli army. "The 8x10 fl. shack has walls of earth and straw packed onto wood poles. Every surface inside is lined with newspaper. All of the family's possessions hang in bags from nails on the wall. They came from Gondar four years ago, too late to be "on the program" of the Joint.

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Jeff Spinner Haley and Elyza Richmon Halev of Princeton, N.J., announce the Dec. 14 birth of a son, Avishai Samuel Spinner Halev. He weighed eight pounds, six ounces, and was 22 inches long. He is named after his maternal great-grandmother, Anne Brandt Weitzman, and his greatgrandfathers including Samuel Richman and Samuel Gordner, his fraternal great-grandfather. Grandparents are Arlene and Harry Richman of Omaha and Millie and Ed Rosenbaum of Southfield, MI, and the late David Spinner.

Organizations YES YES will meet Monday at the JCC. "YES talk" discussion group, bingo and English class all start at 10:30 a.m. The YES choral group will rehearse at 11 a.m. in the auditorium. Following lunch at noon, Lee Terry, president of the City Council, will speak. Questions from the audience will be encouraged. For transportation, call 330-4272. WALK-IN DROP4N Walk-In Drop-In will meet Thursday at the JCC. Larisa's exercise class starts at 10 a.m.; bingo starts at 10:30; and English class at 11 a.m. Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:30. At noon, the movie "Roommates" will be shown in the Blumkjn Home auditorium. The film featurea Peter Falk as Rocky, over 100 years old, who moves in with his grandson. Popcorn will be served.

BREADBRBAKERS Olen Finemun, director of Jewish Family Service, will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Wednesday at noon at Regency West Best We«t«ri according to Steve Uvinger and Ed Fried, chai men for Miirrh Cnut in $7.75.

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Chabad of Nebraska has announced its new page on the World Wide Web at: ' http://www.metawire.coni/chabadneb In addition to a list of services offered by the Chabad House, the page includes links to other ^eb sites with a variety of Jewish interests, as well as CNN news and the Huskers. Jewish information rsinges from the weekly parsha and Chabad philosophy to museums and art in Israel. A link is also available to send e-mail to Rabbi Katzman. For more information, call the Chabad House at 697-1124.

Beth El has announced its youth department is in need of advisors as follows: USY (grades 9-12); Kadimah (grades 7-8; Club 34 (grades 3-4); Club 56 (grades 6-6); and the High Holiday youth program (grades K-8). Paid positions and internships are available for the remainder of the 1996 school year, 1996 summer, and the 1996-97 school year. Applicants should be at least 20 years old. For information, call Michael Levink at Beth El, 492-8550. '

In the News Omaha attorney Barry S. Grossman will be included in the "1996 Who's Who of America's Teachers" as instructor and department head of Legal Studies at Nebraska College of Business.

Conflicting memories in Haggadah story By IrvinK Greenberg NEW YORK (JTA) — Two types of memory struggle for supremacy in the Passover seder. The memory of degradation and slavery clashes with the memory of liberatioh and freedom. Which memory shall be uppermost? Which experience shall primarily shape the retelling? The seder story begins with poverty and hunger — matzah, "the bread of affliction." It descends into slavery — "we were slaves unto Pharaoh in Egypt"— and turns into degradation. Then it sinks into genocide — "the drowning of the children." Tx) remember slavery and genocide evokes deep feelings — feelings of rage and victimization. Our ancestors — Jacob and his children — brought blessings to Egypt. Yet in the end, the Egyptians mercilessly repressed us, enslaved us, killed us. The anger boils up. All that the enemies deserve from us is death. "Inscribe this in a document as a remembrance. I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven." (Exodus 17:19) By this saine logic, no Jew should ever set foot in Egypt. "You must not go back that way again." (Deuteronomy 17:16) One can only exult in the downfall of such a vindictive people — and the greater their catastrophe, the be tier. In this scenario, slavery defines the people as exploited; they must have a master at all times. When Moses is gone for a few days too long, the people create a golden calf to worship. When there is no water — or no meat — they wish they were back in slavery. There is a truth behind this approach. The experience of slavery created the Jewish people. In struggling with the oppression, the Israelites proliferated. "The more they |the children of Israel] were oppressed, the more they increased and spread out." (Exodus 1:12)

Steve Pitlor has been appointed to the National Board of Directors for the "American-Israel Friendship League." With offices in New York and Israel, the AIFL is a non-sectarian, non-Partisan, not-for-profit organization founded in 1971 by a group of prominent Americans. The Omaha Public School system, funded by private donations, began, its participation in this program in 1995, and has made a commitment to continue. Fran and Jerry Milder will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in .New Orleans with their family this weekend. They are the parents of Cheryl Cooper and Gayle Spooner, both of Omaha, and Harlan Milder of Lincoln Incoming freshmen intending to m^or in Jewish Studies at Indiana University, should apply for the 1997-98 Irvinif Glazer Student Scholarship competition. The deadline for applying for the $2,600 scholarship for the 1997-98 academic year is Jan. 15, 1997. For information, call 812-855-0453, or email chpsonw@indiana.edu.

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Tlwra't more to Israel than sensational headlines Haifa - -For weeks the papers have carried headlines, justifiably sensational, about the terrorists acts in Israel. Reaction has ranged from indignation and fury to sorrow and mourning. Political recriminations are inevitable as government policies are subjected to severe scrutiny. Those overseas who follow the news frob Israel, receive up-to-the-minute and repeated reports via press and television which deal exclusively with all aspects of these events, to the exclusion of almost all else from here. They get the impression that normal life in Israel has come to a standstill, as terrorism and response to it take over. Israelis are undeniably deeply affected by and involved in what is going on. Yet even as the terrorism, and subsequent events, occupy their full attention day and night, they have not ceased carrying on their normal existence, albeit heightened by a greater consciousness of security precautions. Children go to school daily, stores are open, cultural events take place, food is bought and consumed, new immigrants and tourists, too, arrive and are welcomed. Investors watch the stock market reports, weddings and Bar Mitzvah receptions ar« held—alongside the shock and the grief. It must not be otherwise. We can not permit these fanatics to control our lives. Even in time of war— and this is war, make no mistake about it—we preserve our family lives, our economy, our existence as a nation. As one who reports periodically on life in Israel, I have decided that I shall not permit the sensationalism to obscure the fact that despite the buffeting, Israel is a thriving organism, sturdy, growing and with a great deal of spirit and optimism. In recent weeks, I have reported to my readers about our. normal daily life—about politics and education, about immigration and archeology, about literature and personalities, and many other topics which make up the fascinating complex of life in this country.

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From left: Carol Bloch, Sara Juster, Vicki Sanford, Cindy GoldberK, Andrea Grossman and Cheryl Lemer. Not pictured: Carol Katzman and Jan Sclineidennan. Several members of the Omaha Section of National Council of Jewish Women recently attended the 40th National Convention in Detroit, Mich. The theme of the conference was "Framing the Future," Speakers included Dr. Ruth Westheimer, noted sex therapist, author and television personality; Leonard Fein, author arid founder of MAZON: A Jewish Response to World Hunger; and Joan Roth, photographer/author.

Several awards were presented to advocates for humanity and social service. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton received NCJWs "Faith and Humanity Award" for her commitment on behalf of America's children. Capping off the convention, a new national president, national officers and board members were elected including, from Omaha, Jan Schneiderman (V.P.), and Carol Katzman (board member).

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