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by Pam Monsky, ' Federation communicationa director National Vice Chairman l of UJA and I National) 'Women's Campaign Chairman Betty Kane will share I some heartwarming stories I with the Omaha Jewish Community at the Residence Clubhouse at One Pacific Place, 1366 So. | 101st, Sept. 30, at 7:30 p.m. Ms. Kane serves on the Executive Board of the | American Joint Distribution Committee end is a Betty Kane member of the Council of Jewish Federations. She is a member of the Cherry Hill, N.J., Federation Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Ms. Kane's stories feature first-hand accounts of Jewish rescue and resettlement. In 1987 and 1988, Ms. Kane was selected as one of 15 leaders from across the country to participate in a fact-flnding mission to observe UJA dollars at work in Jewish communities in Central and Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, Morocco, Turkey and the Balkan States. The entire community is invited to this event. There is no charge. For more information, contact Jan Perelman, Women's Campaign Director, 334-6427.

by Alon Mor, BBYO Director by Liois Epstein Six teens of the 11-member Omaha delegation to On Tuesday, Sept. 10, Edward A. 'Eddie" Rosen the 1996 Maccabi Youth Games in St. Louis will be honored for a lifereturned with medals. Elisa Arkovich won four gold and two silver time of service to B'nai medals in gymnastics, while Julie Coren brought B'rith. The noon luncheon will take place at home a etilver in tennis. David Epstein won two silvers in the 4x100- Highland Country Club. Mr. Rosen was presimeter and 4x400dent of the Henry meter relay. His teamMonsky Lodge in 1951 mate, Adam Nichols, and continues to be a also won two silvers in trustee. He ie a pastthose events, as well president of the Plains as five bronze medals States Region of B'nai for the 800-, 1600- and B'rith and has served in {^Hl -^ 3200-meter runs, the a number of positions on shot-put and long ^e Board of Governors of Eddie Rosen jump. Distnct Six. Aaron Aizenberg In the 1950'8, Mr. Rosen was among the originawon a bronze medal in tors bf both the Breadbreakers weekly luncheon the individual golf featuring local speakers and the charity sports match and, along with banquet, both of which exist today as ongoing his team-mates from B'nai B'rith programs. , other cities, the bronze Mendel Kurland disEMiar BBG chapter for teenage girls was named play* his award-winin team golf for Mr. Rosen when it was founded. Other members of ning art, portraying Co-chairmen of the luncheon are Tom Feltman, the Omaha Maccabi a theme of Judaism C.L. "Mickey" Landen, Jim Earp and Jerry Rosen. delegation were Adam and athletics. He Hosts for the event include: Al Abramson, Tom Kohn, Amir Mor and won a bronze medal Belford, Lou Canar, Leo Hill, Jerry Hoberman, for his efforts. Jon Zoob. Arnold Joffe, Howard Kooper, Rabbi Myer Kripke and John Kraft. Additional hosts are: Ruben Lippett, Henry Riekes, Abner Rubin, Linda Shrier, Roy Smith, Ed Wintroub and Dr. Eugene Zweiback. The Omaha by Dorothy Spizman B'nai B'rith Youth Organization and past presiNebraska's first synagogue. Temple Israel, will Speakers at the rededication will nclude dents of Heniy Monsky Lodge are also hosts. rededicate its building, its additions and the new Temple Israel's President, Jane Rips Rabbis The luncheon, which is sponsored by the B'nai south entrance. The Newman Gateway, Sunday, Aryeh Azriel and Debbie Stiel, and Hazzan Erik B'rith Foundation, is $100 per person or $1000 for Sept. 8, at 11:30 a.m. Contzius. a table of 10. For more information or to purchase The Newman Gateway was given by the Jeff and Peter Newman will also speak about tickets, call the B'nai B'rith office, 334-6443. Newman families to honor the memory of Jule M. their late grandfather. The congregation has also Newman, a long-time contributor to the temple invited those who worked on the construction of and the Jewish community. the additions and their families.

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Beth Israel inaugurates new school by Susan Paley A new Talmud Torah| has been initiated at| Beth Israel Synagogue. According to Donald I Gerber, President, the! new school will operate on I Sundays, Mondays and! Wednesdays and is open! to children in grades K-7. [ Yakova Herzig is the new| director. Beth Israel will host an I open house to introduce I Mrs. Herzig and the! school to prospective parents and interested comYakova Henig munity members Sunday from 11 a.m.-noon, at the synagogue. Refreshments will be served. "Mr*. Herzig is an accomplished educator," said Mr. Oerber. 'She attended Stem College in New York, the B'not Torsh Seminary in Israel and the Ysvneh Teacher's Seminary in Clsveland. She holds t taschiog degree in Jewish Studies from Torah U'mesorah, the nstional Orthodox Day School Association. tin. Herdg has taught the speetrum of Jewish subjects for grades K-8, including Chumash, Parsha (Torah portion). Prophets, Hebrew ian(uage and a variety of sul^facts pertaining to holi-

days from 4:15-5:45 p.m., will serve students in grades 3-7, and is geared towaid public school students who may have a limited Hebrew background. Its primary focus will be to strengthen Hebrew reading skills and to enhance prayer book fluency. The curriculum will also highlight familiarity with Shabbat and weekday services. The Sunday program will emphasize holidays, Jewish laws and customs and Jewish heritage. K-3 grades will meet from 9-10:30 a.m., and grades 4-7 will meet from 10:30 a.m.-noon. "Our school is designed to give kids a 'hands-on' experience," Mrs. Herzig said. "Our purpose is to bring relevancy about being Jewish into the students' everyday lives, to teach them to value their heritage. We want to educate and inspire them with a sense of responsibility about bringing Jewish continuity to our community. The goal is to make a profound connection with our kids in a Jewishly meaningful way.' Mrs. Herzig continued, "Our school is intended to be a support system, with a moral and ethical sense of grounding, for today's busy, working famiUea. It's synthesizing our 3,000-ysar-old tradition with modem society and making it work.' Mrs. Hersig added tiiat she and her family are very excited about Omaha. "We see Omaha as a place of tremendous opportunity for growth. What strikes us is a commitment to be involved Jewishly at all levels, a real coming together,* she added.

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s from The Woril By Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Parashat Ki Tavo My Father Jacob an ArameanI? Several verses near the beginning of our Sidrah are familiar to almost all of us, because they are a prominent part of the historical accounts in the Pesah Haggadah. The new JPS translates, "My father was a fugitive Aramean. He went down to Egypt with meager numbers. . ." The Haggadah continues with the next verses from our Sidrah. I love the way Ibn Ezra (12th c. Spanish poet, grammarian, mathematician, astronomer, traveler) analyzed the Hebrew of'a fugitive Aramean." You may have come across a translation which Ibn E^ra discards at once. Even Rashi (the most famous of the Biblical commentators) interprets the "Aramean" as Laban, father-in-law and uncle of Jacob. The Haggadah has it that way. That Laban tried to destroy Jacob is clear from the text. So we should not consider the Haggadah and Rashi mistaken in some strange way. Ibn Ezra, however, is more analytic, more scientific, more critical. He looks first at the word oved. Others interpret the verb as meaning to "destroy." True, in two of the paradigms of the verb, it does mean to destroy. But that would have had to be maavid or meabed. Ibn Ezra points out that osied can only be intransitive. It does not mean destroy, it cannot mean destroy. It can only mean something like "in a bad way," or "poor" or the like, perhaps "destroyed." Furthermore, he goes on, if the Aramean is Laban, the text becomes totally unclear-since it goes on to say that he went on to Egypt; and Laban never did, not even in pursuit of Jacob. So Ibn Ezra is led by both logical and grammatical considerations to identify Jacob as the Aramean, not unusual for the Bible, and to understand oved as meaning poor. Thus the poor, indigent Jacob, who lived for 20 years in Aram, became wealthy and went down to Egypt, escaping his father-in-law's deceit and wrath. JPS translates "a wandering Aramean," or "a fugitive Aramean." If you have gone along this far, whether following or not following Ibn Ezra's argument without the Hebrew text before you, here is the point: We now take it for granted that our Bible text, sacred though it is to us, is not untouchable. We may look at it with an eye to get beyond traditional interpretations, important though they are, and to understand the text as best we can. We should be proud that the JPS translation (the older is now about 80 years old and the newer about 20) began the trend now followed by most non-Jewish translations. The text is revered. But revererice includes trying to understand it as clearly as possible.

Temple Israel to host Slichot service To help its congregation approach the High Holidays, a season of repentance and renewal. Temple Israel has invited The Five Bright Chick*, a storytelling troupe, to participate in a Slichot service Sept. 7, 9 p.m., in the sanctuary. "Rites and Wrongs," a collection of personal and traditional stories, will be presented by Peggy Reinecke, Ozzie Nogg, Rita Paskowitz, Lucy Duncan and Vicki Baines. Blending together their diverse religious backgrounds, these women convey a message of selfrealization and hope. "It's like holding a mirror up to our souls, said Ms. Paskowitz. "We may not always like everything we see, but by taking our strengths and our weaknesses, we can recreate a vision to carry us through the next year." The public is invited. For information, call 556-6536.

Deaths ANNETTE Sa.VERMAN OETTINGER Annette Silverman Oettinger died Aug. 9 in San Diego, CA. She is survived by her husband, Sig Oettinger of San Diego; a daughter, Marilyn Lasaine of Los Angeles; a brother, Lou Riklin of Phoenix; ^ sister, Sarah Zager, also of Los Angeles; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. CHARLOTTE RICH Services for Charlotte Rich were held Aug. 22 at Beth El Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene. SW is survived by a.sister, Cerna Cornis of Chicago; three sons, Lewis, Joel and Philip, all of Omaha, and seven grandsons. Donations may be made to Beth El Synagogue or the Friedel Jewish Academy.

UJA Young Leadership to meet in Cincinnati by Pam Monsky Federation communications director "Jewish Life in the '90s: Not a Spectator Sport" is the theme of the UJA Midwest Young Leadership Conference to be held the weekend of Nov. 8 at the Hyatt Regency in Cincinnati, Ohio. The conference for adults ages 25 to 40 is being organized by the UJA Young Xveadership Cabinet. Program highlights include a Shabbat dinner at the historic Plum Street Temple which dates to 1866, interactive sessions with dynamic scholars and national Jewish leaders and an optional mixer for singles. A Saturday night gala sponsored by the Cincinnati Jewish community and a briefing by photojournalist Edward Serotta, author of "Survival in Sar^evo" are also included in the conference. Presenters for the weekend will be Arna Poupko, Rabbi Gary Zola and Dr. Ellen Cannon. Bunny Rothenberg, who attended the Regional Young Leadership Conference in Kansas City in 1995, remarked, "It was a great learning experience for me. Everyone should have the opportunity to attend such an energetic and enthusiastic gathering of young Jewish leaders." Registration for the conference is $199 and includes all meals. Conference hotel rates are available. Registration deadline is Oct. 11. For more information, contact Sharon Kirshenbaum, Young Leadership Coordinator, at the Jewish Federation, 334-6485.

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BETH ISRAEL SYNAQOQUE MMiriMNr «r OM IMMI «( OHanwIoK flywglwuwiw 1009 N«. Start St, Owdbm MB «8^0« Services are conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. OfSce hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 7 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 8:45 a.m.; Jr. Congregation, 10:30 a.m. Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood. Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood. Mincha at 7:45 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudol, Ma'Ariv and Havdalah. SUNDAY: Services at 9 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. MONDAY (Labor Day): Services at 9 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. SISTERHOOD Beth Israel Sisterhood will host a luncheon, welcoming Rabbi Kutner and his wife, Nadine, Sept. 10, 12:30 p.m., in the synagogue social hall. You need not be a member of Sisterhood to attend. Make reservations by Sept. 8 with Bernice Cohen at 558-3423. Preceding the luncheon, board members will meet promptly at 11 a.m.

SATURDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddish SUNDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m. Talmud Classes Talmud class, Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. Advanced Talmud, Thursdays, 12 noon Yiddisli ~ "Hooked on 'V^ddish' lessons, Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

TIFERETH ISntAEL Metnbor of the <liiit«d Synagoguti of CUmaervative Jad«iaa inUShMridMi BhnL, Lincoln, NB 68003 'U3-WI68 Services are conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum. Minyans on Mondays and Thursdays, 7:15 a.m. FRIDAY: Services start at 8 p.m. Oneg Shabbat will follow. SATURDAY: Services start at 9:30 a.m.

lat Mitzvah Valerie Fennick Rosenberg, daughter of Martin I. Rosenberg and Ellen R. Fennick, will become a Bat Mitzvah Aug. 31 at Beyt Shalom. An eighth-grade honors student at Westside Middle School, she has earned awards in the following areaB:Presidential Academic Achievement, Athletic Achievement, Continental Math, National Geography Bee, ' Language Arts, Science Olympia. She eixjoys playing the trumpet, singing, writing, track, being with friends, animals, reading and hangihg out. Valerie has a brother, Matthew. Grandparents are Ben Fennick of Hackensack, N.J., Claire Fennick of River Edge, N.J., and the late Marian and Henry Rosenberg. Rabbi Sheryl ShulewiU of Philadelphia, formerly visiting rabbi of B'nai Israel Synagogue from 1991-1994, will preside at Valerie's Bat Mitzvah. Rabbi Shulewitz teaches courses in Practical Rabbinics at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and --hM«i-l..«. has served as national •t^Bm imtumwttM outreach director for the RMonitructioniit movement. She has also just assumed the position of Associate Director of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, the umbrella organisation of

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Services arc conducted every Friday Shabbat Eve at 7:30 p.m. Professor Tony Houston, professor of Spanish at UNL, will speak on "The rise and fall of Sephardic Jews in Medieval Spain. An Oneg Shabbat Kiddish will follow. Services are led by congregants.

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75s-«ass Services: Every Friday at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30Rabbi Sherry Shulewitz will lead services. Aug. 31: Torah service, 10 a.m. with Rabbi Shulewitz; Valerie Rosenberg Bat Mitzvah; Havdalah, 7 p.m., at Deana and Mike Liddy's, 9820 Spring St., Omaha. Religious School: Contact Dr. Marty Rosenberg, 390-9062. Classes start Sept. 8 at the Westside Community Education Center.

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SATURDAY: Services, led by Merle Potash and assisted by Albert Friedman, start at 9 a.m. Members of the community are invited.

Getting to Know You' reception at Beth Israel by Susan Paley An informal reception for Rabbi and Mrs. Howard Kutner will be held at Beth Israel synagogue Sunday, Sept. 8, from 3-5 p.m. This will be our first chance as a congregation to welcome our new rabbi and rebbetzin before Rosh Hashanah," said Donald Gerber, President. "We wanted everyone to have the opportunity to speak to both Rabbi Kutner and Nadine in an informal and relaxed way. The Kutners have so many new and exciting programs and activities planned for this coming year, and they are extremely anxious to meet as many congregants as possible before the holidays begin. "A formal installation ceremony and elegant dinner, involving the entire community, are being planned for early December. This pre-holiday reception is an opportunity to come together as a congregation to give Rabbi and Nadine a real old-fashioned Midwestern welcome." Rabbi Kutner explained, "In the course of the four weeks I've been here, I have become acquainted with many congregants and community leaders. I would love to have the opportunity of meeting those members of the synagogue and community whom I have not yet met, before the onset of the High Holidays. This reception it the perfect opportunity to get to know each other on a personal level, and Nadine and I look forward to greeting everyone."

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Crying for Jerusalem

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Who to root for in the recent battle over Bar Ilan by Carol Katzman, Eki,itor Street in Jerusalem? It's certainly hard to support In times past, Jews had the highest [wrcentage of the Haredi community, who, in an effort to close registered voters of any ethnic group in America. the well-traveled street to motorized traftlc on And, they voted. Shabbat, pelted motorist^ with stones, eggs, rotten ' Older Jewish voters still turn out for elections. In tomatoes and dirty diapers (dirty diapers?). fact, the administration of the Rose Blumkin I've never understood how there could be any Jewish Home makes arrangements for the resi- ethical justification, much less halachic justificadents to obtain absentee ballots. tion, for the bloodshed that Haredi rock throwing And, those classified as 'middle age' Jews still can, and does cause. Surely, then, these literal register and vote in higher percentages than other black hats are the metaphoric black hats of this groups. However, younger voters, under the age of sordid story; they're the real villains. 30, seem to reflect the general public. On the other hand, it's quite hard to root for the With the general election only 10 weeks away, secular Jews, led by politicians of Meretz-the leftit's not too soon to promote voter registration in the ist IsraeU party. Oman Yekutieli, the leader of the Jewish community. Perhaps the election commis- secular group attempting to keep the road open for sion could be invited to set up a table in the lobby Shabbat traffic, has referred to Haredi leaders as of the JCC so that members coming to work out at "ayatollahs," and to efforts to close the road as the exercise facility or to drop off their pre-school- "harking back to the dark ages," and as "a step ers could also add their names to the voter lists. towards Tehran." The ADL/CRC and NCJW will again publish a From the extreme and insulting nature of the candidates' questionnaire as an insert to the Nov. 1 rhetoric, we can see that Yekutieli and his cohorts Jewish Press. And NCJW and the League of have only disdain and contempt for the sacredness Women Voters are sponsoring a series of candi- of Shabbat. With just a slight attempt at spiritual dates' forums, starting Oct. 23. Both these projects empathy, they could see that closing the road to will certainly help educate voters in the Jewish Sabbath traffic is not *a step towards Tehran," but community, not just on issues of Jewish interest a step towards holiness. Besides, it was the Meretz but on issues about which American citizens care • leaders who provoked the violence in the first public education, welfare reform, taxes, reproduc- place, by sending a noisy motorcade down the tive choice, foreign policy, the environment and street through a religious neighborhood one more. Shabbat afternoon. So they, must be the bad guys. But all the public policy debates won't help if Well root for the Haredim. Jews aren't registered to vote. If you're not, and But of course the real villain in this piece is you'd like to be, call the Douglas County Election extremism. And one of the saddest, most tragic Commissioner's office at 444-7200. phenomenon in contemporary Jewish life is how moderation has virtually fled Judaism's most important city. Of course, this has been going on Federation Library announces hours for a long time, without quite so much publicity. The Federation Library has announced it has When 1 was a rabbinical student, I lived for a few resumed regular hours as follows: weeks in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's old Men. thru Pri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; city, where I davened at the quarter's Conservative Mon., Tues., Thurs., 7 p.m.-9 p.m. synagogue. I lived next door to an apartment of Sun^ 11 a.m.-5 p.m. secular Jews, and watched in dismay as those young Israelis were harassed, hounded, and eventually forced to leave the neighborhood. Eventually, the Conservative synagogue closed IAUOONTVCOOM MONTEMARANO down because of similar pressures. • Party Oaconing PrdMsionals LANDSCAPES, •bloan Bouquata That same year, secular Jews unleashed several INC. • Invialicni andAnnouncainanlt mini-pogroms on Haredi neighborhoods, covering For All Oeeamloiu ConiTMrdal & n«aU««M CoipWa DMI(P. InaUMion synagogues with offensive, Nazi-like graffiti, and 553-1733 MaMananoa & La«m Safvica tossing garbage and toilet paper all through the SMiiUaoc fkmmn. Ti—t, Salic. streets. It was simply amazing to think that this CmllltitamHa/Afplcflor 39B-9181 UNO desecration was not the work of anti-Semites, but of Jews. Last month, at Tisha b'Av, we cried for Jerusalem, and mourned its destruction by enemies. Today there are still good reasons to cry for Jerusalem. Not because of enemies, who are, for once, weak and disorganized, but because Jerusalem is in danger of becoming a Jewish Belfast, a dty of endemic civil violence. Pirkei Avot, an old rabbinic text, tells us that at the ancient Temple in Jerusalem, miraculously, 'the people stood crowded together, yet knelt (to pray) in ease." We could easily read this as meaning that despite a population crowded with ideologies and spiritual outlooks, everyone could still live their lives with ease. Miraculously, there was tolerance, moderation, and mutual understanding. Apparently this miracle didn't last long enough; MOMaMENT CO. the rabbis tell us that ancient Jerusalem was not destroyed by external enemies, but by 'causeless Frank L. Ciciulla, Jr. hatred." 60 Years Experience If we don't do something soon to bring back modWith Jewish eration to the streets of Jerusalem, we may be all Lenering and Memorials mourning once again...for a great dream that was tarnished and nearly destroyed in the rubble of 1439 So. 13th burning cars and dirty diapers. 341-2452 Rabbi Philip Graubtirt it ipirilual leader of CongreKaUon B'nai lirael in Norlhamplon, Mcu». and a columnitt for the Jewish News.

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High Court: Bar Ilan Street to remain open on Sabbath by Naomi Segal JERUSALEM, (JTA) — In a decision likely to • evoke protests from the city's fervently Orthodox community, Israel's High Cobrt of Justice has ruled that , a main thoroughfare in Jerusalem remain open to traffic on the Sabbath. Soon afler the court's 6-1 decision barring thei closure of Bar Ilan to Sabbath trafHc, posters appeared in fervently Orthodox neighborhoods in Jerusalem calling on residents to demonstrate last weekend in support of closing the strtet. The presence of SjBbbath traffic on Bar Ilan has led to a series of often violent demonstrations in recent weeks. It has become a hot-button issue on both sides of the religious divide, with fervently Orthodox Jews seeking laws that will respect the Sabbath and religious holidays. Secular Jews view such laws as an infringement on their fi-eedom. For much of that day, a tense atmosphere prevailed at the court, where activists from both sides awaited the ruling. Their conflicts became evident outside the courtroom, where the two sides became embroiled in shouting matches. The judges, who called for the formation of a committee to examine the matter of Sabbath traffic on streets throughout Jerusalem, ruled that an injunction against closing Bar Ilan would remain . in place until the conojnittee issued its recommendations in two months. The purpose of such a committee will be to find a way to nurture coexistence between all segments of Israel's population," the justices wrote in the majority opinion led by court President Aharon Barak., Only Justice Zvi Tal dissented. The ruling came after the expanded panel heard petitions from religious and secular groups regarding the thoroughfare, which cuts through religious neighborhoods in the Holy City. "What is at stake here is not just one street, but the entire future of how Israel will look in the 21st century. Will it be a democratic state, for all its citizens?" said Lior Horev, who submitted one of three petitions to keep the street open. The battle over Bar Ilan heightened this year, after the victories of religious political parties in the May 29 national elections. The dispute was further fueled with the decision in July by Transportation Minister Yitzhak Levy, a member of the National Religious Party, to close Bar Ilan to traffic during Sabbath and holiday prayer times for a four-month experimental period. The High Court suspended Levy's order pending its own ruling. Both sides of the dispute gave limited acceptance to the court's proposal to form a committee to study the issue. 'Of course we welcome it, as long as the interests of all parties are represented on the committee," said Knesset member Yossi Sarid of the secularist Meretz Party, who also submitted a petition against closing the road. 'Form a committee, please. But Bar Han must be closed. Every time a car goes by on the Sabbath, residents of the area are hurt," said Meir Shec. Tunnel weighed as solution to street closing controversy The adage 'out of sight, out of mind" may provide a clue for resolving the controversy about whether to close a main Jerusalem thoroughfare. Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert said he would honor the ruling, but added that a proposal made recently to build a tunnel underneath the road would be the optimal solution. The project would cost an estimated $15 million, according to the Israeli daily Yediot Achronot. John Seligman, an archaeologist in the Jerusalem district, said building a tunnel could unearth problems typically linked to building projects in Jerusalem, particularly if the archaeological excavations that are required before any such project uncovered ancient graves.

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Letter to the Editor To the editor: Very rarely do I read an article that moves me ; enough to write a response. However, after reading the July 12 "Sparks from The Word," by Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein, I feel that I not only should, but need to write such a response. - I wish that I would have been able to write this I response earlier, in a time more suiting to the cir' cumstances, but the approaching first day of school . has taken all my energy. In my Yeshiva studies in Memphis, I learn many things, both secular and religious. One of the concepts that my rebheim (teachers) have instilled in me is the concept of Haknras Hatov, literally "calling out the good." With this in mind, I feel a great need to thank Rabbi Ehrenstein for a part of her editorial of the parsha Matot/Masc. She taught a very meaningful pshat (explanation) of the word Yenisha, Drive out! She applied the command to drive out our enemies from the land to a personal level. If we wish to truly move forward in our religion, 'if we wish to grow in our Yiddishkeit, then we must root out all the evil influences in ourselves. However, as we say in Talmud terms, the Raisha 'didn't agree with the Saifah, the beginning didn't agree with the end of the lesson. The later part of the pshat was what disturbed me. What I had just read that Friday afternoon just minutes before Shabbos began, was used as a disproof as the Divinity within the Torahl It was argued that no such loving, just G-d of the Jewish nation, could give us the commandment of Yerusha\

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Israel's rehabilitation centers key to success in Paralympics by MeUnie A. Lasoft; Atlanta Jewuh IHmei

ATLANTA, (JTA) — Since the Paralympic bamea were first held in 1960 in Rome, Israelis have brought home more than 360 medals, including 136 gold. The disabled Israeli athletes are hoping to perform just as well at the Games which followed the 1996 Olympic Games held here last month. What's the secret of the Paralympians' success? Some of the 60 members of this year's Israeli Paralympic delegation attribute their successes to Israel's world-renowned rehabilitation centers for Ithletes and disabled war veterans. Others say the Paralympians reflect the Jewish Itate's determination and spirit. Whatever their unique experiences, the 41 athetes and their coaches share the mentality of nany Paralympic athletes—a sheer love of sports

and a pride in their country. Some Israelis learn to love athletics at Beit Halochem Sports, Rehabilitation and Social Centers, located in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem. Among the centers' amenities are heated, Olympicsized pools, spacious gymnasiums and assorted sports equipment. Unfortunately, there is much need for innovative rehabilitation in a country that sees many victims of terrorism and war. Some Paralympians not disabled from war or terrorism also train at Beit Halochem. Their determined and passionate attitudes also lead to medals, Lutenberg said. 'We don't need to teach them; th^ are motivated by themselves,* he said. They are serious about fUchting for the pride of the new SUte of Israel.'

by Matthew Dorf WASHINGTON (JTA)—Many Jewish Democrats have lit up the White House switchboard and filled the president's desk with personal pleas urging Bill Clinton to veto welfare reform legislation. Despite their dismay, many Jewish supporters are putting aside their deep disagreement with the administration oiver welfare to work toward their common goal: re-electing the president. "I was disappointed when the president agreed to sign the bill," said Lynn Lyss, a co-chair of the Clinton-Gore Jewish Leadership Council. 'But he has committed to submitting legislation to the next Congress to fix the provisions" that cut immigrants' access to benefits, said Lyss, who also serves on the convention's platform committee. Expressing the sentiments of many Jewish activists, Lyss, immediate past chair of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, who was one who urged a veto, said, "^e're not going to stay home; we're going to be energized. ' This president overall has the vision for where this country needs to go." Basking in an estimated 90 percent approval ratingfrom American Jews, Clinton hopes to build on his 1992 record when four out of every five American Jews who voted cast their ballot for the Clinton-Gore ticket. As the race for the White House tightens, bbth Democrats and Republicans say the Jewish vote could play a significant role in swing states. With 10 weeks until Election Day, Democrats hope to focus the Jewish community's attention on the "stark differences between Clinton and Dole on issues important to the Jewish community," said Stephen Silberfarb, assistant director of the NJDC. Campaign officials also point out that Clinton has assembled a task force to look at ways to ease welfare reform's impact through administrative means. While the legislation sets out policy, how the reforms are actually implemented is governed by the way federal agencies write the rules. Democrats also plan to attack Bob Dole and his running mate. Jack Kemp, on their support for school prayer and a ban on abortions. •The Republican platform calls for a constitutional amendment banning abortions and for a return of prayer to America's classrooms. Democrats oppose prayer in school and favor abortion rights, which they term "reproductive choice." Aside from signing the welfare reform bill, Clinton sought to solidify his base voters, including Jews, by staging high-profile signing ceremonies for measures that raise the minimum wage and partially reform the health care system. Jewish Democrats also plan to attack Dole's record on Israel, while highlighting Clinton's "record of both compassion for Israel and problemsolving in the Middle East," said Donna Bojarsky, a CaUfomia delegate. Activists pointed to Clinton's reference to the slain Yitzhak Rabin during his speech at his 60th birthday gala this week at Radio City Music Hall as his latest in a series of "heartfelt, pro-Israel statements," said one campaign official. "I started out my presidency with one of the greatest men I ever met in my life, the late prime minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin. "I miss him so much," Clinton said to rousing applause of those gathered at the hail.

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by Rona S. Hirach, Baltimore JewUh Time* BALTIMORE—Ilya Shpilman had never seen a Baltimore for a year. But within minutes of Ilya's blue robe. But the 22-year-old Kiev native was too arrival, he complained of back pain and tests were frail from the cancer that pervaded his body to performed. Ilya had since endured more than five plant the rose bushes he ordered fi-om a catalog. So operations and surgical procedures at Sinai and Ilya, an avid gardener, directed his family to plant Johns Hopkins hospitals. the roses and waited for them to bloom. Before his first surgery in March of 1993, doctors One finally did—on July 31, the morning he died. requested that his mother join him. But Ilya had As the rare flower stood tall throughout the follow- not written to Mrs. Shpilman about his cancer. ing week, Ilya's family and friends spoke of the "I came with $20 and one bag," she said. "I young man's gentle strength and uncommon ability thought he ^ould have the surgeiy and I would go to draw people close to him. back." [ "Something in this boy inspired people to bring Mrs. Shpilman, who has no relatives in forth their best," said Ayala Weinberg of Baltimore, slept at Sinm during her son's monthGreenspring, who befriended Ilya and his family long hcfspitalization. After his release, Ilya and his since their arrival in Baltimore. "He touched so mother were invite<;l to stay with an Orthodox famimany people from different walks of life. The ly. They lived with the family for almost five minute you met him, you became attached to him." months before renting a room nearby. Ilya, who also was known by his Hebrew name In August of 1993, Ilya began his studies at Ner Eliyahu, suffered from liver cancer, diagnosed Israel while taking computer and Hebrew classes within months of his leaving Ukraine to study at at Baltimore Hebrew University. Ner Israel Rabbinical College in January of 1993. After tests a year later showed the cancer had At least one of Ilya's doctors believes the cancer spread and more surgery was needed, Ilya was probably was caused by the young man's exposure joined by his father, Yosef, and twin brother and to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear reactor sister, Gregory and Orit, now 13 years old. explosion in 1986. Despite aggressive medical treatment, Ilya's "We're never going to know, but I think it's fair to health deteriorated and he died in the small home say that," said Dr. William Sharfman, an oncologist purchased by the Shpilmans l^st January. at Johns Hopkins Hospital. "He had high exposure, "His will to live kept him going longer than I and the kind of cancer he had, primary liver can- thought he could," Dr. Sharfman said. cer, was unusual in someone his age." Although a small funeral service for about 40 was Although 50 tons of radioactive particles perme- arranged, 200 people attended. The funeral home ated the atmosphere for at least 10 days after the paid for the cost of the service. explosion, the Soviet government issued a news Biit it was Ilya's commitment to Judaism and blackout. They encouraged citizens, who were Torah study at every opportunity, even on his hosunaware of the dangers of being outside, to partici- pital bed, that inspired his family to also embrace pate in national outdoor May Day celebrations five Orthodoxy. "He brought us to Yiddishkeit," Mr. days later, said Ilya's mother, Anna. Shpilman said. Ilya, a gifteS'^music student who played clarinet During ono of Ilya's last operations. Rabbi and saxophone, performed with his school band Eisemann recalled, Mr. Shpilman, who does not outside for two days in Kiev while strong wiiids read Hebrew, asked the rabbi to .show |iini a prayer blew from Chernobyl, just 60 miles away, recalled from the Book of Psalms. Mrs. Shpilman. Soon after, Ilya developed a cough, "He ju.st looked at the page," Rabbi Eisemann back pains and bouts of fever. said. "What the boy did is bridge the gap between An honors music school graduate who studied past and future. Tho.se three years gave them their computers, Ilya also studied for almost three years Judaism." under Rabbi Jacob Bleich, Ukraine's chief rabbi. As the Shpilmans mourn their son, they talk of Rabbi Bleich was spurred' by Ilya's enthusiasm the overwhelming support demonstrated by and intelligence to contact Rabbi Moshe Eisemann, Baltimore's Orthodox and medical communities. a Ner Israel Talmudic studies teacher, about On the final days of shiva, the Shpilmans looked recruiting Ilya. Rabbi Eisemann has brought more at the crowds attending one of the daily minyanim tlian 100 non-Orthodox youngsters from the former held in their home that week. Soviet Union to study in yeshivot across the United "So many came to daven [pray], many I met for States and Israel since 1983. the first time," Mr. Shpilman said. "They came all His parents reluctantly agreed to send him to the day, every day, to say goodbye to my son."

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Women's mission group studies together by Carol Katzman, Editor As the 17 women from Omaha sat atop the grassy slopes of Ammunition Hill nearly a year ago to talk about their mission experiences in Israel, a recurring them^ was echoed in their conversation. ' "I want to learn more, about the places we've visited that I've heard about in the Bible," said Harriet Slusky, "I'm even willing to start with children's Bible stories." Gloria Kaslow, a teacher for more than 20 years in both UTTO and Beth El's religious school, responded, "You don't need children's stories; well start our own study group!" And they did. The group of mission participants meets on a monthly basis to study each sidra of the Torah. They plan on continuing until they've completed the Five Books. Carol Bloch recalls wanting to start a study Member! of the October Women's BSiMion group for two reasons: to keep the group together study group are, seated, from left: Eburriet and have Gloria as a teacher. Slusky, Anne Broder, Gloria Kaslow, *A11 the places we visited in Israel really come Marilyn Ginsburg and Carol Bloch; standalive when we study together," she said. "Now ing: Lynne Saltzman and Barbara Chandler. when we talk about Mt. Nebo or the Judean Hills, Not pictiired: Anne Cohen, Cheryl Cooper, we can picture those places in our minds as we Ruth Erman, Joan Kaiman and Marty learn about them in the Torah." Rosen-Atherton. Mrs. Slusky credits Mrs. Kaslow with making

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"We know that missions are not a substitute for Jewish education and involvement in the local Jewish community, but rather they are catalysts for spiritual growth and study of our Jewish roots," she added. "We may not become experts of Torah knowledge," said Mrs. Kaslow, "but we are enhancing our knowledge of the Jewish people, its history, customs, rituals and laws."

Births Tessa and Steven Wasserman of Webster Groves, MO, announce the Aug. 9 birth of their son, Max Edward. Grandparents are Margaret and Lawton Drury of Baldwin, MO, and Phyllis and Jerry WasserMan of Omaha. i Great-grandmothers are Eunice Drury and Ida Potash of Omaha. , Mimi Rogers and Michael Marcovitz of Fremont announce the Aug. 12 birth of a son, Isaac Solomon Rogers-Marcouitz. He weighed nine pounds, nine ounces and was 21)i inches long. They also have two sons. Forest, 11, and Max, 9, and a daughter, Cleo, 2. Grandparents are Ronald and Elaine Marcovitz of Plainview, N.Y., Wilma Rogers of Omaha and the late Franklin Rogers. Great-grandparents are Margaret Coenen of Defiance, Iowa, Bessie Packer of West Palm Beach, FL., amd Freda Marcovitz of Randolph MA. The bris and naming ceremony was officiated by Rabbi Debbie Stiel and Hazzan Eric Contzius. Michael and Tiffany Hoberman of Omaha announce the May 23 birth of a son, Jacob Daniel. They also have a son, Joel, 11, and a daughter, Sarah, 4. Grandparents are Donald and Nancy Hoberman of Omaha, Joseph Dubinsky, also of Omaha, and Kan>l Dubinsky of Lafayette, CO. Great-grandparents are the late Irving and Margaret Hoberman.

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Recent graduate Ariel Shnkert, left, hags incoming kindergartener Audrey Gerber at Friedel Jewish Academy's annual picnic. Ariel is the daughter of Marty and Aveva Shukert, and Audrey is the daughter of Maggie and Donald Gerber.

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In the News Dr. Harlan Rimmerman, Assistant Superintendent in Ft. Leavenworth, KS, school system, formerly of Omaha, has written a book titled "Cooperative Learning." The book is currently in publication. Dr. Rimmerman is the son of Reva and AI Orach of Omaha and the late Robert Rimmerman. Allen Kurland, Principal, Roosevelt Elementary School in Council Bluffs, was a finalist for the 1996 Elementary Principal award sponsored by School Administrators of Iowa (SAI). Dr. Kurland was selected as Elementary Principal of the Year for Southwest Iowa. He was then selected as one of three of the top Elementary Principals in Iowa.

JFS and ORT plan food drive by Alice Weiss, JFS stair Jewish Family Service and Women's American ORT are planning the Rosh Hashanah food distribution project. The community is asked to donate non-perishable kosher food for the holiday. The items can be placed in the TzedaJcah bin in the main lobby of the JCC before Sept. 10. Monetary donations will also be accepted and can bo sent to JFS direcUy. For futher information call 330-2024. \\MmSI3ii!&

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BREADBREAKERS Tom Shatel, a sports columnist with the Omaha World-Herald, will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Wednesday at noon at Highland Country Club. Mike Abramson is chairman for September. Cost is $7.75.

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