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Celebrating More Than 75 Y^ra of Service Vol. LXXIV
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1996 Hanukkah Torch Run slatedlor December
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Shirley Goldstein receives human rights award
by David Herzog, Chairman Henry Mongky Lodge B'nai B'rith will sponsor a Hanukkah Torch Run Sunday, Dec. 8, at 9:30 a.m. According to Ed Joseph, Lodge President, "the Omaha activist and Run is a unique event celebrating the Hanukkah volunteer, Shirley Goldfestival of freedom. It is a group activity for fun stein, recently received and to draw attention to the need for religious freethe Grassroots Advocacy dom. It is not a race." Award for Community Those participating will meet at the Jewish Leadership and Recent Community Center at 9 a.m. Sunday morning, Dec. Academic Recognition by 8, and will be transported in a van, supplied by the Union of Councils for • Nova Health Equipment, to the start at 9:30 a.i^. Soviet Jews. at Beth Israel Synagogue, 52nd and Charles. According to a spokesRunners will follow a route to Temple Israel, / "^^'^As^ man for the UCSJ, "the along Dodge and Pacific Streets, and will finish at plight of Soviet Jews and the Jewish Community Center. Vans will follow the issue of human rights behind the group. Any participant who desires to run only part of the course, or who feels tired, or is Shirley Goldstein have been the focus of Shirley Goldstein's work unable to run the whole route, may elect to ride in since 1972. In 1975, with the help of the Jewish a van for any portion of the route. At the conclusion of the run, refreshments will be Federation of Omaha, she brought over the first of more than 200 families from the former Soviet served at the Jewish Community Center. Because of the run's uniqueness, the Lodge is Union who have been resettled in Omaha. Mrs. Goldstein has received the Humanitarian able to use it to highlight the importance of religious freedom as symbolized by the holiday of Award from the Jewish Federation, the Spirit of •Service Award from the National Conference and Hanukkah, according to B'nai B'rith leadership. Moreover, it also allows the Lodge to bring to the was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate of attention of others, situations in which freedom Humane Letters by the University of Nebraska at has been abused. During this year's run, peace and Omaha. "USCJ is grateful for Shirle/s dedication and unity for all mankind will be stressed. B'nai B'rith is concerned by.tbe violence in our midst, and commitment to the cause of Soviet Jewry and human rights,' said Pamela Braun Cohen, USCJ hopes to usi the run to focus attention on it. For more information, call the B'nai B'rith OfBce, National President, "She is truly a hero of the movement." 334-6443.
Jewish leaders gather at General Assembly by Pam Monsky, Federations Communications Director Bobbie Epstein led a session designed to stimuMore than 3,000 Jewish leaders and professionals met recently at the Council of Jewish late ideas for Partnership 2000. This new program Federations General Assembly in Seattle, pairs Midwest communities with Israeli communiWashington. Participants attended four days of ties in the Western Galilee region for the purpose seminars and forums, covering subjects from of furthering business, educational and cultural Jewish education and fund raising to leadership opportunities for i\\ communities on a person-toperson basis. development and market research. Federation Assistant Director Jan Perelman parPrime Minister Bei\jamin Netanyahu addressed the assembly via satellite, and former Prime ticipated in a panel discussion to help other Jewish communities grow their Missions programs. Ms. Minister Shimon Peres spoke in person. Several Omaha leaders were asked to lead ses- Perelman discussed some of the reasons for Isi'ons for the G.A. Marty Shukert presented a Omaha's successful Missions program, which has forum about the Federation's Strategic Plan to been developed through close cooperation with the leadership from over 20 communities around the UJA Missioixs Department. Young Leadership Award winners Beth Friedman country. The Jewish Federation of Omaha's Strategic Planning process has earned a reputation and Bob Eisenberg attended forums with other as a cutting-edge example of what a dynamic Young Leaders from around the country to discuss ways to keep Jews involved with their community. Jewish Community can accomplish.
From left: Omahans attending the O^ in Seattle: Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director; Howard Bloom, Federation Executive Director; Beth Friedman, Young Leadership Award Winner, Marty Shukert,
Federation Board Member; Bob Eisenberg, Young Leadership Award Winner; and Jan Perelman, Federation Assistant Director. Middle: Bobbie Epstein, Midwest Chairman of Partnership 2000, leads a discussion with
November 29,1996
Abramsons and Levingers to chair Super Sunday byPamMonsky Federation Communications Director
Committee members are: Sheri Abramson, Debra Sherman, Mike Abramson, Bruce Baron, Bonnie Levinger, Jill Baron, Steve Levinger, Matt and Kim Placzek. Sheri and Mike Abramson and Bonnie and Steve Levinger will chair Super Sunday for the 1997 UJA/Federation Campaign. On Sunday, Jan. 12, Super Sunday Division members will be called by volunteers and asked to make their pledges to the 1997 Campaign. "Bonnie and I are excited to be playing a part in Super Sunday, the most far-reaching part of the Campaign, raising funds from 50% of the commu nity,* said Steve Levinger, Co-chairman "Phoning the community is a fun way to become involved for volunteers," he added. Mike Abramson, Co-chairman, said, "Super Sunday is a good way to reach out to people in the community and it gives them a way to find out what the Federation is doing because the phone calls encourage conversations. Sheri and I are very excited to co-chair Super Sunday and we look forward to building upon the success of this event." Super Sunday Steering Committee includes Dr. Bruce and Jill Baron, Liz and Marty Cohen, Kim and Matt Placzek and Debra and Mark Sherman. As part of Super Sunday activities. Project Pantry, a local food drive for the Omaha Food Bank, will start Dec. 1 and run through Jan. 12. Members of the Jewish community may donate non-perishable food items at the JCC, synagogues and religious schools. A goal of 2,000 pounds of food has been set. Omaha Steaks is generously providing the telephone banks for the volunteers, and many area retailers will be sponsors for Super Sunday. For more information, or to volunteer, please call 334-6431.
other Midwest community leaders about goals and projects of Paitnrrship 2000. Riuht photo: Marty Shukert leads the session on Federation-Agency Kclations at the General Assembly in SeatU.., WA.
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by Rabbi Myer S. Kripke Parashat VaYishlah To Whom (and to What) Do You Bow? Our Sidrah begins with the elaborat*' preparations Jacob made before his fateful meeting with Esau. He already knew that Esau was coming to meet him, with a private army of 400 armed men. What would ensue? When the actual meeting occurred, .Jacob trotted out all his wealth (after sending expensive gifts to Esau in adyancc), and then his large body of retainers, and then his family. Following oriental customs of courtesy, .Jacob himself and all liis fiiinily bowed (prostrated themselves) before Esmi. Some of the commentators point out that Benjamin only, of this large family, did not bow. lie wasn't yol born! Because of that, the commentators continue, the temple was built in Benjiunin's territory; .Saul. , Israel's first king was a Benjaminilp; and Mordecai, who refused to bow to Hainan, was a Benjaminite. For the moment 1 am interested not in Benjamin or .Saul or Mordecai. but. in Atiierican .Jt'ws. To whom do we bow? 1 have been on this binge before, and here it is again. /\merican .Jews have 'gone native' with bells on. One of the first icons before which we bow is the bottom line. It is obvious that we cannot live without making a living - but think for a moment, and think again, of .Jacob's plea to the Ixjrd when he first set foot toward Mesopotamia, away from Esau's wrath: He asked for bread to eat and raiment to put on. That's all. And if the bottom line is good, we are slaves to the cult of sports. Me too, in a very modest way. What I consider far beyond the acceptable is the mania that puts sports and sports events above family and community considerations. So many of us are guilty here. We kiss the feet of Esau, the sports hero, season by season. (And now, of course, the seasons overlap, so there is no open day in the year.) Holy Holyfield! Many of our youngsters can name all the teams in the Big Twelve and all the teams in the American and National Leagues, etc., etc., but would be at a loss to identify which psalms are in the Hallel, or even know that they are from the Book of Psalms (is that in the Bible?), or when they are part of the ser\'ice. 1 remember one youngster, using an American phrase, who declared that Tefillin are worn every morning except Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays. In short, in large measure we have bowed to certain parts of American culture-forgetting our distinction as Jews, studying Torah, grappling with the ultimate questions of life, and bowing only before the God who gave us the privilege and responsibility of being human-and Jews.
Hebrew University offers internet exhibit on Rabin assassination (JERUSALEM)-A 'virtual' photographic exhibit capturing the sense of shock and grief that followed the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak liabin a year ago is now on the Internet. The exhibit, called "Tears of Shock" was created by the Snuit educational database of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to conicide with the first anniversiu-y of Rabin's death. It is located on the Internet at: http://w ww.snuitk 12.il/rabin 'The exhibit is by photographer Tal Gluck, who took ail the photos at Kikar Rabin (Rabin Square) in Tel Aviv In the days following the assassination. According to Gluck, "the exhibit attempts to transmit some of the feelings I have when I know that something has happened, but the body, Is reluctant to accept it, and tries to spit out the inconceivable knowledge that a Jew killed the prime niiniBler.* Snuit, the university's educational Information forum used by pupils and teachers in more than 50 Israeli schools was recently voted one of the 10 most popular Israeli sites on the Internet.
Omaha's rabbis meet at Fri^del, pledge support by Diane Axler Baum Meeting recently at the Friedel Jewish Academy, Omaha's rabbis pledged their support and commitment to a community day school education. Dialogue at the meeting resulted in preliminary plans for building a stronger connection between FJA and the afternoon educational programs of the congregations.
In attendance were, from left: Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of Temple Israel; Rabbi Howard Kutner of Beth Israel; Rabbi Gavriel Herzig, headmaster of Friedel Jewish Academy; Rabbi Debbie Stiel of Temple Israel; and Rabbi Paul Drazen of Beth El. Rabbi Elisheva Sachs, Beyt Shalom Synagogue, although unable to attend this meeting, previously visited the Academy and expressed her support. "I am extremely pleased by the spirit of cooperation and the exchange of ideas that we have initiated," said Rabbi Herzig. "These are positive signs that reflect a new era of strength and growth for the Academy." Already seven families have made plans for their children to join Friedel's kindergarten class in 1997. In addition, nine prospective kindergartners and 14 parents attended this season's first kindergarten round-up recently. Children attending the round-up joined the current kindergarten class in a lesson, created a takehome project and participated in Friedel's hotlunch program. Their parents joined Sarah Oliver, Friedel's Kindergarten-First Grade teacher, at a luncheon, which featured an overview of the kindergarten program and a question-andanswer session. Headmaster Herzig focused on the ways the Academy provides nn Integrated, challenging curriculum. "We are dedicated to meeting the scholastic, social and cultural needs of every iiKlividiial in our school," he told the parents. "I have received many positive reports from administrators, teachers and counselors in the middle schools that receive Friedel graduates," he added. "They have expressed to me, time and time again, that our alumni achieve exceptionally well academically, smoothly fit in socially, and demonstrate confidence and leadership skills." The Academy will conduct a second kindergarten round-up in the spring. For more information about the next round-up or to arrange a visit at any time, plc.isc mil P.ibbi Hor/ig, 3340517.
Hadassah plans next Oneg Shabbat at the Blumkin Home Saturday's Oneg Shabbat at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home will feature Joe Cherek at the clavicorda in a program of popular music and requested songs. Hadassah members will assist in bringing r dents to the program and are asked to arrive 1:.30 p.m. The Oneg Shabbat begins at '2 p.m. in the main dining room of the RB.JH. Hadassah sponsors this monthly Oneg Shabbat )Dai as a service to KfiJH residents and their families. tAnt^sijisa,^'
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FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service, 8:15 p.m.; Rabbi Stiel and Hazzan Contzius will officiate. Rabbi Stiel will speak. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood. Sitter Service Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening servicie and the Saturday morning Shabbat service when there is a Bar/Bat MiUvah. Please make a reservation. There are no facilities for infants. SATURDAY: Shabbat service, 11:15 a.m: Simcha B'shabbat-An informal Shabbat service that includes study and discussion of a variety of Jewish texts. Adult Education December 6-Sisterhood Adult Education: 9*.30l(h30 a.m., Hazzan Erik Contzius will continue to lead a study of the Old Union Prayer Book and the new Gates of Prayer as well as other liturgical publications 10:30-11:30 am.. Rabbi Debbie Stiel will continue the study of selected Torah portions and will prepare written commentary. 7:30-8:30 p.m., "Beyond Midrash," led by Don Schwartz. Sisterhood Gift Shop The Sisterhood Gift Shop has dreidles, decorations and gift items for Hanukkah.
TIFERETH ISRAEL Member of the United Synagoifue of Conservative Judaism 3219 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln, NE 68602 493-8569 Services are conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum. Minyans on Mondays and Thursdays, 7:15 a.m. FRIDAY: Services start at 8 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m.; Jr. Congregation, 10:15 a.m.
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FRIDAY: Special Shabbat in the home; no services at the synagogue. Religious School: Classes are held every Sunday at 10 a.m. at Westside Community Education Center, 108th and Grover. Call Dr. Marty Rosenberg, 390-9062, for placement. No school Dec. 1, due to the Thanksgiving holiday. HANUKKAH PARTY: Friday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m., at the synagogue. Please check the Beyt Shalom information line at 758-9233 for last minute weather-related schedule changes. rl CHABAD HOUSE M22 So. 119th St., Omaha, NE 68154 6871124 WEB~www.metawirc.com/chabadneb E-MAIl^Shliach®aoLcom SATURDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddish. SUNDAY; Davening is at 9:30 a.m. Talmud Classes Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. Advanced Talmud, Thursdays at noon. Yiddish "Hooked on Yiddish lessons, Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
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BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE Member of the Union of Orthodox Jewiah Congregiitiona of America MOa No. Ktad St, Omaha, NB 68104 _ 8064288; Services are conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. OfBce hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 4:35 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 8:45 a.m.; Jr. Congregation, 10:30 a.m. Kiddish is sponsored by Sisterhood. "Parsha of the Week,' a course led by Yakova Herzig, 4 p.m., at the home of the Herzigs. Mincha at 4:35 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. SUNDAY: Morning service, 9 a.m., Mincha, 4:35 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 7^0 p.m., "Basic Jewish Thought," a class with Rabbi Kutner, Explore the moral, ethical and philosophical issues facing Jews today. This week's topic is "Hanukkah in Law and Legend." 8:30 p.m., Synagogue Skills I, Torah" Reading. Rabbi Kutner will teach how to read the Torah with traditional trope. Hanukkah Luncheon Saturday, Dec. 7, following services. Please make reservations with the office. Sisterhood Gift Shop By appointment. Call Leah Siegel at 556-5455.
B'NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE eiSMynsterSt Council Bluff*, Iowa 61503 322-4705 Services are conducted every Friday Shabbat Eve at 7:30 p.m. An Oneg Shabbat follows services. Becca Rosenbaum, born in New York and now living in Iowa City, will speak on 'A 2000 mile Shul-Hop: a contrast of Diversity in Judaism in the U.S." Ms. Rosenbaum has a B.A from Connecticut College and has done work with the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society.
CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN SOUTH SnUaaST IBMPLE Member of the Union.. of American Hebrew Congregntiona a06iaaOUiSt, Iino)ln.NE68603-3787 Services are officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. FRIDAY: Shabbat services at 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah study and service at 10 a.m. SUNDAY: Hebrew school, 9 a.m.; Religious school, 10 a.m.
ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME SATURDAY: Services, led by Rabbi Maximo Shechet, start at 9 a.m. • . ' Members of the community are invited to join residents for the service and the Kiddish following.
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FRIDAY: Services start at 8 p.m. jML'JW^'K'iJSr.L'iiii'iSmS'WMSSfikt'^'^i^-
BETH EL SYNAGOGUE Member of United Sjnaagogue of Conaervative Judaism 14506 C«liforiii*.Omd>«, MB 68154 4934560 WSIB4tf^/9m«luif!rewieLar0nbethel Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. i Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRIDAY: ' Services start at 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services start at 9:30 a.m. Kiddish following; Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. T8S (Torah Siddur Skills), 10 a.m. Shabbat story time, first and third Saturday, 11 a.m.; K'tantan, second and fourth Saturday at 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 4:40 p.m. Bar Mitzvah Andrew Spiegal, son of Devra (Dede) and Jeffrey Spiegel, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday evening and Saturday morning. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Annual Hanukkah Picnic Hanukkah picnic will be held Sunday, Dec. 8, 57:30 p.m. Music will be provided by Tuff/s Group, Youth Chorus and special guests. Send reservations to Beth El.
Bar Mitzvah Joseph Max Brooks, son of Joel and Naomi '^ Brooks, will become a Bar Mitzvah Dec. 7 at Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, FL. Joseph is the grandson of Rabbi Sidney H. and Jane H. Brooks and Sam and Lucy Shainwald, also of Tampa.
Beth Israel Sisterhood plans December events Beth Israel Sisterhood will sponsor a tea at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home Sunday, Dec. 1, 2:30 p.m., in the auditorium. Talmud Torah students, under the direction of Yakova Herzig, will present a Hanukkah program and distribute gifts to the residents. Sheila Tomps and Georgia Ann Steinberg are chairpersons. Sisterhood monthly luncheon meeting will be held Tuesday, Dec. 10, 12:30 p.m., in the synagogue social hall. Rabbi Kutner will give a Hanukkah presentation in stories and song, entertaining and teaching while playing the piano. For reservations, call Bernice Cohen at 558-3423, or Helen Schwartz at 392-0651. You nead not be a member to attend. The Youth Services Department of the Jewish Community Center is seeking a creative, upbeat, motivated staff person for a 33 hour per week positkn. Main responsibilities include running our popular Kindergarten enrichment program and directing our 3rd A 4th grade Summa Camp Program. Candidates must be caring and patient individuals who enjoy bodi program planning and hands-on activities with children. Send nsumi to Beth Cohen, Youlh Servica Dmctor. 333 S. 132 SL Omaha. NE68I54.
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When journalists act a^ spokesmen Israeli Prime Minister named David Bar-Illan as 'a senior adviser though he is a former editor of the Jerusalem Post and used to voicing his personal opini'on. Mr. Bar-Illan is still doing just that. In a recent meeting with representatives of the National Council of Jewish Women last week in Jerusalem, Mr. Bar-I|lan was unconditional in his stance on the Peace Process, 'There will be no peace during this administration." He used the strongest language possible, words like 'rule" and "sovereign" and phrases like 'we i will allow" or "Israel can take any means necessary." When spokesmen make provocative statements, they shouldn't be surprised when listeners react.and react negatively. Netanyahu's government may indeed be close to an agreement on Hebron; in fact, just last week ',' Shas Parly leader Rabbi Ovedia Yosef came out in favor of redeployment, but in the meantime, troops are still st.itioned in Hebron and Netany.ihu isn't winning any friends either.in America or among Peres' supporters in Israel. It's painfully obvious that Arafat is not the ideal partner in this endeavor either. According to Mr. Bar-Illan, "he thrives on tumult, war, shootings and incidents; his popularity goes up after this. Wlien it's quiet, Arafat has to explain (to his people) why there's no bread on their tables. "Sooner or later, ffi£ will be identified with a regime that cannot provide for the people, a corrupt regime hated by the m^ority of Palestinians." ^ This may be the truth, but statements like this do nothing to move the Peace Process along. It may also be true that investments in Israel are up, that, even though the economy is slowing, the growth rate is 6% a year, that Israel received the best credit rating ever and that inflation, while still ' high, has slowed to 11% a year. It's also true that the Palestinian National Council has not changed the Covenant which calls for Israel's destruction, that maps in Palestinian schools do not show the State of Israel, that 90% of the Palestinians are already living under control of the Palestinian Authority and that only the final decisions of the status of Hebron and Jerusalem are yet to be determined. There are extremists and thugs on both sides: Hamas on the Palestinian side and Moshe : Levinger and his group in Hebron and Kiryat Arba on the Israeli side. Mr. Bar-Illan insists he's "just telling the truth" and that "anyone who thinks removing the Jews from Hebron...or, by extension, .East Jerusalem, will lead to peace...is very gullible." Mr. Bar-Illan is no longer an editorial writer. As a spokesman for the government of the State of Israel, he should choose his words carefully. He should know better than to fan the flames of eillier group and refrain from using the kind of langauge of power that turns little fires into mqjor explosions. This issue begins a series of articles and editorials on a variety of topics in IsraeL In my recent trip there, I had opportunities to meet with government officials and members of the Knesset, academics working in educational [innovation, business people trying to expand their markets, students from Omaha learning more about Judaism and volunteers and profesionuls trying to improve the lives of women, children and families. Thanks to our Federation, this paper will soon feature stories on Partnership 2000, l/JA's new plan in ulloealing specific dollars to Israel. And thanks to the National Council of Jewish Womt:n, educational and women's issues features will appear also. Carol Kattmun, Editor
Behind the fable of miracle oil lies a struggle for Jewish unity
NEW YORK (JTA) - On Oct. 16, in the year ,164 B.C.E., the victorious Maccabees rededicated the purified Jerusalem Temple, thus launching the checkered history of Hanukkah, the Feast of Dedication. ' ' Ironically, three or four years earUer, the widespread Jewish unrest seemed to be an ineffective rebellion going liow^here. And in less than four years, the triumphant reversal of 164 itself seemed to have petered out into a failed revolution. Judah was dead and the Hasmoneans were retreating into crushed passivity. Seventeen years later, the Maccabees were back in the saddle, ruling a virtually independent Judea. Judah's brother, Simon, was in full command as prince and high priest. Sixty years later, the expanded Hasmonean empire was wracked by internal distress and civil war. During the next century, a cascade of religious conflict, assimilating sovereigns and failed power politics set the Hasmonean line on its final downswing. The situation culminated in a Roman takeover. A futile Jewish uprising led to a crushing destruction of Temple and Kingdon^ in the year 70 C.E. The lessons of the up-and-down career of Hannukah and the Maccabees are worth pondering. The uprising was begun by traditional Jews who rebelled against the growing Hellenization of Judea, both voluntary and imposed. But the revolt was going nowhere because the Chasidim of those days were reluctant to fight or engage in political action. They were also culturally separated from the majority of Jews who were Hellenizing, more or less. The Maccabees changed the balance of power by their willingness to resort to armed revolt. The Maccabees' acculturation of elements of Hellenistic culture (without assimilating) enabled them both to rule and to reach out and engage other Jews who were drawn into the orbit of Hellenisni. The Maccabee coalition, Hasmoneans in alliance with some activist Chasidim, some acculturating Jews and some reclaimed Hellenizers, won the battle for supremacy in Judea.
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But this limited coalition could not cure the religious split of the Jewish people. The Hasmonean dynasty was weakened by religious isolationism and critique from the right, and by assimilation to Hellenism and the loss of values that plagued its own ranks. The inability to raise Hasmonean royal families fortified by Jewish faith and practices sufficient to resist the corruptions of international politics and the temptations of Hellenism continuously weakened the later generations. Religion was sometimes used to justify the family's factional fighting over power and place. Polarization prevented effective employment of Torah to check the lusting after Greek, then Roman, assimilation. The eventual outcome was civil war and a Rnmiin takeover. Only in dependency and exile, did u renewed Jewish religion win the internal battle. But the cost was high, no independent government for the
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next 1,900 years. No wonder the rabbis felt so ambivalent about the Hasmonean dynasty. They never incorporated the accounts if Hanukkah into the canon of the Bible. They interpreted the holiday itself more' as a miracle story of oil discovered than as a celebration of a political-military triumph and cultural renewal. Only in modem times did Hanukkah enter its greatest period of importance. American liberal Jews proclaim it as the festival of religious freedom and the Jewish answer to Christmas. Orthodox Jews hold it up as the story of • resolutely faithful religious Jews resisting the blandishments of any outside culture. Zionists in the State of Israel lionize it as the great militarypolitical fight for independence that provided the justification and the last living model for the recreated Jewish state. All these accounts simplify Hanukkah and evade its deeper challenge: Can the Jewish people come together in. religious understanding and rule in accordance with Jewish values? Or is the people condemned to a unity viable only in foxholes and war, a unity that breaks down into cultural warfare and empties sovereignty of its content and coherence once external threat is removed? Again, in our time, a coalition of traditional and modernizing Jews, both religious and secular Zionists, has built a Jewish state backed by assimilating Jews who knew enough to stand by Israel and the Jewish people in the face of destruction, war and external threats. Again, the inner divisions are rampant. The danger grows that the Jewish people will split into fervently Orthodox and Chasidic types who are not invested in sovereignty except as it can be used for security and benefits; into religious Jews so full of passion and vision that they resist moderation in diplomacy; into secular Jews so alienated from tradition that they underestimate the threats, some even dream of assimilation and emptying the state and the people of Jewish content. The threat grows of a ruinous polarization between militant political extremism advocating suppression of Arabs and assimilating universalism that would turn Israel into a Middle Eastern colony of the. West. The Jewish people need new Maccabees-a movement of Jews who would assimilate insights and blessings from the West but absorb them within a Jewish cultural system. Jews are needed to take the tradition into politics and social action but humanize and universalize its best values out of encounter with modernity and with the Other. Only a new coalition can break down the barriers of estrangement, ignorance and differing social realities that divide religious and secular Jews woridwide. When the oil of Jewish unity and mutual respect seems to be close to burning out, it is time for a miracle of rediscovery of tli^ tradition, of the contemporary, of each other. Hanukkah must become multidimensional, a celebration of the new coalition of the Jewish people.' The alternative is dissipation of Jewish sovereignty and increased assimilation and loss of Jews everywhere. God forbid that in our lifetime, we relive Santayana's dictum that those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. . Irving Greenherg is an Orthodox rahbi and president of The National Jewish Center for lA'urning and Leadership (CLAL) and author of The Jcwitih Way. He has announced he will step doivn as president of CLAL in 1997.
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Sti'vo Levinger, Vice Preaidenl, Lloyd Roitatein, Treasurer, Jane Ripa, Secretary, Cynthia Epstein; Sieve Danon, Marci Oallner; Joanie Jacobaon, Shcryl Loe, Kred Mogul, (ienrge Schapiro; Kred Tichauer; .Sylvia Wagner KdiU)rml« expreas the view of the writer and are not neccaaariiy repreaenlalive of the views of the Jcwiah Pr«ai Board, the Jtwiah Kederatjon of Omaha or the Omaha Jewiah ('ommunity as a whole The Jewiah PnM reaervea the right to edit letters and articles for space and content. The Jewish Press is not responsible for the Kaihnith of any product or establishment.
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Part I of a two-part aeriea on woimn In Israel
Women's issues affect all Israeli communities
Jewish Press, Omaha, NE
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Scattered reports from across the country tell of few of us believe in tax resistance; it is because we rabbis who, during' the High Holidays, suggested understand that the price of citizenship in a comto their congregations that they use their UJA con- munity is acceptance of the community's collective tributions to send a message to Israel regarding judgement. Admittedly, Federation cannot claim religious pluralism. Some proposed that the con- the kind of legitimacy that our legislatures can. tributors instruct their local Federation to allocate But, it is as close as we come, perhaps even as close a part of their contribution directly to Reform as a voluntary, community can come. Nothing prevents us from making contributions institutions in Israel. Others urged that the contributors themselves reduce their Federation gifts to our favorite institutions over and above our I and send the difference directly to those institu- Federation contribution. tions. ' But once we begin to make our own conThere is every reason to be disturbed about the tributions contingent upon Federations' sitate of religious pluralism in ISrael. But to acceptance of our personal priorities, we respond to tinkering with individual Federation are in very serious trouble. contributions is, at best, to risk a slippery slope, The way to make the case for the causes we supand, at worst, a genuinely (albeit surely unintendport is not to earmark our gifts; it is to become ed) subversive act. For all the problems of Federation, they remain active in Federation and then make our case. the crown jewel of the American Jewish organized Otherwise Federation becomes merely a passworld. The status derives not so much from their through and ceases to be the one place where our power (the power of the purse) as from their collective wisdom governs. Back during the worst of the Begin-Shamir days, unique ability to think, speak and act on behalf of the whole of the community. They are what they there were some who withheld their Federation claim to be-federations, the one place where all contributions on policy grounds. They would not, the competirtg interests and commitments of the they said, support an agency that was actively promoting settlement across the Green Line (or the community can be taken into account. This is no small thing. To sustain the war in Lebanon, or this, or that). All things considFederations' ability to be our one comprehensive ered, the matter of religious pluralism in Israel is agency requires that we allow it to decide how our not more important than these other concerns. This does not relieve Federations of the responsidollars shall be allocated. Were each of us to begin to earmark our contributions—so much and so bility of considering targeting their allocation to much for Jewish education, to homes for the elder- specific institutions that may be suffering because ly, to the absorption of immigrants, to the Jewish of political considerations in Israel. But that is Agency, to Ethiopian Jews in Israel, etc., etc.~the properly a responsibility of the collectivity, not of result would be chaos. We would thereby strip the individual-otherwise each of us begins making Federations' ability to ponder the relative merits of Shabbos for him/herself alone, in which case, we all the competing claims on what are, in the end, kiss community goodbye. Leonard Fein, director of the Comminion on Social our scarce resources. Action of the Reform movement, i» the founding editor In would also vitiate the principle that our con- and publi»her of Moment magazine and founder of tributions to Federation are, in principle, a tax on MAZON: A Jeuiih Reaponae to Hunger. Thii article our membership in the Jewish community. Very appeared in the Forward, for which he writen a widily syndicated weekly OpEd column.
by Carol Katznian Spouse abuBers don't care if a woman is secular I or religious, if she's Jewish or Muslim or Christian, but Israeli organizations are now poised to protect women regardless of their status. In Jerusalem for a meeting of their NCJW Research Institute for Innovation in Education, leaders from the National Council of Jewish Women also me,t with leaders of govenunent, education and non-profit organizations dealing with issues that affect women, children and families. Jan Schneiderman, NCJW National Vice-president, said, 'Women are affected by the same stresses and strains of society in Israel as they are in America. We're here to learn how our counterparts deal with these issues, share successes and try to help one another fmd solutions." Israel's 10 shelters for women (three more than just a year ago) include a shelter in Herzliah, just a short drive from Tel Aviv. Volunteer chairwoman and fund-raiser Ruthie Giladi shows visitors around this two-story facility, complete with childcare for preschoolers. Tlie staff not only field? calls from desperate women on the hotline, but also runs workshops for police and high school students and a workshop in Russian for social workers dealing with newly arrived immigrants from the former Soviet Union. "We do not turn away anyone," said Mrs. Giladi, "Any woman who takes the courageous first step of leaving an abusive relationship is welcome here." Devora Green also assists victims of domestic violence. She runs a Crises Center for Religious Women out of a cubby-hole in Shaarei Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem. A trained child psychologist, Mrs. Green first went to the rabbis of Jerusalem for their help in starting this hotline. "About 60% of our calls are domestic violence," ' said Mrs. Green, "the rest are split between child abuse or sexual abuse and other issues like dealing with cancer, post-partum depression, job loss. BERGMAN'S PAINTING & DECORATING "Welfare agencies help Israelis through their Inlorior / oxierior palnllng. woodncighborliood. To protect a woman's confidentialiwork rotinlsFilng, enarrwling, wallPaper removal. drywBit repair, ty, we saw the necessity of starting a service like roe Esllmales. Insurance. 20 this especially for religious women who were very years experience, references. 345r5490 reluctant to speak about these kinds of problems," she added. "We've fielded 1500 calls so far this WANTED: year, about 65% from haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Mature Person women, 30% from Modern Orthodox and 5% from other Israeli Jewish or Arab women." lo sei vc .It dinner Aida Soliman deals with similar issues in the pnfly Christiiiris Evo •Arab villages of Israel. Executive Director of the 333-8636 Coalition Against Honor Killings, Ms. Soliman is also involved with organizations which run shelters for battered women, two halfway houses and a crisis center for physical and sexual violence. •MUX nNBH SEMDUII "A man cannot dishonor his family," said Ms. 00ADVANCEDCLASSEtl Soliman, 'but, according to the 'rules' of each vil- 'nE I ^Jl ALSOAVAILMIU lage a woman can and not just for sexual offenses. IPUNIMC not • IN-NIO, "There is nothing in our Koran, nothing in our religion that permits the murder of a daughter or a sister by a parent or a brother. 'The excuse the' men use is that they are victims of centuries of tradition," she concluded, 'but there is really only one victim here...the murdered woman." Israeli Prime Minister, last week, announced a one million dollar educational campaign on this issue of violence against women. His adviser on women's issues is Emunah Alon, a former editorial writer and author of children's books. She has been working with Rabbi Eliyahu ben Dahan on personal status issues, like divorce, in reducing the number of agunot, women who have not been granted divorces by their husbands. According to Mrs. Alon, the rabbi has hired detectives to track down recalcitrant husbands and force them into giving a get, the Jewish bill of divorce. 'There are also crimes after divorce," stated Mrs. Alon, 'Unmarried women can also be victims. A friend can commit date-rape. Women need to be informed of their rights. "We should put men in the shelters,* she insisted. Attention to the issue of domestic violence was heightened last week in Israel as a member of the Knesset, Chaim Dayan, was charged by his wife with physically abusing her. She later withdrew the complaint. "Now she is a victim again," said Mrs. Alon, 'First of domestic violence and second by feeling she has no rights as a woman."
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER ( B'nai B'rith Hanukkah Run, 9 a.m. JFS/Resettlement Hanukkah Partj New Americans, 1:30 p.m. B'nai B'rith Bible Quiz, 2 p.m. Temple Israel Religious School 4th Hanukkah Program, 10:30 a.m., Rose Blumkin Jewish Home Temple Israel Men's Club Brunch, at Temple Israel Ya'Chad Activities, noon. Beth El Hanukkah Dinner/Picnic, at Beth El MONDAY, DECEMBER YES Program, 10 a.m. Cub Scouts/Boy Scouts, 6 p.m. CJL Classes, 7 p.m. BJE Davis Institute of Jewish Lea 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY, DECEMBER Foundation Board Meeting, 4 p.m. Rose Blumkin Jewish Home BBYO Night, 6:15 p.m. BBYO Advancement Board Meetinj Library Book Fair Community Lei Reception, 7:30 p.m. Beth Israel Sisterhood Board Meet Luncheon, 11 a.m., at Beth Israi Temple Israel "Torah on Wheels,"; at Temple Israel Beth El Executive Committee Mee 7:15 p.m., at Beth El WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEl JFS Adoptive Couples Support Gn Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Friedel Jewish Academy Hanukka Program & Reception, 8 p.m.
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Cub Scout Pack 218 will host a Hanukkah Pack Meeting Sunday, Dec. 15, 4-5:30 p.m., at the YES/OLDTIMERS ' RAZNICK^HALER Jewish Community Center's auditorium. All YES/Oldtimers will meet Monday at the JCC. Jennifer Beth RazJewish Cub Scoyts are welcome. English is offered at 10 a.m. to new Americans; nick, daughter of The event will inclijide singing with Hazzan exercise and bingo both start at 10:30. Oldtimers Barbara Raznick of St. Contzius, stories, games and treats. i Earlybird discussion group and "YES Talk" both Louis, MO, and Ira,. For more information, call Yolande Koval at 551- , meet at 11 a.m. All are welcome to join the YES Mark Raznick of [ ' • < 6436. or Dr. Mark Pilley at 392-1746. i choral group at rehearsal, also at 11. Following Orlando, FL, and Kent lunch at noon, a re'presentative from Mutual of Myles Thaler, son of | Omaha will speak. For transportation, call 330- Jill and Michael Theatre at the 'J' acknowledges 4272. Thaler of Cranston, Gross Foundation Reminders: YES/Oldtimers board meeting will R.I., were married The Theatre at the "J* acknowledges the gener- be held Monday at 9:45 a.m.; Membership dues for Sept. 1 at Temple 1997 are now due. Please send form with payment Beth El in Providence, ous contribution by the Gross Family Foundation to: YES-Frieda Krizelman, Oldtimers-Lester R.I. Rabbi Leslie for making the iiticoming Omaha Symphony Waxman. ' Gutterman and Hnnukkah concert at the theater possible. Donation cards are available for any occasion. Cantor Ida Rae CaThe event, to be held Dec. 7, 7 p.m., at the Jewish Call Bess Rothenberg at 392-0862, or Reva Oruch hana officiated. A ' Community Center, will be dedicated to the memoat 391-8344. reception followed at Cafe Nuovo. ry of Marilyn Pred. Deadline is Dec. 2 for reservations for the The bride is the granddaughter of Mildred and Hanukkah party to be held Dec. 9. Call Margaret Irving Chudacoff of Omaha and Rose Raznick at ,334-6521. CORRECTION Lewis of Boca Raton, FL. WAUi-IN DROP-IN In llu> Nov. 22 edition, in the birth announceThe groom is the grandson of Pearl Gerber of Walk-In Drop-In will meet Thursday at the JCC. Portland, MA, and the late Saul Gerber, and Barci ment for Amy iind Josh Frankel's daughter, liana English class and exercise both start at 10 a.m., Thaler Finkel of Pawtucket, R.I., and the late Suzanne, the last name of her maternal grandparand bingo at 10:30. Hanukkali starts at sundown. Joseph Thaler. ents wa.s omitted. They are Rita and Harold Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:45 a.m., alid Novak of Omaha. Heather Raznick, sister-in-law of the bride, was eiyoy homemade latkcs (and other added surpris- matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Tara Thaler, es). For transportation, call 330-4272. sister of the groom, and Rachel Brier. Junior VISIONS bridesmaids were Sasha a,nd Sophia Chudacoff, Reminders: Visions will travel to the Omaha cousins of the bride. Community Playhouse-Howard Drew Theatre David Conlin was best man. Groomsmen were Sunday, Dec. 1, to see "One Flew Over the Jason Raznick,.brother of the bride, and John Cuckoo's Nest." Be at the theater by 1:30 p.m. to Greim Jr. pick up tickets. Dinner will follow at the theater, Following a honeymoon to Kauai, Hawaii, the catered by Brandeis. newlyweds live in East Greenwich, R.I. Board meeting is Friday, Dec. 6, 9:30 a.m., in the • PRINIING adult lounge. ' COPYING BREAOBREAKERS OIGIIAl B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers will meet Wednesday •JffWORK at noon at Highland Country Club. Gary Java, ^_^ KODAK Piiom R Podifoiio CD's Eric and Amanda Hoffman of Rantoul, IL, sports director for radio station KKAR, will speak, 3/Ofi S tVM <,:,„! according to Ron Gordon, chairman for December. announce the Nov. 5 birth of their daughter, fix I40VI J50C/'«9 Mr. Java also does color commentary for UNL foot- Gahricllc Rvhiicca. Grandparents are Melvin and Eve Hoffman of ball. Cost is .$7.7.5 and the event is open to the commu- Lincoln and Wayne and Cyole Lainof of Bpllevue. Great-grandparents are Dorothy Rngoff Gell of nity, Dallas and Bill and Marie Hack of Rivorlon, N.J. MIDWEST COMPUTER WORX JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE Economical and reliable computer service (Hanukkah Party) lor home and small businesses New American Hanukkah Party will be licid Sunday, Dec. 8, 2 p.m., in the auditorium at the •Hardware repairs •Preventive maintenance Jewish Community Center. Entertainment by •Installation •Upgrades •System backups Harlan Noddle, president of Noddle Tuffy Epstein. RSVP to Jewish Family Service at Development Co., has been elected chairman of the Call Jim Kirkpatrick 330-2024. University Hospital Board of Governors. The board THIRTY-lVflNE FOREVER at 573-1347 or 680-1925 Thirty-nine Forever will sponsor a New Year's approves medical staff bylaws, oversees medical Eve party Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m., at the Presidents' staff operations and advises hospital administration. Room, 60th & Grovcr. Cost is $25 per person and includes dining and Aaron Marcus, formerly of Omaha and presidancing. Excellent Quality Construction dent of Aaron Marcus Associates of Emeryville, For more information, call Doris Parker at 553 Residential And Commercial CA, recently met with Queen Noor of Jordan who 3249. was his student at Princeton University in 1973. Mr. Marcus presented a one-day tutorial to 80 people of the Jordanian Computer Society in CONTRACTOR Amman. by ArtGroggman He was also an invited speaker at Israel 402-331-0888 11045 -0" St Omaha, NE 68137 The joint Young Energetic Seniors and Oldtimers Interactive in Tel Aviv and is facilitaUng contacts recent meeting attracted some 50 plus participants. between Israeli and Jordanian developers.
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At the Earlybird discussion, key subjects were post election discussions of winners and losers of various posts. One of the profound topics was our city's lone daily newspaper's raking Mayor Hal Daub's low approval rate based on 343 Omaha registered voters. Then, less than a week later, editorializing that his record of accomplishment was better than his image. Mayor Daub has addressed the Oldtimers a couple of times and won high approval. The annual UJA/Federation Campaign is gung ho agajn for the Oldtimers. In a matter of two weeks most of the pledges have been garnered. At the dual lunch, Hilde Gottlieb led in the HamoUie and Bernie Weiss chanted the Benshen. Returning fom a long stay in sick bay was Harry Paskowitz. Absent because of illness was O.T. President Sam Kaplan. The group was entertained by accordionist Lucille Littmus. Next meeting is Dec. 2. Earlybirds meet at 11 a.m. in room 3, and then ahead is a joyous Hanukkah.
Jan Lund, Ralston High School French Teacher, was recently named Nebraska French Teacher of the Year by the Nebraska Association of Teachers of French. Ms. Lund was previously honored as Nebraska Foreign Language Teacher of the Year, BrownellTalbot School Teacher of the Year, Ralston Schools Secondary Teacher of the Year, and was a finalist for Nebraska Teacher of the Year in 1995. Sanford (Sandy) Brophy has been apjxjinted to the board of directors of Together. Inc., a multifaith, emergency services agency. He has served as a member of the board of direc tors of the Jewish Community Center and is past president of the Millard Rotary. Don Schwartz recently won first place in the National Mellen Epic Poem Contest. His poem will be published by Mellen Press in Three Worrien: Touching the Boundaries of Life.
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Calendar of Events for December OTYG '
ThuTMUy, December B USY Night Hanukkah Party. 6:30 p.m. Saturday, December 7 Kadimah Shabbat, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, December 14 TSS 7th grade lunch, 11:30 a.m. ' Sunday, December 16 USY Program, 12:16 p.m. lliursday, December 19 USY I^ound Auction, 6:30 p.m. Friday, December 20 Kids Kabbalat Shabbat, 7 p.m. For more information, call USY Adviser Mike Levinei492-8550. SR, NCSY Sunday, December 8 Scavenger Hunt, meet at food court at Westroads at 1:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday, December 13-15 Mini Shabbaton at Gonshers Every Thursday night Study and pizza, 6:15 p.m., at Beth Israel For more information, call Adviser Rabbi Allan Gonsher, 330-4014 or 558-2767.
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Sunday, December 1 Making Hanukkah cards for the RBJH Sunday, December 23 Movie night, 5-11 p.m. For more information, call OTYG Adviser Mark Spizman. 354-5924.
OTYG Overnight
An overnight was held recently for OTYG. The group made pizza to sell at religious school for a fundraiser. Over $300 was raised. Pictured above mixing dough is, from left: Morgan Denny, Jen Gates, Mark Gelbman and Whitney Taxman.
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Local teens to appear In Millard North play Meg Adams and Gila Drazen have lead roles in the Millard North High School production of The Mouse That Roared. It is directed by Jan Fischer. Dramatized by Christopher Sergei, the play is an adaptation of the novel by Leonard Wibberley and takes place in the fictional European country of Grand Fenwick in the .19608. The play is a satire about the actions of many European countries after World War II. The leadership of Grand Fenwick declares war on the United States, hoping to gain financial ground after losing the war. The comedy provided by the situation is only compounded by what happens after the declaration of war arrives in Washington.
Mrs. Fischer has directed seven winter plays at Millard North. Meg Adams, is a junior at the high school and daughter of Bette and John Adams. She began appearing ip Millard North productions in last January's Up the Down Staircase. She attends Temple Israel and is active in OTYG. Gila Drazen, also a junior, is the daughter of Rabbi Paul and Susan Drazen. This is her first Millard North appearance. She attends Beth El Synagogue and is BILU USY's Religious Education Vice-president. The Mouse That Roared will be performed at the high school Friday, Dec. 13, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 14 and Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $4. For more information, call 6911381.
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Twenty-four Omaha-area teena have signed up to dompet^ in the 11th annual Edward Zorinsky B'hai B'rith Bible Qui^, said Steve Riekes, a trustee of Henry Monsky Lodge. The contest, open to the public, is set for Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. It will test the teens' familiarity with the Book of Esther and portions of the Books of Numbers and Leviticus. , Participants are Jessica Chait, Jon Cipperley, Mike Cohn, Gila Drazen, Michael Fineman, Andy Itkin, Zach Jacobson, Jeff Katzman; Michael Kricsfeld, Adam Langdon, Ryan Lercher, Adam Nichols, Anneliese Ocanto, David Pitlor, Lance Polikov, Aaron Rich, Adam Rich, David Rennard, Larry Radloff, David Saylan, Jeff Shyken, Rachel Shukert and Ryan Tichauer. Master of ceremonies will be Ed Joseph, President of the Lodge. Judges will be Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Cantor Emil Berkovits, Rabbi Howard Kutner and Dr. Leonard Greenspoon. Stanley Mitchell will serve as the quizmaster; Ron Gordon will serve as the timekeeper; and Lois Epstein will keep score. Coordinators of the contest are Gloria Kaslow, Stan Mitchell, Ann Kibel-Sch\yartz and Alon Mor. A reception will follow the contest.
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Dec. 26: chicken and dumplings, vegetables, cherry pie and dinner roll; Jan. 2: tossed salad, vegetable lasagna, green beans, brownies and garlic bread; Jan. 9: stuffed breast of chicken, rice pilaf, carrots, orange cake and dinner roll. The receptionist at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home will collect the money and call in the order; meals will be ready at 5 p.m. on Thursdays. Checks should be made out to Jewish Senior Services. For more information or to place an order, call Marilyn Knust at 334i6510, or Lenora Lancaster at 334-6511.
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BAYSIDE, WI, (JTA) - Hannukah, the eight- I neat, even layer with a wooden spoon or .spatula to day Jewish Festival of Lights, is a family celebra- completely fill bottom of skillet. tion of love and tradition. To commemorate a hisBrown over medium heat for 15-20 minutes. toric struggle for their freedom, Jews families Season with salt and pepper to taste. Slip panarpund the world light one new candle on the cake onto a large serving plate; add remaining butmenorah each evening. On the eighth day, the ter or margarine to pan, and invert pancake back entire menorah glows. into skillet to finish browning on other side for 10 to Here are recipes for Hanukkah that are deli- 15 minutes more. cious, and traditional enough to please everyone. Season with remaining salt and pepper. Slip pancake onto cutting board and cut into 6 to VEGETABLE MELANGE LATKES 8 wedges. Transfer wedges to warm serving platter 3 eggs and sprinkle with parsley. 2'/^ cups peeled, shredded zucchini (about 2 mediNote: This may be made ini advance, um-sized) recrisped and reheated before serving. 1 cup shredded potato (about 2 medium-sized) 1 cup shredded carrot (about 2 medium-sized) STfMBOL COOKIES (COOKIE CUTOUTS) 1/2 cup snipped parsley 1/2 pound margarine (2 sticks) 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar 3/4 cup matzah meal 1 egg vegetable oil 1 teaspoon vanilla Drain alt vegetables in a colander, llien place in 3 cups flour a cheesecloth or tea towel and wring nut all mois1 teaspoon baking soda ture. In a large bowl, whisk eggs lightly and add Variations: For spice cookies, increase brown vegetables, salt and pepper. Stir in matzah meal. sugar to 3/4 cup and add VA teaspoons cinnamon Shape vegetable mixture into small cakes, using 1 and 1 teaspoon ginger to flour mixture. to 2 table.sp(K)ns of mixture for each. Fry a few at a In a large bowl with electric mixer, heat martime in a hot, lightly oiled skillet, about 2 minutes garine with sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in on each side. Oil skillet before frying each new egg and vanilla until smooth. Combine flour with hatch. baking soda. Gradually add to margarine mixture, blending well after each addition. Chill at least 2 POTATO PANCAKE SUPREME hours. V/t pounds red potatoes, On a lightly floured board, roll dough so that it peeled and grated coarsely is 1/8-inch thick and cut into assorted shapes. 3 tablespoons safllower or peanut oil Place on lightly vegetable-sprayed cookie sheets and 3/4 stick butter or margarine, divided bake for 8 to 9 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. 1 teaspoon salt, divided; Decorate if desired with icing and blue colored freshly ground pepper to taste sugar. 1 teaspoon snipped fresh parsley Naomi Arbit, a ayndicated food writer, it Wash potatoes, changing cold water two or three times. Drain well. Squeeze out moisture in cheese- the co-author of teven cookbookn, a former cooking initructor and a member of the cloth or press out well in a colander. In a 12-inch, non-stick skillet, heat oil and 3 International Ataocialion of Cooking ProfettionaU. She lives in Bayiide, Wi*. tablespoons of the butter. Add potatoes; press into a
MAZON awards grants to local hunger organizations Two Nebraska agencies have received grants totalling $10,000 from MAZON: the Jewish Response to Hunger. The Lincoln Intcrfaitii Council received $5000 to support the Council's network of 12 food piintries and the American Indian council in Alliance also received $5000 to support its food program. It serves Native /Vmericans and other low-income residents of the community. Since 1986, the Los Angeles based MAZON (Hebrew for 'food') has granted nearly $12 million to organizations working to prevent and alleviate hunger in the United States, Israel and throughout the world. Nebraska organizations have received some $50,(X)0 in grants during that time. MAZON raises funds principally from Jews nationwide who donate a suggested amount of three percent of tlie cost of weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs and other events. By the end of this year, it expects to receive some 35,000 contributions.
Storyteller Joanie Jacobson reads to a standing-room only crowd of preschooler* and their parents during the Jewish Federation Library's Book Fair events. Book sales continue through Dec. 10.
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The JCC auditorium took on a festive look recently for the kick-off event for Young Jewish Omdha, a Jewish Federation of Omaha sponsored social, educational and social action group for Jews age 20-40. Israeli Wine and Dine featured Mediterranean food and Israeli wines from Nebraska Wine and Spirits. More than 130 people attended the premiere social event for YJO, according to Social Cochairman Stacie Brodkey. "Marc and I couldn't have been more pleased with the turnout and we look forward to everyone participating in future
events," she said. YJO's Tikkun 01am Committee is holding "The Joy of Giving," a holiday project with Omaha Boys' and Girls' Club Dec. 15. The children will have the opportunity to select and wrap gifts for parents and siblings and experience the joy of giving to their families, according to Sharon Kirshenbaum, Federation Young Adult Outreach Coordinator. For more information about YJO and the Joy of Giving project, please call Ms. Kirshenbaum at 334-6485.
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by Shoshanna Wees camera Etll the time when we went on vacations. "I like being able to portray the things I see. When something is particularly interesting, I want other people to see it through my eyes. "'Inspired by Artza' portrays life in Israel as I saw it-the people, the places, the land. It was so different from America-from the Western Hemisphere! I wanted to show what it's like over there." Leigh-Anne arranged the exhibit so that it begins with a sunrise and ends with a sunset. Most of the pictures are of landscapes and people doing daily tasks. Highlights include pictures of the Kotel, Mount Sinai and Jerusalem. Leigh-Anne has taken photography classes at the Career Center and Metro Tech. This is her second year as photo editor for the Central Hifih Register. She has won many awards for both her journalistic and artistic photographs. Joanie Jacobson, project coordinator, said, "I'm so glad the Newman Supporting Foundation understands the importance of constantly involving The beauty of Israel will soon be available for all Jewish teenagers in positive Jewish experiences. "There has to be life after Bar and Bat Mitzvah! to see. During the month of December, "Inspired By We, as 0 community, have to continue to provide Artza," an exhibit of photographs taken by Leigh- new and innovative opportunities-cultural, educaAnne Brown, will be on display in the Jewish tional, religious and sociol-so that our young peoCommmunity Center gallery. ple sUy connected and know we core. We have to Primary funding for this exhibit has been provid- make good things happen in a Jewish setting, and ed by the Murray H. & Sharee C. Newman Leigh-Anne's exhibit is a great example of just Supporting Foundation. that!" Leigh-Anne, a senior at Central High, was one of "I've always wanted to display my work on a wide the participants on Artza last summer. She spent scale," said Leigh-Aime. "The pictures look so much four weeks photographing the sites of Israel. "I took these pictures because I wanted to share better blown up and all together. They tell n story." Shoshanna Wees is a senior at Central and everything I saw with my friends and family," LeifiliAnne said. "I've always liked taking pic has been a contributing writer for TEEN AGE "1 used iolBorFo'w'my Dad's"' in the Jewith I'rent.
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Where Are They Now? Until 1989, the thought of American companies developing businesB plans fir former Soviet enterprises was absurd. But Elizabeth Epstein happened to be in the right place at the right time when the Beriin Wall fell. Having worked as a Legislative Aide for former Sen. Dave Karnes and then as a lobbyist for a trade association, Ms. Epstein landed in the international department for the National Academy of Public Administration. The group had just started working in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, helping local government officials develop strategic economic plans in a democratic context, i "All the attention in Washington was focused on ithe fall of the Soviet Union," said Ms. Epstein about her experiences in the nation's capital. "I . switched fields, too; Washington has that affect on people. There was suddenly lots of interest in the Baltics, Eastern Europe, all the states of the former Soviet Union." Ms. Epstein enrolled in American University's graduate school for a Master's in Public Administration while continuing to work for the .NAPA. She had previously received a B.A. in 1987 from Tulane University in Sociology. "We developed a joint project with the Association of Estonian Cities," said Ms. Epstein, 'helping educate local government leaders and officials about how to operate in a democracy. For two years, I flew back and forth between Washington ,and Tallin, the capital of Estonia and European countries.
Eliubeth Epstein takes a break from businesi by visiting the Kremlin in Moscow in 1994.
The mayor of Haapsula, Estonia, left, ahow* Ms. Epstein the community during her 1093 visit there.
"In a nutshell, we were teaching people about capitalism! "When the project ended, I was still interested in international dcYelopment," she recalled, "but I was tired of the life in Washington and wanted to move back to the Midwest" In her work for NAPA, Ms. Epstein had met many Estonians who were interested in learning how to market their companies to Western companies looking for overseas investment. One included the Estonian State Fishing Enterprise, a state fishing company. "Every decision for this company had been made in Moscow," recalled Ms. Epstein, "We had to develop an internal organizational structure, help them downsize and create their own business plan...not the traditional Soviet Five-Year Plans. During this project, Ms. Epstein met a businessman from Chicago doing the same thing for other previously state-owned companies in Moscow. With her possessions in storage in Chicago, she now had a job offer to complete the move. The flights had switched from Washington-Tallin to ChicagoMoscow, but the ideas behind the projects were the same: help develop business, both Western and Russian. Ms. Epstein's last trip to Moscow occurred during the High Holidays. She and several American friends went to synagogue on Rosh ^ashanah.
I "Of the 400 attending services, I was one of the few who could read any Hebrew," she said. "At one point, the rabbi asked the congregation to repeat aft.er him each word of the Sh'ma. "An older woman saw me following the service in my prayerbook and asked me if I was from Israel, I said, 'No, I'm from America.' "She then asked how I knew Hebrew. I told her that I went to Talmud Torah and became a Bat Mitzvah at Beth El Synagogue in Omaha, NE. The woman began to cry, "she said, 'I wish I could have had one, too.' "It made me think about all the years that teaching Hebrew was prohibited in the Soviet Union and how much I took my own Jewish education for granted." Ms. Epstein recently joined li consulting firm, specializing in business and marketing strategies in emerging markets in her new home in Chicago. Her sister, Melissa, lives in the same apartment building and they see each other daily. "I do miss seeing my parents (Bobbie and Bob Epstein) and grandparents (Sis and Art Adier) on a regular basis, and my brother, Jeff,; and sister-in-law, Ellie," she added. "But I'm lucky that my parents fly to Chicago frequently." If you happen to be on a flight from O'Hare, you just might run into Elizabeth Epstein, on her way to helping yet another company in Moscow or Tallin enter the marketplace of the West.
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