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Partnership 2000: Omaha's new relationship with Israel
The Partnerahip 2000 Midwest Consortium, of which Omaha is one of 11 member communities, is paired with the Western Galilee, shown bora in the map.
by Carol Katmian For years, UJA/Federation campaigns played up the "big brother" angle of helping our needy Israeli cousins overcome poverty. While poverty does exist in Israel...and not only among immigrant populations...and social services and education in some areas are underfunded by the government, the United Jewish Appeal has finally recognized that American Jews want a bigger say in how funds are spent overseas. 'Local agencies go Jan Schneiderman and Miri Rimdan display the firm's oricinal sterthrough a seemingly end- ling silver designs. Rimdan is one of several new ventures housed in less process of draft bud- MATI, the business development council, which assists entregets, hearings, approval prenuers with low-interest loans, business plans and training. by the Budget and Allocations Committee and then UJA National Women's Campaign Board Member, the Federation Board,' said Federation Board attended a regional meeting of Partnership 2000 in Member Jan Schneiderman. "We wanted to have the fall. the same input into the decision-making process 'Omaha, for its size, is normally not a 'player* in when it came to our UJA allocation." these kinds of decisions,* said Mrs. Epstein, 'but Mrs. Schneiderman, local chairman of because we've joined forces with 10 other commuPartnership 2000 also heads the Israel Sub-com- nities in the Midwest Consortium of Partnership mittee of the Jewish Federation's Strategic 2000, we now have a very strong role to play.' Planning Committee. She and Bobbia Epiftia, . ~^~ (Continued on page 6)
Proposed Knesset bill dismays American Jews NEW YORK - Leaders of the Reform movement reacted Btrongly last week to the introduction in the Israeli Knesset of legislation disqaulifying those who do not identify themselves as Veligious Orthodox Jews' from membership on the official municipal religious councils. The bill, entitled "Forbidden for Membership in Religious Councils," was introduced by Labor Knesset Member Avi Yechezkeli on Dec. 4 and 'Passed its first reading by a vote of 22 to 5. The legislation reads, in part, *Any Jew who does not belong to the Orthodox movement and has declared such during submission of his candidacy (to the religious council) is disqualified from serving on the religious council and rabbinical courts.' In the explanatory comments accompanying the bill, is the following clarification: 'The State of Israel is a state of Jewish character. The phenomenon of Jewish streams should be avoided in Israel. *As a result of the Supreme Court decision which entitles representation of different streams in reliitious councils and rabbinical courts, this amendment is necessary. The secular and traditional communities, especially, must preserve the Jewish Character of the State.' In barring non-Orthodox rabbis from council membership, the legislation overturns the recent Israeli Supreme Court ruling that such discrimination violates the basic right to freedom of religion guaranteed by Israel's Declaration of Independence. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union of IVmerican Hebrew Congregations, said. This out^UMUS legislation comes on the heels of the gov^Hb coalition's attempt to overturn the Supreme MR decision legitimizing non-Orthodox converioni. This is yet another assault on their nonDrthodox minority snd on the vast majority of wrid Jewry.' ' Avram Burg, head of the Jewish Agency, was Shocked and astounded.' He spoke of the great tarm this will cause in Israel-Diaspora relations.
Young Jewish Omaha Holiday Project: the Joy of Giving
Winners of last Sunday** annual Bible quiz are, front row, from left: Michael Kricafeld, first place and winner of $600 for a trip to Israel or college scfaolarship; Andy Itkin, second place and $300 winner, Jeff Katxman, third place and $200 winner; and David Rennard, fourth place and $100 winner. Assisting were, back row: Ron Gordon, timekeeper; Stanley Mitchell, questions; Rabbi Aryeh Asriel and Rabbi Howard Kutner, Judges; Steve Riekes, event coordinator; and Dr. Leonard Greenspoon, Judge. Not pictured, Lois Epstein, soorekeeper.
YJO members will volunteer their time for this community service project by wrapping and distributing gifts at Boys' and Girls' Club of Omaha this Sunday, between 1 and 5 p.m. Volunteers are still needed at the club's Carter Lake facility. For more information, call Sharon Kirshenbaum. Federation Young Adult Leadership Coordinator, at 334-6486.
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'Electrifying, magnificent and wow' The words, "electrifying, magnificent and wow,' described the event which took place on the third night of Hanukkah. On this night, the Festival of Lights was transformed into a Festival of Sound as the Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra performed to a sellout crowd at the Jewish Community Center. The performance, dedicated to the memory of Marilyn Pred, is a component of the Symphony's Stained Glass Series in which the Symphony collaborates with cultural entities in the community to enrich the musical heritage of Omaha's ethnic communities. *We are >o thankful to the Jewish Community Center for working with us to present this Hanukkah concert and we appreciate the warm reception provided by the Jewish community,'
Ernest Richardson, conductor, told the audience. The concert, sponsored by the Gross Family Foundation and Omaha Steaks, featured Svetlana Rodionova performing Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 and Scott Miller who sang selections from Judas Maccabaeus. Ms. Rodionova, who emigrated to Omaha from the former Soviet Union in 1993, vigorously commanded the keyboard throughout almost 40 minutes with the entire score committed to memory. With her formal attire and her reddish auburn hair pulled back in a severe style, she instilled the image of a no-nonsense performer and delivered her portion with a high degree of coafidence. Her reputation earned on tours of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and her extensive expe(Continued on page 10)
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Parashat Mikketz AWxander... Uanukkah.,. Joseph...and American Jewa Now tiiat Uanukkah fias passed, it would be gtKxi for us to understand why Rabbinic Judaism was so cool to the evenis that led t« Hanukkah, and to the festival itself. The Rabbis, who didn't put too much stock in miracles in general, more or less reduced Hanukkah to the legend of the oil that burned miraculously fof eight days. If you read Amy Friedman's story in last Sunday's World Herald, you have read a Midrashic story that I had prepared for this week's D'var Torah Friedman told it very ilose to the Midrashic story itself, except for minor details which slle omitted in order to tell the story to children. The Midrashic story is about Alexander the Great, who is generally admired in Rabbinic Judaism. But here he carries the whole weight of the debased Hellenistic culture that the Rabbis hate-with good reason. Alexander's forces, which conquered the whole of the Middle East and parts of North Africa (limited basically to Egypt alone), reached a far-off and little known kingdom in deepest ^ia (not Africa as Friedman has it). Alexander confronted the King, who said, "If it's money you want 1 will give it. Or do you lack food in your country?" Alexander replied that he had plenty of both. He had come to observe their customs, he told the King, especially the administration of justice. Two litigants came before the King. A h.id bought land from B and discovered a huge treasure, when his plow broke the ground. A said, '1 bought a field, not a trc.isure. It Wongs to B!" B said, "1 sold the field and evelything on it and in it. The treasure belongs to A!" ' The King solved the problem by reconunending that the son of one and the daughter of the other litigant marry and have the treasure together.
Alexander iwas astonished. "Well, what would you have done?* the King asked. "In our 1 country," Alexander said, Ve would have decapitated the two litigants and confiscated ithe treasure for the crown!" "You do have rain in your land, and sunshine, and little wild animals, as in most lands?" the king asked. 'Of course," replied Alexander. "Then be assured," the King continued, 'the Good Lord allows rain and sunshine in your land not for you, but for the wild animals who live there." And the Midrash concludes with n verse from Psahns, homiletically changing the thrust of the verse: 'Along' with the beast, the Lord saves Man." (ps. 36:7.) The Greeks come off with a bad press here, which they don't deserve. But the debased Hellenism which the Maccabees confronted did deserve all of this and more. There was militarism, burdened also with taaterialism and corruption of all sorts. Unfortunately the later generatioas of Maccabees (Hasmoneans) fell prey to tliis corruption of Hellas. Eventually they invited the Romans, tlie new power in the Eastern Mediterlanean, to decide a problem for them. Pompey decided in favor of - Pompey, and the submission to Rome began (63 B.C.E.) The Rabbis, who lived under the crushing oppression of Rome, therefore attached little significance to the events tliat led to Hfinukkah, since the aftermath, like nil roads, lends to Rome and its cruel and heartless domination If you are looking for a connection with.our Sidrah, ask yourself about Joseph. Was he not'^lling - ah, if we could get into his brain! - to assimilate to Hellenism? It took Joseph's love of father and family, as it took tlie Rabbis in Roman, time, to challenge assimilation and Judaism, And ourselyes? What will it take in 21st century American Judaism?
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Talia Zuberman, daughter of Lea Karpman, formerly of Omaha and Israel, and Shai Zuberman, formerly of I Israel, will celebrate her f Bat Mitzvah Dec. 14 at Temple Beth Ahm in Springfield, N.J. A seventh-grade stu dent at the Florence M Gaudineer Middle School in Springfield, she enjoys dance, tennis, computers, music and camp. Talia has two sisters, Tamar and Leyora. Grandparents are the late Rachel and.Zelik Karpman and Miriam Zuberman of B'nei Br^k, Israel. David Benjamin Patton, son of Linda and Joel Patton, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah Dec. 21 at Temple Israel. An eighth-grade honor student at Westside Middle School, he enjoys football, basketball, swimming, and plays select soccer. David has two sisters, Michelle and Jenny, and a brother, Steven. Grandparents are'Mr. and Mrs. Mel Bornstein of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kamp of Palm Beach, FL.
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: Sarah Catherine Grossman, daughter of Alex and Mary Grossman, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah Dec. 21 at Beth Israel Synagogue. A sixth-grade honor student at Ponca Elementary School, she participates in the Challenge program and plays the clarinet in the school band. She is also a competitive figure skater and was the 1996 Schroeder Award recipient from the Figure Skating Club of Omaha. She is president of Jr. NCSY. Sarah has two brothers, Joshua and Daniel. Grandparents are Miriam Grossman of Omaha and the late Ignac Grossm'an and Arlyne Pickett of Beaver City, NE, and the late Glenn Pickett. Tamara Gayle Schneiderman, daughter of Sue and Martin ~ Schneiderman, will become a Bat Mitzvah Dec. 21 at Beth Israel Synagogue. A seventh-grade superior honor roll student at Peter Kiewit Middle School, she plays the baritone, trombone and tuba in the school Jazz band. She was selected for the PEER program at Peter Kiewit and the Duke University Talent Identification Program; has participated in Odyssey of the Mind for five years; and is treasurer of Jr. NCSY. Grandparents are the late Harry and Evelyn Schneiderman and the late Aline and Gaylord Warren.
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Member of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 1502 No. S2nd St, Omaha, NE 6S104 65e«»8 Services are conducted by Rabbi Howwd ICutner. Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. tij) 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. "Paraha of the Week," a course led by Yakova Herzig,,4 p.m., at the home of the Herzigs. Chumash class with Rabbi Kutner, 3:55 p.m., at the synagogue. Mincha at 4:25 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. SUNDAY: Morning service, 9 a.m., followed by breakfast and a class with Rabbi Kutner at 9:45 a.m., on The Siddur: A study of the background and meaning of the Prayer Book. Mincha, 4:35 p.m. Installation Program and Dinner, 5 p.m.-Rabbi Kutner will formally be installed as spiritual leader at this special program. The entire community is invited to the program; the dinner following is by reservation only. WEEKDAYS: Sorvicrs at 7 a.m. and 4:3r) p.m.
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Member of the Unian of American Hebrew Congregations 70aa Caaii Street, Omab*. NE 68183 ' S5e-«SS6 FRroAY: Shabbat evening service, 8:15 p.m.; Rabbi Azriel and Hazzan Contzius will officiate. Rabbi Azriel Mil speak. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Laurie and Paul Gerber in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Adam. Sitter Service ; Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening service and the Saturday morning Shabbat service irhen there is a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. 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. Bar Mitzvah-Adam Gerber will celebrate his 3ar Mitzvah at the morning service. P.E.P.( Parallel Education for Parente) Sunday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m. "Food For Thought" Tuesday, Dec. 17, 11:30 a.m.-l p.m.- Hazzan Contzius will lead the discussion. Bring a brown g lunch; Temple will provide the drinks. "TIGGS" (Temple Israel Go Getters) Wednesday, Dec. 18, noon (for lunch). Cost is $4. Hazzan Contzius will .speak. Make reservaliont; villi Mary Lou Goodman at 553-66.'i4, or l.ibby knplan at ,'jr>l-6202. Adult Education December 19--Si,sl«>rliood Adult Education: 9:3011 a.m., Hazzan Erik (^ontzius will contiiiuc to lead I study of the old Union Prayer Book and the new Sates of Prayer, as well as other liturgical publicn kions. 7:30-8:30 p.m., "Beyond Midrash," led by Don Schwartz. COLLEGE STUDENTS All Temple Israel college students are invited to a night out to meet old friends and visit with Rabbi Azriel Dec. 30, 7:30 p.m. Dinner (at no charge) will be held at the Upstream Brewery, 514 So. Uth Bt RSVP to the Temple office at 556-6536.
^flOSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME SATURDAY: Services, led by Alan Shulewitz and assisted by Albert FViedman, 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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Services, 7:30 p.m., at 3012 S. 119th St., Omaha. Religious School: Classes are held every Sunday ut 10 a.m. at Westside Community Education Center, 108th and Grover. Call Dr. Marty Rosenberg, 390-90621 for placement. Congregational Meeting-Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Sachs will visit during Dec. 19-22. Please check the Beyt Shalom information line ut ?58-9233 for last minute weatlier-related schedule ehanges.
TIFERETH ISRAEL Member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 3219 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln, NE 68502 423-8569 Services are conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rospnbaum. Minyans on Mondays and Thursdays, 7:15 a.m. FRIDAY: Services start at 8 p.m. Oneg Shabbat hosted by Gerry and Sandy Schuchman. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m.; .Jr. congregation, 10:15 a.m.
CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN 80U1H STREET TBMFLE Member of the Union ofAmnrioan Hebr«w Googregatlons Mai&MNhSL, UnooHNE68509.2797 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.
B'NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE eiSMynstarSt. Council Bluffs, lows 51503 322-4705 FRIDAY: Shabbat evening services, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY, Dec. 20: Oliver Pollak, Professor of History at UNO, will be the guest speaker with an audio-visual introduction to Yiddish Theater.
CHABAD HOUSE 1322 So. 119th S(^ Omaha, NE 68154 687-1U4 WEB-www.metawlr«xam/ehabadneb E-MAIL-8hIiaeM»aoLcom SATURDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed ly Kiddish. SUNDAY; Davening is at 9:30 a.m. Talmud Claaaes Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. Advanced Talmud, Thuraday* at noon. Yiddish 'Hooked on Yiddish lessons, Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
PERSONALS The family of Msx Kstz would like to thank their relatives and friends for their condolences and contributions made In his memory. Special thanks to Rabbi Drazen and Cantor Berkovlts and the staff at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. Jesn Msrx Clars Kstz I want to thank all my family and friends for their thoughtfulness during my stay in the hospital. Special thanks to Rabbis Drazen and Katzman. Charles Altman '•'t-i^-^-'--^^'^
Office Hours: Monday though Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 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. TSS (Torah Siddur Skills), 10 a.m. Shabbat story time, first and third Sat, 11 a.m.; ICtantan, second and fourth Saturday, 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 4:40 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Kids Kabbalat Shabbat Friday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m.-For children 6 years old and under with their families. An Oneg Shabbat will follow.
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Disabled Israeli teens offered chance to become B'nai Mitzvah by Michcic Chabin TKLAVIV (JTA) - Hundreds of Israeli children celebrate their Bar and Bat Milzvahs every week, and 13-year-old Asher Gorsky did not want to be an exception. In mid-November, Asher, a handsome but frail boy with a radiant smile, realized his dream before two dozen relatives and friends. Asher has cerebal palsy. He has no control over his voice or limbs and he can see nothing but shadows. When called up to the Torah at a synagogue in Tel Aviv, the wheelchair-bound teen 'recited' the blessings by pressing a special automated vocal device with his head. Although the voice on the tape was not actually Asher's, the expression on his face as he waited for the exact moment to chant the blessings spoke volumes about his determination to officially enter the ranks of adulthood. While Bar and Bat Mitzvah programs for disabled children have been operating for two decades in the United States, only one such program is available in Israel. This program has enabled nearly three dozen physically or developmentally disabled Israeli boys and girls to take an active role in their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, usually in a group ceremony. By the end of next year, at least 60 more will join their ranks. Although Israeli' society is progressive when it comes to special education, says Judith EdelmanGreen, director of the Masorti movement's Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program for the Special Child, "few Beverly disabled Israelis have had a full-fledged Bar/Bnt Mitzvah. In most cases, Israeli families simply don't know that such an option is available." While the Masorti movement continues to seek recognition for its religious institutions in Israel, the Bar and Bat Mitzvah program has received Ministry of Education funds since 1996.
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Religious pluralists in Israel struggling, activist says
Switch Day ^uccesS story Kudosili) Tpiiiplo Israel's (^.iiring Committee and tlie Rose Blumkiii Jewish Home for inaugurating Switch Oiiy this year on DecJ 25. , Biirbarii Gotlliel), Jewish Senior Service's Executive Director, approached Elyce Azriel with the idea.of recruiting volunteers for that day '•> order to allow the Home's non-Jewish staff a day to celebrate their holiday. Along with Marilyn Mellen, chairman of the (faring Committee, the woni,en have signed up nearly 100 volunteers. Working in two and three-hour shifts, adults and teens will take on such tasks as setting tables, cleaning up after meals, folding laundry and. answering phones. Registered nurses will still be on duty, but volunteers will assist them with housekeeping duties related to residents' needs. In addition, Lenora Lancaster, JCC Administrative Assistant, has scheduled time for volunteers to read to residents and entertain them. The women had no trouble recruiting volunteers, but would welcome additional help, in case of illness or last-minute travel plans of the volunteers. They all deserve a big hand of applause for their efforts in serving the needs of both the residents and the stufTof the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home.
by Natalie 'H^einstein, Staff Writer, Jewish Bulletin of Northern Califiimia SAN FRANCISCO, CA-The struggle for religious pluralism in Israel will no longer move forward, one leading activist says. "The coming years will mean much more work out in the streets, much more work in the Supreme Court to maintain past achievements," said Avinoam Armoni, the New Israel Fund's director in Israel and the chair of a new coalition designed to fight an Orthodox monopoly. "It's a defense mode, more than anything else." The ad hoc coalition, formed since Israel's elections in May, is called Mate Chofesh, or Freedom Front. The coalition's formation isn't a reaction to a Likud-led government per se, but to the new strength of three religious parties. Mate Chofesh's slogan is: "Judaism Without Coercion." "We define it as an urgent emergency struggle for the pluralistic, democratic nature of Israel," Mr. Armoni said. Several conflicts undermining religious pluralism have sprung up since the elections, he said, citing such examples as attacks on drivers on Bar Ilan Street, a mtyor road in Jerusalem on Shabbat,
Letter to the Editor To the Editor, The recent events and discussions in our community about current Israeli politics have caused me to think and rcflccl upon how this could affect us as a people. I was there and played a part in the establishment of the State of Israel. 1 fought in the War of Independence in 19-)8., The United States and Israel are both democracies. We can vote for whomever we choose to lead us. I personally disagree with the issue of the Israeli rabbinate having power over matters of personal status. However, this does not prevent me from accepting responsibility to assist in the rescue and resettlement of Jews in need. This needs to , take place whether there is a good or bad government in Israel. I urge everyone to make a gift of whatever you can afford to the UJA/Federation Campaign. The easiest sacrifice we can make is to write a check. Syd Osten
To the Editor, Are you or were you a Horowitz, Horwitz, Hurwitz, maybe Gurvitz or a Gurevitch? The Horowitz Family Association has just completed its first international meeting in Israel. We are attempting to form a Horowitz Family Association in the Diaspora for genealogical purposes, family research and general information so that you can inform your children and grandchildren about this important family in Jewish history. If you would like further information, e-mail us at: 102444.44@compuserve.com or write to us at: The Horowitz Family Association, PC Box 4023, Burlingame.CA 94011. Victor Horwitz
Letter from Israel
by Harry Alien
In his best selling novel, Snow Fallinn on Cedars, David Guterson writes a compelling haunting story of a Japanese young man accused of murdering a fisherman on a small island in Puget Sound. The novel interweaves the treatment of JapaneseAmericans during World War II with a gripping mystery story. It is a powerful read. But one paragraph has especially stayed with me because it resonates for us as Jews as well. A Japanese mother is admonishing her daughter whom she suspects has fallen in love with a non-Japanese man. ' "Vou must live in this world, of course you must, and this world is the role of the hakujim (white people) • you must learn to live with il, but don't allow living among the hakujim to become intertwined with them. If you become intertwined with them your soul will decay." As I recall our trip this past fall across the boundless American landscape observing Jewish life wherever we were, I think about the finely wrought advice of a mythical Japanese mother to her daughter. Does the warning apply to Jews, and if it docs as I believe, how have we heeded it? American Jews have certainly learned to live "in this world" - the world of the non-Jew. There have
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been reams of copy, uncounted articles and books chronicalling the integration of Jews into American Life. No need to repeat the litany-it is a familiar story, a success story alhiost without parallel. Yet have we become so intertwined that we have lost our soul? The "Jeremiahs" in America and Israel believe it to be so. But my observations lead me to a different conclusion. Some, to be sure have lost a Jewish soul-some may have never had one. Yet I recall a small shut in Manchester, New Hampshire with an active tongregation whose rabbi is now on sabbatical in Israel. There is an.improbable South Bend, Indiana with a Jewish day school with kids going on "the Israel experience." In Reno, Nevada, which we left 45 years ago, synagogue life continues in a new structure. We attended vibrant Shabbat services across the land - some better than others, some better attended than others - but, each of them trying to maintain Jewishness. This is not to say that Jewish life does not have its problems in living in a non-Jewish world without becoming intertwined with it - it does. Maintaining a vibrant Jewish soul is a difficult task - but one must keep working at it.
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women's freedom to wear the clothing of their choice at supermarkets and a comedian's right to' satirizei the Torah portion on public television. Due largely to recent electoral reform in Israel, National Religious Party, Shas and United Torah Judaism now hold 23 of the Knesset's 120 seats. They help the Likud coalition maintain a Knesset majority, and thu§ exercise more influence than their numbers might suggest. Acknowledging that Israel's secular' population "literally does nothing" to maintain its rights, Mr. Armoni said Mate Chofesh is trying to show that the "silent megority does have a voice." Mate Chofesh includes representatives of the Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and secular humanist movements; of the Labor, Likud, Meretz and Tsomet political parties; of feminist, civil rights, kibbutz, immigrant and archaeologist organizations; and of grassroots groups. Strategies include organizing demonstrations, running newspaper ads, lobbying government officials, building public awareness and bringing cases to the Supreme Court. Mr. Armoni hopes such efforts could awaken the secular populace. "We may be entering a stage in which the pluralistic public in Israel recognizes the need to fight," he said. The issues that will rouse Israel's sleeping giant won't be the rights of Reform and Conservative Jews, he said, even though American Jews see this as a primai^y concern. "Reform and Conservative are still seen as something very marginal," he said. But if the issue is framed as opposition to the monopoly of Orthodoxy over life-cycle ceremonies and civil freedoms, he said, secular Jews may rally for change.
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Israelis, Arabs talk business despite stalled peace process by Gil Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA)-The host was less than hospitable, but nonetheless, Israel was able to find a comfortable place for itself among the other invited guests. This was the mixed assessment that emerged from the third annual Middle East-North Africa economic summit held recently in Cairo. Without a doubt, Israel had enjoyed a more prominent place at the table at the 1994 conference in Casablanca, Morocco, and at last year's meeting in Amman, Jordan. In the week preceding the conference, key Israeli business leaders received messages from Cairo to attend the conference, even as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators struggled to reach agreement on implementing a redeployment of Israeli forces in Hebron. The conference brought together some 3,000 delegates from more than 80 countries. Among those attending was a 100-member Israeli delegation that included six government ministers. Although no dreunatic Israeli-Arab business ventures were announced at the conference, the event enabled Israelis to continue to do business with the Arab world. But any assessment of regional economic cooperation must be seen in mixed terms. True, Israel did not wrap up any major deals with its Arab neighbors. And for all the talk of cool relations between Jerusalem and Cairo, annual Israeli-Egyptian trade, excluding oil sales, jumped from an insignificant $7 million only four years ago to $77 million last year. In addition, business deals between Israeli firms and Arab entrepreneurs from the Persian Gulf states are quietly, proceeding.
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Egypt appears schizophrenic in latest dealings with Israel by GU Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA) - For months now, Egypt ing a relatively mild statement saying that Israeli i has been conducting a double-faced diplomatic plans to expand existing settlements could "torpestratdgy. In its dealings with the Arab world, do the peace process." On a harsher note, the where it wants to preserve its dominant status, Egyptian secretary-general of the leagiie, called on Cairt) is aggressive toward Israel. the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on In the delicate negotiatiops between Israel and Israel for its settlement policy and CQ-sponsor a 'the Palestinians over the long-delayed redeploy- resolution that is critical of Israel's treatment of i 'ment in Hebron, for example, Egyptian President the Palestinian people. Hosni Mubarak keeps telling Palestinian leader The tensions with Egypt have provoked mixed Yasser Arafat not to show any flexibility. reactions in Israel. The strained relations with When dealing with the world at large, particular- Egypt, and, by extension, with much of the Arab ly the United States - from which Egypt gets $2.1 world, have fueled speculation in Israel's political billion in annual aid - Egypt strives to maintain community that a national unity government may its image as a stable miqdle-of-the-road country soon be formed. Ariel Sharon, Israel's minister of national infrastructure, visited Labor leader that blocks negative trends in the region. The two faces of Egypt, on repeated display since Shimon Peres last week. Although much of the current tensions in the Netanyahu was elected, were apparent most recently at the recent meeting of the 22-nation region stem from the stalemate over Hebron, a Arab League in Cairo. resolution of that issue is not likely to improve the In ihe days leading up to last 'week's meeting, situation. After Hebron there will be an even high- , Mubarak warned that Israel's policy of settlement er hurdle to clear. expansion was posing a threat to peace. But it was Those talks will involve the most difficult issues also Egypt that blocked a Syrian proposal that separating Israel and the Palestinians, including Arab nations suspend all relations with Israel. the future status of Jerusalem and the question of Instead, the session ended with the group issu- Palestinian statehood.
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Mr8. Epstein was recently named Regiohal Chairman of this group and will be back ii> Israel in late winter for another meeting with the consortium's Israeli counterparts. The group of Israelis bnd Americans met after the Lion of Judah 'Conference in Israel for a first look at the proposals which would allocate 5% of next year's UJA allocations from the 11 cities, including Omaha. The Midwest Consortium's Partnership 2000 1 area covers the Western Galilee region from Acco, north along the coastline to Rosh HaNiqrah. Acco, the oldest Crusader city still in existence, will likely be the site of future development for tourism, a boon to local hotels, bed and breakfast sites, restaurants and other nearby tourist attractionsa Rosh HaNiqrah, which sits along the border with Lebanon and Nahariya, a small city in-between Acco and Rosh Haniqrah, are also thought to be ripe for development. "The project proposals must have a 'people-topeople' component," insisted Mrs. Epstein. 'We want to fund projects that will directly aifect people's lives." In order to ensure that the projects are funded and implemented, the consortium has hired a liaison, Beth Zuriel, formerly of Dayton, OH. She made ahyah some 20 years ago and also worked as ^the Dayton-Columbus liaison for their Project Renewal site in Israel. Mrs. Schneiderman recently teamed up with Mrs. Zuriel and Alex Fleischer, a UJA guide familiar to many Omahans, to visit the Western Galilee. While she visited a food processing plant to speak with owners about marketing to consumers in the United States, I visited the offices ofTzafon Achad, fforth One. This local weekly newspaper, which runs between 80 and 120 pages, transmits digitally its photos, ads and copy, to the printing plant in Haifa for publication. Publisher Alec Major suggested that his staff prepare a monthly summary, entitled News from the North, for transmittal to the Jewish newspaIpers in the 11 Midwest cities of the consortium. "We can put a 'face' on the news you receive from Israel," he said, "Because we're a weekly, rather than a daily, we have more time to dig into the |)ackground of our stories. We can write about economic problems, security concerns, health and immigrant issues and our readers know the people !We're describing beause they're neighbors." This proposal, among others, will be discussed at
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The last stop of the day was at the Strauss Dairy in Nahariya, one of four plants in the cpuntry, employing more than 300 people. The plant's director showed Jan Schneiderman the sophisticated operation which makes and packages dairy products. the next meeting in Israel in late winter. At Mateh Asher, the rural municipal council covering the region, we met the director, Yitzhak Hadas, and council secretary Gilead Inbar. The Council includes many independent Arab municipalities, but according to Mr. Inbar, "We have the best relations with Arabs in the whole country." Some of their proposals on the drawing board for the consortium to consider are: A special project to stabilize the local population in the rural areas; establishing a conference center specializing in food and health; developing the infrastructure for joint ventures with Lebanon to connect the railway line with the coastal highway and a local airfield; and the tourism connection between the seaside communities and those in the hills of the Galilee. "Last year 800,000 visitors came to Rosh Haniqra on the northwest Israeli coast," said Mr. Hadas, "that's up from 400,000 just two years ago. "The Renaissance Festival, classical concerts in Acco's old city and in Nes Amim, the only Christian kibbutz in the country, are a draw, not just for Israelis, but for foreign tourists. "Acco is the only remaining crusader city in the world," he concluded. "An architect is working on plans for a Maritime Museum and we're planning reconstruction of the Phoenician part of the city." MATI, a Hebrew acronym for Business Development Center, also works with new olim, helping them buy homes and start businesses. In a
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RmoCraw BERfiMMrtPMHTMG byHaryFrilaMm IDECORATWQ or/«Mw Ipiltttanotf' Almost 10 years ago, a FlowcrBirf young family firom Israel p«Mr nimvd, dryml npilr. P.1ll71nai1WiiaH*«NEN1« ft— Citlmim. kwiniM, 20 moved into a duplex 34&«490 across the street from my house on Western Avenue. Menachem Mor was to head the P~COMPLElf PLUMBING SERviCE "^^ 24 HOUR SERVICE Klutznick Chair at Creighton University. -M|M^ Ucf 12200 His wife, Devorah, would teach, and the throe children, including Rlkki and Alon Mor 15>^year-old Alon, started classes in Omaha public schools. To say we became instant friends and family would be a mcyor understatement. I was immediately called "the American Bobi" (even though MIDWEST COMPUTER WORX there are two grandmothers in Haifa). Others here Economical and reliable computer service also became "family" in its best sense. for home and small businesses For all of us, the departure to Israel this January of Alon and his bride, the former Rikki Epstein, is •Hardware repairs •Preventive maintenance the loss of a '"family member," the last of the Mors •Installation •Upgrades •System backups to leave the Omaha scene. Coll Jim Kirkpatrick And yet, it is a time of gratitude for all they added to our Jewish community in their years at 573-1347 or 680-1925 here. Alon was director of youth and college students at Temple Israel while getting his Bachelor's degree from Creighton University. And while he served as director of BBYO and the Senior High programs at the "J" he also earned a Master's degree from the University of Omaha. His devotion to his work and "his kids' has been admired by co-workers and parents alike. In his honor, B'nai B'rith is hosting a "Shalom Alon" brunch on Sunday. It will be time to say farewell to one we call "our own" as he and his wife go to their Israeli family, the IsraeU army service and hopefully the "good Ufe." Men and women of ail ages will reach up, way up, to give this tall, good-looking, gentle and kind GALLERY young man a warm hug and kiss, and a tearful In ike OU MBI»I TawCexy "Shalom, Shalom."
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The Omaha Jewish Women's Spirituality and New Moon Networlc recently sponsored an event at the home of Deirdre Evans to usher in the Hebrew month of Kislev. Amy Potash (left), and Miriam Ben-Yakov, program facilitators, led the group in New Moon readings and a yoga presentation. For information on future events, please contact Deirdre Evans at 551-9005. This event was co-sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Arts Council.
YES/OLDTIMEI^ Both groujDS will meet Monday at the JCC. Englishj class is offe^-ed td new Aibericans at 10 a.m. Exercise and bingo both start at 10:30. The Oldtimers Earlybird discussion group will meet at 11 a.m. All are welcome to sing along with the YES choral group at rehearsal, also at 11 a.m. Following lunch at noon, the YES choral group will perform Yiddish melrtdies. Fqr transportation, call 330-4272. WALK-IN DROP-IN Walk-In Drop-In will meet Thursday at the JCC. English class and exercise are both offered at 10 a.m. Bingo starts at 10:30 a.m. Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:45. At 12:15 p.m., the video Titzhak Rabin" will be shown in room 10. For transportation, call 3304272. BREADBREAKERS B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers will meet Wednesday at noon at Highland Country Club. Mayor Hal Daub will speak on current topics of interest in the community. Ron Gordon is chairman for December. Cost is $7.75 and the event is open to the community. NOTE: There will be no Breadbreakers Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. DREAMS AND REAUTIES Sunday, Dec. 22, 2-3 p.m.-Gloriann Levy, Jewish Cultural Art? Director, will speak on "What Jewish Omaha Has to Offer You!" Transportation is available with advanced reservations. Call 3302024 the Friday before the program.
From left: Rachel Eshelman, Sydney Richbelt, Annelisse Ocanto and Leslie Gendleman participated in the recent Sr. NCSY Shabbaton in Kansas City. Jr. NCSY traveled to St. Louis for their fall Shabbaton, and recently held a miniShabbaton for Hanukkah.
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Modern Orthodox navigate moderation amid the tensions by Debra Nussbaum Cohen RYE, N.Y.(JTA) - Yeshiva University President Rabbi Norman Lamm has often said thiat modern Orthodoxy's central problem today is that its adherents tend to be moderate about their passions, rather than passionate about their moderation. Built on a philosophy of simultaneous observance of God's commandments and integration with the world, the movement is now seeking to reinvigorate that ideology of moderation. This quest was clear at the 98th annual convention of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, held here over the long Thanksgiving weekend, where speakers and some of the 800 participants interviewed sounded similar themes. At the same time, it became apparent that the O.U., as an organization of about 750 synagogues plus about 25,000 individual members, seems to have succeeded in recharging itself as an institution with a clear sense of its own mandate. The modern Orthodox quest comes at a time when, it is widely acknowledged, there are no truly great modern Orthodox rabbis leading the movement. The vacuum has been acutely felt by modern Orthodox Jews since the 1993 death of their principal theologian, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik. It also comes as the modem Orthodox are grappling with tensions between the forces of assimilation and the influences of the right wing. The religious and social behavior of modern Orthodox Jews has in recent years, been pulled rightward by the more stringent, isolationist practices of the fervently Orthodox community. At the same, assimilation and intermarriage are making inroads to the modern Orthodox community, though to a lesser extent than among religiously liberal and unafHliated Jews. Amid this quest for a renewed ideology, however, is a growing organization with an increasingly clear sense of purpose. The Orthodox Union is expanding to Israel its network of teen social clubs, the National Conference of Synagogue Youth, which has some 40,000 members in the United States. The organization has created a strong presence on-line, where its home page on the World Wide Web gets about 8,000 hits a day, 2,000 from people who have never visited there before, said Rabbi Raphael Butler, O.U.'s executive vice president. O.U. to present synagogue achievement award to Beth Israel at Installation Dinner Rabbi Raphael Butler will install Rabbi Howard Kutner as Beth Israel's spiritual leader on Sunday night and present the congregation with the Religious Growth award from the Orthodox Union of American Jewish Congregations. The award was originally presented to Rabbi Kutner at the recent O.U. convention. It is presented to only one synagogue each year and it is the flrst time Beth Israel has been honored by the organization. The diqner, chaired by Julee and Rick Katzman and Susie and Paul Shyken, begins at 5 p.m. at the synagogue. Last minute reservations can be made by calling the synagogue office at 556-6288.
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English is the Predominant Language of World Jewry . by Oliver B. PoUaii, University of Nebraska at Omfiha
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'Electrifying, magnificent and wow' (Continued from page 1) leiu'e as a .siiliiisL easily made lier feel ri[;lil at baeus, Mr. Kichardsoii recounted a portion of the Ilanukkah story tracing the struggle of the Jewish home on the Center's stage. It was immediately after her performance that people to overcome tyranny in the classic battle for members of the audience acclaimed her style with religious freedom. As Judas Maccabaeus, Mr. Miller, who is director "electrifying, magnificent and wow." The audience was pleased particularly when Ms. of Music Ministries at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Omaha, performed a number of selecRodionova shook hands with many members of the tions with forcefulness, clarity, and in-step with Symphony in recognition of their participation in the orchestral accompaniment. the Concerto. Also included in the program were Marc Lavry's And there's no doubt that when the word gets out Israeli country dances and a spirited Milton about her skill and talent, the solo piano concert Barnes' Chanukah Suite. that she is scheduled for on April 13 at the JCC The 40 or so members of the Chamber Orchestra will be sold out early. as well as the performers were treated to several In introducing the selections from Judas Macca- standing ovations.
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A History of the Jews in the EnglishSpeaking World: Great Britain by W. D. Rvbinstein. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996, 539 pages. i When the author started his research he lived in Australia. When this first vplun^e of a projected two volume study appeared, he was Professor of Modern History at the University of Wales at Aberystwyth. The significance of not living in Israel, New York, or even London, has given Professor Rubinstein the opportunity to reconfigure Jewish demography. He does a remarkable job pointing out the demographic centrality of the English speaking world in Diaspora Jewry. He calls it the language matrix. Jews numbered 2.5 million in the 1790s of which one per cent were English spealdng. By 1890 Jews numbered 10 million of which 10 per cent spoke English. Among the 14.3 million Jews today, 48 per cent speak English. By comparison, 30 percent of Jews speak Hebrew. Such extensive use of English and Hebrew were virtually unimaginable as recently as the mid-nineteenth century. The unity of language meant that similarities were more significant than differences. While "frontier Jews" may have a sense of novelty, Rubinstein argues that the English language overrode "egregious provinciality." Prof. Rubinstein argues that Jewish studies have had a misplaced focus on German Jewry and the emergence of Reform. Neither the numbers of German Jews nor the role of Reform, or the disaster that occurred to German Jewry justify the ns.soriiition between German Jewry and modernism. While Germany and Austria had 500,000 and IS.G.OOO Jews ill l'j:«). New York had 1,728,000
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