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Jason Perelman, armed with a degree in philosophy from the University of Kansas, headed off for New York, ready to enter the world of business. But something didn't feel right; he thought he needed more. He moved back to Omaha and started attending graduate courses in psychology at tlie University of Nebraska at Omaha. It seemed like the perfect plan, until Mr. Perelman's conversations with local rabbis about his courses forced a radical change in his plans. Today Jason Perelman is a student at Pardes Institute in Jerusalem and has applied to rabbinical school for fall of 1997. "I always had the goal of becoming a motivator, a lecturer who can inspire others to reach their potential," he said in a recent interview, "but I didn't realize until last year that my path should be through Judaism." Arriving in the Jewish State last February, Mr. Perelman participated in the Livnot ITLehibanot program in Tzfat and Jerusalem.Livnot is an Israel Experience program, supported by the UJA/Federation Campaign. A three-month combination of work and study, the course means "To build and to be built." It's aimed at young people, ages 21-30, with little or no Jewish studies background as an

by Carol Katzman introduction to Jewish tradition. In addition," the group works on contruction and community service projects. Livnot program leaders were so impressed with Mr. Perelman, they asked him to stay on as a counselor for new groups arriving during the summer. At Pardes, teachers from all Jewish streams learn with the young adults in a traditional yeshiva setting, but with pluralistic values. The Institute, located just a 20-minute walk from 'downtown' Jerusalem, does not adhere to any one movement but does offer 'the Jewish basics' to its mostly American coed student body. Bill Shackman, son of Bruce Shackman of Omaha and Liz Shackman of Chicago, will join Mr. Perelman at Pardes in February. He is a recent graduate of Northwestern University and studies at Hebrew University. Mr. Shackman hopes to teach Jewish studies in college. "To be able to articulate your views on Judaism is important," Mr. Perelman said. "I do plan on going back to the StatM as soon as I learn whether I've been accepted to rabbinical school. "I definitely want to be in a pluralistic setting," he added, "That's why Jaaon Perelaon, son of Sheldon and Jan Perelman, rides his bike to Pardes is so right for me." get around Jerusalem. He is a student at Pardes Institute. (Con'd on pace 20)

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion: Educating leadership for the 21st century *Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Angeles campuses. Rabbinic alumni lead Reform Religion is the intellectual, academic and spiritual center of Reform Judaism. Its faculty, administration, student body, and research resources represent a fervent hope for the future, a commitment to the present, and continuity with all the generations of the past. Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, HUC-JIR President, states, "A learned community and the attainment of academic excellence are essential to ensure creative Jewish life in the 21st century and beyond. The College-Institute proudly takes its place in the unfolding story of the Jewish people, its covenant with God, and its place in the service and history of humankind." Founded in 1875 in Cincinnati by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, the founder of American Reform Judaism, HUC-JIR is the oldest institution of Jewish higher learning in America. In 1922, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise established the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. The similar orientation of the two schools led to their merger in 1950. HUC-JIR's Los Angeles School was opened in 1954 to serve the growing Jewish community on the West Coast. The Jerusalem campus was founded in 1963 to serve as a post-doctoral school of archaeological and biblical studies. Since 1970, it has served as the center for HUC-JIR's Year-in Israel Program and as the home of HUC-JIR's Israel Rabbinic Program. HUC-JIR's Rabbinic School is the oldest institution in the United States educating rabbis to serve the Jewish community. The five-year graduate degree program encompasses a first year of Hebrew and Judaic studies in Jerusalem, followed by studies at HUC in Cincinnati, New York or Los

congregations, Hillels, and Jewish organizations, serve as college educators and as chaplains in hospitals and the armed forces. The School of Graduate Studies in Cincinnati is a leading center for the study, training, research and publication in the areas of Bible, ancient Near Eastern languages, Hellenistic studies, rabbinics, Jewish religious thought and philosophy, and modern Jewish history. (Con'd on page 16)

Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, right, was installed as the President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati by SUniey P. Gold, President of the HUC Board of Governors.

Yeshiva University ranked in top tier of universities For the first time ever, undergraduate programs at Yeshiva University have been ranked within the top tier of such programs in the annual US News & World Report survey of colleges and universities. Y.U. placed 45th out of the 229 schools rated within the prestigious "national university category." Schools in this group that scored within the top 50 - including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and New York Universities, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology - are in the first of four "tiers." Liberal arts colleges that are not part of major research universities, such as Amherst College and Swarthmore College, are rated in separate categories, as are regional institutions. Last year, the US News survey placed Y.U. in the second tier of the national university category, which included schools with rankings between 51 and 114. The schools were listed alphabetically without indicating exactly where they placed within this grouping. In 1994, the University was placed in the third tier, which included schools ranked between 115 and 171. "We are pleased by the new ratings, and we hope they reflect the many enhancements we have made in recent years," said Y.U. President Norman Lamm, 'At the same time, we do not want to overemphasize the significance of this survey because we know that the lower scores we received in previous years did not reflect our true academic quality. It is important to remember llint these surveys are not as scientific as they often claim to be." The factors used by US News to rank colleges and universities, and the relative weights the factors were given were: reputation (based on a poll of (Continued on page 16)

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Waiting for a clear cotinection with the Sidrah, I have postponod from January to April to August to December a subject I wanted to introduce in .January. The fir.st Crusade dates from 1096 and this is its !K)Oth anniversary. It will not do to detail the slaughter of Jews on both sides of the Rhine, and in eastern Europe, and in Palestine. The Crusaders were recruited from the dregs of society, and they didn't restrain their leiigerness to kill until they got to Muslim lands. They started at once, in some cases urged on by lower clergy, to offer Jews baptism or death. The Crusaders were a dividing line in the hiistory of Jews in Europe. After the Crusades, life for Jews Applications for financial aid for preschool proill Christian lands heciune precarious, precarious grams for the 1997-1998 academic year are availto an extent beyond what it was in early centuries. able from the Bureau of Jewish Education. Awards My thesis here is that the Crusades, so far as are based on demonstrable financial need. Jews were concerned, and the Holocaust were the For an application, or for more information, fruits of oiH> continuing, deeply lodged, egregiously please call 334-6445. iiiili-religious tendency in Christianity. This was the bitter, even'savage hostility to Jews and Judaism and the ingrained habit of denouncing Judaism in order to rlaim the superiority of by Susie Di*azen, BJE Director Christianity, the so-called Adversus Judaeos tradiHamoreh is the Bureau of Jewish Education's tion. It starts in the New Testament-thus in the first ongoing program of teacher training and enrirbment. contury-and it has not been laid to rest. ' This year, Hamoreh's first program was an In the first century, all the controveries between the struggling Christian Church and the Jews at August celebration of Jewish education, featuring the end of the century, in tlie Gospels, were retro- "When Torah Works, the Ultimate Feast," presentjected back, as though they were controversies ed by Rabbi Yosi Gordon of St. Paul, MN.' Karin btitween Jesus and the Pharisees of his day, at tlie Levine, of Creighton University's Department of Education, presented teacher in-service programs iK'ginning of the century. On this basis began the calumnies, slanders and for Beth El, Beyt Shalom and Temple Israel faculty libels against Jews so cherished in Cliristian laitds, in the fall. Ms. Levine's topic was "Spirituality for so exaggerated in the Middle Ages after the Children: If I am Four and God is One, Ain I Older Crusades, and so fatefully underlying Christian Than God?" Teachers were also offered the opportunity to images o<'.Jews that made the impossibilities of the study in the Davis Family Institute for Jewish Molocausl possible. There is iiiuch In admire in Christianity, as Educators, a year long course of study. The Davis .M.iiinonides pointc<l oul in the 12th century. But If Family Institute is made possible through a generever ;i religion suffered from a debilitating flaw, it ous grant from Mr. Pennie Z. Davis. 1996-1997 Davis Family Institute participants was the anti-Judaism in Christianity. l''or Jews it made the Cross the symbol of murder, for many, studied Judaica with local Omaha rabbis and promany.centuries. It prepared an underlying image fessors. Mrs. Maya Wertheimer, community of less-than-human Jews for the masses of teacher for the Bureau of Jewish Education, served Christians in Europe to participate in, or not object as Hebrew language instructor. Mrs. Elyce Azriel, also a BJE community teacher, mentored the to, the mass murder of Jews in Hitler's Holocaust. 1 get no pleasure from making these admittedly Institute participants in preparing a curricular drastic statements. That they are true can be unit of study for the schools in which they teach. checked against statements of Catholic and For the second semester, Institute participants will Protestant scholars, who are likely to call this anti- attend Westside Community Schools in-service program, "Essential Elements of Instruction." Jewish stream in Christianity "sinfulness." The late Cardinal Bernardin called for public confession. My own guess is that so sharp a reversal is called for that it will take generatiions before this truth, fully understood at the very top, will get to the lower clergy, that is, the local pastors and to their by Gloriann Levy congregants. Jewish Cultural Arts Council Director Well, 1996 is at its end. .So too the 900th anniver The Dorothy Lustgarten Riekes Music Fund will sary of the ftrst Crusade. I got in just under the be accepting applications for full scholarships for wire. But now so too Genesis is at its end. Jacob and private music lessons for talented youngsters .losepli both die. But the people of Israel is estab- between the ages of five and 14 years. Dorothy Lustgarten Riekes was a talented violinlished-under the rod of oppression to be sure -- but ist and musician who loved children. She always established. Jacob died-but his people, the Israelites came to wanted to encourage and provide for those children who might not have the means to develop their tallife. ent. The Riekes Fund is interested in promoting the musical education of talented children who might not have the means to develop their talent through continual private lessons. These full scholarships will be a means of enhancing their talent and abiUties and their love for music. Anyone may apply who can demonstrate financial need for these full scholarships. The applicnntJi will receive an invitation to a personal interview. Application fonns will be available through the Jewish Cultural Arts Council ofTice. For further information, please call 334-6403 by Jan. 20.

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FRIDAY: Eariy Shabbat evening service, 5^0 p.m.; Rabbi Azriel and Hazzan Contzius will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will give a D'var Torah. Sitter Service Sitter Service is available each Shabbat evening service and the Saturday morning Shabbat service when there is a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Please make a reservation. There are no facilities for infants. SATimDAY: 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 January 2--Sisterhood Adult Education: 9:3011:30 a.m.. Rabbi Debbie Stiel'will continue the study of selected Torah portions and will prepare written commentary. 5:15-6:15 p.m., "Beyond Midrash," led by Don Schwartz. COLLEGE STUDENTS All college students are invited to come meet old friends and visit with Rabbi Azriel Dec. 30, 7:30 p.m., at the Upstream Brewery, 514 So. 11th St. Phone the Temple office at 556-6536 to make a reservation. There is no charge.

Services are conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. FRIDAY : Kabbalat Shabbat service, 4:30 p.m.; Project Talmud dinner, 5:45 p.m., $9 per person. SATURDAY: Services, 8:45 a.m.; Jr. Congregation, 10.30 a.m. Project Talmud Kiddish luncheon following services', $6 per person. "Parsha of the Week,' a course led by Yakova Herzig, 4 p.m., at the home of the Hertigs; Chumash class with Rabbi Kutner, 4:05 p.m., at the synagogue; Mincha at 4:35 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. SUNDAY: Morning service, 9 a.m., followed by breakfast and class with Rabbi Kutner at 9:45, a.m., on The Siddur: A uludy of the hackfimund and meaning of the Prayer Book. Mincha, 4:40 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 7:30 p.m -"Basic Jewish Thought," a class with Rabbi Kutner, will explore the moral, ethical and philosophical issues facing Jews today. 8:30 p.m.- Synagogue Skills 1, Torah Reading. Rabbi Kutner will teach how to read the Torah with traditional trope. WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 a.m. and 4:40 p.m.

Office Hours: Monday through 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| SATURDAY: Services start^^'sJTm. •t^EsO^n l^ddish following. Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. TSS (Torah Siddur Skills), lO'a.m. Shabbat story time, first and third Sal., 11 a.m.; K'tantjui, second and fourth Saturday, 11 a.m. Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services, 4:50 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

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FRIDAY: Servites arS officiated by Cantor Michael Special Shabbat in the home. No services at the Weisset. ' •' ' ''. ' FRIDAY: Shtibbat setvtdis at 7:45 p.m. synagogue. SATURDAY: Torah'studJ? and service, 10 a.m. Religious School: No classes Dec. 29 (winter break). Classes are SUNDAY: Hebrew schooi, 9 a.m.; Religious held every Sunday at 10 a.m. at Westside . school, 10 a.m. Community Education Center, 108th and Grover. Call Dr. Marty Rosenberg, 390-9062, for placeCHABAD HOUSE ment. An AfTdiate of the Worldwide Please check the Beyt Shalom information line Chabad-Lubavitch Movement at 758-9233 for last minute weather-related sched1322 So. 110th SL, Omaha, NE 68164 ule changes. 687-1124 WEB-wwwjnetawirc.com/chabadneb E-MAIL-Shliach@aol.com

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PERSONAL The Arlza '96 staff would like to thank all of the Artza parents for the nice gift certificates. It was truly our pleasure to have taken your teens to Israel and we appreciate your thoughtfulness. Anne, Michael, Julie and Corey

Yeshl-vacation - Project Talmud Program SATURDAY: Jewish Mysticism, 8:30 a.m.; Shacharit, 10 a.m.; Shabbat luncheon, 1 p.m., followed by a fabrengen; Mincha and Niggunim, a Plethora of Chasaidic Melodies, a lecture by rabbinical student F. Hoch at 4p.m.; Maariv and Havdalah, 5:45 p.m.; Melaveh Malka and buffet dinner, 7:30 p.m. SUNDAY: Jewish Mysticism, 7:30 a.m.; Shacharit, 9 a.m. followed by breakfast; Tamud class, 10:30 a.m.; Mincha, 2:30 p.m. followed by lunch at 2:45 p.m. The Coming of the Moshiach, lectures by rabbinical students M.M. Mintz and M. Shusterman, at 3:15 p.m. Program dedicated to Charlie Altman, in hopes of a speedy recovery. pCmsCELlSiasSaE-^ffilBiiSMJ

by Susie Drazen, Director, BJE It's not loo liile to enroll your third grader in the Onuihii I'liKsporl to Israel Program. The Omaha Passport to Israel Program is an opportunity for Jewish families to ensure that their children experience Israel in their formative years. This savings plan is a unique partnership between families, their congregations and the^: Jewish Federation of Omaha. An Israel youth • trip is not just another vacation. The teen trip to Israel provides a magical blend of new'* friendships, camaraderie, personal exploration^ and'sertse of community. It's one of those rare experiences that your child will look forward to and then fondly remember forever. For more information, please call 334-6445.

"And the study ofTorah is greater than them all..." In the daily liturgy in our siddur, we read: Blessed are You, Who teaches Torah to His people Israel. AB teachers in our Jewish schools, we carry on the sacred work of teaching Torah. As teachers in our Jewish schools, we help to insure the continuity of our Jewish community as we teach its children. As teachers in our Jewish schools, we transmit our sacred heritage and history to future generations. As teachers in our Jewish schools, we have the chance to make a difference. Make a difference...touch the Jewish future...be a teacher. For more informnlion, call 3.'?4-6445.

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Editorial PeQple of the Book Education has always been important to the Jewish people. We were first described as 'People of the Book' by the Moslems when they invadedj Spain in the 7th century. Because Jews were not allowed to own land, either in Christian Europe or the Moslem Middle East, they practiced professions that were portable - doctors, lawyers, sellers of. spices, diamonds, fabrics. And they became teachers. i We arc fortunate in this ciinimunily to have the resources of every stream of Juilaism: Reform, Reconstruct ionist. Cliaba^l, Orthodox ami Conservative \Vc al.so have the resourci^s of the Bureau of .lewisli Kducatioii, which puper\'ises llir cummunily Icaclier |)ro[;ram and subsidizes the synaKOffues" r('li(;iiius .'school. The li.lE also runs :i .special prtiijniin for students with leariiiiiR disabili lies or special niccl^. trains teachers and assists (lur yiiuii;: piMipli' willi scholarships to Jewi^^li camps. Israel programs, colleges and uMiv<'rsities. Nonerof this would he possible without the sup port of the IM/VI'Vderaliiin Campaign., the gencros ily of donors, the \villlnt.;ni'ss of volunleers and tlii' [iriili'^.-ioiiali.-ui ol'-l.iff .•\> y(iU. the icailer. lan sec IVum the size and scope of this .Special Issue lai Kducation, 'I'eople of the Hook.' is a label that we, in Omaha at least, can pnaully carry with us into the next century.

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Shabbos People I Rini and I have been in the field of Jewish education for more than 25 years. We have taught for nearly all of the imovemenl, and we've worked in Hebrew schools, day school, Jewish camps, and with youth fjroups. professionally, we've attended CAJE conventions, educators' conferences, and teacher's seminars. We feel that we have been exposed to and experienced a wide range of Jewish educational opportunities. It is clear to us that the most effective successful educational t"ol we .lews have lo perpetuate liir the •next generation is .Sh:il)hos. s .'^habhos truly is ;ui educational.tool, as a tool to Mekarev, to hrini,' .Jews <l(i'.;er to their .Judaism Shabbos to us means beinf; with friends, family, and stran!,'ers, for imt only sinpiiR, (larciiiiit; (praying), learniuR, teachint;. playinf^-pames, handing out, taking|Walks, but also for resting, renewing our souls spiritually, re-affirming our belief and faith in (j-d. Shabbos also means practicing and living our age old traditions - feeling breathing, smelling, hearing, tasting the sweetness of Shabbos. We can humbly and modestly say that w.e have had many hundreds of [leople spend Shabbos with us in order to experience what I have jii,st described. I tim in no way bragging, merely sharing with the community what we have felt to be successful. Anyone who has spent a Shabbos at the Gonshers know it's fun, it's spiritual, it's educational, it's meaningful and most important, it motivates one's Jewish neshania (soul) to look inside oneself

/ also guarantee you that this is a Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and Orthodox issue. All the movements and all the rabbis talk Shabbos to their congregations and encourage them to experience the betiuty. We are not suggesting that our house is the only place to experience the warmth of Shabbos. In our conmnmity, thank (id, there are many families of "Shabbos people' that have created the same situa-

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tion, provided the same atmosphere, perpetuated the same experience to friends and family. The purpose of this article is to highlight the importance of creating more of these 'Shabbos people' here in Omaha. F'or the Gonshers, the Shabbos table represents a gathering point. Our children and people in the community know that, if you want to enjoy Shabbos dinner, you can always call the Gonshers. You can show up at shiil on Friday night or on Shabbos morning aiul a Gonsher or a member of the youth group will invite you to our table for a .Shabbos mi'al. There have been many times th;it kids who have been turned on to Yuidislikvil. have called to invite thi'inselves for a Shabbos meal or to spend Shabbos with us. Recently at synagogue, I invited a single .Jewish woman t!o join us for Shabbos lunch. She questianed whether 1 had asked Rini first. As Rini and 1 have always had an understanding that strangers and friends are welcome to our home, we never have to ask permission of each other. At our Shabbos table we do all the traditional blessings of A'lA/i/.s/i, gashing of hands, MoUi and Birkat Hamazon, wiA Rini alw'^.iys explaining to newcomers what we aje doing at each step. Everyone knows that during the eating of soup, I teach several topics from the weekly Torah portiom. This always ends up in a lively discussion, debate and further study, before the meal, which of course is lovingly prepared by my wife. When you walk into our house on Shabbos, it smells like cholent, kugel, or kreplach, promising that you have entered into a delicious environment. Throughout the meal Rini and 1 try to talk to each of our guests. As the years have passed we've noticed that our sons do the same. It's time to catch up with friends, lo find out how the week was for everyone. It's time for other children and parents lo talk about what they have learned during the week; it is an opportunity for guests to ask questions, to explore their own faith and belief.

And, of course, we conclude with singing and saying the blessings after the meal. What has been so exciting over the years is watehing others start and continue to do Shabbos for themselves. We know that many kids we have 'turned on' to 'Yiddishkeit come back regularly to Omaha and stay with us on Shabbos. We know that we have helped to motivate young people away from drugs and alcohol and prove a respite from temporarily awkward family circumstances and disconcerting life challenges by providing a safe, warm, nurturing Jewish enviroiunenl for them. Again, none of this article is intended to boast. There are many 'Shabbos people' who are doing what we do. Shabbos works. All of us can be Shabbos people. Each of our synagogues has leaders, services, books and classes.and people who "do" Shabbos.

Vfe need to demand more Shabbos, not from the rabbis or cantors or Jewish professionals, because Shabbos wasn't meant only for them - but from the congregants in our own synagogues. Prof^sionals can help us by providing us with the ihaterials, the "how to," the songs and the procedures, but we have to do it for ourselves. One of the most rewarding aspects of Shabbos from me, is that as a therapist and an observant Jew, I talk Shabbos to my clients. Though my practice is not specifically for Jews, I talk about the concept, the practices, the beliefs and benefits. I truly believe Shabbos is going to carry all Jews into the next generation. When we talk about Jewish education we need to talk more about Shabbos. We need to talk about creating more 'Shabbos people.' I hope and pray that this article will touch one .Jewish family with the hopes of helping them becoming more of the 'Shabbos people' in our com munity.

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Ten things which tend to turn kids into mensches

Values, religion and public education by Babbl St«inler VL BoMfcOkauin, Ti((N-«th lorael Synagogae

During this election year, a great deal of lip service was given to "family values," the fight against crime, andi deploring of the supposed loss of moral values in the public arena. ' The public school system has been attacked for not fostering moral values. Aside from the question whether the home, the religious institution, and the religious school are better and/or more appropriate vehicles for moral instruction, it is still appropriate to ask what the role should be 6f the public school in the teaching and encouragement of moral values. One position taken is that public education should not presume to teach values at all. Especially given the diversity of views of morality, the public school should teach the basics of secular education and leave the training of moral values entirely to the individual family and its religioii.s orientation. At the opposite pole, there are those who argue that the ills of this country can only be corrected if religion is "brought back" into the public schools. School prayer, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, and the teaching of Bible would iriculcate the "right" values. I believe that the historical values on which America was founded and the values of our Jewish tradition demand that we view both these positions as simplistic and extreme. A finer and more moderate analysis is required. The public school system in America evolved as one of the most democratic forces in building a society offering freedom and opportunity to all. As a country, American was founded by immigrants and continues to be a land of increasingly greater diversity. The Founding Fathers established separation of church and state as a fundamental principle to protect each from abuse by the other. Free exercise of religion is guaranteed, but the establishment of one religion or even of all religions is forbidden under our Constitution. Indeed, America's official neutrality to religion has allowed it to be one of the most religiously involved countries as measured by voluntary membership, attendance, and donations of time, money, and energy. This neutrality means that public schools cannot be used as vehicles for the public teaching, indoctrination, and practice of religion. While the individual student or teacher on his or her own time is free to pray or study the Bible, and may voluntarily band together with others to do son, publicly-organized, school-sponsored prayer or Bible study is forbidden for it necessarily becomes coercive. Must religion, then, be deleted from the official classroom altogether? Here a distinction must be made between teaching religion and teaching about religion .

1. Being a mensch is an ongoing process. You are As far as the teaching of morals is concerned, it your kids' bcist role model. Be a mensch yourself! 2. A midah is a measure. Midot tovot are the good is absurd to argue that the public schools should be free of such instruC|tion, since public morals are qualities by which a mensch is measured. Help necessary for the development of civilization itself, your family develop a list of "midot tovot." 3. See a ^iiovip, watch TV together, read the and that much more so for a free and democratic papier together, and then talk with youi; kids about society. , Here vie must distinguish between moral values it. What was "menschdik" about what you saw? 4. Exercise ennpathy. The Torah and our other which are specific to a given religious system and that set of general moral values which comprise sacred writings are treasure troves to learn about the basis of good citizenship. The latter may have people. Torah helps lo exercise the heart of a menspecific sanctions within a given religion, but are sch. ,'). Random acts of kindness are good. Consistent generally acknowledged across all religious and social systems. These general principles can and acts of kindness are better. Let you kids see you and bolter yet, participate with you when you give ought lo be taught publicly. In a democracy, in particular, the following tzedaknh. Ijearn as a family al>out the various acts shared group values must be fostered: rule of the of tzedakah associated with Jewish holidays. 6. Be a caring member of your community. Be majority; res|>ecl for minority views (no "tyranny of the majority"); and the u.se of persuasion rather compas.'iionale. Help the ill with sick calls, make than coercion or indoctrination. In addition to sure ii family with a brand new baby has a meal. these group values, a more basic set of moral val- Comfort the Ixreaved with a shiva.call. l/ct your children see how people can Uike rare of ues related to character must also be encouraged and strengthened, using the terms from our own Vine another. 7. Teach your kid how to say "I'm sorry," and lo Tradition to illustrate, these include: Achrayut- [lersonal responsibility and account- really do t'shnvah (admitting you've done wrong, and then committing yourself to making it belter). ability (as an individual and as part of a group) Home needs to be a safe place lo admit that Tzedek •• fairness, honesty, justice you've "blown it," and to making it right, and Rachamim - compassion, caring, sensitivity meaning it. When you've been wrong, admit, it, and Ne'emanut - trustworthiness, rehability Derech eretz, Kavod ha-hriot - respect for oth- do what must be done to fix it. Kids need lo know that everyoneis wrong someers These general principles can be affirmed by all, times, and it's important to have a safe place to and thus be taught and emphasized in the public learn to say "I'm sorry." 8. Say the Shcnia each night with your kid(s). It's school setting as values in their own right. At home, in synagogue, and in the religious school we a quiet and thoughtful time for parents and kids to can affirm as Jews a deeper, spiritual basis for be together and a beautiful Jewish family ritual. It them beyond that of the 'good of the "social con- is also a wonderful opportunity to reaffirm our tract," for Judaism sees them as inherent in tFe ^belief in one God, Master of the Universe. 9. Walk in the ways of peace, especially in your very nature of Creation itself In conclusion, it can be seen that a given reli- own home. Create "win-win" oiitcomes, and when a gious tradition can provide a deep, consistent, problem arises, restate the facts and present the philosophical, theological and spiritual perspective problem rather than manifesting a lot of anger. Remember, you arc modeling the ways in which on both general and specific moral values. Because of their different perspectives, however, different your children will deal with confrontations for the rest of their lives. religions may come to decidedly different moral 10. Being a mensch is a lifelong endeavor. It's not conclusions about specific situations. Nevertheless, there are some general values something that hap|)ens overnight. It's an ongoing which can be affirmed by all. And in a democmcy process for all of us, and kids are still kids. grounded in a pluralistic society, those general valAdapted by Susie Drazen, BJE Director, ues basic to character development, good citizenship, and mature, responsible participation in soci- from Ten Things Which Tend to Turn People ety must be actively fostered by the public institu- Into Mensches, by Joel Lurie Grishaver, tions for the common welfare, while yet retaining Torah Aura Productions. neutrality toward any specific religion. The task may not be a simple one, but it is critical to the survival of a vital democracy.

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Where to look on the Internet for everything Jewish by Carol Katzman

The Gdide to the Jewi»h Internet by Michael holidays and thinks Jackie Mason is 'too Jewish.' 'Seriously, the Jewish Intehnet consists of the Levin. San Fransisco: NoStarch Press, 1996^ countless Internet resources (Editor's note: some 338 pages. I avoided signing up with a commercial Internet 3000 so far and counting) sponsored' by governprovider for nibnths because I knew that once I did, ments, organizations, schools, business and indiI'd be spending hours searching the Net. When viduals. It's an invisible community of Jewish friends called at t\Vo in the afternoon and I con- cooks, singles, kids, writers, musicians, sports fessed that I was still in my pajjimas playing witli lovers, travelers, history buffs. Holocaust.memories, religious students and families. ' my computer, I knew it was lime to get organized. If only Michael Levin's hook liiid come along a ' "III this time of isolation and fragmentation, the year ago, I could have saved hours (maylx' weeksi .Jewish Internet brings Jews together. It can of my lime by going directly to the .lewish sites of strengthen Judaism by creating community and expanding our knowledge about Judaism." interest to me, instead of'winging it,' The (iuide to the Jewish Internet is available Mr.. Levin's book covers some XOO sites, rangini; Ihiin arduMiliigy to Yiddish. His descriptions range at the .Jewish Federation Library or by ordering from No.Sinrcb I'ress at info@nostnrch.com on, liiiui the (iiie on .Jewish lilc on Maiii "Why don't , the liilernel! we all live here'" In Ciii ini\ Laws .iiid Traditions "This (;uv khn\\ . In u.iy anHiiid :i koslirr kilchi'ii ,\'ol only (liii'i- be iccniniiiriid and review I In . sjtes. Mr. I.i'viii .ilsd show.', the reader bow to siiari'li .Jewish librarii's, gel answers to religious ((uestions and when' to go on the Iiiternet to down load Hebrew fonts for Mac and PC's. According to a recent review, the guide is written 111 the Warm, hninoniiis style that the Nvw Yiirk TiiDrs liiiitk Ri'iHii calls "a thoroughly good lime," ' The lioiik comes with a Windows compatible disk, set up lor the major commercial internet providers, as well as Netscape and Nelcom's NetOuiser Macintosh users can get a disli by e-mailing the liublislier at the address provided at the back of the Ixiok • Author of the novels 7"/ic Siirratii Milliinl, Helilinulhr Si(iri- an(l.'\//rc ciiiii Knkiii;;. Mr. Li'vin IMakinc dreidel molds at the Chabad House also wrote •Jininuy In Tidditioii and W'lial Knry are, L-K: David. Glazcr, son of Jim and •liir ,Vi'C(/.s lo hiniiir Aluiiit (Sml Jordana Glazer; Sandy Lehr and her son 01 the Internet, Mr. Levin says, "It has 20 opin Jacob; Maria (^ohen, Jordana Glazer, Levi iiais for <'verv ten resident,'^, closes down on .Jewish Kat/.man and his mother, Shani Katzman.

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In a attempt to provide toddler? with a headstart in their Jewish education, a group of women participates with the toddlers ip a weekly progrkm at the Chabad House called Mommy and Me. ' The classes, a project of Torah Tots Preschool, provide youngsters with activities, arts and crafts, sings, fingerplays, stories, touching on Torah stories, holidays, Jewish values, tzedakah and prayei^, all done with the 'moms' in the comfort of their own homes. "This program has far exceeded my expectations for the children," remarked Shani Katzman, education director at Chabad House. ''The tots are soaking up these wonderful experiences which are sure lo leave an indelible impression for a lifetime," she added. Mrs. Katzman believes that "it is never to early lo introduce Judaism lo our children, in fact, the earlier the better!" The grouj) meets on Wednesdays from iJr.'lO lo 11 at the various homes of the participating moms and toddlers. A $2.') fee is charged for a six-weeksession The program is currently in il.s third six week session of the year. The next session is scheduled lo begin on Jan., 22 and is open to moms and their toddlers ages 16 months through three years. For more information, call 697-1124.

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different kind of vacation: Yeshivacation by Rabbi Mendel Katzman Omaha really has many of the amenities that one finds in active Jewish communities around the world. We are fortunate to have a magnificent Jewish Community Center, vibrant, growing religious facilities, Jewish social action programs, child development and educational programs and now ... a Yeshiva! From now through Dec. 30, Omaha will host Project Talmud, whic|i will transplant an entire yeshiva to our community. This program, sponsored by Chabad House will grant men, women and children of all ages the opportunity to explore the contemporary relevance of Torah study and Jewish observance. Through a rigorous presentation of essential aspects of Torah and the analytical tools necessary for understanding it properly, the prograni will strive to present . an overview of and the means for further investigation of our traditions. The program's object is to provide a greater understanding of the Torah and a meaningful experience of Jewish living. Regardless of how little or extensive one's Jewish background may be, everyone can participate. A yeshiva is a place where the sacred texts of Judaism are made as vivid today as when the ink died on the original parchments, where the holiday and Shabbat occasions are celebrated with unbridled joy and reverence, where enthusiasm and love for our traditions are infectious. I look forward to the warm exchanges between the energetic yeshiva students and the members of our community. The format of the program will be typical yeshiva

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W.O.W. - a learning opportunity for women by Shani Katzman

Chabad's Women of Worth is an opportunity for learning and discussion for the women of our community. The group meets every Rosh Chodesh (first of the new Jewish month) over the lunch hour. On a rotating basis various participants host the event at their homes. As facilitator of the program, I present a lecture that is of contemporary relevance from the Torah's perspective and view. All attendees are encouraged to ask questions and voice their opinions after the initial lecture has been delivered. This group was founded to help give more women an enhanced appreciation of what it means to be a Jewish woman. Serious questions deserve to be asked and to receive honest, satisfying answers.

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Women of Worth meets on Rosh Chodesh since it is a day that is interwoven with many aspects of feminism and womanhood. The content of the lectures include relationships, Jewish mysticism, understanding rituals, education, and spirituality. Often various texts are used. Previous Judaic education is not necessary as a prerequisite for joining the group. The group also sponsors community-wide educational programs in honor of Jewish womanhood and has plans for a program early this spring. For more information, to offer to host, or to be put on the mailing list, please call Julee Katzman at 333-6621 or Chabad House at 697-1124.

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Pumpkins measure u|^ for Friedel math

Kibbitz, Kvell & Coffee

by Diane Axler Baum A truckload of pumpkins ripened into a learning unit that linked science, history, language arts and .h. mathematics at Friedel Jewish Academy. The unit, geared primarily for students in grades two through six, centered on the math topics of estimatirig, measuring, weighing and graphing. , The puqppkins wel-e donated by friends of teacher Barbara Sather, who hauled them to the Academy from a Bennington farm. , 'After the students cut the lids on their pumpkins, it was wonderful to watch their faces as they made discoveries. They were cleaning out their pumpkins when one student exclaimed, 'Oh, look at this hairy stuff in here!'," Mrs. Sather recalled. That coninient, .she said, sparked a discussion of the parts of fruit.'; and vpRetahle.s and their functions. Students categorized their piinipkiMS according to small, nu'diuni, or lar^e in size. Alter making these judgments, lliey ),',itli('red the dnla they needed to create liar praplis. They weighed their pumpkins several timeswith ami without lids, before and after the removal of the insides. With this additional data, they made line graphs. In another lesson tlicy learned about ordered pairs on an x and y axis. : "We explored many subjects as we looked at the best types of graphs for different type.s of data....While we were workiiif;willi line graphs, we discussed the 1929 stock market crash." Mrs Sather explained. The unit incorporated language arts when teacher Denise lieiuiett called upon students to use descriptive words to write about their pumpkins. The students' descriptions reflected the many subtle dilTerences in each pumpkin's color, shape, size, and other ch.iracteristics. Mrs. Bennett said. The lesson on estimating became an all-school activity, with kinderg.irtners and first graders join-

ing in. Teachers'placed the largest pumpkin on display, and students estimated its circumference by cutting lengths of string. "The students were fascinated by making their estimates, creating a pictograph with strings, and comparing their esimates to the cirumference of the pumpkin," said Mrs. Sather. 'Even though we've completed the unit, we keep the pictograph on the wall to remind us of all the fun we had and how much we learned."

It began with a boxed ad in the Jewish Press entitled PARENTS WANTED. It became two meetings and it will be a third. It is Kibbitz, Kvell and Coffee, a group for parents of children with special needs. Kibbitz, Kvell and Coffee gives parents the opportunity td kibbitz (share) with otiier parents, kvell (enjoy) over their children's triumphs, and accomplishments and to have a snack besides. Meetings were held in October and November, and a third meeting is scheduled for Jan. 22. For more information about Kibbitz, Kvell and Coffee, please call 334-6445.

Community rabbis visited the Friedel Jewish Academy to observe the classes in action. The group included. Lit: Itabbi Debbie SticI of Temple Israel; Rabbi Paul Drazen of Beth El; Rabbi Gayriel Herzig, FJA headmaster; Rabbi Howard Kutner or Beth Israel; and Rabbi Aryeh Azriel of Temple Israel. Kindergarten/first graders include, clockwise: Elina Yurikov, Brianne Brazzle, Sara Trucsdell, Andrew Taylon, Ariel Levine, Audrey Gerber.

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FJA unites children by Ribbi Gavriel Herzig Headmaster Imagine a gathering of friends or family. The convertation somehow flows to the political reli' gious situation among Jews in Israel. Eventually some group is identified as the one bearing the blame for the uncomfortable circumstances. - When the discussions, emotions, and ideds have : run their course, perhaps there is a sense of concern or even despair. What can we do? Hopefully, the situation will improve), somehow they will arrive at a working solution. ' How can we make a real difference? What vehicle flan be created to give our children the ability to understand and appreciate all Jews despite different ideologies and choices? Is there one unifying experience that binds all our people as one? What can be admired and enjoyed by every Jewish child, from any background? The answer is the study of our Torah. The Friedei Jewish Academy unites children from all affiliations (and even the unaffiliated) within one community school. , FJA is not a place of extremes. It does not serve the agenda of Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, or Reconstructionist or any label preceding these movements in Judaism. The main goal of the Judaic curriculum is Hebrew literacy. The acquisition of fluent reading and translating skills of the classic texts, such as a Chumash or Bible, and the Siddur, or prayer book is important to all streams of Judaism. We are striving to produce a graduate that will be comfortable understanding a Passover Haggadab without help from Maxwell House. A child with the ability to research the original text of the commentaries can discover satisfying answers. Friedel's atmosphere of cooperation and respect is a foundation for the future success of any Jewish community. Equally important are the friendships formed without distinction for personal worship preferences. (Continued on page 11)

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Education is hands-on at Temple Israel by Ann Kibei Schwartz

Parents often lend a hand. From left: Julie Martin, Sara Rips and Rebecca Moshman make sahdwiches at the Francis House as part of a Grade 5 tzedalcah project

"Jewish History through the Arts" was created by Alan and Amy Potash. Alan is shown with sixth srader Alex Clark as they replicate "ancient" artifacts using clay and archaeological records. The curriculum was partially funded by an Esther K Newman Grant.

Family School, a new program at Temple, serves to bring families together to iiicrease Jewish knowledge. Hazzan Erik Contzius and students change the Torah garments. From left: Michael Marcovitz, Nancy Wolf, Howard Needelman and Max Marcovitz. Nathan Wolf and Joshua Danon get to touch the rimonim, (Torah crowns) under the watchful eye of Veronica Danon^

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Jewish learning through OTYG ^^ by Mark Spizman, OTYG advisor ' Education comes in familiar and unfamiliar forms in Youth Group activities. At Temple Isrnlcl one way y/e try to help our youth grow is by encouraging them to be active in the different Youth Groups we have such as Club 56 (for fifth ai^d sixth grade). Junior Youth Group (seventh and eighth), and Oiiiaha Temple Youlli Group (High School). • , As the kids grow older they arc able to enter ' OT\'G, which is the icing on the cake as far as youth groups go. High School is the last chance we have to impact kids' lives before they go on to college and other influences. On the local level they youth group is run by high school .'Students elected by members of the group. This gives teenagers the experience of responsibility for something thai impacts other people and not just themselves. OT\'G does religious, educational, social-action, and social programming, members of OTYG learns from participating in each of these areas. They help write and run religious services. They discuss important issues such as violence today. They ^ involve themselves in social action prcjjects such as delivering Hanukkah cards to residents of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Hdnie. And they gel to know and interact with other Jewish kids that they otherwi.se might not meet in ii predominately non-Jewish country. All of these activilie.s come together in a more intensive form in a regional event. The region Omaha belongs to is the National Federation of Temple Youth Groups Missouri Valley Region. This includes the slates of Wyoming, (,'oliirado. North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and parts of Illinois. Four to six liau's a year the nciou holds conclaves over a ;}-.'> day period. This provides our youth with the opportunity to study one topic • extensively ipasi topics have included'Israel, life cycle events and anli-,Semitism l while eiyoying the camaraderie of '200 fellow Reform Jewish high schoolers from around the region; ' ' ' One of the best learning experiences a youth group can (rruvide is that of planning atul cnrrj-ing out a,-regional conclave. OTi'G will have just such an opportunity in the next few months as we prepare for spring conclave! We look for\vard to dozens of our teens participating in this very rewarding experience. Ajiyone interested in getting involved, please call ilie at Temple t5,'>G-6.'j.'i()) or contact the cochairs Rachel Roberts and Marci lirookstein.

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Why teens continue their Jeyvish education by Elyce Azriel Director, Temple Israel High School As students grows older they realize the importance of a strong Jewish background and identity. In Omaha, at Temple Israel in particular, it is 'slowly becoming increasingly acceptable to contin^ ue one's Jewish education while continuing to foster one's involvement within the school and OTYG (Omaha Temple Youth Group). Therefore, the student feels little or no pressure to end his/her education after BhrAJat Mitzvah and Confirmation. • Much maturation takes place between the ages of 13 and 16. The Reform movement recognized this early on. The founders of Reform Judaism were on the right track when they sought a communal affirmation of identity at a .somewhat older age than Bar/Bat Mitzvah. This is not to lake anything away from the delight of the Kar/Bat Mitzvah or to demean the intelligence of a 13-year-old, but it is to suggest that so much more of Judaism's ideas and ideals can be.conveyed during one's high school years. An enriching high school program provides not only a "hook" by which we can keep kids connected to each other and to Temple Israel, but it also creates a wonderful forum where our young adults can ask the questions that come, using their intellectual and spiritual maturity. "Continuing one's Jewish education is of crucial importance. My growth as a Jew is instrumental to my growth as a person, I see them as working hand in hand." responded a current 12th grader. Congregations that offer programs enabling young adults to explore issues really make their congregation a relevant and exciting place for young people to keep coming hack to. There are only a handful of congregations that offer these programs ... and we are oni' of them! For what is Jewish education for'.' It is for a nieaninitful iidult Jewish life. It is to enrich the life of our Jewish teenagers and help them understand their spiritual and religious inheritance and their future destiny and obligations as Jews. And like any education, Jewish education must be looked at as an on-going process of inspiring students, with both the desire and the ability to continue to learn. We have our students for a nmximum of 12 years of fornial Jewish education for two to four hours week. This is not a great deal of time. We strive to teach our students how to be active committed Jews by example and through curriculum.

"Rubbi Yochanaii said that im each of the 40 days that Mo.sc.s- iea,s DM Mount Sinai, the Holy One, blessed Be He, tried to teach him the whole Torah, but Moses could not learn it. He forf^ot it. In the end, it wa.sf;ii<en to him a.i a gift... Talmud Y^rvsb^lmi Horayot 18A

Teacher Ellen Fennick listens as Sarah Munzeshcimer studies the aleph-bet.

SImcha B'Shabbat... an learning and praying opportunity by Rabbi Debbie Stiel Any Shabbat morning at 11:15 a.m., you can find members of Temple Israel gathered in a circle in the chapel-singing, praying and studying. We have become a chauurah, a group of friends who come together for a spiritual and enlightening Sliabbat morning. In addition to a warm service where questions are always welcome, we dedicate a half hour to grappling with Jewish texts. Newcomers and oldtimers join in studying texts and learning from the rabbis throughout the ages. In the last month or two, we have been taking a close look at the perspectives on our patriarchs and matriarchs in rabbinic legend. Why did God pick Abraham to he the first Israelite? As a Jew, what qualities of our patriarchs and matriarchs are we called upon to emulate? Iii whitewashing of patriarchs beneficial? These are just a few of the questions we have discussed in recent weeks. Each week, we learn about our past, but we also listen for what the Tanach and the rabbis have to say that can help us to make our own lives better. Over the next year, we will study Jewish wisdom literature and continue to study key Jewish figures. The only thing missing from our group is your participation; the more, the merrier. Come join us in' praying, singing and engaging in the study of Torah and Jewish texts.

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(Continued from page 9) The Academy is an outstanding opportunity to give our children, the tools for a true and lasting Shalom, peace. ' With it comes the skill to grow in knowledge, understanding and appreciation of our Torah and of Judaism with other Jews...all learned in an atmosphere of kindness and respect. For more inforpiation on enrolling your child or children in the Priedel Jewish Academy, call me at 334-0517,

E.T. means more than extraterrestrial by Lynne M. Popp, M.S., AET Teacher Sarah Tuttle directs children in decorating the Ark cover they made.

Rabbi Sachs and Philinc Wangemann read Torah in the Sukkah. Reconstructionism is a highly participatory approach to Judaism predicated on the knowledgeable and thoughtful involvement of the entire community in decisions about their individual and collective Jewish lives. As Reconstructionists are fond of saying: "The Past has a vote, biit not a veto." Such an approach requires that education be a key concern, not only for children, but for every member of the community. Reconstructionists recognize that the Jewish people's experience of God, .Torah and peoplehood has changed and grown •throughout history, and that as contemporary •Jews, we are all involved in the continuing evolution of our religious civilization. We can only do this effectively, however, if we •have some understanding of where we have come from as Jews, why we have made changes, and what remains to be done. We must go and study. At present, there are a variety of opportunities for the adult study, which are open to the community. Each month, Rabbi Sachs covers a different topic in a pre-Havdalah study session. Adults and teenagers also can attend a service-leader's workshop taught by the Rabbi. There is also a Sunday morning adult Hebrew class.

JefTFprber, coordinator of Adult Edi^cation, has organized two discussion groups: the Jewish Book Club, which has focused on books on Biblical Authorship, .Jewish Renewal, meditation and other topics, and the Genesis Discussion Group, which watches Bill Meyer's PBS series on Genesis and then discusses each episode. Information on any of these activities can be obtained from JeffFerber at 455-8645. In January, 1996, Beyt Shalom took over sole sponsorship of the Reconstructionist Religious School. In keeping with the Reconstructioriist orientation of the congregation, students study all aspects of Judiiism in the light of contemporary American experience, as well as our rich tradition in all its facets. We are fortunate to have a superb teaching staff including: community teacher Maya Wertheimer, Sarah Tuttle, Dr. Ellen Fennick and m6. Among the innovative aspects of the school are extensive use of active learning, a focus on the arts, and a mixed adult and pre Bar/Bat Mitzvah class. We also extend learning beyond the classroom through interactive Family services, an ongoing mitzvah program, and other activities which involve adults and children. In January, the congregation will hold a spirituality weekend open to the entire community, which will be led by Rabbi Sachs and visiting Rabbi Miriam Klotz. For more information about Beyt Shalom's education programs, call me at 390-9062.

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Cultural Arts Council emphasizes education The Jewish Cultural Arts Council (JCAC) is a consortium of every synagogue, service organization and fraternal group within the Jewish community. One of the most important mantjintes of the JCAC is to provide educational opporHmities. For over 20 years, the JCAC has strived to plan and implement innov ative and diverse programming that reaches every sector of our diverse Jewish roniniunity. The JCAC sponsors the College of Jewish Learning, the Kiutznick Symposium, the Dcrekh Torah pro gram, Kallah Weekend, ClassO Rama, and cnmniunity wide events such as V(im Ma'Atzmaul and Voiii • HaShoah. 1 The College of Jewish Learning (CJLl takes place in weekly sessions in the fall and spring. Topics of community interest are selected by the CJL Committee and are taught by educational professionals. These have included Kabbis from our local synagogues, professors from various colleges and guest lecturers from other parts of the United .Slates and overseas. This past fall, the CJL sponsored classes on theology, the slitetl and the Hasidic world. In addition to these classes, the JCAC also holds Hebrew classes and a (Mass-O-Kimia, an evening of Jewish mini-classes, entertainment and refreshments. Each fall, the JCAC works with various other community orgaiiiza•tioijs and Creighton University to sponsor the Kiutznick Symposium. The Symposium, which is in its ninth year, is organized by Dr. Leonard Greenspoon, holder of the Kiutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton I'niversily. More than 20 scholars t'nnn around the world gathered in Onialui to dis cuss Yiddish language and culture. The event is held over a two-day period at the JCC and Creighton University. The proceedings are published yearly. NeJct year's topic will be the Hebrew Bible. One of the more innovative programs of the Jewish Cultural Arts Council is the Derekh Torah (the Way of Torah) course. This introduction to Judaism course originated at the 92nd Street "Y" in New York City, and is intended for adults interested in learning about Judaism. The 20-week program encompasses theology, history, culture and traditions.

by Seth Bomstein culture and tradition. Since its inception in Omaha, almost 100 people, have participated in the program. Some of the participants,' who have used the program to gain basic insigliLs into Jewish life prjor to conversion, have gone on to study individually with area Rabbis. The next Derekh Torah course commences on Jan. 7. Kallah Weekend has been an oppoi'tunity ID bring ^a noted speaker who visits each synagogue over a three (lay period. In the past. Omaha lias welcomed l)r, Yair Ilirschfiild, one of the origi* nal negoliator.s of llie Oslo talks belwci'ii the Israelis and Palestinians; and K.-ibbi Arthur (Ireea, a forejnost theologian within the Heconstructionist Movement. In l!)i)7, the JCAC hopes to bring in Aaron Lansky, founder of the National Yiddish Hook Center in Amherst, Mass., and recipient of ii MacArtliur "Genius" Grant. Long-time JCAC volunteer Edith Roger! creates an annual Passover Yoni lla'Atzmaut, commemorating Seder table with dolls and doll-sized settings. Israel s iknniversary, is held at the JCC. In 1997, all Jewish organizations and schools will help provide a festive afternoon on Sunday, May H. The Yom HaShoah event, connnemoration of the Holocaust, is held in rotation at the three major synagogues. In 1997, it will be held at Beth El Synagogue on May 4. In addition to formal classes and programs, the JCAC staff and board help to educate our community on an ijiformal basis. This means preparing informational booklets about Jewish holidays for distribution in and out of the community, dec()rating the Jewish {'(mununity Center lobby with appro[)riate holiday banners and arranging displays in the JCC Gallery that heighten our awareness of Jewish life and culture. For more inforniation about any programs sponsored by the Jewish JCAC decorates the Jewish Community Center lobby for every Cultural Arts Council, please contact Jewish holiday with embroidered and painted banners. Gloriann Levy at 334-640.3.

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' Reform Jewish Outreach was established in 1978 by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations to positively respond to the rising rate of intermarriage in American Jewry. This program takes on a very significant role when one considers that in this decade an estimated 442,000 intermarriages will take place, and by the year 2000, more than half the children in our religious schools will have a parent who was not born Jewish. ' , The purpose of our program is to welcome and support those who are new to Judaism and intermarried couples who choose to take part in synagogue life. The committee also serves to sensitize temple families to the needs of our Jews-by-Choice and Interfaith couples. A recent trend has been to address concerns of parents and grandparents whose children have married or been raised outside the faith. The regular programs, are designed to enhance knowledge of Judaism, encourage Jewish choices and provide a forum for discussion of difficult interfaith issues. The Outreach committee consists of 10 people who are Jews-by Choice or part of an interfaith marriage and Rabbi Debbie Stiel. This committee is responsible for setting the direction for the Outreach program and carrying it out. This year there will be five events addressing a variety of different subjects that should be informative and thought provoking. The next program is 'scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 5, 10 a.m., at Temple Israel. This program will bring together representatives from a wide variety of Jewish organizations who will talk about what their groups do and how one can get involved in them. Outreach, in addition to teaching about Judaism, has provided a way for many members of Temple to become acquainted with one another and get involved. Those who have attended our programs have genuine concerns and a desire to leurn about Jewish life and perspectives. My involvement in this committee has resulted in many new friendships and a feeling of belonging. If you want to obtain a schedule of upcoming pro grams, or learn more about Outreach, please call Temple Israel at 556-6536.

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by Rachel Hauben, Theatre Manager For the past severdi months, children of the JCC education for the children of the 'J' has been a have been able to participate in weekly creative valuable experience for all of them. i dramk classes. Thanks tp the Nebi-aska Arts Creative Drama teaches cooperation as well as Council's Artist-in Schools/Communities program, imagination; the child who learns to work as a we have been' able to teach three times a week group to present "Hershel and the Hanukkah since September. Goblins" also learns that what we create together On Tuesday, pre-schoolers meet for half-hour ses- can be greater than what we may accomplish sions of warm-ups and theatre games. The children alone. from the Child Development Center recently preArts programs in education increase many of the sented "The ABC's of Hnnukkah," as part of the fundamental skills and learning tools that the chilannual Hanukkah Show. dren are in the process of developing. On Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, I teach The Nebraska Arts Council Artist-inchildren in grades K-6th. These children were also Schools/Communities program places qualified in the annual Hanukkah Show. artists in educational programs throughout Creative Drama techniques include theatre Nebraska. games designed to free the children's imaginations For further information on this program, contact and loosen up their impulses. Improvisatory games the Nebraska Arts Council at 595-212'2. and storytelling are also used during the course of For further information about the Creative the workshops. This opportunity to provide arts Drama classes, call 334-6401.

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HUC*JIR: Educating leadership (continued flrom page 1) Students of all faiths participate in the Interfaith Studies Program, the largest and oldest in the United States, which trains professors for seminary anduniversity teaching in Judaica and Hebraica. Graduate programs are also offered at HUC-JIR's Magnin SchobI in Los Angeles, and'the Graduate f?tudies Program in New York, which offers a Doctor of Ministry degree: in pastornl care and counseling. The Hirsch School of Educitjoii in lx)s Angeles [trains professioniil leaders for congreg.iUonal education day schools, coninmnal ediicnlion programs and camps. The School of Kdiic.ition in New York offers gradiiale, vertificalion and continuing education programs for teachers and principals serving rpligious schools and for professionals in secular education seeking to redirect their careers to the .field of .Jewish education. The School of Sacred Music in New York, estah lished in 1948 as the first professional cantorial school ir) the United Slates, offers a four-year graduate program leading to investiture as cantor. , The Daniels Srluml of .Jewish Communal Servjce In Ix)s Angeles educates those |)rpparing for careers •as social workers, administrators or educators in community settings, iiu-huling Kederatinns. comnuMiity centers, .Jewish Family Services and child Care agencies, national public policy tigencies, syniigogues and honu's for the aged. llUC-.IIK's .Jerusali'm School provides first-year training for rahhinic, cantorial, and education students,and for students in specialized cominuMiil Service programs , The Israel Kahhinic Program leads ID riil)l)j|iic jrdination for the leaders of Ihe Israel Movemcnl or IVogressivi' .lud.iism The Nclsiiii Gliic'ck School of Biblical \rcbai'c)liij;y. a (cnlcr for postgraduate studies in

^ the fields of Bible, archaeology and the his.tory of ancient Israel, sponsors excavations and research related to historic sites in Israel. The Jerusalem campus also offers ulpan courses for new immigrants, leadership trpining programs for Russian immigrants, and teacher training for professionals teaching in the Israel Progressive Movement's Schools and (jongregations. HUC-JIR's research resources include its libraries, housing nearly 800,000 volumes and-one of the world's largest collections of rare Hebraica and Judaica from the 10th century to the present day. The Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, in Cincinnati, houses over 10 million documents illuminating the history of Jews in the Western Hemisphere. The HUC-UC Ethics Center is a national resource center for the study and application of Jewish ethics to contemporary moral problems. The Skirhall Cidtural Center in Los Angeles, Skjrball Museums in Cincinnati and Jerusalem, and art galleries in New York interpret 4,000 years of Jewish history, culture and identity for visitors of all faiths. nUC-JIR invites the community to educational and cultural programs, study institutes, conferences, and worship services. New programs include courses on the Internet, amd the New York Kollel and the Jerusalem Beit Midrash which attract hundreds of young adults to study Jewish texts and history. Kor more inforjuation, you can firul IIUC-JII^ on the Internet at:

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Beth El education - not just for kids by Michael A, Lcvine, Programming/Youth Director The process of Jewish education does not end nee you have graduated high school. At Beth El ynagogue, through the cooperation of the Adult Iducation committee. Rabbi Paul Drazen and lantor Emil Berkovits, there is always something ew to learn. The Adult Education committee is charged with le responsibility of providing programs that anged this year from pre-Selihot study panels, jpsher cooking classes, informative speakers sucli B Rabbi Harold Kushner, mini-Judaism classes to sy-long Shabbatonim, "Watch Out For Shabbat," id fully unrolling a Sefer Torah on Shavuot. abbi Neil Gillman, of the Jewish Theologial jminary, will be coming to Beth El in May. Rabbi Paul Drazen has led many mini-classes on rious Judaic topics and common questions Jews id non-Jews may have about Judaism. Coming in

January is a three week session on "Finding a Personal Answer," a chance for personal theological discovery. Rabbi Drazen is also the manager of Beth El synagogue's two electronic study groups, one for college students and the other for adults...both on the internet. Whether you are in Omaha or Orlando, you can take part in stimulating discussions on Judaic topics via e-mail. Cantor Emil Berkovits leads a Torah and Haftorah trope class for adults and for students. Congregants gain the knowledge to be able to chant from either reading and are urged to show their accomplishments on Saturday mornings. For more information on these or any Beth El programs, please contact Michael Levine, Programming/Youth Director at 492'85G0 or visit the Beth El Synagogue home page at: http://omahafreene.torg/bethel

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Think about.. .summer? Winter winds may be whittling outside, but it is not too early to think about summer 1997! Informatipn about a variety of Jewish experiences is available from the Bureau of Jewish Education. Informal Jewish educational experiences such as summers at pamp and in Israel provide an invaluable opportunity to "live Judaism" in an environment which is the perfect complement to classroom instruction. The environment of a Jewish summer program (Srovides an opportunity for a total "immersion" experience wHich instills Jewish values that can last a lifetime. Our Jewish community has expressed a commitment to help provide these experiences, both at Jewish summer camps and in Israel. h The Jewish Experience Grant Program: A BarBat Mitzvah Gift from the Jewish Federation is a one-time-only $350.00 grant to be used for tuition at a Jewish summer camp. Students can use this grant either the summer before or after they have become Bar or Bat Mitzvah. 2. The Israel Experience Grant Program provides one-time-only grants to high school students wishing to participate in Israel programs. Many nation-, al Jewish youth organizations sponsor .such programs, and information is available from local youth group advisors and from the Bureau of Jewish Education. Israel Experience Grant recipients pnrlicii)ale in a preparatory course taught by BJE Community Teacher Scott Li ttky. The Financial Aid Committee of the Bureau of Jewish Education provides camp and Israel scholarships oil the basis of financial need.' F'or applications, call the Bureau of Jewish Education at 3346445. Think summer, think summer camp, think summer in Israel! Call The Bureau of Jewish Education. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Jews for Judaism responds to missionary threat media. ' During past Hanukkahs and other Jewish holidays, similar full-page advertisements appeared in mnjor periodicals such as The New York Times, The Detroit Free Press and Newsweek. Slick and compelling, these ads elicit a variety of community reactions ranging from confusion to disgust to frustrated anger. Many evangelical Protestant Christian organizations are involved in the effort to convert Jews. Each year, they help finance over 600 different missionary groups that spend in excess of IliiO million worldwide towards converting Jews. It is estimated thai, more than 250,000 Jews have succumbed to their elTorts in the last 25 years. Almost alone in response to this missionary threat is Jews for Judaism. It was established in 1984 and now has offices in Toronto, New York, Baltimore, Washington, Harrisburg, Chicago, Los Angeles and Johannesburg; Jews for Judaism is a unique organization dediJulius Ciss, Kxccutive Director of Jews for Judaism's Canadian office, displays counter- cated exclusively to counteracting the increased' missionary materials his or|;anization is efforts of evangelical Christian missionaries who offering North American Jews in its "Jewish are specifically targeting Jews for conversion. Jews for Judaism's two primary goals are. first, Response to Missionaries," advertising campaign. Pholo rntlil: SIfphi'n Hphtrin/Tonmiii providing preventive counter missionary education programs that instill a greater appreciation of, and Tlic H:iiiiikkiili sU)ry, rcrpiilly commcmoniled by commitment to, Jewish beliefs and values; and secJewisli pi'oplp arouiul the world, spciiks of tlie vic- ond, winning back those Jews who have been influtflry of till' Jcwisli spirit over outside enemy forces enced by Christian missionaries. Jews for Judaism is one of the few organizations bent on its very destruction. On June 13, 1996, the Southern Baptist that have earned endorsements from ttie Orthodox, Convention passed a resolution which called for the Conservative and Reform movements alike, as well Baptists to direct their "energies and resources as a wide spectrum of Jewish agencies, rabbis and . toward the proclamation of the gospel to the Jewish educators. It seems the one thing that most Jews people." In essence, this put the force and power of can agree on is that these missionary groups are a the largest fundamentalist Protestant Christian serious threat to Jewish survival. Very, very few in the Jewish community are denomination, with over .37,000 churches and 15 million members in the U.S., squarely behind the capable of combating this problem, since this kind of danger requires the expertise of the skilled proeffort to target Jews for conversion to Christianity. This past llanukkah, in an effort to convert Jiews, fessionals. Among th6 books included in the ads are The the missionary organization Jews for Jesus has Real Messiah by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan and The Jew once again launched its sophisticated and expen sive advertising campaign in the secular print and the Christian Missionary by Gerald Segal. The

• Counter-Missionary Survival Seminar 12-part tape set, presented by Rabbi Michael Skobac, is the most important educational tool on audio tape that Jews for Judaism is offering.. Rabbi Skobac is one of the world's leading Jewish counter-missionary authorities and hrts helped rescue many Jews from the evangelical church. , Julius Ciss, Executive Director of the Toronto Jews for Judaism office, is coordinating the ad campaign. "Rabbi Skobac's tape series is clearly the finest and most definitive response to Christian missionaries available today on audio tape," says • Ciss. "The tapes are the next best thing to having' the rabbi as your personal consultant." Mr. Ciss should know. He is a former ",^ew for Jesus" who returned to Judaism after spending over five years as a dedicated member of a "Hebrew Christian" missionary group. He was once deep on the inside, and now has dedicated his life to getting others out. As an e)(tra bonus, the J^ws for Judaism advertisements offer Tfie Jews for Judaism CounterMissionary Handh(H)k by Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz absolutely "free" with any order. Rabbi Kravitz, executive director of the Los Angeles branch of Jews for Judaism, is an acknowledged authority on Jewish-Christian polemics. His valuable booklet is a summary of the comprehensive counter-missionary course that he has developed and taught to hundreds of Jews over many years in Southern California. It summarizes succinctly the m^or Jewish refutations to evangelical Christian claims. Mr. Ciss pulls no punches. "I realize the danger of these deceptive missionary groups from my own personal experience; we must spare no effort or expense to prevent our fellow Jews from being misled. The very future of our people is at stake." For further information, contact Jews for Judaism by phone at (416) 789-2851, or visit their Website at: http://wwwJewsfoijudai8m.org

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How to choose a college by Ken Sieg, Director of Admissions, Nebraska Wesleyan University Taking Advantage of On-Campus Programs

If you're a high sct^ool senior, you should now be applying to the college^ and universities in which I you're most interested and beginning the process of : making your final selection. , Making thatichoice means spending some time on the campuses of the colleges you're considering. And now is a great time to do that because most ; institutions are currently offering programs that will give you a chance t<» see the campus and meet professors and students.! Once you've done youij research, and know which ; colleges you're interesteji in, you need to ask those /colleges, "Are there projframs I can participate in thai will give me a better view of your acndemir program or a parlicujgij department?" You won't •find a progrnni in every single deportment, but • depending on the particular strengths of the college ,or university, you may fijid opportunities like writ • ing seminars or science pl-ograms. J Most colleges offer urogrums providing high school students with hjknds-on experience, and interaction with n profe^or in a college classroom ,or laboratory and with CO lege students. ; Taking advantage of thUe programs can help you learn more about the fadlities, faculty, students rand educational philosofihy of the colleges you are considering, and help yqu feel more secure about your final decision. I

The thne to Ulk about college "The ^inter break is a time when families are together and often free from the distractions of work and school. If you're a high school senior who is considering college, you should lake advantage of this time to sit down with your parents and have a serious talk about what may be one of the most important decisions of your life. You and your parents need to make a number of decisions at this time. You need to narrow your list down to three to five colleges you think can best meet your expectations. Students need to understand their parents' expectations for higher edwca tion, and vice versa. When applying for fin.incial aid, fimilies nec<l U) know how much they can nITord and what financial aid forms are required by each college or university to which their child is applying. Kamilies who don't make these decisions during this time can run into problems in the coming months. After the break, there is generally less time to have a lengthy discussion about college, and it is easy to overlook important college application and financial aid deadlines during JanuaryMarch. The failure te meet these deadlines could mean getting shut out of the college that best suits your needs, or losing out on grants and scholarships.

CorrepHons In last week's Jewisli Press, Sara Truesdell's me was inadvertantly mispelled in the caption under the photo of the Friedel Jewish Academy Hanukkah program. Also, Shifra Shrago attends Rosary College where she is miyoring in 'gerentology. The name of her college and her major were incorrect in the ptory, What to do after high school...the Israel alternative. The Jewish Presij regrets the erros.

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Shorter programs for young adults For those who cannot take the time for junior semester or year programs in Israel, other options are available for tliem and those 22 and older. Volunteers for Israel (VFI) arranges for adults, 18 and up, to work at army bases, hospitals, archeological digs or at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens. The program is only three weeks and is partially subsidized. Their Teachers on Volunteer Service (TOVS) program offers opportunities to spend the month of July with youngsters who have difficulty learning English. VFTs Israel Adventure for college-aged students also offers tours during winter-break and summer vacation. Contact VFI at 1-212-643-4848 for information about all these programs. The Israel Aliyah Center in New York, 1-212339-6060; Young Judea, 1-800-725-0612; North American Federation of Temple Youth, 1-914-9876300; and Kibbutz Program Center, 1-212-3186130, all offer several programs for college students and young adults. These range from work and study on Israeli kibbutzzini to volunteering in development towns and youth aliyah villages to summer sessions in Fine Arts or Middle East Politics. And the United Jewish Appeal's New Yorlt office offers a 10-day winter tour which includes a $700 subsidy from UJA. For information on college student UJA missions or singles' missions to Israel, contact Federation Assistant Director, Jan Perelman, 334-6427.

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Calendar of Events for January

OTYG Not all education takes place in the classroom. At I USY Saturday, Jan 2S: i ,Beth El we strive to follow and instill theJf^dition Thursday, Jan. 9: Dance, 811 p.m. at Temple Israel al teachings of Conservative Judaism in\all of our ySY night, 6:30 p.m'., Beth El Wednesday, Jan. 29: programming, through an extensive progj-aju-^t S^unday, Jan. 12: informal Jewish education. - Dinner Nieht, 6-6:30 p.m. at Temple Israel , USY program, 12:15 p.m., Beth El : for more information about Omaha Temple Monday, Jan. 13: The Beth El Youth Department has programming for all ages from toddlers to high school stuiYouth Group, call adrimr Mark Spizman, 354-5921 USY Kndimah dinner, e:!.") p.m., Beth Kl dents ranging in activities from informal getSaturday, Jan. 18: togethers to weekend-long educational and social BBYO . USY program, 5 p.m., Beth El • retreats. Saturday, Jan. 4: Thursday, Jan. 23: .Shabbat Story Time and K'lantan are Shabbat AZA#I program, TBA ^ USY Tu B'Shevat party, 6:30 p.m., Beth El morning programs on alternate weeks that enable Sunday, Jan. 5: Sunday, Jan. 26: children in kindergarten through third grade a MZ Yoshanah (('iOtW proeram, TBA USY 'Souperhowr fundraiser, i):,'iO a.m.,- Beth El chance to play games and enjoy Jewish stories durSaturday, Jan. II: For more information about United Synagogui ing services. Both programs are led by synagogue , Edinr BBG #710 overnight, TBA Youth programs, call oc/rixiir Michael A Urine volunlf'ers. AZA»1 program, TBA 492-8550. Kids' Knbbalat Shabbat is a special service for Tuesday, .Jan. 14-Feb. 18: Jr. NCSY children in kindergarten through third grade and I BBC's Mind, Body, AtUtiidp .six week program, Sunday, Jan. 12: their families, led by Rabbi Paul Drazen and '6:30-8 p.m. at llie.JCC. Limited space: sign up,now.. Tzedakah box project, 1 2:;?0 p.m., Beth Israel Cantor Emit Berknvits. II gives families a chance to Saturday, Jan. 18: Sunday, January 26: enjoy a Kriday night .service with songs and read, Chaim Weizmann Sweetheart Dance, at tlio,!('(', TBA, l-2:;i0 p.m.. Belli l.sracl ings geared towards younger children. The service 7:30-11 p.m. Procession at 11 p.m. Sr. NCSY is followed by .Jewish stories and an Oneg Shabbat. Sunday, Jan. 26: Sunday, Jan. 12: Lunch and I^'arn is held on selected Friday afterAZAfll program, TBA Tzedakah box project, 2:30-'lp.ni. noons during the school year. The program incorpoEdiar#710 program, TBA Sunday, Jan. 26: rates lunch, singing and dancing, special stories JCC Senior High Department TBA, 2:30-4 p.m., and a holiday arts and crafts activity. Sunday, Jan. 12: Thursday, Jan. 9, 16,23,30: The Torah and Siddur Skills (T.S.S.) program is ACT course begins, JCC Classes with Mrs. Yakova Herzig, 7-8 p.m. our enrichment program run by youth for youth Monday, Jan. 13-Tuesday, Jan. 14: Thursday, Jan. 9 and Jan. 23: and meets every Shabbat during the school year. , Driver's Ed course, 6-8p.m., JCC NCSY meeting and pizza dinner, 6-7 p.m. T.S.S. is designed to teach children in grades four For more information about B'nai Brith Youth For more information about Nationcal Conference through seven service leadership and to prepare Organization or JCC Senior High Department pro- of Synagogue Youth programs, call advisor Rabbi , them for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Students in this 'rams, call aduisor Lisa Shkolnick, 334-6404. Allan Gonsher, 330-4014 or 558-2767. program are tutored by other post Bar/Bat Mitzvah YACHAD students and are encouraged to take an active role Sunday, Jan. 19: service participation. Once a semester students are Movie, 1-2:30 p.m., Beth Israel also able to share in a special grade lunch. For more information about Yachad programs, call (Continued on page 22) aduisor Li/ida Novak, 492-8575.

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Beth El programming

Club 34 and Club 56 are the two grou(>8 designed for third through sixth graders. They will meet as social groups with a Jewish twist. The clubs will generally meet on Sundays and will include activities that the children will help coordinate such as roller skating, games, pizza parties and more. 6.I.L.U. Kadimah is for beventh and eighth graders (ind is the younger version of USY (United Synagogue Youth). Kadimah members will meet two times per month and are involved in planning their own activities throughout the year including a regional convention of over 100 other youths from around the Midwest, this year to be held in MinnesotJi. Beth El students receive an honorary membership after their Bar/Bat Mitzvah as a gift from USY. B.l.L.U. US'Y is the youth group for high school age teens and meets three to four times per month for programs, meetings, USY Shabbatot and USY

, (Continued from page 21) New for this year is the T.S.S., Torah and Siddur Skills Socials. Social activities are scheduled throughout the year a^ a bonus for the students of the weekly program. The High Holiday Youth Program continues to be a vital part of the High Holiday schedu'le at Beth El SyiiagQgue. On both days of Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur there are' programs for infants through grade seven. Depending on the age, there is a choice'of reading rooms, games or Junior Con^egalion for the three morhings. The program is led by Beth Kl High School students and adult volunteers.

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Application procedure A student interested in obtaining a scholarship or loan for university study from the Financial Aid Committee of the Bureau of Jewish Education should do the following: 1. Contact the Bureau of Jewish Education at .'{.34-6445 for an application. 2. Fill out the application in its entirety (including all financial information requested, transcripts and recommendations). , 3, Return the completed application, no later than March 24, 1997, to the Financial Aid Committee, Bureau of Jewish Education, 333 South 132nd St,, Omaha, NE 681,54,

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YES/OLDTIMERS Both groups will meet Monday at the JCC. English class is offered to new Americans at 10 a.m. Exercise and bingo both start at 10:30 a.m. "YES Talk" and the Earlybird discussion groups will meet at 11 a.m. Rehearsal for the YES choral group also starts at 11. Following lunch at 11 a.m., Marshall Lewis, Senior Vice-president of Everen Industries, will speak. For transportation, call 3304272. WALK-IN DROP-IN Walk-In Drop-In will meet Thursday at the JCC. Exercise and English class both start at 10 a.m. Bingo starts at 10:30. Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:45. Tlie video "Cirque. Du Solejl-We reinvent the'circus," will be shown at 12:15 p.m. in room 10. For transportation, cnll 330-4272. VISIONS Visions board meeting is Friday, Jan. 3, 9:30 a.m., in the adult lounge. Reminder: Deadline is Jan. 1 to pay dues for 1997. Send check for $5 per person made out to Visions to Lois and gerald Bernsljon, 14810 Cass Circle, Omaha, NE 68154. DREAMS AND REAIJTIES Dreams and Realities, an information and support group developed for new Americans, will meet Sunday, Jan. 5, 2-3 pjm., at the JCC in the adult lounge. The program speaker will be Rabbi Kutnor from Beth Israel Synagogue.

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IIADASSAH Lucille Miltmus will play the accordion for residents of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home and Livingston PInzn Saturday, Dec, 28, 2 p.m., at the monthly Oneg Shabbat sponsored by Hadassah. The eveiU will be held in the Home's auditorium. A tea will follow in the main dining room. Hadassah members who want to assist, are lisked to come at 1:30 p.m. JEWISH FAMILY PRESS A new support group for women of divorce will begin Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the JCC. The group will be facilitated by Mart Rosen-Atherton. For more information or to register, call 3301024.

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In the News Michelle Lee, a student at Millard North High School, has been mamed a National Merit Honors semifinalist. She is ehgible to become a flnaUst for the nearly one of the 7,000 Merit Scholarship ! awards, worth nearly $26 million in total. She is the daughter of David and Sheryl Lee. Sally Vengcr was recently interviewed by 7"/if Wall Street Journal about older singles who want to remain independent. Ben Gonsher was recently named in the 7,9,96 Who'x Who Amonii American High ^hon! Stiidentx, an annual publication which recognizes the top 5% of the country's high school students. He is the son of Rabbi Allan and Rini Gonsher. . Edward E. Milder, formerly of Omaha, and a member of the Art World 400, has been appointed to the executive conimitlee of "Who's Who in the. World of Art." M'-. Milder is a l.-ix specialist in the arts and is a founder of both the l./Os Angeles County Museum of Art and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporarj' Art, as well as director/trustee of the Hollywood, CA, Arts Council. He is also Director of The Greater Los Angeles Press Club;^ a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., and The Society of Professional Journalists; and is treasurer of TJie 8-Ball, ii monthly newsletter.

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