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Israel 50 Jubilee to feature two speakers by Sara A. Juster, Israel 50 Jubilee co-chairman
In addition to the fun and games traditionally planned for Yom Ha'atzmaut, the Israel 50 Jubilee on Sunday, May 3, will include a keynote address by Gad Ben-Ari, and talk by Professor Zvi Gitehnan. At l(k30 a.m., Mr. Ben-Ari will discuss the relationship between American Jews and Israel. Prof. Gitehnan will discuss "Israel at 50: Achievements and Challenges* at 1 p a , Both talks are free and will be held in the JCC Theater. Ben-Ari is currently Chairman of the Jewish Agency delegation in North America and Executive Vice-president of the Jewish Agency for Israel (FAFI). He served as media advisor for the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and as Labor Party's Campaign spokesman in the 1992 election. Professor Zvi Gitehnan A. sixth-generation sabra, Ben-Ari's family moved to Israel from Russia in the late 1800's. He was born in -Jerusalem and graduated from the Hebrew '" University School of Law after obtaining the rank of Captain in the Israel Defense Forces. - ••.. Ben-Ari was a popular radio and TV broadcaster' when he took a leave of absence to serve as a shaliach. (emissary) in the United States on behalf of JAFlTWorld Zionist Organization (WZO). When he returned to Israel after "three years, he assumed the position of personal advisor to the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption. In 1989, he was appointed spokesman j, • ^ ,, y *•• and director of the t press and Public - Relations Division of JAFI/WZO. Gad Ben-Ari Ben-Ari previously visited Omaha in 1988 when he discussed the plight of Soviet Jewry and American Jewry's response. On this return engagement, he promises "an equally challenging discussion." Like Ben-Ari, Prof. Gitelman returns here after a 10-year absence. A professor of political science and Judaic studies at the University of Michigan, he directs its Frankel Center for Judaic Studies and previously directed its Center for Russian & East European Studies. Prof. Gitelman studied at Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary before earning his Ph.D. from Columbia. He is fluent in Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish, French and Polish and is the author of numerous books and articles on Israeli politics as well as Soviet and Bast European politics. ,.' In his address, Gitehnan will review the aspirations of the Zionists and founders of the State of Israel. He will examine their accomplishments, assess their failures, and discuss the challenges facing the State after 50 years of independence. Prof. Gitehnan's talk is underwritten by the Ida and Samuel E. Kaimon Memorial Fund. Free child care, by advance reservation, will be available in the JCC Child Development Center. For reservations and more information, call Gloriann Levy at 334-6403.
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For those Omahans who haven't toured Israel yet, a visit to the "Walk Through Jerusalem" exhibit is a must. Sponsored by Jewish Educational and Library Services, the interactive exhibit features the gates of the Old City filling the entire space of the Gallery at the Jewish Community Center. Visitors can climb up to the top of one of the gates and observe "Jerusalem," put notes in "the Wall," look at the views surrounding the "Old City," and go on a scavenger hunt. Tables filled with Israeli food products, crafts and clothing add a hands-on touch to this exhibit, geared for children of all ages, as well as adults. ' > :. • According to Susie brazen, JELS Director, local groups have already booked educational tours of the exhibit, including synagogue religious schools, the Friedel Jewish Academy, church groups and even home-schooled youth and their parents. Space is still available for these docent-led tours and reservations can be made by calling JELS at 334-6445. The exhibit closes April 6. ; "
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Alex Angtjlet, left, Justin Drucber, Ben Delman and Ben Taxman explore the interactive exhibit in the Gallery. JELS trained docents for visitors to the exhibit.
Temple Israel's seventh-grade class used the exhibit as a learning experience: Rachel Langnas, left, Lauren Freeman and Leora Azriel enjoy the activities.
Partnership 2C0O builds bridges . Kaufman joins Federation staff by Pam Monsky between people and communities Federation Communications Director T^^ by Pam Morigky ' Federation Communications Director
Cindy Kaufman has joined the staff of the Jewish Federation of Omaha as Women's Campaign Director. " Her duties include coorPartnership 2000, a Federation-sponsored prol dination of events and gram that links communities in Israel's Western , fund raising efforts in Galilee with Midwest Jewish communities includI conjunction with the ing Omaha, hosted five young Israeli's recently as 1 Women's Division of the they toured the Midwest Consortium. UJA/Federation Annual The purpose of the trip, according to Young ! Campaign. Jewish Omaha Director Sharon Kirshenbaum, is to Kaufman will also be "establish dialogue to encourage personal and busiresponsible for the ness relationships between the Jewish communiMaimonides and Carties in the United States, and Israel. The more, we dozo Society affinity learn about each other, the more we can share groups, as well as workmutually beneficial information." ing with the Foundation • Following their visit to Dallas, Louisville and of the Jewish FederOmaha, the Israeli delegates attended the Young ation on endowment development. Her previous posiLeadership Conference in Washington, D.C. ~ ~ tion was as- Development Director of the AntiWhile in Omaha, each visitor was assigned a men- Defamation League. tor with similar interests to show them around . "I am looking forward to-developing new and Om'aha. Danay Moran, is a student studying continued relationships with the members of our Criminal Justice at the Western Galilee College in community. I am confident that we will continue to Israel. build upon the success of our Annual Campaign She enjoyed her visit to Omaha, and said, 7 was with the help of our Center of Excellence directors very impressed with the Jewish Community in and community volunteers," said Kaufman. Kaufman holds a Bachelor of Science in Omaha. I loved learning about the Jewish social services and I think many criminal problems can be Journalism from the William Allen White School of solved or prevented with social service intervention." Journalism at the University of Kansas. She and her husband, Dr. Lenny Kaufman, have two sons, (Continued on page 2) Mitchell, 2, and Zachary, 5 months.
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EPHRAIM MARKS A memorial service for Ephraim Marks was held Parashat VaYikra-Shabbat HaHodesh March 24 at Temple Israel. Burial was at Temple Did You Know Pesah. Was Coining? Israel Cemetery. He was 88. This Shabbat, we open the Book of VaYikra Survivors include his lifelong companion, David (Leviticus) for our Torah reading. It deals mainly Rice; nephew and wife, Robert and Jan Marks; and with the sacrificial system of ancient Israelite reli- nephew, Richard Marks. gion-and I will return to it(d.v.) in later columns. Mr. Marks had served as a deputy Douglas Now—to other matters!.. " County attorney, a member of the Housing Our calendar gives advance warning after warn- Authority board and chairman of the Douglas ing t h a t Pesah is coming, with four special County Democratic Party. He was also active in the Shabbatot, of which Shabbat HaHodesh ("the presidential campaigns of John F. Kennedy and month") is one. It falls this year on the first day of Robert F. Kennedy. Nisan. (In other years, it may be the Shabbat Memorials to Temple Israel, Opera Omaha.or the before the first day of Nisan.) And that means that Bemis Foundation. Pesah is only two weeks away! This means that the rigid preparations to keep ARTHUR LIPP our homes free of Hametz (leaven) and leaven-proArthur Lapp, formerly of Omaha, died- March 21,. ducing foods and materials inust be started. in Palo Alto, CA, at the age of 85. It has long been recognized that hametz was a Survivors include daughters, Ellen Beiderman of'' symbol of sin and sinfulness, and the removal of it Denver and Nancy Levy of Palo Alto; sisters, i was meant to assure the endeavor to keep the New Jackie Mayerowitz of Dallas and Betty Friedman of ' Year (beginning in the spring) free from sin. It is a Los Angeles; cousins, Marjorie Lincoln and Morris moral spring-cleaning, symbolized by the drastic Lipp, both of Omaha. ,' turn-the-house-over hub-bub of Passover preparation. Without this, a prominent American rabbi once said, the mental and moral effects of the festi(Continued from page 1) val cannot be attained. To repeat: It is a moral spring-cleaning. The ancient and medieval rabbis who devised these regulations lived in simpler homes, with simpler cuisine and simpler furnishings, including china and silver, than we have. I make no further comment on this. Turning to Shabbat haHodesh, we note that there is a special Torah reading and a special Haftarah for the day. There would ordinarily be a special Haftarah for a Shabbat which falls on Rosh Hodesh, but it is replaced by a special Haftarah for the special Shabbat. It is taken from Ezekiel's vision of the new Jewish Commonwealth, the new Partnership 2000 participants and Young Temple, and the new observances of the Holy Days, Leadership gather together for dinner at the home of Bobbie Epstein, Co-chairman of the including Pesah. Federation Israel Committee. From left: Zeev. ;. Duringjrecent weeks, it has_fallen to me to chant 1 the Shabbat kiddush in each of two dining halls. (I Avnon, Thor Rosenquist, Bobbie Epstein, consciously think that in one I am teaching-and in Forrest Krutter, Donay Moran, Benny Cohen, the dining hall where I eat, there I am^chanting Sharon Kirshenbaum, Yoni Avramesko, Avi Kiddush to welcome the Sabbath, i.e., there I am Ben Shushan, Scott Meyerson, Jenny praying.) I am amazed every Sabbath Eve, as I Meyerson, Cindy Kaufman, Susie Norton and recite the Kiddush, that the Sabbath, as the prayer BobWolfson. Yoni Avramesko works with young adults on has it, is a "memorial of the Exodus from Egypt." In what way? Only that any observance of Jewish Kibbutz Afek. His main purpose in visiting the practice could not happen except in an environ- • United States is "to meet the people, to know them.; Who is on the other side of the line? We need to merit of freedom. learn and see more. Also, it's good for you to meet Freedom! It is simply true: The Exodus is the UB face to face." defining event in the history of the Jewish people Avi Ben Shushan's ambition, is to become the (and in the religions of the western world). mayor of Acco. In the meantime, he is studying Egypt was a contaminated land. Quite aside from its marvelous cultural achievements, its moral and math and is in charge of a volunteer program in; Israel similar to Big Brothers/Big Sisters. "It's ' religious foundations were puerile. We celebrate Pesah to welcome the foundation of important that I, as an Israeli, will see how the •. our people and the faith that liberates the spirit of Omaha Jewish Community lives. It's very different • from Israel because we are always in a Jewish humankind. community and don't have a JCC," said Avi. "One of the best things that I saw here is that the Jewish community is not a closed community. It's inclusive of non Jews, which is very good for the Jewish people," he added. . Zeev Avnon runs a community center with "no walls, but many programs" and Benny Cohen manufactures security systems. Zeev said that this is "the formal delegation of Partnership 2000 to the Are you looking Jor a special} first Midwest. The purpose is build a living bridge- peopiece you s a ^ qrt uacat(on?«;«:;|l||| ple to people. The real reason for the visit is to know you'and to make friends. Hopefiilly we will keep the ; connection and see you in the Western Galilee." Zeev and Benny remarked on the structure of the Omaha Jewish Community by noting, "We are trying to understand the Jewish Federation organization. Jewish Community organizations, are something new to us, it's uniquely American. We feel more 'Jewish' here because since we are.in a Jewish state and not a minority, being Jewish is not bur main focus." . 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CANDLELIGHTING: 6:25 p.m. TEMPLE ISRAEL
BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
Member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations 7023 Cass Street, Omaha, NE 68132 556-0536
Member of the Unipn of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 1502 No. 52nd St, Omaha, NE 68104 556-6288
FRIDAY: "Shabbat Comes To You," 3:45 p.m., Rabbi Stiel, along with the Temple Youth Group, will lead a Shabbat service at Remington Heights. Shabbat evening service, 8 p.m. Rabbi Stiel and Hazzan Contzius will officiate. Rabbi Stiel will . speak. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schneider in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson. SITTER SERVICE Sitter service is available each Friday evening, Saturday mornings when there is a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, and Sunday mornings when there is Religious School. Please make a reservation. Cost is $2 per family if reservations are made prior to. Friday; drop-ins are $3 per family. There are no facilities for infants. SATURDAY: Shabbat morning service, Mh30 aan. Nigel Fielding Schneider, son of Jeanne and Bruce Schneider, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. Simcha B'Shabbat-An informal Shabbat service that includes study and discussion of a variety of.Jewish texts. The regular Shabbat service will be held in the Sanctuary. SUNDAY: Outreach, "Rap with the Rabbis," 10 ajn.noon. The event is open to the public at no charge. ADULT EDUCATION WEDNESDAY, April 1: Adult B'nai Mitzvah class, 10 a.m. to noon. THURSDAY, April 2: Sisterhood Adult Education: 9:30-11 a.m.,, Bob Wolfson will teach "Zionism: The Confrontation with the Arab Problem." 7:30-8:30 p.m., Beyond Midrash, led by Don Schwartz. BARMITZVAH Alex Clark, son of Jeanne and Bruce Schneider, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah at the Shabbat morning service on Saturday, April 4. TOT SHABBAT SERVICE, Friday, April 3, 7 p.m.: A short service of song and prayer, followed by cookies and juice, will be held for toddlers through children in primary grades and families.
Services conducted by Cantor Leo Fettman. 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, 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning services, 8:45 a.m.; Little People's Service, 10:15 am.; Jr. Congregation, 10:30 a.m. Kiddush sponsored by Cheryl Kricsfeld in honor of the aufruff of her son, Alan. The bride-to-be is Deborah Besser, daughter of Jakob and Susan Besser. Chumash class with Rabbi Herzig, 5 p.m.; Mincha, 6:20 p.m., followed by Shalosh Seudot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. SUNDAY: Services at 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
CHABAD HOUSE An Affiliate of the Worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Movement 11923 Pacific, Omaha, NE 68144 Phone:697-1124 E-MAIL~chabad@aol.com ' SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services. MONDAYS (throughout March): Mystical insights and the exchange of ideas on Jewish weekly events and Torah portions, 7-8:30 p.m., at Chabad House. WEDNESDAY: Mitzvah Munchkins class, lOa.m.-noon . . THURSDAY: Talmud Class, noon.
B'NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 618 Mynster St., Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 322-4705 E-MAIL: docjebSjuno.com FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m. Topic is "How Does the Torah Treat Homosexuality?" B'nai Israel is planning a Passover buffet for Friday, April 17. More details to come.
CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN SOUTH STREET TEMPLE Member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations 2061S. 20th St., Lincoln, NE 68502-2797 435-8004 Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser.. TUESDAY: Adult Education; 7:30 p.m.'; THURSDAY: Choir Practice, 7:30 pan. i ; .-;:.. FRTOAY: Shabbat Hachinuch, 7:45 p.m.; SATURDAY: Torah s t u d y . l O a j n . . . .; / ; SUNDAY: Hebrew School, 9 a.m.; Religious School/10 a.m.; Temple Youth-Group:(first-and t h i r d S u n d a y s ) , n o o n . .. ' , . , • .,-..••; :.•-.:.; SATURDAY, April 4: Dinner Theatre; 6 pan, debut of the South Street Temple Youth Group Orchestra Tickets are $4 for adults, $2.50 for children age 5 and under.
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BEYT SHALOM An Affiliate of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation P.O. Box 241130, Omaha, NE 68124-5130 758-9233 http://pwl.netcom,com/~salmim FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat services Friday nights at 7:30 p.m. at 3012 S. 119th St. in Omaha. SUNDAY: Religious School, 10a.m. (all grades), at the Jewish Community Center. TUESDAY: Religious School, 4 p.m. (grades 4-8) attheJCC.
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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.; R o s e n b a u m . ; •;;
Member of United Synagogues*' of Conservative Judaism 14506 California, Omaha, NE 68154 492-8550 WEB--http://omahafreenet.org/bethel 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. - , S FRIDAY: Services, 6 p.m. Jennifer Cooper, daughter of Rose and Harvey Cooper, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday evening and Saturday morning. . SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. Kiddush following services; Sitter service, 10 a.m.; TSS (Torah Siddur Skills), 10 a.m.; Shabbat Story Time, first and third Saturday, 11 aan^ ICtaritan, second and fourth Saturday, 11 a.m.; Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah, 6:35 p.m. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; : WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. MEN'S CLUB SHABBAT Saturday, April 4: Members of Men's Club will _ participate in services and sponsor the kiddush.
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'Mini University' at Temple Israel Temple Israel will host a "Mini University"" on Sunday, April 5, 10 a.m.-noon, to help prepare for Passover. The schedule is: .10-11 aJai.: Karen Leyine,' "A. Personal Faith_ Journey Workshop: Making this Passover
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25th and Capehart, Omaha, NE 294-6051 Services conducted by Rabbi Ira Flax. Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. REMINDER: Last in a series ot'The Hebrew Bible and Modem Dilemmas'* Monday, March 30,7:30-9 p.m. Topic is "Intermarriage and Patrilineal Descent," with Rabbi Debbie Stiel of Temple Israel. Free and open to the public Call Gloriann Levy, 334-6403
PERSONALS To our dear friends and family; My grateful thanks for your many expressions of caring during my Illness and surgery. The donations, cards, gifts, food and prayers have greatly contributed t o my Improved health. Thanks, also, to Rabbi Stiel, Rabbi Azriel, Cantor Contzius and Cantor Berkovits for their calls and visits. Ben Rifkln Jewish soccer players (past or present), high school or college level, needed to be Interviewed for sixth-grade religious school project. Please call Sasha Skulsky at 496-9077.
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We're happy to report that individual readers were not singled out in last week's delay in the delivery of the Jewish Press...no one received the paper on Friday! Apparently, 13 foreign addresses (12 in Israel and one in Canada) were not correctly identified on the report which accompanies the nearly 4,000 issues that are mailed each week. This certainly was news to us as our printer, \laePapUliqn.Times, uses postal service software to. maintain pur subscription list, and our bookkeeper,iSheryl Friedman, religiously keeps up with the changes each week. So, because of 13 papers, the Post Office, said were incorrect on the report, 3900+ copies of the Jewish Press were held at the downtown Post Office. With the cooperation of the staff at the Papillion Times, a corrected report was rushed downtown and the-papers delivered on Saturday. And this situation has been corrected for future issues. . . ... We hoped you received your Press, but if you didn't, or if your Jewish Press is late in the future, please let your postal carrier know. We were thrilled to receive calls last Friday afternoon; it demonstrated how much the Jewish Press means to our readers!
Letter from Israel
by Harry Allen
Britain and the European Union hoped to stir the peace process and so the foreign secretary of Britain came to Jerusalem on a whirlwind tour. Unfortunately, the estimable foreign secretary, Robin Cook, only proved the truth of that old adage, "too many Cooks spoil the broth." He very likely erased whatever chance there may have been for the European community to play a mediating role between Israel arid the Palestinians. Cook'deliberately insulted Israel by insisting on visiting the Har Home site in the company of Feisal Husseini. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally dissuaded him from that, but |ot from visiting Hdr Home itself ~ .*' Now, the building at'Har Home at this critical juncture is a mistake on Netanyahu's part - one of many he has made. .Nonetheless,, to go there and Make an impassioned plea for.Israel to share' Jerusalem - at least to imply that - is a diplomatic blunder of the first order. ' That, coupled with &n enthusiastic embrace of Yasser Arafat and a refusal to visit Yad Vashem, simply enraged most of Israeli public opinion. Rather than pressuring Bibi, the reverse became true; Netanyahu was immeasurably strengthened. In short, the Cook visit was a total disaster. None of this erases the fundamental blunder which, this government made in elevating Jerusalem to a major agenda item in the negotiations with the Palestinians. Despite all the campaign rhetoric of the Likud in 1996, neither Peres nor Rabin or the.Labor Party or the Meretz Party would have divided;.Jerusalem...but they wisely kept the issue on the back burner until the otherissues were resolved.' r : : It was the sage advice which Henry Kissinger alivays gave: "leave Jerusalem to last." ' ;-;•'"•-'• :"; Wanting to cement'his place as the 'savior of Jerusalem' with a big assist from the mayor, Ehud Olmert, Bibi placed Jerusalem at the top of the negotiating agenda. World attention was thus focused on the issue needlessly and Robin Cook plunged into the boiling stew with reckless abandon. ' ; Netanyahu thus won an undeserved vict6ry*and the peace process lost another round. Add Cook to the list of Middle East amateurs.
Our man in Israel
The difficult lot of a Palestinian journalist by Carl Alpert
Haifa - It's difficult to be a patriotic Palestinian journalist. Ask'Daoud Kuttab, who even his critics call "one of Palestine's most talented journalists". A believer in the justice of the Palestinian cause, he has written articles in the Arab press justifying Arafat's demands and has conducted programs on a Palestinian educational television station. Last month he was the object of a slashing attack in the Jerusalem Times, a Palestinian weekly. He was accused of betraying his colleagues and his people. What he "did, the article said, was "akin to supplying the enemy with bullets and pointing out the Palestinian target." He committed "nothing less Uiarjjtreason". ^, -^ ,, -
Letter to the Editor To the Editor: > John Bfeslow's past performance as a public servant together with his current political ad campaign which had stuck to the issues and avoided attacks against his opponent, had assured him of my vote and thatof my wife and family...until last week, when I saw his television ad vehemently opposing same-sex commitment ceremonies. "This position is not only impractical and unworkable, but totally prejudicial and contrary to beliefs held by most people fortunate enough to have a Jewish heritage, . I will admit that until a few years ago, my own views on this topic would probably have been as misguided as Brgslow's appear to be, that is, if I even had occasion to reflect on the topic at all. ; . What brought the issue to the forefrofft. was when my 25-year-old son disclosed he was gay. Both he arid t are the same persons we were before this disclosure; neither one of us is perverted or inferior to anyone else. And, as Americans and Nebraskans, we both deserve the same legal protection and preservation of our. rights and., liberties...among which is the legitimate and natural desire of all human beings to devote one's life and love to another, regardless of sex. Irrational homophobia has no place in the home, the place of worship and most certainly not in the political arena. •-., ' Should John Breslow change his position on this issue, he will not only have my vote but my respect. James Silverman
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Who is this Palestinian and what did he do that was so terrible? In the first place, he was the journalist who last spring got a midnight phone call summoning him to Palestinian police headquarters in Ramallah on orders from Arafat. He remained in prison for nearly a week. Though no charges were ever preferred against him, he surmised it was because his TV program had broadcast live sessions of the Palestinian Legislative Council at a time when it was discussing matters Arafat didn't want his people to hear. «' It was a terrifying experience. He was not surqi he would ever get out alive, and it seriously shooH his belief that the laws of the Palestine Authori were based on democracy ^djustice.H^^e^nerge still'a loyal Palestinian, btft concerned about thjf| nature of the Palestinian administration, an&! decided to write"$bout his thoughts and experiv ences during those'six,days in prison. • " Kuttab's story, told in the form of a diary, was published in the London-based Arab paper, Ah Hayat. He broadcast it on his website for months. Later it was picked up, translated into Hebrew, and run in the Tel Aviv daily, Maariv. Thoughtful Arabs were concerned by his story, especially since there have been numerous other instances of antidemocratic behavior in the Palestinian ruling circles, but none of this was what provoked the' extremist attack upon him quoted at the outset. >£ In January, the Jerusalem Post published the diary, in two weekly installments. That was too much. That was termed collaboration with the enemy, and the critic launched into a diatribe against Kuttab's "treason". '" > - I n the weeks that followed Kuttab compounded his "sins" as the Jerusalem Post began to publish a weekly article from his pen. The publisher of the| Post explained that (as a matter of objective journalism) he wanted an authentic Palestinian voice and he invited the weekly column, free of any interference. For Kuttab, it may have served as an example of the kind of free and democratic journalism that he was lacking in his own circles;' i "I feel that every opportunity I have to speak to" Israelis is worth thousands of opportunities to write and speak to the converted," Kuttab said. To sum it up, he is all for attempts to reach a harmonious understanding, and all for a liberal democra-i cy on the Palestinian side. *• \
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"We Are One": from slogans to reality by Daniel J . Elazar. President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
On the eve of celebrating the 50th anniversary of intertwined with the Jewish communities of Israel American Jewry and Israel must now expand to Israel's statehood, the Jewish Agency for Israel and the American diaspora. American Jewish com- include European Jewry, several million strong, as [JAFI) - the central institution'which has enabled munity federations are already directly tied in with a more active and more equal partner. the Jews of Israel and the diaspora to work as part- UIA, which also includes representatives of •Fourth, new and appropriate leadership must be lers in building a Jewish national homeland, finds American Zionist organizations. Moreover, the developed for new tasks which will require new and itself under heavy criticism.from its American part- leadership attracted to UIA have a world perspec- different talents. tive, and see the Jewish world beyond their local ler - the UJA/Pederation system. In a word, the new tasks facing the Jewish people Much of this criticism stems from unwillingness communities or even the American Jewish commu- have more to: do with the quality of life of Jews as ;o recognize that Israelis do things differently, nity.-They have consistently demonstrated their Jews now that the battle for the maintenance of >elieving that there are good reasons for doing so. ability to see the larger picture. Jews' lives has more or less been won. ' • Viewed from both broad and narrow perspectives, lather than appreciating JAFI as a partnership This means that after a century in which the civil hat unites, in common effort, Jews from various either the UIA will continue to play its role or it tasks of the Jewish people dominated the Jewish lational, ideological, religious and cultural back- will have to be replaced by a body that will do so agenda, we are witnessing a shift or return to the grounds, these critics treat the Jewish Agency as if under another name and without being able to fully more spiritual tasks of Judaism. t were the beneficiary agency of a strong local fed- draw upon the valuable experience that UIA has As a result, almost all the civil institutions the acquired in nearly eighty years of operation. iratdon. Jewish people have built are in difficulty at this As the twentieth century draws to a close, orga- moment. While those civil institutions may not proJAFI's critics do not want to abandon Israel nerely JAFI. Indeed, they wish to continue to help nized Jewry is nearing the successful completion of vide the vision that will motivate Jewish activity in '• ]|srael, in their own way, without having to accom- the great mobilizing tasks that have confronted the the immediate future, we cannot abandon them so odate a different culture with its own pride. But Jewish people for the past century and for which it long as they have tasks that need completion. do so risks abandoning a central institutional organized itself into its present structure. Not all of On the other hand they must share that vision if amework for Jewish unity, unity everyone pro- these tasks are completed; the most important they are to remain the strong and vital institutions I: ["esses to want and which is needed, if unity istobe ^ being aliyah from the former Soviet Union, which we need them to be. continues at rates of 50,000-60,000 a year. | pore than a slogan. But the sense of completion has created a sense of I JAFI remains an important tool for sustaining Jewish Press deadlines !: jind deepening Jewish unity because there is no a vacuum in organized Jewish life, and to function The deadline for all news articles, press releases, pho1 pther arena within which Israeli and diaspora lead- as a Jewish people, individual Jews must be moved tographs and social announcements is Thursday, eight days irship come together at the highest levels to deal by important collective tasks. prior to the the following Friday's publication. 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To be sure, changes can be made in the JAFI sys- to those changes. •Photographs may bo in color or black and white, but •First, what remains of the old tasks must con;em, as many already have. But to be effective, must be clear and focused. Dark photos arid Polaroids ore here will have to be a meeting of minds and cul- tinue to be handled effectively. suitable for newspaper reproduction. All persons in pho•Second, virtual completion of the great tasks not ures in order to maintain Jewish unity in operatos must bo identified. Photos will be returned if accompamust bring about identification of new tasks, many nied by a Btamped, solf-addressod envelope; otherwise they ionalways. For American Jewry, the United Israel Appeal of which are best dealt with on a more individualis- will be stored in the Press files. 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to see if there was alcohol in the car. It was simple, since he didn't have any; kind, of mechanical gadget < to use. He unscrewed the cap, dipped a finger in,', and tasted it! Emiss. Swear. Could I make up such ,' athing? ; . '....' .'/ : , .„•.•: i The patriarch of my room-mate's family was a very resourceful guy, also. He rigged up early ' refrigeration for the house when the idea was hardly known by ordinary folks. Mostly, he, as well as the others mentioned, probably practiced extremely good, common sense and thought out the problems very thoroughly before arriving at substi-l tute conclusions. Whatever the method, they fig-t ured out a way... "another way to skin a cat." All of this came to mind recently, when I read the interesting story in the Jan. 23 issue of the Jewish Press about Dr. Eric Ray. This learned man is an expert in, among other things, scribal arts. That; means he has the training and knowledge to be/ able to make repairs in Torah scrolls. His back| ground is fascinating, since he's been and done* many things of great interest, but space is limited so I can't tell you all about him here. But one wonderful example of his resourcefulness is what made me think about the entire subject. The creation and repair of a Torah must be done only with natural materials. Nothing man-made or artificial is permitted, so the presence of an electric glue gun caused some questions as Dr. Ray worked; on a Torah at Beth El. fie explained he often needed glue in repairing these sacred and fragile scrolls. Glue isn't a "natural" material.. .it's manu factured. Dr. Ray pointed out, he figured that p'chah ought to work if made into glue.sticks for
HERSHEYMARTI Stacy L. Hershey and Curtis Quinn Marti were married Aug. 5 in Coffeyville, KS. The bride, daughter of M.R. and Christy Hershey of Coffeyville, is a Fieldwork Coordinator for Health Science students at Creighton University. She is the granddaughter of Lois t h e g l u e g u n . •-., ; • ., .. : .•'•.-.. Hershey of Coffeyville . He said he.went to the 3M Company to see if] and the late Ralph Hershey, and the late they would turn the calves' foot jelly into glui 1 Emery and Catherine sticks, but they turned him down. Aha, here's the resourceful part. He went to a Jerusalem factor; r Childress. with the challenge. ' — The groom, son,of Donald and Karlyn Kagan They must have said "no problem," and did it. So Marti of Lincoln and Arnolds Park, IA., working on there he is, the good Dr. Ray, fixing the scroll with a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy at Creighton. a glue gun and glue sticks made from p'chah. \ He is the grandson of the late Lloyd, and Nu, I ask you.. .isn't this smart? One way doesn't. Elizabeth Marti and the late Moses and Gertrude work, figure out a different way. That's what het, Perlis Kagan. With p'chah. Following a honeymoon to Negril, Jamaica, the did. Like I said at the beginning, we Jews are a very newlyweds live in Omaha. . resourceful people.
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dominations due (for 'Wall of Fame' and 'Outstanding Jewish Athlete-high school) George Schapiro, one of the community's oldest and longest-serving volunteers (for the Jewish Press), had a mini-biography printed in the March 13-19 issue of the Midlands Business Journal. Some of his accomplishments include winning the volunteer of the year award, presented by the Jewish Federation of Omaha, four times. He has also received recognition for his work on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal, and won a least four medals in JCC fitness competition. Shirley Goldstein is one of four outstanding alumni who has been added to the Abraham Lincoln High School Hall of Fame. An induction ceremony was held recently in the school auditorium. Mrs. Goldstein has served on boards for the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Jewish Federation of Omaha, Plains States Regional office of the Anti-Defamation League and Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry in Washington, D.C. Her honors have included the National Conference of Christians and Jews Spirit of Service Award, an honorary doctorate of humane letters from UNO, and a Humanitarian Award from the Jewish Federation of Omaha. B.E.E.P. ( B u s i n e s s E t h i c s E d u c a t i o n Partnership) between the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce, Creighton's College of Business Administration and The Better Business Bureau, will present a seminar titled "A Contemporary Perspective on Stress in the Workplace.1' The event will be held Tuesday, April 7, at UNO's Peter Kiewit Conference Center, 1313 Farnam. A Continental breakfast will be served at 8 a.m., and the seminar will run from 8:30 a.m.noon. Registration fee (including breakfast) is $35 per person for BBB and Chamber members; $50 per person for non-members. Deadline for registration is April 1.
Applications for nominations for the "Wall of Fame" and Outstanding Jewish Athlete in high school may be picked up at member services and must be returned by May 1 to Nancy Leutzinger, Health & Physical Education Supervisor, 333 So. 132nd St., Omaha, NE 68154. "JCC ATHLETIC WALL OF FAME". to recognize the achievement of Omaha's Jewish athletes who have made significant contributions to the Jewish community, the general community and/or the Jewish Community Center. Achievement criteria: (must meet at least one) 1) Must have played a varsity sport for a university or high school. 2) Must have won a state title. 3) Must have won a national or conference championship. Community service criteria: To have devoted at least 3-5 years of service towards.the betterment of the community. This service is to be contributed to the Jewish Commun-
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hile the debate on religious diversity swirled around us, 800,000 Jews representing every religious and political orientation, and from all across North America, proved that, during good times and bad, the UJA Federation system is still the place where all Jews can qome together to build tolerance and responsibility. v r
• Working with our partners in the religious movements and concerned Jews throughout pur communities, the United Jewish. Appeal/Council of Jewish Federations Partnership helped create a : respectful place for the exchange of ideas. • Over 80 Knesset members signed a petition supporting the recommendations of the Ne'eman Committee, the Israeli committee charged with finding accommodations on the issue of Jewish conversions. Many of those Knesset members also visited American1 Jewish communities and Federations over the past 90 days so that they could understand Jewish diversity in the U.S. \ • Last week the Knesset officially resolved to support the Committee's report in its entirety. There is still work to be done for the report to be fully implemented, yet Jewish Federations should be proud of their role in the developments tp date-developments that could eventually preserve the unity of the Jewish people and create a far more tolerant Israel. Because, all through this, the UJA/Federation system continued to ensure that no one was isolated or left out in the cold, no one went hungry, was left alone or uncared for. Asjews, we share a common history. Today, even aswe celebrate the Knesset resolution, let us rededicate ourselves to a common future where all Jews are respected and every Jew who needs help gets it.
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ity Center and/or the Jewish community by being active on committees, a volunteer leader through a program, acting as chairman on committees, or promotion of programs. Applications for this award will be approved and judged by the JCC Health & Physical Education Committee. A plaque will be added to the "Wall of Fame" at the Jewish Community Center. OUTdIANDWGJ£VyiSHATHLETE(HighSchool)... to recognize the achievements of Omaha's elite Jewish athletes in high school. Achievement criteria: 1) Must be Jewish. 2) Must be a senior in high school. 3) Must have played a sport at the varsity level. The recipient does not need to be a current member of the Jewish Community Center. Recipients will be honored with a trophy at the final board meeting in June. Also, athletes will be recognized in the Jewish Press and Centerpiece. For more information, call 334-6422.
Jewish Community Campus Project part of a nationwide trend by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director
The Jewish Community Campus Project, "Building a Jewish Neighborhood for the 21st Century," is part of a nationwide trend in reinvesting in Jewish Community Centers. Currently in North America, there is over $350 million being reinvested in JCC facilities of all sizes, including Birmingham, San Francisco, New Haven, Indianapolis and San Antonio. Jewish Community Center Executive Director Jeffrey Aizenberg said, "Like us, these communities have found that investing in their JCC pays dividends far into the future. The Center movement is at the forefront of Jewish organizational change and responding to the demographic changes that have affected Jews so significantly in the past 15 years. "We have paid particularly close attention to communities that are similar in size to Omaha, like St. Paul, Minnesota, Indianapolis, Indiana and Worcester, Massachusetts. All have recently completed very significant reinvestment projects similar to the one we are proposing, and all have reported great satisfaction in making these improvements and assuring the success of their Centers in the future." Leading the Campus project for the
community are Patty and Steve Nogg and Marcia and Steve Pitlor. Some of the important facts they point out about this reinvestment are: • Our current Jewish Community Center was built in 1973. This is the first significant renovation planned for the facility in 24 years. • The project is focusing on major facilities that require significant renovation in order to meet the current program needs as well as provide the appropriate facilities for the future. These major facilities include a new Child Development Center, a World Level Fitness Center and a separate Women's Health Club. • In addition, the project will include a variety of renovations that will positively affect the entire Jewish Federation and each Center of Excellence, including the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. The project will also allow for elevator access to the lower level for elderly and disabled members of the community. • 45% of our Jewish Community currently belongs to the JCC. This is a very high proportion compared to other Jewish Communities. An estimated 80% of Jewish families with children at home belong to the 'J.' The goal of the Campus Project is to make sure that these high numbers continue and even increase in the future.
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facing policymakers, but they also learned that they can turn to Jewish sources' to help them shape -their views about policy choices that will determine society's'future. j>...',.-.; ,);:...,' !...... ...,-:.; •. ,., The students were fascinated with the people and issues in Washington. At firpt they,were skeptical that Judaism' had anything interesting to say about such contemporary issues,.Pnce,we completed the program, they Were no longer skeptitjs. It is eye opening to Jewish high school students finding that Left photo: From left: Man Josephson, Glenn Judaism can provide insights on some of the.larger Wigodsky, Jeff Shyken, Jessie Krieger, Travis Lewis, Elyce Azriel and Rachel Katskee at political dilemmas facing our;world.today.,.. • .. • ; • >':' :\ :'!,'•• •; ., Taking advantage of the excitement of being in • Sen. Bob-Kerrey's office. < Washington and meeting with-important personali- Right photo: On the steps of Congress. Front: ties in the world of public policy,; students grew to Rachel Katskee, Alyssa Manyitz and Jill appreciate the value conflicts inherent in most public policy issues and to use. Jewish values to help Sherman; second row. Alan Josephson, Travis Lewis, Gila Drazen and Scott J^ittky;,third • think through appropriate courses of action.. • Hollis Glaser, Scott ;Littky and myself were row: Becky Goldberg, Glenn Wigodsky, Jeff delighted to see how informed Omaha teens were; Shyken, Jessie Krieger and Hollis Glaser; how insightful their questions and how excited they back row: Jeff Katzman and Aaron Hardwick.
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Beth Israel hosts largest Jr. NCSY Shabbatbn
Scouts host Omaha tribe
Native Americans dance to the sound of. drums at the annual Blue and Gold Banquet. by Allison Latenser
The scouts of Troop and Pack 218 enjoyed more Left photo: Brook Swichkow of Chicago,' left, than food at the recent Blue and Gold banquet, dances with Omaha Jr. NCSYers at the final held at the JCC. The boys got a taste of another banquet last Sunday: Brittney, daughter of culture as they watched Native American ceremo- Lynn Eshelman; Renata .daughter of Arthur nial dances performed by members of the Omaha and Galina Yurikov, and Shoshy, daughter of tribe. The brightly costumed dancers entertained Leon and Dani Shrago. More than 135 Jewish everyone for thirty minutes before Bcouts and their students hi grades 5-7 were housed by Beth parents were invited to join in a community dance. Israel members near the synagogue, accordAs the program drew to a close, tribal elder They're in the mail! Howard Wolf offered a prayer for understanding The 50th anniversary of the founding of the and respect between people. Scoutmaster Mark State of Israel and the 80th anniversary of the Pilley commented, "The program was more than a Omaha Chapter of Hadassah are highlighted in performance; it was a gesture from the heart, a the 1998-99 directory, now in the mail to all spiritual experience where people reached "out to Omaha and Council Bluffs Hadassah members. people." Also included are rosters of both chapters' memThe evening also included a court of honor in bers and life members, new Hadassah Associates which Adam Linsky advanced to Webelow Scout (male members) and names of Hadassah Medical and Ian Gerson and Matt Uehling became Life Organization contributors and Yarzheit in Israel Scouts. Seven others were also recognized for earn- donors. The directory is dedicated to Beth Gaynes ing merit badges. Ginsberg, Omaha Chapter president for four years. For more information about Troop and Pack 218, The 150-page directory was edited by Mary call Dr. Pilley. Fellman; Larry Axelrod was ad director.
Singles weekends planned for Sarasota and Dallas The Jewish Community Centers of both Sarasota, FL, and Dallas, TX, have scheduled weekends for Jewish singles this spring. From May 14-17, the Sarasota-Manatee JCC has planned Sarasota Sensations at the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort. Sponsored by the Flanzer JCC, the event-is planned by Richard Ratner and Rachael Galoob, volunteer coordinators. Shabbat services and dinner on the beach is included, along with gourmet cooking seminars, wine tasting, tennis and other organized activities;For information,
ing to NCSY adviser Allan Gonsher. Coming from as far away as Indianapolis and Minneapolis, the group also included youngsters from Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City in the new Midwest Mesorah Region of NCSY. Photo at right, regional adviser Rabbi A.Y. Weinberg leads the singing and tells parents to "study Jewishly, like your kids."
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At the age of four, Marti Epstein was already picking out tunes on her parents' piano in Omaha. The daughter of a musician and a teacher, she immediately started taking lessons. But Tuffy and Helen Epstein did riot push their daughter into" music; when Marti lost interest a few years later, she was allowed to drop out. Her interest in music returned shortly. And t>yv the time "she was in high school)''Marti was *in everything, even jazz band" though she does not consider herself a jazz m u s i c i a n ' l i k e her clairnet/flute/saxophone-playing father! •:. Next months this poised young woman is about to have one of her compositions premiered by the San Francisco Symphony. : . :.
Entitled Celestial Navigation, this piece is described by Epstein as "classical, but contemporary in style." . .---••• She's been composing since her days at Burke High School when she wrote a piece for three trombonists in the band. Their reaction? "They were very excited about playing a piece written just for them by a 'real live' composer," Epstein recalled. • Robert Beadell, her teacher at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, had told her to write for her friends so she could "hear her music right away." She wrote a vibraphone composition for Mike Freeman and she "still has it on tape; it's very instructive to listen to it even now. "Compared to the college students I teach now, the music I wrote nearly 20 years.ago was actually; pretty sophisticated," she added, "But it's not as. sophisticated as my music is now." Today, Epstein teaches music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she is an associate pro-; fessor. She earned her degree at the University of Colorado and her" graduate degrees at Boston University. • • It was while she was completing her doctorate at B.U. that one of her music professors told her about the opening at Berklee, a prestigious acade-, ipy, devoted to serioujTslTuien^Mmusic. ,, • • "At the time there were few women professors at; Berklee and few with doctorates,'"noted Epstein, "so those qualities put me in the right place at the right time." ............. According to Epstein, Boston is a good place to. be a composer; there's a real demand for contempo- ; rary music though it's "a little conservative." When asked whether she'd ever move to New York and / its expansive music scene, Epstein replied, "I visit' New York often, but I'm happy to come home!" Celestial Navigation will have four performances
in San Francisco, conducted by Alistair Neale. < He's the associate conductor to world-renowned conductor Michael Tillson Thomas, who'd heard : Epstein's work at the Tanglewood Music Festival. Celestial Navigation just happens to be Epstein's doctoral dissertation. '::;••':• "It's extremely difficult to get compositions written for full orchestra played because of the expense involved," Epstein noted, "but Tillson-Thomas had heard some of my other pieces at Tanglewood and wanted this one for theSan Francisco Symphony," Epstein's sister, Danielle, who lives in San Francisco, will attend ^the premiere, along with' their parents, Tuffy and Helen. ' ' "My parents were very sensitive about my desire for a career in music because my dad's a musician and.he wanted to make sure I'd be able to support myself as one, too,'' Epstein said. She could always fall back on her other artistic talents in calligraphy or painting.' Using razorpoint pens and black ink, Epstein writes every note lovingly by hand in "low tech style". It's not likely that will happen as she's had other honors as well, including two fellowships at Tanglewood, where she studied with Oliver Knussen and Hans Werner Henze. The American Dance Festival commissioned works from her, as did guitarist David Tanilenbaum, who premiered her work The Parting Glass at the California State - Sacramento Festival of New American Music. And in February, Epstein won one of two Lee Ettelson Composer's Awards with a prize of $ 1000. She was also'a'resident at thei McDowell Colony with other musicians, writers, painters and composers. "You're there to work in your own studio," Epstein said, "and after dinner, you get to liang out' with other artists. I even met some writers whose works I plan to set to music!" Epstein also plans to attend Burke High School's 20th reunion this summer. Maybe she'll even write Former Omahan Marti'Epstein of Brighton, MA some music for the Class of'78!
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Oldtimers/YES Review
by Art Grossman
For five weeks the OT/Y.E.S. column was conspicuous by its absence. Yours truly fielded a number of calls asking, "What happened?" Well, kinderlach, my marvelous medical mechanics decided it was time for a periodic tune-up of this vintage chassis. So, my word machine was at rest. At the March 16 meeting, Early Bird discussion was fire and brimstone as we bandied about the trials and tribulations of President Clinton. As that astute psychologist Yogi Berra has often stated: "It ain't over until the fat lady sings." A slender lady sang on the '60 Minutes' program recently and the shock waves are reverberating. Those in the group in defense of the Pres locked horns with the antis and the debate was on. That is healthy for our seniors. Use your mentality; unless you use it-you lose it. Co-discussion leader Toni Kucher expounded on an enlightening article "Are you Mindless?" which was most appropriate for the occasion. Following lunch, we were entertained by the Burke High School music group. In sick bay are Ida Giller and Sylvia Stein at Clarkson; Dorothy Kovnar at Bergan-Mercy; Ruth Breslow at University; and Sam Kaplan at Immanuel.
Rabbi Mendel Katzman, left, of Chabad of Nebraska, dances with Steve Levinger at the Young Jewish Omaha/Chabad Purim seudah.
TonyMagid, Stacy Brodkey and Marty Cohen were three of the more than 200 guests at the YJO/Chabad Purim seudaft (meal) at the JCC.
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A first-class mission to Moscow, Israel and Jordan is scheduled by the Jewish Federation of Omaha for Nov. 7-23,. 1998.pThia trip is for any couple or individual who is a member of the Pacesetter or Lion of Judah divisions of the annual UJA/Federation Campaign. The Hatikvah (The Hope) Mission will spend four days in Moscow and 11 days in Israel as part of Israel's 50 th anniversary celebration, with an additional two days in Jordon. This is the. first time Moscow has been added to the itineraries of UJA/Federation missions from Omaha.. Last month, Joe Kirshenbaum and Bob Kully visited Minsk in the former Soviet Union, accompaNew names to be added to Founding Merchants exhibit nied by Federation Executive Director Jan The newest exhibit at the south entrance of the Volunteers are needed to help streamline the Perelman. The UJA-sponsored trip was an educaJewish Community Center will be undergoing office and archives operation of the NJHS. Tasks, tional one geared to informing volunteers and staff some changes this summer, according to Barbara such as sorting, identifying and filing photographs, about the needs of Jewish people outside of the Bresler at the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society. staging and removing exhibits and research and State of Israel. A month earlier, another group of Anyone with changes, corrections or additions to reference are needed. Publicity writers and grant- Federation lay people and staff participated in a the Founding Merchants exhibit should submit the writers are also needed, along with help with the UJA mission to Moscow for the same purpose. information by May 1. NJHS and the artist will NJHS newsletter and journal. t. Former Lincolnite Danny Allen also went on both use the revised list to add new names to the sculpFor more information or to volunteer, contact trips; he is the Executive Director of United Israel ture hanging at the entrance to the NJHS Barbara or Dottde at the NJHS, 334-6441/6442. Appeal, the allocation arm of the UJA. Museum. Chairpeople for the Hatikvah Mission are Maxine and Joe Kirshenbaum and Jan and Les B'nai B'rifh Mid-America Region to hold annual meeting Schneiderman. Mrs. Kirshenbaum and Mrs. The first annual Mid-America Region meeting of Special leadership training will be conducted for Schneiderman, both past Women's Campaign B'nai B'rith International is scheduled for June 6-7. unit/lodge presidents, presidents-elect and finan- chairmen, served as chairmen of the Lion of Judah Chapters from Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri and cial secretaries. The registration fee is only $25, division for the-1998 annual campaign. An informational meeting is set for Sunday, Nebraska will gather for this "mini-convention" at which includes a dessert reception on Saturday and the St. Louis Airport Hilton. ... brunch on Sunday. All members in good standing, April 5, at 7 p.m at the Kirshenbaum home. For more information, or to RSVP, please contact The one-and-a-half day conference will include defined as those who have paid their 1998 membereducational workshops, business sessions, presen- ship .dues by March 31, may attend as voting dele- Jan Perelman, Federation.Executive Director, at 334-6430, or Maxine Kirshenbaum, at 333-6585. tation of.regional awards and entertainment. gates. For information, call 314-569-4122.
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