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'< by Pam Monsky Federation Communications Director Don't get the impression that Steve Piltor is dissatisfied with the results of the Building Campaign. Pitlor and his wife, Marcia, have been leading the Building a Jewish Community for the 21st Century campaign with Patty and Steve Nogg for the past few months, and are delighted with the responses. "This has been a successful campaign, but we've changed the parameters midstream. I want people to know we have been successful. We've raised an incredible amount of money in three months. But now we need to change our perception because the vision of this Jewish Community Center has changed," said Pitlor. "We almost have enough for the original plan, but not for all the changes needed to bring our facility into the 21st century," he added. Nelson Gordman, who has been involved with the building project as a contributor and consultant said, "The money being invested in the existing facility is not only for the new additions, but to upgrade the JGC to 2000 vintage. In order do this, we need everyone's help in raising our standards and our goal." The new goal has been set at $8.75 million, reached after a study of all the improvements needed and estimates from architects, planners and engineers.

"When it became evident that the building project would become a reality during the fund raising, the Federation Building and Grounds Committee recommended a study of the campus for improvements to the existing facility and services, said Howard Kooper, Federation President. Project architect Mark Sanford said that the list of improvements include a more attractive and accessible Community From left: Building Campaign Co-chairmen Steve and Marcia Pitlor entrance, effective and Patty and Steve Nogg. grouping of offices and services, upgrading technology and communica- overwhelmingly, but we are not done yet. We are tions, improving the safety of the north drive, more still $750,000 from our original goal." and improved parking, improved access to 132nd Contributions to the building fund may be made Street, and site drainage improvement at the Rose by calling Steve and Patty Nogg at 493-3479, Steve Blumkin Jewish Home. and Marcia Pitlor at 496-4632, Tom Felhnan and Kooper said that Omaha is building an "$8.75 Howard Kooper at 392-1800, or the Federation million dream. Our community has responded office at 334-8200.

Livingston Grant to permit by Diane Axler Baum and Martin P. Wolf A $50,000 grant from the Livingston Foundation will allow the Jewish Federation Library to fulfill a long-time goal of totally computerizing all library records and functions in order to keep pace with the 21st century and its Information Age technology. Among the benefits of total automation will be unproved service to all library users, including professionals, scholars, students and even homebound persons who have computers. Friedel Jewish Academy students will be able to access the library from the Academy's computer stations. In addition, the employment of electronic technology will enhance staff efficiency. "Total automation will afford readers and researchers better subject access to all the information we possess, since it will permit searching by a multitude of key words in the titles and subtitles of our Collection. Patrons will be able to generate their own subject bibliographies quickly and General studies teacher Denise Bennett shows Friedel students Arielle Levine and Jason efficiently," said Edythe C. Wolf, Library Director. "Automation also will offer better and faster Rich the library's new computer system. access to all the information available in Judaic the end of the project, in 1999, the entire collection databases plus access to the tens of thousands of of 35,000 books willbe "online." .;', automated libraries around the globe," she added. - Along with the Livingston grant, a donation from "Our staff will be able to manage the collection an anonymous source and $5,000 raised by the much more efficiently. By pressing a few computer Friends of the Library will be used to complete the keys, we'll be able to send overdue notices, print automation project. spine.,labels, bring up reports, and do countless "I-know that Milton Livingston believed in the other tasks that formerly were time-consuming concepts of individual incentive and personal and Odious." . . responsibility. We are pleased to be honoring his Wolf, who wrote the automation project proposal memory by working within that spirit," Wolf for the Department of Jewish Educational and noted. , •,.',: . !. Library Services, said, "We are deeply grateful to Winnebago Software Company of Caledonia, be included in the Livingston Foundation's plan to MN, specialists in the field of library software, will award $1 million in grants in celebration of its be providing support services for the conversion 50th Anniversary;" ..;••' , ; program. The grant provisions will allow for the In 1991, with a view toward someday automating acquisition of computers for the library's technical the entire collection, the Library staff-under Wolfs processes as well as computers for patron access. direction-began building the Library's database. At the completion of the project, the Library will The Library now looks forward to a completely have computer stations for public use, offering integrated, workable, computerized catalogue and complete access to the entire collection, CD Rorns circulation system in which every item is included of Judaic content, and connections to the Internet in the database by being entered and barcoded. By and World Wide Web."

Russians to honor Goldstein and Simon at 'Exodus' celebration by Linda Mirvlsh

Since 1975, more than 320 Jews from the former Soviet Union have made their homes in Omaha, Nebraska. This quiet Exodus of the new Americans from their homeland to the Midwest is the result of the vision and dedication of two remarkable Omaha women, Shirley Goldstein and Miriam

: Simon. • : • On Sept. 13, the newly formed New Americans Cultural Society will recognize the ? work of Goldstein and Simon and others who have made their resettlement possible at a program of music, cultural exhibits, and traditional food beginning at 2 p.m. at the JCC. The entire Jewish community is invited to participate in this celebration. The story of the connection between the Omaha Jewish community and the Soviet Jews is the story of the initial interest and subsequent work of. Goldstein and Simon to help those Jews who wanted to leave the Soviet Union to emigrate to Israel or the United states. ' .:•".. Shirley Goldstein's involvement began in 1972 with a."tourist" visit to the Soviet Union. The following year, together with Miriam Simon and their daughters, she returned. The women met families and relatives who were subject to government persecution for applying for immigration"vreasr On their return, they both resolved to become more active in campaigning for the human rights of these fellow Jews and to motivate the Omaha Jewish community to support their efforts. Their involvement and that of the community was two pronged: a fight for the human rights of the Soviet people, especially Jews; and the resettlement of Jewish families in Omaha. As history shows, it was successful. In 1974, Goldstein initiated and was named president of the Omaha Committee for .Soviet Jewry. Simon served as vice president. The goals of the Committee were to improve living conditions for Jews in the USSR and to promote the immigration of those who sought to live elsewhere. Together with the National Council of Jewish

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You probably knew that the Haftarot from Shabbat Nahamu until Rosh Hashanah are all from the late chapters of the Book of Isaiah (generally called, even by more orthodox Jews, Second Isaiah, to distinguish him from Isaiah of Jerusalem). The selection testifies to the sensitive literary taste of the ancient scholars who chose our Haftarot, as well as their ackowledged sense of justice. For these chapters of Deutero-Isaiah (Second Isaiah) are among the most thrilling of the collections of the Prophets. The assumption is that this prophet, whose work was attached to the Scroll of Isaiah of Jerusalem, lived within the Babylonion Exile. Here he addressed himself to his displaced and dispossessed and depressed countrymenIsraelites in Babylonia~and he strengthened their spirit. • One is reminded of Churchill's brilliant addresses to the British people while Nazi missiles fell on London. He gave strength to the British backbone, when the stress and the danger and the destruction could easily have broken both spirit and backbone. Deutero-Isaiah is ranked as one of the world's greatest poets. Even if we look only at the Haftarah of our own Sabbath, from Isaiah 54, we recognize at once the soaring power'of his words: "For mountains may be displaced and hills removed, but My kindness shall not be removed from you. Neither shall My promise of peace be broken, says the Lord, Who has compassion for you." Again and again the prophet's imagination reached out to word pictures that console. Think of the world we live in, he urges. Can mountains be removed? Of course not! Neither, he assures his exiled people, neither can God's love be shaken! He will redeem you! Your exile will be ended! A new Exodus will carry you home again. Freedom! Freedom! Home again!

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ANNETTE KOSOWSKY Annette Kosowsky died in Minneapolis Aug. 25 a t the age of 60. Services were held Aug. 27 a t Mount Sinai Cemetery. Survivers include h e r mother, Mollie-, sister a n d brother-in-law, Arlene and Michael Braff; brother and sister-in-law, Harold a n d Alice Kosowsky; nieces and nephews; aunts and uncles, Julia and George Schapiro of O m a h a , Zena and B e n n e t t Fishbain of Las Vegas and Ida and Sam Fedman. Memorials to the Annette Kosowsky Memorial Fund, UNO Alumni Association, 60th and Dodge, Omaha, NE 68132. ' SIDNEY FELDMAN Services for Sidney Feldman were held Aug. 30 a t Fisher Farm Cemetery. H e died Aug. 27. He was preceded in death by his wife/Hannah. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, ViVi and Art Rosen of Morristown, N.J.; two grandchildren, Alex of Boston and Jessica of Philadelphia. Memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue.

JOYCE BROOKSTEIN MILLER Joyce Miller of Las Vegas died Aug. 20 at the age of 67. . •' ^ She was preceded in death by her parents, Faye and Irving Brookstein. Survivors include her daughter, Ten Meschkat; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild, all of Tulsa, OK; sisters, Judy Katskee of Omaha and Joni Austin of El Paso; and brother, Larry Brookstein of Omaha.

Young Jewish leaders plan trip to Prague and Israel NEW YORK, NY-Hundreds of young Jewish leaders from around the country will spend 10 days in Prague and Israel this fall as part of the firstever UJA National Young Leadership Cabinet's Chazak 4 Ben Gurion Society Mission. Scheduled to take place Nov. 12-22, the Mission will afford participants an opportunity to witness ,the history and rebirth of the centurjes-old Prague Jewish community, pursue the connection of Jewish community by celebrating Israel's 50th anniversary in Jerusalem, and experience David Ben Gurion's dream of making the desert bloom in SdeBoker. Mission participants will also join with more than 4,000 Jews from all across North America at the first-eyer UJA CJF Partnership General Assembly in Israel, where they will enjoy international performances, talk politics and problemsolve with Knesset members, business and religious leaders, journalists and public policy thinkers. . The Mission also offers an Israel-only component for those who cannot attend the Prague portion of the trip. "We're thrilled to launch the Ben Gurion Society with this extraordinary and exciting trip to Prague and Israel," said Chazak 4 Co-Chairs Wendy Platt Newberger of Chicago and Lewis Norry. of Rochester. "We know if s going to be an adventure of a lifetime." Photojournalist Ed Serotta and Jewish statesman Mark Talisman will join the group in Prague, home of one of the oldest Jewish communities in Europe. Highlights include: tours of the Jewish Quarter', featuring The Old/New Synagogue, the Jewish Town Hall and the Jewish Museum, the Castle District and Theresenstadt, which the Nazis tried to pass off as "an exemplary Jewish settlement" in order! to fool a visiting Red Cross commission investigating Nazi treatment of the Jews. While in Israel, the group will attend the gala opening ceremony of the General Assembly, meet with Israeli leaders and dignitaries, and partici- ' pate in workshops and plenary sessions. Other stops include: a jeep ride to the Ramon crater for a hike amidst the magnificent geological formations; tourB of Masada, the Old City's Jewish QuarteT, Tower of David Museum and Israel Museum; home hospitality with pilots at Hatzerim Air Force Base and visits to the late'Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's grave, Mt. Herzl military cemetery and. Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. '• For information, contact Sharon Kirshenbaum, YJO Director, at 334-6431. '

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Drop-ins will be An Affiliate of the Worldwide . ; Tuesday, Sept. 8, 11:30 a.m., with Rabbi $3 per family. There are no facilities for infants. Chabad-Lubftvitch Movement Drazen at Pastimes Restaurant, 76th & Cass. The ADULT EDUCATION 186B So. 120th S»-, Omaha, HE 68144 topic is "Israel's Culture War and Civility." Call Thursday, Sept. 10: Beyond Midrash, 7:30Phone; 3304800 , the office for reservations. 8:30 p.m., led by Don Schwartz. E-JML4IL--chnbad@noI.com SLICHOT SERVICE: Saturday, Sept. 12, Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. 9 p.m., at Temple Israel. Join us as we herald in THURSDAY: Talmud Class, noon. the Days of Awe with a special reception, FRIDAY: Mincha, 7:30 p.m., followed by Havdalah, changing of the Torah mantel and Kabbalat Shabbat service. Slichot service. 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Beth Israel Cemetery. 11:00 a.m. at9:30p.m. Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. Mount Sinai Cemetery 12:15 pjn. "The last class of my old professor's, life took WEDNESDAY: Adult Education, 7:30 p.m. place once a week in a house, by a window in the Rabbi Howard Kutner will officiate. THURSDAY: Choir rehearsal, 7:30 p.m. study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant FRIDAY: Sabbath Eve service, 7:45 p.m. shed its pink leaves. The class met on Tuesdays. SATURDAY: Torah study, 10 sum. The subject was The Meaning of Life'." PERSONALS SUNDAY: Religious School ,10 a.m. This is the opening paragraph of the book Annette and Abe Schloff sincerely thank ail Tuesdays with Morrie, the last months of the life who sent cards, condolences and donations to of Morrie Schwartz, as recounted by his former charities in memory of Abe's sister, Sylvia B'WAl mmm SYNAGOGUE •';"•. student, Mitch Albom. He was reunited with his Schloff Moskowitz. 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NEW YORK (JTA) - As Russia suffers through its latest series of political and economic convulsions, Jews in the former Soviet Union are bracing themselves for possible repercussions, immigrant and advocacy groups here report. Executives from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society returned from an 11-day fact-finding mission in Russia and Ukraine, "deeply concerned" about the state of religious protections in the former Soviet Union. Even before Boris Yeltsin's surprise shift in Cabinet personnel, including the sudden reinstatement of former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, the ruble's drastic devaluation in recent days prompted HIAS Executive Vice President Leonard Glickman to call Russia's socioeconomic environment "a breeding ground for anti-democratic and anti-Semitic forces." The deteriorating conditions come at a time when the number of Russian and Ukrainian Jews refused refugee status by U.S. officials has risen slightly, prompting concern among Jewish migration and resettlement agencies. HIAS officials point out that these refusals have been offset by an increase in the number of Jews granted special "parole status" permission to immigrate to the United States. But unlike refugees, these immigrants are not entitled to public assistance - which means the Jewish community bears the full financial burden of their immigration and resettlement. Glickman said agents of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service assured him in Moscow that there is no campaign to decrease the number of refugee approvals. In order to qualify for refugee status, applicants must show a Veil-founded fear of persecution," which in the case of Jews from the former Soviet Union may include historical expertence - _ ' .. A ceiling for the number of refugees admitted to the United States per year is fixed annually by the president and Congress. The ceiling for the former

Soviet Union is higher than that of any other country. This year, 27,000 visas are available to refugees from the region, which may include Jews, evangelical Christians and Ukrainian Catholics. The HIAS delegation also investigated the cases o f SOme Jews who had been granted refugee status a s e a rly as 1991, but had not yet left for the United States. Most of those refugees said they were stay| n g to care for relatives too infirm to relocate to a new country. j n meetings in Ukraine and Russia with Jews from Vinnitsa to Moscow, with refugees bound for America, with human rights groups and with the y . s . ambassador to Russia, the three-person delega tion heard the same message: Despite advances o n the human rights front in the region, there is 8 til] a great deal of uncertainty - and fear. Upon his return last week, Glickman told reporters that refugees bound for the United states reported thatin the postrSoviet era they felt "fr e e r than before, but not safe." . He cited anecdotal evidence of ethnic attacks by skinheads, religious discrimination in the "workplace and a pervasive feeling of uneasiness about the durability of human rights protections. «So long as the economy is perceived as making progress, people are focused on their own lives," Glickman said. But he warned that the threat of economic instability brings with it the shadow of the region's "historic ways of reacting" to adversity. Mark Levin, executive director of the National Conference on. Soviet Jewry, articulated similar concerns about Russia's political and economic uncertainty. "There are a lot of Jews in the elite of the busin e S s and political worlds," he said. "And Jews have always proven to be convenient" targets for societal frustrations in the region. The Union of Councils of Soviet Jews was even m o r e cautionary. Citing openly, anti-Semitic regimes in some provincial regions of the Russian Federation, UCSJ President Yosef Abrambwitz

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said in a statement that "this trend can only expand under current conditions" at the Kremlin, Glickman at HIAS also confirmed that the incidence of hate crimes and persecution -- and the lack of official protection against them - is greater outside the large cities in Russia and Ukraine. He quoted U.S. Ambassador to Russia James Collins as: expressing'concerns about human rights protections. "There is some progress," Glickman said, pointing to statements by Russian executives in support of religious diversity and against anti-Semitism, "But there is a very far way to go." Glickman noted t h a t Jewish human rights activists are tracking 300 fascist newspapers in Ukraine and 400 in Russia. Some are sold openly outside the Kremlin subway station in Moscow, even though government regulations restrict such literature. , . Summing up the HIAS mission, Glickman said Jews in Ukraine and Russia stressed three overriding concerns: care for their elderly relatives, the ongoing need for human rights protections and the continuing importance of the refugee program as a hedge against increasing anti-Semitism, Some Jewish leaders are looking to the upcoming opening of a Holocaust museum and memorial synagogue on Moscow's Memorial Hill as a chance to raise the profile of Russian Jews. Levin of the National Conference said his organizatiori has been encouraging the White House to put the event on President Clinton's agenda during his brief visit there this week, Through a visit to Russia's first Jewish museum, the president could send a two-part message, Levin said. "Much has been accomplished, but much more" needs to be done. "At the same time, problems with issues related to pluralism, tolerance, protection of religious and ethnic minorities''persist. The administration decided to go ahead with the Moscow visit despite the recent political and economic upheavals. • - , . ' , : JEWISH PRESS COMMITTEE Lloyd Boitstein, Vice Chairman; Fred Tichauer, Treasurer; Joanie Jacobson, Secretary; ElyceAzriel; Jill Belmont; Steve Danon; Sheryl Lee; LindaSaltzman; George Schapiro; Howard Silber; Steve Simon. . Editorials express the view of the writer and are not necessarily representative of the views of the Jewish Press Committee, the Jewish FederaUra of CtaaM or the Omaha • J T i ^ T T ' f t f 8 Bwh J >l6 J 1 l e J ? W 1 B h P r e S ? r e f J e m s right to edit letters and articles for space and content. The Jewish Press is not responsible for the Kashruth of any product or establishment. > '"' •

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Did U.S. anti-terror campaign spur progress in peace talks?

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JERUSALEM (JTA) - The U.S. air strikes on Officials close to the premier and to Defense Sudan and Afghanistan may have played a role in Minister Yitzhak Mordechai have been insisting for pushing Israeli-Palestinian negotiations forward. some weeks, without reference to developments In the wake of those missile strikes, some Israeli -' surrounding the White House, that despite the observers were quick to-predict possible American appearance of deadlock, the negotiations were movpressure on the Jewish state to reach an agree- ing in the direction of an agreement. Some of these officials are cautioning that an ment agreement is not yet at hand, indicating that the with the Palestinians. These observers believed that Washington, cer- predictions of a Sept. 13 signing ceremony in . tain to be criticized by militant Arab states for the Washington are somewhat optimistic. Whatever impact the U.S. air strikes had on attacks, would be anxious to shore up support Middle East peacemaking, there is a broad and among moderates in the Islamic and Arab world. The thinking regarding Washington's role in the somber realization in Israel that a long-term and peace process has undergone some rapid changes bloody confrontation between American might and during the past week: Only days before the missile Islamic terrorism will almost inevitably spill over attacks, some pundits were saying that the sex onto Israeli targets. Associates of Osama bin Laden - the Saudi milscandal plaguing President Clinton would render him powerless to advance the long-deadlocked lionaire living in Afghanistan whom American officials hold responsible for the recent embassy bombIsraeli-Palestinian negotiations. But by early last week, there were indications ings in Kenya and Tanzania - have virtually said as much, promising to wreak retribution not only that the talks were making meaningful progress. Indeed, the signs of progress prompted U.S. on American installations but on Israeli targets as diplomatic sources to predict that a new agreement well. Such threats are bound to inflict yet more between Israel and the Palestinian Authority could damage to Israel's already-weakened tourism be signed in Washington on the fifth anniversary of industry. Few Palestinians expressed support for the carthe historic ceremony on the White House lawn, nage wrought by the U.S. Embassy bombings in where the Oslo accords were signed. Word of a Sept. 13 signing came amid indications East Africa. But many in the Palestinian communithat the two sides have softened their positions ty, as in the wider Arab world, have reacted with and are closer to reaching an agreement on a fur- outrage at the American reprisals. ther Israeli West Bank redeployment, coupled with Israeli experts believe that this, reaction has Palestinian steps to combat terror. already escalated violent confrontations in many Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat parts of the West Bank between Palestinians and himself gave credence to the more upbeat specula- settlers, and between Palestinians and Israeli secution when he made a series of positive statements rity forces. These confrontations grow daily more in Oslo, where he, former Israeli Prime Minister numerous and more intense — most notably last Shimon Peres and Norwegian officials were cele- week, when a rabbi was killed in his home in brating the fifth anniversary of the initialing of the Hebron by a suspected Palestinian intruder. Oslo accords in Norway's capital. Some observers warn that extremists on both Arafat called a series of Israeli concessions that he sides may well be planning to incite a conflagration had indirectly received from Prime Minister in Hebron to destroy any progress being made in Benjamin Netanyahu a "good beginning." the diplomatic arena. The Palestinian leader has repeatedly indicated that he would accept a 13% further Israeli redeployment in the West Bank. This is the basis of a plan, floated by the Clinton administration months ago, that also calls for specific Palestinian steps to combat terror. To the Editor. For the first time, Israeli officials publicly conDoes the Omaha Jewish community know what a firmed that Netanyahu is ready for the 13% pull- treasure it has in Joanie Jacobson? Through her back, subject to certain conditions. And, while productions, she helps people feel proud of their Netanyahu himself has remained deliberately Jewish heritage and of themselves. silent on the matter, there are persistent reports Joanie is a professional. She's an accomplished that these conditions, too, have undergone a cer- writer, producer, director, a skilled actor, vocalist, tain erosion. choreographer, and the most enthusiastic teacher, The Israeli leader is reportedly prepared, for coach and cheerleader. I've watched her work with adults who are hesiexample to waive his demand that the full Palestine National Council be convened to revoke tant to be in front of an audience. After a few the anti-Israel clauses in the Palestinian Covenant. weeks of "Joanie Jacobson Confidence-Building According to these reports, the premier will Rehearsals," they're out there shining on stage. accept a smaller - and, for Arafat, more manage- I've watched her work with children. She patiently and politely answers their questions like it's the able --Palestinianforum to approve the changes. Netanyahu is also said to have given ground most important thing she's ever heard.. Even those regarding how much control the Palestinian with stage experience benefit from her willingness Authority would have over a West Bank nature to repeat directions over and over again 'til it finalpreserve that would comprise 3% of the further ly clicks. You'll have to trust me on that one. redeployment. • She's afirst-ratetalent who generously and graciousWhether the new Israeli flexibility indeed flows ly shares her energy, brains and creativity with us. 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Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, has awarded a gift of one million dollars to Kibbutz Ketura in honor of its 25th anniversary. Ketura, which is in the Arava 35 miles north of Eilat, was founded at the close of the Yom Kippur War in November, 1973, by graduates of Young Judaea Year Course in Israel. Young Judaea is the Zionist youth movement sponsored by Hadassah. The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is a private research and teaching center which was established on Ketura in September, 1996. It offers a one-year international program in environmental studies which brings together Jewish, Christian and Moslem students from as close as Israel, Jordan and Egypt and as far away as Chine, with the goal of developing as regional perspective on environmental problems through peaceful co-existence. Jon Broder, son of Barry Broder and Anne Shackman, will attend the Arava Institute for the 1998-99 academic year. Anna Ellen Wiesman has been awarded a Continuing Service. Certificate by The National Braille Association for five years of service beyond the Distinguished Service award. This is the highest honor awarded by the NBA. She has been a braille transcriber for 15 years and President of Omaha Volunteer Braille Services, which is affiliated with Beth El Synagogue. HealthWise, a quarterly Omaha World-Herald special section, was awarded first-place in the recent Inland Press Association special sections contest. Howard K. Marcus is the editor. The contest drew 40 entries from 25 newspapers, including the Fort-Worth Star Telegram, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Atlanta Journal Constitution. Marcus has been advertising supplements editor of the World-Herald since 1986 and has also written for the Jewish Press. He earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a master's degree in Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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This part of the country could use some adjustWALK-IN, DROP-IN ments with fall and winter, but just a .bit milder There will be no meeting Thursday due to the would be helpful in that category... day trip to Bluffs Run Casino. For those going on What about'entertainment? We all depend so. the trip.meet at the JCC lobby by 8:45 a.m. much on the television, and yet so often there's absolutely nothing to watch. Or, if it's a really nice RUSSIAN CLUB program, it's already been on and now there are reMembers will meet Friday, Sept. 11, at the JCC. runs. In my perfect world, a person would be able Exercise starts at 10 a.m. Lunch will be served at to order only certain re-runs which maybe were 11 a.m. in room 10. Moscow news will be shown in missed the first time around. How's that? the adult lounge at noon, followed by a RussianAnd while on the subject of TV, maybe there speaking movie. For transportation, call Lydia at could be some way to satisfy everybody when the 697-9169. sports shows start the play-offs. . .or is it plays-off! Whatever. As far as I'm concerned, some of those VISIONS play-off games seem to go on forever. I realize they Fall luncheon meeting is Friday, Sept. 18, at have a very wide and interested audience, but I'm Caniglia's Venice Inn. Cost is $7 per person. Guest not part of it. So, in my perfect world, some genius speaker is Dr. Richard Shugrue, Professor of Law would figure out how to make the sports fans at Creighton University. For reservations, mail happy and still not endanger an otherwise happy form by Sept. 11 to Vera Lewis, 5424 Lafayette marriage. Avenue, Omaha, NE, 68132. My perfect world would include air transportation Join Visions for a trip to Martin Orchards in always running exactly on time, as promised when Council Bluffs on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Tour starts. the tickets are purchased. And while on the subject, at 10:30 a.m. Cost is $1.75 per person. Meet at the flights wouldn't be over-sold either. I guess the airorchards by 10:15 a.m. or at the JCC by 9:30 a.m., lines would counter with a wish for passengers to if you need transportation. Bring a sack lunch and always show up, so maybe that's not reasonable. buy drinks and desserts from the restaurant. For There are many other wishes for air travel (in my reservations, mail form by Sept. 11 to Rosalie and perfect world), which include the subject of comMaurie Meiches, 5036 Parker St., Omaha, NE, fort, food and cabin temperature, but the first and 68104. foremost, for me anyway, is scheduling. Boy,,do I BREADBREKERS get nuts when a plane is delayed for take-off. Kandra Hahn, Democratic nominee for State There are so may things to wish for in a perfect Auditor, will speak at Breadbreakers Wednesday world-like needing a new something or other and at noon at Highland Country Club, according to going shopping to buy it. Why can't a person be Ron Gordon. Cost is $7.75 and the program is open assured of going into the store where such an item to the community. is sold, finding it and perhaps a couple of other ' choices, and be able to just make the purchase? JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL Too often, the shopper goes to the store and hears Annual potluck dinner is Thursday, Sept 10, something like "well yes, we carry it but we're out 12:30 p.m., at the home of Corinne Levin, 906 So. of it now. But we can back-order it and you'll have 96th St. it within 10 to 12 weeks." Uh huh. Never mind. Frieda Krizelman, President, will conduct a short I suppose in my perfect world the things I like to meeting. Entertainment will be Dr. Hugh Levin on eat would all be low calorie and fat free, and in the accordion, along with a sing-a-long. addition, I could drop five pounds any time I wantFor information and reservations, call Betty ed. Wait a minute--is that something to be found in Goldstrom at 551-8293. a perfect world or am I hallucinating? Hard to tell. I haven't touched on any of the really important BETH ISRAEL SISTERHOOD things, have I? I've mentioned only that which Beth Israel Sisterhood's monthly luncheon meet- would aid my personal comfort. In a really perfect ing will be held Tuesday, Sept. 8, 12:30 p.m., world, people would get along with each other and with an indoor picnic in the synagogue social hall. live peaceably together. The word war would Beth Israel's "Hungarian" Cantor Leo Fettman become an anachronism and there wouldn't be a will share the preparation of various Shabbos need for protective agencies either in government cholents. For a treat, he will offer one of his or in the private sector. Now we're talking perfect favorite vegetable cholents. world, big time! . ' For reservations, call Bernice Cohen at 558-3423. Well, so much for my daydreaming. In the meantime, it still rains when we don't want it to and Visions tours Lincoln planes are late and stores advertise stuff they don't have and I don't know what else. But that's the way it is here, in our imperfect world. And you know what? It really isn't so bad. We manage pretty darn well, all things considered. I guess I should say I'm glad my ancestors didn't miss the boat!

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The Anderson O'Brien Gallery, located in Countryside Village at 8724 Pacific St., will feature "Wearable Art" in a one-week show from Sept. 1219. The opening preview is Friday, Sept. 11, 5-8 p.m., with daily shows from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The hand-painted, handwoyen, hand-dyed, handspun, handmade wearable art for men and women will also be for sale. For more information, call 390-0717.

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Lion of Judah Conference to be held in Washington, D.C. by Pam Monsky Federation Communications Director

Sandy Epstein and Nancy Noddle Eleven Omaha women from the lion of Judah division of the Jewish Federation of Omaha's .Women's Campaign will attend a conference in Washington, D.C, on Sept. 13. Sandy Epstein and Nancy Noddle, co-chairs, will attend. Along with t h e chance to speak with Congressional members and other politicians about Jewish issues, delegates will attend a concert in honor of Israel's 50th anniversary and will also be addressed by First Lady Hillary Clinton. "This is a real chance for Jewish women to make their voices be heard in Washington," said Noddle. "We are all looking forward to this extraordinary opportunity." Joining them at the conference is Carol Bloch; Judy Brodsky; Bobbie Epstein; Judy Feldman; Maxine Kirshenbaum, 1999 Women's Division cochair; Joanie Lehr, Jeannie Neff; Jan Schneiderman, 1999 Women's Division co-chair; and Joodi Veitzer. Women's Campaign Director Cindy Kaufman and Federation Executive Director Jan Perelman will also attend the conference.

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Kate Witek, Nebraska State Senator from the 31st district, and candidate for State Auditor, recently addressed B'nai Brith Breadbreakers. Ms. Witek is two years into her second term as State Senator. She -was first elected to t h e Nebraska Unicameral in 1992. If elected State Auditor, she will leave her legislative position. The fourth oldest of 11 children, Senator Witek decided to become involved in the political process seven years ago. She and her husband, Charles, along with a group of friends, were concerned about nonsense regulations, high taxes and higher fees. They felt these things interfered with their ability to prosper, and that common sense was needed in order to run small businesses. So, when the opportunity to run for the legislature presented itself, she grasped the opportunity. "I liken the experience of becoming a senator as being similar to riding over Niagara Falls in a barrel. You have to learn to swim really well—really fast," she said.

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Susan Drazen, executive director of Jewish Educational and Library Services, announced her resignation from that position, effective at the end of this month. She has been at the helm of JELS (formerly the Bureau of Jewish Education) for the past 11 years and will assume the position of executive director of the Central States and Provinces Region of the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism. In her new position, Drazen will be responsible for coordiaatlng\activities and programming for conservative congregations in six midwest states, as well as Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada. Drazen said she is "looking forward to new and different challenges," and reflected on the advances made during her tenure. "I'm proudest of the. increased services to schools, in terms of resources, services to teachers, in-service training for teachers, the expansion of both our special needs program and our financial aid programs, and the community teacher program," she said, noting that community teachers are employed at each of the religious schools and the Friedel Jewish Academy. She also expressed pride in the establishment of the Davis Family Institute for Jewish Educators, which provides teacher training and enrichment, and in programs created to provide Jewish experiences for kids: Passport to Israel, Israel Experience Grants, and the Jewish Experience Grants. Mitzi Delman, president of JELS, said, "We wish Susie all the best and we thank her for the wonderful direction she has provided over the years." Delman said that in searching for a successor, "We will strive to find someone who will continue to provide the highest quality Jewish education throughout the city." Jewish Federation Executive Director J a n Perelman also expressed appreciation for Drazen's years of service, "She has made many contributions to the growth in our Jewish community. We will truly miss her."

(Continued from page 1) Women, the Anti-Defamation League and other organizations, the Committee publicized the plight of Soviet Jews and other oppressed people and rallied support of local citizens for political action on their behalf. . During the 70s and '80s, Omaha protesters picketed events featuring Soviet artists and athletes, handed out pamphlets and staged demonstrations. Synagogues displayed signs urging "Freedom for Soviet Jews." Goldstein traveled to the USSR many more times. She met with refusniks and returned with material describing the life of Jews there. Each time it became more dangerous to smuggle out tapes and other items, but, intent on pursuing her goal, she ignored the risk. ' Goldstein persuaded local political leaders to write to USSR officials regarding the fate of Jewish refusniks and speed up family reunification. In 1987, after joining a protest march in Washington, she was invited to meet with President Reagan on the eve of his summit with Mikhail Gorbachev. In Omaha, Miriam Simon, a member of the board of the Jewish Family Services, chaired the resettlement program. She organized an army of volunteers to welcome new arrivals, help furnish apartments, find work, and provide transportation and medicine for the newcomers. These volunteers were available to take them to doctors, shopping and invited them to family and religious celebrations. By 1979, Simon and her vice-chair, Susan Sophir, had established sub-committees to handle community affairs, education, employment finance management, furnishings, groceries, housing and more. From, the broad political arena, to the intimate domestic minutia, Goldstein and Simon have been a part of the creation of this unique group within our Jewish community every step of the way. It is fitting that the New American Cultural Society is honoring them as the 25th anniversary of the resettlement program in Omaha approaches.

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Elinor Whitman Fund perpetuates commitments to children, books , by Claudia Sherman Foundation Public Relations Coordinator

Elinor Whitman loved children, emphasized her husband Norman Whitman. Prior to her death nearly ten years ago, she taught religious school for many years at Temple Israel and at Beth El Synagogue. Some eight or nine years ago, in her memory, her husband contributed to the Jewish Federation Library's discretionary fund in order to sponsor the annual children's book contest. Open to children, kindergarten through eighth grade who attend any of the area's religious schoqls or Friedel Jewish Academy, the contest attracts 40 or more entries each year. The children can write a book report or design a book jacket. Elinor Whitman served many years on the Federation Library Board and took a. keen interest in promoting Jewish literature for young readers, remarked Dorothy Kaplan, assistant librarian. This summer, Mr. Whitman along'with his sons Alan of Arcadia, California, and Jon, who lives in Jerusalem, established'a memorial fund, the Elinor A. Whitman Memorial Book Appreciation Fund, with the Jewish Federation Foundation. The income will be used to promote the contest and purchase prizes for the winners of the Elinor A. Whitman Memorial Book Appreciation Contest which is held in conjunction with Jewish Book Month. Due to the growth of the fund, Norman Whitman said, "I decided to make it a perpetual fund." He added to the fund's balance which raised its principal to meet the minimum $5,000 needed to establish an endowment fund with The Foundation. "Elinor was so interested in children," reiterated Whitman as he explained why he chose to memorialize his wife with an endowment fund. "This was something she was very close to." Jewish Federation Librarian Edye Wolf agreed, "There's no better way to memorialize her."

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