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Federation announces nationwide search for JELS Director by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director
Susie Drazen, Jewish Education and Library Services (JELS) j ; " ' ; Director for the past 12 years, announced her resignation last month. Mitzi Delman, JELS president, said, "We're sorry to lose a talented person •• like Susie. Now it is Jane Rips our job to seek a resource person to play-a different role-one of professional development; an educational consultant with a strong Judaic or rabbinic background to draw in people from the community of all branches of Judaism." Forrest Krutter, Federation Vicepresident and former member of the JELS board, noted the growth in programs and services under Drazen's leadership, including support for Jewish camping experiences, Israel trips for teens and special education in the Hebrew schools through the generous support of the Phillip and Terri Schrager Foundation. "We thank Susie for her years of devotion to JELS and to the
Federation and hope we will continue to benefit from her devotion to the cause of Jewish education," Krutter said. "Because of her efforts the Federation's support for education has blossomed in the last 12 years," Susie Drazen he added. Drazen commented on her departure on Sept. 28 and said she looks forward to being involved in the Jewish community's educational efforts in other ways in the coming years." With Drazen's departure, Delman announced that a search committee will be established under the leadership of Jane Rips and will include broad community wide representation. Rips' vast experience includes chairing the search committees at Temple Israel for Rabbis Azriel and Stiel, and the executive director for the Omaha Theater, for Young People. She also serves on the Executive Board and is-president of the region for the Union of American (Continued on page 13)
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by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director
Attending the Lion Conference in Washington, D.C., were, back row, from left: Carol Bloch; Bobbie Epstein; Cindy Kaufman, Women's Division Director; Sandy Epstein, Lion of Judah Co-chair; Jan Schneiderman, Women's Division Co-chair; Nancy Noddle, Lion of Judah Co-chair; Maxine Kirshenbaum, Women's Division Co-chair..Front row: Joodi Veitzer, Judy Brodsky, Joanie Lehr andJudy Feldman. The 12 women from Omaha who to be Jewish and to be a part of such attended the lion of Judah Conference a wonderful conference." in Washington, D.C., last week were Federation Executive Director Jan part of 1,258 Jewish women who have Perelman was especially moved by raised $16 million for the 1999 the First Lady's address to the. conUJA/Federation Annual Campaign-- ference. "Mrs. Clinton's topic was the most ever raised from such a con- 'Imagine what women can do in the ference. . '.•••;.•.••. 21st Century.' She asked us to think Women in the Lion of Judah division about what kind of world will women contribute $6,000 or more to the live in? Our vision needs to be broader. Issues such as family and domes-Campaign annually. V Nancy Noddle, Go-chair of the . tic violence, health care and educa1 Omaha Lion of Judah. Division, said tion are issues belonging to everythe conference was an "incredibly one, not just women. For Jewish uplifting experience. The gathering of women, it is important that we so many women with vision and pur- honor our past, and imagine the pose is always most exciting. Listening future-- we must continue to endure to Hilary Clinton, Rabbi Irwin Kula, in the face of tremendous chaland the UJA leadership made'us proud ' lenges," said Perelman.
September 25 1998
Women's•Campaign event features'Dr.Ruth' by Pam Monsky, Federation Communications Director
Though she stands barely f i ™ ^ " ^ ; every i 1500 R ST name.; LINCOLN WE guest! the aij books; articles - and she's coming to Omaha. : Dr. Ruth Westheimer, renowned psychosexual therapist, lecturer and author will be the featured speaker at the Women's Division Campaign • Kickoff which will take place at Beth El Synagogue, • Tuesday, Oct. 20 at ll&Oajn. The luncheon chairpecChairing the luncheon for Women's ple; Bobbie Epstein, Lori Campaign are: Lori Miller, left, Bobbie Miller, Kimberly Epstein, Kimberly Robinson • and Anne Robinson and Anne Shackman (not pictured). Shackman, are as excited as anyone about bringing opportunity," Miller added. Dr. Ruth to Omaha. " I am just thrilled that we are holding a commu"I am really looking for- nity wide luncheon. The. opportunity to hear Dr. ward to having a speaker Ruth is compliment to our community and a real of Dr.JKuth's caliber plus fqr,,.the, women of Omaha," noted Bobbie speak to tKe women of Epstein. "I hope sill women—of all ages—will sup-^, Omaha's Jewish commu- port this event because that is our strength."'• nity. This will be a Epstein is the National Women's Division tremendous way to kick Liaison, in addition to serving as Federation Viceoff the 1999 Campaign!" president and co-chair of the luncheon, ' ••'• said Robinson. ; "This is a rare opportunity to support our comCo-chair Lori Miller munity while having an incredible time! I encouradded, "In addition to age everyone to make the time to come to the lunan amazing speaker, cheon, and bring your friends," added Anne we can enjoy the fact Shackman. "You will never forget it!" that we will be together According to Women's Division Campaign Coto discuss relevant chairpeople Maxine Kirshenbaum and Jan Jewish issues. I think Schneiderman, invitations for the luncheon with everyone will learn Dr. Ruth have been mailed. something, and have a The luncheon is $25 with a minimum gift to the terrific time! I encour- Women's Campaign of $136. For more information .age everyone to take about the luncheon, please contact Cindy advantage of this great Kaufman, Women's Campaign Director, 334-6427.
Local churches help repair B'nai Israel; vandals deface Omaha home Last weekend, a group of Christians from Council Bluffs repaired some of the damage done to the B'nai Israel Synagogue during last month's vandalism. •According to co-president Dr. Jerome Bleicher, the group painted two of the exterior walls and install new light fixtures on the front of the building. Members of the congregation also assisted with repairs. A presentation of a shofar was made to the congregation by Trixie Rosenberg, whose relatives were survivors of the Holocaust. While repairs were underway across the river, vandals apparently spraypainted swastikas and other symbols on a home in Central Omaha, according to Bob Wolfson, Executive Director of the AntiDefamation League - Community Relations Council. "We are, of course, outraged, and saddened by this latest display of
vandalism," Wolfson noted. "When the perpetrators are caught, their act will be prosecuted as a hate crime." The vandalism occurred at the home • sometime before Rosh Hashanah. The couple have a replica of a World War II bomb in their yard displayed as a piece, of sculpture. A new report, released by the ADL, reveals that the mast dangerous group in America today is the neoNazi National Alliance (see "An Explosion of Hate" on page 12).
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LILLIAN LIEB Services for Lillian Koom Lieb were held Sept. 14 at Beth El Cemetery. She died at age 84.. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Lieb. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Gail Lieb of Columbia, SC; daughter and sonin-law, Linda Lee and Ellis Goodman; sister and brother-in-law, Josephine and Richard Martin; brother and sister-in-law, Morris and Charlotte Koom; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Merriam and Harold Cooperman; grandchildren, Dana and Josh Lieb, Kristopher, Heather and Nicole Goodman. Memorials to Hadassah or t h e Nebraska Humane Society.
Every Day is Repentance Day The plaintive prayer "Sh'ma Kolenu" captures us all. Even the young respond.-let alone the aged and ^ Steve Snail 558-8617 j the aging; for the young have old parents or grand* Louis Famous : parents or relatives and other dear ones who may Foot Longs. Karen Grove be stricken with illness or are slowing down. /(Owner & Creative Designer) * Great Daily Specials We usually translate the verse to which I am 5702 N. Radial Hwy. referring "Cast us not off when we are old.. ." But 551-5993 1127 South 119th there is another intriguing translation. Without Omaha, NE 68144 (402) 330-0765 doing injustice to the Hebrew, it is possible to translate, "Cast us not away into old age." What would that mean? Perhaps, "Cast us not away into old age before our time." There is a ruleLynne M. Popp, of-thumb progression into old age. There is the M.S. in L.D. well-known passage in Pirke Abot But we think Learning Disability generally that people in their 50's and 60's are not IDAB.ZOORWILL yet old. (A generation or so ago, people in their 60's Specialist Graveside services for Ida Zoorwill were held were already "elderly!") September 20 at Beth El Cemetery. She was 86. The prayer then means "Don't make us look and She was preceded in death by her husband, Dan, EDUCATIONAL act like people in their 70's and 80's when we are and great-grandson, Benjamin Littky. THERAPY only 50 or 60. Don't hurry us! Keep us from enerSurvivors include daughters and sons-in-law, vating illnesses! Give us time to catch our breath. Sarita and David Cooper and Bette and Raymond 498-8708 Give us some empty-nest years in good health, so Zdan; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchilthat we may travel, and rest, and enjoy life! dren. But are not prayers of that sort self-centered? Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, Should not our prayers express our deepest, most Beth El Synagogue or charity of choice. OUTSTANDING ESTATE SALE sensitive views of life and mortality? Should they Saturday, Sept. 26, 8:30-4; Sunday, Sept. 27, noon-S; not identify us with struggling mankind? Our most Monday, Sept. 28, noon-6 RITA ROSENBLUM ESTATE-1430 Pine Rd. profound thoughts need not exclude ourselves and MARSHALL I. LEWIS For more information, call 571-7811 our dearest ones - but they must not stop there! Memorial services for Marshall Lewis, Senior antlques-clothlng-furnlture-household-much, much more! Our thoughts, silent or articulate, ought to Vice-president of Everen Securities, Inc., were held include mankind, brothers and sisters all. We have Sept. 23 at Temple Israel, followed by family prinoted many times that the repeated confessionals vate graveside burial. He died Sept. 20 at the age She's short T She's sexy ! on Yom Kippur are all in the plural: We have done of 51. She Bells the truth ! thus and so, and, for the sin that we have commitSurvivors include his wife, Rocky; sons, Brian She's Dr. Ruth ! ted..." and Jay; brothers and sisters-in-law, Denny and Coming October 2 0 Yom Kippur thus demands of us that we take Lisa Lewis, Gary Lewis and Cherry Witham; nieces IB3B Woman'* Campaign some responsibility for the continuous failure of and nephews; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, humankind to arrive at some acceptable level of Sandy and Paul Epstein; and mother- and fatherand international concern for the poor and in-law, Helen and Morris Lipp. MONUMENT CO. national powerless all over the world. Americans especially Mr. Lewis hosted a radio show, "Right on the. are guilty of hoarding a disproportionate share of Money," on KKAR. In 1987, Money Magazine 60 Years Experience 80.43111 the world's goods. We ought to think about this on named him as one of America's best stockbrokers. - WithJewish ; , 341-2452 Yom Kippur. The famous Haftarah (Isaiah 58) He also made a number of TV appearances, includLettering and Memorials FmnHL,Ciclul!a,Jr. demands it of us. We Jews ought to lead fellow ing one on "Larry King Live." Americans in the direction of world-consciousness. —Nobody's Cloirr T h a n . . . In addition, Mr. Lewis was a former president of But personal confession for more personal sinful- the Omaha Executives Association, chairman of f-j ness is also required. Husbands and wives, parents the Jewish Family Service of the Omaha Jewish and children, siblings, relatives, members of soci- Federation and was on the board of Temple Israel. te ety (yes, even members of synagogues!) regularly Memorials to Omaha Chapter of B'nai B'rith offend each other. Can we not do better? Youth Organization (BBYO), c/o Jewish :LDCKSMITHB Yom Kippur offers us opportunity for personal Community Center, 333 So. 132nd St., Omaha, NE cleansing. Remember the Talmudic admonition to 68154. 3706 S. 132nd Street. repent one day before we die. . .which means, of Phone (402) 330-5050 course, every day. HOWARD MILDER ¥' Fax (402 330-0789: We need to let Yom Kippur affect us. Howard Milder of Port Hueneme, CA, formerly of MIMING • (OPTING • DIGITAL NETWORK Omaha, died September 10 at the age of 88. DEADIJNES HAVE NO MERCY Survivors include his wife, Freda; son and daughRemember liking J£ £ f * • ter-in-law, Dr. Joel and Serena Milder of Port pur Bulletin Board Service is open 24 hours, 7 days a week Hueneme; daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Create a fanciful Russian peasant cottage! 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A stone unveiling for Sylvia Oberman will be held Sunday, Sept. 27,4 p.m., I at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, 42nd & Redick. A Sium/Memorial will,follow at Chabad House, 1866 So. 120th St.
American Cancer Society sponsors Tell-a-Friend Tuesday Breast cancer can often be detected in its earliest and most treatable stages through mammography, clinical breast exams by a health care professional and self-examination. Tell-a-Friend Tuesday is a one-day push by the American Cancer Society (ACS) on Oct. 6 to educate women about breast cancer and the need for mammograms. Women at local participating businesses are asked to call five friends (age 40 and older) to seek regular screening for early detection; callers are to then follow up . with their friends and the ACS will track each call from Oct. 6 through each woman's mammogram • results.
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FRIDAY: Shabbat Shuva, 8 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Cantor Blum will officiate. Jason Perelman will give the D'var Torah. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood. • SATURDAY: Shabbat service, 10:30 sum. Simcha B'Shabbat-An informal Shabbat service that includes study and discussion of a variety of Jewish texts. A Tashlich service will follow at a nearby body of water. SUNDAY: Memorial service, 1 pan., at Temple Israel Cemetery. YOM KEPPUR TUESDAY: First service, 6:15 pan.; second service, 8:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Morning service,10 a.m., ethics panel discussion following services; Family youth service, 1:30-2:30 p.m.; Young children's service, 2:45-3:15 p.m.; Afternoon service, 3:30 p.m.; Yizkor and Neilah services, 5 p.m. TOT SHABBAT SERVICE Friday, O c t 2, 7 p.m.: A short service of song and prayer, followed by cookies and juice.
Services conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat service, 7 pan. SATURDAY: Services, 8:45 a.m.; Little People service, 10:15 ajn.; Jr. Congregation, 10:30 a.m. Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood; Class with Rabbi Kutner, 6:20 p.m., followed by Mincha, 6:50 p.m., Shalosh Seudot, Ma'ariv and Havdalah. SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m. and 6:55 p.m.; Rabbi Yaacov Haber, Director of the Jewish Education Department for the Orthodox Union and coordinator of the O.U.'s Pardes project, will speak at 7:30 p.m. in a special teshuva event. WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 a.m. and 6:55 p.m.; KOLNTORE TUESDAY, Sept. 29: Services, 6:45 a.m.; ;V Mincha, 2 p.m.; Kol Nidre, 6:55 pan. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30: Services, 8:30 a.m.; Torah reading, 11 a.m.; Sermon, 11:45 a.m.; Yizkor, 12:15 p.m.; Mincha, 5 p.m.; Neilah, 6:15 p.m.; Fast ends, 7:49 p.m.; Break-the-fast following services.
BEYTSHAtOM Aa AffiUIttte of the Jewish Reconstruetioniat Federation P.O. Box 24U30, Omaha, NE 68124-5180 758-9333 http://come.tq/beytsha3ora/ FRIDAY: Shabbat Shuvah, 7:30 p.m. SUNDAY: Religious school, 10 turn, (grades 6-8, 9 a.m.) at the JCC. No school on Tuesday. KOLNIDRE TUESDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Services, 9 sum.; Potluck dairyvegetarian break-the-fast, approximately 5:30 p.m. , No tickets or reservations needed. .-, ;• i ,
CONGREGATION 8'NAI JESHURUW . •- ,. ' Member of: tit© Uitttoiii . of American Hebrew Congtc^fttioftB 2061$. 20th St., Lincoln, NE 68502-2797 ' ; Services officiated by Cantor Michael Weisser. FRIDAY: Sabbath Eve service, 7:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah study, 10 aon. SUNDAY: Religious School, 10 a.m. TUESDAY: Yom Kippur service, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY-Yom Kippur: Morning service, 10 a.m.; Kids service, 2:30 p.m.; Memorial service, 3:30 p.m.; Break-the-fast, 6:30 p.m.
B'NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 618 Mynster St., Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 Phone: 322-4705 E-MAIL: <Iocjeb2@juno.com FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m., followed by an Oneg Shabbat. Brent Bloom will discuss the basis of the law in Judaism. Michael Yablonski will officiate. SUNDAY: Memorial service, 11 ajn., at Bikhor Cholim Cemetery. YOMKIPPUR TUESDAY, Sept. 29: Services, 7:30 p.m., sermon by Zeph Telpner. ' rf'""'" '"• •"•••-WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30: Services, 10:30 a.m., sermon by Oliver Pollack; Services, 5:30 p.m., followed by break-the-fast potluck in the social hall. Call Sandra Kurland at 323-8885.
OFFUT AiR FORCE BASE 25th aad Capchoti, Omaha, NE " •'- , .294^1051 , / * Services conducted by Rabbi Ira Flax. Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-2p.m.
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Bmil Berkovits. SHABBAT SHUVAH FRIDAY: Minha-Ma'ariv, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m; Kiddush following services; Sitter service, 10 a.m.; Shabbat Story Time, first and third Saturday, 11 a.m.; K'tantan, second and fourth Saturday, 11 a.m.;; Minha-Ma'ariv, 7:05 p.m. SUNDAY: Memorial service, 11am., Beth El Cemetery. YOMKIPPUR TUESDAY, S e p t 29: Kol Nidre, 6;45 p.m.* WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30: Services, 8:30 a.m. (includes Yizkor and Musaf); Alternative service, 9:45 a.m.; Study session with Rabbi Jules Harlow, 4 p.m.; Minha-Ne'ila, 5:10 p.m.; Sounding of the Shofar, approximately 7:45 p.m. *Services in main sanctuary only. SUKKAH DECORATING PARTY, S u n d a y , Oct. 4, 12:15-2 p.m. Reservation deadline is Monday, Sept. 28.
CHABAD HOUSE An Affiliate of the Worldwide Cliabad-Lubavitch;Movenient . 1866 So. 120th St^Oinwha, N F . 6 M 4 Plionei 330.1800 - E-jVlAIL-chftbad@aol.com • Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. THURSDAY: Tahnud Class, noon. FRIDAY: Mincha, 7:30 p.m., followed by Kabbalat Shabbat service. • SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m.; Kiddush; Mincha-Ma'ariv, 6:45 p.m., followed by Havdalah. SUNDAY: Minyan, 8:30 a.m.; "Touch, Taste and Smell the Holidays" program for families with small children, 2-4 p.m.; Kapparot service by appointment. MONDAY: Kapparot service by appointment. YOMKBPPUR TUESDAY, Sept. 29: Kol Nidre, 6:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30: Services, 9 a.m.; Children's special program led by Mark Levy and Liba Kramer, 11 ajn.,; Mincha-N'ilah, 5:30 p.m. THURSDAY & FRIDAY, O c t o b e r 1 & 2: Minyan, 7 a.m. ; •.'.: •:
Jeffrey William G a t e s , son of Linda and Harry Gates, will become •a Bar Mitzvah on Oct. 3 at Forrest Parker Rogers-Marcovitz, son of Mimi ^Temple Israel. ,... Rogers and Dr. Michael Marcovitz, became a Bar A seventh-grade student / ROSE BUUMKIN JEWISH HOPE Mitzvah on Sept. 19 at Temple Israel. ;at Kiewit Middle School, A seventh-grade student at Fremont Junior High1- SATURDAY: Shabbat service, 9 a.m. Kiddush jhe plays on the select School, he is in advanced following services. .•baseball and basketball math and select orchesYOMIOPPUR jteams, which have won tra classes. He has also TUESDAY, Sept. 29: Kol Nidre, 7 p.m. ] numerous awards. In addidanced in several perforWEDNESDAY, Sept. 30: Yom Kippur, 9 a.m. tion, he received an award mances at The Rose' and (followed by Yizkor); Mincha and Neilah, 6:45 p.m. i,for most valuable pitcher the Orpheum theaters. All services led by Donald Schwartz. His interests include and has been named to several all-star teams. Jeffrey has a sister, Jennie, and a brother, Jon. soccer, computers, dance, TiFERETH ISRAEL Grandparents are William and Arlene Walter reading and playing the Member of the VstiteH S cello and trumpet. His and Anita Ingalls. of Conservative Jud team won first place in 8219 Sheridan Blvd^Mncota, NE 68503 Brian Altman, son of Francee Altman and Paul soccer and he set the record in the 100-meter hur, -. " - ". ' 423-8S69 * Altman, will celebrate his dles at his school.' Services "conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. : For his Mitzvah Project, Forrest is working in the Bar Mitzvah on Friday | Rosenbaum. . ,. • Resettlement and Acculturation Program of Jewish and Saturday, Oct. 2 and t Minyan on Monday and Thursday at 7:15 a.m. 3, at Beth El Synagogue. 1 Family Service. FRIDAY: Services, 8 p.m. . A seventhrgrade student i^ , Forrest has a sister, Cleo, and two brothers, Max. SATURDAY: Services, 9:30 a.m. ; at Westside Middle - -?,; and Isaac. . YOMKIPPUR School, he participates in Grandparents are Elaine'and Ronald Marcovitz TUESDAY, Sept. 29: Kol Nidrei, 6:55 p.m. show choir and Omaha WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30: Services, 9 a.m.; Junior and Wilma Rogers and the late Franklin P. Rogers. Suburban Select-basketGreat-grandparents are Freda Marcovitz and the congregation, H a m ; Mincha/Neilah/Ma'ariv/Shofar ball, and waB recently late David S. Marcovitz, Margaret Coenen, and Ben blowing, 5:20 pan. . '• • ' ' \' elected to the Student Council. He enjoys bowling, and Bessie Packer. computers, movies, music and reading. SATURDAY, Oct S: First in a series of monthly Brian has two brothers, Derek, 26, and Andrew, 25. Lunch & Learn seminars, includes dairy lunch and Grandparents are the late Simon and Millie Rife, speaker, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Yale Gotsdiner will speak the late Connie Rife, and the late Ben and Golde on "20 Questions." Cost is $3.60 per session or $14 for Altman. • ,V • '• the series, which runs through Jon, 9,1999.
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Editorial
September 25,1998
The People of the Book
There's a reason that the Jewish people have long been described as the People of the Book. Our tradition has always emphasized education. :u It is indeed welcome news that a committee has been formed by the Jewish Federation of Omaha to conduct a nationwide search for a new director of Jewish Educational and Library Services. This is an important Center of Excellence—one that not only serves the needs of our synagogue religious schools, but also the Friedel Jewish Academy, and adult Jewish education. In addition, this highly-qualified individual must administer the myriad of scholarships and grant programs (the Israel Experience, as well as the B'nai Mitzvah Jewish Camping program), and supervise the operation of the Federation Library. Synagogue leaders, both rabbinic and volunteer, have been crying for years about an increased need for professional educators for their schools; so has the leadership of the day school. That's why the efforts of Omaha's newest non-profit organization, the Omaha Center for Torah Learning, is so important,
too. Their goal, as outlined in their bylaws and policies and procedures, is to "enhance Jewish education for children and adults in the Greater Omaha area, i.byproviding qualified rabbis and teachers for use inreligious schools, the day. school, and adult education.". The OCTL is not a new synagogue; it is an independent group of like-minded individuals who want to help promote quality Jewish education. Our community touts itself as "the best of Jewish communities." We, therefore, have to provide the best-the best facilities, the best resources, the best teachers, the best programs and the best leadership. Nothing short of this goal will do. We applaud the Federation for naming Jane Rips as chair of the JELS Search Committee and urge both her committee and the OCTL to work together in improving the offerings available to all Jews in our community, whether Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Orthodox, or unafilliated. Whether we bring in a rabbinic couple, as the OCTL intends to do, or a new, dynamic educational director, both searches must include community support and input, and the result must provide professionals who not only can work with all facets of the Jewish community, but who offer respect and cooperation to their fellow rabbis and teachers. We wish both groups wisdom in their deliberations and success in their work.
Ushering in the New Year by Teddy Weinberger
!n the United States, Rosh Hashanah is the New Year for religious Jews. And religious Jews have their work cut out for them: Rosh Hashanah comes not at the beginning of something,- but in the middle of something-in the middle of university classes, in the middle of work projects, in the middle of'" the baseball pennant races. In Israel you don't have to work as hard. Though a majority of Israel's Jewish population does not identify themselves as "religious," Rosh Hashanah is celebrated by all Jews as the New Year. (The first of January, depending on where you live, can pass by largely unnoticed; and even where it is an excuse for a party, it does not carry with it the experience of a New Year). A month before Rosh Hashanah, you are already being wished aShanak Tovah in various advertising campaigns connected to the holiday season. As the days wind down to Rosh Hashanah, a phrase comes more and more into vogue: aharay ha-hagim (after the holidays). New business projects, new undertakings, extra-curricular activities are put off until all the fall holidays are over and the year truly begins. In many Israeli companies the last day of work before Rosh Hashanah (before Passover too) is marked with the raising of wine-glasses and exchanges of good wishes for the year to come-and also with company gifts to employees. < It's wonderful having Rosh Hashanah as the real New Year, the one that almost everybody around you celebrates. With Rosh Hashanah as Israel's New Year, religion can assume its proper place as a part of human culture and not as a separate sphere unto its own. Turning over a new leaf, starting again, wiping the slate clean-all these are fundamental human
concerns. The time of year when Judaism addresses these concerns is at Rosh Hashanah. . You need to be a faithful Jew in order to celebrate Rosh Hashanah as the anniversary of the creation of the world, but in order to celebrate Resh Hashanah as a time to start over, all you need to be is« Jewish human being. And when one situates, this fundamental human desire for rebirth in a national holiday, the energy, generated by the celebration is potentially-much more powerful than when the New Year is restricted to a religious holiday celebrated by a minority group. The dream of religious Zionists has been precisely to harness this communal energy, to create for the world something new and good in a society where the Jewish religion's holy days become the Jewish nation's holy days. Outside of Israel, religious Jews tend to be much more conservative in working for the larger society because it takes a tremendous amount of tim6 and energy to carve out a Jewish religious world amidst a non-Jewish majority culture. When all that energy is freed up for Jews in Israel, just think of what can be achieved—why a veritable society that would be a "light unto the: nations." So went the dream. . For a number of reasons (some of which I hope to discuss in the future), it's still a dream-though a number of liberal religious Zionists today find themselves wondering if their dream isn't in reality a delusional .fantasy. I prefer to hope and believe that something radically wonderful will indeed emerge in a place where Rosh Hashanah is the country's New Year. If not in my lifetime, then in my children's. ShanahTovah.
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To the Editor: What a wonderful afternoon the New Americans Culture Society provided for us Sept. 13! It was a privilege for us to see all they have accomplished and continue to achieve in this greatland of ours. Those of us who were lucky enough to have been born here have learned much about what our parents must have experienced in their flight from their homelands. We"araJ3P,.jjlea8ed to have the New Americans and their children in Omaha and wish them continued success in their purs"uitof-education, homes for their families and all their endeavors. -^ u_ They are a welcome addition to our community! ' Esther and Stuart Simon To the Editor: Enclosed are a number of ball caps for the Bat Mitzvah project of Megan Jodis, who advertised her needs in the Sept. 4 issue of the Jewish Press. Please ensure t h e hats and the enclosed envelope get to Megan for distribution to the pediatric cancer patients she described. ' Your help is greatly appreciated! ••-.'.
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President Clinton, forgiveness and the Jewish Tradition by Alan Dershowitz
' As I think about sin and forgiveness on the eve of Yom Kippur, my mind inevitably turns to President Clinton's problems. I recall the wonderful Rosh Hashanah service that President and Mrs. Clinton attended with my family on Martha's Vineyard in 1994. The President asked me to explain the meaning of several of the prayers and to transliterate some words so that he could sing along. He then spoke from the bima about his love for the Jewish people and for Israel. I thanked him for having appointed two distinguished justices to the Supreme Court and I recall his look of surprise, suggesting the religious background of the appointees was not even a factor in his decision, indeed, he has appointed Jews to positions through the government. President Clinton has been as strong a supporter of Jewish causes, Jewish appointments and the state of Israel as any incumbent in the history of the White House. He has been our friend. Now, our friend has tsoris (trouble). He has sinned, acknowledged his sin, sought our forgiveness and asked our help in remaining in office to complete his term. I intend to give all the help I can and urge others to do likewise. Central to our.heritage is the concept of rachmanut (or rachmonis, as my grandmother would have said). Yes, we insist on justice; indeed our Torah commands us "Tzedek, tzedek tirdof (Justice, justice, thou shalt pursue. Our sages asked why the Torah repeats the word justice. One beautiful answer is that there are two kinds of justice: the first demands retaliation; the second permits mercy and encourages forgiveness. In this season of repentance and forgiveness, I urge my friends iii the Jewish community to focus on the second meaning. On the eve of Yom Kippur, we will turn to our neighbors and ask them to forgive us, as we forgive them. The tradition tells us that we must ask three
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times. If by the third time, we are denied forgiveness, the onus shifts to he who will not forgive. President Clinton has asked for our forgiveness more than three tunes. He has not sinned against us; indeed he has been righteous towards us, yet some within the community are withholding forgiveness. I urge those people to reconsider. Several years ago, a great Hasidic sage who I know but will not name, was told that a public offi-' cial who had been extremely supportive of Jewish causes and an otherwise excellent office holder, had committed a sexual sin under Jewish law. He told his Hasidim that although he could never justify the sin, he would, nonetheless, urge them to support the public official if that official's public actions were otherwise consistent with Jewish values. He pointed to King David as an example of a leader who had committed sexual sins but who was forgiven and went on to greatness. I am not suggesting the kind of parochialism that my wonderful grandmother always urged. When I would tell her the Brooklyn Dodgers had won, she would respond.in her accented "Yinglish", "Yeah, but was it good for the Jews?"
President Clinton has not only been good, for the Jews; he has not only been good for America, he has been good for the entire world. Were he to be forced out of office,,a , terrible precedent wouldbe i established <• a kind of sexual MeCdrthyism, which was so often directed at Jews during tjke 1940s and '50s, would be legitimized.
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Lisa Schwartzbach and Stephen Ryan were married at Tifereth Israel Synagogue in Lincoln on Aug. 9. Rabbi Stanley Rosenbaum officiated. A reception at the Ramada Inn Plaza followed the ceremony. The bride, daughter of Steven and Elaine Schwartzbach of Lincoln, is a graduate of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton, where she received a B.A. in Biology. She is currently a second-year medical/PhD student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Her grandparents are Ruth Lomant and the late Harry Lomant and Ruth Schwartzbach and the late Saul Schwartzbach. The groom, son of Thomas and Rosemarie Ryan, graduated magna 'cum laude from SUNY at Binghamton with a B.A. in English. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Golden Key honoraries and Phi Eta Sigma. He currently teaches seventh grade at St. Richard School in Omaha. His grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Plunkett and Mr. and Mrs. Domenico Fazio. Attendants were the bride's sisters, Amy Schwartzbach, maid of honor, and liana Schwartzbach, bridesmaid, along with Leyat Tropen. Brett Stillman was best man; ushers included Mark Lerman, Travis Ingram, Wayne Freinhar and Stuart Schoenfeld. After a trip to Chicago, the newlyweds make their home in Omaha.
I read an article in the newspaper the other day which took me by surprise. It wasn't anything of major importance, just everyday stuff previously known to me. It was about gum. Yes, thatfs what I said. Gum. The story opened with the description of a lovely bride distinctive ami decorative at the altar (I don't think it was a chuppa) on her wedtable Uncns • cloths • mats ding day. Then it mentioned the bridesmaid, "chomping napkins • rings away on a wad of gum." I wouldn't believe this happened, except that a woman known as the "etiquette SHOWING Friday, Oct. 2,9 n.m.-S p.m. expeif was a guest and was quoted as saying she was Regency Fashion Court appalled. An understatement if ever I heard one! Children's Memorial Hospital Baxaar According to the story, gum chewing in public is now considered perfectly okay, at least in some circles. Show biz people are probably part of the group making this acceptable. I'm well aware that JeffreyJ.Berger to kids it's always been okay to chew gum, no mat402/493-7850 ter what kind of static they know they'll get. Mobile The reasons given for the sudden public showing of 402/659-3186 people imitating ruminants (look it up) have to do with substitutes for cigarettes, stress and weight con•Do you need money for a new home or to trol. At least those are some of the excuses being refinance now? We offer A, B, C, D loans. given. Somebody who may have come a little closer to Also, programs to re-establish credit! the truth has said it's all part of this attitude now that "anything I feel like doing is fine." Our Motto: Called this "formerly private act now carried out "Best in Product, Performance and Service^' in public places," gum chewing is described as a badge of behavioral courage. People who do itv are breaking the rules of etiquette-childishly flaunting misbehavior and "getting away with it." I perPrincess Diana, the Musical, written by Elaine sonally hope this is a temporary phenomenon, Jabenis and Karen Sokolof Javitch, opens since I'm one of those who find the sight of some- tonight at Witherspoon Hall at the Joslyn Art body chewing really unattractive. Museum. The musical runs through Sunday. For The look isn't the only offensive side of this; con- ticket information, call 343-7700. Alan H. Friedman sider the chewer who finds extra enjoyment in President • Graduate Gemologist snapping, cracking or popping that gum: Have you Baker's Supermarkets received the annual ever been in the same area code with a profession- River City Roundup Heritage Award on Sept. 23 at 9107 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 320 al snapper? I will admit, publicly, right here and the Great omaha Chamber of Commerce luncheon Beverly Hills, California 90210 888«489»4545 • Fax 310»278«5449 now, I'm guilty of completely losing my cool when kick-off. The award is presented each year by the Member of West Coast Diamond Club subjected to that noise. I have gone to embarrass- Chamber and RCR to an Omaha area business or Estate Jewelers Association of America ing extremes to avoid that sound, including walk- organization which has made a significant, longAmerican Gem Trade Association ing up to the cracker and wordlessly holding my term contribution to the growth and economic cupped hand under the chin and waiting for the development of the region. The award was presentwad to drop. Oh, yes....thiB is a true story. ed to Jack Baker, Baker's CEO and son of the One of my own kids is guilty of this kind of noise company's founder, Abe Baker. 1 pollution. She (who shall be nameless) can be In addition, several area businesses were recogheard easily as a sonic boom when in top form, nized for reaching a significant anniversary for snapping happily. For the most part, when in my continuous operation in Omaha, including I-G0 presence she abstains from this nasty habit, unless Van and Storage, and the law firm, of Fraser Don't Let It Happen Again! • she feels some particular need to irritate me. Stryker Vaughn Meusey Olson Boyer & I can remember once changing the beauty shop I Bloch, which both celebrated their centennial Callfor early system WINTERIZATION \ and beat Mother Nature to the punch > had been patronizing for years, because I couldn't anniversaries in 1998. seem to avoid a gum .cracker, no matter what day I Also ask about MO FREEZE protection j was there! Imagine-giving up an otherwise perfect Molly Delman will be honored on Sunday, "We put the rain at your fingertips" ' set-up, because another patron was driving me nuts. 1-3 p.m., at Art in the Garden at the Omaha Well, in retrospect, I suppose this entire topic isn't Botanical Gardens, 5th and Cedar, by the Program of much importance to most folks. Ifs simply a small for Women and Successful Aging. She is one of four Larry Hasslinger and David Morar | example of how things change. Ifs not as terrible as older women to be honored by having a brick the resurgence of popularity of cigar smoking. That's engraved and placed in the herb garden. 402-896-8240 a change that I find disturbing, because now we're Licensed • Bonded • Insured • Member NTIA i playing around with the health issue. The U.S. Department of Health and Human No, gum isn't likely to be harmful to the chewer's Sciences has funded a $184,786 grant to the health, even if you count the damage to the ner- University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. vous system of the guy who's annoyed by it. The Sidney Mirvish, PhD, will be the primary invesetiquette expert says it's rude and uncivilized, tigator of a study to analyze N-nitroso compounds , • We Appreciate Your Patronage which is her opinion and mine too..But it probably found in processed foods, cigarette smoke and won't really hurt anybody. human digestive juices, to determine if they are "•'Every Party or Event Is Equally Important to Wait a minute-it might A trainer in a health club has cancer-causing agents. AAA Rents (from 5 to 500} said a person could easily inhale a wad of gum while The study is among the $12.6 million in research • We Specialize In Party Planning and Arrangements, "working out," and that could be dangerous. And also, grants received since April, 1998. Trade Shows, Exhibitions and Special Events stepping on carelessly disposed gum can damage the temperament of the poor shnook who is stuck with it Let Us Add That Special Flair I mentioned all this came from a newspaper and Touch to Your Entertaining story. I read it in our local daily, but I received a copy of the same article, clipped from the New York JACKIE LAW ~~~~ PRESIDENT Times. My gum-snapping daughter had sent it to CORRECTION Lincoln Omaha me-no comment. Undoubtedly, she wanted me to Jennifer Hoberman is a senior at UNO, not a Bus.(402)467-4151 6us.(4O2)33»-37O7 know that she's not the only one who chews. sophomore, as stated in the In the News column of 5620 S. 72nd Street» Omaha. NE 68127-3974 I hear there's a lot of tobacco chewing going Sept. 4, naming her as a princess in this year's 2700 North 27th Street «Lincoln. NE 68521 Aksarben Coronation Ball on Oct. 17. around these days. I'd better quit while I'm ahead.
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Women's Fund announces new award
ADL-CRC presents Opening Doors program
A component of the Omaha Community by Debbi Brown, ADL-CRC Assistant Director Foundation - the Women's Fund of Greater Omaha - announced a new award open to groups which Opening Doors to a Unique Population will be thefocus on issues to help support and encourage leadership skills in women focus of a professional workshop sponsored by the teachers" understand and girls. Applications for this award will be Anti-Defamation League/Community Relations and identify increased accepted through 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, with Committee and Jewish Family Service on Oct. 15, awareness of difficulty notification and an award of $1000, made in at the Jewish Community Center. of developmental tasks December. Continuing education credit for mental health for adolescents, and The new award, Browing-Roor Leadership practitioners, marriage and family therapists, pro- heightened sensitivity to Award, honors Dr. Gail Browing and Mary Frances fessional counselors or social workers can be social stigma placed on (Fran) Root, the co-founders of ICAN (the Institute earned in this three-hour morning seminar. The gay lesbian and bisexual of Career Advancement Needs, Inc.). It will be registration fee for workshop participants is $25. youth. administered annually through the Women's Fund, There is an additional charge of $10 for those seekIn a combined educawhich was created to improve the lives of women ing a certificate. ' ' tional program offered and girls through targeted philanthropy. Joyce Hunter received her DSW in 1996 from the to all Omaha congregaApplications will be accepted from Omaha-area Graduate Center of the City University of New tional high school non-profit 501 (c)(3) organizations as well as infor- York. She is a researcher for the HIV Center for teenagers and their par- Dr. Joyce Hunter mal groups and emerging grass-roots groups with Clinical and Behavioral Studies and Assistant ents, Dr. Hunter will conduct a workshop on Oct. specific projects that encourage and help develop Professor, Department of Psychiatry, at the 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Temple Israel. The program leadership skills in women and girls. Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is entitled, "Are We All Created In Gods linage? Interested organizations may contact the has a long history of clinical work, teaching, and Educating Oneself on Gay and Lesbian Issues and Women's Fund for guidelines, at 342-3458. writing on the subject of working with gay, lesbian, Challenges in our Jewish Community J and bisexual youth, including a chapter in the This program is sponsored by all the congregaEncyclopedia of Social Work. tional high schools, JFS and the ADL/CRC. It is An educator's dialogue with Dr. Hunter will take free and open to the public. place Wednesday, Oct. 14, 4-5 p.m., in the Rose For more information, please call the ADL/CRC Blumkin Jewish Home conference room. She will office at 333-1303.
Shalom Baby makes its debut at JFS by Jennifer Meyerson, Jewish Family Service
Jewish Family Service will offer a new and exciting program for first-time parents. Combining Jewish values with parenting preparation in general, the program is entitled Shalom Baby. The goal is for parents-to-be to become familiar with Jewish aspects of parenting and able to enhance the quality of Jewish life while preparing for the birth of their child. This program is geared for first-time expecting parents as well as first-time parents with an under
one year of age. The sessions'will run four Thursdays in October for approximately two hours per session: Oct. 8,15, 22, and 29, at 7 p.m. . One hour of each class is devoted to Jewish aspects of parenting, while the remaining hour will focus on a discussion of parenting. Jewish topics include Brit/Bat Milah (baby naming ceremonies), prayers for children, involving children in Jewish holidays, and Jewish values. Other topics such as discipline techniques, questions asked of pediatricians, and
attachment and bonding will be covered. Dynamic speakers, including Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Debra Combs, LCSW, Rabbi Paul Drazen, Rabbi Allan M. Gonsher, LCSW, Dr. Gary Lerner, MD, and Rabbi Debbie Stiel will be partjof this opportunity for parents to enhance Jewish experiences with their children, learn about parenting and meet others who share concerns. Reservations are $10 per couple and can be made by calling the JFS office: 330-2024.
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Innovators (continued) Innovators (continued) Lloyd & Lois Friedman Ed & Anne Joseph Morns & Beth Friedman Harvey Josin Sorin & Sara Juster Sandy & Amy Friedman Scott & Debbie Friedman TobyKagan . Marcel & Use Kahn The Friedman's Amy, Sandy, Andrea and Dusty Robert & Roxanne Kahn Jerome & Sylvia Kaiman WUlanl & Thama Friedman Zalman & Mania Friedman Paul Kaiman Gary & Sally Kaplan Don & Maggie Getber Lazar &Bemice Kaplan Robert & Kay Gerelick ' Lawrence & Deanna Gilinsky Myron Kaplan Robert Kaplan Stewart & Chiclcy Gilinsky Suzanne Kaplan John & Marcia Gilmorc Beatrice Karp Aikadiy & Larisa Giiisbuig Donna Givner Frarikie & Sandy Kosin v Sanford & Renee Kasner David & Wendy Goldberg Frank & Leanne Goldberg Rick & Julee Katzman and Mike & Carol Katzman Gene &Mila Goldman Mendel & Shani Katzman Gary & Barbara Goldstein Maury & Madeline Katzman The Goodman Family. In Memory of Samuel &Dclma Goodman Leonard & Cindy Kaufman Bob & Barbara Goodman Lorry & Leonn Kelberg Peyman Kharazi Fred & Barb Uehling Corey Kirshenbaum & Marcy Noodell Steve Goodman Jeff & Sharon Kirshenbaum Harold Goodman Max & Shirley Kirshenbaum Rob, Debbie & Isabel Goodman Don & Dene Klein Sydney & Betsy Goodman . Harry & Janet Klein Barbara Gottlieb Milton & Marsha Kleinberg Saul & Esther Graetz . Marvin & Sandra Kohll Lonnie & Dianne Graul Sam & Mollie Kohn Andrew & Carol Greenberg Leonid & Marina Konfisakhar Barton (Bucky) & Caryl Greenberg Joseph & Leah Kosinovsky Henry & Shirley Greenberg Scott & Mindi Kotzen i Arthur & Deborah Greene Jack & Bctle Kozlen Gary & Sherri Green Abe & Beverlee Krasne Bud & Rosalie Greenspan George & KathrynGrieb Jerry & Pearl Gross . The Ethel Grossman Family In memory of tfoe Grossman Sharon & David Behrend Bemie & Marge Grossman The Grossman Family : Art Grossman Ronald Grossman Larry & Linda Grossman Arlene Gilles Roberta Grossman Paul & Joy Grossman and Meyer & Frances Coren - Brace & Margie Gutnik Harry & Judy Hall Yale & Ida Halperin Bobbi Halslein. Marc & Andrea Hamburg David &BetteHarkin Louis & Eva Heisler Joel & Esther Hellman Larry & Retha Herman Leo Hill David & Phyllis Hoffman Adele Homstein ' Louis & Lillian Hurwitz Philip & Marsha IUdn Jon Lance & Dacia Jabenis Richard & Joanie Jacobson
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B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers continue with political speakers for Nov. 3 election by Joan K. Marcus
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Medicare. He's against efforts in Michael Scott, Democratic candidate from the Washington to Secoriu Congrsssiona! District, is .againstvouchers cut Medicare, to the being given to families when children attend pri-' break" promise of Social vate schools. Scott, a former television news anchor, addressed Security, and to a record crowd of B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers at allow corporations' to raid their meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Scott, 44, noted he doesn't believe in taking employee pension plans. He supmoney away from the public schools. "We also have to keep drugs out of the schools," ports a modest Scott said. "Because when you have drugs, there's a good chance that you have a gun on top of the i EdJosephgreets Michael Scott. stash. We need to bring back old-fashioned values by starting with the homes. People need to get businesses some of the tax breaks given to big busiinvolved in what their kids are doing and not let nesses. the TV set baby-sit. He wants to increase penalties for assaults with a "Children need to know that the authority figure deadly weapon on a child under the age of 12, a at home extends to the teacher at school. They also woman, law enforcement officer, government offineed a place where they can sit and do their home- cial or bus driver. He wants to strengthen domeswork," he added. "Parents need to know what the tic violence and stalking laws to protect families. He attacked the Republican answer to Welfare rules are in order for their children to excel in school." Scott feels that his journalistic skills will help Reform. "One day the/re attacking welfare recipihim if he is elected, noting he has the ability to lis- ents. The next day they're cutting off any kind of ten, take two sides of a story, put it together, make payments to them, and tomorrow they're just forgetting about them!" he stated. it make sense, and present it to the viewers. "We have to work to get everybody involved in "You need to find out what's on the minds of the people of Nebraska and present it to the American schools. This is where we're going to get our workpublic. I have been with a family farmer, standing force. We have retired teachers with skills. Why next to him when he cried when he lost the family not set up a tutorial program?" Scott asked. farm. I walked with police officers on the picket He noted his pleasure with B'nai B'rith's humaniline, and I've sat with mothers when they've cried tarian fund to assist the victims of the embassy about their sons who have been shot dead in the bombings. He feels t h a t the U.S. attack on streets. These are sensitivities that I will bring to Afghanistan and Sudan was long overdue. this job," he noted. He also supports the U.S. Commission on the Before coming to Omaha, Scott worked in the Holocaust which will help to locate the wealth and New York City School System with emotionally valuables of victims. If elected, he would like to go handicapped children. The son of Jamaican immi- to Israel and talk to Israeli leaders. grants, he has also worked with Big Brothers and "Israel is a powerful asset to the American govBig Sisters, and was an instructor at Midlands ernment," Scott added. Lutheran College in Fremont. Scott is not afraid to say, "I don't know" if he's Scott is in favor of preserving Social Security and asked a question, but insists he will always listen..
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Jewish Omaha Teens Can Win Big $$$ Enter The 13th Annual Edward Zorinsky B'nai B'rith
Q. Who is eligible? A. Jewish Omaha high school Students in 9 -12 grades. Q. What Bible Subjects? , A. All quiz questions will be based on the Books of Genesis and Jonah. Q.WhoWins? A.The four contestants scoring the most points. Q. What are the prizes? A. $500, 1st prize; $300, 2nd prize; $200, 3rd prize; $100,4th prize (Applicable to college tuition or a trip to Israel)
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Kendra Hahn speaks against tax lid Kandra Hahn, Democratic candidate for State Auditor, is a former Omahan and a graduate of Westside.High J3chool. She addressed the B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers on Sept. 9 Hahn, 51, spoke of the restrictions which are presently being put on public payrolls. "This is being done in the hope that spending will be reduced, but costs continue to be very high." She added this occurs because when we try to restrict costs we immediately engage in a lot of service contracting. Then, whatever money is saved on payroll is put into service contracts. She believes that the Auditor should be active in improving these contracts by issuing a set of guidelines for auditing them. "As Auditor, I want to work with agencies to do the right thing, not to try to catch them doing the wrong thing!" Hahn believes that the auditors office should assist government to run better. Guidelines should be set and then •checked in six months or a year. Another issue of great interest to her is the whole issue of the interaction between the public and the private sector, "We hope t h a t we set up good incentives so that people will become producKendra Hahn speaks to Russ y ve- » Kaplan at Breadbreakers. She went on to discuss Initiative 413 or the Government Spending lid which will be on the November ballot A vote TOR' will create a constitutional limit on government spending by limiting future tax revenue increases by the state and local governments. .• • She is against this initiative because she says that the plan would also limit revenue for smaller governments that the state has created to do it's work: counties, cities, villages, townships, school districts, natural resource districts, rural fire districts, community colleges, fair boards, and many other small entities. "For the first time in Nebraska, contrary to the way we keep government books and contrary to the decisions courts have made, Initiative 413 would also limit money from fees and charges of government" According to Hahn, tuition to Nebraska's colleges will grow if Initiative 413 passes. She hopes that citizens will get information about the initiative by reading i t "I'll bet that, if you read it, you will not vote for it!" Kahn stated. "It's not a lid as we've known them. It's a lid on revenue.. I don't believe that this petition will allow spending as usual." She believes the governor and the legislature should be kept informed when they consider establishing new incentives and subsidies in the public interest. As the keeper of the Nebraska budget, the Auditor would be in a excellent position to provide information before new programs are enacted. She noted the auditor's staff must be given the technical tools and training which they need to do a good job. "One of management's most important duties, in my opinion, is to set high expectations for work, and then equip the staff with the skills which they need to do the job," Hahn said. "My role will be to interpret the manner in which the people of Nebraska wish to have their funds and expenditures overseen." After graduating from Westside, Hahn received her B.A. from Nebraska Wesleyan University, and she earned her M.B.A. from the University'of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1982. She was elected Clerk of the District Court in 1974 and again in 1978. She went to work for then Governor Bob Kerrey in 1983 as Director of the Nebraska Energy Office. After several years in the private sector, she returned to politics and was elected Lancaster County Clerk in 1994, a position which she still holds. "People should hold me accountable if they go to the trouble of voting for me," Hahn said. "I believe that public officials should be held accountable!"
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Search for Education Director Y.E.S. Members will meet Monday at the JCC. English aB a second language class for new Americans will start at 10 a.m., exercise and bingo at 10:30 a.m. The "YES Talk" discussion group will start at 11 a.m. Following a hot kosher lunch at noon, Louis Kohll will discuss "How to Save Money on Your Prescriptions." For transportation, call 3304272. WALK-IN,DROP-IN Members will meet Thursday at the JCC. English as a second language class for new Americans will start at 10 a.m., exercise at 10:15 a.m., and bingo at 10:30 a.m. Bring a dairy sack lunch to eat at 11:30 a.m. At noon, enjoy the musical Victor Victoria in the Blumkin Home Auditorium. Popcorn will be served. For transportation, call 330-4272. VISIONS Reminder: Visions Board Meeting will be Friday, Oct. 2, 9:30 a.m., in the adult lounge. B'NAI BTOTH Members of Henry Monsky Lodge B'nai B'rith, with the help of BBYO, will once again decorate the sukkahs at the JCC, the Blumkin Home and the Friedel Academy on Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. A pizza lunch will follow. Volunteers will meet at the JCC; Monsky Lodge, as in the past, will supply the decorations for the sukkahs. For more information, call Lois Epstein at the B'nai B'rith office, 334-6443, or Lisa Shkolnick at 334-6404. 39-FOKEVEB A barbeque buffet will be held at Grampa's Farm near Blair on Sunday, Oct. 18, 3:30 p.m.; with hayride and sing-a-long. Reservations can be made with Doris Parker, 553-3249, by Oct. 5. JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL A luncheon and shower will be held Thursday, Oct. 1, at noon, at the Rainbow House, 7815 Harney. The following items are needed: homemade cookies, desserts, trash bags, trash compactor bags, children's and/or adult video tapes (no sex or violence, please), non-perishable food items, snack foods, paper products and cleaning supplies. The program will feature the Good Life BarberShop Quartet. For reservations, call Lila Jacoby, 397-4627.
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(continued from page 1) Hebrew Congregations. Rips believes broad involvement in the process will allow them to conduct a national search with a community-wide perspective.. Rips explained that we are looking for someone who "doesn't represent a particular movement, but is committed to being completely involved in Omaha, Jewish education. We need to identify someone who" brings a fresh perspective and expertise as well as. an enthusiasm and love for Judaism," she said. "We want someone who loves being Jewish and can convey that to people. Someone who loves to teach and learn and will work with the rabbis-that person won't replace the rabbis or current educators, but will complement them. The successful candidate will bring a new level of education to Omaha. We have a lot of great people, new we're looking for someone to harness all this energy," she added. According to Krutter, a key part of the Federation's strategic plan is to strengthen the Judaic component of the services the Federation and its Centers of Excellence provide. The Jewish Education and Library Services director plays a vital role in that effort. The Federation has urged JELS to devote the resources arid time necessary to seek a dynamic Jewish educator to promote education and library services. The appropriate person must be able to work with all synagogues, our schools, the Federation and its Centers of Excellence to provide enriching Judaic opportunities community wide. "This is pot an administrative position. The new JELS director must be prepared to provide direct educational services within the community," Krutter noted. "We have a great community for the right person to develop their career in Jewish education and we have to do the work necessary to find that person," he added.
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Beth El to offer adult education and Kids'Lunch'n Learn
Ozzie Nogg, Rita Paskowitz, Vicki Baines, Lucy Duncan and Peggy Reinecke, the women who make up the Five Bright Chicks, will debut their latest production, Memories and Other Lies starting Thursday, Oct. 1, and running through Sunday Oct. 4,8 p.m., at the Blue Barn Theater in downtown Omaha. The show explores the "gray/green area between recollection and imagination" as the group uncovers "hidden treasures and secrets from the past and redesigns these remnants from another tune into new monuments to memory." Tickets are $12 for adults, and $10 for seniors and students. For reservations, call the Theater, 345-1576.
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Two adult study programs will begin next month at Beth El Synagogue, according to chairman Daniel Christensen. ChumaslTwith Rashi will be held weekly, a half-hour before the Minch'a/Ma'ariv^ services on Shabbat. Rabbi Paul Drazen will lead a study session on selections from the weekly Torah portion with Rashi commentary. No reservations are necessary. An Adult B'nai Mitzvah class will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 7:30. The class will include beginning. Hebrew, prayer study, haftorah and Torah trope and Judaic study. Classes will be taught by Rabbi, Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. The fee is $75 for members and $100 for non-members. Those, who are not preparing for B'nai Mitzvah pay also participate. For more.information, call Cheryl Lerner, 4928550. Beth El's Early Childhood Committee will spon-. sor its first Kids' Lunch' 'n Learn on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 12:16 p.m. at the synagogue. Sufckot will be the theme of the program for toddlers through kindergarteners and their parents. A macaroni and cheese lunch will be followed by a song session and cookie-making for the holidays. The cost is $3 for adults; $2 for children. For reservations, call Diane Saferstein-Shandell, 333-7226 by Oct. 2. : • .
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Around tfie Jewish WoHcl Florida Jewish Democrat gave Clinton idea for repentant prayer ~~
by Matthew Dorf
WASHINGTON (JTA) - When Rabbi Jack Riemer wrote alternative High Holidays prayers in the 1970s, he never dreamed that his words would become the center of an American president's penitent plea. But that's exactly what happened Sept. 11 in the East Room of the White House when President Clinton opened the Reform Jewish movement's Yom Kippur prayer book to page 372 and read what he called Riemer's "incredible passage." In a telephone interview from his Boca Raton, FL., home Riemer said he was "deeply moved and flattered" when he found out that Clinton read the entire 204-word text of On Turning. "I'm moved that he found it and liked it," Riemer said of his prayer, which compares the changing of the seasons to the process that people go through to repent. "It's an obvious metaphor," he said of the prayer. "Though written a number of years ago, it sounded like it was written for this occasion.' Clinton would have never known of Riemer's pray] it was not for Ira Leesfield, a prominent Miami attorney and major Democratic contributor who jgjye*the president a copy of the Gates ofRepentan£eprtyer book at a private gathering in Florida recently. In a telephone interview from his law office, Leesfield said he went to Temple Beth Shalom last week to meet with his rabbi to discuss his part in the Yom Kippur service and "serendipitously" opened the prayer book to Riemer's prayer. "Obviously it's very appropriate to his own selfevaluation," Leesfield said of Clinton, so when the president came over to.his house to attend a small, late-night gathering of two dozen people, Leesfield gave him the prayer book with a note, "Mr. President, I think this is something you would appreciate looking at." Reform Jewish officials estimate that more than 700,000 Gates of Remembrance prayer books, published in 1979, are being used in some 90 percent of Reform congregations in America. "I have a lot of pride in being Jewish. I have a lot of pride in our religion's feeling about forgiveness and atonement," Leesfield said, adding that he took satisfaction that the president "found it important
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Rabbis urge Senate to uphold veto of late-term abortion ban by Daniel Kurtzman
WASHINGTON (JTA) - More than 700 rabbis are urging U.S. Senators to sustain President Clinton's veto of the so-called partial-birth abortion ban. The rabbis, representing all streams of Judaism, sent a letter last week to lawmakers expressing opposition to efforts to outlaw the lateterm procedure to end pregnancy, calling it a deeply personal and moral issue "best left to religious communities, not politicians." The letter, drafted by the National Council of Jewish Women, comes as the Senate prepares a vote to override the president's veto before adjourning. Congress passed a ban on partial-birth abortion, procedures last year, but Clinton vetoed it because he said it did not go far enough to protect a woman's health.. The bill would make it illegal for doctors to perform the procedure, unless the mother's life was in danger. The House of Representatives passed the legislation by the necessary two-thirds margin needed to override the president's veto, but the Senate came up three votes short, passing it 64-43. The rabbis' appeal was prompted in part by a letter sent earlier this year to senators that was •signed by some 70 rabbis from across the country. That letter urged lawmakers to override Clinton's veto, stating that Jewish law prohibits the procedure because "once the head of the baby emerges, or the majority of the baby's body emerges, the child is considered a person equal to the mother and cannot be aborted, even to save the mother's life." Rabbi Seymour Essrog, president of the Conservative movement's Rabbinical Assembly, took issue with that reading, saying, "We have widely differing religious traditions on this." Indeed, in the new letter, the more than 700 rabbis, many of whom hold conflicting views, recognize that Judaism "has different interpretations of these laws and teachings, and we respect and welcome debate on these issues. "However, this debate should remain among those who practice our faith, not on the floor of Congress." . The rabbis also said they were concerned about what they called "vague, non-medical language" in the bill itself. They said.the language makes it "very difficult for anyone, whether clergy or physician, to be certain about which medical procedures would be banned" and makes it "difficult to engage in a theological debate on this matter." One signatory to the letter, Rabbi Donald Weber of Morganville, N.J., said the traumatic experience he and his wife went through many years ago prompted him to speak out. When.Ms wife, who is also a rabbi, was 4 1/2 months pregnant, they learned that their child had no brain and was developing with its internal organs outside the body. • "My wife's health was not technically in danger, but according to, the" proposed ban, "my wife would have been required to go to the full term, knowing that the baby inside her would die the moment it was born." He added, "It took us nearly, a year to recoverphysically and have the courage to try again. We now have three beautiful boys. If we had had to go through the rest of that pregnancy, I don't know if we would have ever had the courage to try again."
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An Explosion of HateABL releases report on hate groups Washington, DC—An Anti-Defamation League (ADL) investigative report reveals that the single most dangerous organized hate group in America today is the neo-Nazi National Alliance (NA). Led by veteran anti-Semite and racist William Pierce, the-National Alliance has grown to become the largest and most active neo-Nazi organization in the nation. NA members have engaged in plotting violent crimes and its propaganda appears to have inspired others to carry out murder, bombings and robberies, according to Explosion oftiate: The Growing Danger of the National Alliance. ADL released its findings at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. With 16 active cells from coast to coast and a growing membership, National Alliance has been visible in at least 26 states, most notably in Ohio, Florida, Michigan, New York, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and New Mexico. "The National Alliance has influenced skinheads in our region," noted Bob Wolfson, Executive Director of the Plains States ADL-CRC, based in Omaha. "Their web presence and organization have made it even out here." William Pierce's novel, The Turner Diaries, which depicts the Aryan takeover of the world, is regarded by many extremists as an explicit terrorism manual and may have inspired Timothy McVeigh to carry out the Oklahoma City bombing. Explosion of Hate documents how Pierce uses the internet to spread his anti-Jewish, anti-Black, and anti-government propaganda, recruit potential members and maintain contact with like-minded haters. ADL's investigation also reveals active links to racists and neo-Fascist and right-wing parties in Germany, Great Britain, France and Holland.
"The National Alliance is an alliance of bigots and bombers thriving on hate," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "What makes William Pierce and his group so dangerous," stated Foxman, "is their organization, discipline and fanatic belief that they have the right to carry out acts of violence in order to realize their vision of a world free of Jews, Blacks and democracy." Foxman added, "We had a tragic wake-up call on April 19,1995, when the Murrah Federal Building was blown up by Timothy McVeigh. The American people must be made aware that the National Alliance is not some insignificant fringe group. They are an army committed to violence and an ideology to undermine our democracy in favor of a Hitlerite world." "The National Alliance has taken its hate high tech," said Howard P. Berkowitz, ADL National Chairman. "It maintains one of the most technically sophisticated sites on the World Wide Web, exploiting the potential power of the Internet to showcase its racist and neo-Nazi ideology and peddle its wares." Not limited by its web site, Berkowitz stated that "the National Alliance's insidious message is also injected unsolicited into chat rooms and on e-mail." The ADL leaders lauded law enforcement for actions taken against National Alliance members. Speaking for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Special Agent Ray Velboom detailed his investigations into National Alliance activity in Florida, including conspiracies to commit bombings and bank robberies in Central Florida and the operation of a clandestine radio station in the Tampa area.
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Russians thank Jewish community by Morris Maline, Editor emeritus
Calendar of Events for October BBYO Every Sunday BBYO meetings, noon, at the JCC Sunday, September 27 and October 11 BBYO Basketball, 1:30 p.m. Monday, September 28 DATING and RELATING, a three-part series on sexual harassment, sexual assault and healthy relationships, dinner~5:30 p.m., program~6-9 p.m. Sunday, October 4 Sukkah Decorating and Pizza lunch, 11 a.m. BBYO Basketball, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, October 18 Chapter Board Training, 10 a.m.-noon, at JCC TEEN CONNECTION Saturday, October 31 Teen Connection Program (7th and 8th grades), 7 p.m.-midnight, at the JCC SENIOR HIGH Sundays, October 18,25, Nov. 1, noon-3 p.m. Mondays, October 19,26, Nov. 2,6-9 p.m. Tuesdays, October 20 & 27, 7-9 p.m. SAT Preparatory Course at the JCC • Thursday, November 5 SAT Review Session, 6-8 p.m. For more information, call Lisa Shkolnick, BBYO Director, 334-6404, or the BBYO Hot-Line, 334-6508. OTYG—Sunday, October 4 JYG trip to Nebraska City, noon-4:30 p.m.; Sukkot box dinner, 6 p.m. Friday, October 9 "Shabbat Comes To You," 3:45 pin., Livingston Plaza. Wednesday, October 14 JYG dinner, 6 p.m. Saturday, October 17 . JYG/OTYG to haunted houses Sunday, October 18 Pizza fundraiser Club 56 laser bowling and lunch, noon-2:30 p.m. Sunday, October 25 Paintball, TBA Wednesday, October 28 OTYG dinner, 6 p.m. For more information, call Stephanie Grossman at Temple Israel, 556-6536. USY Sunday, October 4 Sukkah DecGrating Party, noon Thursday, October 8 USY Sukkah Party, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, October 11 USY Crop Walk, 1p.m. Tuesday,'October 13 USY at Simchat Torah services, 9:30 a.m. Sunday, October 18 Kadimah Program, 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, October 21 Kadimah Night, 6:15 p.m. Thursday, October 22 USY Trick or Canning, 6:30 p.m. For more information, call advisers Derek Altman or Holly Friedman, 492-8550. SR.NCSY Every Thursday; High School classes, 6 p.m. Every Sunday: Beit Midrash for 1/2 hour after Minyan. October 29-November 1 Sr. Shabbaton in Kansas City
For those who wonder about Omaha's participa- experience in Omaha, was given out Sept. 13 at the tion over the past 25 years in the Russian resettle- program honoring Shirley Goldstein, Miriam Simon and the scores of volunteers who helped in the resetment program, here's a clue. "Since 1975, more than 200 families were reset- tlement effort. Included in the booklet are personal stories writtled in Omaha...52% of the arrived population were professionals: engineers, teachers, physicians', ten by several of the New Americans outlining musicians, many with advanced college their experiences in the Soviet Union and their degrees...among them, 69.5% were of working age, reaction to reestablishing their lives in the freeand the balance of retirement age... 99.9% of the dom of the United States and the comfort provided working age group is working and self-sufficient, by the Jewish Community of Omaha. Among the guests in the packed theater were some in their recognized professions. "Many returned to school; 16 became computer Mayor Hal Daub, former Congressman John programmers, three became nurses and seven run Cavanaugh, Ally Milder, former aide to Sen. Charles their own businesses...five are now licensed as pro- Grassley, Irene Provost and Molly Delman. Leah Kosinovsky and Inna Zevakina produced the fessional engineers, two as medical doctors." program which included a slide narration, immiAnd that's just for starters! The American born generation consists of 24 grants' stories, an exhibit, fresh-baked pastries, and a children, from 19 to four months of age. Of this musical program featuring singers and. dancers. As this entire program unfolded, my mind group, 20 became a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. The, children began their elementary school education at the recalled the involvement of this Jewish communiFriedel Jewish Academy and have demonstrated a ty, the extraordinary achievements of the honorees, the tireless devotion of volunteers and continuing ability to pursue higher education. And how's this for an American success story? Federation staff and the wonderful outcome that More than 60% of those coining to Omaha now live was reflected by those on the stage. in their own homes. The majority of families applied And in the finale, when the youngest children for citizenship five years after moving to the United walked across the stage carrying signs that spelled States. They were aided by special tutoring classes out "Thank You," the audience pulled handkeroffered by Jewish Family Services. chiefs to wipe away the tears. Imagine, thanking This information was in a booklet entitled, us! I felt like saying: "Thank you for letting us do "Exodus," a historical perspective of the Russians' what Jews do - helping rescue fellow Jews."
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SR.&JR.NCSY Sunday, October 11 : Sukkot Parties " Tuesday, October 13 Regional Simchas Torah Celebration For more information, call adviser Rabbi Allan Gonsher, 330-4014 or 658-2767.
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