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Jack Schrager Establishes Blumkin Home Switch Day Volunteers Appreciated by RBJH Fund for "That Extra Incentive" by CLAUDIA SHERMAN, Foundation Public Relations Coordinator "Omaha has teen wonderful to California. Jack Schrager creditme and my family and I would ed his wife for being "an inspiration in bringing up her children like to do something to demon-1§ in a manner which contributed strate my gratitude to the people V" to their becoming successful of this city," remarked J a c k ' . adult members of both t h e Sehrager, who moved here about|' Jewish and at large communi1945 from his native Milwaukee, '•-._ ties." Wisconsin. . •-. How he came to relocate his '. Jack and Sonia were founders family to Omaha "was j u s t a;.of the City of Hope Chapter in quirk," he said. 1 had some busi- . Omaha. He was presdent of the ness here for a temporary period "' Omaha Chapter and also a memof time." At the end of that time,' • ber of B'nai BVith, They he had "fallen in love with ; belonged to Beth El Synagogue Omaha... It seemed like a won- •• .1 and later joined Temple Israel. derfui place to raise a family." So *\ Sonia was a member of Schrager, his business partner '! Hadassah and a Gray Lady hosthe late Irv Herzog, and their '\ pital volunteer, h e r husband wives moved their families and • recalled. *She was witty and business herealways the spiee of any group." "The people vvera warm and friend- •. he added. ^People loved h e r ly," he reminisced. "They opened _• because she made them laugh." their arms and welcomed us." In 1976, Jack Schrager retired. He and Sonia moved to Palm Around 1965 or 1966, Schrager Jack and Sonia Sdhrager Springs, California, where they was involved in The Pacesetter Corporation, the home improvement giant started by had previously spent a few months each year. They his oldest son Phil in 1962. Harley Schrager, enjoyed playing golf and getting together with the youngest of Jack and his wife Sonia's three children, many Omahans who were vacationing there. About 1996, "We came back to Omaha," Schrager joined Phil at Pacesetter. Today Phil is chairman of explained, "because that's the place where we the Board and CEO, and Harley is president. The Schragers also have a daughter, ChernaLee wanted to spend the rest of our lives." (Continued on page 10} Giinick, who lives with her husband in Encino,
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Volunteers from the Jewish community staffed the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home Sunday night and Monday so that housekeeping, dietary and clerical staff could spend Christmas with their families. Above, Judy Brookstein and her son Mark prepare trays of cookies for the afternoon snack while Larry Brookstem and nephew Aaron Ratner pour juice for the residents. (More photos on page 10)
e Project Dreidel Chronicles by PAM MONSKY, Federation Communications Director (The story you are about to read is true. The names of the family have been changed to respect their privacy. This is our last story in the Dreidel Chronicle series, and unfortunately, it will not have a happy ending.) The Project Dreidel Chronicles depict actual situations faced by real Jewish families in Omaha. "Project Dreidel" is a tzedakah program sponsored by Jewish Family Service that has been providing TTannklrah gifts and Jewish holiday meals to families in our area who cannot afford them. But sometimes families and individuals have unexpected emergencies that require immediate intervention. Jewish Family Service is there to provide the f nancial and emotional support they need to get back to normal, and that support costs moneyyear-round. Your gift'to the Jewish Federation of Photo by Jen Gates. Omaha's 2001 Annual Campaign is what allows us to take care of each other. Despite worsened and he had to leave that job this summer. In fact, Howard has a chronie and degenerative our best efforts, our community's needs continue to outpace the increase in gifts to the back condition that will never improve, no matter Annual Campaign. Your increased Campaign how many surgeries he has. With Katie and Sarah gift ensures that every Omaha Jewish com- to care for, no money coming in, and confined to his munity member will have access to profes- bed, Howard is in a very fragile position, indeed. sional and compassionate help in a Jewish Enter Jewish Family Service. environment. Director Steve Stiel accompanied volunteers to Howard Marks' life hasn't turned out the way it deliver meals to needy JFS clients for the High was supposed to. His wife died three years ago, Holy Days this year. One of the families he visited leaving him a young widower alone raising their and to which he delivered a holiday meal was two girls, Katie, 10, and Sarah, 12. That should Howard Marks. have been enough for anyone to bear, but Howard Stiel was alarmed by what he saw in the Marks' has also endured several critical back surgeries tiny rental house. The floors were bare plywood, it recently that have left him bed-ridden for weeks at looked like the sub floor had been installed and a tune. that was it. Evidently, the floor had been this way Because of the surgeries and lengthy recupera- for some time, and it was obvious there were no tion time, Howard has been unable to continue his plans to install a decent floor covering. work as a mechanic. Even though the pay was not On top of that, there was no furniture in t h e even close to the good living he made as a mechan- house except for Howard's bed. The girls slept on a ic, he took a part time job as night manager of a mattress on the floor. As if that weren't enough, West Omaha gas station. But his back problems Stiel couldn't find any food in the house — none at
all- He discovered that Katie and Sarah hadn't eaten since lunch a t school the previous day. The Marks' family was a new client to Jewish Family Service. Howard had contacted them about arranging transportation to and from his numerous doctors' appointments, and JFS had given him cab fare so he could go. The board and staff of Jewish Family Service had no idea, however, that the family's living conditions were so dire. For whatever reason, Howard never told anyone how bad things really were. As Stiel talked to Howard and the girls, he discovered that Howard's disability benefits from his mechanic's job had run out the month before. Howard was confined to his bed, recuperating from his latest surgery, so Katie and Sarah were walking to a nearby convenience store for food. The food they purchased was typically junk food, expensive junk food at that, and their funds were quickly depleted. They had run out of money about a week prior to StieTs visit, When Stiel left, he headed immediately to the grocery store and stocked their kitchen with milk, fresh fruit and vegetables and some canned goods. Back at the office, he started the process of getting (Continued o n page 10)
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Parashat Mikketz Joseph in Egypt named his son Manasseh (Menashe), playing on a root meaning to forget. He uses a form of the verb meaning he (He) made me forget. As it were, he said to himself that his rising to a position of authority in Egypt was the Lord's doing. Hence "the Lord had made me forget" that I am an alien in a foreign land, and that I have wiped out memories of who I am and whence I came. American Jews, now middle class on the whole or higher, have repeated Joseph's history. Pew of us do not have memories of grandfathers or parents who began as marginal earners in the United States, but who,rose in status so that we, in our generation, inherited already-won status in the American milieu. It was taken for granted by my parents that my siblings and I would have university education, although they themselves had not graduated from high school. Many of those who read this can say the same experience was the history of their families. But Joseph said that he had "forgotten" his past. Perhaps he meant "pushed it out of memory deliberately." Some of us have done that, pushing out deliberately the memory of where we came from — and who we are. The "wasp" names with which we have endowed our children is a case in point and reveals our mindset. We are Americans. I have no quarrel whatever with our insistence on an American label. Truly, that is who we are. But in glorying in America, it is important to us that we glory in the America of the Liberty Bell, the Bill of Rights, "inalienable rights endowed by our Creator," and "all men are created equal," Against that small list (which, of course, can be enlarged greatly), even the "bottom line" and Wall Street become American trivia. Surely the tinsel of Hollywood, and the tinsel below the tinsel, to which so many Jews have contributed (as distinguished from the art of Hollywood), require a discriminating taste and a practiced eye. A friend of mine of European background, who has lived in the United States for many years, has not opted for American citizenship precisely because of his judgment that his European background and culture are superior. I do not agree with his refusal to apply for American citizenship; but I understand the argument and the position he maintains. American Jews love America and Americanism, probably more than any other identifiable American group. But we must not forget the background from which we issue forth as Jews, a culture which led humankind in the appreciation of the enduring values of life and society. In this case, Joseph "the forgetter" should not be our model.
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BETSY J. FREDBICKS LEVINE Betsy Levine died in Tampa, FL., on Dec. 17 at the age of 41. Services were held Dec. 22 at Temple Israel; a memorial sendee will be held in Tampa on Jan. 14,2001. Levine was an attorney and a CPA. She was preceded in death by her brother, Terry Fredricks. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Levine of Tampa; mother and father, David and Arlene Fredricks of Omaha; brother, Alan Fredricks; sister-in-law, Sally Fredricks; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Susie and Mark Romanik; mother-inlaw, Marcia Gallner; nephews and a niece. Memorials to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, PO Box 224522, Dallas, TX, 75222 or Terry L. Fredricks Foundation, 417 No. 40 St., Rapid City, SD, 57702. STANLEYS. GERBER Stanley S. Gerber died Dec. 24 at the age of 86. Services were held Dec. 25 at Beth Israel Cemetery. He is survived by sisters-in-law, Frances Gerber, Anne Gerber, and Bernice Gerber; nieces and nephews. Memorials to Beth Israel Synagogue. MARGARET BELMAN YUDELSON Margaret Yudelson died Dec, 24 at the ago of 93, Services were held Dec. 26 at Beth El Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Hyman Belman and Milton Yudelson. She is survived by her son, Murray Belman of WashingtoivD.C.; daughter, Patti.Lyan of San Diego; sisters, Dorothy Platt of Omaha, and Sumo Pupilsky of Los Angeles; brother, Harold Margolin of Kansas City, MO; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. ANNE L. COHEN Anne L. Cohen died Dec. 25 at the age of 98. Services were held Dec. 27 at Fisher Farm cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lt. Col. Michael Cohen and daughter-in-law, Ilennn Cohen. She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, William M. "Bill" and Doris Cohen of Omaha and Gerald L. and Hilda Cohen of Cranbury, NJ; sister, Helen Siegel of Omaha; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, Beth Israel Synagogue or favorite charity.
Rain and Palestinian Conflict Keep Touristsfrom Jerusalem Left: A combination of a dearth of tourists and appalling weather made the Old City of Jerusalem look like a ghost town. The rain came down in torrents, which kept away all but the most hardy of visitors. Hotels in Jerusalem are facing their most serious financial problems; nearly all report less than 40% occupancy. The latest increase in Palestinian terror has caused most potential visitors to cancel plans, creating one of the worst ever tourist slumps. The forecast is for the rain to let up during the night, but the political forecast still predicts more heavy weather. Photo by ISRANET.
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ANNASURKIN Anna Surkin died at the age of 96. Graveside services were held at Beth El Cemetery on Dec. 22. She was preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters. She was survived by nieces and nephews. Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home.
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Upcoming Concert Stirs Memories by OZZIE NOGG —
What do a couple of cantors talk about when they're sharing a Blow elevator rido up to tho top floor of a Lou Angolea hotel? If those two are Cantor Kmil Berkovits and Cantor Sol Zim, both in California to attend a convention, they talk about the childhood interests and experiences they shared while growing up in Montreal. "I'm older than Sol Zim," Berkovits admitted, (San Francisco, CA) ««• The Independent while artfully dodging the question of exactly how Television Service (ITVS) presents from much older. "And we didn't live in Montreal at the Swastika to Jim Crow, a one-hour documen- same time. But still, during that elevator ride, we tary that tolls the previously untold story of found out how similar our growing-up years were. the many German Jewish professors who, For one thing, as kids, we were both angels!" expelled from their homeland by the Nazis, Before you get the impression that these two canfound new lives and careers at all-Black col- tors were boyhood goody-two-shoes, here's leges and universities in the South. Through Berkovits, explanation. in-depth interviews with many of the surviv"Jewish weddings in Montreal were real producing professors us well as their former stu- tions — muaical oxtrnvuganzan with big choirs perdents, From Swastika to Jim Crow offers a forming. And to add to tho femtivitieu, moat1. Jewiah fresh perspective on th© complex history of wedding ceremonies included a young boy — 1.1, race relations in America. Tho program will maybe 12 years old vvhos« voice, hadn't cEinnged y«t air nationally on PBS, Feb. 1, 2001 at 10 p.m. - who wau hired to walk down the aisle singing (ET). Abo vet Prof, .Ernest Borinski at wedding songs," Berkovits oxulninod. Tougaloo College in Misaissippi in the 1960s "Those boys, voices were so sweet they ware
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called, angels. I was one of those augels. So was Sol Zim," ho said with a smile. "Both of us remembered that some Sundays were BO busy, wo could do two or throe weddings by running from one synagogue to another.* Cantors Berkovits and Zim will prove that they still "sing like angola" when they share the stage at Both El's From Shtetl- to It roadway Concert on Sunday, «Ja.n. 21 at 7 p.m. The evening will also feature the talents of Hazznn G. Michael Horwitz, Belli El's Asaociate Cantor. (Zim wilt also appear in Lincoln, at Tifereth Israel, on Monday, Jan. 22. For ticket information, call 423-8569.) Cantor Zim, described as one of the greatest talents of our time, has recorded more than twenty albuHiB, is a past winner of tho Israeli Hasaidic Festival and is considered to be "America's Superstar of Jewish Music," From Shtetl to Broadway in open to the entire community. All proceeds from tho event go to support Beth El's Scholarship Program. For ticket information, please call the Beth El office at 492-8550.
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December 29, 2000
Remembering Y2K It was just a year ago when nearly the whole world was in a panic over a phenomenon aptly named Y2K--Year 2000. Luckily, most information systems managers and computer programmers had recognized the issue long before it came to the attention of the public. Even though many thought the event was overblown, the reason planes didn't drop out of the air, our money didn't disappear from banks and our homes remained warm and cozy is because so many business, organizations and institutions were prepared. It's not easy thinking ahead. For most of us, it's easier just to coast. However, agencies which provide needed services must always be one step ahead. That's why the response from Pam Monsky's The Project Dreidel Chronicles has been so heartwarming. Her four-part series of stories ends with this issue. She's featured the stories of couples down on their luck or suffering through divorce, children who sleep on the floor because they don't have their own beds and single parents trying to care for their kids even while they hide their deteriorating physical or mental health. We don't like to think that these things are happening to Jews. But they are. And they're on the increase. Not everyone has benefitted from the growing economy. And even those who have face the rising costs of heating their homes this
winter. Luxuries like a festive meal in a restaurant or access to e-mail are out of the question for some Jewish families, yet many of us take those for granted. For the families, couples, children and individuals served by Jewish Family Service, Hanukkah didn't end last night. The continuum of services offered by JFS — from cash gifts and short-term loans and counseling to holiday meals and assistance with state agencies — made a lasting impression, not just on the recipients, but on our readers and donors. JFS isn't the only agency serving Jews in need. Jewish Senior Services has teamed up with JFS to prepare and deliver kosher mealson-wheels, not only to the elderly already on their list, but to others, such as a father who is ill and can no longer prepare meals for his mentally challenged son. The Jewish Community Center also helps out; scholarships are granted quietly and confidentially to the VP as well as to the Pennie Z. Davis Child Development Center. Teens who want to attend youth group conventions, camp and Israel programs can also obtain scholarships. If we are to be prepared for the real millennium, we need to assess the heeds in our community, as well as the needs of Jews in Israel and places like the former Soviet Union. Those of us who can help, must. And those of us who can't, should be reassured that the Jewish community won't let them down.
Dry Bones
A New Look at U.S. - Israel Relations
OUR MAN IN ISRAEL by CARL ALPERT
Haifa - Israelis have long been critical of their election system which, for one, thing, encourages and makes possible representation in the Knesset of a multiplicity of small political parties, some of which often hold the balance of power in t h e contest between the two major parties. There is still difference of opinion here whether it is best to have the premier chosen by the Knesset or by popular vote of the electorate. With all that, we have been watching the American election circus with both amusement and intense interest. With amusement, for obvious reasons. But with special interest because of factors which affect Israel. Confirmation of the election of George W. Bush as President of the United States has profound implications not only for that country, but for Israel as well. The occasion calls for a quick review of the relations between the two nations. As early as the Eisenhower administration there were strong feelings in Washington that to ensure uninterrupted supplies of oil, it was in the best interests of America to render full support and backing to the Arab states. Israel was expendable. In view of this atmosphere, serious question was raised in Israel at the time whether it was wise to remain linked to the U.S. or to seek a close and strategic alliance with the Soviet Union instead. Ben Gurion's decision to remain with the U.S. proved a wise one, though there have been ups and downs in that relationship. We cannot forget the openly hostile attitude toward Israel taken in 1991 by President Bush (senior), who placed obstacles in the path of Israel's request for American guarantees on a $10 billion loan. At the time, Newsweek Magazine headlined the story: "A Marriage on the Rocks."
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Other presidents were more helpful, and American generosity to Israel h a s known no bounds. However, many economists warn that such full reliance is unhealthy, and some statements were made in Jerusalem to the effect that Israel looked forward to gradual decrease of the economic reliance.
states of the Middle East. In the last days before the recent November elections, when a friendly Congress adopted an anti-PA resolution, publicity was given to a warning from Saudi-Arabia to the effect that continuance of such a policy could re»ult in action by oil-producing states that could have a dire effect on the American economy. More direct warning came in the form of the It has been pointed out that attack on the naval vessel USS Cole. Television despite the impressive billions has carried pictures of Arab mobs burning which Washington has made American flags. In some Moslem countries available to Israel for its defense, American diplomatic quarters are under a state of near siege. there has been a string attached. During the flying days of the Clinton administraThis money must be spent in the tion anti-Israel elements in the State Department United States, thus supporting were able to pressure Israel into cancelling 'its profitable sale of Phalcon planes to China, damaging American industries in the supply not only our relations with that country, but also of military equipment which, to a Israel's defense industries. At the same time, it must be borne in mind that large extent, would otherwise the military and defense systems of almost all the have been ordered from Israeli Arab states are completely dependent on American firms and would have provided supplies and American technology. The governments of these countries would hesitate long before much-needed employment here. creating a break, unless their hands were forced by On the international political scene American an uprising of Islamic extremists, which would also support h a s been indisputable. At the United menace their own standing. All of them are aware Nations the U.S. has very frequently been the only of this danger. major country to object to anti-Israel resolutions, The prominence given to James Baker in the sometimes even exercising its veto power in the entourage of the new President is far from encourSecurity Council over particularly one-sided resolu- aging. He is remembered as one of the most outtions. spoken critics of Israel in Washington. There is still There are powerful elements in the U.S. which another delicate point. The prominence given to are not merely unfriendly, but actually hostile to problematic votes in Jewish areas in-Florida can Israel. In 1.997 640 U.S. companies and various hardly have been overlooked by Bush. industrial groups, most of them related to the oil Here in Israel policies and events in Washington i n d u s t r i e s , banded t o g e t h e r to promote an will bear close watching in the weeks and months American national policy favorable to the Arab ahead.
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To the Editor: I have just returned from a National Council of Jewish Women solidarity mission to Israel. NCJWs National Leadership along with our Executive Director and several spouses spent a week in Israel launching our new program at Tel Aviv University: the NCJW Women and Gender Studies Program and the NCJW Women's Forum also at Tel Aviv University. In addition, we traveled from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv to Hadera, visiting our Yad B'Yad projects, NCJWs literacy program for at-risk children. Our new program is so exciting as it will serve to enhance the status of women in Israel. the moment, we touched down in Israel until the moment we left the country late, the thanks and appreciation from the people of Israel, was overwhelming. Prom the bellman who delivered our luggage to the »ooms, to shop owners, to the staff of the restaurants, to the personnel of all, of our projects! They were deeply moved by our visit. While we had the opportunity to hear from MK Dan Meridor, Amb, Martin Indyk, MK Yael Dayen, nnd Prof, Itamar Rabinoviich about the current situation and that which lies ahead, we also had the opportunity to spend time with the citizens of Israel -- those not in public life, but those who are greatly affected by the violence, the terrorism and the most
current political situation of the country. Even though this is a very hard time for those in Israel, they are working very hard to lead as much of a normal life as possible. It was so very depressing to see empty hotels, restaurants and shops and not much traffic on the streets. We were told that tourism is down 80% in Jerusalem and slightly over 50% in Tel Aviv. The economy of Israel is paying a great price for the current situation. As I was paying for my purchases, a shop owner had tears in his eyes as he expressed Ms deep appreciation that we would choose to come to Israel at this time. He told me that he has only seen 10 customers since the end of September. Most people have hope but see no end to the violence and are not very optimistic that peace is in near. In the week we wore there never felt in danger. I felt as safe as I always have during my annual trips to Israel. My prayers are with thu people of Isruel and my hope is that many others will believe how showing our solidarity with Israel, ia extremely important and crucial. I plan to return to Israel in February with the Confcrenco of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, to once again show my solidarity. J a n Schneiderman NCJW National President
It is starting early - the relationship between the President-elect Bush, Vice-president-elect Cheney and energy companies has set off cries of alarm from elements of the "proIsrael" community worried about the new administration's likelihood of cozying up to Saudi Arabia and other Arabs to the detriment of Israel. (Long sigh) -- all American administrations cozy up to the Saudis and friends, and as long as wo like heat in the winter and gas in the car, it's hard to complain. But we should understand where Israel fits into the American energy equation. For the past eight years, the Clinton Administration — hailed as the best friend Israel ever had in the White House - has pursued an energy policy comprised of closing off domestic energy exploration: failing
to give priority to emerging energy sources including the Caspian Basin; and buying Arab oil. There was a point at which the price of oil was "too low" to provide adequate revenue to the Saudis (and the Russians), so Clinton's Energy Secretary traveled to the region and encouraged a tightening of supply ~ perhaps the President was hoping that increased revenues for the Arabs would translate into the funds he wanted for Palestinian refugee resettlement (if the Palestinians had agreed). This is not a pro-Israel energy policy. When the Arabs continued to restrict supply in the autumn, Secretary Richardson acknowledged that we were "caught napping." So the American consumer pays the price and Israel certainly does not
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benefit from Arab states with the cash to pursue large-scale arras purchases - which they have been doing with the enthusiastic consent of the Clinton Administration (check military sales to the UAE in particular). Every single Arab state upon which we depend is shaky, tyrannical dictatorship. And worse, thosa countries we call "moderates" and with whom we have the "best" relationships, have concluded that we are incapable of defeating Saddam and have begun to make accommodations with him - to the detriment of our position in the region. This is certainly not good for Israel. It is a mistake to believe American support for Israel causes higher oil prices - producers declined to use the oiJ weapon when asked by the Palestinians in October. And it is a mistake to believe stroking our pri-
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Only in Israel: ironies Add Touch of Humor, Sadness by ALEXANDRA J. WALL, Jewish Bulletin of Northern California • •.......— -
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(Editor's note; there are still a few seats available An employee of the hotel for the Jan. 21-26 Jewish Federation of Omaha enters the room, and Solidarity Mission to Israel. The cost is $850 from Harari asks for help. JFK or Newark or $950 from Chicago and includes Breaking from his lecture flight, hotel, three breakfasts and three dinners, on the Arab enemy, he guides, ground transportation and taxes. There will addresses the hotel be no solicitation on this trip, however since it is employee. highly subsidized by the United Jewish "Smach li," he says Communities, participants are expected to stay with (excuse me). The problem i A?. <• the mission from Monday through Thursday fixed, Harari thanks the evening. Extensions in Israel are available. For employee, says "Shukran, more information, call Jan Perelman, Executive (thank you)" and continues Director, 334-6433.) lecturing, not stopping to SAN FRANCISCO - On its flights between reflect on the irony of the Newark, N.J., and Israel, Continental Airlines has situation: interrupting his individual televisions on the back of every seat. somewhat anti-Arab sentiOne of the channels offers programming from an ments to ask help from an Israeli television station, including: Mi Rotzeh Arab in Arabic. Lehiyot Millionaire? (No translation necessary.) The $et and music are just like the American ver•The slogan announcing sion, and a contestant from Jerusalem is in the hot the political comeback of Israeli police patrol the beach in Tel Aviv. seat. The question: "Deheisha is next to: a) Ariel Sharon: "Sharon Photo by Jack Hazut. Ramallah b) Jericho c) Nablus d) Bethlehem?" Achshav" (Sharon Now, a percent of the students are new immigrants from The contestant doesn't know which city the play on Shalom Achshav, Peace Now.) Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union, It's one of Palestinian refugee camp is near. He phones a friend, who also doesn't know. He requests 50-50. •Up north, the group is joined by four Bay Area those places that is meant to get the old Zionist He gets.it right. participants in the Otzina program, who have just juices pumping. Group members split up and enter arrived in the region. The four have been in Israel various classrooms to chat with the students. One participant is struck by a conversation he has • Only on flights to Israel could the following sign several months already, and have become acclimatwith some of the students. He asks them what should ed to Israeli society, as is evident by the cell phones be useful: "Bathrooms temporarily unavailable; be done about the Palestinians. they all have. minyan in progress." Simultaneously, one says, "Close the border* and Just landed in Israel, I get my initiation in the One gives a little shpiel while on the bus about mood of the country on the sherut (shared cab) from how recent events have impacted those on the year- the other says, "Make peace." the airport to the hotel. The driver, with whom I've long program. •No doubt, Israel is the only country in the world been chatting a bit after he drops everyone else off, "There's been definite concern from the parents," asks where I've learned Hebrew. he said. "A few people went home, but almost all of where within a few feet you see a poster advertis"Here," I Bay, He asks whether I live here, and I them have come back." Nevertheless, he added, ing a trance party, (in American parlance, a "rave") say no, but at one time, I had wanted to make "Some are turning down substantial bribes to come and electric signs on opposite sides of the street: One advertises the new Ben Affleck-Gwyneth aliyah, and I learned Hebrew on a kibbutz. home." Paltrow film; the other tells people to prepare For as long as I've been coming to Israel, practically every cab driver I've ever encountered has •After visiting an Israeli Arab community center themselves, Moshiach (the Messiah) is coming. made an impassioned plea for me to stay. Why in Haifa, the group is en route to the center of would I choose to live in the diaspora when I can town. A few Israeli Arab teenagers from the center •One of the last images in my mind from this live in Eretz Yisrael, I was asked again and again. have joined the group on the bus. Yasmeen, a strik- trip: My last afternoon in Israel, I am in Tel Aviv This time, the driver says, "You returned to the ing 15-year-old, is sitting next to me. We speak a sitting on the sand facing the Mediterranean, a few feet from the ocean, reading the newspaper. The United States because you didn't want to put up combination of Hebrew and English. with all the nonsense here." I tell her that I think it is a good thing that the sun is shining, the weather is perfect and I could For the first time ever, I don't have to justify my Arabs in Israel feel comfortable telling us, a group even be in my bathing suit, except that I didn't choice to live in the diaspora to a cab driver. It of visiting Jews, about the problems they have liv- bring it, The beach and the boardwalk alongside are probably more deserted than I've ever seen truly seems like an end-of-an-era statement. ing in Israel. She agrees. "Do you know any Jews?" I ask her, knowing them. • Col. Shalom Harari, a former adviser on what the answer will be. On my left side,i a group of Thai workers sing Palestinian affairs to both Prime Ministers Yitzhak Thai songs and drink beer. On my right, a bearded "No," she answers. Rabin and Ehud Barak, is lecturing two solidarity guy strips down to nothing and jumps into the sea. "Even from the center?" mission groups about the current situation. His When he emerges, he dries off, drapes a towel "No." generalizations about the Arabs, both Palestinian around his waist and starts doing tai chi (I assume) "That's sad," I say. and inside Israel, make some members of the group movements on the sand. Tfes," she says. somewhat uncomfortable. He says things along the Even in Haifa, the city held up as a model for lines of they can no longer be trusted. Alexandra J, Wall writes for the Jewish coexistence, she says, "It's life here. We don't have The projector is having some technical difficul- . any chances to meet each other." Bulletin and was in Israel recently on a misties. "Israeli high-tech," Harari smirks. sion sponsored by the Jewish Community •The group visits a high school in Hadera; 30 Federation of San Francisco.
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"Classic" music from the '50s will fill Omaha's Orpheum on J a n . 19 and 20, 8 p.m., with the return of audience favorite Flash Cadillac to the Omaha Symphony's Super Pops. In addition to endless touring, Flash Cadillac appeared in the 1973 hit movie American Graffiti (in which they wrote the only original music in the classic rock 'n roll soundtrack) and the award-winning Apocalypse Now in 1978. They have also appeared on TV's Happy Days, The Tonight Show and American Bandstand, Flash Cadillac is currently the featured house band on the nationally broadcast Super Gold radio program.
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Y.E.S. There will be no meeting on Monday. Attention Y.E.S. and Oldtimers members: membership dues for the year 2001 are now due. Please mail your $4 check payable to Y.E.S. to: Frieda Krizelman, 331 S, 98rd Avenue, Omaha, NE, 86114.
OMAHA CENTEK FOB TOHAH mAKNING The class on the weekly Torah portion will not take place this Shabbat On- Thursday, J a n . 4, 10 a.m., Torah Time for Tots meets at the home of Hndas Orbach; call 697-5581 for more information, At 7 p.m., Talmud tractate Shabbat is hosted by Bob and Myra Oberman at their VISIONS Visions members will celebrate the home, 710 J.E, George. For more information about these Installation of Officers on Friday,* Jan. 19 at the Caniglia'a Venice Inn, and other OCTL programs please The cost is $7.50 per person. contact, Rabbi Shlomo Levin S51Following the installation, shake, rat- 1564. tle and roll with Rivertown String Band. For reservations, mail form by Jan. 12 to: Marvin Gerber, 9318 BIRTH Walnut St., Omaha, NE, 68124. Momboruhip dues to Visions for the year 2001 are now due. Please mail Rhonda and Horn Hayward of your $5 chock payable to Visions to: Omaha announce! tho Doc. 11 birfh of Visions, c/o Selma Sadofsky, 7092 their son, Zachnnah (favricl. Charles St., Omaha, NE, 68132. Grandparents are Charlotte and Reminder: Visions Board Meeting Ron Lustig of Tucson and Vivian and will bo Friday, Jan. 5 at 9:30 a,m, Ross Hayward of Bellavue. in the Blumkin Home conference Groat-grandparents are Sherry and room. Please bring articles for the Daniel Milden of Tucson and January Visions newsletter. Crickett Shaw of Bellevuo.
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Tell me, am I nuts or does it seem like only a few months ayo we were all excited and raving about the fact that the new year would be 2000? Weren't we fussing about all kinds of things, like computer chip errors and disastrous events and phones going crazy, etc., etc.? Do you remember any of that? Does it seem like that was going on an entire year ago? I know I constantly carry on about the passage of time, but this is ridiculous! I mean, yes of course the days and weeks turn into monthes in the wink of an eye, but a whole year? How did that happen? I wonder what the people who were expecting a famine did with all the foodstuff they were hoarding, or what about the folks who thought they would turn on a faucet and no water would come out? What do you suppose they've done with all those gallons jugs of water they stored? Yes, last year at this time there was an incredible amount of speculation and fear and juat ordinary worry about that scary midnight which would become 2000, Now look at us. We are approaching 2001 for crying out loud. Do you wonder if any scaredy cats from last year are worried now? I guess I think much about them, but I'm quick to admit I can't believe a year has passed, The new year will bring many important changes to our lives, I'm certain. The new guy in the White House automatically means big change for everybody. No doubt now
leaders in many other countries will also have a great effect on us all. Who can say what changes we'll experience in our personal lives? Some of us will look forward to special events in our families — weddings, b'nai mitzvah, new arrivals. I choose to anticipate happy occurances, as you can see. Maybe I do that because of something I remember about my late father. After Yom Kippur, when the whole family gathered for the break-the-fast at the home of my parents, Dad would first take a sip of fruit juice and a bite of (usually) honey cake, then begin "vincing." He was an expert oincher, a real pro. He would ask first for the good health of everyone, then for their happiness and then, if he didn't want to sound too pushy, he'd ask for some prosperity also. And then lastly, since in the years I'm remembering there were young, unmarried adults, he'd politely ask that maybe God would send a new member of the family, That's why, obviously, I think of happy events when anticipating the future. No point in bothering about the other kind. What'll be, will be. But I digress, as somebody always says. Another year has slipped past while we weren't paying attention. We should be grateful for the fact that we're here to celebrate the approach of another one. We'll all become accustomed to writing January something, 2001, in due time.
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Above left: RRJH resident Gert Brodkey enjoys dancing with aide, Ella Whitcomb. Above right: Harry Weiner, left, and Larry Hasblinger taste the chili they cooked for the residents' lunch on Monday. Left: Cleaning up after mealtime were Janie Murow, left, Alan Murow, and Joanna Kay. This is the fifth year Jewish Senior Services has held Switch Day.
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(Continued from page 1) ——— —— "Sonia became ill about eight years ago," he continued. Eventually, s h e lived a t the Blumkin Home, "I was with her morning, noon and night while she was a t the Home for about 11 months," he added wistfully. "I became well acquainted with the Blumkin Home needs," he said. "And I started to get a very deep feeling for the Blumkin Home." On April 6, 2000, Sonia died. She and Jack had been married more than 65 years. At first, Jack mentioned, he had a hard time keeping busy after Sonia's death. But eventually, "I started to assess the situation at the Blumkin Home and just felt it is a wonderful place for the Jewish people of Omaha." The staff does "the very best they can and they do a wonderful job." Wanting to do something for the staff, many of whom he had gotten to know, and in order to do something meaningful to memorialize Sonia "who was eternally grateful for the care she received," Schrager decided "to put a plan together" which would give the staff "that extra incentive," After talking to Marty Ricks, Executive Director of the Foundation of the Jewish Federation, who Schrager considers to be "a tremendous asset to the Federation and Omaha," Schrager endowed a fund "in loving memory and in honor of Ms beloved wife, Sonia," Income from the new fund will be used to fund awards for employees of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home and employees of contract employers of the Home. Each year, according to terms of the endowment, there shall be up to nine awards, two at $250 for each calendar quarter and one at $1,000 granted at the end of the calendar or fiscal year. "Jack Schrager is a staunch supporter of the Blumkin Home staff," said Barbara Gottlieb, Executive Director of Jewish Senior Services. "During the time Sonia lived at the Home, Jack took an active role in her care, He is well aware of how caring and diligent the staff are towards the frail elderly who live here. "The Sonia and Jack Schrager Endowment Fund will benefit the staif by rewarding them for exemplary performance. Too often, one of our staff will go 'that extra mile' and there is nothing in the budget to show it was both noted and appreciated," Gottlieb explained. "This vehicle will be used to thank our employees and serve as an incentive to strive for excellence. I, the staff, and our Board of Directors are sincerely appreciative of this generous gesture," she emphasized, A committee of the director of nursing at the Blumkin Home, two residents of the home, and four line staff members will select the winners. They will be chosen based on teamwork, attitude on the job, quality of work, professionalism, how they distinguish themselves among all employees as well as general criteria such as good attendance and employment records. In his desire to do something for the community that has been so good to him, Schrager said he feels that by setting up the new endowment fund, he's "getting more out of it than anyone. I feel good about it. I think we did the right thing, and I'm hopeful that i t will help in some small way to make the Blumkin Home an even better place for the elderly of our community,"
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Mixed Record on Key Jewish Issues In 106th Congress by by SHARON SAMBER
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WASHINGTON (JTA) - In the middle of the night, it seems, Congress slipped away and left many issues undone, including appropriating mil? lions of dollars in special aid for Israel. After the all-consuming controversy over the presidential election, few seemed to notice that Congress adjourned and left a number of contentious issues for the next legislative session, when the Senate and House will be even more closely divided. Jewish organizations enjoyed a few successes during the 106fch Congress, but endured many disappointments and face uncertain prospects on some of the more difficult issues. Israel's annual foreign aid package can be counted as one of last year's appropriations successes, as the entire request of nearly $3 billion was approved despite diplomatic fallout over Israel's proposed sale of an early-warning radar system to China. The White HouBe also sent Capitol Hill a lastminute request for an additional $450 million in military aid, primarily to help defray the cost of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon last May. Under different circumstances the request might have been somewhat routine, but the package came under greater scrutiny because of political instability in Israel and the continuing violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Ultimately, a combination of poor timing and a cut in the American defense budget resulted in the package's defeat, a Jewish official familiar with tho aid request said. Jewish groups also had hoped to see passage of an immigration bill, one of the issues that held up the budget. The bill would have restored certain benefits to immigrants - such as Medicaid and eligibility for food stamps -- taken away by 1996 welfare reform laws. In the end, the effort failed. In addition, a large-scale amnesty for undocumented immigrants failed to make the Gnal version of the omnibus spending bill. Organizations such as tho Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society that had hoped for a dramatic shift; will have to settle for modest changes in the processing of undocumented immigrants who have resided in the United States for at least 15 years. A more sweeping change would have been of greater help to Jews from the former Soviet Union, among other immigrants. Compromise language in the omnibus bill did give undocumented immigrants on the verge of getting a green card a four-month window to obtain the work permit in the United States, rather than having to get it in their home countries. In addition, Congress gave tit© State Department $700 million - $42 million more than the administration had requested -- to bring in and process refugees and to aid refugees abroad, Hate crimes legislation did not make it into the spending bill, though it had been strongly promoted by the Clinton administration. Jewish groups were disappointed by the failure of the legislation, which would have authorized federal prosecution of crimes motivated by sexual orientation, gender or disability, expanding current laws that protect victims of crimes motivated by race, color, religion or ethnicity.
The Senate passed hate crimes legislation in June, but the measure was stripped from a defense bill because of objections from the Republican leadership in the House. Groups like the Anti-Defamation League saw the lame-duck session as a chance to pass the hate crimes legislation, but an expected last-minute surge of support from the White House never materialized. Michael Lieberman, Washington counsel for the ADL, said the presidential election controversy overshadowed any chance for progress on hate crimes. He believes that more members of Congress will support hate crimes legislation next year, but the leadership will oppose it and the Bush administration is not likely to support the bill as aggressively as the Clinton administration did. Jewish groups also had looked to stave off provisions for charitable choice, which allows religious institutions to bid for government social service contracts. However, language allowing for charitable choice was included in both health and urban development legislation. Some Jewish groups fear it will be difficult to stop moves toward charitable choice under the new president, since Bush strongly supports the issue. "We have our work cut out for us," Lioberman aaid. One victory for the Jewish community was the passage of legislation that allows elderly Jews enrolled in managed health care programs to return to their health car© home community after hospital ization. An interfttith coalition of faith-baaed health care providers, run through tlio United Jewish Communities' Washington Action Office, seized on the "Return to Home" issue, worrying that managed care organizations were building closed groupings of health care providers and excluding facilities not on their provider lists, including many Jewish homes. "The result for Jewish patients is that they will be able to heal in community skilled nursing facilities that comply with dietary laws, holiday observances and other essential religious or cultural practice* that arc central to their mental and spiritual well being," said Diana Aviv, UJC's Vice-president for public policy, which lobbied hard on the issue. Aviv said the success of that legislation, together with tho congressional focus on Social Security and Medicare reform, makes UJC confident that Congress will make servicing seniors a priority next session. At this point, most Jewish groups are withholding judgment on the outlook for the next session, which begins in early January. Much of tho talk in Washington is about bipartisanship, but VicePresident-elect Dick Cheney said Sunday that Bush does not intend to relent on his agenda. Jewish organizations, meanwhile, plan to push their own agendas, or at least modest proposals that should get support from both aides of the aisle. Reva Price, Washington representative of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, said they will "hope for the best" for their efforts to increase the minimum wage and pass a patient's bill of rights and a prescription drug plan.
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During a talk with B'nai Brith Breadbreakers, the first thing Omaha Mayor Hal Daub said he was proud of was the snow removal efforts of street crews during recent blizzards. "Six years ago when I was privileged to be sworn in as mayor of our city, I thought we had a very awkward snow removal plan," he explained. "So, we sent teams out to major cities to see how they took care of their snow." Among the cities visited were Minneapolis and Kansas City, Daub said that Omaha snow removal crews won the regional state snow plowing competition among 16 states. If the temperature is above 18 degrees and there is snow in the forecast, crews are out on the street spreading calcium chloride. Sand is no longer used on the streets because it clogs the sewers and is removed by the plows. If sand has to be used, the streets must be swept twice a year. The sand is then filtered and reused. Streets where hospitals, nursing homes, police and fire stations and schools are located are plowed first, after main streets are plowed so that emergency vehicles are able to respond. "We've done two things," the mayor pointed out. "We've bought more equipment in the last six years and we've turned over the old fleet. An we've saved six trucks every time we dispose of the old ones. .These old trucks are kept in storage to plow snow when there is an emergency. So, in addition to the regular 165 pieces of regular equipment, there are 18 pieces that can be deployed at any time," Daub is proud of the snow removal in Omaha and notes that major and residential streets in other cities are not cleared as quickly or as well as in Omaha. "We're into the neighborhoods within 24 hours of a snowfall. During the last major blizzard, while we were clearing residential areas,-major thoroughfares blew shut before we even finished," he added, noting that the city will be right on budget with the removal for the year. The Personal Side The Mayor's voice softened as he spoke of his wife Mary. "Let me put it this way," he said. "I think Mary has been very good for me and I've been good for her. She's a very exciting person to be around and, of course, she's very dedicated to our city!" Mary Daub was active in civic affairs before they were married. She is currently involved in Keep Omaha Beautiful, the Freedom Foundation, Community Playhouse Board, Symphony Guild and Omaha Opera Boards. "She has given people a different perspective about me," he said, "and people see me differently now because my spouse is so involved. Sometimes, we're like two shipB passing in the night! She's so busy doing community things as first lady." Daub thinks he has learned a lot during the last six years. He is not at all uncomfortable saying that he hopes he has grown with the job of being mayor. "I hope that I've learned what it takes to be effective and what it takes to listen and appreciate good ideas and criticism," he offered to the members of
B'nai B'rith. "And, I also think that people have gotten used to me. Over time, all those things have made it go better." City Services Mayor Daub went on to speak about all of the services that are provided by the city, including the very practical garbage and yard waste pick-up. "When you stop to think that there are 115 thousand garbage stops a week in 120 miles," he explained. "It's heavy, difficult work and it's compounded when it's extra hot or cold. "It's a tough assignment and somettimes I Mayor Hal Daub promotes the benefits of living in Omaha to have to make difficult Breadbreakers, including member Ron Gordon, left. calls. For instance, during the snowstorms, I had to decide if we kept pick- it possible for emergency vehicles to reach their ing up or stop and finish it on Saturday. Even then, destinations. K Ih my opinion, those things interest me just as we run the risk of having garbage sitting outside much as building big buildings and doing the very with cans blowing. "When I make decisions not to pick up, it creates important work of economic development," he commented. "A mayor should be a person who brings problems all down the line," he admitted. His effectiveness is measured by the smoothness people together to create successes. Neighborhood of city programs. He used the example of the speed associations, citizen patrols, and working with the in fixing chuckholes on the city streets. When peo- public to form a partnership give us the ability to ple call in to report the holes, a crew goes out to fix help sustain those things that we sometimes take for granted," them immediately. He insists it has been a privilege for him to serve "We don't wait and just fix them twice a year!" taxpayers and use their money to make sure that A mayor needs to pay attention to the delivery of basic city services. These services are important to services are sustained. "It has been a great challenge for me because ono the dnily way of life and citizens often take them day it's two inches of snow and, a Little later, people for granted. "Streets that run by our houses and sewer pipes want to know why the dandelions aron't mowed." In addition to his attention to detail at the local that run underneath require a variety of activities that help to keep us going. The men and women level, Daub does have experience with politics at who work in our Public Works Department main- the national level. Though he's not perceived as a tain streets, signals and signs and the other things Washington insider, his years there did give him that keep us safe. When we turn on the faucets in some insight on the secrets to obtaining federal our homes, we take it for granted that the water funding for everything from road projects to economic development. will come out clean and keep us healthy!" "A city is always under construction," Daub Daub likes to brag about the response time for noted. The job' of bringing people together is never the rescue squad and police and fire departments. "I think that it's time we pay attention to the finished. (This) is a great and growing place!" Prior his service as mayor, Daub served as a condelivery of quality, professional community sergressman from the second district in Nebraska for vices," he added. Although he is interested in building and econom- eight years. He stepped down to run in the ic development, Daub insists he is just as con- Republican primary in 1987 against David Karnes (who had been appointed to fill U.S. Sen. Edward cerned about the delivery of basic city services. Zorinsky's seat). While the Senate seat was eventually won by Bob Kerrey, Daub used his law and Expectations For Himself Mayor Daub says working for the economic devel- accounting background as an international trade opment of new enterprises for our community is specialist with Deloitte and Touche. While Mayor Daub has not yet declared his candivery important. However, it is important that a mayor pay attention to cutting the grass in the dacy for another' term, pundits suspect he will do so parks, 911 and "all that flows from that, or making in early 2001. '
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I love a new beginning - be it New Year's Day, or from this success. I enjoyed the party, the guests just another Monday, or the solemn reappraisal of enjoyed the latkes and, I confess, they were as good Rosh Hashanah -- so this week is a bonanza. I get as mine, or better (don't tell). And I'll save money another brand new year to .contain all the resolu- somewhere else. •I will exercise a half-hour a day, at least five tions my optimistic little heart can conjure up. Will this be the year that I get tidy? Or thin? days a week. Oh, okay, four days a week, Well, at Will this be the transitional moment that will least three. I have to move around, now, while I make me an exercise buff? A gourmet cook? A lin- still can. I figure if I'm on the treadmill, I'm being guist? Can I take the resolution-power promised by productive, and hence I can watch TV in the daythis major fresh start and, at last, make something time. You get my drift: if I'm exercising at the time, I don't have to feel guilty about those noon-time of myself? Probably not, but that doesn't mean I won't keep breaks to watch reruns of Northern Exposure. •I will throw stuff out. I assume (having no abilitrying — or at least, resolving. ty in this area myself) that most people throw out So, herewith, I resolve: •I will fix all the little stuff that is busted: the yesterday's newspaper when today's arrives, but I hinge on the cupboard, the switch on the hallway keep it. I'm so sure I'm going to get around to readlight, the alert light in the car that has insisted ing the leftover bits of it that I stack it in the cor"immediate maintenance required" for about six ner of the kitchen. When I finally lugged the stack months now. (Understand, I do not mean, even in to the recycling bin last week, the dog had been the fantasy of resolution-land, that I will grab a sleeping on it and it had compacted into a solid screwdriver and repair these things myself. I object, about three feet tall. Everyone agreed it was mean, at best, that I will get a repair person to time for it to go...even the dog. come cope with these matters. My skill with screw•I will start a "gratitude book." My friend Carol drivers is limited to using them to open tins of got tlals from Oprah, and I like the idea as an atticocoa powder. tude-shifter. Carol gave every member of her fami•I will pick my battles with my pre-teen daugh- ly a little blank book. ter more selectively. Okay, she can wear dangly The idea is that just before you go to bed, you earrings and shoes with two-inch thick soles. I am write one or two thoughts — very short, not a chore tired of being the military review board every time — about what you are grateful for that day. This she leaves the house. However, because some rear shapes your sense of perspective, and might help guard actions are still worth fighting, I will throw you sleep, focused on the positive. My book is formy body across the door to make sure those leop- est-green and very pretty, and I already know what ard-print leggings never see the light of day. I'm writing in it for the New Year, •I will not insist on making everything from I'm grateful for being granted a life in which I get scratch. Enough. I've grated my last potato. I've to worry about throwing junk out and ordering food learned my lesson. in, instead of having to worry about where my next Last Sunday, we hosted the Hanukkah party for latke is coming from. my son's class. I was planning to make latkes for I'm grateful for fresh starts, fresh sheets and 50 people, standing over the griddle like the fresh ideas, I'm grateful for my disorganized house Hanukkah-saint, only oil-stained. On Friday, con- and my daughter with the dangly earrings. I'm templating the amount of potato peel I was going to grateful for you, friend reader, and all your kind, generate, I came to my senses. I called the kosher who stack the paper in the corner until you get market. Sunday morning they delivered 80 latkes, around tome. piping hot, for 65 cents each. I don't know why it Erica Rauzin in a free-lance writer1 who liven took me so long to get so smart, but I plan to learn in Miami Beach, FL,
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Jewish Press, Omaha, NE Page 15
Palestinians Admit Intifada Was Planned •Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak warned his Cabinet that Israel's relations with Egypt and Jordan could be in jeopardy if Israel fails to reach a peace deal soon with the Palestinians. Barak made his comments Sunday, a day after President Clinton asked Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to respond by Wednesday to his latest proposal to jump-start peace talks.
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* Under President Clinton's proposals for an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord, Israel would cede sovereignty over Jerusalem's Temple Mount and the Palestinians would give up the right of refugees to return to Israel, The New York Times reported Tuesday. According to the Israeli daily Ha'aretz, settlements that would be evacuated as part of a final peace agreement would be transferred intact to the Palestinians. The paper said the homes, fields and public buildings in the settlements would be sold to the Palestinians, •The Israeli opposition demanded that Prime Minister Ehud Barak immediately break off negotiations with the Palestinians, accusing him of conducting a "clearance sale" on Israeli interests before the upcoming elections. The Israeli right wing has said that if it wins the Feb. 6 prime ministerial election, it will not consider itself bound by any agreement Barak reaches in the pre-olection period. One of four IDF soldiers arrives at Hadassah Hospital last week. The soldiers were injured, • Israel's deputy defense minister, Ephraim two seriously, when a Palestinian drove his Sneh, confirmed lie had met with Austrian officials truck at them at the Aram junction in north as part of an effort to secure the release of four Jerusalem. The terrorist tried to eflcape into Israelis held by Hezbollah in Lebanon. Meanwhile, Palestinian-controlled territory by climbing Austria has received information that the four are into a Palestinian Ked Crescent ambulance, still alive, the Israeli daily Ma'ariv reported. but was apprehended by IDF soldiers was arrested. In another incident early this morn•Leaflets threatening Israeli Arabs with hanging ing 30-year old Ellahu Cohen from Modl'in if they vote in Israel's upcoming election wore dis- was killed when terrorists opened fire on bis tributed in Arab communities over the weekend car while he was travelling on the Modi'in and published in an advertisement in a leading Pisg&t 3K«s'ev road near Jerusalem- A ear travIsraeli Arab newspapor. The announcements elling' near Kibbutz Eyal, not far from the roporfcodly wore signed by an unknown, group Kochav Tfair home of Prime Minister Barak, was fired on from the nearby Palestiniancalled the Nasaoriat Movement. administered town of Kalkiliya. In this inci•In n further easing of sanctions, Israel allowed dent the driver escaped injury. Photo by ISRANffl1. 6,000 more Palestinians to return to jobs in Israel. Last week, the state gave permission to 10,000 Palestinians to return to their jobs, but only 1,000 HOME APPLIANCE did so. Work permits have been granted to married SERVICE Palestinians aged 35 and over who have at least "Serving Omaha Since 1946" one child, previously worked in Israel and have undergone a security check. SERVICE PARTS, PROMPT AND DEPENDABLE •A German mediator trying to arrange a prisoner ONE COMPANY REPAIRS ALL YOUR swap between Israol and Hezbollah left Beirut, a MAJOR APPLIANCES Lebanese newspaper reported over the weekend. The paper, Al-Mustaqbal, said it was unclear 8827 Maple 391 4287 whether the mediator's efforts succeeded or failed. THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS Hezbollah kidnapped three Israeli soldiers and an Israeli businessman in October.
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December 29,2000
Omahan Joins Olympic Athletes Goldsten Trust in World Maccabiah Games Adds Vestzer and Goldstein by JEWISH PRESS News Service
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Ben Jacobson, son of Nancy and David Jacobson of Omaha, has been named to the United States Maccabiah Men's Basketball Team which, will compete at the 16th World Maccabiah Games, July 16-26, 2001, in Israel. The basketball team will be one of 26 United States sports teams that will compete at the world's fourth largest international, Olympic style event, according to Jordan Weinstein, chairman of the U.S.A. Maccabiah Steering Committee. Ben is a freshman attending Lamar University on a basketball scholarship in Beaumont, Texas. Though he is "redsnirtmg* this season, according to head coach of the Division 1 team, Mike Deane, he must attend all practices and games and will be eligible to play at extra year at Lamar. A three-year starter at Omaha Central High School, Ben scored mroe than 1,000 points and had some 600 rebounds in his career. He averaged 20 points per game as a senior and led the state in rebounding at 10.2 per game. He was First Team All Metro, Second Team All State and a McDonald's Ail-American Nominee. Jacobson will join Lenny Krayzelburg, America's triple Olympic gold-medalist swimmer, who intends to skip the World Championships in Japan in order to compete at the Maccabiah Games next July in Israel. "I have never been to Israel and I would really like to go there and compete," Rrayzelburg told the Reuters news service. "It is a very important part of my heritage." The 25-year-old athlete said he might reconsider his decision if violence in the Middle East escalates between now and July. But he emphasized that the so-called "Jewish Olympics" were his first choice. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Krayzelburg left the Soviet Union 'with his parents in 1989, when he was 13, in part to escape antiSemitism. He captured the gold at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in both the 100- and 200-meter backstroke, both in Olympic record time, and led off the U.S. world record-setting 4X100 medley relay team. In a recent interview, Krayzelburg
by JEWISH PRESS News Sen/ice — Norman Vef iaer and Ann Goldstein, two long-time community volunteers, have been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Herbert Goldsten Trust, a charitable foundation created by the Omaha, businessman and philanthropist during Ms lifetime. Veitzer and Goldstein replace Arthur P. Grossman and Arthur H. Goldstein as trustees, according to Joe Kirshenbaam, President of the Trust. The two men have been trustees since the creation of the Trust by Herbert Goldsten in 1985. When he died in 1990, Goldsten bequeathed the bulk of his estate to the Trust. A major gift during his lifeSen Jacobson time endowed the chapel in the Rose said that he plans to work with Blumkin Jewish Home, which is named after him. Jewish and immigrant children. Veitzer is a lifelong resident of "I may be wrong, but there might be a perception that Jewish kids are Omaha. Although he graduated from not athletic," he said. "Maybe I can the University of Nebraska Law change that trend." School in 1958, and is a member of Krayzelburg said that he plans to the Nebraska Bar8 Veitzer has devotswim competitively through the 2004 ed his entire business career to his Olympics in Athens. By then hell be family business, Omaha Bedding Co. 29, which is old for a world-class swimmer. Three other Jewish American Olympic swimming medalists — Anthony Ervin, who tied for gold in the 50-meter freestyle, and relay silver medalists Jason Lezak and Scott Goldblatt — may also participate in the Maccabiah Games. However, the three qualified their plans, saying that if they can make the American team, they'll head for the World Championships instead. More than 5,000 athletes representing more than 50 countries will take Norm Veifczer part in the 16th edition of the Maccabiah, a quadrennial athletic Veitzer has served on the Boards of competition for Jewish athletes. The the Jewish Federation of Omaha, United States is expecting to send a Jewish Senior Services, and the contingent of "700 athletes and Jewish Federation Foundation. He coaches, which would make it the was Chairman of the Foundation largest U.S. Maccabiah Team in his- Board in 1982. and 1993. He currently tory," reported Weinstein. serves on the Federation's Building Opening ceremonies are scheduled and Grounds Committee, of which he for July 16 at Ramat Gan Stadium in has also been Chairman. Tel Aviv; closing ceremonies are in In addition, to his civic and commuJerusalem on July 26. nal activities, he has been active in "I'm expecting to learn a lot," industry affairs, and is currently Jacobson noted about his first trip to Chairman of the Board of the International Sleep Products Israel. "It should be an amazing trip, Tm honored to be on the team," he Association. Veitzer and his wife, added, "and playing along with some Joodi, have three adult children. really big talent, like former NBA Ann Goldstein also has a long player Danny Shayes!" record of service to the community. Tom Tugend ofJTA contributed to this article.
Ann Goldstein She is currently President of the Plains States Regional Board of the Anti-Defamation League/Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, and serves on the Federation Board of Directors. She is involved with the Youth Leadership Omaha Advisory Board, Neighborhood Builders Steering Committee, and an Omaha Community Foundation project on neighborhoods. She is a past recipient of the Jewish Federation's Justin Greenberg Young Leadership Award and the YWCA Tribute to Women Award. She and her husband, Donald, have two daughters. The other members of the Goldsten Trust Board of Trustees are: Yale Richards, Vice-president, and Howard Kaslow, Secretary/Treasurer, and legal counsel. Richards, Kaslow and Kirshenbauis have also served since tEe Trust was created in 1985. According to Goldsten's wishes, the board distributes Its income each year to "Jewish religious, charitable or educational organizations in the Omaha, NE, metropolitan area." Since bis death in 1990, the Trust has made contributions totalling nearly one million dollars. "The knowledge and experience of Jewish activities, programs and needs in Omaha which Norman and Ann have and wMch they will bring to the board will be invaluable in helping us select worthy recipients who will best utilize grants from the Trust to carry out Herb Goldsten's charitable wishes," Kirshenbaum explained. "The other trustees appreciate the time and effort Norm and Ann are willing to devote to this cause."
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