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2001 Super Sunday - a Jewish Odyssey5 by PAM MONSKY, Federation Communications Director work on an event that Kim and Mark allows people the opporSchwartz will lead Super Sunday 2001 on Feb. 18. tunity to do such a mltzThis year's theme is •vah... . to make a tangi"2001: A Jewish Odysble difference in someone sey," a take-off on the else's life," she said. classic science fiction "Community involvemovie 2001; A .Space ment reaches a pinnacle Odyssey, during Super Sunday," said J a n Perelman, Calls will once again take place at Omaha Federation Executive Steaks' telemarketing faDirector. "The emphasis cility. This is the fourth is that each contribHtion consecutive year that the is important, no matter Simon family has generthe size. The act of parously opened their doors ticipating in tzedakah is for this well-loved comwhat makes Super SunMark and Kim Schwartz munity event. Kids' Super day so special.5* Sunday will return for the third time on Feb. 4. Super Sunday reaches more Hian 1,200 donors in Kim and Mark have been involved with Super the Omaha Jewish community and last year raised Sunday for three years, starting as volunteers for some $50,000. Since Super Sunday is the fiaaie for Kids' Super Sunday in 1999 and serving on the the Federation's Annual Campaign, the money it 2000 Super Sunday Steering Committee. Leading raises will fund programs and services for local the event gives them the opportunity to put then- Jewish needs, as well as humanitarian aid for Jews own creative stamp on Super Sunday and to work in need around the world. together on a meaningful project. Much of Super Sunday's success can be eredital "Super Sunday is important because it allows to the many generous businesses that donate goods every Jew in Omaha the chance to take responsibil- and services, keeping expenses to a minimiTro. The ity for those less fortunate. In a Jewish community real success of Super Sunday, however, is the this small, we need to stick together and take care enthusiasm and commitment of the Schwartzs and of each other. History has shown that no one else is the other members of the 2001 Super Sunday lining up to do it for us," said Mark. Steering Committee: Gil Cohen, Victor Epstein, Mark's wife, E3m, compared Super Sunday to the Stephen and Patty Goldstein and Dan and Deb incredibly close Presidential race. Marburg. "We have already seen that one vote can make an If you •would like to volunteer to make calls on incredible difference. It's the same way with our Feb. 18 for Super Sunday, or help out at Kids' Jewish community.. .one person can make a differ- Super Sunday on Feb. 4, please contact the ence in another person's life. It's a great honor to Federation office at 334-6431.
As Talks Proceed in Washington, Sharon Campaigns Against Barak by JEWISH PRESS News Service
As the election nears, f Brig. General Effie Likud Party leader Eitam resigned recentAriel Sharon is well ly from the army, thus ahead of current Israeenabling him to go li Prime Minister Ehud straight into a political Barak in the opinion » career as well. He is polls. expected to join the Each new act of vio• National Religious lence, such as the Tel) Party in a central role. Aviv bus bombing or Eitam, the highest the car bombing in ranked religiously obNetanya, shows there servant officer in the is currently no real IDF, often outspoken peace partner for Isand very charismatic, rael. Even in the ranks is opposed to the preof Ehud Barak's own sent policy with the 'One Israel' faction, Palestinians. He was there is now serious expecting to be prodissension from severmoted to a senior post al leading members, 5 in the General Staff, such as the influential but the Chief of Staff, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Lt. General Shaul Mowho insist that discus- __ ' " ~ " /™™ ."""' " ' ™ '™ ' """I ™*"" , V*7™-"^ faz did not include sions with the Pale- T h e e l e c t l o n campaigns of Ehud Barak and Ariel E i t a m i n M g l a t e s t stinians cannot go Sh**™> ^ft, for the position of prime minister will r o u n d o f n e w a p p o i n t . ahead while the vio- b e ^ i n ** e a m e s t n e x * week. Photo by ISRANET. m e n { s . lence continues. Speaking at a symposium at Bar Ilan University On his part, Sharon has made it clear he and the Eitam called Arafat, "a miserable murderer who Iikud want a genuine peace with security, but this five years ago didn't have a place to lay his head." can only be attained in increments. The Likud has Later in the same speech, Eitam attacked the govalso reiterated that Jerusalem must remain the undi- ernment for being ready to hand over part of vided capital of Israel and there can be no compro- Jerusalem. "Where did this idea comefrom?"Eitam mise over the sovereignty of the Temple Mount. asked. "Why were we not able to stand up and say, Demonstrations are planned in Jerusalem next week. 'Hey, world, this place is ours!1"
Press Club Honors B e t h Ga nes Y Ginsburg by JEWISH PRESS News Service
The Omaha Press Ciub will honor Beth Gaynes Ginsburg with its Distinguished Member Award on Wednesday, J a n . 17. A reception will begin at &3G pan., followed by the program at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m. The award is designed to honor OPC members for their service to the club. Previous honorees include Eleanor McHale, Mary McGrath, D.C. "Woody" Bradford, Robert McMorris, Bill Ramsey, Tom LaHood, Chris Christen Nelson and Howard T. Swain Jr. Ginsburgs involvement with the Omaha Press Clab began 27: years ago, when she was I approached] % Mel Olson, 1 then director of the annual show, while J she and her) husband were dining in the former Fireboose JWnaerj Theatre. "After a brief I greeting, Mel
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how would ^^^^^MH^M^^HL •*i Betil you feel about Gaynes Ginsburg doing some choreography for a benefit?,1" she said. After asking some questions, she agreed to help out, although the show was only a week away. Her first show went well, she recalls, and she was hooked. Some tilings have changed over the years. The 1974 show was only a "single gala evening," and the identities of the show's writers were carefully guarded in those days. She soon found out who they were, but was sworn to secrecy. Ginsburg was a theatre major at the University of Iowa. She also attended Drake University and the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. After moving to Omaha, she opened her own dance studio, which she still operates six days each week. Ginsburg says she is a "dancer, dance educator, choreographer and dance historian." She is also a master teacher and has taught dance from coast to coast She is past National President and past National Treasurer of Dance Masters of America. She currently is Secretary/Treasurer of the international chapter of DMA and the National Historian. For the past seven years, she has also been president of the Omaha Chapter of Hadassah. To reserve your place, please call 345-8008. Cost is $22 plus tax and gratuity. Non-members of fee Press Club are welcome to attend. The Omaha Press Club is located on the top floor of the First National Bank Tower at 1620 Dodge Street. Free parking is available in the Doubletree Hotel parking garage; bring your ticket to the Press Club for validation. For more information, call the Press Club office at 345-8587.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUNDAY, JANUARY 7
Men!s Club Brunch, 10 a.m., at Temple Israel ... Club 56, Noon, at Temple Israel C Israel Experience Grants Program, 3 p.m. i
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E All events held at the JCC unless otherwise indicated. The Jewish Press Is not responsible for the accuracy of the events. To keep calendar accurate or for questions call Marlene Hert at 334-6437.
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The Parting of the Ways by RABBI MYER S. KRIPKE •——•—\ Parashah Vayiggash •
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While Hanukkah and Christinas have passed and the secular New Year was just a few days ago, it is appropriate and instructive to have a look at the appealing festival of our Christian neighbors and at the central personality of Christianity whom they adore. Prom one point of view it is worthwhile to say that no one knows at what time of the year Jesus was born, let alone on what date. Christmas became the Feast of the Nativity not earlier than the fourth century, whether in the East or the West. From another point of view, all of that is unimportant. Even Christians who know that don't care about it. They celebrate Christmas as the birthday of Jesus, period. In similar manner, so that we understand this, there is widespread understanding that Passover is very old — an old nomadic festival of the full moon of the spring, celebrating the birth of the young in the flocks. Later, the Exodus was associated with an already established pre-Hebraic festival. But even if we know this, we don't care about it. We celebrate Passover as the anniversary of the Exodus from Egypt. It remains for us the Festival of Freedom. It is important to say clearly that Jews and Christians give quite different answers to the question, "Who was Jesus?" Since it is not possible to determine details of his life with any certainty, nor to judge which of the Gospels is right when they have different accounts of the same event, we can say little about the life of that Jesus who lived in the first century. It is what is believed about him, the theological structure erected on his life in Christianity, that really matters, much more than what "really happened." In the same way, in our Sidrah, we have no assurance that the Joseph story "really happened." But what matters is w^hat our ancient ancestors wrote about Joseph and the reconciliation of the brothers. For here continue the traditions of the Patriarchs and the establishment of the People of Israel. As historians, we are unable to make assured statements. As Jews, religiously,'the events that the Torah records become part of our spiritual baggage. And the baggage does not weigh us down. It lifts us up, us and our spirits. Suffice it to say, returning to the Gospels, Jews accept neither the historical details of the Gospels, including the miracles, nor the religious inferences from them, which became the basis of Christianity. Jews and Christians share very much in common in areas that matter very much; for Christianity in the main adopted Jewish ethics—the vision of a good society of good human beings, honest and loving, compassionate and noble. But in some matters, matters of belief and ritual practice, there are "non-negotiable" differences that saw first-century Judaism diverge into two religions, Jewish and Christian, related but different.
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MAXJ.TURCHEN Services for Max Turchen were held Dec. 31 at Golden Hill Cemetery. He was 88. Survivors include his wife, Hazel; daughters and sons-in-law, Phyllis and Harvey Aronson of Palm Beach, FL, and Virginia and Marshall Becker of Omaha; son and daughter-in-law, Drs. Michael and Lesta Turchen of Hill City, SD; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and sister, Lillian Cherry of California. Memorials to charity of choice. MARJORIE GRAETZ Marjorie Graetz died Dec. 19 at the age of 90. Services were held Dec, 22 at Tifereth Israel Cemetery in Lincoln. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marion. Survivors include son and: daughter-in-law, Rabbi Michael and Naomi Graetz of Omer, Israel; brothers, Ben Finkelstein and Aaron Fenton, both of Los Angeles; grandson, Tzvi Graetz, and granddaughters, Ariella Bar Tuv and Avigail Graetz, all of Jerusalem; and two great-grandchildren, Memorials to the Masorti Foundation, 6525 Belcrest Rd., Hyattsville, MD 20782, or favorite charity.
Nevada Shul Struck by Fire for Second Time in 13 Months by TOM TUGEND
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LOS ANGELES (JTA)--Thirteen months after five skinheads firebombed Temple Emanu-El in Reno, the same synagogue was attacked in the first hour of the New Year, Police said an arsonist apparently used a flammable liquid to ignite the fire, which engulfed the temple's front entrance and charred the entryway. The flames, discovered Monday at 12:45 a.m., were quickly extinguished. Police officials, who classified the attack as a hate crime, had few clues other than a poor-quality aurveillanco photo of tho arsonist. One mouth ago, a federal judge sentenced ilve solf-av'owed skinheads for hurling a concretefilled soda bottle and a Molotov cocktail at a temple window in December, 1999.
J-ROK to Ski Next Sunday by RACHEL SHKOLNICK, Program Director
All Jewish JCC members in the fifth through eighth grade are invited to participate in J-ROK's first Sunday Ski on Jan, 14, from 1-7 p.m. J-ROK will meet at the '«F and ride together to Mount Crescent in Iowa. This nearby ski venue provides a variety of slopes, designed to intrigue new skiers, as well as challenge the experienced ones. For the safety of all, members of the National Ski Patrol, who are easily identifiable, serve on the slopes. Cost is $55 and includes ski, pole and boot rental, lift tickets and transportation. Ski school is available for beginners at an additional fee. For more information about this program or JROK in general, contact me at 334-6403.
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Art Competition Guidelines by JEWISH PRESS News Service »»•-" ••«»« „••„.„„«„ art forms. Underwritten by Philip and Syvia Spertus, and organized by the Spcrtus Museum, it has boconio the largest competition for contemporary Judaica. The Spertus Museum is the largest Jewish museum between both coasts. Of special not© is the Zeli Holocaust'Memorial, t h e nation's first museum Tho. object, to bt> created for UIIH year's tifwrttm exhibit on Hie Holocaust; ARTiFACT Center, n Prize is a nic/.u/.uh; the top prize is $10,000. The l]imdH-on anihoolof-rioal exjjerionce; and a variety of winner and ilnaliulK will he twardod hi 2002 and changing exhihiUouH exploring issuen related to will ho featured in ail exhibition at, Sper(.un f]'«wisli life. For more information or to obtain entry guideMuseum and ineludiid in n published exhibition linon, contact Hpertuw Vnw. Oompetition, O,IB Hu. CHtulog. Deadline Cor eulrioa JH Dee. 28, 2001. The S[n>Htt,<i Vritc is designed to .stirtmlate debate.Michigan Ave.,, (]li»:Hfjo, H. fK)«OG: fax: 1 •,'112-022al)out, the criteria for dfinrminji qtialily roreniouial .'!fK.54; or «-rnsiil: muHra(^«pcrt«is.tidw, For ji art, and to fiwter greater appreciation for all Judaic tiwn about the Museum, fall
Entry guidelines are now available for the next installment of the Spertus Prize, a biennial, juried competition for the creation of Jewish ceremonial art. Sponsored by the Spertus Museum (of the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago), the competition is open to artists of all nationalities and religions.
Jason Elliot Rich, son of Dr. Phillip and Diane Rich, will become a Bar Mitevah on Saturday, Jan, 12. An eighth-grade honor student at Beveridge Middle School, Jason is a graduate of Friedel Jewish Academy. He participated in the Duke Talent Identification Program and is a member of the Nebraska Outlaws Baseball team and Mm eighth grade JCO basketball team. UP is in his second yoor as a tutor for Beth El's TSS program. Jason has two brothers, Adam and Brandon. (irancipuraUB nre 8ov«rfy Morris and t!w late Dr. Ha«k«li Morris and Eupiuo and (Uiurlotto Rich.
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The More Things Change While Yasser Arafat again shows up in Washington, D.C., this week to find a way out of signing yet another agreement, the Israeli government, President Clinton and the American Jewish community should remember a few facts, not myths about the origins of the State of Israel. In 1948, there were approximately 640,000 people of Arab descent living in what is now the State of Israel. After Israel's declaration of statehood, the surrounding Arab countries declared war on the fledgling state, promising to "drive the Jews into the sea." Many, but not all of the Arabs living within the new borders of Israel fled, believing that, within a short time, the Jews would lose the war and the Arabs would have their homes back. Some Arabs stayed and later became citizens of the State of Israel. And, yes, some were forced from their homes at gunpoint. At the same time, there were more than 700,000 Jews living in Arab countries: Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran. Those Jews were forced to flee with little more than the clothes on their backs. Most left prosper-
ous businesses and middle-class neighborhoods. Many Jewish families had lived in cities such as Baghdad and Damascus for centuries. They lost everything and, unlike the European survivors of World War II, there has never been any talk of reparations. In 1948 there was no Palestine. . .just the British governance of an area which included the British-drawn boundaries of what is today Jordan (which included the West Bank) and a smaller version of Israel. When the rag-tag array of Israel won the 1948 War of Independence, even the United Nations Relief Agency declared there were between 100,000 and 480,000 refugees (though they classified anyone who had lived in the pre-state Israel for more than two years as a refugee, a drastic change from prior definitions of refugee). Today, Palestinian supporters speak of "some four million refugees and their descendants." And one of Arafat's demands is that they be allowed to settle within Israel's borders. This is a fictitious number and another myth the Palestinian Authority has tried to foist on the world.
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When President-elect George W. Bush named Missouri Senator John Ashcroft as his nominee for Attorney General, a torrent of criticism came from the civil rights community. The criticism was soon aped by the mass media. The New York Times headline on Ashcroft read "Divisive Choice." In the headline, however, the quotation marks were absent. The rush to judgement of Sen. Ashcroft is the latest evidence that the civil rights community, along with the organized left, is isolating itself from the American project, from self-governance, from a stake in, our democracy, is obviating itself and making1 claims less and less serious and mote and more frivolous, to the point of weakening not only themselves but our country, too, In the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Bush vs. Gore, the leadership in the African American community stampeded to the cry of "fraud." Rev. Jesse Jackson said he accepted the Bush presidency as "legal" but not "legitimate.* A 7-2 decision in Bush's favor on the grounds of equal protection by this nation's highest court is not legitimate according to a man at the forefront of the 1960's civil rights movement? Every advancement of civil rights in those days, and since, came from the federal courts, more often then not, on equal protection grounds. Rev. Jackson is delegitimizing his movement's entire history of success. The words of Dred Scott were used more during the month of November than at anytime in the past ten years. Sen.Tom Harkin of Iowa, just prior to the Supreme Court's decision, said that if the court takes the case and holds for Bush it would be "the most extreme example of judicial activism since Dred Scott, and I choose my words carefully." Note, the example of Roe vs, Wade is never used, we go back to 1857 Dred Scott where African Americans were read out of the American polity. The drumbeat of analogy to Scott has only grown louder in the days since Al Gore's concession. Perhaps this hysteria is why William Raspberry, an African American columnist, could call the Democratic Party a "secular church for African Americans." While the African American vote went 9-1
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against an African American nominee to the federal court when he was in the Senate. That Ashcroft would have voted against this man were he white seems to make no difference to anyone right now. Ashcroft saw the nominee, a state judge, as someone who legislated from the bench, as a judge who continually attempted to undo the legislative process and override the separation of powers. Perhaps senators need to now be frightened into supporting anyone whose only merit is the color of their skin. To us, there could bo no greater racism. Ashcroft, saw no color. We believe his wife sees no color either; she teaches law at the historically black Howard University, in Washington, D.C. The NAACP has now put out a report card on Ashcroft, a report card predetermined to give him a "failing" grade. It includes spurious "civil rights" issues established prior to attack Ashoroft—hia votes on the minimum wage and his votes to convict President Clinton for perjury are two examples. When the civil rights establishment can distort all they used to stand for, when it becomes an attack-dog for the political left, when it becomes the secular church of the Democratic party, it not only undermines itself, it tarnishes every good cause it used to stand for-causes whose rallying cry were "equal justice under law" and basic fairness. , In spite of this, President-elect Bush is ushering in a renewed era of civil rights, one that recalls Martin Luther King's colorblindness. Bush's appointees and domestic policy agenda will reveal a new paradigm—a paradigm where results will be more important than rhetoric, where color will be less important than qualification. We only hope that civil rights leaders will setaside partisanship and division and renew their commitment to the principles on which their movement was founded, the principles President-elect Bush is living up to and the principles John Ashcroft will enforce, Matthew Brooks is the Executive Director of the Jewish Policy Center, based in Washington,) D,C. Seth Leibitohn is the Center's Director of Policy,
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Jewish Groups Concerned by AG~designate Ashcroft's Record by SHARON SAMBER '" '•
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WASHINGTON (JTA)--Before last week's nomination of former Missouri Sen. John Ashcroft as U.S. Attorney General, it seemed that Presidentelect George W. Bush's Cabinet nominees would be moderate.non-controversial figures. Now, Jewish groups are weighing their positions and deciding whether they might want to join organizations voicing concern and displeasure at the conservative appointee's record on civil and abortion rights and religious liberties. Ashcroft, who lost his re-election bid last month but got the nod to head the Justice Department last Friday, is perhaps best know.n to Jewish organizations for his leadership on charitable choice and his successful fight for its inclusion in 1996 welfare reform laws. Charitable choice—block grants specifically allowing states to use charities or faith-based organizations to provide social services-has become something of a flashpoint for many groups who feel it can violate the separation of church and state and dvil rights protections. What matters is how the role of religious institutions will be expanded in providing social welfare programming, says Mark Pelavin, associate director of the Reform Movement's Religious Action Center. Ashcroft's crafting of charitable choice legislation shows a disregard for constitutional restrictions, and few safeguards in areas such as protection against employment discrimination, Pelavin said. Pelavin called Ashcroft's noraina-
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tion "troubling," The RAG is collecting information on Ashcroft's voting record, he said, but formally opposes presidential appointments only in rare instances. Groups will need to consider not only Ashcroft's congressional record, but his performance as Missouri's attorney general from 1976 to 1984 and governor from 1985 to 1993. The National Council of Jewish Women views Ashcroft's position on abortion rights as "extreme." Sammie Moshenberg, director of the group's Washington operations, cited Ashcroft's vote last year against a resolution to reaffirm Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that upheld a woman's right to choose to have an abortion. Also in 1999, Ashcroft voted to ban partial birth abortions and to disallow overseas military abortions. Moshenberg said she is concerned about Ashcroft's priorities and the resources he will allocate to such programs as th© Justice Department's task force on abortion clinic violence. NCJW is working this weak to formulate its position on Ashcroft's nomination. Jewish organizations also are concerned about Ashcroft's record on affirmative action and education, A few years ago, Ashcroft voted to end special funding for businesses owned by women and minorities, and voted against prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation* In 1998, Ashcroft voted for eduea« tion savings accounts, a program similar to vouchers. A year enrlier, he supported a voucher program in Washington schools.
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Haifa-Israelis are avid followers of the news as reported in the press and via television and radio. These days what they read and hear and see doesn't always bring a smile to their faces. But there is also ample opportunity to find another side of the news, and it helps maintain public morale. In recent weeks, for example: This Does Not Include Latkes. During this past Hanukkah, Israelis consumed about 82 million sufgattiyot (traditional Hanukkah jelly doughnuts) according to a food science expert in the Hebrew University Faculty of Agriculture. Since each sufganiyah contains about 450 calories, this means that during the eight days of the holiday, Israelis downed some 14,400,000,000 calories. Food Stamps This term may mean something to shoppers in supermarkets overseas, but in Israel it has a different meaning entirely. Not long ago the Postal Authority issued new stamps devoted to popular foods which are depicted in glorious color. And lest the Authority be accused of any ethnic bias, the three stamps picture gefilte fish, couscous and felafel, respectively. They missed adding a mutable flavoring to the gum on the reverse aide. Purely Spontaneous Knesset member Eliayu Suissa, warning of reaction to the jailing of Aryeh Deri, told Israel Radio V e are organizing a spontaneous reaction..."
My Son, the Doctor? The annual survey conducted by the Hadassah Career Counselling Institute in Jerusalem reveals that the first choice of career by boys is computer expert, followed by business administration, electronics, industrial engineering and management, economics/accounting and engineering, followed by medicine and law. Among girls the first choice is psychology, followed by communications, computers, business administration, social work, design, alternative medicine and education. What Does Mama Want? A survey of 500 Israeli mothers, conducted by Rotom, showed that 40% wanted their children to go into high-tech. Medicine was the choice of 16.6% and 11% preferred law; 3.'*% didn't care what, so long att it would make the kids happy. Jews in a Minority Final figures reveal that Jews were only 24% of the tourists to Israel in 1999. Catholics accounted for 33%, Protestants 22%, and the remainder other faiths or none listed. Whose Holy Place? Jerusalem ia mentioned 660 times in the Bible; not even once in the Koran. Israel Leads the Milky Way During 1999, milk production in Israel averaged 11,042 kilograms of milk per cow per year, compared to a 7,798 average for the U.S. and 5,610 average for cows in, the European Union.
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Yachad Celebrates Hanukkah Yachad, a Jewish youth group for mentally and physically Jewish young adults, met recently at the Jewish Community Center to exchange gifts and eat the traditional Hanukkah treats: latkes and sufganiyot (fried potato pancakes and donuts). Top left photo: Lisa Salomon, left, shares a moment with her friend, Elaine Marcus. Bottom photo;'Pals Jeffrey Steinberg, left, and Michael Parsow led the group in singing Hanukkah songs. For information about upcoming Yachad programs, contact advisor Linda Novak at 492-8575. Yachad is a program of Jewish Family Services with funding from the Yachad Endowment of the Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Omaha.
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Beth El Synagogue's BESTT High March 14 and May 9. In addition to "Taking the MTV School of Jewish Studies has announced the schedule;fox the Challenge" and "Countering HebrewSpring 2001 (5761) Semester. The Christianity," BESTT Hebrew High theme ia "Facing the Challenges of will offer "The Rabbinic Driving Life." • ' . ; '-. .; ' ."• • Manual: How to Set Priorities;""Stay Classes start Jan. 17, and meet Safe, Avoid Damage and Take Reevery Wednesday night from 7:3.0- sponsibility; "Judaism and Christian9:15 p.m. through May 9. There will ity Are Not The Same: Find Out More be no classes on April 11 or 18 About These Mother/Daughter because of the Passover spring Religions." break. Also offered are: "The Stone Age to "This program is open to all high Our Age: The Relationship of God, school students in the community," Nature, Art and Music;" "Wednessaid Scott Littky, Beth El's Education days With Holly: The Role and Director. "The classes focus on issues Meaning of Friendship in Our Lives;" our kids face every day. Among other and "Teaching Teens to be Taken topics, we'll look at the challenge of Seriously: Develop Better CommuniMTV—the images and subliminal val- cation Skills So Adults Will Take You ues it promotes—and examine ways Seriously." Faculty includes Rabbi our teens can learn to view popular Paul Drazen, Daniel Christensen, media through a Jewish lens. We'll Glen Fineman and Holly Weill. also discuss ways to deal with the Registration fees for the semester rapidly growing and disturbing are: Beth El members, $60 per stuHebrew-Christian Movement. dent or $75 total for a family,with "Wednesday nights at BESTT are two students; Non-members, $75 per going to be very exciting and we student or $95 total for a family with invite all high schoolers in the com- two students. Fees also include the munity to sign up for the classes four dinners. and for the monthly dinners that For more information and registraaccompany them," tion, call Scott Littky at the Beth El The dinners begin at 6 p.m. and office, 492-8550. Financial assistance are scheduled for Jan. 17, Feb. 14, is available.
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One look at Tel Aviv and the high-tech industries The deserts, dry with ample solar radiation and throughout the country shows a nation on the move free, open spaces, are the ideal location- for devel- fast paced and plunging into the next century oping this source of energy, Solar radiation will be with a —-• . . . . . . _ t. used regional.'•'•"• •". : . ' , • ly a n d can a l s o vengeance., " , ' - . . ' " ' •y\,, •,. . • :, _ -•• .-.•."• ,- __•". .,-, ' • ' . be exported. Industry, ship• • . " ' . j • .. ;, -.."i. .'•;•" ' ' ",:" • Development ping, building, „,..'.:•;;' y \ \ •; of solar energy are all stagger.•:',;•• '•: . . , . ' " . . ' will also beneing accomfit the econoplishments for my. It will be this small, yet another self- sufficient industry to nation. B u t spur growth when it comes and employto w h a t fuels ment. But in all this activity order to take - power ~ self" • ! •
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Israeli Radio on-the Internet
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With the news from Israel changing from day to day and hour to hour, it can be hard to keep up with the latest events. But thanks to Internet technology, you can listen to the exact news that Israelis are listening to. I'm going to begin my guide to the numerous sites that let you listen to both pre recorded and live Israeli radio shows right on your computer. First, though, a few important notes about software setup, reliability, sound quality and cost. Software and setup Setting up your computer to receive these stations is relatively easy. The majority of the radio sites in Israel (and around the world) make use of either the the Real program: www.real.com/player/ or Windows Media Player: http^/windowsmedia.com/redir/download. Both programs are free although Real does sell an upgraded version which offers a few more bells and whistles. I have only used the free version, or Real and have been very satisfied with it. These programs work with Netscape and Internet Explorer and have versions for Windows and Macintosh. You computer may already have these programs installed on it but it can't hurt to upgrade to the latest version available online. Reliability Install the software, click on the button - and sometimes you'll hear nothing at all. Although the reliability of Israeli radio stations has improved markedly over the past two years, be prepared to receive error messages telling you that no signal is currently available. That could either mean that the station is off the air permanently or more likely,that you should try again in a few hours or in a day or two, Quality of sound The quality of the sound depends on a few factors some of which you have control over, some of which you do not: the quality of the signal the originating radio station is sending out; the speed of your Internet connection; and the speed of your computer and whether you use external speakers speakers. I have found the with a 56k modem telephone connection and an internal speaker, the stations usually sound comparable to a AM radio station. With a faster (but more expensive) cable connection and good external speakers, the stations can produce an excellent FM quality sound. If you have limited money to spend, I recommend investing in external computer speakers for $50-100. Cost of the service Although there are some radio stations that require you to pay to listen, the vast majority of sites in Israel (and around the world) are free. There is so much out there, I have never been tempted to pay for anything more. You can start listen to Israel in English twice a day: www.israelradio.org/english.html. Every morning, Kol Israel (The Voice of Israel) public radio produces a 15-minute news bulletin including a review of the morning's Israeli newspapers and every evening there's a half-hour news magazine. Friday's show focuses on culture and on Saturday, there's a review of the week's news. These are
taped programs which you can listen to anytime. If you want to listen into something other than Hebrew or English, then you can tune into Israel's shortwave service - right on your computer. Israel Radio International carries daily broadcasts in Russian, French, Amharic and Tigre, Persian, Spanish and Ladino, Yiddish, Romanian and Hungarian: www.israelradio.org/livestream.htm. Since these aren't recorded shows, you'll have to catch them live as they are being broadcast. The IRI page carries a complete schedule to help you out. The Israel Broadcasting Authority also offers a live Arabic language service on Reshet Daled: http://dalet.iba.org.il/. You can listen in at: http://dalet.iba.org.il/arabic.rm. One of my favorite Israeli stations is Reshet Bet Israel Radio's news and information station http://bet.iba.org.i1/.The Hebrew-language station focuses its coverage on extended newscasts and interviews. The site's home page has links to the station's broadcast schedules, photos of their studios and the station's live radio site: http://bet.iba.org.il/reshetbet.rm. I often like to start it up and just let in play in the background as I'm doing my work. And even if you don't understand Hebrew, I do recommend listening to Reshet Bet anyway. Just close your eyes, listen to the five beeps leading up the hourly news and pretty soon you'll imagine yourself riding Dan Bus No. 2 up Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Street.
Two Israelis-three opinions OK, so there aren't quite as many Israeli radio stations as there are Israelis but you will find a gigantic variety of content on Israeli radio which you can listen to on your computer. Let's start with a station that doesn't exist any more. One of the most famous radio stations in Israel's history didn't actually broadcast from Israel but "From somewhere in the Mediterranean." The Voice of Peace was a "pirate" radio station which operated without a license from the State of Israel. It was the brainchild of peace activist Abie Nathan and for twenty years broadcast a unique blend of politics and popular music. The ship made its home six miles off the coast of Tel Aviv — still within the territorial waters of Israel until it closed down in 1994. You can find a fascinating history of the station at: www.geocities.com/Broadway/5383/ index.html. Arutz 7 (Channel 7): www.a7.org/ also started as a pirate ship broadcasting from offshore. It now provides what it calls an alternative to Israel's "lib-
eral-left controlled electronic media." Its mostly Hebrew-language programming is a mix of traditional Jewish and Israeli music, religious teachings, its own newscasts and news from Kol Israel. Taped programming in English can be heard at: www.a7.org/english/radio/recorded/Frecorded .htm and live programming at: www.a7.org/english/radio/live/Flive.htm. One of the most popular radio stations in Israel is Galei Tzahal: http://glz.msn.co.il/, the radio station operated by the Israel Defense Forces: www.idf.il/. The station presents a wide mix of programming for news, interviews, traffic and music: http://192.114.179.11:8080/glz/glz.asx... I found this one of the more frustrating Israel stations of the web since the signal would often come in very clearly and then just stop. Don't just listen to Radio bu99FM, peek into its studio, too: www.bu99fm.co.il/. The rock radio station has a camera mounted on the studio ceiling so you can see the host sitting in his chair and watch him as he's announcing the show: www.video.net.u7video99.asx. The station focuses on music and other features geared toward younger listeners. And 102FM Radio Tel Aviv sounds like a station with attitude: www.102fm.co.il/. The music is loud, the talk is quick and the Internet site is almost empty. However, there is working link to the station's live signal, located at www.102fm.co.il/live/livel02.ram, Please note that while listening in, I heard some English-language songs with some very explicit lyrics. On the other side of the dial, figuratively, you'll find Radio Kolchai, 93FM, is a religious radio station that offers a mix of Jewish music and "news from the Jewish world," http}//kolchai.moreshet.co.il/. In addition, there are programs about halacha, rabbis' sermons and programs geared toward consumers and youth. The site is completely in Hebrew. I found the broadcast quality clear but had to be restarted every couple of minutes: http://kolchai.moreshet.co.il/play/93fm.a8x, Radio 10 which also calls itself the Positive Jewish Communications Network: www.radiolO.co.il/default-e.htm. The station's live and taped programming originates mainly from Yeshivat Or Hachaim and from other Yeshivot in Jerusalem. In addition to an on-and-off feed of their radio signal, http^/212.179.32.3VLiveRadio.asx, there are also speeches by Rabbis Ovadia Yosef and Reuven Elbaz. The Hebrew language archival area: www.radiolO.co.il/ includes coverage from the day that former Shas leader Rabbi Arye Deri was imprisoned for a conviction that included bribe-taking— and the angry reaction from his followers: http^/212.179.32.3/asx-files/deree/deree_j^im_, masar.asx. Next time, we wrap up with Jewish radio programming from around the world and some Israeli radio stations that you'll only hear on the Internet. Mark Mietkiewicz is a television producer in Toronto with an interest in the Internet, He can be reached at: highway@home.com.
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Y.E.S. Members will meet Monday at the JCC. Exercise with Stacey Paskert, Personal Trainer, at 10:30 o.m. Or try your luck at bingo with Eileen Remer at 10:15 a.m.. Bring articles to share for "YES Talk" at 11a.m. Following lunch at noon, Jackie Delehant from the National Heart Savers Association will speak. For transportation, call 330-4272. Membership dues of $4 for the year 2001 for Y.E.S. & Oldtimers are now due. Please mail your check, payable to Y.E.S., to Frieda Krizelman, 331 S. 93rd Ave., Omaha, NE 68114. Mah Jongg Club will meet Wednesday at the JCC. For information, call Charlotte Kaplan at 551-5658. Make reservations for Bluffs Run Casino on Jan. 25 with Eileen Remer at 334-6521. Deadline is Jan, 18. VISIONS Visions members are invited to celebrate the Installation of Officers on Friday, Jan, 19, at the Caniglia's Venice Inn. Cost is $7.50 per person. Following the installation, shake, rattle and roll with musical guest Rivertown String Band. For reservations, please mail form by Jan. 12 to Marvin Gerber, 9318 Walnut St., Omaha, NE 68124. Membership dues of $5 to Visions for 2001 are due. Please mail your check, payable to Visions, to Visions, c/o Sebna Sadofsky, 7092 Charles St., Omaha, NE 68132. BWAI B'RITH BREAUBREAKERS. Paul Gnabasik will speak at Breadbreakers on Wednesday, at noon, according to Adam Jacobs. Gnabaaik will run for the City Council in the 2nd District. Broadbroakcrs meets every Wednesday at the Regency West Best Western, 107th and Pacific. Cost for lunch is $9; beverage service only, $2.
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This Italian novella, originally pub- ates that coordinate escapes, and her lished in 1991 and now translated tersely-worded descriptions of Lisbon into English, is set in 1941. and America, A Roman Jewish family seeks to Bianchini has written six novels. spirit their teenage daughter of Italy Readers Should add her to their list of far from the clutches of the Nazis. Italian authors, like Primo Levi and We never know her name but travel Alberto Moravia, who spin sometimes with her by plane from Rome to dark tales that connect history, life, Lisbon, and then by ship to New and the individual with a Jewish York. dimension. Waiting for the right papers and This book is part of the University of OMAHA CENTER certificates from the consul or the Nebraska Press* growing European FOR TORAH LEARNING embassy to open the doors of escape Women Writers series, now over 40 On SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 4 p.m., a is a familiar theme in real and ficvolumes in translation. class on the weekly Torah portion, A copy of this book is available at hosted by Rabbi Shlomo Levin at his tional escapes from war-torn Europe. The story revolves around the peo- the Kripke Jewish Federation home, 2001 N. 56. MONDAY, JAN, 8, noon-1 p,m., ple she meets, the network of expatri- Library. the topic for "Not only for lawyers" lunch 'n learn will be "Two people share responsibility-can you sue the BIRTH deep pocket or is each only liable up to his share?--the Jewish view." Laura and Jeff Katz of Phoenix, Gail and Peter Lob in of EvanHosted at Marks Clare and Richards, AZ announce the Oct. 14 birth of ston, IL, announce the Oct. 22 birth 11605 Miracle Hills Dr., lunch is of their son, Imdon O. available for $5; please call 681-1564 their son, Adam Lauis. Grandparents are Dr. Larry and Grandparents are Renee and to make a reservation. TUESDAY, JAN. 9, 7 p.m., Beit Judi Yaxnpolsky of Omaha, Susi Katz Morris Handloman of Omaha, Midr&sh, hosted by the Chabad of Winter Springe, PL and Albert Marshall Lobiu of Chicago and the Katz of Lake Mary, FL. late Gloria Lobin. House. Great-grandmothers are JSdith WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, noon, Lunch 'n learn meets in the JGC Epstein of Omaha and Ella Kandel of library; please bring a lunch. The Balm Beach, FL. topic is "Judaism and the environment—what is forbidden during the seventh (Sabbatical) year?" THURSDAY, JAN. 11, 10 a.m., "Torah time for tot,s" hosted by Hadas Orbacn at her homo; call 697H531 for more iuformati m Aleo on THURSDAY at 7 p.m., Talmud, tractate ShaMmt i* hu-.toi! by Bob and Myra Obemuin, 710 .11. George Blvd. For more information about tin •• oi other OCTL programs, pKiM> mut'u-t Rabbi Levin at 56M56-I
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Our first clue as to the current situation in Israel Aviv University, it ended the long-running came as a group of National Council of Jewish Research Institute for Innovation and Education Women (NCJW)-national leaders, staff and spouses (RIFIE) at Hebrew University. As the group checked into the Jerusalem Hilton disembarked at Ben Gurion Airport. The lines at (we may have been their only guests), we were passport control were small and took only minutes to pass through. Early in the year, another NCJW group stood in line for nearly an hour. Buses were riot lined up awaiting tours outside of the airport, and traffic on the way to Jerusalem seemed lighter than usual. NCJW leadership was more enthusiastic J2" than ever to show our solidarity, hear about the current political crisis, embark on a moment of history in NCJW life, and visit Yad BTTad projects. As one of the participants said, "The excitement of launching our new partnership with Tel Aviv University is overshadowed by my deep sense of pride that NCJW is here in Israel during this very difficult time." NCJWs leadership had their first opportunity to meet and interact with the Steering Committee of the NC JW/Tel Aviv University Women Studies Forum Program, a group of highly-professional women committed to edu- Professor Itamar Rabinovich, President of Tel Aviv eating women both within the university and University, discusses the new program with NCJW in the community-at-large about issues affect- National P r e s i d e n t and Omaha native J a n ing women's lives. Schneiderman. Professor Ariela Friedman, Chairwoman of the greeted warmly by the staff who could not thank Women Studies Forum, and the other involved the NCJW contingent enough for coining to Israel staff members, explained how this group of women at this time. professors dedicated to women's issues on campus The evening began at the hotel with dinner shared —with no funding, no. support from the University, with senior members of the staff of NCJWs RIFIE at no status, and no recognition in the general public Hebrew Universityi The NCJW Deroy Medal of for feminism—volunteered their rime and energy to Excellence was presented to Ayala Berkovitch, develop the Women Studies Forum. Associate Director of RIFIE who has been a member of the RIFIE staff for nearly 21 years, for her efforts in the very successful Hebrew University Apprenticeship Program. Guest speaker MK Dan Moriif.'" dor, Chairman of the Knesset Security and Foreign Affairs Committee and a participant in the negotiations at Camp David, reported that an agreement had been reached on security arrangements and had been very close to agreement on the final borders. Yassar Arafat : ••••;• refused any agreement that would have settled all issues except Jerusalem. ; , • • ! Prime Minister Ehud Barak "-,".•. . had refused to accept all refu.• ' " * • • ' • • gees who might want to return, „. , , . ,„ "_,."..* J',r, , . , ' , . ' and Arafat refused to accept Students in the Gifted Program learn to produce a "mock inter- „„„„„„)..;„„ „„,,„,„„(.„ fw,™ « , international fund, insisting ,,,_,. , , , - i . »• ^. i M reparation payments trom an Their aims have been, and continue to be, to that all of the payments come from Israel. MK view" at Technoda technical school m Givat Olga. establish an awareness of women's studies and Meridor stressed the changed nature of the current women's experiences through course work and lec- crisis, forcing Israel to find new ways to fight the ture; to establish a support system for women both war. within the university and the community-at-large; The next morning, NCJW was joined by a female and to deal with women's issues such as sexual security guard and began with a tour of the Israel harassment, the advancement of young profession- Supreme Court. Our guide was an American who al women, and the advancement of all women in all had made aliyah to Israel many years ago. The fields and disciplines. architects studied Jewish traditions and Middle Efforts of this group of women have also extended East history to create a place of wide open and to adding academic courses dealing with women closed spaces; they created the feeling of going from and women's issues to the university's curriculum. outside to in and back again as a juxtaposition of The newly-formed NCJW Women and Gender the old versus the new. Studies Program has now received unconditional and Entrance to the courtrooms resembles the gates final support by the Higher Learning Council of the of the city, keeping the justices in close contact University and will begin Oct. 2, 2001, as an under- with the people, so that the law would not seem to graduate degree granting program providing a highly be above the people. Traditional references to the academic interdisciplinary program related to law as straight, and justice as circular, led to a conwomen in the arts, social sciences and humanities. tinuous interaction of straight and circular eleThe non-academic NCJW Women Studies Forum, ments, giving a visual concept that law and justice with NCJW's assistance, now has funding and sup- must always exist together. port to continue its on-campus sessions, public lecAmir Zolty, Senior legal assistant to the President ture series and annual conferences on women-tar- of the Supreme Court, explained the workings of the geted issues, and to continue consciousness raising court. There are 14 justices who hear approximately and campus networking on women and feminist 10,000 cases each year. Israel is a Jewish and a demoissues, including an open support line for sexual cratic slate and the court has made continuous efforts harassment on campus. to make these two concepts co-east. 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Prior to lunch, we met in the RIPIE offices at teens begin a Harry Potter story purchased with O Hebrew University Campus on Mount Scopus with our Yad B'Yad grant dollars. One of the young girls o a representatives of the Yedid Ayal Project, a Yad had written a thank you letter to NGJW, asking us r B'Yad recipient. They preEx sented us with a booklet of CD O pictures of the children ' , STUDIOS CD served. Professional Modeling/ in Our delegation then pro' ._ Acting School AND Agency ceeded to Beit Maiersdorf, j • *• • SL A where 100 dignitaries and • ' rn Deslrae Vance CLASSES faculty members from RIFIE • ,, •'_ Recent Graduate NOW FORHIMQ K-A. 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Jewish continuity and social justice." He stated The delegation concluded Hhabbat with au intithat the mission of RIPIE has not exhausted itself, mate dinner at the home of Profesnor Ariola and said, "As an optimist, we hope to continue our Friedman who, in addition to being one of the dricollaboration in the years ahead." ving forces for the Women' Forum, has developed Prof, Elite Olahtain ended with a presentation to the School of Peace and has upent 23 years in a the leadership of NCJW of artist Frank Meisler's courageous attempt to bring people in conflict globe of Jerusalem, for sharing and building a together to have them truly talk to one another. Several staff members from TAU (Hociul workers, vision to serve at-riak populations. In accepting this award, President J a n psychologista), who are involved with the The Time An Honest Brake*Since 1983 Sctmeiderman described the moment as "bitter- of Change Project, a peace and conflict resolution sweet" and said that NCJW is proud of its associa- dialogue program presently taking place in Jaffa, tion with Hebrew University and RIPIE and for the met with NCJW. Moat of the women were Israeli Arabs, citizens opportunity to make a difference. Following the luncheon, the delegation toured the of Israel who, very clisarly, defined themselves as 3420 S.143Bti Plaza Museum of the Seam, whose purpose is to explore Palestinians, They came because they were will1 social issues and conflicts, emphasizing tolerance ing to have an honest, dialogue about the Israeli7 /Won. - Sal. 7;30am to 5:30pm and pluralism. While viewing the exhibits, mem- Arab conflict as seen through Iheir oyes. They bers of the group all wondered if strife between shared, sometimes emotionally, the difficultina people would ever end, as we were witnessing for they and others have living in a world where the ourselves the renewed conflicts and tensions Israeli women lutvo "the power," and 1 iCo for J EXPRESS OIL CHANGE them ia "lesa equal." between Israel and its neighbors. I LUBE & FILTER The asymmetrical relationship of power that. Our last stop of this very busy day was a visit to I Mahapaeh Project in a poor neighborhood of exists between group* with tlu> .Jewish women at Katamonim, a neighborhood community canter of the tip of the hierarchy in only emphasized by I he 1 common language being Hebrew-- the Jewish hmJerusalem, to woo this Yad B'Yad project in action. Here wo learned about a program, "Return to guag«. Having the clwux'c to :UM* Live <•<>» flirt, - Up to 5 quarts of 10w30 Reading," a literacy leadership program where a through the eyes of women living through it made - penn-toil oi! filter the group more HWIIre ami iiensilive fo how very team of volunteer tutors work weekly with '25 tod; n • Upon Rocjuost FREE Tire difficult it i8 to bring together such diverse groups students. ; It was exciting to watch a small group of young and how httnl IMdlnn i IWIHU; poure will he.
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LOS ANGELES (JTA)--Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has been named a Knight Commander of the British Empire in Queen Elizabeth's annual New Year's Honors List, for his "extraordinary contribution to the entertainment industry and the British film industry over the last 25 years." The 53-year old director of Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan and E.T. will accept the Honorary Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire during a Jan. 29 ceremony at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. Spielberg was out of the country, but his publicist, Marvin Levy, said the director was aware of the award and felt "honored and humbled. He has the highest admiration for the British people and the British film industry." As an American admitted to a British Order of Chivalry, Spielberg is not entitled to the appellation "Sir^but he can place the initials ELBE-Knight of the British Empire-after his name. Asked whether Spielberg would now add KBE to his screen credits, Levy joked that the three letters, on top of the initials in Spielberg's studio DreamWorks SKG—for Spielberg and his partners Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen—might confuse the situation. Previous American recipients of the honor include former Presidents Bush arid Reagan, comedian Bob Hope, General Colin Powell, General Norman Schwarzkopf and conductor Andre Previn. Spielberg also received Germany's highest civilian award in 1998 for his depiction of the Holocaust in Schindler's List.
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Right-wing activists, settlers and those opposed to the possible peace deal with the Palestinians, that might include giving them part of Jerusalem, are planning a series of massive demonstrations over the next week in support of their cause. Hundreds of trucks covered in huge placards saying "The Temple Mount Is Ours," entered Jerusalem and encircled government buildings. The demonstrators are buoyed up by the fact that opinion polls in Israeli newspapers show over half of all those asked are against a peace agreement based on the proposals of President Clinton. Photo by ISItANET, • A Jew will be fielding questions from White House reporters starting next month. Ari Fleischer, a campaign spokesman for George W. Bush, will be the president-elect's press secretary. • Unidentified assailants threw two firebombs at a synagogue in the capital of Belarus, One of the bombs in the Dec, 27 attack set a curtain on fire, but a security guard at the Minsk synagogue extinguished the flames and no serious, damage was done. Expressions of anti-Semitism have becomes increasingly frequent in the fonunr Soviet republic.
• As Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat arrived in Washington for talks with President Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak expressed skepticism that Arafat would • Charles Schustermuu, a Jewish philanthropist accept Clinton's proposals for a final Israeli- who spearheaded a synagogue renewal effort, diod Palestinian peace accord, Barak has been speaking Saturday complications from leukemia at tho increasingly about "separation" from the age of 65. of Schusterman directed a foundation thut Palestinians should Clinton's eleventh-hour gives generously to Jewish causes, including those attempt fail to achieve a final peace deal. promoting Jewish education and culture, Schustonnan made his money in Oklahoma's oil • Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak told business. In 1987, Schusterman and his wife foundPresident Clinton that Israel is focusing now on ed the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family fighting terror, and that it is unlikely a peace Founda-tion. More recently, he was one of 14 philagreement can be signed in the coming weeks, anthropists who pledged $5 million to Birthright Israel Radio reported. The radio quoted Barak as Israel, the program that offers free trips to Israel telling Clinton during a phone conversation for young Jewish adults. Monday that Israel would still consider invitations to send representatives for talks in Washington. • U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Stuart Eizenstat is concerned about what will happen to the •An Israeli Cabinet minister called for breaking Holocaust efforts he has championed for off negotiations with the Palestinians. Speaking years, nowrestitution that the Clinton administration, is comafter a terror bombing Monday in the coastal city ing to an end. "It's not an issue so far as I of Netanya injured at least 30 people, know, is on the radar screen ofthat, the incoming Communications Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer administration," Eizenstat told JTA. said, "We should stop everything and figure out where we go from here." In the wake of the attack, • A High Court of Justice decision on the controIsrael stepped up sanctions against the versial issue of drafting yeshiva students threatens Palestinians, barring the passage of all goods to reignite tension just as Israel except for humanitarian supplies into the West embarks onreligious-secular an election campaign. An expanded Bank and Gaza Strip. The one person seriously panel of 11 justices ruled last month against a state wounded in the attack was believed to be the ter- request to grant the Knesset three more months to rorist who detonated the explosives. deal with the issue of military exemptions granted 8 Israel said it would sign a treaty establishing a to yeshiva students. In 1998, the court canceled a decades-old arrangepermanent International Criminal Court. Reversment under which yeshiva students are entitled to ing a Cabinet decision earlier Sunday, Israel made draft exemptions, and ordered the Knesset to pass the move after President Clinton said the United legislation on the matter within a year. The court States would sign the treaty. Israeli officials had extended the.deadline several times. voiced concerns that under one provision of the treaty, establishing Jewish settlements in the West • Natan Sharanksy plans to lead a 250,000-perBank and Gaza Strip could be viewed as a war crime. Prime Minister Ehud Barak announced the son march around Jerusalem's Old City walls on change of stance after he received assurances from Jan. 8 to show support for continued Israeli soverU.S. officials that the accord would not harm eignty over the Temple Mount. The planned rally, called Yerushalayim, Ani Nishha, Hebrew for Israeli interests. "Jerusalem, I swear unto you" has received support from several U.S. and Israeli organizations. •Hamas released an Israeli peace activist it kidnapped last week. Yitzhak Magrafta, 25, had gone •Eating hummus, the popular Middle East chickto Hebron on behalf of humanitarian groups to dis- pea spread, can help keep you healthy, according to tribute food and blankets to Palestinians in the researchers at the Hebrew University, Researchers West Bank city. Magrafta awas held at gunpoint said hummus contains antioxidants that contribute for a day in the mountains, Ha'aretz reported. to the prevention of heart disease and cancer.
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Despite the tundra-like temperatures outside, Dr. Velvl Greene, MPH, addressed an enthusiastic audience at Ghabad House as the scholar for the annual Abner Rubin Memorial lecture recently. Dr. Greene, the Isaac and Elizabeth Carlin Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Epidemiology at Ben Gurion University's medical school in Beersheva, founded the Lord Jacobovits Center for Jewish Medical Ethics. His topic was "Ancient Answers to Some Very Modern Medical Questions." Dr. Greene, citing the Talmud as the origin of Jewish medical ethics, stated, "The doctrine of 'Rights' [concerning suffering people] is not to be
found in Jewish law. In Judaism, the operating principle is 'Obligation'." According to Dr. Greene, the halachah (Jewish law) mandates that pikuach nefesh (saving a life), Jew or non-Jew, overrides all considerations. It is the doctor's obligation to relieve pain, but not to shorten life, even for a second. The ethical dilemmas begin when questions are raised such as, "What exactly is life? If the heart is beating but the patient is brain dead, is the person alive?" Dr. Greene discussed some of his most difficult cases in his 50 years as a medical ethicist, as well as a variety of issues, including the Jewish view on abortion, fetal tissue research, health insurance, living i wills and cloning. "We live in an age where the dilemmas of modern medicine have no easy answers. Jewish medical ethics is a remarkably coherent system based on the Talmud and rabbinic responsa upon which we have relied on for 1000 •yearn," ho explained. "Siuro wo bolii've thai. Iho hahtvhah is banod on Ci-d's word, maybe the bent, answer, when all Dr.,Greene, left, spoke to a small, bat eager e i a e fails, ia 'read t,ho group who braved a winter storm, to hear him, directions!'"
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What is sweeter than the smile of held dear, your granddaughter, or dearer than What is held dear, too, are the her hug? Only equaled by Grandma's food recollections and experiences. hugs and smiles. Read the stories, Many grandma photographs are memories, the special bond between shared and a recipe is included with grandmothers and granddaughters each story, a recipe handed down and the recipes handed down for gen- from generation to generation. erations. The stories range from the 1840s The white-haired, ample-bosomed, through the 1910s and the recipes homebound grandmas, grandmas are for soups, salads, breads, main working full-time jobs, tall, short, and side dishes and desserts—such old-fashioned, contemporary—the sto- dishes as Grandma's Corn Custard, ries illustrate and acknowledge the Abuelita's and Gramma's Chicken grandmothers who are with us Soups, Granny's Cinnamon Buns, always, and especially in the kitchen Grammy's and Nonna's Cookies. or at our tables. The author's story is the legacy of Sixty-eight granddaughters wrote her grandmother. She hopes you and essays about their connections. They, your family will record your reministoo, are as varied as the stories as cences, recipes and the warmth and their individual grandmas. How they love connected to the kitchen. Her were influenced by their grandmoth- recipe is from the 1870s and is for ers; their memories equate to that Grandma Fish's Borscht. which is precious, comforting and GRANDMA FISH'S BORSCHT Pop Fish dictated his autobiogra- back in Vilkamir, had been a strong phy, primarily to my mother, as he and simple woman who ran a flour lay dying in 1946 and, in it, he men- mill with her husband, dispensed justions his wife only minimally; tice within the shtetl, and lived "Meanwhile, I had gotten married healthily on the simplest foods and set up four rooms with new furni- radishes, bread, borscht. ture bought in Hartford." He had a Borscht was a staple for Grandma, nations store in Hartford, before Fish, too. Here is her recipe, dutifully Grandma got homesick for her sisters copied, and often prepared, by my and they returned to New York City. mother. / have only my grandmother's While in Hartford, no the story goes, simplest recipes from my mother, who Pop once rafted at Grandmother for never found the. culinary arts as chalbuying a twenty-cent remnant from lenging as the other arts and became his competitor, Tho chief'rival of fL a sculptor and potter instead. This Fish war, G. Fox, later the pre-eminent recipe is gloriously easy. Note the predepartment store, of Hartford. cise languagi not "gradually," not Grandma thought she was a rotten even "very gradually," but "aery, very cook at the start, but Grandpa liked gradually." It seems important to pans everything she made. His man mother, this along very, very precisely. The Soup cold water, tho juice of 1/2 lemon, I (15-ounce) can of beets, and a pinch of salt. Bring this to a drained and pirated boil; simmer for 5 minutes, 1 (15-otmce) can, cold water "Beat the ©gg well. Very, very gradJuice of 1/2 lemon ually, drip the hot beet mixture into Salt ' .. • the beaten egg. Cool the soup and then refrigerate it. Keep it in the refrigerator until you need it. The Extras Sour cream "If you are not dieting, put a table2 to 3 small potatoes, boiled and spoon of sour cream into each chopped into bite-sized pieces soup bowl. Boiled potatoes, too. "This recipe will give 6 people a good "To one can of beets, add one can of taste, or 3 people a substantial meal."
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Unlike today's vista of decrepit buildings, dilapidated housing and rusting junked cars, the South Bronx in 1950 was the home of a large and thriving community, one that was predominantly Jewish. The baby boom of the post-war years happily resulted in many new young parents. The South Bronx had its own baby equipment store— Sickser's specialized in "everything for the baby," as its slogan ran. Mr. Sickser, assisted by Ms son-inlaw Lou Kirshner, ran a profitable business out of the needs of the rapidly-expanding child population. The language of the store was primarily Yiddish, but Sickser's was a place where not only Jewish families but also many non-Jewish ones could acquire the necessary paraphernalia for their newly-arrived bundles of joy. Business was particularly busy one day, so much so that Sickser and his son-in-law could not handle the unexpected throng. Desperate for help, Sickser ran out of the store and stopped the first youth he spotted. "Young man," he panted, "how would you like to make a little extra money? I need some help in the store. You want to work a little?" The tall, lanky African-American boy flashed a toothy smile back. "Yes, sir, Fd like some work." Sickser was immediately impressed with the boy's good manners and demeanor. As he came again and again to lend his help, Sickser became increasingly impressed with the youth's diligence, punctuality and
made him a regular employee. From the age of 13 until his sophomore year in college, the young man put in from 12 to 15 hours a week, at 50 to 75 cents an hour. Sickser learned in time about their helper's Jamaican origins, and he in turn picked up a good deal of Yiddish. In time young man was able to converse fairly well with his employers and with a number of the Jewish customers whose English was not fluent. At the age of 11, the young man, while still working part-time, began his first semester at City College of New York. He fit in just fine with his, for the most part Jewish, classmates. But the heavy studying in engineering and later geology courses proved quite challenging. He would later recall that Sickser's offered the one stable point in his life those days. In 1993, in this young man's position as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-two years after he guided the American victory in the Gulf War-Colin Powell visited the Israel. Upon meeting Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir in Jerusalem, he greeted him with the words, "Men kent reden. Yiddish" {We can speak Yiddish). As Shamir, stunned, tried to pull himself together, the current Secretary of State-designate continued chatting in his second-favorite language. Powell had never forgotten his early days in the Bronx. JZeo Roth is an author living in. Israel. The above is excerpted from his book The Monsey-Kiryat Sefer Express: True Tales from Two Cities, (Targum PressX
PowelPs Words on Middle last Spyr Optimism on Future U.S. Role by MATTHEW E. BEB8ER - — ; — WASHINGTON (JTA}-In accepting the nomination as President-elect George W. Bush's secretary of state , Gen. Coin Powell set out the foundation of the administration's strategy in the Middle East "America will remain very much engaged in the Middle Easff under a Bush administration, he said. Saying lie expected the issue to be "a major priority* for Mm and the State Department, he also hinted at the role the new administration plans to take as it balances often competing interests in the region. The policy "will be based OH the principle that we must always ensure that Israel lives in freedom and in security and peace," Powell said. e But at the same time, we have to do everything we can to deal with tibe aspirations of the Palestinians and other nations in the regions who have an interest in this." This balancing act—one the Clintoa administration, too, has had to mamgate-comes as a new administrafeai prepares to inherit a region where promise of peace has elapsed "into violence and political turmoil. Whatever the outcome of the latest push to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Bush and Powell will take center stage Jan. 20, just as Israel is about to culminate a heated election for prime minister. Powell's words are being watched closely by Jewish observers concerned about fee future of fee peace process, the role of the United States in the
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