Israel Revives Total Separation Plan by GIL SEDAN • • JERUSALEM (JTA)-Israel marked the 34th anniversary of its stunning victory in the 1967 SixDay War last week, but the nation is still plagued •with, its consequences. Dan Meridor, chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, recalled how neither end of the political spectrum was able to deal with the war's outcome. The right wanted to annex the territories; the left wanted to withdraw. Neither side was able to follow through on its wish. As a result, Meridor said last week, Israel deferred the issue of drawing a border with Palestinian lands. The interim agreements forged with the Palestinian Authority during t h e Oslo peace process purposely deferred the issue until the two sides had created enough mutual trust to tackle the most difficult questions—including borders. But any trust that had been established between the two sides since the Oslo process began in 1993 was dissolved with t h e eruption of IsraeliPalestinian violence last September. And now, following a suicide bombing t h a t claimed the lives of 20 Israelis, there are growing calls within the Jewish state for Israel to fence off the West Bank. The suicide bomber had traveled to Tel Aviv after evading military checkpoints separating Israel from the West Bank. The idea of fencing off the West Bank was raised during former Prime Minister Ehud Barak's term. He advocated total separation from the Palestinians if peace negotiations, which became deadlocked before the violence began last fall, remained frozen. Some had argued at the time against the idea, because a fence could be seen as an acceptance of the border that existed before the 1967 war. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has refrained from embracing his predecessor's separation plan, which
Demonstrators picketed outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem over the •worsening security situation. Photo by ISRANET. included a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from isolated Jewish settlements in the West Bank. His spokesman, Ra'anan Gissin, dismissed the fence idea. "You can't cut off the territories with a fence and hope it will work. It's a very long and winding border. You would have to build about" 600 miles offences, he said. Instead, Sharon is currently eyeing an Israel Defense Force plan for creating a security zone -- as wide as five miles in some areas—that would have the 1967 line between Israel and the West Bank as its western border. Many of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank would fall within the planned zone, whose eastern border would fall near Palestinian-controlled areas. Located within the zone would be physical obstacles such as trenches, as well as lookout posts and electronic and thermal detection devices. The estimated cost, according to the army: $250 million. Critics like Transportation Minister Ephraim Sneh, a former deputy defense minister, argue that the cost will be much higher.
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It was the First Annual goal. Awards Luncheon and "We had an extremely capped the conclusion of successful year," said the first year of office for Javitch, who gave an inforGary Javitch as President r -;, mal "State of the Lodge" of the Henry Monsky -v address at the weekly Lodge. The occasion had Breadbreakers. It could two main purposes, and the only have been accomfirst was to honor Ed Rosen plished with your help," he on his 90th birthday. added, lauding the participants as he handed out cerOver the years, Rosen tificates of appreciation. has taken a leadership role in the Henry Monsky Javitch called his first Lodge of B'nai B'rith. term the year of the "MilDuring his most active lennium Renaissance." The years, the annual fund- B'nai B'rith President Gary Javitch and lodge, like many organizaraising dinner became the honoree Ed Rosen celebrated recently. tions here, has seen thenpremier banquet in Oma-ha, and BBYO nurtured membership decline over the years. During the year, young Jewish teens coming of age in Omaha. B'nai B'rith launched a plan to renew, reconnect and In a unanimously adopted motion that praised revitalize the lodge. his insights, efforts and hard work in promoting "We've halted the loss of membership, but the Henry Monsky Lodge nationally and locally, increasing the rolls remains the biggest single chalmembers voted to officially call his birthday, May lenge of the organization," he lamented. "Our Lodge 31, "Ed Rosen Day." is, however, one of the strongest and most active Although using a walker, Rosen demonstrated units in the United States." Program highlights, that turning 90 was no impediment. It did not keep Javitch cited, included an extremely successful Mm from voicing his opinion. Nor did it stop him lunch speakers program, open to the public, Bible from offering his well-received advice regarding Quiz for teens and Appreciation Reception for issues before the lodge. Besides honoring Ed, the police and firemen. lodge recognized more than 50 individuals for their For membership information, call Lois Epstein at efforts in promoting lodge activities, the second 334-6443.
IDF officials hope that by using aerial reconaaissance and increased ground patrols t i e zone would greafly enhance security. "Hie idea is not new. A similar plan was proposed by former Internal Security Minister Moshe Saaaal following a series of terror attacks in early 1996. Under his plan, Palestinians would sot be allowed to work inside Israel—a move.thai ©mild now prove devastating to the fettering Palestinian economy. Even as the Idea of separation is reviving, opponents are raising Uieir voices loud asd clear. Likud legislator Gideon Ezra charged that a separation plan, no matter how carefully planned, will prove ineffective. **What will you do here if you have 10 simultaneous penetrations?" he asked. **WiM you fight the infiltrators within Israeli cities?" Ezra said the billions of shekels that would be invested in- the plan would be a total waste of money. "I will do everything possible to prevent investing money under stress, an investment which will not bring about the desired results," he said. Sneh said the main obstacle to the plan would be the settlers, who would be caught within the newly created security zone. He said the zonereminiscent of-the one Israel maintained in southern Lebanon until May of last year—would be an area in which settlers and soldiers would be the target of Palestinian militants. But supporters of the idea, like Likud legislator Michael Eitan, argue that it is better than having suicide bombers strike in Tel Aviv. Columnist Dan Margaiit wrote last week in the Israeli daily Ha'areiz that the fence could serve as a valuable tool in future negotiations with the Palestinians. The fence will send a message to the Palestinians, he wrote: "If the two sides negotiate and come to an "agreement, the fence can be removed. As long as you do not negotiate, the fence will remain in place."
Solidarity Gives Way to Caution as Diaspora Jews Cancel Israel Trips by GIL SEDAN
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SYLVIA KATZMAN Services for Sylvia Katzman were held June 12 at Golden Hill Cemetery, She died at the age of 77. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Harry and Jack Seiner, and two sisters, Minnie Rubin and Gert Marx. Survivors include her husband, Maynard; eon, Steve; daughter, Susie Katzman; daughter-in-law, Debbie Katzman; grandsons, Steve Katzman, Jr., Bryan, Jacob and Philip Katzman and Greg and Brad. Guss; sister and brother-in-law, Eva and Phil Handleman; brother and sister-in-law, Harold and Noni Seiner; and nieces and nephews. Memorials to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer, or the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home.
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MORRIS ELI KUTLER . Morris Kutler died June 9 at the age of 86. Services were held June 11 at Mount Sinai Cemetery. Kutler worked for the Omaha World-Herald and Max I. Walker prior to starting his own business, Teddy Bear Dry Cleaners. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dolly. Survivors include his daughter, Judith of Phoenix; sons, Paul of Santa Clara, CA, and Bill of Denver; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Israeli Arab journalist Yusuf Samir, missing since April 4 after entering the Palestinian Authority area of Bethlehem, turned up last week at an IDF checkpoint after escaping from his captors. He was taken to Shaare Zedek hospital with signs of being beaten. He said he had been kidnapped and held by one of the Palestinian Authority security services, who accused him of being an Israeli spy. Samir, a poet and journalist born in Egypt, came to Israel in 1968 and holds Israeli citizenship. He is currently employed by the Israel Broadcasting Authority. Photo by ISRANET.
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MELINDA ROSEN ROBERTS Melinda Rosen Roberts, a native Omahan, died April 28 in Denver. She was 52. She was preceded in death by her mother, Bette Rosen. Survivors include her husband, Bob; father, former Omahan Robert Rosen of Denver; two children; and her brother, Andy Rosen of San Diego.
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Temple Israel's annual Kiezmer Shabbat will also be the final Kaballat Shabbat Service for Cantor Jennifer Blum. The musical Shabbat, Friday, June 20, 8 p.m., will feature Cantor Blum, the Kol Rina Choir and an instrumental ensemble. Cantor Blum is returning to the Twin Cities where she will be cantor at Mt, Zion Congregation in St, Paul, MN. The evening will also feature the music of composer Jose Bowou, formerly a teacher at Stanford University and now a lecturer at the University of Southampton in England. Bowen is also the director of the Centre for the History nnd Analysis of Recorded Music and has
won many awards in composition, including the Korot Israel Prize. Joining Cantor Blum will be Tuffy .Epstein on clarinet, Steve Thorns on percuaaion, Jon Bleicher on upright bass and tuba, Josh Bleicher on trombone, Becky Hinks on violin, Eddie Russo on mandolin and Julie Sandene on keyboard. Jerry Brabec will conduct and Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Kabbi Debbie Stiel and Rabbinic Intern Danny Young will tell flasidie stories. The service in open to the entire community.
Ian (left) and Maxwell Rothenberg, will celebrate their B'nai Mitzvah on Saturday, June 23, at Beth El Synagogue. Seventh grade outstanding honor roll students at Westside Middle School, they both play the trumpet in the WMS band. Ian wius a finalist in the achool Optimist Speech Contest. Max competed in the school Geography Bee and was n member of Honor Council. They enjoy swimming and skateboarding. For their Mitzvah project, they will volunteer at the National Conference on Community and Justice CNCCJ) office thiB summer. Ian acid Max have a sister, Alexis, 1(5. Grandparents are George smd Miriam Shafer of Omaha and Ragina Rothcnbfrg of Kansas City and the late Jameti Rathonberg,
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This Is Solidarity? Despite the editorials, the highly subsidized missions to Israel and the recent rallies in New York City and Los Angeles, it is apparent that talk of solidarity with Israel is just that—talk. Last week, the Reform Movement cancelled its annual NPTY teen trips to Israel and today, the International Maccabiah Games in Israel may very well announce its decision to cancel this summer's games, acquiescing to a demand by the USA Maccabi Teams. If the games in Israel are cancelled, it will be the first time since World War II. Not even in 1967 (34 years ago last week) when Israel was attacked by Jordan, Syria and Egypt, did the International Maccabiah Committee cave in to pressure and cancel the games. Even the World Union for Progressive Judaism, the Reform movement's arm in Israel, was angry with its American counterpart. After all, Reform Judaism is not well known in Israel and this lack of solidarity with the Jewish people there makes it tougher for America's largest movement to make inroads among Israelis. • •.To-be-fair, Omaha has sent adults to
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Less than 48 hours after the tragic bombing in Tel Aviv that killed 20 young Israelis, the first of nearly 3,000 young Diaspora Jews landed in Tel-Aviv as part of the birthright Israel program. Debate had been intense about whether the safety of those visiting could be assured, and sharp differences emerged between those in North America and those in Israel. North Americans questioned the wisdom of sending youth, while those in Israel, saw the arrival of birthright Israel participants as an acceptable risk. Despite the bombing, it appears now that more than 70% of expected participants did come after all. The progenitor of this ambitious program is former Justice Minister Yossi Beilin, who argued that the relationship between Diaspora and Israeli Jews needed a new foundation, one based on a "partnership of equals" and a strengthened Jewish identity. He proposed that every young Diaspora Jew have the chance to visit Israel on an .educational trip paid for by the Jewish community. Philanthropists Charles Bronfman and Michael Steinhardt embraced his proposal, providing initial funding and leadership to develop birthright Israel, known in Hebrew as Taglit (Discovery). Since the program was launched, nearly 50,000 Diaspora Jews between the ages of 18 and 26 applied to go to Israel. The sole condition was that applicants had not previously gone on an educational trip. Nearly 20,000 young Jews, mostly college students from North America, have now participated. The largest groups are spon-
sored by Hillel campus organizations, but many other sponsors are involved. Participants spend 10 days in Israelvisiting historical and religious sites from the Golan Heights to the Western Wall to the Negev--and learn about traditional and modern Israel. The novelty and excitement of birthright Israel has eclipsed one remarkable aspect of the programits status in the Jewish world as perhaps the community's largest-ever social experiment. Partly in recognition of the uniqueness of the initiative, my colleagues and I at Brandeis University have had support to study participants. We have joined actual groups and have been interviewing participants as well as those who do not participate. Our consistent finding is that the program is tremendously powerful. Participants, who range from those without any Jewish education to day school graduates, and who reflect the denominational diversity of the North American Jewish community, uniformly describe their experience as extraordinarily meaningful, That these findings should be obtained shortly after participants return from Israel may not be surprising. What is also now clear is that the effects last over time. We recently surveyed those who had applied for the "launch" program, 14 months after their trips. For participants, their ratings of the trip were as positive after one year as they were after three months. Many participants told.us that the experience was as "vivid" today as it was when they returned. Perhaps the most significant ques-
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Israel all year and will be sending a group of teens in July, though tiny by comparison to past years, in a group trip with the JCG of Kansas City. A few more Omaha teens will visit Israel this summer with NCSY and USY or Ramah (the Orthodox and Conservative youth groups). Seven adults did participate in a United Jewish Communities Solidarity Mission in January; Rabbi Aryeb. Azriel was there a week later, and 10 went on a recent Women's Mission in April. In a few weeks, three Omahans will travel to the Western Galilee for the semi-annual Partnership 2000 meeting. And of course, Israelis living in Omaha continue to fly back and forth, not even hesitating to send their children to Israel to see relatives. So, Omaha is participating, but our numbers are down, mirroring the 56% drop in tourism to Israel by American Jews. Talk is cheap. What happened to the spirit of 1967, 1973 and even 1991, during the Gulf War, when American Jews rushed to visit and even to volunteer in Israel? If we don't show real solidarity with Israelis~and soon—the Palestinians will have won.
tion is why the trip has had such impact. Prom the moment they board the plane, through their experiences with Israelis, the sense of groupness is reinforced. In the words of participants, being a birthright israel-ite provides a sense of being part of "something bigger"--the Jewish people. There is a hunger for such experience, an dissatisfied hunger in their secular daily lives and infrequent interactions with Judaism, Balancing the benefits with the risks is no doubt difficult. From the Israeli perspective, just as Oklahomans didn't
flee their city after the bombing of the Federal Building, Israelis see their country as safe—they have to. For them, abandonment of Israel by Americans visitors reinforces their sense of isolation and the lack of solidarity with the Diaspora. For now, birthright israel is creating bonds between Israel and the Diaspora that would otherwise go unfilled.
Leonard Saxc is a Professor of noeitil policy tind Director of the Center of the Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University,
LETTER FROM ISRAEL by HARRY ALLEN
The Reform movement has suffered a major setback in its push for official recognition in Israel as a result of its decision to cancel all of its summer youth trips there. The Israeli Reform movement, the World Union for Progressive Judaism, has blasted the decision, as have many Reform leaders in America, but the damage has been done. No great solidarity demonstrations or advertisements in the New York Times will make up for what has to be one of the most insensitive policy decisions by a major Jewish movement. Certainly, individual families can and should make their decisions about their own children. But for a movement as important as the Reform to officially hand' the terrorists a major victory is to this observer simply beyond understanding. All of the youth trips to Israel are sharply down from last year. Normal
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tourism has declined precipitously. Up to 15 hotels have closed and many shops which cater to tourists as well, But the decline is mostly Jewish tourists; the non-Jews, mostly German and American, continue to visit. So much for solidarity. But in our Masorti synagogue the past Shabbat, we hosted a group of wonderful college students who are here on the Birthright Israel program. They came from such disparate places as Albany, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Philadelphia, PA, to name just a few. These kids had a wonderful time here; they travelled widely and gained some new insights about the reality of Israel. (While we didn't meet any Nebraskans, to be fair, they may have been in another group.) The 20 young Russians who died in the Tel Aviv bombing deserve better than abandonment by America's selfdescribed largest Jewish religious movement. For shame.
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U.S. Supreme Court Hefuses to Rule on Public Display of Ten Commandments by SHARON SAMBER ——-------—-------*-—-. WASHINGTON (JTA)--The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case testing whether a public display of the Ten Commandments violates the separation of church and state. The high court this week could not get the four votes necessary to agree to hear the case, and as a result it let stand a federal appeals court's ruling against the display. By refusing to hear the case last Tuesday, the high court turned aside an appeal filed by officials from Elkhart, IN., who claimed a six-foot monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments that stands outside the city municipal building does not violate the Constitution's principle of church-state separation. The high court is now letting a U.S. court in Indiana decide what the city must do with the monument. A panel of judges from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had previously ruled against the Indiana officials, saying the purpose behind the 40year-old display "was to promote religious ideals." Judges in lower courts "will get the message that this is not an issue the Supreme Court is re-examining," said Marc Stern, the co-director of the American Jewish Congress' legal department. Jeffrey Sinensky, legal counsel and director of domestic policy for the American Jewish Committee, said he would be surprised if the, court would decide at a later date to take up a Ten Commandments case. By coincidence, the court's announcement came on the second day of the holiday of Shavuot, when Jews commemorate the giving of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Another bit of irony: Above the Supreme Court bench is a marble frieze depicting Moses carrying the Ten Commandments. The display does not break any church-state rules, Justice John Paul Stevens has written, because Moses appears along with other historical lawgivers, including Mohammed and Confucius. In a dissent from the court's refusal to take the Indiana case, Chief Justice William Rehnquist said, "The monument does not express the city's preference for a particular religion or for religious belief in general," but rather reflects the role of the Ten Commandments in the development of the Western legal system. In response, Stevens noted that the First Commandment reads "1 Am The Lord Thy God," adding that this is "rather hard to square with the proposition that the monument expresses no particular religious preference." There could be more challenges to the constitutionality of other similar monuments around the country as a result of the court's stance. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, said the court's announcement "should help bring
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To the Editor: Thank you for publishing my book review of the Religious Right's Ten Commandments crusade" Neighbors about the destruction of the Jewish popto display the Commandments in public places "to ulation of Jedwabne, Poland, in July, 1941. a screeching halt." Two updates: The New York Times reported on In 1980, the high court ruled 5-to-4 that a May 28 that Cardinal Jozef Glemp, the Roman Kentucky state law requiring the posting of a copy Catholic primate in Poland, has apologized for of the Ten Commandments in each public school Jewish victims in Jedwabne and for victims of classroom violated the separation of church and other "anti-Jewish atrocities." And The Jerusalem state. Post reported on May 24 that Poland's National The justices ruled at the time that the posting Remembrance Institute has begun work to exhume "had no secular legislative purpose" and was the burial site of Jedwabne's Jewish population. "plainly religious in nature." The work is being observed by a Warsaw rabbi. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a mea- The initial findings confirm much of the story sure in 1999 that would have permitted states to related in the book Neighbors and cast doubt on allow the display of the Ten Commandments in local residents who deny the story. schools and other public places, but the measure Larry Raful never became law. To the Editor: Jewish Television Network is currently in preproduction for a television show entitled "Profiles in Courage." This will be a magazine-formatted show featuring compelling stories of heroism and Conservative Movement courage, both domestically and internationally. It Voices Opposition to Posting will be hosted by a "name" personality. This will not be a show about Jews helping Jews. of Ten Commandments Rather, the stories should have a Jewish theme by CAROL KATZMAN, Editor • • — (Hkkun otam), and a Jewish participant. The stoAccording to Rabbi Paul Drazen. of Beth El ries need to be exceptionally dramatic and heroic to Synagogue, The United Synagogue of please the producers. Conservative Judaism has declared its opposition I am writing to request any stories you believe to the bill, passed in 1099 by the House of should be told. Representatives, permitting the display of the Lisa-Beth Harris Toa Commandments in public schools. According to Stephen Wolnek, President of the - Jewish Television Network organization, "Rep. Aderholt's amendment is 8888 WUshire Blvd., Suite 1010 clearly illegal and constitutes a significant Beverly Hills, CA 90212 encroachment on the principle of church-state separation." Sarrae Crane, director of the organization's Commission on Social Action and Public Policy, notes that while the goal of promoting morality among children is in itself praiseworthy, this will not be accomplished by tho propoHed legislation. Instead, she added, "The posting of a set of religioua principles in a public classroom only serves Accustom Design... to blur the line between religious teachings and philosophies sanctioned by the government." for vour homes inferior! Wliile the Jewish community clearly endorses * High Quality, Name-Brand the Ten Commandments, noted Rabbi Drazen, Blinds, Shades & Shutters Judaism has 613 commandments that Jews are * Custom Window Treatments expected to follow. It would be inappropriate, * Designer Fabrics, Trims, however, for Jewish religious authorities to insist Rods & Hardware that these commandments be. posted in secular * Carpel find Area Rugs venues. * Custom Upholstered Furniture The United Synagogue has called upon all affiliated synagogues in the United States to voice j, L, * Custom Bedding & Pillows their concerns about this legislation to their ACCUSTOM * in-Home or Tn-Store Design Congressional representatives, stressing that the Q$fl Consultations Conservative Jewish community remains committed-to maintaining the Constitutionally guar14524 West Center Rd, 330-8454 anteed separation of church and state. www.gotothebu8tness.cofn/accu8tomde8lgn
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Commencement Speeches Editor's note: The following were presented by Cory and Tony at their respective graduations. Each were asked to write a one-minute speech. by TONY ENDELMAN
by CORY EPSTEIN
Well, we finally made it. What a long and strange trip it's been, but we're finally here. Our four years of hard work mixed with slacking off, getting down to business mixed with procrastination, sleeping and partying have all been worthwhile. Standing up here to receive our diplomas is not the reward for completing high school. Rather, the reward for completing high school is the friends we made and the memories we shared. Our journey is the reward. After learning and reflecting, it's time to look towards the future. The true definition of commencement is the beginning, and judging by the last four years of our lives, the future truly looks bright. Perhaps songwriter Marvin Gaye was staring at the class of 2001 when he said, "There Ain't No Mountain High Enough." No matter how many proficiencies you passed or how many days you spent in the box, there is no limit on your future success. You can do whatever you set out to do. So, as we close the door on this chapter in our lives, Marvin Gaye sums up our anticipation of the future, "Let's Get It On," With that, it is my honor and incredible pleasure to present the Westside High School graduating class of 2001.
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Four years ago when I first entered the front doors of Burke High School, I was the worst dancer ever. I was anxious, lacked confidence and had no idea how to lead. And thanks to my above-average height, scrawny physique and genetic background, I certainly lacked in the rhythm department. What I soon realized, however, is that dancers come in all forms; and in a world of. salsa dancers, ice dancers, hula dancers, break dancers and exotic dancers it is not coordination, but rather attitude and individuality that leads to success. So, technically speaking, I may still be a ridiculously awful dancer, but at least I have the confidence to admit it. And, because I stand here in cap and gown with all of my peers, I know that in this big dance contest called life, I have, at the least, qualified for the semifinals.
Rebecca My row Named Jewish Press Student Intern by JEWISH PRESS News Service
A recipient of the Teen Leadership Award from the Jewish Federation of Omaha for 2000, Rebecca Murow will begin working for the Jewish Press starting this month as its student intern. She replaces Tony Endelman, who has graduated from Burke High School
and will attend the University of Wisconsin this fall. Murow will be responsible for covering stories in the Jewish community of interest to teens and their parents. An active member of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, serving on both the BBG Council Board and the Bdiar BBG Board, Murow is also active in United Synagogue Youth at Beth El Synagogue. The daughter of Janie and Alan Murow, she will bo a senior at Central High School in the full.
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SARA BATT Westside (Robert Batt and Hindy Batt)
University of Arizona
BECCA BLUMKIN Burke (Irvin and Susie Blumkin)
University of Denver
ASHLEY BOEHM Westside Chapel Haven (Claudia Cohn Boehm and Joel Boehm) SHANE COHN Burke (Steve and Linda Cohn)
Arizona State University
BEN DELGADILLO Central (Manuel and Karen Delgadillo)
Undecided
BRIAN DURMASKIN Burke Carlson-University of Minnesota (Jay and Julie Durmaskin) MATT EGERMAYER Westside (Bob and Jan Bgermayer)
University of Arizona
TONY ENDELMAN Burke (Randy and Penny Endelman)
University of Wisconsin
CORY EPSTEIN Westside Wharton-University of Pennsylvania (Paul and Sandy Epstein) EMILY EPSTEIN Burke (Howard and Sharon Epstein) ROBERT EPSTEIN Burke (Gary and Lisa Epstein)
University of Kansas
University of Wisconsin
RACHELESHELMAN Margolin Hebrew Academy Michlelet Esther - Israel (Lynn Eshelman and Mark Eshelman) GREGORY FERENSTEIN Millard West (Jerry and Nancy Ferensteln)
American University
RACHEL FLATOWICZ Burke Undecided (Pierre and Claire and the late Robarta Flatowicz) AARON FREDRtCKS Westside University of Nebraska-Omaha (Alan Fredricks and Sue Fredricks) ADAM FREEMAN Millard North University of Nebraska-Lincoln (John and Teresa Freeman) ALLYSON FREEMAN Central (Bob and Robyn Freeman)
Northwestern University
JENNIFER FRIEDMAN Central (Scott and Debbie Friedman)
Bradley University
ZACHARY GOODSIDE (not pictured) AHST-Avoca, IA (Ron and Joy Goods/da)
Undecided
AARON GREENWALD Millard South Portland State College (Herman Qreenwald and Leslie Norman) DAVID GUTMAN Central ' University of Minnesota (Vic Gutman and Catharine Fogarty) JAMIE HAMBURG Burke (Marc and Andrea Hamburg)
Northwestern University
MELANIE HELLWIG Millard South University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Robin Hellwig and Charlie Hellwig) MELISSA JOSEPHSON Westside Colorado State University (Larry and Debbi Josephson) NAOMI KATSKEE Burke The Art Institute of Colorado (Jerry and Sindie Katskee) JACOB KATZMAN Brownell-Talbot (Rick and Julee Katzman)
Jacob Katzman
Joanna Kay
Eddie Kenkel
Brad Lerner
Columbia College-Chicago
JOANNA KAY Millard North (Les and Helen Kay)
University of Wisconsin
EDDIE KENKEL Abraham Lincoln (Tom and Gail Kenkel)
Ithaca College
BRAD LERNER Westside (Richard and Martha Lerner)
Bradley University
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JUSTIN LERNER Burke Washington University (Sheldon and the late Judi Lerner) MATT LERNER Burke University of Wisconsin (Gary and Cheryl and the late Doreen Lerner) JONATHAN LINN Burke (Michael and Pat Linn)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
DIANA MANVITZ Westside (Todd and Wendy Manvltz)
University of Kansas
TAMARA MEYERS Westside University of Nebraska-Omaha (Jon Meyers and Berta Meyers) ANNE MUSKIN Central (Bruce and Mary Beth Muskin) LYDIA NOVIKOV Westside (Tatyana Novlkov)
Loyola University
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
MARA OLESH Central (Dr. Robert and Donna Olosh)
Indiana University
DAVID PATTON Westside University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Linda Patton and Joel Patton) ZACHARY PERELMAN Burke Colorado State University (Sheldon Perslman and Jan Pmlman) AARON PIU.EY {not pictured) Westside (Dr. Mark Pllleyand Karen Pllley) NOAHPRILUCK Central (Ira and Sholla Prtluck)
Undecided
Stanford University
WENDY ROBERTSON Mlllard North (Andy and Dawrnt Robertson)
Undecided
ADAM ROSEN Burke (Pauland Joanie Rossn)
University of Arizona
JOERUBACK Mlllard North (David and Marcy Ruback)
University of Kansas
DANIEL SENFT Mlllard South University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Steve and Marsha Senft) STEPHEN SHERMAN Millard North University of Nebraska-Omaha (Mara and Ruth Sherman) BERTHA SHYKEN Westside Metropolitan Community College (Yafa and the late Keva Shyken) JAMIE SKOG Westside (Jeffery and Rickl Skog)
University of Denver
LINDSEY SOPHIR North (Jim and Penny Sophlr)
University of Colorado
JOSEPH SPIEGAL Westside Metropolitan Community College (Devra and the late Jeffrey Spiegal) SAM TAYLON Bellevue West (Charlie and Mary Ann Taylon) STEPHANIE WILSON North (Warren and Linda Wilson) ANDREW YALE Cherry Creek' Englawood, CO (Donald and the late Janis Yale)
Creighton University
Boston University
Kelly-Indiana University
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Temple Israel Welcomes Rabbinic Intern by JEWISH PRESS News Service
Danny Young is a second year rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. Born and raised in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., he received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Young and his wife, Beth, spent the 19992000 school year in Israel at HUCJIR in Jerusalem. Last year, Young had a student pulpit in Victorville, CA, and also taught Hebrew to fourth grade students at a synagogue in Glendale, CA, While at Northwestern, he was a Religious School Teacher as well as an intern at the Council for the Jewish Elderly Adult Day Services. Young expects to receive his Masters of Arts in Hebrew Letters in May, 2002, and his ordination in May, 2004. His wife is an education student at
HUC-JIR and is working for Jewish Educational Services this summer. While at Temple Israel, Young will lead Shabbat Danny Young services, attend and assist with life-cycle events, plan and lead youth programs, mentor religious school students and help create a congregational brochure. Young arrived at the end of May and will be in Omaha until early to mid August. His internship is sponsored by the Rabbi Azriel Professional Education Fund.
If you're between the ages of 18 and 25... Rabbi Aryeh Azriel invites young adults between 18 and 25 to join him, Rabbinic Intern Danny Young and Youth Director Stephanie Grossman for an evening of fun and laughter.
The get together will take place at Brazen Head Irish Pub, 319 N. 78th St. on Wednesday, June 20, at 7 p«m. For more information and to RSVP, please contact the Temple Israel office at 556-6536.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Osezie Nogg will tell Telling Tales Out of Shul, F ri d ay, June 22, 7 p.m., in Gross Auditorium, again that evening at 8:15 p.m. in Hillmer Gallery at the College of St. Mary, and again on Saturday, June 23, 3:15 p.m.. In each case, she will share the hour with two of the storytellers in Omaha for the National Storytelling Festival, Sunday morning, June 24, she will be at Dietz United Methodist Church, 1423 So. 10th St. For more information, click on her website located at www.rabbisdaughter.com.
Beth £1 Men's! Club is offering? a Night of" Laughter at the; FunnyBonej Comedy Club pn| Sunday, July 8, i 7:30 p.m. Jewish comedi- j an Steve Lolli, a young comic originally from Chicago now living in Florida, brings his "kosher" view of family, friends, secret insecurities, bizarre discoveries and amusing beliefs he gathered during childhood. Coat is $5 per person; reservations can be made by calif ing 493-8036. The event is open to the entire community. Maggie and Gabrielle Fried, daughters of former Omahans Sandi and Ed Fried, will appear in Annie this July at Shawnee Mission Park, a suburb of Kansas City, KS.
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VISIONS Reminder: For those going to Fontenelle Forest on Wednesday, June 20, meet at 9:30 a.m. at Fontenelle Forest. For information or directions, call Marilyn Fried at 3931631. Join us for an afternoon in quaint Brownville to see the "Mickey & Judy Show" on Sunday, Aug. 19. Jeff Harnar, one of Brownville's favorites, teams up with Shauna Hicks, for a celebration of the music made famous by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, Cost is $36 per person, which includes coach transportation, admission and dinner at Farmer Brown's Steak House. Depart from the JCC at 1 p.m. and return at approximately 8 p.m. Send reservation form by July 1 to Elaine Feldman, 770 N. 93rd St., #2D5, Omaha, NE 68114. Make check payable to Jewish Senior Services. For information, call Marcy Gallner at 393-6775. Visions and 39-Forever picnic together on Sunday, July 8, 12:304 p.m., at Chalco Hills Recreation Area. Cost is $4 per person. Main course and drinks provided. Please bring a side dish such as a salad or dessert to share. Send reservations by July 1 to Judy Katskee, 10356 Brown St., Omaha, NE 68134, Make checks payable to 39-Forever. WALK-IN, DROP-IN For those going on the day trip to Nebraska Crossing and Platte River State Park, meet at the JCC by 9:15 a.m. For transportation, call Maggie Conti at 334-6521. TIYPO Temple Israel's Young Progressive Organization (ages 25-45), will host an adult havdalah and barbeque at the home of Deb and Dan Marburg on Saturday, June 30, at 6:30 p.m. Please RSVP for this free event to the Marburgs at 398-1601.
BTNTAI B'RITH BREADBBEAKERS Dana Altman, Head Basketball Coach at Creighton, will speak at Breadbreakers on Wednesday at noon, according to Mike Abramson, Chairman. Breadbreakers meets every Wednesday at the Park Inn Regency, 107th and Pacific. Cost for lunch is $9; for beverage service only, $2. The program is open to the community. Y.E.S. Members will meet Monday at the JCC. Play bingo at 10:15 a.m. with Eileen Remer, or exercise with Stacey Paskert at 10:30 a.m. Bring articles to share for "YES Talk" at 11 sum.. Join us for our Annual Father's Day Party. Following lunch, the Hometowners will perform. For transportation, call 330-4272. Deadline for reservations for Bluffs Run Casino on June 28 is June 21.
OMAHA CENTER FOR TORAH LEARNING Saturday, June 16, 6 p.m., Rabbi Shlomo Levin hosts a class on the weekly Torah portion at his home, 2001 N. 56th. Monday, J u n e 18, noon, "Not only for lawyers" Lunch 'n Learn is in the Fitzgerald Conference Room of Creighton University Law School. Our topic will be "The Good Samaritan in Jewish Law," Lunch available for $5. Tuesday, June 19, 7 p.m., Beit Midrash at the Chabad House. Wednesday, J u n e 20, noon, Lunch 'n Learn meets in the Kripke Jewish Federation Library. Refreshments will be served; please bring a lunch. Thursday, June 21, 7 p.m., Talmud, Tractate Sukka, hosted by Bob and Myra Oberman at their home, 710 J.E. George. For more information about these and other OCTL program, please contact Rabbi Levin at 551-1564.
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New Reform Seminary President is Known as Scholar of Orthodoxy by JULIE WIENER
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NEW YORK (JTA)--The new president of the Reform movement's seminary is a scholar known for his work in Jewish religious thought, ethics and modern Jewish history—and for his popularity as a teacher. Rabbi David Ellenson, a professor at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's Los Angeles campus since 1979, will be the college's eighth president. Ellenson, 53, replaces Rabbi Norman Cohen, who had served as acting president of HUC since December, when Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct. The new president assumes the reins of HUC at a time when many are looking to the college-which has grown dramatically in recent years and also has campuses in Cincinnati, New York and Jerusalem-to address the significant shortage of rabbis, cantors and other professionals in. Reform Judaism. With 906 member congregations, Reform is the largest stream of Judaism in North America. Ordained at HUC but raised Orthodox, Ellenson is widely praised as an academic whose knowledge and stature extends beyond the Reform sphere, yet who is also in touch with Reform congregants and nonprofeasional leaders. In addition to his scholarly work-he ia considered a leading expert on 19th-century GrthodoxyEllenson is a teacher in the Wexner Heritage Program, an intensive national program for lay loaders, and speaks frequently at synagogues and other venues throughout the United States. (In fact, Rabbi Ellenson, who has served as a Temple Israel scholar-in-residence twice in recent years, will return to Omaha April 12-14,2002, He also directed the University of Southern California's Judaic studies program-under HUC's auspices-for 16 years. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Reform movement's Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and Rabbi Martin Weinor, incoming- president of the movement's rabbinic organization, welcomed EUenson's appointment. "Throughout our search, I was amassed at how many people I'met who said they'd studied with him," Weiner said, "He's not just a scholar with three books and 200 articles, but has devoted an incredible amount of his energy to adult Jewish education around the country." Yoffie called the appointment an "inspired choice," and said Ellenson would "move the college forward." Ellenson expects to face his greatest challenge in fund raising, an area in which he lacks experience. However, both he and his backers say his other
skills will enable him to bring in dollars. Fundraising, Yoffie said, is not a "technical skill." Instead, Yoffie said, "an effective fundraiser in our • -7 world is somebody who is personally compelling, reli.-.v giously authentic, who has charisma and who knows how Rabbi David Ellenson to articulate the religious case for the movement and the institution." Paula Hyman, Director of the Judaic studies program at Yale University and a longtime personal friend of Ellenson, said, "One of the essentials in fund raising is to convey your enthusiasm for a project so you can make it clear to potential donors just why they should donate to this institution, when there are so many others with hands outstretched. I think David will do that well." Hyman, who has known Ellenson since the two were members of a chauurah, or informal worship group, in the 1970s, described him as a "nonOrthodox scholar whom Orthodox scholars take seriously." "He's a master teacher and lecturer," she added. Rabbi Nathan Laufer, president of the Wexner Heritage Program, said Eilenson is "a particularly warm individual, and when you come through his claes you feel not only educated but loved." Reached at home the day after his appointment was announced, Ellenson was still adjusting to the new role. He had spent the morning teaching a class on prayer at the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater I .OR AngoloR, and had returned to find 100 phono messages-arid twice that number of e-mails. Asked why he wanted to take on a college presidency—a job that many say has become more difficult and frustrating in recent years, given heightened fund-raising demands-be said, I ' m aware of what many of the pitfalls and problems are, but I think it's an opportunity to do good for the Jewish people and humankind." He said he hopes to continue his predecessors' efforts in stepping up the college's recruitment and revamping the curriculum, so that the four campuses are more unified. "Also, if you know anyone willing to give $100 million, I'd like to speak to him or her," he joked.
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protestations of unity. Yet by canceling trips, Diaspora Jews are refusing to show solidarity with Israel at this difficult time, Israeli officials charge. Transportation Minister Ephraim Sneh spoke Sunday of the "disgraceful" behavior of those "who for all these years have talked to us about the unity of the Jewish people over mounds of bagels and lox." In recent days, increasing numbers of athletes said they do not want to participate in the upcoming Maccabiah, nicknamed the "Jewish Olympics." Some 2,500 are still registered to participate, but cancellations are continuing. Rabbi Michael Melchior, Israel's deputy foreign minister for Diaspora affairs, aaid he had just returned from a tour of Jewish communities in Europe and found that most delegations there would not attend the July 16-26 event. That same day, Maccabiah leaders from around the world met to decide whether to hold the games as scheduled, but agreed to an Israeli request to postpone the decision until Friday. With a postponement increasingly likely, many Israeli politicians say it would represent a slap in Israel's face from world Jewry. "Canceling the Maccabiah or postponing it is like granting Yasser Arafat the gold medal," Knesset member EMezer Sandberg said.
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Can Simcha Preschool Involves Families in Learning by JEWISH PRESS News Service
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Hard to believe the end of the school year is here. In May, students counted up the days in the Omer and learned about Shavuot by talking about the story of Moses and his receiving the Ten Commandments. They made Maganei David (Stars of David) to hang in our homes. They also made necklaces with beads of clay with their Hebrew names spelled out. The kids sang some new Hebrew songs and talked about the agricultural aspects of Shavuot. We ended the year with a park day and dairy lunch potluck in honor of the holiday. Everyone brought in their Tzedakah boxes; through this year our class collected more than $85, The children decided they would like to donate some of the money locally, specifically to Jewish families in need, so we have chosen to give it to Jewish Family Services in Omaha. The other portion of the money will be going to the North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry to support their programs for children. Families with children ages three to five in Lincoln who would like a fun way to be involved in Jewish learning for this next school year, can contact teacher/director Elyza Richmon Halev at 4355230, or e-mail her at: erhalev@inebraska.com.
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IpNEWSBRIEFS • The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a public school violated a religious group's free speech rights when it refused to allow the group to meet in a public school building after school hours. Orthodox Jewish groups hailed Monday's 6-3 decision in favor of the Good News Club, a Christian youth group that is supported by a missionary organization. But most Jewish groups were disappointed by the ruling, claiming that school officials should be able to prohibit religious instruction on school grounds. • Swiss investigators say they believe antiSemitism or a political motive was behind the June 7 shooting death in Zurich of a 71-year-old Israeli. Rabbi Abraham Greenbaum, the father of 12 and the dean of a yeshiva in Bnei Brak, was in Zurich on a fund-raising mission. • Religious leaders from Bosnia appealed to the world's leading economic nations to help reconstruct religious buildings damaged or destroyed in the Bosnian civil war. The leaders, including Jews, Catholics, Muslims and representatives of the Orthodox Church addressed their appeal to the socalled G-8 group of world economic powers, which plans to hold a summit in Italy later this month. • The Czech Republic plans to contribute about $100,000 toward construction of a $2 million memorial to the victims of Nazism, located in the Czech village of Lidice.
• Young right-wing extremists have begun stand• Because of the ongoing violence in the Middle ing vigil at the tomb of Benito Mussolini in East, no Palestinian children will be attending a Mussolini's home town, Predappio. The mayor of camp in Maine this summer designed to promote Predappio, which is a magnet for right-wing cooperation among Israeli and Arab teen-agers. extremists and nostalgic fascists, called the vigil Despite the decision by the Palestinian Authority's "intolerable." Education Ministry, children from Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Morocco are still slated to attend the • Rabbi Avram Twersky, a Holocaust survivor Seeds of Peace camp. But an Israeli official said the and a seventh-generation descendant of the violence could force Israel to pull its campers from • founder of Chasidism, the Ba'al Shem Tov, died the program ai well. May 30 in New York at the age of 74 after a long illness. • Israel and the Palestinian Authority appear to During World War II, Twersky's father and be inching closer to accepting the outlines of a U.S. brother were shot in their hometown of Chotin, cease-fire proposal. Israeli and Palestinian security while Twersky himself was interned in several officials reportedly accepted CIA Director George detention camps. After the war, Twersky moved to Tenet's proposal for a cease-fire, but each side had the Bronx, NY, where he founded a congregation some reservations. named after his father, Rabbi Mordechai Israel In a further hopeful sign, Israeli and Palestinian Twersky. security officials met last Friday in an attempt to end more than eight months of violence. Those • Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno hopes were dampened later in the weekend, when attended the Bat Mitzvah on Saturday of a girl who Tenet, citing wide differences between the two had written a letter of support to Reno for her per- sides, postponed a similar meeting Sunday night. formance during the Elian Gonzalez case. During the ceremony in New Mexico, Shoshana Breitburg• While State Department officials insist they are Moya thanked Reno for attending the event. still considering an $800 million supplemental aid package to Israel, the chance seeing the money this • U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is slated to year seems unlikely, according to a U.S. official visit the Middle East this week. He will be the lat- familiar with the situation. Speaking on condition est in a parade of diplomats visiting the region to of anonymity, the official said the Bush administraurge Israel and the Palestinian Authority to end tion is uncomfortable with providing additional aid the violence and return to the negotiating table. pwhile trying to broker an end to violence.
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Humane communicate via words. When spoken, unless taped, they waft into apace. When written there is a visible record. And sometimes they can haunt you. Case in points At our May 14 Mother's Day celebration, I quoted: "Honor thy father and mother that thy days may be long and that it may go. well- with thee." Thus declares the Fifth Oommandm§nt, Lo and behold, it appeared in. the column, May 25, as the Fifth Amendment, Did I ever hear repercussions. "Since when did a Commandment become part of the U.S. Constitution?" Folks, 1 have no idea how that became transposed. The blunder opened the door, however, in discussing how other major religions word their versions of the Commandments. We were entertained by the Country Kickers, an adult group with country dancing as a common bond. Their teacher, Rob Tiedgen, led some of our enthusiastic members in an impromptu lesson. No one collapsed and appeared to catch on fast. We remembered in reverent respect: Louie E. Chesen, Ruthanne Cooper-Kline, Al Garber, Dorothy Siegei, Dr. Earl Wigodsky and Marguerite Katzman Edelman. Shalom,
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I've never tried to slant this column toward speIt all takes me back to my '40s wardrobe. I was cific gender, but once in a while, a topic arises married in 1945, the war was very much still with which does, in fact, lean to one or the other. us and a trousseau was not easily managed. My Fashion, for example, could cover either masculine mom, who could always dp the impossible, or feminine, but today I'd like to talk about ladies' unearthed every possibility for my needs. She styles. found things I didn't really want, but she thought I A recent newspaper article advised that popular should have, in addition, to the real necessities. movies always have a real effect on women's fash- Hemlines were on the short side and I fancied ions. It claimed the clothes worn by actresses in myself as chic. After all, I weighed all of 95 popular films definitely influence the designers, who pounds,..what was the problem? I had clothes for soon copy them. I really hadn't thought about that the next maybe five years, theoretically. possibility, but 1 guess it may be accurate, because The problem came in the year that a European now I read about "the '40s look" in fashion. designer named Christian Dior decided it was time This is.due to the emphasis on the film Pearl for a really drastic change in the look of women's Harbor, which most of America is carrying on clothing, We went from the cute, short length to about these days, Some maven from women's wear what he called "the new look* and it dropped hemclaims "the '40s look had a sweetness, a modesty," lines to where my Bubie wore her dresses, way . and that's the direction this expert sees for the below mid-calf, coming season. Well you know what? I'm all for it! I think the yeay was 1948, and I know everything I guess that makes me sound like an old fuddy I owned was wrongl It was the year we (my roomduddy (whatever that is), but so many ladies' mate) were fresh out of law school, and the year clothes have been not much to my liking lately. our first born made Ms appearance. For one thing, I wish the designer who made the It was the year we struggled to eke out a living in a short, cropped jacket popular would get a more law practice, many miles from home, and certainly realistic attitude about ua women, not a good time for me to "not have a -thing'* to wear." Moat of UB don't; need a short suit jacket; we'd Again,:my mom to tha rescue, Qm day a great big rather have some length to cover any'obvious fig- package came, with the nucleus of n "new look" ure flaws. And, who decided Uu> wuml, lino, should wardrobe. I wore UmtatutT until it wan cither threadbo way up there? Nobody's waist is really that bare or outoffoflhion, but I was thrilledfcohave ft. high, and if a woman weighs more than 86 pounds, Having said all that, you can perhaps get a little she looks awful in that style, idea of how I chuckle when somebody starts disThen there's the length issue; hemlines are all over cussing womon'a clothing styles of the '40s. That the place, from right under the bellybutton to the subject brings back enough memories to fill a book. ankles, I don't really quarrel with that one, except for Actually, by the time I was chasing little kids the women with unattractive legs who don't seem to around, my wardrobe was mostly jeans and sweatshirts, but the earlier times required an adult look. know they shouldn't wear Uiat short look. I also wish the designer who thought blouses ought Thanks to my mom, I had it, to be form-fitting and short, with tight fchree-quurtor Well, I hope some of those '40s styles are modisleeves, would get a life! Again, it's mostly the teen fied somewhat if they really come back. They age kids who can wear that look.,..personally, I find weren't all gorgeous, they weren't all wearable, and it uncomfortable as well as ugly. I no longer weigh 95 pounds. But even so, I'm So what's the plan for that return to the sweet, ready for some changes, Nothing as drastic as the modest look? They say waistlines at the waist, soft Dior changes, but something. pretty fabrics, graceful draped full skirts, "romanI guess we'll have to wait and see. Anyway, there tic" prints to name a few changes. You know, wear- are still jeans and sweatshirts, if push comes to able for most of us. shove. And they come in all sizes!
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PLOTfflN/GOLDSTEIN Dr. Chester and JoAnn Plotkin of Beachwood, OH, announce the engagement of their daughter, Diane Ruth Plotkin, to Blaine (Buddy) Howard Goldstein, son of Nancy GoldsteinLevine and the late Robert V. Goldstein, and step-son of Aaron Levine of Cincinnati. The bride-to-be earned her bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University and a master's degree from University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Her fiance received his bachelor's degree from Bradley University and MBA from Xavier University. He owns and operates Blame's Fine Men's Apparel in Montgomery, OH. He is the grandson of the late Arthur H. and Ruth Cohen Goldstein and the late Julius and Libby Markovitz Barron. An October wedding is planned. The couple will live in Cincinnati.
GOODMANflffUGG Lisa Goodman, daughter of Arlene Cohen and Robert Goodman, and Shawn Hugg, son of Phyllis and Dave Hugg of E mpor ia KS, a n n ouncej their engagement. The bride-to-be j is a graduate of| the University of I Kansas where she j earned a B.A. in) early childhood development and was a member of Sigma Delta Tau sorority. She is currently an administrative assistant for Robert Half. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ira Trachtenbarg and the late Sam and Delma Goodman. Her fiance graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degree in communications and psychology. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and is currently sales manager for City Wide Maintenance Company, Inc. His grandparents are Catherine Krehbiel and the late Clarence Krehbiel and the late Valeda and Herman Hugg. An Aug. 18 wedding is planned at the Officer's Club at Offutt Air Force Base.
PEBELMAN/BOSEN Rebecca Perelman, daughter of Jan Perelman of Omaha and Sheldon Perelman of West Bloomingfield, MI, and Brian Rosen, son of Cindy Sundeen and Steve Rosen, both of Omaha, were married Sunday, June 10, at Temple Israel. Rabbi Aryeh Azriel and Baruch HaLevi, brother of the bride, performed the ceremony, followed by a reception at the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Omaha. Maid of honor was Ariela Perelman HaLevi, sister-in-law of the bride; bridesmaids were Katie Burke, Jamie Endelman, Victoria Upham, Kimmie Kroll, Jocelyn Jenkins and Lanie Slutzky (cousin). Best man was Rob Rosen, brother of the groom; groomsmen were Zachary Perelman, brother-inlaw, Andrew Smith, Tom Saklar, Ted Taylor, Mike Macintosh and Chad Sukup. The bride, who graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Advertising, is now a psychic medium. Her grandparents are Jack and Florence Brody and Harold Perelman. The groom is a teacher in the Detroit public schools. He received his B.S. in Education from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Following a honeymoon in Hawaii, the couple will live in "West Bloomingfield, MI.
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A Jewish Traveler in Paris by OLIVER B. POLLAK —
A friend in St. Louis and restricted" you EARLY DEADLINE NOTICE knew Karen and I were will be enthralled by The J e w i s h Press office will be closed going to Paris. In early the other 338 pages, Wednesday, July 4 , Early deadlines for articles, December, he e-mailed hopefully without my photos and ads are in force as follows; me a message to get insomnia. Issue Deadline Paris to the Moon by My own observaJuly 6 Wednesday, June 27, noon Adam Gopnik. I read it tions of Jewish Paris July 13 Tuesday, July 3, noon on the jet and in our sans Gopnik are also Questions? Call 334-6448. small Paris hotel room Proustian. The last • across the rue from the time we were in Pantheon in the wee Paris was 1971. hours of my jet-lagged, Karen and I stayed insomniac morning. on the right bank, Gopnik, as I found out were there for four days, had a car, and shortly, but many other Karen was pregnant. GOURMET GROCERY & BISTRO people already knew, is a The Arab Museum P a r i s h a s a Ug ht-sensitive wall Thirty years later, French, Italian & Mediterranean Cuisine well-known writer for the we stayed 11 days on New Yorker. Gopnik lived w h i c h operates like the aperture of a camera lens. Sorvinp Tantalising Lunch & Dinners... PLUS FHJBSfl in Paris for five years in the latter 1990s. It was an the left Bank, walked, and our son is 29 years old. Gourmet Food Selections & Premium Wines & Hew involving read. I was drawn in by the identical Paris and the Pollak's had changed during the 30WINK DINNERS Eagle Run Square location of the book and my body. year lapse. For instance, 30 years ago, my conPARTfES 129th But I was disquieted by the questions: who was sciousness of Jewish life in Paris was negligible. * Adam Gopnik and was there a Jewish voice. As Now I see Jewish influence everywhere. The day Mon-Sat, 10:30-10; Sun, CLOSED 496-0202 often happens, I became as interested in the writer we arrived, a school bus carrying Jewish youngas the book he was writing, using the text as a road sters had been shot at in Paris. Fortunately, no one map to the city and its erstwhile literary guide. was hurt, though they certainly must have been y Through hints, slips, intimations and insinuations, frightened, and given pause to the parents. almost as in a mystery novel, I concluded he was Paris is full of bookstores, perhaps the greatest Jewish. Now mind you, Gopnik was writing about concentration in the world. Maybe it was my imagiWALTER HECHT'S Paris, not about his ethnic origin. But how you nation, or a special capacity to focus, but it seemed write about Paris may be nuanced by the writers as though the bookstalls had an inordinate number roots. of titles on Jewish art, Jewish authors, and Israel. NOW SERVING SUNDAY BRUNCH Here are the hints. The name Dreyfus appears as The word juif and juives, French for Jew, prolifer10:30-3 early as page 6. The Dreyfus Affair and Emlle Zola ated, Is it merchandising to Jewish tourists and/or were, of course, a cause celebre of Jewish status in catering to a local Jewish readership?. 12129 W. Center Rd, (Wustwood piaza) France at the end of the 19th century, Ghettoes We went to the Jewish Quarter, the Marais, in s. 697-5107 s and Walter Benjamin como up on page 37. But the 4th arrondissement. The Musee d'art et d'hisA Reservations BtKomrmndod f there were distractions; for instance, the name of toire de Judaisme opened in 1998 and is simply his wife, Martha, and his son, Luke, and most off fabulous. Housed on four levels in a 17th-century putting, the detail with which he misses Christmas mansion, it none-the-less employs state of the art in America. museum techniques. On page 75, ho is critical of Le Pen, reminiscent The current show on Freidl Dicker-Brandeis, who of Vichy law making denouncing Jews a social pioneered art therapy at Therosienstadt concentraobligation. Gopnik covered the trial of Maurice tion camp before her death in 1944, was featured in Papon for complicity in crimes against humanity the Omaha World- Herald iu Junuury 2001. during the Second World War, reminiscent of the The Marais has kosher chacuteries (meat), Klaus Barbie trial in Lyon. boulangeries (bakery); patiserie (pastry), and fish, Page 89 provides the smoking gun, describing his as well as a full compliment of Israeli gift shops Pacific Place Mall • 10317 Pacific St. odd Canadian-American-Jewish-Sri Lankan- and Jewish bookstores. We spent New Years Eve at Phone: 399-8204 • Fax: 399-0540 Franco-American menage, and is sealed on page a Marais restaurant, the Chez Marianne, sampling 260 where he mentions his grandfather and their Israeli delicacies and chatted as best we could •%V^'with another family at our table. The Zagut Yiddish-speaMng father in Philadelphia. Gopnik's humorous observations of Paris hous- description, "informal, tasty, inexpensive and ing, pompous French anti-modernist character, mobbed" was right on. French cooking, the "ordinary corner bistro" are At the Museum of Modern Art, we saw "The apt. His statement, "Even in a mediocre Paris School of Paris" exhibit. One of the paintings by restaurant, you are part of the richest common- Patrick Henry Bruce was on loan from Lincoln's place civilization that has ever been created," Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. One quarter of the ifc>»-.. > means that you have to search for a bad meal, and artists in the show were Jewish, including Marc with Zagat's in hand, you can completely avoid that Chagall, Modigliani, Jacques Lipchitz, Moises debacle. Kisling and Chaim Sou tine. It was a wonderful trip, enriched by good readGopnik arrived in Paris enamored by Proust, Camus and Stendhal. When he left, his favorites ing. If you get the opportunity, pick up Adam Gopnik's Paris to the Moon, were Colette, Antoine Blondin and Maupassant, 'Ebjjftmt And for another special treat you should read If you like enigmatic one liners such as Paris is year-Slround "romantic" because it "marries both the voluptuous Italo Calvino's If on a Winter's Night a Traveler,
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Jewish Press, Omaha, NE
June 15,2001
Graduation, Celebration at FriedeS
RBJH Recognizes Volunteers
by the JEWISH PRESS News Service
by the JEWISH PRESS News Service
YJO Raises the Roof with Habitat for Humanity by the JEWISH PRESS News Service.
The Rose BlumMn Jewish Home recognized approximately 150 volunteers with a certificate &r the services they had given to the Home. Many of the activities that are held in the Home would have to be curtailed if it were not for the volunteer corps who is in the Home every day of the week. Patty and Steve Nogg and Marlene and Hyman Sukiennik, past presidents of the L.O.V.E. Auxiliary, were presented with gifts from the organization. Eileen and Miles Remer are the new presidents of L.G.VJB. The children of Helen and David Shakert, Sari, Sam and Jay, have founded an endowment fund in their honor. Jay Shukert of San Francisco presented the first Helen and David Sirukert Teen Recognition Award to Robert Mosenkis, who has been a volunteer in the Home for over five years. Luybov Blyakher was presented with the Lee Jane Parsow volunteer of the year award. Blyakher is in the Home on a daily basis and is of great assistance to the staff. Silvia Roffinan and Joan Bernstein, President and President-elect of Jewish Senior Services/Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, were thanked for their guidance, teaching abilities and talents.
Members of the community joined with the students, parents, faculty and staff of Priedel Jewish Academy to honor the Academy's 2001 graduates at recent Commencement ceremonies. The evening featured song and dance, nostalgia and good wishes. Top photo: Friedel Board Chairman J e r r y Gordman plays his French horn with members of the Friedel Klezmer Band, from left, Rachel Reno, Seth Rich and Andrew Taylon. Middle photo: younger Friedel students sing Hebrew songs under the guidance of their voeal teacher, Patty Nogg, from left: Jenna Gerber, Aaron Nissen, Noah Kohll, Uriah Wertfaeim, Taylor Elberson, Keshet Spiegelstein and Nathanial Jones. Bottom photo, graduates Brent Saltzman on trumpet (left), and Seth Rich on saxophone offer a duet of the popular classic, "Tzena."
Top, Lois Wine presents an award to Robert Mosenkisj bottom photo, Luybov Blyakher holds her award with Lois.
Young Jewish Omaha volunteers recently took part in building this house on 44th and Decatur with Habitat for Humanity. The house is being built in 25 days for a single mother, her five children and one grandchild in celebration of Habitatrs 25th Anniversary, The dedication is Sunday, June 24, 2 pm. If you would like to participate in building or the dedication, please call Sharon KIrshenbaum, Young Leadership Director, at 334-6485- Top photo, Jamie Endelman and Troy MeyersojEf assess the situation before getting to work on the house. Bottom photo, Audi and Anthony Seioli remember to measure twice and cut once as they begin framework on a walL
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