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Sculpture Garden Opens in Jerusalem's Zoo
In the End, Maccabiah Games Will Go on— with Fewer Athletes by GSL SEDAN
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JERUSALEM (JT_4>-Despite hesitations "and many cancellations, the Maccabiah Games are set to take place. Organizers of the 16th Maecabiah were expected to announce that the Games, slated to begin July 16. had been postponed putil nest summer. If so, it would have marked the first lime the Maccabiah Games had been canceled since World War II-and would have made them the latest casualty of the nine-month-old Palestinian uprising against Israel. Instead, at the last minute, the steering committee decided to hold the games as scheduled after Maccabi-USA announced it would send a delegation after all.
Citizens of Jerusalem turned their minds to sisting of 21 animals, plus a huge ark. The more pleasant things when the city honored French sculptor NiM de Saint Phalle created the 90th birthday of one of its most illustrious the animals, while the Swiss designer Mario sons, former city mayor Teddy Kolleck. He Botta created the ark. Jerusalem Foundation has always regarded the zoo, which opened hi International President Ruth Cheshin celeMarch. 1993, as one of his favorite places in his brated with Tisch Family Zoological Garden beloved city. Over $5 million was raised by Director Shai Boron at the new Noah's Ark the Jerusalem Foundation to create a color- Sculpture Park. ful, sculpture wonderland for children conPhoto by ISRANET.
Western Galilee Region in Need Mobile Mammography Unit by CAROL KATZMAN, Editor • Last January, during the United Jewish Communities Solidarity Mission to Israel in which Omaha participated, the international liaison from the Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya mentioned quietly to the group that the hospital had applied for a grant to fund a mobile mammography unit. Judith Jochnowitz, who also represents the hospital on the Women's Forum in the region, met again in the spring with T ,.,» T , ., & , c r\ -u > J u d i t h J o c h n o w i t z members of Omaha s , .- ± t , „,. , spoke to participants TTT Women s Mission, and in t h e Omaha Womtold them the grant had e n ' s Mission a b o u t been denied. the high incidence of Now, the women of the b r e a s t c a n c e r in Western Galilee are still Israel. without a mobile breast imaging unit, and are looking to American Jewish women for help. "Our region is large," Jochnowitz explained. "Many villages and rural agricultural settlements have only a few busses, making it very difficult for a mother to leave her home for an examination. "Although our population is half Jewish and half Arab, the story doesn't end there. Each of these groups is composed of many different ethnic backgrounds and cultures," she added. "In addition, not all (of the women) have the education or awareness
necessary to make the trip here." It's not just that the medical leadership of the Western Galilee Hospital wants to make it easier for women to receive regularly scheduled mammograms; it's more serious than that and the startling facts back this up: ® Israeli women (and t h a t includes Jews, Muslims and Christians) suffer from among the
highest incidence of breast cancer in the world; • The rate is one in eight; • Most diagnoses of breast cancer are made in the advanced stages, where the hope for a eure is considerably reduced; and • Fewer than half the women over age 50 undergo annual mammograms. The hospital does have a Genetic Institute and a mammography center. Dr. Mahmoud Haj, a certified surgeon, who specializes in breast cancer surgery, heads the Day Hospital and Ambulatory unit (what we would call Outpatient Surgery here). Dr. Haj, who also spoke to the Women's Mission, voluntarily lectures to medical personnel on the importance of breast self-examination and referral of high-risk patients and women over 50 for annual mammograms. In order to increase the detection of breast cancer in its earliest stages, improve the cure rate and reduce the death rate, the hospital and the Women's Forum are banding together to raise the $450,000 needed for a mobile unit. The vehicle would be outfitted with a state-of-theart mammography machine and staffed by four rotating oncology nurses trained at the Columbus, OH, Breast Cancer Outreach Program. The van would also be air-conditioned and heated for yearround use, with a complete water supply and private dressing room. This is something that we take for granted in the United States," noted Rocky Stern, a participant in last spring's Women's Mission. "Israeli women, of all religions and backgrounds, should have the same access to mammography as we do," Zoe Riekes, Chairman of the Social Subcommittee for Partnership 2000's Central Region, will travel to the Western Galilee next month, along with Federation Executive Director Jan Perelman, to review programs and projects in anticipation of the 2002 allocations process. One of the items at the top of the list will be funding for the mobile unit. For information on how you can help, contact Julee Katzman at the Federation office, 334-6428.
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Photo by Rudy Smith, Omaha WorM-Serald Omahan Ben Jacobson, above, is on bis way to Philadelphia where he will practice with t h e USA Men's Maccabi Basketball team — a n d t h e Philadelphia 76ers! The Jacobson family will meet him in Israel for the Games. Other delegations-from South Africa, Canada, and Australia—quickly announced that they, too, would attend. Despite initial reports to the contrary, Britain is planning to send a delegation to fee Games as well. In all, just 2,000 athletes are expected to compete, down from the 5,000 who originally registered. And the Games will be cut from -10 days to one week, Israel Radio reported. The question of whether the Games would be held followed the recent announcement by the U.S. Reform movement that it is canceling its summer youth camps this year in Israel. Both developments drew the ire of Israeli officials, -who feel that especially now—when Israelis feel they are under siege from Palestinian terror attacks and international criticism—world Jewry should make good on its frequent protestations of unity. By canceling trips, however, Diaspora Jews were refusing to show solidarity with- Israel at this difficult'time, Israeli officials charged. Last week, government officials reacted gratefully to the decision to proceed with the Maccabiah Games. Science, Culture and Sports Minister Matan Vilnai announced that the decision "was right because the Maecabiah is not a regular event, and because any other decision could have put the entire Maccabiah project in jeopardy." "Canceling the Maccabiah or postponing it is like granting Arafat the gold medal," Knesset member Eliezer Sandberg said.
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Parashat Hukkat Our Sidrah opens with the incomprehensible waters of purification, made essentially from the ashes of a burnt red heifer, mixed with other specified materials into flowing water. Rabbinic Judaism made much of these ashes, for they rendered the pure impure and the impure, pure. We have commented before that this purity and impurity were of only ritual significance. Much more important is the concentration of the narrative now on the actual move across to the borders of the Holy Land, across the Jordan from Jerico. It is surprising that among all the complaints of the people about the lack of food and water, there is no expressed complaint that they have to fight their way in. There is no record that they said, "You promised us! Why do we have to risk annhilation in open battle against strong defenses!" They took up the battle and are soon finished with victory over Sihon, King of the Amorites, and over Og, King of Bashan. ThuB, they controlled the land east of the Jordan and were ready to cross over into Jericho and fight for the land west of the Jordan. It is hot enough to dwell on the familiar saving "The Lord helps those who help themselves." Again and again and yet again the Torah promises that the people would possess the land "that was promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." If it was promised, why was it not delivered? Who could calm the tears of the families of the warriors who lost their lives as Israel smashed its way into the land? Did these families not have justified complaints against the Lord? And, for that matter, did not Moabites and Amorites and dwellers in the Bashan (the northern lands east of the Jordan) have justified complaints against the invading Israelites? "You have no right to assault us on our own land!" Looked at with objective eyes, not theological eyes, we have to recognize that we are dealing with the turmoil of people scrambling for land about the beginning of the 12th century, B.C.E. Our ancestors were among the successful ones. We must admit that their military victories deserve no encomium from us. And yet. . . .And yet history chose wisely in saving Israel. For out of Israel came, some centuries later, the propheta and sages and moral teachers, who turned against militarism and tried to turn men's eyes to visions of peace, freedom and morality. No other people produce such thinkers and such ideas. Wisely, indeed, history chose wisely indeed. The theologian sees God's guiding hand here. The rest of us, ordinary descendants of those Israelites, glory in the stubborness of our ancestors, ancient and more recent, who insisted on living, not dying. For Israel had developed a vision worth living for.
EDWARD E. MILDER Edward Milder, formerly of Omaha, died June 19 in Los Angeles at the age of 78. He was preceded in death by a son, Steven Joshua Milder. Survivors include longtime companion, Nancy S. Naylor; two sons, H. Robert Milder and Dan Milder; daughter, Gigi Durand; and grandchildren, Patricia, Charmaine, Irene and SJ. Memorials to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. MEL H. BORNSTEIN Graveside services for Mel Bornstein were held June 22 at Beth El Cemetery. Borstein founded Omaha Temps in 1969 and retired in 1999, when he began serving as a mentor to high school students working towards their GED. Survivors include his wife, Genevieve; children, Linda Patton of Omaha, John, and Terri Lee Farber of Winnipeg, Canada; grandchildren, Jordan Farber and Michelle, Jenny, David and Steven Patton. Memorials to the Bornstein Endowment Fund at Temple Israel, the American Cancer Society, or charity of choice. CORRECTION
In last week's obituary notice for Rae Schupack Nathan, memorials should have been listed as follows: Department of Radiation Oncology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 161 Fort Washington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10032.
US News1 Zuckerman Takes Over as Head of Conference of Presidents
Mortimer Zuckerman, center, newly elected chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said the Conference would leave no stone unturned in its efforts to persuade American Jewry to come to Israel. Responding to the request of Foreign Minister Peres to encourage tourism, Zuckerman agreed the cancellation of visits to Israel would fulfill the terrorists strategic goals of spreading fear. With Zuckerman are Malcolm Hoeniine Executive Vice-chairman, left, and outgoing chairman Ronald Lauder. Photo by ISRANET.
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Of primary importance to the Board of Directors, is the opportunity for community members to come forward and give their thoughts. One of the most obvious that we continue to hear from the community is the need to provide more private rooms. Another idea is having a separate dementia unit for individuals suffering from Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. Of special interest are opinions on the environment in which our elders live. If you are interested in participating in one of our focus groups, please contact Lenora Lancaster, Executive Assistant, at 334-6511, We will hold focus groups on two Thursdays, July 12 and 10, at 2:30 p.m, and 7 p.m., in the conference room at the Rose Blumkin Home. Bert Benson and Shane Kotok will facilitate these sessions, which should last for approximately one hour.
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Jewish Community Priorities
EDITORIAL Every year around this time, a new group of men and women begin, the planning of the next cycle for the Annual Federation Campaign. They decide on how to focus on the most pressing needs of the community. Their decisions are based on the needs of the community as evidenced by t h e Budget a n d Allocations process, which occurs each spring. Hours of meetings and discussions finally come down to how much money is available and what needs in the community will take precedence. The B&A Committee also has to balance Omaha's list of priorities with the pressing demands of Jews worldwide and those in Israel. Knowing that continuing Palestinian violence has crippled tourism and plunged many families into dire economic straits was an added concern for the committee. At its May meeting, the B&A Committee presented its recommendations to the Federation Board of Directors. The campaign managed to match last year's goal, coming on top of 10 straight years of increased campaign figures and an $11.5 million capital campaign for the remodeling and expansion of the Jewish community campus, a remarkable achievement considering how generous we have asked the community to be. In the end, the figures did not change much.
This community held steady on its allocation to t h e Joint Distribution Committee and Jewish Agency for Israel. The JDC mostly serves Jews in places like the former Soviet Union, while JAFI funds social service needs in Israel like homes for troubled teens, hot meals for the elderly, shelters for victims of domestic violence, and resettlement of immigrants. Despite the violence in Israel in the past 10 months, more than 20,000 newcomers have chosen to make aliyah. "When the Israel allocation is combined with the increased occupancy costs on this campus (due to rising fuel costs and a colder-than-normal winter), not much was left for increases for our Centers of Excellence. So it's with great foresight that the Federation Board has undertaken a review of the Strategic Plan which was accepted by its board four years ago. Areas of greatest concern are leadership development and funding~the two go handin-hand in providing trained Jewish leadership for our future and the financial resources to carry out this community's vision. Let's hope the leadership of the Campaign, the B&A Committee and the Federation use their positions wisely and make the hard decisions that will be needed to carry us through the 21st century.
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When the U.S. government brought four of the Islamist terrorism has afflicted nearly every Western country and is likely to get worse. One embassy bombers to trial in New York City this reason is the radicals' aggressiveness; another is year, it focused on the phone powered by the batthe feeble Western response. I personally experi- t e r y from Herndon; A s s i s t a n t U . S . Attorney Kenneth Karas called it "the phone that bin Laden enced both of these problems recently. This story began in early 1998, when John Miller and the'others will u s e to carry out their war of ABC News sought an interview with Osama bin against the United States." Ladin in Afghanistan. Needing an intermediary, The trial also established Hamdi's centrality to his producers found Tarik Hamdi of Herndon, VA, Bin Ladin. Magnus Ranstorp, a terrorism speciala self-described journalist who helped make con- ist at St. Andrews University, described him as tacts and then accompanied the ABC news team to seeming "to serve important functions" for him. Afghanistan. After five months, a jury found all four bombers, Hamdi, it turned out, had his own purposes for guilty of all 302 charges against them* validating traveling there; he was to bring Bin Ladin a the prosecutor's interpretation of Hamdi's role. replacement battery for Bin Ladin's vital link with Which is where I come in. the outside world, his satellite telephone. From the Explaining this guilty verdict in the Wall Street remoteness of Afghanistan, Bin Ladin could not Journal on May 31, I co-authored an article with simply order a b a t t e r y himself and have i t Steven Emerson arguing in favor of this outcome overnighted to him. He needed someone unsuspect- b u t pointing o u t t h a t i t did little to protect ed to bring it. So, one of Bin Ladin's top aides American lives; defeating Osama bin Ladin and his ordered a replacement battery on May 11, 1998, murderous gang will require the U.S. government and arranged for it to be shipped to Hamdi at his to deploy armed forces, not policemen and lawyers. home in Herndon. Hamdi took off for Afghanistan The article then focused on the huge body of eviwith Miller on May 17 and shortly afterwards per- dence made public in the trial proceedings, noting sonally delivered the battery, that Bin Ladin had "set up a tightly organized system Just over two months later, two bombs went off of cells" in six American cities, including the small nearly simultaneously at the U.S. embassies in Kenya town of Herndon, VA, an allusion to Tarik Hamdi. and Tanzania, killing 224 and wounding thousands. Picking up on this reference, Jeannie Baumann, a
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Ruling Fuels Efforts to 'Christianize' Nation by SAMMIE MOSHENBERQ Special to the Washington Jewish Week
WASHINGTON, D.C.-In its 6-3 decision in the Good News Club v. Milford Central School, the U.S. Supreme Court took a wrecking ball to the already-crumbling wall of separation between religion and state. The court decided that the Good News Club, an organization devoted to "evangelizing children" as young as five years old, may hold its adult-led prayer and Bible study meetings in the Milford, NY, public school classrooms after school hours. I'll leave it to the lawyers to dissect the finer points of constitutional law. In fact, both the majority opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas and the dissent written by Justice David Souter cite the same cases Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District, Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia and Widmar v. Vincent historic decisions around the issue of religious "use" of public educational institutions. Justice Thomas uses these decisions to lay the groundwork for allowing the Good News Club's utter-hours use of the Milford public school. Justice Souter, however, draws sharp distinction between those cases and the case of an evangelical club proselytizing elementary school children on school grounds, minutes after regular classes end. In the interest of learning more about the Good News Club, I visited the group's Web site. The club's agenda is clear immediately: "helping you evangelize children," Club activities include songs and games that help children ages five through 12 learn Bible stories and religion, In addition, "an opportunity to receive Jesus Christ as Savior is given." Justice Souter goes to some length to further describe the club's activities, which include dividing the group between "saved" children and "unsaved" children. His conclusion is that, "Good News intends to use the public school premises not for the mere discussion of a subject from a particular, Christian point of view, but for an evangelical service of worship calling children to commit themselves in an act of Christian conversion." Between Justice Souter's details and the Web site, a picture emerges that is deeply troubling, a picture I view through the lens of my experiences, first as a former elementary school teacher and second as a professional legislative representative for the National Council of Jewish Women. My years away from the classroom haven't dulled my memories of the second- and third-graders I taught in a Baltimore City Public School. To say these children were impressionable is an understatement. School was easily the most impor-
tant place in their young lives. It's where they spent the majority of their time, where they made friends or tried to make friends and where they learned lessons (only some of which were included in the regular curriculum). It was clear that many of the lessons the children learned came from observing and modeling the behavior of the adults around them and, just as often, their peers. At their age, all activities within the school walls involving authoritative adults were "school activities," whether it was a math lesson or a crafts project offered as part of an extended day care arrangement or religious worship and exhortations to become "saved." To compare such young children with the university students in the Widmar and Rosenberger cases is a serious mistake. As NCJW's legislative representative, advocating for nearly two decades with Congress and the White House on issues of religious liberty and the separation of religion and state, I am reminded of other relevant experiences. I recall battle after battle over constitutional amendments that would destroy the First Amendment whose powerful dual protection against the establishment of religion and the freedom of speech has served our nation so well. The Good News decision somehow twista these two freedoms and pits them against each other, NCJW believes that "the Constitution's guarantee of free speeeh, when balanced with fchp. bar against lawa respecting the establishment of religion, does not mean that public schools must play host on school days to what would be Bible Class [or worship services] on Sunday." Court decisions like this one serve to fuel efforts by the religious right to Christianize the nation by passing legislation and amending the Constitution. Such decisions serve to validate the attempt to insert religious practice in our public schools and shift public school dollars to religious schools. The Good News decision is a wake up call for those of us who cherish the democratic principle that keeps religion and state separate and eschews a state establishment of religion. It replaces the "wall of separation" with a "school bell of separation," A mere few minutes between official school activities and explicit religious proselytization, aimed at the very young, is no separation at all. This is surely not good news.
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dear friend who lives many miles away. Our parents were friends, which probably enhanced our connection. Somehow, we went in different directions, each of us marrying (a month apart) and raising families. Then, geography entered the picture and my friend and her clan moved away. Fast forward umpteen decades when the fates of lifetime events surfaced, and suddenly, here she was again. Now she was close enough to tell me her troubles and listen to mine, and for a short while, we rekindled our old friendship. When the reason for her presence was culminated with the loss of her beloved sister, she disappeared once again, back to her distant home. This time, however, we made certain we exchanged e-mail addresses, and have been in contact since. What kind of contact? Jokes, Yiddish humor in any form, fables and often, sentimental little essays.
Always a kick to receive, and always enjoyed. Until one day I realized I hadn't heard a single word about what was really going on in her household. I sent her an e-mail which started "this is a real letter, because we haven't written to each other for ages," and the answer I got back was like receiving an unexpected present. She brought me up to date on her family and engaged in some of our favorite nostalgia, and I loved every word. Since then, I've realized there are many people whom I could have interesting correspondence, instead of the endless jokes.,So I'm writing letters again-and I love it! That's my plan, as" of today. It requires very little effort; it's cheap; you needn't buy stamps; it's quick. (People are usually so pleased they answer right away.) If all you get is another "there was a rabbi, a priest and a preacher," well, you can sue me.
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among us." Find this at: based productions including Victory at Entebbe Twenty-five years ago this week, the world was were (1976) with Theodore Bikel, Kirk Douglas and riveted by a drama that began in the eastern www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/05/03/Books/ Elizabeth Taylor, Raid on Entebbe (1977) with Mediterranean with the hijacking of an Air Prance Books.25560.Mml. On the fateful day of the hostages, liberation, Martin Balsam, Charles Bronson and Peter Finch jet. It culminated seven days later with the spectacular rescue by the Israel Defense Forces in Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin addressed the and Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe (2000), Uganda. Today, a look at the raid on Entebbe as Knesset, "The Israel Defense Forces have achieved But according to reviewer Leonard Maltin, the one of their most exemplary victories from both the version you should watch is Mivtza Yonatan (1977). told on the World Wide Web. The best summary on the Internet of the events human and moral and the military-operational "The stamp of official Israeli approval given this leading up to the raid and its successful completion points of view, a remarkable manifestation of film, along with government cooperation, and dediwas written by Maj. (Res.) Louis Williams, a senior Jewish fraternity and Israeli valour... The opera- cated performances by a basically Israeli cast make both star-laden American-made press officer for the Israel Defense Forces: tion that rescued our dear ones from captivity will this one outshine be a subject for research, for song and for legend, dramatizations,Mhttp://us.imdb.com/Maltin?0076 www.idf.il/englishyhistory/entebbel.stm. Williams' Entebbe Diary follows in great detail and it will be written about in the annals of the 398. the flight of Air France 139 as it took off from Ben nation." You can read Rabin's entire address Of course, the raid on Entebbe had a profound Gurion Airport on June 27, 1976 "on what online, at: www.us-israel.org/jsource/Terror- personal effect on anyone who cared about the fate promised to be a routine flight to Paris via Athens." ism/entebbel.html. of Israel. Jonathan Rosenblum was studying in an Four terrorists boarded in Greece and hyacked the I was interested to read what impact the raid on ulpan in the summer of 1976 and remembers the plane to Entebbe. Entebbe had on the people of Uganda, Ugandan tension and then the joy that filled the air. In exchange for some 100 Israeli and Jewish pas- political commentator Charles Onyango-Obbo says "Complete strangers were embracing on the bus. sengers, they demanded the release of terrorists that before the raid Idi Amin had established a For once Jewish unity seemed like a reality, not a being held in Israel, France, Germany, Switzerland powerful army that terrorized his people in submis- fundraiser's slogan. and Kenya. This is a suspenseful read full of sion. But the raid "shattered his aura of invincibiliAs I looked around the bus, one thought kept details that may have been forgotten over the ty. Nothing Amin did after that could rebuild his recurring: We are all Jews. The obvious differences grip on the country": . years. between us—language, skin color, personal and One of the names most closely linked to the raid, www. africanews.com/obbo/article95.htinl. familial history-suddenly seemed unimportant." on Entebbe belongs to Jonathan Netanyahu. Born And what of the fallen dictator? Amin was Find this at: wwwjewishworldreview.com/ in the llnited States arid' educated in both Israel dethroned in 1979 by Tanzanian troops joined by jonathan/rosenblum070999.asp. and the U.S., Toni" was a veteran on the Six Day Ugandan dissidents. The Christian Science Monitor Decades later, Rosenblum puts those events into War. Netanyahu led the storming party to free the reports that Amin fled to Saudi Arabia reportedly perspective, "While the first realization of the mirahostages at Entebbe and was the lone Israeli mili- arriving with his two wives and 24 children. He has cle of the Entebbe rescue will always rank as one of tary casualty. been there for 22 years, now living in an exclusive the happiest moments of my life, the memory today From his early teens, Netanyahu wrote letters to community outside Jeddah, the capital. is a bittersweet one. For it always calls in its wake relatives and friends which were collected and pub- In a 1999 interview with a Ugandan newspaper, the question: Will we Jews in the land of Israel lished after the raid. "Self Portrait of a Hero" has Amin said he is fond of fishing in the Red Sea, ever again experience the same feelings of unity we just been republished to mark the raid's 25th watching sports and CNN and playing his accor- did that morning?" anniversary. dion: www.csmonitor.coin/durable/2001/04/19/The Boston Globe wrote: "Yoni's unpretentious p23s3.htm. Mark Mietkiewicz is a Toronto-boned televiaccounts of his accomplishments, simply written A story as powerful as Entebbe's has proven sion producer who writes, lectures and teach' and thus the more grand, make him the convincing irresistible to filmmakers. The Internet Movie es about the Jewish Internet He can be can." hero he was and make us wish that more like him Database: www.imdb.com, lists four Entebbe- tacted at; highwiiy@home.oom.
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Scott Litlky, Beth El Synagogue's Education Director for the past four years, has recently accepted the position of Religious School Director with Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor, MI.' Littky, his wife, Felicia, and children, Sarah and Avi, will leave Omaha in August. A Detroit native, he came to Omaha as a Community Teacher for the Bureau of Jewish Education in 1988. During his tenure, he taught at the Friedel Jewish Academy, Temple Israel and the United Talmud Torah of Omaha. He also served the community in various volunteer positions, most recently as Jewish Cultural Arta
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