October 18, 2002

Vol. LXXXII

No. 7

Omaha, NE

12 Cheshvan, 5763

October 18, 2002

SERVING NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA FOR 81 YEARS

From 'Bomb them5 to sl want proof: U.S. Jews Speak Out on War with Iraq

Omaha Synagogues Jointly Observe "Sabbath of Six Million Lights" by JOANIE JACOBSON

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A stone by which to rememwere arrested and sent to conber, the Torah by which to centration camps were many live, and an eternal light by of them died. NEW YORK (JTA)-When asked about a possible which to commemorate six Most American Jews whose U.S. war on Iraq, Marcy Pepper takes no prisoners. forebears immigrated before "Bomb them," Pepper, 43, said recently, while million Jewish lives lost. On Nov. 8-10, Beth El World War II, lost family they working out at Pittsburgh's Jewish Community Synagogue, Beth Israel never met or whose identities Center. they never knew. "Get rid of him," she said, referring to Iraqi Synagogue, Temple Israel President Saddam Hussein. "The Israelis should and the Chabad House will "There's never really been a share in a community have done it already." proper grave—no headstone to touch, no yahrzeit candle to But Raymond Schwartz of Louisville, KY., isn't so Shabbat observance to honor burn," explained Joe sure about war. The 67-year-old accountant the Jewish men, women and Kirshenbaum, project Cobelieves President Bush hasn't clearly made the children who died in the Frances and Sam Fried chairman. "It's important we case for military action against Saddam, he's wor- Holocaust and to mark the have something tangible, something visible to see, ried about an Iraqi retaliation on Israel-and he's unveiling of "The Six Million Lights Memorial." nervous about long-term U.S. involvement in Each synagogue will participate in the Shabbat of to talk about with our children and always be another country. the Six Million Lights" in its own way, either on reminded. "How can we ever forget six million Jewish lives?" "We haven't done such a great job in Afghanistan Friday night, Saturday or Sunday, under the direcin that respect. Do you think we'll do better in tion of Rabbis Aryeh Azriel, Mendel Katzman, he asked. Howard Kutner and Mordechai Levin. Upcoming Iraq?" he asked. During the Shabbat weekend, each synagogue will unveil the Six Million Lights Memorial, a square As the United States prepares for a possible inva- plans, dates and times are being finalized. The weekend of Nov. 8-10 was purposely chosen to three-foot by three-foot piece of granite in the shape sion, U.S. Jews-like other Americans-are weighing issues of war and peace as they come together for coincide with Kristallnacht, the night of the broken of a Magen David. A brass Torah scroll on either private events and for public gatherings at syna- glass in Germany, "the largest pogrom in the histo- side represents the power and sanctity of Jewish ry of the world," according to historian Joseph law, and words of prayer and inspiration offer hope gogues, JCCs, meetings and dinners. and renewed faith. The most outstanding feature is Like Pepper, a majority of Jews interviewed Telushkin. Having been separated from his parents by the a lighted torch at the top that will illuminate six across the country appear to support a U.S. invaNazis in 1938, a 17-year-old Jewish boy shot and million times in a year. sion, especially if all other options are exhausted. The memorial stones, donated by Frances and The unscientific sampling of ordinary American killed a German official in Paris. The Nazis decided Jews seems to reflect the position of the organized to punish all of German Jewry for his deed. On the Sam Fried in honor of their family and in memory Jewish community, which over the weekend issued night of Nov. 9, the glass windows in almost every of all victims of the Holocaust, were designed by a statement backing the Bush administration's use German synagogue, and most Jewish-owned busi- Sam Fried and rendered by noted Omaha artist nesses, were shattered. Thousands of Jews were John Thein. of force against Iraq "as a last resort." murdered during Kristallnacht and 30,000 more (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 2) by JTA STAFF

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Legendary Maggidim Storytellers at Beth El by OZZIE NOGG —

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During Beth El Synagogue's Kahn Scholar-in-Residence Weekend, Nov. ' 8-10, the entire community will have the opportunity to listen and learn from the powerful stories of The Legendary Maggidim—otherwise known as Rabbi Eugene and Dr. Annette Labovitz. The Maggidim, Hebrew for storytellers, will be in Omaha to teach and inspire through their retelling of timeless Jewish legends and folktales. Their appearance in sponsored by Marcel and Use Kahn and the Esther K. Newman/Carolyn k Kully Newman Fund. f ,. The name, Legendary Maggidim, was bestowed on the Labovitzes by people who have experienced their unique power to draw listeners into the soul of R Judaism. Like the old-world maggidim- f *? E u ? e n e ^*ovrtz and his wife, Annette, will serve as -the Jewish tale-tellers who traveled scholars-m-residence, Nov. 8-10. from village to village in Eastern more than three decades. Annette Labovitz is a Europe-the Labovitzes' stories are based in the rich highly regarded Jewish educator and is currently traditions of our heritage and focus on faith in God, completing her doctorate in Jewish Education at the survival of the Jewish people and the perform- Spertus College in Chicago. The Labovitzes have ance of deeds of loving kindness. Many of their sto- published four anthologies of stories about Jewish ries come from conversations with the late story- holidays, ethics and history. A book signing by the teller, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. authors is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 10, noon in According to Annette Labovitz, the stories she and the Beth El Gift Shop. her husband tell are not just any Jewish stories. Storytelling sessions by The Legendary Maggidim Rather, they are tales that present a comprehensive during the Kahn Scholar-In-Residence Weekend portrait of Jewish life~of time, place, character and include the following appearances, all at Beth El morals. "Jewish memories are so missing today," she Synagogue: said. "A holy story about people who are sanctifying • Friday, Nov. 8, 6 p.m.: "Stop the World! I Want God's name will provide the memories for what a to Get Off-It's Shabbat!" The Legendary Maggidim Jew can aspire to be. It gives the people who are lis- will tell stories during the Kabbalat Shabbat service tening a connection to their Judaism." and at the traditional Shabbat dinner that follows. Eugene Labovitz was rabbi of Temple Ner Tamid Dinner reservations are needed by Nov. 1. of Miami Beach, Florida, where he has served for • Shabbat Morning, Saturday, Nov. 9: "Mitzvot

That Glimpse Eternity: What Does Proud To Be A Jew Mean?" Rabbi Labovitz will lead a congregational storytelling session during services in the Beth El sanctuary, while Annette Labovitz tells stories for children in the Beth El Chapel. • Saturday, Nov. 9, noon, BELLS Luncheon: "Shabbat Stories for the Soul and Spirit." Following Shabbat morning services, the Labovit2es will be the featured speakers at the BELLS (Beth El Lunch and Learn on Shabbat) session. This one-hour storytelling is geared for adults. Childcare will be provided. Luncheon reservations are needed by Nov. 1. •• Saturday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m. Havdalah and Oneg: "The Mysteries of Havdalah: Eliyahu Revisited." Co-sponsored by USY and Kadima youth groups, this evening of storytelling explores the premise that "the way you say goodbye is commensurate with how much you love." BBYO, NCSY and OTYG have been invited to participate as well. (Continued on page 8)

COMING NEXT WEEK: • The annual Jewish Press Guide to Education and Camping features a profile of Rabbi Mordechai Levin of Beth Ei Synagogue and an interview with local Jewish authors who have been recently published. * Also look for the latest scliemile Tor the * ...-! Klutznick- Harris Sjmposium, ''Judaibn? and ^ood." *,, U • Inside-hi&>toriai), [»| [ £ author and attorney! Oliver Pollak, right, \ begins a series of new columns..., page 9

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ELSAKAHN Elsa Kahn died Oct. 11. Services were held Oct. 13 at Golden Hill Cemetery. by RABBI MYER S. KRIPKE — • •• — A survivor of the Holocaust, she was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1947. (Editor's note: this column originally ran in the She was preceded in death by her husband, Jewish Press on Nov. 6, 1992.) Edward Kahn. Parasha Lefch Leha She is survived by step-children, Joseph Kahn, There was a great pouring forth, even a plethora of articles, books and lectures on the 500th anniver- West Chester, PA; Hugo Kahn, New Orleans, LA; sary of Columbus' discovery (?) of America and of and Terese Stiss of Boca Raton, FL; 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.» the expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Memorials to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. A great intellectual treat was afforded the Jews of Omaha by the fifth annual Klutznick Symposium, chaired at Creighton University. (The 15th annual U.S. Jews Speak Out Klutznick Symposium is scheduled for next week, (Continued from page 1) n.^.—-»»!»»»»»••«•»»»•»» Oct. 27-28). The Sunday evening lecture, attended by a sizeable audience, heard Prof. Jonathan That sense of inevitability with resolve is what Sarna's witty assessment of the many myths that many people have about the impending action had grown up over the centuries about possible against Iraq. Jewish connections with the explorer himself, or In the teen lounge at the with the personnel on the voyages, or with the JCC of Omaha, teens financing of these investments-explorations. killed time before the To put it bluntly, Sarna took Columbus to the sauna start of their weekly and sweated the meager truth out of the myths that BBYO chapter meetings. Jews had cherished. He gave special emphasis to the Kym Pitlor, a 17-year-old f excessively hopeful Jews in America in 1892. senior at Central High American Jews, like me, have written and spoken School, was animated in I endlessly about the Golden Age of Jewish life in her discussion about President Bush's speech to the Spain and its poets and thinkers, its scientists, American people on Oct. 7. medical men and mathematicians. Usually this has "We have to prove we're still strong," Pitlor insistbeen without the sensitivity to note that these Jews ed, "especially after Sept. 11." had a different set of ideas and a different Jewish Another senior, Danny | culture from those that the majority of American Morris, 17, doesn't agree. Jews (Ashkenazim) have taken for granted. "The White House hasn't Those two Sunday afternoon lectures (10 years given the American people ago) brought anything of the kind to heel-without the kind of information we saying so!-by the description of Sephardic Jewish need to make an informed culture, its antecedents, its flowering and its lam- decision," he responded entable ending. Having said that, howevBut for the Ashkenazim (like me and most of us er, Morris added, "If we do go in, I think the U.N. here) the dessert required us to eat humble pie. The 'will follow." Sephardic tradition, both deep and beautiful, has Suzy Rubin, 65, who just returned from her eluded the self-centered attention of most grandson's Bar Mitzvah in Ashkenazic Jews. The celebration has brought balJerusalem, is nervous ance into our thinking. about the possibility of We may pause for a moment to see the connection war with Iraq. "I'm afraid with our Sidra, which opens with Abram's journey of what might happen to from Mesopotamia to what became, for all time in ' Israel," she admitted. And Jewish thinking, the Land of Israel...Migration and i Morris is worried about migrations form a significant part of the history of .... ! the impact war with Iraq the Jewish people. will have on the already weak economy. "We might There was Abram's migration. There was the have to raise taxes to pay for war," he said, "and Exodus from Egypt, that looms so large in Jewish pay for the rebuilding of Iraq's infrastructure. religious thought. There was the migration of Jews "The leaders in Iraq think that both Israel and from Israel, forced by the Roman conquest, result- America are 'evil' and 'run by Jews,'"Morris stated. ing in the worldwide Disapora. There was the exo- "It's easier for Iraq to hit Israel than America." dus-the expulsion--of the Jews from Spain to variThat scares Pitlor, but she added, "I don't think ous havens. There was the migration of European we have a choice." Jews and more recently, Russian Jews, to the (JTA staff writer Rachel Pomerance in New York and correspondents Sharon Samber in Washington and United States. And there is the return of Jews from many coun- Tbm Tugend in Los Angeles contributed to this report. So did the Community of Louisville, Ky., the Jewish tries to Israel. A whole history, to repeat, can be Chronicle of Pittsburgh, the Jewish Press of Omaha, and written in terms of these movements of people, from the New Jersey Jewish News. The piece was compiled by JTA staff writer Peter Ephross.) Abram's time to our own.

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Left photo: Welcoming nationally recognized leader Rabbi Raphael Butler, center, were members of the board of directors and staff of the Omaha Center for Torah Learning: Mike Katzman, left, Allan Gonsher, Butler, Rabbi Aryeh Blum and Bob Oberman. Rabbi Butler was in town recently to install Rabbi Blum as Director of OCTL. Right: Nearly 100 people,

including Yafa Shyken, left, Barbara Schwartz, Yosi Abussin, Shirley Goodman, Joey Shyken and Annette Fettman attended the recent event, a kick-off of OCTL's "season of learning," according to Gonsher. OCTL will also host "A Touch of Mystery" on Saturday, Nov. 9, 7 p.m. Tickets are $36 and may be reserved by calling Nancy Wolf, 330-6736.

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FRIDAY: Evening Service, 7:30 p.m. Topic will be "Rabbi Rripke's Uncommonly Common Sense" Oneg will follow.

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FRIDAY: Men's Club, 11:45 a.m. All male members of Temple Israel are invited to a weekly informal get together at Spirit World, 7517 Pacific St. Join us for some relaxation and great conversation. Evening Service, 7:30 p.m., Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Rabbi Craig Marantz and Cantor Wendy Shermet will officiate. Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Raymond Scheindlin, professor of medieval Hebrew literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary and director of the Shalom Spiegel Institute of Medieval Hebrew Poetry, will speak on "The Jews Under Islam." The Oneg is sponsored by Phyllis and Bob Newman in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Robert, and by the Women of Reform Judaism. SATURDAY: Bagels and Sacred Books, 9-10:15 a.m., in the Milder Center Dr. Scheindlin will discuss "The Bible and the Quran." Morning service, 10:30 a.m., Robert J u l e Newman, son of Patricia and Jeff Newman, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah; Reception and Havdalah, 5 p.m. at the home of Suzanne Singer, 11223 Woolworth Plaza, for those considering joining Temple's Journey to Jewish Spain in Feb. 2003; Dr. Scheindlin will speak on "Travel Lore to Entertain... Before You Go To Spain." SUNDAY: Men's Club, 10 a.m. in the Friedman Social Hall, Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Scheindlin's topic will be "Maimonides: Jewish Leader in an Arab Land." Join us for a lox and bagels brunch. Non-members, $3. ADULT EDUCATION Tuesday, Oct. 22: The Prophets: Thundering Voices of Passion, Fire and Grace, 7-8:30 p.m. John Dacey will lead the group as it examines Heschel's The Prophets. Thursday, Oct. 24: Adult Study with the Clergy, 10-11:30 a.m. Cantor Wendy Shermet will explore our special music heritage.

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Shabbat Services are conducted by Rabbi Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Services Mordechai Levin, Cantor Emil Berkovits and Ritual Director Gaston Bogomolni. conducted by Rabbi Howard Kutner. FRIDAY: Come join a joyous, musical Kabbalat FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:25 p.m.; The West Shabbat service, 6 p.m. Minyan is at the home of David and Janet Kohll. SATURDAY: Morning services, 9:30 a.m., The SATURDAY: Morning Services, 8:45 a.m.; Free babysitting begins at 10 a.m.; Junior Congregation, devar Torah will be delivered by Andy Greenberg. 10:30 a.m., Kiddush is sponsored by Sisterhood. Kiddush will be sponsored by Andy and Carole Greenberg; Rabbi Levin's Humash class is 5:55 Mincha, 6:15 p.m.; Havdalah, 7:20 p.m. p.m<--everyone is welcome for informal discussion SUNDAY: Services, 9 a.m. and 6:15 p i n and snack; Evening services, 6:25 pan. in the WEEKDAYS: Services,! a.m. and 6:15 p.m TUESDAY: Talmud Class with Rabbi Kutner, 7 p.m. chapel. Sara Klein, daughter of Harry and Janet Klein, will become a Bat Mitzvah. SHABBOS HOUSE A THOUGHT FOR SHABBAT Saturday, Oct. 26, at the home of Howard To receive Rabbi Levin's weekly "Thought For Gendehnan and Bonnie Bloch, 3-5 p.m. All schoolaged children are invited to attend an afternoon of Shabbat" e-mail message, please send your e-mail address to Exec@bethel-omaha.org. learning and schmoozing. Parents are welcome. SUNDAY: Morning service, 9 a.m. Youth Chorus, CANTOR RAMON TASAT Saturday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m. See article on page following Sunday School. The group welcomes all Beth El kids who enjoy singing. For more informa11 for full details. tion, call Cantor Emil Berkovits; Evening service, 5:30 p.m WEEKDAYS: Services, 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m CONGREGATIONAL SHABBAT DINNER Friday, Oct. 25, following Kabbalat Shabbat services. New Beth El members will be honored at this first dinner of the New Year. Call the Beth El office immiediately to reserve. BELLS LUNCHEON Services officiated by Rabbi Michael Weisser. Saturday, Oct. 26, immediately following services. FRIDAY: Evening Service, 1"A5 p.m., Benjamin Beth El Lunch and Learn on Shabbat Series presents J a c o b Eisenberg, son of Joseph and Lois David Kraemer, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics Eisenberg, will become a Bar Mitzvah. Service folat the Jewish Theological Seminary. The topic will be lowed by an Oneg. Understanding Judaism through the Eyes of Islam. SATURDAY: Morning Shabbat Service, 9:30 Call for lunch and childcare reservations. a.m.; Torah Study, 10:30 a.m., Game Night, 6 p.m. SUNDAY: Hebrew School, 9 a.m.; Religious School, 10 a.m.; Gam Simha, 10 a.m. at Tifereth Israel. Monday, Oct. 21: Adult Hebrew Study Group, 7 p.m., for current info, call Stephanie, 435-0140. Thursday, Oct. 24: B'nai Mitzvah class, 3 p.m.

liiilSiiiillilijiifilwil! SATURDAY: Services, 9 a.m., led by Rabbi Maximo Shechet. Services are held in the Herbert Goldsten chapel; all services are open to the community.

Please contact Beyt Shalom for this week's schedule. FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m.

Services conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum. Minyan, Monday & Thursday, 7:15 a m . FRIDAY: Mincha-Ma'ariv, 8 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning service, 9:30 a.m., followed by Lunch and Learn, where we will discuss Rabbi Elliot Dorff's book To Do the Right and the Good: A Jewish Approach to Modern Social Ethics. SUNDAY, Oct. 20, Pirkei Avot, 10 a.m. MONDAY, Oct. 21, Torah Study, 10 a.m. TUESDAY, Oct. 22, Ladies Lunch Brunch, 11:30 a.m. at The Olive Garden. Men's Group meets every Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. at the Knolls.

^lp^^^^^^ Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. Monday-Friday, services at 7 a.m. FRIDAY: Mincha-Ma'ariv, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. SUNDAY: Morning Service, 8:30 a.m. MONDAY: Bringing Heaven Down to Earth (Women of Worth), 11:45 a.ni.-l p.m. Lunch is served. TUESDAY: Crown of Creation (W. of W.), 9:30-11 a.m.; Parshas HaShavuah (weekly Torah portion), 7-8:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Jewish Mysticism (Adult Education), 7-8:30 p.m., at the JCC. To register for any of the classes, please call Jennifer at 330-1800, or e-mail chabadoffice@aol.com.

PERSONAL Thank you to my friends and relatives for all their good wishes, cards and donations during my recent illness. Eve Heisier

Benjamin Jacob Eisenberg, son of Joseph and Lois Eisenberg, will become a Bar Mitzvah, Friday, Oct. 18, at B'nai Jeshuran in Lincoln. A seventh grade honor student at Robin Mickle Middle School in Lincoln, Ben enjoys collecting trading cards, basketball, computer and video games and caring for his two cats. Grandparents are George Eisenberg of Omaha and the late Florence Eisenberg, and Eugene and Claire Seier of Grand Island and the late Bertha Seier.

Carly Nicole Feldman, daughter of Howard and Lori Feldman, will celebrate her Bat mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 25, at Tifereth Israel Synagogue in Lincoln. An eighth grade student at Lux Middle School, Carly enjoys volleyball, computers, shopping and playing with her Chihuahua. She also volunteers at the Legacy Retirement Community working with Alzheimer's patients. Carly has a younger sister, Emma. Grandparents are Bob and Letha Pitlor, Lillian Feldman and the late Aaron Feldman.

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and defense of the state. At the turn of the (last) ing over the Green Line. But more help is needed. century, there were 19 settlements; now there are Ambulances in the West Bank need to be bulletproof, as do school buses. More portable emergency facilities more than 1000." 9 Israel purchased land-through the Jewish are required by Magen Dovid Adam. Schools are still Agency and Jewish National Fund-much of which waiting for armed guards and only half of the children was thought to be uninhabitable-and through the who were promised a summer camp experience in a invention of drip irrigation by scientists at Hebrew safe environment were funded. University, turned the desert green-hence the term Small, isolated settlements in the midst of Arab Green Line, a division between the lush green land- villages and towns should be on the table for negoscape of the State of Israel in 1967 and the brown tiations. But settlements alone do not constitute the barren lands of the West Bank and Gaza. stumbling block preventing the PA from negotiating Today, former Nebraskans and their families live in the first place. Their own history does-and until in "settlements." Aryeh Breslow of Lincoln resides the PA is willing to admit the truth to their own peoin Efrat, Sarah Simon Gold in Betar Illit and Sarah ple, noting—nothing will change. Ross in Givat Ze'ev. Our Partnership 2000 repCHER HERE VIE H4M6 OUR resentative, Beth FARM tMH£MEKf&..' Zuriel, lives in Ma'aleh Adumim, a "settlement" of more than 35,000 people east of Jerusalem. Many of the people labeled as "settlers" or "fanatic nationalists" are in fact, men and women like us~looking for a reasonably priced home with a little'green space in a good neighborhood. Last year, the United Jewish Communities, parent organization of Jewish federations of North America, voted to allocate funds from the Israel Terror Relief Campaign to Jews liv-

One of the more annoying myths in the media today is the supposition that "if only Israel would dismantle all the settlements on the West Bank and in Gaza, there would be peace in the Middle East." Let's check the facts on this issue: • The PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization, forerunner of today's quasi-governmental Palestinian Authority) was created in 1964~three years before the 1967 Six-Day Warm in which Israel captured east Jerusalem (and the Old City), and the West Bank from Jordan, the Golan Heights from Syria and the Gaza Strip and Sinai desert from Egypt. • The aim of the PLO then (and now) was to "drive Israel into the sea." There was no demand in the years from 1958-67 for an independent Palestinian state, either by the PLO or any Arab country. 8 Immediately after the Six-Day war in June of 1967, the Israeli government offered to give back all of the land to Egypt, Syria and Jordan. In the famous Arab League conference in August of 1967, the response of the Arab states was, ""No peace with Israel, no negotiations with Israel, (and) no recognition." • When a peace treaty with Egypt was finally signed in 1977 (after the Egyptians attacked Israel on the holiest day of the Jewish year, Yom Eippur, 1973), Egypt only wanted the Sinai back—the Arab country was not interested in governing more than one million Palestinians in Gaza. « The building of settlements was encouraged by every Israeli government, Labor and Likud, since 1967, as an issue of security. In the June 1991 Omaha mission to Israel, Dr. Menachem Perlmutter, former director of the Negev Engineering Division of the Jewish Agency's Rural Settlement Department, told the group, "Settlements play a critical role in the development

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by DAVID SILVERBERG — ^ » What's it like to be a citizen of a country that preempts its enemies — now that this is the official national security doctrine of the United States? Americans might look to the Israeli experience. Preemption guided that Middle Eastern state from its founding in 1948. Israeli strategists early on decided that Israel was so vulnerable it couldn't wait for disaster to fall, but it had to strike first when threatened. Nor could it wait until it accumulated evidence of evil intent that would stand up in a court of law. Rather, Israelis had to rely on the information accumulated by its vaunted intelligence service, the Mossad, and act on the partial evidence, on the hints, whispers and suspicions that so often make up the bulk of raw intelligence. Twice Israeli preemption resulted in smashing victories: in 1956 and 1967. In the first instance, Israel attacked Egypt in league with Britain and France, but was forced to give up its gains. In the second instance, it attacked the instant Egypt closed the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba, an action Israel regarded as a casus belli. However, in October 1973 Israel refrained from preemption when it had information a few hours in

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advance that Egypt and Syria were going to attack. Not wishing to be seen as an aggressor, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir hesitated — and Israel was nearly destroyed by invading armies. The United States has never faced life on a similar knife-edge. No matter how heavy the blow, it's had the territorial expanse and the military power to bounce back. Even when faced with the threat of a massive Soviet nuclear first strike, there was the sense that the United States had the wherewithal to respond. But now terrorism has placed us on the knife-edge. Weapons of mass destruction make a terrorist act potentially cataclysmic. If a nuclear bomb were to be detonated in an American city, the entire city could be destroyed and the casualties would be in the millions. If an epidemic were loosed to which there was no immediate antidote, humanity could lose a third of its numbers as it did during the Black Death of the Middle Ages. Waiting for the first blow to fall is no longer an option and preemption is an unfortunate necessity. For American citizens this means more war, and Iraq may be only the

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first. Engaging in war based on an lizations. Great desert barriers proopponent's perceived intentions is a tected the ancient Egyptians, while nerve-wracking enterprise. It can the British could reside in what they result in seemingly random violence called "splendid isolation," thanks to and apparent aggression, because in the English Channel. America has these instances only a few people are been one of these fortunate ones, in possession of the information that blessed and protected by two great led to the action and that information oceans. For the vast majority of is rarely made public. mankind, however, war, insecurity It also results in errors. Again, the and uncertainty has been a constant Israeli experience is instructive. In fact of life. 1973, an Israeli hit team out to avenge America has now been thrust into the murder of Israeli athletes the year that world. before at the Munich Olympic Games, When Osama bin Laden's terrorists murdered an innocent Moroccan wait- killed 3,000 people on Sept. 11, he er at Lillehammer, Norway, whom robbed Americans of the safety and they mistook for a wanted terrorist. security and complacency we'd previAs Americans pursue shadowy terror- ously enjoyed. He also robbed us of the ists around the world, we'll make sim- luxury of suspending judgment before ilar errors. responding. He launched a war that But by the same token, preemption America now has to finish and finish can be effective. In 1981, Israeli air- victoriously. It's the kind of challenge craft destroyed Saddam Hussein's that comes with nationhood and Osirak reactor outside Baghdad, the which the Framers of the Constitution first effort to thwart Saddam fully realized the United States would Hussein's quest for weapons of mass have to face. destruction. Israel suffered global conOnly one more thing needs to be demnation-and secret gratitude. The said: Saddam Hussein must be war on which America is about to destroyed. embark in Iraq will finish the job started then. David Silverberg is a senior ediSome lucky few nations are protect- tor at The Hill in Washington, D.C. ed by geography and build great civi-

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Stars Silent on Israel by TOM TUGEND — — — - — - — — LOS ANGELES (JTA)--Holrywood's top Jewish names may be silent on Israeli-Palestinian violence, but a group of young Jewish screenwriters, talent agents and others are speaking up for Israel. Their job is not easy in a predominantly liberal corrununity whose founders shunned their Jewishness in public, according to Los Angeles Times' film reporter Rachel Abramowitz. A leader of the pro-Israel push, dubbed Project Communicate, is Dan Adler, a 39-year old talent agent and son of a Holocaust survivor. Though he seeks to develop a network of defenders and advocates for Israel, he wants to steer clear of ideological divisions. "We're trying to be pro-humani-

ty and pro-solution, rather than simply pro-Israel," Adler said. Even that modest goal may be difficult to achieve in an industry not otherwise known for its diffidence. "There's been a puzzling silence" on Israel, screenwriter Dan Gordon told the Times. "We're an industry that takes stands on everything. People can't shut us up! I'd love to see the indignation about homicide bombers that is reserved for smokers. You smoke in this town and you're dead." His sentiment is echoed by publicist Howard Bragman. "It's easier to come out as a gay in Hollywood than as a Jew," Bragman said. "I'm frankly shocked at how many people are in the closet about

U.S. Armed intervention In the Holy Land by CARL ALPERT

Haifa - If we were to report that the U.S. government, receiving complaints that American citizens were being mistreated in this country, had dispatched a ship here from the Mediterranean fleet, landed an armed force, provided the Americans with arms for self defense, and warned the government of serious repercussions if there should be any further complaints—the tale would sound fantastic. Yet that is exactly what happened 148 years ago. And since the current news hardly makes cheerful reading, let's go back in history for a change. Here is the story. Beginning with the middle of the 19th century there were several attempts by both Christian and Jewish groups to establish colonies in the Holy Land. We had read somewhere that the State Department had received complaints from its consular agents in the area that the Americans required protection, and the Navy was urged to send ships to protect them. Our curiosity led us to the records of the State Department in Washington and then to the records of the Navy Department, and eventually even to the ship's log. On June 3, 1854, the S.S. Levant, commanded by Capt. C.C. Turner, dropped anchor in Jaffa harbor, and an armed force of 13 officers and men came ashore. They heard complaints from the Americans that "the vicinity of both Jaffa and Jerusalem are visited now and then by small bands of Beduins from the Desert, who make inroads sometimes to the walls of the cities, stealing and plundering whatever comes in their way." The American settlers asked for defensive weapons. Capt. Turner noted in the ship's log: "I without hesitation sent them a few of Halls' Carbines, with the necessary ammunition which, with what they have, will be enough to keep off the Beduins who come in very small numbers and are very great cowards." The terse report was limited to about 300 words. Surely there must be more to the story, and we continued our search. We found it in the October 1854 issue of The Occident, a Jewish periodical published in Philadelphia, but rich with reports from Palestine. In that number, Warder Cresson, an American convert to Judaism who lived in Jerusalem, gave a more

detailed account, and we quote only a part of his letter: "We have been recently most acceptably visited at Jaffa and Jerusalem by Captain Turner of the United States Navy, commander of a man-of-war brig or corvette of 36 guns. He sailed from Constantinople to Jaffa, as he intended to do in future two or three times a year. It is no more than right for us to acknowledge his visit, and that he has rendered a most signal service and benefit to the American party located near Jaffa, who had been disturbed and driven off their settlement two or three times; but Captain Turner no sooner ascertained the fact, than he had the Arabs that offended apprehended and tried before the Turkish authorities in Jaffa, who forthwith imprisoned them; since which occurrence the Americans have been treated with the greatest deference and respect; as he told them he should hold them responsible for any further molestation. "And we would most respectively solicit the protection of the President and government of the United States of America, especially during our infancy; and there is no doubt that we would succeed in our all-important undertaking, and most important it is to the future welfare of our poor brethren in the Holy Land." Warder Cresson's closing remarks refer to his own attempts at Jewish colonization in Palestine. But even Captain Turner had been preceded. Another U.S. naval expedition had reached this country in March, 1848, and when commander Lt. Lynch pitched his tents on the beach outside of Haifa, he recorded: "For the first time, perhaps, without the consular precincts, the American flag has been raised in Palestine. May it be the harbinger of regeneration to a now hapless people." From Haifa, Lt. Lynch led a group which circumnavigated the Dead Sea. Upon his return to America he published a volume describing in detail what they found and saw, including a visit to Masada. The book was very popular and went through many editions. It appears, then, that American interest in this part of the world goes back many, many years before the first Zionist settlers or fundraisers.

their Jewishness." Yuval Rotem, Israel's consul general in Los Angeles, has expressed his frustration about the silence of major Hollywood names on Israel. Speaking in April to a Hollywood audience at the Israel Film. Festival, he asked, "Where have you been? We need to see you with us when times are hard." Rotem said he's made dozens of phone calls trying to persuade top Hollywood figures to visit Israel, but has failed completely. Indicative of the mood, such Hollywood movers and shakers as Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks, Harvey Weinstein of Miramax, and actors Jerry Seinfeld and Adam Sandier declined to comment for the Times article. Their spokespeople, however, noted that most had contributed to various Israel crisis funds, while Spielberg has allotted all profits from Schindler's List to domestic Jewish causes. One explanation for the deafening silence is put forward by screenwriter Andrea King, formerly a film critic for the Jerusalem Post. "I don't think Jews in general know what to do, and Hollywood knows even PEOPLE W H O READ NEWSPAPERS ARE

less what to do," she said. "Jews in Hollywood have never been big flagwaving Jews to begin with. If the Jewish community is struggling, then the Hollywood community is paralyzed."" One exception in the top ranks of the industry is Paramount Chairman Sherry Lansing, who said, "I've always been pro-Israel. This is the first time in my life that I have feared for the existence of Israel." The 100 or so activists behind Project Communicate are mostly newcomers to Jewish causes. They raised their seed money at a $10,000-perplate breakfast meeting last May with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The scope and targets of the-project have not been made public, though it is hoped that major Jewish celebrities will join in delivering the message. However energetic and dedicated the activists may be, they face a problem unique to Hollywood. "Everybody in Hollywood is obsessed with story and used to thinking their way out of a plot," writer Michael Tolkin told the Tunes. "There's no obvious way out of this. I don't know anyone who can get three paragraphs through a discussion of the Middle East crisis without being struck mute."

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ORGANIZATI Y.E.S. Members will meet Monday at the JCG. Play bingo at 10 a.m. with Eileen Remer or exercise with Stacey Paskert at 10:30 a.m. Bring articles to share for "YES Talk" at 11 a.m. Following lunch at noon, Charles Ahavissi, from Benin in West Africa, will perform Hwendo-AEricaa dancing. For transportation to the JCC, call 330-4272. Call Maggie Conti at 334-6521 for all reservations.

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" Join Temple Israel Middle/High { School-girls and women of all I ages-on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 6:30 p.m. and share with Wiseman her ultimate goal-to provide families with the tools i and inspiration to live in The 1 Girl World. WALK-IN, DROP-M Other events open to the comFor those members going on the day trip to the munity include: Bluffs Run Casino on Thursday, please meet at the « Wednesday, Nov. 6, 6:45 JCC by 8:45 a.in For transportation call Maggie p.m.: Parents' Book Club discusConti at 334-6521. ^ ^j.^-1.v--.-.'Sion about Queenbees and : ?.' *£"' ".* -*"••'! Wannabees with facilitators YIDDISH GROUP U-},^'/^f j Rabbi Debbie Stiel, Sally Kaplan, Lomir Redn Yiddish: Let Us Speak Yiddish L.C.S.W., and Lee Needelman; Conversation Group will meet on Thursday, 1-3 « Thursday, Nov. 14, 11:45 p.m. at the JCC. Call Anne SkolMn for information a.m.: Catered luncheon followed at 343-1638. by A Conversation with Rosaline Wiseman. Cost is $12; babysitvery issue Nov. 13-14 VISIONS Rosalind Wiseman ting is $2. Relax with Visions at Freedom Park Landing for Temple Israel. Featured on the Oprah show, CNN and NPR, and The Nov. 13 workshop is free and open to the coma cruise on the Missouri. Autumn Foliage Cruise on the River City Star is Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1-3 p.m. in such publications as USA Today, the munity. Wiseman's visit is sponsored in association Cost is $16 per person and includes both the cruise Washington Post, New York Times Magazine and with the Robert and Ellen Gordman Donor Advised and a box lunch. Send reservations to: Sandy and Newsweek, Wiseman will speak about the societal Fund of the Jewish Federation, Girl Scouts Great Fred Bromley, 13419 Marinda St., Omaha, NE, damage caused by cruelty and the violence that Plains Council, the Hermene Zweiback Center for 68144. Make check payable to Jewish Senior often ensues where it first raises its head-among Lifelong Jewish Learning, Jewish Family Service, teenagers. Of particular interest to Wiseman is the the Kripke Jewish Federation Library, and Women Services. Deadline is Oct. 21. way girls interact and ultimately organize them- of Reform Judaism-Omaha Chapter. selves into complex and often hurtful hierarchies To make reservations for the Nov. 6 or Nov. 14 B'NAI B'RITH BHEADBREAKERS at any age. events, call Lori at Temple Israel, 556-6536. Rep. Lee Terry will speak Wednesday, Oct. 23, noon, at the Park Inn Regency Lodge, according to Steve Riekes, Breadbreakers Chairman. Cost full lunch $9; beverage service only, $2. Most people think of abuse F only as something physicallike a beating. However, abuse can be anything from peer pressure to sexual I , . harassment. *'}"•)'. These are the threats kids \~J*x,v face everyday. Being young f« •'.•;•• and female is difficultyenough; it's a constant strug- j •• gle to survive with your emo- \ tions intact and some girls j fare better than others. '. Rosalind Wiseman, co- \ founder of the Empower ;.'7"V Program, a not-for-f organization that works

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Photos from top left: At a recent Family Day at Mahoney State Park, Teresa Drelicharz of Jewish Family Service, left, staffed the Sunday afternoon event. Howard Marcus, right, enjoyed the day out with his sister, Elaine. "The Guys"«Josh Parsow, Jeff Steinberg and Michael Parsow "clown"

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Tzedakah Box Party Features Hands-on Art by JILL BELMONT™ — , The joy of creating a unique family keepsake will be tops on the agenda for the second "90-Minute House Party," sponsored by the Jewish Federation Women's Division Campaign. The party, themed "The Art of Tzedakah," will be held Tuesday, Oct. 29, at two different times—10 a.m. and 7 p.m.-at the Friedel Jewish Academy. Julie Phillips will serve as the event's presenter; Julie Phillips hostesses include Janey Dann, Judy Josephson and Janet Kohll. Boxes will be supplied, as well as ribbons, rhinestones and other decorative materials, according to Patty Nogg, Women's Campaign Co-chairman. In addition, she said, each participant is encouraged to bring her own distinctive items, such as favorite family photos (or colored photocopies of pictures) and other glueable memorabilia. "I participated in last year's tzedakah box party,' and the box I made holds a place of honor on our fireplace mantel-we use it all the time," Nogg said. A selfdescribed person-on-the-go who "doesn't take the time to do crafty things," she added that the 2001 party was "just wonderful-it was a lot of fun being with other women, and creating something so special." Phillips, who holds an art history degree, has led art

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Bob Wolfson and Guy Matalon will explore "Strategies for Confronting Anti-Semitism" in a brown bag session, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, noon, in the Kripke Jewish Federation Library. The informal seminar, sponsored by the College of Jewish Learning of Jewish Educational and Library Services, will be the third of four on the rise of anti-Semitism and terrorism around the world. The series will conclude on Oct. 29 with "An Open Forum on Anti-Semitism and Related Topics." Matalon, a lecturer in the UNO Department of Philosophy and Religion, and Wolfson, director of the ADL-CRC, often enhance each other's perspectives. At their second seminar, for example, Wolfson told the assemblage of almost 30, "A remnant seam of anti-Semitism has been exposed in light of the world's frustration" about the Middle East crisis. In response, Matalon underscored the need "to keep people in the middle from going off into positions of dangerous extreme. Additional information about the series is available from Kathy Hirshman in the JELS office: 3343445, or khirshman@jewishomaha.org.

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Attention all new and prospective members of the National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section. This article is "For Your Eyes Only" If The World is Not Enough, you are invited to a special James Bond themed evening to learn more about the National Council of Jewish Women. Deb Marburg, NCJW Membership Vice President promises martinis (shaken, not stirred) and iceTinis along with "Goldfinger" foods and some "Bonding" with other new members and the NCJW Board. The event will be held at "007" on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7-9 p.m. at the home of Sharon Kirshenbaum, 12132 Farnam. "I am looking forward to a relaxing, fun and informative evening," declared Marburg. She added, "Thanks to my committee of Beth Friedman, Sharon Kirshenbaum, Patty Nogg and Sue Schreiber for helping plan this event." For more information about NCJW or if you would like to attend this event, please contact Deb Marburg at 398-1601 or via e-mail at pengldeb@cox.net.

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Temple Youth Advisor's Job Grows to Meet Increased Participation by CLAUDIA SHERMAN Temple Israel Communications Coordinator

Stephanie Grossman, j who has been working part-time as the youth advisor at Temple Israel since January 1998, has a! new title and expanded j responsibilities. As the j director of youth and! informal education, \ Grossman will now be \ working full-time at Temple as she continues to oversee three youth groups and supervise the t „•' . v . 1 - 1 " •• other youth advisors. [Y/ Her expanded duties' include promoting Jewish j ' camp participation, pro-' moting programs for Stephanie youth in Israel, and encouraging college students to participate in Temple activities. Since Grossman began overseeing Omaha Temple Youth Group (OTYG), Junior Youth Group (JYG) for seventh and eighth graders, and Club 56 for fifth and sixth graders, all three groups have grown. "There were 10 members in OTYG when I started," she said. "We already have 39 members so far this year." The goal is to recruit 50 high school students "and keep them actively involved," she added. She hopes to see 30-40 JYG members attend a conclave especially for the middle-school age group. JYG had about four or five programs per year in 1998, Grossman recalled. Now they have eight programs a year. Club 56 has expanded from three or four programs a year to eight or 10. Grossman's self-described mission is "to create a partnership between Temple Israel and the kids." She sees her job as helping youth who first went to Temple as children with their parents to now having their "very own place here—their own connection. And to keep them involved throughout their lives." She also believes in supporting the teens in recognizing their individual identities. Allie Willensky, current president of OTYG, said, "You can tell by the attendance at our programs and conclaves that we've grown." She attributes the growth to word of mouth between the teens. "And it has a lot to do with Stephanie. She's really good at getting in touch with kids who might not be involved. She gives them a job to do-but she's always there for them," added Willensky who is a senior at Millard North High School and has been a member of OTYG for three years. "My job takes a huge amount of time," Grossman acknowledged. Besides planning numerous conclaves, there are at least six opportunities to go with

Legendary Maggidim page 1) o Sunday, Nov. 10,10:15-11:20 a.m.: "Now That You've Heard, What Do You Do?" The Legendary Maggidim will share stories with BESTT students and their parents. The stories will focus on the components of Jewish life—joy, Torah, prayer, mitzvot and remembering-and will tie in with the installation of a special memorial designed to honor victims of the Holocaust, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. According to Anna Besser, Beth El's Education Director, before The Legendary Maggidim leave Omaha, Annette Labovitz will lead a teacher's workshop on "The Enrichment of Jewish Education through the Effective Use of Stories." The session is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 10, 12:30-2 p.m. The couple has time following the workshop to meet privately with individuals who wish to tell the Labovitzes their Jewish stories. "Stories root us in our tradition and our lives," Besser said. "The Legendary Maggidim tell stories that create a warm, Jewish atmosphere. We know that the entire community-adults and youngsters, too--will be moved and inspired during the Labovitzes'weekend with us." For more information on the Kahn-Scholar-inResidence Weekend, call the Beth El office at: 4928550.

the youth group to con- ventions and leadership • training each year. "Part • of my job is just talking to i the kids. And it has to be ' at night and on weeki ends." Grossman and her j husband, Barry, were co, " ' advisors for a year. "But '• * j one of us has to stay home -•;' 'jwith the kids. She is *,'", ] grateful to Barry for being • " i "very supportive," because " __ -^he knows she loves her >• o.' Youth group has been a •. * 'jfamily affair with the '.'•'. Grossmans. When Stephanie started, her Grossman daughter Hannah was in kindergarten. She accompanied her mother on several conclaves including the first one when Hannah was five. She wanted "to see what my Mom was doing when she was working," said Hannah. She is now 10 and a member of Club 56. Hannah thinks it will work out fine. "I'll just be one of the kids." In her position, Grossman will encourage youngsters to attend summer camp, primarily Olin-SangRuby Union Institute in Wisconsin and Schwayder Camp in Colorado. She will promote participation in programs in Israel—going to school there and summer experiences. She sees her first commitment to college students as "finding them!" After that, she hopes to facilitate informal get-togethers with the rabbis and college students home on breaks. Grossman plans to provide occasional opportunities for collegians who are here year-round to attend Shabbat services together as well as keep them aware of social events and other Temple activities. Or "they might be interested in teaching religious school," she said. "Stephanie's passion for her work—taking care of the youth and three youth groups, developing vehicles to experience camping and Israel—is enormous," commented Temple Israel Rabbi Aryeh Azriel. "The congregation is blessed to have her on our staff and responsible for this important work." "The job is fun," Grossman admitted. Over the years, she has grown close to youth advisors in other cities. She's also grateful for "support from the Temple staff who take youth seriously." "If I do my job right, nobody knows what I'm doing, because the kids are doing a lot." She aims to guide the youth to be independent, to have input, and to develop leadership skills. Most of all, she wants them to get the credit for their youth group activities and accomplishments.

Sabbath of Six Million Lights (Continued from page 1) •«~~"--»™-^«-—»-«•>—— 'Yes, I am a survivor, but this is not about me or even my children," said Fried. "Survivors and witnesses to the Holocaust have told their stories to bear witness to man's worst inhumanity to man. But soon our voices will be stilled by the march of time. "Who will tell the story to a world that wants to forget? Who will educate our children? Who will give voice to our voice? That's what it's about," Fried insisted. "We need to finally lay these souls to rest and promise each other that the millions who live will tell the story about the millions who died to the next generation, and the next, and the next, and the next." The community can participate in perpetuity by becoming Guardians of the Six Million Lights. Guardians are individuals who make a contribution in any amount to The Six Million Lights Education Fund, established to provide continuing Holocaust education programs to children in the Omaha area. Tax-deductible contributions can be made through the Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, 333 So. 132 St., Omaha, NE 68154. Contact Marty Ricks, Foundation Director, at 3346440, for more information.

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PERLMAN/WEST Sarah Perlman, of Scottsdale, AZ, and John West by SOPHIE SCHULMAN — of Mesa, AZ, have announced their engagement Georgia Ann Steinberg, The annual Sisterhood The bride-to-be is the Sisterhood President, and daughter of Gary and Donor Luncheon will be Sandy Kohll and Willis Linda Perlman of York, held Tuesday, Nov. 12, Ann Ross, Donor Co- NE. Her grandparents 11:30 a.m. at Beth Israel chairmen, noted, "This are Ted and Rosalyn Synagogue, 1502 No. 52 will be the last Sisterhood Perlman of York, NE, St. The luncheon will be donor event to be held at and Shirley Grant of followed by a musical prothe 52nd Street location, Lincoln, NE, and the gram, featuring The Plain and it will uphold our tra- late Bob Grant. Labels, a group of four dition for gourmet meals men and a woman. She graduated and enjoyable programs." summa cum laude from According to Sheila The donor committee the Tomps, Chairman of the University of also includes: Bernice Arizona in Tucson, with program, "It's nostalgic Cohen, Bette Kozlen, a bachelor's degree in consumer studies. She was a music that will set your Jeanette Nadoff, Shirley member of Phi Eta Sigma, Kappa Omicron Nu, feet to tapping and your Goodm'an, Tibe Stoler, Alpha Zeta, Order of Omega and Golden Key lips to humming." For more than 50 years, Co-chairman of the donor luncheon are Willis aild R e v a R u d e rman. National Honor Society. She also earned a license in the Beth Israel Sisterhood Ann R o s s > left' a n d Sandra Kohll. Reservations may be cosmetology from the Carsten Institute of Hair and has held annual donor events. The money raised made by calling Sheila Tomps, 551-9727. The mini- Beauty in Tempe, AZ. She is a hairstylist with Pucci each year supports its many service projects: youth mum donor for Sisterhood members is $25; the com- Salon in Scottsdale. group activities, weekly Sabbath kiddush, running munity is invited~cost of the luncheon is $12. Her fiance earned a bachelor's degree in marketand maintaining Beth Israel's kosher kitchen, as (Gentlemen are welcome to attend as guests or ing and communications from Illinois State well as contributing to community events. donors!) University in Normal, IL. He is a consultant with the TCS Group. He is the son of Edwina McAfee of Elmhurst, IL. The wedding is planned for Nov. 16 at the Red Mountain Ranch Country Club in Mesa, AZ. Nominations for the 2003 Omaha Business Hall Avery Hannah Lehr, of Fame inductees are due Oct. 31 to the Greater daughter of Sandy and John Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds from Lehr, is now appearing as the dinner, scheduled for April 10, 2003, benefit Queen Ramalama in the origiyouth development and scholarships. Nomination nal production, Night of forms are available online at: www.omahachamLiving Brady by Doug Marr. ber.org/hof or by calling 346-5000. by CLAUDIA SHERMAN This comic spoof of the Brady Temple Israel Communications Coordinator"———— Bunch is showing through »:'.-».?;; According to the American Red Cross, the need for Oct. 27 at the Circle Theatre, The Harry F. Cunningham Gold Medal was 726 So. 55 St. Reservations awarded to Donald Polsky by the American blood donations remains urgent. In response, can be made by calling 553-4715 or via e-mail at: Institute of Architects of Nebraska. The highest Temple Israel has scheduled its annual blood drive Dlmarr@cox.net. honor that AIA-Nebraska bestows, the medal is in on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1-7 p.m. recognition of distinguished achievement. Donors are not restricted to Temple Israel members, emphasized Harry Alloy, chairman of the Josyln Art Museum invites all Cub Scouts, Boy Gary Cohen and Sally Cohen announce the for- blood drive committee. He hopes this year's drive Scouts, Eagle Scouts and Explorer Post and Venturing Crew members and their families to a mation of Nicholas E. Pierce Technologies in will surpass last year's 80 donors. Alloy encourages free afternoon of art activities at the museum dur- Omaha. The company specializes in computer solu- community members to "make saving lives part of ing Super Scout Sunday, Nov. 10, noon-4 p.m. tions, ranging from maintenance, new systems and your routine. Your blood donation can change the Scouts can earn art advancements while participat- consulting to networks for commercial and residen- life of someone who really needs some strength tial clients. Gary Cohen was a network analyst for right now." ing in hands-on workshops. Donors can call Alloy at 697-8709 or the Temple Super Scout Sunday continues with a men's bas- Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Sally Prystai ketball game (Creighton vs Global Sports) at 7 p.m. Cohen was a telecommunications sales representa- Israel office at 556-6536 to set an appointment to tive to FDR and Western Union. donate blood on Oct. 30. at the Civic Auditorium.

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Hazzan Ramon Tasat describes his participation will have some religious poems of Sephardic origin in Shabbat worship services as "praying in two for havdalah," Hazzan Tasat said. worlds." Hazzan Tasat, currently from Silver Beth Israel Synagogue is sponsoring "An Evening Spring, Maryland, will be Temple Israel's of Good Music and Good Company" with Hazzan Hazzan-in-Residence Oct. 25-26. Tasat at 8 p.m. that evening at the home of Mike and Judy Feldman, 12614 Harney Circle, A cantor, composer, and entertainer, Refreshments will be served and the program is Hazzan Tasat will "provide the open to the community. Sephardic approach to liturgy" both musically and otherwise at a On Sunday morning, Oct. 27, 11 a.m. at Beth Sephardic Kabbalat Shabbat El Synagogue, Hazzan Tasat will entertain Worship Service on Friday, Oct. Sunday School children and their families in the 25, 7:30 p.m. at Temple Israel. sanctuary, said Cantor Emil Berkovits. "The congregation will be able to To pay tribute to the Sephardim, in 1992, participate," he promised. Hazzan Tasat compiled, edited, and arranged Sephardic Songs for All, a book and accompanying A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hazzan Tasat has never been to CD. The year Omaha. "But I have heard beautiful marked the 500th things about your vibrant communianniversary of the ty," he confirmed. While working on expulsion of the his doctoral degree in musical arts Jewish people at the University of Texas, Tasat from Spain. "Sephardic met the world renowned American Songs for All is a cross section choral director and composer, Dr. Robert of the rich repertoire Shaw, "perhaps the greatest choral director to which I have been exposed since my childhood at of the century," indicated Tasat. family reunions and through commercial recordAfter performing for Dr. Shaw, Tasat was invited ings," explained the Hazzan. to join a group of 40 singers on a two-month tour of He has also made several recordings of his music. Europe. "It was an honor," Tasat said. They sang A classical guitarist, he is about to publish Jewish choral, symphonic, and orchestral music. "What I Italian Choral Music. learned from (Dr. Shaw) has remained "a spiritual Temple Israel is devoting this year to a study of and musical education that has followed me all my Sephardic history and culture and welcomes the life," Tasat added. entire community to meet and participate with the On Saturday, Oct. 26, 9:30 a.m., Hazzan Tasat hazzan-in-residence. will lead a Sephardic prayer book discussion at Hazzan Tasat's wife Sonia is from Cuba. She Bagels and Sacred Books in the Milder Center. At teaches Spanish in a public school. "We speak 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary, Hazzan Tasat will lead Spanish at home," Ramon said. Shabbat Worship Services and chant Torah using "Hazzan Tasat has a wonderful reputation," Sephardic trope. Temple Israel Cantor Wendy Shermet mentioned, That evening, Hazzan Tasat and members of the "and I am sure that everyone who hears him will Omaha Temple Youth Group will co-host havdalah both learn something new and have a joyful at 6:30 p.m. in the Livingston Chapel at Temple. "I weekend!"

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The 2003 Jewish Federation Men's $100 means that a family can cele-, Campaign held its fundraising kickoff brate Hanukkah, or an elderly Jew in last week. Campaign volunteers, led the former Soviet Union can eat for a by Pete Brodkey and Jerry Dann, met month." to discuss the issues and primary Photos from top: Mark Sanford, goals of the Annual Campaign. In left, and Howard Epstein catch up honor of the Federation's Centennial after the kickoff; Fred Tichauer, year, donors will be asked to make an Initial Gifts Division, meets with increase of $100 to their gift. John Katelman, seated, and Ted General Campaign Co-chairman Zetzman, both workers for this Jerry Kohll said that nearly everyone year's Campaign; Stan Widman, in attendance increased their gift by left, Builder's Division Co-chair$100, noting, "Fortunately, for most of man, greets Nate Schwalb; Men's us, giving $100 more will not impact 2003 Campaign Co-Chairmen Pete our standard of living. But that same Brodkey, left, and Jerry Dann.

Vie following people have made increased gifts to the 2003 Centennial Campaign, Natnes in bold indicate an increased gift of $100 or more in honor of the Centennial of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. In recognition of their generous and long tern support, the names of Men's and Women s Major Gift and Senior Division Donors are included when they make their 2003 Campaign Gift. MEN'S MAJOR GIFTS Joel Alperson Forrest Knitter Norm Sheldon (New Pacesetter) Murray Newman

WOMEN'S MAJOR GIFTS Sandy Epstein Ruth Erman Sharee Newman Patty Nogg ZocRiekes

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MEN'S CAMRMGN JeffAizenberg George Aufseeser MarkBelmont Howarci Borden Pete Brodkey Ron Brodkey Jerry Dann Randy Endelman Howarci Epstein Harris Firiketetein Robert Freeman BobGoldbeig Victor Gufanan BobKahn John Katelman Rick Katelman Mike Levine John McGauvran Joseph Meyers Larry Meyerson Henry Monsky Steve Perelman Steve Redler

WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN Madeline Aufeeeser Jill Baron Midge Bowers Stade Brodkey Dora Goldstrom Andie Gordman Caryl Greenberg Joanie Jacobson Joanie Kaiman Frankie Kasin Karin Levine Tina Meyers SueMfflward Pam Monsky Rita Novak Dodi Redler Susan Rothholz

Marty Rkks DickRochman Bill Rosen Mark Sartford Mike Siegel Ray Somberg FrafUchauer

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