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A GREAT NOSH Join us for Sunday Pod at Chabad Page 3
More Purim photos in Spotlight Page 6 Emily Schneider’s tablescape entitled Enchanted Garden Party. Credit: Mark Kirchhoff
ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT Jewish Press Editor unday March 30, over 160 Omaha Jewish women came together to celebrate and learn with Micah Siva, the author of NOSH, a plantforward cookbook with a modern take on Jewish cuisine. In front of a full room at Champions Run, Micah demonstrated three Passover-inspired recipes from her book, which included Cast-Iron Potato and Caramelized Onion Kugel, Beet Baba Ghanoush and Mo-
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Yom HaShoah
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SCOTT LITTKY Institute for Holocaust Education Executive Director Each year it is an honor for the Institute for Holocaust Education, along with our local congregations, to plan our annual Yom HaShoah commemoration. This year we will be holding our annual Omaha Holocaust Commemoration on Wednesday, April 23 at 7 p.m. at the Staenberg Jewish Community Center. Along with participation from our Omaha clergy we are honored to have Survivors, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Generation Survivors and community members participating in the candle lighting ceremony commemorating the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
roccan Spiced Carrot and Chickpea Salad. The event was a collaboration between the Jewish Federation of Omaha Women’s Philanthropy and the Spring Jewish Author’s Event. “When we host a cookbook author who is also a great chef, registered dietician, food photographer and speaker,” JFO Director of Development Rachel Ring said, “of course we are going to ask her to show us how! Watching her in action was inspiring, and such a great way to engage our community.” See A Great Nosh page 2
A Legacy of Kindness
Dr. Christine Erlander Beard
Our speaker will be Dr. Christine Erlander Beard, DMA, Kayser Professor of Flute & International Studies, Coordinator of Woodwind Studies, The University of Nebraska at Omaha. During COVID 19 Dr. Beard began researching music for flute and piccolo that was performed in the concentration camps and ghetto of German-occupied Europe during the Holocaust. Her presentation is titled, Beauty Behind Walls of Horror: The Role of Music During the Holocaust. One Sunday, April 27 at 2 p.m. in See Yom HaShoah page 3
Gary Javitch, left, Rabbi Eli Tenenbaum and Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen
MUSHKA TENENBAUM Chabad On April 9, communities across the country will mark Education and Sharing Day USA, a national day dedicated to promoting the values of education, moral development, and acts of kindness. Established in 1978 and commemorated annually ever since — begin-
ning with a proclamation by President Jimmy Carter — this meaningful day honors the life and teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the worldwide Chabad movement and a passionate advocate for the role of ethical education in shaping a better future. See A Legacy of Kindness page 3