Life cycles

IN MEMORIAM

MANNY GOLDBERG

Manny Goldberg passed away on Jan. 27, 2022, at age 87 in Boca Raton, Florida. Services were held on Feb. 1, 2022, at Golden Hill Cemetery and were officiated by Rabbi Ari Dembitzer.

He is survived by his wife, Carol Goldberg, daughters and sonsin-law, Marla and Bob Cohen of Omaha and Bracha and Gideon Garland of Jerusalem, Israel; sons and daughters-in-law, Bruce and Cindy Goldberg of Omaha, David and Wendy Goldberg of Omaha, and Matt and Suzie Goldberg of Northbrook, IL; grandchildren: Josh, Zoe, Sara, Charlie, Adam and Jennifer, Scott, Max, Joe, Molly, Sophie, Stephanie, Jennifer, Jordan, Izzy, Devorah, and Ruth; and great-granddaughter Hila.

Manny was born in Omaha on Aug. 2, 1934, to Morris and Frances Goldberg, He graduated from Creighton University College of Pharmacy. Manny was a devoted husband, father, mentor, golfer, conversationalist and Rotarian. He was the founder of Keystone and Medicine Chest Pharmacies, Goldberg received the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Service Citation from the Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. Goldberg opened his first pharmacy in 1956 followed by Keystone Pharmacy the following year. The business eventually grew to 15 pharmacies across Nebraska and Iowa. Goldberg helped found and served as president of the Nebraska Pharmacy Network; he also served on the board of directors for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the advisory boards for Creighton’s School of Pharmacy and the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy.

Memorials may be made in Manny's honor to Beth Israel, Temple Israel, or the Creighton School of Pharmacy and Health Professions.

ELINORE R. KUTLER

Elinore R. Kutler passed away on Jan. 28, 2022. Services were held on Jan. 31, 2022, at Kehilath Israel Cemetery in Independence, Missouri and were officiated by Rabbi Moshe Grussgott.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, Ben (Dov Ber Shlomo Zev); parents, Ben and Etta Robinson, brother, Marvin Robinson; sister, Louise Goodman; son-in-law, Steve Klugman and grandson, Kenny Klugman.

She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Stephen Kutler and Phyllis Needelman; daughter, Elaine Klugman of Lenexa, KS; grandchildren: Seth and Kutler, Josh and Hannah Kutler, Michelle and Richard Kamalich, Kory Klugman, Kasey Klugman; greatgrandchildren: Breckon, Dagon, Aliya, Canton, Wesley, Katie, Kourtney Klugman and Lila and Ezra Kutler.

Elinore Kutler was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1923. Her parents along with some of her cousins owned a department store. When the depression came they lost everything. Her mother passed away when she was eleven, so she helped raise her brother and sister. After graduating from high school and being an excellent typist she began her career. Since there wasn’t a young Jewish male population in Lincoln she would often travel by bus to Omaha. During one of those trips she met my dad at a get together at Mrs B., who was know as Rose Blumkin of Nebraska Furniture Mart fame, who often would have get togethers for young women and men in Omaha. They married in 1942 settled in Omaha until 1958, when they relocated to Kansas City, MO. In Kansas City she worked for the Department of Agriculture and raised her family.

They were members of B’nai Israel Synagogue in Omaha for 15 years and 64 years at Kehilath Israel Synagogue in Kansas City. In addition, she had numerous friends and her regular mahjong group. She enjoyed doing her cross word puzzles and was an ardent Kansas City Chiefs fan.

My mother never said a bad word about anyone, including relatives and friends. The only time when she would say something was when someone was making a turn and not using their turn signal, including me. She was a kind and loving person.

SUZANNE "SUE" MILLER

Suzanne “Sue” Miller passed away on Jan. 23, 2022, in Olathe, Kansas. Services were held Jan. 26, 2022, at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Raytown, Missouri and were officiated by Rabbi David Glickman.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ben and Evelyn Simons and her husband, Neil F. Miller.

She is survived by son and daugther-in-law, Marc and Susan Miller of Olathe, KS, and daughter and son-in-law, Shari and Mitchell Blank of Overland Park, KS; six grandsons: Neil (Alexis) Miller, Evan Miller, Seth Miller, Noah Blank, Eric Blank and Ryan Blank; three great-granddaughters: Adley Miller, Emmy Miller and Zoey Miller; brother Ron Simons of Omaha; sister, Linda Gepford of Stanley; and brother and sister-in-law, Steve and Donna Simons of Kennesaw, GA.

Sue was born in Omaha, Nebraska on August 22, 1937, to Ben and Evelyn Simons. She was a graduate of Central High School in Omaha and attended the University of Nebraska, where she was a member of Sigma Delta Tau sorority, and she met the love of her life, Neil F. Miller. Sue and Neil enjoyed 26 years of marriage prior to his death in 1983.

Sue and Neil started their married life spending two years in the United States Air Force stationed at Offutt Air Force Base outside Omaha. After the Air Force, they returned to Kansas City building a life with their children and many lifelong friends. They traveled, attended Royals, Chiefs and Kings games and were very active at Beth Shalom Synagogue. Sue truly enjoyed attending Friday Shabbat services, never minding that Neil sat on the Bimah and not with her.

Sue enjoyed her volunteer work, whether with Beth Shalom Sisterhood or at Menorah Medical Center. She enjoyed working at the switchboard and in the surgical waiting room keeping family members company during their loved one’s surgery. She was also a lifetime member of Hadassah. After Neil’s death, she worked with Marc at the family business when she was not playing Pan or Mah Jongg. Her family also knew not to disturb her when she was watching Bold and the Beautiful or Jeopardy!

Two things gave Sue true joy: her six grandsons and watching all of them in their various sports and music endeavors. She truly loved being a Grandmother! She attended every game, concert and even judged debate tournaments. The only thing that made her happier was cooking holiday meals for her family and enjoying watching everyone enjoying each other’s company.

Memorials may be made to Neil F. and Suzanne J. Miller Endowment Fund at Beth Shalom Synagogue in Overland Park, Kansas or the organization of your choice.

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Nazis rally in Orlando

SHIRA HANAU

JTA In Orlando, neo-Nazis yelled antisemitic slurs from a highway overpass. In Chicago, a Jewish school and a synagogue were vandalized. In Washington, D.C., a man was arrested and charged with spray painting swastikas on a train station. The weekend also included a rally in Ottawa against COVID19 vaccine mandates that featured swastikas. A video of the Orlando rally that spread on social media on Monday showed protesters standing on a highway overpass in front of banners of swastikas. One audibly yells “Heil Hitler.”

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Explosive new Israeli documentary raises questions

ANDREW LAPIN

JTA What really happened near a beach in Israel in 1948? The question, once debated in a 20-year-old libel suit that served as a microcosm for the battle over Israel’s historical record, reentered the public consciousness this week. Entities including the Palestinian Authority and the editorial board of Haaretz have begun calling for a commission to excavate land near Mount Carmel in search of an alleged mass grave site in which perhaps 300 Palestinians may be buried. The renewed attention is due to an explosive new documentary, Tantura, directed by Israeli filmmaker Alon Schwarz, which premiered virtually Jan. 20 at the Sundance Film Festival. In the film, Schwarz interviews several Israeli veterans who, in the country’s 1948 war for independence, served in the Alexandroni Brigade, a regiment that forcibly displaced Arab residents of the village of Tantura following the formal conclusion of the war in order to build Dor Beach and the neighboring Kibbutz Nahsholim. On camera, many of these former soldiers tell a disturbing story: They had participated in a massacre, one the Israeli government subsequently covered up. These elderly Israelis, many of them nonagenarians and four of whom have lived on Kibbutz Nahsholim since 1948, had told their stories at least once before: to the film’s protagonist, onetime historian Theodore Katz. In 1998, for his graduate thesis at Haifa University, Katz amassed more than 140 hours of tape interviewing witnesses and survivors of Tantura (half of them Israeli, the other half Arab) to compile an oral history of the events, for which no paper documentation exists or has yet been made public by the Israeli Defense Forces archives. Two years after Katz submitted his thesis, its claim of a massacre was picked up by Israeli media and ignited a firestorm of controversy. Soon after, many of his interview subjects recanted their testimony and sued Katz for libel. Katz signed an apology recanting his research, only to immediately claim the apology was coerced. The university pulled his thesis from its shelves, and to this day his findings are questioned by the government and some Israeli academics (one of whom, IDF historian Yoav Gelber, criticizes Katz’s sole reliance on oral testimony by remarking in the film, “I don’t believe witnesses”). In the film, Katz’s defense attorney says his libel case was the first Israeli trial to deal directly with claims of Israeli war crimes during the 1948 war, known by Palestinians as the “Nakba,” or “catastrophe.” Tantura joined a small but potent group of allegations of Israeli violence against Palestinians in 1948 that have been hotly debated in Israeli society ever since, including incidents at Deir Yassin and Lydda/Lod. A similar documentary on Deir Yassin, in which Israeli director Neta Shoshani collected eyewitness and archival accounts from soldiers, premiered in 2017. The film never explores exactly why Katz’s subjects are now suddenly willing to come forward again and verify that their testimonies are true. In his director’s statement, Schwarz theorizes they opened up “as if they wanted to share a truth deep inside their soul.” Whichever the reason, Schwarz’s relitigation of the case, which includes playing Katz’s original audiotapes, produces shocking results. Subjects offer a steady drip-drip of half-remembered firsthand details: soldiers chasing villagers with flamethrowers; a mule-drawn cart carrying corpses to a mass grave. Schwarz builds his interviews to a finale in which he uses historical mapping software to pinpoint a specific parking lot near the beach. Excavate the lot, the film’s participants essentially dare, and you may find the truth.

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Fiddler on the Roof is coming to Omaha

Fiddler on the Roof holds a special place in the hearts of the Jewish community. The beloved story of Tevye and his strongwilled daughters celebrates the timeless traditions of faith, family, and life itself. The original 1964 production won ten Tony Awards, including a special Tony for becoming the longest-running Broadway musical of all time. It is abundant with classics, including Tradition, Sunrise, Sunset, If I Were a Rich Man, Matchmaker, Matchmaker, and To Life (L’Chaim!). The production, headed to Omaha’s Orpheum Theater Feb 8-13, brings a bright look and incredible new dancing, designed by acclaimed Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter. Schecter began his professional career with Tel Aviv’s Batsheva Dance Company. The talented cast also features several Jewish actors, plus Randa Meierhenry – a Nebraska native. Last June, Ariel Sobel wrote in Jewish Journal about the Fiddler revival, saying the timing is a good thing: Fiddler on the Roof’s depiction of European Yiddish villages is a way for many of us to connect with our history.” Especially since, as she points out, those villages no longer exist. She also celebrates the musical’s ability to transcend cultures and generations. Tony®-winning director Bartlett Sher has crafted a fresh and authentic version of the theatrical masterpiece created by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick.

Fiddler on the Roof will introduce a new generation to the uplifting celebration that raises its cup to joy. To love! To life! Tickets are available at TicketOmaha.com.

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