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Staff from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee at the border between Romania and Moldova, preparing to assist Jewish Ukrainian refugees traveling through Moldova to Romania. Credit: Ramin Mazur/JDC

ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT Jewish Press Editor y now, you are all aware of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the dangers faced by the Jewish community there, and the efforts underway to support this Jewish community.

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department, something she has done ANNETTE VAN DE KAMPsince 2015. Leigh began dancing at WRIGHT the age of 5 and has danced with Beth Jewish Press Editor The Jewish Federation of Omaha is Gaynes Dance Studio, Truman State excited to announce Leigh Chaves as University, at multiple conventions and Rugged Soles. She our new Israel Engagepreviously worked as ment and Outreach DiHR generalist for rector. Areas in which Meridian Clinical ReLeigh will be working search and is skilled in include — but are not customer service, oflimited to — Partnerfice administration, ship2Gether, Israel and communication and overseas engagement, leadership. In addiour Shlichim program tion, she is familiar and future teen trips to with JFO’s mission, Israel. and we have no doubt If you recognize her she will make a great face, that’s because addition to our staff.

Leigh is no stranger to Leigh Chaves “I am excited for our organization. She Leigh to lead us and educate the comwas the Human Resources Specialist munity regarding Israel engagement from 2019 to 2021, and continues to programming and services, ” JFO’s Exteach tap in the Staenberg JCC Dance ecutive Director of Community Philanthropy & Engagement, Jennifer Tompkins, said. “The Jewish Federation of Omaha allocates money to many organizations in Israel and around the world. Leigh will keep us abreast of where the annual campaign dollars go and how the organizations are doing. I am also happy for her leadership in welcoming See Leigh Chaves page 3

At the Jewish Federation of Omaha, we have been working closely with our partners at Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to coordinate fundraising efforts and ensure that there are efficient paths for getting resources into the hands of those who most need them.

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Omaha BBYO Teens getting ready for Opening Ceremonies at IC: Front Row-Rachel Dowd, left, Zev Gordman, Adria Tipp.; Back Row-Ben Kaufman, left, Ryan Kugler, Ethan Bargas, Alex Kugler, Ryan McGauvran, Sam Dowd, Zach Atlas, Brady Meyerson, Jordan Nogg, and Evan Kugler.

DEBBIE SHEMONY BBYO VP of Marketing & Communications BALTIMORE, MD—For nearly a century, BBYO has sought to enrich the lives of young people by bringing them together in unique and powerful Jewish environments. The social isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has affected society in many ways, taking an especially acute toll on the mental health and resiliency of our youth.

A year after being held as one of the Jewish community’s largest virtual

gatherings, BBYO International Convention (IC) convened in person once again over Presidents’ Day weekend, Feb. 17–21, 2022, in Baltimore, Maryland, uniting over 2,500 Jewish teens from 40 countries.

With extensive health and safety measures in place, this first in-person gathering of its size in the Jewish community provided teens an opportunity to come together again and connect with like-minded peers to define a future for themselves and their communities that will See BBYO Convention page 4

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A chance to get together again

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Steve Bloch, Omahan with home in Ranch Mirage, CA; left, Murray Newman, Omahan vacationing in So CA; Jay Lerner, Omahan with home in Los Angeles, CA; Jacob Savage, Los Angeles, CA, Murray Newman’s son-in-law; Jim Farber, Omahan visiting Rancho Mirage, CA; Andrew Bernstein, former Omahan, lives in Los Angeles, CA and Tom Bernstein’s son; Al Bloch, Omahan with home in Rancho Mirage, CA; Hugo Biggemann, spouse of Andrew Bernstein, son-in-law of Tom Bernstein; Jim Krantz, former Omahan, lives in Hollywood, CA; Mike Erman, Omahan with home in Los Angeles, CA; Al Rosen, former Omahan, lives in Sherman Oaks, CA; Sheldon Rips, former Omahan, lives in Los Angeles, CA; Tom Bernstein, Omahan vacationing in Rancho Mirage, CA; and Mike Meyer, former Omahan, lives in Laguna Beach, CA.

SHIRLY BANNER JFO Kripke Jewish Federation Library Specialist Despite the cold weather outside, the Russian Cultural Club got together to view the film Damy Priglashaut Kavalerov on Feb. 25.

Having endured the effects of isolation during the COVID pandemic, about 12 members of our Russian community came together and socialized thanks to the generous efforts of the Rose Blumkin’s Jewish Senior Services ( JSS) and the Kripke Jewish Federation Library. For many in our Russian community, this is one of the few times that they have been able to get together with friends they haven’t seen in more than a year. Hoping to build on the success of this Russian social experience, more such events are being planned.

Remember that we have a large selection of Russian language books available for check-out at the Jewish Federation Library, as well as movies in DVD format.

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The Ukrainian Jewish FederaContinued from page 1 “As Jews, we are all responsition said in a call to local Jewish ble for one another,” Jan Goldresidents that “those who can stein said. “Imagine being leave Ukraine safely should do stuck in your home, hearing so through land crossings.” the bombs fall and being unHowever, the Federation also able to leave because you are stressed that, “Most of the rabelderly. Or fleeing your house bis and Chabad emissaries in with only a suitcase, hiding in the country, who have Israeli or the subway because there is no American citizenship, remained other shelter, not knowing for in Ukraine in order to be with how long. Not knowing how to their congregations in these difget food, where to find medificult moments, out of heavy recine. There are so many things sponsibility and leadership.” we take for granted that sudMeanwhile, the Jewish denly disappear in this type of Agency for Israel evacuated its situation. Our help is despernon-essential shlichim (emisately needed.” saries) from Ukraine, including JFNA has launched a nationthose from the Israeli Ministry wide fundraising effort to supof Education who operated port the Jewish community in under Agency auspices. An adUkraine. “We want to share ditional shaliach was sent Omaha’s unique role in this nafrom Israel to reinforce urgent tional fundraising effort and work being conducted by the ways that you can get involved Agency’s team on the ground right away.” in Ukraine. An additional five “Infrastructure is key when shlichim are on standby to we face situations like these. The damage done in Kyiv by Russian rockets. travel, if needed, and to the exThe structure for assistance is already in place, as there are tent that travel to Ukraine will be possible. Agency activities many Jewish professionals and volunteers who have worked are now being coordinated from a new office in Lviv, located for years to create relationships on the ground. Organizations in the west of the country, further away from fighting. These like JDC, the Jewish Agency for Israel and World ORT, as well efforts include directing Olim to exit Ukraine via land border as many others, have the pathways, the connections and the crossings with neighboring countries, where Israeli consular experience to bring help where it is needed. We can assist by representatives are currently stationed. The Jewish Agency’s raising funds and by doing so, keep hope alive.” local employees continue to work from home, subject to The funds raised in this effort are distributed to meet the safety guidelines and in accordance with developments on following immediate needs: the ground. The Agency maintains dozens of Aliyah coun• Securing the local community and its institutions selors and staff members deployed in 14 cities throughout • Maintaining critical welfare services the country.

• Assisting internally displaced people in multiple locations.

This is our family; imagine, right now, they are having life• Launching an emergency hotline and-death conversations. Should they evacuate? Are they able • Securing temporary housing for people in transit to evacuate? Should they stay where they are? Hearing stories • Purchasing satellite phones to maintain communications of refugees being welcomed by Jewish communities in places across the region like Moldova and Romania gives hope, but there are many • Securing five Jewish schools and training staff to manage who are physically unable to leave and remain housebound. crisis needs We know how to step up in situations like these. This is who • Helping people make Aliyah to Israel we are. It’s time to do what we do best, and fulfill our mission.

“Our community will be joining this effort, and we’d like to Thank you in advance for your generosity and for meeting raise a minimum of $100,000 to help meet these needs. To aid the needs of our family around the world. The Omaha Jewish in this goal, the JFO will be matching all donations, dollar for community has a long history of rising to the moment and dollar, up to $50,000.” If you’d like to donate, you can go to showing up for those in need, and we will be here for the https://form.jotform.com/220544248885968?utm_ Ukrainian Jewish community today. source=web&utm_medium=banner.

This will take you straight to JFNA’s donation portal. All online donations from the Omaha community will count toward our $100,000 goal. If you prefer to donate by check, please send Continued from page 1 your check to the JFO (333 S 132nd St) with “Ukraine” in the new and returning people and families to Jewish Omaha. memo line. We will compile these check donations and send Leigh is naturally hospitable and friendly. She is a perfect the funds to JFNA. fit to welcome those and make them feel at home.”

Approximately16,000 Jews in Ukraine are over 80 years old.

Leigh is looking forward to “meeting and working with All men between the ages of 18 and 60 have to fight, and the our community and lay leaders. Also, I am excited to start roads are in gridlock between people trying to leave and the planning events. Anyone can feel free to stop by and say army mobilizing. All of the estimated 200,000 Jews living in hello while they’re on campus to chat or share ideas!”

Ukraine have been profoundly affected by the political and Leigh holds a certificate in Jewish leadership from the economic instability that has wracked the country. Thousands Spertus Institute in Chicago, a Bachelor of Arts in Commuare trapped in conflict zones in the east. Thousands more nication-Journalism with a minor in Psychology from Truhave fled the fighting. The borders have largely opened as man State University and a Master of Arts in teaching from most neighboring countries have welcomed refugees from the University of Central Missouri. She doesn’t cook, but Ukraine. In Warsaw’s airport, there is even a booth where help she enjoys biking, reading and volunteering in her spare is given to Jews who wish to make Aliyah — just imagine if time. She started in her new position Feb. 28. that had been available in the 1900s.

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“BBYO IC 2022 will be a memorable and important opportunity for Jewish teens to address the divisiveness and isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and confront the myriad impacts on the youth of society and their communities over the past two years,” Dr. Ivor Douglas, M.D., BBYO Medical Advisory Committee member, said. “Given the public health data about the lessened severity of Omicron, especially among young adults who are fully vaccinated, coupled with expectations that all participants strictly adhere to the health and safety protocols that were developed for IC, we are confident this can be a safe, memorable, and successful event.”

Over the past decade, BBYO International Convention (IC) has become a “can’t miss” event for teens across the globe. As one of the largest Jewish conferences in the world, IC immerses teens in an environment that redefines their thinking about what it means to be in a Jewish space. The extraordinary scope of this year’s event drew thousands of teens from 40 countries, inspiring young leaders who will define Jewish life in their communities for years to come. IC 2022’s convention theme, “The Power of Us,” represents a unique celebration of resiliency, vibrancy, and hope for the future. This reunion of young changemakers offered countless opportunities for teens to connect with their peers, hear from inspiring speakers, deepen their leadership skills, serve the local community, celebrate Shabbat together, have access to engaging programs, and do their part to strengthen the Jewish future.

In another historic moment at IC, BBYO announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration with JWB Jewish Chaplains Council® (JWB)—a signature program of JCC Association of North America that serves the religious needs of Jewish military personnel, their families, and patients in VA hospitals. JWB and BBYO have joined to provide all active U.S. military and diplomatic corps families around the world free membership to BBYO for their teens, as well as discounts and special offers to attend events, participate in conventions, and partake in BBYO summer leadership and travel programs.

Among the many speakers that addressed the crowd at IC 2022 were Mike Posner, Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and record producer; Josh Kraft, President of Kraft Family Philanthropies; Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Senior Rabbi, Central Synagogue of New York; Simu Lu, actor and writer, Marvel Cinematic Universe; Corey Stern, Attorney against the City of Flint, Michigan; Eve Barlow, freelance journalist; A.J. Dillon, running back, Green Bay Packers; Jurnee Smollett, Emmy-nominated actress and activist and Nikki Fried, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

This year’s event once again showcased the diversity of the BBYO community, with nearly 400 global delegates attending. New communities sent delegations to IC for the first time, including South Africa; Sydney, Australia; Morocco and Romania. And, as part of the record-breaking demand among global teens to attend IC, groups of over 50 delegates each from Germany, Spain, and Argentina joined this year, as well as hundreds of teens from 35+ additional countries across Europe, Asia, and South America. As is customary at IC, delegates chose to rally around a local

organization to collect donations for those in need. This year they donated school supplies, fidget toys, and health products to the St. Francis Neighbor-

organizations. A stakeholder reception prior to IC Opening Ceremonies thanked hundreds of Baltimore and Washington DC, Jewish community

Omaha BBYO Teens enjoying the Sunday Night Concert at IC: Evan Kugler, left, Abby Kaufman, Noah Atlas, Ethan Bargas, Ryan McGauvran, Jordan Nogg, Zach Atlas, Ben Kaufman, Ryan Kugler

hood Center (SFNC), Baltimore’s oldest youth enrichment center, whose mission is to end generational poverty.

Some unique IC program highlights this year included: • Access to one-of-a-kind experiences with NASA, TED, the National Aquarium, and the Autobahn Speedway (nearly 40 Leadership Labs and direct service projects in all) • Exclusive musical performances by Steve Aoki, Tai Verdes, Surfaces, and Social House • A reimagined IC Summit experience produced in conjunction with a coalition of partner agencies including ADL, National Council of Jewish Women, OpenDoor Media, Pardes, Repair the World, Startup Experience, and World Jewish Congress, among others • A new Saturday night social experience, BBYO Block Party, including the world championship of BBYO’s global eSports tournament in partnership with Lost Tribe • A partnership with JCC Maccabi® to deliver the new AZA and BBG Sports and Wellness Expo featuring health and nutrition workshops, competitive sports, and interactions with experts in the field, as part of a broader rollout of sports and wellness programming across the BBYO global movement in 2022. For both organizations, who together comprise the two largest pluralistic youth-engaging platforms on the continent, this joining of forces at IC marked an exciting springboard to more expansive collaboration opportunities, including elevating one another’s involvement in their signature annual gatherings, BBYO International Convention and the summer JCC Maccabi Games®, and future initiatives that engage Jewish teens through sports, fitness and travel.

• An expanded Jewish Learning Lab, a wider series of teen-led sessions and allnew networking events throughout convention “This event is truly about celebrating the power of being together. There is simply no other segment in society that can match the enthusiasm, optimism, and courage of this generation to build a better world for all of us,” Matthew Grossman, Chief Executive Officer of BBYO, said. “IC is a place where people, ideas, opinions, and creativity come together, where diversity is celebrated, and the future defined.”

IC served as a gathering place for many of the Jewish community’s leading philanthropists, professionals and influencers to collaborate on key issues facing young people and youth-serving

members for their role in supporting the event. In addition, IC 2022 featured a new 24-hour Symposium on Israel Education, bringing together teens, practitioners, thought leaders, and philanthropists to explore shared experiences and new opportunities for changing the role that youth-serving organizations play in supporting teens as they cultivate a connection to Israel.

Locally, Omaha BBYO was excited to send 16 teens to International Convention this year. This is more than double the number of teens who have attended in the last three years. Mid America Region, the region Omaha Council is a part of, sent over 90 teens from Omaha, Kansas City, Minneapolis, and St. Louis.

We were also honored to share the leadership skills of our teens to the international order with three teens who had a leadership role during IC. Abby Kaufman served as a Programming Administrative Assistant, Alex Kugler served as a member of the Green Team, and Ben Kaufman served on the LEADs day Steering Committee.

We are very excited to share a high honor that was awarded to the Alephs of Mother Chapter AZA, the Max F. Baer Spirit Gavel. This gavel is dedicated to former international BBYO director Max F. Baer. “Born in Frankfurt, Germany, he was brought to this country while in his youth and was reared in Indiana, where he became a member of the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization in 1929. He graduated from the University of Arizona and earned a doctor of laws degree at Creighton University in Omaha, a master’s degree in education at Columbia University and a doctorate in education at George Washington University. He joined the B’nai B’rith staff in 1934 in Omaha as the assistant executive secretary of its boys’ division. Four years later he moved to Washington to start the B’nai B’rith Vocational Service Bureau and then served as its national director for six years. As head of the international youth organization, he was credited with bringing in professional social workers as field directors and building the group into the world’s largest Jewish youth movement. He developed leadership programs, including a Summer Institute, as the organization expanded to Israel and other nations.” (Saxon, Wolfgang (1994, July 13) Max F. Baer, 81, Longtime Leader At B’nai B’rith The New York Times). This gavel represents the spirit Baer had helping grow BBYO and AZA, and we are so honored to be this year’s recipients.

Jacob Geltzer, Omaha BBYO Director, contributed to this article

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Matching Grant announced for Beth El’s Campaign

ALLAN MUROW Building for the Future Campaign Co-Chair Beth El Synagogue is pleased to announce the procurement of a $250,000 matching grant for the Beth El Building for the Future Campaign. The building renovation program, which commenced construction this past summer, has reached 50% completion. Support from the congregation as well as the Omaha community has been widespread, which has already enabled us to make tremendous progress with our building renovation. The grant was provided by an anonymous donor who wants to ensure the project meets or exceeds its original scope. A full match of the grant will provide $500,000 to complete the Campaign, which will allow us to fulfill our goal of not only updating our building, but also preparing the building to meet the spiritual needs of our congregation and community for the next 30 years.

We invite you to partner with Beth El and ensure that we achieve 100% of the match. Your donation will have a double impact and ensure the successful completion of the project, both on time and on budget. Timing is critical as we anticipate completion of construction this summer. We look forward to your participation and support. Feel free to reach out to Executive Director Allison Newfeld at anewfeld@ bethel-omaha.org or at 402.492.8550, or Campaign CoChair Allan Murow at allanmurow@gmail.com or 402.659.7573. To see articles, videos and more about the Building for the Future Campaign, or to make your donation online, visit www.bethel-omaha.org.

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CASSANDRA WEISENBURGER Temple Israel Director of Communications PURIM RAFFLE We are raffling off some absolutely INCREDIBLE prizes to help raise money for our youth learning programs! All of our Pre-K through sixth grade students will be coming home today with paper tickets to sell, and raffle entries can also be purchased online (templeisraelomaha.com/purim). Tickets are $5 each, and for every five you buy you get one free ($25 = six tickets).

Prizes include: 0.74ct Diamond Bracelet from Gunderson’s ($2400 value); VIP Behind-the-Scenes Zoo Experience for six people ($1350 value); two Season tickets to Creighton men’s and women’s basketball and soccer ($1000 value); Omaha Steaks Gourmet Gift Box & Grill ($500 value); Party at LeSmash for 15 guests ($480 value); and five personal training sessions at Mick Doyle’s Gym ($275 value) The individual student who sells the most tickets will be winning a special prize for themselves, and whichever class sells the most as a group will win a special party!

The prize drawing will be at the Temple Israel Purim Carnival on Sunday, March 20, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Attendance not required to win, but we hope to see you there!

MEGILLAH READING AND ADULT PURIM GAME SHOW Wednesday, March 16, 6 p.m.

Join us for the reading of the Megillah and Family Feud Temple Israel style! We will hold a live game show with teams of five family members or friends to compete against each other for prizes. The winning group will receive a family party at LeSmash (a value of $480). We will serve light hors d’oeuvres and signature cocktails and mocktails. RSVP at templeis-

raelomaha.com/Purim to let us know you will be joining the audience and/or if you’d like to play in the game!

PURIM SPIEL AND CARNIVAL Sunday, March 20, 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Join The Temple Israel Players for a Purim Spiel that’s sure to be practically perfect in every way! While en route to Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, an unexpected gust of wind takes everyone’s favorite nanny far off course — all the way to the land of Shushan. Mary Poppins will need to use every bit of magic and mischief she can find in her carpet bag (and maybe a spoonful of sugar or two) to help Queen Esther triumph over wicked Haman! Following the Spiel, we’ll have our annual Purim Carnival full of food and fun! Please purchase your Purim Carnival Game Cards (templeisraelomaha.com /purim) to be used for activities at the Purim carnival including games, activities like the Cake Walk and Photo Booth, and food purchases. Most games and activities cost one-three game card punches. Food generally costs between three-six game card punches. If you would like to volunteer at the carnival, please contact Youth Advisor Ben Cohen.

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New books at Kripke Library SHIRLY BANNER JFO Kripke Jewish Federation Library Specialist CHILDREN/ADULT Meshuggah Food Faces

by Bill and Claire Wurtzel It’s a meshuggah* world, so we might as well have some fun.

And, really, who doesn’t like to play with their food?

Nothing is more Jewish than a plate full of food, especially when that food talks back!

From blustery bagels and blueberries to humorous hamantaschen and hummus, this irreverent table of meshuggah food faces will make you smile and want to play with your food. *Meshuggah is the Yiddish word for crazy, foolish.

YOUNG ADULT Esther and the Chocolate Tree

by Miriam Walfish The second book in the new Esther Bueno series! When Esther mistakenly brings home the wrong package from the market, she is surprised at first by what she finds inside. But soon her discovery draws her and her family into a mysterious plan that stretches from Amsterdam to far-off South America. Will Esther be able to protect what she has found and keep her family safe?

ADULT Growing Up Jewish in India

by Ori Z. Soltes Growing Up Jewish in India offers an historical account of the primary Jewish communities of India, their synagogues and unique Indian Jewish customs. It offers an investigation both within Jewish India and beyond its borders, tracing how Jews arrived in the vast subcontinent at different times from different places. Jews have both inhabited dispersed locations within the larger Indian world, and ultimately created their own diaspora within the larger Jewish diaspora by relocating to other countries, particularly Israel and the United States. The text and its rich complement of over 150 images explore how Indian Jews retained their unique characteristics as Jews, became well-integrated into the larger society of India as Indians, and have continued to offer a synthesis of cultural qualities wherever they reside. Among the outcomes of these developments is the unique art of Siona Benjamin, who grew up in the Bene Israel community of Mumbai and then moved to the US, and whose art reflects Indian and Jewish influences as well as concepts like Tikkun Olam (Hebrew for ‘repairing the world’). In combining discussions of the Indian Jewish communities with Benjamin’s own story and an analysis of her artistic out-

put — and in introducing these narratives within the larger story of Jews across eastern Asia — this volume offers a unique verbal and visual portrait of a significant slice of Indian and Jewish culture and tradition. It would be of interest to Jews and non-Jews, Indians and non-Indians alike, as well as to history enthusiasts and the general reader interested in art and culture.

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Above: The Russian Cultural Club had its first gathering since the pandemic at the Jewish Community Center to watch a movie while visiting and catching up. A special thank you to Anna Mosenkis, who goes out of her way to call and invite the seniors to be together. Thank you to the Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation for sponsoring this event.

Above: Tuesday, Feb. 22 of 2022 was, naturally, ‘Tu-tu Tuesday’ in the Staenberg JCC Dance department.

Below: Michael Rips discusses his book, The Face of a Naked Lady, with the Kaplan Book Group and reminisces about growing up in Omaha.

Above, below and bottom: Community Shlicha Sivan Cohen hosted the Israeli Spirit Series, the Whiskey Edition, at Spirit World.

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A Day of Distress

ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT Jewish Press Editor “We write the Holocaust with a capital H,” a Times of Israel editorial read on March 1, “to emphasize its eternally incomprehensible dimensions—the staggering scale of the killings, the relentlessness of the effort to wipe out our entire people. We protest attempted comparisons, even to other genocides, that would trivialize or minimize its dimensions and impact. But when Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky asks, as he did last night, ‘What is the point of saying ‘never again’ for 80 years, if the world stays silent when a bomb drops on the same site of Babyn Yar?’ His is no cynical, cheap invocation of our abandoned people’s tragedy eight decades ago. It is a heartfelt, legitimate plea for help to put an end to the new tragedy that has so symbolically now engulfed Babyn Yar.” With the news being bad, tragic, hard-to-comprehend in recent weeks, the bombing near Babyn Yar was a flashpoint for many of us. We know this name, intimately, more so than any other part of Ukraine. It brings instant sadness. We don’t talk about Babyn Yar without being weighed down, without pausing to think about the victims buried there, 90% of whom were never identified.

I have been asking myself, is it worse when a rocket lands near one place, versus another? Why does the news of this bombing so close to Babyn Yar hit so hard? Shouldn’t we be equally horrified no matter where the missiles land?

I’m not sure I know the answer to that. It proba-

bly has to do with the symbolic meaning we attach to a place. In the case of Babyn Yar, that symbolism is undeniably tied to the fact that it took so long for

A missile strikes the main TV tower in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2022. Credit: Illia Ponomarenko/Twitter

the world to acknowledge what happened there. It wasn’t until the Soviet Union collapsed that the first monuments appeared at Babyn Yar. “The memorial is meant to preserve historical memory following decades of Soviet suppression of historical truth,” Natan Sharansky said, “so that

the evils of the past can never be repeated.” Sharansky is the former head to the Jewish Agency and current chairman of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Advisory Board.

He’s right, of course; we’ve waited a long time for the Babyn Yar massacre to be acknowledged, for the victims to be given their rightful place in the history books. For Putin to specifically target the area is not just attacking a place on the map. He’s attacking its place in our collective consciousness and memory. I don’t believe Vladimir Putin orders any missile strikes without attaching meaning to where these missiles land.

Breaking history, breaking memories, all while creating new and fresh pain for the current citizens of Ukraine. We have to ask: will today’s victims have to fight to be remembered as well?

When you disregard history, what does it say about how you will treat today’s events in the future?

In other words, does Putin believe he will get away with it because the world at large has proven again and again that memory is short and unreliable?

“We must not allow the truth to, once again, become the victim of war,” Sharansky said. It is a reminder: we can watch things happen in real time while we worry about how the world will remember it all when the dust settles. If the dust settles.

Editor’s note: The situation in Ukraine is fluid and changes by the hour. Stories included in the print edition may be outdated once they land in your mail. Please check our website at www.omahajewishpress.com for the latest news.

My Jewish family fled Kyiv in 1989. My heart breaks for the city today.

MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN JTA I was born in Kyiv. I shy away from calling myself Ukrainian because at the time it was the USSR. And as Jews who eventually fled as refugees, my family didn’t have any ethnonational attachments to the place. Still, it’s where I learned to sort of smile.

It’s where my favorite photo of my mom and me was taken, just three years before cancer killed her.

I remember the large city park by our apartment and its train for tots in the summer. I remember begging my sister to pull me on a sled in winter despite there being little snow.

That I had been born there at all was a function of knowing when to leave — and when to come back. My babushka, my grandmother, fled Kyiv the day before the Nazis came in 1941. Her own grandparents stayed. They were murdered at Babyn Yar. After the war, the antisemitism in Ukraine under the Soviets was intense and repugnant. My father remembers seeing KGB officers snapping photos of men lined up by the synagogue to purchase matzah for Passover — a crime of Jewish expression.

Men identified in those photos would be fired from their jobs or worse, my dad and his close relatives would recall years later as we sat in our new home in the United States around a dining room table spread with homemade gefilte fish, salat olivier and chopped herring salad. A mention of a pogrom, the killing of Jewish doctors or total Soviet amnesia that Jews were specifically targeted by the millions in Germany’s invasion of the USSR — all of these would get a knowing and exhausted nod.

And so we left again.

I still have all the papers that tell our departure story, familiar to so many Jews who left in the 1980s. Our exit visa to Israel. Our United States refugee papers. Our refugee ID numbers.

Leaving for Israel, with an official exit visa, was the only way for Jews to get out the USSR. But because Israel and Moscow had no diplomatic ties, all Jews first flew to Vienna.

While other families bound for Israel pivoted straight to their flights to Tel Aviv, we remained in Vienna waiting for our permission to enter the U.S. Our tri-national spread of exit and entry visas are stamped by the Dutch (Israel’s representatives in

Moscow), the Austrians and the Soviets. After sev- photo I once took on a return visit, our old neigheral months in Vienna, the Hebrew International borhood was festooned with placards that read Aid Society secured our flight to New York City. “patrolled by private police” — an alleged reference We arrived in the United States as refugees on to the organized crime figures who kept watch.

Feb. 7, 1989. My mom died of an aggressive breast Despite the trauma of this journey, I regard Kyiv cancer months after our arrival in New York. My with fondness. My heart breaks for the other chilfamily long suspected her cancer was fueled by our dren at risk of displacement, the families who may proximity to Chernobyl when its nuclear reactor have to flee because of Moscow’s misdeeds. blew. That assumption is scientifically unfounded I didn’t think Putin would commit to a full-scale but played a huge role in my family’s story. invasion, that he’d instead try to destabilize UkrainBecause I was a child in Kyiv when Chernobyl’s core melted and spewed radioactive waste into the sky, my dad feared I was contaminated, too.

For my entire childhood, he’d limit my play outside to when the sun was setting and have me in long sleeves and a hat if we were out in Mikhail Zinshteyn's family's exit visa from the USSR, and a favorite picture of him with the day — so his mother and sister taken in Kyiv. Credit: Zinshteyn strong was his fear that the sun could trigger some- ian democracy with less force. I had also assumed thing in me unknown to doctors that Chernobyl that, considering both lands are united by the horleft behind. I’d like to think that’s why I’m so pale ror of Hitler’s invasion, a Russian blitzkrieg of today.

Ukraine would be beyond the pale. Alas.

We first lived in Midtown Manhattan for a few I quiver that a city that has endured genocidal weeks, in what I believe was a halfway home for re- occupation, nuclear fallout and civil unrest all in covering addicts (the last time I checked, in the the past 80 years must now endure this.

2000s, it was a hotel). My dad recalls speaking to It’s not my place to offer solutions. It is my place doctors in a hallway payphone about my mom’s to say a city’s tragedy 6,000 miles away feels very worsening state, his broken English competing for present and raw. clarity over the commotion in the public space.

Mikhail Zinshteyn is an education reporter Once in Brooklyn, I attended a Jewish camp with for CalMatters. He has a master's degree in my older sister — experiences organized for us by comparative politics from the London School of a rabbi my dad befriended, in part to distract us Economics. from our mom’s demise. Months later, we’d move The views and opinions expressed in this article are to Los Angeles, where I remained for most of my those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the life and now live again. According to my dad and a views of JTA or its parent company, 70 Faces Media.

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Ukraine’s Jewish history is filled with trauma. But while the past is prologue, it’s not destiny.

JOSHUA MEYERS JTA Many immigrant groups in America — including those with roots in Ireland, Japan and Mexico — take pride in the lands they or their ancestors lived in before migrating to the new world.

For Jews, the matter is different. Many a pizzeria proudly flies an Italian flag. Very few bagel shops fly a Polish flag or a Ukrainian one. Though my family has always identified as proudly Litvish, meaning that we come from areas where the Litvish dialect of Yiddish was spoken, but I cannot recall any of that pride being set aside for the nations of Belarus or Lithuania.

These were lands we left for good reason.

But they were also the lands where our families lived and our history happened. They are where our ancestors were born and buried, even if — too often — in mass or unmarked graves. Seeing that land bombed and invaded evokes a difficult sensation that deserves to be sorted through.

It would be a mistake to reduce Jewish history in Ukraine to suffering. Through the late 19th century, many Jews from around the Russian Empire migrated to Ukraine, drawn to the region’s relatively strong economy.

Out of this melting pot emerged one of the richest stews of Jewish life, impacting Jewish politics, religion, literature and language. Cities now under siege or threatened — Berdichev, Kyiv and Odessa — stand every inch as proud as Warsaw, Vilna or New York as centers of modern Jewish culture before the Holocaust. This is the land that produced the Ba’al Shem Tov, Golda Meir and Hayim Nahman Bialik, that was home to dozens of Hasidic dynasties. It is the backdrop to many of the stories of Sholom Aleichem. Tevye the Dairyman was a Ukrainian Jew. And yet, the traumas associated with Ukraine are real, and the worst of the traumas have emerged in Ukraine’s many bids for independence. Bohdan Khmelnytsky remains among the greatest villains in Jewish history for the massacres his forces perpetrated in the 17th century. Even approximate figures for the death toll are hard to come by; Israeli historian Shaul Stampfer estimated that 18,000 to 20,000 Jews, nearly half the Jewish population of Ukraine at the time, were killed by Khmelnytsky’s forces.

Worse yet were the pogroms inflicted by the Ukrainian Directorate under Semyon Petliura in the aftermath of World War I, when 50,000 to 100,000 Jews were killed by Ukrainian nationalist forces before their defeat at the hands of the Red Army. This was the greatest killing of Jews prior to the Holocaust 20 years later. The details of the pogroms were so striking that when a Jew named Sholem Shwartzbard assassinated Petliura in Paris in 1926, a French court found Schwartzbard not guilty — because the French court believed the action justified. If not for Hitler and the Nazis, there is every reason to

An old age home in Nikolaev, Ukraine, c. 1928, was maintained by local aid societies and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Credit: JDC

think that Petliura and the Ukrainian nationalists would be the central emblem for evil in Jewish collective memory.

And yet, Nazism did come, and it found a willing collaborator in Petliura’s heirs. The overwhelming majority of Ukrainians fought against Germany, serving heroically in the ranks of the Red Army. Nearly seven million Ukrainains — including some 1.5 million Jews— died at the hands of the German invaders. But the Ukrainian national movement, dominated by the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and led by Stepan Bandera, made every effort to collaborate with Germany in World War II, including the murder of Ukrainian Jews.

It is no surprise that many Jews’ first instincts toward Ukraine’s latest push for independence were skeptical. But though past is prologue, it is not fate. The building of monu-

ments to pogromists and Nazi collaborators, including Petliura, has drawn criticism and the existence of the Azov Battalion, a neo-Nazi national guard division, is a disgrace.

Their influence, however, is unclear. The Azov Battalion numbers a few hundred in a military whose regular strength crests at a quarter million. Meanwhile, far more national effort and expense has gone into commemorating the murder of Jews than into lionizing their killers.

Pew Polls on antisemitism in Europe have routinely found Ukraine among the least antisemitic countries in Europe. Antisemitic parties such as Svoboda and Pravyy Sektor have performed abysmally at the polls, gaining collectively one seat in Ukraine’s parliament and 2% of the total vote in the most recent elections. By comparison, the far-right Marie le Pen won nearly 34% of the vote in France’s 2017 presidential election while in Germany the Nazi-apologist Alternative for Germany won over 10% of the vote just last year.

And Ukrainian voters are not only voting against antisemites, but they are also actively voting for Jews. President Volodomyr Zelensky, whose heroic leadership has impressed the world, is a Jew. The former Prime Minister Volodomyr Groysman is a Jew as well. In neither’s campaigns did their opponents use antisemitism against them, despite a political culture in Ukraine that all too willingly plays dirty. To the contrary, the only attention the media played to Zelensky’s Jewishness was to criticize him for not being sufficiently involved in commemorations for the Babi Yar massacres. Antisemitism still exists in Ukraine, as it does in most countries. But all signs point to it being a minimal force in Ukrainian life. Ukraine has reinvented itself, reborn again without any Khmelnytsky, Petliura or Bandera, without the overwhelming antisemitism that has so long animated its national movement.

One of the most sacred rights is the right to self-improvement, to be better today than you were yesterday. It is a right that exists for individuals and for communities. Ukraine has seized that right fully, if imperfectly, committing itself to be a better land than the one our ancestors left.

Damn Putin for trying to take that away.

Joshua Meyers is a scholar of modern Jewish history.

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B’NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE

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BETH EL SYNAGOGUE

Member of United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism 14506 California Street Omaha, NE 68154-1980 402.492.8550 bethel-omaha.org

BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE

Member of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 12604 Pacific Street Omaha, NE. 68154 402.556.6288 BethIsrael@OrthodoxOmaha.org

CHABAD HOUSE

An Affiliate of Chabad-Lubavitch 1866 South 120 Street Omaha, NE 68144-1646 402.330.1800 OChabad.com email: chabad@aol.com

LINCOLN JEWISH COMMUNITY: B’NAI JESHURUN

South Street Temple Union for Reform Judaism 2061 South 20th Street Lincoln, NE 68502-2797 402.435.8004 www.southstreettemple.org

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE

Capehart Chapel 2500 Capehart Road Offutt AFB, NE 68123 402.294.6244 email: oafbjsll@icloud.com

ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME

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TEMPLE ISRAEL

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LINCOLN JEWISH COMMUNITY: TIFERETH ISRAEL

Member of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 3219 Sheridan Boulevard Lincoln, NE 68502-5236 402.423.8569 tiferethisraellincoln.org

B’NAI ISRAEL Join us in-person on Friday, March 11, 7 p.m. for evening services with a guest speaker, Steve Goodman, owner of Elite Travel. The service will be led by Larry Blass. An oneg following the service will feature Hamentaschen courtesy of Debbie Friedman. Everyone is always welcome at B’nai Israel.

For information on COVID-related closures and about our historic synagogue, please contact Howard Kutler at hkutler@hotmail.com or any of our other board members: Scott Friedman, Rick Katelman, Janie Kulakofsky, Carole and Wayne Lainof, Mary-Beth Muskin, Debbie Salomon and Sissy Silber.

Handicap Accessible.

BETH EL Virtual services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman.

VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON MINYAN SCHEDULE: Mornings on Sundays, 9:30 a.m.; Mondays and Thursdays, 7 a.m.; Evenings on Sunday-Thursday, 5:30 p.m.

FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. at Beth El & Live Stream; Tot Shabbat, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning Services, 10 a.m. at Beth El & Live Stream; Jr. Congregation, 10 a.m.; Havdalah, 7 p.m. Zoom only.

SUNDAY: Siddur 101 with Hazzan Krausman following morning minyan; BESTT (Grades K-7), 9:30 a.m.; Torah Study, 10 a.m.; March Madness Selection Sunday — Complete Your Bracket Before the First Games..

TUESDAY: Mussar, 11:30 a.m. with Rabbi Abraham at Beth El & Zoom; Board of Trustees Meeting, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY: BESTT (Grades 3-7), 4:15 p.m.; Megillah Reading and Reception, 6 p.m.

THURSDAY: Revisting the Classics, 7 p.m. with Hazzan Krausman.

FRIDAY-Mar. 18: Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. with Rabbi HaLevi at Beth El & Live Stream; Dinner with Rabbi HaLevi following services, reservations required.

SATURDAY-Mar. 19: Shabbat Morning Services, 10 a.m. with Rabbi HaLevi at Beth El & Live Stream; Jr. Congregation, 10 a.m.; Havdalah, 8:10 p.m. Zoom only.

Please visit bethel-omaha.org for additional information and service links.

BETH ISRAEL Virtual services conducted by Rabbi Ari Dembitzer.

Classes, Kabbalat Shabbat and Havdalah on Zoom, WhatsApp or Facebook Live. On site services held outside in pergola, weather permitting. Physical distancing and masks required.

FRIDAY: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Candlelighting, 6:09 p.m.

SATURDAY: Shabbat Kollel, 8:30 a.m.; Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Zachor Reading, 10 a.m.; Kids Davening, 10:30 a.m.; Tot Shabbat, 10:45 a.m.; Special Kiddush and Activity, 11:30 a.m.; Daf Yomi, 5:30 p.m. with Rabbi Yoni; Mincha/Shalosh Seudos, 6:10 p.m.; Ma’ariv/Havdalah, 7:09 p.m.

SUNDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Daf Yomi, 6:40 p.m. with Rabbi Yoni; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7:20 p.m.

MONDAY: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Deeping Our Prayer, 7:45 a.m. (Zoom); Daf Yomi, 6:40 p.m. with Rabbi Yoni; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7:20 p.m.

TUESDAY: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Deeping Our Prayer, 7:45 a.m. (Zoom); Kids Class, 3:45 p.m.; Daf Yomi, 6:40 p.m. with Rabbi Yoni; Mincha/ Ma’ariv, 7:20 p.m.

WEDNESDAY: Fast Begins, 6:19 a.m.; Nach Yomi —

Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Deeping Our Prayer, 7:45 a.m.

(Zoom); Daf Yomi, 6:40 p.m. with Rabbi Yoni; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7:15 p.m.; Megillah Reading, 8 p.m.; Fast Ends, 8:03 p.m.; Ice Cream, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:30 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Shacharit/Megillah Reading, 6:40 a.m.; Deeping Our Prayer, 7:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (Zoom); Character Development, 9:30 am. with Rabbi Ari (Zoom); Megillah Reading, 10 a.m. at RBJH; “Adloyada” Costume Parade, 5 p.m.; Magic Show, 5:30 p.m.; Mincha/Megillah Reading/Balloon Twisting/Face Painting, 6 p.m.; Dinner and Celebration, 6:30 p.m.; Ma’ariv, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY-Mar. 18: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Deeping Our Prayer, 7:45 a.m.; Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Candlelighting, 7:16 p.m.

SATURDAY-Mar. 19: Shabbat Kollel, 8:30 a.m.; Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Torah Class/Kids Class, 10:30 a.m.; Tot Shabbat, 10:45 a.m.; Kiddush, 11:30 a.m.; Daf Yomi, 6:40 p.m. with Rabbi Yoni; Mincha, 7:20 p.m.; Shalosh Seudos/Laws of Shabbos/Kids Activity, 7:40 p.m.; Ma’ariv/Havdalah, 8:17 p.m.

Please visit orthodoxomaha.org for additional information and Zoom service links.

CHABAD HOUSE All services are in-person. All classes are being offered in-person/Zoom hybrid (Ochabad.com/classroom). For more information or to request help, please visit www.ochabad.com or call the office at 402.330.1800.

FRIDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Inspirational Lechayim, 5:45 p.m. with Rabbi and friends: ochabad.com/Le chayim; Candlelighting, 6:08 p.m.

SATURDAY: Shacharit, 10 a.m. followed by Kiddush and Cholent; Shabbat Ends, 7:08 p.m.

SUNDAY: Sunday Morning Wraps, 9 a.m.

MONDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Personal Parsha Class, 9:30 a.m. with Shani Katzman; Advanced Biblical Hebrew Grammar, 10:30 a.m. with Prof. David Cohen; A museum-like life-size exhibit created by local artists and volunteers will be displayed at Chabad from March 14-18. Tours are by appointment. Call 402.330.1800 or email alissa@ochabad.com to schedule a time for your family or group. Schools, youth groups, book clubs all welcome. The tour duration is 30 minutes followed by an optional discussion and Hamantashen (the three-cornered Purim cookie) refreshments.

TUESDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Virtual Pirkei Avot Women’s Class, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY: Megillah Reading, 7:45 p.m.

THURSDAY: Megillah Land Purim, 5 p.m. Step into the Megillah for an experience that will WOW!! Enjoy a feast fit for a king. Come in costume at Chabad, 1866 S 120th St. RSVP at ochabad.com/rsvp.

FRIDAY-Mar. 18: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Inspirational Lechayim, 5:45 p.m. with Rabbi and friends: ochab ad.com/Lechayim; Candlelighting, 7:16 p.m.

SATURDAY-Mar. 19: Shacharit, 10 a.m. followed by Kiddush and Cholent; Shabbat Ends, 8:16 p.m.

LINCOLN JEWISH COMMUNITY: B’NAI JESHURUN & TIFERETH ISRAEL Services facilitated by Rabbi Alex Felch.

Note: Some of our services, but not all, are now being offered in person.

FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat Service, service leaders/music: Rabbi Alex, Leslie Delserone and Peter Mullin, 6:30 p.m. at SST; Shabbat Candlelighting, 6:11 p.m.

SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Alex at TI; Torah Study on Parashat Vayikra, noon; Havdalah, 7:11 p.m.

SUNDAY: No LJCS Classes — Daylight Saving Time Starts; Men's Jewish Bike Group of Lincoln meets Sundays at 10 a.m., rain or shine, to ride to one of The Mill locations from Hanson Ct. (except we drive if it’s too wet, cold, cloudy, windy, hot or humid) followed by coffee and spirited discussions. If interested, please email Al Weiss at albertw801@gmail.com to find out where to meet each week; We will put pickleball on hiatus while we are not holding in-person services. When we start up again, remember that everyone is welcome; just wear comfortable clothes and tennis or gym shoes. If you need a paddle, contact Miriam Wallick by email at Miriam57@aol.com or by text at 402.470.2393 before Sunday.

TUESDAY: Tea & Coffee with Pals, 1:30 p.m. via Zoom.

WEDNESDAY: Fast Begins, 6:16 a.m.; No LJCS Classes — Erev Purim; Fast Ends, 8:08 p.m.

THURSDAY: Offices Closed for Purim.

FRIDAY-Mar. 18: Kabbalat Shabbat Service, service leaders/music: Rabbi Alex, Nathaniel and Steve Kaup, 6:30 p.m. at SST; Shabbat Candlelighting, 7:18 p.m.

SATURDAY-Mar. 19: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Alex at TI; Torah Study on Parashat Tzav, noon; Havdalah, 7:11 p.m.

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FRIDAY: Virtual Shabbat Service, 7:30 p.m. every first and third of the month at Capehart Chapel. Contact TSgt Jason Rife at OAFBJSLL@icloud.com for more information.

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In-person and virtual services conducted by Rabbi Brian Stoller, Rabbi Deana Sussman Berezin and Cantor Joanna Alexander.

DAILY VIRTUAL MINYAN: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. via Zoom.

FRIDAY: Drop-In Mah Jongg, 9 a.m. In-Person; Shabbat Shirah, 6 p.m. via Zoom or In-Person.

SATURDAY: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. via Zoom or InPerson; Shabbat Morning Services and Bar Mitzvah of Troy Shefsky, 10 a.m.

SUNDAY: Second Sunday Breakfast Service, 9 a.m. at the Stephen Center; Youth Learning Programs, 10 a.m.; Words of Wisdom, 10:15 a.m. via Zoom or InPerson; Book Club, 10:30 a.m. via Zoom.

MONDAY: Jewish Law & the Quest for Meaning, 11 a.m. via Zoom.

TUESDAY: Board of Trustees Meeting, 7 p.m. . WEDNESDAY: Youth Learning Programs: Grades 36, 4-6 p.m.; T’filah, 4:45 p.m.; Community Dinner, 6 p.m.; Grades 7-12, 6:30-8 p.m.; Grade 12 Confirmation Class, 6:30 p.m.; Megillah Reading and Adult Purim Game Show, 6-9 p.m.

THURSDAY: Thursday Morning Class, 10 a.m. with Rabbi Azriel via Zoom or In-Person.

FRIDAY-Mar. 18: Drop-In Mah Jongg, 9 a.m. In-Person; Classic Shabbat: Scrolls of the Season, 6 p.m. via Zoom or In-Person; Tot Shabbat, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY-Mar. 19: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. via Zoom or In-Person; Shabbat Morning Services and Bar Mitzvah of Corey Nogg, 10 a.m.; Purim Planning Lock-In for Grades 8-12.

Please visit templeisraelomaha.com for additional information and Zoom service links.

‘Do not remain silent right now’ PHILISSA CRAMER JTA The morning after Russian bombs fell at the site of a 1941 massacre of Ukrainian Jews, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the world’s Jews to speak out about what is happening in his country.

Russia’s attack adjacent to Babyn Yar, the Kyiv site where Nazis and local collaborators executed tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, along with its bombing of Uman, the Ukrainian city where hundreds of thousands of Jewish pilgrims visit each year, represent an attempt to erase Ukraine’s history and identity, Zelensky said in a speech delivered

after another night of heavy fighting.

“Addressing all the Jews of the world: Don’t you see why this is happening? That is why it is very important that millions of Jews around the world do not remain silent right now. Nazism is born in silence,” Zelensky said. “So shout about the killings of civilians. Shout about the killings of Ukrainians.”

Jews around the world have stepped in to support Ukrainian Jews. Many of those Jews have joined an exodus of refugees pouring over the country’s borders. In the eight-minute address, which his office published with English subtitles and in Hebrew translation, Zelensky did not mention that he himself is Jewish or that his own family members were

killed by Nazis.

But his anguish over seeing a Holocaust killing site attacked was palpable, as he described how a TV station and sports complex had under Soviet rule been “built on the bones” of people murdered there “to erase the true history of Babyn Yar.” To Russia, he said, “You are killing Holocaust victims for the second time.”

Babyn Yar, formerly known as Babi Yar, is the name of a ravine on Kyiv’s outskirts where German troops murdered, with help from and Ukrainian collaborators, at least 33,000 Jews in September 1941 in one of the largest massacres of the Holocaust.

Life cycles BAR MITZVAH CORY NOGG Cory Nogg, son of Jaime and Brian Nogg, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at Temple Israel.

Cory is a seventh-grade honors student at Westside Middle School.

He is interested in playing basketball, playing sports video games, and hanging out with his friends.

For his mitzvah project, Cory volunteered at AllPlay (baseball complex for kids with special needs.)

He has two brothers, Jordan, age 15, and Taylor, age 10, and a dog, Frankie, a yorkie poo.

Grandparents are Patty and Steve Nogg, and Judy and Craig Goldford of St. Louis, MO.

IN MEMORIAM MYRON MAX BEAR Myron Max Bear passed away on March 2, 2022, in Berkeley CA. Services were held on March 9, 2022 in Council Bluffs, IA and were officiated by Rabbi Steven Abraham.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara Bear; daughter and son-inlaw, Dawne and Gregg Novicoff; son and daughter-in-law, Ab and Allyson Bear; grandchildren: Arlo and Rayna Novicoff, Jackson and January Bear.

Memorials may be made in his honor to the Southern Poverty Law Center or The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC).

LARRY STEPHEN COHN Larry Stephen Cohn passed away on Feb. 27, 2022, at age 77 in San Diego, CA. Graveside services were held on March 3, 2022, in San Diego, CA at El Camino Memorial Park.

He was preceded in death by by his parents, Lyman Cohn and Rose Cohn Perelman; and his beloved pets, McKeever, Boomer, Tyler and Connor.

He is survived by devoted wife, Margaret; sweet Wheaten Terrier, Shine; loving brother and sister-in-law, Jeff and Pam; nephews, Danny Cohn and Andrew Miller, and Michael; greatniece, Nora Miller-Cohn; and many cousins and close friends.

Larry was born in Omaha to Rose and Lyman Cohn. He graduated from Central High School and was a fixture in the glass industry, most recently at Key Stone Glass for more than two decades. Larry was a life-long Husker fan and never missed a game — be it live or later from his home in California.

Memorials may be made to the Nebraska Humane Society, 8929 Fort St, Omaha, NE 68134.

Zelensky thanks Israel for support SHIRA HANAU JTA Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Israel for its support for his country Sunday March 6, the day after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett flew to Moscow for a three-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Zelensky did not mention Bennett by name, nor did he mention Bennett’s meeting with Putin. Zelensky, who is Jewish, said previously that he does not feel Bennett “has wrapped himself in the Ukrainian flag” throughout the first weeks of the war.

Bennett met with Putin for three hours on March 5 before flying to Berlin to speak with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

He also spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron over the phone and has spoken with Zelensky three times since the meeting with Putin.

At the beginning of the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting March 6, Bennett said Israel had a “moral obligation” to try to negotiate between Ukraine and Russia, though he said he could not elaborate on the status of his talks with Putin and Zelensky.

“I returned from Moscow and Berlin a few hours ago,” Bennett said, according to The Times of Israel. “I went there to assist the dialogue between all of the sides, of course with the blessing and encouragement of all players.”

Israel occupies an unusual position among Western countries due to its close relations with both Ukraine and Russia.

Zelensky, who is Jewish, had previously asked Israel to serve as an intermediary between the two countries.

Israel has declined to condemn Russia as forthrightly as other Western countries since the beginning of the war.

Though Israel declined to sign a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Russia, it did sign onto a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a few days later.

Israel is set to send a field hospital to Ukraine this week to assist Ukrainians affected by the war.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, In the Feb. 25 edition of the Jewish Press of Omaha, my friend Gary Javitch indicated that LB 845 is “stuck in committee” and that two senators (Senators Hansen and McCollister) should help move the bill on to the floor of the legislature by advancing the bill out of committee. While the bill has undeniably good intentions, it currently has a fatal constitutional flaw. Several states that have passed similar laws are now dealing with lawsuits regarding freedom of speech. Specifically, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a ruling stating that an Arkansas law of this nature violates the First Amendment.

Until a statute of this type is ruled to be constitutional by a federal court, LB845 should not be taken up by the legislature. I have never supported a bill that was constitutionally suspect and unfortunately this bill suffers from this malady. However, I support the intent of the bill and perhaps the Nebraska Legislature could support the intent of the Anti-Discrimination Against Israel Act through a Legislative Resolution which would be tangible evidence of the Unicameral’s unceasing support for Israel. If this approach is acceptable to Mr. Javitch and others, I will request that such a Resolution be drafted.

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JTA Around 300 Ukrainian Jewish refugees landed in Israel Sunday, among them some 90 orphans between the ages of two and 12, in the first round of what Israeli government officials are expecting to be a wave of thousands in the coming months.

They were flown on three planes from Moldova, Romania and Poland.

But whether Israel will accept Ukrainian refugees who are not Jewish, and therefore ineligible for Israeli citizenship under the country’s Law of Return, is unclear.

The Law of Return allows any Jew who wishes to live in Israel to obtain Israeli citizenship. But Israel has not historically opened paths to citizenship or long-term visas for refugees who are not Jewish, including the thousands of African asylum seekers currently living in Israel.

Fewer than 10% of Ukrainians who have entered Israel since the start of the war have been Jews, Israel’s Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked said Sunday, according to Haaretz.

“We will reach 15,000 Ukrainians in a month. The State of Israel needs to do more in order to bring Jews and those eligible for the Law of Return. We can’t keep going at this rate, things need to be planned,” Shaked said.

Israel has already tried to deport some of the Ukrainian refugees who are ineligible to immigrate under the Law of Return who have entered the country so far. The government has collected monetary deposits from some nonJewish refugees to ensure they do not stay in the country longer than necessary, a tactic some have criticized as inhumane in light of the circumstances.

Government officials discussed the issue of whether to admit more non-Jewish refugees to the country at a cabinet meeting Sunday and the cabinet is expected to return to the issue during the coming week.

The Jewish Agency, a nonprofit that brings large numbers of immigrants to Israel, received a flood of new requests from Jews trying to flee Ukraine as the war began late last month.

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