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IN MEMORIAM

EDWARD MARVIN MALASHOCK

Edward Marvin Malashock passed away on May 10, 2022, at age 99. A memorial service was held on May 13, 2022, at Temple Israel.

He was preceded in death by wife, Sally; parents, Jay and Ruth Malashock; brother, Stanley Malashock; and son-in-law, Bob Egermayer.

He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Deborah Malashock; son, Jim Malashock; daughter, Jan Egermayer; grandchildren: Julie and Ari Rabin-Havt, Matt Egermayer, Scott and Tristar Egermayer, Joshua, Joseph and John Malashock; and brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Norma Malashock.

While Dr. Edward Malashock is no longer with us, the memories of kindness, love and devotion he showed will be with us forever.

Dr. Malashock had a storied medical career that spanned seven decades. After earning his medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, he served in the US Army Medical Corps in the Philippines in 1946. After serving, he briefly practiced medicine in St. Louis and New York before coming home to Omaha. In 1965, Dr. Malashock performed the first two kidney transplants in Nebraska. It was then that he joined the UNMC faculty as a clinical professor of surgery urology. He would go on to serve as President of Clarkson Hospital Medical Staff, Metropolitan Omaha Medical Society and the Nebraska Urological Society.

While his career in medicine was one to be proud of, his greatest sense of pride was his family. In the story of Ed there were two main characters: Ed and Sally. Of Dr. Malashock’s 99 years on Earth, he spent 74 of them side by side with the love of his life. They had ambitions to travel the world, be contributing members to their community and raise a beautiful family. Together they accomplished all three. They saw every country you could want to see, were leaders in the Omaha community and raised three children, Mark, Jim, and Jan, with love and pride. Of all Dr. Malashock’s accomplishments, he would argue that his greatest was being there for Sally at the end of her life. When she passed three years ago, he was there holding her hand, kissing her forehead and cherishing every last minute he had with her.

For those who had the privilege of knowing Dr. Malashock, the memories will be enduring. Memories such as his weekly meet ups at the Bagel Bin, his endless cups of coffee at dinner, the extra hours he stayed late at the hospital making sure his patients felt cared, for or even sitting in Memorial Stadium for a Husker game, humming the tune of every song the band played. For many though, the memory that will be brightest is the memory of his smile. He loved people, and the warm embrace and genuine love he showed others has left a mark on so many.

Dr. Malashock received numerous awards including the 2009 Nebraska Medical Center Legends Award, the 2002 College of Medicine Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Outstanding Physician Award. He is included on the Wall of honor at the UNMC Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education. The Chair of Urologic Surgery at Nebraska Medicine is named for Ed and Sally Malashock, as is the atrium of the Davis Global Center on the Nebraska Medicine campus.

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BIRTH

AVERY ISABELLA HARTMAN

Ali and Brian Hartman of Deerfield, IL, announce the March 21, 2022 birth of their daughter, Avery Isabella.

Avery is named for her great-grandfather, Ajon Farber of blessed memory.

Grandparents are Rick and Josi (Farber) Rein of Highland Park, IL, and Michael and Susi Hartman of Deerfield, IL.

Deborah Lipstadt gives first talk

RON KAMPEAS

WASHINGTON | JTA Antisemitism is often not taken seriously until it becomes deadly, said Deborah Lipstadt, the Holocaust scholar whose nomination to be the State Department’s antisemitism monitor was delayed as she tangled with Republican senators who were peeved at her criticisms of their side of the aisle. Lipstadt chose the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for her first talk May 12 since her Senate confirmation in March after contentious hearings. She made good on her pledges to skeptical Republicans in the body that she would identify and target antisemitism on all sides. Antisemitism does not come from one end of the political spectrum,” Lipstadt said. “It is ubiquitous and is espoused by people who agree on nothing else or, better put, disagree on everything else.” She spoke of the threat from the far-right, mentioning the 2017 neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville that convinced President Joe Biden, who named her to the post, to run for the presidency. But she also alluded to her frustrations with the left. “Too often, when there is an act of antisemitism, those who condemn it cannot bring themselves to focus specifically on this particular prejudice,” she said. In 2019, Jewish groups, Republicans and some Jewish Democrats were unhappy when a resolution condemning antisemitism was amended to include condemnations of other forms of bigotry, including Islamaphobia. In her remarks and later in a conversation with Sara Bloomfield, the museum’s director, Lipstadt said that antisemitism is often not taken seriously until it is too late.

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LOCAL | NATIONAL | WORLD Nebraska first state to inaugurate Jewish American Heritage Month

ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT

Jewish Press Editor On Thursday, May 5, which corresponded to Israel’s Independence Day, Gov. Pete Ricketts inaugurated May as Jewish American Heritage Month, making Nebraska the first US state to do so. The same day, he proclaimed the official adoption by the State of Nebraska of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism, making the number of US states that have adopted or endorsed the IHRA definition 26 (plus the District of Columbia), meaning that the majority of states now officially recognize it. That definition reads as follows: “Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or nonJewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.” The IHRA Definition is intended to be utilized as non-legally binding guidance and education for a range of stakeholders including law enforcement, campus administrators and other institutions and entities to better enable them to identify antisemitism and gather and analyze relevant data. As explained by Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism: “[N]on-legally binding in its nature, the working definition is helpful in public discourse as well as training for media, educators and public authorities, without impeding the legal right to freedom of speech.” (Source: ADL.org) “We see the rise in antisemitism,” Ricketts said, “and must be aggressive in combating it. We must let people know we will stand against hate. When we see antisemitism, we have to take very strong steps immediately to combat it. That’s why we want to make this proclamation to recognize the Jewish community’s contributions to Nebraska and the nation.” Representatives from each of Nebraska’s synagogues, Chabad and the Jewish Federation of Omaha were in attendance. Gov. Ricketts recognized Eleanor Dunning for her presentation to the Unicameral. Also in attendance was Nebraska Holocaust survivor and

philanthropist Milton “Milt” Kleinberg, who was given special tribute. He said: “I’m Jewish, and I have always loved the free state of Nebraska. I could have taken my business to Texas, but Nebraska is home, and our governor is a friend.” Other speakers included Chabad’s Rabbi Mendel Katzman, Israeli Consul General to the Midwest Yinam Cohen and Nebraska Secretary of State Robert Evnen, who also signed the proclamation. As of March 2022, 37 nations and almost 900 entities around the world have adopted the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism since 2016, including the US, Canada, Germany, the UK, Australia and France. Jews are only 0.5% of the population in Nebraska, according to the 2020 American Jewish Year Book. Two weeks ago, Arizona voted to adopt the IHRA’s Working Definition of Antisemitism. In addition, Ohio adopted the definiScott Littky, left, Marsha Kleinberg, Phil Malcom, Milton Kleinberg, Gov. Ricketts, Rabbi Deanna tion in an executive order three weeks ago. Berezin and Sivan Cohen. According to the Anti Defamation League, “Accompanying the IHRA Definition are eleven examples that may serve as illustrations of how antisemitism manifests contemporaneously, ranging from age-old anti-Jewish tropes, to Holocaust denial, to certain expressions of animus toward the Jewish State of Israel that may at times cross the line into antisemitism. These examples are important, because while certain longstanding myths animating antisemitism have stood the test of millennia, manifestations of antisemitism do change, sometimes significantly, over time and place. It is important to provide guidance built on the knowledge of experts in the field, as well as the lived experience of large segments of the Jewish population.”

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