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LiNDa PoLLaRD Endowment Assistant/Staff Writer, Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation atasha Kraft has been selected for this year’s Sokolof Outstanding Jewish Teacher Award.

Natasha, a Deaf Educator, has been working in the Deaf education field for 16 years and has been with Omaha Public Schools for six years. Natasha received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Omaha. She received her Master’s degree from Gallaudet University, focusing on mental health and deafness.

After graduation from UNO, Natasha moved to Kansas City for a retail job. She lived in Kansas City for 18 months before moving to the Washington, D.C. area. Natasha then changed jobs and worked with her uncle at his label making factory.

While at this job, Natasha decided to go to graduate school. Upon graduation from Gallaudet University, Natasha moved to Columbus, Ohio, where she worked as a community counselor for a

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After the birth of her son Alexander, Natasha decided to move back to Omaha to be closer to her family and friends. She has been living in Omaha for the last 16 years.

CaSSaNDRa HiCKS WEiSENBuRgER The “part” she is referring to is Director of Communications, Temple Israel being the President of Temple Israel Rosie Zweiback has loved Temple from 2016-2018. After two years leadIsrael since she was a little girl. It al- ing Temple Israel, Rosie Zweiback is ways felt like her passing the baton home. “My husband and reflecting back and I were thrilled on her time. to move back to It was definitely a Omaha in 2000 with period with a lot of our three young change happening. children. We joined “During my tenure, I the synagogue and worked closely with three new rabbis enrolled our two Darryl Crystal, oldest in Religious School two months Deana Berezin, and Brian Stoller. Each before we arrived, so brought important their names would Rosie Zweiback gifts and it was a be on the class rosters. Temple Israel gave me a strong pleasure getting to know them and Jewish identity and it did the same helping them get to know our congrefor all three of our kids. I am grateful gation. Being president during this that I had the opportunity to do my time of transition was exciting, inpart for this community that has spiring and sometimes nerve wracking. It is an awesome responsibility to given me and my family so much.” serve a congregation with our history.

Many great leaders came before me to build Temple Israel and I wanted to make sure that I did my part to strengthen our community as we moved from 28 beautiful years with Rabbi Azriel to the next chapter.”

Rosie is very proud of the way our congregation has continued to grow during these transitional times. Congregational engagement was (and See Rosie Zweiback page 4

Natasha said that she “fell into the field” of Deaf Education. Her plans had been to become a counselor or psychologist working with children who have a hearing loss. After moving back to Omaha, Natasha’s aunt told her about an open position for an Activity Coordinator with the Metro Regional Program for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (MRP). Natasha was hired and began working as an Activity Coordinator for MRP. She provided social, emotional and educational activities for students in Omaha and state wide. During that time, Natasha enrolled in classes at UNO to get her teaching degree. After earning her degree, she applied for a position to be an Itinerant Deaf Educator with Omaha Public Schools.

Natasha states, “Since I was young, I have had an interest in Deaf culture. I thought the language was beautiful, a song or dance with the hands. This interest stayed with me and I decided to learn more and immerse myself in the culture for graduate school.

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Hazzan Krausman receives Honorary Doctorate

oZZiE Nogg sacred liturgy and music. I’m proud and Hazzan Michael Krausman of Beth El humbled to be recognized for my service Synagogue was one of 20 Cantors by being granted a Doctor of Music Honawarded honorary oris Causa by Doctorates of JTA.” Hazzan Music by The Krausman served Jewish Theologicongregations in cal Seminary. The New Jersey and convocation was Florida before held March 12 at coming to Omaha the Sutton Place in 2012. “It was Synagogue in New through the CA York City. All recipplacement servients are members ices that I was of the Cantors Asblessed to be consembly (CA), the nected with Beth Beth El’s Hazzan Michael Krausman largest body of El,” he said. with his honorary Doctorate of Music Cantors in the Founded in world, and through diploma, awarded by The Jewish Theo- 1947, the Cantors the degrees it con- logical Seminary.

Assembly is the inferred, JTS recognized their distinguished ternational association of professional service to the Jewish community and cel- Hazzanim affiliated with Conservative ebrated the Cantors’ achievements and Judaism. The CA supports Cantors and contributions to Jewish life. their communities by providing musical “For the past 32 years as a Shaliach and educational materials, professional Tzibur — prayer emissary — my mission and lay publications, creation of new has been not only to facilitate and repre- music, peer support, certification of new sent the prayers of the congregation but Hazzanim, and professional development also to act as a liaison between the through seminars, podcasts and internaprayers and the congregation,” Hazzan tional conventions. The CA also provides Krausman said. “Thus, I try to take scholarships to students at the H.L. every opportunity to teach and exemplify Miller Cantorial the spirituality, life and meaning of our See Hazzan Krausman page 3

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Jewish Teacher Award Continued from page 1 I went to Gallaudet University, a predominately Deaf/Hard of Hearing campus.”

As an Itinerate teacher for OPS, Natasha travels to different schools.

Currently she is traveling to 12-15 schools a week. She travels where the students are, but her usual area is Northeast Omaha, mostly Bedford Street north to Ponca and 72nd Street east.

Natasha works with students from preschool through the transition program at age 21. One letter of recommendation states, “Natasha goes above and beyond for our students. She is willing to work with students to improve self-esteem.”

Natasha has been teaching at Temple Israel for 11 years. She started as a sign language interpreter, and when her interpreting skills were no longer needed, she taught second grade Judaic studies for a few years. She then began teaching Hebrew and Judaic studies to fourth graders, and has been teaching fourth grade for seven years. A member of Temple Israel noted that, “She is enthusiastic with her students and colleagues.

Anytime an idea is presented that would strengthen our program, Natasha is energetic and willing to put in effort to see this plan succeed.”

As a volunteer, Natasha is one of the leaders of Tri-Faith Kids, which is part of the Tri-Faith Initiative. The students meet monthly, learning and sharing

their faith beliefs, while promoting friendships and better understanding.

When not working or volunteering, Natasha likes to spend time with family and friends, hiking, and trying new restaurants and different food cultures.

In the summer, she enjoys catching up on her reading.

Natasha said: “I love teaching – I love watching the students grow and seeing the “ah-ha” light when they figure something out.” With Natasha’s genuine concern for and love of her students, it would be a safe bet that her students have experienced many “ah-ha” moments throughout the years because of her.

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I have previously worked at the Omaha World-Herald as an online intern. Here, I was in charge of posting on their social media pages, BrIttany HaMor reporting and writing articles for online and in Intern, Jewish Press print. I have also worked as a news writer for the Daily Nebraskan. I work for History Nebraska as an editorial assistant during the school year. My responsibilities include writing and scheduling daily blog posts for the website/ social media, editing historical photos, and helping build new pages on their new website. After graduation, I hope to work in social media and online journalism either in Nebraska or Illinois.

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My deal with Charley Thone

here was a time, long before each other we had become friends as freshmen in college, the Age of Trump, when again as we both worked at the Daily Nebraskan and became two politicians of opposite in successive years its editor, and then through our careers as parties, each running for young lawyers in Omaha. We went to each other’s weddings office in the same election, and had lunch with each other from time to time throughout could make an agreement, “a deal,” to many years. stay out of each other’s campaigns. I In 1982 I was running against Hal Daub for Congress and made that deal with Governor Charley Charley was running against Bob Kerrey for Governor. We Thone and it worked. each had strong campaigns. I wanted Charley to stay out of The political deal, dated during the riChard fellman my campaign and to also stay out of Hal Daub’s efforts; and summer of 1982, was that I would reCharley felt the same about me getting into the race for Govmain silent about Charley Thone’s race for a second term as ernor. I called Sam Jensen, as an old friend, and said to him, governor of Nebraska if he would remain silent in my second “Sam, do you think you could get Charley Thone to agree to race for election to the United States House of Representatives remain out of Daub’s campaign, to say nothing supporting it, from Nebraska’s Second District. and to leave me alone, if I would make the same pledge about It took an intermediary to negotiate the agreement, and Thone’s campaign?” And Sam said he’d call Charley and see each of us had the same one who we both trusted, an old what his reaction was. friend, Sam Jensen. Sadly, I am the Within hours Sam called me only party to this agreement still back. “You’ve got a deal with alive to tell the story which actually Charley,” Sam told me. “You’ve each began long before the 1982 election. agreed to say nothing in support of Ruth Raymond Thone, long time the campaigns of your opponents wife of Charley Thone, died a few and to say nothing negative about weeks ago, Charley Thone died a either one of you. If you’re in, I’ll call half year ago, and Sam Jensen died a Charley right back and confirm couple of years ago. your deal.”

The story began in the late 1950s Sam made the call. The deal was when I was a young reporter workmade between two campaigns of ing for the Associated Press and opposite parties and it held until late covering the Nebraska State Capitol. in the Fall when I read an item in the My boss, Odell Hansen, was the senpaper saying that Thone had stated ior correspondent for the AP, and he he supported Daub. I immediately had as his beat the major state ofcalled Sam and said that Thone had fices, including the Governor and broken his promise. Again, within the entire Unicameral Legislature. minutes, Sam called me back.

As his assistant, my beat was the en“Listen, Dick,” he said, “Charley tire line of the more minor state oftold me he was at a GOP fundraiser fices, including the Secretary of in Sarpy County and all he said was State. Each morning I walked from that he was supporting the RepubliCharles Thone one political office to another, alcan ticket from top to bottom, and ways looking for a story. he merely read off the names of each of the Party’s candidates, In the office of the Secretary of State I met the assistant to including Daub,” Sam argued. “You can’t argue with Charley the Secretary, a young lawyer named Charley Thone. To es- who is, after all, a Republican and the Governor, for stating tablish a relationship with him I told him that his wife, the that he supports the ticket. He said nothing else and he told charming, smart, and pretty Ruth Raymond and I had a sim- me to tell you that he really doesn’t like Daub much more than ilar background. As seniors in the University of Nebraska we you do. Is your deal with Charley still in effect?” had each served as editor of the Daily Nebraskan, the student “Yes,” I said, “please tell Charley that I understand what he newspaper. This immediately established a friendship be- said and our deal is still good.” tween Charley and me. Even then, when Thone was still in Years later, one Saturday afternoon my son Daniel and I his twenties, the story around the Capitol was that someday were walking out of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln after a Charley would be Nebraska’s governor. This made it easy for football game and we ran in to Charley Thone. We were all me to like him. He handled all press relations for Frank walking towards our cars parked near the Capitol. I introMarsh, the long-time Secretary of State, so Charley was the duced Daniel to Governor Thone. Charley and I walked toman for me to see to try to get a story every time I entered gether and talked about the then current political scene in his office. intimate detail, as only two politicians can, and Daniel lisThe second man in the political agreement I’m now writing tened intently. about was Sam Jensen, a successful lawyer who represented When we were alone and in our car driving back to Omaha, management in labor relations matters. Sam and Charley Daniel asked me how I became so friendly with the Republiwere friends through the undergraduate fraternity they both can Governor Charles Thone, and I told him this story. belonged to. As their lives in politics developed, they became “Who won the elections?” Daniel asked. “We both lost, “I close associates in many Republican enterprises in Nebraska. answered.

Though Sam and I ended up politically totally opposite

hazzan Krausman

Continued from page 1 School at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Women have been ordained as Hazzanim in Conservative Judaism since 1987, and gained Cantors Assembly membership in 1990. Notably, the 2018 Convocation awarded an honorary degree to Hazzan Elaine Shapiro, marking the first time that JTS awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music degree to a female Cantor. “I was pleased to receive my Honoris Causa together with Hazzan Shapiro,” Hazzan Krausman said. “Ironically, I graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1985, together with Rabbi Amy Eilberg, the first woman to be ordained by JTA. Women continue to make groundbreaking strides in the clergy of the Conservative Movement.”

The ceremony at Sutton Place Synagogue was presided over by Marc Gary, JTS Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer. Professor Arnold M. Eisen, JTS Chancellor, conferred the degrees and delivered the convocation address. Rabbi Daniel S. Nevins, Pearl Resnick, Dean of the Rabbinical School and the Division of Re-

ligious Leadership, and Cantor Nancy Abramson, Director of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music, sponsored the honorees. During the presentation of Hazzan Krausman’s diploma, Hazzan Abramson read the following citation: “As a Jewish Theological Seminary graduate, you communicate and exemplify the spirituality and meaning of our sacred liturgy and tradition. You forge an eternal bond with your B’nai Mitzvah students, and you have taught many of your congregants to lead services, read Torah, and appreciate our liturgical heritage. You have raised funds for youth experiences through outstanding concerts. You spread awareness of the Shoah to the community at large. You engage individuals of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds with love, sensitivity, and humor. Thank you for your service to the Jewish people, and mazel tov.”

To mark the occasion of his Doctor of Music Honoris Causa degree, Hazzan Krausman is embarking on a campaign to raise $3,600 for the Cantors Assembly. For details, visit www.cantors.org.

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Yoni’s last Eye on Israel Our next Eye on Israel on Monday, June 11, will be a one-of-a-kind experience! As most of you must have heard by now, I am finishing my Shlichut – my job as a Shaliach - for the Omaha Jewish community. I am moving on to yoni doron the next chapter of my Community Shaliach life back in our beloved State of Israel – the place about which we have discussed so much during the past year!

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Continued from page 1 still is) a top priority. “As rabbinic leadership changed each year, our lay leaders stepped in to build new committees and increase opportunities for involvement in Temple life. During the last two years, we have created many new opportunities to participate in this vibrant congregation in the areas of social justice, caring, Rosh Chodesh, young families, and Tri-faith. The energy and commitment that I see in our board and our congregation bode well for the future.”

An active president, you would often see Rosie in the halls of our synagogue. Executive Director Dennis DePorte described Rosie as “having an energy that never quits! She’s always looking out for the benefit of Temple Israel.”

As well as working with Dennis on many efforts, she treasured her meetings with Rabbi Stoller: “It is really a special experience to meet weekly with the rabbi in sacred partnership. To see how deeply our rabbi cares

Israel, we will step away from our usual format in favor of engaging together in a dynamic conversation about the year we’ve had together. During this final session, I will share the insights I’ve acquired, stories about the cultural differences we don’t think about, and give my take on how we can move forward in a meaningful way as a larger, worldwide Jewish people.

I invite you to come engage with me, ask questions and challenge my perspective!

We will be hosting the last meeting at a different time than we are used to – we will be meeting at 6 p.m. so that more people can have a chance to experience the Eye on Israel content on this special occasion.

about Judaism, our congregants, and other members of the Temple staff is a true privilege.” Rosie reflected on the installation ceremony of Rabbi Stoller as one she will never forget: “Standing shoulder to shoulder with the past presidents and my fellow trustees to pass the Torah to our new rabbi will always be one of the most incredible moments of my service on the board.”

Rabbi Stoller is thankful to have had Rosie be the Temple Israel president during his first year here. “Rosie has led our congregation with wisdom, skill, and grace through a period of significant transition. Her steady leadership, easy-going demeanor, and genuine love for this community made her the right president for the right time. Rosie Zweiback is a blessing to our community, and it has been a true joy and privilege for me to be her partner during this last year.”

It has been a great two years and we want to congratulate Rosie on a job well done!

Take steps for Crohn’s and Colitis Walk amanDa hall The Nebraska/Iowa Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation will hold its annual Take Steps for Crohn’s & Colitis walk and celebration on June 23. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and the walk begins at 11 a.m. The event will be held at Werner Park with festivities set up on the concourse. Take Steps is a family-friendly event where attendees celebrate the hard work and dedication of fundraising and supporting the IBD community. The Take Steps community consists of patients, loved ones, friends and supporters who empower and inspire each other to continue the fight against these diseases. Take Steps offers the perfect opportunity to connect with the greater IBD community.

“My disease began with tiredness, weight loss, and loss of appetite,” said 2018 honoree Lucas Sokolik. “By the time my parents scheduled a doctor appointment, I’d lost almost 20 pounds. I wasn’t trying to lose weight, but my pediatrician thought otherwise,” he said. “He suspected that I was starving myself, and my parents didn’t know who to believe. They would get upset if I didn’t finish my plate at supper. It took almost a month before my parents and my doctor realized that I was physically sick.”

Frequent bowel movements and continued weight loss finally sent Sokolik to the hospital for an upper and lower endoscopy on the day following his 13th birthday. His GI doctor suspected that he had an inflammatory bowel dis-

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NCJW St. Louis proudly announced their 2018-2019 Executive Team and Board. They welcomed four new officers to the Executive Team and three new Board members. Susan Katzman from Omaha was installed as the next President, becoming the 50th President since 1895. The new Executive Team and Board were installed at our annual Installation and Awards Ceremony on thursday, may 24. NCJW has been in St. Louis for over 123 years and its programs and projects help improve the lives of women, children and families.

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ease, and these tests confirmed the diagnosis. “I had convinced myself that I was insane and was relieved to find out that I wasn’t just crazy. I was told that I had Crohn’s disease and that I’d have it for the rest of my life,” he said.

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The Take Steps Walk & Festival will feature family friendly activities and attractions such as a bounce house, face painting and more. Leashed pets are welcome. Refreshments will be provided after the walk is concluded.

After much trial and error, Sokolik and his care team have found the right combination of medications to manage his symptoms. He gives himself an injectable biologic medication every other week. “I will always have Crohn’s disease. I will always need my medication. I will always carry my laminated bathroom pass,” Sokolik said. “And I will always need the support of the Crohn’s and Colitis community.”

For more information about the 2018 Take Steps Omaha walk and celebration or to register as an individual or team, visit http://www.cctakesteps.org/omaha2018.

consistency vs Glory: Parsha Beha’alotecha

In this week’s portion we are taught about the daily role of the priests to tend to the “menorah.” The rabbis tell us that this daily consistent work is more valued than the high and glorious moments that bring honor. This work is associated with the “menorah,” which is the source of light for the world. The true light is when it is consistent and sincere. May we be consis- rabbi ari tent in our holy work and desire to stay Dembitzer Beth Israel Synagogue away from the accolades.

Shabbat Shalom

The Omaha Chamber Music Society has announced its 2018 Summer Concert Series, with four performances taking place over four weekends at the Omaha Conservatory of Music. Each concert features musicians familiar to the Omaha community, including artists from the Omaha Symphony, Omaha Conservatory faculty members, and friends to the Omaha Classical Music community.

The concerts all take place on sunday afternoons at 3 p.m., with pre-concert talks happening at 2:40 p.m. in the Accelerando Coffee House on the Conservatory premises.

On june 10, the series launches with two immortals: Johann Sebastian Bach, likely the greatest composer who ever lived, and Ludwig van Beethoven, the fearless thunderer who bowed to no one as he kicked classical music up to the next level. Brandenburg and Beethoven features Bach’s magnificent Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 and Beethoven’s crowd-pleasing Septet. Four Plus Four on june 17 brings two accomplished Omaha string quartets to the stage. Shostakovich’s brief Seventh and Debussy’s only quartet will bring everything from ferocious rage to passion and light to the first half, with the two quartets combining for Felix Mendelssohn’s wunderkind-written and giddy Octet.

On june 24, strings will be traded for a two-grand piano extravaganza with Piano Duos, featuring Christi Zuniga and Jennifer Novak Haar, to see what 176 keys can do across three centuries worth of classical composition. The Series concludes with Omaha Symphony Concertmaster Susanna Perry Gilmore and her collaborator and friend Victor Asuncion on july 1, performing No Sonatas Allowed – a program for violin and piano that uncovers some hidden gems of the repertoire. Works will range from charming Mozart to serene and sassy Prokofiev, and conclude with Lukas Foss’s Three American Pieces, once called his “gift to America” – bringing the series home with some series fiddling and square dance tunes.

Tickets are available online at https://www.omahachambermusic.org/ticketsbeta/ as well as the door at each concert. The Omaha Chamber Music Society is a 501c(3) nonprofit, performs and produces over 16 concerts each season with partners such as KANEKO, Gallery 1516, and the JCC, as well as engages in community service and education programs with Josie Harper Hospice House and Omaha Public Schools.

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The Rockbrook Village Organic Farmers Market is an intimate affair where you can avoid the crowds and comfortably stroll, shop and feel confident in the quality of food for sale. Located in the central plaza of the Rockbrook Village shopping center, our market provides a well shaded and relaxed shopping experience with free, close, available parking. This year new Latin concept restaurant, The Hunger Block, will also be hosting a small bar on the plaza selling wine and beer for customers to purchase and enjoy while they shop! Stop by after work for a quick happy hour with friends, then pick up fresh ingredients for your Thursday night or weekend meals.

We are now in our fourth year for this community-service event and we are thrilled to partner with other local farmers and business owners as it relates to our mission of supporting local! Buy in confidence at our fourth annual Organic Farmers Market, thursdays 4 – 7 p.m., exclusively at Rockbrook Village, just off the interstate at 108th and Center. Rockbrook Village--homegrown, locally owned.

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The Omaha Teen Trip to Israel is a collaborative project led by the Jewish Federation of Omaha, Beth El Synagogue, Temple Israel, and Beth Israel Synagogue. The purpose of the mission is to bring Jewish Omaha Teens to Israel to experience the Jewish Homeland, connect with Israelis, and connect with each other. As a way of saying “thank you” to the community, the teens are writing about their experiences and sharing them with the community via The Jewish Press throughout the year.

In addition to being led and financially supported by each Omaha Synagogue and the Jewish Federation of Omaha, The 2017-2018 Teen Trip was supported in part by The Herbert Goldsten Trust, the Phillip & Terri Schrager Supporting Foundation, the Lois Jeanne Schrager Memorial Fund, the Carl L. Frohm Educational Custodial Fund, the Milton S. & Corrine N. Livingston Foundation Fund, the Shirley & Leonard Goldstein Supporting Foundation, and the JFO Foundation Special Donor Advised Funds. Thank you to all who supported this effort. ilana McnaMara My parents have always tried to teach me and my sister that we should never consider ourselves to be Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, or any other denomination of Judaism, but rather we should see ourselves as just Jewish, and we will feel comfortable anywhere.

On the Omaha teen trip to Israel, I realized what it meant to feel comfortable with my Jewish identity anywhere. I really enjoyed getting to know all the people on the trip, some of whom I had never met. It was a great experience to see so many people who were the same age as me having the same life-changing experiences. It was also amazing to get to travel with the clergy of all three synagogues, who took every opportunity to make us think and

learn more.

Hiking up Masada in the early morning to see the sunrise, praying at the Western Wall, floating in the Dead Sea, meeting Israelis, and eating falafel from street vendors are only a handful of the experiences that I will never forget. Even though it was only ten days, I feel like I was there much longer because of all the rich experiences I had. Above all, I loved getting to know the other teens and I’d like to thank the Jewish Federation for giving me this opportunity to go on an awesome trip. I truly feel like I am a part of a worldwide community of Jews, not divided by arbitrary denominations and customs, but united through our connection to Israel and all the history and beauty it contains.

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B’nai B’rith Breadbreakers meets weekly on Wednesdays at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home auditorium from noon to 1 p.m. For specific speaker information, please email Gary.Javitch@gmail.com, Breadbreakers chairman. For more information or to be placed on the email list call 402.334.6443 or bnaibrith@jewishomaha.org.

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Above left: Bill Chrastil, with Resident Fina D’Agosta; above right: RBJH staff members dressed in clothing from their countries of origin.

Jill OHlmAnn Activities Coordinator, RBJH ational Skilled Nursing Care Week was established in 1967 and is observed every year in the U.S. beginning on Mother’s Day. It is a week set aside to recognize the important role skilled nursing facilities play in caring for the nation’s elderly. This year’s national theme was “Celebrating Life’s Stories.” The Rose Blumkin Jewish Home added its own special twist by celebrating the events of the Old Testament.

The home’s four neighborhoods were decorated to represent the stories of the Garden of Eden, Noah, Moses, and Daniel. Staff and

Residents participated in Old Testament Jeopardy, and other games such as building towers out of sugar cubes. Other highlights of the week were special performances by the Beadle Middle School swing choir, Skutt High School band, and a concert with Bill Chrastil, a local Elvis impersonator. Time was set aside to honor RBJH staff members who have completed five years of service or more.

This year’s festivities were organized by Natalie Osborne, Nurse Manager, with assistance from many staff members and residents. Shirts depicting the new RBJH logo and the Hebrew symbol for “Life” were designed to commemorate this important week.

Britain’s Prince to visit to Jerusalem in June

JTA foreign office’s official map of Israel lists no Prince William will come to Jerusalem at capital, describing both Jerusalem and Tel the end of June, the British royal family said, Aviv as an “administrative center.” Unlike the during the first visit to IsMarch statement about rael by a senior British William’s arrival, the Forroyal. eign and Commonwealth e announcement was Office refers to the West the first confirmation that Bank and the Gaza Strip as William will visit the Israeli “occupied Palestinian terricapital, according to a report tories,” or OPT. by e Associated Press.

No senior member of the e visit to Israel, Jordan Royal House has visited Isand the Palestinian Authorrael in their official capacity ities was announced in in what many observers beMarch, but it did not conlieve is a policy adopted foltain specific dates or menlowing the Zionist tion Jerusalem. It did say movements’ use of violence that the prince’s visit “is at against British nationals the request of Her Majesty’s when the United Kingdom Government and has been ruled the Mandate on Credit: Jack Taylor/ Getty Images Palestine – an area comwelcomed by the Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian authorities.” prising modern-day Israel, Jordan and the William will also visit Tel Aviv.

Palestinian Authority.

In Jordan, he will go to Amman and Jerash, Whereas members of the British royal famand in the Palestinian Authority he will visit ily, including Queen Elizabeth, have made Ramallah, the seat of the government in the state visits to Kenya and other countries West Bank. where acts perceived as terrorism were comLike most of the world, the United King- mitted against Britain and its citizens by antidom does not formally recognize Jerusalem colonialist combatants, they have stayed away as Israel’s capital, pending the resolution of from Israel in their official capacity since the peace talks with the Palestinians. e British country was established in 1948.

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Blame the Illuminati. annEttE van DE KamP Editor, Jewish Press ere’s a challenge for you all: read the following passage and attempt to decipher it; I apologize in advance for the typos, which I decided not to correct from the original text. What you see is what you get: New York City is going to be destroyed in the biggest, baddest false flag attack ever made by any organization upon the American people in a Pearl Harbor redux and an attempt to throw all America behind the worst cause for war in over 10,000 years. […] it will be a production of our shadow U.S. Deep State government and our CIA, NSA, Israel’s Mossad, and a little help from their fiends in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s covert military force, the ikhwhan (al Qaeda) that will supply a few over bred, low IQ, true believers that are passing through life and NYC on their way to paradise and 100 virgins.

Not quite bizarre enough, you say? How about this: Here’s the link to last years Satanic/Illuminati Super Bowl Half-Time Show, starring the high priestess of Kabbala, that ever narcissistic skank with the crooked teeth, Madonna. This video has been added to our “profiles in Liberty” library, and features author and activist, Mark Dice, and his revealing report on last years Super Bowl Half-Time Show that promises to be eclipsed by Beyonce and her squeeze, the immoral and corrupt Jay-Z, trying to climb the ladder of America’s ruling Kleptocratic Elite. […] Jay-Z has a long history of serving up the godless illuminati and their cult […]. Come half time of the Super Bowl, turn to the Animal Channel and punish Pepsi who’s sponsoring this immoral travesty.

These are passages from Bill Fawell’s blog. You can read more at www.electanewcongress.com, although I

do not recommend it. If you think he is just another obignore them. We certainly don’t take them seriously. Maybe scure blogger, who posts random rants in his spare that is not such a good idea. Maybe, instead of ridicule, time, you’d be wrong: Bill Fawell is the official GOP these ‘candidates’ need to be addressed. Maybe we candidate for Illinois’ 17th Congressional district. need to ask ourselves why it is that more and more Go ahead; let that sink in for a while. we see types like these enter the mainstream, why How does someone like Fawell, who beit is they feel so emboldened. There used to be a lieves 9/11 was an inside job, hates time when the monniker ‘Nazi’ automatically Madonna and the Mossad and thinks we disqualified you to leave your house; nowashould all worry about the Illuminati days it’s apparently perfectly okay to not taking over the world, find himself on only be open about it, but take pride in the ballot? The incumbent is a Deit. Could it be that what we stubbornly mocrat, Cheri Bustos. She’s continue to call ‘Fringe’ is fringe no ahead in the polls, way ahead; longer? It worries me. the GOP declined to put a viFrom time to time, the politiable candidate forward, cal landscape shifts, not in deciding to put their small baby-steps, but with a cash elsewhere and loud resounding crash. For Fawell jumped into my generation, the nothe vacuum. tion that someone can While it is openly associate unlikely that themselves with he will conspiracy theobeat Busrists and Nazis is tos, the unthinkable. I Credit: Quintendp099 via Wikimedia commons always asidea that someone like Fawell even makes it onto the ballot is sumed that if that would change, it would change slowly. frightening. What’s more, he is not alone. Arthur Jones is There would be warning signs, we would all step up and on the ballot in Illinois’ third district, Paul Nehlen is going stop them. Nowadays, I think we not only ignore the after Paul Ryan’s seat in Wisconsin and Patrick Little is warning signs; we are used to them. Because those running for Senate in California. They are professed Nazis, warning signs, they’ve been here all along and the idea white supremacists, conspiracy theorists and in most that it is political suicide to call one’s self a Nazi or to cases (dare I say it) outright crazy. profess that 9/11 was an inside job is faulty and naive. I Fringe candidates are nothing new, nor are they uniquely may think people like Fawell are crazy. Unfortunately, not American. We tend to shake our heads, laugh them off or everyone agrees.

College is worth your time

Post-secondary education is important for everyone.

College enrollment numbers have seen a decline over the last six years, mainly due to the rising costs of college.

In certain religious groups around the world, numbers of people with post-secondary degrees are as low as Brittany Hamor seven percent.

Intern, Jewish Press According to a study entitled Education Attainment of Religious Groups by Country by Pew Research Institute, Jews have the highest percentage of post-secondary degrees worldwide. Females and males both have 61 percent of post-secondary degrees. This is about three times higher than the next highest, which are Christians at about 20 percent.

About 79 percent of the total categories in the study are under 50 percent. In the United States, only two groups are above 60 percent: Jews and Hindus and the lowest percentage are Christians at 38 percent. Worldwide, Jews have the highest percentage of post-secondary degrees following Christians, unaffiliated, Hindus and then Muslims.

Percentages of post-secondary graduates are relatively low in most areas around the world, but even college enrollment in Israel has seen a decline.

For the third year in a row, undergraduate enrollment in Israel’s universities are continuing to decline ahead of the 2017-2018 academic year, according to the Center for Higher Education. The enrollment is down from 233,185 to 232,700. The Center of Higher Education explains that the decrease in university undergraduate enrollment has

less to do with the academic institutions themselves and more to do with a population shift stating that the average age of an undergraduate student is 21 years old and notes: “There are fewer 21-year-olds in Israel than in previous years, therefore the student enrollment is a reflection of the population,” according to jpost.com. Israel is not the only place to have seen a steady decline in college enrollment numbers. Nebraska and the United States overall have seen their numbers decrease too.

According to statista.com, college enrollment in public institutions has declined since 2011. In Nebraska, graduates of public high schools have also seen a decline in college continuation rates since 2011, except for the 2013-2014 academic year, ac-

public institutions increased 213 percent, according to CNBC. Although what is often not noted is the amount college graduates earn annually, compared to a high school graduate without a degree.

In 1965, college graduates made $7,499 more annually than the average high school graduate. The number has significantly increased with each generation: the Early Boomers made $9,690, the Late Boomers made $14,245, Gen X made $15,780 and now Millennials are making about $17,500 more annually than their classmates who did not get a post-secondary education. Also, according to a study done by Georgetown University, a bachelor’s degree is worth $2.8 million on average over a person’s lifetime.

Money is not the only factor as to why education

cording to the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education. Nebraska ranks 26th in college continuation rates overall. With college enrollment on the decline, it is becoming more and more essential to have a post-secondary degree in order for people to get promoted at their current jobs.

Post-secondary education is important. Unfortunately, many Americans disagree. Over 50 percent of Americans say that the “higher education system fails to provide students with good value for the money,” according to the Pew Research Center survey. In the last 30 years, cost at four-year

after high school is crucial in this day and age. I believe college allows people to grow, mature and get exposure to a wide variety of experiences. In The Common Application article Why Go to College it explains how college helps people grow personally with three simple phrases: “You have curiosity.

Explore it. You have purpose. Become it. You have potential. Exceed it.” Overall, it explains the importance of finding what you love to do in college, getting various experiences to find a career that makes you feel like you have a purpose and to make your lifelong dreams come true.

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A feminist icon in the #Metoo era

CuRt SChleieR women directors?” Rosenberg said.

JTA It’s only fitting that Jessica Jones is the ultimate feminist suFor those unfamiliar with the Marvel Comics universe, Jes- perhero for the Weinstein era. After vanquishing Kilgrave at sica Jones is one of its darkest characters.The troubled super- the end of Season 1, she continues to stand up to men in Seahero is a heavy drinking private investigator prone to fits of son 2 and begins to come to grips with her trauma. Jones (and rage living in New York City. The viewer learns that Jones, Ritter) have become pop culture symbols of female empowwho is played by Krysten Ritter and has superpowers like in- erment in their own right. Harper’s Bazaar published a piece human strength and the ability to heal quickly, was at various this week titled Krysten Ritter Is the Face of Female Vengeance. times psychologically manipulated and sexually abused by a Rosenberg grew up in Northern California’s Bay Area villain named Kilgrave. largely unaware of her Jewish Melissa Rosenberg, the TV heritage. show’s Jewish creator, hasn’t “In my circle it didn’t occur lived through circumstances to me that Rosenberg was a quite as extreme as those. She Jewish name,” she said. “There did, however, endure years of was no sense of Jewish identity. misogynistic treatment that We were kind of Unitarian.” most women in Hollywood Her father Jack, a psycholoexperience at the hands of gist and author, didn’t provide powerful industry men. a lot of structure.

Rosenberg has spoken publicly “That became something of about the harassment she sufa problem when you’re 13 fered early in her career as a feyears old and don’t know male writer in all-male writing where the boundaries are. It’s a rooms. little scary in the world,” she In an interview with JTA, Melissa Rosenberg, left, with Krysten Ritter at the New York said. she talked about the crude premiere of the second season of Jessica Jones, March 7, 2018. At 17 she moved to New York jokes her colleagues cracked, Credit: Matthew Eisman/Getty Images to work in theater. It was in the the small insults she took in stride and the difficulty of “trying city that Rosenberg found her Jewish identity, culturally at to balance between being one of the guys and also feeling pro- least. tective and staying true to one’s gender.” (Rosenberg did not “I became much more aware of it. I was really welcomed,” want to divulge any of the specific comments.) she said. “The community really supported me and the meanIf she didn’t join in sexist conversations with her colleagues, ing of Judaism became more clear to me.” she risked being fired, she told The New York Times.

In 1995, she married film and TV director Len Spiro, whose “We’re both fighters,” Rosenberg told JTA in an interview, grandfather was the first in 16 generations not to become a referencing the Jones character. “I also think I know the anger. rabbi.

The way she acts is kind of wish fulfillment.”

Has the process of working on Jessica Jones been cathartic Rosenberg, 55, rose above the obstacles, and before being for her? lauded for her work on Jessica Jones, she adapted the Twilight “It’s an interesting question,” she responded. “I think it’s books into four enormously successful films and worked as a more about being able to contribute to the conversation about head writer and show runner on Showtime’s Dexter. power and women and parity. That’s what I’ve strived to do.”

Now she is becoming a feminist touchstone after women directed all 13 episodes of this season of Jessica Jones. Rosenberg maintains the decision had nothing to do with the spate of harassment allegations that has poured out in recent months. The filming wrapped in September, the month beContinued from page 8 fore the Harvey Weinstein story that broke the harassment According to a survey done by Pew Research Institute, a allegations dam came to light. majority of people said post-secondary education allowed “The truth of the matter is I was standing on the shoulders them to mature, grow intellectually and prepared them for of every movement up until this point. This is not a new their future career. Even if you are about to graduate high issue,” she said. “It dates back to the suffragettes, to the school with no post-secondary plans or about to have grandwomen’s movement of the 1970s, to Anita Hill. Some people children, it is never too late to get a post-secondary education. [think] its prescient, but it’s just continuing the conversation Whether you want to get a promotion at your current job or that’s been brewing and building.” just grow intellectually I encourage you to pursue a degree in Still, the move is highly symbolic and has been widely nosomething you are passionate about now. ticed by women and men in an industry where the lack of feThe Jewish Press Summer Internship is made possible male film directors has become a hot button issue. through the generosity of the Murray H. and Sharee C. New“It started off, we wanted to have 50-50 men [and] women. man Supporting Foundation. The board and staff are very When we started to look we found so many women with long grateful for their support. lists of credits, and we just began a conversation, why not all

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CONGReSSMAN DON BACON The 14th of May 2018 will long be celebrated by Americans and Israelis alike. Seventy years ago, the Jewish State declared independence and won a hard-fought war for freedom. On that day of liberation, America was proud to be the first nation in the world to recognize the State of Israel.

This week, America has recognized another truth by the opening of our Embassy in Jerusalem - the eternal and undivided capital of Israel.

As I reflected on this momentous occasion, I remembered the many trips I have taken to Israel throughout my life. As a teenager, I was first blessed to walk where the biblical prophets once stood. As an officer in our Air Force, I was proud to help set up a missile defense system providing protection against hostile neighbors such as Iran. I know that America has no better friend than Israel. We stand for shared values. Our two nations stand for truth, a respect for individual rights, and a belief in freedom and democracy.

These values bind us firmly together.

As I discuss frequently, I had the chance last year to meet with a brave member of the IDF who shielded and saved a family in a terrorist attack. Terrorists, like the one who attacked that family, have unfortunately been generously compensated with stipends by the Palestinian Authority for their actions – all while U.S. taxpayers have been subsidizing up to 11 percent of the budget for the PA. The American people have had enough and Congress has now loudly said “no more.”

I proudly joined my House colleagues in co-sponsoring the Taylor Force Act which would cut American funds being sent to the Palestinian Authority, unless they stop underwriting these acts of terror. This last March, we passed this measure into law when it was amended into the Omnibus bill. Congress has recognized the truth of the actions of the PA and they will no longer be rewarded.

All of us must stand guard against the threat of anti-Semitism and any other forms of hate. As a member of the Congressional Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating anti-Semitism, I recently joined with House colleagues in a letter to Secretary Mike Pompeo urging him to fill the position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism and appropriately staff the office. We also took steps in the recent Omnibus Appropriations bills to include directives prioritizing the appointment, while also funding the office as needed. Such steps will send an indisputable message to foreign governments that combating anti-Semitism is our priority.

In combating this threat, it is important for those of us in office to speak the plain truth. The Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is nothing more than antiSemitism in a new suit. As your representative, I have proudly co-sponsored legislation to combat BDS, as well as legislation opposing the UN Human Rights Council resolution urging countries to bring pressure upon businesses to divest. We must never fail to act when any new form of hate looms on the horizon.

The tortured history of the 20th century taught us painful lessons about what happens when nations fail to adhere to the truth in the struggle between freedom and evil. In this fight, I believe that meeting the burden ultimately falls upon America and friends like Israel. In winning this battle, we must always remain strong and vigilant. No war ever started because we were too strong. Consequently, I know in my heart that one of my prime responsibilities is to maintain and strengthen the American-Israeli bond of friendship and defend our shared values of freedom that have united us and bonded us together for seven decades.

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Synagogue Service for June 8, 7:30 p.m. (Note this will be our final service until Erev Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 9. Our next Friday evening services will be Oct. 12. We invite your membership).

For information on our historic synagogue, please contact any of our board members: Scott Friedman, Rick Katelman, Carole Lainof, Marty Ricks, Sissy Silber, Nancy Wolf and Phil Wolf.

frIday: Services, 7:30 p.m. every first and third of the month.

Services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman. frIday: Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. with Professor Jeannette Gabriel saTUrday: Shabbat Morning Services, 9:30 a.m.; Shabbat Mincha following morning services. weekday serVICes: Sundays, 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; weekdays, 7 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. sUnday: Torah Study, 10 a.m. monday: Kamp Kef, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

TUesday: Kamp Kef, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Beauty and Ugliness with Rabbi Abraham, noon. wednesday: Kamp Kef, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Beauty and Ugliness with Rabbi Abraham, 6 p.m.

ThUrsday: Kamp Kef, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Chesed Committee visits the Blumkin Home, 2 p.m.

Beth El Annual Meeting and Six String Shabbat, friday, June 8, 5:45 p.m.

frIday: Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. with Scott Goldberg; OTYG Past and Present Board Meeting, 7-10 p.m. saTUrday: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. led by Scott Goldberg; Shabbat Service, 10:30 a.m. with Scott Goldberg; College Age TiYPE Program: Summer Fun & Havdallah, 6-9 p.m.

RSVPs required. sUnday: Social Justice Meeting, 9 a.m.; Annual Meeting Brunch, 10:30 a.m. RSVPs required; Pride Task Force Work Day, 12:30 p.m.

Soul Zimra comes to Omaha! friday and saturday, June 8-9, Join us for a very musical Shabbat! Friday evening we will have a family Shabbat cookout at 5:15 p.m. followed by Shabbat Service featuring Soul Zimra, a live band from Chicago, in our beautiful sanctuary! Then, on Saturday morning, join us for Torah study at 9:15 a.m. where Rabbi Brian Stoller will invite his friends from Soul Zimra to discuss “Music: The Language of the Soul”, followed by Shabbat service at 10:30 a.m. again featuring Soul Zimra!

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Services conducted by Rabbi Ari Dembitzer. frIday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha, 7:30 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 8:33 p.m. saTUrday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Insights into the Weekly Torah Portion, 7:30 p.m.; Mincha/Seudah Shlishit, 8:15 p.m.; Havdalah, 9:42 p.m. sUnday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Bagels and Beit Midrash, 10 a.m. with Rabbi Ari. monday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.

TUesday: Shacharit, 7 a.m. wednesday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.

ThUrsday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Connecting With Our Fatih, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Ari.

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Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. frIday: Shacharit, 7 a.m. followed by coffee, treats, study and shmoozing. saTUrday: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. weekdays: Shacharit, 7 a.m. followed by coffee, treats, study and shmoozing. wednesday: Mystical Thinking, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Katzman.

ThUrsday: Talmud Class, noon with Rabbi Katzman.

All programs are open to the entire community.

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Services conducted by Rabbi Teri Appleby. frIday: First Friday Family Shabbat Service, 6:30 p.m.; Family Dinner, 7:30 p.m. hosted by Maria Cadwallader; Candlelighting, 8:34 p.m. saTUrday: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Torah Studay on Parashat Beha’alotecha, 10:30 a.m.; First Plymouth Over 55 group visiting for lunch and program, 12:15 p.m.; Havdalah (72 minutes), 10:05 p.m. sUnday: Come learn and play Pickleball, 7-9 p.m. All equipment furnished. Wear comfortable clothing. For questions, call or text Miriam Wallick at miriam57@aol.com.

TUesday: Intro to Judaism: Holy Days/Festivals — Sukkot and Simchat Torah/Siyyum, 7 p.m.

As you start to make summer plans, consider sending your child to LJCS CAMP ISRAEL, July 9–July 20, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. at Tifereth Israel. Light Kosher dairy snack and lunch included. Tuition for each week is $75. This program is open to children ages 5-14. We require ALL campers to be registered through the LJCS, therefore we cannot accept drop-in guests.

It's not too soon to be thinking about summer camp! All Federation families are eligible for Camp Incentive Grants of $300 per camper to pay the initial camp registration deposit.

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saTUrday: Services, 9:15 a.m. led by Jim Polack.

Services will be held in the Chapel. Members of the community are invited to attend.

TemPle Israel

Walk with Temple Israel and Beth El Synagogue at the 2018 Heartland Pride Parade in Council Bluffs, saturday, June 30, The parade lineup begins at 9 a.m. with the parade starting promptly at 10 a.m. Shabbat services will be held in Council Bluffs that morning before the parade begins.

More details to come. Let us know you will be walking with us! Register to walk by contacting Temple Israel, 402.556.6536.

TIfereTh Israel

Services conducted by lay leader Nancy Coren. Office hours: monday-friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. frIday: Services, 6:30 p.m. saTUrday: Shabbat Morning service, 10 a.m followed by luncheon (sponsored). sUnday: Mincha, 5 p.m.; Come learn and play Pickleball, 7-9 p.m. All equipment furnished. Wear comfortable clothing. For questions, call or text Miriam Wallick at miriam57@aol.com.

It's not too soon to be thinking about summer camp! All Federation families are eligible for Camp Incentive Grants of $300 per camper to pay the initial camp registration deposit.

Application packets are availible in the Tifereth Israel foyer.

As you start to make summer plans, consider sending your child to LJCS CAMP ISRAEL, July 9–July 20, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. at Tifereth Israel. Light Kosher dairy snack and lunch included. Tuition for each week is $75. This program is open to children ages 5-14. We require ALL campers to be registered through the LJCS, therefore we cannot accept drop-in guests.

Partnership2gether Update

e Jewish Federation of Omaha (JFO), is very close with the Galilee Medical Center, largely due to our membership in and participation with the Western Galilee Partnership2Gether(P2G) which connects the U.S Central Area Consortium (which includes 14 US communities plus Budapest, Hungry) to the Western Galilee region of Israel. Many of our JFO missions have included a stop at the Galilee Medical Center, and we have hosted visitors from the hospital as well. e hospital has also been the recipient of funds from the JFO Israel/Overseas Committee. Recently, JFO allocated funds to build an indoor playground at the Galilee Medical Center for children. e following letters are from Omaha’s very own Zoë Riekes, President of the Board of Directors for the American Friends of Galilee Medical Center and Dr. Masad Barhoum, CEO of the Galilee Medical Center.

For more information regarding P2G or Israel/Overseas allocations, contact Nate Shapiro: nshapiro@jewishomaha.org Dear Friends, As the President of the Board of Directors for the American Friends of Galilee Medical Center and Board Member of JFNA, I wanted to share important information with you about the current conflict in the northern region of Israel and the effects on the community. While there has been no direct impact so far at the hospital, the hospital staff is on heightened alert and prepared for any situation.

Included with this letter is an important message from Dr. Masad Barhoum, CEO of Galilee Medical Center, about the current state of affairs in the area. e hospital is located in the Western Galilee and is the largest medical center in the Galilee region of northern Israel, serving a diverse population of approximately 600,000, including Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Druze. ere are 70 departments and specialty units, with 692 registered beds and a staff of over 2,200 making it the largest employer in the area.

Galilee Medical Center is also the first admission point for wounded and ill IDF soldiers in the Northern Command. Located just six miles from

the Lebanese border, Galilee Medical Center operates on the frontlines of regional conflict. For this reason, the hospital is fully prepared for security emergencies; with Israel’s first underground hospital facility, featuring 450 beds, 8 modern operating rooms, and comprehensive emergency preparedness protocols and regular mass casualty event drills for each department. ank you so much for bringing your attention to this important matter. We will continue to keep you updated as there is more information to share.

Zoë Riekes President of the Board of Directors American Friends of Galilee Medical Center Board Member, JFNA Dear Friends, A few days ago over 20 missiles were fired at the Golan Heights from Iranian forces in Syria.

Many of these missiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome, and thankfully there were no casualties. e IDF has mounted a meaningful response and we pray that it will not escalate.

At the moment, Galilee Medical Center and our surrounding community is not in the direct line of attack, however, tensions are high, preparations are underway, and every precaution is being taken in advance to ensure that our region and residents remain safe and healthy. e underground and protected units at the medical center are prepared for full operation, to be used if and when necessary.

Our medical teams have been prepared and are on high alert, and the hospital will remain fully operational in any situation that may arise. Even under rocket attack, Galilee Medical Center will continue to serve the public without hesitation or delay, regardless of our patients’ religious or ethnic background.

As the conflict continues to escalate, we will keep you informed on a regular basis. ank you for your ongoing support and concern.

Sincerely, Dr. Masad Barhoum CEO Galilee Medical Center

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What are right-wing extremists doing in Republican primaries — and what can the party do about it?

Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON | JTA epublicans seek alternative to ‘Nazi’ candidate after he secures nomination, one headline reads.

GOP House candidate in Illinois is a 9/11 truther, said Beyonce had ties to the Illuminati, another says.

Both headlines would be alarming enough if they weren’t about two separate congressional races. The emergence of fringe candidates as the top challengers in these two districts and elsewhere is giving Republicans headaches. And it is raising questions as to who or what is to blame for the seeming mainstreaming of hate- and conspiracy-mongering.

Is it Donald Trump and his “America First” populism? An emboldened “alt-right”? Social media’s megaphone effect?

In Illinois’ 17th Congressional District, in the state’s northwestern corner, Democratic incumbent Cheri Bustos will face a GOP nominee named Bill Fawell, who believes, according to CNN research posted Friday, that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were an inside job, and that Beyonce and Taylor Swift are stumping for the Illuminati, a worldwide domination sect that some conspiracists insist exists.

In the same state’s 3rd district, comprising southwest Chicago and its suburbs, Arthur Jones, a Nazi — not a sobriquet, his preferred affiliation — became the GOP candidate despite being rejected by national Republicans and the state party for denying the Holocaust.

Party leaders have also gone out of their way to denounce Paul Nehlen, who is seeking the soon-to-be-vacated seat of House Speaker Paul Ryan in Wisconsin’s 1st, and Patrick Little, who is running for the U.S. Senate in California. Nehlen proudly attacks his enemies as Jews and Little is a white supremacist.

The GOP’s critics are taking notice.

Republican Anti-Semites on the Rise was the subject line on a recent newsletter distributed by the Jewish Democratic Council of America.

What’s going on? Here are some answers.

Funds are limited when you’re fighting for your political life.

In the 17th, Illinois Republicans declined to run a viable nominee in a district where Trump won by less than a percentage point in 2016, though he gained 16 points over Mitt Romney in 2012. That opened the door for Fawell, a one-time Libertarian with a conspiracist streak.

The Republicans’ decision reflects a system in which both parties are strapped for cash and forced to prioritize some seats over others — leaving the same seats vulnerable to extremists who otherwise would never make the cut.

Republicans are very much on the defensive this year, fearing a “blue wave” that will hand the House of Representatives back to the Democrats. It doesn’t make sense under those circumstances, party leaders say, for a state or national party to throw away fundraising on unwinnable districts, and if there’s no real apparatus within the district to run a credible candidate, anyone can sneak in.

“With the map of competitive races so extensive this cycle, neither the national party or local parties have the luxury of working to attract candidates to run as a suicide mission in an unwinnable race,” Matt Brooks, the Republican Jewish Coalition’s executive director, told JTA in an email. (JTA also has a query into the Illinois State Republican Party.) suicide mission, you say? extremists like suicide missions.

Mark Pitcavage, the director of investigative research at the AntiDefamation League, says extremists have a longstanding tradition of lying in wait for establishment parties to abandon “unwinnable” primaries and then rushing in — often at the last minute to avoid legal counteractions — to seize the prize. And both major parties have been targets. The tactic dates at least to 1980 when Tom Metzger, a white supremacist, won the Democratic nomination in California’s 43rd District comprising the San Diego area. Democrats ended up endorsing the Republican incumbent to keep Metzger out of Congress. (He lost.)

“They know they have no chance to win the congressional or senatorial seat they’re running for,” Pitcavage said. “But then they become the nominee, and for the rest of their lives they can use that — major party nominee — for credibility or attention.”

The alt-right is emboldened.

Nehlen in Wisconsin and Little in California are not stealth candidates — not this time anyway. (Nehlen obscured some of his more toxic views when he first ran against Ryan in 2016.) Now the candidates are upfront about their views and affiliations; Little was forcibly removed from the California State Party convention earlier this month, kicking and dragging an Israeli flag. He has opined at length on YouTube about the “Jewish problem.” Nehlen obsesses about Jews in the media.

Coming out makes sense at a time when there is at least the appearance of mainstreaming of some of their views. A number of past and current officials in the Trump administration have affiliations with the alt-right, and the president has not wholly repudiated the movement’s views.

Pitcavage said that the resulting media oxygen for the alt-right emboldens some of its figures into believing their ideas can fly in an election.

“There’s been more attention given this year to people like Nehlen and Jones,” he said.

What to do?

Nothing, said the RJC’s Brooks. Bad apples are the price one pays for an open system.

“In a democracy, ballot access is sacrosanct and anyone can run.”

Wake up, the ADL’s Pitcavage said. Run party-sanctioned candidates even in unwinnable districts.

“This is true for both parties. Even if you can’t win, it’s never a good idea to not have a candidate for an important seat,” he said.

“What if something happens to the [opposition party] incumbent which might make the contest viable? If you cede the ground, crazy people might come forward to take it and embarrass you.”

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