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ShElly FOx Director of Admissions and Community Outreach, Jewish Social Services t was Bette Davis who said “Old age ain’t no place for sissies.” I would guess that many of our community seniors agree. There are so many reasons to feel proud and fortunate as we grow older. If we are lucky we may have done work that was meaningful, raised families we are proud of, and found an opportunity to contribute to society. But, along with the blessings of old age are the challenges that go with it. Many elders experience profound life changes-loss of their robust health, loss of a loved one or the loss of independence... to name a few. Jewish Senior Outreach (JSO) is available to be supportive through these challenges. Our goal is to help keep our older adults living as independently as possible for as long as possible. We are keenly aware that it is the desire of most everyone to make decisions about their own lives and stay in their own homes as long as they are able. JSO is here to be an advocate for our community elders and their families. We can help during a crisis, facilitate a family discussion regarding difficult See Jewish Senior Outreach Page a3
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to 3 p.m. in the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home Clinic Room. For a $10 fee, clients can have their toenails trimmed, get their weight checked, and have their vital signs monitored. An additional $5 covers the cost of an MD referral maggiE cOnti or medication set Director of Activities and fill. Kathy O’ConVolunteer Services, RBJH nell, R.N. -- an Mainstreeters never Interim Healthrun out of ideas to imCare profesprove your health or sional -- is on add fun to your days. duty at the Check out these July clinic, ready to events and put them on give you the atyour calendar. tention you deJewish Social Services serve. Interim and Interim HealthCare ng HealthCare ulful and Swingi Pam Kragt – So Health Maintenance has been in Clinic: 1st and 2nd the Omaha area since 1975 and proMondays of the month from 9 a.m. vides services to help individuals maintain their overall well-being. Mainstreeters Luncheon with Soulful and Swinging Pamela Sue: Monday, July 17, 12:30 p.m. Lunch in the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home Auditorium. Pam Kragt, a former member of the WWII singing group, The Avi8ors, and also the duo Deja Blu singing across the country, Pam now sings country and popular music from the 20’s to See mainStreeters page a2
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Emma hOchFEldEr Intern, Jewish Press Nothing embodies modern “girl power” more than strong women leaders such as Elizabeth Warren. “Girl power” is an essential in today’s society. JCC camp agreed and so the Girl Power premiere camp was crafted. On the agenda of Girl Power were team building activities, self-confidence builders, and then, of course, facials and nails. The camp had “a combination of looking at things in a positive light” according to camp counselor Emma Tuttle. For example, on the first day the girls
created “I am...” poster boards that aimed to reflect positive self-image. The campers explained signing up for Girl Power mostly stemmed from their friends also signing up. “No boys!” was a plus. When asked why they didn’t want boys to join the fun, one girl said “because boys tell me I throw like a girl and like a girl means being wimpy”. However, the girls in the camp also idolized some powerful women themselves. They looked up to their own heroes like Harriet Tubman, Marie Curie, and their moms. None of those female idols seem See Jcc Summer camp Journal page a3
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Continued from page A1 today. Don’t miss this very special afternoon. For your entree, choose either California grilled chicken or salmon salad. Both entrees come with summer vegetable soup, challah, a brownie for dessert and beverage of your choice. Cost is $10 a plate. Make checks payable to Jewish Social Services and send full payment to: Mainstreeters c/o Maggie Conti, 323 So. 132 Street, Omaha, NE 68154. Reservations are appreciated by Monday, July 10. For information or transportation, call Maggie Conti at 402.334.6521. A Free Afternoon at the Movies: A Dog’s Purpose. Friday, July 28 at 1 p.m. in the JCC Theater. Complimentary popcorn will be served. No reservations necessary. Invite a friend. A Dog’s Purpose shares the soulful and surprising story of one devoted dog who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love. Rated PG for thematic elements. The running time is two hours. If you’d like to enjoy a Star Deli lunch at the Blumkin Home before the show, call Maggie Conti at 402.334.6521 to reserve a table. Lunch is on your own. The Star Deli opens for business at 11:30 a.m.
AARP Smart Driver Course is Thursday, July 31 from noon to 4 p.m. in the RBJH boardroom. It pays to refresh your driving skills. The AARP Smart Driver Course is the nation’s first and largest refresher course for drivers age 50 and older. It has given millions of drivers the skills and tools they need to drive safely on today’s roads, allowing them to remain independent for many years to come. There is no test to pass – just useful information to keep you safe on the road. The cost is $15 for AARP Members and $20 for NonMembers. Make check payable to AARP and send full payment to: Mainstreeters c/o Maggie
Mark Nadler KT Sullivan and ing in Love” “Almost Like Be Conti, 323 So. 132 Street, Omaha, NE 68154. Reservations are appreciated by Monday, July 24. For information or transportation, call
Maggie Conti at 402.334.6521. Brownville Concert Series presents KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler- Almost Like Being in Love on Sunday, Oct. 8 for a 2 p.m. matinee. We will depart at noon at the main entrance of the JCC and return approximately by 5:30 p.m. These two Brownville favorites, KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler, sit at the pinnacle of NYC Cabaret. They will be performing the music of Alan J. Lerner, plus a special show Celebrating our 25-Year History with Brownville. Cost is $20 per person. Transportation is sponsored by Jewish Social Services. Note: we must have a minimum of 30 participants to travel by coach transportation. Make check payable to Jewish Social Services and send full payment to: Mainstreeters c/o Maggie Conti, 323 So. 132nd Street, Omaha, NE 68154. Reservations are appreciated by Monday, July 10. For information call Maggie Conti at 402.334.6521. Mainstreeters offers activities and programs that give area residents -age 60-plus -- the chance to participate in new experiences, meet new people and enjoy life to the fullest. Current research shows that friendships we establish with peers can actually have more beneficial health effects than our relationships with family. Peer relationships have a powerful emotional component that connects people in a meaningful way. And that’s what Mainstreeters is all about. Old friends, and even new acquaintances, connecting and getting together to share good times. Come join us. For more information call Maggie Conti, Director of JSS Activities and Outreach &Volunteer Services, at 402.334.6521. Mainstreeters programs are supported in part by grants from the United Way of the Midlands and the Jewish Federation of Omaha.
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Continued from page A1 decisions and stay involved as needed. We know that we are not able to fix every situation, but we are dedicated to be available and responsive whenever we can. We will always listen and give our elders and their families the time and attention they deserve. Jewish Senior Outreach links seniors, caregivers and family members with available resources, while at the same time helping clients navigate a maze of information, forms and applications to help them live safely in their own homes. JSO networks with local clergy, physicians, community members, and a host of services and agencies. Home visits are also made to seniors in the community. The JSO social worker becomes a trusted and familiar partner to individuals and their families through ongoing personal communication. Often we hear from out-of-town family asking us to check on a parent because the child was worried that something was wrong. Our Meals on Wheels driver lets us know that someone isn’t looking well or is in the hospital. The entire staff communicates, but everything remains absolutely confidential. If at all possible, it is far easier and less traumatic to be proactive than reactive to a crisis situation. We spend much of our time helping seniors cut through impersonal red tape and assisting them one on one to make the contact for a particular need, such as Meals on Wheels, companion services or even questions about long term care insurance. Jewish Senior Outreach serves as a trusted counselor, referral source and sounding board. Friday afternoons often involve delivery of a challah to a community client so they will have “a taste of Shabbat”. At JSO, our goal is to provide services to our community seniors that will keep them safe, healthy and a vital part of the Jewish community. Achieving this goal is our collective responsibility. If you have interest or need in Jewish Senior Outreach, please contact Shelly Fox at 402.334.6532 or sfox@rbjh.com.
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JCC Summer Camp Journal Continued from page A1 very “wimpy” to me. The girls also had very non-wimpy career goals. In the room there were future astronauts, fashion designers, veterinarians, teachers, and even a broadway star. These girls want to do it all. Their favorite classes in school are history, math, science, PE, art and reading. Apparently, these gals are already thriving in their riveting studies and have taken their first steps to future aspirations. Overall, J camp is doing a wonderful job of embracing “girl power” because, even today, we still certainly need it. Not only is J camp embracing some old-fashioned girl powerment, some girls are also enjoying dancing away the summer days. Last week’s dance camp was Cinderella. According to the J Summer Camp Centerpiece, “Cinderella is the story of a young girl tormented by her stepmother and stepsisters and forced to work as a maid in her own home. With the help of her fairy godmother, she attends the Royal Ball, where she meets and falls in love with a prince.” It is a classic. Nineteen girls enrolled in this premier dance camp. Not only did the ballerinas dance the day away, they were able to do art projects, swim, chalk, and learn about the tale of Cinderella. The dancers also made their own costumes, prop pieces, storybooks, and set decorations. All in the name of dance. Esther Katz led the show with the assistance of fellow dance enthusiasts Jonnie Robinson and four high school volunteers from the JCC dance department. “Dance is a great means of self expression, motor skills and gross
motor skills,” Esther said. “In camp and in classes we always talk about being kind to each other. Sharing, classroom etiquette, and creating confident dancers and people in general.” This camp consisted of some first time dancers and those more seasoned in the art of dance. 17 out of 19 of the kids have previously or are currently taking classes in the JCC dance department. During the session, the girls learned basic ballet choreography and could curtsey on command. When learning about the most enjoyable moments of dance camp, one camper explained how she enjoyed camp simply because: “We got to make t-shirts and we got to sew pillows.” At the end of the session on Friday, June 16, the dancers performed a magical production of Cinderella in the JCC Theater. The audience loved it. This first dance session was only open to children ages 5-8, but one of the later sessions has spots available for older kids. The second dance camp theme is Coppelia (ages 5-8), followed by a Dance Intensive Boot Camp for 13-18 year olds. In the first two weeks of JCC camp, premiere camps have already taken off. Girl Power and Cinderella are only two of them. There are a plethora of options to chose from throughout the summer and I am thrilled to watch them all unfold from the sidelines. For more information on JCC Summer Camp, please visit www.jew ishomaha.org. Emma Hochfelder is the 2017 Jewish Press Summer Intern. The Jewish Press Internship is made possible through the generosity of the Murray H. and Sharee C. Newman Supporting Foundation.
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The Jewish Community Center’s Musical Theater Community Acting Group once again delivered a heartfelt performance. Their rendition of Oklahoma! drew a full house during both
the June 8 and the June 11 shows. Next on the schedule is the July 10-14 Summer Theater Camp for kids 8-14; to sign up, please contact lwine@jccomaha.com. The Community Acting Group is open to JCC Members and Non Members, ages 8-adult. The
next Musical Theater Community Acting Group auditions will be posted on the website soon. Participants meet once a week at the JCC for rehearsal. During this time we work on musical theater skills, blocking scenes, learning dances and songs, and building a community of actors.
If you are between the ages of 8 and 108, you are welcome! For more information, please contact: Esther Katz, Dance & Cultural Arts Director at 402.334.6406 or email ekatz@jccomaha.org.
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Erika Lucoff Admissions Coordinator, RBJH etting older is a natural part of life. Some people plan their entire life for when they are older. Others don’t give much thought to what life will be like. Regardless of your style, know that the Omaha Jewish community values their senior citizens and provides services to assure that the senior population’s needs are met. Jewish Social Services is an agency of the Jewish Federation that exists in order to assure that the Jewish community is able to provide for their seniors. Like the rest of the Omaha Jewish community, The Rose Blumkin Jewish Home (RBJH) has a proud history. The first facility for the aged in Omaha, which housed five residents, opened in 1916. As the years went by, the needs of the community changed. This resulted in the Home changing to meet these needs. In 1982, the home was built on the current campus of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Due to growing needs, an expansion of the facility occurred in 1987. In 2010, more changes were deemed necessary and another remodel occurred to RBJH. This renovation created today’s state-of-the-art senior care facility. From the moment you enter the building, you can tell it’s not your typical nursing home. Main Street is the most striking part of the most recent renovation. A stroll along Main Street, with its view of the sky, offers areas where Residents and visitors can enjoy
one another’s company and the hustle and bustle of a typical town. RBJH has a full schedule of activities each week, which are planned by our Activity Coordinators. Regularly scheduled programs include sing-alongs, movies, bingo, exercise classes, ceramic classes, current event discussions, scenic drives and outings to local points of interest. Some activities are planned for community members as well as residents including: guest entertainers, Mainstreeters luncheon programs, guest speakers, B’nai B’rith Breadbreakers luncheons with community speakers from government, business and artistic professions and the very popular Friday Star Deli. The Home also offers therapeutic activities for the Residents. Residents have visits from therapy animals as well as our new sensory room, which offers a quiet, safe setting to promote relaxation and is geared towards Residents with cognitive impairments. People come to RBJH for a variety of reasons. Some Residents come to make it their home, while others come for a temporary stay in order to participate in our shortterm rehabilitation program and have the goal to return home. Regardless of the reason a Resident comes to RBJH, or the length of their stay, our focus is providing exceptional care. We recognize that each person has unique circumstances that require special attention and support and we work hard to honor individual needs and requests. RBJH uses a team approach that provides See Providing for our seniors page a6
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Continued from page A5 emotional and physical care at the highest level. We combine top notch nurses, social workers, therapists, and activity and dietary staff to offer the best individual care. Many of the staff have been with the Home for over ten years. This longevity speaks volumes about the special connection between Residents and staff at the Home They are dedicated to making sure Residents are safe,
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shannon sarna The Nosher via JTA tuffed peppers are a comfort food for both Americans and Israelis. But the two versions vary quite a bit in their spice profiles and methodology. American-style stuffed peppers are oen topped with cheese, stuffed with corn, beans, rice and sometimes meat, and feature a more Tex-Mex spice mixture. In the tradition, it’s common to stuff all kinds of vegetables: onions, zucchini, eggplant and, yes, peppers. Filled with rice, meat, pine nuts, raisins, fresh herbs and varying spices, the Israeli and
a weeknight-friendly recipe that you can make in your slow cooker. If you prefer to make it in a traditional pot on the stove, or in the oven, cook for approximately 2 hours on medium-high heat (or 375 F. in the oven). Gur’s recipe was featured in her second cookbook, Jewish Soul Food. Shannon Sarna is the Crockpot Israeli-style stuffed peppers editor of e Credit: Shannon Sarna Nosher. e Nosher food blog offers a dazzling just savory. array of new and classic Jewish is version is inrecipes and food news, from Europe spired by a recipe to Yemen, from challah to shakshuka from Janna Gur, a story and beyond. Check it out at www.e from a colleague about her weekly stuffed peppers and my desire to make Nosher.com.
Ingredients: For the peppers: 1 small onion (or half 1 large onion), diced 1/2 cup uncooked rice 1/2 pound ground beef 1/4 cup pine nuts 1 tomato, grated (best to hand grate the tomato on a coarse grater) 3/4 teaspoon paprika 1 tablespoon fresh parsley (or 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley) 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 5-6 bell peppers, inside seeds and
membranes removed (you can leave top of peppers intact for presentation if desired) For the sauce: 15 ounces tomato sauce 1/2 cup water 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon honey 1/4 teaspoon salt Directions: Spray the inside of a 6- or 7-quart crockpot with a nonstick spray. Add tomato sauce, water, garlic cloves and honey. Stir to mix. Arrange peppers in tomato sauce in the pot.
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Heat oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Saute onion until translucent. Add rice, pine nuts and grated tomato, and stir to coat for 2-3 minutes. Add meat and break up with the back of a wooden spoon. Cook until meat is no longer pink, another 2-3 minutes. Scoop rice-meat mixture into each pepper until filled three-quarters of the way. Place tops to each pepper on top (this step is optional). Cook on high for 3-4 hours, or low for 7-8 hours. Serve warm.
community friday shabbat tiype night
Members of our college-age tiype group attended shabbat services at temple Israel and then proceeded to hunan fusion for dinner and conversation. for more information on tiype activities, please contact director of youth & young adult engagement, aliyah lasky – 402-556-6536.
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Successful first year for Young Jewish Giving DaniEllE GORDMan Program Director of Young Jewish Giving he first year for the revamped B’nai Tzedek program, Young Jewish Giving (YJG), was a huge success. Fiy-one new accounts were opened, and the 53 old accounts have been re-engaged. e 2016-17 school year of programming culminated with a Giving Shuk (market) where students were invited to visit with 19 Jewish organizations as well as hearing from local philanthropist Todd Simon. At the end of the evening, the 30 YJG account holders in attendance contributed a total of $1687 to 21 organizations, five of which were not Jewish related causes. YJG account holders were able to contribute 10% of their fund balance or $50, whichever is greater. e following organizations received money from YJG Account Holders at 2017 Shuk: ADL-CRC, American Jewish World Service, BBYO, Beth El, Camp Ramah, Chabad, Friedel Jewish Academy, Hands, Hearts and Paws, Herzl, JCC Dance and Cultural Arts, Jewish Family Service, Jewish Federation, Jewish Press, Israeli Lone Soldier, Methodist Cancer Center, Munroe-Meyer Institute, OSRUI Sabra, Stephen Center, Temple Israel, and Wounded Warrior Project. e remaining account holders are being contacted to process their donations. An additional $3600 is available to be donated this year. e Omaha Jewish community should be very proud of our teens and the good work they are helping facilitate. ey are truly making a difference. In addition to the Giving Shuk, YJG held several educational events this school year. T In November, high schoolers learned about tzedakah and Rambam’s Ladder and created their own motto for giving. In February we held a similar event for middle schoolers. In March there was a joint high school and middle school event at which we had Rabbis Abraham, Azriel and Dembitzer speak candidly with
the kids about tzedakah and other Jewish concepts. A visiting Shaliach also spoke about how philanthropic dollars are integral for his program as well as how crucial U.S. donations are for various NGOs in Israel.
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donor advised fund. Some teens have elected to contribute more and some have received contributions to their funds as gis. We strongly encourage parents, grandparents and friends to consider contributing to YJG donor advised funds to mark special events like a birthday, mitzvah or as a holiday gi. Matching funds were provided by five foundations: the Murray H. and Sharee C. Newman Supporting Foundation, the Esther K. Newman Memorial Fund, the Morton A. Richards Youth Program Fund, the Phillip and Terri Schrager Supporting Foundation and the Sokolof Grandchildren’s Fund. We have very exciting news for our second year! Aer extensive research, we discovered that a major trend in Jewish teen philanthropy is teen foundations. anks to the generous support of the Fred and Eve Simon Foundation, we have secured $5,000 for the teen foundation to give away aer a year-long grant-making process. We have two teenagers who are taking the lead to start the teen foundation, Emily Kutler and Harper Gordman. Since December, they have been working hard researching similar programs around the country and are very excited to learn about grant-making along with other high school students. ey are also creating a Teen Service Council for middle and high school students, which will provide opportunities for hands-on volunteering and learning sessions with nonprofit professionals around the city. Recruitment for new b’nai mitzvah kids will begin in August. YJG programming will begin with an introductory session for new account holders this fall. Programming for current account holders will also start in the fall. For more information or to open an account contact Danielle Gordman at 402.334.6446 or dgordman@jewishomaha.org. Or you can find the application online at http://www.jewish omaha.org/about/community-programs-and-events/ young-jewish-giving.
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YJG works with a teen contributing $125 to start a fund, which is then triple-matched by the Federation, Foundation and other community partners with $375 to create a $500
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Jared and Ivanka do their own thing as observant Jews. And that’s normal. Ben SaleS study every American Jewish journalist is statutorily reJTA quired to cite at least twice a month. o apparently Jared and Ivanka play golf on ShabUnsurprisingly, haredi Orthodox Jews — the fervent bat. Cue the handwringing. “black hats” who populate enclaves like Monsey, New York, e New York Post reported Wednesday that the and Lakewood, New Jersey — abide by halachah. Indeed, a president’s Jewish daughter and son-in-law like to whole subculture has grown around adopting “chumrahs,” hit the links on the holy day, or more stringent ways to oband stay within the bounds of the Sabserve Jewish law. bath rules by walking the course (inBut among self-identified stead of driving a cart) and tipping the modern Orthodox Jews, the piccaddie the next day (instead of hanture is more diverse, says Pew. dling money). Of course, the newspaNearly a quarter say religion isn’t per also noted that even according to “very important” in their lives, the “less strict” Conservative movemore than a fih aren’t certain of ment, merely playing the game is a viotheir belief in God and 18 perlation of Shabbat. cent hardly attend services. Articles of this type — I’ve written a When it comes to Judaism’s couple — are premised on the idea that legal particulars, nearly a quarter if Javanka are Orthodox Jews, they of modern Orthodox Jews don’t should be observing Jewish law, called light candles on Friday night, 17 halachah, strictly by the book. Anypercent don’t keep kosher in the Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump walking down the home and about a fih handle thing less is hypocrisy or blasphemy. West Wing Colonnade, Feb. 10, 2017. On the surface, that assumption money on Shabbat. Alas, the surCredit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images vey did not ask about golfing. seems to make sense. But it’s wrong. at’s because Jared and Ivanka have never claimed to Orthodoxy is theoretically centered around halachic oblistrictly observe halachah. And among Jews who identify gation, and today’s modern Orthodoxy is represented by with Orthodoxy and belong to Orthodox synagogues, they strictly halachic institutions like Yeshiva University and the are far from alone. Orthodox Union. So what to make of these apparently nonIn general, Orthodox Jews tend to structure their lives Orthodox Orthodox Jews? Actually it’s not all that strange. around obligations and restrictions called mitzvot, from ob- ere are any number of reasons to affiliate with a moveserving the Sabbath and praying three times a day to makment whose rules you occasionally or even oen break. ing sure their clothes don’t include a mix of wool and linen. Maybe it’s how you grew up. Maybe you appreciate OrthoBut a broad spectrum of observance exists among the coun- doxy’s aesthetic of rigor and tradition. Maybe you like the try’s half-million Orthodox Jews, according to the Pew Relocal Orthodox rabbi or synagogue. search Center’s 2013 “Portrait of Jewish Americans,” the Or maybe, when you do observe Jewish customs, you pre-
fer to do so in what feels like a more traditionalist atmosphere – praying a full service in Hebrew with a text mostly unchanged for centuries. ere’s a long-running joke in Israel – which isn’t really a joke – that the synagogue secular Israelis don’t go to is Orthodox. “A lot of people really enjoy the intensity of commitment in the Orthodox community, but they would provide confidentially that they don’t agree with the doctrines or dogmas,” said Rabbi Moshe Grussgott of Congregation Ramath Orah, an Orthodox synagogue in New York City. “ey socially find meaning in that community. Every Orthodox rabbi knows such people exist, but there’s an openness. We don’t check to see who believes what.” Chabad, the sprawling Hasidic outreach movement, has built a global empire on the idea that Orthodox ritual and affiliation can appeal to non-Orthodox Jews. Chabad emissary couples accept that many of those who attend their synagogues are picking and choosing among the mitzvot, perhaps enjoying a Friday night meal and the Saturday morning service before heading off to the golf course or the garden. Jared and Ivanka undoubtedly adhere more to traditional Jewish customs than most American Jews (Pew says only one in seven Jews avoids handling money on Shabbat; only 25 percent of Jewish parents say they have a child who was enrolled in a yeshiva or Jewish day school in the past year). But despite the swirling rumors, they’ve – wait for it – never actually claimed to fully observe halachah. Ivanka has discussed her Shabbat observance at length at least twice in the past couple of years, and neither time did she say the family observes Shabbat in the most traditional sense. In a 2015 Vogue profile, Ivanka said “We’re pretty observant, more than some, less than others.” She went on to say: “Yeah, we observe the Sabbath... From Friday to Saturday we don’t do anything but hang out See Jared and Ivanka page B2
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GIovAnnA PAz Abu Hana moved to Tel Aviv, where the LGBT community is WASHINGTON, D.C. | JTA known to be strong and accepting. One evening while hanging out he Israeli Embassy marked LGBT Pride Month with a re- with new friends, a transgender woman was talking about her tranception for Jewish and Israeli activists and leaders. sition. About 100 people attended “I didn’t get what she was talking about,” the event, which featured an Abu Hana recalled. address by Talleen Abu Hana, Another male friend said, “She’s transan Arab Christian from Nazareth who gender, just like you.” won the first Miss Trans Israel beauty Abu Hana was taken aback and insisted pageant in 2016. she was not. The male friend then took The embassy also paid tribute to the 49 her face in his hands and said, “You are victims of last year’s massacre at the gay going to be a woman and a beautiful one.” nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida. In an interview before the Pride event, “Just as the noxious fumes of anti-SemiTalleen emphasized the importance of tism ultimately poison all of society, so moving to Tel Aviv, where the support she too hatred towards the LGBT community found as a Christian and an Arab facilithreatens all of us,” Ron Dermer, the Istated her transition. raeli ambassador to Washington, said in Israel’s universal health service covers brief remarks. the costs of sex-reassignment surgery. He also asserted that Israel is the sole “The law is on your side,” Talleen said, country in the Middle East with the “valreferring to the ease of changing one’s ues that progressives are supposed to gender and name on government-issued champion,” referring to Israel’s legal and documents. popular support for gay rights. After winning Miss Trans in 2016, Abu Abu Hana spoke about her experience Hana quickly rose to fame in Israel, where Abu Hana.png: Talleen Abu Hana visited Washington, she is often mobbed by fans eager to take as a transgender woman in Israel. After winning the beauty pageant, she was run- D.C., to speak about her experience being a transgender a selfie. In addition to modeling, she woman in Israel. Credit: Ron Kampeas speaks to transgender youth at shelters in ner-up at the Miss Trans Star International Pageant and a contestant on Israel’s Big Brother. Tel Aviv and most recently at Casa Ruby, an LGBTQ community As a boy growing up in Nazareth, Abu Hana grappled with an in- center in Washington. She said she is humbled to be “an ambassatense internal conflict between “body and soul,” she said. When she dor for peace between one’s soul [and] one’s body.” showed an interest in women’s clothes and makeup, her father Abu Hana now lives with her boyfriend, who she met before her lashed out at her. transition on a night of dancing at a Tel Aviv club. “Transforming from the most beloved child to the one everyone “I’m lucky to be an Israeli,” she said. “Being an Israeli means being hated... I was lost and started thinking of killing myself,” she said. truly free.”
Continued from page B1 but hang out with one another. We don’t make phone calls... We don’t do anything except play with each other, hang out with one another, go on walks together. Pure family.” Jared added that they both “turn our phones off for 25 hours. Putting aside the religious aspect of it; we live in such a fast-paced world.” (A 2016 New Yorker profile of the couple did call them “shomer Shabbos,” a term that denotes full halachic observance, but never quotes them to that effect. Like Jared and Ivanka themselves, the article mentions unplugging and family time.) So let’s break that down. Jared and Ivanka say they unplug for Shabbat: no phone, no computer, no TV. Nowhere do they mention forgoing sports (or not flying in a plane!). Nowhere do they mention Jewish commandments. Instead, they talk about the thing many observant Jews value about Shabbat: the chance to disconnect from work stress and their numerous devices, and reconnect with family. Yes, Jared grew up in Orthodox institutions. Yes, the family now attends an Orthodox synagogue. Yes, they play golf on Shabbat, eat at non-kosher restaurants and don’t dress in “Orthodox” garb. And yes, there are many other observant Jews like them — you can find them living in Jewish communities from New York to California to Jerusalem. Frum-shaming people like this doesn’t really make sense when they’ve never actually claimed to be frum. “Orthodox rabbis have to have that balance,” Grussgott said. “We uphold what halachah and observance should be in the abstract – we don’t compromise on that – but we have to be accepting of everybody.”
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Home alone? ADL welcomes guilty plea in JCC bomb threats NEW YORK The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the courtroom apology and guilty plea by former journalist Juan Thompson, who was charged with making a series of bomb threats against at least eight Jewish Community Centers and ADL. “Juan Thompson’s conduct was inexcusable and stoked fears of anti-Semitism at a time when such incidents were on the rise,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO. “His guilty plea and potential sentence sends a clear message that his actions were unacceptable. It is important that he is being brought to justice.” Thompson, 32, initially pleaded not guilty to one count of cyber stalking a former girlfriend in connection with the threats. He was arrested in March in St. Louis after being identified as the perpetrator of as many as eight bomb threats to more than a dozen Jewish institutions, including one targeting ADL’s headquarters in New York. His guilty plea was entered earlier today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, after he briefly apologized for his actions.
Between January and March 2017, ADL tracked a total of 167 bomb threats in 38 states and three Canadian provinces. In April, an Israeli-American teenager was ar-
Give your pet a place where they can play while you work the day away. rested in Israel and indicted on multiple charges of making the majority of the threats against JCCs. The phone threats subsided immediately following the second arrest. No bombs or explosive devices were ever discovered. ADL praised acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim and the Justice Department for their efforts to see the investigation through to prosecution and a guilty plea. The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world’s leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry. Follow us on Twitter: @ADL_National.
Candidates in Georgia election receive threats ROSWELL, GA. | JTA Candidates in a contentious special congressional election in Atlanta’s suburbs have reported receiving threats. “This afternoon we had some suspicious packages delivered to our house and our neighbors,” Karen Handel said in a state-
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Sanders, I-Vt., in his unsuccessful bid last year to win the Democratic presidential nomination. “These recent events speak to the need for a redoubled commitment to civility and unity,” Ossoff ’s statement said. “The overwhelming majority of Americans want decent and civil political dialogue, and candidates for office and elected leaders must continue to call for calm and unity, even when there are intense differences of opinion.” The congressional race in Georgia’s 6th District is believed to be the most expensive in history. The contest in a traditionally Republican district is neck and neck in the polls, and a win by Ossoff, who is Jewish, would be touted by Democrats as a repudiation of Trump’s agenda and a harbinger of Democrats possibly retaking the House in 2018.
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The marketing of dissent aNNETTE vaN dE KamP-WriGHT Editor of the Jewish Press efore we dive into this week’s topic, there is a large helping of crow I have to serve myself. In my 6-16-17 op-ed, I managed to mix up two Rogers. In writing about Roger Waters’ love affair with BDS and the resulting pressure he puts on other artists to boycott Israel, I erroneously identified him as the front man of the band The Who. That is actually the completely innocent Roger Daltrey. Roger Waters, of course, belongs with Pink Floyd. I apologize for my mistake, especially to any fans of the other Roger. To those readers who pointed out my error: thank you! Believe it or not, I might have never realized what I did had you not been kind enough to tell me. Now that that’s settled, let’s move to what’s possibly the most bizarre story I found in my inbox this week, titled: “Mexican beer featuring swastika-clad Donald Trump quickly sells out.” Excuse me? I know; it’s total click-bait. It’s one of those stories that one is almost ashamed to read, because, you know, fires and terror attacks and great big sweeping investigations should take precedence. And yet, sometimes it’s the weird and unusual that deserves a little bit of the spotlight. Why? Because it’s often the weird and unusual that tells us something about ourselves. Here’s the short version: Mexican brewery Casa Cervecera Cru Cru launched a new beer called ‘Amigous Cerveza,’ with the word ‘Amigous’ misspelled on purpose to poke fun at a bad American pronunciation. Its label features a cartoon of President Trump, dressed in Mariachi attire with a swastika on his belt buckle. The batch of 1,200 bottles and 400 liters on tap sold out within a week. As it turns out, they are not alone in protesting Trump’s Presidency through beer. “Craft beer has become a potent protest symbol in the age of Trump,” wrote Andrew Gill for av.com.
In Colorado, Goldspot Brewing, under head brewer Kelissa Hieber, crafted a beer named ‘Makin Noise: a P**** Riot Beer.’ Proceeds are donated to the LGBTQ advocacy group
Belgian-inspired beer, and $1 per bottle goes to charity. “Anti-Donald Trump beer is a boozy political protest,” wrote Jeanette Settembre in the New York Daily News. “Former Trump Towers beer supplier 5 Rabbit Cerveceria severed business ties with Donald Trump and renamed their beer.” The title of this limited run? Not going to repeat that here, but it suggests doing something inappropriate with the President’s hair. Why is this a story? Is it that swastika belt-buckle? Is it just another form of free speech? Is it the marketing of dissent? There is a certain appeal in purchasing products that have been made by like-minded individuals, especially if these individuals are small business owners who donate part of their proceeds, I get that. At the same time, one always has to ask: does it help, or does it hurt? Because it has to do one or the other; we abandoned neutral territory a long time ago—if we ever lived there to begin with. Still, most of the times we “voted” with our purchasing power, it was to boycott or frequent stores based on the owners’ and employees’ behavior Crow Credit: Neil Fifer via Wikimedia Commons (Starbucks is a good example). To One Colorado, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU and Conser- have the very product we buy present us with a ready-made vation Colorado. political opinion is a step beyond. Am I overthinking it? Or Also in Colorado, the Guardian Brewing Co. joined forces is it perhaps the swastika on the ‘Amigous Cerveza’ that ruwith Lady Justice Brewing and others (all women owners, ined it for me? by the way) to follow Goldspot’s example. They created a Maybe, sometimes, a beer should just be a beer.
Neo-Nazi fundraises over $150,000 for lawsuit against Jewish woman Emma HoCHfEldEr Intern, Jewish Press In Whitefish, Montana there is a lawsuit brewing. The two parties involved are an unlikely pair: a Jewish woman and a notorious white supremacist. Tanya Gersh, a Jewish real estate agent in Whitefish, filed a lawsuit against Andrew Anglin, an infamous neo-Nazi who blogs for The Daily Stormer. The Daily Stormer is one of the most popular neo-Nazi websites on the Internet. The content concerns topics surrounding anti-Black, anti-Semitic, anti-Immigrant, and anti-Muslim dialogue. Clearly, the website only has the most “intellectual” contributors. One of those contributors is Anglin. Gersh filed suit against Anglin on April 18, 2017 after he targeted Gersh and her family in various attack articles. The targeting began December 16, 2016 when Anglin initiated a “troll storm” against Gersh. For this “storm”, Anglin posted Gersh’s address and phone number. He also provided the Twitter handle for her 12-yearold son for followers to use to “troll” and suggested leaving poor reviews for Gersh on Yelp, a website used for rating and reviewing businesses. Anglin instructed his online following to “tell them you are sickened by their Jew agenda”. Although he did inform his followers to not actually do anything physically violent, users still attacked Gersh and her family with anti-Semitic threats. This online declaration of war was sparked by an interaction between Gersh and Sherry Spencer, a mother of another renowned white supremacist, Richard Spencer. Sherry Spencer is a resident and business owner in Whitefish. Spencer recently built a building complex in Whitefish. However, she claims that in mid-December of 2016, local real estate agent Gersh began demanding she sell the property. The demand apparently stems from Spencer’s clear connection between herself and her neonazi son. Spencer and her husband have publicly denounced their son’s supremacist views.
Spencer claims that Gersh extorted her by demanding Spencer sell the newly finished building complex or else large protests against Spencer’s ownership of the property would reach national news outlets. This negative coverage would drive down the property value.
After Anglin’s “severely pressured” followers began heavily harassing the Gershes, Gersh partnered with the Southern Poverty Law Center who are helping sue Anglin for invasion of privacy, intimidation, and infliction of emotional distress. The Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit that helps ensure extremists and extremist groups are shut down by damaging their funds through lawsuits, which is why they agreed to work with Gersh on the suit. Anglin was obviously well aware he had a large online following at his beck and call. Credit: WikiCapa at English Wikipedia via WikiMedia Commons So he rallied the Spencer published her view of the interactions troops by claiming he was being sued by “Jewish between Gersh and herself in a lengthy blog post. Terrorists”. He told his followers how The Daily She also published email interactions and FaceStormer was at risk of being “shut down if we don’t book posts from Gersh. This blog post is where win this”. It is at that point he began fundraising. Anglin got wind of the situation happening in Anglin used the website WeSearchr.com to raise Whitefish. funds to fight Gersh’s lawsuit. Anglin clearly empathized with Spencer’s artiWeSearchr is a popular crowdfunding site for cle. He too felt marginalized in the society. neo-Nazis and those alike. It is similar to GoWhen calling to his online army to “storm” FundMe. However, unlike other crowdfunding Gersh, he emphasizes how “it is very important sites, WeSearchr doesn’t have a policy forbidding that we make them feel the kind of pressure they hate speech and takes three times more commisare making us feel”. Yes, the oh-so damning pres- sion per fundraising campaign. sure neo-nazis in the United States feel. Neo-liberalism at its finest. It must be exhausting for neo-nazis to spout The website publishes “bounties” as a request bigotry all day long. It is surely “stressful” to be for funding. Some of the real “quality” bounties filled with that much hate and ignorance. Imagcurrently being requested include a support ine how tiring it must be to be weighed down by fundraiser for Katie McHugh who was fired from all that “supreme race” rhetoric. It would be “im- Breitbart. Another bounty request is for the “Free possible” for anyone but neo-nazis to feel any Speech Rally” in Berkeley whose headliners insort of marginalization for just being themselves. cluded Based Stickman aka the Alt-Knight who What a “crazy” thought. See Neo-Nazi fundraises page B5
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continued from page B4 is a white nationalist. Clearly, Anglin’s fundraiser is in “good” company. Anglin requested “piles of money. Big ones. Enough to fight a federal civil case against a pack of Jew lawyers”. Anglin raised over $150,000 from nearly 2,000 separate contributors. The bounty request doesn’t expire for another couple of weeks. So, it continues to raise money. Anglin’s bounty request page contains a slew of anti-Semitic and hateful rhetoric. WeSearchr thrives on it. The users of the site are donating around a minimum of $500 each to Anglin’s bounty. Although donors are shelling out the cash for this anti-Semitic bounty, most users have chosen to remain anonymous. So they are willing to empty their pocketbooks for hate but still chose to shield their identities. However, now that Anglin has raised this large amount of money he seems to have gone off the grid. When attempted to be contacted in regards to the lawsuit three separate times, he has not been found at any of his possible addresses. Looks like neo-nazis can’t be trusted. Who would have thought? The WeSearchr fundraiser continues to skyrocket. Anglin has successfully monetized anti-Semitism. Hate has become a tax write-off in free-market America.
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DAviD KrAemer One might respond that the Yom Kippur case pertains to JTA someone who is already alive, while the concern for global e Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from warming extends to those who will live (and die) in the futhe Paris climate agreement has demanded that we all ask ture. But Judaism is also clear in insisting that our obligaourselves where we stand on questions of climate change, tions extend not only to those who live today, but also to global warming and our collective responsibility for the future generations. As Moses, speaking for God, says in planet we call home. Deuteronomy 29:13-14: “I at the earth has been make this covenant … not warming in recent years is with you alone, but both indisputable. At issue are with those who are standthe causes of this warming here with us this day ing and its consequences. before the Lord our God e vast majority of and with those who are scientists agree that not with us this day.” e human activities are a covenant, with its obligasignificant contributor to tions to save lives, is a global warming, and that “generation to generation” the consequences will be covenant. significant and even cataFinally, our obligation as strophic. If average global Jews extends not just to temperatures rise just a our own species but to the little further, not only world as a whole and to all A chemical plant in Oberhausen, Germany, January 2017. will vast populations be of God’s creatures within Credit: Lukas Schulze/Getty Images it. Psalms declares that “inconvenienced,” but environments will shi, food supplies will be disrupted, se- “the earth and its fullness are the Lord’s” (24:1). We are, as vere weather events will be more common, animal species Leviticus announces, mere “resident-aliens” (25:23) on the will be eradicated and more — all at a rate unprecedented land. But doesn’t Psalms (115:16) also teach that “the heavin human history. ens belong to the Lord while He gave the earth to the chilIn other words, this is not merely a matter of principle. If dren of men”? Yes, says the Talmud, but only aer we take scientists are right, this is a matter of life and death for poresponsibility for the earth by recognizing its creator and tentially large numbers of creatures, including humans. following the creator’s commandments to care for it (see Matters of life and death are central to the concerns of Jew- Berakhot 35a–b). e earth is not ours to exploit — let ish thought and religion. So we Jews must ask: What do alone to destroy — at will. It is ours only if we are good Jewish teachings demand of us in the matter of global stewards. As Genesis 2:15 says, we are placed in this “garwarming? den” of ours “to work it and to guard it.” From a Jewish perspective, it makes no difference that It would be unfair to say that Judaism requires us to stay there are those, including a small number of scientists, who in the Paris climate agreement; biblical and rabbinic predispute the science and therefore that the conclusions are scriptions are not simplistically translatable into the details the source of alarm. Because global warming might lead to of 21st-century policy. But Judaism does require us to purhuman deaths, it falls into the category of “safek nefashot,” sue the goals of the Paris accords and even more. e fact or occasions when human life might be at risk. And Jewish that questions remain does not change this conclusion. In law is unambiguous when life might be at risk: You are obthe view of Judaism, the survival of the earth and its crealigated to “err” in the direction of caution. tures is our responsibility. So on Yom Kippur, if a pregnant woman says she is fine David Kraemer is the Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarwithout eating but a doctor says her life is at risk, you are ian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish obligated to feed her. By the same token, if the doctor says eological Seminary. she is fine but she says she is failing, you are similarly obligated to feed her. What this means is that even if the “alarmists” only might be right, we are obligated to take the steps they advise. If human life might be at risk, we must https://issuu.com/jewishpress7 act so as to avert the risk.
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618 Mynster Street Council Bluffs, IA 51503-0766 712.322.4705 email: CBsynagogue@hotmail.com
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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
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An Affiliate of Chabad-Lubavitch 1866 South 120 Street Omaha, NE 68144-1646 402.330.1800 OChabad.com email: chabad@aol.com
CongregaTIon B’naI JesHurun
South Street Temple Union for Reform Judaism 2061 South 20th Street Lincoln, NE 68502-2797 402.435.8004 www.southstreettemple.org
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323 South 132 Street Omaha, NE 68154
TeMple Israel
Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) 13111 Sterling Ridge Drive Omaha, NE 68144-1206 402.556.6536 templeisraelomaha.com
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Member of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 3219 Sheridan Boulevard Lincoln, NE 68502-5236 402.423.8569 tiferethisraellincoln.org
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Join us for our next monthly Shabbat Speakers Series when it returns on sept. 1, at 7:30 p.m. with guest speaker to be determined. Oneg to follow service. Everyone is always welcome at B’nai Israel! Our services are led by lay leader Larry Blass. 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.
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Services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman. frIday: Nebraska AIDS Lunch,11:30 a.m.; Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. saTurday: Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Mini-Minyannaires, 10:45 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 8:45 p.m. weekday serVICes: Sundays, 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; weekdays, 7 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. sunday: Morning Minyan, 9:30 a.m.; Torah Study, 10 a.m.; Luther and the Jews: Responsibility and Reconciliation, 2-5 p.m. THursday: Dough Movie Day, noon. Admission, popcorn, hot dog and drink. Just $5. Shabbat in the Park, friday, July 7, 6 p.m. at Lake Zorinsky. Bring a picnic dinner. Please RSVP. Women’s Book Group, Tuesday, July 11, 5-8 p.m. at Knowles Mercy Center. We’ll discuss The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff, with a special opportunity to speak with the author. A vegetarian dinner will be served at 5 p.m. for those who make a reservation by July 6. Please register for dinner. There is no cost for those who opt out of dinner. For more information and for carpooling options, contact Darlene Golbitz. All classes and programs are open to everyone in the Jewish community.
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Services conducted by Rabbi Ari Dembitzer. frIday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Friday Learning Series with Rabbi Shlomo, 11:15 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv & Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 8:43 p.m. saTurday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Insights in the Weekly Torah Reading, 7:40 p.m.; Mincha/Seudah Shlishit, 8:25 p.m.; Havdalah, 9:53 p.m. sunday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Bagels & Beit Medrash, 9:45 a.m. Monday: Shacharit, 7 a.m. Tuesday: Shacharit, 7 a.m. wednesday: Shacharit, 7 a.m. THursday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Ethics with Rabbi Ari, 7:45 a.m.; Woman’s Class with Rabbi Ari, 9:30 a.m.; Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Shlomo, noon.
CHaBad House
Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Friday, 9 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. followed by a festive kiddush luncheon. sunday: Shacharit, 8:30 a.m. followed by Sunday Secrets: Jewish Fun Facts class at 9:15 a.m. weekdays: Shacharit, 7 a.m. followed by coffee, treats, study and shmoozing. Monday: Personal Parsha class, 9:30 a.m. with Shani. wednesday: New Tanya Series -- The Anatomy of Your Soul: Who Are You?, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Mendel Katzman. THursday: Advanced Talmud Class, noon with Rabbi Mendel Katzman. Summer is here and there's no better way to spend it than with Chabad at Camp Gan Israel! Register today for camp! Summer Camp Registration is OPEN! Give your child an amazing experience this summer with Chabad! All programs are open to the entire community.
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Services conducted by Rabbi Craig Lewis. frIday: Pre-neg, 6 p.m.; Shabbat Evening Service, 6:30 p.m.; Candlelighting, 8:44 p.m. saTurday: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Torah Study, 10:30 a.m. on Parashat Korach; Kent and Lupe Malcom
vow renewal, 5 p.m., with a dinner to follow at their home 1515 A Street, Lincoln. All are invited to attend!; Havdalah (72 Minutes), 10:14 p.m. sunday: Board of Trustees Meeting, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday: Kochavim Rehearsal, 6:45 p.m. THursday: Trope Class, 6:15 p.m. with Michael Boekstal. Class participants will need The Art of Torah Cantillation by Marshall Portnoy and Josee Wolff; Choir Rehearsal, 7 p.m. Help in our Temple Gardens! Help us get ready for a beautiful summer garden! How can you help? Tending the flower beds during the summer: We can also use help with routine weeding and trimming during the spring and summer. Help us keep a beautiful garden to enhance our Temple! Contact: Ellin Siegel at ellin7@aol.com or 402.525.4022 or the Temple Office and let us know you would like to help in the gardens. LJCS CAMP ISRAEL, July 10–July 21, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. at TI. Kosher lunch and snack provided. LJCS enrolled students entering. Tuition for each week is $75 and if you are enrolling two or more children, the cost is $50 per child, per week. This program is open to children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. Please send tuition checks payable to LJCS to Andrea at TI no later than July 1. Camp registration is required through LJCS. We are looking for any Lincoln (current or former residents) Jewish military veterans - both those who are deceased and those who are still alive. Names of any individuals they know who were murdered in the Holocaust - this is to make sure we have them listed at the Nebraska State Holocaust Memorial. Please e-mail or mail names to: garyhill@cega.com, P.O. Box 81826, Lincoln, NE 68501.
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frIday: Services, 7:30 p.m. every first and third of the month.
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saTurday: Services, 9:15 a.m. led by Steve Riekes. Services will be held in the Chapel. Members of the community are invited to attend.
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frIday: Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. Join us for Rabbi Crystal’s final service as we thank him for his service and wish him well. saTurday: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m.; Shabbat Morning Services, 10:30 a.m. Haftarah Reader Miles Remer; Holla for Havdallah (21+), 6-9 p.m. Welcome the summer with TiYPE for a nice service, followed by dinner, beverages, games, and movies! RSVP required. Shabbat Service Welcoming Rabbi Brian Stoller, friday, July 7, 6 p.m. Join us at Temple Israel for Rabbi Stoller’s first Friday evening Shabbat Service. After services, there will be a BBQ with Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Potato Salad and Dessert. George Walker and his Jazz and Soul Review will provide music for the evening. The cost is $7 for adults, $5 for children, under 5 years old is free with a max family cost of $25. Please call Temple Israel, 402.556.6536 to RSVP by wednesday, July 5. After July 5, the cost is $10 per person. Concert Series with College-Age TiYPE, saturday, July 8, 5:30-10 p.m. Join TiYPE for dinner at DJ’s Dugout in Aksarben Village, followed by enjoying the concert at Stinson Park-The Confidentials will be playing! RSVP to Aliyah Lasky by Monday, July 3.
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 Services, 10 a.m. There will be no Kiddush lunch this week. LJCS CAMP ISRAEL, July 10–July 21, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. at TI. Kosher lunch and snack provided. LJCS enrolled students entering. Tuition for each week is $75 and if you are enrolling two or more children, the cost is $50 per child, per week. This program is open to children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. Please send tuition checks payable to LJCS to Andrea at TI no later than July 1. Camp registration is required through LJCS.
Thousands attend funeral for Israeli policewoman killed in terror attack
JERUSALEM | JTA full of life. She was imbued with a sense of misousands attended the funeral of Israeli sion of defending the State of Israel. Her comBorder Police officer Hadas Malka, who was manders and those under her command loved killed by a Palestinian terrorist. her and trusted her,” Netanyahu said. e funeral at a He announced military cemetery in that in the wake of Ashdod began just the attack, Palestinaer midnight Sunian visits to Israel day morning, about that were approved 24 hours aer she for the Muslim obdied of her wounds servance of Rasustained during the madan were revoked Friday night attack and that security near the Damascus forces are preparing Gate in the Old City to demolish the of Jerusalem. homes of the attackMalka, 23, was ers. He added that killed as she rehe instructed police sponded to a Palesto beef up security tinian shooting around the Damasattack at the nearby cus Gate. Zedekiah’s Cave. All e Palestinian Hadas Malka three attackers were Authority issued a Credit: Israel Police statement on Saturkilled by Israeli forces. Malka reportedly worked to free her day condemning the deaths of the three attackweapon while fighting off her attacker. ers, calling it a “war crime” by Israeli forces. e “You cared for everyone, always lent a helping PA has not condemned the Friday night attacks. hand; your joy for life swept everyone away,” “I call on the countries of the world to conPolice Chief Roni Alsheich said at the funeral as demn both the murder and those who praise it, part of his eulogy, e Times of Israel reported. and demand the immediate cessation of Pales“You loved everyone. You stayed away from tinian Authority payments to the families of gossip and speaking ill of others. You were a terrorists, something that only encourages terfighter who loved people.” ror,” Netanyahu also said Sunday. Malka is survived by her parents and five sibe Islamic State initially claimed responsilings.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bility for the attack, the first time it has claimed expressed condolences on behalf of the governresponsibility for a Palestinian terror attack in ment and the nation to the Malka family Sunday Israel. Hamas later denied the claim, saying that morning at the start of the weekly Cabinet meetone of the attackers was a member of Hamas ing. “eir grief is our grief; their sorrow is that and the other two identified with the Popular of the entire nation. Hadas was a young person Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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British Jewish leaders condemn London van attack on Muslim worshippers JTA NEWS STAFF e deadly van-ramming attack at a mosque in London is “a painful illustration of why we must never allow hatred to breed hatred,” Britain’s chief rabbi said. Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said his thoughts were with those affected by the attack just aer midnight Monday in which a van drove into a group of people standing in front of the Finsbury Park Mosque in North London, killing one person and injuring 10. All the victims are Muslims, according to reports. Some bystanders told reporters that the van’s driver said “Kill all Muslims” and “I did it” following the attack, and he reportedly smiled and waved at the crowds as he was taken away in a police cruiser. e Board of Deputies of British Jews condemned the attack in a statement issued shortly aer it occurred. “All good people must stand together and join in rejecting hatred and violence from wherever it comes. e way forward is to strengthen the moderate majority and repudiate and marginalize extremism of every type,” the statement
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New Zealand art festival apologizes JTA NEWS STAFF e long-time director of an arts festival in New Zealand has apologized for removing the word “Israel” from a song in the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, scheduled to be performed there. May Pritchard, who has coordinated the Artsplash festival for the last 30 years, said in a letter to Wellington Regional Jewish Council and other critics of the change that the original words would be reinstated for the performance that will take place in September, the JWire Jewish news website reported. e phrase “Children of Israel are never alone” in the song Close Every Door, which is performed by Joseph and a choir of children, was altered to read “Children of Kindness.” Pritchard said in her letter that she takes “‘full responsibility for this unfortunate and regrettable error.” “You have my complete assurance that this was an unintentional and innocent error on the part of one of my team, and I apologize for it. e person concerned, and myself for that matter, are religious people and would never consider intentionally doing anything racist or anti any religion,” Pritchard said in the latter. She said that the festival has “always included children of all sorts of backgrounds including Jewish. ere has never before been an incident of this sort, and I don’t expect there will be again.” She added that: “Action has been taken over
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the weekend to ensure that the original song words are all reinstated, with immediate effect.” A local resident tweeted about the lyric change to Joseph lyricist Tim Rice, who responded in a tweet to the Wellington Local Council that the change was unauthorized. He also tweeted a thank you to the eagle-eyed resident, Kate Dowling, saying it was “a totally unauthorized change of lyric... Plus it’s a terribly drippy and meaningless alteration.”
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These young Jews are optimistic about their future in europe Toby Axelrod BERLIN | JTA t’s a drizzly Saturday morning in May. Some 160 young Jews, mostly European and ranging from Orthodox to secular, have come to the Hotel Berlin to talk about everything under the sun. Well, almost. e upbeat, weekend-long event did not focus on anti-Semitism, the Holocaust or Israel, and thus the gathering reflected a shiing approach to Jewish continuity in Europe, 72 years aer the end of World War II. Under the theme “Our World in Transition,” participants in Junction Annual – a three-year-old program of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the Schusterman Foundation and Yesod — opened up a Pandora’s box of challenges young Jews in Western countries face: personal, professional and religious. Junction is one of the latest examples of a trend among Jewish organizations to let young adults determine their own agenda. Supporters say this is the best way to keep young Jews connected and involved. “Young adults have a tremendous amount to offer, and it’s healthy for Judaism and for Jews, and I think many organizations know that,” said Jonathan Schorsch, professor of history at the School of Jewish eology at the University of Potsdam.” One thing the weekend’s event made clear: Despite threats of terrorism and rising anti-Semitism, young European Jews aren’t ruled by fears. Most are not leaving for Israel — even if by and large they are Zionist. ey’re staying right here, where their survivor grandparents set down roots.is is Generation 3.0, the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors or of those who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, and they are now finding their voices. ey are starting Jewish projects outside existing communal structures, rejecting official definitions of who is a Jew and speaking out politically. In other words, European Jews — who number about 1.4
million — are no longer keeping a low profile. And they are getting support from the United Kingdom-based Rothschild Foundation and the U.S.-based Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, along with other organizations that want to cultivate this spirit.
survivors. More than 90 percent of the conference’s attendees came from across Europe. All were eligible to apply for “micro-grants” — of up to 5,000 euros — to fund cultural activities, study groups and holiday celebrations in their home cities. Sarah Eisenman, the New York-based director of JDC’s Entwine project, said she wants “this generation to see Jewish global responsibility as a cornerstone of their identity.” Entwine runs service work programs with local partners, creating opportunities for volunteer work in Jewish communities in India, Argentina, Turkey, Hungary, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Israel and elsewhere. e initiative got off the ground in 2012, aer a JDC survey of Jewish young adults showed “volunteerism and the opportunity to have a direct impact” as their top interest, Eisenman said. “Mixers and fundraisers and bar nights were the last on the list.” It’s a familiar mantra by now, and the Paris-based European Council on Jewish Communities has been repeating it, too. Aer a 2014 conference in London Alisa Poplavskaya’s workshop on mindfulness was one of the offerings at on how to keep 18-35 year olds involved in local Jewthe recent Junction conference on “transitions,” which drew more than ish life, the council urged “giving them greater power 160 young Jewish adults to the German capital. and independence in creating programs which reflect Credit: Bokeh Graphik/JDC their particular concerns and way of life.” Berlin graduate student Nataliya Pushkin, 26, recently beFor many of these programs, there are no tests regarding came a host for Moishe House Without Walls — meaning views about Israeli politics, Holocaust remembrance and reshe’ll receive funding to create events for her Jewish peers, sponses to anti-Semitism. “from tikkun olam to social events, religious learning and “Our first question is, what is the purpose of identifying holidays and festivities,” she said. yourself as Jewish — why is it relevant and important?” said “For us to go further as Jewish communities, we need the Junction’s Sadikario, 35. voices of younger people,” Lela Sadikario, the Milan-based ere may be no firm answers. But, as always in Judaism, director of Junction, told JTA. it’s the questions that count. Junction is part of an attempt to ensure the future of these Editor’s note: is article was edited for length. Find the Jewish communities that were largely rebuilt by Holocaust full story at www.jta.org.
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