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Thank you, Howard Epstein tration and earned his juris doctor degree at Creighton UniANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT versity. He earned the ‘Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy’ Jewish Press Editor oward Epstein will retire as Executive Director of designation in 2014.

In January of 2013, Howard succeeded long-time friend the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation at the Marty Ricks, who is currently on the end of July.

Campaign staff at the JFO. It was “After much thought and soulMarty who first put the idea in searching,” he said, “I believe the time Howard’s head: is right for me to give another person “When Marty announced he was the opportunity to enjoy what is truly retiring,” Howard remembered, “I a satisfying and rewarding career at made an off-hand comment about the Foundation. Time has flown by being interested in his position. I had since. I will always treasure the been practicing law for 15 years and friendships and special relationships really enjoyed it, so I told him that if I have developed with everyone at I’d ever do anything else, I’d want the Foundation – donors, supporters, your job. Then, a few months later, co-workers, board members and so he reminded me of my comment, many others.” and asked if I was serious.”

Howard began his professional career when he joined his father, Sam The rest is history.

Epstein and brother, Steve Epstein, “As a community we are, by and in the family’s wholesale food service large, exceptionally generous and distribution business, E.L. Nogg Fruit philanthropic,” Howard said. “I came Company, ultimately serving as presto this position wanting to reach out ident of the company. He enrolled in and acknowledge those who have alCreighton’s law school while working ready made our community a priorfull time after the business sold in ity and, perhaps as importantly, Howard Epstein 1991. Before joining the Foundation, present the Foundation’s story to Epstein was a partner in the law firm Marks, Clare, Richards those who will recognize its many benefits.”

L.L.C., where he practiced general civil law and served on He has done exactly that, and more. Almost 700 people the Executive Committee. He is a graduate of the University have signed Life and Legacy commitments; a total value of of Nebraska at Lincoln with a degree in business adminis- See Howard Epstein page 3

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Jewish Business Leaders is BACK! Page 2

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Uncovering a local legacy of the Holocaust and refugees Page 5

Welcome, Margo Parsow

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JENN TOMPKINS JFO Executive Director of Philanthropy and Engagement It is our pleasure to announce that Margo Parsow, Engagement Associate, is joining our Jewish Federation of Omaha Philanthropy staff. Her role is to help us achieve the strategic plan objective of transitioning the campaign engagement from transactional to relationship building. She will implement philanthropy programs, establish donor relationships, fundraise and create collaborations within the Jewish community.

“The most exciting thing about being back,” Margo said, “is being able to continue to cultivate a spirit of camaraderie with my colleagues and the community. I feel fortunate to have this opportunity to once again be of service in a meaningful way.”

Margo holds a Master’s degree in

Public Administration and an MA in Communication. She was the Director of Training and Development for

Margo Parsow

Hughes General Motors in Newport Beach, California. She more recently was the coordinator of the JFO Foundation Life & Legacy program. She has also fundraised for Clarkson Hospital Service League, Joslyn Art Museum, Child Saving Institute, Planned Parenthood, Brownell-Talbot School and the Anti-Defamation League.

Margo has two grown sons, Aaron and Charles. Please stop by and say hello to Margo!

ANNETTE VAN DE KAMPWRIGHT Jewish Press Editor On Sunday, July 10, we invite you to be our guest. Come to our Staenberg Kooper Fellman Jewish Community Center for a tour of the new permanent art collection. You will be able to chat with some of the artists featured in the collection, take a docent-led tour of the art collection in our newly renovated campus and enjoy refreshments!

When Michael Staenberg initiated the renovation of our campus, it fairly quickly became clear he doesn’t just focus on bricks and mortar; he considers the atmosphere he wants to create for those who use the building. When walls go up, are refinished and painted, they don’t stay unadorned. It has been inspiring to watch art appear around the building, first in the

gym, then on the front of the JCC when artist Boris Bally traveled from his studio in Rhode Island to create the Ripples installation. Little did we know: it was only the tip of the iceberg. Since then, countless works of art have been installed, both indoors and outside of our building.

A public space, especially a community center like ours, really isn’t complete without works of art.

Michael Staenberg, in donating many pieces to our campus, has made the art accessible. Rather than hang in a museum behind glass, protected by security, ‘our’ art is available for anyone who comes in. This is not a museum; it’s our building—our community home.

We belong here.

During the July 10 Art Tour, you will be able to ask questions yourself, See Art Tour page 2

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Jewish Business Leaders is BACK! JAY KATELMAN JFO Corporate Development Leader The Jewish Federation of Omaha is very excited to announce, after a long absence due to COVID, our quarterly Jewish Business Leaders Bagels & Business Breakfast events are back! Our first in-person event in almost a year will be held on July 27, at 7:30 a.m. at the Staenberg Omaha Jewish Community Center in the Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Community Engagement Venue.

We are thrilled to announce our next speaker will be Jamie Rosenthal, the owner of Greenberg Fruit Company. Greenberg Fruit company was started in 1936 by Elmer Greenberg on 11th and Howard in Omaha’s Old Market.

Elmer later handed control of the business to his son, Don. In 1973, Don moved Greenberg Fruit Company to a more centrally located spot at 9705 I St, where it still operates. In 1989, the business was sold to the Rosenthals, who have been running it to this day. Jamie is very proud of Greenberg’s contin-

ued success in providing fresh fruit and veggies to schools and universities.

Jamie Rosenthal proudly considers himself a “glorified fruit peddler” who grew up in Sioux City, IA. Jamie attended Esther K. Newman Camp, bar/bat mitzvahs, BBYO, and NFTY events in Omaha growing up. Jamie has many lifelong Omaha friends and started in the fruit business in junior high, riding on the trucks, routing trucks, and loading whatever product he was strong enough to carry!

After high school, Jamie attended Northwestern, University of Southern California, and Michigan. Jamie now lives in Phoenix, AZ, after spending 14 years in Toledo.

He has been married to Cyndi for twenty-four years, and together they have four wonderful children, Alexx, Maddie, AJ, and Sadie. He still enjoys trips to Omaha and staying in touch with all his Omaha friends. We look forward to seeing you for the first Jewish Business Leaders Bagels & Business Breakfast in almost a year on July 27!

Art Tour Continued from page 1 as local artists as well as a docent will be on site to explain what you’re seeing. Docent-led tours are at 2:25 p.m., 2:45 p.m., and 3:15 p.m. In addition, we will have refreshments, sparkling wine, a presentation of the donor wall, live music from the Mahr Quartet and we are giving away art catalogues featuring the works in our building. We can’t wait to see you!

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How to report antisemitic and other hate incidents

PAM MONSKY JCRC Assistant Director Unfortunately, antisemitic and other hate incidents occur on a regular basis in Omaha and the metro area. Antisemitic incidents reached an all-time high in the United States in 2021, with a total of 2,717 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism, according to the ADL. James Donohue is the Federation’s new Director of Security and is our expert in the community on how to deal with hate incidents. “All incidents should be taken seriously regardless of how minor they may seem. Each incident is a piece to a bigger puzzle and my work in-house at the Federation plays a role with our law enforcement partners in putting that puzzle together to stop the spread of hate,” he said.

Jewish Community Relations Council ( JCRC) Executive Director Sharon Brodkey said, “We are fortunate to have James Donohue on campus and in the community. He is helping strengthen our partnerships with local law enforcement, the FBI and Office of Homeland Security. With James’ help, we will continue to provide evidence and accurate information to our partners at the ADL with detailed and accurate reporting to their Center on Extremism, H.E.A.T. Map, and other invaluable tools.”

Phil Malcom, JFO Interim CEO, said: “The JCRC is uniquely positioned to address antisemitic and hate incidents in our community. We will provide support to those who have been targeted and hopefully educate everyone involved about the dangerous impact of antisemitism.”

If you encounter an antisemitic or other hate incident, you are not alone. Your first call should be to the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) in Omaha at 402.334.6572, or email JCRCreporting@jewishomaha.org. Our office will contact law enforcement if necessary and report it to the ADL for data collection and additional support.

If an incident occurs in a school, we will contact administrators and utilize our resources from the Jewish Federation, the Institute for Holocaust Education, and the ADL.

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Howard Epstein of time—he will always give you his honest assessment, no Continued from page 1 $24 million during Howard’s time at the Foundation. “It’s hard matter what problem you encounter. Having said that, to fathom there would be that many people willing to step up,” Howard can teach you about a huge variety of things: from Howard said. “I am forever impressed by the vast number of frog legs to scalpels to research pigs.” (It's true. Howard once really generous Omahans. We hear about the really big givers, brought owl pellets to a JFO staff training. As a team building but what we don’t always hear are the literally hundreds of sto- exercise, we donned gloves, grabbed tweezers and pulled out ries of generosity by so many others. And while the Foundation the mouse bones.) focuses on long-term endowments, we also get involved in “Howard is super transparent,” Jay added, “without being unshort-term, immediate responses, like our COVID-19 response professional. He will share what needs to be shared, always has and the needs for Ukraine.” his door open, and knows Then there are the relathe difference between contionships and friendships fidentiality, and keeping unhe’s built: “It’s more than a necessary secrets.” job, in the sense that I have Is there anything that been privileged to make real makes Howard lose his connections and build composure? Even a tiny bit? friendships with the donors.

“When technology doesn’t And you get a front-row work, like when the printer seat when people establish acts up,” Laurie said. “That’s significant endowments. the only time you can see The expression on their him get irritated.” face when they give, knowIn 1982, Howard reing they are doing someceived the Jewish Federathing truly worthwhile, it’s tion’s Young Leadership very satisfying.”

Award and was the Phil and Relationships with donors Terri Schrager Spirit of Fedand board members, but eration award recipient in also with staff, are what has 2007. And we cannot forget: made Howard’s tenure speHoward was the University cial. He calls Diane Walker, of Nebraska team mascot; Jay Katelman and Howard Epstein Linda Pollard, Laurie at the time known as Harry Peatrowsky, and Jay Katelman ‘key spokes in the wheel,’ and Husker. Howard and his wife, Sharon, have three children, says he has no doubt they will continue the great work. He also Jason and Laurie Epstein of Omaha, Jennifer and Jon Benowitz credits now-retired employees Janet Henthorn and Margo Par- of Minneapolis, and Emily and Nick Ray of Omaha, and 7 sow for their impact. grandchildren.

“Something I have always appreciated about Howard is his “Our grandkids have attended the ELC and JCC Camp,” empathy whenever family stuff comes up,” Laurie Peatrowsky Howard said. “To be able to walk over and see them during said. “In addition to that, he’s flexible in many ways, always my work day has been a pleasure. I managed to attend family open to hearing another opinion and getting feedback.” shabbats, sometimes they’d wait in my office to be picked up “He is a different kind of mentor compared to what I had ex- from campus; it’s something I have truly enjoyed.” perienced beforehand,” Jay Katelman said. “Business first, for “He loves to read,” Laurie Peatrowsky said. “And he has gotsure, but he combines that with being a father figure. The Foun- ten into pickleball, so you’ll probably find him on the court. If, dation took a chance on me during the pandemic, and really once he’s retired, anyone wants to take him out for a meal, you allowed me to spread my wings. Howard has helped me should know he’s very fond of Runza sandwiches. He never through all the ups and downs. He’s calm, and usually in teacher misses temperature Tuesdays.” mode. When you work with Howard, there’s always something Sharon and Howard will celebrate their 50th wedding anto learn—not because you necessarily did anything wrong, but niversary in December of this year. “None of this would have because he has such a vast amount of knowledge to pass on.” been possible without Sharon’s support,” Howard said. “We look One of the important things he’s passed on to Jay is the im- forward to doing some travel, we have a grandson’s Bar Mitzvah portance of relationships: coming up, and I’m just going to see what retirement is like.”

“He leads by example, by treating people very well. He’s in- Sitting quietly at home is not in the cards: volunteering and troduced me to so many people, put me out there and mod- working to better the future of our community is in his blood. eled what building relationships looks like. Part of that is his Also, one of Howard’s favorite phrases: “Sharon married me patience. There are no questions Howard considers a waste for better or for worse, but not for lunch.”

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Escape room games generally have a theme and a storyline to engage the players. Industrial Escape Rooms game themes include Moriarty’s Parlor, a Sherlock Holmes theme set in an 1890’s London England parlor room. Our second room is Blackbeard’s Treasure, a pirate themed game set in the captain’s cabin of Blackbeard’s flagship. Our third room is Sea Voyage, a nautical themed game set on the bridge of the sink-

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NCJW Nebraska Chapter closes JENNIFER KOOM, BECKI BRENNER, PAM DEPORTE, JANIE KULAKOFSKY, ALICE KLEIN NCJW Nebraska Advisory Committee Because of our declining membership, the Advisory Board has unanimously agreed that our Nebraska Section of NCJW will disband.

We regret that this occurred, but circumstances indicate people in charge of important positions find they can no longer continue and replacements are not available. At our May 9 Membership Meeting, it was unanimously approved to dissolve the Section. We would like to share that we have been in existence since 1896, when we were incorporated.

That’s 126 years ago! During that period we have been a voice for women, children, and families in our community. For 129 years NCJW called for us to go into the world and have the courage of our convictions, a statement as powerful today as it was in 1893 when our founder Hannah G. Solomon spoke

these words.

We dedicated our Section to fulfilling this mission. It is now time to conclude our service. Recognizing the work from National NCJW and local agencies, the programs and advocacy work will continue in our community and the community-atlarge. It is amazing what the Omaha/Nebraska Section has accomplished.

Through passionate leaders and volunteers our Section has proved to be an agent of change. The memories and friendships will hold a place in our hearts and will continue to sustain us as we further the mission of NCJW. Even as Nebraska closes, it means a great deal to NCJW to keep you updated and involved. You may choose to transfer your membership to another NCJW section. To see the list of sections, check out NCJW Near YOU. You will automatically become an NCJW Advocate!

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HOWARD KUTLER On June 12 a happy group of people drove to Council Bluffs to participate in the B’nai Israel Synagogue Poker Run. Teams of riders in cars and one motorcyclist left B’nai Israel for a Sunday morning drive through the Loess Hills of western Iowa. The 62-mile route they followed was through Crescent, Beebeetown, Neola, Underwood, and finishing back in Council Bluffs.

The participants of the Poker Run had a chance to win big for their Life and Legacy charity of choice. Through the generosity of anonymous donors and help from the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation, a total of $6,000 was at stake.

Ten winners split the big pot equally. There was no cost to enter, and all participants were treated to a delicious lox and bagel brunch on the house.

The day of the Poker Run also served as the opening of our Living History Synagogue exhibits. Mary Beth Muskin was the tour guide, showing people how classrooms have been renovated to display special artifacts and history about the Council Bluffs/Omaha Jewish community.

ORGANIZATIONS B’NAI B’RITH BREADBREAKERS The award-winning B’NAI B’RITH BREADBREAKERS speaker program currently meets Wednesdays via Zoom from noon to 1 p.m. Please watch the Press for specific information concerning its thought-provoking, informative list of speakers. To be placed on the email list, contact Breadbreakers chair at gary.javitch@gmail.com.

Our “Bagel Man” Scott Friedman handled the delivery from the Bagel Bin, and the kitchen crew of Sissy Silber, Renee Cocoran,and Margo Parsow prepared the platters of lox, bagels and fresh fruit. Bruce Muskin and Rick and Sue Katelman were on kitchen cleanup to help close out the day. Join us next year for the B’nai Israel Poker Run on Sunday, June 11, 2023.

Trade scholarships available for the 2022-23 academic year An anonymous donor in our community has created two trade school scholarship opportunities, up to $5,000 each, to go towards the 2022-23 academic year.

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Uncovering a local legacy of the Holocaust and refugees JEANNETTE GABRIEL, PHD UNO Director of Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society invites the community to the second program of its Archives Uncovered Series on Holocaust and Refugees in the Benjamin & Anna E. Wiesman Family Reception Room of the Jewish Community Center on Tuesday, July 12 at 7 p.m. This event will showcase collections from the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society archives and include a special behind-the-scenes tour of the archives. The Archives Uncovered Series culminates in the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society’s fortieth anniversary event on Sunday, Oct. 16.

Local Jewish stories connected to the Holocaust and refugees will be highlighted, including the struggles and successes of those refugees who rebuilt their lives in Nebraska and Council Bluffs with the support of Jewish communities.

American Soviet Jewry Movement collections will include Omaha’s involvement in Operation Exodus and the resettlement and integration of approximately 100 families.

Holocaust collections that will be featured, include individuals and families who fled Europe from the 1930s through the 1950s as well as the local Society of Survivors of the Holocaust.

The event is free and open to the public but space is limited so please RSVP by email at njhs@jewishomaha.org or call the NJHS office at 402.334.6441.

Please consider also registering for the additional upcoming events in the Uncovered Archives Series featuring Arts and Culture on Aug. 9 and the Business Community on Sept. 13.

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A man of kindness MUSHKA TENENBAUM My ten-year-old mind's eye sees a man of kindness. The man, Rick Eirenberg, was a gentle, humble soul. From a very young age I admired the compassionate things I saw him do for others.

Rick arrives at Chabad on a brutally frigid Nebraska winter morning. I sit cuddled up in layered clothing near the space heater. Rick is on his way home from the Jewish funeral home where he would “shomer” (guard) of the body of a deceased Jew. Staying at the deceased’s bedside and reciting tehillim is of great comfort to the soul and assists the soul in its journey from this world to the next.

Instead of going straight home to catch some shut-eye, Rick would stop by Chabad daily to join the Minyan so my father, Rabbi Mendel Katzman, would be able to recite Kaddish in memory of his father, Rabbi Zelig Katzman OBM for eleven months. Later in the day, Rick would mow the lawn at the former Beth Israel property (before they started construction) and come to our house for cold drinks and snacks (usually with a friend or two!) before he went on with his day.

I was saddened when on June 21, 2021, Ricki’s holy Neshama (soul) was returned to Hashem. He will no longer be able to perform those many kindnesses that were so heartfelt and often unsung. It’s up to us now. With Rick gone we must pick up the slack together. We, his friends and acquaintances, can continue Rick’s thread of kindness. If we each commit to mitzvahs in his honor, we can keep Rick's kindness alive!

As we approach Rick’s first yahrzeit on the 11th of Tammuz, please join us to celebrate and to share his life story. And if you didn't know Rick, come to hear about an understated, kind man who made the world better and brighter each day of his life on earth.

July 10, 2022, 11th of Tammuz, as we say Lechaim to his souls elevation. 9 a.m. Davening and Kaddish for Rick, 9:45 a.m. short video, 10 a.m. breakfast, discussion and lechaims.

Come! I would love to learn more about what Rick means to you! My memories are only as a child.

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In Hungary, a palace tied to political scandal becomes Jewish refugee camp

ment’s goal of creating 1,200 new schools, synagogues and CNAAN LIPHSHIZ programs to mark the 120th birthday of Rabbi Menachem BUDAPEST | JTA For the last few months, a lakeside palace linked to a major Mendel Schneerson, the movement’s last leader. political scandal in Hungary has been home to Jewish refugees It also comes as Orban’s attitude toward Jews remains hotly from Ukraine. debated amid his growing influence on the global right. His Just before Passover, six weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, vociferous campaign to defame George Soros, the Hungarianthe Hungarian government signed off on an effort to make the Jewish billionaire who often features in right-wing conspiracy palace in Balatonoszöd, a resort town near Lake Balaton some theories, has drawn charges of antisemitism, and his govern80 miles away from Budapest, kosher for the holiday. ment has also been accused of promoting Holocaust revisionNow, the palace will be renism. Orban has long rejected ovated to accommodate at the allegations, and a recent least 664 people with a kosher study commissioned by the kitchen able to feed hundreds European Jewish Association more daily, according to a in Brussels, an organization statement released Tuesday by founded by a Chabad-affiliated the government and a Chabadrabbi, concluded that while affiliated Jewish group that has Hungary is home to high levels been operating the space. of antisemitic sentiment, it is “During times like these, we, one of the best countries in Euthe Jewish community of Hunrope for Jews to live. gary, consider it our special For potentially hundreds of and sacred duty to reach out Women prepare kosher food for Jewish refugees from Ukraine new Jewish immigrants, home in Balatonőszöd, Hungary in June 2022. Credit: EMIH and offer whatever assistance might be soon in Balatonoszöd, is necessary to meet the existential and spiritual needs of our the site of a pivotal moment on Orban’s rise to power. In 2006, fellow Jews from across the border,” Rabbi Shlomó Köves, the it was at the Balatonoszöd palace where the prime minister at head of the group, the EMIH federation of Jewish communi- the time, speaking in an internal meeting, was recorded using ties, said in the statement. vulgar language to allege corruption within his own party.

Köves told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that several The release of the recording of Ferenc Gyurcsány triggered dozen people, including some Jewish community leaders from mass protests against his Hungarian Socialist Party and Ukraine, are already living on the palace grounds. But millions buoyed the opposition Fidesz right-wing party. The so-called of Ukrainians have fled their country and millions more have Oszöd Speech is widely seen as one of the reasons why Fidesz become internally displaced persons within its borders since achieved a landslide victory in the 2010 elections, making its Russia invaded Feb. 24, and conflict is ongoing. leader, Viktor Orban, the prime minister of Hungary.

Among the displaced are thousands of Jews, some of whom Following the speech, political parties and the government, have moved to Israel but others of whom remain in Europe in which owns the Balatonoszöd palace, had little appetite for holdtemporary accommodations. EMIH and the Federation of ing events there, leading to its disuse and fall into disrepair deJewish Communities of Ukraine hope that a Jewish refugee spite its prime location in a tourism-friendly region of Hungary. camp, which they call “Machne Chabad,” will add stability.

The Jewish refugee camp, which is situated near an area faFeeding a full camp would cost about $600,000 a month, Köves vored by luxury summer camps for children from across Censaid, adding that EMIH is raising funds to cover these costs. tral Europe, will offer special activities for children and The conversion of the site into a Chabad-affiliated refugee teenagers, freeing up parents to rebuild their lives in Hungary, camp comes at a time when Chabad rabbis worldwide are try- plan their return to Ukraine or prepare their immigration to ing to create new institutions to meet the Orthodox move- a third country, Köves said.

Zelensky speaks about Israel

JACKIE HAJDENBERG JTA In a live streamed address to students, faculty and staff at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Israel to join the network of countries around the world that have placed sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. “We are grateful to your great nation. But we would like to also get support from your government,” Zelensky said.

“Tell me, how can you not help the victim of such aggression?”

In his address, Zelensky recognized the connected histories of Ukraine and Israel, noting the Ukrainian origins of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, Zionist leader Zev Jabotinsky and many others.

He also noted that the Russian shelling of Ukrainian cities has affected many Jewish historical sites, such as the memorial at Babyn Yar, where at least 33,000 Jews were murdered by Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators in 1941. At least five people were killed in the Russian shelling at Babyn Yar in March.

“The occupiers are not discretional in how they fight,” Zelensky said, adding that more than 2,000 schools have been targeted by Russian missiles and shelling, according to the Ukrainian government.

“This is about values and general security. Everyone who is willing to destroy another nation has to be held accountable,” he said. “Many European countries act together with us against Russian aggression. And unfortunately, we have not yet seen Israel join the sanctions regime.” In a question and answer portion after Zelensky’s prepared speech, a student born in Ukraine asked whether Ukraine has received any support from international Jewish organizations to address the destruction of historic Jewish sites.

“We have received support from the Jewish Congress and U.S.,” Zelensky said. “I did want to have more of that support from the government of Israel on that particular question, because this is our joint sorrow, and that’s what it is. Just simply wanted to have more of it. But I’m not trying to hint at anything. It’s just as painful to us here in Ukraine as it is to Israel.

This is a big tragedy. And I think I have nothing to add here.”

Yishai Fraenkel, vice president of the university, asked what the future of Ukraine might look like when the war ends.

Zelensky said there are plans for post-war reforms and improved military defense systems, and emphasized a future with the European Union. “We are moving towards a new civilization,” he said. “And we have sacrificed a lot for that.

But the most important is that this is our choice.”

“Of course, we’re still very young, but first and foremost, this is for our children,” he continued. “So we will be building a European state, which will be part of the European Union.”

He added that Ukraine and Israel have “a great future” together. “Please remember how much we are linked, how close our ties are,” he said.

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The U.S. have announced its biggest military exANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT pansion in Europe in decades, including a permaJewish Press Editor “Six hundred thousand people on Ukraine’s con- nent troop presence in Poland that reverses a 1997 tact line live in appalling conditions without elec- agreement with Moscow. Moscow in turn has tricty and gas, have intermittent water, face shelling threatened ‘Compensatory measures,’ whatever and small arms fire on a daily basis, and don’t have that means. The situation in Ukraine was, of course, access to a food market.”

The quote is from Jock Mendoza-Wilson, director of international and investor relations at System Capital Management. It’s the tip of the iceberg as far as human suffering goes.

The Ukrainian government estimates between 12,000 and 28,000 civilians have been killed. That same number for troops is over 23,000. It’s difficult to give an exact estimate in the fog of war, but those in the know think the number of Smoke billows among headstones of a Jewish cemetery that reportedly casualties that has been inde- was bombed in Hulkhiv, Ukraine, May 8, 2022. Credit: Dmitry Zhivitsky/ pendently verified probably Facebook does not match the reality. front and center at the recent NATO summit.

“War crimes investigators on June 28 inspected But here at home, that is not necessarily the case. the charred remains of a shopping mall destroyed We have other things to talk about: Roe V. Wade, by a Russian missile strike as Ukraine mourned the the Jan. 6 hearings, gun control, whether we would victims of what the Ukrainian prosecutor general be better off without SCOTUS. called ‘crimes against humanity.’ Putin denied it; the “Even when the cause is just,” wrote George aim supposedly was a weapons factory. But excuses Packer for The Atlantic, “people inevitably lose inlike that don’t make much difference to the victims. terest in far-off calamities that happen to people There are new atrocities reported every day, but they don’t know. Against [our] will, a numb indifyou have to scroll down to find the stories. ference sets in, and life goes relentlessly on.”

I noticed it when I was in Europe a few weeks ago; were it not for the testing site at the Amsterdam airport, you wouldn’t know there had ever been a pandemic. Forget Covid, Ukraine is close, refugees are everywhere, which means the stories are told and retold. The War is real. Here, it is not.

Can we go a little easy on ourselves for not constantly thinking about it? Sure, but that doesn’t mean we should accept it as the status quo. Knowing and understanding our own limitations as far as spreading our empathy thin, means being intentional about caring for Ukraine.

If we have the tendency to forget, we have to put in reminders. This war is not over, and what’s worse, even when, G-d-willing, it is, there will be decades’ worth of trauma for all involved.

In a few short months, we will again begin asking you to participate in the Jewish Federation of Omaha’s Annual Campaign. A portion of that money goes to those in need in Ukraine. But you don’t have to wait until we splash the announcement all over the front page, put the links on our websites or call you and ask you to participate. You don’t have to wait until the Oct. 2 Community Event. You can give right now.

What’s more, it’s not only the Jewish Federation that is helping out. There are numerous organizations that are trustworthy and are doing extremely necessary work in Ukraine.

The need is big, bigger perhaps than what many of us have experienced in our lifetime. So let’s remember, and let’s step up. Visit www.omahajewish press.com for a list of places where you can donate.

Religion for non-believers: It’s a Jewish thing ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL JTA There is an old joke about the Jewish atheist who is excited to meet the Great Heretic of Prague. He arrives at the great man’s house on a Friday night, and is immediately told to shush while the Heretic lights Shabbat candles. They sit down for the Shabbat meal, during which the Heretic says the motzi over the bread and the kiddush over the wine.

The atheist visitor can’t take it anymore. “You’re the Great Heretic of Prague and you follow the Shabbat commandments!?”

“Of course,” says his host. “I’m a heretic, not a gentile.”

The joke is about the gap between Jewish belief and Jewish practice, and the old chestnut that belief in God is less important to a religious Jew than performing the mitzvot. In truth, the most observant Jews tend to be the most God-fearing, but the joke celebrates a worldview that I only recently learned actually has a name: fictionalism.

Fictionalism, according to the philosophy professor Scott Hershovitz, means pretending to follow a set of beliefs in order to reap the benefits of a set of actions. In a recent New York Times essay, he asks why he continues to fast on Yom Kippur and observe Passover when he doesn’t believe in God. The short answer, he writes, is this: “It’s just what we Jews do, I might have said; it keeps me connected to a community that I value.”

The longer answer is a defense of, well, pretending: “When it feels like the world is falling apart, I seek refuge in religious rituals — but not because I believe my prayers will be answered,” he writes.

“The prayers we say in synagogue remind me that evil has always been with us but that people persevere, survive and even thrive. I take my kids so that they feel connected to that tradition, so that they know the world has been falling apart from the start — and that there’s beauty in trying to put it back together.”

The British philosopher Philip Goff describes fictionalism this way: Religious fictionalists hold that the contentious claims of religion, such as “God exists” or “Jesus rose from the dead” are all, strictly speaking, false. They nonetheless think that religious discourse, as part of

the practice in which such discourse is embedded, has a pragmatic value that justifies its use. To put it simply: God is a useful fiction.

Moral character is cultivated and sustained, at least in part, through emotional engagement with fictional scenarios.

The fictionalists I know are maximalists when it comes to Jewish behaviors and minimalists when it comes to God talk. According to the 2020 Pew

A Chabad emissary helps a man don tefillin at Tel Aviv’s Allenby Street, Jan. 20, 2017. Credit: Amir Appel/Flickr Commons

study, 47% of Jewish adults say religion is very or somewhat important to them, while only 26% believe in the “God of the Bible.”

My hunch — backed up by zero data — is that Jewish fictionalism is strongest where deep Jewish engagement meets liberalism. By that, I mean in the more observant Conservative (and Conservative-adjacent) congregations and the more liberal Orthodox congregations. A few years back, the attorney Jay Lefkowitz described himself as a “Social Orthodox Jew”— that is, a Jew who practices Orthodoxy but isn’t “really sure how God fit into my life…. I certainly wasn’t sure if Jewish law was divine or simply the result of two millennia of rabbinical interpretations.”

“And so for me, and I imagine for many others like me, the key to Jewish living is not our religious beliefs but our commitment to a set of practices and values that foster community and continuity,” he writes.

For some, this might sound like Humanistic Judaism. But Humanist Jews eschew deism in favor of “human reason and human power.” The key to fictionalism, however, is that God stays very much in the picture, as the “useful fiction” Goff describes.

Hershovitz happily calls it “pretending,” which “breathes life into stories, letting them shape the world we live in.”

Humanism, in that sense, is the more “honest” approach; fictionalism is principled self-deception.

Fictionalism is also a rebuke to the “New Atheists” of a few years back, who found religion to be meaningless ritual centered on a non-existent deity. By contrast, Alain de Botton, in his book “Religion for Atheists,” described the kinds of things atheists could actually learn from religions. Religion offers “morality, guidance, and consolation.” Religions build a sense of community, create enduring relationships, offer means to escape the constant appeals of media and consumerism, and create rituals and institutions to address our emotional needs.

“The error of modern atheism has been to overlook how many sides of the faiths remain relevant even after their central tenets have been dismissed,” he writes.

I’ll admit that fictionalism hardly has the appeal of secularism. Getting someone to take on a series of demanding and often inexplicable behaviors in the name of “community and continuity” is a hard sell.

But I know of at least one fast-growing and successful Jewish stream that offers fictionalism as a lure: the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic outreach movement.

I doubt I could get a Chabad rabbi to agree with me, but the Chabad outreach model (as opposed to the practice of its core followers) is centered on Jewish action, not belief. That’s the impulse behind all those mitzvah tanks and advertisements imploring women to light Shabbat candles. The kids on the street offering tefillin ask if you are Jewish; they don’t ask if you believe in God. In an ethos that is part mysticism and part pragmatism, Chabad holds that doing precedes believing.

“Aside [ from] the intrinsic standalone value that each mitzvah has, mitzvah observance can also be contagious,” is how one Chabad rabbi once explained the “one off ” approach. “Agreeing to opt in, even just once, can have far-reaching effects. There have been untold thousands of Jews who have made permanent changes in their lives for the better, just because they agreed to try it once.”

He might even agree with Hershovitz, who says that “pretending makes the world a better place.”

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The Torah supports me in an argument ‘Jews stood in the with my wife that I will never win way’ of Roe v.

Wade’s end?

ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL JTA For years I worked in an office where, in order to make an outside phone call, you had to dial 9 plus 1 plus your number.

At least once a week, the police would show up in the lobby because someone had accidentally dialed 9-1-1. The head of HR would scold us for not being more careful, and I would think, just change the system!

In Jewish law there is a name for rules or actions that would tempt even the innocent to make a mistake — or worse, a sin: “lifnei iver.” It comes from Leviticus 19:14: “You shall not … place a stumbling block before the blind.” Beyond its literal meaning, the verse has been used to establish the principle that you should remove temptation from the path of those who may be morally weak.

This became a thing in my house recently, when my wife asked if I could be more careful when opening our kitchen cabinets. The cabinets are off-white, and I was leaving smudges. I replied with admirable honesty, I thought that I couldn’t break a lifetime habit of the way I reach for a cabinet handle, and if I said I would try I would probably be lying. Smudges, I said, are the price we pay for beige cabinets and dainty handles. Blame the design, not me.

What ensued was what diplomats call a frank and honest discussion.

Convinced I was right, I sought an outside voice: “Judge” John Hodgman, the comedian who writes a satiric ethical advice column for The New York Times Magazine. I explained our impasse in an email, and Hodgman replied in the May 20 issue: Seen from 10,000 feet, I would agree that your wife’s request is unreasonable. That said, from 10,000 feet, I can’t see your disgusting hands. I can’t see what kind of muck you get into, or what kind of smears you’re leaving as you blindly paw at the cabinet face until you hit the handle. (Maybe you can’t, either. Spouses often see cleanliness differently depending on how they grew up, and some are just dirt-blind.) Even if your hands are clean of all sin, don’t meet one marital crime with another. Don’t lie and promise to try. Just promise to try, and tell the truth.

The comments that followed were not friendly to my cause, to put it mildly. One reader compared me to Tarzan. Another urged me to be a “grown-up.”

But my favorite response came from a self-described architect and former interior designer, who I felt got closest to my original point, writing, “if your home’s aesthetic is so fragile that it’s ruined by normal daily use it’s a serious design flaw.

Everyone living in a home should feel at ease interacting with their environment, and everyone has different sensitivities and habits. The design should support them all.”

In other words, home design shouldn’t be a stumbling block before a guy with Tarzan hands. The urban planner Jane Jacobs advocated this sort of user-first architecture, writing, “There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them … that we must fit our plans.” For example, if you want to keep mail from piling up on the dining room table, you need another little table closer to the front door (another recurring argument from what is, astoundingly, my first and still extant marriage).

Probaby the best-known demonstration of user-first design comes from so-called “desire lines”: the footpaths created by

people who ignore the actual sidewalks around a building or park and create their own routes of least resistance. The smart planner pays attention to the routes people actually want to take, and then pours the concrete.

A close cousin of this approach is behavioral design, which tries to influence the way people use spaces and objects. Good behavioral design might, for instance, put a hand sanitizer right near the place where you are likely to pick up or spread germs. Or, in the case of my kitchen cabinets, it would make the handles big enough or inviting enough that my chances of smudging the doors are minimized.

I obsess about this topic not only because I want to win the argument with my wife, but because I think “lifnei iver” has important public policy implications. As Jacobs understood, good, intuitive design can turn private and public spaces into friendlier, safer places by putting users first.

For decades public housing was a disaster in part because designers ignored the ways people actually congregated, relaxed and kept an eye on each other.

My son the engineer helps design hospital equipment intended to keep tired, overworked doctors and nurses from pushing the wrong buttons or forgetting a crucial step.

On the flip side, sinister behavioral design might coerce someone into, say, racking up debts on an addictive gambling app, or hooking kids on vaping, as the Food and Drug Administration argued in ordering Juul to remove its e-cigarettes from the U.S. marketplace.

The latter is exactly the scenario that “lifnei iver” proscribes: setting a vulnerable person up for failure. In an article for Chabad.org, Yehuda Shurpin discusses the possibilities and dilemmas of applying lifnei iver to the current debate over gun safety. On the one hand, he writes, “The Talmud tells us that one is forbidden to sell dangerous items including weapons, or anything commonly used to manufacture weapons, as well as their accessories to any person who may have the intent to use them to cause harm or perpetrate a crime.”

On the other hand, the law is understandably complex when it comes to determining how to anticipate that “intent” — and under what circumstances the seller is culpable. And yet, the tradition understands that the idea that “guns don’t kill, people do” is specious: “We do not want people getting hurt or dying,” writes Shurpin. “And restricting evil-doers’ access to materials that make this possible is an obvious course of action.”

Whether we are talking about gun control, office phones or kitchen design, the principle is the same: People are inherently clumsy and fallible, and relying on their best intentions to solve a problem is a recipe for failure. Sometimes you have to ban the dangerous tool or change the number from 9 to, well, any. other. number.

Ultimately, I didn’t consult a rabbi to solve my kitchen dilemma. But I did answer to a higher authority: It’s now my job to clean the cabinets.

Andrew Silow-Carroll is editor in chief of the New York Jewish Week and senior editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

He previously served as JTA’s editor in chief and editor in chief and CEO of the New Jersey Jewish News. @SilowCarroll The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of JTA or its parent company, 70 Faces Media.

ANDREW LAPIN JTA In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist leader and influential figure among the rightmost flank of the Republican Party, told his followers that “Jews stood in the way” of Catholic Supreme Court Justices who “were put on the court to overturn” the 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to an abortion in the United States.

Fuentes, who founded the America First Political Action Committee and the ”groyper army,” a radical fringe group, made the comments on his website’s livestream on Friday, according to Right Wing Watch. He added, “We need a government of Christians” and “Jewish people can be here, but they can’t make our laws.”

“If Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Jewish woman, didn’t die last year, so that Amy Coney Barrett, a Catholic woman, could be appointed to the bench, we would still have Roe v. Wade,” Fuentes said. “Now you tell me that this is a Judeo-Christian country… You tell me that it doesn’t matter that we have a lot of Jewish people in government.”

Extremism trackers like the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center have long classified Fuentes as a hate group leader who advocates antisemitism and Holocaust denial, in addition to racist and nativist ideologies. His YouTube channel was previously banned for hate speech.

Yet several Republican elected officials were featured speakers at Fuentes’ AFPAC conference in February, including sitting members of Congress Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona; Idaho Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin; and Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers (who was censured by her state Republican party for her appearance at the conference). When they were confronted with Fuentes’ views after their conference appearances, all four declined to condemn Fuentes or his organization. Gosar previously hosted a fundraiser with Fuentes.

Fuentes’ antisemitic comments mirror similar expressions from “traditional Catholic” groups, who generally believe all Jews are enemies of Christianity. Most interpretations of Jewish law permit abortion access in some form.

The seeds of the current conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court were planted when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to hold a vote on thenPresident Obama’s Jewish nominee, Merrick Garland, in 2016, as a replacement for conservative Catholic Antonin Scalia, instead holding the spot for Obama’s successor, Donald Trump, to fill with conservative Christian Neil Gorsuch (who was raised Catholic but later attended an Episcopal church).

The supermajority was then solidified in fall 2020 when Ginsburg died, opening up a new spot for then-President Trump to fill with the Catholic Barrett in the waning months of his administration. Two members of the current liberal minority on the Court are Jewish; one, Justice Stephen Breyer, is retiring at the conclusion of this term.

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B’NAI ISRAEL Join us on Friday, July 8, 7 p.m. for evening services. Our service leader is Larry Blass. Everyone is always welcome at B’nai Israel!

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FRIDAY-July 15: Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. at Beth El & Live Stream SATURDAY-July 16: Pride Parade with Temple Israel: Service and Breakfast-to-go, 7:15 a.m. at Temple Israel and Parade Line Up, 9 a.m. Downtown; Shabbat Morning Services, 10 a.m.; Havdalah, 9:40 p.m. Zoom Only.

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BETH ISRAEL FRIDAY: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Deeping Prayer, 7:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (Zoom); Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m.; Candlelighting, 8:42 p.m.

SATURDAY: Shabbat Kollel, 8:30 a.m.; Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Mincha, 8:40 p.m.; Shalosh Seudos/Laws of Shabbos/Kids Activity, 9 p.m.; Candlelighting, 9:50 p.m.

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TUESDAY: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Deeping Prayer, 7:45 a.m. (Zoom); Daf Yomi, 8 p.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 8:40 p.m.

WEDNESDAY: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Deeping Prayer, 7:45 a.m. (Zoom); Daf Yomi, 8 p.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 8:40 p.m.

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FRIDAY-July 15: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Deeping Prayer, 7:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (Zoom); Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m.; Candlelighting, 8:38 p.m.

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MONDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Personal Parsha class, 9:30 a.m. with Shani Katzman; Advanced Biblical Hebrew Grammar, 10:30 a.m. with Prof. David Cohen TUESDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Virtual Pirkei Avot Women’s Class, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Mystical Thinking (Tanya), 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Katzman; Introductory Biblical Hebrew Grammar, 10:30 a.m. with Prof. David Cohen; Introduction to Hebrew Reading, 11:30 a.m. with Prof. David Cohen.

THURSDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Advanced Hebrew Class, 11 a.m. with Prof. David Cohen; Talmud Study (Sanhedrin — No advance experience necessary), noon with Rabbi Katzman; Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law) Class, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY-July 15: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Inspirational Lechayim, 5:45 p.m. with Rabbi and friends: ochab ad.com/Lechayim; Candlelighting, 8:37 p.m.

SATURDAY-July 16: Shacharit, 10 a.m. followed by Kiddush and Cholent; Shabbat Ends, 9:44 p.m. *Be a part of the beautiful and educational Jewish Art Calendar this year! Please contact Devorah at 402.214.9945 or Devorah@ochabad.com for more information.

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

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

FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat Service, service leaders/music: lay leadership: Leslie Delserone and Peter Mullin, 6:30 p.m. at SST; Candlelighting, 8:42 p.m.

SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.

with lay leadership at TI; Havdalah, 9:49 p.m.

SUNDAY: Men's Jewish Bike Group of Lincoln meets Sundays at 10 a.m., rain or shine, to ride to one of The Mill locations from Hanson Ct. (except we drive if it’s too wet, cold, cloudy, windy, hot or humid) followed by coffee and spirited discussions. If interested, please email Al Weiss at albertw801@gmail.com to find out where to meet each week; Pickleball at Tifereth Israel is on hiatus until after Yom Kippur 5783. In the meantime, everyone is welcome to play at Peterson Park through the spring and summer; just wear comfortable clothes and tennis or gym shoes. For motre information, contact Miriam Wallick by email at Miriam57@aol.com.

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

FRIDAY-July 15: Kabbalat Shabbat Service, service leaders/music: Nathaniel and Steve Kaup, 6:30 p.m. at SST; Candlelighting, 8:38 p.m.

SATURDAY-July 16: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. with lay leadership at TI; Havdalah, 9:45 p.m.

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

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The Rose Blumkin Jewish Home’s service is currently closed to visitors.

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

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

FRIDAY: Drop-In Mah Jongg, 9-11 a.m.; Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. via Zoom or In-Person.

SATURDAY: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. via Zoom or InPerson.

SUNDAY: No Meetings or Events.

WEDNESDAY: Yarn It, 9 a.m.

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

FRIDAY-July 15: Drop-In Mah Jongg, 9-11 a.m.; Rainbow Shabbat Service and Oneg, 6 p.m. via Zoom or In-Person.

SATURDAY-July 16: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. via Zoom or In-Person; Pride Shabbat Morning Service, with Breakfast-to-go, 7:15 a.m. at Temple Israel and Parade Line Up, 9 a.m. Downtown.

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

Bennett, Israeli prime minister, won’t run in next election ANDREW LAPIN JTA Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett won’t run in his country’s upcoming elections this fall, his office announced Wednesday, after he served as head of a fragile, now collapsing Knesset coalition for a little over a year.

The announcement caught many in Israel by surprise given that Bennett had led the country for just a year and, as the leader of the Yamina right-wing party, might well have won a role in any future government coalition. He indicated in his final speech to the Knesset that he would continue to support Yair Lapid, his foreign minister who is set to assume the prime ministership on an interim basis this week.

“I don’t intend to compete in the coming elections, but I will remain a loyal soldier in the service of this country,” Bennett said.

Bennett will continue to serve as alternate prime minister under Lapid’s caretaker government, which will begin as soon as the Knesset holds its formal vote to dissolve the government and end when a new coalition forms after the next elections in October or November. These will be Israel’s fifth elections in just over three years, further exacerbating the country’s ongoing political stalemate, and

providing ousted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an opportunity to retake power even as he continues to face corruption charges.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, March 27, 2022. Credit: Abir Sultan/ Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Bennett’s coalition, which held only a one-seat majority in the Knesset, ended after two defections, and political observers speculate that Netanyahu’s behind-the-scenes gamesmanship is to blame.

Bennett had previously hinted his interest in leaving politics following the coalition’s collapse. He also named a rising right-wing political star, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, as the new head of Yamina.

Polls indicate Netanyahu would have to win Yamina back to his side in order to retake the Knesset.

As Lapid and other Israeli politicians thanked Bennett for his service, the country’s first new head of state in 15 years leaves behind a mixed legacy. He made repairing relationships with American Democrats a top priority of his after more than a decade of Netanyahu cozying up to the Republican Party, and became the first Israeli prime minister to visit the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in the wake of the Abraham Accords brokered under Netanyahu.

But Bennett showed little interest in reopening talks with the Palestinian Authority, saying that Israel wasn’t focused on them. He has also resisted outside calls (including from the American Democrats he sought to reconcile with) to open a criminal investigation into the shooting death of a well-known Palestinian-American journalist. Outside observers have said Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by the Israeli military, although Israel has called on the Palestinian Authority to release the bullet that killed her.

Though Bennett built his political name on his support of religious settlers, his government collapsed when the Knesset failed to extend a law granting full Israeli legal rights to settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Life cycles IN MEMORIAM

GILDA LEE PIECK Gilda Lee Pieck passed away on June 25, 2022, at age 90. Services were held on Monday, June 27 at Beth El Cemetery, 84th & L Streets.

She was preceded in death by her son, Andrew; brother, Mosey Greenberg; and sister, Florine Greenberg.

She is survived by her daughter, Gabrielle Girau Pieck; daughters and sons-in-law: Elizabeth and Jack Gallagher, and Catherine Pieck and Daniel Hoffman; and grandchildren: Ben Hoffman, John Gallagher, Julia Hoffman, Jason Gallagher, David Girau Pieck & Pepi Girau Pieck; and sister, Estelle Kabik.

Gilda was born and raised in Roanoke Rapids, NC, she then finished high school in Richmond, VA. She was a graduate of Barnard College and went on to become a teacher specializing in special education working for over 20 years in OPS. Gilda was a passionate reader, cook, biker and lover of all things cultural.

She raised a family in Omaha and appreciated Nebraska and all it has to offer throughout her years here. She joined Beth El Synagogue in 1958 where she remained a member all her life, contributing to the community in multiple ways.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or to the fund of your choice at Beth El Synagogue.

HOWARD ALLAN KATZMAN Howard Allan Katzman passed away on June 21, 2022 at age 75 in Salt Lake City, UT. Graveside services were held on June 28, 2022 at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary, 3401 S. Highland Drive, Millcreek, UT 84106.

He is survived by Sue, David, and Marilyn and Christopher Doty; his sisters. Betty Segell and Paula Albert; sister-in-law, Jane Frisch; and nieces and nephews.

Howard was born in Omaha on Dec. 16, 1946 to David and Rose Katzman. He graduated from Wentworth Military Academy and attended the University of Denver for his undergraduate education. He served two years in the Army, including one year stationed as a medic during the Vietnam War. He graduated from Creighton Medical School in 1976 and subsequently completed an internship and residency in ophthalmology at Tulane University. He moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1980 to complete a fellowship in oculoplastic surgery and following that practiced as a physician and surgeon in the Salt Lake area for 40 years. He cofounded the Physicians Surgery Center in Millcreek, Utah.

Memorials may be made in Howard’s memory to the Huntsman Cancer Foundation at https://give.huntsmancancer.org/ page/30815/donate/1.

DIANE BARNA MALASHOCK Diane Barna Malashock passed away on June 26, 2022. Services were held on June 28, 2022 at Beth El Synagogue and were officiated by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman.

She was preceded in death by parents, Donna and Donald L. Barna and Barbara and Stanley Malashock; sister, Debra Barna

Wees and brother, Daniel Barna.

She is survived by husband, Larry Malashock; daughter and son-in-law, Michelle and BJ Turnbull; son and daughter-in-law, Andrew and Kim and son, Jeffrey Malashock; grandchildren: Jack and Josiah Turnbull; sister and brother-in-law, Denise and Steve Duracinski, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Beth and Steve Leeds; sister-in-law, Kathy Malashock; brother, Donald Barn; brother-inlaw and sister-in-law, Buzz and Jody Malashock; numerous nieces and nephews; grand-nieces and nephews; beloved dogs, Teddy and Lily and grandpuppies: Karl Barx, Hank, Gila and Lucy.

Memorials may be made to Project Harmony or the Stanley and Barbara Malashock Camp Scholarship Fund c/o the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation.

MAYNARD TELPNER Maynard Telpner passed away on June 23, 2022, in Ashland/ Medford, OR. Services were held on June 26, 2022 in Ashland, OR. A Zoom memorial service is planned for later this summer.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ben and Sylvia Telpner; his brother, Gene “Kewpie” Telpner; his sister, Audrey Shapiro; and his brother, Zeph “Boonjug” Telpner.

He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Sally; daughters and sonsin-law, Heidi and Irwin Barr and Marci and David Rosenthal; daughter, Sari Telpner; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; many nephews and nieces, including his niece and Temple member, Lisa Lewis; and many friends in Oregon and the Council Bluffs-Omaha area. Maynard had been a longtime member of Temple Israel during the years he lived in Council Bluffs, IA.

MARRIAGE CHASE/GOLDBERG Dr. Elizabeth Chase and Rabbi Scott Goldberg were married on May 29, 2022, at 4 p.m. at the Brandeis-Bardin Campus of American Jewish University in Brandeis, CA. The ceremony was officiated by Rabbi Sofia Zway.

Elizabeth graduated with a BA in Psychology from UC San Diego and earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from California School of Professional Psychology San Diego. She is a clinical psychologist at UCLA. Elizabeth is the daughter of Eric Chase of Bakersfield, CA, and Drs. Dora and Chen Oren of Agoura Hills, CA, and the granddaughter of Elinor and Steve Fienberg of Westlake Village, CA and Carol Chase (z”l) and Neslon Chase (z”l).

Scott graduated with a BA in Economics from Middlebury College, earned his MA in Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and Rabbinical Ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is an Assistant Rabbi at Leo Baeck Temple. Scott is the son of Cindy and Bruce Goldberg of Omaha and the grandson of Joan and Martin (z"l) Lehr of Omaha and Carol and Manny (z”l) Goldberg of Omaha & Boca Raton, FL. The couple resides in Los Angeles.

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