Life cycles BIRTH EMET TREY RICH Missy and Jason Rich of Bat Ayin, Israel, announce the June 29, 2022, birth of their son, Emet Trey. Emet is named for his great grandmother, Evelyn Lefkoff, great grandfather Eugene Rich and grandfather Terry Schlade all of blessed memory. He has a brother, Izzy and sister, Shyli. Grandparents are Diane and Dr. Philip Rich of Omaha and Helen Lefkoff of Atlanta and the late Terry Schlade. Great-grandfather is Dr. Harold Lefkoff of Atlanta.
IN MEMORIAM CHARLOTTE BRICKER KUKLIN Charlotte Kuklin passed away on July 20, 2022, at age 94. Graveside services were held on at July 25, 2022, at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Lincoln, NE. She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Kuklin; her parents, Ruth and Hyman Bricker, and her sister, Geraldine (Jeri) Lipsman. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Kimberly Kuklin of Boynton Beach, FL; daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Stuart Goldstein of Delray Beach, FL; grandchildren: Tammy and Doug Feinberg and Grant Goldstein; great-granddaughter, Presley; sister and brother-in-law, Sandra (Soni) and Merrell Talpers; nieces and nephews and many friends throughout the country. Charlotte attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and was a member of Sigma Delta Tau Sorority and also an Alum Advisor. She was a life-long member of Tifereth Israel Synagogue in Lincoln, NE, a member of Temple Beth Sholom and Bet Knesset Bamidbar of Las Vegas NV. Charlotte was a Life Member of Hadassah, Brandeis National Committee and Temple Beth Sholom Women’s League. Charlotte and her husband Floyd worked side by side in several successful family businesses. She enjoyed traveling, bridge, entertaining friends and dancing with Floyd to all kinds of music, especially the Big Bands of the 40’s & 50’s. Memorials may be made in her honor to Tifereth Israel Synagogue 3219 Sheridan Blvd, Lincoln, NE 68502.
Orban speech decried as ‘pure Nazi’ CNAAN LIPSHIZ JTA Hungary’s top rabbis have added their voice to a torrent of criticism about a speech by Prime Minister Viktor Orban in which he said that Hungarians “do not want to become peoples of mixed races.” Orban, whose far-right rhetoric has long galvanized his base and millions abroad while angering many others, made the remark Saturday during a speech in Romania decrying the arrival to Europe of millions of Muslims. Orban’s remark prompted an advisor, Zsuzsa Hegedus, to resign. In a letter announcing her resignation, Hegedus, who is Jewish, called the speech “a pure Nazi diatribe worthy of Joseph Goebbels,” the Nazi propaganda chief. The rabbis’ criticism is notable because they typically refrain from criticizing the prime minister, even when others do so. This article was edited for length. To read the full story, please visit www.omahajewishpress.com.
Lufthansa to create a position to fight antisemitism ANDREW LAPIN JTA The Lufthansa airline is creating a senior management role dedicated to preventing discrimination and antisemitism two months after it barred a large group of Orthodox Jewish passengers from boarding a flight. However, an independent investigation commissioned by the airline said there was no evidence of institutional antisemitism behind the incident, which the company’s CEO deemed “categorically inappropriate.” In a letter to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Lufthansa Airlines CEO Jens Ritter said the airline had established an internal task force to investigate the May 4 incident in which more than 100 Hasidic passengers were kicked off a connecting flight from New York to Budapest because some of them had not worn masks and committed other flight violations, such as gathering in the aisles. The incident had outraged Jews in the United States and Europe, some of whom alleged that the crew had been discriminating against all visible Jewish passengers, even those who had complied with the rules. The Conference of Presidents was one of several Jewish groups to criticize Lufthansa in the aftermath and demand a full accounting of the incident. Most of the passengers were traveling to a pilgrimage and did not know each other; a Lufthansa supervisor was caught on video remarking, “Everyone has to pay for a couple,” and, “It’s Jews coming from JFK. Jewish people who were the mess, who made the problems.” In the Lufthansa letter, dated July 22 and first obtained by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the airline’s task force acknowledged that some of its crew members had been “insensitive and unprofessional” in dealing with the passengers. But the report concluded, “The thorough investigation did not reveal any sentiments of antisemitism, prejudice or premeditated behavior by Lufthansa representatives.” Ritter also blamed “an unfortunate chain of inaccurate communication, misinterpretation and unintended misjudgments” on the final result, while pointing out that the “several Orthodox Jewish passengers” who were not complying with regulations had “created a tenuous situation” and prompted “several announcements” from the captain. The CEO promised that the German airline would take further action, including establishing a senior management role “for the prevention of discrimination and antisemitism,” creating new staff training around issues of antisemitism and adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism. The airline had previously apologized to the passengers for failing to limit its denial of boarding to “non-compliant guests.”
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