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Soul searching work to prepare for the High Holidays

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The IHE congratulates WWII liberator, Roy J. Long

Wendy GOldBerG “The Gates of Repentance is more relevant than those five minute self-help guides you find in bookstores today.

Rabbi Yonah offers a roadmap on how to rid yourself of guilt. It is a system of selfimprovement derived from biblical and talmudic sources,” shared Rabbi Aryeh Azriel.

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dOnna Walter Education Coordinator, Institute for Holocaust Education n Aug. 12 Captain Roy Long received an Honorary Doctor of Education degree from his alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. For many years Roy has shared with students in the Omaha area his WWII experience of lib-

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Credit: The University of Nebraska Lincoln erating Gunskirchen Lager, a concentration camp in Austria, and his guarding of the American judges at the Nuremberg War Trials. Roy witnessed the atrocities of a concentration camp. He stood in the same courtroom as Nazi war criminals Hermann Göring and Rudolf Hess.

Roy is a graduate of UNL, a Husker football record holder, and a retired OPS See roy long page 2

36 hours in Grand-parenting

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Oliver B. POllak The headline above borrows from the travel genre of 36-hour whirlwind city guides.

On Mother’s Day in May of this year, we took our four grandchildren, Zev, Shaina, Yael and Jaikob, 11,10, 8, and 8 years old, respectively, to the USS Red Oak Victory. The Red Oak Victory is the successor to the smaller Liberty Ship. While there, we had a pancake breakfast.

The Victory Ship is anchored at Richmond as a museum, built 100 yards away in the Kaiser Shipyards.

The kids explored the vessel, the boys especially liked the anti-aircraft guns. Fertile imaginations did not discover any torpedoes. The

cargo holds had been repurposed, one into a movie theatre featuring Popeye and the Chipmunks, midcentury (a term we resemble) animations, and another contained a wood dance floor, museum and gift shop. Crew quarters, officer’s country, the wheelhouse or conn, radio room, mess deck, were all preserved in thick coats of battleship grey.

A few minutes from the ship is the Golden State Model Railroad Museum. Founded in 1933, it provides endless joy for hobbyists and specta-

tors as a giant layout of three rooms circling N-Scale, (1:160); O-Scale (1:48); and HO-Scale (1:87), traverse lowlands and tunnel-through mountains into stations and complex railroad yards. Think North Platte and Ogallala, and far more sophisticated than my mid-1950’s Lionel set.

Across from the museum and hiking trails is the Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline. We skirted the tinkling ice cream truck. There were several parties, some with live Mariachis, some with not so loud boom boxes. Spanish language permeated the air: the Bay area is deliciously diverse. No smoking visible other than barbeques. It was a most pleasant Mother’s Day in the park.

Back at the house, we swept the refrigerator. Lemonade, crackers, cheese, dates, and lattes for the adults, the grandkids scooping the expresso and frothing the milk for their parents. Pretty soon they will ask for a tip, but that’s ok.

Zev and Yael, in 5th and 2nd grade, stayed with us Monday following Mother’s Day. Their elementary school, Malcolm X in Berkeley, See Grand-parenting page 2

Rabbi Azriel will focus on classic ethical work, Shaarei Teshuvah Gates of Repentance, a famous classic of Mussar literature by Rabbi Yonah of Spain (1180 1263) on Wednesday, Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Temple Israel. The adult education offering is intended to help congregants prepare their hearts and minds for the high holidays.

Rabbi Yonah was one of the most active participants in the controversy over Maimonides’ philosophical works. Years later, when 24 wagon loads of Talmud were burned by the Church at the same spot in Paris where Maimonides’ Moreh Nevuchim had been burned some nine years earlier, Rabbi Yonah regretted his previous actions against Maimonides’ works. Rabbi Yonah declared publicly that he had been wrong, and vowed to travel to Teveria to Rambam’s tomb, where he would beg the forgiveness of the deceased before a minyan of ten people.

Preparing our Hearts for High Holidays is one of many opportunities during the season of awe to review our successes and failures from the past year. “Together we will compare the Hebrew and English text to learn from Rabbi Yonah’s example, how to deal with the issues of shame, forgiveness, seductions, anguish, and regret,” explained Rabbi Azriel.

“Elul requires soul searching work to prepare for the high holidays” Azriel explains. Each year, we have the unique opportunity to ask for forgiveness and move forward to make this world a better place.

“Together we will look back at the past year and find moments that we were diminished of our relationships. It is time to sweat. We will explore the Rabbi Yonah’s writings to get stronger and to be ready to walk out of the Yom Kippur concluding service, N’ilah, anew. It is Jewish therapy.

It is brilliant.”

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community Eclipse gazing

Pictured clockwise from above: Resident Peggy Grasso, left, and her daughter, Laurie Peatrowsky, Residents Lois Endelman and Marty Siegel.

JiLL OhLMann Activities Coordinator, RBJH Dozens of RBJH residents and staff gathered in the parking lot on Aug. 21 to view the historical solar eclipse.

An outdoor concert was performed by George and the Jrs, and eclipse glasses were provided.

Roy Long

Continued from page 1 teacher. Upon expressing to the Institute for Holocaust Education (IHE) in casual conversation that he wished he had continued his education beyond his masters plus degree to get his doctorate, the IHE sprang into action. IHE administrative assistant, Amanda Ryan, began the paperwork and communication with UNL which resulted in Roy receiving an Honorary Doctor of Education Degree on Aug. 12 at the summer commencement exercises.

The citation read: In recognition of his outstanding service to humankind during his service to the United States of America in WWII and the Korean

Credit: The University of Nebraska Lincoln War; in honor of his outstanding contributions in education, mentoring and

inspiring generations of young people and in gratitude of his loyalty and service to his alma mater, the University of Nebraska confers on Roy J. Long the honorary degree Doctor of Education.

Roy received a standing ovation from the commencement audience as he was formally hooded with his honorary degree. Immediately following the commencement, Roy was honored at a luncheon hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor, Ronnie Green. It seemed very fitting that the honorary degree and luncheon occurred during the same week Roy celebrated his 95th birthday.

Congratulations Dr. Roy J. Long!

Grand-parenting

Continued from page 1 had an in-service day and their parents, who teach in Oakland and San Leandro, had to teach. We were happy to oblige.

They ate, drank, watched cartoons on iPads, did homework, read Garfield the Cat, looked at the New York Times children’s edition, and made paper airplanes from a template that made them lift, turn and land, most of the time.

Karen and Yael baked 72 peanut butter cookies.

The 10-mile an hour wind was ideal for flying the four kites schlepped from Omaha. Instead we bicycled on the Bay to the Rosie the Riveter Museum. A great time was had by all. We delivered them to their parents an hour late.

At midnight, as Monday turned into Tuesday, the epiphany of grandparenthood appeared. I had gone bike riding with two grandchildren much as I had done 30 years earlier with my sons. Given the right frame of mind, a modicum of good health, and caution, grandkids look forward to growing older while rejuvenating us.

The Bay Area has an active Jewish life. Berkeley and Stanford have intellectual programs. The San Francisco Jewish Community Center and Lehrhaus Judaica provide a hive of programs. The 20-page J weekly of Northern California is a useful alert. The mezuzahs are up. Our children introduced us to Urban Adamah, a kibbutz-like inclusive congregation focused on agriculture and the environment, with goats.

The grandkids attend B’hootz Wilderness Torah.

Three generations exhibit lifestyle choices and differences. Yael marveled at how quickly the microwave defrosted tortillas. (‘Trump is looking at us.’) Natural and organic are the cue - chemicals, cologne, aftershave, herbicides, pesticides, are not. The environment demands recycling, composting and fewer material acquisitions; screen time, television (reminiscent of our not having a TV during the children’s younger years), iPads and computers are controlled, even though it gives parents moments of peace.

Egalitarianism prevails in laundry and food preparation.

Our joy of being with grandchildren is far greater than we imagined while in Omaha. We have chaperoned Malcolm X Elementary students on BART to the Exploratorium, attended clarinet, piano, gymnastics and dance performances. We’ve gone to May Fairs, have been to Cub Scout Pinewood Derby contests, and look forward to more. And, like Karen’s mother said to her at disciplinary confrontations, we think, but do not say, to the young-uns: “Just wait until you have your own kids.”

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MArK Kirchhoff ism, is an award-winning copywriter and the founder of AlCommunication, Jewish Federation of Omaha lison Media Group. You may follow her on Facebook at AlLiz feLdSterN lisonMediaGroup. She is a native of Washington, DC, and Executive Director, Institute for Holocaust Education currently lives with her family in South Florida. and WeNdy GoLdberG On Wednesday, Sept. 6 Allison will present at Temple Isn Thursday, Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. in the Kripke Jew- rael’s Adult Education Class. From 6:30-8 p.m. she will ish Federation Library, author Allison Nazarian share, Growing up as the Grandchild of Holocaust Survivors: What was it Really Like?. The talk is will discuss her most recent open to all. book, Aftermath: A GrandOn Thursday, Sept. 7 a workshop will daughter’s Story of Legacy, be offered at the JCC for local mental Healing & Hope with the Dorothy Kahealth professionals. Allison will discuss, plan Book Discussion Group. The book Healing from Family Trauma: A Grandgroup normally meets on the third daughter’s Perspective. The workshop reThursday of every month at 1 p.m. in quires pre-registration. the library. It has been in continuous Allison will speak to the whole comexistence since November of 1979 and munity on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. always welcomes new members. in the JCC Theater. Her topic, The Aftermath... is the first-of-its kind Legacy of Tragedy: Why Some Thrive, memoir by a “3G” (3rd generation – While Others Suffer will share insights grandchild) of Holocaust survivors. It is on the unique inheritance passed down a narrative about reconciling memories of a tragic past with hopes for a better through some families in our commufuture. The book tells of both a proud nity. Come share in Allison’s journey legacy and a burdensome responsibility. finding ways to remember the past while Nazarian states that she was “born to being able to live a life of peace and joy write this story.” The book was almost in the present.

Allison Nazarian 20 years in the making. It is described Allison’s visit is a collaboration of the as a work that “isn’t always pretty, but it is as honest, inJewish Federation of Omaha, Institute for Holocaust Education, ADL-CRC, Jewish Family Service, and Temple Israel, triguing and powerful an account of a family history that you will ever read.” Allison is a graduate of the University of with support from the Special Donor Advised Fund of the JFO Foundation.

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ADL-CRC partners with Omaha Theatre to showcase diversity Scott Kurz Communications, Anti-Defamation League Plains States Region In the wake of all that has transpired over the last few weeks, the Anti -Defamation League Plains States Region (ADL-CRC) is sponsoring a special performance of the Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre Company’s 25th Anniversary Season opener, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. The performance, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 10 at 2:30 p.m. is aimed at highlighting the value of embracing diversity and the power in seeking out stories about others within our own communities. The play focuses on the journey to fulfill what we have come to accept as the American Dream—and just how many of us are denied that fulfillment.

This unique event, sponsored by Rich and Fran Juro & the Omaha Public Schools Foundation, is bringing together students from North, South and Central High schools in an effort to engage young people from all corners of the city in a thoughtful and profound way—giving them an opportunity to share, speak and reflect on the important issues ad-

dressed in the play during a post-show Q&A and reception with the cast and crew.

A Raisin in the Sun is a story set in a slum in Chicago’s South Side, as fifth and sixth generations of an AfricanAmerican family dream of escape. A grandmother and her daughter-in-law want better for their children; a son/husband/father chafes against his low-paid, deadend job; a marriage cracks under financial pressures; a daughter/sister aims to become a doctor; a child wants to play. “...this drama resonates with other lives similarly cramped by poverty... The main focus, though, is firmly and deliberately on black experience... The power and craft of the writing make A Raisin in the Sun as moving today as it was then. Entrenched attitudes about race make the challenges its characters face still relevant...” (The Guardian) Only 30 seats are available to the public for this performance. Reservations can be made by contacting the local ADL-CRC office by email at skurz@adl.org. Proceeds from the performance go directly to the ADL-CRC to continue their mission, “securing justice and fair treatment for all.”

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eth El Synagogue has scheduled its annual Blood Drive for Sunday, Sept. 10, in the synagogue social hall. The drive, held in conjunction with the American Red Cross, will run from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. and welcomes everyone in the community who qualifies as a donor.

“A simple half hour of your time could help a person recovering from a serious injury or a person suffering a life threatening illness,” said Bill Dreyfus, chairman of the event. “The person you are helping could be a friend, a family member or a stranger. The thing to remember is that you just might be the only one who has the blood type another person needs. To help save the life of another is one of the most important mitzvot we can perform.”

According to the American Red Cross, donors must be at

Iowa Hillel annual meeting

nAnCY WoLF The University of Iowa Hillel in Iowa City hosted the 2017 annual meeting of Iowa Jewish leaders on Sunday, Aug. 13.

Representatives this year came from Council Bluffs/Omaha,

munity Relations Director of the Greater Des Moines Jewish Federation. It is a special opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions of Jewish life in Iowa. Successes are shared, and challenges also. All participants express hope

Sioux City, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Waterloo and Davenport/Quad Cities. There were six Rabbis, as well as synagogue and Jewish Federation leaders, along with the Midwest Regional Director of the ADL-CRC, Mary-Beth Muskin. Nancy and Phil Wolf represented B’nai Israel Synagogue in Council Bluffs.

The annual event is organized by Mark Finkelstein, Com-

for maintaining Jewish life in the various communities across the state. The talk is not just about how Jewish life will survive, but how it will thrive. There were discussions about people choosing conversions (happening in many places), events and activities with non-Jewish neighbors, and even the challenge of how to meld public affairs with synagogue life.

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least 17 years old, or 16 years old with parental consent. The most needed blood types are O+, O-, AB- and B-. These blood types are absolutely critical.

“In order for the drive to run smoothly, we encourage you to schedule a donation time in advance,” Dreyfus said.

“Please visit the Beth El website — www.bethel-omaha.org — to register. Or call me at 402.291.4880. The blood drive coincides with the first morning of BESTT classes, so if you’re bringing your kids to school on Sept. 10 and haven’t made an appointment in advance, just step up to the registration table in the social hall and we’ll work you in as quickly as possible.

When you give blood you literally give the gift of life, and donating is a meaningful way to start the new Jewish year. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Drive.”

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GABBY BLAIr Staff Writer, Jewish Press There is still time to register for the 2nd Annual Mega Challah Bake on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Check-in and complementary refreshments start at 6:15 p.m.; with the main event taking place 7-9 p.m. at the Omaha JCC Auditorium. Every participant will receive a Mega-Challah Bake Apron, recipes, ingredients, pans, and of course, their very own beautifully braided loaves to be baked at home. Come, share in this onenight only world wide Women of Worth (W.O.W.) event of inspiration and meaningful discovery brought to you by Chabad W.O.W. and Beth Israel Synagogue!

Registration levels: Girls (under 18) $18; Women $25 ($36 after 8/23); Challah Queen Sponsors ($180). Online registrations are preferred and must be received before the event. Payments can be made securely online or dropped off at Chabad House, 1866 S. 120 St Omaha, NE 68144.

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Friedel update

Beth Cohen Head of School, Friedel Jewish Academy

When the students of Friedel Jewish Academy headed back to school, they had their first chance to see the new Innovation Lab. this space is dedicated to fostering a collaborative environment as students engage in the weekly Innovation Learning class. the Innovation curriculum capitalizes on the challenges of discovery and gives students the opportunity to think deeply to become innovators, researchers, and nimble problem-solvers.

Critical thinking skills and design thinking skills are cultivated through a curriculum with a focus on SteM – science, technology, engineering and math. Active seating is used to give students the opportunity for their bodies to be active while being stationary for learning activities. Pictured, students Alex oregon, Yishai Feldstern and Alivia hoffman have their first class in the Innovation Lab, experimenting with creating a tool out of rubber bands and string to pick up and stack cups. For more information about Friedel’s curriculum, contact head of School Beth Cohen at bcohen@fjaomaha.com.

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Thursday, Aug. 17, was the first day of school for Omaha Public Schools, and volunteers from the National Council of Jewish Women were at Jackson Elementary to present students with school supplies purchased by the Omaha section of NCJW. Jackson is the adopt-a-school partner of NCJW. Individual teachers specifically asked for school supplies for their classrooms. Volunteers presented the supplies to the individual classrooms. Principal, Tynisha Northcutt, has been grateful for the continued support of NCJW.

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Shofar: Not just for the High Holidays MichAel crolAnd JTA chmekel — a transgender Jewish punk band based in Brooklyn — opened its 2011 album with I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur. e song features lyrics like “I’m sorry I came out to you in such an awkward way” and “I’m sorry I said you have schmutz on your head when it was Ash Wednesday.”

Naturally, since the song is about Judaism’s holiest day of the year, it begins with the sound of the shofar, an ancient Jewish wind instrument made of a ram’s horn. Singer Lucian Kahn calls out for a “tekiah,” which can be translated as “blast,” and bassist Nogga Schwartz responds by sounding the shofar. “e shofar is just a part of Yom Kippur,” said Schwartz, 32, who as a teenager blew the instrument in synagogue on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. e shofar, traditionally made of a ram’s horn, is most prominently heard on the High Holidays as a reminder to look inward and seek forgiveness for mistakes made in the past year. But other traditional uses in Jewish practice include everything from funerals and excommunication ceremonies to the warning of imminent danger.

Recent years have seen a new twist in the practice of blowing the shofar: Jewish punk bands incorporating the sound into their music. e bands use the ancient horn as a way of both making mayhem and honoring tradition -- but always as a blatantly Jewish symbol that conjures associations with the High Holidays or Jewishness in general.

Using a shofar “invites the listener into a musical world

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that is contemporary, but also in discourse with tradition and identity,” Eliahu Adelman, a musicologist based in Israel, told JTA. “Many bands that play music affiliated with a specific ethnicity oen combine elements of traditional music with contemporary.” is fits in with the Jewish punk bands’ larger approach of putting a Jewish stamp on punk rock. Approximately two dozen Jewish punk bands have emerged, mostly during the past 20 years: Moshiach Oi! and e Shondes are among the best known. ey play punk rock with an overtly Jewish focus, finding resonant entry points to Jewish culture and religion, such as lyrics about wooing actress Natalie Portman or by throwing bagels and gefilte fish at fans.

Steve “Gangsta Rabbi” Lieberman, a one-man band from Long Island, is one such punk rocker. He plays an eclectic variety of instruments, and learned to blow the shofar at his synagogue in Bellmore, New York, in 1973, when he was in the 10th grade. irty years later he wanted to add new instruments to his collection and thought he’d give the shofar another try. ere was one obstacle, however: Lieberman is a vegetarian who only plays animal-free instruments. So when he found a wooden shofar on eBay, listed as “Hebrew Shofar (Ram’s Horn)-Wooden,” he figured it was made for him.

Conventionally, the shofar is played with three different sounds: the tekiah (a sustained blast), “shevarim” (three broken sounds), and “teruah” (nine staccato sounds). But Jewish punks -- in true punk fashion -- did things their own way.

In 2004, Lieberman played his wooden shofar in his cover

Bram Presser of the band Yidcore blowing a shofar at a Judaica store in Melbourne, Australia.

Credit: Peter Haskin of Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport. e Australian folk song sometimes includes a didgeridoo, an indigenous Australian wind instrument, but the shofar allowed Lieberman to put a Jewish spin on his version.

Although Lieberman stopped playing wind instruments when he got dentures shortly aerward, the prolific musician is planning on releasing his 70th album at the end of August.

Since the Jewish punks embraced the shofar, its use has spread among other musicians, both Jews and non-Jews. In 2006, Madonna included a shofar in her song Isaac. In 2013 Macklemore, a non-Jewish rapper, sounded one in a commercial. at same year, electronic musician Alvin Curran released an album of avant-garde shofar songs, Shofar Rags, as part of Tzadik Records’ Radical Jewish Culture series. In 2014, on his album Shofarot Verses in the same series, jazz saxophonist Paul Shapiro played the shofar in the liturgical song Ashamnu. e lyrics of the Hebrew song Hakotel by comedic Jewish punk band Yidcore mention a shofar at the Kotel, the Western Wall, and when Yidcore covered the song in 2002, Presser played standard shofar parts to “create a bustling Kotel scene.”

Michael Croland is the author of Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! Jews and Punk, which was published last year by Praeger (an imprint of ABC-CLIO).

Strength for adversity: Parshat Ki Tetze

find the inside scoop for all things omaha BBYo. We have the pleasure, as the Mazkirim of omaha, to write articles for the Jewish Press. this past week (8/20/2017) omaha BBYo took a trip to Kansas city for a royals Game where we met up with Kc BBYo. this event was a huge success! With many new girls and guys, this year is looking out to be a huge recruiting year for BBYo.

There are 74 mitzvot in this week's Torah reading. That is over a tenth of all the mitzvot mentioned in the entire Torah. The rabbis tell us that this week’s portion is about leaving the norm or being in adverse situations.

We require more mitzvot in adverse circumstances to center us and keep us focused. In addition, when we face adversity, we have more of a potential rABBi Ari for growth. If we are able to focus and deMBitzer be strong through adversity, the Beth Israel Synagogue growth is exponential.

May we have no adversity, but if we do, let us reveal the growth hidden in the adversity.

Shabbat Shalom.

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Backyard concert series

Spend your Sunday jamming with Tara Vaughan Gabby blair Staff Writer, Jewish Press Plan on spending Sunday, Sept. 10, from 5-7 p.m., at the JCC Pavilion! Come enjoy the bouncy piano pop music of two-time Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards Songwriter of the Year nominee Tara Vaughan. Vaughan, an Omaha native whose debut full length album Dandelion Wine was released in 2016, is sure to delight with her original music, honey-thick vocals and atmospheric guitars.

This week, leave the cooking to us and enjoy something delicious from The Mosaic Pickle food truck, which will be parked nearby and ready to take your order! As always, the Kona Ice truck will also be on site with tasty treats for purchase including over 50 flavors of their famous Hawaiian shaved ice and a wide assortment of ice cream novelties. If frozen desserts are not your thing, The JCC Training Company will be on hand offering goodies for sale to support their dance group; so bring your sweetie - and

your sweet tooth - along to this not-to-bemissed concert!

Don’t forget your donations for Jewish Family Services; look for the big blue donation bins as you enter the venue. There is a great need for personal care items such as toilet paper, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, lotion, and toothbrushes. Unexpired canned meat items such as tuna, salmon and chicken are also appreciated.

In case of inclement weather, the show will go on…in the JCC Theatre. For more information, please check out our website at www.jewishomaha.org or contact JCC Cultural Arts Director Esther Katz at 402.334.6406 or ekatz@jccomaha.org.

The JFO Backyard Concert Series is made possible by our sponsors, who we wish to thank: Omaha Steaks, All Makes Office Equipment Co., Fred & Eve Simon Charitable Foundation. Special thanks also to the Karen Sokolof Javitch Music Fund and the Special – Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation.

Gabby blair Staff Writer, Jewish Press Mark your calendars now for Star Deli’s 7th Annual Sukkot BBQ Night on Tuesday, Oct. 10 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the RBJH! Enjoy feasting on brisket, chicken and ribs - with all the fixings - at Omaha’s premier All-Kosher barbeque tradition! Chef Mike Aparo expertly smokes his own meats in-house for a

fresh one-of-a-kind dining experience. Break bread with friends and family in our festive courtyard sukkah or in our spacious indoor dining room, but come early so as not to miss out on this special, one-night only event!

Reservations are not required, but are recommended and appreciated. For questions or more information, contact Mike Aparo at maparo@rbjh.com or 402.334.6522.

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Mom’s March for america

Benjamin Netanyahu declared, “The remarkable Bill Clinton once said the bond America and Israel share is “unique among all nations—a symbol of alliance between Israel and the United States has freedom, an oasis of liberty!” More than ever, with always been above politics [and] must always rethe increasing attacks on religious and civil liber- main above politics. Because America and Israel ties—and the constant intense threat to the state share a common destiny, the destiny of promised of Israel itself—we must preserve the legacy of free- lands that cherish freedom and offer hope.”

The Mom’s March for America isn’t about politics, dom these two nations share.

HomeMakers for America is a national non-profit parties, or a president. It’s about mothers standing organization, dedicated to promoting a love of lib- united for the American principles and values that erty in the home. As mothers, we hold the virtue, have secured our alliance with Israel for more than liberty and destiny of America in our hands. The half a century—faith, family, and freedom.

The idea of America and liberty continues to burn standard of liberty, civility, and humanity begins with us! That is why HomeMakers for America re- in the hearts of men, women, and children around leased the Declaration of Mothers and why we’re the world. Promoting a love of liberty in the hearts hosting the Mom’s March for America. Thousands of American families has become vital to the preserof women and mothers in over 3000 cities, in every vation of both our nations, because a strong and state in America, have signed the Declaration pro- free America is the greatest support and protection claiming that truth is self-evident, family is funda- for a free, independent Israel! mental, and freedom is worth fighting for.

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Congressman Don BaCon This past month, I was blessed to visit Israel with a delegation of freshman Members of Congress led by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. I have previously visited as a teenager, and while serving in the Air Force when I helped set up a missile defense system. I was grateful for the opportunity to again see the land of God’s Children and hear from Israeli leaders on their security concerns, which added depth to my understanding of the intense situation in the Middle East. A strong alliance with Israel is not only morally right, but it is mutually beneficial for both nations.

While there, I heard from an Israeli serviceman who talked about his actions to protect an innocent family being stabbed in a terrorist attack. This man’s courageous and immediate action helped save the lives of three of the family members who were being unmercifully attacked. The assailant was wounded and imprisoned, but he will still receive approximately $37,000 annually from Palestinian Authority while the United States subsidizes 11 percent of their budget. The Taylor Force Act, of which I am a proud co-sponsor, will ensure that no money goes to Palestinian Authority until they stop incentivizing these acts of aggression.

I also met with Brigadier General (Reserves) Nitzan Nuriel on the Israel-Lebanon border. He did a great job describing the Hezbollah threat in Southern Lebanon. I visited the border near Syria, where Assad’s forces and insurgents are confronting each other. With ISIS slowly being pushed back, we are seeing an ascendant Iran and Hezbollah presence in Syria.

I was fortunate to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United States Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman. I expressed my support to move the American Embassy to Israel and for legislation, re-

stricting Federal taxpayer money going to institutions that support BDS measures.

While in Israel, I received a text from my staff around midnight informing me about the reports of racial violence in Charlottesville, VA. It was disheartening to hear.

I hate racism and find white nationalists and Nazis repugnant. I believe God created us all in his image and in His command to love one another. Our nation was founded on the promise that we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. Racism in any form is despicable and it should be rebuked.

Eradicating racism and bigotry shouldn’t be a divisive political issue, but one we all should get behind and support. I also believe violence against our fellow citizens should be rebuked. We’re seeing racist and politically motivated violence and it must stop. I commit to handling myself with civility and to lead by example when it comes to respectful communications.

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governor Pete rICketts The events which have taken place recently in Charlottesville have highlighted a piece of America’s history which many of us hoped had been placed firmly in the past. The overt expressions of white supremacy and racism which have engulfed our nation should be concerning, not just to members of our country’s minority communities, but to all Americans.

In the wake of events like Charlottesville, it is both informative and inspirational to look back to those who have fought to end racism, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy. The words of Frederick Douglass, a runaway slave and one of America’s greatest orators, ring as true today as they did when he first delivered them: “Neither law, learning, nor religion, is addressed to any man’s color or race. Science, education, the word of God, and all the virtues known among men, are recommended to us, not as races, but as men.”

We must never forget: The principles and freedoms which our Founding Fathers fought for belong to all Americans and to all human beings—they are human rights. Americans enjoy freedoms unfamiliar to many throughout the world. Under our Constitution and Bill of Rights, these rights were secured for the benefit of all American citizens, regardless of color or creed.

As American citizens, alongside our rights also

come a series of duties and responsibilities which help preserve those rights for future generations.

To maintain the right to speak freely, it is our duty to speak well and to speak up for the most vulnerable in our communities. To preserve the right to assemble, we must demonstrate peaceably and protect the rights of others to do so even when we disagree. Most of all: We must support and defend the Constitution by electing leaders who understand our founding principles and answer our country’s call to defend our freedoms at home and abroad. We cannot wait for others to defend our freedoms. It is a duty and responsibility for each and every American.

The continued presence of racism, anti-Semitism and white supremacy, however small or large this segment of society may be, is antithetical to the ideals of the American Founding and our Constitution. Proponents of these ideologies tarnish the legacy which we have inherited when they spread their hateful rhetoric.

It is my prayer that Americans will continue to come together and rally around our founding principles to find loving and compassionate solutions to the challenges we face today. The fight which was taken up by our Founding Fathers, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr. and many others continues, and we hold their ideals close until the fight is finished.

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Never is now

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ANNeTTe vAN de KAmP Editor, Jewish Press efore you go further, look to the bottom of the page and read what Jim Fried wrote. Jim is the Co-Chairman of the Plains States Region of the Anti-Defamation League.

Done? Okay, let’s go.

It’s that phrase he uses at the end, ‘Never is Now,’ that gives me goose bumps. The original words that inspired it, “Never Again,” were actually popularized by Meir Kahane, of Jewish Defense League- and Kach fame. Hardly anyone remembers that these days; the phrase has become code for our watchfulness and conviction to never see another Holocaust.

While it is a very big jump from the actions of current militia and white supremacist groups to another Holocaust (and I am certainly not suggesting that jump here), at the same time we need to be aware of early warning signs. The uptick in anti-Semitic and racial hatred-inspired incidents is one of those warning signs.

Our thinking, I believe, our arguments and our convictions, are often shaped by the words we choose to use. In order to have an effective discourse, we must use the proper words. We also have to refrain from sugar coating: when it swims and quacks, in most cases, it actually is a duck. So let’s not call it a feathered creature with wings and a beak that could be a parrot, or a hawk, or maybe a weak little sparrow. It’s a duck.

In a 2015 Washington Post article, Charles Krauthammer (yes, him) asks the question: “Do we really mean ‘never again?’

The article itself misses the boat completely. Krauthammer speaks about European anti-Semitism and writes: “From the Jewish point of view, anti-Semitism is a sideshow. The story of European Jewry is over. The threat to the Jewish future lies not in Europe but in the Middle East, today the heart of global anti-Semitism, and calls for violence, indeed for another genocide.”

The question he asks, in and of itself, is utterly valid. The answer he gives isn’t. Anti-Semitism exists in the Middle East and I will not deny that. But neither has it disappeared from Europe; the ‘story of European Jewry’ is far from over.

The calls for violence Krauthammer speaks of are now happening on American soil as well. This doesn’t mean we can stop worrying about Europe or the Middle East; hate doesn’t

work that way. Like a disease, it travels from continent to continent. America is not immune to hate; it never was.

The word ‘genocide’ was only introduced to the English language in 1944, according to Samantha Power, Director of the Human Rights Initiative at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She writes: “The United States led the movement to build on the precedents of the Nuremberg war crimes trials, enshrine the

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‘lessons’ of the Holocaust and ban genocide. This country emerged from the armistice as a global spokesperson against crimes against humanity, taking charge of the Nuremberg proceedings and helping draft the 1948 Genocide Convention (not passed by the Senate until 1988, ed.), which embodied the moral and popular consensus in the United States and he rest of the world that genocide should ‘never again’ be perpetrated while outsiders stand idly by. (…)The American people appeared to embrace these abstract principles. (…) Though Americans disagreed fervently over whether their foreign policy should be driven by realism or idealism, interests or values, pragmatism or principle, they united over the cause of combating genocide.”

Believing in “Never Again’ and embracing the idea that we are morally bound to fight genocide are, I suspect, still

There is no doubt that the American uniformed heroes who returned after liberating the concentration camps could not have imagined anything like it happening again. They could not have imagined what happened in Rwanda, or Bosnia. They probably also couldn’t have imagined American citizens born decades later waving Nazi flags and perpetuating the sentiments that paved the way for Hitler. But, here we are.

So what do we mean when we say ‘Never Again?’ Do we mean it shouldn’t happen, or do we mean we won’t let it happen? Or do we mean we simply don’t believe things can get that bad? Maybe, by replacing the phrase with ‘Never is Now,’ we can create the urgency needed to stop this hate in its tracks. None of us are outsiders in this; we should not stand idly by.

people, and diminish decades of progress in dealing with the differences of race and faith.

Their racist views belittle the service and lives lost by our country and our Allies who bravely fought bigotry in World War II. This condemnation is consistent with what I believe are moral absolutes in our country; equality under the law, freedom of religion and societal protection against bigotry and hate.

These demonstrators and their likeminded supporters must not be allowed to reflect an acceptable view, or in any way shape our national identity. To allow them that would be to erase much of the progress we have made in America in forging relationships of respect and trust among races, nationalities and religions.

I am concerned about the impressionable minds of our young people who may also lack the full context of our nation’s history and the mistakes and remedies we have made along the way.

The proper lessons of justice, tolerance, equality and human kindness exist in great number.

These lessons must keep our young people working toward a civil and united country.

I believe that our country will fully reject those who offer nothing but hate and division and whose favored outcome is one we know is morally wrong.

I also believe our country will continue to make great strides in accepting and understanding those of different religions, races and nationalities. And, I wouldn’t be surprised if it is our youngest generation that makes the most permanent and significant progress of all.

Jim Fried We all grew up hearing the cry, “Never Again!”

It is a sad commentary on the human condition that, despite the volumes of well documented facts and photos, despite the memorials and museums we’ve constructed, despite the fact that living witnesses to the single largest and most heinous act of genocide in history still walk among us, despite all of this, we are now compelled to change our cry to “Never is Now!”.

Hate never goes away. Anti-Semitism never dies. It is always present. We must always be vigilant against its inevitable rise and be prepared to fight against it, at the risk of our very existence as a culture and a religion which have endured over 5,000 years. Now, across the globe, antiSemitism is once again growing.

We cannot afford to be bystanders. We cannot pretend that what’s happening today isn’t a real threat. We cannot live on hope that it will go away.

My father was a young teenager when he cut off his Peyos hair locks, borrowed non-Jewish papers from a friend, and biked to the nearest village to confirm that the rumor the Nazis were rounding up Jews was true. It was. When he returned home and tried to sound the alarm, his family and community leaders tried to calm him down, explaining that surely G-d would not let such a thing happen. But it did happen and most of his family was soon exterminated.

The greatest lesson of history for the Jewish people and all humanity cannot be any more obvious. We cannot afford complacency. We cannot be bystanders. We must act together.

I hope that, in this moment of rising danger, we will be able to do just that, with all the strength and endurance we can find.

Never is now.

The lessons of American history mAyor JeAN SToTherT In the last two weeks since the racially-charged demonstrations in Charlottesville, all of us have given serious thought to what occurred and what it means.

Who are these people? What is their motivation? Are they oblivious to the history of Nazi genocide that took the lives of millions? Are they so soulless and hateful that they believe favor should be awarded to one race or religion over others? Do they not understand the lessons of American history and the ideals we as free people strive to uphold?

The fact that in the year 2017 we see demonstrations on the evening news showing people carrying swastika signs and yelling ugly slogans of hate is very troubling. It is no doubt especially disturbing for those who had family members suffer injustice, cruelty and death during Hitler’s reign of terror.

There are times where the collective national attention is laser-focused on an event or issue.

On these occasions, it is critical that those of us who lead our country, states and communities advocate our shared common decency. This is one of those times.

All of us - elected officials, community leaders, faith leaders, parents, everyone – must condemn and speak out against neo-Nazi and white supremacist sympathizers. Those in our national leadership must clearly and completely reject these misguided views.

The repugnant goals of white supremacists directly contradict our American values, weaken our standing in the world as a free and equal

important to the majority of Americans. But, those of us who value the fight against genocide must speak up. It is not enough to passively believe that anti-Semitism is dangerous. It is not enough to passively disagree with racism, the Ku Klux Klan, the National Vanguard, or any other hate group that rears its ugly head. We do that by owning the narrative, by speaking out and saying, as Jim does, ‘Never is Now.’

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BeTh el synagogue

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

ChaBad house

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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Temple Israel

Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) 13111 Sterling Ridge Drive Omaha, NE 68144-1206 402.556.6536 templeisraelomaha.com

TIfereTh Israel

Member of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 3219 Sheridan Boulevard Lincoln, NE 68502-5236 402.423.8569 tiferethisraellincoln.org

B’naI Israel synagogue

Please join us for our upcoming events: Shabbat Service, sept. 1, 7:30 p.m. led by Shayna Kurland and Ben Cohen in honor of their wedding weekend.

No Shabbat Services, sept. 8.

Erev Rosh Hashanah, wednesday, sept. 20, 7:30 p.m.

Curtis Hutt, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, UNO Schwalb Center.

Rosh Hashanah, Thursday, sept. 21, 10:30 a.m. Anna Mosenkis, New American — for 26 Years!

Kol Nidre, friday, sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. Leonard Greenspoon, Creighton University.

Yom Kippur, saturday, sept. 30, 10:30 a.m. Karen Gustafson, Jewish Family Service.

Our High Holiday services are led by Jeff Taxman.

Shabbat Speakers Series resumes on friday, oct. 13, at 7:30 p.m. led by Larry Blass.

Annual Membership Meeting, sunday, oct. 14, 11 a.m.

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.

BeTh el synagogue

Services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman. frIday: Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. saTurday: Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Bar Mitzvah of Jake Lucoff, son of Erika and Phil Lucoff; Mini-Minyannaires, 10:45 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7:45 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. wednesday: First Day of Year for BESTT Hebrew School classes, 4:15 p.m.; First Day of Year for BESTT Hebrew High classes, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday: Chesed Committee visits the Blumkin Home, 2 p.m.

Tot Shabbat & Family Shabbat, friday, sept. 8, 6 p.m.

Join us for the first Tot Shabbat/Family Shabbat of the season.

Tot Shabbat is for ages 0-6yrs led by Miss Patty. Parent must accompany your child. At Family Shabbat, everyone is welcome and will be led by our 7th grade students.

Blood Drive, sunday, sept. 10, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

First Day of Year for BESTT Sunday School classes, sunday, sept. 10, 9:30 a.m.

All classes and programs are open to everyone in the Jewish community.

BeTh Israel synagogue

Services conducted by Rabbi Ari Dembitzer. frIday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv & Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 7:40 p.m. saTurday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Insights in the Weekly Torah Reading, 6:35 p.m.; Mincha/Seudah Shlishit, 7:20 p.m.; Havdalah, 8:39 p.m. sunday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Bagels and Beit Medrash, 9:45 a.m. monday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.

Tuesday-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.

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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.

Tuesday: Mega Challah Bake, 7 p.m. wednesday: Mystical Thinking with the Rabbi, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Mendel Katzman.

Thursday: Advanced Talmud Class, noon with Rabbi Mendel Katzman.

Sassy Reuven: A Shabbat of Inspiration, friday, sept. 8-

sunday, sept. 10. Join us for the wonderful opportunity to hear first-hand of the Raid on Entebbe, and the story of of courage, endurance, defiance and a willingness to sacrifice it all for the right to live in your homeland in freedom.

All programs are open to the entire community.

CongregaTIon B’naI Jeshurun

frIday: Shabbat Evening Service, 6:30 p.m.; Candlelighting, 7:39 p.m. saTurday: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Torah Study, 10:30 a.m. on Parashat Ki Tetze; Havdalah (72 Minutes), 9:08 p.m. sunday: No LJCS classes; PJ Library Apple Picking, 10:30 a.m. at Hillside Orchard. monday: Temple Office Closed for Labor Day; Star City Kochavim Rehearsal, 6:45 p.m. wednesday: LJCS Hebrew School, 4 p.m. at TI. Thursday: High Holidays Choir Rehearsal, 7:30 p.m. If you want to be involved and aren't on the current choir member list, contact Elaine Monnier (402.327.9212 or emonnier@allop hone.com), Holly Heffelbower (hheffel@inebraska.com), or ‘like’ South Street Temple High Holy Days Choir on Facebook.

Garden Clean-Up Work Party, sunday, sept. 10, 8:30 a.m.

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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 Alan Shulewitz.

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

Temple Israel

frIday: Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. saTurday: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m.; Shabbat Morning Services, 10:30 a.m. Torah and Haftarah Reader: Miles Remer; OTYG Rush, 4 p.m. sunday: No Religious School.

Tuesday: Kol Rina Rehearsal, 6 p.m.

wednesday: Grades 3-6, 4 p.m.; T’Filah for School, 4:30 p.m.; School Dinner, 6 p.m.; Grades 7-12, 6 p.m.; Family School, 6 p.m.; Guest Speaker Allison Nazarian: Growing up as the Grandchild of Holocaust Survivors: What was it Really Like?”, 6:30 p.m. The first-of-its-kind memoir by a "3G," or grandchild of Holocaust survivors, AFTERMATH is about being born into a history that never goes away. It is about reconciling memories of a tragic past with hopes for a better future. It is about the delicate balance between a proud legacy and a burdensome responsibility.Nazarian’s visit is a collaboration of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, Institute for Holocaust Education, ADL-CRC, Jewish Family Service, and Temple Israel, with support from the Special Donor Advised Fund of the JFO Foundation.

Thursday: Preparing Our Hearts for High Holidays, 10 a.m. with Rabbi Stoller and Rabbi Berezin.

TIfereTh Israel

Services conducted by lay leader Nancy Coren. Office hours: monday-friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. frIday: Services, 6:20 p.m. saTurday: Shabbat Morning Services, 10 a.m. Please join us for a light Kiddush lunch after services; Got Shabbat! A New Junior Congregation Program at TI. Got Shabbat will meet every Shabbat morning for children in grades 2-7 from 11-11:45 a.m. This group will be led by Elizabeth Cody, who is currently a member of Tifereth Israel, teacher at the LJCS, and has served as a summer camp counselor at Camp Voyageur in Ely, Minnesota for several years. The children will be engaged through song, games, stories, and prayer. This is not a drop-off program.

A child must have an adult present in the building. The group will have a small kiddush following their service and then join the adult service to lead Adon Olam just prior to noon. Come and be part of this group. sunday: No LJCS classes; Tifereth Israel/SST and PJ Library invite you to join us for: Apple Picking at Martin's Hillside Orchard, 10:30 am-noon. We will meet at the entrance as a group and then go in to pay our fees. Wear outdoor clothing and closed shoes. This event is for families with children up to age 13. Families provide their own transportation and fees...$4 for ages 2 and up which will be waived when purchasing fruit.

RSVP to synagogue office no later than Thursday Aug. 31. monday: The Tifereth Israel Office Closed for Labor Day. wednesday: LJCS Hebrew School, 4 p.m. at TI.

Belarus court clears way for building of luxury apartments atop former Jewish cemeteries JTA A judge in Belarus cleared the way for the construction of apartments atop two former Jewish cemeteries.

Separately, unidentified individuals smashed 24 headstones in a Jewish cemetery in Ukraine.

Eduard Dolinsky, the director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, wrote that the incident in Ukraine was discovered Tuesday at the Jewish cemetery of Svaliava in the country’s west.

Earlier this month, a mass grave was discovered during construction near the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk. Locals initially ignored the find because they assumed the bones belonged to Jews buried in a nearby cemetery, Radio Svoboda reported, but the works were stopped because the bones were thought to be of non-Jews purged by communist authorities.

Recently, the Tsentralny District Court in Belarus allowed the planned construction of the apartments on the former Jewish cemetery in the eastern city of Gomel, saying it lacks the jurisdiction to take any action, Radio Svoboda reported.

The judge was ruling on a motion seeking an injunction against the construction filed by Yakov Goodman, a Jewish-American activist for the preservation of Jewish heritage sites in his native Belarus. Local authorities last year approved a project for the construction of two luxury apartment buildings on the grounds of a former cemetery on Sozhskaya Street.

The motion also pertained to earthworks already underway in the city of Mozyr at another former Jewish cemetery, as per permits issued in 2015, according to the World Association of Belarusian Jews, which Goodman heads.

Both projects mean that bones of Jews buried in the two cemeteries “will end up in city dumpsters,” Goodman told JTA earlier this week.

Belarusian officials have vowed to protect Jewish heritage sites in Belarus, including cemeteries.

Last year, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makai and Lesley Weiss, chair of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, signed a joint declaration at the World Jewish Congress headquarters stating “Each party will take appropriate steps to protect and preserve properties that represent the cultural heritage of all national, religious, or ethnic groups that reside or resided in its territory.”

Goodman said the signing only encouraged authorities “to further attacks on Jewish heritage sites.”

Local activists are “afraid, understandably” to put up a fight in local courts, said Goodman, who was arrested and detained briefly in 2004 in Belarus for his activism.

“Under Lukashenko, Jewish heritage suffered irreparable losses,” said Goodman.

In replying to the motion on construction in Gomel, the city’s urban housing and communal services department told the court, “There is no information about the location of the cemetery in this place.”

But this assertion was disputed by several historians, including Evgeny Malikov, who wrote earlier this year in a report that the planned construction is “strictly prohibited” also by Belarusian laws. Both he and Goodman accused authorities of discriminating against Jewish buildings while showing more sensitivity to Christian ones.

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Rachel and Dan Canfield of Minneapolis announce the Aug. 18 birth of their son, Noah David.

He is named for his Great Aunt Doris Rosinsky, Great-Great Grandfather and Grandmother David and Dora Feinberg.

Grandparents are Karen and Gary Javitch of Omaha, and Sandy and Rick Canfield of Prescott, AZ. Great Grandparents are the late Robert and Millie Javitch, Phil and Ruth Sokolof, the late Faye and Irving Gendler, and Anne and LeRoy Canfield.

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Ethan Rubin, son of Erica and Michael Parks and Whitney and Barry Rubin, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 9, at Temple Israel.

Ethan is an eighth-grade honor roll student at Kiewit Middle School.

His interests include cross country, video games, taking care of dog and puppies, nutrition.

For his mitzvah project, Ethan volunteered at the Food Bank for the Heartland. He helped to assemble backpacks and pantry boxes to provide emergency weekend food for children and families in need. Ethan also served meals at the Siena/Francis House.

He has two brothers, Jack Rubin and Camden Parks, and a sister, Adrianna Parks.

Grandparents are Saundra and Harvey Newman, Mark Rothstein, and Barbara and Alan Rubin.

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Sylvia Kushner of Lincoln passed away Aug. 4 in Lincoln. She was one month shy of age 99.

She was preceded in death by her husband Dwayne Kushner.

She is survived by her sons Brin, Jeff, and Mark and their spouses, and daughter, Sherrill; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was born to Max and Ethel (Levin) Paul on Sept. 9, 1918 in Chicago.

Memorials may be made to Tifereth Israel synagogue in Lincoln.

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Phyllis Anne Roffman passed away Aug. 22 at age 85. Services were held Aug 24 at Beth El Synagogue, 14506 California Street.

She was preceded in death by husband Normand, and parents Helen and Paul Bernstein.

She is lovingly survived by her daughters and sons-in-law Sherri and Gary Green, and Cindy and Alan Shulewitz; son, Paul Roffman; daughter, Edye Roffman; grandchildren: Cari and Kevin Hagemoser, Corey Green, Chad and Kelsea Shulewitz, Brooke Shulewitz, Max Vitek; and great-granddaughter, Jacelyn Shulewitz. Phyllis was most fortunate to have all her children living in Omaha.

Phyllis was born in Omaha and was an active member of the Jewish community for 85 years. She was one of the first pre-school teachers at Beth El Synagogue and was one of the very first educators of the Omaha Head Start Program.

A member of NCJW for 63 years, Phyllis volunteered her time to support numerous community programs including the Council cookbook projects, and she was the Treasurer of the Council Thrift Shop.

Phyllis and Normand were owners of Roffman’s Delicatessen until 1975.

One of the few “Jewish style” delis in Omaha, this was their pride and joy.

People today continue to reminisce about “Roffman’s Deli”. In the years following the Deli, Phyllis became a travel agent, which she greatly enjoyed.

An avid card player, Phyllis thoroughly enjoyed playing Mah Jongg, Pan and Shanghai with her friends. She played in many Mah Jongg tournaments and looked forward to her multiple games each week.

Memorials may be made to Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, Nebraska Humane Society, or the organization of your choice.

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Some 150 neighborhood blocks in the city that are home to members of the Jewish community have been damaged, the JFS said in a conference call with community leaders, the Texas Jewish Herald-Voice reported.. e Evelyn Rubenstein JCC reported suffering flood damage. Prior to the hurricane it had collected emergency supplies and will serve as a distribution center for the community. e Jewish Family Service also reported flood damage, as did at least three Houston synagogues.

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Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images e Jewish Federations of North America opened an emergency relief fund to support communities and individuals in Houston, San Antonio, Galveston, Corpus Christi and other areas in Texas that have been hammered by Hurricane Harvey.

On Aug. 28, Harvey’s center was entering the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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More than two feet of rain fell between late night Aug. 26 and late night Aug. 27. City residents who were not in a safe place were evacuated from their homes by boats and helicopters. Many were taken to makeshi shelters, since the emergency shelters prepared for the natural disaster proved not to be enough.

Houston’s two main airports reportedly suspended commercial flights and two hospitals evacuated their patients.

Freeways throughout the city were under water, with some flood waters nearly reaching the bottom of road signs.

President Donald Trump will visit the stricken area on Tuesday, his spokesman said.

On behalf of the Omaha Jewish Community, the Jewish Federation of Omaha expresses concerns and sends prayers to those in Texas impacted by Hurricane Harvey.

We are in touch with colleagues in Houston, San Antonio and Austin and are receiving regular updates. We will continue to keep you informed about the needs of these communities through our website at www.jewishomaha.org.

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When American Jews fought Nazis in New Jersey JosefiN DolsteN JTA The Nazi punching debate (is it OK to punch a Nazi?) went viral in January after a liberal protester slugged white supremacist Richard Spencer in the face during President Donald Trump’s inauguration. It was reignited this month following brawls between far-right nationalists gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia, and counterprotesters, including some associated with the antifa movement.

Although most eyewitness accounts of the events in Charlottesville pin much of the blame for the violence on the far-right marchers, and a counterprotester was killed by a car driven by a suspected white supremacist, critics like attorney Alan Dershowitz disapproved of the “antifascists� who showed up at the rallies. “They use violence, and just because they’re opposed to fascism and to some of these [Confederate] monuments shouldn’t make them heroes of the liberals,� he said on Fox & Friends.

Whether it’s OK to confront hatred with violence is not a new topic of conversation. The question was debated in the 1930s among American Jews, who were faced with both the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany and Nazi sympathizers at home.

One hotbed for the debate was Newark, New Jersey, home to a large German-American population and a fair share of supporters of the Nazi cause. Though only around 5 percent of the city’s German-American population of some 45,000 sympathized with the Nazis, they made it known, said Warren Grover, a historian and the author of the 2003 book Nazis in Newark.

Following Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, Jews in Newark saw Nazi-sympathizers marching down their city’s streets. “The threats they faced were physical because the Nazis were marching in uniform. Many of them were

armed. They broke windows, and they attacked merchants, but never with fatal consequences,� Grover said of residents of the city’s Third Ward neighborhood, where many Jews and Nazi supporters lived side by side.

Nazis also screened movies with anti-Semitic messages and hung anti-Jewish posters in the city, Grover told JTA. At a local election in bordering Irvington, they plastered

An anti-Nazi protest in front of the German legation in New York, 1933.

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posters across the city urging residents not to vote for Jewish candidates.

In response, Jews started organizing to defend themselves. Across the country, Jews would fight Nazis on an ad hoc basis. But in Newark, a more organized group emerged: the Minutemen. Jewish mobster Meyer Lansky had started the group in New York, but the Minutemen were shut down there by the authorities after some Jews reported them, fearing the use of violence would lead to an increase in anti-Semitism.

In Newark, however, the Minutemen took hold, aided by another Jewish gangster, Abner “Longy� Zwillman, and led by former professional boxer Nat Arno. On Oct. 18, 1933, JTA reported on a typical clash, outside a Nazi meeting at a German auditorium: “The meeting, at the

Schwabenhalle, under the auspices of the Friends of the New Germany... was the target for stones and stench bombs thrown by the anti-Nazis in the crowd of about one thousand who waited outside the hall.�

The following May, JTA reported on a melee in Irvington: A “Nazi meeting terminated in fisticuffs, a miniature riot, arrests and injury to many persons.�

Though the Minutemen were “cheered and accepted by the majority of the Newark Jewish population,�

Grover said, not everyone was enthusiastic.

Yet the mostly Jewish group, which also had a few Irish and Italian members, became a powerful tool to fight Hitler sympathizers. “The Minutemen were ready for them. The Minutemen had clubs and stink bombs, and they attacked the participants of the event,� Grover said of one Nazi mass demonstration in 1933. “Police came, and there were some arrests, and people said later that the Jews, the Minutemen, had no right to attack a peaceful gathering in a Newark hall.�

The Minutemen boosted Jewish morale. “Physical prowess as exhibited against the Newark Nazis, Irvington Nazis, was a matter of pride for the Eastern European Jews who came because of the pogroms in Russia in the 1880s,� Grover said. “They took pride in it because they saw the newsreels coming from Germany [showing] how the Jews in Germany were being treated and all the different anti-Jewish legislation.�

Ultimately, Grover said, the group served its purpose: deterring Nazis from organizing in Newark. “Just the thought of having Minutemen present at any of their meetings discouraged a lot of the Nazis from holding public meetings,� he said. “They were successful because a lot less propaganda was brought out by the Nazis because of fear of the Minutemen.�

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