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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 | 6 ELUL 5782 | VOL. 102 | NO. 45 | CANDLELIGHTING | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 7:37 P.M. New name: Eisenberg Art Gallery Page 2 The Walter and Helena Tichauer Garden Page 4 Come to the Challah Bake Page 12 The Jewish PressWWW.OMAHAJEWISHPRESS.COM | WWW.JEWISHOMAHA.ORG SPONSORED BY THE WIESMANANDBENJAMINANNAE.FAMILYENDOWMENTFUND AN AGENCY OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF OMAHA REGULARS Spotlight 8 Voices 9 Synagogues 10 Life cycles 11 INSIDE

ARI KOHEN After years of planning, the University of Nebraska—Lincoln launched a summer study-abroad program in Israel in Summer 2022. As the Director of the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies, I was so fortunate to develop and lead this oneof-a-kind program. Eleven students— from UNL and UNO—spent a month in Israel, based in Jerusalem, where they earned 6 college credits studying at Hebrew University. The students studied Israeli politics and the Arab/Israeli conflict with me, and also took a course that focused on Jerusalem as a multicultural city from a renowned Hebrew University professor, Yitzhak Reiter. In addition to the time spent in the classroom, students toured Israel from North to South, learning about the geopolitics of the Golan Heights, touring Tzfat, hiking in Timna National Park, visiting the See Huskers in Israel page 2

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Sharon Kirshenbaum, left, Dana Kaufman and Cindy Goldberg Jay, left, Aaron, Nancy, Allan, Rebecca and Sam Noddle

Editor’s note: On Aug. 17, Jay Noddle was inducted into the 2022 Greater Omaha Chamber Hall of Fame. Jay is the President and CEO of Noddle Companies and a pastpresident of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. The Greater Omaha Chamber annually inducts civic and business leaders whose accomplishments are both outstanding and historically significant.Accompanied by his family, Jay attended the ceremony, where a prerecorded video was shown. He also delivered the following speech, which is worthy of sharing. I’d like to thank the Greater Omaha Chamber for putting together such a great event over the years. I’d like to congratulate the other inductees to the Business Hall of Fame tonight. Each of you has built a terrific business and made tremendous contributions not only to our Omaha community, but to all See Jay Noddle page 3

ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT Jewish Press Editor T he Jewish Federation of Omaha invites you to mark your calendar for the Annual Campaign Community Event on Oct. 2, at 5:30 p.m. at Temple Israel. Event chairs are Cindy Goldberg, Dana Kaufman and Sharon Kirshenbaum.The evening will start off with a community reception, followed by dinner at 6 p.m. Kosher options will be available. The program features Keynote speaker Bret Stephens, who is a journalist and columnist for the New York Times Sharon agreed to co-chair the event, because: See Let’s Come Together page 3

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Continued from page 1 Arava Institute for Ecological spending a weekend on the Red Sea in The trip was both the first of what hope study-abroad programs and the culmination of long years planning. The idea of taking Nebraska students to Israel began with Dr. Jean Cahan, who expertly led the Harris Center for many years and who organized a two-week tour of Israel for students in May 2019. Those students enrolled in Cahan’s water security course or my Israeli politics course for a full semester and were then eligible to travel with their professors to test the waters for a full summer study-abroad program. When that trip proved successful, I immediately began planning a monthlong program for 2020. Of course, the coronavirus pandemic shut down those plans, as well as plans for 2021. However, recruitment for 2022 began in late 2021 after the College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office designated the Israel program as one of only five facultyled programs for the year. Planning and running a brand-new study-abroad trip was an adventure in itself. The logistics are staggering and it’s almost impossible to plan for everything in advance. Fortunately, I had excellent partners in Israel and in Lincoln who made it possible for the program to exceed everyone’s expectations. The experienced staff at UNL’s Office of Global Experiences did a great deal of the nuts-and-bolts tasks, working with staff at Hebrew University’s Rothberg International School to arrange classes, classroom space, and dorm rooms at the Student Village, assisting with student recruitment, and finally arranging all the

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“For a long time I have been a scholar of Yiddish,” Bob Eisenberg, sponsor of the event, said, “and it was recently suggested to me that I give a lecture on the subject and discuss the development of the language, its downfall, and its ultimate triumph.” He will also present a history of his parents, Bella and Erwin Eisenberg and their immigrant experience. The Yiddish, for those of us who are not fluent, will be subtitled in English.

The Jewish Federation of Omaha invites you to the opening of the newly renamed Eisenberg Art Gallery at the Staenberg Omaha JCC, Thursday Sept. 8 from 5:30-7 p.m.

“This, I believe, is a graceful addition to the campus,” he said. “I will combine a discussion of the recent 120 years of the language and its current status with personal family history.”

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necessary travel and health insurance policies, paperwork, and even helping students to book airfare. And I put together a list of places to visit around the country, as well as in Jerusalem, and worked closely with a friend in Israel who owns his own tour company to book hotel rooms, a mini-bus and driver, tour guides, and admissions so that students could experience as much of Israel as possible. While our intensive class schedule didn’t allow us to see everything we might have wanted to see, we managed to visit every site on my original list, from our longer trips around the country to Yad Vashem and the Knesset in ThereJerusalem.weretimes when plans came together at the last minute, as when directions to find the boat that would take everyone on a Red Sea sunset cruise were finally texted to my cell phone ten minutes before the group was scheduled to get on the boat. And there were times when plans had to be changed on the fly. When a student’s flight was canceled just hours before her scheduled departure, I worked with her to find a new flight that would still allow her to catch her second, international flight segment—all from my cell phone while grocery shopping in the Mahane Yehudah market. And, of course, there were times when being in Israel required extra patience—like when the buses were delayed by an hour because it was Sunday or when the campus maintenance crew removed someone’s bedroom door handle and failed to replace it for several hours. The importance of a good international data plan and the insistence from our first pretrip meeting that our theme for the summer would be “flexibility” proved themselves over and over again.

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Bob dedicated the art gallery in his parents’ name since they were owners for many years of the only real art gallery in town, Eisenberg Art Gallery on 3615 Dodge Street.

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The event is held in the gallery itself as well as in the Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Community Engagement Venue. Refreshments will be served.

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There is someone missing from tonight’s event, and that is my dad, Harlan Noddle. I know that many of you knew my dad and that he and his partner, Joe Kirshenbaum, received this very same honor 20 years ago. One of the most meaningful parts of tonight is the fact that I get to join my Dad in this special group of business- and community leaders. The lessons I’ve learned from him continue on, each and every day, in both my personal and my professional life. He taught me the meaning of being a good human and how important and fundamental it is to give yourself and others a second chance. Most importantly, he taught me how to listen and to take a deep dive into what’s on someone else’s mind. I learned the benefits of surrounding yourself with great people and to not worry about who gets credit or recognition for the team’s accomplishment. He also provided countless examples of how important it is to help others whenever and wherever you can, and to expect nothing in return.

“Federation means something different to every person,” Dana added, “but I would urge each person to think of the Federation holistically. If you have small children, Federation might mean the ELC, Friedel, or even having a safe place for family activities. If you are older, perhaps Federation means the Blumkin home. Maybe your family has benefitted from the services provided by JFS or Yachad, or perhaps to you Federation means supporting Israel. When you fill out your card you are directly impacting many, many agencies and, in turn, many, many people who rely on our assistance each year.” All three event chairs agree that the Annual Campaign is meant to involve every member of Jewish Omaha. “We are so lucky,” Sharon said, “because we truly have a community campaign which means that every gift and every donor“Nobodymatters.”isgoing to help and support the Jewish community like the Jewish community,” Cindy added. We all remember the recent years, during which we couldn’t come together as a community. It’s important to remember why it is so important to inhabit the same space, not just in who we are and what we care about, but physically. The fact that we are once again able to come together for an event like this, Sharon said, is something to celebrate: “We have such an outstanding community and it’s great to all be together,” she said. Cindy agreed: “We will all see each other on Oct. 2nd,” she said, “and celebrate that we can be together. Being in person at an event like this brings out the best in all of us, and shows what we can accomplish together.”

Dana added: “This event is about community. This is a great opportunity to spend the evening with your friends and family in a warm and welcoming environment. We hope everyone canRabbiattend!”Abraham and Jeff Kirshenbaum will also speak briefly about their trip to Poland to help with the war in Ukraine, and discuss how our community made a huge impact.

Continued from page 1 the communities you work in. I’m very humbled to be joining you this evening. Most of the special people in my personal life have been able to join me tonight, and I’d like to recognize my mom, Nancy Noddle, Judy and Jim Farber and Allan Noddle, along with my three children Rebecca, Aaron and Sam. You guys have been a part of my entire life and I can’t thank you enough for your support and encouragement along the way, not to mention your patience and tolerance. I’d also like to thank my special person Angie Michaels for being here and sharing this event with me. There are quite a few members of the Noddle Companies team here this evening. Thank you all for being here tonight; your presence makes the evening that much more special. A big shoutout to Paul Dietsch, Ted Zetzman, Mark Ringsdorf, Mike Surls, Jennifer Rasmussen, Zac Gemar, Teri Stander, Gordy Sudbeck, Li Quaites, Lisa Miller and Sam Noddle.

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Sharon has additional reasons why it is important to get involved, not only with events, but with the Annual Campaign overall:“Weshould think about our amazing Jewish community and how we have the opportunity to ensure it continues in the future,” she said. “By making a gift to the campaign you are doing a great mitzvah and helping to continue the great work of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Personally, I am grateful for our Jewish community and the home it gave me when I moved here. I am also grateful that I have the ability to pay it forward and try to ensure a Jewish community that is better than I found it.”

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I remember when, in the late 1990s, my Dad and I were discussing the prospect of me joining Noddle Companies; I asked him why, and what it meant to him. He answered that it was time for him to focus on the community and the civic work that interested him. At the time, I really didn’t understand the magnitude of that statement, but I certainly do now.I’ve been reflecting often lately. I came back to Omaha in 1986, and worked with John Waldbaum, Scott Heider at Pacific Realty, and with Damon Benning, Rick Fox and Tommy Frazier with Pacific Pals and Omaha Beef. I worked with Neil Young at Grubb & Ellis, and Kyle Peterson and his group at Colliers, and in all those cases, we were laser focused on building a great team. That has been the essential ingredient and the big differentiator. We have been blessed with the opportunity to work in as many as 20 states and dozens of communities. While we’ve had terrific experiences in many places, I have to say, beyond a shadow of a doubt, Omaha is truly a special collection of people and the best place I know to call home and grow a business.Ihaveone more thank you to share, and that’s my gratitude for the teams at UNMC and Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. You may not be aware that in 2018, I had a life-threatening health event. The teams at UNMC and Madonna provided the help and encouragement I needed to survive, and to enjoy a productive and high-quality life. Without them, I would not beInhere.closing, this has been a group effort. It’s one big team that I am blessed to be part of. On behalf of myself and the entire team, thank you!

Continued from page 1 “I want to do my part to ensure a successful campaign. A great turnout at the community event means we will be on ourForway!”Cindy, it's too hard to say no to our community: “An old Federation tagline of ‘if not you, who’ still holds true to me,” she“Thesaid.annual campaign kickoff event is a time for everyone to get together to celebrate our community,” Dana said. “This is always a meaningful, and fun event to attend, and I was honored to be asked to co-chair this year.”

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“They taught us about perseverance, hard work, being ethical, and doing right by people, and most of all, they used to tell me that we could do anything we wanted in this country,” Fred said. “I am 100% certain that their life lessons were so critical that they helped me achieve some of my success. I

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“Despite their many challenges,” Fred said, “they gave my brother and me a wonderful life. I remember it as if it was yesterday, but the most important lesson they taught me was to work hard, not complain, find your way, and be productive.”

To pay homage to his parents, Fred Tichauer committed funds to the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation to create the Walter and Helena Tichauer Holocaust Survivors Reflection Garden on the JCC Campus. Fred also established the Walter and Helena Tichauer Memorial Endowment for the Institute for Holocaust Education at the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation to cover future repair and maintenance costs of the garden. Fred said that initially, he did not plan on a memorial garden, but in discussing various opportunities to honor his parents, a memorial garden occurred to him. He said: “I hope it will become a peaceful and beautiful spot for special events, and for anyone to sit, reflect, and dream. I could not think of a more appropriate memorial.”

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Fred credits Steve Pitlor with being his first friend and mentor, and remaining a life-long friend. Steve’s parents, Norm and Rose, offered their help and guidance, which was very valuable to him. As far as his educational future went, he believes that sports were the reason he attended college. He became skillful at soccer while growing up in Uruguay. In Omaha he was invited to play soccer in an adult men’s league. In 9th grade he tried out for Lewis and Clark’s football team at the suggestion of his friend Barry Cohn. Fred was the original soccer-style kicker in Nebraska. He then went to Central High, where he garnered the attention of UNO’s coach Al Caniglia. He was offered a full scholarship at UNO, and kicked all four years for the university.

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In Omaha, the Tichauer family faced the challenges of learning a new language, supporting their family and navigating in another new country. Fred, at 13 years old, was immediately enrolled in Monroe Junior High School summer school to learn English. The reading material was still very challenging to Fred when he enrolled at Lewis and Clark Middle School in the fall. Fred claims that there was a chair reserved for him in the Lewis and Clark’s principal’s office. He said that to compensate for his insecurities as an immigrant and new student, he tended to act up and he got into fights over anti-Semitic comments made to him and his friends.

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Fred’s daughter, Kelly Kirk, agreed with her father about naming a memorial garden for Helena and Walter. “We wanted the garden to be a memorial for them, but there’s more. We also want to ensure the memories of the six million Jews and others that perished in the Holocaust will never be Helenaforgotten.”Schulkind was born and raised in Krakow, Poland. She was 16 years old at the start of World War II. Helena, her brother, sister and parents lived a comfortable life before the war, with three-month vacations at resort locations during school breaks. Within a few days after the start of the war, the Germans reached Krakow, and a curfew was enforced. After four or five months, Helena’s family was sent to the ghetto, where they remained for a year.

Walter immigrated to Uruguay after Kristallnacht. His parents had started the paperwork for his immigration before the war. Before the immigration process was complete, he spent a week at Buchenwald. Once the paperwork was approved, he was released. Walter was from Gliwice, Germany. He was a talented glazer and learned his craft at a prestigious school in Germany. One day after their marriage, Helena decided to close her delicatessen and turn it into a shop for Walter’s business. Walter found great success as a glazer in Montevideo.Walterand Helena moved to Omaha in June 1963. With the unrest created after Fidel Castro took control of Cuba, the Tichauers did not feel completely safe in Uruguay. The family originally planned to move to Israel, but at the insistence of Helena’s sister, Lola Reinglas, they stopped in Omaha first. The family fell in love with the city and decided to stay. Walter had a difficult transition from Uruguay to Omaha. He only spoke German and Spanish, never learning English. He was unable to work at the craft that gave him success in Montivideo, due to his age of 55. It took him some time to find employment, but eventually he did find hourly work at Builders Supply.

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“My dad was special,” Fred said, “and the best role model any child could ask for. He never complained, worked hard, and was a very proud man.” Helena was also hard-working and very enterprising. She owned a hardware store in north Omaha, she was a manicurist, she owned a wig shop, and she and Walter owned a Spanish import shop at the Westroads called Galeon Imports. Life in Omaha was harder financially, but the Tichauers worked hard to provide their sons with a good, safe and loving home.

Helena’s educational and career goals were never realized due to the war. Fred said that his mother dreamed of becoming a physician, but that dream never came to fruition. In spite of Helena’s education ending at age 16, Fred feels that she achieved her own special title of doctor: “She was a doctor in survival skills and life,” he said. Despite their losses, the Tichauers never gave up and never sucombed to self-pity. They raised a family, and created new and promising lives for their sons in America.

Helena spent a few months working as a forced laborer at an ammunition factory located away from Plaszow before returning to join her family. She worked long, hard hours with very little food. Towards the end of the war, Helena and her mother were sent to Auschwitz for two weeks. Helena protected her mother from the death selection process there, and they were sent to Bergen-Belsen and then taken to Birkenau for a short time. They then returned to Bergen-Belsen and remained there until the liberation. After the liberation, they went to Hamburg and remained there until July of 1945. Helena heard of a transport to Sweden, and chose to take the transport due to her mother’s ill health. Helena’s mother was placed in a sanitorium, while Helena found employment at the Swedish facility. They remained in Sweden for a year. Remembering that she had an uncle in Montevideo, Uruguay, Helena wrote a letter to the police department there asking for help in finding him. Her uncle was a successful and well-known man, and he sent Helena and her mother money to travel to Uruguay. Helena’s uncle and aunt welcomed her and her mother, inviting them to live at their home. Helena soon found a job taking care of a two-year old boy, who had a Romanian father and French mother. One day her employer had visitors who were originally from Krakow. The visitors knew Helena’s parents during the time they all lived in Krakow. This connection influenced her employer to help Helena. He purchased a delicatessen for Helena, which had living quarters for her and her mother. Regardless of her hard work, the shop was not particularly successful due to Helena’s lack of Spanish and not having the right equipment to run the deli. Helena started to socialize once she was settled and employed. She became involved with the German society as well as the Jewish society. Through her new friends, Helena met Walter Tichauer. They were engaged a month after meeting, and married three months later. Helena and Walter had two sons, Carl and Fred. Fred said: “Life was good for us in Uruguay because of my parents. They never complained or felt sorry for themselves. They did a fantastic job being role models despite their cards. I have nothing to complain about, mainly because of the hard life they lived.”

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Helena’s brother was sent to Auschwitz, where he died. Helena, her father, mother and grandmother were sent to the Plaszow concentration camp, while sister Lola was sent to a different camp. Helena’s grandmother was killed at Plaszow.

“If we are going to have meaningful opportunities for worship, study, and fellowship, we must ﬁrst ensure that our facilities and programs are safe places to gather. It is unfortunate and disheartening that we live in a time where security protocol needs to be on the to-do list every day. But we do. Every day.”

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Siegel concluded, “We are stronger together and together we are making the right decisions and taking the right steps to enhance security protocols across our Jewish community.”

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When an individual calls 988 they are routed to the closest call center based on their area code, or the nearest overflow call center, so a local trained crisis counselor who knows the individual’s community will be able to better assist them in the immediate crisis and provide follow up resources when applicable. English and Spanish speaking resources are available, and 988 has partnered with a national translation service company to provide services in more than 250 languages when needed. One of the biggest differences in this transition is that this number is no longer just for those who are suicidal; it is now to be utilized for anyone experiencing mental health or substance related distress. Services will be available in call, text, or chat to ensure anyone who wants to reach out feels comfortable to do so. We hope that the implementation of 988 will transform our behavioral health system not just here in Nebraska, but throughout the country. We are extremely excited about this transformation! If you have any questions about 988 in Nebraska, or your community, please contact Julia Hebenstreit at 402.891.6997 or jhebenstreit@thekimfoun dation.org or visit 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline | SAMHSA. This mental health series is a collaboration between the Jennifer Beth Kay Memorial Fund and the Jewish Press

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SHARON BRODKEY Jewish Community Relations Council Executive Director With the High Holidays approaching, the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) convened the annual Community High Holiday Security Summit. Facilitated by James Donahue, JFO’s Safety and Security Manager, and hosted by Allison Newfeld, Executive Director of Beth El Synagogue, all synagogues, neighboring faith-based institutions, and local law enforcement agencies were invited to share schedules, emergency preparedness plans, and current threat level assessments. “It’s a good time to remember the importance of hardening our targets and holding all of our institutions and professionals to consistent security policies, standards, and behaviors,” Donahue said. “Security skills are perishable and information-sharing and discussions help all of us make necessary adjustments.”

JFO Board President Mike Siegel said, “It was inspiring watching our community institutions sharing and working together. What really excited me is that our law enforcement partners were so impressed and appreciative that the JFO has James Donahue, an experienced intelligence and enforcement professional, serving our community as a single-point-of-contact, which makes their jobs in protecting our Jewish community that much more efficient and effective.”

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Captain Mark Matuza of the Omaha Police Department and Sergeant Paul Jacobson of the Nebraska State Patrol discussed institutional partnerships and maintaining protocols for information-sharing, especially in the case of an imminent threat to one or more institutions – and not just at this time of year. Keeping our community safe is a 24/7 and 365 job and when we don’t maintain security policies and procedures consistently, we create vulnerabilities and opportunities for incidents of concern to occur. Two FBI Special Agents from the Joint Terrorism Task Force praised the vision and judgment of the JFO noting that the model of cooperation and communication being coordinated by the JFO is admirable. “I wish other organizations followed your example,” one of the agents said.

Continued from page 4 know I am a product of the American dream because of them. They lost their freedom but regained it and made the best of their unfortunate situation. I am so proud of what theyCreatingaccomplished.”anendowment fund or committing funds to the Jewish Federation of Omaha for a special project is a lasting way to honor your loved ones. The Jewish Federation of Omaha and the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation truly appreciate Fred Tichauer’s generosity. Contact Amy Shivvers, Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation for details on establishing your own endowment.

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The story about Vini Lunardelli, the Italian winery that has been producing Hitler-themed wines since 1995, has been making the rounds online. I would show you the photo of what I’m talking about, but we avoid images of Hitler and his ilk in the Press if we can help it (and we can most definitely help it). If you’re curious, you can look them up online—it won’t take long. Here’s what happened: the Lunardelli vineyard in Northeastern Italy has been producing themed wine labels with depictions of Adolf Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Stalin—you get the idea. In addition, the wines have slogans on the label that glorify the Nazi-era. It’s the perfect Christmas present for the white supremacist in your friend circle. If you can get it across customs, that is.

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The comics Elon Gold and Modi emceed the festival, and together and separately went about as deep as you could go into the mindset of engaged Jews like me without speaking Yiddish or Hebrew (although they each sprinkled in a bit of both). They even punned in Hebrew when joking about the Israeli Jew’s tendency to exaggerate (“You knew Ben-Gurion? I knew his father, Gurion”). Gold also talked about Jews and food, but did it in a way that connected to the Exodus, Passover and the Jews receiving manna in the desert, Jerry Seinfeld meets Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. The Catskill Mountains meet Mount Sinai. Modi, born in Israel, raised on Long Island, and educated at Yeshiva University, killed with a set about the differences between Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews, down to the Hebrew phrases they prefer. His accents and insights were exacting and extremely particular. (One bewildered audience member turned to us and whispered, “What’s ‘shkoyakh’?” If you don’t know either, well, you get my point.) And like the best comedians, Modi is also a sociologist: His YouTube videos could serve as a primer on the diversity of the American Jewish community. That diversity was also celebrated from the stage (although there could have been more women comics than the three, Kirson, Leah Forster and the Indian-American comic Zarna, who performed). There were shout-outs to the Russian-speaking Jews who had only to walk down the boardwalk for the show; to the Israelis in the audience; to the Modern Orthodox Jews who seem to have come out in droves. Forster riffed a bit on what it was like to grow up queer and haredi. Two of the comics spoke of their Russian-speaking immigrant parents. Not since the last AIPAC convention has a Jewish event of this size featured such a cross-section of American Jewry. Gold, who organized the event with Modi and Stand Up NY owner Dani Zoldan, seemed to revel in the difference between mainstream, assimilated Jewish comedy and the particularist stuff that he, Modi and a few others performed. He even imagined what a famous, and famously assimilated, Jewish comedian like Rodney Dangerfield might have sounded like were he religious: “We were so poor, forget about a lulav and an etrog. My father gave me a tennis ball and a stick and said, ‘Hey kid, shake that.’” Gold also does an impressive Jackie Mason imitation, which made me think about Mason’s 1980s Broadway comeback. An older generation rediscovered Mason during that run, and a younger generation got a taste of the intensely ethnic Jewish humor that gave the Borscht Belt its nickname. And yet, I have read the studies showing how the majority of Jews are growing less religious, less ethnic and more assimilated, and how a minority is doubling down on religion and becoming more insular. Until Tuesday, Mason’s late-career success seemed to me to be the last gasp of a common Jewish-Jewish comedy culture. (At one point Gold asked younger members of the audience, “Do you know what the Catskills are?”) That isn’t to say that the Jewish community isn’t fractured between the Jewish “nones” and the religious “maximalists,” and countless variations in between. Rather, the Chosen Comedy Festival, for at least one night, seemed to bridge those gaps. It found the funny in the cliches that have become their own comedy traditions, and in the traditions that have become fodder for fresh, new jokes, all for a community of like-minded folks.

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“The wines are sold in more than 50 stores across Italy, and can also be ordered direct from the winery’s website, where buyers can customise “collectible” bottles with their choice of images of Hitler, or figures like his wife Eva Braun or leading Nazi Heinrich Himmler, along with Nazi slogans such as ‘Blut und Ehre’ and ‘Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer’ ” (Vice.com) While the product can be sold legally in Italy, they’re illegal in countries like Germany or Austria, where there are strict laws against glorifying Nazism or spreading Nazi propaganda. Complaints had been made on numerous occasions. The German government even attempted legal action-to no avail. Then, an Austrian tourist snapped a picture in a supermarket, the thing went viral, and now Andrea Lunardelli, the owner of the vineyard, has decided to stop producing and selling the inappropriate bottles. Not because he’s sorry, but because he’s tired of all the complaints. That’s okay. We can’t really expect actual contrition from someone who thought this was acceptable in the first place. Who says cancel culture is always a bad thing? Andrea Lunardelli said the wines represented “a nice joke” because Hitler was well known as a teetotaler. Also, “he was shutting down the line because he wanted to, rather than because anyone was making him, and that the offense taken to the product was overblown and unreasonable,” he told Vice News in an interview.“Whoever buys [the Hitler wine] is a collector, or remembers history, or wants nationalism against the current policies of multinationals… not against Jews,” he said. A collector of what? Remembering what portion of history, and in what manner? And while we are on the topic, what exactly does he mean by ‘wanting nationalism against multinationals?’ Didn’t Europeans figure out quite a while ago that nationalism never works out? (Hint: they/we did) Maybe the Lunardelli family did indeed see a business opportunity and simply filled the need of a few somewhat questionable customers. There certainly is a market for that. But I wonder if their motivation wasn’t a little more nefarious. Otherwise, why would they be so comfortable with being known for producing a product that glorifies the faces of Nazism and Fascism?Ithinkin reality, the Lunardelli family just really believes there is nothing wrong here. Otherwise, they would not jconclude that the criticism is unreasonable.What’smore, never mind the Lunardellis; how about holding the Italian government accountable for the fact that there are no laws against this? How about asking why it is apparently completely legal to have Hitler’s face on wine bottles in more than 50 stores? In a country that prides itself on its history, architecture, art museums and culinary skills, I would think the last thing you want to be known for is Hitler wine.

ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL JTA Back in 2000, Spike Lee made a concert film starring four of the most popular Black comics of the day: Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric The Entertainer and the late great Bernie Mac. The Original Kings of Comedy was a revelation for this white suburbanite for how deeply it dug into Black culture. Kings of Comedy, filmed in front of largely Black crowds, was less a comedy show than a communion. Like Def Comedy Jam, the HBO series showcasing Black comedians, Lee’s movie proved, as one critic put it, that “there’s a large, appreciative audience for Black comedy that makes no attempt to reach white audiences.” I remember thinking what it would be like were Jewish comedians to connect with Jewish audiences in a similarly familial way. I was too young to have experienced the Catskills, when Jewish comics shpritzed and Jewish audiences convulsed. By 2000, of course, Jewish comics were doing just fine in the mainstream, but with material that was more Jewish than Jewish-Jewish. I wondered, in a post-ethnic, post-denominational, post-everything world, would we ever again see Jewish comics performing knowing, insidery, counterculture Jewish jokes about synagogue, about Israel, about theology, even for a large, appreciative audience of Jews? It took 22 years: a few weeks ago, Stand Up NY staged at the Coney Island Amphitheater. A dozen or so comics, nearly all Jewish, performed for an audience of about 4,000 people. Many of their routines drew from the well of classic ethnic Jewish comedy, mining cliches about smothering moms, indigestion and Jews who prefer a good sandwich to good sex. Jessica Kirson had a strong set about Florida retirees. The veterans Jeff Ross and Dave Attell, who closed the show, mostly stayed in the comfort zone of familiar, although still funny, cliches: Jews and money, mah jongg and heart medication. Alex Edelman, whose one-man show Just for Us is a master class in making the parochial universal, touched briefly on his Jewish day school upbringing before moving into secular territory. But more than a few of the performers joked about Jewish folkways that may well be invisible to the mainstream. And when they did, and the audience roared in recognition, it reminded me of what critic Elvis Mitchell, who is Black, wrote about Kings of Comedy: “[F]or those who have grown up living what these comics talk about, this is a chance to see a part of their lives exhibited in the mainstream and in the context of a community of like-minded folks.”

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Ingredients: 1 medium to large spaghetti squash 1-2 jars of spaghetti sauce of choice 1 lb. frozen meatballs Directions: Wash the spaghetti squash. Carefully cut the squash in half, length wise. Use a spoon to remove the seeds and membranes. Toss the seeds in the trash. Place the squash, cut side down into a large crockpot (6 qt+). Pour the sauce around the sides of the squash. Place meatballs around the sides in the sauce. Cover with crockpot lid. Cook on low for 5-6 hours, or high for 3-4 hours. The squash is done when you can easily pierce it with a fork. Use tongs, carefully remove the squash from the crockpot and place on a plate. Use a fork to pull out all the squash from the shell. Plate the desired servings of squash and discard the shell. Using a large spoon, scoop the sauce and meatballs out of the crockpot and place on top of the squash. Enjoy! Yield: Approximately 4 servings.

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“Even my kids enjoy this low carb, healthier version of the classic spaghetti and meatballs. Plus, it is a super easy recipe. It’s great for the winter months. I use vegan meatballs, but it would work with the meatball of your choice.”

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Join us on Friday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m. for evening services with our guest speaker, Patty Lee Nogg. Our service leader is Larry Blass. Everyone is always welcome at B’nai Israel! For information on COVID-related closures and about our historic synagogue, please contact Howard Kutler at hkutler@hotmail.com or any of our other board members: Scott Friedman, Rick Katelman, Janie Kulakofsky, Carole and Wayne Lainof, Mary-Beth Muskin, Debbie Salomon and Sissy Silber. Handicap Accessible. Services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman.

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 moreTheinformation.RoseBlumkin Jewish Home’s service is currently closed to visitors. In-person and virtual services conducted by Rabbi Batsheva Appel, Rabbi Deana Sussmam Berezin, and Cantor Joanna Alexander FRIDAY: Drop-In Mah Jongg, 9-11 a.m.; Shabbat B’yachad Service, 6 p.m. via Zoom or In-Person SATURDAY: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. via Zoom or InPerson WEDNESDAY: Yarn It, 9 a.m.; Grades 9-12 6-8 p.m.

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MEYER FEINSTEIN Meyer Feinstein, son of Jessie and Jamie Feinstein will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022 at Temple Israel. Meyer is an eighth grade student at Westside Middle School. For his mitzvah project, Meyer volunteered at Scatter Joy Acres.Hehas a brother, Ezra and a sister, Greta. Grandparents are Angela and Stanley Krieger of Omaha.

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With such an overwhelming task at hand, some items –such as the 35mm slides -- can be converted in-house, but most of the digitization work will be farmed out to a professional company that has the staff and equipment to safely complete the process.

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The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society was recently honored as the recipient of a $1,000 grant from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation. The foundation bestows funds to non-profit organizations throughout the state dedicated to preserving the many narratives that make up Nebraska’s rich history. NJHS’s grant money will help subsidize the digitization of the organization’s archivalExpressingcollections.hisdeep appreciation for the generous grant, NJHS Board President Ben Justman noted that, “The foundation has done tremendous work in the last few years to help support historical-related projects throughout the state. It speaks volumes that project funding for the Jewish community came from outside the Jewish community. For me, that fact demonstrates the role of NJHS, the significance of this collection, and its potential benefit for the general public.”Thehistorical society’s digitization project will be a massive undertaking because thousands of items need to be converted, Justman said. “We want to digitize quite literally everything related to Jewish life in Nebraska and Council Bluffs: home movies, Hadassah meetings, musical concerts, Jewish Federation of Omaha events, oral histories of Holocaust survivors, and much more,” he said. “We have many collections that include 8mm or 16mm films from the ‘50s, VHS tapes from the ‘80s and ‘90s, and even more current CDs and DVDs. There’s also a vast quantity of 35mm slides, most of which haven’t seen the light of day in “Anythingdecades.inan old technology format will need to be shifted into digital files.”

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The organization’s priority will be to digitize the most fragile materials that are in danger of disintegrating sooner than later, he said, adding, “This is a great opportunity for people to share their old home movies and in essence, bring them back to life. We hope to show a few of those digitized videos during our 40th anniversary celebration in October.”

Attending the recent grant award presentation to the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society were NJHS board members Jill Belmont, left, and Jeannette Gabriel; Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation’s Special Projects/Grant Coordinator Sue Quambusch, and Executive Director Leslie Fattig; and NJHS Interim Executive Director Liz Boutin.

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The project will be ongoing and costly, Justman said, so any financial support from the Jewish community will be greatly appreciated.“Withfunding assistance from our community members, we can ensure that the Jewish history of Nebraska and Council Bluffs will be safely preserved, accessible to the public, and available for future generations.”

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