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A lasting tribute to Ruth Erman

Gabby bLaiR Staff Writer, Jewish Press e’re all familiar with it: sending memorials to honor someone whose presence will be missed. Upon the passing of Ruth Erman, many friends and family members sent memorial tributes to The Jewish Federation of Omaha, who in turn worked with the Erman family to identify a cause that would have been meaningful to Ruth. It was agreed by all that these donations would be directed to the Jewish Family Service (JFS) Food Pantry in her honor. At this year’s Annual Meeting, Ruth’s husband, Joe Erman, shared with JFS Executive Director, Karen Gustafson, they would not only donate the memorials to the JFS food pantry, but the family would also match them. “Ruth and I always felt that in a country as wealthy as the United States, no one should have to go without food or health care,” he said. “We have supported the Food

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karen Gustafson, Joe erman and Linda cogen Bank of the Heartland in the past and will continue to support them as well as the JFS food bank.” Daughter, Dana Erman Kaufman, explains, “As a mental health counselor, providing counseling services and other resources to families in need

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MaRk kiRchhoff Community Engagement and Education, JFO The 17th Annual Omaha Jewish Film Festival begins Sunday, oct. 14 with a special doublefeature night. The curtain goes up at 7 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center Theater with the showing of Wendy’s Shabbat, a 14 minute comedy/documentary. In this film, a group of Jewish senior citizens gathers for Shabbat dinner at a local Wendy’s fast food restaurant. There they say prayers and light candles over hamburgers and fries. The feature film for the evening is the

comedy, Humor Me. The protagonist, Nate Kroll, (Jamaine Clement) is an award winning playwright who suddenly finds himself wifeless, jobless and homeless. With nothing else to lose, he moves in with his eccentric father, Bob (Elliot Gould), and gets a job at an old folks home where he helps the elders put on a new play. The stage is set for some great humor. This year’s film selection committee members are (alphabetical order), Rabbi Shlomo Abramovich, Jared Berezin, JohnCarl Denkovich, David Golbitz, Margie Gutnik, Gloria Kaslow, Ophir Palmon, Matthew Reinarz, Ariella Rohr, Joe Rohr, Joel Schlessinger, and Eitan Tsabari. Jennie Gates Beckman, Director of Community Engagement and Education, Scott Littky, Director of the Institute for Holocaust Education, and Amanda Ryan, Administrative Assistant for the Institute for Holocaust See omaha Jewish film festival page 2

within our community was extremely important to my mom. She was very passionate about the work being done by the JFS staff; providing mental health services, ensuring children have gifts to open at Hanukkah, providing See Ruth erman page 2

NJHS honors Michael Staenberg and Rocky Lewis

Michael Staenberg

Renee RatneR coRcoRan Executive Director, Nebraska Jewish Historical Society Mary Fellman represented someone whose whole heart was invested in the Jewish Community. She was a founder of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society. is award named for her will be presented to Michael Staenberg at the annual meeting, because of his generosity to the society through the years. rough the Staenberg Family Foundation, he paid for a new

Rocky Lewis camera for the Oral History Project and underwrote our Hot Shops fundraiser to bring awareness to our organization. It featured Shana Novak, the Heirloomist. Michael provided funds to redo the youth exhibit in the hallway of the JCC. He is an outstanding contributor to the organization. e Volunteer of the Year Award honors a community volunteer who gives their time “quietly” over a period of years, without expectation of See nJhS honors page 2

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Omaha Jewish Film Festival Continued from page 1 Education were staff participants with the committee. “We really had an active committee who devoted hours of time and put careful thought into making their recommendations,” said Jennie. Scott added, “As you would expect, with a committee this large a wide variety of preferences in films was present, and with their experiences with past festivals and what has been popular with the Omaha community, I think each person provided great input to make selections this year.” From an original list of over 75 films, staff members were able to parse the size to 15, and from there, the committee members watched trailers, read reviews, and noted other Jewish Film Festivals that had screened the films. Once the list was narrowed to 10, “screener” copies of the films were made available by the distributors, and the final selection of six films was made. One of the goals in the selection process is to present Jewish-themed films – some of which are light-hearted, some recounting past and others more current factual stories in interesting ways. Others present opportunities for profound thought. “The process is challenging and takes time,” said Amanda. “We had some great films from which to choose, and I am excited to see them being presented to our community.”

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In addition to Wendy’s Shabbat and Humor Me, the Omaha Jewish Film Festival will be presenting the following films. On Oct. 21, the drama/narrative The Testament; nov. 10, the documentary Who Will Write Our History?; nov. 11 features the doucumentary Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me; and on nov. 18 the documentary Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel. All films will be in the Jewish Community Center Theater beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5. No movie night is complete without something to munch on. Popcorn, snacks, and beverages will be available each evening. A special surprise treat will be there for you for both the opening and closing nights (Oct. 14 and nov. 18). Mark your calendars and attend as many of the nights – all of the nights – that you possibly can. We extend our thanks to the generous sponsors of this year’s film festival. They are The Henry Monsky Lodge of B’nai B’rith, and the following Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation funds: Klutznick/Creighton Custodial Fund, Lois Jeanne Schrager Memorial Fund, Kenneth Ray Tretiak Memorial Fund, Ruth Frisch & Oscar S. Belzer Endowment Fund and the Avy L. & Roberta L. Miller Film Fund.

B’nai B’rith Breadbreakers meets weekly on Wednesdays at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home auditorium from noon to 1 p.m. For specific speaker information, please email Gary.Javitch@Gmail.com, Breadbreakers chairman. For more information or to be placed on the email list call 402.334.6443 or bnaibrith@jewishomaha.org.

Karen Gustafson, Joe Erman, Dana and Michael Kaufman

Continued from page 1 financial aid or adoption services, and delivering food to families who are at-risk for hunger. This is an agency that truly provides services to everyone in our community, often behind the scenes. The decision to direct tribute gifts made in my mother’s honor to JFS made sense for our family and just felt right.” “For a family to take time during a personal tragedy to think of others as a way to honor their loved one is a true definition of what it means to be a mensch, and we are so thankful for their support,” explains Karen Gustafson. She goes on to announce that in honor of Ruth Erman, “a plaque in her name has been installed on the JFS Food Pantry door.” Directed gifts and tribute memorials act as an extra bonus that allows agencies, like JFS, to do more within the community; however the bulk of each agency’s yearly budget comes from allocations from the Jewish Federation of Omaha’s Annual Campaign. Steve Levinger, Chief Development Officer explains, “Annual Campaign gifts are truly non-designated in that donor dollars contribute to the total sum which is then allocated to each agency based on community wants and needs.” Gifts to the Annual Campaign, no matter the size, are essential for the continued success and growth of all agencies and organizations affiliated or in partnership with The Jewish Federation of Omaha. As the 2019 Annual Campaign season prepares to kick off, consider making a gift this year. The impact of your donation has lasting effects for generations and will help ensure an active, stronger Jewish Omaha today, and tomorrow.

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Continued from page 1 recognition. Rocky Lewis, whose creativity, generosity and willingness to help will be the recipient of this year’s award. She is always very supportive, knowing that this organization is in need of financial and physical help. Rocky has been a devoted board member for many years. Please join us on Sunday, Oct. 28 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the JCC auditorium.

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Jacob Geltzer BBYO/Teen Program Director maha BBYO is off to a great start to this new school year. We just had our Fall Kickoff program, Aug. 26, where we traveled with 27 teens to attend a Kansas City Royals Game with teens from Kansas City BBYO. We left the JCC bright and early, but once we passed state lines into Kansas City, everyone was wide awake and ready to meet their regional BBYO friends. Not only did we watch the game together, but we also had a tailgate outside in the parking lot filled with food, games, and lots of laughs. Another event that we are excited about is our upcoming Fall Regional Convention. This is one of three conventions that teens from Omaha, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and St. Louis come together to re-

connect, enjoy amazing programs, Shabbat services, and so much more. This year, Fall Regional Convention will be hosted in Omaha and will take place from oct. 12-14. This convention is open to any Jewish teen in 9th-12th grade but must be a member of BBYO. Our next big local program will be Haunted Havdallah on oct. 20. BBYO is collaborating with NFTY, NCSY, Chabad, USY, and Young Jewish Giving to put on this teen-lead Havdallah campfire service and program that will take place at the Bellevue Berry Farm. This event is open to all Jewish teens in 8th-12th Grade in Omaha and costs $20 to attend. Register at www.tinyurl.com/omahaHauntedHavdallah. For any questions about BBYO, please contact BBYO/Teen Programming Director Jacob Geltzer at jgeltzer@jccomaha.org, or call at 402.334.6404

Gabby blair Staff Writer, Jewish Press The Jewish Federation of Omaha is pleased to present the Jewish Business Leader’s Hall of Fame Breakfast honoring this year’s inductee, Noddle Companies, on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. at the Happy Hollow Club (1701 S. 105th Street). This event kicks off the 2018-19 JBL season. Be sure to mark your calendars for this year’s ‘Bagels & Business’ breakfast speakers series, all taking place from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the Happy Hollow Club. Jan. 23: Jeff Gordman, Gordman’s CEO 1990-2014 April 17: Amee Zetzman, Executive VP/CFO and Jeff Kavich, President/CEO of All Makes July 17: Omaha native, Jason Kohll, CEO of Professional Sports Partners from Houston, TX. Your involvement with JBL will provide a host of network-

ing opportunities and helps foster valuable working relationships with other business leaders in the community. Events are free with paid membership of only $100 per year. Special thanks to Platinum sponsor, First National Bank, for their yearlong support of JBL. Help continue to build and strengthen the legacy of Jewish businesses in Omaha by becoming part of this extraordinary group of community business leaders. Register for this event, join or renew your JBL membership today at: http://www.jewishoma ha.org/about/communityprograms-and-events/jewish-business-leaders. For more information, or to become a sponsor, please contact JFO Chief Development Officer, Steve Levinger at 402.334.6433 slevinger@jewishoma ha.org, JFO Corporate Development Leader, Jill Adkins at 402.334.6461 jadkins @jewishomaha.org, or Alex Epstein at 402.505.7720 aepstein @omnepartners.com.

JTA A Renoir painting that the Nazis stole from a Paris bank vault was returned to the heir of its owner. On Sept. 12, U.S. authorities returned the 1919 work “Deux Femmes Dans Un Jardin” to Sylvie Sulitzer of France, the last remaining heir of her grandfather Alfred Weinberger, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. The painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a famed Impressionist, is worth at least $300,000. Although Sulitzer knew her grandfather, she had no idea about the missing Renoir until a German law firm, specialists in recovering art looted by the Nazis from Jewish families, contacted her in the early 2010s, Agence France-Presse reported. “I’m very thankful to be able to show my beloved family wherever they are that after all they’ve been through, there is justice,” Sulitzer said. Her grandfather was a prominent art collector in prewar Paris. Four other Renoirs and a Delacroix, which her grandfather

also owned, have yet to be recovered, Sulitzer told AFP. The Nazis stole the art in December 1941 from the bank vault where Weinberger stored his collection when he fled Paris at the outset of World War II. Following the war, Weinberger spent decades trying to recover his property, registering his claim with French authorities in 1947 and with the Germans in 1958. U.S. officials said the Renoir first resurfaced at an art sale in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1975, before finding its way to London, where it was sold again in 1977. It was put up for sale again in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1999. It was last sold in 2012 in the United States for $390,000, The New York Times reported. But it was only when it was put up for auction by a private collector at Christie’s in New York that the auction house called in the FBI. Its previous owner eventually agreed to relinquish the painting. It is thought that up to 100,000 works of art, and millions of books, were stolen from French Jews, or Jews who had fled to France before the Nazi occupation began in 1940.

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Autism Study: Update

● The Omaha-based non-profit Therapeutics Research Institute (TRI) is in its 3rd year of its ControlAutismNow Study with results matching or exceeding the original Harvard/Hopkins-related clinical trial results.

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Leaving your Legacy at Temple Israel

CAssAndrA HICks WeIsenburger genuinely meant it. When Toby passed away, Director of Communications, Temple Israel we lost a great friend, teacher, grandmother, LIFE&LEGACY is a partnership of the mother, confidant, and so much more. But Harold Grinspoon Foundation and the Jew- Toby’s legacy will live on for decades to come. ish Federation of Omaha Foundation that Her wish was that her LIFE&LEGACY donapromotes after-lifetime giving to benefit the tion would be used to focus on the children Omaha Jewish community. There are nine of Temple Israel and our Religious School. partner organizations who “The people at Temple Isare participating in the prorael were her family,” said gram: Temple Israel, Beth close friend Sandy Passer. El, Beth Israel, Friedel, IHE, “They meant so much to ADL/CRC, NJHS, Chabad, her, and working in the Reand the Jewish Federation ligious School, that gave of Omaha. her so much joy and gave “LIFE&LEGACY is a purpose to her life and I tremendous opportunity think that she wanted that for the wonderful instituto be her legacy; she felt so tions in our community to strong about educating the secure their financial wellchildren.” being into the future,” said Even before she passed Rosie Zweiback, Temple Isaway, Toby created the rael past president, who Toby Fellman Camp Scholwas proud to work on this arship Fund for first time Toby Fellman effort during her presicampers so any child could dency. “Working with people who want to enjoy the camp experience regardless of fimake that type of a commitment was very re- nancial standing. warding. It’s truly something that anyone can Toby left $1.5 million dollars to Temple Isparticipate in at any level.” rael through LIFE&LEGACY. It’s a staggering Rosie and her husband Mace have person- amount. ally committed to LIFE&LEGACY. “We “Toby’s commitment in life to Temple Israel wanted to support the things we believe in, was extraordinary and her estate plan in every way that we can, and making an af- matched that commitment. I didn’t realize it terlife plan fits into that goal. It was really was so large, but the fact that she gave most of quite simple, especially if you already have her estate to Temple Israel is not surprising, life insurance, you just designate Temple Is- and it’s so touching and beautiful and that’s rael as a beneficiary. We believed in it and it how she lived her life,” said Sandy. “That’s was easy to do!” what she wanted to do; she just wanted to benAs part of this organization, Temple Israel efit the community and especially the kids.” has received incentive grants from this projToby’s gift was very large, but it’s important ect and has had 63 LIFE&LEGACY commit- to know that you can commit at any level. ments with an estimated total dollar amount Rosie added: “By making a legacy commitof $3.3 million. ment, our donors have been able to convey One of those donors was Toby Fellman. their commitment to being Jewish, express Toby was a fairly private person, and she the values instilled by their parents and would not want a big fuss, so I will be concise. grandparents, and perpetuate the Jewish traWe all know Toby. She was a “Professional ditions that they cherish by helping to preVolunteer” at Temple Israel. She was every- serve the programs and organizations that one’s mother or grandmother. She basically support the Omaha Jewish community.” adopted everyone’s children as her own. She LIFE&LEGACY has received 633 commitknew everyone’s name, their family, and what ments to the various Jewish organizations each family member was doing. When she from 319 individuals with an estimated value asked you how you were doing, you knew she of $ 17 million dollars.

In the news

Local author Renee Micklin has self-published her first book, a memoir, entitled What My Eyes Could Not See: A True Story of Betrayal and Awakening. Currently available through Amazon.com (Paper back- $14.95; E-book-$9.99; 259 pages), Micklin’s memoir details her perseverance as she deals with a genetically inherited visual impairment and emerges from a tumultuous and abusive marriage. A note from the author: “I was a divorcee with failing vision. Looking for love, I placed an ad in a singles directory. Unwittingly I put my trust in the hands of a narcissistic sheriff who engaged in underhanded and illegal means to control me physi-

cally and financially. “Shortly after moving to his isolated farm, I saw red flags but chose to ignore them. He had an insatiable desire for possessions, and I had the funds to elevate his status and life style. Motivated by greed, and with a fiery temper, he intended to seduce me out of my financial assets. His overriding passion was acquiring land-and lots of it- with my money. With my life, sanity, and financial security at risk, I had to find a safe way out.” A graduate in communications from the University of Nebraska in Omaha, Ms. Micklin has taught at Metropolitan Community College and worked as a professional speaker. She hopes to have her memoir available at the Bookworm this fall.

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Learn about financial literacy

nate ShaPiro Director of Development, Jewish Federation of Omaha on Sept. 7, 2018, Young Jewish omaha (YJo) held their first ever Shabbat at b’nai israel in Council bluffs. YJo-ers put together a Siddur, led the service, and prepared a meal to share with other Young Jews in the area. With an attendance of nearly 25 people, this was a very successful event and YJo looks forward to hosting more events like this. thank you to Community Shlicha, ron Lugasy, YJo Chair, amanda ryan, and ariella rohr, for their help in cooking the food and planning the service. a special thank you goes out to the b’nai israel community for opening your lovely synagogue to YJo. For more information on YJo activities, find us on Facebook, or contact nate Shapiro: 402.334.6440.

annette van de kaMP Editor, Jewish Press onday, Oct. 19, from 7-9 p.m. the Jewish Federation of Omaha and the JFO Foundation will co-host a Financi a l Literacy workshop, led by financial advisor Susan Wier. Location is the Sans Souci Room at Swanson Towers; light refreshments will be served. Susan is an experienced financial advisor who has built two financial service firms from the ground up. She is the coowner and Executive Vice President of First American Trust LLC and assists high-net-worth individuals with insurance, financial, estate and investment planning.

“Our target audience,” Margo Parsow said, “consists of community members over 50 who need advice in how to plan for the future. It can be overwhelming and attending this workshop can not only help in asking the right questions, but also in answering them.” Susan Wier’s main lesson: “Don’t be an ostrich.” In her presentation, she will discuss a multitude of topics from asset allocation, diversification and mutual funds to types of tax deferred accounts. You do not need to show up with prior knowledge, so this is a great opportunity to get financial advice. This is the first in a series of workshops JFO and the Foundation will be co-hosting and there is no charge to attend. To RSVP, contact Life and Legacy Coordinator Margo Parsow at mparsow@jewishomaha.org or 402.334.6432.

Paul McCartney never meant to offend Jews with Hey Jude

that,’” McCartney said. “You’ll hear when you hear the record, Gabe FriedMan JTA it’s just a name in a song and it’s all cool.” The man relented. In 1968, The Beatles put the title to their upcoming single, McCartney explains in the video that the song was origiHey Jude, on the front of their record label’s boutique store in nally titled Hey Jules, a referLondon. The idea was to inence to John Lennon’s son trigue passersby before the reJulian. McCartney was feeling lease, Paul McCartney told GQ bad for young Julian at the in a new interview. time, just after Lennon had diHowever, the song’s name vorced his first wife Cynthia didn’t go over well with everyPowell. one. McCartney said a furious But in the end, he just liked Jewish man called him up about the name Jude better. the name (because this was the These days, McCartney — ’60s, when celebrities were apwho is about to start a tour parently reachable by phone) after recently releasing his 18th and threatened to send his son solo album — sees the iconic over to beat the Beatle up. tune, which he plays at every The word “jude” (Jew in one of his concerts, as a way of German) conjured up bad bringing people together. memories in the post-Nazi era, Paul McCartney performing in Miami, Fla., July 7, 2017. “In these times, when it’s a and Jews in London had Credit: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images little dark and people are sort enough to deal with, the man of separated by politics and stuff, it’s so fantastic just to see fumed. “I said ‘hey baby, let’s cool it down, nothing to do with them all come together singing the end of Hey Jude,” he said.

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community Reclaiming our Dignity with Adrienne Gold n ursday, Aug. 23, more than 100 women (and quite a few of their daughters) came together to hear speaker Adrienne Gold. Together with Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project’s past and future participants, she explored the topic “Reclaiming our Dignity through the Jewish Definition of Beauty in the Modern World.” Sonia and Adria Tipp and Holly and Julia Weill chaired the event. Adrienne is an employee of JWRP Israel and was a fixture on Canadian television for almost two decades, both as host of her own daily fashion and beauty program, and as a regular contributor on scores of others. Aer a visit to Israel, she was no longer interested in promoting issues of style, and turned her attention to matters of substance. She currently is a senior lecturer and community liaison at the Village Shul in Toronto, as well as an international Jewish educator. Having a conversation with Adrienne means learning something, every time. She calls ‘Passion’ the ‘vehicle to our purpose,’ and said “the real trick is aligning your passion with your purpose.” “I constantly try to connect the spiritual to to the physical,” she added. She’s been involved with the JWRP trips for years, leading groups, giving lectures that are always a two-way street. “e reason these MOMentum trips work so well,” she said, “is everything is aligned and geared towards maximizing your potential as a human being. You have to maintain the engagement of everyone, from the trip leaders to participants and any of the teachers involved. e participants bring their own Jewish expression, their unique self to the experience. What we came up with is a focus on unity without uniformity. Respecting the single individual during these trips is key.” Adrienne thinks of Israel as a spiritual eco-system for the Jewish soul, a place where mothers can explore meaning, growth, truth and wisdom, while focusing on their own well-being. “We take these groups of women who want to pass on something meaningful to their children,” she said. “If you invest in yourself this way, there is no expiration date.” e next Omaha JWRP group will participate this coming October, with Adrienne as trip leader and Louri Sullivan and Holly Weill as city leaders. For more information about JWRP MOMentum, please contact Senior Director of Community Impact and Special Programs Louri Sullivan at lsullivan@jewishomaha.org or 403.334.6485.

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Why i volunteered

I could have been deferred from all military service due to childhood asthma and other allergies. But, I volunteered, starting with ROTC as a freshman in college, then as an advanced ROTC and, finally, I requested assignment to the infantry as a Second Lieutenant. My story is not unusual and I’ve never felt I deserved credit. Neither have I RiChARD FELLmAn ever explained why I did what I did. I was six years old when Pearl Harbor took place and I recall that Sunday evening in our home in Omaha. My parents, Leon and Frances Fellman, were speaking at the breakfast room table. ey didn’t pay any attention to me, but I listened carefully. My father was a dentist, ten years in practice, and a few months before Pearl Harbor we had moved into a new home he had built with a contractor. He was a Reserve Army Oﬃcer, a captain in the Dental Corps, since he had taken ROTXC while in dental school. He joined primarily because it paid a monthly stipend and he was paying all his college expenses and helping his parents at the same time. Twice in 1941 he received orders to report for active duty. He was able to obtain a delay both times because he was in the middle of constructing a home for his family. e evening of Pearl Harbor, he explained to my mother that he would no longer get deferments. He expected to receive the order to report for active duty within weeks. And he did. Athough I did not understand everything my parents were saying, I did feel the seriousness with which they were speaking to each other. In a child’s way I understood that my father would soon be leaving our home. What followed was a three-year term in the Army, duty in the Aleutian Islands, a broken arm which threatened to prevent him from ever practicing dentistry again, my mother home alone with two children and—before the war was over—a set of twins while the entire nation was at war with a terrible enemy. e night of Dec. 7, 1941, my mother put my sister and me to bed and led us in evening prayers. She added a line that remained the last words we said to each other each night until August 1945, when General McArthur took the surrender from Japan in Tokyo Bay and WW II oﬃcially ended: “Please, God, make the war end soon.” A year or so later I showed my mother the sleeves on my winter coat were too short and asked if I could get a new one. “No,” she said. “But I will get you a long pair of mittens.” “But,” I argued, “the boy across the street has a new coat.” She explained my father was serving his country, while the neighbor boy’s father was home and making a lot of money. “When the war is over, you’ll get what you need.”

As wartime sacrifices go, it was mild, but to me, as a child, the meaning was clear: your father is doing his duty. Be proud. And I was. Years later, when I was a senior in high school, I applied for a Naval ROTC scholarhip—without my mother’s knowledge. If granted, it would have covered full tuition at any college with a Naval program, room and board, all fees plus a generous monthy allowance. I took the test and passed. All that remained was the physical (I knew my health was good) and my mother’s signature on one of the forms. An officer from the Navy called and spoke with my mother, explaining all the benefits of a Navy Scholarship. “Why,” he asked her, “won’t you sign the papers and give your son all of these advantages?” “My husband was a reserve Army officer,” she told him. “He was called to active duty and I lived through the war while he was away for three years. Other doctors and dentists were eventually called in, but Captain Leon E. Fellman, 0-294270, many weren’t gone Dental Corps, U.S. Army, Reserve, that long. Sir, I don’t Spring 1942. want my son to owe his education to the Navy. If I have to go to work and scrub floors so he can go to college, I’ll do it.” e officer knew he couldn’t change her mind. She said nothing to me about ROTC training in college, because she sensed why I felt so strongly about it. From what I heard years later, many of my contemporaries shared my feelings about my father’s wartime experiences. I must add: I was extremely lucky. I was a child during WW II. I was still in high school during the Korean War and although I was eligible to be called up during Vietnam, the President never called on the reserves. e result: I never served during wartime. All of that was just pure luck.

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SARA KohEn Director of Advancement, Friedel Jewish Academy Friedel Jewish Academy students love science! in their weekly innovations class, students learned that soap is a surfactant: it breaks the surface tension of water. The students placed a dish soap-coated toothpick behind the boat, causing the water to move away from the toothpick and propel the boat forward.

One Team for One Community: Volunteer for Kehilla today

GAbby bLAiR Staff Writer, Jewish Pres Looking for a volunteer opportunity or mitzvah project? Want to become more involved in our community? Have what it takes to be an ambassador for The Jewish Federation of Omaha’s Annual Campaign? If so, contact Nate Shapiro, JFO Director of Development at 402.334.6440 or nshapiro @jewishomaha.org today to find out more about this year’s Kehilla Cup! Shapiro explains that this year’s Kehilla Cup challenge will follow a different format than in years past. “We wanted to change it up a little and focus on a ‘one team for one community’ theme. Instead of a competition between separate teams headed by captains, this year we hope to focus more on the importance of each individual in our community and the impact each one of us can have when we all pull in the same direction.” Switching formats will also take away the pressure and obligations captains have had in past years to organize meetings and coordinate volunteers. “Between work and home, we recognize that folks want to help but are busy. This new design is a perfect way to step up individual impact while not being a huge time commitment- and most if not all the work can be done at each volunteer’s convenience.” Shapiro continues, “While this format is a little different, the competitive nature of Kehilla Cup has not changed; special prizes are in store for our most active volunteers! I encourage anyone interested in volunteering for the Kehilla Cup to reach out to me today!”

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anything but friendly Gabby bLaiR Staff writer, Jewish Press few weeks ago, I happened to catch an NPR news update while I was driving. Quietly tucked into the headlines was one that stood out to me in spite of its brevity. FIFA had just announced sanctions against Palestinian Football Association President, Jabril Rajoub, slapping him with a $20k fine and a one-year ban from all things soccer. This came in response for his incitement of hatred and violence towards international soccer star Lionel Messi. Rajoub, who is appealing the sanctions, had called for fans to burn jerseys, posters and effigies of Messi, star player for the Argentinian National team, ahead of a June 9 exhibition match slated to take place in Jerusalem. Intended to be a World Cup warm-up between Argentina and Israel, the Argentine team caved to fear and coercion, canceling the highly anticipated and sold-out Friendly just 4 days before the event was scheduled to take place, citing security concerns. Israelis were further outraged when Rajoub began making statements thanking Messi and his teammates for their ‘wisdom’ and ‘show of support for the Palestinian cause’ by ‘choosing to cancel’ the match with Israel. Naturally, Rajoub made no mention that the decision to cancel came only after he encouraged a campaign of hostility towards Messi and the Argentinian National team. Claudio Tapia, Argentine Football Association President, reported that Palestinian activists waved Messi jerseys smeared with blood red paint outside Barcelona’s World Cup training facility where the team practiced. Argentine Football Association vice president, Hugo Moyano, said threats negatively affected the players and their families, ultimately resulting in their decision to cancel. I would hardly call canceling under those conditions a choice. I do not personally follow soccer, but it is the sport to follow in Israel regardless of one’s politics or ethnicity. During a trip to Israel this past summer, it was not uncommon to see Arabs, Jews, and occasional European tourists, crowded around televisions in pubs, eateries, hotel lobbies and even gas stations, cheering over goals scored or lamenting a blocked shot. There are even youth soccer clubs, such as The Equalizer, which bring Muslim, Jewish, Druze, Christian, and Bedouin kids together to play and team build in an effort to foster peaceful working relationships in these younger generations.

Holding the Friendly could have been a most opportune time to show the world that peace could be attainable, even in a small way- in Jerusalem of all places! Instead, it was yet another squandered opportunity for Palestinians as their appointed national sports leader stopped just short of publicly threatening a wildly popular

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international soccer star and his high profile team to further a violent political agenda. After a simple search for Jabril Rajoub, I can reluctantly understand why his incitement, in particular, held so much weight. Rajoub’s resume includes a long list of terroristic endeavors and prison terms. He was sentenced to life in prison in 1970 after throwing a grenade at a bus in Hebron, but was released as part of a prisoner exchange in 1985. He was arrested and deported to Lebanon in 1987 for his militant roles in the first Intifada and was allegedly behind an assassination plot on Ariel Sharon. He returned to the West Bank in 1994, after the signing of The Oslo Accords, and became notorious as a feared Fatah strongman. In 2002, Rajoub became head of Preventive Security Forces before a quick promotion to National Security Advisor by Yasser Arafat. In 2006 he resurfaced as the point man for Palestinian sports. Since then, Rajoub has given many interviews and has been quoted as saying that “Israel should beware; the Palestinians are their enemies. If we had nuclear weapons we would use them against them.”

Guest editorial: What is at stake sTeven J. RieKes The most important election in our lifetime will take place Nov. 6. It is of such critical importance that it transcends the usual political issues such as taxes, health care, social security, etc. What is at stake in this particular election is our democratic form of government and the rule of law. Our President not only admires autocrats such as Putin and Kim Jong Un, but he has given us clear warning that if his intentions were to be fulfilled, our country would be an autocracy as well. As citizens of the United States, we have a civic duty to vote. As Jews we also have a religious duty to vote. (See for example the essay The Jewish Duty to Vote by Rabbi David Evan Markus, Oct. 30, 2014.) There is rabbinic authority that, when Jews are given the opportunity to vote, they must so participate. Certainly, in the circumstances of this coming election, in my opinion, we have a religious duty to speak up, speak out and vote. History shows that the safety and security of Jews is more assured in countries with a democratic form of government than those with an autocratic one. While our President may not be personally antisemitic, he has clearly expressed antipathy to Muslims, to Mexicans, to Africans, and to opponents of any kind. He has stirred up hate and fear. Yet hate is a volatile commodity. When one minority is publicly despised, all minorities are in danger. It is no mere coincidence that the Neo Nazis publically celebrated Trump’s election.

There is a further reason why we must vote, speak up and speak out this year. The President has often remarked that he is the embodiment of the truth. He is the only one who can fix it. He is the only one who can be trusted. We should not trust the judiciary, the FBI, and especially the press. We should not even trust our own eyes and ears. We should believe only in him. Throughout history various men, in their quest for power, have made similar claims and have wreaked havoc in so doing. They govern by fear and division. Pharoah, the god king of Egypt, keeps reappearing every generation. The North Koreans must worship their leader as a living god. Upon his return from Singapore, our President said that we should pay attention to him as the North Korean leader is attended by his people. But this is destructive idol worship. When a man proclaims that he could shoot somebody in the middle of Fifth Avenue and will lose no voters, then, we must oppose him. We must oppose him even if he moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. King Herod enhanced the beauty of the temple, but that did not excuse his sins. We must oppose his denigration of our democratic institutions and the rule of law. Further, we must undertake this task because many of our congressional representatives lack the courage or will to do so. Judaism commands us to stand up for the truth. We must stand up against self-aggrandizement,

In spite of having no notable background in sports, Rajoub currently leads numerous sport related associations including the Palestinian Football Association, the PLO Supreme Council for Sport and Youth Affairs, the Palestinian Scout Association and the Palestinian Olympic Committee. Incidentally, this September marks the 46th anniversary memorial of the massacre in Munich, in which Palestinian terrorists kidnapped, tortured, mutilated and murdered 11 members of the Israeli Olympic Team. This grotesquely glorified moment in Palestinian history is revolting and gives an uncomfortable weight to their threats against athletes. As if it wasn’t disturbing enough to have a known terrorist in charge of today’s Palestinian youth athletics and Olympic hopefuls, Rajoub protested a proposed moment of silence in 2012 to honor the murdered Israelis calling it “racist.” Shockingly, the IOC acquiesced to this protest and it was not until 2016 that a moment of silence was officially recognized. Peaceful collaboration with Israel- be it a simple Friendly or at the Olympics- is completely against not only Rajoub’s agenda of hate and incitement in sports, but the agenda of much of the wider Arab world. The torture and murder of innocent Jewish athletes- on German soil, no less- simply because they were Israelisthat better fits the definition of racism. When the head of the Lebanese Olympic Delegation physically blocked the Israeli Olympic team from boarding the bus to the 2016 opening ceremonies simply because he didn’t want to share the bus with them- that is a better example of racism. Repeatedly coaching athletes to throw matches they spent their lives training for just to avoid competing against an Israeli- as in the cases of Iranian wrestler Alireza Karimi-Machiani (WWC 2013 and 2017); Saudi Arabian Judoka Joud Fahmy (Rio 2016); and Syrian boxer Ala Ghason (London 2012); along with over 40 other cases of similar behavior by athletes from Arab statesthat better illustrates racism. What a pity for the athletes who dedicate hours a day for years of their lives, to training... just to have such hate mongers in charge of their dreams. It could be so easy to find common threads in our shared humanity through sports- or the arts- if there wasn’t such an active agenda against it. With behavior and sportsmanship like this, the dream of peace will remain just that- and in this reality, there are no winners.

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bellicose and hateful rants, and the obscurity of “alternative facts.” Only God, not a man, is the embodiment of the truth. Get out and vote.

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618 Mynster Street Council Bluffs, IA 51503-0766 712.322.4705 email: CBsynagogue@hotmail.com

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Member of United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism 14506 California Street Omaha, NE 68154-1980 402.492.8550 bethel-omaha.org

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Member of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 12604 Pacific Street Omaha, NE. 68154 402.556.6288 BethIsrael@OrthodoxOmaha.org

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An Affiliate of Chabad-Lubavitch 1866 South 120 Street Omaha, NE 68144-1646 402.330.1800 OChabad.com email: chabad@aol.com

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South Street Temple Union for Reform Judaism 2061 South 20th Street Lincoln, NE 68502-2797 402.435.8004 www.southstreettemple.org

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323 South 132 Street Omaha, NE 68154

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

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

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For information on our historic synagogue, contact any of our board members: Scott Friedman, Rick Katelman, Carole Lainof, Wayne Lainof, Marty Ricks, Sissy Silber, Nancy Wolf, or email nancywolf16620@gmail.com.

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Services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman. friday: Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. Saturday: Shabbat Morning Services, 9:30 a.m.; Junior Congregation, Grades 3-7, 10 a.m.; Mincha following Shabbat Morning Services. weekday SerViceS: Sundays, 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; weekdays, 7 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. SuNday: Sukkot Building, 10 a.m.; Torah Study, 10 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 5:30 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 7:02 p.m. MoNday: Sukkot Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 5:30 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 7:59 p.m. tueSday: Sukkot Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha following Shabbat Morning Services. wedNeSday: Women’s Book Club, 7 p.m. at the home of Carol Parsow. thurSday: Abraham Family Sukkah Open House, 6 p.m. Nebraska AIDS Coaltion Lunch, friday, Sept. 28, 11:30 a.m. Joan Marcus serves lunch once a month at the Nebraska AIDS Project, and she needs baked goods for dessert. Contact Joan if you can help by donating baked goods. Shabbat’s Cool and Shul-In, Grades 3-7, Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m. Shmooze in the Sukkot, Saturday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m. at the Krausman home. This adults only evening we’ll be guests of Laurel and Michael Krausman in their Sukkah. This program is for Beth El’s men and women of all ages. Please RSVP so they can plan accordingly.

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Services conducted by Rabbi Ari Dembitzer. friday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha, 7:06 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 7:06 p.m. Saturday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Insights into the Weekly Torah Portion, 6 p.m.; Mincha/Seudah Shlishit, 6:45 p.m.; Havdalah, 8:03 p.m. SuNday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Bagels and Beit Midrash, 10 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7:02 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 7:02 p.m. MoNday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Lunch in the Sukkah, 11:30 a.m.; Candle Lighting, 8:01 p.m. tueSday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7 p.m.; Havdalah, 7:58 p.m. wedNeSday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7 p.m. at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. thurSday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Connecting with Our Faith, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Ari; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7 p.m. at Rose Blumkin Jewish Home.

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Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. friday: Shacharit, 7 a.m. followed by coffee, treats, study and shmoozing; Candle Lighting, 7:17 p.m.; Mincha/ Kabbalat Shabbat, 7:30 p.m. Saturday: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. Kiddush Luncheon to celebrate the yartzeit of Rebetzin Chana and Women’s Enpowerment. weekdayS: Shacharit, 7 a.m. followed by coffee, treats, study and shmoozing. SuNday: Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 7:02 p.m. MoNday: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7:15 p.m.; Light Candles after 7:59 p.m. tueSday: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m. wedNeSday: Cteen Sukkot Bash, 6 p.m.. thurSday: Soup in the Sukkah, 7 p.m. A sampling of soups served with artisinal breads. GF also! All programs are open to the entire community.

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Services conducted by Rabbi Teri Appleby. friday: Hyten/Siedband B’not Mitzvah; Erev Shabbat Service, 6:30 p.m. featuring music by the Star City Kochavim; Oneg, 7:30 p.m. hosted by Siedband and Hyten families; Candlelighting, 7:06 p.m. Saturday: Hyten/Siedband B’not Mitzvah; No Shabbat Morning Service or Torah Study at the Temple; Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. at Tifereth Israel. All are invited to attend services leb by the Hyten/Siedband B’not Mitzvah; Havdalah (72 minutes), 8:35 p.m. SuNday: LJCS Gan through Grade 7, 9:30 a.m.; LJCS Gesher, 10 a.m.; Adult Hebrew Class 2, 11:30 a.m.; Erev Sukkot in the Rabbi’s Sukkah, 6:30 p.m. There will be a short service and a sing-a-long, and we’ll wave the Lulav and Etrog with our Ushpizin (invited guests). A light supper will follow. Please RSVP to the Temple office by Friday, Sept. 21; Candle Lighting, 7:03 p.m.; No Pickle ball this week. MoNday: Candle Lighting, 8:31 p.m. tueSday: Zak Ebrahim speaks, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the College View Seventh Day Adventist Church; Havdalah (72 minutes), 8:29 p.m. wedNeSday: LJCS Hebrew School, 4 p.m. at Tifereth Israel; Pizza in the Hut, 6 p.m. at Tifereth Israel. Cost is $6 for adults 13 and up and $4 for children 2-12. Please RSVP. Second Annual Sukkah Crawl, Saturday, Sept. 29, 4 p.m. We will make our way from sukkah to sukkah and commemorative passports will be given to each traveler who RSVP’s. Turn in your stamped passports at the last stop to be eligible for a special prize! I CAN. YOU CAN. LINCOLN CAN. Throughout the month of September, the South Street Temple will collect food and funds to donate to the Food Bank of Lincoln. Look for the blue barrels in the Temple vestibule and help us fill them up! On Friday, Sept. 28, we will bring our donations to the Lincoln CAN event at Gateway Mall.

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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 Stan Edelstein. MoNday: Sukkot Service, 9:15 a.m. led by Alan Shulewitz. Services will be held in the Chapel. Members of the community are invited to attend.

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friday: Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. Saturday: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m.; Shabbat Service, 10:30 a.m.; Sukkot Service, Dinner and Bonfire, 5 p.m. Join us in our family celebration of the festival of Sukkot. Services

will begin our celebration, followed by dinner, a bonfire, and s’mores! SuNday: Sukkot Morning Breakfast, 9:30 a.m.; Sukkot Morning Service, 10:30 a.m. tueSday: Board of Trustees Meeting, 7 p.m. wedNeSday: Religious School for Grades 3-6, 4 p.m.; School Dinner, 6 p.m.; Grades 7-12, 6:30 p.m.; Love Your Neighbor as Yourself in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Traditions, 6:30 p.m. taught by Rabbi Brian Stoller. thurSday: The History of the Jewish People: Exodus & Sinai, 10 a.m. taught by Cantor Wendy Shermet; OTYG Plugs into Israel Series: Israeli Movie Night, 5-7 p.m. TiYPE & YJO Roof-Top Sukkah Party, friday, Sept. 28, 8:30 p.m. Simchat Torah Service and Consecration, Sunday, Sept. 30, 6 p.m. Join us in celebrating our kindergarteners as they begin their Religious School education. The children will receive a blessing from clergy and join in parading the Torah scrolls around the Community Court. As in past years, there will be music provided by Tuffy Epstein and dancing with our Torah scrolls. Heavy hor d’oeuvres and ice cream will be served.

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Simchat Torah Morning Service and Yizkor, Monday, oct. 1, 10:30 a.m. If you would like to have the names of your loved ones read at the Yizkor service, please contact the Temple Israel office, 402.556.6536, by Tuesday, Sept. 25. Services conducted by lay leader Nancy Coren. Office hours: Monday-friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. friday: Hyten/Siedband B’not Mitzvah; No Services; Candlelighting, 7:06 p.m. Saturday: Hyten/Siedband B’not Mitzvah; Shabbat Morning service, 9:30 a.m. led by Sara and Sofia Siedband and Julia Hyten followed by a Kiddush luncheon sponsored by the Siedband and Hyten families; Got Shabbat, 11 a.m.; Havdalah (72 minutes), 8:04 p.m. SuNday: LJCS Gan through Grade 7, 9:30 a.m.; LJCS Gesher, 10 a.m.; No Pickle ball this week. MoNday: Offices closed; Sukkot Services, 10 a.m. tueSday: Offices closed; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7 p.m. wedNeSday: LJCS Hebrew School, 4 p.m. at Tifereth Israel; Pizza in the Hut, 6 p.m. at Tifereth Israel. Cost is $6 for adults 13 and up and $4 for children 2-12. Please RSVP. Tifereth Israel will once again be participating in food collection for the Lincoln Food Bank's I CAN, YOU CAN, LINCOLN CAN project. We will have two barrels available for canned food donations between Aug. 27 and Sept. 27. Your donations may be brought on any day except Shabbat. It is very appropriate to bring them just prior to our Kol Nidrei service. Tifereth Israel invites all members of the Lincoln Jewish Community to join us at our Simchat Torah Celebration on Monday, oct. 1, 6:30 p.m. at Tifereth Israel. March and dance with the Torahs, sing, and hear the final reading from the Torah. Enjoy the children who will be joining us as part of their “What’s the scoop” PJLibrary program. We look forward to rejoicing with you!

US cuts Israeli-Palestinian coexistence programs

JTA newS STAff e United States has cut $10 million of foreign aid money that was supporting coexistence programs between Israelis and Palestinians. It is believed to have been the last remaining U.S. aid for Palestinian civilians. e cuts were first reported Sept. 14 in e New York Times. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has frozen $25 million in funding to Palestinian hospitals in eastern Jerusalem, halted all funding to the UNRWA, United Nations refugee agency that aids Palestinians, and cut more than $200 million for humanitarian and development aid in the West Bank and Gaza. e portion of the money involving Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip was being redirected to programs between Jewish and Arab Israelis, a U.S. Embassy oﬃcial told the AFP news agency. e United States Agency for International De-

velopment, or USAID, said it is “currently unable to engage Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza as a result of the administration’s recent decision on Palestinian assistance.” e agency said it was “continuing its support for civil society working on these issues within Israel.” Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East peace negotiator for the United States, slammed the cuts in a tweet. “Having run Seeds of Peace for several years, what Trump Administration is doing to Israelis and Palestinians is cruel, stupid, and counterproductive,” he wrote. “It’s precisely because there is no peace process that you need these P2P programs.” P2P stands for people to people programs. President Donald Trump earlier this year requested a review of all U.S. aid to the Palestinians, threatening to cut oﬀ assistance unless the Palestinian Authority agreed to enter into serious peace negotiations with Israel.

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Rachel Jacobson and Stephen Osberg announce the Aug. 15 birth of their daughter, Ri Jacobson Osberg. She is named for her paternal Grandmother, Lori Nelson. She has a big sister, Cleo. Grandparents are Nancy Jacobson and the late David Jacobson of Omaha, the late Lori Nelson of Kearney and Michael Osberg and Gail Osberg of Omaha. Great-grandparents are the late Helen Jacobson Speier and Jack Jacobson of Omaha, the late Marge and John Brickson of Sun City West, Arizona, Delmar and Bernice Nelson of Axtell, Nebraska, and Don and Delores Osberg of Wausa, Nebraska.

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Baby Boot Camp with Instructor Maggie omas is held every Tuesday at noon in the JCC Youth Lounge and is a great opportunity for new moms to bond with their baby while improving their post-delivery health. Moms will be guided through a total body workout by a certified pre and post-natal exercise specialist. Moderate intensity cardio training and total body strength will be incorporated into the workout, as well as specialized core workouts focused on healing diastasis and building pelvic floor strength. Mothers are encouraged to bring their babies, ages six weeks to six months, with them. Babies can be held using a wrap or body carrier. Sleeping babies can stay in their car seat or stroller. When possible, you will be encouraged to involve your baby in the activities. If you plan to put your baby on the floor, please bring your own baby blanket or mat. If your baby is on the move, please supervise them carefully so all babies have a safe and happy experience. is is a “Drop-In Class;” cost is $10 per class or just $34 for the month. is is an ongoing class. Drop-in fee of $10 is charged at the time of attendance (you must have a card on file to process the charge). You do not need to pre-register, but we suggest arriving to class early. Participation is limited to ten and is first come, first serve. In additon, Pre/Post Natal Barre is oﬀered as part of our Small Group Training Program. All small group classes meet once a week, are 30-45 minutes in length and are open to ages 16+, unless otherwise noted. No refunds or make-up dates for missed classes. Register by calling Member Services at 402.334.6426 or the JCC Registrar at 402.334.6419. JCC Members are now able to purchase and schedule Personal Training via our Online Edge member registration system. We are always happy to assist you during business hours, but this exciting new enhancement will allow you to initialize a transaction entirely on your own, 24/7. Please remember that all trainers require you give 24hour notice when scheduling or canceling an appointment. You cannot cancel a session online. If you have any questions, please contact Cindy Reed at 402.334.6452.

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JTA newS STAff The coalition of Jewish groups assisting relief efforts in Houston for last year’s Hurricane Harvey has listed organizations that are mobilizing to help the victims of Hurricane Florence that has pelted North and South Carolina. The Act Now Houston coalition — a partnership of national Jewish organizations including BBYO, Hillel International, JDC Entwine, Moishe House, OneTable, Repair the World, the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston – are still sending volunteers to the Houston area to support the victims of the devastating flooding that destroyed more than 300,000 homes in Houston alone.

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Houston residents get help making their way out of a flooded neighborhood following Hurricane Harvey, Aug. 29, 2017. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

In a post on Facebook, the coalition listed some groups that are mobilizing to help the victims of Hurricane Florence. The coalition was founded in February, more than six months after Hurricane Harvey. Some 900 individuals from 50 groups have served more than 15,000 volunteer hours through the initiative. In the coming months, more Jewish organizations are scheduled to travel to Houston to help rebuild homes devastated by last year’s hurricane. Early volunteers cleaned out damaged and moldy items, sanitizing what remained, and installing insulation and sheetrock. They also packed and delivered food to families affected by the hurricane damage. Now they are focusing more on rebuilding. “Though the headlines have moved on from this time last year, we have not forgotten the most vulnerable victims of Hurricane Harvey who still need our help,” Sacha Bodner, program manager for Act Now Houston, said in a statement. “The rebuilding effort takes time, resources, dedication, and the commitment of people to serve in solidarity alongside those whose lives were devastated by the storm.” Recent programs included members of the Jewish Teen Initiative of Greater Boston, which spent four days rebuilding the home of a woman named Cynthia, including painting, tiling a bathroom, installing cabinets and flooring. Cynthia thanked the teens when they met. Moishe Houseaffiliated Jewish young adults traveled to Houston over the summer to assist in rebuilding a home that had been destroyed during the hurricane.

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Babka French Toast

kim kushner The Nosher via JTA his is one of those recipes that sounds super complicated but is actually so simple. Using storebought babka will make this Babka French Toast Loaf as easy as 1-2-3, but if you happen to bake your own babka, definitely use it! Instead of serving the babka slices arranged on a serving platter, I transfer the slices into a loaf pan and line them up in a row, so they go back to forming the original “loaf shape.” When you serve the “loaf,” your guests will be pleasantly surprised to see that it is in fact already sliced into crispy, thick slices of toasty, chewy babka French toast. Make-ahead tip: Babka French Toast Loaf may be prepared up to two days in advance and stored, covered, in the refrigerator. If preparing ahead of time, do not bake in the oven before refrigerating (skip the last step in the recipe). Can I freeze it? Babka French Toast Loaf may be stored in the freezer for up to 1 month. If preparing ahead of time, do not bake in the oven before freezing (skip the last step in the recipe). How to reheat: Babka French Toast Loaf may be reheated, uncovered, in a 400 F. oven for 10 minutes just before serving. The frozen loaf may be thawed in the fridge overnight and

reheated as indicated in the recipe above. Reprinted from: I Love Kosher: Beautiful Recipes from My Kitchen, with permission from Weldon Owen Publishing. Kim Kushner’s third book, I Love Kosher: Beautiful Recipes from My Kitchen (Weldon Owen), will be released in November. She has two previous best-selling books, The New Kosher (Weldon Owen) and The Modern Menu,

(Gefen Publishing). She has appeared on The Today Show and been featured in The New York Times, Saveur, The Huffington Post and the Chicago Tribune, among others. The Nosher food blog offers a dazzling array of new and classic Jewish recipes and food news, from Europe to Yemen, from challah to shakshuka and beyond. Check it out at www.TheNosher.com.

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Ingredients: 1/4 cup (4 Tbsp. greasing) unsalted butter, plus more for greasing 1 babka loaf or cinnamon loaf, about 15 ounces 3 large eggs 1/3 cup heavy cream 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract or seeds from 1 vanilla bean 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon Directions: Preheat the oven to 300 F. Grease a loaf pan with butter and set aside. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Use a large chef’s knife to cut the babka into slices 1-inch thick. Lay out the slices on the prepared baking sheet and set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Dip the babka slices, 1 slice at a time, in the egg mixture. Coat both sides for about 30 seconds or so, allowing the babka slice to absorb some of the egg mixture without getting too soggy or falling apart. Repeat with all of the slices, placing them back on the parchment-lined baking sheet while you finish. In a large saute pan, heat 1 Tbsp. of butter over medium-high heat. Once the butter is melted, add 2 slices of babka and fry, turning once, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Be careful that the heat isn’t too high to avoid burning the babka slices. Transfer the browned slices to your prepared loaf pan, lining up the slices to re-create the original Credit: Kate Sears loaf shape. Continue heating 1 Tbsp. of butter at a time in a pan and browning the babka slices in batches, 2 slices at a time, and transferring them to the loaf pan. Use all of the French toast slices to fill the loaf pan. If serving right away, place the loaf pan in the oven, uncovered, for 5-7 minutes longer. This will heat up all the slices to the same temperature and make them nice and toasty. Serves 8-10.

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