September 28, 2018

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Michael Staenberg

AnneTTe vAn De KAMp Editor, Jewish Press ichael Staenberg left Omaha at the age of 18, but continues to have strong feelings for our Jewish Community Center.

“I spent many formidable years here,” he says. “I still have many friends that I met when I was a kid in Omaha.”

Since he attended the 2014 Omaha reunion, Michael has made numerous visits to our building. Passionate, determined, to the point (he never does anything slowly) and with a clear purpose: to help facilitate much-needed improvements to the building. He’s not doing it alone either: Michael wouldn’t be Michael if he didn’t inspire oth-

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ers to join in.

“I jump into everything I do with both feet,” Michael says. “I’ve always had high energy and my philosophy is that ‘you can’t beat someone who won’t quit.’ This is a blessing and a curse, but I do love a challenge.”

Cue Tom Fellman and Howard Kooper, who didn’t take much convincing to join Michael in supporting his vision for the JCC. “I’ve known Howard’s family for most of my life,” Tom says. “He’s a little older than I am, but our parents were friends and our families have always been close.” Fast forward several decades: they’ve worked together for over 41 years and never had an argument that lasted more than five minutes, according to Tom. See privilege of giving page 2

JFO Mission to Israel

This summer saw the return of the Federation-led community mission

ScOTT LITTKy Executive Director, Institute for Holocaust Education The Institute for Holocaust Education is pleased to welcome Dr. Mark Mercurio as a speaker on Friday, Oct. 5 at noon in the Board Room of the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. His talk is titled - The Legacy of the Nazi Physicians: How the Holocaust Informs Modern Medical Care.

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after a several year hiatus. The Israel at 70 Community Mission’s goal was to bring 19 Omahans (and greater Nebraskans) to Israel to experience the Jewish Homeland, connect with Israelis, and each other. The majority of the travelers were first timers.

Rabbi Stoller from Temple Israel served as clergy.

In addition to being led and financially supported the Jewish Federation of Omaha, The Israel at 70 Mission was supported in part by the Phillip & Terri Schrager Supporting

Foundation, the Milton S. & Corrine N. Livingston Foundation Fund, the Albert & Eleanor Feldman Family Israel Foundation. Thank you to all who supported this effort. Thank you also to Louri Sullivan, Senior Director of Community Impact and Special Projects, for planning and recruiting for the trip.

The following are Excerpts from the travel journals of Margaret Kirkeby and Nate Shapiro: See JFO Mission to Israel page 3

Mark Mercurio, M.D.

Dr. Mercurio is Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Director of the Ethics Program at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital. He is also Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Program for Biomedical Ethics at Yale School of Medicine, and a member of the medical faculty for the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). He received his undergraduate degree in Biochemical Sciences from Princeton University, an M.D. from Columbia University, and a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from Brown University. Pediatrics Residency and Neonatology Fellowship were completed at Yale. He has for many years been active in neonatology and medical ethics education for residents, fellows, nurses, attending physicians, PA students, medical students and others. He was an original coeditor of the American Academy of Pediatrics Resident Curriculum in Bioethics, and is the Chair-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Bioethics. He is on the editorial boards for the six volume text Bioethics (formerly the Encyclopedia of Bioethics) and the journal Pediatric Ethiscope Dr. Mercurio is widely published, and has been an invited speaker nationally and internationally on medical ethics, particularly in pediatrics. He and his wife Anna live in Branford, Connecticut, and have three grown children.

Dr. Mercurio will be visiting Omaha to take part in an ethics committee educational retreat at Children’s Hospital earlier in the week. We are very thankful to Dr. Gary Lerner who arranged for Dr. Mercurio’s visit to Children’s Hospital and, knowing of his background as a member of the medical faculty for the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics, contacted us to offer an opportunity for us to learn from him.

Lunch will be available to purchase through Star Deli. Dr. Mercurio’s talk will begin at noon.

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Privilege of giving

Continued from page 1 In their support for our Jewish community, too, they are of one mind.

“Jews gather here,” Howard added. “No matter why, no matter the reason, whether it’s a class or to go to the library, outside of the synagogue, this is where we can come together.”

“Tom is a cheerleader,” Michael says. “He makes people feel included and that’s a gift. As for Howard, besides being a phenomenal businessman, he has great vision.”

Plenty of conversations happen between employees of the Jewish Federation of Omaha and the generous donors who keep our community thriving, but they don’t all center on that famous “ask,” where those of us who show up for work day in day out explain why we are on the verge of launching another Annual Campaign. Just as often, we just listen. Our donors are active and engaged members of our community and in that role have much to teach us. Beyond the dollars, beyond the necessary budget discussions and building needs, there is a deeper truth about Tzedakah. About the why, rather than the how. About belonging, about being able to go home again and finding that home needs you as much as you need it.

Convince Michael Staenberg to stand still for more than a minute and he will tell you: “If we don’t help ourselves, the Jewish community, locally and around the world, will suffer. The middle ‘C’ of the JCC stands for ‘Community.’ We cannot forget that.”

“Together with Tom and Howard, Michael understands how the Jewish Federation of Omaha, especially the JCC, is our gathering place, our town square,” says Chief Development Officer, Steve Levinger. “These three don’t give in a vacuum. The Jewish Community Center is a pillar of the JFO, not just to the community as a whole but on a deeply personal level. They are in our community and of our community; they are builders, in more ways than one. That means they have a thorough understanding of the meaning and the essence of this building and they realize: it goes far beyond the bricks and mortar.”

“I’ve always loved Omaha and I’ve always loved the J,” Howard Kooper says. “I’ve always believed in it, this city and this community. Those leaders that came before us built something wonderful and it is our responsibility to continue.

I place great trust in our predecessors, but I also trust that after us, there will be others who will take on that same leadership.”

Michael Staenberg identified a problem, Howard says, “and came to Tom and me for help in fixing it. He wanted us to help him make a dream come true.”

“It’s a joy to get on board with Michael,” Tom Fellman says.

“I grew up here, this city and this community have been wonderful to my family. The three of us are all similar: we want to reinvest. We have to stick together so what we have can continue to grow. Others built this for us; now it’s our turn.”

“I think the three of us agree on the importance of community,” Michael says. “This community is passionate and charitable, it has always rallied together and hasn’t forgotten its roots. That cannot be said for every Jewish community around the country—and I’ve been to many.”

“One thing that is very different today,” Tom says, “there used to be a time when we as Jews weren’t welcome everywhere. As a people, we were forced to build our own institutions because others wouldn’t let us in—that is no longer the case. That’s a good thing, but it doesn’t mean we can walk away from what we have built.”

“I love the energy at the JCC,” Michael says. “The JCC invokes exciting and positive feelings when you enter. The art on the front of the building, ‘Converging Ripples,’ reminds us we can all effect positive change, even with small gestures.”

“I give Michael credit for waking people up,” Tom adds.

“None of us like it when people sit on their wallets and watch the years go by. If you are lucky enough to be able to share and you don’t do it, it’s a shame because it is such a privilege.

If you’re Jewish, why wouldn’t you want to be part of this beautiful legacy?”

For more information about how to donate to the Annual Campaign, please contact Steve Levinger at slevinger@jewishomaha.org or 402.334.6433.

In the news

Mayor Jean Stothert has appointed Dustin (Dusty) Friedman to the Omaha Zoning Board of Appeals. This quasi-judicial board is made up of five members and two alternates. Dusty replaces an alternate member and will serve a term that runs until Sept. 26, 2023.

Dusty is a business development director for Aon Risk Management. He and his wife Candice have a daughter, Frankie Nicole.

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Central High School Hall of Fame

he CHS Alumni Association held the inaugural Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Sept. 30, 1999. Since that time, a ceremony has been held annually and a total of 188 people have been inducted.

The 20th Annual CHS Hall of Fame will be held on Thursday, Oct. 4 at Central High School. The CHS Alumni Association was proud to induct ten individuals whose paths from the halls of Central High School led them to the highest levels of achievement in business and community service. Inductees are selected by the Central High School Alumni Association and the program is presented by the Central High School Foundation.

Sally Fox | Class of 1968 Fox worked diligently to improve the lives of children, the poor, the disabled and other marginalized populations as a longtime state legislator in her adopted state of Vermont. Fox left Central with a strong sense of justice, pursuing a public interest law career after graduating from SUNY Buffalo law school. In 1977, she joined Vermont Legal Aid, advocating for people with disabilities. Articulate, bright and passionate, Fox in 1986 was elected to the Vermont House. She served as chair of both the Judiciary Committee and Appropriations Committee, seeing to the funding of assistance programs important to her. She retired in 2000 after 14 years but remained committed to helping others, directing Vermont’s Family Court system and later running a re-entry program for former prisoners. Yearning to get back into politics, in 2010 she was elected to the Vermont Senate, representing a district of 140,000 people. She served three years but was diagnosed in 2012 with a rare form of sarcoma. She passed away in 2014, but her legacy lives on in the programs she championed. As one colleague put it after her death, “She was a rock star for people who were in dire need.” The state’s largest newspaper called her the “Champion of the People.”

Jerry Slusky | Class of 1963 This attorney has become a pillar in Omaha’s commercial real estate community through his deep knowledge of real estate law and leadership in establishing the city’s premier annual conference on industry trends and opportunities. After graduating from UNO and then Creighton University’s law school, Slusky began a tax and real estate law practice, becoming known for his expertise in real estate planning, zoning, development, financing, leasing and taxation. While teaching a real estate course at Creighton in 1990, he suggested the school sponsor a workshop on a new federal program aimed at freeing See Central Hall of Fame page 5

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Continued from page 1 delicious meal preceded by hummus, bread, and salads, and Day 1, July 31-Aug. 1, Tuesday/Wednesday. Most of our group ending with fresh watermelon, tea or coffee. The stomach assembled at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, on July 31, distention has begun for all of us, and we are only on Day 2, 2018 and headed for Israel via Newark, NJ. We met up with the first entire day in Israel. the final two, making our group complete at 19 in number, at Day 3, Aug. 3, Friday. Shabbat! Sunrise service on the desert.

Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, the af- Thank you, Rabbi Stoller, for an unforgettable experience. ternoon of Aug. 1. None the worse for wear, we loaded onto a And thank you, Ilan, for encouraging us to purchase scarves bus and began our journey in sold by the Bedouins. They are Israel. As luck would have it, lovely. We bussed back to the we experienced Israel’s world hotel for our morning nourfamous Heavy Traffic on the ishment – another huge disway to Jerusalem that late afplay of all foods possible – ternoon, making our first stop before boarding the bus to a at a city park where Rabbi very sobering yet truly inStoller delivered the formative and moving guided She’hecheyanu, a blessing of tour of Jerusalem’s Holocaust thanks for the new and unmemorial and museum, Yad usual experiences we were Vashem. That evening we reabout to embark upon. Thanks turned to the Western Wall to to our tour guide, Ilan, and bus observe Shabbat evening servdriver, Kobi, who brought ice, which was “unlike anyalong the delicious Israeli wine, thing you have ever we raised our cups in salute to experienced,” just as our Israel, our trip and one another guidebook predicted. We – in a most hurried fashion, by watched as all sorts of people, the way, as a young man was religious, and secular, men and Because of my background as a former Lone Soldier in the IDF women, Israeli and foreigner, about to propose marriage to his unsuspecting girlfriend and current role of managing the Federation’s Israel programming, I came together to usher in the who was to arrive any moment was asked to lead this trip. After leading 35 teens in December Shabbat. From there, our (with the help of Rabbis Abraham, Dembitzer, and Cantor Sher(and she said “yes!”). trusty bus driver, Kobi, carted Along the way from Tel Aviv met), I was looking forward to leading a trip of legal adults. This us to Shabbat dinner in the to Jerusalem, we watched the group had a different mindset. They were all on the trip because home of Iris, where he also landscape change from urban they wanted to see and connect with Israel. I believe that the trip served as waiter, bus boy and to desert to agriculture (vine- was a success in that regard. I wanted to share one very vivid dinner companion. Iris treated yards!) to ancient city, with memory that touched me about this trip. We were visiting a milius to more bread, hummus, lively and informative expla- tary base in the north and were receiving a tour from two soldiers salads, delicious home-cooked nation of all of the above and on the base. Seeing the familiar sights of sub-par bathrooms, large entrees, desserts and, of more from Ilan. From here on tents, weapons all over the place, and soldiers passing the time course, wine. We lumbered out, simply know that Ilan triggered a very strange personal sort of nostalgia. Serving in the our way to the bus. had/has more information IDF was a very proud and formative experience for me, but I think Day 4, Aug. 4, Saturday. Eight packed in that encyclopedic it was very abstract for my friends and family back home making it of us awakened early to get a brain of his than one could difficult for them to understand my life at that time. My wife was head start to Masada in order to ever hope to discover through on the trip and was now able to have a visual reference point to hike the snake trail. Alas, our Google or any other source of that part of my life. It was important that she, and everyone else efforts were thwarted by he information, at least in regards on the trip, see these young kids in uniform and get a sense of heat; the trail was closed just as great responsibility that they shoulder on behalf of all Jews. to Israel. we arrived. We took the cable While we were visiting with one of these soldiers, a young lady After our blessing, we arcar up and awaited the rest of rived at the Herbert Samuel called Na’ama, one of our group raised her hand and asked if she our group’s arrival. It was hot as Hotel in Jerusalem where we could give her a hug. Na’ama said “of course!” and they hugged.

Hell up there, but, accompaIt meant a lot to me to see that sense of appreciation. Whether were treated to the first of nied by the ever-sweeping vulmany buffets of seemingly in- or not you agree with the actions of Israel’s government, always tures, we all persevered through finite selections of breads, remember that these young soldiers are our children. A hug, like Ilan’s tour of the ruins of King fruits, vegetables, pastas, pota- the one Ozzie gave to Na’ama, reminds these soldiers that they are Herod’s “ancient fortress” and toes, hummus, salads, meats, not alone, and that we stand behind them, even if we don’t agree historical site of the mass suicheeses... and more, and, of with what they are commanded to do. The Federation understands cide event. From Masada we course, wine. It was delicious, this, which is why our lay-led Israel/Overseas allocation committee made our way to the Dead Sea we were grateful diners, but voted to sponsor an industrial washing machine and dryer at a kibwhere we were fortified by – yet happy to put our heads on the butz in our partnership for Lone Soldiers (Soldiers in the Israeli mili- another! – buffet luncheon bepillows soon thereafter, as the tary, whose parents are not in Israel, or do not support them). fore we drifted out to float in next day was a full one begin- While it’s not as intimate as a hug, it communicates the same the salty and very hot seawater; ning at 7 a.m. sharp. Did you thing to these soldiers, that we are proud of them and we want however, no mud was to be hear that, fellow travelers? them to spend their precious furloughs catching up with friends found in this area! That evening and family and not worrying about getting their laundry finished.

Seven a.m. sharp! some of us attended a Sound Day 2, Aug. 2, Thursday. Our and Light Show in Jerusalem first stop was the Western Wall, teeming with more than the while others favored the flavor of a local restaurant. usual worshipers and visitors, for it was Thursday and a celBy the way, the vistas were diverse and quite beautiful, no ebratory day of Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. Our time there was fol- matter the area of the country, from mountaintop, to desert, lowed by a tour of the Second Temple. History buffs might lush green farmland, or ruin or building or simply gazing out have raised an eyebrow at that, but thanks to Virtual Reality the window of the bus as we traveled from here to there. goggles, we were able to see the temple complex as it might Day 5, Aug. 5, Sunday. We checked out of the hotel in have been before it was destroyed nearly 2,000 years ago. We Jerusalem and drove through the Jordan Valley toward had the opportunity to see much of the remaining ruins above Galilee. We visited the ancient remains of Beit Shean, ground before descending to a fascinating tour of the many followed by a bus ride to Tzippori where we saw more ruins layers of the Western Wall Tunnels, an infrastructure in con- and the now famous mosaic Mona Lisa of Galilee. Off to anstant state of discovery, as the excavation and exploration is other hotel and home hospitality dinners with volunteers ongoing. After lunching on our own in the Jewish Quarter from our Partnership2Gether family. Did I tell you it was very and getting a tiny taste of the Cardo, we walked – well, nearly hot? Some members of our group are having to sit things out ran – the Via Dolorosa en route to the complex of chapels bet- in the shade by this time in our tour. Incidentally, the next ter known as the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. This was all hotel we checked into was just a few minutes’ walk from the plenty of walking, folks, up and down the many stairs and Mediterranean Sea. And, oddly enough, the check-in/registhrough the winding canals of streets above ground and the tration was the bar. Yes, the bar (Efficient use of space!). aqueduct system below. Our reward was a bus ride to our last Day 6, Aug. 6, Monday. More breakfast buffet! And a cheese stop of the day: camel rides, bongo drums, pita dough and fi- cart! And prayer service on the shores of the Mediterranean. nally dinner with “Abraham” in his “ancient” tent. Another See JFO Mission to Israel page 6

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calendar OctOber 2018

All events held at the Jewish community center unless otherwise noted. This calendar does not include all community events. For a complete listing, visit the Federation’s website: www.jewishomaha.org (click on calendar). To keep calendar accurate, call Pat Anson at 402.334.8200. The Jewish Press is not responsible for the accuracy of the events.

FridAy, September 28 Star Deli, 11:30 a.m. at RBJH

SAturdAy, September 29 Water Safety Class, 8 a.m.

Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. at Temple Israel BESTT Shabbat’s Cool gr. K-7, 10 a.m. at Beth El BESTT Shul-In Grades 3-7, noon at Beth El Soup in the Sukkah, 1 p.m. at Beth El Beth El Sukkah Open House at the Krausman Sukkah 7 p.m. at home of Michael & Laurel Krausman

SundAy, September 30 Water Safety Class, 8 a.m.

Temple Israel 5th Sunday at Stephen Center, 8:30 a.m.

Torah Study, 10 a.m. at Beth El Yachad Bowling: Meet at the JCC at 11:30 a.m.

Temple Israel JYG Event, 2 p.m.

Team Omaha Celebration Dinner, 6 p.m.

Religious School, 6 p.m. at Temple Israel mOndAy, OctOber 1 Simchat Torah Celebration, 6 p.m. at Beth El

tueSdAy, OctOber 2 Talmudic Arguments Everyone Needs to Know Class, 11:30 a.m. at Beth El BBYO Chapter Meetings, 6 p.m.

WedneSdAy, OctOber 3 Breadbreakers and Speaker, noon at RBJH Religious School, 4 p.m. at Temple Israel BESTT Hebrew School, 4:15 p.m. at Beth El 2019 Annual Campaign Women’s Philantrophy Event,5:30 p.m. at Mode de Vie JYG PIzza and Planning, 5:30 p.m. at Temple Israel BESTT Hebrew High Dinner, 6 p.m. at Beth El African American & Jewish Communities Class, 6 p.m. at Beth El BESTT Hebrew High, 6:30 p.m. at Beth El Adult Education Class, 6:30 p.m. at Temple Israel Talmudic Arguments Everyone Needs to Know Class, 7:15 p.m. at Beth El thurSdAy, OctOber 4 Hebrew Class, 10 a.m. at RBJH Thursday Symposium, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel Beth El Chesed Committee Visits Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, 2 p.m.

Fall Love and Logic Class, 6 p.m.

2019 Annual Campaign Men’s Major Donor Event, 5:30 p.m. at the Kutak Rock offices

FridAy, OctOber 5 Star Deli, 11:30 a.m. at RBJH Beth El “Our Shabbat Tables,” 6 p.m.

First Friday Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. at Temple Israel

SAturdAy, OctOber 6 Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. at Temple Israel Junior Congregation, 10 a.m. at Beth El JCC Dance Party, 5:30 p.m.

SundAy, OctOber 7 BESTT Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. at Beth El BILU USY Board Meeting, 10 a.m. at Beth El Torah Study, 10 a.m. at Beth El Religious School, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel Torah Tots, 10:30 a.m. at Beth El BESTT Hebrew High Merit Scholarhip Meeting, 12:30 p.m. at Beth El Jewish Community Candidate Forum, 3 p.m. at Temple Israel 2019 Annual Campaign Community Event, 5:30 p.m. at Hilton Omaha Downtown mOndAy, OctOber 8 Eye on Israel, noon Exploring Judaism Class, 7 p.m. at RBJH Beth El Israel Trip Information Night, 7 p.m. at Beth El

tueSdAy, OctOber 9 Talmudic Arguments Everyone Needs to Know Class, 11:30 a.m. at Beth El ADL Full board meeting, noon Beth El Chesed Committee Visits Remington Heights, 2 p.m.

BBYO Chapter Meetings, 6 p.m.

Temple Israel Rosh Chodesh Event, 6:30 p.m.

WedneSdAy, OctOber 10 Breadbreakers and Speaker, noon at RBJH Religious School, 4 p.m. at Temple Israel BESTT Hebrew School, 4:15 p.m. at Beth El BILU USY Program, 5:15 p.m. at Beth El African American & Jewish Communities Class, 6 p.m. at Beth El BESTT Hebrew High, 6:30 p.m. at Beth El Adult Education Class, 6:30 p.m. at Temple Israel Talmudic Arguments Everyone Needs to Know Class, 7:15 p.m. at Beth El thurSdAy, OctOber 11 Yale Richards Professional Education Seminar, 8:30 a.m. at Boys Town Conference Center Hebrew Class, 10 a.m. at RBJH Thursday Symposium, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel OTYG Plugs Into Israel Series, 5 p.m. at Temple Israel The Power of Water, Understanding Mikvah Class, 6 p.m. at Beth El Fall Love and Logic Class, 6 p.m.

Stories of Survival, 7 p.m. at Kimball Hall, UNL Campus FridAy, OctOber 12 Star Deli, 11:30 a.m. at RBJH Mainstreeters Movie Day, 1 p.m.

Temple Israel Shabbat Comes to You at Heritage Sterling Ridge, 4 p.m.

Pre-Neg & Tot/Family Shabbat, 5:30 p.m. at Beth El

SAturdAy, OctOber 13 Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. at Temple Israel Junior Congregation, 10 a.m. at Beth El Temple Israel Tish Bonfire and S’mores, 6 p.m. at Vala’s Pumpkin Patch

SundAy, OctOber 14 BESTT Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. at Beth El Torah Study, 10 a.m. at Beth El Religious School, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel B’nai Mitzvah Parents’ Meeting, 10:15 a.m. at Beth El Book Club, 10:30 a.m. at Temple Israel Temple Tots Sunday, 10:30 a.m. at Temple Israel Blessing of the Animals, 11:45 a.m. at Beth El Bless the Pets, 11:45 a.m. at Temple Israel Joy of Laughter, 1:30 p.m.

Musical Theater Rehearsals, 3 p.m.

Jewish Film Festival, 6 p.m. mOndAy, OctOber 15 Exploring Judaism Class, 7 p.m. at RBJH Friedel Board Meeting, 7 p.m. at FJA

tueSdAy, OctOber 16 BBYO Chapter Meetings, 6 p.m.

Board of Trustees, 7 p.m. at Temple Israel

WedneSdAy, OctOber 17 JBL-Hall of Fame Breakfast, 7:30 a.m at Happy Hollow Breadbreakers and Speaker, noon at RBJH Beth El Chesed Committee Visits Heritage Sterling Ridge, 2 p.m.

Religious School, 4 p.m. at Temple Israel BESTT Hebrew School, 4:15 p.m. at Beth El African American & Jewish Communities Class, 6 p.m. at Beth El BESTT Hebrew High, 6:30 p.m. at Beth El Adult Education Class, 6:30 p.m. at Temple Israel thurSdAy, OctOber 18 Hebrew Class, 10 a.m. at RBJH Thursday Symposium, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel Dorothy Kaplan Book Discussion Group, 1 p.m.

Resident Council Meeting, 3 p.m. at RBJH The Power of Water, Understanding Mikvah Class, 6 p.m. at Beth El Love Board Meeting, 7 p.m. at RBJH FridAy, OctOber 19 Star Deli, 11:30 a.m. at RBJH Grades 4-6 Program: Babka Baking, 4:30 p.m. at Temple Israel Kabbalat Six-String Shabbat, 6 p.m. at Beth El Chocolate Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. at Temple Israel SAturdAy, OctOber 20 Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. at Temple Israel BESTT Shabbat’s Cool gr. K-7, 10 a.m. at Beth El Community Youth Groups Haunted Havdalah, 7:30 p.m. at Bellevue Berry Farm

SundAy, OctOber 21 Temple Israel Habitat Building Day, 8 a.m.

BESTT Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. at Beth El Torah Study, 10 a.m. at Beth El Torah Tots, 10:30 a.m. at Beth El Beth El Habonim Kdg-2 grade Youth Group, noon Beth El Kadima/USY Program, noon Jewish Film Festival, 6 p.m. mOndAy, OctOber 22 Exploring Judaism Class, 7 p.m. at RBJH

tueSdAy, OctOber 23 Talmudic Arguments Everyone Needs to Know Class, 11:30 a.m. at Beth El BBYO Chapter Meetings, 6 p.m.

Beth El Miriam Initiative Opening Night, 7:30 p.m. at B Side of Benson Theater

WedneSdAy, OctOber 24 Breadbreakers and Speaker, noon at RBJH Religious School, 4 p.m. at Temple Israel BESTT Hebrew School, 4:15 p.m. at Beth El African American & Jewish Communities Class, 6 p.m. at Beth El BESTT Hebrew High, 6:30 p.m. at Beth El Adult Education Class, 6:30 p.m. at Temple Israel Talmudic Arguments Everyone Needs to Know Class, 7:15 p.m. at Beth El thurSdAy, OctOber 25 Beth El Teen Roots Trip Hebrew Class, 10 a.m. at RBJH Thursday Symposium, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel OTYG Clue: Whodunnit?, 5 pm at Temple Israel The Power of Water, Understanding Mikvah Class, 6 p.m. at Beth El Fall Love and Logic Class, 6 p.m.

FridAy, OctOber 26 Beth El Teen Roots Trip Beth El Kadima Kinnus at Sunstream Retreat Center Star Deli, 11:30 a.m. at RBJH

SAturdAy, OctOber 27 Beth El Teen Roots Trip Beth El Kadima Kinnus at Sunstream Retreat Center Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. at Temple Israel Junior Congregation, 10 a.m. at Beth El Grades 3-5 Program: Camp Overnight, 5:30 p.m. at Temple Israel SundAy, OctOber 28 Beth El Teen Roots Trip Beth El Kadima Kinnus at Sunstream Retreat Center Temple Israel Habitat Building Day, 8 a.m.

Prayer-Book Hebrew for Adults, 9 a.m. at Temple Israel BESTT Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. at Beth El Torah Study, 10 a.m. at Beth El Religious School, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel TED Talk, 10:30 a.m. at Temple Israel YJG Teen Foundation Meeting, 12:30 p.m.

Performing Arts Academy, 2 p.m.

Temple Israel JYG Program, 2 p.m.

Musical Theater Rehearsals, 3 p.m.

Whiz Bang Super Science Show, 3:15 p.m. at Friedel Jewish Academy Klutznick Symposium - Cocktail Reception, 5 p.m.

Klutznick Symposium - Dinner, 6 p.m.

Klutznick Symposium - Keynote Speaker, 6:30 p.m. mOndAy, OctOber 29 Exploring Judaism Class, 7 p.m. at RBJH

tueSdAy, OctOber 30 Talmudic Arguments Everyone Needs to Know Class, 11:30 a.m. at Beth El BBYO Chapter Meetings, 6 p.m.

WedneSdAy, OctOber 31 Breadbreakers and Speaker, noon at RBJH BESTT Hebrew School, 4:15 p.m. at Beth El BILU USY Membership Mtg & Lounge Nite, 5:15 p.m. at Beth El African American & Jewish Communities Class, 6 p.m. at Beth El BESTT Hebrew High, 6:30 p.m. at Beth El Talmudic Arguments Everyone Needs to Know Class, 7:15 p.m. at Beth El

Scholar Joel M. Hoffman to visit Temple Israel

CaSSandra HICkS WeISenburger tour of 3,000 years of Judaism, focusing on Director of Communications, Temple Israel three spiritual revolutions and the exiles Temple Israel is excited to announce that that led to each. Then the most recent revDr. Joel M. Hoffman will be our next olution: modern Judaism. How are we, Scholar-in-Residence during today, like the prophets and the weekend of Nov. 2-4. Dr. like the authors of the TalHoffman is an engaging and mud? How is 21st-century energetic teacher who foOmaha like the Golden Age cuses on Jewish history and of Spain? And what will we modern culture, Jewish edubuild for future generations? cation, the history of the HeDr. Hoffman will lead us in brew language, and the learning How Translations hidden meanings behind the Conceal the Bible’s Original Bible. A popular author and Meaning during Shabbat speaker who presents at synMorning Torah Study on Satagogues and other venues urday, Nov 3, from 9-10:15 Joel Hoffman around the country, Dr. a.m. The original Hebrew of Hoffman has an incredible way of bringing the Ten Commandments doesn’t say, “don’t his topics to life with humor and great fun. covet” or “don’t kill.” The translation “the Dr. Hoffman is the chief translator for the Lord is my shepherd” is misleading, and the popular 10-volume series, My People’s English phrase “with all your heart and all Prayer Book (winner of the National Jewish your soul” is just wrong. Come learn how Book Award) and for My People’s Passover modern translation techniques expose what Haggadah. He is the author of the critically the words of the Bible originally meant. acclaimed In the Beginning: A Short History Saturday afternoon we will meet from 4of the Hebrew Language as well as the pop- 6 p.m. at Temple Israel for havdalah, wine, ular books And God Said: How Translations and cheese, and hear from Dr. Hoffman as Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning and he gives his talk, Ancient Answers to Good The Bible’s Cutting Room Floor: The Holy and Evil That Were Cut From the Bible. We Scriptures Missing From Your Bible. will study the second half of the Adam and Dr. Hoffman holds a Ph.D. in linguistics Eve story missing from the Bible, Abraham’s and has served on the faculties of Brandeis formative childhood, the mysterious Enoch, University and Hebrew Union College. and the way all three ancient scriptural texts Temple Israel is hosting three events that explore the nature of our lives as they exare open to the public and we hope you will plain good and evil. join us for this fantastic weekend.

Our Scholar-in-Residence weekend On Friday, Nov. 2, 6 p.m., Dr. Hoffman wouldn’t be possible without the generous will give the D’var Torah entitled Four Exiles support from the Hermene Zweiback Cenand Four Spiritual Revolutions. A whirlwind ter for Jewish Lifelong Learning.

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One day against hate PaM MonSky Community Development Liaison, ADL-CRC eople feel hatred towards groups, not individuals. Once we get to know someone, it’s much harder to feel hatred towards them. We only hate what we don’t understand.

Oneday – Oct. 1, 2018 is a national day of action when individuals from all walks of life come together to deepen our understanding of our collective differences – the most effective antidote to hate, bigotry and bias. By sparking conversations of understanding on Oneday, we take one step forward toward creating empathy and understanding – not just one day but every day.

We all have different lived experiences. We believe that fighting hate begins with understanding someone else’s experience – and that understanding begins with a simple

conversation.

Fighting hate can feel hard. But together we can make a difference. On Oneday, we can spark conversations to increase our collective understanding of one another’s lived experiences and fight back against hate.

Oneday will start a conversation. A conversation starts a movement. A movement can change the world.

It’s simple to participate in Oneday. Simply go to weareon eday.org and sign up. There, you’ll be asked to start conversations within your school, workplace, house of worship or organization.

Then share your conversations on social media using the hashtag #weareoneday.

For more information and to join the movement, please contact Pam Monsky at the ADL, 402.334.6572 or email pmonsky@ adl.org.

Continued from page 2 up real estate held by insolvent lenders. Slusky headed up the effort, and under his leadership his brainchild grew to become the city’s annual Commercial Real Estate Summit. Now each year more than 1,000 of the city’s business and real estate leaders gather to assess market trends and how Omaha might best capitalize on

them to grow the city. In 2003, he became only the third Nebraska attorney to be inducted as a fellow into the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Beyond real estate, Slusky also became one of the state’s first trained mediators, promoting it as a preferred way to resolve legal disputes, and has been a leader in Omaha’s Jewish community.

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the 15 fabulous moms of the 2018 JWrP MOMentum group met for their third and final time ahead of their upcoming Oct. 22 departure to israel. trip leaders, Louri sullivan and holly Weill, reviewed the women’s action packed itinerary, which features 1 night in tel aviv, 6 nights in Jerusalem and 1 night in the western Galilee Partnership region. in addition to presenting each woman with an official JWrP MOMentum backpack, every participant received matching pashmina shawls for use on the trip. in typical nebraska spirit, this year’s scarves are husker red and will be useful in differentiating the Omaha group from the other 550 women anticipated to be taking part in the larger JWrP experience. this year’s sister programs that will be bus mates with Omaha are tampa, Florida and Queens, nY. Be sure to watch for updates throughout what promises to be an amazing journey!

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Bnai B’rith BreadBreakers

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JFO Mission to Israel

Continued from page 3 Again, thank you, Rabbi Stoller. You get us going – singing and swaying. Off to the mystical and holy city of Safed, a 4x4 jeep ride tour of the Golan Heights and fascinating briefing about the situation in Syria given by an intelligence reservist, Yaakov, on top of Mt. Ben Tai overlooking Syria.

Alan Potash and the men traveling from Omaha on the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) trip joined us at noon for lunch at a Kibbutz and traveled with us for two days. Scenery on the jeep ride included lush orchards of apples, pomegranates, pears, plums, more vineyards, and longhorned cattle. We were also fortunate in that two soldiers conducted a VIP tour of an Israeli soldiers’ camp. Nothing fancy, all business. Serious stuff. That evening we were guests at a barbeque dinner at the lovely home of Gadi and his wife. It was after this dinner the distended stomach issue truly came to light, and we’ll never know if this disorder, from which many of us suffered, was due to something we ate or a virus that tore through the digestive systems of our group. Does anyone have any Imodium? Seriously. It was vicious. And lasted for the rest of the trip. day 7, aug. 7, tuesday. This day was spent with the representatives of our Partnership2gether region in Akko, visiting and working in the food pantry, touring the Galilee Medical Center just six miles from the Lebanese border, and lunching at a goat cheese farm where we met, among others, Ron, our new Community shlicha. After lunch we stopped at the Ghetto Fighters Kibbutz for an informational talk about the Kivunim’s Shop of Meaning, which provides jobs and vocational training to folks with disabilities. Along with the Galilee Medical Center and the aforementioned food pantry, Kivunim also happens to be an organization that the Federation’s Israel/Overseas committee elected to support financially. We did some shopping there, at the Shop of Meaning, before heading to Tel Aviv. day 8, aug. 8, Wednesday. Tel Aviv! Most interesting visit to Independence Hall where we listened to David Ben Gurion’s Declaration of Independence speech. We walked Rothschild Boulevard and learned about the history and development of Tel Aviv. Lunch was a culinary tour of the famous Lewinsky Market, now a distant relative to the oncesee JFO Mission to israel page 7

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thank you, nate, for your leadership on our tour and for your service in Israel. I can only imagine how proud your parents must be of you now! I’m going to use your note as a springboard for my note.

Our group’s visit to the military base was an eye opener for all of us, and after reading Nate’s thoughts, I have a feeling we will all reflect back on that day for a moment and recall something in particular we felt or observed. This was my first trip to Israel, as it was for the majority of our group. As Nate said, we wanted to see and connect with the country, learn as much as possible and hope to retain even a thimbleful of the information we received about each experience.

What struck me about being in Israel was the complete comfort I felt while traveling around the country. Clearly we weren’t taken to the area where the kite bombs were being fired across the border, but every city, town, rest stop, city park, ruin, or building we spent time at or in, we were in a mixed culture of Jews and Arabs. In Jerusalem we wended our way between the Jewish and Muslim Quarters, only realizing we had gone into one or the other by the language written on the storefronts. But anywhere we found ourselves, we would not have known we were in a country that was training young men and women, like the soldiers we saw at the base camp, to be ready for combat at any moment. The two scenarios, one of a seemingly peaceful co-existence among the citizens of the country, and one of these same people preparing for conflict at any time, make me dizzy and impressed at the same time. But it’s what I came away with – conflict and peace at once.

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Beth El’s Miriam Initiative kicks off OzzIe NOGG he Miriam Initiative, an ongoing series of projects and programs created, developed and presented by Beth El women, kicks off its second season with an Opening Night Party on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The party begins at 7 p.m. at B Side of the Benson Theater. Andi Goldstein and her daughter, Amy Isaacson, have teamed up to chair the event.

“My mom and I are so thrilled and honored to cohost the Opening Night Party,” Amy said. “We both love the idea of bringing women in our community together for enrichment and joy, and this is the perfect way for us to channel that passion. Being able to work together as a team is the icing on the cake.” Bus transportation between Beth El and the Benson Theater is available at no charge. “There’s room for forty-two on the bus, and the venue holds seventy-five people,” Amy said. “You’ll want to be there to enjoy a glass of wine, some appetizers and great conversation, so make your reservation now by calling me at 818.605.2218 or email amysgotmail@gmail.com.”

Joanie Jacobson, general chairperson of the Initiative, said, “We needed to update women’s programming to fit the times. It’s 2018. Women have full-time careers or work part-time, husbands are more involved in meeting family needs, and children participate in after-school activities in record numbers. These lifestyle changes have shifted the paradigm dramatically when it comes to volunteerism,” she noted. “People only have so much time to give away. Enter The Miriam Initiative. No president. No Board, No two-year commitment. No monthly meetings. Lay chairpeople work in partnership with a designated staff person for each individual event. She can choose to work with or without a committee, and after the event, her job is over. It’s a total win-win.”

From social justice to social gatherings, from the kitchen to the classroom, from repairing the world to repairing ourselves -- the Miriam Initiative offers endless possibilities for knowledge, personal growth and just plain fun. In its first season (2017-18), the Initiative successfully presented five scheduled programs. Opening Night — a wine and nosh social gathering in the Blue Barn Theater lobby; Latkes and Libations — a ‘spirited’ cookout in the Beth El kitchen; the Hamenstashen Bake-In — a classic mitzvah project at Beth El; the Women’s Community Forum — a joint program with

JFO Mission to Israel

Continued from page 6 thriving market area of Tel Aviv, but filled with delicious food and drink nonetheless.

However, by this, day eight of non-stop eating, some of the glow of Israeli foods had worn to just a glimmer. Later that afternoon, we visited the State of Mind Innovation center where we interacted with many of the latest technical Israeli Start-Up projects. On our way back to the bus we stopped at what would be considered an American Walgreen’s and purchased, among other things, more Imodium. Sheesh.

Day 9, Aug. 9, Thursday. The Yitzhak Rabin Center was a highly interesting museum of the history and culture of Israel, as well as a parallel biography of Yitzhak Rabin. Later we toured the Ayalon Institute where the under-

Temple, Beth Israel and Chabad — featuring Shira Abraham, Susie Drazen, Karen Flayhart and Shani Katzman; and Simchat Shabbat — an alternative Shabbat service that featured live music, contemporary readings, and a parsha play starring Beth El kids and grownups.

snowbirds Mother and daughter team Amy Isaacson, left, and Andi Goldstein will co-host Miriam Initiative Opening Night Party.

“We also offered two very successful pop-ups during the regular season,” Jacobson said. “Enchanted Circles, a workshop led by Dr. Lou Lukas, director of Palliative Care at Veteran’s Hospital, and A Nite to KNIT, proposed by a group of enthusiastic knitters at our opening event. Both these pop-ups — programs not on the original schedule — were suggested during last year’s Opening Night Party at the Blue Barn, and we made them happen.”

In addition to the Oct. 23 Opening Night Party, the Miriam Initiative second season includes A Glorious Shabbat Overnight, chaired by Laurel Krausman and Susan Witkowski; A Day to KNIT/ A Nite to KNIT, chaired by Judy Brookstein and Sibby Wolfson; Operation Grateful Goodies — the Community Spirit Project chaired by Linda Saltzman; the Tzedakah Box Art Project, led by Julie Phillips; and Simchat Shabbat and Kiddush Luncheon chaired by Diane and Howard Shandell.

“So far, so good,” Jacobson said. “The response to the Miriam Initiative has been extremely positive and the ideas just keep coming. We look forward to enjoying Season Two.” The Miriam Initiative welcomes all women who want to participate at any level from leadership to fellowship. Call Beth El Synagogue, 402.492.8550 for more information.

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ground Haganah munitions factory was housed. That evening we very much enjoyed a farewell dinner at a restaurant in the lovely Old Port City of Jaffa. Four members of our group bid us adieu to head for Omaha that evening.

Day 10, Aug. 10, Friday/Saturday. Our final day, one of leisure, shopping, water fun, eating and drinking before departing for the airport to head home. Two more members departed early for other travels, and for the remainder of our group eleven long hours on the plane, a quick turn around in Newark and off to Omaha, arriving bright and early on Saturday morning.

Thank you to the Federation for planning this trip. In spite of the setbacks due to heat, our group had a simply marvelous adventure.

Reflections by elisa Morera Benn Reflections in gold and silver lives in the feelings of women inspired by Klimt’s artwork that touch my soul and can be seen in my expressionist style. I was born in a tropical country, Costa Rica, that has intense colors which are always in my paintings.

Working with women I want to reveal their inner beings using symbolism, eroticism, trying to express their feelings and the soul of the model and that is the goal of this work. It is a great honor for me to find people and friends who act as models to inspire this work. If the spectator can feel all these emotions in my paintings then that is my reward.

Klimt‘s primary subject was the female body, working with eroticism and symbolism plus influence from Japanese art mixed with Greek Goddesses. His studies of gold leaf in Venecia and Ravenna and the geometric patterns, all coexisted in the same style that captured my attention and I try to use some of his techniques in this collection.

He is the one who inspired my work with square patterns that are always present. The feminine nature is something that always is one of my themes using mixed media. I hope that you enjoy my work inspired by Klimt through my personal expression.

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Beth el honors Stan edelstein and Tamar Yellin

Ozzie nOgg On Monday Evening, Oct. 1 at 5:30 p.m., Beth El Synagogue will celebrate the festival of Simchat Torah with flags, dancing in hakafot circles and food. Then on Tuesday morning, Oct. 2, beginning at 9:30 a.m., there will be aliyot (honors) for everyone in attendance and two special aliyot will honor two dedicated members of the Beth El family.

Stan Edelstein will recite the blessing over the last section of the yearly cycle as Hatan Torah, and Tamar Yellin will recite the blessing over the beginning section of the new cycle as Kallah Bereshit. Literally the ‘groom of the Torah’ Stan edelstein and the ‘bride of the beginning’, the Hatan Torah and Kallah Bereshit honors are accorded each year to two Beth El congregants or staff members who have made significant contributions to the synagogue’s spiritual, educational and/or cultural life.

“Stan is an absolute mensch, who cares so much about the synagogue and its well-being,” Rabbi Steven Abraham said.

“He is a constant at our daily minyan, both morning and evening. People take for granted that we have a daily minyan, but it’s only because of people who have a commitment, like Stan, that we’re able to keep it going.”

Participating in Beth El’s daily minyan began for Stan a number of years ago as an obligation to say Kaddish for his parents. “Now, it’s important to me because it gives me the opportunity to help others avoid the disappointment that I know firsthand one experiences when they are unable to say Kaddish for a loved one because a minyan is not present,” Edelstein explained. Stan also serves as a service coordinator on Shabbat mornings. “It’s a great experience because I can interact with the people who come on Shabbos and give them the often unexpected honor of participating in the service. I see to it that ‘regulars’ receive aliyot along with guests, newcomers and those who just happen to be at Beth El on a given Shabbos. It’s always nice to see their appreciation of the opportunity, and honor, to participate in the service. In turn, I consider it a significant honor to be named Hatan Torah.”

When speaking of Tamar Yellin, Rabbi Abraham said, “It’s always so gratifying to have new members take an active part in Beth El life. Actually, Tamar circled back to Omaha where

she lived for a few years. Now, she’s back with her young family and they’ve all become regular attendees on Shabbat morning. Tamar is a fantastic Torah and haftorah reader and a soloist during Yom Kippur morning services. We’re very lucky to have Tamar and her family at Beth El.” Tamar Yellin is an attorney.

Her husband, Ian, is an Air Force officer stationed at Offutt. The couple’s children are Maeve, 4, and 1 year-old Connor. “Even though I’ve only been at Beth El for a little over a year,” Tamar said, “I’ve enjoyed being able to read Torah and haftorah on Shabbat mornings. It’s fun and challenging and I look forward to Tamar Yellin doing it many more times. I was very flattered when I got the call to be the Kallat Bereshit.

The Beth El community is so warm and welcoming, I really enjoy it here. My uncle and aunt — Steve and Joye Wees, and cousins, Josh and Kori Wees and their kids — all live in Omaha and go to Beth El. It’s been great being close to family and seeing them at shul too.”

Beth El’s Simchat Torah observance begins on Monday evening, Oct. 1, with Mincha/Ma’ariv at 5:30 p.m., along with a Sim Tot Torah for kids. Hakafot and a reception follow. “We invite everyone to our Monday evening service,” Rabbi Abraham said, “and to our service on Tuesday morning when we honor Stan Edelstein and Tamar Yellin.”

Temple Israel Giving Tree

Alice Klein for NCJW Nebraska All current NCJW members are invited to attend the NCJW Nebraska Board Meetings. The 20182019 Schedule is: Oct. 8, Nov. 12, Dec. 10, and in 2019 Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 11, April 8 and May 13. The meetings take place in the Rose Blumkin Board Room from 7-9 p.m.

Please contact Becki Brenner (becki.brenner@cox.net) to confirm that the date and time have not changed.

cASSAndrA HicKS WeiSenBurger Director of Communications, Temple Israel If you have been to Temple Israel recently, I’m sure you have noticed our colorful Children’s Nook in the Community Court.

We wanted to create a fun and inviting space made just for our littlest members.

We have a handful of books and games for the nook, however we would love to fill it with new pieces this holiday season. That is why we created the Temple Israel Giving Tree.

Each leaf on the tree has an item or a donation amount that Temple Israel is requesting. Everything is on Amazon.com and the prices range from roughly $3-$30. Books, games, puzzles, etc.

If you would like to donate to our Children’s Nook, stop

by Temple Israel and pick up a leaf or visit amzn.to/ 2M2CuhP to see our Amazon wish list.

KAren dAneu CEO, Susan G. Komen® Great Plains Susan G. Komen is the name of the world’s largest breast cancer organization. It is also the name of the woman, Suzy, who died of breast cancer at age 36 in 1980.

Suzy was likely a BRCA1/2 carrier, but the discovery of the most well-known gene mutation linked to breast cancer risk wouldn’t be discovered until 1990.

Suzy’s breast cancer was likely a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer, but that discovery wouldn’t be made until 2005.

In nearly forty years we’ve made lots of progress in breast cancer screening, treatment and research, but people like Suzy — 40,000 each year— are still dying of this disease. That is unacceptable.

Suzy’s older sister promised she would make things better for women facing breast cancer, and Susan G. Komen research and local

programs have helped many. Because of early detection and better treatment, the mortality rate for breast cancer has dropped 39 percent since Suzy’s death.

But women and men are still dying of this disease. That is unacceptable.

Breast cancer is still very relevant today, as there’s not a cure and people still are affected physically, mentally, and financially. Communities are impacted by this disease with a quarter of a million new diagnoses each year in the U.S. Continue the promise Suzy’s family made by taking care of your personal breast health and encouraging others to do the same. Donate to help find cures and more treatment options. Donate to help those without resources to get screened and get help.

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The story of Israel and Omaha ANNETTE vAN dE KAmP Editor, Jewish Press o often, the coverage about the State of Israel focuses on politics, the BDS movement, anti-Zionism and a general misunderstanding of the role Israel plays on the world stage.

But listen to community members right here in Omaha, from clergy to high school kids, and you get a very different picture. To many of us, our relationship with Israel is a personal one, built on experience, family visits and meaningful memories.

For the 2019 Passover edition, The Jewish Press aims to tell that other story, that personal story about the relationship between Omaha and Israel. We will take a closer look at our Shlichim program, the Partnership Region and our mission trips. We will discuss the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project participation, why we sent teenagers from all synagogues to Israel and the active role Omaha donors play. We will look at how we educate our children and how visitors from Israel over the years have helped educate us. Most of all, we want to talk to individuals and explore the reasons why we love Israel and how that little country affects us on a personal level.

For that, we need your help. If you or a family member have/has made aliyah, please consider sharing your story.

If you went on a trip, whether it was an organized trip or a study abroad-type experience, sent us an email. Ask yourself: how has Israel affected you? Did one of your children become a lone soldier? Did you host Israeli visitors in your home? Do you have family living there, have

you visited them, were you born there and moved to Omaha? Maybe you’re in an Israeli/Omaha marriage? Or perhaps, you are a master of Israeli cooking, in which case we’d love you to share your recipes as well as your tips on where in Omaha you buy your ingredients. Or per-

meals shared with others, visits to the Western Galilee and climbs to Masada. Conversations between Omahans and Israelis, arguments and shared passions, common goals and misunderstandings. When we interact on a human-to-human level, we build relationships that go deeper. Living in Omaha can make it hard to understand what it’s really like to be Israeli, just as it can be a challenge for Israeli visitors to get used to the Diaspora way of life, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t continually tried to find common ground, ever since 1948.

Please help us tell some of those stories by sending an email to avandekamp @jewishomaha.org before Jan. 1, 2019. I realize that sounds early, considering I’m talking about the Passover issue, but we want to give ourselves Credit: James Emery via Wikimedia Commons enough time to write all these stories and haps, you want to go beyond words and share some of do the topic justice. your favorite photographs- we’d be interested in that, too.

One more thing: if there is someone out there who can Whatever your Israel story is, we want to hear it. explain, in detail, all the differences between hosting a What happens in the Knesset and what we read on the Seder in Israel and hosting one in Omaha, please talk to front pages of various newspapers matters, sure, but at us- that would make for a very interesting perspective. the end of the day it is the personal stories that paint a The stories you share make up the heart and soul of much more complete picture. The story of Israel, the real this paper. It allows us to go above and beyond calendar story, is a tapestry of relationships between regular peoannouncements and event descriptions, it shows all of us ple like you and me. A combination of years of exchanges, the real “us:” a community of individuals who have excependless plane rides from Eppley to Ben Gurion and vice tional stories. Because community is about what we do, versa. Countless walks through the streets of Jerusalem, but more so: it’s about who we are.

How a Herman Wouk novel shaped the debate over removing an unfit president

RON KAmPEAS WASHINGTON | JTA It’s hard to follow the news these last weeks without running into a reference to the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provides for the removal from office of a president unfit to serve.

Questions about Donald Trump’s capacity to govern arise in Fear, Bob Woodward’s chronicle of the Trump presidency that was released last week. Also last week, an anonymous senior administration official writing in an op-ed in The New York Times described a mercurial and dangerous president and said that whispers of triggering the 25th Amendment suffuse the workings of the administration.

Vice President Mike Pence, who would become president were the amendment triggered, denied that it was under consideration.

Omarosa Manigault Newman, an adviser to Trump who was fired earlier this year and has written her own book about administration dysfunction, claims that other officials tag #TFA in texts to each other about Trump’s mental peregrinations.

What’s less known is that the amendment owes its existence in part to a riveting scene of Jewish angst in a popular novel, play and movie, The Caine Mutiny.

Spoiler alert for the three people in the universe who have not seen an iteration of the Mutiny on late night TV, at their high school theater or on The Simpsons. Herman Wouk’s 1951 novel is about a group of Navy officers who remove a volatile captain from his command of a minesweeper when he freezes up during a typhoon. The officers are tried for mutiny and acquitted. The Pulitzer Prize-winning book, the subsequent play and the 1954 movie made Captain Queeg a byword for erratic leadership.

Humphrey Bogart earned an Oscar nomination for his performance as Queeg, who nervously spins a pair of ball bearings in his hand and obsesses about missing strawberries before breaking down on the witness stand.

Less well remembered is the twist at the end: At a celebration of the mutineering officers’ legal victory, Lt. Barney Greenwald, their defense lawyer, dresses them down for undermining Queeg before the typhoon. Greenwald insists that had the crew given Queeq the loyalty he deserved, he would have had the confidence to take control during the storm.

In the novel and the play, Greenwald’s Jewishness is made explicit.

“Greenwald’s Jewishness is at the moral heart of the piece, drama that rings true every moment,” a New York Times critic said in a positive review of the 1981 revival.

Men like Queeg, Greenwald tells the acquitted officers, protected the country from fascist invasion before the United States entered World War II, while the officers pursued lucrative careers until they were drafted.

Humphrey Bogart, center, in a scene from the 1954 film The Caine Mutiny.

Credit: Columbia Pictures/Getty Images The final scene of the film -- Hollywood! -- denudes Greenwald’s speech of its Jewish content but preserves the power of its message: The men who protected Americans from fascism deserved better consideration.

“The Germans aren’t kidding about the Jews, they’re cooking us down into soap over there,” Greenwald says in the novel. “I just can’t cotton to the idea of my mother melted down into a bar of soap... I owed [Queeg] a favor, don’t you see? He stopped Hermann Goering from washing his fat behind with my mother.”

Wouk, who is Jewish, based the novel on his World War II experiences in the Navy. He served aboard two minesweepers, including the USS Zane.

In addition to The Caine Mutiny, he wrote The Winds of War, a popular 1970s novel that made the plight of Europe’s Jews central to its sweeping account of U.S. involvement in World War II. He has also written a primer on Judaism, This is My God. Greenwald’s agonized plea that commanders deserve fuller consideration of their ability to lead before they are removed informed the process that led to the passage of the amendment in 1967, as The Washington Post reported last week.

John Sutherland, a Harvard law professor asked

to advise on the issue, told the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in 1956 about how he stayed up all night reading The Caine Mutiny.”

“Did you finish it in one night?” asked Emmanuel Celler, D-N.Y., the chairman of the committee, who eventually drafted the 25th Amendment with Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind. “I finished it about 2 o’clock in the morning,” Sutherland said. “It is a bully novel.”

Sutherland apologetically added that he did not mean to “depreciate the solemnity” of the hearings by comparing the deliberations of Congress to a popular novel, but Celler, who was Jewish, appreciated the mention of Wouk’s work.

“It is an excellent analogy,” Celler said.

Sutherland likened a vice president who assumes the presidency simply by declaring the president incapable to Napoleon, who crowned himself emperor.

“Didn’t he seize the crown and put it on his own head?” he asked before adding that would not be acceptable to Americans.

John Feerick, a revered New York lawyer who helped draft the amendment, told the Post that the film was a “live depiction” of a constitutional crisis.

The Caine analogy was not new to Feerick: He cited it in a 1965 book on presidential successions.

“A Vice-President would be on precarious ground in a case where a President had become insane, refused to declare himself disabled, or disagreed with the decision of the Vice-President,” he wrote at the time.

In those circumstances, Feerick wrote, a vice president might be “too reluctant to act or, if he did act, he might be labeled a usurper.”

The solution in the amendment is a complicated formula: A vice president must muster a majority of the Cabinet to declare to Congress that the president is no longer fit to govern, whereupon the vice president assumes the presidency. Should the president declare himself fit to govern, he reassumes the presidency, and the vice president and the Cabinet have four days to reassert to Congress that the president is indeed unfit. The vice president then reassumes the presidency for up to 23 days while Congress considers whether the president is fit to govern.

Ousting the president requires a two-thirds majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Three weeks and a two-thirds majority to consider whether a commander deserves the humiliation of ouster. Barney Greenwald would approve.

10 | The Jewish Press | September 28, 2018

synagogues B’naI Israel synagogue

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

BeTh el synagogue

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

BeTh Israel synagogue

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

ChaBad house

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

CongregaTIon B’naI Jeshurun

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

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Capehart Chapel 2500 Capehart Road Offutt AFB, NE 68123 402.294.6244 email: oafbjsll@icloud.com

rose BluMkIn JeWIsh hoMe

323 South 132 Street Omaha, NE 68154

TeMple Israel

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

TIfereTh Israel

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

B’naI Israel synagogue

Join us for our monthly Shabbat Speakers Series on oct.

12, at 7:30 p.m. with guest speaker Bob Bleicher about his work with Hospice. Our service leader is Larry Blass, and as always, an oneg to follow service. Everyone is always welcome at B’nai Israel!

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.

BeTh el synagogue

Services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman. frIday: Nebraska AIDS Coaltion Lunch, 11:30 a.m.; Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. saTurday: Shabbat Morning Services, 9:30 a.m.; Shabbat’t Cool, Grades 3-7, 10 a.m.; Shul In, Grades 3-7, 10 a.m.; Soup-er Sukkah and Salad Lunch, noon; Mincha following Shabbat Morning Services; Shmooze in the Sukkah, 7 p.m. at the Krausman home.

Weekday serVICes: Sundays, 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; weekdays, 7 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. sunday: Morning Minyan, 9:30 a.m.; Torah Study, 10 a.m.; Evening Minyan, 5:30 p.m.

Monday: Offices closed; Shemini Atzeret Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; SimTot Torah, 5:30 p.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 5:30 p.m.; Hakafot and Reception following; Candle Lighting, 7:47 p.m.

Tuesday: Offices closed; Simchat Torah Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha following Shabbat Morning Services.

Wednesday: BESTT Classes (Grades 3-7), 4:15 p.m.; A Study of Omaha’s African American & Jewish Communities, 6 p.m. with Professor Jeanette Gabriel; BESTT Hebrew High Dinner & Classes, 6:15 p.m.; Talmudic Arguments Class, 7:15 p.m. with Rabbi Steve Abraham.

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

Back to BESTT Breakfast & Classes, sunday, oct. 7, 9:30 a.m.

Mahjong, Tuesday, oct. 9, 10 a.m. If your Mahjong group is interested in joining the fun, contact Beth El at 402.492.8550.

Chesed Committee Visits Remington Heights, Tuesday, oct. 9, 2 p.m. Join members of the Chesed Committee as we visit with residents of Remington Heights on the second Tuesday of the month.

BeTh Israel synagogue

Services conducted by Rabbi Ari Dembitzer. frIday: Shacharit, 6:45 a.m.; Mincha, 6:54 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 6:54 p.m. saTurday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Insights into the Weekly Torah Portion, 5:50 p.m.; Mincha/Seudah Shlishit, 6:35 p.m.; Havdalah, 7:51 p.m. sunday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Bagels and Beit Midrash, 10 a.m.; Candle Lighting, 6:50 p.m.

Monday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Sermon followed by Yizkor, 10 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:45 p.m.; Hakafot, 7 p.m.; Earliest Candle Lighting, 7:49 p.m.; Simchat Torah Dinner, 8 p.m.

Tuesday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:45 p.m.; Havdalah, 7:46 p.m.

Wednesday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:40 p.m. at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home.

Thursday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Connecting with Our Faith, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Ari; Jewish Ethics, noon with Rabbi Shlomo at UNMC; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:40 p.m. at Rose Blumkin Jewish Home.

ChaBad house

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, 6:53 p.m. saTurday: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Shabbat Ends at 7:50 p.m.

Weekdays: Shacharit, 7 a.m. followed by coffee, treats, study and shmoozing. sunday: Shacharit, 8:30 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:50 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 6:50 p.m.; Dinner and Hakafot, 7:45 p.m.

Monday: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m.; Yizkor, 11 a.m.; Min-

cha/Ma’ariv, 7 p.m. followed by Kiddush and Hakafot; Light Candles after 7:46 p.m.

Tuesday: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush and Hakafot.

All programs are open to the entire community.

CongregaTIon B’naI Jeshurun

Services conducted by Rabbi Teri Appleby. frIday: Erev Shabbat during Sukkot Service, 6:30 p.m. featuring music by Elaine Monnier; Candlelighting, 6:45 p.m.; Oneg, 7:30 p.m. hosted by Noah Whunn. saTurday: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. with the singing of Hallel; Torah Study, 10:45 a.m. on Kohelet (Book of Ecclesiastes; Second Annual Sukkah Crawl begins, 4 p.m.; Havdalah (72 minutes), 8:23 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.; Board of Trustees, 1:30 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 6:51 p.m.; Come learn and play Pickleball, 7-9 p.m. All equipment furnished.

Wear comfortable clothing. For questions, call or text Miriam Wallick at miriam57@aol.com.

Monday: What’s the Scoop, 6:30 p.m. at Tifereth Israel. March and dance with the Torahs, sing, and hear the final reading from the Torah.

Tuesday: Star City Kochavim Rehearsal, 6:45 p.m.; Havdalah (72 minutes), 8:29 p.m.

Wednesday: LJCS Hebrew School, 4 p.m. at Tifereth Israel.

Simchat Torah Celebration and Family Shabbat, friday, oct. 5, 6:30 p.m. with Star Kochavim. We’ll dance with the Torahs, making the seven hakafot, unroll one of the scrolls in its entirety, and celebrate the end of one Torah-reading cycle and the beginning of another.

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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 Marty Shukert.

Monday: Shmini Atzeret Service, 9:15 a.m.

Tuesday: Simchat Torah Service, 9:15 a.m.

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

TeMple Israel

frIday: Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. saTurday: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m.; Shabbat Service, 10:30 a.m.; TiYPE and YJO Roof-Top Sukkah Party, 8:30 p.m. sunday: Religious School for Grades PreK-6, 6 p.m.;

Simchat Torah Service and Consecration, 6 p.m.

Monday: Simchat Torah Morning Service and Yizkor, 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday: Religious School for Grades 3-6, 4 p.m.; JYG Pizza and Planning, 5:30 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 Iman Jamal Daoudi of the American Muslim Institute.

Thursday: The History of the Jewish People: The Age of the Judges 10 a.m. taught by Rabbi Brian Stoller.

Nebraska Jewish Community Candidate Forum, sunday, oct. 7, 3-4:30 p.m. at Temple Israel. Members of our community will have a chance to hear directly from the candidates for Governor, Senator, Congress, and the Nebraska Legislature during the Forum and every candidate participating will have a table set up to meet with constituents before and after the Forum to speak with them individually and in smaller groups. The candidates will be asked several openended questions formulated by the planning committee on a variety of issues that affect us locally and globally. This is a chance for all of us to become more involved with our system and to invest time into making the meaningful choices that go into our votes. This event is free and open to the public. The Forum is sponsored by Temple Israel, Beth El, Beth Israel, B’nai B’rith, and the Jewish Federation of Omaha.

After the Forum, we invite you to join us for the Jewish Federation of Omaha Community Event at the Hilton Omaha downtown.

Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, nov. 2-4.

TIfereTh Israel

Services conducted by lay leader Nancy Coren. Office hours: Monday-friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. frIday: Services, 6:30 p.m.; Candlelighting, 7:06 p.m. saTurday: Shabbat Morning service, 9:30 a.m. followed by a Kiddush luncheon; 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.; Come learn and play Pickleball, 7-9 p.m.

All equipment furnished. Wear comfortable clothing. For questions, call or text Miriam Wallick at miriam57@aol.com.

Monday: Offices closed; Services, 10 a.m.; Yizkor, 11 a.m.; Community Simchat Torah Celebration, 6:30 p.m.

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!

Tuesday: Offices closed.

Wednesday: LJCS Hebrew School, 4 p.m. at Tifereth Israel.

Come and play pickleball at Tifereth Israel

MIrIaM WallICk Are you ready for something different? Something that includes the 3F’s: Fun, Friends, and Fitness? If so, you will want to check out what’s happening at Tifereth Israel on Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. for the young, not so young, and young at heart.

Come and join our Pickleball group.

You might ask, “What is Pickleball?” Pickleball’s a combination of badminton, ping pong, and tennis. It’s played with a paddle and a whiffle

ball in a court 1/3 size of a tennis court and a net which is 2 inches shorter. It is most frequently played as doubles but can be played singles as well. It is simple and easy and fun to play.

Members of the Lincoln Jewish community have been fortunate to be able to play in the gym at Tifereth Israel. We have all the equipment needed to play. So come check out the fastest growing sport in the USA. It is lots of fun and good for your mind, body, and soul.

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lifecycles b’nai mitzvah

alexander john and zachary nathaniel rich

Alexander John Rich and Zachary Nathaniel Rich, sons of Jonathan and Sheila Rich, will celebrate their B’nai Mitzvah on Saturday Oct. 6, at Beth El. Alexander and Zachary are seventh-graders at Kiewit Middle School.

They both play hockey for the Fremont Flyers.

Alexander has played both wing and defense while Zachary plays center.

For the last three years they have volunteered assisting younger skaters during “Try Hockey for Free Day.” During their last four summers they have attended Ramah Summer Camp and are always excited to return.

They both enjoy trying out the new learning kitchen this summer since they love to cook.

Alexander runs cross-country for Kiewit Middle School and is planning on trying track this year. He is on his fourth year playing the violin for the school orchestra. He also enjoys participating in several different afterschool activities.

Zachary also plans to participate in track this year. He is currently on the yearbook staff at Kiewit Middle School. He is on his third year playing the clarinet for the school band. After trying out for Winds, he was the only 7th grader selected to play the clarinet. He will be performing a solo this year.

Grandparents are Louis Rich of Scottsdale, AZ and the late Beverly Rich, and Donna Schutt of Omaha and the late John Schutt.

marriage

brodkey/Farrell

Gail Ann Brodkey and Patrick John Farrell were married Sept. 1, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. at the Westin Ohare in Rosemont, IL. Gail is the daughter of Peter J. Brodkey, the late Carol Rae Brodkey and Nancy McCormick of Omaha. She is a social worker in the abused Children’s clinic at Children’s Hospital in Chicago.

Patrick is the son of the late Patrik Farrell and Mary Jane Farrell of Chicago. He is a fireman with the Chicago City Fire Department.

After a trip to the Northwestern US they will reside in Chicago.

in memoriam

adele joSeph curcuruto

Adele Joseph Curcuruto, formerly of Omaha, passed away Aug. 29 at age 60 in Burbank, California.

She was preceded in death in death by parents, Bill and Lois Joseph.

She is survived by her husband Charles Curcuruto; daughter, Jordan Curcuruto; sisters, Shelly Joseph Plotkin and Susan Joseph Faier of Phoenix, Arizona.

Save the Date: Norman Ornstein

Please mark your calendars for Sunday, nov. 4 at 7 p.m., when Political Scientist Norman Ornstein will share his thoughts with the Omaha Jewish community. He will speak on American Jewry in the time of Trump. He is the co-author of It’s even Worse than it Looks: How the American Constitutional System collided with the New Politics of Extremism and One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate and the Not-Yet-Deported.

Ornstein will speak at the Jewish Community Center Theater.

This event is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Omaha, the Philip M. & Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton University and the Henry & Dorothy Riekes Donor Advised Fund. Co-sponsors are the Henry Monsky Lodge of B’nai B’rith, the National Council of Jewish Women of Nebraska and The Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies at University of Nebraska Omaha.

More information will follow.

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remembering bruce buehler, m.d.

tom o’connor UNMC Senior Associate Director Public Relations Bruce Buehler, M.D., former director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute and former chair of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pediatrics, died Wednesday at age 75.

Colleagues hailed him as both an inspiring leader and a passionate advocate for children with disabilities, someone who le his mark on MMI and UNMC. “Amazing leaders like Bruce emerge once in a generation,” said Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D., director of MMI. “We lost a giant, a visionary, a passionate advocate and an amazing friend. is loss hurts bruce buehler, m.d. deeply, at a visceral level, yet we also must celebrate his extraordinary life and amazing contributions to our community.”

Dr. Buehler began his career working with individuals with disabilities at the University of Florida. He later spent time in Utah before he le in 1981 to become the director of genetics and, eventually, the Munroe-Meyer Institute at UNMC. He was only the second full-time director at MMI, succeeding Paul Pearson, M.D. “e legacy of Bruce Buehler will never be forgotten,” said UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. “It was his leadership that took the Munroe-Meyer Institute to the next level. His mind was incredible -- he was knowledgeable about every facet of medicine, but it was in genetics where he really le his mark. Bruce traveled across the state countless times providing his expertise to children with developmental disabilities and their families. He made a huge difference for these families by bringing the services to them and not making them have to come to Omaha.”

In 1994, Dr. Buehler was also appointed chairman of the UNMC Department of Pediatrics. He stepped down as pediatrics chairman and MMI director in 2007 - a 24-year term as MMI director and a 16-year tenure as pediatrics chair.

Colleagues say he le his mark in both places. “is is the house that Bruce has built,” Dr. Mirnics said, pointing out that, during his tenure, Dr. Buehler oversaw a remarkable period of growth for MMI -- from 70 employees in 1983 to 250 in 2007, with a budget that went from $3 million in 1983 to $21 million in 2007. “We stand on his shoulders, his grand vision and achievements. We will continue to carry the torch that he has lit, and make him proud.”

John Sparks, M.D., who succeeded Dr. Buehler as the chair of pediatrics, called him a giant in the field.

“Bruce was a superb clinician and a master teacher,” Dr. Sparks said. “He loved caring for children, particularly those with special needs, and he passed that on through teaching generations of students, residents and fellows. He was beloved by his patients, by their families and physicians across the state.”

“He was a visionary in so many ways,” said Brad Schaefer, M.D., former associate director of MMI and currently the founding director of the division of genetics at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. “Integrating medical genetics into the bigger arena of children with special health care needs was decades ahead of everyone else. His abilities to develop a vision and then share it with others was a skill few have. is allowed him to take a fledgling program and develop it into a flagship program that leads the way in genetics and disabilities.”

“He was a leader, a visionary and a passionate advocate for children with disabilities,” said Steve McWhorter, president of the Hattie B. Munroe Foundation, which supports many initiatives at MMI. “Bruce created many programs that would enhance the quality of life for those children and their families. We owe him a great debt of gratitude for that.”

Dr. Buehler earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Florida. He did his pediatric internship at the University of Chicago School of Medicine and his fellowship in pediatrics and genetics at the University of Florida. From 1971 to 1974, he was a senior flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force. Prior to coming to UNMC in 1981, he served four years on the faculty of the University of Utah College of Medicine.

Information on services is pending. An on-campus celebration of Dr. Buehler will be scheduled in the near future.

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October Mainstreeters events

MAGGie COnti Director of Activities and Volunteer Services, RBJH A Free Afternoon at the Movies: Game Night, Friday, Oct. 12, 1 p.m. in the JCC Theater. Complimentary popcorn, warm and delicious, will be served. No reservations necessary.

Bring a pal. Max and Annie’s weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max’s brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents.

So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it’s all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night. Running Time: 1 hour and 33 minutes and Rating: R (for language, sexual references, and some violence). Enjoy a Star Deli lunch in the Blumkin Home Auditorium before the movie, lunch is on your own. The Star Deli opens for business at 11:30 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 14: Joy of Laughter presents Don Friesen at 1:30 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center Auditorium. If you come from a family, you should come to this free comedy show. Don will have you thinking, remembering and laughing. Don Friesen’s comedy is outrageously physical yet thoroughly relatable. Don’s willingness to admit his flaws and exploit them for maximum comedic potential has a way of not only entertaining but at the same time tapping into the humanity in all of us. It’s a uniquely fun, clever, and clean act with an incredibly broad appeal—an act that has earned him rave reviews and die-hard fans throughout the country. Sponsored by The Meyers Family Legacy of Laughter Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation.

A Free Afternoon at the Movies: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Friday, Oct. 26 at 1 p.m. in the JCC Theater. Complimentary popcorn, warm and delicious, will be served. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet

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Don Friesen Julie Baker-Anderson Credit: www.donfriesen.com from Stardom), Won’t You Be My Neighbor? takes an intimate look at America’s favorite neighbor: Mister Fred Rogers.

A portrait of a man whom we all think we know, this emotional and moving film takes us beyond the zip-up cardigans and the land of make-believe, and into the heart of a creative genius who inspired generations of children with compassion and limitless imagination. The running time: 1 hour and 34 minutes and is rated PG-13 (for some thematic elements and language). Don’t be late for the show! Bring a sweater. Enjoy a Star Deli lunch in the Blumkin Home Auditorium before the movie, lunch is on your own. The Star Deli opens for business at 11:30 a.m.

Jewish Social Services invites you to Musical Trip to Broadway with Robert Glaser and Julie Baker-Anderson on Wednesday, Oct. 31, in the RBJH Auditorium at 1:45 p.m.

Robert Glaser and Julie Baker-Anderson combine stories and anecdotes with jazz arrangements of music from over 30 award-winning shows including Chorus Line, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, Wicked, Oklahoma, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, The King & I, American in Paris, Cabaret, and Westside Story. There is no admission fee! All are welcome! Ice Cream Sundaes will be served following the show!

Mainstreeters welcomes all Jewish residents of the Omaha area age 60 plus. The group offers a variety of learning opRobert Glaser portunities plus social and cultural events. Be sure to join the good times. For information call or e-mail Maggie Conti, Director of Activities and Volunteer services at 402.334.6521 or mconti@rbjh.com.

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