September 29, 2017

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AnneTTe vAn de KAmp-WRigHT Editor, Jewish Press he 2018 Campaign Jewish Federation of Omaha is in full swing and many of our lay leaders are hard at work soliciting pledges and organizing events; no one more so than this year’s Campaign Chairs Ruth and Joe Erman and Dana and Mike Kaufman.

Joe, born and raised in Omaha, was a partner in a fresh beef business with his brother Mike until 1988; “After that, I owned City Glass Company until my retirement in 2006,” he said.

Ruth, a retired mental health counselor, has been a dedicated volunteer in the Omaha Jewish community since first moving here after marrying Joe in 1969.

“Having grown up in Manhattan, KS, a small college town with a very small Jewish community, I knew I wanted to be involved here,” Ruth said.

“Over the years. I’ve participated with the JFO as a board member and during the Annual Campaign.”

For Ruth, participating in the Annual Campaign means doing so in whatever capacity she’s needed, “from taking cards to co-chairing the Women’s Campaign. I also served on the library board

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Ruth and Joe erman and the Jewish Family Service Board.”

In addition, she’s been involved with Temple Israel’s sisterhood as well as the National Council of Jewish Women.

For Every Generation, Federation: it is so much more than a slogan. Hearing Ruth and Joe talk about the many ways they care about this community, know-

ing they’ve chosen to Chair the current Campaign with daughter Dana and her husband Mike also serves as a reminder that when lay leaders choose to get involved, they often have the next generation in mind. In addition to Dana, Ruth and Joe have a son Mark See JFO Campaign page 2

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mark Kirchhoff Program and Communications Assistant, Jewish Federation of Omaha The 16th Annual Omaha Jewish Film Festival begins Sunday, Oct. 22 with the showing of the comedy The Pickle Recipe at 7 p.m. in the JCC Theater. There are five films in this year’s festival, each screened at 7 p.m. The Jewish Federation of Omaha and the Institute for Holocaust Education (IHE) are working together to produce the festival. An exciting addition this year is the collaboration with Film Streams, Omaha’s own nonprofit cinema.

The second film in the series, The Women’s Balcony, will be shown at the Ruth Sokolof Theater located at 1340 Mike Fahey Street.

“So many in our community have a great love of the annual film festival, as the cinema has the power to transport each viewer to another time or place. We anticipate a wonderful turnout this year, especially considering our opportunity for collaboration with Film Streams,” said Jennie Gates Beckman, Director of Community Engagement and Education and co-producer with Liz Feldstern, Director for the Institute for Holocaust Education. Liz added, “With the diligent work of our film selection committee and the many hours they devoted to screening and selecting a variety of excellent films, I think this is going to be a great festival.” The film selection committee members this year are Yoni Doron, Ben Gerber, Dora Goldstrom, Margie Gutnik, Gloria Kaslow, Gary Katz, Dené Oglesby, Ophir Palmon, Stephanie Plenner, Matthew Reinarz, Joel Schlessinger, Eitan Tsabari, and producers Jennie Gates Beckman and Liz Feldstern.

The screeners who have made the selections for this year’s festival are confident that these are films that will have wide appeal and will be See Jewish Film Festival page 3

Solomon Bradley, Jaylin’s father; left; Ari Riekes; Howard Shandell and Rylie Unzicker programming, families in need, educational TAmmy JOHnSOn Administrative Assistant, activities and other programs that have B’nai B’rith Henry Monsky Lodge #3306 served the Omaha Jewish community and For 62 years, the Omaha Charity Sports the greater Omaha community. This year, Banquet, sponsored by the B’nai B’rith the Lodge is taking a pause on a formal Henry Monsky Lodge, has been one of the dinner event. Due to the number of comlongest running and most successful local peting banquets and the costs associated sports banquets in the metropolitan area. with drawing top-flight speakers, the We are proud to have had the biggest Lodge is taking its time to work through names in sports serve as our keynote how we can best steward our non-profit speakers. In addition, we thank the Omaha funds and donations in relation to those community for coming together year after demands. We do not want to put on an year to help support our great charity as event unless we are confident it will be well as to honor the top local male and fe- both entertaining and successful in genermale high school athletes. ating sufficient revenue to support the The banquet has been the Lodge’s pri- charitable activities of the organization. mary fundraiser, and proceeds from the To that end, we welcome your input, ideas event have been used to support youth See B’nai B’rith page 2

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Gabby blair Staff Writer, Jewish Press Have you joined Jewish Business Leaders (JBL) yet? Member or not, come to honor the Hall of Fame recipients – Borsheims and Nebraska Furniture Mart and find out what JBL has to offer. Whether you are a long-time business owner or recently moved to Omaha, you won’t want to miss the first induction into the Jewish Business Leaders’ Hall of Fame breakfast on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 7:30-9 a.m. at the Happy Hollow Country Club (1701 S. 105th Street). This kickoff event for the 2017-18 season will be the first of four breakfast events.

Alan Potash, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Omaha says, “In an era when family businesses were the norm in Omaha and vital not only to the Jewish community but also to Omaha in general, Borsheims and the Nebraska Furniture Mart grew to become the icons they are today because of their mission and value to give back to the community.

As major businesses today, they still maintain key components of giving back as they once did as family businesses.

Growing up in Omaha and knowing and respecting both Ike and Mrs. B, it is only natural that we honor them as the

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Continued from page 1 and support for the 2018 event.

Even though the dinner event did not take place this year, the Lodge, through the Adam Jacobs Memorial Tribute Scholarship, honored the most outstanding Omaha area high school male and female athletes with the respective Bert Render and Early Siegel awards on July 31, 2017 at Werner Park. The Lodge hosted the winners, their families, past event sponsors and ticket sellers with a dinner at the Hy-Vee Pavilion and game tickets.

A fun time was had by all!

The 2017 Bert Render Male Athlete Award winner is Jaylin Bradley. His parents are Theresa and Solomon. Jaylin attended Bellevue West High School where he was a record-setting running back.

Some of Jaylin’s School and State records include: 42 points in a game, 500 career points, 7 TDS in a game, 52 TDS in a season, 496 rushing yards in a game, 2915 rushing yards in a season, and 5920 all- purpose yards. Some of Jaylin’s other accomplishments include: Captain of the Omaha World Herald All Metro Team, Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd, USA Today Nebraska Player of the Year, Recipient of the Jet Award, and State Champion.

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Continued from page 1 who lives in San Francisco with his wife Monique Soltani and twin daughters Ayla and Josephine.

“My parents fled Nazi Germany in 1938,” Joe said. “After a few years on a farm in Missouri and by some lucky circumstances, in 1945 they ended up in this great city. They ended up raising five children in Omaha. Mainly because of the Jewish life we experienced growing up here, all five of us became committed members of our community as adults. My brother Mike and I are in Omaha, my sister Betty and my brother Milt are in California, and my sister Fran is in Indiana. We have all been active in Jewish community life and have made meaningful contributions. Ruth and I are very proud that our children are carrying that commitment forward.”

Ruth added: “I felt it was important to set a good example for my children, and we are committed to serving as coChairs for this year’s Campaign so that our community can

first to receive the Jewish Business Leaders Hall of Fame Award.”

As a member, you will also be able to attend three early morning ‘Bagels & Business’ events, all taking place from 7:30-8:30 a.m.: Jan. 17 at Champions Run: Todd Simon, Senior Vice President at Omaha Steaks April 18 at Happy Hollow Country Club: Harley D. Schrager, retired President, COO and co-owner of the Pacesetter Corporation.

July 25 at Happy Hollow Country Club: Rachel Jacobson, Executive Director at Film Streams.

Your involvement with JBL will provide a host of networking opportunities and help foster valuable working relationships with other business leaders in the community. Events are free with paid membership of only $100 per year or $25 to attend the Hall of Fame breakfast if not a member. Come, be a part of JBL and help us continue to build and strengthen the legacy of Jewish businesses in Omaha. For more information or to become a sponsor, please contact Steve Levinger at 402.334.6433 or slevinger@jewish omaha.org or Alex Epstein at 402.505.7720 or aepstein@ omnepartners.com; join online at http://www.jewishomaha.org/about/commun ity-programs-and-events/jewish-business-leaders/.

The 2017 Earl Siegel Female Award winner is Rylie Unzicker. Rylie’s parents are Rebecca and Travis. Rylie attended Millard South where she holds records including: 38 career homeruns, 18 season homeruns, 187 career hits, 48 career doubles, 185 career runs, 130 career RBI’s and a .521 career batting average.

Her 185 career runs is an NSAA state record. Her .521 career batting average is being submitted as the all-time leader in the history of class A and would rank 3rd overall EVER in the State. Some of Rylie’s other accomplishments include: Nebraska Husker Softball Recruit, Four Year All Class First Team All State Selection Omaha World Herald and Lincoln Journal Star, Captain of All State Team Senior year, and Three Time State Champion.

Jaylin was unable to attend the event due to Husker practice. Her father Solomon and Rylie were presented awards on the field before the beginning of the game and participated in the first pitch ceremony.

Congratulations Jaylin and Rylie!

If you have interest in supporting the 2018 banquet with time, talent, or treasure, please contact the Lodge President Ari Riekes at 402.492.9800 or the Banquet Chair Howard Shandell at 402.861.0565.

continue to thrive.”

The Annual Campaign is a robust undertaking, for both lay leaders and professionals. From the many events that have to be organized to making sure every card gets in, it takes passion and dedication to make it all a reality. It’s a passion that Ruth and Joe possess and obviously have passed on.

In addition, there is real joy in doing this as a family: “I will take any opportunity to participate in events with my parents,” Dana said in a previous Jewish Press article. “We truly enjoy being with each other and we enjoy giving our time in meaningful ways. Chairing the Campaign with my parents is a win-win because we get to work together and support this community, which is so important to all of us.”

Joe added: “What we should pass on is the knowledge that the involvement of our Jewish community is unique.

We need to be aware of how lucky those of us who grew up here are; we have deep roots and need to keep this going for generations to come.”

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Jewish Film Festival Continued from page 1 appreciated by the movie goers. They started their work back in June, narrowing the films down from over 25 suggested titles.

A synopsis of this year’s films from each film’s promotional descriptions: Oct. 22, The Pickle Recipe, a US comedy released in 2016 in English. “Joey Miller is the undisputed king of Detroit party MCs. He’s also a single father and deeply in debt.

To make matters worse, during his latest, one-of-a-kind wedding performances, all his prized sound equipment gets destroyed in a freak accident. To add insult to injury, his daughter Julie’s Bat Mitzvah is only weeks away and she’s counting on him to MC her party. After exhausting all of his options, he turns to his shady Uncle Morty who agrees to give him the needed money to get back into business. But only under one condition. Joey must go and steal his grandmother Rose’s most prized possession: her famous top secret dill pickle recipe. And it’s a recipe which she has vowed to take to her grave.”

Oct. 26, The Women’s Balcony, an Israeli comedy released in 2017 in Hebrew with English subtitles, screening at The Ruth Sokolof Theater, “When the women’s balcony in an Orthodox synagogue [in Jerusalem] collapses, leaving the rabbi’s wife in a coma and the rabbi in shock, the congregation falls into crisis. Charismatic young Rabbi David appears to be a savior after the accident but slowly starts pushing

his fundamentalist ways and tries to take control. This tests the women’s friendships and creates an almost Lysistrata-type rift between the community’s women and men.” A post-film panel will take place after the screening. Tickets for this film are $10 general, $7.50 for students, seniors, teachers and military, and $5 for Film Streams Members.

Nov. 5, There are Jews Here, a US documentary released in 2016 in English.

“Untold stories of four once thriving American Jewish communities that are now barely holding on. Many American Jews live in large cities where they are free to define themselves in any way they wish. But almost invisible to most of the country are roughly one million Jews scattered across far-flung communities. For them, Jewish identity is a daily urgent challenge; if they don’t personally uphold their

community communities and live affirmative Jewish lives, they and their legacies could fade away forever.”

Nov. 12, Dirty Wolves, a Spanish drama released in 2015 in French/ German/Spanish with English subtitles. “Magic meets reality in a story inspired by real events. 1942. Manuela, a single mother, works in the Wolfram mines in rural Galicia, Spain. The mines are run by Nazi Germany and the Allies are eager to make sure the strategic metal does not reach German factories.

When her sister Candela helps a Jewish prisoner to cross the border to Portugal, they both will get involved in a game of power that will make them choose between their sense of justice or a riskless life.”

Nov. 19, Rock in the Red Zone, an Israeli documentary released in 2015 in

English/Hebrew with English subtitles.

“Rock in the Red Zone is a personal view from the ground on the frontlines of an endless war, and a powerful exploration into the lives and art of musicians struggling to create in a conflict zone. On the edge of Israel’s Negev Desert lies Sderot, a city of factory workers and rock musicians – the children of refugees from North Africa and the Middle East. Despite being pummeled for years by homemade missiles, the people of Sderot persevere.”

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, Frederick J. Simon Memorial Endowment Fund, Samuel & Bess Rothenberg Memorial Endowment 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. Because of the generosity of the sponsors, tickets for films screened in the JCC theater are only $5 per show. The film at the Ruth Sokolof Theater will follow regular Film Streams pricing.

No movie night is complete without something to munch on. Popcorn, snacks, and beverages will be available each evening. Mark your calendars and attend as many of the nights – all of the nights – that are possible for you.

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MAGGie ConTi cal saxophone and voice, he started a DJ service, entertaining Director of Activities and Volunteer Services, RBJH people at schools, functions and weddings. Tim lives to emun Afternoon of Impressionism with Alyssa late his many jazz influences such as Louie Armstrong, Stan Griggs and Aaron Breid: Wednesday, Oct. 11, Getz, and Paul Desmond. There will be an ice cream social 1:45 p.m. in the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home following the show. Free and open to the community. auditorium.

Alyssa Griggs is noted for her “high level of fearless skill”. She is a dynamic orchestral, chamber and solo artist and was given a solo debut at Carnegie Hall as a first Prize Winner in the Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition. An inspiring and versatile musician, Aaron Breid is rapidly garnering acclaim as an operatic and symphonic conductor. An Ice Cream Social follows the show. Bring a friend.

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by L.O.V.E. (League Offering Volunteers for the Elderly) in blessed memory of Jennifer Beth Kay Clockwise from top left: Alyssa Griggs, flute; Aaron Breid, A Free Afternoon at the Movies: piano; Tim Javorsky; and Comedian Tom Anzalone. and the Ruth Riekes Going in Style Friday, Oct. 27, 1 p.m.

Richards Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation of in the JCC Theater. Complimentary popcorn, warm and Omaha Foundation. delicious, will be served. No reservations necessary. Bring a Sunday, Oct. 15, Tom Anzalone, Singer, Impersonator, pal. Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their and Entertainer: 1:30 p.m. in the JCC Auditorium. No adloved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a mission charge. We dare you to not love this guy! Tom has daring bid to knock off the bank that absconded with their entertained our troops around the world, opened for the money. This film features Alan Arkin, Morgan Freeman group Chicago, and been featured on NPR. Now it’s your and Michael Caine. Rated PG-13 (for drug content, lanturn for some free laughs, food and fun. Don’t miss this afguage and some suggestive material). The running time is ternoon, brought to you free as part of the Joy of Laughter one hour and 36 minutes. If you have any questions or Live Comedy Series sponsored by the Meyers Family would like to enjoy a Star Deli lunch in the Blumkin Home Legacy of Laughter Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federa- Auditorium before the movie, call Maggie Conti at tion of Omaha.

402.334.6521 to reserve a table. Lunch is on your own. The Timeless Classics with the Jazzy Tim Javorsky: Wednesday, Star Deli opens for business at 11:30 a.m.

Oct. 18, 2 p.m. in the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home AuditoMainstreeters welcomes all Jewish residents of the Omaha rium. Tim Javorsky has always had a passion for entertaining area age 60 plus. The group offers a variety of learning oppeople. To fulfill this passion, while in college studying classiportunities plus social and cultural events.

On Sunday morning, Oct. 1, the Henry Monsky Lodge of B’nai B’rith, together with members of BBYO, will be building Succot for the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, the Friedel Jewish Academy, and the Child Development Center on the JCC Campus.

Volunteers are asked to meet in the youth lounge at 11:30 a.m. They should bring gloves.

Leading this project will be David Jacobs who, with his family, has performed this Mitzvah construction for many years. The beautiful pine boughs used to decorate the Succot have been graciously provided by Gary Nachman from his wooded acreage.

Ari Riekes, President of the Lodge, and Howard Kutler, past President, urge others to join them as volunteers.

After construction, which should take less than an hour, pizza and pop will be served in the youth lounge.

For more information, call Steve Riekes at 402.492.9800, or David Jacobs at 402.740.9813.

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In the Open Division, fiddlers will play a hoedown, a waltz and a tune of choice. There will also be other divisions of competition available for the adventurous fiddlers, including a Twin Fiddler’s Contest, and a Fee-Fi-Faux Fiddler’s Contest (fiddle tunes played on any instrument other than a fiddle).

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Liz FELDStErN Executive Director, IHE All community members were invited to join Allison Nazarian’s presentation to the Hebrew High students and Adult Education group at Temple Israel on Wednesday, Sept. 6 after Hurricane Irma cut short her speaking tour in Omaha. Allison is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and the author of Aftermath: A Granddaughter’s Story of Legacy, Healing & Hope. Those who heard her speak at Temple Israel were fascinated to hear about the many ways – both big and small – that Allison’s Allison Nazarian childhood and worldview were shaped by the trauma her grandparents endured.

“Could the most important thing that ever happened to me have happened before I was even born?”, is among the questions Allison has asked herself as she has tried to come to terms with her identity and her family’s past. In the writing of her book, Allison interviewed nearly 150 other 3Gs (third generation, grandchildren of Holocaust survivors).

The interviews revealed striking differences between survivor families; especially in terms of how much of their wartime experiences survivors were willing to share with their children and grandchildren. But Allison uncovered similarities as well. One of the strongest themes noted in her research was the deep sense of pride survivors expressed in the families they were able to create after the war (their children and grandchildren) and in their ultra-patriotism – a deep love and loyalty for all things American, for their adopted homeland. Allison’s closing message was about the resiliency of the human spirit. Her wish for all survivors of trauma and their descendants is to find the right balance between embracing the past that has made each of us who we are – without letting it define us.

Allison Nazarian’s visit to Omaha was organized by the JFO, IHE, ADL-CRC, JFS, and Temple Israel, with funding support from the Special Donor Advised Fund of the JFO Foundation.

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Beth El speaker helps former felons defy the odds OzziE NOGG most stigmatized, overlooked and uneremy Bouman, Executive dervalued populations in America.”

Director, Nebraska Defy Jeremy Bouman grew up in Queens, Ventures, will deliver the NY and earned a Bachelor of Arts deguest sermon durgree with an eming Shabbat mornphasis in ing services at Beth El journalism from Synagogue on Saturday, Oct. Susquehanna 7. Defy Ventures harnesses University in the talents of currently and Pennsylvania. He formerly incarcerated men, holds a Master of women, and youth and rediScience in Leaderrects them toward the creship from ation of legal business Creighton Univerventures and careers. sity where, for “At Defy Ventures, we break nearly seven generational legacies of vioyears, he oversaw lence, poverty, welfare dea staff of 28 develpendence and incarceration,” Jeremy Bouman, Executive Di- opment profesBouman said. “Terminology rector, Nebraska Defy Ventures sionals who matters. Society slaps plenty of negasecured in excess of $15 million annutive labels that bind Defy’s beneficiarally from prominent philanthropists ies to their pasts. They’ve paid the in Nebraska and around the US. His price for their actions; why turn it into service to faith-based higher educaa life sentence through damaging stig- tion includes work as Vice President mas? After all, aren’t we all ex-somefor Institutional Advancement at things? So instead of referring to them Dana College in Blair, Nebraska. He as ex-anythings, we prefer to focus on served in fundraising capacities for who they are today, and who they’re the ELCA Foundation in Delaware becoming — successful business own- and Maryland, as well as Lutheran Soers, employers, parents and commucial Services of New York. Prior to nity leaders. Our goal is to offer joining the nonprofit sector, Jeremy personal and economic opportunities was partner and vice president of New for people with criminal histories and York Telecom and Senior Account Exto shatter perceptions of one of the ecutive of Cortel Business Systems.

His entrepreneurial background in the private sector and subsequent fifteen years committed to serving marginalized and vulnerable people drew him to Defy’s innovative mission.

“We pair senior business executives, entrepreneurs and other influencers with our Entrepreneurs-in-Training (EITs) — people who formerly led drug rings and gangs — to defy the odds,” Bouman said. “Defy Ventures provides super intense, no-bull, lifetransforming, MBA-like training, executive coaching, mentoring, parenting education, character development and career opportunities. We showcase our EITs’ humanity and potential. We challenge public perception and change the national conversation about the criminal justice system. We inspire people to use their influence to create private sector solutions to America’s prison problem.

Our core purpose,” Bouman continued, “is to holistically transform lives through partnership and collaboration — and not just the lives of our EITs and their families, but of the executive volunteers too. Since Day One, Defy Ventures’ commitment has been to create a model that provides lifetransforming opportunities to people with criminal histories in every urban community in the United States and — one day — maybe even globally.”

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community Wine & Conversation Event to Focus on DACA

e National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Section and the Anti-Defamation League are partnering to present Wine & Conversation on Oct. 12, 7 p.m. at Spirit World located at 6680 Center St. e topic of conversation is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, commonly known as DACA, which is an American immigration policy that allowed some individuals who entered the country illegally as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and to be eligible for a work permit. e featured speaker is Daniela Rojas, an admissions counselor at the College of St. Mary, originally from Bogota, Columbia.

Rojas came to Omaha in 2007, just three months aer the DACA cutoff date. Rojas will discuss her experience with DACA and what the community can do to support childhood arrivals. is event is sponsored by a grant from the Ruth Frisch & Oscar Belzer Endowment Fund and is free and open to the community. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Ann Moshman at rmoshman@ aol.com at NCJW or the ADL office at 402.334.6570.

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A Costa Rican artist In Omaha

Elisa Morera Arce was born in San Jose, Costa Rica, in a part-time basis. Over 17 years, she studied with seven 1961 and was one of four children. Her father believed that different Art Masters. As a result, she gained experience in education was of paramount importance and sent all his portraits, still life, impressionist, expressionist, surrealism children to private schools so they would become profiand abstract art. Although her forte was painting, she also cient in English. Elisa had a natural aptitude for drawing enjoyed sculpting and sometimes interwove the unattracand received her first commission at the age of seven. It was tive with the ridiculous to produce whimsical and beautia matter of survival. Literally. ful subjects. In particular, she Elisa was a small child with had great success blending a quiet voice. At lunch time, pigs with human traits to genthe pupils formed a disorderly erate funny fantastic objects group with the largest and such as pigs with big eyelashes loudest at the front to buy and butterfly wings. Her first food. Unfortunately, Elisa was exhibition of 50 pigs (Pig Panot seen or heard by the ladies rade) was held in San Jose and handing out food and often reported on national TV, she would go back to her which led to a follow-up exhiclassroom empty-handed and bition two years later. Elisa was hungry. One day, her friend particularly gratified to see Elena, who was from Cuba, how much children loved the noticed that Elisa seemed very creations. upset. On questioning, Elisa Over the years Elisa develexplained about being hungry oped a fascination for child because the serving ladies did portraits since their openness not see her. Elena paused for and innocence is a challenge only a second and said she had for an artist to express. Howan idea. Elena knew that Elisa ever, sometimes the children Memory of a Coffee Seed was a good artist and she proare not from life but from posed a deal. Every day the children had to write in the Elisa’s imagination and are combined with a location to Book of Life which was a short description of yesterday’s tell a story of deprivation, such as the Fabelas or slums in activities plus a picture illustration. Unfortunately, Elena’s Brazil. In one of her pictures, the viewer is behind two drawings were bad. Not just fair but really bad and her small children who are looking at the slum houses with grades reflected it. Elena’s deal was for Elisa to draw her one child with their arm about the other as if to say that daily picture and in return she would scream with her there is still hope. In 2015 Elisa had four of her paintings very loud voice and wave with her spindly arms to ensure exhibited in Le Louvre Gallery, Paris, France, with the title that her friend received food. The pair of seven-year-olds Holocaust Children. Over the last two years, she has creshook hands and from that day onwards, Elisa never ated many more paintings with the same theme. On Oct. missed a lunch. And Elena received good grades, so every- 8 from 2-5 p.m. she will have a reception at the JCC art body was happy. The two friends are still in touch today. gallery to display her work.

After graduating high school, Elisa studied four years of Oh: how did a Costa Rican artist end up in Omaha? architecture but did not complete the training due to marThat’s easy. She married Dr. Douglas Benn, a Professor at rying at a young age, as was customary at that time in Creighton University.

Costa Rica. However, she did continue her art training on Hope to see you at the Holocaust Children’s exhibition.

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studies and Jewish studies programs will not eginning in August 2018, undergo any changes as a result of the new Friedel Jewish Academy will enrollment policy. Every student will be exopen its Kindergarten classes to pected to abide by the school’s dress code any student previously enrolled and take part in all aspects of instruction at at the Pennie Z. Davis Child De- school, on field trips, and around the JCC. velopment Center, regardless of religious affiliation.

The open admissions policy was adopted by the 2016-2017 Board of Directors to promote diversity and inclusion within the walls of Friedel, as well as to ensure the school’s longevity within the community and to meet the financial needs of the institution. All Jewish students in the Omaha community are eligible for enrollment at Friedel Jewish Academy at any time.

Friedel 5th graders Shilo Abramovich, left, Darby Smith and Lily Tam While Friedel Jewish Academy receives funding use Base 10 blocks in math class to construct a building and then find the total value of each building by multiplying by powers of 10. from the Omaha Jewish Community at large, as well as several of its The same standards and expectations will philanthropic institutions, the school is an apply to all students and their families.” independent organization governed by a The new enrollment policy has been apBoard of Directors made up of members proved for a five-year trial and will be subfrom all parts of the Omaha Jewish commu- ject to review throughout the trial period by nity. Ari Kohen, Vice President of the Board the Board and Strategic Planning Commitand Chair of the Strategic Planning Comtee. “At the end of the trial,” Ari Kohen said, mittee, explained the process the school fol- “a full evaluation of the policy will be held lowed in making this decision. “The group to determine its success and continuation. established a set of benchmark numbers to Non-Jewish students who enroll during the ensure a sustainable future for the school. trial period will be eligible to continue enOur decision to try an open enrollment pol- rollment through sixth grade graduation, icy was made after various listening sessions even if the policy changes or is adjusted.” and open meetings across the community, Friedel Jewish Academy offers what few, if as well as extensive conversations with any, elementary schools can. “From weekly clergy and community leaders. We also swimming lessons to an immersive second spoke with Heads of School from commulanguage program, there’s nothing like nities similar to Omaha, and kept hearing Friedel in Omaha,” said Beth Cohen, Head that their student body grew as a result of of School, “and today’s Friedel is like nothopen enrollment. Not only because several ing you’d imagine. People who haven’t been non-Jewish students joined the ranks, but inside the building in a while, or ever, are albecause more Jewish families took a closer ways surprised when they see what we’re look at their own Day School after the doing. The kids enjoy weekly music and art change and recognized it was the high-qual- classes, and the amazing innovation learning ity academics that drew people in, regardcurriculum and Maker Space contribute to less of their religious affiliation.” fantastic academic outcomes for Friedel stuAccording to Jeff Zacharia, Friedel Board dents. In addition, Friedel offers a valuesPresident, the revision of the school’s existbased education that impacts every area of ing enrollment policy was necessary to enstudy -- from lessons about tikkun olam in sure a vibrant and sustainable future for Jewish Studies classes, to discussions about Friedel Jewish Academy. “The benchmarks how we treat our friends at recess, or the previously set by the Board of Directors that way forgiveness plays a role in the literature would allow the school to remain available our 5th graders are covering. There are unionly to Jewish students and still remain fiversal lessons to be gleaned from teaching nancially viable were not met,” Zacharia Jewish values,” Cohen added, “and we think said. “The benchmarks included an enrollour approach will really appeal to Jews and ment goal, an annual fundraising goal and non-Jews, observant and secular alike.” an endowment fund goal. We are very exFor further information, contact Friedel cited about our progress in each area; but President, Jeff Zacharia, 402.669.8245, the board recognized the need to take the jeff@jzillc.com; Strategic Planning Chair, next step to ensure Friedel’s sustainability.

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Adult Education Class, 6:30 p.m. Temple Israel FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 Shulchan Ivrit - Hebrew Table with Yoni, 11:30 a.m. at RBJH Soup in the Sukkah, noon at Beth El First Friday Shabbat Service & Oneg, 6 p.m. at Temple Israel SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 Temple Tots Shabbat, 9 a.m. at Temple Israel Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. at Temple Israel Shabbat’s Cool (K-7), 10 a.m. at Beth El Shul-In (3-7), 12:15 p.m. at Beth El Temple Israel Sukkah at Rabbi Stollers, 6 p.m.

Sukkah Schmooze, 8:30 p.m. at the Krausman Residence SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 Religious School, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel Musical Theater Rehearsal, 3 p.m.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 7th Annual Sukkot BBQ Night, 5:30 p.m. at RBJH Open Sukkah at the Abraham’s, 6 p.m. at Abraham Residence Temple Israel Holy Smokes, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 JBL-Hall of Fame Breakfast, 7:30 a.m. at Happy Hollow Breadbreakers, noon at RBJH Religious School, 4 p.m. at Temple Israel Adult Education Class, 6:30 p.m. Temple Israel THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 Hebrew Class with Rabbi Schlomo, 10 a.m. at RBJH Simchat Torah, 5:30 p.m. at Beth El FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 Temple Israel Shabbat Comes to You at Heritage, 4 p.m. at Heritage on Sterling Ridge SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. at Temple Israel Jr. Congregation, 10 a.m. at Beth El Temple Israel Youth Tri-Faith Program, 6 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 BESTT Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. at Beth El Book Club, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel Religious School, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel Temple Tots Sunday, 10:30 a.m.

Joy of Laughter, noon Joy of Laughter Reception, 2:30 p.m.

Musical Theater Rehearsal, 3 p.m.

Jewish Federation of Omaha presents Denial, 7 p.m.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 Mainstreeters Lunch, 11 a.m. at RBJH Exploring Judaism Class with Scott Littky, 7 p.m.

UNO Schwalb Center Event Unfinished Stories, 7 p.m. at Hindu Temple, 13010 Arbor St. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17 Board of Trustees, 7 p.m. at Temple Israel WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 Breadbreakers, noon at RBJH BESTT Hebrew School, 4:15 p.m. at Beth El 2018 Community Event: Deborah Lipstadt, 6 p.m. at Marriott BESTT Hebrew High, 6:30 p.m. at Beth El THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 Women’s Class, 9:30 a.m. at Beth Israel Hebrew Class with Rabbi Schlomo, 10 a.m. at RBJH Adult Study with the Clergy, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel Schwalb Center Event Middle East Forum, noon at UNO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 School Directors Meeting, 9 a.m.

Star Deil, 11:30 a.m. at RBJH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. at Temple Israel Jr. Congregation, 10 a.m. at Beth El JCC Dance Party, 5:30 p.m.

NJHS Presents - An Evening with the Heirloomist, Shana Novak, 7 p.m. at Hot Shops SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 BESTT Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. at Beth El Musical Theater Rehearsal, 3 p.m.

Rosh Chodesh Event, 4 p.m. at Temple Israel Omaha Jewish Film Festival, 7 p.m.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23 Exploring Judaism Class with Scott Littky, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 Movie Night, 7 p.m. at Temple Israel WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25 Breadbreakers, noon at RBJH Religious School, 4 p.m. at Temple Israel BESTT Hebrew School, 4:15 p.m. at Beth El Teen Mission Pre-Meeting, 6 p.m.

Adult Education Class, 6:30 p.m. Temple Israel BESTT Hebrew High, 6:30 p.m. at Beth El THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 Women’s Class, 9:30 a.m. at Beth Israel Hebrew Class with Rabbi Schlomo, 10 a.m. at RBJH Adult Study with the Clergy, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel Planning Committee, 4:30 p.m. at RBJH OTYG Lounge Night, 5 p.m. at Temple Israel Omaha Jewish Film Festival, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 Star Deil, 11:30 a.m. at RBJH Young Families/Old School Shabbat, 5:45 p.m. at Temple Israel SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. at Temple Israel Jr. Congregation, 10 a.m. at Beth El SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29 30th Annual Symposium on Jewish Civilizations, 8 a.m. at UNO BESTT Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. at Beth El 30th Annual Klutznick Symposium Lunch, 10 a.m. at RBJH Religious School, 10 a.m. at Temple Israel TED Talk, 11 a.m. at Temple Israel OTYG Meeting, noon at Temple Israel Musical Theater Rehearsal, 3 p.m.

30th Annual Klutznick Symposium-Cocktail Reception, 5 p.m.

Beth El Cooking/Serving at Stephen Center, 5:30 p.m. at Stephen Center, 2723 Q St. 30th Annual Klutznick Symposium-Dinner, 6 p.m.

30th Annual Klutznick Symposium-Keynote Speaker, 7:30 p.m.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30 JFO Board Meeting, 11:30 a.m. at RBJH My Broken Doll, 6 p.m.

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tasting Cider | Erin James and Cidercraft magazine | Storey, $19.95

In Chapters 1 and 2, explore and read about over 100 cider variations as you celebrate the harvest season with this guide to the flavors of North American’s oldest drink: hard cider and discover the lore, the artisanal process and profiles of the coast-to-coast craft producers who grow, crush and press the apples. The “rack and cloth” is the 17-century method or fast forward to today and the modern presses built with hydraulics and stainless steel. This is Hard Cider 101 with sweetness scale: dry, off-dry, semisweet semi-dry or sweet, a glossary of terminology and variations.

Chapter 3 Shaken, Stirred, and Served Up, cocktail recipes, and Chapter 4, Tableside Sippers, appetizers

through dessert recipes. The orchards are named on these savory and sweet choices with pairing of ciders for each.

Many color photographs of apples on trees, in an amazing variety of bottles, in glasses, and pressed in a “squeeze-box”. The headnote of this recipe from the fields in Lebanon, NH, and describes: “glazed in the cidery’s fruit-forward semi-dry cider, earthy and terroir-driven flavors come from the drink and the root vegetable.” See what you think...

Cider-Glazed Carrots

Ingredients: 1 pound carrots (about 6, peeled and cut into 2-inch batons 1 cup Farnum Hill Cider semi-dry cider 1/4 cup water 2 tbsp. unsalted butter 1 tbsp. maple syrup 2 tsp. cider vinegar thyme sprig dash of cayenne pepper salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation: In a large pan, combine the carrots, cider, water, butter, maple syrup, vinegar, thyme, cayenne, and salt and black pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat and cook until most of the liquid evaporates and the carrots are crisp-tender, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove the carrots from pan if they finish cooking before the liquid is reduced. Remove and discard the thyme. Adjust the seasoning and serve the carrots with the reduced liquid as a sauce.

Makes 4 servings

Cupdate # 3: Don Gerber and the Ke-Hilla Monsters

Don Gerber’s Kehilla Monster Team is made up of community stalwarts Howard Borden, Debbie Denenberg, Ron Giller, Yakov Jeidel, Les Kay, Janet Kohll, Patricia Newman, Susie Shyken, Crystal Smith, Fred Tichauer, and Scott Weiler. “I hope that Omaha is ready to answer the call of the KeHilla Monsters!” exclaims Gerber; and based on this week’s team scores, it looks like those calls are being answered!

Jeff Zacharia and Team Friedel are maintaining a slim lead with 5640 points, but Don Gerber and his Ke-Hillah Monsters are closing in fast, with 5110 points. Sarah Linn’s ‘Team Haozerim’ and Eric Shapiro’s ‘Shap-Heroes’ are battling it out for third and fourth place with 2940 and 2680 points, respectively. At the back of the pack, in 5th place, with 280 points is Emily Epstein-Ray’s ‘Team Mashugana’. In 6th place, with 160 points, is Team Shofar, led by Geoff Silverstein. Last, but not least, is Dusty Friedman and Team HeHiPPA Cupliance with 0 points.

This competition is far from over and it is still anyone’s Kehilla Cup to win... Stay tuned for next week’s ‘Cupdate’ to find out who is in the lead!

Eye on Israel am looking forward to hosting my first ‘Eye on Israel’ discussion as your new community Shaliach on Monday, Oct. 2 at noon in the JCC Kripke Library. Following the traditional format, we will begin with the latest current events in Israel, followed by a focused discussion on hot topic issues in the limelight. We will also meet yoni doron guest speakers, in person and through Community Shaliach the use of technology, who will share their perspectives and expertise. is week’s ‘Eye on Israel’ will focus on what Israeli’s refer to as “Equality in the Burden”; a fascinating topic that has been at the forefront of the country’s past two election cycles.

In Israel, this issue generally refers to the attempt of getting different demographics to take a more active part in Israeli democratic society. One of the most sensitive topics under “Equality of Burden” is the demand made by the secular population on the Haredi population to participate in compulsory army service as is required of the general population, rather than getting a “ticket out”; even if done through legal means. is topic has resurfaced in the wake of a new legislation; a historical one in my opinion, made by the Supreme Court of Israel, revoking the law, which up until now, allowed the exemption of Yeshiva students from military service. We will be discussing how the civil duties of Israelis are also a symbol of the Jewish character of the State of Israel, what all that has to do with Arab-Israelis not wanting to do alternative civil service, and what Haredi demonstrations look like.

I would like to thank Rabbi Shlomo Abramovich who has been in the forefront of this engaging series of meetings and I hope to fill his shoes and arouse the same curiosity from the participants.

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Gabby blair Staff Writer, Jewish Press When Don Gerber agreed to lead a team for this year’s Kehilla Cup, he had no idea what it would entail. “When I first saw the makeup of the other teams, I thought ‘Uh Oh!’ We are up against a bunch of teams that are very youthful and competitive in nature,” says Gerber. He goes on to explain his strategy. “The first thing that I decided on was a name that would set the tone and show that we were a force to be reckoned with; hence, the “Ke-Hilla Monsters” were born! We may be a little bit older, but we are also a little bit bolder! We are not going down without a fight and we are ready to win the Kehilla Cup! (Or perhaps to be renamed the Ke-Hilla Monster Cup if we win it this year!).”

Gerber has deep roots in the Omaha Jewish Community; his family settled here in the early 1900’s, and Gerber himself is a lifelong member of Beth Israel Synagogue. As a native son, Gerber knows the importance of a strong Jewish Federation and believes that “the future of our community is an important part of a legacy that we need to maintain and support for coming generations.”

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ANNETTE vAN DE KAmP Editor, Jewish Press t’s called the “Tufts University Disorientation Guide,” created by and for leftist student groups on campus.

The guide suggests resources for students of color, low-income students, the LGBT community and women. These types of guides have popped up at several universities in the past and offer an alternative to the official student guides distributed by the university administration. That in and of itself should not be problematic.

Anyone who has spent any time at any university knows there are things the administration doesn’t tell you but you nonetheless need to know.

However, according to JTA.com: The most recent disorientation guide at Columbia University criticized its administration for “supporting the oppression of Palestinians both through its investments and by suppressing anti-Israel speech by students and faculty.” The 2016 version at New York University asserts that students visiting Israel on a Birthright trip are “complicit in the occupation, destruction, and colonization of Palestine.”

Tufts University’s guide is no different: it “singles out Hillel and its support for Israel for opprobrium, calling it a “Zionist space” and accusing it of “exploit(ing) black voices for their own pro-Israel agenda” (JTA.com). In addition, the guide accuses Hillel of supporting a “white supremacist state.” That, in case you’re confused, would be the State of Israel. It’s puzzling, when Israel is criticized using that sort of language. A white supremacist state? Where do we even start countering that?

Tufts’ Executive Director of Public Relations Patrick Collins was quick to point out the guide was purely a student-led initiative, not funded by the university and not an official part of the university’s orientation. Be that as it may, the guide is out there, happily traveling through cyberspace, and the genie will not go back in the bottle so easily. To make matters even more interesting, close to 25 percent of the university’s undergraduate enrollment of 5,290, is Jewish, according to the Forward’s recent college guide; Hillel is not the only Jewish group on campus (there are at least seven).

This December, the Jewish Federation of Omaha in col-

laboration with all three synagogues and several generous donors will send 35 high school juniors and seniors to Israel.

We can assume that in a few short years, these same kids will find themselves at a college somewhere; as a parent and as a community member, I worry about what they will encounter. We’ve known for years that universities are hunting grounds for both white supremacists and for BDS initiatives. Jewish students will find themselves between a rock and a hard place. So now what? I think we do a decent job warning our kids about Nazis, but what about the anti-Israel, anti-Zionist voices out there?

That Israel trip is the first step. To be educated about anything, one must see things first-hand. Many a debate can be thwarted with the question: “Have you ever been there?” As far as I’m concerned, if you haven’t visited Israel, your arguments about the country and its political sphere will not sway me. Go see for yourself; maybe then you can talk.

Second: the real reason the anti-Israel lobby is scary and intimidating is the fact that anti-Semitism is at the root of

all the information you can get your hands on. It also means knowing false (and, honestly, bizarre) info when confronted with it, as in that disorientation guide. It means giving them the tools to face challenges head-on, owning the argument, knowing what to say when the issue comes up and not fearing the difference of opinion—especially when that opinion is rooted in ignorance, which it has to be for anyone to call Israel a white supremacist state.

The following is based on a holiday message from my friend Rabbi Lior Engelman.

Succot is a time for recognizing our spiritual giants, and this gets expressed in the ushpizin (“guests”) custom of welcoming a different patriTEDDY arch into the succah on WEINBERGER each night of the holiday: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, and David. By extension, I feel that Succot is a time for recognizing more historical spiritual heroes, whether ancient, such as Rabbi Akiva, Rashi, or Maimonides, or modern, such as Henrietta Szold or Hannah Senesh. In dealing with exceptional figures, however, it often happens that we forget the real person who faced real challenges and worked hard to overcome them.

We tend to focus on the end result, and the figure becomes larger than life, worthy of great admiration but incapable of teaching us how to navigate through our own lives. This is where another key aspect of Succot comes in: the importance of the journey.

Many religions facilitate an appreciation for the here and now, for the journey, for a way of life. Religion encourages people to take more time to enjoy life’s individual moments along the way. Taoism, for example, is a religion that literally teaches the “way” (Tao can also be translated as “path” or “route”). Buddhism’s focus is upon a “Noble Eightfold Path” that leads to liberation.

And the bedrock of Rabbinic Judaism is halakha, the way.

The holiday of Succot is a celebration of the

journey of life. We mark the 15th of Tishrei not because of a specific event that occurred on it, but as an expression for a long-term process: “In order that future generations may know that I made the Israelite people live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt” (Leviticus 23.43). On Passover, we celebrate the beginning, the exodus to freedom; on Shavuot, the peak moment of receiving the Torah; but on Succot we highlight the whole journey. At first glance, only on Passover and Shavuot is there a true reason to be happy, for these holidays commemorate events that substantially improved our situation: We were granted physical freedom on Passover and spiritual freedom on Shavuot. But Succot does not express a turning point and yet nonetheless, it is precisely this Festival that is called “the time of our happiness.”

At heart, the happiness of Succot resides in the journey. As opposed to many people whose happiness exists only at climactic moments in life and will thus inevitably be short-lived, the Torah educates us to find our happiness at all times and at every hour in a life of continuous development, a life of journey.

Fittingly, the primary mitzvah of the holiday is to bring normal life into the succah: eating, relaxing, sleeping. Our time in the succah is not designed to be a peak holy moment but to be an expression of happiness for the journey. And in a cute manner, the colorful, construction-paper chains that have decorated our succot from time immemorial (and have kept our children out of our hair for a few precious hours on the eve of

the holiday) speak to the holiday’s emphasis on neither beginning nor end but on the middle, on the way.

As we welcome the ushpizin into our succah— and I encourage you to add generously to the traditional list of the seven patriarchs, whether ancient or modern, male or female, personally related and/or known to you or not—it is appro-

The Way of Succot

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it. I almost get tired of saying it: there is an enthusiasm that accompanies most BDS dialogue, and that enthusiasm is sorely lacking from any discussion about Syrian refugees, North Korean warmongering, oppression in Myanmar or trouble in South Sudan. So we’re back to that: there are many different ways to hate Jews, for many different imaginary reasons. Let’s call it what it is.

Raising proud Jews, who know who they are, does not mean not letting our kids think for themselves. We’re not indoctrinating them to think Israel can do no wrong; we are teaching them that before you make up your mind, you need

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Credit: YeahThatsKosher.com priate to focus on their journeys. How did this person achieve greatness? How did they struggle with their challenges? Did they fall, and if so, how did they rise? A focus on the journey that each of our spiritual guides took may help pave the way for our own journey. Happy Succot!

Teddy Weinberger made aliyah in 1997 with his wife, former Omahan Sarah Ross, and their five children. Their oldest four, Nathan, Rebecca, Ruthie and Ezra are veterans of the Israel Defense Forces; Weinberger can be reached at weinross@ netvision.net.il.

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Yom Kippur is a reminder of the awesome, and awful, power of words JoYce newmarK JTA For nearly 50 years, my father had a best friend named Al. ey grew up in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn, and aer returning from the service in World War II, they each married and moved to the same Long Island town and opened related businesses. ey were closer than brothers. In fact, when my brother and I were growing up, our parents’ wills named Al and his wife, rather than any relatives, as the people who would become our guardians should that become necessary. Even aer my parents moved to Nevada, the two couples remained close, speaking on the phone every week or so and visiting back and forth every couple of years.

Almost 40 years ago, Al’s daughter was getting married and my parents were planning to travel to New York for the wedding. One day, the two couples were on the phone talking about the wedding. My mother had recently undergone foot surgery and was walking around in ugly post-surgery shoes.

“I may have to wear blue jeans and sneakers, but we’ll be there,” she told Al’s wife. e response: “But the wedding is formal!”

My mother was hurt. She thought the only proper response to her statement was, “We don’t care what you’re wearing, we just want you to be there.”

Al’s wife was hurt, too. She felt that my mother had to know how stressed she was trying to plan the perfect wedding and shouldn’t have teased her.

Neither would apologize. e phone calls became less frequent and my parents began saying that traveling to New York would be expensive and uncomfortable — and in early September it would be hot and humid. ey decided not to attend the wedding.

Nine months later Al was dead of lung cancer and my father finally flew to New York to be a pallbearer at the funeral.

Like many men of his generation, my father wasn’t one to talk about his feelings; but from the day Al died, he insisted that when you were invited to a simcha you must go, no matter the circumstances. Still, it was too late to repair what had been broken.

All this hurt resulted because no one involved could take back a few unthinking words spoken in haste. e power of words has a very real, almost physical, presence on Yom Kippur. Look at the list of “al chets,” or confessions, that we recite again and again on this day. We confess

our sins of using foul language, speaking falsehoods, idle chatter, slander, disrespecting our parents and teachers, and spreading gossip. On and on; perhaps half the sins we confess are sins of speech.

Why? Because, despite our communal confessions on Yom Kippur, most of us are not thieves or doers of violence. We are not evil people, but sins of words are easy to commit. We do it every day. at’s why at the end of every Amidah we recite the prayer of Mar, son of Ravina, “My God, keep my tongue from evil, my lips from lies,” rather than praying “God, help me not to steal, help me not to murder.”

Credit: Lior Zaltzman/JTA e truth is, you can never take back words; you can’t go back to the time before the words were spoken. ere’s a story about a man in a small village in Eastern Europe who didn’t like the rabbi. No one knew why he didn’t like the rabbi; perhaps even he didn’t know. But there was no doubt that he didn’t like the rabbi. So, no matter what the rabbi did, this man had something nasty to say about it — oen, and to whomever would listen.

One year, as the High Holidays approached, the man realized that his nasty gossip was a terrible sin; so he went to the rabbi’s office to ask for forgiveness. e rabbi said, “Of course I’ll forgive you, but first you must do something for me. Go home, take your fattest pillow up to the roof, open it up, and shake it out.” e man thought this was odd, but he did as he was asked. It was a windy day and the feathers from the pillow were blown in every direction. He returned to the rabbi and asked again for forgiveness. e rabbi replied, “ere’s one more thing. First, you have

to pick up all the feathers.”

Like feathers turned loose, words have a life of their own.

You can’t take them back and pretend they were never said because words have power. “Taking back” only happens in children’s games.

You can’t forget, but you can forgive. e Torah tells us that the first luhot, the tablets of the Ten Commandments that Moses shattered aer the sin of the Golden Calf, were made by God. e second luhot, given aer Moses persuaded God not to destroy the Israelites, were made by Moses. God said to Moses, “Carve out two stone tablets like the first ones.” e new ones would not be the same because the people’s sin could not be undone or forgotten, but God could forgive them.

Rabbinic tradition holds that the second tablets were given on Yom Kippur as a sign that God forgives and that people must forgive. Forgive doesn’t mean forget, but it is possible to gather the broken pieces and build a new relationship. e rabbis teach that both the second set of tablets and the broken pieces of the first were placed together in the Holy Ark. Why? To teach us that just as the second tablets could be broken as easily as the first, relationships are fragile, so we must guard our tongues. Moreover, even if a break occurs, the relationship can be repaired. It won’t be exactly the same, but a break should not be permitted to last forever.

And most important, the time to do something about broken relationships is now and not next year or someday.

Nothing is more precious than love and friendship. Because words have power, not only to hurt but to heal.

Rabbi Joyce Newmark of Teaneck, New Jersey, is a former religious leader of congregations in Leonia, New Jersey, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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

B’naI Israel synagogue

Please join us for our upcoming events: Kol Nidre services, friday, sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. with guest, Dr. Leonard Greenspoon, Professor and Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization Historical at Creighton University, To Gefi & Shosh: A Grandfather’s Reflections on Jews and Judaism.

Services, saturday, sept. 30, 10:30 a.m. with guest speaker Karen Gustafson, Executive Director, Jewish Family Services, Jewish Federation of Omaha, Over 100 Years Later...Is Jewish Family Service Still Relevant?; Concluding Service followed

by Break-the-fast potluck, 5:30 p.m. Please call Carole Lainof, 402.293.0321, for more information. If you would like any names read for remembrance, please send a note by email or otherwise to Nancy Wolf at nancy wolf16620@gmail. com.

All services led by Jeffrey Taxman.

Shabbat Speakers Series resumes friday, oct. 20, 7:30 p.m.

Annual Membership Meeting, sunday, oct. 15, 11 a.m.

For information on our historic synagogue, please contact any of our board members: Scott Friedman, Rick Katelman, Carole Lainof, Marty Ricks, Sissy Silber, Nancy Wolf and Phil Wolf.

BeTh el synagogue

Services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman. frIday: Babysitting, 6 p.m.; Kol Nidre, 6:15 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 6:51 p.m.; Yigdal (Conclusion), 8:15 p.m. saTurday: Morning Service, 9 a.m.; Babysitting (Ages 0-5), 9 a.m.; Youth Service (Grades K-2), 10 a.m.; Torah Service, 10 a.m.; Youth Programming (Grades 3-7), 10 a.m.; Sermon/Yizkor, 10:45 a.m.; Youth Programming (Grades K-2), 11 a.m.; Tot Service (Ages 0-5), 11:15 a.m.; Junior Congregation (Grades K-7), 11:15 a.m.; YK Youth Hour (Grades K-2), 11 a.m.; Tot Service (Ages 0-5), 11:15 a.m.; Junior Congregation (Grades 3-7), 11:15 a.m.; Musaf, 11:30 p.m.; Kaddish Shalem (Conclusion), 12:45 p.m.; Study Sessions, 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.; Minha-Ne’ila service, 5:30 p.m.; Teen Study Session, 6:15 p.m.; Children’s procession, 7:30 p.m.; Sounding of the Shofar, 7:48 p.m. weekday serVICes: Sundays, 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; weekdays, 7 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. sunday: Sukkot Building, 8 a.m.; BESTT Classes, 9:30 a.m.-noon; Torah Study, 10 a.m.; BESTT Torah Tots, 10:30 a.m.-noon; USY/Kadima Sukkah Building, noon-2 p.m. wednesday: Mincha/Ma’ariv, 5:30 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 6:43 p.m.

Thursday: Sukkot Morning Services, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 5:30 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 7:29 p.m.

Sukkot Services, friday, oct. 6, 9:30 a.m. followed by Soup in the Sukkah. RSVPs requested. Sukkot Evening Services, 6 p.m.

BESTT Shul-In, saturday, oct. 7, 12:15 p.m.

Sukkah Schmooze, saturday, oct. 7, 8:30 p.m. at the Krausman’s.

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

BeTh Israel synagogue

Services conducted by Rabbi Ari Dembitzer. frIday: Shacharit, 6:40 a.m.; Friday Learning Series with Rabbi Shlomo, 11:15 a.m. at the JCC; Mincha, 4:30 p.m.; Kol Nidre, 6:30 p.m.; Candle Lighting, 6:52 p.m. saTurday: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Sermon, 10 a.m., followed by Yizkor; The Book of Yonah, 4:30 p.m.; Mincha/Seudah Shlishit, 5:15 p.m.; Neilah, 6:15 p.m.; Break the Fast Meal, 7:45 p.m.; Ma’ariv/Fast Ends, 7:48 p.m.; Havdalah, 7:50 p.m. sunday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Bagels and Beit Medrash, 9:45 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7 p.m. monday: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Talmudic Tales with Rabbi Shlomo, noon at JCC Kripke Library.

Tuesday: Shacharit, 7 a.m. wednesday: Shacharit,9 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv/Candle Lighting, 6:44 p.m.

Thursday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Lunch in the Sukkah, 11:30 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:15 p.m.; Earliest Candle Lighting, 7:42 p.m.

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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.; Fast Begins, 6:51 p.m.; Light Candles 6:51 p.m.

saTurday: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Yizkor, 11 a.m.; underINSPIRED!, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; Neilah, 6:15 p.m.; Fast Ends, 7:48 p.m. Followed by light refreshments. weekdays: Shacharit, 7 a.m. followed by coffee, treats, study and shmoozing. monday: Personal Parsha class, 9:30 a.m. with Shani. wednesday: Mystical Thinking with the Rabbi, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Mendel Katzman; Candle Lighting, 6:43 p.m.

Thursday: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m.; Candle Lighting after 7:40 p.m.

For help with your Sukkah or to buy a Lulav & Etrog set, please call 402.330.1800 or email rachel@ochabad.com.

All programs are open to the entire community.

CongregaTIon B’naI Jeshurun

frIday: Candlelighting, 6:52 p.m.; Yom Kippur Evening Service, 8 p.m. led by Rabbi Allen Bennett. saTurday: Yom Kippur Family Service (Parents please accompany your children), 9 a.m.; Yom Kippur Morning Service (Childcare available), 10 a.m. led by Rabbi Allen Bennett; Yom Kippur Afternoon Service, 3 p.m. led by Rabbi Allen Bennett; Break-the-fast Potluck, 6:30 p.m. Please join the congregation after Yom Kippur concluding services for a Break-the-Fast Potluck; Havdalah (72 Minutes), 8:21 p.m. sunday: LJCS Gan through Grade 7, 9:30 a.m. at Tifereth Israel; LJCS Gesher, 10 a.m. at Tifereth Israel; Star City Kochavim, 2 p.m. at the Lincoln Arts Festival; Lincoln CAN celebration, East Campus Mall, 2 p.m. wednesday: Candlelighting for Sukkot, 6:44 p.m.

Thursday: Candlelighting for Sukkot, 7:17 p.m.

Pizza in the Hut Community Sukkot Celebration, sunday, oct. 8, 12:15 p.m. at Tifereth Israel.

The Temple will be collecting non-perishable food, personal care items, and monetary donations for the Food Bank of Lincoln to help with this year’s Lincoln CAN project. Donations can be placed in the blue barrels in the Temple vestibule. We’ll need a volunteer or two to bring the collected items to the East Campus Mall on Oct. 1, between 2 and 4 pm.

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frIday: Kol Nidre Service, 6:45 p.m., led by Marti Nerenstone. saTurday: Yom Kippur Services, 9:15 a.m. led by Marti Nerenstone; Yom Kippur, 3:30 p.m. led by Marti Nerenstone.

Yom Kippur service, friday, sept. 29, 6:45 p.m. led by Marti Nerenstone.

Thursday: Sukkot Morning Services, 9:15 a.m. led by Jim Polack.

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

Temple Israel

frIday: Kol Nidre Service, 7:30 p.m. saTurday: High Holy Day Food Drive: Fill a Bag, Feed a Family! Pick up a grocery bag at Temple Israel on Rosh Hashanah, fill it with food and return your bag on Yom Kippur; Yom Kippur Children’s Service (Tots-4th Grade), 9 a.m. This service will be creative, musical, and fun, as Rabbi Stoller, Cantor

Shermet, and Rabbi Berezin lead the kids in singing and conversation about the meaning of the High Holidays; Yom Kippur Morning Service, 10:15 a.m.; Yom Kippur Children’s Programming (1st-4th Grade), 10:15 a.m. Children in 1st-4th Grade should meet Director of Youth and Young Adult Engagement Aliyah Lasky in the Simon Community Court at 10:15 a.m. to head downstairs for Rosh Hashanah Programming led by our Religious School Madrichim; Yom Kippur Afternoon Study and Discussion, 1-3 p.m. Following Yom Kippur morning service, join us for study and discussion on the theme of social justice. This is in keeping with the teachings of the prophet Isaiah, whose words we read during Yom Kippur morning prayer; Afternoon Service, Yizkor, and N’ilah, 4 - 6 p.m. Our Yom Kippur afternoon service will be all new this year, combining the awe-inspiring words of our liturgy with beautiful, contemplative music played live by the Omaha Chamber Music Society; Break-The-Fast with Temple Israel, 6:30 p.m. Your payment is your reservation: Adults and 13 and older are $16, Children 6-12 years old are $9, Children 5 and younger are no charge. Menu: matzah ball soup, egg salad, tuna salad, fruit, vegetable salad, sweet kugel, plain kugel, bagels and cream cheese, desserts, root beer floats, Kid friendly food; Break the Fast with TiYPE and YJO, 6:30 p.m. Join us for Break the Fast at Temple Israel! We will have a table and break the fast together! RSVP to alasky@templeisraelomaha.com. sunday: No Religious School. wednesday: 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!

Thursday: Sukkot Morning; Breakfast, 9:30 a.m. and Service, 10:30 a.m.

Temple Tots Shabbat, saturday, oct. 7, 9 a.m.

Simchat Torah Service and Consecration, wednesday, oct.

11, 6 p.m. Celebrate 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 Sanctuary. Music provided by Tuffy Epstein and dancing with our Torah scrolls. Heavy hor d’oerves and ice cream will be served.

TIfereTh Israel

Services conducted by lay leader Nancy Coren. Office hours: monday-friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. frIday: Synagogue office closed; Kol Nidre Service, 6:30 p.m. saTurday: Synagogue office closed; Shabbat Morning service, 9 a.m.; Youth Service, 11 a.m..; Mincha, 5:15 p.m.; Havdalah and Break Fast, 7:51 p.m. There is no charge for the Break Fast meal. We hope to see you there. sunday: LJCS Gan through Grade 7, 9:30 a.m. at Tifereth Israel; LJCS Gesher, 10 a.m. at Tifereth Israel. Parents, please join your student for “Soup in the Sukkah” at 11:30 a.m. wednesday: Synagogue office closed; No LJCS Classes.

Thursday: Synagogue office closed; Services, 10 a.m.

Sukkot Evening Services, friday, oct. 6, 6 p.m. The synagogue office will be closed.

Pizza in the Hut Community Sukkot Celebration, sunday, oct. 8, 12:15 p.m. at Tifereth Israel. Cost is $6.

Tifereth Israel will be participating in the Lincoln Food Bank's drive, LINCOLN CAN. We will be collecting canned food items to help support those in our community who face food insecurity through Erev Yom Kippur. Please make sure cans are dent-free and not bulged. You may also donate money by writing a check written the LINCOLN FOOD BANK and sending it to the synagogue office. We will deliver it with the canned items on Oct. 1.

Justice Ginsburg is surprise speaker at DC synagogue JTA Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told Rosh Hashanah worshipers at a Washington, D.C. synagogue that being Jewish has helped her have empathy for other minority groups.

Ginsburg, 84, spoke Wednesday evening at Rosh Hashanah services for Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in downtown Washington. Her appearance was a surprise to worshippers at the non-denominational synagogue, The Associated Press reported.

“If you are a member of a minority group, particularly a minority group that has been picked on, you have empathy for others who are similarly situated,” she told worshippers

during a 20-minute Q&A session.

She also said that Jewish values have guided her work on the bench.

“The Jewish religion is an ethical religion.

That is, we are taught to do right, to love mercy, do justice, not because there’s gonna be any reward in heaven or punishment in hell. We live righteously because that’s how people should live and not anticipating any award in the hereafter,” Ginsburg said.

Ginsburg, who has been on the court since 1993, is one of three current Jewish justices serving on the Supreme Court and the longest-serving Jewish justice. The other Jewish justices are Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan. Breyer spoke last year at Sixth & I High Holiday services.

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BrAdy Meyerson

Brady Meyerson, son of Jenny and Scott Meyerson, will become a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 7, at Temple Israel.

Brady is an eighth-grade honors student at Westside Middle School.

His interests include football, basketball, golf, track and attending Camp Sabra.

For his mitzvah project, Brady volunteered for the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Omaha’s Race for a Cure.

He has two brothers, Jake and Cody.

Grandparents are Carol and Steve Bloch, and Deenie and Larry Meyerson.

Great-grandparents are the late Lucille and Sam Gelenter, the late Lottie and Harold Bloch, the late Helen and Leo Meyerson, and Sonia Forbes and the late Irving Forbes.

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lilliAn AnnA Brodkey

Lillian Anna Brodkey, 100, of Sioux City, IA, passed away on Sept. 14 at a Sioux City hospital. Services were held Sept. 17 at Congregation Beth Shalom. Burial was at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Anna (Hechtenthal) Schwartz; her husband Dr. Norman Brodkey and two brothers, Samuel and Charles Schwartz.

Survivors include son, Daniel Brodkey of Sioux City, son and daughter-inlaw, Jerry and Patricia Brodkey of Los Altos, CA, and daughter, Judy Brodkey of Portland, OR; two grandchildren, David and Anna Maria Brodkey.

Lillian was born July 19, 1917 in Chicago. She married in 1946 and moved to Sioux City where she graduated from Sperling and Morningside Colleges.

Lillian was a strong and well-respected leader, supporter of those in need, and an inspiring speaker. She was a mother extraordinaire, committed partner and wife, mediator and lover of life. Lillian had an unwavering commitment to Judaism, the Jewish community, community service and her family. She was a woman who stood out as a brilliant, courageous, and wise, model of integrity in an era when women’s options seemed limited. She was the first female President of Shaare Zion Synagogue in Sioux City where she also served as President of the Shaare Zion Women’s League. Ms. Brodkey was active in numerous civic and community organizations, serving as a Charter Member, board member and Secretary of Sioux City Lioness Club and Lions Club Board of Directors. Lillian also served as the VP of Junior Hadassah, Assistant Director of The Brandeis Bardin Institutes of California, and Executive Director of the Girl Scouts. She Founded the Sioux City Bicycle Safety Club, and organized the Sioux City Young Judea clubs. In addition to volunteering at the Sioux City Soup Kitchen, she also worked as a longtime office assistant for her husband’s optometric practice.

Nate Shapiro, JFO Director of Development, grew up in the Synagogue in Sioux City with Ms. Brodkey and describes her as the type of person who was the glue of the community and whose loss would be felt by many.

Memorials may be made to Congregation Beth Shalom or the Sioux City Lions Club.

eunice newBerg denenBerg

Eunice Denenberg passed away on Sept. 15 at age 88. Services were held on Sept. 17 at Beth El Synagogue.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ruth Newberg Kirshenbaum and Louis Newberg.

She is survived by her husband Norman Denenberg, her son and daugh-

ter-in-law, Larry Denenberg and Rachael Rosner of Boston, MA, her son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Tippi Denenberg, and her daughter, Debbie Denenberg; and grandchildren: Ayla and Eli, Danny, Michael, Sasha, Sima and Solomon, and Lev and Rebecca.

Eunice was born in Omaha to Yiddish-speaking parents who had emigrated from Russia. She graduated from Central High School in 1946 and from Omaha University (now the University of Nebraska, Omaha) in 1949. She was married to Norman in 1950 and celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary this year.

Eunice was an actress in Omaha, taking starring roles in the Omaha Community Playhouse, Chanticleer, and in the two professional theaters that she helped to found, the Firehouse and the Upstairs Dinner Theatres. With partner Ozzie Nogg, she opened Gemini Advertising Ink and built it into a thriving agency. Gemini coined the humorous “Toothy Toothy” campaign cited in Dr. Sol Kutler’s obit this week. She was a passionate, international traveler. She and fellow traveler, Bella Eisenberg, sought out artists in Zimbabwe and imported their beautiful Shona sculptures.

Eunice was a committed community servant with tireless heart and hands.

For example, she produced the children’s opera Brundibar for the Institute of Holocaust Education. The piece helped educate 10,000 area children about the Holocaust. She was a Volunteer of the Year for the Jewish Federation of Omaha, an active member of Beth El Synagogue and Chabad of Nebraska, and a founding board member of the Nebraska Coalition for Life Saving Cures.

Memorials may be made to Beth El Synagogue, Chabad of Nebraska, and the Institute for Holocaust Education

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She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Mary Beth Katz; grandchildren: Amanda, Nathan and Laura; the Schroeder family and many friends.

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Dr. Sol Kutler passed away on Sept. 14 at age 90, peacefully surrounded by his loving family. Services were held Sept. 18.

He was preceded in death by wife, Cherie; brothers, Morris and Ben, and parents Harry and Sarah Kutler.

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Gabby blair tion of urban society to American age-consciousness, bach- Steinberg also became the first husband and wife nationally Staff Writer, Jewish Press elorhood and how children play. Since 2002, he has held an to take turns leading a metro medical society. Frank would he Central High School Foundation is pleased to endowed chair at Brown devoted to American history and pave the way for hundreds of women physicians, thrilled present the 19th Annual CHS Hall of Fame on urban studies. years later at age 96 to see the day when half of all medical Thursday, Oct. 5 at Central High School. Of this Muriel Frank (Class of 1936) graduates were women. In 1995, the League of Women Votyear’s ten inductees, we are proud to recognize As a pioneering woman in Omaha’s medical community, ers recognized her ground-breaking contributions to genthree Jewish community members der equality with a “Shattered Ceiling” award.

Sanford Friedman (Class of 1964) whose extraordinary achievements in business and community service led them to be Founding and operating businesses across selected by the Central High School Alumni a diverse range of fields, Friedman over four Association. Special thanks to the Central decades proved a successful salesman, trouHigh School Foundation for providing the bible-shooter and entrepreneur. After graduatographies highlighting each of the inductees ing from the University of Nebraska at below.

Omaha in 1969, Friedman acquired an insurHoward Chudacoff (Class of 1961) ance agency that within 12 years had grown In a long career as an Ivy League history to the second-largest independent agency in professor, Chudacoff has proven a gifted eduOmaha. After it was purchased by another cator and prolific writer, co-authoring an infirm, he served as the executive vice president fluential college history text and authoring of retail for a regional bank. He then, in 1988, numerous other books spanning diverse acatook over as president and chief operator of a demic interests. Even before coming to Censtruggling firm producing advertising direcHoward Chudacoff Muriel Frank Sandy Friedman tral, Chudacoff ’s strong academic bent tories for wedding services in 80 markets earned him the nickname “The Professor.” A distinguished Dr. Frank showed a commitment to improving patient care across the nation. Over eight years, he helped turn it to academic career at the University of Chicago, where he while inspiring many women to pursue careers in medicine. profitability and moved it into internet sales, allowing it to earned his doctorate degree, put him on that career path.

When Frank entered the University of Nebraska’s medical later be sold and merged into a larger dotcom wedding He began teaching at Brown University in Rhode Island in school, many still believed women’s proper role in medicine marketing firm. Friedman then launched a firm providing 1970, became a full professor a decade later, then served should be limited to serving as nurses. She graduated with quality service measurement for businesses through mysthree years as chair of the school’s history department. Chu- her MD in 1943 and trained to be an anesthesiologist at tery shopper campaigns, post-sale telephone surveys and dacoff ’s work in the classroom and caring mentoring of stu- Bellevue Hospital in New York. She then returned to her product evaluations, growing it to 40 employees before selldents was recognized in 2003 when he became among the hometown and helped start the anesthesiology department ing it in 2001. Over the next decade, he helped a number of first recipients of a new Brown award for excellence in at Methodist Hospital. Petite, tough and tireless, Frank other Omaha businesses address specific challenges they teaching and advising. His scholarship includes the co-aunever took a sick day during her four-decade career, which faced before retiring. Friedman has also served on numerthoring of a college history text that’s now in its 10th ediincluded 15 years as chief of anesthesiology at Methodist. In ous community boards, including Girls Club of Omaha, the tion. Other books he’s written show his broad academic 1989, she became the first woman to head the Metropolitan Omaha Symphony, Jewish Federation of Omaha and Antiinterests, from social mobility in early Omaha and evoluOmaha Medical Society. She and her husband Dr. Maurice Defamation League.

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