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IN MEMORIAM

ESTELLE S. FAIER

Estelle S. Faier passed away on Sept. 14, 2020 at age 93. Private services were held on Sept. 16, 2020 and officiated by Rabbi Steven Abraham of Beth El Synagogue. A memorial service will be held at a later date, and those wishing to attend may contact family members.

She was preceded in death by her husband Dr. Robert Gerald Faier; parents Julius Sokol and Celia Bronstein; brother, Joseph Sokol.

She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Joan Faier and Andrew Tannen; Elizabeth Faier and Anders Linde-Laursen; son, John Faier; grandchildren: Benjamin Tannen; Joshua Tannen and Julia Miller; and sister-in-law, Anne Sokol.

Estelle was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Feb. 3, 1927. She graduated from James Madison High School in 1943 and Brooklyn College with a B.S. in Chemistry. One of a handful of women in her class, she received a M.S. in Chemistry from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences in 1949. While at Columbia, she met fellow chemistry masters student, Bob Faier of Omaha, who became her husband of 46 years until he passed away in 1996.

The couple moved to Omaha in 1951. While her husband attended medical school and began his medical practice, Estelle, who had a small child, was a research chemist in a UNMC school laboratory. She also taught nurses a special chemistry class at Creighton and general chemistry courses at UNO.

In the 70s, Estelle returned to school herself to take accounting courses at UNO, receiving her certificate in public accounting in 1979. She became an accounting instructor at Metropolitan Community College (formerly Metro Tech) in 1980 for 17 years. She loved to share stories of how former students would recognize her in a store or restaurant and tell her how much they enjoyed her class, often adding that it changed their lives through learning a valuable skill.

Estelle was devoted to her husband, children, mother-in-law, grandchildren and her own family who did not live nearby. A life

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long community volunteer, she co-chaired the Brandeis University Book Drive; served as a docent at the Joslyn Art Museum; and acted as treasurer for her chapter of Wall Street Women, which she founded. A lover of opera, classical music, art, literature, and travel, she was also a lifelong supporter of Omaha’s cultural institutions.

Estelle, an intellectually curious person, was equally at ease talking about politics, the stock market, and even chemistry with her grandkids. An inspiration to her family, she gave her all to every task she undertook, was persistent in pursuit of her goals, was resilient in the face of adversity, showed kindness and support to those in need in her life, and had a sharp intellect and quick wit.

Memorials may be made to Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, Jewish Federation of Omaha and the Joslyn Art Museum.

JACK J. LIEB

Jack J. Lieb passed away Sept. 20, 2020 at age 80. A memorial service will take place at a later date in Omaha.

He was preceded in death by his parents Lillian and Charles Lieb, and sister Linda Lieb Goodman.

He is survived by Gail, Dana, Josh and Beata, Gus, and Charlotte Lieb, many relatives and friends.

Jack graduated from Creighton University. He grew up in Omaha, but spent most of his life in South Carolina as a psychologist.

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Looking back at a crazy Jewish year of politics

RON KAMPEAS

WASHINGTON | JTA To prepare for Rosh Hashanah, take a break, my editor said. Let’s take this moment to look back at the crazy year in politics, he said. So I did — but it wasn’t a restorative break. In 5780, the news didn’t stop. Shana tova to my readers, and here’s hoping we’ll get a bit of a breather in 5781. Here are some takeaways and highlights from the past Jewish year.

THE JEWS OF IMPEACHMENT

Last fall, the story was President Donald Trump’s impeachment — doesn’t that feel like a biblical millennium ago? It’s easy to forget the sheer number of Jewish players at the heart of the ordeal, from Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to the whistleblower Alexander Vindman to the Democrat committee chairs who led the proceedings, like Adam Schiff. I rounded up the long list here. The fact that the Democrats’ three lawyer witnesses were Jewish also caught the eyes of people like Ann Coulter, who said there was “too little ethnic diversity” on the panel.

ANNEXATION ANXIETY

Another bombshell development that feels long ago at this point, especially after the recent signing of the Israel-BahrainUnited Arab Emirates normalization deals, was the possibility of Israel annexing parts of the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had pushed for the action as early as July 1, but the Trump administration put the brakes on it. I covered the intense response to Netanyahu’s goal, which critics warned would permanently damage the possibility of a two-state solution. A Democratic senator proposed legislation against the annexation, and some of the most prominent pro-Israel voices in Congress came out loudly against it. Even AIPAC, the biggest pro-Israel lobby in the country, allowed lawmakers their criticism here.

BIDEN, DEMOCRATS AND ISRAEL LOOMER LOOMING

Among the 20-plus candidates who vied for the Democratic Earlier this month I spoke to Laura Loomer, the Jewish nomination, Joe Biden had the longest-standing and closest right-wing provocateur who was kicked off Twitter for her Isrelationship to the pro-Israel community. Once the former lamophobia. She’s running for a House seat against a Jewish vice president was the nominee, he made clear that he would incumbent, Lois Frankel, who’s a moderate establishment Dehew to his bona fides: Biden said he would not consider conditioning assistance to Israel nor boycott the AIPAC lobby’s annual conference, and he nixed including the word “occupation” in the Democratic Party platform. But the Israel-skeptical progressives in the party are not going away; in fact, they are gaining strength. “The Squad” remains in place, and the quartet of first-term congresswomen is expected to be bolstered by new members who ousted longtime pro-Israel stalwarts.

REPUBLICANS AND JEWS, WAITING OUT TRUMP

The Republican congressional leadership, joined by the Republican Jewish Coalition, spent a good part of the year attempting to Clockwise from top left: President Donald Trump, Laura Loomer, Joe Biden, purge extremists from the party’s ranks (and Senator Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Rabin Square in Israel, Ambassador David the convention) — and then retreating into siFriedman Credit: Getty Images/JTA montage lence when some of the same extremists were endorsed by mocrat. Frankel calls Loomer a bigot; Loomer says Frankel President Trump. It didn’t help that Trump has made it his does the bidding of jihadists. The whole thing was a very Jewmission to purge from the party the foreign policy intervenish slice of the culture wars. tionists like John Bolton who once comprised the wing of the THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS party most favored by politically conservative Jews. Or that I was at the White House as the foreign ministers of the the very themes the extremists peddled seeped into the ReUnited Arab Emirates and Bahrain joined Trump and Israeli publican convention messaging. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sign the Abraham Ac How to pitch Trump to the Jews remained the main Repubcords — treaties opening up normalized diplomatic relations lican Jewish dilemma this year. Trump made the work interbetween their countries and Israel. It was a historic moment, esting with Rosh Hashanah greetings in which he berated and I parsed the messaging at the signing event. For more on Jews for voting for Democrats and again appeared to conflate the significance of the deals, see the article on page 13. American Jews with Israel.