October 3, 2014

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Klutznick Symposium

October 3, 2014 9 Tishrei 5775 Vol. 95 | No. 3

This Week

by LEONARD GREENSPOON Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations A joke: The first Jewish President is elected. At the Inauguration, his mother is seated between the Supreme Court Justices and future members of the Cabinet. As the swearing-in ceremony begins, she nudges the gentleman on her right: “You see that young man, the one with his hand on the Bible. His brother’s a doctor!”

Those who read this joke will have varying reactions to it, depending on how they view relationships within the Jewish family as well as on their sense of humor. This all connects well with the 27th Annual KlutznickHarris-Schwalb Symposium this fall, with its theme of “Mishpachah: The Jewish Family in Tradition and in Transition.” This year’s Symposium will take place on Sunday, Oct. 26, and Monday, Oct. 27.

This joke is also particularly relevant to the Symposium’s keynote presentation, delivered this year by Professor Bernard Dov Cooperman of the University of Maryland.

Cooperman’s lecture is titled “Family Fictions: How Jews Invent Themselves by Talking about their Parents.”

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New arrivals at the Kripke Library Page 5

Photo gallery Pages 6 & 7

David Brodsky

Joshua Brown

Bernard Cooperman

Joshua Furman

Sarah Imhoff

Charles Isbell

Hillary Kaell

Gail Labovitz

Pamela Laufer-Ukeles

John Loike

Evyatar Marienberg

Susan Marks

Jenny Sartori

Cynthia Shafer-Elliott

Haim Sperber

BBYO news

by RACHEL MARTIN BBYO Director Omaha BBYO kicked off the 20142015 programming year with several events during the Omaha Jewish Reunion. We were extremely fortunate

Teen President) Sam Perlen from Nashville, TN, and BBYO CEO, Matthew Grossman from Washington D.C. On Saturday afternoon many BBYO teens, parents, alumni, and

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From left: Sam Perlen, Max Polack, Jordan Saag, Max Gendler, Nate Gendler, Ian Kandel and Alex Belgrade. to have some international BBYO staff join us for the weekend, including Director of the Teen Movement, Ian Kandel from Washington D.C., BBYO Area Director Debra Tozer from St. Louis, International Grand Aleph Godol (International BBYO

local supporters attended the AZA 90th and BBG 70th Reunion program at the JCC. Guests enjoyed listening to Ari Riekes, President of the Henry Monsky Lodge, as the program’s MC, as well as many esteemed speakers, including Matthew Grossman, Sam Perlen, Omaha Council Godol, Max Polack, Mother Chapter AZA #1 President, Jordan Saag, and BBYO parent and supporter, Louri Sullivan. After the speeches, guests watched a photo slideshow of AZA and BBG throughout the years.

Perlen, who deferred college for one year to be the Grand Aleph Godol, spent a few extra days in Omaha. Housed by the Saag family, Continued on page 3

Some of the chocolate decadence from last year’s Chocolate Festival.

Credit: Cynthia J. Kohll Photography

by ALICE KLEIN Many former vendors are returnVice-President of Public Relations, ing with chocolate, candy, baked NCJW-Omaha Section goods, breads, rolls, popcorn, ice The National Council of Jewish treats and more.

Commenting about last year, “It Women (NCJW) Omaha Section once more will host the Great was really fantastic,” agreed Helen Omaha Chocolate Festival on Oct. Epstein. “It drew people from all 12 from noon to 4 p.m. at the La over the city, all walks of life, and Vista Conference Center. The Con- was something kids could do with ference Center is located at 12520 their families and grandparents Westport Parkway (I-80 and Giles could do with their grandchildren.

Road) with plenty of free parking.

It was fun to taste all the samples, Last year’s turnout numbered and it was a really nice community over 5,000 chocolate lovers! With event that involved the city.” She more vendors this year, NCJW has added, “Chocolate makes you expanded its location. “It’s bigger happy, and it was a happy event. We and there’s more room for booths need a few of those!” and attendees,” Jan Fischer, vendor There are over 20 vendors Continued on page 2 chair, said.

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Continued from page 1 Cooperman’s lecture, in the Theater of the Omaha Jewish Community Center, begins at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 26.

Cooperman is currently the Louis L. Kaplan Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, where he also directs the Miller Center for Historical Studies. Previously, he was director of the University’s Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies. He has also served as a visiting faculty member at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow, as well as at Harvard, the University of California San Diego, and Hebrew College.

A native Canadian, Cooperman received his B.A. from the University of Toronto. He earned two M.A. degrees, one from Brandeis University and the other from Harvard University. Cooperman’s Ph.D. is also from Harvard.

From his days as a student, Cooperman developed a lively interest in the Jews of Italy during the Early Modern period.

Among his books on this topic are From Pisa to Livorno: Ethnicity and Social Conflict in an Early Modern Jewish Community, The Ghetto of Venice, and Memory and Identity: The Jews in Italy. Cooperman enlivens his accounts with narratives about moneylenders and rabbis, book publishers and thieves, ferocious arguments within the Jewish community, and canny business negotiations with outside authorities. In addition, he has written about immigrant Jews in the United States and Canada, paying special attention to Yiddish newspapers and their portrayal of life in the New World.

Cooperman is himself the son of immigrants from Eastern Europe who settled in Canada after World War I. Before taking up residence in Toronto, they lived in a small town in Saskatchewan. When Cooperman was growing up, the Jewish population of Toronto experienced huge growth, primarily from the arrival there of thousands of Holocaust survivors.

These survivors, whose stories made a lasting impression on Cooperman, brought with them deep memories of what they had lost as well as a vital passion to build a new world.

All of these interactions produced in Cooperman a lifelong fascination with the dynamics of the Jewish family and the ways in which Jews have understood the special bonds that shape our view of family life. As Cooperman sees it, the war-torn world of the immigrant generation has shaped our ideas of the Jewish family as much as the values of suburbia.

These differing strands are so powerful, he believes, that we often fail to see the reality of the family behind the intense hopes and disappointments that we invest in the Jewish family. These are among the insights that led Cooperman to the presentation he’ll be delivering as the keynote address.

On a personal note, Cooperman and his wife Dianne have

been married for 46 years. They have four grown children and five grandchildren. None of them, he likes to complain, come home to visit often enough!

Cooperman’s keynote presentation caps off a full day of Symposium activities. Sunday morning presentations, from 9 – 11:30 a.m., will take place this year on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Three presenters will offer their insights on topics ranging from the Bible and the Talmud to Jewish adoptive families. For these activities, we will meet in room 201 of UNO’s new Community Engagement Center.

After the quick trip from UNO to the JCC, everyone is invited to a luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. Five additional papers, divided into two sessions, can be heard from 1 until 5 p.m. The range of papers during this time period is also broad: the Talmud, assisted reproductive technologies (ART), sexual guidance in Orthodox communities, and the evolving role of the Jewish father.

There are five more papers scheduled for Monday, when the Symposium is reconvened in the ballroom at the Skutt Student Center on the campus of Creighton University. The first four presentations are scheduled from 8:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Among the topics that will be covered on Monday morning are the family in the Hebrew Bible, American Jewish baby books, creating human embryos through cloning, and the meaning of lineage among Jews.

From 11:30 a.m. until 12:15 p.m., Symposium participants and members of the public are invited to a deli luncheon. This event, as well as all other Symposium activities, is free and open to the public.

The final presentation of this year’s Symposium lasts from 12:20 p.m. until 1 p.m. It deals with the status of agunot (“chained women”).

1 p.m. marks the formal conclusion of the Symposium.

Nonetheless, many of the presenters will be staying in Omaha until later in the day or until Tuesday morning.

Thanks to the efforts of several members of the community, these presenters will be provided with an array of cultural and social activities until the time of their departure.

The annual Symposium, a fixture of the community’s fall schedule for more than a quarter of a century, benefits from the support of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, Creighton University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. In addition, the Ike and Roz Friedman Foundation, the Riekes Family, and other supporters provide generous support.

For further details about the Symposium, please check out the Klutznick Chair website at www.creighton.edu/ klutznick or contact Colleen Hastings at 402.280.2303 or colleenhastings@creighton.edu.

JEWISH PRESS NOTICES The Jewish Press will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 9 and 10 for Sukkot, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 16 and 17 for Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. The deadline for all articles and photos for the Oct. 17 issue it is Wednesday, Oct. 8, 9 a.m., and for the Oct. 24 issue, it is Wednesday, Oct. 15, 9 a.m. Questions? Call 402.334.6448.

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Chocolate Lovers Continued from page 1 returning this year from previous Great Omaha Chocolate Festivals that include bakeries, candy stores, chocolate specialists, chocolate milk, popcorn, shaved ice, and personal beauty shops.

Among the almost 30 new vendors are boutiques, more popcorn, more chocolate specialists, more bakeries, pet supplies, and more personal beauty shops.

Credit: Cynthia J. Kohll Photography A new vendor this year is Nama Choco of Lincoln.

Nama Choco won the 2014 People’s Choice Award and the 2014 Most Delectable Chocolate Award at the 28th Annual Chocolate Lovers Fantasy in February. Many are looking forward to sampling their treats.

Back to provide more demos, ideas, and samples are the students from the Iowa Western Community College Bakery and Pastry Arts Program.

And now the Great Omaha Chocolate Festival is a finalist in the Spirit of Omaha’s “The BIG Event!” contest in the Food & Wine category. The contest is for events sponsored by non-profit organizations. It is time to vote!

The Grand Prize winning organization will get $10,000.

So go to spiritofomaha.com/TheBigEvent-VOTE/ and vote for the National Council of Jewish Women – Great Omaha Chocolate Festival in the Best Event: Food & Wine category. Get all your friends and family to vote!

Reduced admission to the Chocolate Festival is available online at ticketriver.com/event/11932, at Garbo’s Salons and Spas, and at Posh Princess at $4 for two-to ten-year-olds which is worth three free samples. For older individuals, admission is $6 which entitles them to five free samples of chocolate. Admission at the door is $5 for children and $7 for adults. Additional sample tickets can be purchased during the Chocolate Festival, and products can be purchased directly from vendors.

Visit facebook.com/TGOCF and omahachocolatefestival.com for more details and continued updates.

NCJW is still looking for volunteers to help on the day of the event. If you are available (and would like 2 free samples!) please contact Tina Meyers at 402.889.6258 or tmeyers@oriental.com.

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It started in Omaha Following is the speech delivered at the Omaha Jewish Reunion by the BBYO Grand Aleph Gadol, Sam Perlen of Nashville TN, one of Omaha’s weekend guests. He was in town from Wednesday evening through Sunday. He had several work sessions with Mother Chapter #1.

“In Omaha, Nebraska it all began, 14 Jewish boys with a master plan. They asked Sam Beber to lend a hand.”

My name is Sam Perlen, I am from Nashville, Tennessee and a proud member of Athens of the South AZA #258. It is an honor to stand here today in the great city of Omaha reflecting on the Grand Order of the Aleph Zadik Aleph as the 90th Grand Aleph Godol.

At the first National Convention in the summer of 1924, right here in Omaha, 94 members gathered together to represent Sam Perlen the four chapters at the time. It is ‘AZA legend’ that says that that first meeting was the first test of our Order’s long distance brotherhood.

Proving powerful and compelling, that moment ultimately became the driving force toward AZA’s expansive success around the world and across generations for decades to come. Leaping ahead 90 awe-inspiring years, International Convention, as one indicator of our modern day movement’s success, is now more than 30 times the size of that first convention, now one of the world’s top three largest annual gatherings of Jewish teens.

Omaha’s community ignited one of the most significant and wide-streaching Jewish communal networks that modern Jewish history has known. It’s motivating and humbling to visit with you so early into my term at such a pivotal moment of our movement’s history.

I, like you, grew up in a community with a small but mighty Jewish community. I see a lot of parallels between the Nashville and Omaha communities. We’re hospitable and we’re big on tradition. We’re warm, welcoming and inclusive, and we value our past whilst being intentional about our community’s future. We’re focused on our local community’s vibrancy, but we embrace that we’re a part of something bigger. Our communities regularly lead nationally, act upon our responsibility to the Jewish People worldwide, and care passionately for the State of Israel.

These same communal attributes are why hundreds of thousands of teens over the last 90 years, across North America and around the world, as well as generations in Omaha and Nashville have found a home in AZA. AZA

(and BBG) embody the very best of what the Jewish community is about. Through our teen-led model, Jewish teens everywhere feel welcomed, find meaning and feel wanted as empowered members of our fraternity.

Fraternity: A spirit of sociability, of cooperation and of friendship toward all Alephs that shall make of us one fellowship -- a love of and a loyalty to AZA and its ideals.

Brotherhood is what makes AZA so special to me, and thousands of my brother Alephs worldwide.

For me, not much is better than screaming at the top of my lungs, “Up You Men and Sing to AZA.” The feeling I get when I am with my brother Alephs is unmatched, and I am so happy that so many Alephs, current and lifetime members alike, are here today. Once an Aleph always an Aleph. When I graduate and I join the ‘real world’, I know that the friendships that I have today will be my college roommates, the best men at my wedding, future coworkers, business partners and fellow adventurers. BBYO’s power lies in the people. That’s the personal impact. There is no organization in the world that can give in so many different ways to so many different people. And yet, all along, we feel like family.

Family’s the most important thing in my life. My brother was in AZA. My parents were both in BBYO. My aunts and uncles are all lifetime members, and so each and every one of my cousins were Alephs and BBG’s. BBYO is a family tradition in my house. AZA changes lives, builds boys into men, and creates an extended family for every Jewish teen that embraces all that it has to offer.

Today, AZA has nearly 10,000 Alephs amidst its ranks each year. BBYO reaches approximately 45,000 Jewish teens across North America and thousands more around the world in 30 countries. More than half a million alumni have graduated from our movement, and we’re working hard today to strengthen Jewish teen life to ensure a bright future for the Jewish People. And it all started here, in Omaha.

In closing, I want to finish with a quote from the one and only Sam Beber, “Someday you will appreciate how much AZA will have contributed to the enrichment of your life.

We give you your opportunity to so enrich yourself.” Each and every day, I’m grateful for what AZA has done for me and the Jewish community. I want to thank you, the community of Omaha, for igniting this movement, supporting and sustaining it for almost a century of Jewish history, and for being committed and inspiring partners in our Order’s progress through today. We’re as proud of the chapters and teens ‘alive and well’ in Omaha today as we are of our roots, and for as long as AZA impacts the lives of Jewish teens the world over, each and every one of us will always consider the Omaha Jewish community home.

Thank you for hosting me this weekend and for celebrating AZA’s milestone this year. May we go from strength to strength as we share many more successes in the future.

Thank you again.

BBYO news Continued from page 1 Perlen experienced life as a BBYO teen in Omaha, where the entire organization was founded 90 years ago. While in Omaha, Perlen was able to share his wealth of BBYO knowledge with teens, parents and other supporters. He comes from a Jewish community similar to Omaha and felt right at home. By spending time with local Omaha BBYO teens, Perlen inspired many to get involved with BBYO summer programs and to run for leadership positions, both locally and regionally.

All Omaha teens had the unique opportunity to spend time with these international staff members discussing local chapter matters including membership, recruitment techniques and programming possibilities. We are all very excited for the year ahead!

Teen officers Jordan Saag, Max Gendler, Max Polack, Ammy Wertheim and Jessica Shandell organized Saturday night’s Olympics and Havdalah program. There were a multitude of events that tested precision, accuracy, and concentration, such as balancing an egg on a spoon carried by mouth, consuming 10 Saltine crackers and one can of soda as fast as possible, and taking photo “selfies” of all five teammates in a cheerleader-type pyramid.

Following the heated competition, Gendler and Shandell led a beautiful candle-lit Havdalah service. Gendler, who will be a songleader at OSRUI camp next summer, played guitar while Shandell led prayers and songs. The evening program was a blast, and all of the successful weekend events set a positive tone for the year ahead.

Last Tuesday, BBYO teens participated in an Israel advocacy program led by Israel Fellow Eliad Eliyahu Ben Shushan. We learned about the face of Israel in the world, discussed what Israel means to us, and decorated minia-

ture flags to be mailed to IDF military bases to hang on their sukkahs for Sukkot.

BBYO teens sold parve desserts during the past three Backyard Concerts as a fundraiser for Jewish programming. Thank you to those who supported us; we raised more than $250!

We have numerous upcoming events planned, but here are a few to mark on your calendars: • Tuesday, Sept. 30, all Jewish girls in grades 8-12 are invited to join BBG (B’nai B’rith Girls) for a cookie-decorating party for BBG’s 70th birthday in the JCC Youth Lounge at 6:15 p.m. Also, registration for International Convention 2015 in Atlanta opens tonight!!

• Nov. 7-9: Fall Regional Convention in Kansas City.

Travel to Kansas City for the weekend and experience an overnight Shabbat, a community service project, and the chance to make friends from Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Minnesota!

• Nov. 20: Hunger Games Pre-Screening/Can-tribute: see the third Hunger Games movie, Mockingjay, BEFORE it’s released in theaters and participate in a canned food drive.

Last year, BBYO raised more than 17,000 pounds of food nationally.

• Dec. 26-29: Winter Regional Convention in St. Louis.

To attend conventions, teens must be registered as BBYO members. To register, go to http://bbyo.org/teens/aza_ bbg/become_a_member/. Are you on Facebook? Please like our Omaha BBYO Facebook page: www.facebook .com/BBYOomaha. This is updated regularly with photos of events and announcements for upcoming programs.

For more information, contact BBYO Director Rachel Martin at rmartin@jccomaha.org, or by phone at 402.334.6404.

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by OZZIE NOGG Anderson and inspired by the writings of Fight the Bug Flu shots: Monday, Oct. 20, Stefan Zweig. It stars Ralph Fiennes as 10 a.m. to noon in the Schrager Gustave H. -- a legendary concierge at a Cafe on Main Street at the famous hotel in the fictional Republic of Rose Blumkin Jewish Zubrowka between the first and second Home. Prevention is World Wars -- and the key to a healthy Zero Moustafa, the winter. Shots are free lobby boy who for persons with a becomes his most Medicare Part B trusted friend and card. Don’t forget to must prove bring it. Sponsored Gustave’s innocence by the Visiting Nurses Association who after he is framed for murder. The Grand remind us that prevention is the key.

Budapest Hotel received widespread critical Puttin’ on the Ritz! A Luncheon with acclaim, particularly for the film’s unique Omaha’s Dancing Grannies: Monday, Oct. style and Fiennes’ lead performance.

20, 12:30 p.m. in the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home Auditorium. For the past twenty years, this enthusiastic group of Grannies have practiced until their performances are polished to a fare-theewell. These adorable dancers range in age from early sixties to early eighties, and the only requirement for membership in the Grannies is that they can keep the beat. Enjoy this full-energy show with toe-tapping moves. For your entree, Omaha’s Dancing Grannies entertain at the Oct. 20 choose either 1/2 corned beef Mainstreeters Luncheon. Yep, that’s our own high-stepping sandwich or 1/2 egg salad Rocky Stern on the far right. sandwich, both served with matzah ball soup, cole slaw, chips, pickles and Reviewers say: “Typically stylish but decepchallah roll on the side, plus cookies and bev- tively thoughtful, The Grand Budapest Hotel erage of your choice. Cost is $10 per plate. finds Wes Anderson once again using ornate Make checks payable to Jewish Social visual environments to explore deeply emoServices and send full payment to: tional ideas.” The film features Bill Murray, Mainstreeters c/o Maggie Conti, 323 So. 132 Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jude Law and Street, Omaha, NE 68154. Reservations are Jeff Goldblum. If you’d like to have lunch appreciated by Monday, Oct. 13. For trans- (on your own) at the Star Deli in the RBJH portation, call Maggie Conti at 402.334.6521. before the movie, call Maggie Conti at 402Stay Informed. Get the Medicare Update 334-6521 to reserve a table. The Star Deli and Reminders: Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 2 opens for business at 11:30 a.m. p.m. in the RBJH Boardroom. In this eduMainstreeters welcomes all Jewish resicational session, Robert Wagner, Director of dents of the Omaha area age 60 plus. The Revenue Cycle at Methodist Health System, group offers a mixed-bag of learning opporwill address the future changes in Medicare tunities plus social and cultural events. “The that were established recently by members new Jewish year has started,” said Maggie of Congress. The program is offered at no Conti, Director of Activities and Outreach charge. To RSVP, call Jim Wax at Programs at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, 402.393.4442 or email zehde@cox.net. “and it’s the perfect time to get involved in Join Us At the Movies: The Grand new activities and make new friends. We Budapest Hotel, Friday, Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. in invite you to join us. If you have any questhe JCC Theater. No charge for the film or tions, please call me at 402.334.6521.” for unlimited bags of warm, delicious popMainstreeters programs are supported in corn. No reservations needed. Invite a part by grants from the United Way of the friend. The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 Midlands and the Jewish Federation of comedy written and directed by Wes Omaha.

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New arrivals at the Kripke library Suzanne Horwich named gallery curator Native Omahan Suzanne Horwich has been named as Curator of the new Chabad JCC Aspen Colorado Gallery.

Suzanne Horwich, or as Some of you may remember her as Barn Girl, for her infamous Barn Girl Art shows which were held at the Omaha JCC Gallery.

Suzanne single-handedly led the way in putting the Omaha JCC Gallery on the map as a venue for local artists.

After three successful Barn Girl Art shows, local artists took note that the JCC Omaha Gallery was indeed a worthy place to exhibit their work.

The new Chabad JCC Aspen building is not just a place for learning.

Although it has a stunning, high altitude Synagogue with outstanding mountain views, it is also a community center for Jews Suzanne Horwich and non-Jews, both Aspenites and tourists, and all are welcome!

Suzanne, who spent 13 years living and working abroad as a professional painter, has now relocated to rural Colorado with her Scottish husband and two young daughters. Suzanne says “I have two young children and therefore limited time to paint, but of course I still have creative urges as an artist. Being hired as Curator of the JCC Aspen Gallery is the perfect fit. It’s a beautiful, brand new building on Aspen’s Main St. It has an abundance of natural light; it’s a pristine space with stunning architecture. As an artist, it’s a space that dreams are made of!”

She says: “Rabbi Mendel Mintz of Chabad Aspen has been so supportive of me and my passion for making this gallery a success. He shares with me my vision, and for that I feel truly fortunate.”

As Curator of the JCC Aspen Gallery she is dedicated to the support and encouragement of artists in the realization of their potential.

“It is my mission to provide the public with artworks of distinction, which continually engages the viewer to think beyond. Artwork of all mediums from both emerging and established artists can be found in this gallery,” she says.

Interested artists may send submissions to suzanne@ jccaspen.com.

by MARY SUE GROSSMAN Program Coordinator, The Center for Jewish Life Several large print books are included in the newest arrivals at the Kripke Jewish Federation Library. These titles join a large selection of books available to those for whom a large font size is appreciated for reading ease and enjoyment.

The new large print choices include The List by Martin Fletcher, The Mothers by Jennifer Gilmore, As Husbands Go and Goldberg Variations by Susan Isaacs. Other titles include I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits, The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult and Love and Treasure by Aylet Waldman. Funding for large print materials is provided by the Rabbi Myer S. and Dorothy Kripke Library Endowment Fund and the Dora Wolfson Memorial Library Endowment Fund. Both are funds of the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation.

Another excellent option for those needing a bit larger typeface is the Sony e-readers available for check-out. Easy to use, with adjustable font sizes, each reader has over 40 book selections from which to choose. Titles include fiction, Israel, history and Judaic with popular authors such as Dan Senor, Saul Singer, Daniel Silva, Maggie Anton and many more. Readers can be checked out for 14 days and all the guidelines for use are reviewed at the time of checkout. The library’s four eReaders were acquired through the generosity of the Special Donor-Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation.

There are a wide range of regular print selections as well.

The line-up includes The Late Starters Orchestra by Ari Goldman, The Possibility of Violence: A Novel by D.A. Mishani, The Soul of Jewish Social Justice by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanlowitz; Where the Wind Blew: A Boyhood Lost in

Tangier by Michele Emile Bensadon, Jewish Mothers Never Die: A Novel by Natalie David-Weill, An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris and Daniel Silva’s latest offering, The Heist.

Stop in and browse the many titles available for your reading enjoyment. Library hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday

through Thursday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday.

Also mark your calendar now for Omaha’s 41st year of celebrating Jewish Book Month. The Jewish Book Month Luncheon will be held on Thursday, Nov. 20 featuring Susan Jane Gilman, author of The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street. Gilman, a novelist, author, journalist and NPR contributor, describes herself as an “inadvertent humorist.” On Thursday, Dec. 4, Assaf Gavron will headline an evening author event. Gavron is an Israeli writer, novelist, translator and musician, and is the current Schusterman Scholar at the Schwalb Center at UNO. Jewish Book Month activities will conclude with a PJ Library Night at the Omaha Children’s Museum on Saturday, Dec. 13. More details on these events will be coming in future weeks.

The Kripke Jewish Federation Library is a program of the Center for Jewish Life as a part of the agency’s mission to maximize involvement of Omaha’s Jewish community in imaginative, compelling and meaningful Jewish experiences. For additional information, please call 402.334.6462.

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From the top: Barbara (Bongo) Black, left, Andi Willensky, Richard Jacobson and Mike Silverman; Rachel, Mark, David and Julie Martin; unidentified and Tuffy Epstein; Barbara, Jeff and Sherry Taxman.

A Letter to the Community he Omaha Jewish Reunion of September 1214, 2014, was a spectacular success. Our Omaha Jewish community demonstrated why it is so extraordinary.

It was a weekend of sheer happiness. The campus of the Federation and the synagogues were full of people reconnecting with friends and family. The programs, panels, discussions, and tours were full of delight and interest. The Havdalah service, the party, and the breakfast were joyous affairs.

As one out-of-town visitor wrote: “One of the best weekends ever. Well planned and executed. My friends and I could not have had a better time and I learned a lot.”

I may have originated the idea for this unique event, but it would not have happened without the professionalism and enthusiasm of the Coordinator, Mary Bernstein. She really knows how to plan an event.

I am grateful, as we all should be, for the army of volunteers who participated in making this so successful.

I am also thankful for the sponsors whose support was crucial to making this such a glorious occasion.

The major ones are: Linda and Nelson Gordman, Rabbi Myers, Kripke Foundation, Noddle Family Foundation, Carol and Alan Parsow, Dorothy and Henry Riekes Donor Advised Fund, Eve and Fred Simon, Todd and Betiana Simon, Sokolof Javitch Music Fund, Rose Blumkin Foundation, and Sharee and Murray Newman.

There are many stories about the Reunion, but let me add one that is special to me. Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, now living in Philadelphia, came and delivered a magnificent sermon on why the Omaha Jewish community should be viewed as a model community.

When he lived here, he participated in the communal service that closed the old Orthodox synagogue at 30th and Cuming. After the closing, Mary Fellman, of blessed memory, had the foresight to have parts of that old synagogue placed in storage in the hope that those artifacts might one day be displayed in a museum. She was co-founder, with Oliver Pollak, of the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society.

Before the Reunion breakfast, Rabbi Rosenbaum conducted a morning service in the Society’s jewel of a museum, which, among other things, beautifully displays the salvaged artifacts of the old synagogue.

As Rabbi Rosenbaum said, we have come full circle.

But it’s not over. While we have wonderful memories, this community has a job to do. As Rabbi Richard Freund said at the closing breakfast, our future depends on attracting more Jews to call Omaha home.

Our Federation needs to create imaginative programs and make a substantial effort to accomplish this. We have a wonderful story to tell, as our Reunion showed.

So let’s get started.

Steven J. Riekes

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From the top: Ron Wolfson, back, Isobel Levenant, front left, Gloria Decker and Rocky Lewis; Mele Mason, left, Andrew Bernstein, unidentified,; Janey Dann and Patty Nogg.

From the top: Karen and Oliver Pollak; Anna and Igor Mosenkis; Suzanne Singer and Barbara (Bongo) Black.

Editor’s note: Although we tried our best, we were unable to identify every single person in these pictures. If you know who any of the unidentified people are, please drop us a line at avandekamp@jewishomaha.org.

From the top: Jody Malashock, left, Gail Machov, Janet Lipsey and Margol Parsow; Don and Shirley Goldstein; Rachel Rosenberg, left, Liz Feldstern and Ilse Kahn; Barbara Frohman.

From the top: Steve Riekes, left, Matthew Grossman and Ari Riekes; Caryn Scheer and Lisa Lieb with Rabbi Steven Abraham; Janet Lipsey, left, Eunie Denenberg and Norm Denenberg.

From the top: Unidentified, left, Rabbi Mendel Katzman and Rochi Katzman; Adam Goldberg; Matthew Grossman, left, Ian Kendel, Sam Perlman and Joe Kirshenbaum.

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Nights in the Succah

Journal entry from Israel TEDDY WEINBERGER In America, Succot is a meteorologically challenged holiday, and our family experienced the whole panoply of challenges. From my wife’s native Omaha with its bitter cold October nights, to my native New York’s torrential rains, to the oppressively hot Miami where we lived for 6 years before making aliyah in 1997, Succot, though characterized by meals outside, was often no picnic. In Israel, on the other hand, Succot meals very much do resemble pleasant picnics, as the weather is usually quite temperate.

Of course life is never simple and there just has to be a fly in the ointment -- or a bee in the honey, since we’re speaking about Succot. If you are tempted to conclude that the mitzvah of succah is easy to observe in Israel, you need to know one thing: There are plenty of people who will tell you that the mitzvah is to live as much as possible in the succah

for 7 days -- not just to take one’s meals in the succah but to study, play, and sleep in the succah as well. The succah according to these people (aka “killjoys”) is not just a temporary dining room but a temporary dwelling. [Truth be told, they have Jewish tradition on their side. While the relevant biblical verse literally reads “You shall sit in booths seven days” Lev. 23.42; the Talmud reads “sit” as “dwell”; see Tractate Succah 28b.] If you don’t sleep in the succah in Israel you are sometimes made to feel as if you have hardly observed the mitzvah. Precisely the pleasantness of the Succot meals undermines one’s religious commitment. You really want to show your love for the tradition on the holiday? Sleep in your succah.

At this point you might be asking yourself: If sleeping in the succah is so praiseworthy, how come it is not emphasized in the diaspora? Two answers here: 1) We are not expected to be miserable in the succah and sleeping outside in inclement weather would have us risk that; 2) We are worried about our personal safety.

What happens in practice? If you are expecting me at this point to say that only ultra-orthodox Jews sleep in their succot on the holiday you would be wrong. While the ultraorthodox often go to great lengths to give their succah a feel-

ing of a “dwelling,” dragging out their regular (heavy) dining-room tables and bureaus into their succah, plenty of the national-religious (the modern-Orthodox equivalent in Israel) can be found on mattresses and sleeping bags in their succot. These will usually be men since women are technically released from the mitzvah of Succah (a time-bound commandment). And while women have obligated themselves to eating in the succah, because of reasons of modesty (and the fact that fewer of them are crazy) they are not expected to sleep outside.

On a few occasions, I have joined my sons Ezra and Elie and slept in our succah. In truth, it can be a fun experience, lying there in the pleasant weather in the decorated succah (especially with the comforting feeling of that tiny sleeping pill at the ready in the palm of my hand). Perhaps I’m not fulfilling the commandment correctly, and perhaps I’m missing out on getting the full rich experience of the mitzvah by not sleeping in my succah all 7 nights? Perhaps. 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@net vision.net.il.

Team JCC excels at the 2014 Corporate Cup run

by LYNN BATTEN JFO Publicity Manager and Gallery Manager On Sunday, Sept. 14, 23 members of Team JCC competed in the 2014 Fight For Air Corporate Cup Run. The run, which benefits the American Lung Association, was held at Aksarben Village with over 5,000 individuals participating.

There were two different courses, a 10K (6.2 mile) course or a 2-mile course. The 10K race had 2630 finishers. 1292 of the finishers were men and 1338 were women, with the average time for those participating being 1:05:52. For the 2-Mile course there were 2684 participants. 987 of them were men and 1697 of them women. The average time for that course was 32:18.

Team JCC had numerous notable results, including 1st and 2nd place in the Female Division of the 10K. Rosie Gensichen took first place with a time of 39.54. Jen Freeman, finished moments behind her with a time of 41.11.

Shawna Young took 10th place overall in the 10K Female Division with a time of 43.09. This time also earned her 1st place in her age bracket. For the 2-mile course, Zoe Berman took 1st place in the 10-12 year old age bracket, Female Division, with a time of 17.17.

Team JCC was composed of members, JCC Running Club participants and staff members. Ed Heller, JCC Director of Health & Fitness, acted as the captain of Team JCC. He was very pleased with the results of the day.

“We always have a smaller number of participants on our

team versus other local corporations that typically register hundreds of people for their teams. That being said, we couldn’t have asked for a better day. Team JCC was represented well with Rosie and Jen, bringing home the blue and red ribbons in the overall 10K Female Division. Shawna and

Zoe took care of business in their divisions as well. It was just a great day with fabulous weather and a large outpouring of support for a great cause,” said Heller.

“Also, the participation of our Running Club members really gave them a chance to experience a race together without the intimidation that can be associated with these events. They were a part of something special and now have

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Jen Freeman, JCC Personal Trainer and Running Club coach agrees. “The JCC Running Club trained all summer for the Corporate Cup event. Five members crossed the 10k finish line,” she said.

Freeman encourages everyone, regardless of fitness level, to give running a try.

“Running is a great way to stay in shape,” Freeman said.

“At the start of the season, our current members of the Running Club were worried about completing a 5k. Now they have run both a 5k and a 10k. Some are even talking about training for a half marathon in the future.”

The next session of the JCC Running Club starts at the end of September, but people can still register after the session has started. Call Laura Wine, JCC Registrar, at 402.334.6419 or go to the JCC website, jccomaha.org.

Even with the seasons changing and the cold weather creeping in, both Heller and Freeman, hope that the participants of Team JCC will continue their efforts.

“I hope they all continue to run and make it a part of their daily routine,” Heller said. “Just because it will be getting cold outside, doesn’t mean that fitness routines have to radically change that much. The annual Hanukkah Run/Walk is set for Dec. 21, so that could be another great event for everyone to start training for. Anyone looking for more information on how to get involved with any of our fitness programs can contact Member Services at 402.334.6426,” he said.

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Watch out, your anti-Semitism is showing ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT Jewish Press Editor Imagine you are a political leader (say, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan), and you don’t agree with the actions of another regime (for instance, Israel). You should be able to voice your concerns without people pointing fingers at you and calling you names. Right? After all, no government is above the law, everyone makes mistakes, even Israel, and it should be totally possible to despise its government and still love the Jews. The two are not mutually exclusive.

Erdogan recently said he was “very sad to see that my country, myself and my colleagues sometimes are labeled as being anti-Semitic. But Turkey has ever been racist. It has never been anti-Semitic in any time in its history. AntiSemitism is a crime against humanity.”

Sure.

The Prime Minister’s argument would sound much more sincere if he and his colleagues didn’t regularly use language that proves the exact opposite. For instance, when in April of this year, he was criticized for mishandling the coal mine disaster that cost 300 lives, a pro-Erdogan Islamist newspaper accused Jewish-controlled media as well as the Israeli government of causing said disaster. Erdogan himself called the protesters at the accident site “Spawn of Israel.”

In 2013, he ‘won’ second place on the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s list of the year’s top ten anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist slurs (Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khameini took first place).

Following mass protests in cities around the country in June 2013, Turkey’s financial markets were turbulent, and Erdoğan laid the blame on the “interest rate lobby”; his deputy, Beşir Atalay, specified: “There are some circles that are jealous of

Turkey’s growth. They are all uniting, and on one side is the Jewish Diaspora.” (Haaretz.com) Erdogan has called Zionism a “crime against humanity,” has denounced Israel’s actions in the recent war with Hamas as “more barbaric than Hitler” and has described Israel as a “terror state.” His words don’t fall on deaf ears:

Turkey, a nation with a 500-year record of tolerance for its Jews, now boasts members of parliament who participate in violent demonstrations against the Israeli embassy and a leading pop singer who tweeted, “May God Bless Hitler” and “it will be again Muslims who will bring an end of those Jews, it is near, near. (Jerusalem Post)

Turkey is just one country, but Erdogan’s Turkey does not stand alone in this. The “we’re against Israel but we’re not anti-Semites” argument is a popular one these days, and rings equally false elsewhere. Take a close look at the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement for instance, and it very quickly becomes clear that anti-Semitism always plays a role. If it didn’t, the BDS movement would be equally passionate about other --more worthy-- causes; if it didn’t, the BDS movement would at the very least acknowledge that Hamas isn’t exactly kosher.

Were Prime Minister Erdogan an outlier, he would be easier to deal with. The problem is, he is anything but. More and more, anti-Semitic sentiments and incidents are becoming the norm. And like the proverbial frog, we are getting boiled. From France to the Ukraine; from Hungary to Belgium, from Australia and Brazil to Ireland, the United States, Canada and Mexico, no country is immune.

Natan Sharansky’s 3D test of anti-Semitism comes to mind: Demonization, Double Standards, and, finally Delegitimization. In 2004, he said: “Whereas classical anti-Semitism is aimed at the Jewish people or the Jewish religion, “new anti-Semitism” is aimed at the Jewish state. Since this anti-Semitism can hide behind the veneer of legitimate criticism of Israel, it is more difficult to expose. Making the task even harder is that this hatred is advanced in the name of values most of us would consider unimpeachable, such as human rights.”

Nonetheless, expose it we must. The easiest test? When people say the words “I am not an anti-Semite,” it usually means quite the opposite.

A message from the Creighton University Jewish Student Union

Focus on issues DOMINIQUE O’CONNOR, President, Creighton University Jews Thursday, Sept. 4 was the annual Involvement Fair (an event aimed at getting students involved in the various student organizations on campus) at Creighton, and as usual, CU Jews (the Creighton University Student Jewish Union) took part. We had a booth, with an interactive trivia game, prizes, and an option to sign up for emails and info about CU Jews meetings and programming. At our booth we had candy, various Judaica, peace-promoting signs for Palestine/ Israel, all great stuff. We had a really good turn out and sign up, with about 18 people signing up, 5 of whom were Jewish, and two Muslim (and good friends of mine). All in all, a very good night, except one thing...

Beforehand, my Vice President (Mackenzie Devins) and I went around to the other booths to check out their set-ups before the event started. Both she and I came across our fellow students/classmates that we interact with and see every day. But when the subject of “What organization are you with?” came about, we received some disturbing responses.

On three occasions, when Mackenzie said “CU Jews,” we got grimaces and “Oh, you’re Jewish? Really. Oh.” While working the booth, at least five others saw our sign and rolled their eyes and/or sneered... non of whom were Arab or Muslim.

A sweet young Freshman, named Cody, came up to play our trivia game and got all ten questions correct. He then proceeded to sign up so I asked him how he know so much Jewish trivia. He told me he was Jewish. One of his friends exclaimed “Ewww... you’re a Jew? C’mon man!”

I don’t know, maybe I’m overreacting, but I think this is a reflection of something bigger. I’m aware that there is a movement--among my and younger generations--away from identifying solely by ones race and/or religion. To that move-

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and inform non-Jews of the rich, vibrant, and complex Jewish history, diverse political and social spectrums, and ranges of religious observances.

I’m not sure many are award that these problems are still alive and well. Yet, as long as they are, I hope that Jewish students-like myself and Mackenzie-have the courage to combat them with thoughtful dialogue and education. My fear is that, with such attitudes being carried by the majority, our youth will continue to hide behind their other identities and lose their Jewish ones.

Remembering Forrest on his first yahrzeit

by DENNIS AND SUSAN PALEY Everyone in Forrest’s world knew the story of his life – his Horatio Alger rise from humble beginnings to corporate titan; his unimpeachable personal and professional reputation; his incomprehensible intellect; his unbounded passion and enthusiasm for his work; and his prodigious love for his dearest wife, family, friends, and colleagues.

He has been praised by so many who loved and admired him for his loyalty, patience, integrity, modesty, wisdom, generosity, commitment, passion, friendship, devotion, and courage. How many times since his untimely death have we all reminisced about the myriad of memories we collectively share of this extraordinary man?

And, yet, with all that has been written, spoken, thought, and felt about Forrest, the singular quality he shared with all of us was his impassioned and absolute joy of life. It would seem that a man who worked 120 hours a weeke wouldn’t have time to notice anything, much less find delight with almost every breath. Everything, whether it was completing a zillion dollar business deal, solving an impossible logical or ethical problem, or just playing with ha.org; click on ‘Jewish Press.’

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our dogs, was a source of spontaneous elation. Forrest’s delight was infectious. One could not help feeling better after having been in his presence.

Sometimes G-d sends people into our lives who act as changes-agents for us. Forrest was one. He changed all of our lives in profound ways, each of us receiving from him exactly what we needed. And although his time in this world was cut short, he lived a complete life -- not wasting a moment, always engaged in worthwhile and important pursuits, and always on to the next challenge. He absolutely lived to the fullness of many years.

Of all the gifts he gave to us, the most important was that in the whirlwind of the time we call our lives, we can’t forget to live them. Really live them. And with joy. Great joy!

It’s no coincidence that Forrest died during Succos, Z’man Simchatainu, the Season of Our Joy. On his first yahrzeit, may all who loved him be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem, and may Forrest’s memory be for a blessing. We love you, Forrest, and we will miss you forever.

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Synagogues B’NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 618 Mynster Street | Council Bluffs, IA 51503-0766 |712.322.4705 email: BnaiIsraelCouncilBluffs@gmail.com Looking for something different? We welcome back Jeffrey Taxman to lead our services. You’re always welcome at B’nai Israel!

FRIDAY: Kol Nidre services, 7:30 p.m. with guest, Dr. Leonard Greenspoon, Are you smarter than a 5th Grader?

(Including Everyone’s Jewish Literacy).

SATURDAY: Services, 10:30 a.m. with guest speaker Marti Nerenstone, Jewish Politics; Concluding Service followed by Break-the-fast potluck, 5:30 p.m. Please call Carole Lainof at 402.293.0321 for more information.

BETH EL SYNAGOGUE Member of United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism 14506 California | Omaha, NE 68154-1980 | 402.492.8550 www.bethel-omaha.org Services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman.

FRIDAY: Kol Nidre Service, 6:45 p.m.

SATURDAY: Yom Kippur Service (Yizkor), 9 a.m.; Youth Service, 10:30 a.m.; Mini Minyannaires, 10:30 a.m.; Study session, Beth El Beit Midrash, 4:45 p.m.; Minha-Ne’ila service, 5:30 p.m.; Children’s procession, 7:35 p.m.; Sounding of the Shofar, around 7:43 p.m.

WEEKDAY SERVICES: Sundays, 9 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; weekdays, 7 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

SUNDAY: Religious School, 9:45 a.m.; Torah Study Group, 10 a.m.; Men’s Club Sukkah Building, 10 a.m.; Kadima Game Night, 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY: Mincha/Ma’ariv, 5:30 p.m.

THURSDAY: Sukkot Service, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 5:30 p.m.

Soup & Salad in the Sukkah, Friday, Oct. 10 following morning services, 9:30 a.m.

Jews & Brews/Dames & Drinks, Saturday, Oct. 11, 8:30 p.m. in the Krausman Sukkah.

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

BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE Member of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 12604 Pacific Street | Omaha, NE. 68154 | 402.556.6288 www.BethIsrael@OrthodoxOmaha.org Office hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY: Selichot, 6:40 a.m.; Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha, 4:30 p.m.; Kol Nidrei, 6:30 p.m.; Fast Begins, 6:44 p.m.

SATURDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Sermon, 10 a.m., followed

by Yizkor; The Book of Yonah class, 5 p.m.; Mincha, 5:30 p.m.; Neilah, 6:30 p.m.; Fast Ends, 7:43 p.m.; Break the Yom Kippur Fast Dinner.

SUNDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Bagels and Beit Medrash fol-

Candlelighting Friday, October 3, 6:56 p.m.

Wednesday, October 8, 6:36 p.m. Yom Tov | Thursday, October 9, no earlier than 7:34 p.m.

lowing Shacharit, Sukkah Building (Schach), Kids Craft: Sukkah Decorations, 10 a.m.; A Deeper Look at Talmud, 10:30 a.m.

WEEKDAYS: Shacharit, 7 a.m.

MONDAY: Current Events with Jack Kozlen and Rabbi Ari, 7:45 a.m.

TUESDAY: Rabbi Weiss’s Weekly Class, 7:45 p.m.

WEDNESDAY: Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:35 p.m.

THURSDAY: Shacharit, 9 a.m. lunch in the Sukkot following services; Mincha, 6:35 p.m.

Sukkot Mincha/Ma’ariv Services, Friday, Oct. 10, 6:33 p.m.

CHABAD HOUSE An Affiliate of Chabad-Lubavitch 1866 South 120 Street | Omaha, NE 68144-1646 | 402.330.1800 www.OChabad.com | email: chabad@aol.com Services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY: Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha/Kol Nidre Services, 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY: Yom Kippur Services, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha/ Neilah, 6:30 p.m.; Break-the-fast, 7:45 p.m.

SUNDAY: Shacharit, 8:30 a.m.

WEEKDAYS: Shacharit, 7 a.m.

TUESDAY: Dynamic Discovery with Shani Katzman, 10:15 a.m. A class for women based on traditional texts with practical insights and application. RSVP by calling the office.

WEDNESDAY: Personal Parsha class, 9:30 a.m. with Rochi Katzman. RSVP by calling the office; Services, 6:30 p.m.

THURSDAY: Shacharit, 7 a.m. followed by Kiddush at noon.

All programs are open to the entire community.

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 Services conducted by Rabbi Craig Lewis.

FRIDAY: Yom Kippur Service, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY: Yom Kippur Family Service (Parents please accompany your children) 9 a.m.; Yom Kippur Morning Service, 10 a.m.; Yom Kippur Afternoon Service, Yizkor and Neilah, 3 p.m.; Break-the-Fast Potluck, 5:30 p.m.

SUNDAY: All LJCS Classes Gan through Grade 7, Hallah High and Hallah High Lite will meet at regular times at Tifereth Israel to decorate the Sukkah; Confirmation Class, 10:15 a.m. at The Mill; Cantillation Class, 6 p.m.

TUESDAY: Star City Kochavim Rehearsal, 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY: No LJCS Classes due to Sukkot Annual High Holidays Food Drive has begun and we are collecting food and personal care items. Remember that monetary donations are also welcome and encouraged.

Jewish Learning in Memory of Hermene Zweiback

by SCOTT LITTKY Program Director, Temple Israel This year we will be celebrating 15 years of Jewish Learning in memory of Hermene Zweiback at Temple Israel. Through scholars in residence and adult education classes the Hermene Zweiback Center for Lifelong Jewish Learning, continues to enrich Temple. As Speedy Zweiback recently noted in this year’s brochure, “As a dedicated learner, Hermene believed that visiting Jewish educators and scholars would enhance the religious experience of Temple Israel membership and I share that view. There has always been a core of learners that participate in almost all of Temple Israel’s events and the center endeavors to increase the size of that group using notable guests. The essence of Judaism is more about ethical behavior and spiritual knowledge than about bricks and mortar. Adult education, I believe, is the cornerstone of synagogue life that influences our children and how we view our religion. The Hermene Zweiback Center for Lifelong Learning provides Temple Israel with visiting scholars who inspire and sometimes even provoke us into being more thoughtful and more engaged people of the Jewish faith.”

Scholars this year include, Rabbi Josh Zweiback, Speedy and Hermene’s son, who serves as the Senior Educator of Stephen S. Wise Temple in Southern California, will be at Temple Israel from Friday, Dec. 12 thru Sunday, Dec. 14.

Rabbi Zweiback will also be joined by his band, Ma Tovu for a special Adult Concert on Saturday evening and a community concert on Sunday, morning.

Next, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, who is a world renowned lecturer and author, will bring his perennial wisdom of the world’s religious to spiritual seekers of all faiths. He will be

visiting us on Friday, Jan. 23 and Saturday, Jan. 24. His sessions will be based on his books, Minyan and Rabbi Rami’s Guide to God. Finally on Wednesday, April 22 and Thursday, April 23, Israeli Journalist, Ari Shavit will be visiting Temple Israel and UNO. Ari Shavit is world renowned for his weekly commentary on Israeli News, CNN and other International Television. He is being brought to Omaha through the generosity of Speedy and Debbi Zweiback, Tom and Darlynn Fellman, the Sokolof Family, and the UNO Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies.

Adult classes this year include a course – Cutting Edge Medical Ethical Dilemmas: What is Our Response? - on Wednesdays – Feb. 4 to March 4. Rabbi Mark Washofsky, PhD., the Solomon B. Freehof Professor of Jewish Law and Practice at HUC-JIR in Cincinnati will open our class with a learning experience which will deepen our understanding of Jewish Responsa in general, and Reform Responsa in specific. We will then engage local medical experts facing medical dilemmas in our world of modern medicine such as three dimensional printing of organs and experimental treatments.

Next is - Al Had’vash v’al Haoketz: The Honey and the Sting, on Wednesday evenings, March 11 thru May 6. The course will be taught by Rabbi Jan Katzew who serves as the Director of Service-Learning at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Dr. Katzew will be here to teach the first week in person and then will be teaching using Skype.

For more information on our scholars in residence or our adult learning opportunities, please contact, Debbie Massarano, Director of Lifelong Learning at 402.556.6536.

Make checks out to the Food Bank of Lincoln and get them to the Temple office so we can send our collective donations to the Food Bank after the holidays.

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE Capehart Chapel 2500 Capehart Road | Offutt AFB, NE 68123 | 402.294.6244 FRIDAY: Services, 7:30 p.m. every first and third of the month.

ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME 323 South 132 Street | Omaha, NE 68154 FRIDAY: Kol Nidre Services, 6:45 p.m. led by Andy Greenberg.

SATURDAY: Yom Kippur Services, 9:15 a.m. led by Andy Greenberg; Yom Kippur with Yizkor, 4 p.m. led by Marti Nerenstone.

THURSDAY: Sukkot Services, 9:15 a.m.

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

TEMPLE ISRAEL Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) 13111 Sterling Ridge Drive | Omaha, NE 68144-1206 | 402.556.6536 http://templeisraelomaha.com FRIDAY: Kol Nidre, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY: Yom Kippur Tot Service, 9 a.m. for preschool aged children; Children’s service (K-4), 9 a.m. K-4 will join the main service through the amidah and followed by High Holiday activities with Debbie Massarano, Nikki Flatowicz and OTYG; Yom Kippur Morning Service, 10:15 a.m.; A Time to Reflect: Anxiety/Exhaustion/Relief, 12:30 p.m.; Moments of Remembrance, 1:30 p.m. with Marla Cohen, MS, NCC, LMHP; At-one-ment: Beginning Again with Compassion and Peace, a Yom Kippur meditation, 1:30 p.m. with Brent Bloom, a certified and registered Yoga instructor, will guide us through a time of personal reflection with the use of meditation as we prepare for our afternoon of prayer; A First Look at the new Reform Movement Machzor, 2:30 p.m. with Rabbi Azriel; Afternoon service/Yizkor/Ne’ilah/ Havdalah, 3:45 p.m.

High Holy Days Food Drive: Fill a Bag, Feed a Family: Return your bag filled with food on Yom Kippur that you picked up on Rosh Hashanah. Please include as much protein (i.e., canned meats, tuna, lentils/beans, peanut butter) in your donations. Help us to make this year a sweeter one for all.

TUESDAY: Mah Jongg Mavens are Back!, 7 p.m. They invite anyone who is interested in coming for lessons and tips. Bring friends or make new friends (men welcome too!). $45 per person, includes a 2014 Mah Jongg card. Contact the Temple Israel office to RSVP, 402.556.6536.

WEDNESDAY: Grades 3-6, 4 p.m.; Dinner, Sukkot Service and Bonfire, 6 p.m.; Grades 7-12, 6 p.m.; Family Night, 6 p.m.

THURSDAY: Breakfast in the Sukkah, 9:30 a.m.; Sukkot Morning Service in the Sukkah, 10:30 a.m.

Erev Simchat Torah Service & Consecration, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m.

Simchat Torah Morning Service and Yizkor, Thursday, Oct. 16, 10:30 a.m. If you would like to have the names of your loved ones read at the Yizkor service, please contact the Temple Israel office, 402.556.6536, by Tuesday, Oct. 14.

TIFERETH ISRAEL Member of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 3219 Sheridan Boulevard | Lincoln, NE 68502-5236 | 402.423.8569 www.tiferethisraellincoln.org Services conducted by lay leader Nancy Coren. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

FRIDAY: The office will be closed; Kol Nidre Service, 6:15 p.m.

SATURDAY: Services, 9 a.m.; Youth Services, 11 a.m. led

by Dahlia, Lily and Tzipi Hamicksburg; Mincha, 5:15 p.m. followed by Havdalah and Break-the-fast meal; Babysitting will be available.

SUNDAY: All LJCS Classes Gan through Grade 7, Hallah High and Hallah High Lite will meet at regular times at Tifereth Israel to decorate the Sukkah; Soup in the Sukkah, 11:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY: The office will be closed; No LJCS Classes due to Sukkot.

THURSDAY: The office will be closed; Services, 8:30 a.m.

Sukkot Mincha/Ma’ariv Services, Friday, Oct. 10, 6 p.m.

High Holiday Food Drive: We will be collecting canned food items for the Lincoln Food Bank during the High Holy Days and Sukkot. Please remember to bring items like packaged pasta, canned vegetables and fruits, boxed cereals to the shul on Kol Nidrei. Please do not bring items on Shabbat. A donation box is located outside the Synagogue office.

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In memoriam JACK L. KATZ Jack L. Katz passed away on Sept. 21 at age 85. Services were held Sept. 23 at Golden Hill Cemetery.

He was preceded in death by parents, Frank and Ella Katz, and his sister and brother-in-law, Marjorie and Bernard Weiss and brother-in-law, Aaron Feldman.

He is survived by his sister, Lillian Feldman and many nieces and nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

Memorials may be made to the organization of your choice.

GUINTER KAHN M.D. Guinter Kahn, M.D. passed away at age 80. Services were held Sept. 19 at Beth El Cemetery.

He is survived by the love of his life, Judy Felsenstein; son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Deborah Kahn; daughter, Michelle Kahn; grandchildren: Nathan and Emma Kahn; and brother and sister-in-law, Marcel and Ilse Kahn.

Born in Trier, Germany in 1934, Dr. Guinter Kahn and his family escaped the Nazi political tide and immigrated to the United States in 1938, settling in Omaha, Nebraska. Guinter graduated from Central High (1951), Omaha University (1954) and UN Medical School (1958), where he later received an honorary doctorate. After doing his residency at the University of Miami, he became the acting head of the dermatology department at the University of Colorado until 1973, where his research led to the discovery of Minoxidil (Rogaine). He was recognized as the Distinguished Inventor of the Year in 1988 for his work on the first FDA-approved hair growth stimulant. In 1974, he moved to private practice in Miami. In his free time, his love of travel and learning took him all over the world, where he charismatically lectured on a wide variety of topics from dermatology to the

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Most Israelis favor greater religion-state separation, new study shows

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by BEN SALES tized defense policy over religious liberalization.

TEL AVIV (JTA) – During the past 18 months, the govThe Knesset’s largest party, the centrist Yesh Atid, pushed erning coalition in Israel has passed legislation to extend the through a law this year to include haredim in Israel’s mandanation’s mandatory conscription to the haredi Orthodox -- a tory draft. The mandate doesn’t go into effect for another group currently exempted from military service -- and three years, and 61 percent of Israelis -- including 98 percent Knesset leaders have advanced bills that would allow for of haredim themselves -- don’t believe haredi Jews will ulticivil unions and ease restrictions on Jewish conversions. mately be drafted.

But a new study shows that the majority of Israeli elecThe passage of the draft law this year came amid rising torate remains unhappy with the amount of religious influ- haredi-secular tensions, which culminated with at least ence on Israeli life and law.

300,000 haredim taking to the The annual report, which streets of Jerusalem in mass was released by Hiddush -- a protest in March. According 5-year-old organization that to the Hiddush poll, 68 perlobbies the Knesset to procent of Israelis viewed haredimote religious freedom -secular tensions as one of the revealed that 61 percent of worst internal conflicts in Israelis support increased Israel. religion-state separation and “Last year was characterized 78 percent are dissatisfied by a lack of communication with the government’s actions between the sectors,” Aharon on religion-and-state issues.

Kravitz, a haredi journalist Specifically, two-thirds of and activist, told JTA. “People Israelis back legalizing civil talked about the haredim. marriage, up from 61 percent Secular Israelis outside the Cinema City theater in Nobody talked with the in 2010. And 64 percent of Jerusalem demonstrating in favor of allowing movie theaters haredim. There’s a lack of Israelis support recognizing to open on Shabbat, Feb. 25, 2014. Credit: Yonatan understanding, and that Conservative and Reform Sindel/Flash90 influences public opinion.” conversions, a slight rise from the 60 percent in 2010.

As in previous years, the poll also found that Israelis have On both issues, no less than 100 percent of haredim polled bridged a once-stark religious-secular divide. Among the 800 supported Israel’s longstanding policies in which the total respondents, 49 percent identified as secular, 17 percent Orthodox Chief Rabbinate maintains control over Jewish as traditional-not-so-religious, 13 percent as traditional-relimarriages and recognizes only Orthodox conversions. Still, gious, 12 percent as religious and 9 percent as haredi. one-third of haredi respondents joined the 71 percent of According to the survey, 42 percent of Israelis observe the Israelis who disapproved of the Chief Rabbinate.

Sabbath in some way, whether according to traditional “For haredim who think Israel should be a theocracy, it’s Jewish law or through customs such as lighting candles and described as a government of destruction,” said Rabbi Uri blessing wine.

Regev, the CEO of Hiddush.

“Simplistic divisions are really missing the point,” Regev “On the other side, those favoring religion-state separa- said. “Respect for Shabbat is not only the domain of those tion feel the government has never really been attentive,” who define themselves as religious. There are varying degrees said Regev, noting that successive governments have priori- of personal respect and observance that Israelis follow.”

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