Synagogues

B’NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE

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

BETH EL SYNAGOGUE

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

BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE

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

CHABAD HOUSE

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

LINCOLN JEWISH COMMUNITY: B’NAI JESHURUN

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

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE

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

ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME

323 South 132 Street Omaha, NE 68154 rbjh.com

TEMPLE ISRAEL

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

LINCOLN JEWISH COMMUNITY: TIFERETH ISRAEL

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

B’NAI ISRAEL

Monthly Speaker Series Service, Friday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m. with our guest speaker, Dr. Rami Arav, Chief archaeologist at UNL. Our service leader is Larry Blass. Everyone is always welcome at B’nai Israel! For information on COVID-related closures and about our historic synagogue, please contact Howard Kutler at hkutler@hotmail.com or any of our other board members: Scott Friedman, Rick Katelman, Janie Kulakofsky, Howard Kutler, Carole and Wayne Lainof, Mary-Beth Muskin, Debbie Salomon and Sissy Silber.

Handicap Accessible.

BETH EL

Services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman. VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON MINYAN SCHEDULE: Mornings on Sundays, 9:30 a.m.; Mondays and Thursdays, 7 a.m.; Evenings on Sunday-Thursday, 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY: Operation Grateful Goodies Sorting, noon at Temple Israel; Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. at Beth El & Live Stream.

SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning Services, 10 a.m. at Beth El & Live Stream; Havdalah, 5:40 p.m. Zoom Only. SUNDAY: Operation Grateful Goodies Delivery.

TUESDAY: Pirkei Avot, 11:30 a.m. with Rabbi Abraham at Beth El & Live Stream. FRIDAY-Dec. 30: Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. at Beth El & Live Stream.

SATURDAY-Dec. 31: Shabbat Morning Services, 10 a.m. at Beth El & Live Stream followed by New Years’s Toast and Kiddush Lunch sponsored by the Shukerts in honor of teh 60th anniversary of Marty’s Bar Mitzvah; Havdalah, 5:45 p.m. Zoom Only.

Please visit bethel-omaha.org for additional information and service links.

BETH ISRAEL

FRIDAY-Hanukkah Day 5: Nach Yomi, 6:45 a.m.; Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/ Candlelighting, 4:42 p.m.

SATURDAY-Hanukkah Day 6: Shabbat Kollel, 8:30 a.m.; Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Tot Shabbat, 10:45 a.m.; Shabbat Brisket Kiddush, 11:30 a.m.; Mincha, 4:30 p.m.; Laws of Shabbos/Kids Activity, 5 p.m.; Havdalah, 5:47 p.m.

SUNDAY-Hanukkah Day 7: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 4:40 p.m.

MONDAY-Hanukkah Day 8: Office Closed; Nach Yomi, 8:45 a.m.; Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 4:40 p.m. TUESDAY: Nach Yomi, 6:45 a.m.; Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 4:40 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Nach Yomi, 6:45 a.m.; Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 4:40 p.m. THURSDAY: Nach Yomi, 6:45 a.m.; Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Character Development, 9:30 a.m.; Mincha/ Ma’ariv, 4:40 p.m.; Parsha Class, 5:10 p.m. FRIDAY-Dec. 30: Nach Yomi, 6:45 a.m.; Shacharit, 7 a.m.; Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat, 4:45 p.m.; Candlelighting, 4:46 p.m.

SATURDAY-Dec. 31: Shabbat Kollel, 8:30 a.m.; Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Tot Shabbat, 10:45 a.m.; Shabbat Brisket Kiddush, 11:30 a.m.; Mincha, 4:30 p.m.; Laws of Shabbos, 5 p.m.; Kids Activity, 5:10 p.m.; Havdalah, 5:51 p.m. Please visit orthodoxomaha.org for additional information and Zoom service links.

CHABAD HOUSE

All services are in-person. All classes are being offered in-person/Zoom hybrid (Ochabad.com/classroom). For more information or to request help, please visit www.ochabad.com or call the office at 402.330.1800.

FRIDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Inspirational Lechayim, 4:30 p.m. with Rabbi and friends: ochabad.com/Le chayim; Candlelighting, 4:41 p.m.

SATURDAY: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush and Cholent; Shabbat Ends, 5:45 p.m.

SUNDAY: Sunday Morning Wraps: Video Presentation, 9-9:30 a.m. and Breakfast, 9:45 a.m. MONDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Personal Parsha, 9:30 a.m.; Parsha Reading, 6 p.m. with Prof. David Cohen.

TUESDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Hebrew Grammar, 6 p.m. with Prof. David Cohen. WEDNESDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Tanya Class, 9:30 a.m.; Hebrew Grammar, 10:30 a.m. with Prof. David Cohen; Hebrew Reading, 11:30 a.m. with Prof. David Cohen.

THURSDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Hebrew Reading, 11 a.m. with Prof. David Cohen; Talmud Study (Sanhedrin 18 — No advance experience necessary), noon; Hebrew Reading, 6 p.m. with Prof. David Cohen; Jewish Law Class, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY-Dec. 30: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Inspirational Lechayim, 4:30 p.m. with Rabbi and friends: ochab ad.com/Lechayim; Candlelighting, 4:46 p.m.

SATURDAY-Dec. 31: Shacharit, 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush and Cholent; Shabbat Ends, 5:50 p.m.

LINCOLN JEWISH COMMUNITY: B’NAI JESHURUN & TIFERETH ISRAEL

Services facilitated by Rabbi Alex Felch.

Note: Some of our services, but not all, are now being offered in person.

FRIDAY: Shabbat Candlelighting, 4:45 p.m.; Candlelighting for Hanukkah - six candles, 4:45 p.m.; Community Hanukkah Candle Lighting, 5 p.m. via Zoom; Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Alex and music by the Star City Kochavim, 6:30 p.m. at SST; Oneg hosts: Julie Moore, Jayne Draper, Ave DraperMoore and Maria Cadwallader.

SATURDAY: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Alex at TI; Torah Study, noon on Parashat Miketz; Candlelighting for Hanukkah - seven candles, 5:50 p.m.; Havdalah, 5:50 p.m.; Community Hanukkah Candle Lighting, 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.

SUNDAY: No LJCS Classes; Men's Bike/Coffee Group continues to meet during the winter months, 10:30 a.m. at Rock-N-Joe, just off of 84th and Glynoaks. For more informatoin or question please email Al Weiss at albertw801@gmail.com; Candlelighting for Hanukkah - Eight candles, 5:36 p.m.; Community Hanukkah Candle Lighting, 6:30 p.m. via Zoom; Pickleball, 3 p.m. at TI. For more information please contact Miriam Wallick by text message 402.470.2393 or email at Miriam57@aol.com. MONDAY: Eighth Day of Hanukkah. WEDNESDAY: No LJCS Classes. FRIDAY-Dec. 30: Shabbat Candlelighting, 4:50 p.m.; Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Alex and music by Nathaniel and Steve Kaup, 6:30 p.m. at SST; Oneg host: TBD. SATURDAY-Dec. 31: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Alex at TI; Torah Study, noon on Parashat Vayigash; Havdalah, 5:54 p.m.

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE

FRIDAYS: Virtual Shabbat Service, 7:30 p.m. every first and third of the month at Capehart Chapel. Contact TSgt Jason Rife at OAFBJSLL@icloud.com for more information.

ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME

The Rose Blumkin Jewish Home’s service is currently closed to visitors.

TEMPLE ISRAEL

In-person and virtual services conducted by Rabbi Batsheva Appel, Rabbi Deana Sussmam Berezin, and Cantor Joanna Alexander FRIDAY: Drop in Mah Jongg, 9-11 a.m.; Operation Grateful Goodies Sorting Shift #1, noon-1 p.m. Please Register; Operation Grateful Goodies Sorting Shift #2, 1-2 p.m. Please Register; Shabbat B’yachad/Bring your Menorahs to Shabbat Service, 6 p.m. In-Person & Zoom.

SATURDAY: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. Zoom Only. SUNDAY: Operation Grateful Goodies: Pick up boxes for delivery, noon-1 p.m. at Temple Israel. Please Register.

FRIDAY-Dec. 30: Shabbat B’yachad Service, 6 p.m. In-Person & Zoom.

SATURDAY-Dec. 31: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. Zoom Only.

Please note: Temple Israel Office is closed from Dec. 26, 2022 through Jan. 2, 2023. Please visit templeisraelomaha.com for additional information and Zoom service links.

Sunday Night Football features Hanukkah menorah lighting

JACOB GURVIS

JTA When the New York Giants and Washington Commanders faced off on Sunday Night Football last weekend, there were two extra lights inside the stadium. Sunday was the first night of Hanukkah, and for the first time ever, the National Football League’s marquee game featured a menorah lighting. Organized by Chabad’s teen network, CTeen International, and Chabad of Maryland, the lighting took place after the game’s first quarter in Washington. It was displayed on FedExField’s jumbotrons. According to Chabad, East Coast chapters of the teen movement attended the game, while local rabbis led a menorah parade and tailgate party outside the stadium, where they distributed menorahs, latkes and sufganiyot, or Hanukkah doughnuts, to Jewish fans. “With eighty thousand fans watching from the stands and upwards of eighteen million tuning in from home, the prime-time game’s first public menorah lighting spreads Hanukkah’s light at a time when popular culture reels from antisemitism,” Chabad said in a statement to the Jerusalem Post. According to NBC data, Sunday Night Football has owned primetime’s top slot for 11 straight years, averaging 19.3 million viewers in 2021. FedExField, located just east of Washington, D.C., fits 82,000 fans. “It’s a truly unprecedented opportunity to share the warmth and light of Hanukkah,” Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky of CTeen International told the Post. The public display comes at a time of increased antisemitism, including in the sports world. Last month, an Australian Jewish teen was drafted into the country’s leading football league, only to face a barrage of online hate, while the antisemitism controversy surrounding Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving made headlines for much of the fall. Neither the Giants nor the Commanders have any Jewish players — there are only a handful in the entire league. Washington owner Dan Snyder, who is under multiple investigations for alleged financial and sexual misconduct in his organization, is Jewish and is a member of the Greater Washington Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. He is considering selling the franchise. John Mara, president and co-owner of the Giants, is not Jewish but has previously expressed frustra-

tion when his team’s schedule has overlapped with Jewish holidays. He voiced his displeasure earlier this season when the Giants played on Rosh Hashanah, saying, “We have always requested the league take the Jewish High Holy Days into consideration when formulating our schedule.” (Mara’s coowner, decorated film producer and team chairman Steve Tisch, is Jewish.)

The Washington Commanders and New York Giants matched up on Dec.

4, 2022 at MetLife Stadium. Credit: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images