Proposed center to offer classes
on the history, culture of Judaism
By Mindy Leiter
Staff Reporter
The University of Nebraska-Lin
coln will gain a new center for Judaic
studies, thanks to $4 million in contri
butions from alumni and the fund
raising group, Friends of the Univer
sity, an official said.
The proposed Norman and Bernice
Harris Center for Judaic Studies will
allow UNL students to take classes on
Jewish culture, history and religion,
said John Peters, dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences.
The NU Board of Regents is set to
approve the center’s name.
The center will offer classes to
students majoring in history or phi
losophy, in which the study of Juda
ism would be relevant, he said. In
addition, the center will establish pro
fessorships and offer a major in Jew
ish studies.
Peters said the S4 million also
would go toward faculty scholarship,
library collections and community
outreach programs on the Jewish ex
perience.
“I’m proud of (the center),” he
said. “It’s a very good thing for all of
UNL.”
Peters said UNL had an interest in
Judaic studies for a long time, but was
unable to create a center until it re
ceived the $4 million in contribu
tions.
Norman and Bernice Harris of San
Diego provided the cornerstone of the
center’s funding with a gift of nearly
$3.5 million as part of a trust agree
ment in their wills.
The Harrises also gave their rare
collection of Native American art and
pottery to the Nebraska State Mu
seum for permanent display.
Norman Harris, who graduated
from UNL in 1941 with a degree in
political science, said the university
was “a part of his good memories.”
“If I were to do anything for a
university, it would be for Nebraska,”
he said.
“Some of my happiest days and
experiences were spent during those
four years. I think this is my.way of
giving back.” ’
Harris said he hoped the classes
offered by the center would help dis
pel stereotypes about Judaism and
foster a greater understanding about
the Judco-Chrislian culture.
“Judaic studies is a noble purpose,”
he said. “It is an American duty to
teach people to understand each other
for the sake of peace and justice and
decency.
“If students learned this, then
maybe it will change the way they
treat their fellow man.”
Harris said people must work to
find the similarities in other cultures,
rather than emphasizing the differ
ences.
Few Midwestern universities have
Judaic studies centers and establish
ing one at UNL will place the univer
sity in a>leadership position, he said.
Two professorships have been cre
ated to foster Judaic studies at UNL.
Zella Rosenberg of Lincoln do
nated $ 100,000 for a professorship to
honor her late husband, Hymen
Rosenberg.
The professor will teach modern
European and Jewish history, Peters
said. The university still is searching
for someone to fill the position.
James and Elaine Wolf of Albion
gave $100,000 to establish a Col.
Melvin H. Schlesingcr Professorship
of Social Justice to honor Elaine
Wolf’s father, a 1916 UNL graduate.
Gifts from Gretl Wald and Norman
and Helene Krivosha, all of Lincoln,
will establish lectureships in Judaic
studies.
Election
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Democratic nominee Bill Clinton
on foreign policy, Forsythe said, it
often is assumed that Bush has the
upper hand.
Forsythe said he did not make
that assumption.
In the past, he said, Democrats
have stayed away from discussing
foreign policy issues because they
were viewed as too weak on com
munism. Now, with the collapse of
the Soviet UnioiV, Forsythe said,
the Republicans h^ve lost their hold
on foreign policy issues.
“The conventional wisdom is
(foreign policy) would be a Bush
strength,” he said. “I don’t think
Clinton necessarily sees it that way.
“The changes in the world, I
think, actually work to Clinton’s
advantag6.”
Forsyjthe said he thought Bush
would stress his handl ing of Opera
tion Desert Storm, his role in the
collapse of communism and
Clinton’s inexperience in foreign
policy issues.
Clinton, he said, would attack
Bush for being indecisive about
Iraq after Desert Storm, for not
being tough enough on China for
human rights abuses and for being
slow to help disaster victims in
Somalia.
Forsythe gave Bush high marks
for his handling of Desert Storm,
but was critical of his overall lead
ership in foreign policy.
“I am not that impressed with
U.S. foreign policy at the moment,”
he said.
However, Forsythe said it was
unclear whether Clinton would be
able to do a better job.
“I don’t know that we know for
sure,” he said. “We don’t have
much to go on — he doesn’t have
much of a track record.”
Neither candidate, he said, is
significantly better than the other
on foreign policy issues.
“I think it’sa very mixed picture
on both sides,” he said. “I don’t
think it’s black vs. white either in
favor of Bush or Clinton.”
BE A RED CROSS VOLUNTEER
Lottery profits
would reachNU,
coordinator says
By Shelley Biggs
Senior Reporter
Profits from a proposed state lot
tery would reach the University of
Nebraska only indirectly, an official
said.
Randy Moody, coordinator for the
Friends of Education and the Envi
ronment campaign that supports
Amendment 1 A, said the lottery leg
islation directed profits only to schools
within the kindergarten through 12th
gradc range. Amendment 1A would
allow the creation of a state lottery.
But he said NU ultimately would
benefit from the lottery’s effects on
education in Nebraska because the
university would gain better-prepared
students.
Amendment 1A, approved by the
Legislature in 1991, would amend the
Nebraska Constitution to allow the
state toestablish, operate and regulate
a lottery. The amendment will be
voted on in November.
LB849 is the part of the lottery
legislation that deals with the alloca
tion of the lottery’s profits. According
to the bill, proceeds from the lottery
would go to education, environmen
tal and landfill cleanup projects. Some
of the funds also would be used to help
people with gambling addictions.
Gov. Ben Nelson spoke in support
of Constitutional Amendment 1A at a
press conference last week.
The governor would allocate 49.5
percent of the lottery funds for grants
to school districts. Nelson said the
state would decide what school dis
tricts would receive the money on a
yearly basis.
The lottery would provide funds
for one-time grants to go toward edu
cation, including educational facili
ties, he said. The lottery also would
provide funds to set up an environ
mental trust fund to aid in conserva
tion.
POLICE REPORT
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7:35 a.m. — Vehicle pushed from
stall, parking lot at 19th and S
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8:30 a.m. — Auto accessories sto
len, parking lot east of Abcl-Sandoz
Complex, $20.
2:27 p.m. — Vehicle scratched,
parking lotal 14 th and A very streets,
$500.
7:35 p.m.—Camera stolen, Gather
Residence Hall, $72.
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