Jewish New Year festivities begin
By Darren Ivy
StaffWriter
Happy New Year.
Though that greeting may seem out
of season for some, it’s timely for mem
bers of the Jewish faith who will cel
ebrate the Jewish New Year, or Rosh
Hashanah, this weekend.
The Jewish holiday season that runs
through September and October in
cludes the holidays of Rosh Hashanah,
Kol Nidre, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and
Simehas Torah.
Miles Bryant, a member of the
Tifereth Israel Synagogue, said about
four University of Nebraska-Lincoln
students regularly attend services. He
welcomed all Jewish students, espe
cially those from out of town, to cel
ebrate the holidays in Lincoln.
Tifereth Israel, 3219 Sheridan
Blvd., will allow UNL Jewish students
to be complimentary members and will
try to match them up with a Lincoln Sept. 27 to Oct. 6. The Sukkot, an
host family, said Rabbi Stanley equivalent of Thanksgiving, is the Jew
Rosenbaum. ish holiday of Booth or the harvest holi
“Some non-Jewish people have day. Festivities last far seven days dur
misconceptions that these holidays are ing which the Jewish people give
just meals, but they actually involve thanks to God for a good harvest. On
long worship services,” Bryant said, the eighth day, the Jews celebrate and
Rosh Hashanah, which begins to- have a feast,
day, means the Day of Remembrance The last two days of the Sukkot end
and begins the 10-day Jewish period ^ s^has Torah. Each year the
of repentance. It is the day of creation Jews read ^ first fiye books of
and bepns each new Jewish year. Bible, starting with Genesis and end
• Jn d16 Jewish faith, Rosh Hashanah ^ wjdl Deuteronomy. The Simchas
is the day when God opens up his bode Torah celebrates the day when the Jews
of deedsand decides whetherthe Jew- finish reading the book of
ish people deserve another new year. Deuteronomy and start over again with
The next event is the Kol Nidre,
which is the (gening prayer of the Yom *
Kippur church service. It is when the At UNL, students can explore the
Jewish people pray to God for their Jewish culture through the Norman
forgiveness about sacred vows they ^d Bernice Harris Center for Judaic
couldn’t keep because of unforeseen Studies. Alan Steinweis, director of the
circumstances. center, said any student could receive
Yom Kippur ends the 10 days of an undergraduate minor in Judaic Stud
repentance and is a day of fasting. i®** k currently serves about 200 stu
The next celebration on the Jewish dents in the history, English, modem
calendar is the Sukkot, which runs from languages and classics departments.
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By Erin Schulte
Senior Reporter
More than 60 faculty members
and hundreds of students will be a
part of a new UNL School of Natu
ral Resources if the NU Board of
Regents agrees with recent propos
als.
Darrell Nelson, interim associ
ate vice chancellor for the Institute
of Agriculture and Natural Re
sources, said plans to get the school
going have been sifted through by
different university committees for
almost 30 years. Right now, Nelson
said, natural resources classes are
scattered around 10 different de
partments.
If the school is approved, all
those courses would be rolled into
a single department, under one di
rector. The director will be ap
pointed by the IANRVice Chancel
lor after a national search.
Nelson said the school would
allow the university to transfer
money now spent on administration
to course materials and could, in the
long run, even save the university
money. Years from now, Nelson
said, a separate building for the
school might be feasible.
Nelson said the goal is to have
the school up and running by July
1,1997.
Students would have a broader
selection of courses, Nelson said,
and if enrolled in the school, would
receive their bachelor of science
degrees in majors such as water sci
ence, geology and forestry.
The regents will vote on the
School of Natural Resources at their
March meeting.
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