xt702v2cc68h https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt702v2cc68h/data/mets.xml Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass Kentucky Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass 1995-12 1996-01 Newspaper of the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass, previously named the Central Kentucky Jewish Association and Central Kentucky Jewish Federation. Published ten times annually. The Federation seeks to bring Jewish community members together through holiday parties, lectures, Yiddish courses, meals, and other celebrations of Jewish heritage and culture. They also host fundraisers and provide financial assistance for Jews in need, both locally and around the world. This collection is part of the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass records, 2016ms010. newsletters 2016ms010 English Central Kentucky Jewish Federation Inc  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass records Jews -- Kentucky -- Lexington Jews -- History Shalom, December 1995/January 1996 text image Shalom, December 1995/January 1996 1995 1995-12 1996-01 2025 true xt702v2cc68h section xt702v2cc68h  

 

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V(L-R)Tomas Milch H., Joel Eizenstat & Kim Slaton
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General Assembly

By loel Eizenstat

The 1995 General
Assembly (GA) of the Council of
Jewish Federations brought 3500
+/— Jewish communal leaders
from around the world to Boston
November l4-l7 to discuss issues
facing the Jewish community.
Tomas Milch H., Kim Slaton,
Judy Saxe and I had the distinc-
tion of representing Lexington
and central Kentucky at the GA.
And what an experience it was!

Leaving from Louisville
at 6:00 AM, we arrived on
Tuesday in time to attend the
Small Federations Seminar. It
was a terrific opportunity to share
ideas with communities of similar

size who face similar challenges.
The theme of the seminar was
“Translating Vision into Action:
The Role of Volunteer and
Professional Leadership in
Instituting Change. " Following
an inspiring address by Richard
M. Joel, President of Hillel, on
The Changing Jewish World in
Which We Live, we participated
in a leadership training course
designed to help Federation lead-
ers identify and cope with com-
munity transitions. Over dinner,
we spent time with Maynard
Wishner, President and Many

Continued on page 14...GA

 

 

CKJF
340 Romany Road
Lexington, KY 40502

 

A hero is dead. "
His assassination has "
shocked us to the core. We
are doubly bereaved. We
are bereaved through the
loss of a great leader. And
we are bereaved even more
through the loss of our own
innocence. We have been ._
severely shaken by these
losses and are looking at the
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not only at his legacy, but
also at the social and reli—
gious confluences that
clashed and led to the
tragedy of his assassination,
for they are still with us.

We will not see
anyone like Yitzhak Rabin
again. He was unique in his
heroism. Not just a hero in
battle leading elite troops of the
Palmah, the shock- troops of
Israel’s new army, during the
Israeli War of Independence; not
just a national hero, directing
Israel’s armed forces as its chief
of staff, as they won in unprece-
dented speed the battles of the Six
Day War; not just a hero of peace,
as Israel’s Prime Minister, turning
Israel along a new path towards
peace with the Palestinians.
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'Yitzhak Rabin

Rabin did more. Our tradition
proclaims: “Who is the hero? He
who turns an enemy into a
friend.” We, who saw the tears in
the eyes of King Hussein of
Jordan as he eulogized Yitzhak
Rabin of Israel, knew that the old
enemies had become true friends.
Leaders of two countries that had
fought bitter battles for over two-
score years, and yet somehow had
become friends as they tried guid-

 

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Yitzhak Rabin: The Memory of
His Life is Our Blessing

By Rabbi H. D. Uriel Smith

ing their countries into
friendship. In retrospect,
rom a distance, Yitzhak
Rabin looks like a hero of
mythic proportions.
Yet he was shot in the
back by a fellow Jew, a sol-
dier in the elite Golani
Brigade, a student of com-
puter science, law and
Talmud. Worse. he and
some others have claimed
the support of halakhah.
How could'a Jew act so das-
tardly, and distort our tradi-
tion so badly? And also, in
our pain and incomprehen—
sion we have to ask, how
could he not see that Rabin
- had put his own life on the
line in the defense of Israel?
How could anyone have
thought him to be a traitor?
Rabin’s life and death
teach us the importance of plain
truth in our communications.
Rabin was a gruff plain spoken
person, wearing no masks. What
you saw was what you got. As a
soldier he understood the impor-
tance of truth and accuracy in
reporting. No excuses, no fudg-
ing of facts was acceptable. His
life and the life of his troops and
friends depended on knowing
exactly what they were up
against. Part of the reason that

Continued on page 15...Rabin

 

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Editorial ............ 4
Financial Advisor . . . .7
Havurah ........... 10
Hadassah .......... 10
Inside Israel ........ 13
028 ............... 9
Rabbi Adland ....... 3
President’s Spot ..... 2
TAI ........... 11 & 12
Young Artist ........ 5

 

 

 

 

 Missy Herbert Joins

CKJF Staff

 

 

 

 

 

Elena Domatov (left) and Missy Herbert (right)

Missy Herbert has been
hired as the new Office Manager
for CKJF. A native of Lexington,
Missy has many varied and profi—
cient skills applicable to the job.

 

 

Shalom

Published ten times annually

Already the office has
taken on amore welcome feel as
Missy has\put many hours
towards its organization.

Elena Doinatov remains
with CKJF in a part time position
assisting Mollye Schwab with
resettlement. I

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was privileged to repre
sent the Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation. along with )our
Executive Director. Joel
Eizenstat. your Program Director.
Kim Slaton. and past President.
Judy Saxe. at the 100th General
Assembly of the Council of
Jewish Federations in Boston.
Massachusetts. November 14th
through 17th.

We gathered infomtation
and contacts to help us make our
Federation better at serving our
community. We presented our
views to the members of
Federation staff. We functioned
as ambassadors for Central

 

The President’s Spot

by Tomas Milch H.

Kentucky. We learned many new
ways to bring the members of our
community in contact with Jews
all over the world. We were
reminded of the pressing needs of
.lews in [Eastern Europe, Russia.
the Balkans.
and problems of the Jewish corn-
munity in Francophone Canada.
There were many moments ofjoy
as we met new and old friends.
There were. I must tell you, also

We learned of fears

moments of pain and sorrow as
the General Assembly mourned
the death. two weeks earlier. of
Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin.
Large meetings are often
boring with stuffed—shined indi—
viduals mouthing platitudes to
inattentive audiences. This was
not the case in Boston this year. I
sensed a new spirit, a feeling of
Jewish identity, a Jewish renais-
sance, if you will. With the
tragedy in Israel fresh in the
minds of all attendees, I saw a

renewed willingness to come
together and work for peace and
understanding between all Jews
and our neighbors.

Here in our community
we can and must do our part in
building such peace and under-
standing. I urge you to take part
in our Federation programs. use
your resources to build a fulfilling
Jewish life in Central Kentucky,
share your abundance with those
Jews in need, both in Israel and in
the Diaspora.

Please take time during
the coming holiday season and
include our New Americans in
your plans. Your Federation
office will be glad to put you in
touch with them. Please also
show kindness and understanding
towards the community at large
and have a safe and joyous new
secular year.

 

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Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation, Inc.

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Volume III, Issue 9

Tomas Milch. H.
President

Joel Eizenstat
Executive Director

Holly Bamhill
Editor & Advertising Manager

Michael Adelstein
Gloria Katz
Editorial Board Members

Mollye Schwab
Jewish Family Services

Kim Slaton
Program Director

Missy Herbert
Office Manager

The appearance of any advertising in this
publication does not represent a kashruth
endorsement on the part of CKJF or any other
agency or organization. Shalom is supported
by the advertisements appealing in the paper.

 

 

The Maccabees, the Oil
and the Cheese‘z.

' The story of the
Maccabees and their defeat of the
mighty army of King Antiochus
is well known. Frying foods in
oil, reminiscent of the oil that lit
the Temple menorah, is also well
chronicled. However, did you
ever hear the story of Hanukah
and the cheese?

As the tale goes,
Holofemes, a general from Asia
Minor, besieged the town of
Bethalia. The town was ready to
surrender when Judith, a beautiful
widow, came to its rescue. She
went to Holofernes’ camp and
when the general met Judith he
fell in love with her. One night
she purposely served Holofemes
a very salty cheese. The cheese
made him so thirsty that he drank
a lot of wine. When he passed
out, Judith cut off his head with
his own sword. With their leader
dead, the army fled and the siege
was over.

In honor of Judith, a recipe for:
Cheese Pancakes
Ingredients:

2 cups dry cottage cheese
1 cup sifted flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

, 2eggs

2 tablespoons sugar
fat for frying
1. Separate eggs.

2. Beat egg yolks with
sugar and salt.

3. Add cottage cheese and
flour.

4. Beat egg whites until
stiff. Fold into mixture.

5. Warm fat in frying pan

and drop in the mixture

by the spoonful. Flatten

into oval shape. Brown

on both sides.

Drain on paper towels.

7. Serve plain, sprinkled
with sugar and cinna-
mon, or with apricot
preserves.

9‘

Potato Latkes

Ingredients:

2 cups grated potatoes,
packed tightly

1 egg

1/4 cup flour

1 1/4 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/8 teaspoon pepper

1 small onion, finely
chopped

Vegetable oil for frying

l. Peel and grate potatoes.
2. Sprinkle and mix with

soda. Let stand for a
few minutes.

3. Squeeze liquid out of
potatoes.

4. Mix all ingredients
together.

5. Drop spoonfuls into the
hot frying pan and flat
ten the latkes into oval
shapes. When golden
brown, turn over.

6. When ready, dry on
paper towel and serve
immediately with apple
sauce.

“Sweet” Latkes

Ingredients:

1 cup grated sweet potatoes
1 cup grated white potatoes
1 medium onion

1/4 cup matzah meal

2 eggs

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Dash of pepper

Oil for frying

1. Mix potatoes & onions.
Add the eggs, salt, pep—
per, and matzah meal.

2. Drop by tablespoons
into hot frying pan.

3. Drain on paper towel.

Happy Hanukah!

 

 

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MILESTONES

Mazel Tov to:

 

Benjamin & Margie Karp
on the birth of their son Aaron
Maxwell Karp
October 30, 1995.

Condolences to:

Louis & Bobbi Shain, on the
death of Louis’ father,
Isadore Shain.

Bill & Fran Bloom, on the death
of Fran’s brother.
Myer Gorman.

Gene 8: Barbara Straus. on the
death of Barbara’s stepmother,
Elsie Walker Grubbs Winters.

Sonia Moosnick, Nora Rose &
Miriam Moosnick, and
Franklin Moosnick, on the death
of Monroe Moosnick, husband.
father and brother.

Jonathan Satin, on the death of
his mother, Florence Satin.

 

...Shalom...December 1995 / January 1996

 

 

  

 

I realize that this column
is used by my colleague Rabbi
Slaton and me to discuss words
of Torah. We may ofier
summaries of the Torah portions
or a commentary on a verse of
Torah I believe that the word of
Torah should be present in
Shalom and I am certainly happy
to be a part of this emerging
voice of the Lexington Jewish
community. There are times
when we must consider other
pressing issues as well.

This month. this issue, it
is time to turn our hearts and
minds to our brothers and sisters
living in Israel and to every Jew in
the world who cares about the
fate of our people in this tiny

land We have suffered a
profound loss in a tragic. terrible
way Yitzhak Rabin‘s

assassination pierces the soul of

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recovery from this tragic event
and our ability to move forward is
still in some doubt. As the
afiermath continues, finger
pointing is already occurring;
blame is placed in any number of
areas and on a number of
individuals and groups Division
and unrest leaves each of us
unsettled as to what tomorrow
may bring for the Jewish State
The worst case is civil unrest
beyond any sense of control The
best case is the expunging of this
extremism from our midst,
retuming to the level of debate
which fueled Israel‘s rise and
growth

Lest we think that Torah
cannot help find answers or point
us in the right direction, we all
should note how skillfully our
(‘hrisrian President of the United
States crafied his eulogy around
the words ofI’arshat Vayera from
the greeting of the visitors at the
tent to the staying of Abraham‘s
hand from slaughtering his son,
Yitzhak We can even further as
in the Torah‘s next portion, Hayei
Sarah, beginning with the
description of Sarah‘s death, the
acquisition of a burial plot, and
the finding of a wife for Yitzhak.
we learn about how well
neighbors get along in this part of
the world. We learn about the
positive outcomes of negotiation.
We learn about family.

RabbiJon Adland

Commentary

 

 

We begin the month of
December with Parshat Vayetze
Jacob dreams a dream. Angels
going up and down a ladder
which finds its top in heaven.
Jacob sees angels and talks to
God. I think about Yitzhak Rabin
as a man who dreamed dreams
and a man who saw visions. Like
Jacob, he was profoundly affected
by what he saw and felt.

Yitzhak Rabin was not a
gentle man. He was a warrior
who learned to give orders and
lead people into battle. He stood
tall defending the only route into
Jerusalem at the time of the War
of Independence. He was a
leader directing the speedy
victory over the Arab armies in
the 6-Day War. Yitzhak Rabin
lived his life working toward
securing the land of Israel for
future generations. Yet, a
moment came when he looked up
and saw angels ascending and
descending He knew it was time
to end the bloodshed between
enemies and find a way toward
pcaccttd coecxistcncc. ‘(iod Is in
this place,” thought “Yitzhak
Rabin, “and I, did not know it.”

The last portion in
January ends with the 10th plague
over the land of Egypt. It is a
plague of immense proportion. It
is plague where death lashes out
at almost every family in the land.
Rabin’s vision of the angels
ascending and descending was a
vision of peace. With his death, it
may end as a vision of
destruction.

This assassination causes
a major breach that exists among
ourselves to become even more
obvious. The divisions within our
Jewish world exist. Yes, we are
one people of one covenant, but
the similarities are getting harder
to note and define. I am
beginning to wonder what I have
in common with rabbis who call
for the death of even one person?
What do I have in common with
people who seek to exclude
instead of include? I always
thought that Jews were to be holy
because the God of our ancestors
is holy meaning to seek peace and
pursue, not establish settlements
as provocation for more violence.
I thought it says in the Torah you
shall love your neighbor as
yourself The hostility,
extremism, fitndamentalism, is not
Judaism. It is not the Judaism of
my neighborhood, my theology,
my philosophy, my world. We
are part of the same covenant, but

we understand this covenant very
differently. I worry that the
divisions may overshadow, even
overwhelm, our relationship to
each other in the years ahead. I
fear that the differences may
cause irreparable breaches.

We must find a way to
use this tragic death to vault
toward better understandings
among Jews. Yitzhak Rabin had
not yet put on his agenda the
unification of world Jewry. His
assassination calls this possibility
into question. There are so many
areas that divide us, yet we
persist in holding onto the dream
that we are one. Will we work
to solve the areas of conflict that
exists among Jews or will we
allow these conflicts to separate
us so far that we will become a
multi—factioned people with
different covenants to guide us?

There seemed to be a
moment in the first few days afier
the assassination that all Jews
shared a common pain. It was in
our eyes and on our lips, but it
faded. Maybe it faded with the
dream of becoming one when an
800 number was established to
call in support for Yigal Amir,
Maybe it ended when a sign was
put up on the West Bank saying
We are all Amirll I want the
death of Yitzhak Rabin to mean
something beyond the fact that
we say a Jew should never kill
another Jew. I want it to mean
that not only will Jews and Arabs
continue to work to solve issues
still confronting them, but Jews
and Jews can find the same path
to a world of shalom.

The death of Rabin was
Iii/[ill has/rem, the profanation of
God’s name. Our job now is to
find kiddush hashem, the
sanctification of God’s name.
Shouting for death, working
toward chaos, dividing our
community is not the path toward
the messianic age of peace and
harmony. Becoming inclusive of
all Jews, broadening our horizons,
insuring a peaceful Israel with
secure borders and making fiiends
of our enemies, will mean
something today and tomorrow,
making this assassination of one
man with the courage to not only
dream dreams, but act on them,
mean something for ourselves and
our children.

Let us mourn for our
fallen leader. Let us seek to heal.
Let us make peace.

 

 

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CKJF October Board Highlights

“A committee will look
into a proposal by Rabbi Adland
to withhold some of the Israel
allocation to be used instead to
fund high school trips to Israel.

°A regional representa-
live from UJA, Marcia Seltzer,
met with the Executive
Committee.

-Michael Grossman has
agreed to chair the Community
Activity Committee.

°Ken Mayer is the New
CKJF Treasurer.

-The Social Services
Committee is concerned about
health care for the New
Americans.

 

Lighting the Hanukah Menorah

Every year the menorah
challenges us to remember our
right from our left and how to
count to eight. Start your first
candle on the far right side, from
then on add one each night from

right to left, however, they are lit
from left to right.

On Friday night, the
lighting of the menorah precedes
the lighting of the Shabbat can-
dles.

'The new office manager
is Missy Herbert. Elena
Domatov, the previous office
manager will work part-time with
resettlement.

OKim Slaton is searching
for a new site for Camp Shalom,
as Woodman of the World is no
longer available for day camps.

°Ellie Goldman reported
that a statement to respond rapid-
ly to inflammatory prejudiced
racial and religious statements by
speakers had been prepared for
the Lexington Committee on
Race Relations and that this
group had appointed a subcom-
mittee of four to deal promptly
with such matters.

 

Letters to the Editor

 

To Our Friends in the Jewish Community,

On behalf of those in the Lexington Christian community who
treasure the covenant people of Gd, we extend to you our heartfelt
sympathy in the loss of Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of the Jewish
homeland. You are in our prayers as we seek G-d for your comfort.
Our hearts will be joined with yours in love in the difficult days ahead
May we be found faithful even as the G-d of Israel is faithful.

Anne Snell
Lexington, KY

Ed. Note: The spelling (G-a') has been changed for publication.

 

 

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Editorial

Don’t March

to Farrakhan’s Drum

 

An estimated 400,000
black men met in the nation’s
capital this past October to come
together in solidarity. Solidarity
for their race, their families, and
for spiritual unification. What’s
wrong with this scenario? Louis
Farrakhan — that's what is wrong.

The “Million Man
March” was the brainchild of
Nation of Islam leader Louis
Farrakhan, a self proclaimed anti~
Semite. Before the march some
knew of Farrakhan’s name, now
everyone knows him. Television
journalist Ted Koppel said,
“(Farrakhan) may have to be
called one the the most influential
leaders in black America.”

How could we let this
happen? If the idea was so great,
but the leader so repugnant, why
not march two weeks later, and
not give Farrakhan a platform to
spout his insidious verbiage.

Time magazine further
points out, “Farrakhan’s clearest
signal of success: he had forced
every thinking black man in
America to make a painstaking
decision about his march. He
was, finally, where he wanted to
be - on everyone’s mind, whether

thy liked it or not.” 400,000 peo-
ple plus responded to Farrakhan’s
invitation, 400,000 people plus
listened to what he had to say,
400,000 people plus have been
directly influenced by this man.

Lest we forget what kind
of person Farrakhan is, let his
quotes speak for themselves:

“We know that Jews are
the most organized, rich and pow-
erful people, not only in America,
but in the world. They’re plotting
against us even as we speak."
New York City, January 24, 1994

“The Jews don’t like
Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler.
Well, that’s a good name. Hitler
was a very great man.” radio
broadcast, March I], I 984

“We know you (Jews)
are plotting against us, but I want
to tell you what my God is poised
to do for you...Our God can’t wait
for you to make your move...He
dares you to touch me. Come on,
if you want to die...AIl of these
wicked ones who have given
Judaism a bad name, they are
members of the Synagogue of
Satan...l warn you in the name of
Allah, leave us alone. Your time
is just about up." Chicago,

Illinois, March 19, 1995*

The following quote is
not Farrakhan’s, but sounds eerily
similar:

“He (the Jews) is and
remains a parasite, a sponger
who, like a pernicious bacillus,
spreads over wider and wider
areas according as some
favourable area attracts him. The
effect produced by his presence is
also like that of the vampire; for
wherever he establishes himself
the people who grant him hospi—
tality are bound to be bled to
death sooner or later.”

The last quote was from
a book entitled Mein Kampf,
authored by Adolf Hitler.

Decades ago Hitler was
dismissed by many as a fanatic.
No one would listen to him, let
alone follow him. Now we have
Farrakhan. People say the same
about him, no one will listen, yet
400,000 people plus showed up at
his beck and call and small

groups are listening to representa-
tives of the Nation of Islam spout
their rhetoric daily.

After the march,
Farrakhan said, “You will get bet-
ter acquainted with Louis
Farrakhan, and you are going to
have to live with me. To some,
I’m a nightmare. But to others,
I’m a dream come true.” Neither
dream or nightmare, unfortunate—
ly Farrakhan is a reality.

*Farrakhan quotes supplied by
the Anti-Defamation League.

Please send letters
to the Editor:

CKJF
340 Romany Road
Lexington, KY 40502

All letters must be signed and
include your phone number.
Please limit letters to 200 words.

 

 

EDITORIAL POLICY

The opinions expressed in the Editorial are those of
the Editor and represent only the Editor’s viewpoint.

 

 

 

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Hello.

My name is
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Lexington. My hobbies are art,
music, swimming and playing

with animals. I have a dog
named Spencer, 3 cat named
Cinnamon, and a bird named
Freddie. My favorite subject is
science. I would like to live in
the Caribbean. My favorite
bands are Hootie and the
Blowfish, Del Amitri, Pearl Jam
and Green Day.

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December’sArtist: BENNET GOLDSTEIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benner Goldstein, age 10, recently had his an accepted and shown in the Juried Honors Exhibit at
the Lexington Art League (Loudon House Gallery). The bowl that was selected (shown above) was raku
fired, a Japanese process where the ceramic piece is fired outdoors directly in a flame and removed at its
peak temperature (about 2000 degrees).

All artists, ages 8-18, submit your creations for the next issue of Shalom!

 

Journalist Baye’s Anti-Semitism
By Michael E. Adelstein, Contributing Editor

Betty Winston Baye is a
highly regarded, much admired
African—American columnist for
the Courier Journal. But in a
recent column, she raised the ire
of many Jewish readers by includ-
ing the following paragraphs in an
article devoted mainly to stating
that the Million Man March was
not concerned with integration.

“Unfortunately black—
Jewish relationships have been
strained for so long now that a
generation of African-Americans
has grown up unaware that there
ever were close ties. Blacks born
after the 19605 see only that many
Jews oppose affirmative action.
That Israel continued to embrace
South Africa when most members
of the family of nations con-
demned it as an outlaw nation.
They hear consistent demands
from Jewish leaders that blacks
must repudiate and atone for any

perceived anti-Semitism. Yet
young blacks do not hear Jews
repudiating the Jewish intellectu-
als and scholars who write anti-
black books and articles that have
become the basis for efforts by
which many would withdraw the
nation from a civilized agenda.”

“Of course, two wrongs
do not make a right, but it is fair
to say that painful insults and
stereotyping have not been a one-
way street.”

These paragraphs have
provoked a flood of letters to the
editor including a lengthy point—
by-point rebuttal by Morton G.
Wenger, a sociology professor at
the University of Louisville

Baye, a most intelligent
and respected writer, who was
formerly a Nieman Fellow at
Harvard, mainly states the percep-
tions of young blacks. Yet there
is little doubt that she fuels the

fires of anti-Semitism by publish-
ing false charges without refuting
them. She might have pointed out
that few Jews, not “many,”
oppose affirmative action. That
Mandela praised the Jews of
South Africa for their support
against anti-apartheid. That many
American Jewish scholars have
attacked The Bell Curve.

Baye was mainly inter-
ested in writing about the Million
Man March but unfortunately
strayed into the subject of black-
Jewish relationships and in doing
so, probably revealed a latent
anti-Semitism. However, she
may have done Louisville Jews a
service by pointing out to them
that much work must be done in
educating young blacks in their
community (and perhaps older
blacks) about past and present
Jewish efforts to attack racism
against African-Americans.

 

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may recall that Merlene Davis
wrote a fine column about
Rabin’s death. But we might ask
ourselves, do young blacks know
much about the Jews who fought
and died in the civil rights move-
ment, who did pro bono work in
the courts on behalf of black pris-
oners and causes, and who con-
tributed large sums of money and
worked for civil rights causes and
organizations?

With the Holocaust
Museum in Washington and with
various other memorials around
the United States, American Jews
are educating the public about the
Nazi atrocity. But we need to do
more, as the Baye incident
reveals, to inform people, particu-
larly African-Americans, about
our contributions to civil rights
and to American culture and soci-
ety.

Shalom...December 1995 / January 1996...

 

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Our New Americans
...Then and Now - Part III

Rachel Bashikhes, 68,
had spent her entire life in
Moscow until she moved to
Lexington four years ago. Today
Rachel, an engineer in her home-
land, is still adjusting to life in the
United States. Rachel continues
to study English, yet breaking
down the language barrier has
been her most difficult adjust-
ment.

Her favorite things about
America are the courtesy extend-
ed by strangers, good service in
shops, and her “wonderful” vol-
unteer English teachers. Rachel
appreciates and thanks the volun—
teers for their hard work and great
patience. Another plus is the
availability of complimentary aer-
obic classes, in which Rachel par-
takes. Her least favorite thing is
the problem of transportation for
people like herself who cannot

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drive.

Though settled into a
“peaceful life”, Rachel does so
with “a pain in the soul.” Rachel

arrived in America with her son
Michael, his wife and their two
daughters. Rachel’s daughter-in-
law and grandchildren have since
returned to Russia. Son Michael
remains in Lexington.

When asked what she
missed most. Rachel replied, “I
miss a lot of things, the main nos—
talgia I have is for relatives dis-
persed around the world and
failed hopes I had about my fami-
ly."

Assessing the assistance
provided by the Jewish communi-
ty, Rachel felt in the beginning
help was plentiful, however.
“later connection with them (the
Jewish community) was a little
bit lost." She feels, more help
adapting to the area, especially
for elderly people, would be ben-
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