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CKngJF

February 1997

Shevat/Adar 5757

1996 UJA/Federation Campaign Off 8%

Policies of New Israeli Government Cited

By J06] Eizenstat Campaign. Solicitors indicated
that those donors who either sig-
CKJF’s 1996 UJA/ niltcantly reduced their pledge

from their 1995 commitment, or
who declined to pledge at all this
year, pointed to the policies of the
new Israeli government of Prime

Federation Annual Campaign fell
eight percent below the level
achieved for the previous year’s

Good Times & Good Deeds at
CKJF’s Erev Party

The CKJF sponsored Erev Party, held on December 24 at
the Italian Oven, brought out 170 people for fun, food, and friend-
ship. The event also collected 205 pounds of food and cash contribu—
tions totaling $l00 for God’s Pantry.

Ruth Paley (right) presents donated food and a
check to Lee Ann Cox of God’s Pantry.

see story on page 10

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Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In
particular. concerns over the
direction of the peace process and
new legislation that could delegit—
imize non-Orthodox conversions
in Israel were cited.

The Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation is very con-
cerned over this reasoning.
UJA/Federation is an apolitical
organization. Overseas alloca-
tions made by UJA to Israel d_o
n_ot go to the government of
Israel, but to the Jewish Agency
for Israel and the Joint
Distribution Committee. Since

Continued on page 6
see UJA/Federation

by Holly Barnhill

welve-year-old
Mike Spiegel has
already been to

Ecuador (twice), England and
Scotland and his six—year-Old
brother Sam has visited England.
Both boys will visit Israel as
teenagers because their parents,
Charles and Jane Spiegel, have
already started planning for their
trip. The Spiegels are the first
family to sign up for the newly
established Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation-sponsored
Israel Experience program.

The Israel Experience is
a matching funds based savings
plan for the purpose of sending
young adults and teenagers to
Israel. Asked why he is partici-
pating in the program, Charles
Spiegel extols, “Travel is a
tremendous learning experience
that ultimately is a great uniter of
peoples. All that said, there is
nothing like a trip to Israel. Other
trips open your heart and mind
but Israel touches your soul.”

Other benefits of the

Ben Baker (L)
presents check
for $7,500 to
Johnson
Elementary
Principal Pat
Micheaux (R)

Baker Iron marks 75 years with
$22,500 donation to schools

by Kimberly Wade

It was like winning the lottery for most of the students, teach-
ers, and principals when Baker Iron & Metal Company, Inc. presented
a total of $22,500 to three inner city Lexington elementary schools
during their Unity Day Observances in November, 1996.

After 75 years in business, the owners of Baker Iron & Metal
wanted to thank the people of the Lexington community for their sup—
port Finally, they settled on providing financial grants to three

Continued on page 4...see Baker

Spiegel says he would not have
designated any savings funds for
“this particular purpose."

Spiegel, a business law
professor and Soccer Center
owner, traveled to Israel in 1969.
Spiegel says about this trip, “...it
was a tremendous experience. I
worked on two Kibbutzim and
traveled about for four months. It
added to my Jewish commitment
and made me very proud to be a
Jew."

The Spiegels heard
about the Israel Experience at an
Ohavay Zion Board meeting and
then read about it in Shalom. “I
thought I procrastinated a long
(but Jewishly appropriate) period
before calling for information. I
was shocked to learn I was the
ﬁrst to sign up for the program in
central Kentucky! I thought it
was a great program and every-
one with youngsters who could,
would sign up,” says Spiegel. His
only regret, “I wish I could have
started the program earlier.”

For information on the
Israel Experience program call the
CKJF ofﬁce at (606) 268-0672.

The Spiegel Family

program according to Spiegel are,
“The money could accrue interest
and they (the boys) could learn
about savings while watching it
grow. They also could build
some excitement for the trip. The
contribution by CKJF was an
added incentive.” Without the
Israel Experience program,

COMMUNITY

In This Issue:

Feature Stories:

A Jewish-American

Hiding in Clinton’s
Cabinet .......... 5
Kris 8: Matt Cordova
Profile ........... 7
Remembering Rebecca
................ 11
Also:
Anniversaries ..... 9
Ask IFS .......... 6
Calendar ........ 19

Financial Advisor .13

Hadassah ........ 14
Havurah ........ 14
028 ............ 15

President’s Spot . . .2
TAI ........ 16 & 17

Torah Portions . . . .3

MILESTONES

Mazel Tov to:

Lloyd Mayer on the birth of his
grandson, Matthew Theodore
Mayer, September 10, 1996 and
to Carol Mayer on the birth of
her granddaughter, Addison
Carrick Hodges, July 19,1996.

Bill & Lori Charash on the birth
of their daughter, Leah Rose,
October 29, 1996.

Helen Paritz on the birth
of her great- granddaughter,
Julia Lucy Mattis,
December 4, 1996.

The proud parents are Debbi &
Kevin Mattis of Cincinnati.

Abe & Marian Rabiner on the
birth of their granddaughter,
Caroline Michelle Rabiner,

December 7, 1996. The proud
parents are Andy & Robin

Rabiner.

Randy & Ann Kaplan and Ed &
Judy Kaplan on the birth of their
daughter and granddaughter,
Rachel Layne Kaplan,
December 9. 1996.

Susan Brody and Paul Armor
on their engagement.

Joe & Judy Engleberg on the
birth of their grandson,
Aaron Gormley,
December 12, 1996.

Shalom
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February 1997 ' Volume IV, Issue 5

Tomas Milch, H., President
J 061 Eizenstat, Executive Director
Holly Bamhill, Editor & Advertising Manager
Michael Adelstein & Evelyn Dantzic Geller, Editorial Board
Mollye Schwab, Jewish Family Services
Kim Slaton, Program Director
The appearance of any advertising in this publication does not represent a kashruth endorsement on

the pan of CKJF or any other agency or organization. Shalom is supported by the advertisements
appearing in the paper.

Freda Grace Miller,

Dr. Michael Lerner and

Lenny & Marjie Lerner,
on the birth of their grandson and
great-grandson, Jonah Benjamin
Lerner, December 30, 1996. The

proud parents are
Lynn Frazin & Marc Lerner.

Greg & Anne Frankel and
Harold & Kaye Frankel on the
birth of their son and grandson,

Jacob Allan Frankel,
January 4, 1997.

Edie Frankel who celebrated

her 90th birthday,
January 2, 1997.

Condolences to:

' Stuart & Donna Lowenthal and

Bari Lowenthal Maxson on the
death of Stuart’s and Bari’s
father, William Lowenthal,

November 19, 1996.

Bob & J0 Belin on the death of

J 0’s mother, Sarah W. Levy,
November 23, 1996.

Rose Brazin & Robert Cohen

‘ and Jeannette Sloat on the death

of Rose’s and Robert’s niece
and Jeannette’s aunt,
Caroline Crawford,
November 19, 1996.

Sylvia Green on the death of
her husband, Jake Green,
January 9, 1997.

Herb Liebman, on the death
of his sister,
Dorothy Grace Levine.

Alvin & Ellie Goldman on the
death of Alvin’s brother,
Norman Goldman,
December 30, 1996.

Phil Berger on the death of his
brother, Harold Berger.

Randy & Marianne Waldman
on the death of Marianne’s father,
Patrick Rodden,
December 25, 1996.

Paul & Carol Kaplan on the
death of Carol’s father,
James Ernest Hurley,

December 30, 1996.

The
President’s

Spot

by Tomas Milch H.

y barber likes
to start his
monthly con-

versation with me by saying “I
have good news, and I have bad
news for you..." I always ask for
the balding truth first, assuming
that to be the bad news. But
sometimes he insists on giving
me the good news instead. I’ll
take his cue this time:

At the time I write this

‘ we have 17 young Jewish mem-

bers of our community taking
advantage of the Gift of Israel
Savings Program that will help
them go to Israel in the future, an
experience that will surely
enhance their understanding of
their Jewish heritage and history.

Our Jewish Family
Services agency continues to pro-
vide much needed services and
Lulhicttt'it-s the tent“
Kentucky Jewish community

Our Community
Relations Committee continues to
work toward the goals of under-
standing and communication with
the Fayette County Board of
Education. They also sponsored
a program at Ohavay Zion
Synagogue on the issues of sepa-
ration of church and state.

Our Community
Activities Committee held several
programs including the Erev
Party at the Italian Oven, the
Leisure Club meetings, and a
party for our new American
members.

Our Budget and
Allocations Committee was able
to make contributions to a num-
ber of important charities and
causes.

And, last but not least on
this list of good news, our com-
munity was able to meet our com-

mitment to support Jews in need
across the globe. Thank you for
your support!

...and the bad news:

I have not been able to
articulate to you with sufficient
emphasis that your continued
support of the Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation is essential to
continue to bring you good news
as enumerated above. Our
Annual Campaign did not meet
its goal, not for lack of effort by
our Campaign Committee, but
rather for my inability to show all
of you how pressing the needs
that we attempt to meet are.

It is normal for the presi-
dent of a Federation like ours to
feel this way. I’m told. But that
doesn't help me in dealing with
the guilty feeling when reports of
persecutions of Jews in the
Balkans, or Poland, or the FSU
appear in the news. I realize that
illuxt‘ inn». 1!. lsitit': lint depend
on the social safety net for their
very existence don‘t know and
don‘t care about my failure to
explain their plight to you. And
those Jews in our own community
in central Kentucky who need our
help and support are not interest-
ed in my tribulations.

So what can we do to
remove the negatives and have
only the good news next year?

L0ts...! The Campaign
Committee for 1997 is about to
launch our new Annual

Campaign. We intend to show
you how your support benefits
Jews, not governments; how your
support benefits our central
Kentucky community, not just
communities overseas; how your
support beneﬁts $1; children, not
just those in Israel; how your sup-
port benefits our continued life
and Jewish heritage, not just the
needs of the moment.

CKJF Scholarships &
Camperships Deadline is

April 15l 1997
For info: (606) 268-0672

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RABBI ERIC SIA'IDN
TORAH COMMENmmr

Yitro

February 1,
Exodus 18:1 - 20:23

This portion is named after
Moses' father-in-law. After
reuniting Moses with his family,
Yitro (Jethro) notices that Moses
is the adjudicator for all of the
problems of the Israelites. He
suggests to Moses that he appoint
judges to do the bulk of the work,
while Moses serves as the highest
authority. Moses realizes the wis-
dom of this suggestion and imple-
ments it immediately.

G-d tells Moses that the
Israelites are to be G-d's special
people. G—d orders them to pre-
pare by purifying themselves and
by marking a border around the

gag of tin; W‘r‘illllillil around

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mountain will die.

On the third day Moses
ascends the mountain which is
covered with smoke and quakes
with thunder. On top of the
mountain. Moses receives the
Decaloguc and the rest of the
mitzvot.

Most Jews are not aware that
the name Ten Commandments is
the Christian name for the
Decalogue. In Hebrew it is the
Aseret Ha Dibrot, the ten pro-
nouncements. According to
Jewish tradition, there are actual-
lyl4 separate commandments or
mitzvot contained in the
Decalogue. Jewish tradition
teaches that the first pronounce-
ment is, [am the Eternal Your
G-d who brought you out of the
land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage. In the Christian tradi—
tion, this is part of the preamble.
One can understand the theologi-
cal reason the Church wanted to
exclude the ﬁrst pronouncement
from the Decalogue.

February 8, Mishpatim
Rosh Hodesh Adar
Exodus 21:1-24:18

The word Mishpatim
means laws. This parsha con-
tains many laws which on a vari-
ety of subjects Moses receives on
top of Mt. Sinai;

-Proper treatment of Hebrew
slaves.

-The punishment for murder and
for unintentional murder, injuring
or cursing a parent, and kidnap-
ping.

°Fair compensation for personal
injury, punishment for killing or
injuring a slave.

~When a pregnant woman is
unintentionally injured and mis-
carries, the injurer must pay mon—
etary compensation. From this
law the Rabbis derived that a

ictttx does not lime the same state

. ens... * : .; ff".
no mon tary coWe’s'
killing another person only for
personal injury. In this case, the
fetus is considered as part of “the
mother’s body.

-Laws concerning a goring ox.
'Compensation for damage due to
an open hole, the penalties for
stealing, damage to property
caused by grazing of cattle.

°The responsibility for property
left in someone's care. Laws con—
cerning the seduction of a virgin,
occult practices, idolatry and
oppression.

°When lending to the poor one
cannot charge interest or press
for immediate repayment.
-Accept the authority of the
courts, do not eat torn ﬂesh found
in the ﬁeld.

-Laws concerning the establish—
ment of justice.

-What to do with stray or fallen
animals.

°The Sabbatical year and the
Sabbath day.

'Observe the festivals.

°When entering the land of
Canaan, follow the instructions of

G-d's messengers, and do not fol-
low the practices of the people
nor make treaties with them.

The covenant is sealed
as sacriﬁces are made on a twelve
pillared altar. The leaders have a
mystical vision of G-d.

Moses ascends to the top
of the mountain to receive the
stone tablets, and remains for
forty days.

We read a special portion
because this is the ﬁrst day (Rosh
Hodesh) of the month of Adar,
the special portion retells the sac-
rifices made on Rosh Hodesh.
This is one of the few times of the
year on which we read from three
Torah scrolls.

February 15, Terumah,
Exodus 25:1-27zl9

Maftir Rosh Hodesh Adar
Numbers 28:9-15

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g:

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means offering. All those who
wanted were to give an offering
of various items for the building
of the Tabernacle, the portable
tent of worship. Placed inside
the tent was an ark (of the
covenant)and other utensils,
including the menorah, and an ark
for making sacrifices.

February 22, Tezaveh,

Exodus 27 :20-30:10
Maftir Deuteronomy
25:17-19

This portion continues
with a description of building the
holy objects of the tabernacle and
garments of the priests. The
menorah and incense altars,
which go into the tent, are
described. Aaron wore special
garments, including a breast plate
with twelve semi-precious stones
upon which were engraved the
name of the tribes. The consecra-
tion ceremony for the priests and
the tabernacle takes place.

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elementary schools located in the
immediate vicinity of their busi-
ness. To represent 75 years of
business, Baker Iron & Metal
decided to donate $7,500 to each
school: Arlington Elementary,
Johnson Elementary and Russell
Elementary.

“What better way to cel-
ebrate our anniversary than
through contributing to the com-
munity by donating money that
will go directly toward the educa-
tion of our youth?” asked Ben
Baker, president of the company.
“The children of these three ele—
mentary schools are not only the
future of Baker Iron & Metal,
they are our country’s future.”

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pal of Russell Elementary, com-
mented about his emotions when
he received the $7,500 donation
from Baker Iron & Metal. “We
admire the company for what they
have done. It is wonderful that a
hometown business is able and
motivated to donate money to our
local elementary school system!”

When Pat Michaux,
principal of Johnson Elementary,
received the $7,500 all she could
do was cry. “What could I say?"
she commented. “It was over-
whelming!”

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COMMUNITY

Joe Rosenberg’s
celebrates 100
years in business

Joe Rosenberg Jewelers,
a well known landmark in down-
town Lexington, celebrated its
100th anniversary in 1996. To
mark the occasion, the ﬁrm con-
tributed 10 percent of three
weeks earnings to the Children’s
Advocacy Center.

Founded in 1896 by Joe
Rosenberg, the store is now in the
capable hands of his son Charlie
Rosenberg (87 years young) and
Charlie’s nephew Joe Rosenberg.

CKJF welcomes new office manager

Doreen Lawman

oreen Lawman
recently joined
the staff at

CKJF as Office Manager. Last
August Doreen and her husband,
Larry, moved from St. Louis,
Missouri to Wilmore, Kentucky.
Larry is attending Asbury
Seminary to obtain his Masters of
Divinity degree. They have three
children ages 11, 10, and 6-years-
old. Doreen’s interests include
reading, sewing, and sign lan-
guage interpretation for the hear-
ing impaired.

Baker. . .continued from page 1

Principal Anderson said
his school has limited funding
resources. Even though the
school’s Parent Teacher
Association does a spectacular
job with fund raisers he said it
would take them several years to
raise $7,500.

‘ Principal Larry Ragland,
Arlington Elementary. dcscrihcd
the school‘s reaction as speech—
less. He said everyone was
thrilled. It was amazing to the
educators that a local business
would donate such a large amount
of money to elementary schools.

With an extra $7,500 in
the school budget, the principals
can think of many areas in the
budget that need extra money, but
continue to work with their facul-
ty to decide how to use it.

Principal Anderson said
the money will be used to pur-
chase computer supplies, books
for the library or to improve tele-
phone communications within the
school.

Principal Ragland said
that his school may use the
money to purchase playground
equipment.

Some of the money at
Johnson Elementary has already
been spent on a sound system to
use during school assemblies and
student performances. Principal
Michaux said the remainder of the
money will most likely be used

for the reading program.
“Through their donation.
Baker Iron & Metal has given us
the message that someone out
there recognizes the importance
of elementary education. This
donation gave our school not just
funding, but also a boost in
‘m‘OraleYPrincipal Anderson said.
"It is a wondcrtul link to the com
munity. It is rare when someone
provides feedback to an elemen-
tary school about how well we are
doing in educating students.”
“Other community orga—
nizations should contribute to
their neighborhood schools as
Baker Iron & Metal has done,“
Principal Michaux said. “It is the
children who will beneﬁt from the
donation made by Baker Iron &
Metal. Perhaps this will set a
precedence for future donations."
Principal Anderson said
that a variety of businesses in the
community have been generous in
donating smaller sums of money
or varying amounts of time to his
school, but it is unusual for a
hometown business to donate
such a significant amount of
money as Baker Iron & Metal has
done.
Baker Iron & Metal,
Inc., founded in 1921, has worked
quietly and efficiently for 75
years to recycle millions of tons
of scrap metal. Though almost
unknown outside of industrial cir—

cles, it has become a major scrap
metal collection and recycling
company in central and southern
Kentucky.

Without recyclers such
as Baker Iron & Metal, streets,
highways, factory grounds and
landﬁlls would be covered with
mountains of worn-out vehicles.
broken appliances, and inanui'ac»
turing left-overs. The company
buys and sells what some people
call “junk,” but what manufactur-
ers consider valuable and reusable
scrap, for the purpose of saving
both energy and natural resources.

The name Baker Iron &
Metal wasn‘t unfamiliar to stu-
dents and faculty at Johnson
Elementary prior to receiving the
donations. In the past, teachers at
Johnson Elementary took students
on field trips to Baker Iron &
Metal in order to help them
appreciate the recycling business.

Employees of Baker Iron
& Metal also have an internal pol-
icy that provides tuition reim-
bursement for the Children of full-
time employees who attend an
institution of higher education in
the state university system.

Baker said, “These pro-

grams are just small gestures we
like to make to improve the edu-
cation of young people. If we can
have the capability to provide
them with a better future, we do

Holly at CKJF
(606) 268—0672

FEATURE

by Michael E. Adelstein

ecretaries of the
Treasury are seldom
conspicuous. They move in
arcane ﬁnancial circles, far from

. the spotlight of TV cameras and

. media reporters. And when in

addition they are modest, quiet,
self-effacing individuals, they
remain practically unknown.

Perhaps that’s why we
hear so little of Robert E. Rubin,
formerly selected by Clinton to
head his National Economic
Council, and then chosen to
replace Lloyd Bentsen as
Secretary of the Treasury in 1995
and to continue in this position in
the President‘s second term.

Kappa at Harvard, and earned his
law degree at Yale. In 1971 he
became a partner in the Goldman
Sachs brokerage firm on Wall
Street, where he was highly suc-
cessful, earning $25 million one
year and accumulating a fortune
estimated to be at least $100 mil-
lion.

They say that you would
not realize how wealthy he is by
meeting him. Cool, laid-back,
and reticent, he has developed the
following rules of conduct:
“Never be ostentatious. Live

The 58 year—old Rubin, bunch of

Beach,’ was elected to Phi Beta

modestly. And keep a closed
mouth.”

And keep a closed
mouth he has done, particularly
about how he headed a team of
economic advisors in January
1993 who sat down with Clinton,
six hours before the inauguration,
to persuade him to make a crucial
decision. Rubin and others
informed the elected President
that the deﬁcit was amounting to
tens of billions of dollars higher
than expected. The only way to
counter this was to make deﬁcit
reduction a top priority.

Such a decision would
establish credibility with the
ﬁnancial markets and the Federal
Reserve Board. But it would ter-
minate Clinton’s plans for his
proposed middle class tax cut.

According to Bob
Woodward’s book, The Agenda,
Clinton at first exploded, “You
mean to tell me that the success
of [my] program...depends on the
Federal Reserve Board and a

down and ﬁnally agreed to follow
Rubin’s advice. The result as we
know is a booming stock market,
a 63 percent decrease in the
deficit, a drop in unemployment
from 7.7. to 5.2 percent, a strong
economy, huge job increases, low
inﬂation, moderate interest rates,
and -- re—election.

Since the President’s re—
election, economic advisers have
resigned almost like passengers
jumping from a sinking ship,
although some of Rubin’s closest
aides (Laurence Summers, Gene

[expletive] bond

Bu:oon he calm’d (Wd centuries,

A Jewish-American Hiding in
Clinton’s Cabinet

Sperling, and Sylvia Mathews)
have been appointed to other key
positions. However, unlike many
cabinet members, Rubin remains
on. Why?

Perhaps the answer can
be found in the reason underlying
his being the recipient of the 1977
award from the National
Association of Christians and
Jews. He has always been con-
cerned with the less fortunate,
especially those in the cities.

Specifically, he cited
ﬁve challenges in a recent article:
reduce the deﬁcit and balance the
budget; open more markets and
expand trade; increase American
savings; invest in areas critical to
productivity, such as education,
training, technology, and environ—
mental protection; and help resi-
dents of America’s depressed
urban areas.

In addition, Rubin’s
humanitarian interest is manifest
in his urging an American com-
mitment to the World Banlcand

the International Monetary Fund

As the senior economic
advisor in the Clinton cabinet
(called “the captain of the [eco—
nomic] team” by the President)
and one who can claim to being a
key factor in the President’s re-
election, Robert Rubin will be
highly inﬂuential in building the
hackneyed bridge to the twenty-
first century. Along with Alan
Greenspan, these two Jewish-
Americans will play a major role
in the economic destiny of our
nation.

CKJF Sponsors Hanukah Events for
Lexington’s Youngest to Most Leisurely

by Kim Slaton

Lexington‘s kids enjoyed a great Hanukah party hosted by
Margie Karp and Jessica Ross at AmeriSport Gymnastics Center.
Over ﬁfty children enjoyed tumbling, pizza, Hanukah music, gelt, and

crafts.

Lexington’s Leisure Club members enjoyed their annual
Hanukah Latke Luncheon and White Elephant Auction during their
Hanukah Party. The Leisure Club meets every third Thursday of the
month. If you are interested in ﬁnding out more about the Leisure
Club please contact the CKJF ofﬁce at (606) 268-0672.

CKJF
February Leisure Club

Join us for an elegant lunch

ThursdayFebnrary20
11:45AM

The Coach House
855 South Broadway

Price of meal approximately
$10.00
Complimentary Dessert provided
by CKJF

RSVP 268-0672

(606) 255-6600. 1—800-455—5580 BUSINESS
(606)233-3800 FAX. 226-6785 VOICE MAIL
(606) 266-9542 RESIDENCE, 221-0167 MOBILE

DAVID A. ROSE
REALTOR‘

COLDWELL BANKER
JUSTICE REAL ESTATE
518 EAST MAIN STREET
LEXINGTON, KY 40508

REALTOR'

An Independently Owned and Operated Member of Coldwell Banker Residential Afﬁliates. Inc.

The Rag
Peddler

931 Liberty Road
606—233—2 15 1

ALL FUNERAL HOMES
ARE NOT ALIKE

Just like no two apples are alike, neither are fimeral homes.
Our 172 years of affordable, personal, quality funeral and
burial services to families in Lexington sets us apart from
all the others Compare our two convenient and large
funeral homes with plenty of parking that allow you to
feel comfortable inviting your friends to visit. Our
professionally trained and experienced staff listens
carefully, more like friends, so they can assist you in every
way. Because we’ve been around the longest, we’ve helped
many more people, so they consistently recommend us
more often. We invite your comparison. Visit our facilities.
Meet our people. Compare our prices for quality and
value. Talk to the families we’ve served. When you compare
apples to apples, we think you’ll discover the beneﬁcial
differences that compel more people to choose Milward
lexington’s Pumnl Home

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FUNERAL DIRECTORS

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Shalom...February 1997...

UK Hillel students attend local
artist’s exhibit in Cincinnati

Lexington artist
and Hillel

Director Susan
Goldstein was
recently featured
in a one woman
show of her
ceramics at the
Cincinnati Hillel
Jewish Student
Center. Jewish
Student Organiza- .
tion/Hillel students

from [he JSO/Hillel students attend artist Susan
University of Goldstein's (third from left) exhibit in

Kentucky attended Cincinnati
the opening.

UJNFederation...continued from page 1

the Exodus began, JAFI has brought home and helped resettle over
600,000 Jews in Israel. Each month, 6,000 arrive whose needs are no
less than those who came before them. The Jewish Agency requires
our campaign dollars in order to continue the rescuing and ingathering
of Jews from all countries, to provide supplementary housing loans, to
assist Israel’s poor elderly, single parents and mature singles, to
expand Jewish Zionist education in partnership with the global Jewish
community, and to enhance Israel-Diaspora relations.

Additional overseas allocation of UJA/Federation campaign
dollars go to the Joint Distribution Committee. The JDC continues to
support hundreds of thousands of Jews with desperately needed nutri‘
tional and medical assistance in the Former Soviet Union, Central and
Eastern Europe, many of whom are elderly and whose entire existence
relies on this lifeline. Jewish education opportunities and continuity
are also provided for those who remain. In addition, the JDC serves
increasing numbers of Israelis who are abused and those physically and
emotionally challenged in residential care facilities and offers occupa-
tional training to them.

Local needs are not tied in any way to political concerns in
Israel. 1996 saw the Central Kentucky Jewish Federation dramatically
increase resources for expanded Jewish education and identity
enhancement opportunities. Educational grants were made to the
Jewish Community School and the University of Kentucky Judaic
Studies program, 17 children were enrolled in the Gift of Israel pro-
gram in its ﬁrst year, Elie Wiesel brought his challenging message to
Lexington, Camp Shalom had a record enrollment, Jewish Family
Services evolved into a highly professional social service agency sup-
porting the central Kentucky Jewish community, local resettlement of
refugees from the Former Soviet Union continued.

The challenge is clear. The Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation and the UJA/Federation Annual Campaign need the support
and commitment of the entire community if we ar