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MARCH 2006

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KENTUCKY JEWISH FEDERATION

ADAR-NISAN 5766

Local B’nai B’rith
chapter revitalized

Good news announced for all past, present,
and wannabe members

By Ernie Cullen, Ira/I Cooper, \larli/ Knit/mi, Norman Kiss, and Incl Roifmmi

On Thursday February 2, five members of our local Stanley Rose Lodge met for
lunch and formed an ad—hoc committee to plan the next activity for the lodge.
B'nai B’rith in the Bluegrass area has a long and proud history, and the five of
us decided it was time to re-energize the group so we can carry on the good

works of the past. We are putting out a call for all who are, or were, B'nai B’rith
members to contact one of us listed in the byline above to join us in this effort.

We would also like to hear from those of you who are interested in becoming
members. B’nai B'rith was started in 1843 as a social service organization for
Jewish immigrants to America. It has expanded its scope and is now an

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Student finds community,

meaning in Israel
Trip made possible by Birthright

By Erin Pritrirln Ill/IllSUII

Recently I received a gift that made
the greatest impact on me of any in
my life: a trip to Israel. For ten days
I experienced Israel as a part of a
Taglit-Birthright group. Until I set
foot on the land of my people and
felt the taut connection anchoring my
spirit to the spirit of the land, a
feeling which is truly indescribable,
Zionism was only a definition; now
it is a part of me. I explored old

Jerusalem, crouched through the
tunnels of Ammunition Hill, climbed
Masada, swam in the Dead Sea, went
out in new Jerusalem, cruised the
Kinneret, hiked in Gamla, visited the
Golan Heights Winery, slept in a
Bedouin camp in the Negev, toured
Yad VaShem, met a Kabbalah artist in
Tzfat, sat in Independence Hall in Tel
Aviv, stayed in a kibbutz, walked the

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the current situation in Israel.

In response to the current tense
security situation in Israel, Freda has
joined a volunteer police unit and
participates regularly in night police
patrols in the streets of downtown
Jerusalem. “Wearing the Israeli police
uniform, and the knowledge that I
am helping in some small way to
keep my city safe, fills me with a
deep sense of pride and honor. It's
one of the best things I have ever
done,” she says.

In a long and dramatic career with
K01 Israel, the Israel Broadcasting
Authority in Jerusalem, Freda Keet
has been an anchorperson,
interviewer, investigative journalist,
and war correspondent reporting
from the front lines. Her name and,
more particularly, her voice are
familiar to listeners throughout the
English-speaking world through K01
Israel’s overseas broadcasts.

Born in Central Africa, in what is
now known as Zimbabwe, Freda
grew up in an intensely Jewish and
Zionist community with Israel the focal
point of a Vibrant community life.

She studied theater and drama in
England and graduated with honors
from London's Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art, winning special
scholarships to study radio
journalism at the famed BBC. She
made aliyah to Israel in 1963,
fulfilling a lifelong dream, and
immediately began working at Kol
lsrael, determined, as she say s. to
break into the male—dominated

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She quickly won recognition for

her in-depth reporting on new
immigrant communities and on
isolated border settlements, reporting
often from kibbutzim under fire in
remote areas. She was one of only a
handful of journalists given
permission to travel to the Suez
Canal during the War of Attrition
with Egypt in 1970-1971, traveling

see Campaign, page 16

Evelyn Dantzic Geller. See page 3 for story.

IN THIS ISSUE

Shalom Spotlight: Evelyn Dantzic Geller .......... 3
Holidays at a glance ......................... 3
President's Message ......................... 4
Engaging National Social Work Month ........... 4
Close—up ................................. 5
Times change, JFS is there to help .............. 5
From the Executive Director ................... 6
Third Opinion ............................. 7
Ask a Rabbi ............................... 8
Ask JFS .................................. 9
Visit to Jerusalem is magical experience .......... 9
UK Judaic Studies announces spring schedule ......... 9
New Jewish community playgroup fills a gap ...... 10
CRC seeks local writers and speakers ........... 10
Camp Shalom & Camp Gesher 2006 ........... 11
Camp Shalom & Camp Gesher skate ........... 11
History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — Part VI . . .12
Emergency Food & Shelter Program .............. 13
Israeli Society ............................. 14
Tikkun Lexington volunteers are appreciated ...... 15
OZS Social Action Committee seeks volunteers . . . .16
Book Review ............................. 17
Camp Young Judaea is spiritual home to campers . .17
B’tayavon ............................... 19
Hadassah Foundation awards $670,000 ......... 19
History of B’nai B’rith ....................... 20
Lexington Havurah ......................... 20
Around the Community ..................... 21
Lexington Hadassah ........................ 21
TAI .................................... 22
OZS ................................... 23
Community Calendar ....................... 24

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Evelyn Dantzic Geller:

Spellbinder and activist
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Do you know a ”Spellbinder”? You probably do, but
perhaps you didn’t know that Evelyn Dantzic Geller is
one. This is one of the many activities she currently
pursues. “Spellbinders” is a group of (mostly) retired
adults who serve as storytellers under the auspices of the
Lexington Public Library. Spellbinders visit the public
schools and weave their tales for children, but there is
more to know about this woman who has been an
important fixture in the Lexington community scene
since she arrived here in August 1968.

Evelyn was born in Manhattan and raised in the Flatbush
section of Brooklyn along with her younger brother, Bill.
Therefore, like so many other folks in our community, she
can claim to be a native New Yorker. But, if you ask her
where she is from, she is most likely to answer “Ball-
mer," as her family

Shalom Spotlight

By Gail R. Cohen

attend Catholic University in
Washington, DC. During those two
and a half years she studied hard,
learned much, and educated those
around her about what it meant to be
a Jew. She graduated with a Master
of Science in Nursing.

Not satisfied with that achievement,
she entered a doctoral program at
Teachers College of Columbia
University in New York City. During
her three years there, she regularly
attended services at the Jewish
Theological Seminary with such
luminaries as Abraham Joshua
Heschel and Louis Finkelstein. Her
connection to Judaism was further
strengthened during those years.

While she was completing her course
work, and with a

relocated to Baltimore,
Maryland when she was 8
years old.

She grew Lip in a very
observant home and
attended services at a
Conservative svnagogue.

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Like most Easterners,
she doubted that there was a
Jewish community here in
Lexington. She soon learned
that was not the case...

second master’s
degree (in
Education) in hand,
a professor told her
about a position that
was open at the
College of Nursing
at the University of

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ardent Aionists. ihe\

may &Wr»'daughter to become active in Zionist

youth organizations, and Evelyn became quite active in
both Habonim and Young Judaea. It was in her home and
in those youth groups that she developed her great love
for Israel.

She attended Forest Park High School, where, she admits,
she did not tend to business. As a result, while she
wished to become a physician, she was not prepared to
go on to medical school. Instead, she attended the Sinai
Hospital School of Nursing and obviously found her
calling. At that time, academic nursing programs were
quite new. Determined to increase her knowledge and
credentials she went on to the University of Pennsylvania.
Having learned to apply herself to her studies, she earned
a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a rare credential in those
davs.

After graduation, Evelyn returned to Baltimore to work
as an operating room nurse and, for a time, as a private
duty nurse. lt was during that time that a physician she
knew asked her permission to give her phone number to
a young man named Jerry Geller.

Now, Evelyn had reached her full height of five feet eight
inches by the time she was twelve years old. She always
hoped she would meet and marry a tall man. She
probably wasn’t thinking of a guy who was seven feet
two inches tall, but when Jerry called to ask her out, she
agreed to see him. It was a whirlwind courtship! They
married in a matter of months after they first met. Sadly,
they had only five years together before Jerry passed
away in l96l.

Determined to become a teacher, she applied for graduate
school and received a Federal grant that allowed her to

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to Kentucky and
really liked what she saw at the ;
College. Twenty-five years later she
retired from UK as an associate
professor. Her students can be found
working in hospitals all over
Lexington. As she goes about town,
she frequently meets them as they
recognize and greet her.

Professionally, Evelyn became active
in the Kentucky Nurses Association.
She rose to the office of president, the
first Jewish person to serve in that
capacity. She continues to be
involved in KNA and serves on

its by-laws committee.

Like most Easterners, she doubted
that there was a Jewish community
here in Lexington. She soon learned
that was not the case, and she
immediately became an active
member of Ohavay Zion Synagogue
and at one time served as treasurer
of the congregation. Evelyn is a
regular at Saturday morning services
there.

She is also a founding member of the
Lexington Havurah. Involvement in
the Havurah gave her an opportunity
to be a true participant in services.
Under the auspices of the Havurah,
she became the first adult Bat

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Major
Significance—Commemoration of Queen Esther's foiling

of the wicked vizier Haman in his plots against the Jews
in Persia (legendary).

References—The Book of Esther.

Religious activities—Synagogue service at which the
Book of Esther (Megz'llah) is read. Noisemakers (gmggers)
may be brought along and sounded whenever Haman’s
name is mentioned.

Traditional Food’Beans and peas, kreplach, turkey,
lmnmntaslzen (Haman's pockets, or in Hebrew, oznei
Haman, Haman’s ears)—tri-cornered pastry folded over
poppy, prune, or other sweet filling.

Customs—Dressing in costume, sending children to
neighbors with goodies, giving to charity, drinking
alcohol ”till you can't tell Mordechai from Haman”
(the only Jewish holiday on which inebriation is ok).

Requirements—Hear the Megillah read, feast, and be friendly.
(Work is permitted.) The observant fast the day before.

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Marriage, by Mary Helene Rosenlmum and Stanley Ned
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For all the celebrations in life!

The other night I got a call from a
high school classmate who told me
that we were having a 51st reunion
in Washington, D. C. next fall. I
know most people have 50th
reunions, but we just felt like being
different. I was thrilled and
immediately confirmed that I would
attend, offering any help I could
provide. He asked me about pictures,
and when I looked at them, I was
struck by how many of my
classmates were Jewish. Out of 25 or
so kids in my 6th grade class, about
one half were Jewish. The percentage
dropped somewhat through junior
high, high school, and college, but
never below about one third.

President's Message

Marty Barr

when
Pesach
was. It was
truly a
different
world
from the
one we
live in

today.

The other
striking thing to me about that time
was the constant presence of my
extended family. Every Sunday we
would gather around the dining
room table——an assortment of aunts,
uncles, and cousins—to eat and talk.
Some of the

Yes, the
chorus held

As I look at Lexington,

discussions
were about

games around the High Holidays
and the baseball coach understood

Engaging National Social Work Month

By Fran Morris Mandel
Fran Morris is an MSW student at the University ochntucky

Every year since 1984, the National Association of Social
Workers (NASW) has declared March to be Social Work
Month. The campaign began as a way to promote the
profession and unite social workers as they advocate for
their clients and themselves. Often, there is misinformation
regarding social work in the community, so Social Work
Month is a great time to dispel myths and learn more
about the profession.

NASW provides some general facts about social work
that you may not know. It takes a bachelor’s, master’s, or
doctoral social work degree with a minimum number of
hours in supervised fieldwork to become a social worker.
Currently, more than 600,000 people in the US. hold
social work degrees. More than 60 percent of the nation’s
mental health treatment is provided by social workers.
Social workers work in a variety of settings, including
hospitals, schools, police departments, mental health
clinics, and military facilities. Social workers engage with
all age populations, from the very young to the very old.
There are more than 170 social workers in national, state,
and local elected office, including two US. senators and
four U.S. representatives.

Each year a new theme informs activities and an
educational campaign during National Social Work
Month. This year’s national theme focuses on aging, a
pertinent issue for many professions, but especially for

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social work. According to NASW, 75 percent of social
workers currently work with adults age 55 or older, and
24 percent of social workers devote half their time to
cases involving older adults. As life spans increase and 27
percent of the population (Baby Boomers) retire in 2011,
social workers will be in high demand. The Center for
Workforce Studies, the research division of NASW, fears

The University of Kentucky College of
Social Work is 613990an National
Social Work Month this year by hosting
a. series of educational events and
forums highlighting international

' issues.

that there will not be enough professional social workers
to meet the growing needs of our aging population.

As well as promoting issues pertaining to aging during
National Social Work Month locally, we are also
concerned about global issues affecting diverse
populations. The University of Kentucky College of Social
Work is supporting National Social Work Month this year
by hosting a series of educational events and forums
highlighting international issues. The week-long program
of activities during March 6 to 10, 2006 is co-sponsored by
the Lexington—Fayette Urban County Government, the

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a Shr‘sm‘as where we have made our . famlly

recrtal and problems,

the school home for close to 30 yearS. although

had a tree, I am Struck by the these

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coach knew the“ and now‘ the younger
not to people. Other
schedule times it was

about almost anything. (I was
reminded about this when we
were in Washington recently and
one of my elderly Lllltlt‘\ became

gravely ill.)

As I look at Lexington, where we
have made our home for close to 30
years, I am struck by the differences
between then and now. We are a
community of around 3,000 people
Central Kentucky, or less than one
percent of the general population,
and the school-age population is
probably similar. Secondly, my
grown children no longer live here,
nor do the children of most of our
friends. They have moved to larger
communities with larger Jewish
populations. Today, it takes a major
effort just to get my immediate
family together, much less the
extended one.

I know this is somewhat rambling,
but I think the message is clear. In
Central Kentucky it takes extra effort
for us to maintain the level of
identity that we need both now and
in the future. This means that the
importance of local organizations
working together toward the
common goal of maintaining and
enhancing the Jewish life experience
can't be understated. My pledge is
that CKJF will do just that. Q

Close-up

By Elissa Brown

Two current CKJF board members bring

insights from other communities
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Mimi Kaufman is originally from Centerville, Ohio (a suburb of Dayton), and
has lived in Lexington for the past eighteen years. She and her husband Micah
have two children, Max and Lily. Mimi and her family belong to Temple
Adath Israel. She is a part-time social worker at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation
Hospital as well as a full-time mom. Mimi has been a board member since
2004. She joined the board to help serve the Jewish community. When asked
what she sees for our community, Mimi says she would like one day to see a
JCC (Jewish Community Center) with enough space to house Camp Shalom.

Angie Ornstein officially moved to Lexington in 1994. Angie loves visiting her
native Marion County, but enjoys the diversity of Lexington from Lebanon,
Kentucky. She lives here with her husband Rich and their four "children,"
Elvis, Priscilla, Colonel Parker, and Gracie (two cats and two dogs). Angie and
her husband recently joined Temple Adath Israel. She is a legal secretary in a
small law office and says that there is never a dull moment there. This is
Angie’s first year serving on the board. Angie would like to see more
involvement within our community. She says there’s more to do in the
community than just reaching into our pockets; she hopes to get out into

the community as well. ﬁ

Times change. J FS can help.
If you need help changing the
batteries in your smoke detector
or adjusting the time on your
clocks J FS will be there on
Sunday, April 2, from 2 ‘ 5 p.m.

To arrange for this service or for more

information contact Stacey Heisler
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Are you looking for an easy volunteer project that will help someone in our
community? Well, JFS has just the thing. This spring, JFS will be helping
elderly and disabled individuals change the batteries in their smoke detectors
gm ell as adjust the times on their clocks for Daylight Savings. The event will
take place on April 2, 2006 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.

. ' is a great activity for the uiioie family. It is a small way to perform a
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Tikkun Lexington's
Stewart Home Visitation Schedule

“rikkua Lexingoa

Thursday, March 9th at 6:30 p.m.
Enjoy a Purim celebration with residents

Wednesday, June 7th at 6:30 p.m.
Family Weekend at the Stewart Home

Come celebrate life with Tikkun and the
Stewart Home Residents!

Call Jana LaZur, CKJF Activities Director,
at (859') 268-0672 or email
tikkun@jewishlexingtonorg for any info.

We will ride together and caravan from the
Chinoe Shopping Center 45 minutes
prior to start times.

Social work month (from page 4)

Lexington Commission on Race
Relations, and the Lexington
Theological Seminary.

All of the College’ 3 forums are open ,

to the public and all are free except
for the March 9 Community
Reconciliation breakfast and Drum
Major for Peace awards. Some
programs of interest include a lecture
by Dr. Maria Yellow Horse Brave

Heart, from the University of Denver,

on ”Models for Healing of
Indigenous Survivors of Historical
Trauma.” Dr. Brave Heart is working
to develop clinical models
integrating concepts of
intergenerational trauma and
unresolved grief with findings from
Holocaust survivor studies, using
these ideas to enable American
Indians to improve their parenting
skills and family functioning. As co-
founder and director of the Takini
Network, a group of Native
American therapists, she conducts
workshops and research among
members of the Lakota Tribe and
other native communities. This
lecture will take place on Tuesday,
March 7 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the
Lucille Little Fine Arts Library, Niles
Gallery at UK.

Another lecture that promises to

be excellent is by University of
Massachusetts Professor of
Psychology Dr. Ervin Staub. In 2004,
Dr. Staub created a PhD. program in
The Psychology of Peace and the

Prevention of Violence at the
University of Massachusetts, and his
current work focuses on promoting
peace and healing for survivors of

the Rwandan genocide. mm ~- .

lecture will focus on his intervention
research with Rwandan survivors, as
he has been studying the psychological,
cultural, and societal roots of
genocide and mass killing for many
years. The purpose of his work has
always been to use this
understanding for the prevention of
violence, and he has written several
books on the subject, including The
roots ofe‘uil: The origins ofgenocide and
other group violence, 1989; and The
psychology ofgood and evil: Why
children, adults and groups help and
harm others, 2003. Dr. Staub’s lecture
will be held on Thursday, March 9
from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the King
Alumni House.

Local sponsorship of National Social
Work Month will be a great tribute to
the work of social workers in the
United States and abroad. It will also
serve as an important opportunity
for the Central Kentucky community
to learn more about the profession of
social work, as well as how we can,
together, have an impact on
important societal issues. To obtain a
full schedule or learn more about the
activities during International Social
Work Week, please call UK College
of Social Work professors Dr. Annette
Sossou at (859) 257—6651 or Dr. Patty
Cook at (859) 323—7407. ﬂ

March 2006 Shalom - 5

From the Executive Director

Can we understand the world in
which we live without understanding
the historical context? There are
many today who would say yes and
many who would say no. I want to
explore the question.

How did I become the person I am
today? Obviously, who I am was
determined partly by the education I
received at home and at school; I was
also inﬂuenced by people outside my
immediate family, some of them
members of my extended family
(grandparents, uncles, aunts) and
others outside it (teachers and friends).

Who I am today has also been
shaped by my personal experiences,
the triumphs and the disappointments,
the jobs I performed and the projects
I created. I shaped my life as much
as my life shaped me. By responding
to the challenges put in front of me, I
changed reality and I changed myself
along with it. Can this analytical
approach be used on something
more complex, like the Israeli-
Palestinian conﬂict? Let’s see.

Daniel Chejfec

If we look at today’s reality, it is
unmistakable that Israel has the
stronger hand and the Palestinians
the weaker one. So why do Israelis
feel uncomfortable with letting
themselves get whatever they want?
And why do some Palestinians,
against all real expectations, insist
on the need to destroy Israel?

Looking at the historical relationship
between the two people could give
us a context of some kind—or not. So
let us look at the first question: Why
do Israelis feel so uncomfortable and
distrust the
Palestinians?

Way before there
was a State of
Israel or even a
Hagganah, the
Arabs blew up a
bus in West
Jerusalem. The
year was 1920.
During the 19205,
164 Jews were
killed. In 1936, Amin El Husseini,

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Join us for the

Central Kentucky
Jewish Community

Holocaust Remembrance Day Observance

Sunday, April 23 at 7 pm.

Ohavay Zion Synagogue
2048 Edgewater Court

Keynote Speaker will be David Smith, teacher and
co—organizer of the Whitwell, Tennessee
Middle School Paperclips project.

Contact Daniel Chejfec at the (HOP ofﬁce for more information.
(859) 268-0672 or ckjf@jewishlexington.org

Central Kentucky Jewish Federation

Jewish Student Organization/Hillel
Lexington Chapter of Hadassah

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Mufti of Jerusalem, embraced the
Nazi leader in Berlin and proclaimed
his support for the Hitlerian ethnic
cleansing program. Upon coming
back, he engaged in a wave of Nazi—
sponsored terrorism which left 311
Jews dead between 1936 and 1940.
After Israel’s independence, Arab
leaders repeatedly called for Israel’s
destruction, and Palestinians, with
Soviet support, initiated a campaign
of attacks on Israeli civilians across
the cease-fire borders deceptively
known as ”green lines.” Then came
the 705 and the attacks on Jews and

Israelis all over the globe: Entebbe,
Munich, Klinghoffer, and the Achille
Laura are names that are difficult to
forget. And throughout it all, Arab
regimes promoted the idea that the
Holocaust never happened, that JeWs
left Arab lands because they wanted
to, and they used the anti—Semitic
forgery of the Protocols of the Elders
of Zion and the age-old Blood Libel
to justify their drive to destroy the
Jews. Against that backdrop, Jews
appear to be justified in distrusting
the Arabs. Recent events following
the withdrawal from Gaza were
accompanied by an increase of
violence and rocket attacks rather
than an opportunity for dialogue.

So why do some Arabs insist against
all reason on the need to destroy
Israel? Arab Nationalism was laid on
the foundation of the Muhawiddun or
Wahabbism, a philosophy that
proclaims peace will come only
when the whole world accepts the
Mohammedan revelation of t