xt75x63b3155 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt75x63b3155/data/mets.xml Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass Kentucky Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass 1993-06 1993-07 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, June/July 1993 text image Shalom, June/July 1993 1993 1993-06 1993-07 2025 true xt75x63b3155 section xt75x63b3155 CK¢JF ..
Bulletin of the Central Kentucku
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June—July, 1993

ELLIE GOLDMAN ELECTED
CKJF PRESIDENT

Michael Bar-Zohar, Israeli Political -
Scientist in Lexington June 20-21

 

Noted Israeli political scientist, Michael Bar-Zohar will
be the guest of the Lexington Jewish Community on June 20-
21. Bar-Zohar will brief selected segments of the community
on the peace process and the current Middle Eastern political
process.

Mom in Sofia, Bulgaria, Bar-Zohar emigrated to Israel
in 1948. He served in Air Force Intelligence and Paratroopers
in defense of the new State. He participated in the Sinai
Campaign. fought in the Six-Day War and was later appointed
SpOkt‘Hl‘idl‘. of 1511' ilt-li'nso Ministry and press secretary to his
long time friend. Moshe Dayan.

1993—94 CKJF Board

Elisabeth Goldman
Arthur Shechet
Tomas Milch
Merle Wekstein

Jo Belin

David Feinberg
Michael Grossman

President
Vice Presidents:

Treasurer:

Secretary:

At Large Members of

the Executive Committee:

He was educated at the Hebrew University, where he
received his BA in political science and at the University of
Paris. where he received his MA and PhD.

His first book, ”Suez Top Secret", was based on his

PhD. {hows

it quickly became a best seller and won him the

Sokolov Prize (Israel's Pulitzer) and the Marechal Foch Award
of the Academic Francaise. He has written a number of novels
under his pen-name, Michael Barak.

The official biographer of David Ben-Gurion, he spent
1964-1978 researching and writing a three-volume biography
of the founder of the State of Israel.

Bar-Zohar lectured in the political science department

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A member of the Tenth Knesset and re-elected to the
Twelfth Knesset, he was a member of the Defense and Foreign
Affairs Committee and from 1988-1992 served as chairman of
the Education and Culture Committee.

He was recently appointed as visiting professor at
Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Bar-Zohar will meet with the Peer Leadership
Campaign and with top-level donors to the Central Kentucky

Jewish Federation.

Ignorance of the Holocaust
Rampant Among a
Significant Portion of the
American Population

A release from the American
Jewish Committee.
WASHINGTON, DC, April
19 . . . . Ignorance of the
Holocaust is rampant among a
significant portion of
American adults and high-
school youth, with sizable
minorities of both open to the
idea that the Holocaust did
not happen at all. However, a
majority of both adults and
youth believe that the
Holocaust is relevant today
and that it is important for all
Americans to know about and
understand the Holocaust.
These were some of
the key findings revealed in

an American Jewish
Committee survey titled
"What Do Americans Know
About the Holocaust?" The
study is the first ever to
explore systematically the
degree of knowledge that
Americans have about the
Holocaust and the ways in
which Americans view the
lessons of the Holocaust.

In general, the survey
underscores a serious
knowledge gap that exists for
both adults and youth in the
United States with regard to
basic knowledge about the
Holocaust. Thus, for each of
four questions measuring

 

By unanimous vote,
the Board of Directors of the
Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation elected Elisabeth
(Ellie) Goldman as its 9th
president at the May Board
of Directors meeting. Ellie,
active in Federation activities
for many years, assumed the

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challenge".
Judith Saxe, outgoing
President, upon passing the
gavel of the presidency,
stated that she felt assured
that the progress and work of
the Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation would continue
under the skilled leadership
of Ellie Goldman.

 

basic knowledge of the
Holocaust, from over one-third
to just under two-thirds of
adult Americans and a
majority of American high‘
school students fail to answer
correctly.

“Implications of the
Mm -- Sixty percent of
adult Americans agree either
strongly (28 percent) or mostly
(32 percent), and 53 percent of
high-school students agree
either strongly (23 percent) or
mostly (30 percent) with the
statement "The Holocaust
makes clear the need for the
State of Israel as a place of
refuge for Jews in times of
persecution.” Thirteen
percent of adults disagree
either strongly (5 percent) or
mostly (8 percent), with 14
percent of high-school

Cont. page 4
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New members elected to
serve on the Board:

 

Michael Adelstein
Pam Allweiss
Steven Caller

 

 

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Also by unanimous
vote, the officers of the CKJF
were elected for the 1993-94
term. See box for full slate.
T h e B o a r d of
Directors is charged with
leading the community in its
efforts to . find
distribute, throughprograms
and allocations, the proceeds
of the UJA/Federation

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Annual Campaign. A I 1
members of the Central
Kentucky Jewish Federation
are welcomed to become
involved in the efforts of the
Federation. Each member of
the Federation is eligible to
serve on the Board of
Directors, as voted upon by
the totality of the
membership.

A Muslim Looks at
Radical Islam and the
. Political Agenda

A release from the American
Jewish Committee - Recent
terrorist activities conceived
and carried out by Islamic
extremists -- most notably
their alleged involvement in
the bombing of the World
Trade Center in New York
and in the numerous
kidnappings and murders in
Israel -- have refocused world
attention to the dangers
posed by these "religious"

zealots. How have these
events affected the image of
Islam in America?

Gamal Moursi Badr,
adjunct professor of Islamic
law at New York University,
addressed this topic at an
American Jewish Committee
Interreligious Affairs
Commission Meeting.

Cont. page 9
see RADICAL

 

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THE TORAH THIS MONTH

by Rabbi Eric Slaton

TORAH SEDRAI-I
SUMMARIES

BHAALOTECHA
16 Sivan, June 5

Four ritual matters
begin this portion, the
lighting of the 7 branched
candelabrum by Aaron,
sanctification of the levites,
the second Passover and the
making of two silver
trumpets to be used for
signaling the people. The
portion relates that Israelites
were signaled by God and the
people were to remain were
they were as long as the
cloud covered the Tabernacle,
they were to move camp only
when the cloud was lifted
from the Tabernacle.

Reported are two acts
of rebellion. In the first, the
people complain about the
lack of meat. God causes

 

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Office Manager

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quail to be blown into camp
and are caught by the people
to eat. While enjoying the
fresh meat they are struck
with a plague. The second
act of rebellion is against
Moses by his own siblings,
Aaron and Miriam who
suggest that they too should
speak with God. MOses
ignores their challenge,
however God is angry and
only at Moses' prayer is their
punishment lifted.
SHELAH
12 Sivan, June 12
Approaching Canaan,
Moses sends out 12 spies.
They all report the land is
rich. Ten of the spies say
that the inhabitants are too
strong for the Israelites to
overcome. Frightened, the
people begin to discuss
returning to Egypt. Only
Joshua and Caleb urge the
people to trust in God and
move forward, but the people
do not listen. God threatens
to destroy the people, only
Moses' intercession saves
them. God says they will
indeed not inter the land, but
die in the desert, only their
children will enter the land.
The (ten spies whpvspnke

immediately.

The people are
alarmed and now attempt to
enter Canaan. Moses warns
them not to transgress Gods
command, again they do not
listen. The Canaanites and
Amalakites deliver a
crushing defeat.

Some miscellaneous
topics conclude the portion,
the meal, dough, and sin
offerings and the law of
fringes (tzitzit). A man who

 

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picks up sticks in violation of
the Shabbat is sentenced to
death.

KORACH
Rosh Hodesh Tammuz, June
19

This portion is named
after one of the men who
begins another rebellion.
The people are disheartened
after learning they will not
enter Canaan and are again
persuaded to rebel against
Moses' authority. Moses tells
the rebels to come to the
Tabernacle with their incense
pans. God is again ready to
destroy the entire people who
support the rebellion, but
Moses persuades God to
destroy only the rebels. The
earth opens up and they are
swallowed alive. Their pans
are then taken and beaten
into a covering for the altar
to remind the people of what
happened.

The people are again
angry that the rebels dies
and begin to demonstrate.
Only Aarons‘ incense
atonement saves the entire
people by death from a
plague. The right of the tribe
of Levi to serve in the
Tabernacle is proved when
each tribe is told tobring a

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against entering Canaan die

on it before the ark. In the
morning, Aarons' staff has
sprouted almond blossoms.
The portion concludes with
the duties and gifts that
belong to the Cohanim and
Levites.

HUKKAT
7 Tammuz, June 26

This portion begins
with the law of the red
heifer, whose ash mixed with
water are used to purify all
who come in contact with a
dead body. Miriams' death
occurs, and the people again
complain about water. Moses
and Aaron assemble the
people near a cliff. Moses
strikes the rock from which
water pours forth.

The Edomites refuse
permission for the Israelites
to pass through their land.
The king of Edom attacks

and takes prisoners. The
Israelites defeat him.
Aaron's death is

recorded, and he is mourned
for thirty days. His son
Eleazar takes his place as
Cohen Gadol, High Priest.
The people again
complain about water, and
poisonous snakes bite the
people. Moses made a copper

‘ snake and placed it on a pole. .

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Whomever looked on this
snake would survive.

The Kings Sichon and
Og refuse the Israelites
permission to travel through
their land. They too are
defeated.

BALAK
l4 Tammuz, July 3

Balak is the king of
the Moabites who is
frightened by the success of
the Israelites. He sends for
Beelam (or Balaam) to curse
the Israelites. At first God
warns Beelam not to go, but
finally gives him permission.
God sends a messenger to kill
Beelam, though his donkey
saves him by avoiding the
messenger twice. Seeing the
messenger at a narrow pass,
the donkey refuses to go on,
and Beelam beats him. God
then lets the donkey speak,
and Beelam realizes that he
has erred. Arriving at
Balak's camp, Beelam tells
the king that he can only say
what God puts in his mouth.
Every time Balak brings
Beelam to curse Israel, he

blesses them.
Unable to fight, the

 

Midianite women are sent
into the camp of Israel to
cause them to sin through
immoral acts. The idolators
are thenexecuted, though a
plague kills many until all
the idolators are punished.

PINCHES
21 Tammuz, July 10
Finches, who killed
two of the idolators is
rewarded with a special
covenant by God. A census of
all the people is taken to
prepare for the dividing up of
the land through a lottery.
The daughters of
Tzelafchad come to Moses
with a case. Their father had
died leaving no male heirs.
God tells Moses that they are
entitled to their fathers land.
Moses is told he will
soon die,a nd Joshua is
chosen to be his successor.
The portion ends with a
description of the sacrifices

for the holidays.

MATTOT-MASE
28 Tammuz, July 17

Cont. page 8
see TORAH

 

 

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