xt76m9022j5w https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt76m9022j5w/data/mets.xml Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass Kentucky Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass 1996-03 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, March 1996 text image Shalom, March 1996 1996 1996-03 2025 true xt76m9022j5w section xt76m9022j5w  

 
 

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Shalom

Adar/Nisan 5756

Jerry & Rose Rita Wurmser Receive
National Conference Award

 

Rose Rita & Jerry Wurmser

    

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Jerry ian‘" "'J’oe
Wurmser know how to win
friends and influence people, they
do it the old fashioned way - they
earn it through their many hours
of volunteer work. The
Wurmsers have consistently
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to the needs of others. On
Thursday evening, March 7, The
National Conference will honor
Jerry and Rose Rita with their
highest award, the Lauren K.
Weinberg Humanitarian Award.
First presented in 1950,
the National Conference’s
Humanitarian Award is given to a
person(s) or organization that
demonstrates that they have,
advanced the objectives of the
National Conference, are recog-
nized for achievements in com—
bating bigotry and prejudice, and
have shown specific contributions
to better intergmun human role;

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work of the National Conference.

The Wurmsers have met
the above criteria many times
over. They have tutored for
Operation Read, participated in
Christian-Jewish and interracial
dialogue groups, served food at

the Hope Center, built homes for
Habitat for Humanity, and been
instrumental in the resettlement of
Russian Jews to Lexington.

“It’s important that we
help others,” Rose Rita Wurmser
said. “No one makes it without
some help. It’s part of our reli-
gion that you pass on what you
can do to others.”

The Wurmsers will share
the Humanitarian Award honor
with another Lexington couple,
Rona Roberts and Steve Kay.
The awards dinner is in the
Heritage Hall Ballroom beginning
at ”:00 pm, preceded by a recep-
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Conference, founded as the
National Conference of Christians
and Jews, is a human relations
organization dedicated to fighting
bias, bigotry and racism. It pro-
motes understanding and respect
among all races.

 

Events scheduled for Campaign ‘96

A Women’s Division
Dinner and Super Sunday high-
light the March events scheduled
for the 1996 UJA/Federation
Campaign.

The Women’s Division
Dinner, chaired by Nancy
Hoffman, is slated for Thursday,
March 21 at Dudley’s Restaurant
in Lexington.

 

“The CKJF general campaign provides an opportunity for each mem-
ber of Federation to participate as a humanitarian on a world-wide
basis -— to rescue endangered Jews and to provide dignity through
financial assistance to Jews who depend on us. CKJF is the only vehi-

cle we have to allow individuals here to have a global influence. ”

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Dinner participants are
requested to make a $500 mini—
mum pledge to the ‘96 Campaign.
The evening begins at 6:30 PM.
Invitations will be in the mail in
the next few weeks.

Super Sunday takes
place March 24, between the
hours of 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM. If
you would like to volunteer to
help with Super Sunday, please
call CKJF at (606) 268-0672 or
268-0775.

The goal for the 1996
Campaign is $385,000.

 

 

 

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“An Evening with Elie Mesel”

Nobel Peace Prize Winner ' Author
Holocaust Survivor ° Human Rights Activist

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General Admission: $10 LIK Students: $5

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Arrangements for Mr. Wiesel made through B‘nai B’rith Lecture Bureau.

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Editorial ........... .4
Financial Advisor . . . .7
Havurah ........... 12
Hadassah .......... 12
Inside Israel ........ 14
028 .......... 10 & 1 1
Rabbi Adland ....... 3
President’s Spot ..... 2
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Mazel Tov to:

Eric Cole, son of
Robert & Karen Cole, who fin-
ished second in the 42nd District
of the Govemor’s Cup in Math
and fourth in the Language Arts.

Ben Elitzur, son of Moshe &
Shlomit Elitzur, who finished
fourth in the 43rd District of the
Govemor’s Cup in Science.

Keith Shapiro, son of Robert &
Meryl Shapiro, who finished
third in English and fourth in

Math in the 42nd District of the
Govemor’s Cup; and who has

been named as a
National Merit Finalist.

Ted Shapiro, son of Robert &
Meryl Shapiro, who finished third
in the 42nd District
(Middle School Level) of the
Govemor’s Cup in Math.

 

 

Shalom
Published ten times annually
by the
Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation, Inc.

340 Romany Road
Lexington, KY 40502
(606) 268-0672
Fax (606) 268-0775

CK$JF

March 1996
Volume 111, Issue 11

Tomas Milch, H.
President

Joel Eizenstat
Executive Director

Holly Bamhill
Editor & Advertising Manager

Michael Adelstein
Evelyn Dantzic Geller
Editorial Board Members

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

 

 

Dr. Daniel Potter,
Professor of Entomology at UK,
who is the 1995 recipient of the

Entomological Society of
America’s Recognition Award in
Urban Entomology.

Judy Saxe on becoming a
Hadassah National
Vice President.

Gloria Rie on receiving the
Healthcare Heroine Award
for her work as
Director of Volunteer Services
at Hospice of the Bluegrass.

Condolences to:

Stan & Phyllis Scher, Robert
Scher and Nancy Tate on the
death of their son and brother,

Lawrence Scher,
January 26, 1996.

Doug Rank, on the death of his
father Dale Rank.

Mitchell Eluto, on the death of
his grandfather, Jerome Eluto.

Matt Cordova, on the death of
his grandmother.
Laura Cordova.

Lucille & Mitchell Barnes, on
the death of their husband &
father, Lucian Barnes.

 

 

New Americans
Arriving in March

Three generations of a
family from the former USSR.
are expected to arrive in
Lexington during the month of
March. They will join family
members Tatiana and Michael
Klyachkin and their three chil-
dren.

Tatiana awaits the
arrival of her mother, Alevtina
German; her sister, Olga
Avgustevich; and Olga’s daugh-
ter Svetlana.

Though not involved in
bringing the Klyachkins to
Lexington, the Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation is helping in
the resettlement of Tatiana’s
mother, sister, and niece.

Michael, a first year res-
ident at the University of
Kentucky Medical Center, hopes
someday to bring more family
members to Lexington.

 

. ...Shalom...March 1996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mazel Tov!...to Rose
Rita and Jerry Wurmser for being
recognized as premier volunteers
in our community. A pair of
more dedicated, active, selfless
people would be hard to find in
any community. We are blessed
to have them with us.

The Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation could not func-
tion without the likes of Rose Rita
and Jerry. While we are fortunate
to have able professionals on our
staff, at the core we are a volun-

 

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by Tomas Milch H.

teer organization. Board mem-
bers, officers, committee mem-
bers, fund raisers, we are volun-
teers! The hours of selfless work,
the wise counsel, the sense of
shared commitments, and the
enthusiasm of all the members of
the CKJF make our community a
vibrant and exciting place for
Jews to live.

Perhaps Rose Rita and
Jerry’s example can encourage
you, dear reader, to join in with
us and lend us a hand, give us a
few hours of work, share your
ideas and concerns with us. Help
us to make the Jewish community
in central Kentucky even better.
Do not feel that you have nothing
to contribute, for every one of us

can be of help. What can your
contribution he? Call our office
and speak to our Executive
Director, Joel Eizenstat, or our
Program Director, Kim Slaton;
they have a large number of tasks
that need your input and help. Do
you have questions?...or an idea
that you would like to present?
Call me, or attend our next Board
of Directors meeting.

Next time you speak to
Rose Rita and Jerry be sure to
thank them for their labors for the
betterment of our community.
Then, honor them by volunteering
and carrying on their work!

 

O
P ur lm: the story, the celebration, the hamantashen

The Story:

The story of Purim is
found in the Megillat Esther,
meaning scroll of Esther. There
are five megillot: Song of Songs,
for Pesach: Ruth. for Shavuot‘,
Lamentations, for Tish B‘AV;
Ecclesiastes, for Sukkot; and
Esther, for Purim. Megillat
Esther is unique in that it is the
only one of the scrolls which
explains the origin of and its rela-
tion to the holiday on which it is
read, the other four megillot are
related to their holidays by asso-
ciation, not by definition. Also
notable, is that the name of G—d is
never mentioned in Megillat
Esther.

The story goes that King
Ahasuerus, ruler of Persia, ban-
ished (and probably beheaded) his
wife Queen Vashti because she
failed to present herself to his lik-
ing in front of guests. The King
was in need of a new wife. A
Jewish man named Mordechai
brought his niece, named
Hadassah (Esther in Persian) to
meet the King. Esther was cho-
sen as his Queen.

Mordechai overheard
two men plotting to kill the King,
he told Esther, and she in turn
alerted her husband to the danger.

At this point Haman,
King Ahasuerus’ Chief Minister,
had received a high position in
the court and always insisted peo—
ple bow down to him. Mordechai
refused to bow to Haman, as this
showed worship of someone other

than G-d. Haman flared his anger
at all Jews, and convinced the
King that the Jews were different
and needed to be destroyed.

Esther overheard
Haman’s plot and planned a way
to prment the tlisustei
pared a banquet and invited
Mordechai and Haman. The
night before the banquet the King
read his chronicles and learned of
Mordechai's role in saving his
life.

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The next day, the King
asked Haman how to honor a
worthy individual. Haman think-
ing the honor was for himself,
suggested royal garb and a pro-
cession on horseback. When
Mordechai received the recogni-
tion, Haman became even more
enraged.

At the banquet, Esther
asked the King to save her people
from destruction. When the King
discovered Haman was behind the
plot, he had Haman hung on the
same gallows that Haman had
built for Mordechai’s demise.

Since a royal edict could
not be reversed, the attack still
occurred, but the King allowed
the Jews to fight to defend them-
selves, which they did.

The Celebration:

The Megillat Esther is
read at Purim. Whenever
Haman’s name is read, the con-
gregation ‘blots out’ his name
with noise, greggars, foot stomp—
ing, or yelling. It is also tradition

 

to wear costumes and perform
spiels (plays). The plays are
humorous in nature, and the
atmosphere of the celebration is
very festive. This is the one time
when the,_',1fa_lrnud o -

snc thinking} "0n Purim. one
should drink until he can no
longer tell the difference between
‘cursed be Haman” and ‘blessed
be Mordechai” (Megillah 7b). It
is also customary to exchange
gifts between friends and to give
to the poor.

The Hamantashen:

Hamantashen is a
three-cornered pastry filled with
poppy seeds, apricots or prunes.
The shape of the pastry represents
the shape of Haman's hat.
German Jews make gingerbread
men and eat smoked meat.
Egyptians eat ozne Haman, or
deep-fried sweets shaped like
Haman’s ears.

Other foods eaten at

Purim are salted beans and chick-
peas, reminding us of Esther, who
would not eat anything that was
not kosher, so she survived most-
ly on beans and peas.

 

 

 

 

  

 

I recently received an e-mail on a
list that I am on called
HUCALUM (Hebrew Union
College Alumni) from Ammiel
Hirsch, Executive Director of
ARZA (Association of Reform
Zionist of America). The con-
tents of this correspondence is
very discouraging as to the future
of Liberal (Reform and
Conservative) Judaism. Rabbi
Hirsch writes the following:

Orthodox parties know that their
leverage is a maximum during
this election year, and are using it
to heap demands upon both major
parties - Labor and Likud.
Despite Prime Minister’s Peres’
denials to us, credible widespread
reports persist - including from
our own sources inside the gov-
emment- that a deal has already
been make between the Labor
party and certain Orthodox par—
ties that may set back our agenda

    
   
 
  
  

 
 
 
  

Lest you think that
Rabbi Hirsch is only writing pro-
paganda to encourage more
involvement, at a recent meeting
with 55 North American Reform
rabbis, the current Minister of the
Interior said:

“It is our fault that 650 soldiers
died in Lebanon, and for the sake
of Reform conversions he is not
going to allow us to send his child
back to Gaza to be killed. ”

What Rabbi Hirsch is
telling us is that the opinion of
millions of Reform and
Conservative Jews does not mat-
ter when considering the political
future of Israel. On one hand, the
old argument that I don’t live in
Israel is valid. Certainly, ifI
wanted a better voice I would
make aliyah and move to Israel.
But Israel is a country for every
Jew living everywhere in this
world. Any Jew who has visited
Israel or contributed to its welfare
has a stake in its future. After so
many years, I don’t want to be cut
out. If the leaders of Israel make
a deal with the Orthodox parties,
the future of any liberal Jewish

RabbiJon Adland

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movement in Israel will be under—
mined at best, obliterated at
worst.

Unfortunately, the strug-
gle for legitimacy of non-
Orthodox Judaism continues both
in Israel and in the Diaspora. If
you don’t observe Shabbat, fol-
low the dietary laws, observe the
holidays and holy days, or pray as
the Orthodox community does,
then your Jewish soul is suspect.
Who set the Orthodox community
up as my Jewish judge? Is their
celebration any more authentic
than mine? I believe that I lead
an observant and committed
Jewish life. There are 613 com—
mandments in the Torah. Not
every one of these command—
ments focuses on ritual behavior.
Along with the ritual are many
ethical mitzvot. These mitzvot
teach us how to relate to our fam-
ily, live with our neighbors, and
participate in our community.

I have never been com-
fortable defining who is a better
Jew. Weighing Shomer Shabbat
(complete observance of Ii trzidie
Liouul trade of Shabbat

of tzedakkah on a regular basis 15
a difficult scale to read. Putting
the dietary laws over against lov-
ing your neighbor as yourself is
complicated.

Every Jewish movement
has its strengths and weaknesses.
No one movement is perfect. We
approach each aspect of our great
Jewish civilization from a differ-
ent theological and philosophical
perspective. Finding our own
personal path to God within the
great sea of the Jewish experience
is a personal challenge. Each part
of the Jewish world - Orthodox,
Hasidic, Reform, Conservative,
Reconstructionist - offers a differ-
ent path with different under-
standing with different signposts
to guide the individual on his or
her journey.

Examine the Torah por—
tions in the month of March and
you can see the great diversity
and conflict of discovering what
is and who is a Jew. March
begins with the building of the
Tabernacle in the desert in
Parshat Tetzaveh. Different Jews
are assigned different tasks based
on their strengths. The next por—
tion Ki Tissa finds the Jewish
community in the desert in con-
flict as a result of the Golden

Calf. Later in March, we read
about the Temple sacrificial sys-
tem which underscores how peo-
ple could bring different sacri-
fices to satisfy different needs.
Even for the type of need, differ-
ent offerings were available.
There was never one way to think
about things or do things.

The diversity in Judaism
and the Jewish community brings
forth tremendous insight and
depth. If we all believed and
practiced the same way, our
homogenous community would
become stale and boring. A plu-
ralistic Jewish community forces
each of us to confront the emerg-
ing ideas and understandings of
ancient texts and modern experi-
ences with sincerity and commit-
ment. In these responses we
grow as we prepare to take the
next step.

The Orthodox communi-
ty in Israel want to suppress plu—
ralism. The Orthodox community
in Israel would like to eradicate
Liberal Judaism enforcing its
standards and measures on everx

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the same. Through its measure of
political coercion, the Orthodox
will assume a measure of power
and undercut all that we have
gained in maintaining and
strengthening the idea of a world
Jewry united as one.

Rabbi Hirsch writes:

Our friends in Israeli political
circles are literally begging us to
make our voices heard. If not,
they warn, we will be routed. You
can start by putting pressure on
Jewish umbrella organizations,
local and national CRC’s, and -
especially - local and national
federations - so that they will
treat this threat as seriously as
the “who is a Jew” issue. Send
letters to the Prime Minister and
Yossi Beilin (who is Peres’ chief
negotiator on coalition matters).
Meet with your local Israeli con-
sulates. They send reports back
to Israel.

This next election and
the coalition building that will
take place, may put Diaspora
Jewry on alert as to our future.
Let us not allow the Orthodox
community in Israel to take away
something that belongs to every
Jew.

 

 

 

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B riefs
,Ianuag Board Meeting

- The 1966 Operating Budget
was approved.

° 65% of the 1995 Campaign
pledges were collected in the
past five months. The 1996
campaign will emphasize a
“plus” theme to promote
increases in pledges. The 1996
goal is $385,000.

' Social Services will focus on
Jewish youth participation in
Anytown, camperships, and
Israel scholarships. Mollye
Schwab is working on a
new Resettlement Manual.

- Kim Slaton reported the CKJF
Chanukah party and Leisure
Club meeting went well.
Tickets for Elie Wiesel are
available at CKJF for
Patron Tickets, and at the UK
Student Box Office and
TicketMaster Outlets for
General Admission.

' Joel Eizenstat reported that the
office manager has resigned
and he is searching for a
replacement.

- The Louisville Federation
would like to work with CKJF
in developing “Kesher
Kentucky”, a leadership pro-
gram for high school students.

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Committee reported - see
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The Ethiopian Jews: A Lose-Lose Situation
by Michael E. Adelstein, Contributing Editor

It didn’t seem possible.
Israel with its population of five
million had absorbed half a mil-
lion Russian Jews and should
have had little difficulty making
room for 30,000 Ethiopian Jews
in its melting pot.

But there was a differ—
ence with these people. And one
aspect of this difference touched
off a spark that exploded into a
violent protest by 15,000
Ethiopian Jews recently. The
result was that more than 70
police officers and protesters
were injured, and Israel’s world—
wide image was affected.

The Israelis had been
confronted with a dilemma. And
they had decided to handle it with
a white lie instead of the truth.
Because of the alleged high rate
of HIV infection among the
Ethiopian Jews, the medical
authorities decided not to use
their blood in transfusions.
Instead it was dumped.

To admit this practice
was to run the risk of offending
the Ethiopians, who might have
concluded that their blood was
not good enough for the Israelis.
So its disposal was kept secret.

Then the Ethiopians learned about
its disposal and exploded.

Actually, the blood
donations were not the entire
story. Despite the govemment’s
providing funds for housing and
educating the Ethiopian immi—
grants, they did not assimilate as
easily as Jews from other coun-
tries.

They complained about
being placed in trailer camps,
about their children being forced
to attend religious schools or poor
boarding schools, and about hav-
ing their Judaism questioned by
the Orthodox religious establish-
ment, which required them to
undergo a symbolic conversion
consisting of having a drop of
blood let from their penises. And
even then, many were not accept-
ed as Jews. As a result of the
Ethiopian protest, the Israelis are
re-examining their attitudes and
procedures toward all immigrants.
Sephardic Jews have complained
about job discrimination; Russian
Jews now feel they are treated
like mafiosos, prostitutes, and
whiners.

But Ethiopian Jews feel
much more discriminated against

because of their color and their
disadvantage in moving from a
primitive to a highly sophisticated
society. They believe that race is
the issue.

Ironically, at the other
end of the spectrum, the highly
educated Russian immigrants —
doctors, engineers, mathemati-
cians, and musicians, whose chil-
dren have generally scored above
the Israeli average - also believe
that they are being discriminated
against by the secular and reli—
gious establishments. They have
recently formed a political party
headed by Natan Sharansky, the
former Russian refusenik, to gain
political power.

As Israel moves from its
earlier agricultural society into
the technological era, the Sabras
face additional problems in
assimilating people that have
been scattered throughout the
world for over 2,000 years. How
they deal with this issue as well
as that of making and maintaining
peace among its neighbors will be
important to its future.

Information for this article was taken

from one by Serge Schymemann in
the "New York Times. "

 

 

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Recently Andy Rooney
devoted his commentary on 60
Minutes to how ridiculous it was
for parents to name their children
Junior, rather than think of an
original name. I think the dead-
line for Mr. Rooney’s piece came
upon him before an inspiring
idea.

The reason for mention-
ing this is that I too face a dead-
line for this editorial. Happily,
nothing in the community has
occurred to cause my displeasure.
There is this bill in the legislature
about allowing prayer in the
schools. However, as the last
Shalom editorial talked about
Southern Elementary’s dilemma
with their December program, I
felt that the area of separating
church and state had already been
touched upon.

The good news is, I did
not succumb to Mr. Rooney’s
superficial level and resort to
something lame, like calling Idle
Hour Country Club to ask them
about their Jewish and minority
memberships. Besides, that
would be more effective during

the golfing season.

Instead, the definition of
being a good Jew came to mind.
What makes a person a good
Jew? From what I have heard and
leaned, study is important, as is
following traditional rituals, but
there’s another important part.

Many times over my
Rabbi ends his sermon with the
phrase, “Tikkun Olam”, which
means to repair the world. That,
to me, is the heart of being a good
Jew. To repair the world, is to do
good and caring things for others.
This encompasses many acts,
from making chicken soup for a
sick friend, to endowing a fund
that helps people in need of assis-
tance.

Most of us do at least
some good deeds in our lifetime,
yet many times the thought is
there, but the action is never com—
pleted. How many times have
you meant to call or write a rela-
tive or friend, but failed to take
the time to do so? How many
times have you put dinner on the
table and then thought about
someone you should have invited

to join in the meal?

I personally am guilty of
not turning my thoughts into
actions. For example, there is a
friend who recently moved into
an assisted living facility. This
friend also suffered a minor
stroke shortly after her move.
Often I think of her, even drive by
her home on a daily basis, but
have yet to stop and visit.

My grandmother is over
90 years old. Lately her vision
has been failing. I have thought
about making an audio tape of my
daughter to send to her, but I have
yet to take the time to do so.

I know another couple
who are suffering through a ter-
minal illness in the family. Day to
day living has been very difficult
for them lately. I haven’t visited
or called them for over a year.

I wonder how many
other friends or family members
have thought about these people,
but haven’t made the time to do
anything about it. The people
who need, or would appreciate a
kind thought, don’t know they are
in our thoughts or hearts unless

we tell them or show them. They
may think they have been forgot—
ten.

Being a ‘good’ Jew con—
sists of many things, yet one of
the most important edicts is so
simplistic - be a good and caring
person. “Once upon a time” is
the way most fairy tales begin, yet
if each good Jew were to write the
story of Tikkun Olam beginning
with “once in the 90’s, I made the
time....”, then perhaps the fairy
tale would come true.

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enced and successful actor in the community. Jason is very active in
the Lexington Children’s Theatre and sings in his school choir. He has
already appeared in newspaper and television ads, as well as doing
live modeling for several shopping malls. Jason‘s hobbies include act-
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Young Authors

If }ou are between the
ages of 8-18, and have a talent
for drawing, sculpting, painting,
photography, writing poems or
short stories. Shalom would like
to feature ‘ 1 as the young artist
of the month.

If you would like to
submit your work for publication,
please contact Holly Barnhill at
(606) 268-0672.

MAZON Donates to God’s Pantry

MAZON, A Jewish
Response To Hunger, has granted
more than $110,625 to nine
Kentucky organizations over the
last ten years, including $74,625
in Lexington. In 1995, MAZON
provided a $6000 grant to God’s
Pantry Food Bank in Lexington
for the Funds For Food project,
which establishes food-purchas—
ing accounts for 10 of the food
bank’s poorest rural agencies.

MAZON, the Hebrew
word for “food”, raises funds
principally by asking American
Jews to contribute 3% of the cost
of their life-cycle celebrations,

and makes grants to non—profit
organizations in the United States
and abroad to reduce hunger.

MAZON also conducts
two annual holiday appeals, dur-
ing Passover and Yom Kippur.
For Passover, Jews are asked to
donate the dollars they would
have spent to feed one extra guest
at their seder.

Ohavay Zion Synagogue
and Temple Adath Israel are two
of over 730 synagogues nation-
wide that have joined MAZON as
“partners” to raise funds in com-
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Students

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Oops...

...in thanking people who
helped move the CKJF
storage unit and set up
apartments during the bliz—
zard of ‘96 we forgot to
mention Judy & Abe
Levine, Doug Stern and
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Cbmmunity filations Committee

R E P O R T
by Michael I. Grossman, Chairperson

A number of important
issues have recently been brought
to the attention of the Community
Relations Committee (CRC).
Probably the most important issue
affecting the Jewish Community
is the proposed legislation in
Kentucky on student initiated
prayer and moment of silence in
public schools. At its Board
Meeting on January 24th, the
Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation (CKJF) Board of
Directors unanimously adopted a
resolution opposing student initi-
ated voluntary prayer and a
moment of silence in public
schools. Tomas Milch H., as
President of CKJF, has sent let-
ters stating the position of CKJF
to the State Senators representing
Lexington, as well as the Senators
who comprise the Senate
Education Committee, where the
legislation is currently being dis-
cussed.

possible! If you don’t know who
to call, please call the CKJF
office for the names of your
Senators.

CRC recently sent a
schedule and explanation of the
Jewish Holy Days for the 1996-
97 school year to Dr. Peter Flynn,
Superintendent of Fayette County
Public Schools. We have encour-
aged Dr.