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Central Kentucky Jewish Federation

UNITED JEWISH APPEAL
1 999 CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY

Rabbi Adland and Rabbi Slaton serve as Honorary Co-Chairs

community met at the Central Kentucky Jewish

Federation Offices to plan the United Jewish
Appeal Campaign for 1999. The late date, the failure
of last year’s effort to reach our goal and the loss of
our executive director added a sense of urgency to the
gathering. To the credit ofall those present, there was
no talk ofscaling back or ofskipping the drive alto-
gether this year. Unanimously, it was decided that the
purpose of our Federation was as valid and important
as ever and that we should renew our efforts to mount
a Campaign worthy of the Central Kentucky Commu-
nity and the goals of The United Jewish Appeal.

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1999, Central Kentucky Jewish

Federation is delighted to kick off
its 1 999 UJ A/ Federation Campaign with the
Maj or Gifts Event. The evening will begin
with an Havdalah service led by the Honor-
ary Campaign Co-Chairs, Rabbi Jon Adland ,-.
and Rabbi Eric Slaton, followed by a '
gala dessert reception. Our guest
speaker for the evening will be Rabbi
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by Michael L. Ades
e 180 Day Committee has held two meetings as a

beginning of its review of the Central Kentucky Jewish

Federation’s (CKJF) Mission, programs, activities,
organization and administration. The initial meeting focused on
the mission of CKJF, its history and staffing, and a very prelimi—
nary discussion of a future vision. The second meeting focused
on a general review of all aspects of CKJ F and a discussion of
how the Committee’s work will proceed.

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SOME QUESTIONS
WITHOUT ANSWERS

by Evelyn Dantzic Geller

tthis time of year, it is traditional to wish people “Ah

Fraylichah Pesach,” a joyous Passover. I know we

are supposed to rejoice in the deliverance of our people
from bondage and in the prospect of our entry into our promised
land. But I know also that we must not rejoice in the face of the i '
suffering of others. So how can we celebrate knowing that the i
Egyptians suffered not only the death of their first born sons but also
the death of many soldiers who drowned when the waters of the
parted searetumed. In modem terms, can this translate into the .
need for us to acknowledge and try to assuage the suffering of so :

many in our country and around the world even as we celebrate?
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1 Feature SID/76$ David & Deborah Sogin, on the death ofDeborah’s

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, Some Thoughts .............. 7 The Elton & Rose Families on the death of Charles Elton.

Broadway ...................... 8 MAZEL TOV TO:

‘ Politically Incorrect 11 David & Jan Doctrow, on the birth oftheir grandson,
"""" Benjamin Phillip Gould on February 26, 1999.

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HlAS ........................... 18 REFUAH SHLEMA:

Continued speedy recovery to Evelyn Dantzic Geller,
A/SO Beth Goldstein, Paula Harrison, Max Kovinow, Jimmy
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Published ten times annually by the
Central Kentucky Jewish Federation, Inc.

340 Romany Road, Lexington, KY 40502
(606) 268-0672 :9: Fax (606) 268—0775
April 1999, Volume VI, Issue 7
Evelyn Dantzic Geller, President

Kim Slaton, Acting Executive Director and Program
Manager

Editor & Advertising Manager, Carrie McDanald

Sharyn Sharer, Advertising Salesperson

The
Deadline

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Michael Adelstein & Evelyn Dantzic Geller, Editorial Board

The
President’s
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by
Evelyn Dantzic Geller

CKJF ENDOWMENTS:
A WAY TO HONOR
OR MEMORIALIZE

 

or some years now the financial situation at “CKJF has

been becoming increasingly complex. One dimension

of the complexity was the situation with our Board and
donor designated funds and endowments. Ken Mayer, CKJ F
Treasurer, and Joel Eizenstat, then Executive Director, in
consultation with the donors who had established endowment
funds, developed a proposal defining the purposes and content
of all existing funds and endowments. At a recent meeting the
CKJ F Board of Directors simplified the predicament by ap—
proving their plan for the following funds and endowments.

Board Designated

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'12) providelulu/star L‘()/}l/lillllll_l' programs and/or other
uses designated by the ( 'lx'Jh Board of Ull't’t'lflt‘S

2. Central Kentucky Jewish Federation Catastrophic Needs

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To provide the C'KJli‘portion ()ji/iindingfm' the (lift of
Israel program.

Donor Designated

1 . Edgar Zanker Endowment
To provide funds for Israel Experience Scholarships

2. Elizabeth Rosenberg Endowment
To provide programming on Women ’s Issues to the Cen-
tral Kentucky Jewish community.

3. Sue Friedman Endowment
To provide programming on Jewish Family Life Educa-
tion to the Central Kentucky Jewish Community.

O.K. Now you are up to date on the state of affairs as
regards endowments, so I’ll get to the point. Each of these funds
or endowments has a basic allocation. But that is it. If, please
G—d, we should have the opportunity to invite a Jewish senator
or cabinet member or Supreme Court Justice to Central Ken-
tucky, even with the existing endowments. we would not have
the money to do so. If, heaven forbid, Central Kentucky should
be hit by a tornado, the Catastrophic Needs Fund would be
wiped out in a second. What we need are contributions. o\'er
and above your contributions to the annualjoint campaign. that

The editorial staff has the right to edit all articles submitted for publication In Will build Ihcse endowments 10 me advantage Ora” mcmiwm 0f

5halom. The appearance of any advertismg in this publication does not
represent a kashruth endorsement on the part of CKJF or any other agency
or organization. 5haiom is supported by the advertisements appearing In
the papen

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by Kim Slaton

Vivian Bowling, chair of the Yom Ha’Atzmaut Israel
Independence Day Celebration along with committee
members Ronit Eres and Irena Fuks are busy planning

a wonderful celebration in honor of Israel ’ 5 Birthday. Plans

include lots of free Middle Eastern cuisine, Israeli Dancing and
performances from Lexington’s own youths. This event, spon—
sored by the Central Kentucky Jewish Federation, marks the
first Yom Ha’ Atzmaut celebration organized by a group of

Lexington, Kentucky Israelis. This exciting event is planned for

Wednesday, April 28th at Temple Adath Israel, 124 N.

Ashland Avenue from 6-8 pm. and is free to the members of
the Jewish Community. See you there!

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UJA 99 continued from page 1

Steve Caller will head up the Men’s Campaign; Judy Levine and
Marty Barr will take charge of the Super Sunday Event. A

Young Leadership Group was organized this year to conduct an
independent Campaign for those in the 25-45 age bracket. Brett

THE MORAL VISION OF
STEVEN SPIELBERG

by Michael E. Adelstein

 

 

Caller, Jonathan Miller, and Bobby Levine will put this group
together with its own events and solicitation. The Campaign
Committee was enthusiastic about this approach because it

promises to engender a new spirit in this peer group-the source

of our next generation of leaders.

More information about UJA—99 will be made available and
if the response of the Community matches that of the Committee
we will have a memorable Campaign that will make us all feel
invigorated about our participation. Call the Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation Office at 268—0672 if you would like to get

on board and help us get started. 1%

 

I 8 0 Day continued from page 1
The Committee decided to concentrate initially on a review of

existing programs and activities in the areas of Community Activities,
Community Relations, and Jewish Family Services. In addition, the
Committee will review its relationships with other Jewish organimtions

and the perceptions of others in the community of CKJF.

Also, the Committee plans to hold a number of meetings for
members of the community to give their ideas, suggestions and
comments to the Committee about the role of CKJF as it has

operated in the past and as they envision it operating in the future.

Members of the Committee are: Michael Ades, Rabbi Jon

Adland, Marty Barr, Brett Caller, Steve Caller, Leon Cooper, Alvin

Goldman, Judy Levine, Marilyn Lieber, Ken Mayer, Jonathan
Miller, Linda Nofl‘singer, Linda Ravvin, Judy Saxe, Rabbi Eric
Slaton, David Wekstein, and Rick Zimmerman.

Everyone is encouraged to contact members of the Committee
with any questions or comments about CKJF during the work of

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Steven Spielberg’ 3 life might have been
different. He might have grown up in a
fiiendly neighborhood with numerous other
children to play with. But it was not to be.
Instead, as a Jewish kid in gentile suburbia,
he was picked on and beaten. Consequently,
for years he hid his Jewish identity.

Then in 1991 when he married his second
wife, Kate Capshaw, who had converted to
Judaism, he became a practicing Jew. And
he is raising all seven of his children as Jews:
Jessica Capshaw, his wife’s 22-year-old
daughter; his son Max; three children born to
him and Kate (Sawyer 6, Sasha 8, Destry
2), and two adopted African-American
children (Theo 10, and Mikaela 2). He and
Kate adopted Mikaela after having children
of their own so that Theo would not be the
only black child in the family.

Spielberg is very much a family man,
taking a three year break after making
“Schindler’ 3 List” to spend it with his family.
But usually he is so involved in many different
business and movie projects that he is hard
pressed to be with them.

Nearly all his movies, which he either
directed, produced, or co-produced, are
classics. To mention a few of the 40 films in
the past 15 years: “Saving Private Ryan,”
“Amistad,” “Jurassic Park,” “The
Flintstones,” “Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade,” “The Color Purple,” “E.T.,”
“Jaws,” “Empire of the Sun,” “The Prince of
Egypt,” and “Close Encounters.”

In addition to films, Spielberg is involved
in numerous other activities. As head of
Dreamworks SKG along with Jefl’rey
Kazenberg and David Geffen, he works on
computer games, among them a science-
fiction game and a dinosaur game, a spin—off
from “Jurassic Park,” and “The Lost World.”

His films, games, and other financial
endeavors have amassed a fortune for
Spielberg, estimated at about $2 billion. He
has established two foundations that he is
immensely proud of: The Shoah Foundation

and the Righteous Persons Foundation. The
former has collected life stories on videotape
from over 50,000 Holocaust survivors and
witnesses from around the world. Some of
these are being used to teach schoolchildren
about the Holocaust. A documentary entitled
“The Last Days” about five survivors from
Hungary has recently been released. Most of
the testimonies are being carefully indexed
and then disseminated by fiber-optic cables to
Holocaust museums and archives all over the
world.

The Righteous Persons Foundation began
with the profits from “Schindler’s List”
because Spielberg was unwilling to keep what
he has termed “blood money.” It has since
been used to finance Holocaust and J ewish-
continuity projects.

The present headquarters for Spielberg is
at Amblin Entertainment until Dreamworks
builds its own studio. Spielberg designed
Amblin and provided mezuzas for all its
doorways. His office is comfortable but not
ostentatious, much like New.
and its rooms are adorned with Norman "
Rockwell paintings, some of the 25 that he
owns. It seems logical that he would be
attracted to the sentimentality and morality of
Rockwell.

In Spielberg’s films, good triumphs over
evil, but the main message is usually tolerance.
Generally considered to be the most popular
filmmaker in the world, he is accepted every-
where in Hollywood. But perhaps his Jewish
childhood memories remain. Regardless, his
films call for the acceptance of outsiders.

In “ET.” the young Elliott recognizes that
ET. is a kindred spirit, not really an alien.
“Close Encounters” called for peace among
all men and aliens. “Saving Private Ryan”
portrays the camaraderie of the squad com-
posed of Jewish, Italian, and other soldiers.
“Schindler’s List” makes a hero of a re-
deemed Nazi who abhors the brutal intoler-
ance he finds. And “Amistad” reveals the
horrors of the slave trade. On the drawing
board for the fall is a film with his longtime
fiiend Tom Cruise entitled “Minority Report,”
based on a science—fiction story set in 2080
that reveals government intolerance. And for
next spring, Spielberg is scheduled to film
“Memoirs of a Geisha” by Arthur Golden, the

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B’nai B’rith Region’s Annual Meeting To Be Held In Omaha

e annual meeting of the B’nai B’rith Mid-America Region will take place at the Double Tree Hotel in
downtown Omaha, Nebraska, June 26 and 27, 1999.

Highlighting the annual meeting will be the election of Regional Officers. All B’nai Brith members who have
paid their 1999 dues by March 3 1 st are eligible to attend as voting delegates. Educational workshops will also be
offered, as well as a special session for newly elected unit/ lodge officers.

Registration for the annual meeting is only $36, and includes a dessert reception on Saturday night, as well as
lunch on Sunday. The Henry Monsky Lodge will sponsor a complimentary continental breakfast on Sunday mom—
ing, as well as a Hospitality Suite. Says host chairperson Ed Joseph, “Monsky Lodge is thrilled to have the mem-
bers of our region in Omaha, and we promise to make their weekend with us unforgettable.”

Among the activities Joseph is planning are an excursion to the Omaha Zoo and IMAX Theatre for attendees
who anive early on Saturday, and an evening of entertainment featuring live music during the Opening Session.

Regional President Joy Chorlins is efiusive in her praise of Joseph and the Monsky Lodge. “We knew when we
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Leisure Club

NUTRITION
MISSION

Thursday, April 15’”
11:45 a. m.

Beth Loiselle, Registered Dietition at the Good Foods
Co-op, will provide us with delicious samples of
healthy food, and lots of knowledge about what

we can eat to be healthy.

No Charge — Lots of Good Food
to members of the Jewish Community!

Temple Adath Israel

124 N. Ashland Ave.
(in the library)

Please call 268-06 72 by April 12‘" and tell us if you
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LEISURE CLUB UPDATE

by Ruth Maser

This has been quite a year so far. We started off with a continental luncheon
at the Coach House. In February we went Chinese at Szechuan Gardens and
shared memories of going out for Chinese. Of course, I had to tell about the
woman I saw in Taiwan eating a slice of watermelon with chopsticks.

In March we reminisced about Rebecca Gratz while eating at Jonathans at
Gratz Inn. Then some of us walked around the Gratz Park neighborhood. We
are not sure, but we think Rebecca’s ghost accompanied us.

Now we are getting ready for the Nutrition Mission in April with Beth
Loiselle from the Good Foods Co-op on Southland Drive. Beth (a good
friend of Susan Mason) does a great job, so I know whoever comes will
benefit from this program, and will enjoy eating a very healthy lunch, including
lots of delicious samples from the Co-Op. This time we will be in the library at
Temple Adath Israel. Call the CKJ F office at 268-0672 if you plan to come.

Also, Annette and I are working on several musical soirees in the not too
distant future. We will let you knowjust as soon as we have something firmed
up. And we are also planning a program to include one or two travel agents.
This is a program that several members asked for on the survey we conducted
a few months ago. Let us know when you have ideas for programs or restau-
rants where we can meet.

Good news! We have three new members: Pauline Ravvin. Leon’s mom;
Teddy Garber, from Florida; and Marty Stalnacin, Madeline Weinberg‘s
friend. Welcome and get ready for a lot of f un, good friends. and good eating.
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I I adassah and the CKJF Leisure Club are now working on the third

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dolls for the UK Children’s Hospital. That will be seventy-five dolls
that we will have delivered. Our goal is to deliver the fourth batch, including
doll #100, before the end of the year.

Our sewing committee for the project now includes Norma Allweiss, Liz
Broudy, Shirley Bryan, Susan Cantor, Ann F ruend, Annette Milch, Ruth
Moser, and Natalie Sherman.

Funding for the project started with an Enrichment Grant from Central
States Region of Hadassah. Then, at the opening meeting of Hadassah last
September, we literally passed the hat and collected some more money. Our
latest acquisition of funds was at the Hadassah Auction on March 9th where
we collected money in a fish bowl, with our own Alissa Levine, and Judy
Martin (from the UK Children’s Hospital), setting up a display for us.

We can always use help with the dolls. Let me know if you would like to
be part of the project—you can cut, sew or stuff. If you sew, all you need is a
sewing machine—we supply the rest. Just think how happy a sick child will be
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Lexington Havurah
Calendar of Events

These services will be held at:
The Lexington Theological Seminary Fellowship Hall
631 S. Limestone
(park in the back, use back entrance to social hall)

April 23rd - 8 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
and Pot Luck Supper

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The Lexington Havurah, founded in 1978, is composed of
individuals dedicated to Jewish learning and renewal,
community building and tikkun olam (”repairing the
world ”). We hold egalitarianism as a fundamental prin-
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Planned Parenthood of Lexington

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Some thoughts on Jewish/Christian relations

by Joseph Engelberg ._
ee recent events strain Jewish-Christian relationships in the Bluegrass. They may be

symptoms of a wider problem which the Jewish community needs to consider. The first of

these relates to Jewish objections to the celebration of Christmas in the public schools;
the second, to the withdrawal of some of the Jewish community from a J ewish/Christian Holo-
caust Memorial Service held each year at St. Luke United Methodist Church; the third, to the
founding in Lexington of the new Messianic Jewish congregation. The following are my personal
reflections about each of these issues.

Consider the issue of Christmas celebrations in the public schools. I grew up in Vienna. I
remember in the mid-1930’ s my parents and other Jewish parents feeling affronted by Christmas
celebrations in the schools. They complained to the authorities, who, as I remember, did try to
placate them. Two or three years later there were elderly Jewish women in nightgowns, on their
knees, scrubbing the sidewalk in front of our apartment house—surrounded by Nazis who jeered
them. Soon thereafter came the arrests, deportations, and concentration camps. I do not suggest
that this came about because Jews had objected to Christmas carols. But it is an example of the
very human tendency to have illusions about one’s safety and influence on one hand, while ignor-
ing real problems and dangers on the other.

This country, which has been remarkably good and generous to me, a Jewish refugee, and
others like me was founded by Christians and has been, and still is largely Christian. The celebra-
tion of Christmas in its educational institutions is a natural expression of this fact. (It is analogous
to Israelis celebrating Jewish religious holidays in their schools.) That Christian holiday celebra-
tions should still persist in the public school system (and other institutions), therefore, comes as no
surprise. More important, Christmas traditions have become a source of great happiness for most
of our Christian neighbors. Yet, school officials have become increasingly sensitive to the needs of
non-Christian minorities, and many (most?) local schools have added celebratory material from
other religions. and have muted Christmas observances. Yet. a friend recently told me that she

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bors’ singing religious songs—songs which give them greatjoy—should be considered an offense
by us. I do remember that when I was still living in Vienna my neighbors sang a song (it was a
high song ofthe Nazi era) which had in it the words: “when
Jewish blood spurts from the knife. how happy we will be."
Now there is a song everyone. Jew and Christian alike. should
be offended by.

I think it is not ethical, nor compassionate, nor brotherly that
we “rain on the parade” of our neighbors” happiness by turning
personal discomfort into a public issue.

As to the St. Luke’s annual Holocaust Memorial Service:
Jewish co-sponsorshjp was withdrawn when it was learned that
a small group at the church had studied the writings of Zola
Levitt. Levitt is a Christian (ex-Jewish) tele-evangelist, writer,
and missionary. There is, however, no evidence at all of any
missionary intent or action towards the Jewish community in St.
Luke’s organizing its annual Holocaust service. I have met with
the pastor and two of the service’s organizers; it is clear to me
that their hands and hearts are pure—they have no hidden
agenda. Incidentally, Judy and I attended the service last year. It
was quite beautiful and moving; a number of Jewish holocaust
survivors spoke.

As regards Lexington’s new Messianic Jewish congregation;
this is one of many congregations in the United States. I first
heard of them from a Christian student of mine who had at-
tended their services in Texas and elsewhere; coincidentally, a
recent neighbor of mine, a lapsed Catholic, also attends Messi-

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