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Volume XIV
Issue 5

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June/July 2015

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Temple Adath Israel Welcomes Rabbi

David Wirtschafter Home
By Jonathan MiIIer

When Thomas Wolfe penned

“You Can’t Go Home Again,”

he hadn’t met former Kentucky
: Governor A. B. “Happy” Chan-
. dler who wisely observed “1
never met a Kentuckian who

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wasn t comlng home.

Indeed the arrival this summer
of Rabbi David Wirtschafter to
the pulpit at Temple Adath Is—
rael is an ultimate homecoming.

On July 1, Rabbi Wirtschafter
will become the first native Lexingtonian to serve as per—

manent spiritual leader of a synagogue in his hometown.
Spending the first seven years of his life in Lexington,
David was consecrated and attended religious school at
Temple Adath Israel, while attending St. Peter Claver
Montessori and Cassidy Elementary for his secular educa-
t1on.

The fourth of five children, Rabbi Wirtschafter was raised
by two deeply respected leaders in our community. His
father, the late Dr. Jonathan Wirtschafter, was first Jew-
ish Department Chair at University of Kentucky Medical
School, founding its Ophthalmology Department. His
mother, Carol Wirtschafter, founded the Jewish Federa—
tion’s Camp Shalom along with several friends, and
served as its first director. The family was jointly affili-
ated, and older brothers Jacob and Benjamin led their bar
mitzvot under the tutelage of the legendary Rabbi Bernard
Schwab at Ohavay Zion Synagogue.

The Wirtschafter family left Lexington for Minneapo-

lis, MN in 1978, and Rabbi David later graduated from
Brandeis University, and was ordained by HUC-JIR in
1997. After serving congregations in New York and Cali-
fornia, David has lived in Minneapolis since 2008, where
he has served as Rabbi in Residence for the Minneapolis
Jewish Day School, Scholar—in—Residence for The Jay
Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning and part-time Rabbi
for the Ames Jewish Congregation in Iowa.

But Kentucky never left David’s heart — he continues to
this day to root for his beloved Wildcats and has always
considered Lexington his hometown.

So when a rabbinic vacancy occurred at (continued, pg. 2)

1

Temple Adath Israel Bids a Fond
Farewell to Rabbi Daniel Roberts and

Elaine Rembrandt
By Deborah Nelson

Please join Temple Adath Israel as we bid a fond farewell
to Rabbi Daniel Roberts and his wife, Elaine Rembrandt
as they prepare to return to their home in Cleveland.
Rabbi Roberts will lead his final service at TAI on June
26th, followed by a “chocolate oneg.” Although Rabbi
Roberts’ tenure as interim rabbi lasted only one year, he
and Elaine have established a presence that will continue
at TAI and in the broader Lexington Jewish community
for years to come.

Since Rabbi Roberts began at TAI in July of 2014, he

has guided the temple with calm wisdom through a year
of transition, shared his gentle good humor, and brought
extraordinary spiritual comfort to many congregants. He
helped TAI to identify its strengths and continuing chal-
lenges, including the great potential for Lexington Jewry
to work together for a stronger community. Rabbi Roberts
also helped to introduce new initiatives such as J ELLI,

a cooperative adult learning effort of TAI and OZS, and
TAI’s peanut butter and jelly onegs (continued pg. 2)

 

CAMPAIGN NEWS
Camp Shalom 2015 opens July 20

That time is here again. Campers and staff alike will be
back at Camp Shalom for another season of exciting activ-
ities, Jewish learning, and celebration. This year our camp
director Tamara Ohayon is returning along with assistant
director Dani Rosenkrantz, and we will again reside at
Camp Shawano. Camp Shalom is one of the Federation’s
flagship programs. Almost all of our local families have
had a child or grandchild participating since the camp was
established in 1968. For many of these children, particu-
larly those who are not yet enrolled in religious school,
being in camp is the only time they are with lots of other
Jewish children. This is quite a change from the school
environment in which they may be the only Jewish child
in the class. Although families do pay tuition, the costs of
operating camp are heavily subsidized by the Federation
campaign. Because of this subsidy, we have been able to
operate at a high staff per camper ratio ensuring that chil-
dren are carefully supervised. In addition, campaign funds
are utilized to pay for scholarships for families in need.
No child has ever been turned away from camp because of
an inability to pay. (continued, pg. 3)

 

 Director’s Report
Judy B. Worrman

Jewish Federation of the
Bluegrass aids the Jewish
community in the Ukraine

At the March meeting of the
Jewish Federation Board of
Directors, the board unani-
mously agreed to send an
additional $1,300 to the
Jewish Federations of
North America to help our fellow Jews in the
Ukraine. Each federation was asked to allocate ad-
ditional funds beyond our usual allocation to J FNA
for overseas needs to assist the estimated 350,000
Jewish living in the Ukraine. The amount requested
was based on the size and the campaign of each com-
munity.

 

The Ukraine has been torn apart for the last year, and
the conflict has resulted in economic and political
instability. Thousands have been forced to flee their
homes in eastern Ukraine. Others remained trapped

in the battle—tom region. For decades, the Ukrainian
Jewish community has depended on the support of the
Jewish Federations. Now the American Jewish com—
munity has responded to the crisis by establishing the
Ukraine Assistance Fund that is meeting the immedi-
ate needs of Ukrainian Jews and facilitating aliyah for
those who want to relocate.

Through this fund we are able to deliver food, medi—
cine and emergency home care services for tens of
thousands of Jews. We provided the nearly 7000 Jews
who had to flee their homes or who remain trapped
in conflict zones with basic necessities and trauma
support and related services, to help them survive in
radically changed living circumstances. We provided
funds for security services for Jewish schools, syna-
gogues, and community centers. In addition we have
assisted those who have decided to move to Israel

by providing transportation and housing for the new
immigrants in Israel. As always, our community has
responded to the crisis. If you would like to make an
additional gift to the Ukraine Assistance Fund, we
would welcome your support.

 

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(TAI Welcomes, com. from pg. 1) Temple Adath Israel,
Rabbi Wirtschafter leaped at the chance to lead our
congregation. The feeling was mutual. As the board
representative on the temple’s rabbinic search com—
mittee, I can attest that we interviewed nearly a dozen
potential candidates — an outstanding and diverse ros—
ter, giving all of us great hope for the future of Reform
Judaism. But even among this stellar group, David
stood out as singularly impressive.

A congregation-wide open house gave him excep-
tional marks, and after impressing all of the Temple
leadership, the search committee unanimously recom-
mended his hiring. Unanimous votes from the Tem—
ple’s board of directors and its annual meeting soon
followed. After transcending a difficult time of transi-
tion, there’s a buzz in the air at the Temple, as we are
all excited to see what David’s dynamic leadership
will bring to the congregation and the community.

Best yet, the Jewish community gets a 4 for 1 deal.
David’s very impressive wife, Shana Lisa Sippy, is a
Professor of Comparative Religions, and they boast
two outstanding children: Zachariah Wirtschafter
Sippy, age 15 and Emanuelle Wirtschafter Sippy, age
12.

Those of us who have gotten to know David and his
family over the past few months are thrilled that the
Wirtschafters will be joining us soon. We encourage
all members of the Jewish community to reach out to
Rabbi Wirtschafter when he joins us in July.

And be sure to say: “Welcome back home!”

 

(TAI Bids Farewel], cont. from pg. 1) that provide sand—
wiches for the homeless. As worship leader, Rabbi
Roberts conveyed the sense that each Shabbat we are
receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai and a deep grati-
tude for divine gifts as expressed in the prayer modim
anachnu Iach.

Among Elaine’s many wonderful qualities, TAI will
remember her warm smile, kind words, dedication
to helping the less fortunate, and her always beauti—
ful, colourful jackets. Whether greeting congregants
at Shabbat services, teaching Sunday school, attend—
ing committee meetings, playing mah—jong or just
lending a helping land, Elaine has warmed just about
every room in the temple and many others in Lexing-
ton. Congregants also experienced a taste of Elaine’s
theatre background in her flair for reading during
serv1ces.

Rabbi Roberts reports that he and Elaine have come to
feel at home at TAI and in Lexington’s fabulous ex-
tended Jewish community: “There is truly such a thing
as Southern hospitality and we have experienced it in
a big way.” They are “far richer” for their

  

experience in Lexington and will miss, among many
things, the music at TAI, daily walks at Griffin Gate,
visits to the Toyota factory and bourbon distilleries,
the state’s beautiful scenery, history, horses, and, OF
COURSE, UK basketball and the spirit of the whole
city during basketball season. However, both have old
friends and many activities to enjoy upon returning to
Cleveland. Elaine’s activities will include gardening
and being a docent at the Maltz Museum of Jewish
Heritage while Rabbi’s will include telling stories to
third grade Jewish day schoolers, playing racquetball,
publicizing his book on clergy retirement, and being a
rabbi on a cruise ship that travels from Buenos Aires,
through Antarctica, to Chile. “It is tough work but
someone has to bring Hanukkah to the High Seas.”

When asked what might entice them back to Lex—
ington for a visit, Rabbi responded, “An invitation
for some special occasion or a driving trip to Florida
where we could stop and refresh our souls by visiting
people we have come to adore.”

 

 

( Campaign News, cont. from pg. 1)

Community members have helped subsidize camp
costs in a number of ways beside their annual cam-
paign gift. Some have given funds specifically for
scholarships. Others have contributed to the Dill Dar—
lington Fund to help provide supplies and the Anita
Morris Fund for staff development. Several families
have contributed funds to pay for Camp Shalom t-
shirts.

We are also grateful to the Jewish Heritage Fund for
Excellence, a foundation in Louisville, for funding
most of the costs of camp transportation and the sala—
ries of our Jewish program specialist and camp nurse.
Thank you to the Jewish Heritage Fund and to our
generous donors for supporting our children and pro-
viding them with a joyous Camp Shalom experience.

Show Your Support
Help us keep Shalom solvent.

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Correction:

In the President’s Message of the May issue of
Shalom, it was Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel who
marched with Dr. King and Father Hesburgh, not
Rabbi Theodore Heschel.

  

   

Letter to the Editor

There is much with which to disagree in Gary Yarus’
op—ed letter in the April Shalom newspaper. The first
is the idea that Palestinian refugee status was the “neg-
ative result of expulsion, flight, and defeat,” as if to
suggest it was the nascent state of Israel that expelled
them. In fact, 170,000 Arabs chose to remain in Israel
at its founding, while 725,000 chose to flee because of
the war that the surrounding Arab states started.

Israeli Arabs now number over a million with full
status as Israeli citizens. They vote (both men and
women), they serve in the government, and they teach
at the universities. They are not required to serve in
the IDF, but some do nonetheless. Most of them are
loyal citizens and rarely engage in terrorist activities.
While it is true that the socioeconomic circumstances
of the Israeli Arabs are not up to those of the Israeli
Jews, it is not because the Jews exclude them from any
of the professions or deny them the opportunity to pur-
sue their interests. For these reasons, I would hardly
call them “second-class citizens,” as does Mr. Yarus.

Mr. Yarus makes the point that the ideal of Jewish
statehood and the ideal of democracy are mutually
exclusive. He says, “Israel will be Jewish, yes, but
hardly democratic.” I would respond that it is not
uncommon for nations to try to maintain a maj 0r-

ity population that reflects its religious and cultural
character, and yet function as a democracy. That is
why Pakistan is a majority Muslim country, and India
majority Hindu. The western democracies are founded
on Greco—Roman political principles and Judeo—Chris—
tian ethical principles. That is why there is pushback
against the establishment of Sharia law by Muslim mi-
norities, and yet Muslims maintain their human rights
in those countries.

Mr. Yarus puts Israel’s Independence Day and Nakba
Day on equal footing and suggests that “the Nakba
must be absorbed into the Jewish mainstream con—
sciousness.” Believe me, it has already been burned
into the Jewish consciousness many times since the
inception of the Jewish state. Independence Day cel-
ebrates the creation of Israel; Nakba Day hopes for its
destruction. That is not a premise from which the two
sides can have “authentic dialogue.”

But however much I disagree with the points Gary
Yarus makes, I fully support his right to express them.
The editorial staff at Shalom was right to print his let-
ter in the first place and should not have bowed to the
outcry of those who found his ideas uncomfortable.
One can make the case that Mr. Yarus seems to have
an anti-Israel and pro—Palestinian bias, but I think he is
sincere in what he believes, albeit misguided. His let—
ter does not rise to the level of “hate speech,” where

one deliberately tells an untruth in order to do harm.
That would certainly be reason not to publish it. But
it is not hate speech if it is simply speech that one
hates. Tolerance should run in both directions.

David Marwil

 

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Question : Rabbi, my
child and I are em—
broiled in a long con ver-
sation about Cremation
vs. Burial. In my mind
there are numerous rea-
sons for cremation, but
y child furiously 0p-
oses it. Please help me
understand Why I should

not be cremated.
Answer: I thank you for being open-minded enough
to listen to another point of View. The newly popular
practice of cremating among the Jewish community is
due to both feelings of taking up green space, as well
as thoughts about the practicalities of cost.

Need I remind you that Judaism has never condoned
cremation, although, scattered as we were, we have
lived among many cultures where cremation was
popular. Our belief has always been, as we find in the
Book of Genesis (3:19), By the sweat ofyour brow
shall you eat bread until you return unto the ground,
from which you were taken: For you are dust, and
to the dust shall you return. This relationship be—
tween the body and the ground has molded Jewish law
from the Torah and the Talmud for thousands of years.
Our belief and, ultimately, our practice is that our bod—
ies do not belong to us, but rather that they were a gift
from God, lent to us for our use. They are not to be
abused and are to be returned to the earth as the other
creatures of the world. Cremation was an abomina—
tion practiced by the pagans. We choose to honor the
remains of a loved one by lovingly washing the body
and accompanying it to the grave; both are a Mitzvah.

 

For those who believe in resurrection, (you might not
believe in it, but perhaps your child or your grandchild
does) intentional cremation (versus those who died in
the Holocaust) according to traditional belief puts one
outside of the possibility of a place in the World to
Come. So perhaps you do not subscribe to the domi-
nant Jewish belief of resurrection, but why would you
impose your beliefs upon the very people you love and
who care for you by denying them the thought that
perhaps someday they will meet you again in the 01am
HaBa (the World to Come)? So I say to you that if it
is important to them as survivors of your death, then I
believe it it should be important to you.

Much of mourning is psychological. It is an adjust-
ment to a new world without you. You should not do
anything to harm your loved ones psychologically
with your last act on earth. Let them decide how to the

   

handle your death.

I am sure you have thought, as we all have, about who
will come and Visit your grave in the years to come.
Maybe you have thought about having your ashes
scattered over a favorite place. Well, let me offer
another thought. I begin with the Midrash (Sotah
34b) about Caleb on his way home from scouting out
the Promised Land. The Midrash tells us that Caleb
detoured to visit the graves of Abraham and Sarah.
There, standing at the Machpela, the cave where they
were buried, Caleb found the strength and courage to
stand up to the negative reports of the 10 other spies.
It was there that he felt the connection to his ancestors
and the mission they have been given. As you prob-
ably know yourself, there have been moments in your
life when you have been pulled to return to the graves
of your loved ones. Maybe it hasn’t been often, but
something deep in your soul has brought you to stand
there, needing to reflect over the memorial stone that
speaks to you of a life lived. So, why would you deny
that opportunity to your children who also have this
need? Very often when visiting a grave with a grown
child, so many wonderful memories spill out, telling
stories of the loved one’s uniqueness and what they
accomplished in the world.

If modern science is correct and we each have a
unique blueprint of DNA, then cremation will wipe
out your uniqueness. So in the physical sense, af—
ter cremation the living person is as if he/she never
existed. There is no trace left of human DNA. It’s like
wiping out your spiritual DNA afterlife.

I could go on and on with Jewish sources and state—
ments, but I only appeal to you to give serious con-
sideration to those who will be mourning your loss, to
those who love you and what their needs will be. Let
them get involved with making the final decision as
to what they need when dealing with your demise. I
urge you not to rule from the grave by forcing the very
ones you love to go against their beliefs or feelings.
In other words, if any one of the survivors objects to
cremation, allow them the veto power, for it will say
to them that you love them more than yourself.

Have a question? Ask a rabbi.

The rabbis write columns in response to questions submit-
tedby themaders. Weencmnageyon—whaheryouarea
member of the Jewish community or not—to submit your
queries on theology, morality, ethics, religious obser-
vances, etc. for response by one of our rabbis. If you have
anissueyouwouldliketoseeaddressfiplaseemailit
to shalom@jewishlexington.org and put “Ask a Rabbi” in
the subject line of your email. (It may take quite a while
until your question is answered or it may never be an-
swered, ifno rabbi selects it.) You will not be identified as
the writer of the question to either rabbis or readers, nor
will you be asked to specify which rabbi should answer.

 

 

 

 

 

  
 

Op-Ed: Jewish History Is Among

Casualties of ISIS Victories
(Reprinted with permission by the Jewish Exponent,

Philadelphia PA)

 

May 26, 2015

Somewhere in the background noise, as we go about
our busy lives, terrible events unfold in Syria and Iraq
as ISIS expands its caliphate. We read the reports of
how ISIS has captured another city or attacked yet
another minority group, and it all seems so far away.

But from the perspective of Jewish history, these
places have not always been so far away. Many of
them were places where Jews once lived. Some are
mentioned in the Bible or the Talmud or surface in
Jewish folklore.

Some play important roles in Jewish history; some
minor ones, but they were all places where Jews,
Muslims and others once shared lives. Consider the
following:

In January 2014, ISIS captured Fallujah, the first Iraqi
city to fall to the group. Fallujah was once the site of
Pumbedita, the renowned Babylonian rabbinic acade-
my that was active for 800 years. Some of the greatest
sages of the Talmud studied there.

In the summer of 2014, ISIS took control of Mosul,

a city in northern Iraq with a population of more than
a million residents. It expelled the city’s remaining
Christian citizens and destroyed a number of holy sites
(including the tomb of Jonah, the prophet who was
chagrined at the idea of God showing forgiveness to
the enemy), and thousands have fled or are suffering in
an environment of repression and desperation.

There was once a great yeshiva in Mosul at the begin—
ning of the 16th century and in the 12th century, Jews
fled there to seek Muslim protection from the Crusad-
ers.

Among many other sites devastated during this pe-
riod is Dura Europa, a site of an incredible ancient
synagogue celebrated for the pictorial art on its walls.
Satellite imagery indicates that most of Dura Europa,
once a multicultural Roman city, has been looted.

 

Just a few days ago, ISIS captured the Syrian city of
Pal-Imyra, an oasis city known as Tadmor in Hebrew.
After witnessing what happened to the antiquities
and treasures of the cities previously captured by the
group, there is fear of what will become of the city’s
population and its history.

Palmyra had a Jewish community as early as the Mish-
naic period. The rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud had

reason to resent Palmyra because of its role in helping

the Romans, but Palmyra was also home to the legend-
ary Queen Zenobia, who may have been Jewish.

The United States has been involved in an air cam-
paign to reverse ISIS’ advances, but it is not clear
what more can be done given the complexity of the
situation and our country’s tragic role in the region.
Certainly, there are many refugees who need care or a
place to go.

What is clear is that we must keep this part of the
world in our hearts — and make it a major issue in
the next presidential election —— and not only because
Jews, too, have a stake in this region.

When Jews lived in the Middle East beyond Israel, it
was a place of great religious and cultural diversity;
what is left of that diversity is now in danger of ex-
tinction. Archaeological and world heritage sites have
been destroyed or are in danger.

Most devastating of all — the most important reason
for Jews to care about what is happening there — are
the hundreds of thousands of lives that have been lost
and the millions that are imperiled by the war between
the Syrian government and ISIS and other insurgent
groups.

The prophet Jonah once tried to tum his back on the
city of Nineveh, near Mosul. Let us not forget the
prophet and the terrible mistake he made.

Dr. Steven Weitzman, the Ella Dari voff director of the
Herbert D. Katz for Advanced Judaic Studies, is the
Abraham M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic
Languages and Literatures in the Department of Reli-
gious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

lDr. Weitzman is also the husband of Rabbi Mira
Wasserman, PhD, Judy Wortman ’3 daughter. ]

 

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May 1 l, 2015

    

BreezoMeter founders, from left, Ziv Lautman, Emil
Fisher, Revital Hendler and Ran Korber.

The environmental engineers who founded the Israeli
company BreezoMeter were invited to meet US Presi—
dent Barack Obama at the White House today, along
with about 100 other forward-thinking young entrepre-
neurs, half from the United States and half from other
countries.

BreezoMeter, launched by Zvi Lautman, Ran Korber,
Revital Hendler and Emil Fisher in February last year,
pioneered the world’s first real—time, location-based
air quality and health recommendation platform for
consumers and businesses. A free mobile app was
introduced several months later.

“We are very excited to tell you that only four weeks
after the United Nations recognized BreezoMeter as a
company that ‘can contribute to address today’s social
and environmental challenges, through new ground—
breaking ideas that can become successful business,’
we were invited to take part at the Global Emerging
Entrepreneurs Event at the White House on Monday,
May 11th,” BreezoMeter posted on Faeebook.

This Washington event comes ahead of Obama’s trip
to July’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya
“and provides a unique opportunity to galvanize global
attention on emerging women and young entrepre-
neurs,” according to a White House statement.

The statement explained that the event is intended “to
highlight the importance of investing in women and
young entrepreneurs to create innovative solutions to
some of the world’s toughest challenges, including
poverty, climate change, extremism, as well as access
to education and healthcare.”

Using big-data analytics that allow for gathering air
quality and weather data from thousands of sources

together with unique algorithms, BreezoMeter tracks
and interprets the level of air quality, right down to
street level.

The Haifa—headqualtered company, originally incubat-
ed in Jerusalem’s SifTech and the Technion’s BizTeeh
accelerators, won the 2014 Global Entrepreneurship
Week’s StartUp Open Israel Competition and was
named one of the World’s Top 50 Most Promising
Startups (the GEWSO). BreezoMeter also made CN-
BC’s “20 Hottest Startups in the World” list for 2014.

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