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brand new baseball stadium will be the

site of the 200! i'K ’("KJI Community

(Hunpatgn Kickeotlwcnt to be held
Sunday. April :2. at 7:00 pm. Campaign chair Alan
Stein. in announcing the c\ ent scheduled for the home
ball park of the Lexington Legends baseball team.
said. "I am very excited and ready to work to make
this Campaign the most successful ever.”

The speaker for the evening will be Dr. David
Elcott. Dr. Elcott is an author, lecturer and organi-
zational consultant from New York who has
brought his insights and analyses of Judaism and
contemporary Jewish life to well over 100 commu-
nities across North America. With a PhD in Politi—
cal Science. and specializing in Modern Zionism
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communal leaders nationwide. David believes that

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Jewish communities need to focus on building
themselves from within to face the Challenges posed
by the changing conditions of the beginning of the

2 1 st Century. He presents a compelling and dy—
namic analysis of the most pressing issues facing
North American and World Jewry today.

At the evening event everyone will have the
opportunity to make a commitment to the 2001
United Jewish Communities / Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation Campaign. Attendees are ex-
pected to contribute a minimum of two hundred fifty
dollars per person (five hundred dollars per couple),
or a forty percent increase over minimum one
hundred dollar commitment to the 2000 Community
Campaign.

The 300i lfJC/(‘KJF Community Campaign

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Dr. David Elcott

WOMEN AND ART

Hadassah - Visual Arts Partnership a Success

If you missed the art and health fair sponsored
by Hadassah at Temple Adath Israel, you missed a
very special event. In addition to a large display of
materials on women’s health, you could View and
take home gorgeous ceramics, beautiful jewelry,
aromatic perfumed soaps and colorful hand dyed
silk clothing. If that was not enough there was a
delicious assortment of food provided by Magees
Bakery and beautiful harp music in the background.

Susan Goldstein, a lifetime member of
Hadassah, was the brainchild of this partnership.
She had just finished a three year presidency of a
state organization, the Kentucky Guild of Artists
and Craftsmen, where she learned an important
lesson: partnering is a win win situation.

Jamison Brumm, a well known jeweler from
Somerset, Kentucky, co-founded a group called

Women for Women, with the purpose of enlighten-
ing and enriching the lives of women. J amison’s
jewelry reﬂects a woman’s theme: partnership and
societies in which men and women were and are
equal. She designed the logo for the group which
encompasses three women that she thought repre-
sented women of today: one average size 12
woman, one woman of color, and one woman with
one breast. She sells a three dimensional necklace
displaying these three women.

In addition, the event was attended by feminist
poet Wilma Gayle Waddell who wrote a poem
which speaks to the afﬁrming, inclusive vision of
the Women for Women group. Waddell explains,
“The wheel in the poem is the concrete into which
women can weave their thoughts, but on a meta-
phor level it represents women sharing, supporting,

and including others in an ever growing circle.”

Woman for Woman, Wheel of One

We are

Women afﬁrming women
With a warm
welcoming place

for friendship and fun
where we .

weave our souls
together

into a widening
wheel of one
encouraging

equality for all
exclusion of none.

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celebrated by the Lexington Jewish community on
Mother’s Day, May 13, at the ES. Good Barn on the
UK campus. Many of you were chagrined to discover
you had missed this party last year. Save the date—we’ll
give you more information next month. This wonderful
fun day for the whole family is sponsored by Central
Kentucky Jewish Federation. We hope to see you there!

In This Issue:

Purim/Tukkin at the Stewart Home ....... 16

President’s Message ............................. 2
Diana Sisken Lockridge ....................... 3
Habitat For Humanity .......................... 3
Local Educators Attend Conference 3
Community Orchestra Concert ............ 3
Out of Mzrim ....................................... 4
Women’s Community Seder ................. 5
Ask JFS ................................................ 6
The Marty Glickman Story ................... 6
Young Leadership ................................ 7
Leisure Club ......................................... 7
Column Musings .................................. 8
Rabbi’s Comer ..................................... 8
Israel Bonds ......................................... 9
B ’tay Avon ......................................... 10
UK. Campus News ............................. 11
Passover in Morocco .......................... 14
Guadeloupe ........................................ 15
Roth tops list of winners .................... 15
Jewish Film gets Oscar ....................... 16
American Airlines ....... ‘ ....... 1‘6 f

MAZEL TOV TO:

Sandy & Phil Berger, on the birth of a
granddaughter on February 26.

Dayna & Daniel Charlick, on the birth of
their son, Noah Henry, on March 5.

Jonathan Kaplan who received an award
from the Good Samaritan Foundation.

Jeanne Wikler, daughter of Mrs. Abraham
(Ada) Wikler, who has been named Chief
American Cultural Attache by the Dutch Gov-
ernment. Jeanne currently lives in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands and will be moving to New
York this summer.

REFUAH SHLEMAH (get well wishes):
Beth Schumacher.

CORRECTION

The date for the concert of music by
Jewish composers is

Sunday, April 29.
See the article on page 3 of this
issue of \Shalom for more

information.

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CONDOLENCES TO:
Robyn Angel & Dan Sutch, on the death oi

(859) 268-0672

Al Galgalim ........................................ 16 Robyn’s grandmother, Maryann Flak, on
. February 26,
Community Calendar .......................... 17 Joseph S. Wile, Sr. and family on the death
Ohavay Zion Synagogue News .......... 18 of Louise Ware Wile.
Temple Adath Israel News ................. 19 Please let us know ofany news you would
like to share with the community.
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Fax (859) 268-0775
April 2001, Volume VII, Issue 7

Marty Barr, President
Daniel Chejfec, Executive Director

e-mail: shalom@jewishlexington.org

Fran Morris, Jewish Family Services
Lisa Miller, Volunteer Coordinator
Lori Zimmerman, Administrative Assistant
Editor—in—chief, Marcia Blacker

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' PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE

by
Marty Barr

ecently, Judy Levine, one of CKJF’s
founders, gave me an article that had
ppeared in a Florida publication. I

thought that its message was important enough to
repeat portions of it in this month’s column. The
title of the article is, “No matter where disaster
strikes, JDC, Israel are there to help.” It starts,
“One of the little publicized stories about Israel and
the international Jewish community is their world-
wide participation in disaster relief work. No matter
where or when, Israel and the Jewish community are
among the ﬁrst to send rescue and medical teams
and supplies to a disaster area.”

The article goes on to say that the number of
Jews in the affected area is not a criterion. The most
frequently found Jewish organization is the Ameri-
can Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (J DC). It
then says what we all know that “much of the
JDC’s funding comes from the Annual Federation/
UJC campaign.” Examples of this kind of help are

as follows: JDC rescue and medical teams were
among [ilL' lll\l 1U ill‘ll\ c u hell ,1 llit1.\\1\\.‘ earthquake
in Turkey impacted more than 140,000 people in
1999, Kosovo has seen the provision of care for
refugees, the reconstruction of schools, etc.

On a different scale, the number 18, or Chai.
represents the world to many people in the former
Soviet Union, Eastern Europe or Africa. It will buy
two days of care, food and therapy for the residents
of an old age home in Tunisia or provide two weeks
of home care service for an elderly Holocaust
survivor in Eastern Europe.

As we begin the 2001 campaign, remember that
healing and rescuing those in need is a fundamental
part of fulﬁlling our commandments. There is no
better place to start than here in Lexington. Thanks.

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Diana Sisken
Lockridge

ello everyone, I am excited to be the

new Activities Director at CKJF! I

grew up in Lexington and graduated
from the University of Kentucky. Working with
seniors has been my focus during the last 12 years. 1
The majority of this time was spent as Director of
Recreation at The Lafayette retirement community, j
and more recently working with senior volunteers l
and local non—profit organizations at the Retired l
and Senior Volunteer Program.

I am excited to begin working with Camp
Shalom, UK’s Hillel and the Community Activi— l
ties Committee. If you have any ideas, sugges- j
tions. or great contacts for speakers. entertain—
ment. etc.. please give me a call. The best ideas
conic tron) joul

Local Educators Attend Conference

ight Ohavay Zion faculty members, along

with staff from seven congregations afﬁli

ated with the United Synagogue of Conser-
vative Judaism, gathered at Northern Hills Synagogue
in Cincinnati on February 18 for a professional
development conference. Titled “What Mrs. Katz,
Wilfred Gordon and the Carrot Seed Have in Com-
mon?” the conference explored ways of using Jewish
children’s literature in the classroom. The region
hosted this workshop in response to questions raised
by Ohavay Zion Synagogue Religious School.

Facilitators were Serene Vlctor, USCJ’s national

consultant for synagogue education and Rhoda Cohen,
a Ph.D candidate in education at the University of
Michigan. Participants examined literature and
bookmaking as exciting and creative tools in reinforc-

Central Kentucky Jewish Community’s
Habitat for Humanity Project Update

ews have traditionally had a commitment
to social justice, but we’ve rarely been
afforded an opportunity to act on this
commitment locally. Such an opportunity has
' arisen recently.

Lexington’s Jewish congregations and the
CKJF have committed to build a house for a low
income family through the organization Habitat
for Humanity. (You should have received a letter
discussing this back in November.) Our commit—
ment involves supplying both the willing workers
and the $35,000 necessary to build the house.

As of the beginning of March. we have
collected about 813.000 for this project. A
sizeable committee has met a few times to begin
the organization of volunteers for the build, slated
to take place during May and June (on Sundays).
Now is your chance to join us in this worthwhile
endeavor.

F' t of all, we need more

7 V V 7 V money! We expect
that donations will
provide the bulk of
the money required,

but we need your help. Please send a check to the
CKJF ofﬁce (made out to CKJF with “Habitat”
marked in the memo). If you are a certiﬁed
plumber, electrician, drywaller, or HVAC tech,
your labor will count as part of CKJF’s ﬁnancial
contribution. We also get credit for materials
donated for the house (or kept to be used in
another Habitat house).

Secondly, we’ll need volunteers. Plan on
helping out on as many Sundays as you can
during May and June. You can help with the
actual building, with decorating, landscaping, or
by providing food for the workers. Our major
need right now is help with fundraising!

This is truly a wonderful opportunity for the
entire Central Kentucky Jewish population to
work together, while providing a less fortunate
family the chance to own a home of their own. By
working together, new friendships and acquain-
tances may be formed and a better understanding
of each other may occur. Who knows? Maybe the
next building we build together could be for us!

Todah rabah, Habitat Committee

JevVish ConTpESErs Featured in Community,

Orchestra Concert
by Ruth Paley

. entire com' rm‘m'ityis in fora mar
Sunday, April 29th, when the Lexington
Community Orchestra, in conjunction with the
Central Kentucky Jewish Federation, provides a
Li W, , ,, concert of music by Jewish
composers.

The program promises to
be an exciting one. The
orchestra has chosen
Copland’s Fanfare for the
Common Man, Concerto
Grosso by Bloch, Bruch’s

ing and enlivening Jewish knowledge and
values.

Teachers attending from OZS were
Sue Westerman; Simone Salomon,
principal; Sandy Berger; Vivian Bowl-
ing; Kathie Kroot; Sandy Goldberg;
Carol Kaplan; and Lisa Satin (not
pictured).

The next morning the educational
directors met with Serene Victor, along
with Dr. Richard Lederrnan, region
executive director, and Arlene Bochnek,
region assistant director to explore ways
of developing ongoing professional
development in the Great Lakes and
Rivers Region.

~ K01 Nidre; maud’s Creatirm 'of the World and, one

of everyone ’8 favorites, Rhapsody in Blue by George
Gershwin.

We are fortunate to have Benjamin Karp and Alan
Hersh. both of the UK School of Music, as soloists for
this event. Karp will play the cello for the K01 Nidre
and Hersh will play Rhapsody in Blue.

This concert will be held in the Singletary Center
Recital Hall on Sunday, April 29th, at 2:00 pm. It is
free and open to the public. A reception and refresh-
ments will follow the program. Plan to bring the whole
family to enjoy this special event.

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Jamison Brumm contacted Susan Goldstein
several months ago, looking for a venue to establish
a Women for Women’s event in the Lexington area.
The five artists in the group, all from different parts
of the state, came to Lexington to meet with Susan
and take a tour of potential locations. They were
shown several public places in addition to Temple
Adath Israel. The women selected the temple and
adopted it as their home away from home. They
thought the building had a lovely clean and spacial
look and were impressed by the amount of visual
art that they saw. Jamison explained that she had
been in many churches and had never encountered
such a wonderful collection of art as she had seen

f there is any story that is central to

Jewish identity that summarizes the

eternal quest of our people, Pass-
over is it. At every service, there is some
part of the liturgy that calls to remember
the Exodus from Egypt, and connects the
Covenant with it. In anthropologic terms,
it is the foundational story of the Jewish
people.

We all know the Moses story, and how
God took us out of Egypt with an ex—
tended hand and a mighty arm. But of
course, Jews being Jews, some rabbis
found a hidden meaning in the story.

A Talmudic Midrash points out that the
spelling of the Hebrew name for “Egypt”
(“Mzrim”) could be read “Metzarim”
(straits, narrowness) rather than
“Mitzraim” (Egypt). And what does that
mean?

If we think about it for a minute, some
interesting possibilities come to mind.
“Coming out of Egypt, the house of
Bondage,” becomes “Breaking out of our
narrow-mindedness, the house of Bond-
age.” Slavery becomes not only a physical
function, but a mental one. We can be
enslaved by our self-imposed mental
determinations.

The process of liberating ourselves
from “Egypt" is not only about leaving the
land of slavery but about remaking the
way we think. Liberating ourselves by
leaving the habit of “thinking inside the
box.” This process is one that confronts us
with true freedom. '

On the other hand, if we follow the
premises of Hegel, only a person who has

”00 T 0F MZRIM ”

By Daniel Chejfec, Executive Director
Central Kentucky Jewish Federation

been a slave can truly become free. So only
if we can recognize that we are thinking
“inside the box” and we make a conscious
change to think “outside the box,” only then
we are truly free.

One of the most common ways of “think-
ing inside the box” is labeling people or
organizations; approaching reality not by
what we see, but by our prejudice and
preconceptions, what we know by hearsay,
the stereotype we accept as truth. Let us
break these assumptions. Let us look at
people and groups not by what we believe
they are, but what they in fact are and do on
a daily basis. Let us not stick with standard
deﬁnitions or prefabricated understandings.

It was Alert Einstein who once said that
the mark of a true intellect is to be able to
look at the world with the logical tools of the
adult and the wondering eyes of a child. By
now many of you might be asking your-
selves, “What is all this rambling about?”

This rambling is about the times to come.
In the coming months, we will have to face
some realities as Jews. The situation in Israel
is not going to change magically, but will
have to be changed by people. If the result is
forcing Israelis and Palestinians into an
uneasy agreement for the sake of general
stabilit) in the region. lsi'ut'l might hm e to
give up more than we would like, maybe
even Jerusalem and the Wall.

On the other hand, Israel might be forced
to change the situation by doing things that
would otherwise be considered unthinkable
in order to end the violence and force the
separation of Palestinian and Israeli societ-
ies—things like “transfer,” or uprooting
some Jewish settlements for the sake of
secure borders.

Whatever the Israelis do, we as Jews need
to support them. We might not like what is
about to happen, but in times when there is a
real threat to the Jewish state, it is time to
“think outside the box” for the sake of the
Jewish future.

in the temple. Having secured the temple, the

question of Jewish content was raised. Hadassah
was contacted and the idea of partnering was
explored. It did not take long to discover the
common bonds of promoting women’s health that
both Hadassah and Women for Women had.

if she would join him for his one hour program on
Wednesday night, Curtains at Eight. Susan con—
tacted J amison and the other group members and
they all agreed to come to Lexington for this special
happening. Judy Saxe, a member of Lexington’s
Hadassah eagerly became the primary sponsor. Chapter of Hadassah, agreed to join the group. “It
A local gallery owner, Paul Brin forwarded a was a blast, and quite an experience. Nick is a
flyer to Nick Lawrence from WUKY (University of pleasure to work with, very informal, warm and
Kentucky radio station). Nick was so impressed erudite...knowing something about everything, and
that on Sunday morning he called Susan and asked Hadassah got some wonderful publicity. Judy is

such a great speaker and explained so much about
Hadassah’s history, mission, and current projects,”
Susan said.

This very special event was an opportunity for
area women to gather and discover ways to enrich
their daily lives. It all couldn’t have been a better
happening...partnering, bonding, promoting health
and women’s issues, and learning about the visual
arts...truly a win win situation. Proceeds from this
event went to Hadassah and Adopt, Inc.

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5 THURSDAY, APRIL 12, :
5 5:30 check in, Seder 6-8z30PM :
: at :
I Ohavay Zion Synagogue I
: 2048 Edgewater Ct., Lexington, KY 40502 I
E Organized by women from Temple Adath Israel. Ohavay Zion Synagogue, The Lexington Havurah, :
I Hadassah, and The Central Kentucky Jewish Federation. :
5 Women 13 and older from The Central Kentucky I
: Jewish community are invited to attend an :
I evening of Passover music, fun and festivities I
I from a woman’s perspective. Ritual and symbolic I
I foods will be served; however, there will be no t
I main meal. Dress casually and comfortably. Bring I
I a rhythm instrument tojoin in our festivities! I
cosr :
L : (my , Adult rates, 910,00 — inst timers (includes Haggadun) , , E
: $6.50 - second timers (bring last year’s Haggadah) :
I Student rate: $6.50 — (includes Haggadah for those who need one) :
I *Scholarships available for those in need. Contact Toni Reiss at 269-2979 I
I Please complete the reservation form and return to the Temple office along with your pay ment to: Temple I
I Adath Israel, 124 N. Ashland Ave. Lex. KY 40502 by Monday. April 9th. We will use the Haggadah The I
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I allowed to be brought into the building. Thank you! I

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ASK JFS

by Fran Morris

sk JF S is a monthly advice column
with questions from members of the
ommunity needing help with a wide
range of issues. If you have a problem or
concern that you would like addressed in this
column, please send your conﬁdean queries
to: Ask JFS c/0 Jewish Family Services, 340
Romany Road, Lexington KY 40502 or call and
leave a message on the answering machine at
269-8244.
Dear JFS.
I am in a tough spot. I have recently gone on
disability and have depleted my savings on medical

bills. I am looking for a place to live that‘s going to be .

affordable on my limited income. I also have a
daughter who is six. We need a place to live as soon
as possible. Thanks for your help.

House Hunter

Dear House Hunter.

If you need immediate temporary housing. please
call the Salvation Army at 252—7706. They will also
be able to help with a pemianent home search.

If you can wait a month or longer. you should call
Tenant Services at 258-3960. They will provide a
listing of income based housing options here in
Lexington. If you qualify. these apartments will cost
30% of your total monthly income. To make an
application at the apartment complexes that are listed,
you must have your social security card. your child's
social security card. her birth certificate, and your
housing history for the last three years.

As another resource, you can contact the Housing
Authority of the Lexington Fayette Urban County
Government at 281-5060, for information on subsi—
dized rental housing. There is a 3-6 month waiting
list, so it would be wise to get your name on the list as

soon as possible.
J FS

ho‘s Marty Glickman? Most young
people either never heard of him or
heard him on the radio or TV an—
nouncing sports. But some folks of my generation
. remember Marty as the Jewish Olympic runner who
didn't run. And therein lies a story that was brought
to mind by the recent death of Glickman and the
half page obituary of him in the NY Times.

Track is practically a forgotten sport today. But
in the pre-WWII era. it was a headliner. I can recall
going to the Millrose Games at a capacity—filled
Madison Square Garden with my father to watch
the great milers try to crack the four minute mark
and to see whether the pole vaulters could top
twelve feet. There were those Games. the Penn
Relays. and other major track events. And the
athletes were national heroes.

We hear little about track stars today. Recently
Marion Jones received back page publicity for
winning FIVE track and field medals at the recent
Olympics. And there were only a few sentences
. about Johnny Gray. a four~timc Olympian \yho_ at
40. is still winning races. among them the 800
meters at the 2001 Millrose Games.

But let’s get back to the Marty Glickman story.

In the 1936 Olympic tryouts, 18 year old
Glickman, a sophomore at Syracuse University, was
selected along with Sam Stoller, another Jewish
athlete, for the 400 meter relay team at the
Randall’s Island tryouts. Yet several days before the
race in Germany,

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informed by the
coach that he and
Stoller were to be
replaced by Jesse
Owens and Ralph
Metcalfe, although
both of these faster

THE MARTY GLICKMAN STORY

by Michael E. Adelstein

sprinters had never practiced baton passing.

When Glickman questioned this decision. he was
told that the Germans had been hiding some top
notch runners for the event. Consequently. the coach
had decided to use his faster sprinters. Although the
Americans won the event (for Owens" fourth gold
medal). no new surprise runners appeared for the
German team.

Later Glickman learned that Avery Brundage. the
pro—Nazi American head ofthe International
Olympic Committee. had caused Stoller and him to
be replaced. Brundage wanted to spare Hitler
further embarrassment. deciding that he had suf—
fered enough humiliation in seeing black athletes
appear numerous times on the Olympic victory
stand. Having two Jewish runners receive gold
medals in defeating Germany's best Aryan stars
would have been insufferable. Thus Glickman and
Stoller never ran.

But fortunately for Glickman. he had another
talent—as a sports announcer. He began his career in
upstate New York for $15 a week and ended it in
the Big Apple. For 23 years he w as the radio voice
ofthe NY football Giants. for 3i ofthe Knicks. tor
l2 ofthe Yonkers Raceway. and for l l of the Jets
He also did pre— and post—borne show s for the
Dodgers and the Yankees.

It was widely known that often many fans tuned
in to listen to Glickman’s radio broadcasts of games
that were being televised, just as many Wildcat fans

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the TV announcers.

In his time. Marty Glickman was ranked with
Red Barber, Mel Allen, Harry Carey, and Lindsey
Nelson, the top announcers of their day. Today’s
leading announcers. Marv Albert and Bob Costas.
have acknowledged that Glickman was a major
inﬂuence on them. He taught many other sports
broadcasters for NBC, always stating that “a
prerequisite is the ability to speak proper English."

The Marty Glickman story, consequently. has a
happy ending. But even though he had been honored
in 1998 with a placque in lieu of the Olympic gold
medal he most likely would have won, he would
have preferred to have raced and been awarded it.
But he often joked, “What other Olympic 400 meter

relay runner is remembered for what he didn’t win?"

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Young Leadership

By Sandy Goldberg

n the evening of Sunday, February 25th

approximately thirty people attended a

social meeting of the Young Leadership,
sponsored by CKJF. We met at Cosmos, the
speciality food store, which opened up after hours
to serve as host. Organized by the Millers (Lisa
and Jonathan) and the Callers (Bret and Allison),
the event was one in which no one left without her
or his fill of outrageous hors d’oevres, sumptuous
desserts, and friendly and spirited conversation. If
there are better ways to forge a sense of community
among Lexington’s young Jews, I am not aware of
them; and so a very sincere expression of gratitude
must be extended, both to the Millers and the
Callers for having envisioned the event and having
made the arrangements, and t0 CKJF for having
sponsored the program.

CKJF LEISURE CLUB UPDATE

By Annette Milch

pring is always one of the nicest seasons of
the year in Lexington, Kentucky. Hope all
of you get to go out and enjoy the beautiful
sunshine and the spring ﬂowers. Many of you know
that I grow ﬂowers and irises in particular; I will
have several pictures of my irises for you to view at
our April meeting. Hope you can attend.
Our club attendance has been very low We
missed mum of \ou in January at the Coach House

‘fwm‘m-WW lovely as usual & those

attended had a good time shmoozing. Our February
meeting at Polo’s at the Hilton was very quiet and
delicious and we enjoyed going to a new place. In
March we had a nice potluck lunch at the temple
where Fran Morris spoke about what she does at
Jewish Family Services. It is good to know there is
someone out there who can help with issues like
immigration, home health care, housing options and
home delivered meals. Fran is also responsible for
creating educational programs for the different

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populations in the Jewish community. She is
developing a long-term care series of workshops in
April and May. Look for the ads in this and the
next issue of Shalom. Rides will be provided for
anyone who needs them. The phone number for the
Jewish Family Services office is 269-8244. Call
anytime Monday to Friday with questions or
problems. Please leave a message if Fran cannot
answer the phone when you call.

Our Leisure Club needs some revitalizing! We
are trying to come up with some new programs for
your enjoyment. Please call us with any ideas you
may have. April’s program is going to be about
gardening and growing ﬂowers. It will be held at
Ohavay Zion synagogue on April 19th at 2:30pm.
We will provide coffee and cake. We look forward
to seeing you there.

We want to wish Natalie Sherman a continued
speedy recovery. She is still recovering from a broken
leg; however, she is at home and doing better.

social services; federal prison programs and
more need conti