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MARCH 2007

Rabbi Bob Alper to perform

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By Linda Razmin and Ricki Rosenberg

The world's funniest rabbi, Bob Alper, will appear in
Lexington for one night only on Saturday, March 10
at 8 p.m. The performance will be at Mike Scanlon’s
Antique Car Museum and Garage. There will be

While this event is free, there is
limited seating and reservations
are required. To reserve your place,
please call CKJF at 859/268-0672,
email to ckjf@jewishlexington.

org, or register on-line at http://
www.jewishlexington.org.

wine, cheese, and other refreshments, and music

provided by our very own Harold Sherman. You
can mix, mingle, and munch while enjoying the
entertainment, all the while surrounded by the most
impressive clm‘sn tar n (\Ilt't tinn m k entral Kentucky

“Mien is free, and there will be no solicitation.

For those who may not be familiar with him, Rabbi
Alper has appeared on national television and before
sold-out audiences in the US. and overseas (including

Mike Scanlon’s garage is located at
540 East 2nd Street across from the
Herald—Leader building and has
convenient adjacent parking. l‘lease
join us for a special evening of free
food, fun, and classic cars. This is
our way of saying ”thank you” to
the community for your continued
support of CKJF and its programs. IO!

a recent appearance in Louisville at $50 a ticket).

 

2007 Moosnick Lecturer announced

Distinguished rabbi to

speak on Judaism
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Lexington - Rabbi Irving (Yitz)
Greenberg, president of Jewish Life
Network/Steinhardt Foundation,
New York, will be the guest
lecturer for the 2007 Dr. Franklin B.
Moosnick Lectures in Judaic Studies
at Lexington Theological Seminary.

The lectures, free and open to the
public, will be held March 29—30.

Rabbi Greenberg will speak
Thursday, March 29, at 11 a.m. in
the Seminary's Fellowship Hall.
His topic will be ”Judaism as
the Religion of the Triumph of
Life.” On Thursday at 7:30 p.m.,
he will speak at Ohavay Zion

Rabbi Irving (Yitz)
Greenberg

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Sar-El: Volunteers
experience life in Israel

Helping found rewarding, enjoyable
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By Betty Nigoff

Lowell and I had been

to Israel twice, once in
December 2001 with Rabbi
Adland and a group from
Temple Adath Israel, and
then again in June 2005
with Rabbi Kline and

a different group from
Temple Adath Israel. Both

trlp\ were very informative,

    

Itit't'II and In in Niger] in Israel
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With experienced guides,
accommodating hotels,
and great traveling companions. But we wanted
to experience Israel and her inhabitants, and we
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While searching the Internet, Lowell found a group
called Sar-El, the Hebrew acronym for ”Service for
Israel.” General Aharon Davidi, former head of the IDF
Paratroopers, started Sar—El in 1982. Today, the program
takes volunteers, Jews and non-JeWS, from all over the
world. Last year more than 3,500 people participated,
saving the IDF millions of dollars. Volunteers work for
two or three weeks on an IDF base in a non-combat area.
They are given tasks that require little or no training,
that are doable by people of all ages, and that have a
tangible, positive impact on the effort to support Israel.

For security reasons, Sar-EI cannot tell you ahead of

time where you will be assigned. So when we arrived

at Ben—Gurion Airport, and the Israeli immigration

officials asked us where we would be staying, we

just said on an army base with Sat—El. That was ‘
enough; they smiled and waved us through. ,,

We were picked up at the airport and driven to our
assigned base, between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The
base was just across the highway from Ramla, a small
city that has an Arab population of 40 percent. Ramla
was interesting: a real mingling of Jews from secular to
observant, Christians, and Muslims. We were allowed,
in groups of at least four people, to walk into town to
shop and try their restaurants. There were schwarma
and falafel stands galore, and even a McDonald's.

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IN THIS ISSUE

Honest Reporting ................................ 3
TAI Sisterhood plans evening of fun & creativity for March. 3
President's Message .............................. 4
Hadassah Auction to be March 17 ................... 4
From the Executive Director ........................ 6
Third Opinion ................................... 7
Jewish community speakers’ bureau established ......... 7
Ask a Rabbi .................................... 8
JFS: At Your Service .............................. 9
Louisville Jewish War Veterans extend invitation ......... 9
History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — Part XVI ....... 10
Just for kids .................................... 12
Book review .................................... 13
B’tayavon ...................................... 13

Jewish Family Services Shabbat 2007 to present mission. . .13
Social Action Committee continues charitable activities . . .14

JFS Leisure Club holds variety of entertainments ......... 15
2007 Emergency Food and Shelter Program launched . . . .16
Around the Community ........................... 17
Lexington Hadassah .............................. 17
Lexington Havurah ............................... 17
TAI ........................................... I8
OZS .......................................... 19
Community Calendar ............................ 20

 

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Michael Grossman, Vice President Stanley Isenstein Rickie Rosenberg
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By Steve Caller

in November of last year 1 was fortunate to participate
in a six-day mission to Israel sponsored by a group
called ”Honest Reporting.” Our group included

five friends from the Miami area and 28 others

from all over the world. Since most of us had been

to Israel many times, we were attracted to this
organization which monitors Mideast reporting

and studies why the Western press is so anti-Israel.

Our trip was well organized and we visited many of the.
hot spots for western reporters. We saw how they seek
outrageous photo ops showing Israelis "oppressing”

the Palestinians. W -. were shown how effective the
“alestinians are at restating history and spinning events
such as the removal of the Jewish settlers from Gaza.

   

Steve Caller (left) attends

Honest Reporting mission with friends from

 

We Visited the security fence and
viewed the Jewish neighborhoods
that came under fire from terrorists.

We had several briefings by local
journalists who all had different
perspectives. The Peace New
member of Knesset made his

case for peace at ”almost” any
cost, because he believes that the
average Israeli will soon not want
to live in a land under constant
attack. We met an American Jewish
attorney who spends all of her
time defending Arabs arrested

by Israel to assure their fair trials.

Most interestingly, we were
briefed on how to debate anti-
lsrael folks (both Jewish and non
Jewish) at home to make a case for
a more balanced understanding
of the difficulties lsrael has in its
search for a partner to peace.

Hd'nest Reporting has just opened
a news center that is a resource
office for any reporters who seek
background information, need
help with transportation, or
simply want to socialize. Nearly
25 percent of the western reporters
are Jewish and hostile to lsrael—
particularly the Europeans.

l invite all ot our readers to go to the

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7:30 p.m., Ohavay Zion
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Theology, Politics”

 

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TAI Sisterhood plans evening of
fun and creativity for March

Mad Potter will provide opportunity to

make seder plates or other pottery
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Temple Adath lsrael Sisterhood will host their March
meeting at the Mad Potter on Wednesday, March 2],
at 7:30 pm. Participants will have the opportunity to
put their own personal spin on seder plates, Miriam’s
cups, or any other project of their choosing.

lf you are particularly interested in making a seder

plate, please call Sandcc at the Temple—(859) 269—2979—
immediately so that we can get enough pieces ordered;
they must be ordered two weeks in advance of the
meeting. if you’re willing to take a chance on availability,
or want to make something from their general inventory,
then you don’t need to reserve until Friday, March 16.7

Children over the age of 12 are welcome at this
event. If you have a teenager who would enjoy this
activity, please feel free to bring her/ him along; just
let us know when you make your reservation.

 

Light refreshments will be served.
The only cost for this meeting will
he the price of whatever piecets)
of pottery you choose to make.

If you don’t care to decorate any
pottery please feel free to join us
just for socializing and. snacks.

Looking to the future, save
Wednesday evening, April 18, for

a special treat. We will host the
members of the Women’s Guild of
Christ the King Cathedral for our
meeting in April. Charlotte Wong
will be speaking to us on organ
donation. Ms. Wong is the education
coordinator for KODA (Kentucky
Organ Donor Affiliates). Please make
every effort to join us as W‘ welcome
the women of Christ the King and
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President's Message

Marty Barr

 

Thomas Paine wrote several hundred years ago,

while our country was in the middle of its fight for
independence, ”These are the times that try men’s souls:
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in
this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but
he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks

of man and woman.” Well, my soul is surely being

tried with the weather, the length of time to spring,

the continuing trial of getting older and a few other
things. But I do see signs that things are changing.

The Campaign Committee under Ricki Rosenberg,
Linda Ravvin, and Lowell Nigoff has generated
and is already implementing new ideas for the 2007
campaign, while the Camp Committee behind the
leadership of David Levine and Kathy Feinberg

is beginning to interview counselors and finalize
plans for this summer’s Camp Shalom session.

On another note, the lease on our current CKJF office
space expires at the end of March and we are in the
process of coming to an agreement for the next several
years. We will, in all likelihood, be moving to space
on the third floor of our current building. This space
is several hundred square feet larger than our current

 

 

offices and has an area where we
can hold meetings with up to 50
or 60 people, which our current
offices can’t accommodate. We will
be looking for volunteers to join in
a painting party in late March.

In closing, I would like to note
that CKJF Director Danny Chejfec
has shown a great ability to

get the most out of used cars

that have been donated to the
Federation. If you have an old car
that needs a new home, just call -
and we’ll take it from there.

Enjoy Purim and don’t overload
on hamantashen. 35

 

 

Hadassah Auction to be March 17

“Let Us Entertain You” is' theme

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By Lynn Furm’ss, szdrursiug VP

The Lexington Chapter of Hadassah’s annual auction
will be on March 17, 2007 at 7:15 p.m. at Temple
Adath Israel, 124 N. Ashland Avenue in Lexington.
We hope you will attend what promises to be an
exciting evening. A professional auctioneer should
have us hopping to bid and there will be plenty

of silent auction items also, all covering a wide
range of activities to ”Let Us Entertain You."

While many of you know the monies raised at the
auction go to support I-Iadassah’s programs, you may
not know particulars of some of those programs.

For example, through our support of Youth Aliyah/
Children at Risk, l-ladassah offers special enrichment
program» and an environment in which disadvantaged
children can lea rn andgrow to become productive
citi/ens in Israel. At Hadassah College Jerusalem,
young adults can obtain highly sophisticated skills to
meet the needs of Israel’s increasingly technological
economy. in addition, Hadass‘ah supports the

Jt‘\\’i,\'l’i National Fund. which now faCes a huge
reforesting effort due to the effects, of the last war.

The Hadassah Medical Organi/ation offers maternity,
infant, and pediatric care in its Mother and Child Center.
Hadassah’s two hospitals in Jerusalem provide general
medical and surgical services to everyone without regard
for religion or nationality. The Goldyne Savad Institute
of Gene Therapy, one of only twelve in the world,

carries out research and pioneers new gene therapy

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techniques. These are only a ‘
few examples of our work in
health and medicine in Israel.

Locally, Hadassah participates in
community outreach at the Kentucky
Children's Hospital. We help operate
the children’s library and make

dolls for the young patients to help
them cope with their ailments

and diseases. On the national

level, we support Young Judaea,

an American—based Jewish youth
movement and camp program.

As you can see, Hadassah supports
various worthwhile programs
enriching the lives of many in
numerous ways. \Ve look forward

to seeing you at the auction so that
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Upon our arrival at the base, we
were greeted by a 19-year—old soldier,
Miri, our madricha—combination
guide and all-around problem—
solver for the volunteers. We also
had three young female soldiers

who were madrichot in training.

We were part of a team of fourteen
volunteers from Serbia, Canada,
Belarus, Norway, and, from the U.S.,
Minnesota, California, Maryland,
New York, and the Virgin Islands.
All the volunteers spoke English;
some spoke Russian, and we all
wanted to learn Hebrew. There were
three married couples~—the rest were
single or came without their spouses.
The youngest was 32, the oldest 70.

Not all the volunteers were Jewish;
some were Christian. The level of
observance varied among the Jews.
Several brought tefillin and davened
in the shul before breakfast. One
brought his shofar and practiced
next to our barracks, mostly at

dusk. All of us were Zionists.

We were issued uniforms the
first day: army shirts, pants, a
belt, and boots for those with
normal feet. My narrow feet
swam in the boots, so I wore the

‘ running shoes I had brought.

Our uniforms were the same as the
soldiers’, except that the soldiers’
uniforms fit them. Even though
our pants were baggy, and our
shirts were too big, we were very
proud to wear our uniforms. We
were an eclectic group thrown
together, sleeping, eating, joking,
shmoozing and working together
and committed to helping Israel.

Life on the base was like camp for
adults—men and women in separate
barracks, bathrooms outside, and cats
meowing for food. The shower water
took fifteen minutes to get warm,

so it was best to wait until someone
else was already in the shower
because the bathroom wasn't heated.

Our barracks accommodations were
sparse and crowded, with three
bunks in our room, but most were
heated. We even had a laundry
room, and a lounge (fondly named
Batzap Hard Rock Café) complete
with cable television and stereo
system. We could watch CNN at
night and keep up with the world
news. There was also a pay telephone
outside the Hard Rock Café.

I had hoped to get in some running
while in Israel, but no one else

had the same desire. One morning
at 5:30, I did manage to run ten
times around our gated and
guarded community, and was able
to watch a beautiful sunrise.

Breakfast began at 7 am. in a huge ‘
mess hall. We had to wear our
uniforms, shirts tucked in, buttons
buttoned. We ate with the soldiers
and often had to squeeze by or step
over their M165 and Uzi machine
guns to get to a seat. We got used
to that quickly. The breakfast fare
included scrambled eggs, hard-
boiled eggs, cheese, sliced white
bread, tomatoes, cucumbers,
yogurt, and hot cereal. No coffee,

a necessity for Lowell and me.
Luckily, there was a coffee/ hot
chocolate machine outside our
barracks and coffee at our work site.
Breakfast and dinner were always
dairy and pretty much the same.

Lunch was the main meal of the day,
and included chicken, beef, or fish.
We had fresh baked olive bread,

hot dishes, and dessert. Overall

the food was very good, fresh and
plentiful, and everything was kosher
(overseen by Yacov, our mishgeah).

Shortly. after breakfast we attended
the 7:50 flag-raising ceremony. We
gathered with the soldiers'in a large
courtyard and stood in formation
as the Israeli flag was raised. We
couldn’t help feeling a deep sense of
commitment and pride as that blue
and white flag was unfurled. It was
a great way to start the day. Our
madricha gave us the ”news of the
day” after flag raising, a schedule for
that day, and we were off to work.

Our base was responsible for
refurbishing communications
equipment and then sending it back
to the field. When we arrived at
work, there were large containers
filled with tank helmets that needed
to be repaired. The helmet shells
had to be sanded and painted, the
earphones and microphones rewired
and tested, and then the whole
package reassembled and boxed.
Lowell and I worked on rewiring
headsets all day. The first day I may
have completed one headset. After
we finished one, we would give

our headset to a young soldier who
would then test it, and we prayed
she would say it was good. If not,
we would have to repair it yet again.

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Synagogue on the subject, “Can the
Jewish People Deal with Power?
History, Theology, Politics.” The
following morning, Friday, March
30 at 9:30 a.m., he again will speak
in the Seminary's Fellowship

Hall, on the topic, ”Judaism and
Christianity: From Contempt to
Pluralism and Partnership.”

Rabbi Greenberg is an Orthodox
rabbi, a Harvard PhD. and scholar.
He has been a leading thinker

in confronting the Holocaust

as an historical transforming
event and Israel as the Jewish
assumption of power and the
beginning of a third era in Jewish
history. Author and professor,
Steven T. Katz said of Greenberg,
“No Jewish thinker has had a
greater impact on the American
Jewish community in the last two
decades than Irving Greenberg."

Rabbi Greenberg has published
numerous articles on Jewish thought
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Way: Living the Holidays (Simon &
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Heaven and Earth: The New Encounter

between Iudaisni and Chn‘sh'anity

(JPS, 2004). From 1974 through 1997,
he served as founding president

of The National Jewish Center for
Learning and Leadership (CLAL),

a pioneering institution in the
development of adult and leadership
education in the Jewish community
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intra-Jewish dialogue and the work
of Jewish unity. Before CLAL was
founded, he served as rabbi of the
Riverdale Jewish Center, as associate
professor of history at Yeshiva
University, and as founder, chair,
and a professor in the Department
of Jewish Studies of City College of
the City University of New York.

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It's cold out there — what

can be done?
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It is reasonable to reflect over what we experience
every day, so considering the freezing temperatures
we experienced lately, it makes sense to ask, “What
can we do about it?” We all know the answers: put on
another sweater, stay indoors, crank up the heat.

The problem is, all that does not
really take care of the cold, only
of our personal comfort. When
we add layers to our clothing,

or limit our time outdoors, or
increase the number on the
thermostat, we are not modifying
the Weather but recognizing

it for what it is and acting
accordingly to ensure our wellbeing. So what does
that have to do with the price of tea in China?

It is not only the cold that we cannot modify, but also
many of the issues we confront on a daily basis; the
larger the issue, the more probable it is that we have no
control whatsoever over it. One of the situations that

is hopelessly out of our direct control is the situation

in Israel between Jews and Arabs. Nothing we do and
nothing we say here in Kentucky is going to modify
an iota of what is happening on the ground between

Palestinians and Israelis today.
So what, if anything, can be
done to ensure our wellbeing?

Let us first define “wellbeing.” Why
would anything that happens half

a world from here affect us in any
way? I can only give you my answer:
I am a Jew, and as such I am aware

If our fate and the fate of the State of Israel are
so intimately connected, it stands to reason that
it is in our best self-interest as Jews to support
the State of Israel. Up until this point I am sure
we all agree, but the devil is in the details.

of the historical experience of my
ancestors in a way that a non-Jew
can never be. The converse is also
true-I cannot expect to be aware

of the Irish historical experience in
quite the same way a descendant of
Ireland is. As a Jew looking into the
history of my people, I see Zionism
as a call for Jewish self-reliance, to
avoid being subject to the will of
others. In more progressive terms,
that is called self-determination, a

phrase we rarely see applied
to Jews in the media. For
me, political Zionism is

the Jewish movement for
national self-determination.

Looking at the historical experience of the Jewish

people I also see that the independence of Israel in 1948

changed the way non-Jews and Jews alike look at the
Jewish people. Israeli psychologist Hanan Nudel
described how the existence of Israel created
different links among Jews and transformed the
way Jews relate to each other around the globe.
He called it “Israelization of the link,” which in
practical terms means that Israel as a Jewish state
has come to play a key role in the self-definition
of Jewish Identity in the 20th and 21st centuries.

It logically follows that the more intimate the connection
between the State of Israel and Jewish identity, the more
connected are the destinies of Jews in Israel and the
Diaspora. In other words, whatever happens to the State
of Israel will affect Jews and whatever Jews do—or do not
do—will affect how non-Jews see Israel and the Jews.

If our fate and the fate of the State of Israel are
so intimately connected, it stands to reason that
it is in our best self-interest as Jews to support

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