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OCTOBER 2009

Former Israeli prime minister to speak at UK

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will deliver a public lecture at the
University of Kentucky at 7:30 pm. on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Singletary
Center for the Performing Arts. The lecture is free and open to public.

initiative.

Mr. Olmert's lecture is the first of two the university will sponsor this aca—

demic year as part of what will be a continuing campus and community
dialogue on the Middle East. In March 2010, the university will host the visit
of a prominent Palestinian public figure. Both speakers will offer their views
on the prospects and preconditions for peace in the Middle East. The goal is
to inform the university and broader Kentucky community and to facilitate

thoughtful dialogue.

This discussion will be sustained in the long—term by the establishment of a
Peace House Living-Learning Community. Peace House is conceived as a stu-
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Pacesetters Event success sets
stage for upcoming programs

The Pacesetters Event on August

30 was a wonderful success. Many
thanks to Judy and Bob Baumann
for hosting the wine and cheese
party in their lovely home and gar—
den and to the Campaign co-chairs
Pat Shraberg and Angie Ornstein
and their committee for all their
hard work. Thank you also to Rob
Rosenstein and Liquor Barn for the
donation of refreshments. More than
40 people attended and an additional
$117,000 was raised that evening.

This represents about a three percent increase over what
was raised last year. The 2008 Campaign experienced a
large drop, so many needs in this community and over—
seas were not met. We hope that those who have not yet
made their 2009 gift will try to stretch so we can continue
this upward trend.

Our next two programs will be the Equine Division Event,
which will be held on October 20 at the home of Antony
and Angela Beck, and the Benefactors Event, which will
be held on October 25 at Portofino. The speaker at both
events will be Gavriel Azulay, director of the horseback

see Campaign, page 3

internationally. The prospects for
peace in the Middle East will be a
principal focus of the Peace House

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an opportunity for Tikkun Lexington, a volunteer group
of the Central Kentucky Jewish Federation, to donate
time, energy, and money to community organizations.
Originally called ”Mitzvah Day,” and ”Day of Giving” in
more recent years, the event actually evolves over weeks.
People are encouraged to donate items such as baby sup-
plies and toys, coats, and toiletries for the entire month
of December. Donations may also be delivered to such
places as Florence Crittenton Home and the M.A.S.H.
group home for at—risk youth on the nights leading up

to December 25. People at these facilities look forward

to our good times and good meals, which we typically
bring earlier in the month to accommodate students who
go home for the holidays. So we’ve decided to change
our name again to reflect the reality, but not to change the
great tasks that help our community.

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IN THIS ISSUE

TAl Sisterhood to give American Girl luncheon .......... 3
TA! to sponsor Holocaust symposium ................. 3
President's Message .............................. 4
Third Opinion ................................... 5
From the Director ................................ 6
Ask a Rabbi .................................... 7
JFS: At Your Service .............................. 8
Hadassah membership stimulus plan ................. 8
Please answer the call ............................ 8
Opinion ....................................... 9
Genetic Counseling: Your family’s past meets the present . 9
Reflection: Curtain call ............................ 1O
Bipartisan congressional leadership .................. 11
Rubin family hosts camp staff for pool party ........... 11
B’tayavon ...................................... 12
UK ag school recognizes student .................... 14
Lexington Chapter of Hadassah ..................... 16
Lexington Havurah ............................... 16
Temple Adath Israel .............................. 17
Ohavay Zion Synagogue ........................... 18
UK to present talk on Jesus in modern Hebrew literature. .18
Around the Community ........................... 19
Community Calendar ............................ 20

 

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celebration to the Stewart Home’s Jewish students by honoring Shabbat and Jewish
holidays. It is a very special evening for all who participate, volunteers and students alike.

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Susan Cobin Jeremy Popkin
Evelyn Dantzic Geller Ricki Rosenberg
Larry Kant Kae Schennberg
Mimi Kaufman David Shakib

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The TAI Sisterhood October meeting will be a tea/lun-
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Sunday, October 25, immediately following religious
school, the tea is open to all members of the Temple
including grandmothers, mothers, and daughters.

Rebecca Rubin is the newest doll in the American Girl
line. Hers is the story of a Jewish girl born in Russia who
comes to America with her family in the early 20th cen-
tury. The doll will be given away to one lucky attendee at
the end of the tea.

Elena Domatov, who was born in Russia, will give a brief
talk about her experience in immigrating to this country.

This tea is sure to be an enjoyable experience for girls of
all ages (men and boys are welcome to attend if they real-
ly want to) and we urge you to bring your daughters and
granddaughters. The cost is $5 for girls 12 and under, $8
for Sisterhood members, and $10 for anyone over 12 who
is not a member of Sisterhood.

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Campaign (from page 1)

riding therapy program at the Ben Yakir Youth Aliyah
Village in Israel.

Youth Aliyah began as a rescue operation to save Jewish
children from Nazi Germany and has evolved into a
highly effective network that is transforming the lives
of Israel’s at-risk youth. During its 70-year history, Youth
Aliyah has served more than 350,000 children and teens
including many olim from the former Soviet Union and
Ethiopia.

The intervention provided at the villages enables the
young people to cope with the difficulties of integration,
to break the cycle of poverty, and to become contributing
members of Israeli society. Programs include tutoring,
therapy, counseling, and positive extracurricular activi-
ties such as sports, the arts, and animal care.

Funds raised through the CKJF annual campaign support
both the horseback therapy and music programs at Ben
Yakir. In order to register for either of these events, please
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TAI to sponsor Holocaust symposium

In commemoration of the opening of its Holocaust Museum, Temple Adath Israel will sponsor a
symposium on the Holocaust on November 1 and 8. The presentations, conducted by local experts,
will address a broad range of topics intended for a general audience, covering issues such as the
significance of material artifacts, theology, current historical controversies, Holocaust education,
and genocide in the post—Holocaust world. All sessions will be held at Temple Adath Israel and are

open to the general public.

Presentation Schedule:
Sunday, November 1
10:00 a.m.: Opening Remarks

10:15 a.m.: ”Understanding the Past for Changing the Future: Museum Artifacts and Their

Historical Significance”

David Schneidt, Founder of the TAI Holocaust Museum and Dr. Kenneth Slepyan, Professor of

History, Transylvania University

11:00 a.m.: ”Where is God in the Midst of Destruction?”
Rabbi Marc Kline J.D., Temple Adath Israel

Sunday, November 8

9:30 a.m.: ”New Perspectives in the Holocaust History Classroom”
Dr. Jeremy Popkin, Professor of History, University of Kentucky
10:15 a.m.: ”Facing History and Ourselves: An Approach to Teaching Tolerance through

Understanding the Holocaust”

Rachel Belin, Trained Facilitator, Facing History Ourselves Holocaust education program
11:00 a.m.: ”The Holocaust and Other Genocides: A Jewish Call to Action”
Dr. Laurence H. Kant, Executive Director, Gateway to Civic and Spiritual Renewal

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a location and help If possible, we
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can then be home celebrating with
their families. However, we have
come to realize that if we come in
on a holiday, employees may have
to come in as well, thus defeating
the purpose. We now only perform
services at places that are open for
business no matter when Christmas
falls; for those closed for the holiday,
we take treats and spend time earlier
in the month.

We are looking for many good people
not only to volunteer their time to
help others, but also to share ideas
and visions of places that you know
need help. We have set the founda-
tion, but there is no limit to what we
can accomplish together. Please con-
tact Jana at (859) 268-0672 or jana@
jewishlexingtonorg to become part
of the advisory committee. This is a
great short-term commitment that
affects more than 200 lives by vol-
unteering and making a difference.

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please just say you will help. Watch
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We have some very special events
occurring in our community in the
month of October (and no, I do not
mean Halloween). On October 14,
the University of Kentucky will wel-
come the visit and public lecture of
former prime minister of Israel Ehud
Olmert. It is with great pleasure

that CKJF accepted an invitation to
work with UK to facilitate the broad
participation of our community in
the event. Mr. Olmert’s visit is part
of an effort by the university to
promote open dialogue regarding
the possibilities and conditions for
future peace in the Middle East. This
wonderful theme is to be continued
in the spring with a visit from a
prominent Palestinian public figure.

The university is also looking ahead
toward the establishment of ”Peace
House,” a meeting ground for Israeli,
Palestinian, and Kentucky students
to share common goals and experi—
ences, with an understanding and
respect for differences. They will
have an extraordinary opportunity
to grow both as university students

and as unofficial ambassadors for peace. The university is
launching this new program with the Visit of Mr. Olmert.

Please make sure that you are at Singletary Center on
Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30 pm. to welcome him to
our community, to hear what he has to say, and to ask
questions if offered the opportunity. We all know the
old saying that if there are two Jews in a room, there
are at least three opinions. Israeli politics and Middle
Eastern politics are controversial arenas—you need
not necessarily agree with Mr. Olmert’s point of View.
However, please do not let this opportunity pass by
without coming to listen to one of the most influen-
tial leaders in the Jewish world and the Middle East.

On October 20, the Equine Division of the CKJF/ UJC
Campaign will meet to honor and thank Warren and
Betty Rosenthal for their role in the Equine Division. It
was under the initiative and encouragement of Warren
and Betty that the Equine Division got its start, and over
the past few years it has developed into a significant part
of our community campaign and a meeting point for
those involved in the horse industry in Central Kentucky.
The project the division has taken on has grown, along
with the commitment to improve conditions and edu-
cation for underprivileged and at-risk children at Ben
Yakir (a Youth Aliyah facility near Hadera in Israel.)

We are delighted that Gavriel (Gabi) Azulay, the direc-
tor of the Horse Therapy Program at Ben Yakir, will

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speak at the event, which will
take place at Gainesway Farm,
owned by Antony and Angela
Beck. The event will also feature
the dedication of the Betty and
Warren Rosenthal Equine Section
of the Ben Yakir Library. If you are part of the Equine
Division, please make sure that you are with us to wel-
come Gabi, help us honor Warren and Betty, and partici—
pate in the Equine Division CKJF/UJC 2009 Campaign.

We are also delighted that Gabi will be extending his visit
to include our Benefactors Event on Sunday, October 25 at
Portofino Restaurant. Gabi will speak not only about the
Horse Therapy program, but also about Ben Yakir general-
ly and about the Music Program, which is our new Israel—
directed commitment for Campaign. The Music Program
reaches out to challenged children in the same way that
the Horse Therapy Program at Ben Yakir does. It offers an
opportunity for the children from truly distressed family
situations to let down their guards, to open themselves

to new challenges, and to learn how to trust while gain-
ing new skills and growing enormously in self esteem.

Please help us help others! Your participation in the CKJF/
UJC Campaign not only benefits those in need in Israel
and around the world, but our local community programs
and events. Join me in making our community and our
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I didn’t want to see Quentin Tarantino’s film Inglourious
Basterds because of deja vu. You see, I’ve been entertain—
ing World War II revenge fantasies since I was a teen-ager
watching Frank Capra's Why We Fight films and listen-
ing to audios of the Nuremburg Trials. (Apparently, the
executive producers—both Weinstein brothers—did, too.)
It’s pleasurable to think of Nazis getting riddled by good
guys’ bullets, and if they’re Jewish good guys’ bullets, that
makes it all the more satisfying. But two things bother me.

no chance for
her to visit his
grave.

World War II was a ”good war,” rela—
tively speaking, because sides and
issues were clearly drawn and all the
soldiers wore uniforms, unlike Brad
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First, we, the Jews, lost
that war big-time. Two—
thirds of our fellow
Jews living in Europe

Cartoonish depictions of friends or enemies do little more
than amuse children even while they inculcate in them a
view of the world that is dangerously two-dimensional.

 

lost their lives. Six mil-

lion, give or take a few. Seeing some screen Nazis get
killed is no compensation for these losses. We may take
some comfort from knowing that Hitler's fanatical obses-
sion with Jews probably cost him the war, as he com-
mitted so many men and so much war materiel to our
destruction. Not to mention what he might have done had
he enlisted Germany’s Jews to fight for him. Most of the sci-

‘ entists who built our atomic bomb—Einstein, Teller, Szilard,

Segre, Fermi—were Jewish refugees.

Second, who says that all those dead German sol-

diers were dedicated Nazis, or even Nazis at all? Leni
Riefenstahl’s famous film Triumph of the Will (1934) is,
kidmittedly, a propaganda piece, but it shows that German
soldiers looked alot like our kids in uniform. Their poli-
tics weren’t visible, but what do teenagers know?

I was reminded of this recently when I read the

touching story" of a German woman born in 1934 in
Berchtesgaden, which, you will remember, was the place
above which Hitler later made his summer home. She
notes that many of the townspeople were not at all happy
with this internal Nazi invasion, the more so since many
of their houses, businesses, and community institu-

tions were taken over or destroyed to make room for the
Fuehrer's military entourage.

Her own father had been a Nazi party member, but left it
in 1932, before Hitler was elected Germany's chancellor.
Papa was a blue—collar worker, a painter who decorated
china at a local factory. Married in 1933, he had two
daughters by the time he was drafted in 1940. At 34, he
was perhaps a little old for service, but he didn’t get much
older. He was killed in France in July, 1941. His older
daughter, then 7, came home from school to hear her
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or our opponents in the two Middle
Eastern wars. Real Germans, how—
ever, as I saw on two extended visits
there, are hardly more uniform than,
say, Kentuckians and New Yorkers.
Carfbonish depictions of friends or
enemies do little more than amuse
children even while they inculcate in
them a View of the world that is dan-
gerously two-dimensional.

If we are to solve our own internal
problems, let alone continue to lead
the free world, we have to see things
in Technicolor or at least in shades of

gray.

Full disclosure: after writing this
piece I saw the movie.

*Irmgard A. Hunt (née Pohlmann)
earned a B.A. from Columbia in
1986 and lives in Washington, DC.
with her husband, a Freudian psy—
choanalyst, and their two children.
Her book, On Hitler’s Mountain:
Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi
Childhood, was published in 2005 by
Wm. Morrow. 3

Stanley Ned Rosenbaum, PhD (Brandeis),
is an adjunct professor of Hebrew at UK
and professor emeritus of Judaic Studies
at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn.
The title of this recurring column is
drawn from the old chestnut, "Two Jews,
three opinions.”

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From the Director
Judy B. Wortman

 

For a number of years, I have had
thepleasure of spending part of the
Sukkot festival with my daughter,
son-in—law, and four adorable grand-
sons in Bloomington, Indiana. This
past May, soon after I arrived in
Lexington, they moved to Palo Alto,
California. While I will not be with
them on Sukkot this year, I will be
with them for several days before,
during, and after Yom Kippur. Like
other Jewish families throughout the
world, we will begin erecting a suk-
kah right after Yom Kippur ends.

When I was growing up in
Philadelphia in the '505 and ’608, I
didn’t know anyone who actually
built their own sukkah. I thought it
was something done only by com-
munities at congregations or Hillel
Houses, or perhaps by Orthodox
families. Years later, when our chil-
dren were very young, my husband
and I tried to build our first one—
according to the instructions pub—
lished in the first Jewish Catalogue.
While the [ewish Catalogue was

an incredible ”How to Be Jewish”
book, its authors were not skilled
carpenters. As we were having our
first meal in the beautiful sukkah
decorated by our kids’ artwork and
with Marimekko fabric as walls, a
fierce October wind blew and, alas,
the sukkah fell down around us.

After some minor repairs, we were
able to erect it again and continued
to do so for many years. Each year
we made it a tradition to invite a
new family to celebrate with us—one
that had never built their own suk-
kah. After experiencing a meal

or a play—date there or helping us
construct it, many of these families
began building their own sukkot.

I often said that once Jewish children
experienced the joy of having their

   

own sukkah,
they would find
the appeal of
their neighbors’
Christmas trees
diminished.
The sukkah became a place to eat
outdoors, a playhouse, an array of
art projects, and a tent for sleep-
outs, weather permitting. Having
watched my children’s, and now

my grandchildren’s, delight as they
anticipate the arrival of the holi—
day, I strongly recommend that our
Lexington Jewish families who have
not yet adopted this mitzvah con-
sider it. It is also a wonderful way
of introducing some interesting con-
cepts to your families and guests.

One of the traditions associated

with Sukkot is ushpizin. This is the
tradition of inviting our matriarchs
and patriarchs into the sukkah to
celebrate with us. Before the holiday
you might consider asking your chil-
dren whom they might like to invite
to celebrate with them. Once you are
actually in the sukkah, you can dis-
cuss the famous or historical people
they would have inwtedanduhy. IL.“
is also a tradition to invite those in
need for a meal in the sukkah and

to give some of the newly harvested
food to those who are hungry. This is
certainly a good time to introduce the
concept of tzedakah to your children.

Another concept that l associ-
ate with the holiday is the fragil—
ity of life. Just as the sukkah is
transient and subject to whims of
weather, so too are our lives.

May you all be blessed with the
opportunity to celebrate the won-
derful festival of Sukkot, z’man sim-
chateynu, the season of our joy. 2:!

 

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hope,” said Provost Kumble R.
Subbaswamy.

Mr. Olmert’s lecture will begin at 7:30
pm. and will be followed by a ques—
tion and answer session. While the
lecture is free and open to the public,
tickets must be reserved in advance
of the event. Ticket information is
available by contacting the Singletary
Center Box Office at (859) 257—4929 or

visiting the center’s Web site at www.
singletarytickets.com.*

Schools and community groups may
contact Richard Greissman, (859) 257-
2471 or richardgreissman@uky.edu,
for information about group seating.

*Tickets must be picked up at The
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