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2001 Community Campaign Continues; Goal is to Set Record
Chair Alan Stein says successful campaign needed to support all-time record activity

Ian Stein. chairperson of the 2001 CKJF/ agers. to finding long—term care Options for our force behind the unique bond between JeWs around

UJC Community Campaign announced aging parents and for ourselves! Community the world and in Israel. More than 887,000 immi-

recently, “Our 2001 Community Cam— Relations Committee represents the interests of the grants came to Israel from the former Soviet Union
paign is still going, and we are striving to reach an Jewish community to the general public on local, between 1989 and 2000. Thousands still arrive
all-time record campaign to support our all—time national, and international issues. It also partici— monthly. The American Jewish Joint Distribution
record activity. The recent attacks in New York and pates in citywide coalitions to improve our comer of Committee (JDC) for 84 years has embodied the
Washington are still fresh in our minds, and the the world. Community Activities Committee principle that all Jews are responsible for one
wounds will take a long time to heal, if they ever organizes social and cultural events that bring the another. Operating in 57 countries around the
will. But these attacks also highlight the signifi- Jewish community together. It also organizes ’ world, JDC rescues Jews in distress, provides relief
cance of our Annual Community Campaign to help regional trips to concerts and museums as well as for Jews in need, reconstructs and rebuilds Jewish
our Israeli brothers and sisters who have been living community-wide celebrations such as Israel Inde- communities and helps Israel address its social
under the boot of terrorism for a very long time.” pendence Day or programs such as a boat ride on challenges by serving as a force for innovation and

In a recent message to those individuals who may the Kentucky River or the screening of “The Life reform. The collapse of the former Soviet Union

not yet have been contacted. Chairperson Stein and Times of Hank Greenberg." Camp Shalom (FSU) presented JDC with two challenges: reviving
noted, “The participation of very member of the provides a unique and loving summer day camp for Jewish life, nearly obliterated by WWII and the
community in the annual mmpaigm is important We the cmumunin 's children ages 4 it). where the\. Sm iets, and meeting the \\ e‘ifare needs ofthe Jewish

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you personally, it can.” referred to the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) and needy. JDC’s Hesed centers distributed these
Included among CKJF local activities Stein the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee services by incorporating senior citizen centers,

particularly noted Jewish Family Services, Commu- (JDC). The Jewish Agency for Israel plays a unique with food programs, medical equipment loan

nity Relations Committee, Community Activities role in building Jewish peoplehood. For 70 years, facilities, medical consultations, and a variety of

Committee, and Camp Shalom. He cited our the Jewish Agency, a humanitarian organization services for the homebound under one roof. There

Federation’s role overseas through the Jewish committed to the highest ideals of freedom and are 145 Heseds in the FSU.

Agency for Israel and the American Jewish Joint equality, has been pivotal to Israel’s remarkable At this time, Stein said, we are contacting those

Distribution Committee which operates in countries story of immigration, renewal and growth. And for who have been generous participants in the CKJF/
other than Israel. over 50 years, since the establishment of the State UJC Community Campaign in the past and hope to

The primary purpose of our Jewish Federation, of Israel, the Jewish Agency has been the driving have each reaffirm a commitment for this year.
Stein said, is serving the greater Lexington Jewish
community with programming that brings us
together and by providing support to the elderly and Letter From IsraeI
trio“ m need. Jewrsh Fa-mlly semce-S helps commu- osh Adland, son of Sandy and Rabbi Jon Adland and a junior at Tates Creek High
nity members in need With confidential help, one by _ . .
one through services such as financial assistance School, has been m Israel smce the end of August as part of the International

’ Exchange High School Semester in Israel Program. In this “Letter From Israel,” Josh

and one-on-one counseling. JFS also designs and . . . .
conducts programs to address the unique individual shares some of his expenences With us. We look forward to reading future articles before he

and family needs that face us throughout our lives, returns in January.
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Lexington, KY 40502 PAID in Israel, school is not in session during the holiday
permit # 719 of Sukkot. Many families go on vacations or just
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Sunday morning at “Efes b-Iailah” or, in English,
“Zero in the morning.” We boarded the bus for
Masada at 2:30 AM. I had gone to sleep around
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. MAZEL TOV T0:
In "“5 Issue:
Ben Schumacher, son of Scott & Beth
Pres1dent’s Message .................................... 2 Schumacher, for qualifying as a National
Community Relations Committee ............... 3 Merit Semifinalist. A180, Ben was honored
W" . _ to be selected as a 2001 Governor’s Scholar.
inter Dinner ............................................. 3 ,

p and attended the 5—week program durmg the
Reflections as the Dust Settles .................... 4 summer at Northern Kentucky University.
KAPT ......................................................... 5 Antony & Angela Beck, on the birth of
Terror .......................................................... 6 their son‘ Henry Michael, on September 27’

. 2001.
Leisure Club ............................................... 7 Gail & Ernie Cohen, 0n the birth of their
Doll Project Update .................................... 7 grandchildren, Melanie Silver and Jared
Rabbi’s Comer ........................................... 8 Chamey “he“.
Toy Drive .................................................... 8
Week Israelis Come to Wichita ................... 9 REFU AH SHLEM AH (get well wishes):
Hadassah Women’s Discussion Group ....... 9 Gay Adelstein
Hadassah Chanukah Party .......................... 9 Mike AdelStein
. Rabbi Jon Adland
Alzheimer Interfaith Celebration ................ 9 Howard El do t
ASK JFS About ......................................... 10 Kathy Feinberg
Lexington Singles’ Chanukah Party ......... 10 Marjie Lerner
P V t. O n .t 10 Nancy Menard
assover aca ion 0 uni ' ................ , ,

pp ) Linda Ravvm
JFS Teen Workshop Highlights ................ 11
Tikkun Volunteers Needed ........................ 11 CONDOIé‘ENCES To“;

. . . a Martin Virginia .L. mm! on. the
3m SWW --------------------------- n l death ef‘MSrtin‘s fafher. sebum“
JSO ........................................................... 12 Luftman, on September 6, 2001.
Worship Schedule ..................................... 13 Nancy & Stephen KeSte“ 0“ the death
B’ A 14 of Nancy’s mother on September 19, 2001.
tay von ................................................ The Rosenber family on the death
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Ohavay Zion Synagogue ........................... 14 Charlie Rosenberg on OCtObCl' S, 2001 _
Temple Adath Israel 15 Please let us know ofany news you would
like to share with the community.
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November 2001, Volume IX, Issue 3
Stanley Saxe, President

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Daniel Chejfec, Executive Director
Fran Morris, Jewish Family Services
Diana Sisken Lockridge, Activities Director
Lori Zimmerman, Administrative Assistant

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PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE

by
Stan Saxe

n this issue of \Shalom Alan Stein.

chair of our 2001 CKJF/UJC Commu-

nity Campaign. reminds us how our
Jewish Federation in Central Kentucky affects
Jewish life in the former Soviet Union.

This past August as my flight to Ben
Gurion Airport was approaching Israel,
landing cards were distributed. These cards
ask for basic information to supplement a
passport. It was obvious a late middle-aged
couple near me were having some difficulty
completing the information requested. English
was evidently not their first language, and
they were not Hebrew speakers. They eagerly
accepted my offer to help with the landing
card. The couple were new Americans, having
come from the former Soviet Union and now
living in New York. To help me they produced;
a 4x6 inch file card on which their daughter V

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street address and phone number in Queens. "

They also produced their new US. passports.
The wife was born in Russia. the husband in
Uzbekistan. This was their first trip to Israel
to visit friends from the former Soviet Union
now living in Netanya.

This slight contact brought an awareness to
me how we in Central Kentucky and our
Jewish Federation helped in the effort to allow
Jews to emigrate from the former Soviet
Union. Now these new US. citizens are part
of the mainstream flying to meet their old
friends who are now new Israelis. Somehow I
felt this was overt evidence that we in Central
Kentucky do make a difference.

An awareness that all of us in the Central
Kentucky Jewish community share isthe
remarkable and moving article written by
Elena Domatov for last month’s issue of .
Shalom. The Domatov family came to Lexing-
ton from Tashkent, Uzbekistan and are a
valuable addition to our community.

As Alan Stein notes there are needs in the
former Soviet Union for those who remain.
According to the American Joint Distribution
Committee there are about 30,000 Jews in 4
Uzbekistan, down from more than 100,000
two decades ago. Most have emigrated to
Israel or the United States where the greatest
number are in Queens. Elsewhere in Central
Asia there are just over 20,000 Jews in
Kazakhstan and fewer than 1,500 in

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SETS PRO-ISRAEL TASK FORCE ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR

David Wekstein tO Chair NEEDED

ince September llth, we have seen a rise in anti-Israel letters and

articles both on campus and in the Herald Leader. Those writing these To work With
articles rely on the ignorance of the readers and take advantage of the simplicity
of their message : Israel is Oppressing Palestinians with American weapons and support, Community ACtIVItIeS committee
and that is why the Towers were struck. A simple explanation, albeit inaccurate, that Jewish Student Organization/Hillel
many people buy because they need an explanation of any sort. The readers do not know
of the key role played by Israel in information gathering and intelligence during the Camp Shalom Committee
efforts against terrorism, or the fact that Israel has been living with this nightmare for
most of its existence. In other words, we need to educate people about the Israeli per— Send resume and cover letter t0:
spective on the Middle East conflict. . . . .
The Federation’s Community Relations Committee, chaired by Rabbi Uri Smith, ACthltleS Dll‘eCtOI‘ searCh

determined that the best approach would be to ask people to write letters to the editor,

not only on the subject of the Middle East conflict, but on other Jewish-related issues as

well. David Wekstein was asked to coordinate these efforts to make sure that we can 340 Romany Road

present a positive case for Israel as well as se aration of church and state and other .

public affairs about which our community feeIIs strongly. Lex1ngton, KY 40502
If you are interested in being part of this effort, please contact the office at 268-0672

or ckjf@Jewishlexington.org or contact David Wekstein.

Central Kentucky Jewish Federation

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planned. ' Entertainment and special activities for the Children

     

$7.50 for children 5-10 and free for children 4 and under.

TO help us feed the hungry, please bring two nonperish-
able food items for each person in your party. If you forget,
you will be asked for a donation of $2.00 per person. All food

are scheduled.

The doors open at 6:00 pm, the buffet will begin at 6:30 ‘7
pm. The menu includes garden salad, pasta, vegetarian lasagna
cheese & vegetarian pizzas, mixed primavera garden vegetables,
garlic bread, coffee, iced tea, lemonade, carrot cake, and choco- and cash donations will be given to God’s Pantry.

  

 
 

late mousse. A cash bar will be available.

Reservations and payments must be made in advance and are due at CKJF by December 14th.
If you have questions, please call the CKJF office at 268-0672. There will be no solicitation of any kind during this event.

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s we leave the Days of Awe

behind us, as the dust begins to

settle in New York and in Wash-
ington, as the horrific count of the human
tragedy begins to hit home, it is time to
reflect.

The impact of the attacks has been
analyzed in its economic, political, legal,
human and diplomatic implications almost
to exhaustion. Yet there is one dimension
of the problem that is only now becoming
evident: Americans don’t feel safe.

A case of anthrax in Florida, an unbal—
anced Croatian killing a bus driver, or even
an innocent bystander who looks Middle
Eastern, is immediately believed to be
connected with terror and invokes fear.
When people are fearful, they grab for
straws, for anything that might explain

'~ what is happeningkumors' start," such as '

the one in which the father 01 one of the
terrorists claim that the Israelis kidnapped
his son a year ago and forced him to
participate in the attack so they can blame
the Arabs... or the report that 4000 Jews
did not show up for work for they knew of
the attack... or the allegation that America
was targeted for helping Israel...

The last of those rumors is in fact the
most insidious, considering that Osama
Bin Laden has publicly stated once and
again that his fight is to “free Muslim
soil from the presence of the infidels."
By this he means Americans in the land
of the Prophet, his native Saudi Arabia.
Blaming Israel is an easy way out, a
simple explanation that allows people to
believe that nothing is wrong and they
will not be targeted. As a Jew who lived
in Argentina during the 1976-1983
military rule, I know how much of an

REFLECTIONSAS THE

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By Daniel Chejfec, Executive Director
Central Kentucky Jewish Federation

illusion that is.

And talking about Israel brings to mind
another facet of the Attack on America.
For the sake of building a coalition with
unreliable partners, the Bush administra-
tion is pressuring Israel to concede to the
Palestinians. They forget that when Israel
offered the Palestinians almost all that they
wanted in July of 2000, Arafat’s response
was to start the Intifada. the undeclared
war, on Israel. They forget that Israel has
lived under the shadow of terrorism most of
its existence, and forgetting that those who
want to destroy the American way of life
have a clear goal in mind: the destruction
of Israel and the establishment of an
Islamic state from the Jordan to the Sea.

Yet in the midst of these difficult times,
50,000 Jews have arrived in Israel In the - -

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Ethiopia. and the former Sovret Republics.
Many arrive with barely the clothes they
wear. And Israel is rising to the task-with
the help of Jews around the world. Olim ‘
(immigrants) are fed, housed, and in many
cases, retrained. At the same time, Israel
deals with the social ailments of a modern
society and is helping those on the margins
of society to become part of the main— '
stream. And this endeavor is in fact a ray ‘
of hope. Against the night of Terror and
Hate. against those who would like to see
Israel and America obliterated, we raise the
banner of responsibility for our fellow
Americans and our fellow Jews.

Our community, through the annual ' ‘
community campaign, is part of this
enterprise. We help the victims of terror
and we help Jews in distress in Israel and
around the globe. I am proud to be part of ,
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The Camp Shalom Committee would also like to thank
the following CKJF staff for all their assistance and
creativity with Camp Shalom 2001. Their names were
1; inadvertently left off the listing of last month’s Camp
Shalom insert.
' Daniel Chejfec
Lori Zimmerman
Fran Morris

 

 

 

 

  

Israel continued from front page
rested. I believe I was the only one on the bus who
stayed awake for the entire two—hour drive.

Our goal was to reach the fortress in the desert
before sunrise. Just as we approached the massive
mountain, a few dim colors appeared in the eastern
sky. We prepared ourselves so that we would waste
no time exiting the bus. When we reached Masada.
we climbed the Roman ramp in fifteen minutes,
leaving me extremely winded and fatigued. How-
ever, as we lifted our heads atop the mountain, we
saw that the sun had not yet appeared. On a sad
note. Uri, our teacher, mentioned that there are
usually a dozen groups atop the mountain awaiting
the sunrise, but today, like most other days during
times like these, we were all alone. The sky above
the Jordanian mountains had already painted itself
with a vast array of colors and its beauty was
intensifying by the minute. Suddenly, just over the
mountains across the Dead Sea, the tip of the sun
appeared. The next five minutes were silent as we
all stood in awe of the amazing beauty that is
created there every morning.

When the sun was present in its entirety, we ate
breakfast. After the meal, we moved to the Beit
Knesset, or synagogue. It is, perhaps, the oldest
standing synagogue in the world. I led services and
Dana Tarley said a few words about the signifi—
cance of where we were. The rest of the morning
was filled with touring and learning about the
fortress. At last, we stood at the edge of the moun-
tain and Uri read us Josephus’ account of the words
spoken before the mass-suicide of the 7ealots. We
shouted in to the surrounding mountains “Masada
Lo Tlle Shaynei! Masada will not fall again.” We
heard our echoes in the hills and it almost seemed
like it wasn’t us shouting, but those zealous Jews
who valued dying as a Jew over living as another
religion.

The next day, we headed for Tel Aviv for the first
day of Sukkot, the festival of the harvest. We had
services at Beit Daniel, the Reform congregation in
Ramat Aviv. Tuesday morning Baruch Kraus, our
principal, invited us to his shul and home for lunch
in K’far Saba. It was nice to sit under the Sukkah,
shake the lulav, and smell the sweet smells of the
etrog. I hope that building the Sukkah wasn’t too
much trouble at home this year. As much as I miss
my Mother’s stuffed cabbage, it is amazing to see
all the Sukkot here in Israel. They are everywhere!

Wednesday morning our group traveled to the
Kineret, or Sea of Galilee. We were beginning a six-
day hike called Yam L-Yam, or Sea to Sea. We
would walk almost all the way from the Kineret to
the Mediterranean Sea. We met our security guard,
Enon, and our two guides, Ido and Avirom. They
gave us hiking packs and food for the first two
days. We reloaded the bus and drove to the northern
Jordan River for a swim and picnic. At the end of
the day, we met our bus at the site where Jesus was
supposedly baptized. In past years, the Sea-To—Sea
program would have kids sleep outside, but due to
the security situation, we stayed in a youth hostel
each night. The first night our hostel was on the
shores of the Kineret. We swam in it, and saw how
low it actually was. My showers have been much
shorter since. In the evening we made a bonfire on

the beach. I brought my guitar and we sang songs
by the amazing picture of the full moon reflecting
off the Kineret’s clear waters.

The second day of the hike was the hardest. We

' hiked around 10 miles from the bottom of a valley

to the top of the second highest mountain in Israel,
Mt. Meron. I have never been more exhausted in my
life than I was at the end of that day. We moved
into the hostel at Meron Air Force Base where we
would reside for the next four nights. The next day
we hiked down the mountain, and returned to the
hostel for Shabbat. Saturday we rested and took the
opportunity to sleep and do homework. Sunday was
a long day of hiking through a dry riverbed, walking
on rocks for nearly six hours. At the end of the hike
we ate lunch by some natural pools of water at the
bottom of the valley, and finally climbed the moun-
tain to reach the bus. Sunday night the guys and I
built a fire, but at the same time we were informed
that one of the passengers on the Siberia Air jet that
was shot down by a stray Ukrainian missile was a
20-year-old woman from our Kibbutz. It would hit
home even harder when we would see her picture
upon our return. Monday morning we completed
our journey by biking the rest of the way to the
Mediterranean Sea. When we reached the beach we
had only 30 minutes to swim, as we had to quickly
return to Jerusalem for the final days of our break.
Monday night at Congregation Kol HaNeshama,
we celebrated Simchat Torah, the last day of the
yearly reading cycle. My previous experience at
Temple Adath Israel prepared me for a day of joy,
but nothing could have prepared me for my experi-
ence that night. The symbolism in Torah proces-
sions lies in thepfinciple that we $110an bring the
Torah out into the community. During the seven

hakafot at Kol HaNeshama, 300 people were
dancing and singing, running and clapping around
the Torah. We sang dozens of songs at the top of
our lungs as we, filled with joy, danced for two
hours straight without stopping —— as if our very
lives depended on it. Everybody who wanted to had
the opportunity to dance with the Torah in the
center of the circle. When my turn came, I held the
scroll high and felt a sense of holiness that not even
the High Holy Days had brought to me this year.
Many outsiders would have looked in our ceremony
and thought we were a religion of crazy people, but
to those of us there, we were exclaiming our pride
in our Judaism.

The past couple weeks have been very inspiring.
This Sukkot holiday has allowed me, in nature, to
have time to think to myself about who I am and
who I want to be. This land has so much energy.
life, and inspiration. It encourages personal growth
on a level like I have never experienced. Whether it
was the sunrise on top of Masada with its chilling
message to protect Judaism forever. or whether it
was the colors from the golden hues of the Galilee
mountains transforming into an image of a beautiful
full moon with infinite stars as day changed to night
on the shores of the Kineret, or whether it was
holding hands, singing, and dancing around our
sacred book for hours on end as we celebrated our
Judaism, some of the things I saw this week have
made me see that we live in a beautiful world, and I
belong to an amazing people. I hope that someday
some of you will see these things, because any
words I write could never do their intense power the
justice they deserve.

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State Treasurer Jonathan Miller launches

prepaid tuition program
By Lisa Miller

What is KAPT and how does it work?

KAPT, (pronounced “capped”), is Kentucky’s
Affordable Prepaid Tuition. KAPT allows families
to guarantee the cost of tomorrow’s tuition at
today’s lower prices.

What is KAPT’s guarantee?

KAPT guarantees the payment of tuition and
fees at all of Kentucky’s public colleges and univer-
sities. And the money in a KAPT account can also
be used at any institution of higher education
anywhere in the country.

How can KAPT make this guarantee?

Prepaid tuition programs like KAPT have been
around for years, and Kentucky is the twentieth
state to offer one. Over the last decade of prepaid
tuition history, not one state has ever faltered on
meeting its obligations to the public. The way
prepaid programs do this is by pooling all the
accounts into one large fund in order to maximize
benefits from institutional investment activities.
The method generates a return that is, at the very
least, equal to college tuition inflation. KAPT is
also backed up by Kentucky’s Unclaimed Property
Fund, which is a $45 million fund administered by

my office. As a result of this “double safety-net,”
the guarantee is solid, and taxpayers will never have

to bail out the program.
Sowhat makes KAPT different from other
savings vehicles?

For purchasers, KAPT is not subject to the
whims of the stock market. Investments are strictly
tied to increases in college tuition. And KAPT
investment earnings are completely tax—free. If you
sell stock to pay for college costs, you have to pay
capital gains taxes on the profit. With KAPT,
investments are totally exempt from state and
federal taxes.

Totally exempt from taxes?

KAPT has always been free from state taxes.
That was written into the legislation. And it used to
be that federal taxes were deferred until the money
was used and then taxed at the child’s rate. How-
ever, in May of this year, Congress passed the
SAVE. Act, which was sponsored by Senator
McConnell. This legislation made earnings from
programs like KAPT exempt from federal taxes as

well.
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error stalks the land! Because of our

comparatively small population of 260,000,

we feel relatively safe. But in larger com-
munities or important ones like Washington, DC,
panic reigns.

Many people in such places are buying either
Israeli or Marine gas masks; and stocking up on
bottled water, canned food, kerosene lamps, and
batteries for flashlights and radios. Many have also
obtained such antibiotics as Cipro, penicillin, or
doxycycline in View of the anthrax report.

We have never known such terror. The other day
of infamy, December 7, 1941, is comparable only
because of the element of surprise and the magni-
tude of the disaster. But the Japanese attack mainly
affected military personnel and posed little threat to
the mainland.

However, after Pearl Harbor. we did experience
an increasing and comparable panic although to a
milder extent. It concerned a biological virus that
readers of my generation knew well—infantile
V paralysis or poliomyelitis. As more adults became ‘
victims in the forties and fifties and as the disease
became more prevalent, the mouth-filling name was
changed to “polio.”

Polio struck mainly in the summer. It was
thought that the disease came from pollen or flies.
It affected people’s muscles and nerves, usually
causing paralysis or death. To avoid it, parents kept
their children out of swimming pools, movies,
restaurants, and other places where there might be

crowds. People fled from communities as soon as a
case was reported. There was no cure. Millions of
dollars poured in to the March of Dimes. Many
victims were placed in coffin-like iron lungs just to
help them breathe.

In 1952, there was an epidemic in Ann Arbor,
Michigan where I was a graduate student. My wife
contracted polio, spent several weeks in a chest
respirator, a few more in the university hospital,
and then several months at Warm Springs,Georgia,
where there was a hospital specializing in treating
the disease. It was made famous by President
Roosevelt who enjoyed the soothing water in the
pool. Although the doctors and therapists there
were devoted and skillful, they mainly helped
patients adjust to the crippling disease and learn
how to live full lives with it.

About two years later, we were overjoyed when
Dr. Jonas Salk announced that he had developed a
“killed” polio vaccine that immunized patients
without infecting them. Large scale trials were
conducted in several communities to test the efficacy
of the Salk vaccine. My children and I stood in a
long Ann Arbor line to receive the shots which were
found to be safe and effective. We, along with people
everywhere, no longer were terrified of polio.

Who was Jonas Salk? Son of Russian-Jewish
pare