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JEWISH PEOPLE t”: JEWISH COMMUNITY u. JEWISH RESPONSIBILITY 1:.

 

 

JANICE BROCKfi

Women’s Division Campaign {hair

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underway. Within the
last few weeks we
have conducted two training
sessions for this year's
solicitors. The responsibility of
each of us is for the continuity
ofJewish life in our community.
in lsrael and throughout the
world-~10 pledge as generously
as we are able when the
volunteer solicitor (alls,
locally. the programs
and services provuled to the
Jewish community have
increased greatly. (lamp
Shalom is now offering a Jewish
camping experience for the
children of former campers. We
have given assistance to dozens
of New Americans who have
come to Lexmgton from the
former Soviet Union. It is
gratifying to see these new

 

C a m p a i g n is sufficient: reductive members

of our community. Should any
of us have need of a social
worker. one is available through
the recently established Jewish
Family Services Our local
Federation provides many other
services and opportunities to
enrich our Jewish cultural
experience.

Aside from money.
raised for local communal
needs. money we donate is
distributed to other groups such
as the Hope Center. the
Lexington Public Library and

Lexington Peace (lamp.
benefiting the community as a
whole. It is important to

remember that we be concerned
with the larger community of
people as well as our fellow
Jews.

 

 

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340 Romany Road
Lexington, KY 40502

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Jewish communities around the
world through the American
Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee and the Jewish
Agency through United Jewish
Appeal. Social services are
provided for Jews in fifty~eight
countries. 'l‘hese services
include the aged. the poor.
Holocaust survivors and those
in nations torn apart by civil
war. .

Before you receive a
call from your solicitor. please
take a few moments to stop and
reflect on our safe and
comfortable lives in Central
Kentucky. Perhaps this year
we can dig a little deeper so
that less fortunate fellow Jews
will have a better life due to our
generosity. What greater joy
should there be. knowing that
the money we are pledging
could be saving a Jewish life in
Sarajevo or Ethiopia. feeding an
elderly person in Tel Aviv or
helping to educate a poor child
in Jerusalem? This is our
responsibility. We cannot say
“let somt‘ione else do it." We
must do it!

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TOMAS MILCH H

Men‘s Division Campaign Chair

 

 

Jewish people.

Afterjoining'l‘cmple Adatli Israel. l was able to help in the
fund raising effort to rebuild its facility. The generosity of the

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comes to me. after my fifteenth year in Lexington. Little
did I understand in November I979. when I arrived with
my wife Annette and two small children. how fortunate we were to
join a community populated with friendly. caring. and involved

 

 
 
    

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congregants both in financial support and in volunteer work was an

experience that l have treasured since.

the Board of the CKJI’.

My'opport unity to help the Lexington Jewish community
came again when l was asked to represent TemplerAdath lsrael on

For six years l was able to see and
participate in the efforts ofthe whole community to raise. funds.

budget and administer their expenditure. and plan and implement
the Ilentral Kentucky Jewish cominiinitys contributions to local

and international Jewish programs and causes.

urgenty. The funds that we raise allow the (VIKJI’ to:

funds so we will be able to continue our commitment to: .

The quality and fabric of Jewish life. indeed. in some
instances life itself for may Jews. depends in no small measure on
the efforts and generosity of Jews everywhere who fund and
implement the services and programs necessary for our survival
and welfare. That is why I accepted the honor and responsibility .
of serving as Men‘s Division (Iampaign (ihair with a sense ofgreat

l‘rovide funds for resettlement of Jews oppressed in their

countries of birth

PI‘OVILIG. funds for Jewish family services both locally and

internationally

l’rovide funds for Jewish educational programs and the support

ofJewish students

l‘rovide funds for the support of Israel

Provide funds to a number ofot her Jewish and local charities.

l will be asking the Jewish men in Central Kentucky to -
help with their work. good will. and their generosity to raise these ‘

OUR JEWISH PEOPLE
OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY
OUR JEWISH RESPONSIBILITY

 

 

 

   

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Thank you, Kathy

In August. Kathy (lrossman
came (inboard as Program
Director forthe (lentral Kentucky
Jewish Federation. The end of
February also marked the end of
Kathy's work for (IKJF in this
capacity Kathy has put in a great
many hours and shown much
dedication to herjob. She will be
missed by the staff and all those
with whom she worked. We wish
her the best ofeverything.

**************

UJA/ FEDERATION
CAMPAIGN ’95

 

 

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Editorial Board Members:
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Please send address
changes to:
CKJF
" 340 Romany Road
Lexington, KY 40502
(606) 268-0672
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Central Kentucky Jewish FederatiOn News

SUPER SUNDAY IS flERE !

Evelyn Dantzic Geller

'l‘zedakah has many faces. We are most familiar with
contributions of self and money to causes which enable others to
maintain themselves with dignity. We jews are old hands at this:
and we must continue our commitment to this mode of
righteousness.

Requests to the United Jewish Appeal and to the (lentral
Kentucky Jewish Federation for assistance are increasing in all
areas. ()n the local level. the (IKJl’. through the assistance of a
generous grant from a member ofthe Federation. has inaugurated
a Jewish Family Services Agency so that we may better address the
ever growing social needs of our community. Our resettlement
program for New Americans continues. but with reduced funding
from national backers. ()ngoing community sponsorship of Camp
Shalom is essential. as are our promotion and support ofthe work
of our (Iommunity Action and Community Relations Committees.
And we mntinue to be deluged with requests for camper ships and
lsrael scholarships by young members of the (Ientral Kentucky
Jewish community who want the opportunity to develop and
strengthen theirJewish identity at non-profit Jewish camps and in
a variety of educational programs in lsrael.

The United Jewish Appeal is attempting to meet a plethora
of needs in the United States. in lsrael. and around the world.
Jewish agencies across the land are participating in community-wide
efforts to assist the homeless. the battered. the victims of natural
disasters. and other people who are in need of assistance. Rising
health care costs are ca using a nationwide increase in petitions for
aid from many sectors of our American Jewish population.
particularly our elders and chronically ill. Jewish agencies are
working diligently to dispense whatever help they can to all
populations in lCurope and Africa. In Israel. where UJA money is
given only to educational and social programs. the costs such efforts
as industrial development. vocational retraining and health care are
immense. Additionally. the problems ofresettling and enculturating
immigrants from such diverse geographical and ethnic backgrounds
as Ethiopia. the nations ofthe former Soviet Union. and northern
Africa require a great deal of financial and human investment.

We need your support to help assure the success of these.

A "s.
Me ' niipni'miit Vit-
need an em litisiastic and generous response when you are solicited

for a cont i tl)lllt()ll this year on Super Sunday, March 5.

 

SUPER SUNDAY
MARCH 5

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Scholarships
and Camperships, 1995

Application forms for scholarships for:
—Camp Shalom
—Overnight Jewish Camps
—Israel Study

Are. now available in the CKJ F Office.
Please call or stop in.

Two special scholarships available:

College students: Holocaust study in
Europe and in Jerusalem at Yad
Vashem

High School And College Students:
Israel Study

Applications Deadline: April 15

 

Camp Shalom
is Looking
for a Few

Good People!

Lynn Cooper

he time is now to apply for
positions at (lamp
Shalom, (lamp will be

held August 7-18 at the
Woodman of the World (lamp.
Applications are being accepted
for the following positions:
Director: experience.
working with children ages 5 to
it): planning and organizing
activities: supervising counselors.

.lssislunt Director: same.
as Director

Head (7011asolor: age
20+: assisting director and

assistant director. working with
campers; salary $150 per week

Life (Ii/(ml: cert ificgition
W1 salary $125 per week

Counselor: 4 positions
available: agi 16 to 18: must have
experience. working with children:
salary $125 per week

(77': 3 positions
available: age 14 to 15: salary $70
per week

if you would like to apply.
please send a letter and resume
to:

()entral Kentucky Jewish
Federation
attn: .Ca ,
‘iitti magi, at?
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We are considering
forming a fill training group for
tl-and-lz year—olds. 'l‘he trainees
would work with the counselors
and til'l‘s for a reduced tuition.
Please call the (JKJF oilice at 268-
0672 ifthis is ofinterest to you.

 

Volunteer:
It's the Jewish
Thing to Do

Evelyn Dantzic Geller

tince again it is time for
me to bug you about our need for
volunteers in the Resettlement
program. I know that sounds
crass. but it is the naked truth.
We've asked politely for help and
very little. ifany is forthcoming.
So all that is left is for me to be
blunt and say that without an
infusion of “new blood". we will
be in dire trouble.

What kind of help do we
need'.’ Just about anything!
Some ofour most pressing needs
are:

'people with trucks or
vans who can help us with the
task of setting up apartments
for New Americans

'someone who has
about 1500 square feet of free
storage space we can use

'people who can drive
the newcomers to the many
appointments they have as they
enter our social system and the
job market

'families who will serve
as host families for new
American families: invite them
to dinner. take them to services.
help orient them to the
community. etc.

' people who will visit
the newfamilies fonanfho r”

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[ii-tittlt: \\llti want to
participate in the enculturation
programs-both Jewish and
secular
Working with the New
Americans is a wonderful and
exciting experience. lt is an
opportunity to help people who
have every potential for
becoming contributing members
of our community--if only we
teach them how. And how better
to accomplish this humanitarian
end than by serving as role
models?

To sign up. please call
the (Ientral Kentucky Jewish
Federation office at 268-0672 or
268—0775.

  
 

   
  

Program Director Position
Part. Time (10 hours weekly)

Staffing Responsibilities
include:
Community Relations,
Community Activities, and
Camp Shalom

Resumes to:
Sea rch Committee

340 Romany Road ‘
Lexington, KY 40502

  
        
      
     
    
     
    
   
  
     
      
 

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UJA “Project Eliany” Mission to Take
Businesswomen to Israel in May

It‘s spelled "Eliany" and pronounced " ee-lah-nce. " and it‘s the name
of a second United Jewish Appeal Busmess & Professtonal Women's Couiictl
mission to Israel scheduled for May 6- I4. 1995

National B&P Chair Sandra Cahn of New York City announced the
plans. saying “Project Eliany“ is " a women's mission for B&P people to enable
them to deyelop or advance business opportunities in Israel."

MiSSion Chairman Amy Bressmzut of New York City said the mission
will arrange meetings between its participants and their Israeli counterparts “to
explore ways to forge links between businesses in America and businesses in
Israel. “Project Eliany " is a way for women to expand their support of the people
of Israel while broadening their own business horizons."

Leslie Frank. a principal in Frank & Stern. a marketing fimi in New
York City. and her partner tray eled to Israel on “Project Eliany ‘s “ predecessor
mission in April 1994. ‘alling her experience she said. “We yy ere impressed
with the caliber of the bewiesspeople we met. ."elt that there are tremendous
opportunities for American companies to import products from Israel. and we
want to encourage American businesswomen to look at Israel in the same way
they look at other areas. such as Asia."

Another partic1pant. Randi Rubenstein. a co—founder ol‘the Center for
Consumer Healthcare Information in Newport Beach. California. said the earlier
mission was “extremely well organized." and that not only were the Israeli
businesspeople whom mission members met in group settings and one-on~one
meetings “helpful and potentially important contacts. but our American
colleagues on the trip yyere knowledgeable and proyided excellent guidance on a
variety of business issues." She added. “I would highly recommend ("Project
Eliany") to anyone who has a desire to explore building new business relations
with Israel,"

Mission Chairman Bressman promised that "Project Eliany" would
combine business and pleasure. In addition to an optional two—day extension
(May l4-15) in Jordan. its highlights will include planned meetings with Israeli
Minister of Industry and C ommerce Mielia Harish and with top-level women in
goyemment and business. Visits to a kibbutz at work and to programs and
services supported by UJA/Federation campaign funds. home hospitality with
Israelis. a jeep ride in the Golan and lunch at a winery there. and a swim in the
hot springs of Tiberias.

Jan Cook Reieher. founder of Market Links. Inc. of New Jersey. will
ce-chair the mission.

Additional information on “Project Eliany” is ay'ailable from Edie
Pcarlman Associate Director ofthe l 'l \ National Woitteits Campaign. at 212-

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Let All Who
Are Hungry

Come and Eat
Evelyn Dantzic Geller

Before we know ll.
l’assover will be here and
families throughout Central
Kentucky will be celebrating
with a Seder. l hope that as you
prepare for this festival you w ill
take literally the Biblical
lll_lllllt‘llt)tl to invne those who
are hungry to join yoti.

'l‘here are many in our
community who would
appreciate an imitation to
Seder: the New American
families. single members of t he
community. young couples
among its. students front other
commtinit ies. our revered elders
whose families live elsewhere.
the homeless or poor Jews of
central Kentucky. and Jews who
live in the small towns and cit ics
surrounding:r us to merit ion a few.
If you are among those who
would like to celebrate the Seder
in a Jewish home. please call the
Central Kentucky .JeWish
Federation office at 268-0672
and let them know that you want
to give a Jewish family the
opportunity to perform this
wonderful Mitzvah (ifsharing the
Seder with another .lew,

If you want to host
someone who needs a place to
carry out the commandment to
remember the l‘ixodtis for
example a new American family
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Joseph Knstov

What is Jewish Literaturefi
Hanna Wirth-Nesher, Editor
Jewish Publication Society.

Philadelphia, Pa. 1994.

lexing‘tonians who have been in the city for twenty years or
so will undoubtedly retall the lectures ofa number ofpopular Jewish
writers. Sponsored by the l Ientral Kentucky Jewish Federation or
the synagogue or temple or some combination thereof. Isaac
Rashevis Singer Max Ilimont. Elie Weir Kel. Abraham lleschel. Irving
Howe. and l ‘haim l’otok have lectured here. In ret ent years.
however. few such lectures have been sponsored: only the annual
Moosnick lecturers have appeared,

But if the paucity of lectures by JeWish writers in recent
years is the bad news. the appearance til'mw
is the good news. lidited by Hanna Wirth-Nesher. the chairperson
of'l‘el Aviv University‘s English department. this 27] page volume
is a collection ofessays. All have appeared elsewhere and some may
be familiar to some readers. hour oft he essays by popular American
. and Ruth Wisse--
are probably known to some readers.

Wirth-Nesher's introductory essay is titled "Defining the
Indefinable: What is :lt‘Wlnh l.itei'atiire'."'. After reviewnig the
various responses that have been proposed. the ICditor tells us that
the essays ”address" this question but each essay "does so In a
different voice and from a tlil‘lerent perspective", 'I'he essays are
grouped into four sect ions, The first section asks about Jewish
literature ”in exile". and what defines that literature, Section two's
title is ”JeWish llebrew or Israeli Iiitei'attire'" and explores the
relationship between We isbness" and "nationalism". Section three
locuses iii Yiddish. raising the question "Yiddish Language elt‘Wlsl)
t‘ult not?“ and part four consists of four explorations of writers who
wrote in Herman. Arabic. Russian and English.

'I‘hese essays are obVIoust aimed at serious students and
readers may not be familiar with all the writers mentioned. The
I‘lditor has included an annotated list ofthe authors discussed in the
book. (There were thirteen authors whose names begin with A and
five were familiar) These biographical sketthes are useful in

_ understanding references throughout all the essays. Readers may

 

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Most essays run about ten to fifteen pages and each can be
read independently. Some are quite difficult and a rereading oftlie
l‘idllttr's‘ summary ofeacli essay iii the introductory chapter will help
readers focus on the author‘s major message, I suspect that most
readers will have little difficulty with the four essays iii the first part
of the book. Written by contemporary .Iews living in the United
States, they contain many reterences and illusions that are familiar.
Ozick‘s essay identifying Jewish Literature with ottr religious
tradition only is undoubtedly the most controversial I found
Ilollander's essay on American «Jewish I’oeti‘y quite lllllll‘llltllth‘“
probably because l know so little about the poets.

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At this point the essays
focus on other countries. and
readers may find them somewhat
more difficult, Written in 1918.
Baal-Maklishoveses' essay mtg
sought to diffuse the Yiddish-
llebrew debate at the time. It
argued that ”Jewish writers live
and breath between two
languages”. Ratosh's I954 essay
and Kurzweil's 1950 essay also
assess the relative role of
Yiddish and Hebrew as the,
language for JeWish literature.

liexingtonians familiar
with Yiddish literature will find
the third sect ion quite
illuminating. Surprisingly.
Iiexington's I. J, Schwartz‘ epic
poem Kentucky was not
mentioned in any of the three
essays. lexingtonians who can
trace their ancestry back to the
German-Jewish migration in the
1840s will undoubtedly find
particular satisfaction Shaked's
essay comparing Herman-
,Iewrsh writers With American-
.Iewrsli writers. I’erhaps the
most surprising essay is
Somekh's essay on Jewish
writers who wrote in Arabic In
both I‘Igypt and Iraq there was a
flourishing Jewish literature in
the early twentieth century
Finally. some of our newly
arrived Soviet Jews will find
Markisli's easy on Isaac Babel
challenging.

In short. there is much
in this volume covering many
(enturies and many (ountries

but. it. ,will have to. be carefully
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“I just saw our

neighborhood in
Chechnya live on CNN.
“It’s been almost

completely razed to the
ground. The Jewish
Agency got us out just in
time.” - Ilya Nissimov

The nightmare was
finally ending for the Nissimov
family. Just as mortar shells
began falling around their home
in tirozny, the capital city of
Chechnya. they were arriving in
Israel. With the help of the
Jewisli Agency.

llya and Marina
Nissimov and their three
children. Yufrum. IZ. livedy. ii.
and Sofia. 8. with their paternal
grandmother Burlian. were
among the first group of Jews
extricated by Jewish Agency
personnel when the Russian
siege on the self-declared
Caucasian republic turned into
an all out assault. Members of
the family were evacuated to the
nearby town of Nalchik. with
only the clothes that they were
wearing. They were then
pi'ovided with food and warm
clothing and flown to Israel from
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their traumatic memories.
”(Vlheehnyan soldiers came to our
house at night several times
before we were rescued," recalls
Marina. with tears in her eyes.
“They tied us up and put. sacks
over our heads. They said that
they were searching for arms.
but they took all our food and
valuables. They called us dirty
Jews. When I hear voices near
the apartment. or a knock at the
door, l go into a cold sweat. I
think that t'Thechnyan soldiers
are coming to ransack our house.

The fear of death had
already been in the air in
Chechnya several months before
that incident. after the brutal
murder of llya‘s aunt. whose
body had been found lying in a
gutter near the local railway
station where she had been
assaulted. robbed. and had her
throat cut.

Conditions in Chechnya
were never ideal. llya notes.
“When (Chechnya leader)
Dzhokhar Dudayev first declared
himself president of an
independent Chechyna after the
fall ofCommuiiism in the former
Soviet Union. the town's Jews
feared for the worst. The
Chechnyans. who are Moslems.
had never been especially
friendly to their Jewish
neighbors. l)udayev. however.
gave us back our old synagogue
that communists had
confiscated."

llya believes that
Dudayevs actions “lulled us into
a false sense of security. We

    
   

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should have left Chechnya long
ago. but we did not want to leave
our houses and property beliind.'~
he admits. “Then. after several
months at the helm. litidayev
turned on the Jews and took the
synagogue away again. By then
it was too late to leave because
the Chechnyan rebels had closed
the border."

Now at home in Israel.
llya. .‘M. says he will be pleased
With any employment he can
obtain. In the past he had been
a bantamweight boxing
champion as well as a soccer
player in Chechnya. Before
reaching Israel llya was working
in a local store. “Not that there
was much to buy." he says, “If
we had bread and water we were
happy,”

The NissinioVs are Tat

       

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from Moscow. they succeeded in
maintaining their Jewish
traditions even during the
darkest days of communism.

"All our men have had a
brit mila and bar mitzvah."
insists “ya “and we celebrated
all the festivals. My parents
maintained these traditions even
when Stalin was in power.
Moscow was thankfully far away
from Chechnya then. But today
we are grateful to President
Yeltsin and his intervention in
Chechnya."

The Nissimovs know
that they must put war and
bitter memories behind them.
They understand that the
absomtion process in Israel will
be difficult but they are
determined to build new lives in
Israel,

UJA/FEDERATION

UJA 1994 Cash
Collection:
$311 Million for
Annual
Campaign $37
Million for
Operation
Exodus

In 1991 the
JeWIsh Appeal
An n u a l
additional S37
ilperat ion Iu‘xodus.

’l‘liese

I’alm lieach.
organization's National I‘lllh‘tm'lt/ll

Relations Chairman. who said this
was the result ofAmerican Jewish

generosity federation support.
and a dedicated cash collection
team of lay and professional
leaders at UJA headquarters
here. in UJA's 'four regional
offices. and across the country.
As the (71in year ended
on December 31.19.94. the Jewish
Agency for Israel. the major
beneficiary of UJA-raised funds.
reported that in 1991 more than
70,000 new immigrants arrived in

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former Soviet boron and from

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Israel from the former Soviet

Union and Ethiopia. while. others
have been brought to Israel with

funds from the Annual Campaign.

UJA funds are used principally for

the rescue of Jews from war, civil
strife. persecution. religious
repression and poverty.
operations now aided by American
Jews singularly through the
Annual Campaign.

In addition to facilitating
the rescue of Jews. UJA funds
enable the Jewish Agency to
provule new immigrants thh

initial absorption services.
including iob training and
referral financial a ltl. llelirew

language instruction. and medical
servrces‘ The L'JA also provides
the means for the Jewish Agency
to conduct 1112130? programs in
Jewish Education Vomniunity
Development and Youth Aliyah.

L‘JA funds also aid the
programs of t he American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee
telltt‘.) iii Israel and iii 58 other
muntries in Europe. Africa. Asia
and Latin America. JDC servites
include ed ucat ion. medical
assistance. food programs. and
care for young children and the
elderly.

The UJA Annual
Campaign. which is conducted in
partnership with federations and
independent commtuuties across
the U 8.. also priivides for
bringing American JeWish youth

See Opera/ion Exodus. page ti

United
recorded cash
collections of Sit]! million for the
Campaign and an
million for

figures were

reported by Alan It. Shulmaii of
l’lorida. the

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raising campaign I in the I
UJA's 56-year history. more than
540.000 Jews were brought. to

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