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MAY 2009

A message from our new CKJF Executive Director

By Judy Worfman
Dear Chaverim,

[his is the first of many letters l hope to be writing to you
during my tenure as the executive director of the Central
Kentucky Jewish Federation 1 am writing from my home
in suburban Philadelphia and tomorrow my husband,
David and 1 will leave for Bloomington, Indiana to spend
l’esach with one of our daughters, our son-in—law, and
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familiar and comfortable.

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me. Because my twin sister has lived
here for more than thirty years, I
have visited here often. Neither of
us ever expected to be living in the
same city again—and this is a bless-
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Thursday, May 14 to provide another
Campaign opportunity
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While the current economic climate is challenging for

each of us, it takes the greatest toll on those most vulner—
able. As a direct result of these economic problems, mem-
bers of our community need your support more than ever.

Contributing to our Jewish Federation/ UJC annual cam-
paign assures that each gift, regardless of amount, will be
used for the utmost benefit of our community and Jews
in need here, in Israel, and around the world. We have
trimmed our budget and are very carefully monitoring
any expenses to make sure that your efforts and contribu-
tions are used as effectively and responsibly as possible.

On Super Sunday, our volunteers
were not able to reach everyone by
phone, so some people in the com-
munity missed the opportunity to
help all of us reach our goals: to pro-
vide the best programs, services, and
education to our Central Kentucky
Jewish community, with outreach to
the community at large.

We plan a ”Reach Out To Call” event
on Thursday, May 14 to offer another
opportunity for giving to our CKJF/
UJC 2009 Campaign. Please call the
CKJF office at (859) 268-0672 or email

see Campaign, page 8

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* amp Shalom
and Camp Gesher
build memories

By Kathy Feinberg, Camp Director

Spring is finally here, summer is not too far away, and

I am looking forward to another amazing summer at
Camp Shalom and Camp Cesher. Jewish camping is a
wonderful experience in the lives of Jewish children and
teens; I am proud that Camp Shalom has now been a part
of the lives of three generations of campers and staff right
here in the Bluegrass for 41 years.

This year’s camp will be held from July 27 to August

7. Our theme is ”Camp Shalom and Camp Gesher Go
Green” and our daily programming will focus on the
ways we can all be responsible users and protectors of the
earth’s many resources.

We have a new site for week one. Camp Shalom and
Camp Gesher will have exclusive use of Camp Kearney
(located in the back of Jacobson Park off Richmond Road).
This beautiful campsite offers paddleboating, a hiking
trail, archery, picnic tables for projects, and many fields
for sports and activities. We will also continue to offer

. storytelling, clmgim, slmir (Jewish learning), fem (nature

study), and arts and crafts: Jewkl‘ music and drama will
also play a daily part. Camp Kearney has a large building
on site, so we will be prepared for all weather conditions.

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IN THIS ISSUE

Lexington Life ..................................... 3
President's Message ........... . ...................... 4
Third Opinion ...................................... 5
Emilie Szekely Holocaust Awareness Writing Contest ........ 6
Ask a Rabbi ....................................... 7
JFS: At Your Service ................................. 8

Congregation Sim Shalom representatives attend

WUPJ conference ............................ l. . . .9
History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict — Part XXXVII ..... 10
Israel 21c: Google’s new Suggest service developed in Israel . 11
B'tayavon ........................................ 14
Lexington Chapter of Hadassah ....................... 15
Lexington Havurah ................................. 15
Temple Adath Israel ................................ 16
Around the Community ............................. 17
Hadassah selling Macy’s gift cards ..................... 18
Ohavay Zion Synagogue ............................. 18
Community Calendar ............................... 19

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By Jerry Wurmser

Some 48 years ago, shortly after
moving to Lexington, Rose Rita and
I bought a lot in the Lansdowne
subdivision and started poring over
plans for our soon-to-be-built new
house. We pondered one story or
two, ranch or Colonial style, corner
lot or not, advantages and disadvan-
tages, and so on.

After much study, and changing lot
locations three times within a three-
or four—block radius of the one we
finally settled on, we agreed on a lot
three doors from the corner of a busy
street, in a quiet cul de sac. Our first
view of this lot was a sight to behold:
a field full of growing corn with a
three-rail horse fence at one end and
thoroughbred horses grazing in the
next field. Our plans were now final—
ized—a two-story traditional with a
garage opening in the back.

Years went by, and I, in all my inno—
cence not having to do too much in
the way of helping Rose Rita with

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and happy, as the old saying goest
took care of the outdoors—lawn, gar-
den, maintenance, and the like—and
her job was all that went on indoors:
planning menus, grocery shopping,
cooking, cleaning, sewing, tending
our four children, helping with their
homework, PTA, and so on. In addi-
tion, she had me to contend with,
her ever-loving husband, who also
desired a certain amount of attention
outside of the time we spent together
running our business.

Our newly formed business was
prospering. I was in charge of sales
and handling the sales staff; Rose
Rita was the major factor “in house,”
running the office, managing the
warehouse, overseeing the new
showroom, handling the accounts
payable and, most important, the
accounts receivable. Many times

we salesmen (three others besides
me) would beg her to ship orders to
customers who were delinquent or
”slow pay,” but she was always firm
in denying this. These particular
customers were what our sales force
called ”easy sells," much beloved by
the salesmen, but made to toe the
line by Rosie, our comptroller. Just
recently (many, many years after
we retired), with her latest surgery

staring me in the face, the realization
of what she had accomplished on a
day-by-day basis all those years was
brought home to me.

Since 1999, Rose has been in and out
of the hospital, having had major
surgery on her neck and back three
times. It was during these times,
when I had to step up and take over
the in—house chores, the realization
came that we lived not in a two-story
house but, in reality, a three-story
house. The washer, dryer, ironing
board (ugh), spare refrigerator, and
storage freezer were all in the bottom
story of the house, often called the
basement. So, from the upstairs bath—
room to the laundry room, from the
kitchen to the freezer, from the dryer
back up to the bedroom closets, from
ironing the pillow cases (thank good-
ness I learned to iron and sew as a
child from my father, who was a tai-
lor from the old country), then back
to the bedrooms, all involved numer-
ous trips up and down the stairs. I
soon realized that I no longer needed
to belong to the Y; I was getting a
better workout just trying to keep up
with the daily chores of running our
house. I run from the bottom floor to
the top floor and back a minimum

of fifteen times a day, and that's on a
good day.

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Oh, and one other thing almost
slipped my mind—the effort expend-
ed on grocery shopping, meal plan-
ning, and cooking! I’m now well
informed on fiber, and how impor—
tant it is to know how many grams
of it need to be consumed each day,
if you want to be a ”regular fellow.”
No sooner is breakfast over than I’m
planning on what I’ll fix for dinner.
In just the past week, I’ve cooked a
brisket, veal picatta, and corned beef
and cabbage, baked a mess of north-
ern beans (you have to soak them
overnight to begin with; this should
be enough to discourage anyone
from trying this), and am now con—
sidered an expert in Cream of Wheat
and oatmeal —not just the instant
kind, but the king of oats, steel cut
(which requires 40 to 45 minutes of
you watching them cook), the rug-
ged Irish type, and of course old
fashioned Quaker Oats, the kind that
requires you to stay by the stove and
stir every so often while they cook
and absorb the water. I can even do
”over easy eggs” and have this and
the toast or slightly toasted bagel and
cereal and orange juice all be ready at
nearly the same time: no easy accom~
plishment, I must say.

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Linda RaWin

Judy Wortman is a name that Newman, under the chairmanship of and the Search Committee to put
you Will hear a lot in the coming David Feinberg. The committee has together a profile of the “ideal can-
months—and, I hope, years—as been hard at work since last summer didate” and of our community. The
the new executive director of CKJF reviewing applications, interviewing search then began: ads were placed
joins our community on May 1 candidates by phone, and following on the UJC website (a major source
and leads the way toward new up with in-person day—long inter- of job listings in Jewish community position of executive director and, I'm
goals and accomplishments. She is Views in Lexington. The Executive service) among other places, and we are happy to say, she accepted. in '
an accomplished and experienced Committee and the Board of CKJF applications were directed to Ricki we
person in Jewish community work, have been actively involved through- as our consultant. This was the first Please join me in making her feel ber
having been a consultant with out the process, as have been the time that CKJF had embarked on welcome in our community. She Ha
EHL Consulting Group, Inc, direc- presidents of the other Jewish organi- a national search for an executive will be at our Yom Ha'atzmaut cel- intl
tor of the Gershman Y of the JCCs zations, the pulpit rabbis, and many director. Ricki received, reviewed, ebration at Temple Adath Israel on the
of Greater Philadelphia, assistant individuals in the community, par— and vetted many applications, Sunday, May 3. Come and say hi to likl
executive vice president of the Jewish ticularly the past presidents of CKJF. and screened them all for appro— her, introduce yourself, and share thi
Federation of Southern New Jersey, priateness for our community. your thoughts about our commu-
and executive vice president of the We have used the services of the nity with her. She is excited about Co
Jewish Federation of Delaware. Mandel Center for Leadership Judy came to Lexington at the end of starting and looking forward to wh
Excellence of United Jewish February for a full day of interviews guiding us on our way to a stron- am
I want to extend my sincere thanks Communities with Ricki Wasserman and discussions, meeting with about ger and more involved community. in 1
to the Search Committee, consist— as our consultant from start to finish. 40 people representing all segments By working together with her we thi
ing of Ronit Eres, Ray Archer, Mike Ricki came to Lexington last June and of the community. The choice was can and will accomplish wonder— ver
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Third Opinion

Stanley Ned Rosenbaum, PhD

Kulanu yehudim b’yahad
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I'm not a big fan of Chabad. A Chabad house opened

in Oxford only a few blocks from our flat shortly after

we went there on sabbatical in 1992, but I gave it a wide
berth. Admittedly, the stories told by or about the early
Hasidic leaders are inspiring, as is their infusion of joy
into services that were apparently pretty deadly before
the mid-18th century when the movement got started. But
like so many religious movements, it has become some-
thing that, when we see it among gentiles, we call a cult.

Consider: the Bratzlaver Hasidim brought the chair in
which Reb Nachman of Bratislava used to sit to Jerusalem
and there it sits, empty, in a place of honor next to the ark
in their synagogue in Meah Shearim. How different is
this from relics of Christian saints embedded in altars, or
venerated hairs from the Prophet’s beard?

The joy of Hasidic worship now strikes me as both forced
and choreographed—and how not, with all the men
wearing their prescribed uniforms like the Ohio State
University marching band? I cannot sympathize with a
movement that has deified dynasties of leaders. And their
leaders are men only. Half of their population is thus

‘ The joy of Hasidic worship now strikes me as both
forced and choreographed—and how not, with

all the men wearing their prescribed uniforms

like the Ohio State University marching band?

been boiling hot, and that had
screwed up the decay of Carbon-14 to
Carbon-12.

My first thought was, “Wow, there
must have been boiled sea-food cov-
ering the entire surface of the world.”
And then, ”I suppose Noah took
some aquariums with him to pre-
serve all the species of fish, otherwise
the seas would have been eternally
sterile. I wonder why he bothered
with shrimp and lobster, two of the
favorites at the Reform country clubs
my grandparents belonged to."

On the fourth hand, when we of the
more liberal persuasions expand the
rules so that we can drive torshul or
allow girls to become bat mitzvah,
our out—sourced Orthodox conscience
(mine lives in New Jersey) can be
counted upon to offer objections.

All of these musings
were set in motion by
the tragic death of the
Chabad Rabbi Gabriel
Holtzberg and his wife
in the recent Mumbai
massacre. I mourn
those two young people

subordinated to the other, despite Orthodox protestations
concerning time-bound mitzvot. (I understand that using
”Orthodox” and ”Hasidic” as interchangeable terms does
no justice to the differences between them and among the
various Hasidic groups.)

On the other hand, during the long centuries in which
persecution so grievously reduced our numbers and
more recent times when conversion or quiet assimila-
tion have claimed so many Jews, who has stood fast and
resisted tyrant and temptation alike? The Orthodoxers,
that’s who—Hasidim among them. They’ve also taken

it upon themselves to replenish our numbers by having
large families. This may be ecologically unsound, but as a
non-Orthodox friend once said to me, ”Jews have already
[unwillingly] made a significant contribution to popula-
tion control.”

On the third hand, the extremely religious cling to a View
of the world that was shaped when people thought that
world was the center of the universe and their accom—
modation to modern science is still a mixture of grudging
and fudging. One Orthodox friend assured me that the
great age of the earth as indicated by radiocarbon dating
was inaccurate because the waters of Noah’s Flood had

almost as if they were

my family. in Israel
we learned to say, Kulanu Yehudim
b’yahad, ”We are all Jews together.”
And we are. The fact that at no time
during the last two millennia have
we lacked for people who would kill
any one of us without distinction
simply because of our religion means

' that, in fact, we are one family.

Note: Ned is recovering nicely from
his heart surgery and the complica-
tions that followed. He is grateful
for the thoughts and good wishes of
the community.

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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Emilie Szekely Holocaust Awareness Writing Contest

Winner — High School category

Student: Amin Gharad, 10th grade, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Teacher: Ms. Elizabeth Davis

A Reflection

I will never realize it nor will I grasp it. I will never
feel it nor will I sense it. I cannot understand it nor
can I comprehend it. To wrap my mind around
that which is so vast and, to me, untouchable. The
destruction of a world, of a people, of a life.

I listened, and the class listened, to the narrative
of Elie Wiesel’s life in Auschwitz. As I shifted in my
seat, I heard the beatings retold. I heard the whis-
pers of a long lost pain. A boy’s silent yet booming
torment, a mere youth, watching as blow after
blow struck the helpless man who was his father.
The sorrow of one soul, the hurt of one boy, raised
to the nth degree. To isolate the hurt of the people
who suffered is injustice but to paint the full picture
is sheer heartbreak. I snapped out of my silent
torture to hear the voice of a fellow classmate, still
reading the verses of darkness so well articulat-
ed—too painfully uttered. Elie Wiesel‘s eternal and
replaying agony, told through his book, Night.

More than two years after first studying the
Holocaust, the “complete burning” and “sacrifice
by fire," the same words strike the same nerves,
the same scars reopen, the same questions arise.
I will not attempt to pretend that my intellect can
grasp the immensity of this gash in history, nor will
I try to articulate that which I cannot even summon
into my thoughts. Nonetheless, my heart and mind
wander hand-in-hand into an abyss of the largely
untold and the humanly inconceivable.

This search for answers remains almost entirely
inconclusive. The void which was created in my
mind after exposure to such atrocities remains
empty. The questions that rage within me and all
those who contemplate on the Holocaust chal-
lenge our preconceived notions of what a human
being is capable of thinking and acting upon. The
power of human evil manifest also challenges
these notions. How are some human beings able
to subjugate and oppress a people? That question
is answerable and can be summed up to the effec-
tiveness of brain washing and desensitization.
The confounding nature and potential one human
has to harm another remains undefined. How is it
that a human being, who is at one point in time an
innocent and helpless infant, completely depen-
dent on the love and compassion of one who is
more powerful and capable, becomes a sadistic
killing machine? Albeit that the only inquiry in
which the wise and experienced survivors of this
destruction stand at the same leveled playing field
in thought and misunderstanding as I am on this
very question.

abroad.

in Shalom. '

6 | May 2009 Shalom

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To ponder on such questions is, in my eyes, use-
less. To drive oneself mad over a question whose
answer remains beyond human perception and
grasp only acts counterproductively. What one
must understand is the unimaginable strength

of human potential. Of course, this frightens and
leaves those who fear future destruction of human
life wary but, for every force there is an equal

and opposite reaction, as observed by Sir Isaac
Newton. This law of motion is applicable in the
realm of human behavior and capability as well as
physics. For every degree of evil man is capable
of reaching, man is equally capable of good. For
every act of wickedness and violence man can
commit, there is an act of goodness and mercy

in equal measure available to him. In the same
respect, that which is appealing to the natural
good nature of man outlasts that which is contrary
to his nature.

We should take these realities into perspective.
Though we cannot completely understand the
bounds of human potential for goodness and evil,
we have the ability to harbor this power. These
powers come from small actions and small feel-
ings which seem insignificant to the common
man. Those who have honorable wisdom share
insight into the true power of every smalldeed of
man and the intentions and ideologies present

in their hearts and minds. From the atrocities of
the Holocaust and from the murder in Israel and
Palestine, from the savannas of central Africa and
from the deserts of Arabia, from the mountains of
Pakistan to the jungles of India, one message is
echoed from the dead and gone in these places:
Do not forget, do not cease to remember, and

do not allow this once again to occur. After my
analysis of what causes humans to act in evil
ways, I have found that there are two elements
lcan pinpoint as the root cause of premeditated
slaughter of a whole people: arrogance in ideol-
ogy, and desensitization to suffering. For those
who are gone, let them live on as our references
to these lessons. The memories and stories of
the individuals whose trek here on Earth ended in
camps live on and shine as a comforting light for
all of mankind; the legacy of those who harbored
hate and practiced iniquity are forever tarnished
and lost. They are forever gone, blown away with
the ashes of the crematorium...

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Winner: Middle School Category

Student: Barrett Block, 8th grade, Edythe J. Hayes School

Teacher: Deanne Dulaney

“Holocaust Survivor Speech”

The Holocaust was one of the darkest moments

in the History of Mankind. Eleven million human
beings were annihilated off the face of the Earth.
Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and the diseased
were all rounded up to endure the most brutal per-
secution imaginable. There treatment was inferior
to that of animals. They were sent to concentra-
tion camps,_forced to walked death