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Evelyn Dantzic Geller elected Super Sunday campaign tops goal
president of CKJF

Cordova. Diane Friedman,
Michael Grossman, and Bruce
Broudy for such super work on
the phones!

Thanks also to the group
of hard working individuals who
participated in a variety of capaci-
ties enabling the day to run
smoothly. Sharon Wainshilbaum
and assistants Marian Jonas and
Deborah Sogin ensured that food
was prompt, plentiful, and deli—
cious. Michael Ades conducted
training for volunteers prior to the
two calling sessions. Harriet
Ades and Annette Milch helped
out with registration. Garry
Homer’s computer expertise

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* by Joan F lashman
At its June 25

Board of Directors meet-
ing, the Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation elected
new officers to a two-year
term. Elected President
was Evelyn Dantzic Geller
(see her first President's
column on page 2). The
balance ot‘ the ercutive
committee includes Merle
Wekstein. First Vice
President; Judy Levine,
Second Vice President:
Ken Mayer. Treasurer;
Bob Baumann. Secretary;
and Tomas Milch H.

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The Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation’s 1997 Super
Sunday campaign exceeded its
goal and raised over $7500.
Gall’s Incorporated was the site
of the June 1 event. Thanks and
appreciation go to Alan
Bloomfield for so generously pro-
viding us with a comfortable and
desirable workspace to hold this
significant Jewish community
fund raiser.

A group of enthusiastic
phone volunteers enabled us to

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ticipants to explore their heritage
and Jewish identity.

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supplement from the student’s congregation. Unfortunately, the deadline for this year’s program has already
passed, however, Sam McDonald of Danville did participate in last year's Kesher Kentucky. An article

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In This Issue:

MILESTONES

 

Feature Stories: Mazel Tov to:
Judy & Abe Levine on the birth
Uproar Over the of their first granddaughter,
Silence ........... 5 Maya LeVine Daniiga
May 16, 1997.

Leisure Club ...... 6 The med parents are

Beth Levine & Jay Danzig.
Book Review ...... 7

Joseph & Evelyn Krislov on the
birth of their second grandghild,
Jesse Harris Krislov,

May 31, 1997.

The proud parents are
Marvin Krislov & Amy Sheon.

Israeli Sculptor to
Cincinnati ....... 11

Lexington’s Russian

Club ............ 12
Stephen Miller, son of Joe &
A year in Kesher Suzanne Miller, who graduated
first in his class at the
KentuCky """" 13 Northwestern School of Law.
Also: David Kaplan, son of Martin &

Odette Kaplan, who graduated
Magna Cum Laude from Harvard
Law School.

B’nai Mitzvahs . . .18

Calendar ........ 19

Marc & Pamela Silverman on
the marriage (August 2) of their
daughter, Nicole to Daniel

Editorial .......... 4

Financial Advisor . .9

Patrick.
Hadassah -------- 14 Austin 81 Susan Cantor on the
marriage of their son, Joshua to
Havurah ........ 14 Penny Tchakirides (June 21).
F3 ............. 10 Bea Milner on the graduation of
I her grandson, Adam Bovilsky
from Yale University. Adam has
028 """""" 17 accepted a fellowship with the
Hillel Chapter at MIT and is the
TAI """"""" 15 son of Jay & Deborah Milner
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Shalom
Published ten times annually by the
Central Kentucky Jewish Federation, Inc.

340 Romany Road, Lexington, KY 40502
(606) 268-0672 ' Fax (606) 268-0775

August 1997 - Volume IV, Issue 10

Evelyn Dantzic Geller, President
Joel Eizenstat, Executive Director
Holly Barnhill, Editor & Advertising Manager
Michael Adelstein & Evelyn Dantzic Geller, Editorial Board
Mollye Schwab, Jewish Family Services
Kim Slaton, Program Director
The appearance of any advertising in this publication does not represent a kashruth endorsement on

the pan of CKJF or any other agency or organization. Shalom is supported by the advertisements
appearing in the paper.

@1997 by Central Kentucky Jewish Federation

 

 

To the following seventh graders who
were honored in the Duke University
Talented Student Program:

Jonathan Kaplan
(son of David & Chela Kaplan)

Allison Plavin
(daughter of Marc Plavin
& Toni Reiss)
Michael Spiegel
(son of Charles & Jane Spiegel)
Benjamin Ezrine
(son of Barry & Sue Ezrine)

Eli Zimmerman
(son of Rick &Leanne
Zimmerman)

Benjamin Schumacher
(son of Scott & Beth
Schumacher)

Irv Rosentstein, who was
inducted into the Bluegrass
Business Hall of Fame by the
Junior Achievement.

Ben Elitzur, son of Moshe &
Shlomit Elitzur, who was chosen
as a Governor’s Scholar for 1997.

Joseph Broudy, son of Bruce &
Liz Broudy, who was chosen as a
Governor’s Scholar for 1997.

Dr. Howard Eldot, who retired
from Eastern Kentucky
University. The Board of
Regents officially awarded him
Professor Emeritus status.

Condolences to:

Warren & Karla Frank on the
death of Warren’s mother,
Mildred Emily Frank,
May 21, 1997.

Michael & Tonya Sommer
on the death of Michael’s
grandmother, Ruth Sommer,
June 9, 1997.

Marian & Bruce Jonas on the
death of Marian’s nephew and
Bruce’s cousin, Randy Jonas.

   

 

 

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...Sha/om...August 1997

The President’s
Message

by

Evelyn Dantzic Geller

ne of the first things I did
upon my arrival in
Lexington in 1968 was to

'y’reach out to the Jewish community for
friendship and support and, in a word, fam-
ily. I was fortunate. You reached back and
offered me all I needed to make the years since then exciting and
rewarding and comfortable. I am truly grateful to all of you who have
moved through time with me, and who have contributed to the richness
of my life here.

 

Now you have asked me, through your representatives on the
Board of the Central Kentucky Jewish Federation, to take on the
responsibilities of its president. In truth, I would rather have seen this
honor--and it is a great honor-bestowed on a younger member of this
community. Youth is so much better able to deal with the challenges
and rigors of community service. But when one who has received so
much from a group is asked to take on one more task in its behalf,
there is no way one can refuse. So, very simply, and with a great deal
of trepidation, I thank you for giving me another opportunity to serve
you. I hope sincerely that I live up to your expectations. I hope, even
more earnestly, that I can continue to count on you for your support
and assistance.

For anyone else, those previous paragraphs would have suf—
ficed as the first “President‘s Message." Knowing me, you know that
if something can be said in two paragraphs, I’ll take two pages—-well
almost. The point is that I’d like to share with you some of my beliefs
about the Central Kentucky Tt-uixh

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1 might consider going in the next ten years.

When I think about the Jewish people, or any subgroup within
our people, I think of us as if we were a vibrant mosaic; a mosaic creat-
ed for the purpose of telling a wondrous and ever evolving story.
There are different colors, each complimentary to the whole. There are
seemingly distinct scenes or depictions. Different groupings are repre-
sented; each depicted doing something distinct. But every aspect of a
living mosaic appears to be aware of the impact its activity has on the
harmony the total picture is supposed to represent. If one part of the
mosaic is damaged, if even one tile is missing, the entire illustration is
affected.

I know that perfect and eternal accord within any group is
unrealistic and constitutes a utopian dream. Some differences are nec-
essary to stimulate thought, discussion, and growth. I believe that our
Jewish community--with its inherent and very human difference--is,
and can continue to be, an essentially cohesive and collaborative
group. Every one of us needs to respect the ideas and ideologies of the
rest of us. Then we can look to those aspects of our Judaism which
make us a people, and deal effectively and productively with matters
that could lead to tension or threaten our harmony. I believe that we
can do this if we look at ourselves as a mosaic. If we can accept the
notion that every component of our community is essential to the well-
being, even the survival, of the entire community, then we can more
readily work for the well-being and the survival of both each compo—
nent and the entire community.

To this end, I plan to meet regularly with the leaders of our
community to receive additional input about the activities and needs of
the groups you represent as well as to look for ways of improving par-
ticipation of community members in community-wide activities and
events. We want input from those of you who are interested and able

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Author talks about her hidden past at Women’s

Division event

by Sue Ezrine

When the news revealed
that Madeleine Albright’s parents
had been born Jewish and that at
least two of her grandparents died
in concentration camps, Trudi
Alexy’s phone began to ring
incessantly. Trudi Alexy lived in
Prague until the age of ten, when
her family abruptly left for Paris
in 1938, in response to the
Anschluss (Hitler’s annexation of
Austria).

In 1939, her father sud-
denly announced that they were
going to Spain. He also added
that they would be baptized as
Catholics because it was not safe
for them to remain Jews. Until
that moment, Ms. Alexy never

knew they were Jewish.

“Religion was a non-
issue in their thoroughly assimi-
lated family.” When the Alexy
family entered Spain, she felt it
would be “a magical place where
they would be safe...Later, when
reality set in and the magic wore
off, my guilt over surviving by
fraud while so many others per-
ished as Jews pursued me into my
adult life.”

On Tuesday evening,
June 17, at the home of Nancy
Hoffman, eighteen women had
the privilege of listening to Trudi
Alexy. The author of The
Mezuzah in the Madonna 's Foot
fascinated us with the story of her
family and her quest and discov-
ery of her spiritual heritage.

She also spoke about the
history of the Jews in Spain. We
were all aware of the forced con-
versions and persecution of the
Jews during the Inquisition, and
finally, the expulsion in 1492.
However, we were surprised to
learn about how helpful Spain
and the Spaniards were to the
Jews during World War II.

During Franco’s rule,
thousands of Jews survived
because they were given asylum
in Spain and in Spanish
embassies in occupied countries.
Ms. Alexy told us stories of both
the rescued and the rescuers.

We were all very curious
to learn about the Crypto-Jews of

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CKJF campaign event rocks and rolls with Mah Tovu

by Kim Slaton

The Central Kentucky

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Mah Tovu brought Lexington’s
Jewish community to its feet.
Featuring Steve Brodsky and Josh
Zweiback, Mah Tovu brought
together young and old for a
dynamic evening of good music
and good food. CKJF Executive
Director Joel Eizenstat spoke
about the importance of the
Campaign to raise funds and the
need for the entire Jewish com-
munity to work together.

Mah Tovu was chosen
for this campaign event because
they bring to the contemporary
Jewish music scene a diverse
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spectrum of needs for our Jewish

community. The name of the
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speak in Lexington on Thursday, November 6 at the Singletary Center for the Arts. The
Central Kentucky Jewish Federation and the First Presbyterian Church are co-sponsors of

the event.

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say “thank you.’ It seems some
thing I said to one of her family
members had encouraged a long
overdue reunion between the two
of them.

This long lost friend then
proceeded to reminisce about the
past. She remembered details that
had long since been filed in the
archives of my brain. As she
spoke, the cobwebs cleared and
vivid images of many years ago
came to mind.

My friend also kindly
pointed out what a good friend I
had been to her. She continued to
boost my self esteem with even
more positive comments.

As for my friend, she
had taken a new turn on the road
of life, but one that turned out to
be the right direction for her. She

 

just knowing an old friend was
faring well. It meant I had a
friend for life.

As Jews, we follow the
edicts of the Ten Commandments
to be good and observant Jews.
These Commandments direct us
to be good people. “Good peo-
ple” make for good friends.

This made me think of
ten desirable qualities in a friend.
The following list was written
with a bit of sarcasm and humor,
and from a female point of view.
No disrespect is intended, so
please read on with that in mind.

I. I am your friend through thick
and thin, good hair days and
bad hair days.

2. You may have other friends,
but hopefully, none that are
thinner or richer than me.

5. It’s your responsibility to
always put in a good word
for me with my in—laws and
parents.

6. Never shoot me one of those
looks, you know, the ones
that could kill.

7. Your love interests shall not be
my love interests, at least
not at the same time.

8. Don’t be like me, be with me.

9. Never tell me the born again
60’s clothes look good on
me, because they don’t.

10. Don’t envy my life, be in my
life.

To my friend on the
other end of the phone--for you
I’d even wear white vinyl (again)!
Thank you for always accepting
and never expecting.

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voice from my was thriving and very happy, and 3. Do not discredit me, even when

paSt recently I’m glad to say, the same funny, we have opposite view-

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an old flame someone more A h 1 f agree. Please send
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For years there have
been whispers. Now the contro-
versy rages in public. It started
with an article in a recent New
Yorker by James Carroll, a former
Catholic priest. In it he con-
demns the silence of the Catholic
Church during the Holocaust and
to this day about its failure to
denounce the Nazis.

Carroll also attacks the
doctrine of infallibility. He points
out that because the Pope is con-
sidered to be infallible, there is no
mechanism for admitting error.
Consequently, Carroll contends
that the current Pope, John Paul
II, has no apparent theological
way of admitting that his prede-
cessor. Pius XII, was guilty of

fault literal Judgement during
AW) Irwin/1 . _ y‘, ,

Although Carroll blames
John Paul II for his silence, the
former priest does mention many
positive things that the present
Pope has done. Carroll points out
that John Paul II was the first
Pope ever to enter a Jewish syna-
gogue (Rome, 1986), to regularly
denounce anti-Semitism, to estab-
lish diplomatic relations with the
State of Israel (1993), and to
sponsor at the Vatican a Jewish
concert (Gilbert Levine commem-
orating the Shoah, 1994).

Carroll describes how
the young Polish Karol Wojtyla
(the present John Paul II) grew up
living among many Jews, free of
any anti-Semitism although sur—
rounded by it. He studied at
Krakow University where he
defied the Nazis by attending
meetings of a secret theater
group. Later he studied in a clan-
destine seminary and organized
the Living Rosary group, young
men meeting in cells to pray and
discuss the faith, a dangerous
activity.

Wojtyla was once arrest-
ed by the Gestapo, but let go.
Later, he was run down by a
German military vehicle and hos-

The Uproar Over the Silence

by Michael E. Adelstein

 

pitalized. Once he narrowly
escaped being rounded up along
with thousands of other young
men in Krakow. In addition to
these brushes with the Nazis, he
must have been aware of the
thousands of individual priests
and nuns who were being hauled
off to suppress the Polish Church.
Wojtyla evidently knew about the
brutality of the Nazis and what
was occurring at Auschwitz.

It may well have been
his horror at the killing of Jews at
Auschwitz that caused him to set-
tle the controversy that arose in
1984 when a group of Carmelite
nuns established a convent there.
John Paul II intervened on behalf
of the Jews, persuading the nuns
to move to another building,
financed by the Holy See and
away from the walls of
Auschwitz.

Although John Paul II
has done much to improve the

 

and Jews, Carroll states that he
could do more.

Besides breaking the
silence about the Church’s culpa-
bility, the Pope could order the
release of records about “the
Hidden Jews,” those estimated
ten thousand sons and daughters
of Jews, like Madeleine Albright,
who were saved by “rescue bap—
tisms.” Their parents converted
to Christianity and lived through
the Holocaust.

But many of the parents
died. The children were then
reared by foster parents who pre-
tended to be their birth parents.
Despite pleas by Jewish organiza-
tions, the Pope and other Church
officials have been unwilling to
allow their records to be searched
for the names of Jewish children
saved by Catholics during the
war.

In response to Carroll’s
polemic, George Sim Johnson, a
contributing editor to a Catholic
monthly, claims in The Wall
Street Journal that the Church
went to “extraordinary lengths to
save Jewish lives during World
War 11.” As evidence he cites a
papal encyclical written by

Cardinal Pacelli before he became
Pius XII. This document,
denouncing Nazi paganism and
racism, was read widely in
German Catholic churches in
1937, according to Johnson.

Johnson also states that
Jewish scholars, such as Joseph
Licten, Pinchas Lapide, and Leni
Yahil, have documented the con-
siderable efforts made by the
Pope to save Jewish lives. In
addition, a published photograph
of Jewish refugees hidden at the
Pope’s residence at Castel
Gondolfo has recently been pub-
lished.

Added to the testimony
of the Jewish scholars are the trib-
utes by Jewish leaders. The Chief
Rabbi of Rome praised the Pope
for his aid to Jews. And on Pius’
death, Dr. Nahum Goldmann
praised him “with special grati-
tude" for his assistance to “perse-
outed Jews.”
Carroll abo
doctrine of infallibility, stating
that Carroll should know from his
seminary days that this doctrine
has nothing to do with “prudential
situations judgments made by a
Pope in a situation as difficult as

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Leisure Club reports an exciting and successful year

by Ruth Maser

The Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation Leisure Club
has been very active this year.
We took a trip to Pilder’s Kosher
Deli in Cincinnati for lunch and
some Passover shopping. While
there we enjoyed a personal greet-
ing from Kim Slaton’s dad. It
was such a successful trip that we
plan to make it an annual event.

Last year the Leisure
Club had the pleasure of visiting
its Louisville counterpart, so this
past June we hosted the Louisville
group with a luncheon, compli-
ments of CKJF. The luncheon
was followed by a fabulous musi-
cal gala featuring two of
Lexington’s new Americans,

   

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and her father Yuriy Khanukayev
as vocalist.

In May we went to
Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and in the fall
we visited Garrett’s Orchard.
December was our annual
Channukah White Elephant Latke
Party. We also met for lunch at
the Coach House, had a cheese-
cake sampling party, and visited
Ashland for a walk through the
gardens and lunch at the Ginko
Tree Cafe.

This month, on August
21, we will meet at Belle Notte
for a paid-up membership lun-
cheon. An afternoon of racing
(and lunch) will be held at the
Red Mile this fall and we will
close the year with our Annual

    

 

Volunteer to be a Mentor

by Cindy Derer

Last year volunteers
from Ohavay Zion Synagogue
participated in a mentoring pro-
gram at Harrison Elementary.
The mentors included Ricki
Rosenberg, Kathie Kroot, Cindy
Derer, Simone Salomon, Nancy
Hoffman, Ben Hoffman, Rhoda
Kay, Sue Ezrine, and Charlotte
Levy.

Each of these adults
spent about an hour a week inter-
acting with one to three children
in a primary (first and second
grade) classroom. A GREAT
time was had by all reading
together, playing games, working
puzzles, doing arts and crafts, and
Simply talking.

The children benefited
with improved reading, social

skills, and self esteem. The
adults received a warm and heart-
felt weekly welcome.

This program has been
such an unqualified success that
it’s being expanded to include
more classrooms. Volunteers
from all over the community are
encouraged to join the fun. Can
you spare an hour a week? No
teaching experience is required,
just the ability to consistently be
there for a few kids who need a
positive adult role model. You
don’t need to know what to do in
advance - either the teacher or the
kids will guide you.

Please contact Cindy
Derer at 266-0622 or any of the
other mentors mentioned for
more info. Be prepared for a sur-
prisingly enthusiastic testimonial
from these people! Join us!

    

.5 9:33;

Svetlana Alkhasov & Yuriy Khanukayev performed

for the Leisure Club

Latke Party/White Elephant Sale.
Then we shall start all over again.

We also meet once or

twice during the year for a brown

bag lunch and planning session.
A $10 yearly dues fee is collect-
ed, and this year’s dues will go
toward the paid-up membership
luncheon.

So, if you are over 50,
come to the Leisure Club. We
meet during the day, usually the
second Thursday of the month.
All meetings and events are
announced in Shalom. There is
also a monthly mailing, so call the
Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation at 268-0672 and give
Doreen (CKJF secretary) your
name, address, and phone number
and she will add you to the list.

Annette Milch and Ruth
Moser are advisors to the Leisure
Club. Remember, come to the
Leisure Club where we always
have a good time.

 

 

Uproar" .continued from page 5

In addition, Johnson
upholds the Pope’s public silence
by referring to the fate of
Amsterdam Catholics. In 1942.
the Church in Amsterdam
denounced the Nazi treatment of
the Jews. The result was a redou-
bling of roundups and deportations.

In view of this reaction,
Johnson states that the Pope’s
decision to avoid speaking out
publicly, for fear it would endan-
ger the lives of thousands of Jews
while having little effect on
Hitler, was a prudent one.

Other voices have been
raised in the debate about the
silence of the Catholic Church.
Jack Ben Ezra of Albuerque, New
Mexico, tells about how the
Jewish community in Rome was
ordered to contribute 50 kilo-
grams of gold to the Nazis or face
deportation. The Chief Jewish
Rabbi requested help from the
Vatican but was offered only a
loan of 15 kilos plus interest, with
the provision that it would be
repaid four years after the war
ended. The loan was turned
down but Jews, Catholics, and
other Christians donated wedding
rings, watches, and gold objects
to raise the 50 kilos.

Alan Nathanson of
Middletown, Connecticut, sug-
gests that the Church, through its
Vatican Radio, could have influ-

enced many Catholic SS men and
others by denouncing the
Holocaust and excommunicating
its perpetrators. And these broad-
cast would have warned Jews Ui
their impending fate.

Nathanson, and Carroll
before him, blame the Catholic
Church not only for its silence
now but for its centuries of teach—
ing about the Jews. They state
that Nazi anti-Semitism would
not have existed if there had not
been Christian anti-Judaism.

The loudest and best
documented condemnation of the
Catholic and other churches can
be found in Harvard Professor
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen‘s bril-
liant book, Hitler’s Willing
Executioners. This work, a prize—
winning revision of his doctoral
dissertation, is thoroughly docu-
mented with its 100 plus pages of
end notes. In it he condemns the
Catholic Church for its failure “to
officially protest the April 1933
boycott, the Nuremberg Laws, the
depredations of Kristallnacht, or
even the Nazis’ deportation of
German Jews to their death.”
Goldhagen goes much further in
blaming most of the German cler—
gy not only for their sins of omis-
sion but also for actively aiding
the Nazis by furnishing them with
records to identify and locate
Jews.

Can we assort these
charges and counter—charges and

come to someconclusions about
the'role of the Catholic Church

and present and past Popes.’

Perhaps one way is to
ask ourselves whether we would
have hidden Jews and spoken up
against their deportation if we had
not been Jewish. And if we had
been the Pope at the time, would
we have spoken out in fulfilling
our moral obligation or would we
have remained silent for fear of
reprisal to our people and to the
Jews?

Finally, in view of the
doctrine of infallibility, can the
present Pope find fault with the
actions of the previous Pope?

While I would hope to
act heroically in a crisis situation,
I am not certain whether I would.
The odds against my doing so
would increase if I were not a
senior person, but were young
with a wife, a family, and so
much to live for. However, if I
were the Pope, I believe I might
have spoken out, hoping that
more lives would have been
saved than lost and feeling com-
pelled to take a moral stand.

How do you feel about
these matters? We’d like to hear
from you and would be glad to
publish your letters.

 

n ...Shalom...August 1997

 

 

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