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Community celebrates Israel’s
60 years of statehood

More than 150 attend Keeneland festivities

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What an auspicious day this is, to be associated With ox er 80 communities to
celebrate this particular moment of Israel's independence. 1 am proud to be a
part of it and glad to be here. — Alan Stein

What better cause could there be to bring together our small community than
a htlth birthday party for Israel? Everyone wanted to do something different
and special this year, so the Community Activities Committee, led by Mimi
Kaufman and joined by Hadassah, Temple, and Synagogue members, rose to
the occasion. Together with Aviva Bowling, Odette Kaplan, Evalyn Block, and
Lisa Satin, we were able to organize the biggest gathering for Yom Ha’at/maut
in many years with over 150 people m attendance at Keeneland in Lexington.

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WWW coordinate food, and coordinate vendors Special

thanks are in order to the Camp
Shalom and Camp Gesher staff, who
helped with set up as well as running
a booth of children’s activities and
camp enrollment. As Mimi Kaufman
said, ”Our community really came
when they were called and we are
very appreciative of the support.”

By 10:00 am. people were arriving to
register or pick up their goodies for
the walk. Each person who paid $5.00
received an official “Walk the Land”
package, which included a T—shirt,
water bottle, and backpack. These

are the same items given out in more
than 80 communities worldwide as
they all celebrated Yom Ha’at/maut.

 

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One of our younger members enjoys
Yam Ha’atzmaut.

see 60 years celebration, page 14

 

 

— CAMPAIGN NEWS —

 

CKJF Annual Meeting held

New IFS director
introduces herself

Night highlights events of past twelve months, honors volunteers
+ + +

On June 25, the Central Kentucky

Jewish Federation held its annual

meeting at the corporate offices in

the Chinoe Center.

CKJF Executive Director Daniel Chejfec, who will leave
the position on September 30, followed the president with
his perspective on the past nine years since his coming to
town, remarking on the significant changes the commu-
nity made over that period of time. New Board members
were elected or reelected to the Board of Directors and
dully installed by CKJF Secretary Pat Shraberg.

The evening began with a summary
by CKJF President Linda Ravvin of
the remarkable changes that took
place over the past year, includ-

ing changes in the way the Board
proceeds and budgetary as well as

With business out of the way, it was time to recognize
some volunteers who made a difference in our commu-
nity. The first award, the Young Leadership Award, was

staffing changes, past and future.

see Campaign, page 11

 

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By Paula Clancy, MSW, CSVV

As this issue of Shalom goes to press I have just been
hired as the Jewish Family Services social worker. I very
much enjoyed meeting the CKJF staff and members of
the selection committee and am so pleased to have the
opportunity to serve the community. As a social worker
in the Lexington area for about 25 years, I have known of
Jewish Family Services as an excellent resource and have
referred many people to it for assistance. I have friends
who are active with CKJF and look forward to meeting
more people who are connected and involved.

Originally from Chicago, I came to Lexington for gradu-
ate school and stayed. After completing undergraduate
work in psychology at Roosevelt University I graduated
from the Master of Social Work Program at the University
of Kentucky. My paid positions have included case man-
agement in the Kentucky public assistance office, direct-
ing ASK US, Caretenders Home Health, and coordinating
Central Baptist Hospital Home Response. I have volun-
teered at such organizations as Habitat for Humanity,
Lex-Care, American Red Cross Disaster Work, and the
Center for Creative Living.

see New JFS director, page 12

 

 

  

IN THIS ISSUE
President's Message ................................... 4

Jews and jazz: Connection influences American

musical art form ................................... 4
Grant helps preserve Jewish history in Central Kentucky ....... 5
From the Executive Director ............................. 6
Third Opinion ........................................ 7
Jane Grisé attends Jewish Women’s Archive Institute

for Educators ..................................... 7
Ask a Rabbi ......................................... 8
Oma .............................................. 9
Memoir: That Year in Jerusalem—1968 .................... 1O
B’tayavon .......................................... 13
Jewish music event scheduled at the University of Kentucky . . . 13

lsrael 21c: lsraeli startup promises a virtual OS -

and real coexistence ............................... 15
Around the Community ............................... 16
Lexington Chapter of Hadassah ......................... 17
Lexington Havurah .................................. 17
TAl ............................................... 18
025 .............................................. 19
Community Calendar ................................. 20

 

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AUGUST 2008, VOLUME XV, ISSUE 5

Linda Ravvin, President
Daniel Chejfec, Executive Director
Jana LaZur, Activities Director
Paula Clancy, JFS Director
Tamara Ohayon, Staff Associate

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Ronit Eres Angie Ornstein

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August 1, 2008 engage you as partners, with us,

in this search by asking for your
Dear Friends: recommendations for possible

candidates for this important
As you are aware, the Jewish executive leadership position.
Federation is conducting a search
for a new executive director. We When considering candi-
have organized a search commit— dates, please think about the people who are in your
tee chaired by David Feinberg and universe: co-workers, family, friends, clients and cus-
have begun the process, which tomers, fellow board members, and so forth. We will
should take Six months or so. be happy to entertain your recommendations.
I am pleased to announce that we You can contact David Feinberg at Feinberg@alltel.
have engaged the Mandel Center net if you have any questions or a candidate to rec-
for Leadership Excellence at United ommend. He will forward any candidate names to
JewiSh Communities (UJC) to assist Ricki Wasserman, our UJC recruiter. You can also
us. Mandel Center recruiters will be contact Ricki directly at ricki.wassermanCfllujcorg.
aggressively reach-
ing out to potential —-——————_ Thank you for your help
candidates across As a key community stake- and your continued sup-
the federation holder, you play a significant port of the Central Kentucky

SyStem as we“ as role in ensuring the strength JeW‘Sh FEderat‘on'

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and outside of the KentUCKy JeWISh communlty' Linda Ravvin,

Jewish community. ———-——————- President

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you play a Significant role in ensur- ing this process, we owe Daniel Chejfec our

ing the strength and continuity of thanks and respect for his work and dedica—

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campers, camp directors and staff, and families and friends of Camp Shalom arr rnziztcd to return and
participate in a “Day at Camp Shalom.” Special activities will showcase the fantastic programs our
community camp offers. A gala dinner will follow at 5:00 pm. at Portofino Restaurant, honoring the
memory of Sue Friedman, and honoring Carol Wirtschafter and others instrumental in the founding,
growth, and continued success of this vital part of Central Kentucky life. Register on the CKIF website,
www.jewishlexington.org Please join us as we celebrate!

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ICWS and jazz: connection influences broadcasts called Only in America, 350 Years of the American

Jewish Experience. The broadcasts are available for listening

American muSical art form on the website www.0nlyinamerica.info/. Two of them,

By Harold Sherman

A News Archive obituary on the website of the Film
Music Society (www.filmmusicsocietyorg), dated Jan. 16,
2007, began,“Harvey R. Cohen, two—time Emmy-winning
composer, arranger and big—band leader, died Sunday,
January 14 after suffering a heart attack at his home in
Agoura Hills, California. He was 55." His name might
not have been a household word, but he composed and
arranged for people and productions that included Kenny
C, Michael Feinstein, Billy Crystal (opening musical
numbers for the Oscars), Dallas, Knots Landing, Growing
Pains, The Wonder Years, Disney’s Aladdin, The Adventures of
Batman and Robin, and many others. He also collaborated
with John Williams.

But one collaboration—possibly his only one—stands out
as a tribute to his Jewish roots. In 2005, he arranged sea-
sonal classics for the recording Hanukkah Swings! that tea-

4 | August 2008 Shalom

“White Christmas” and “Over the Rainbow," chronicle
the contributions to American music made by Jews, many

tures west-coast cantor Kenny Ellis Of whom were immigrants.

backed by a jazz big band, reminis-
cent of Frank Sinatra with the Basie
band. Tragically, he never had the
opportunity to follow up with similar

Not long ago, I had a telephone conversation with Kenny
Ellis (www.kennyellis.com), in which he lamented the fact
that many Jewish musicians, composers, and arrangers
projects. ignore the music they heard and sang growing up in syn-
agogue or temple. His CD was the result of a conscious
effort to expose Jewish holiday music to the public, Jewish
and gentile alike, in a uniquely American way. Besides
baseball and apple pie, what is more American than jazz?
While I find Adam Sandler singing "Put on your yar-
mulke, here comes Hanukkah” quite entertaining, I get
a particular charge out of hearing Harvey Cohen’s hard-
swinging arrangements. But they’re not all swing. His

What is the connection between
Harvey Cohen’s Jewish predeces-
sors of the last century and the
American art form of jazz, as well
as the music of Broadway and Tin
Pan Alley that—while not necessar—
ily jazz songs themselves—became
vehicles of countless jazz musicians mastery of a variety styles, including Latin, makes this
and arrangers? For those who enjoy

public radio, there is a series of see Jews and jazz, page 5

CD particularly enjoyable.

 Grant helps preserve Jewish
history in Central Kentucky

Input on family businesses sought

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By Hanna B. Smith

During much of the 20th century,
many members of the Jewish com-
munity in Central Kentucky owned
stores in Lexington and the sur-
rounding area. Rosie Moosnick
fondly remembers how her father,
the late Dr. Monroe Moosnick, used
to entertain his family with stories
about growing up in a family-owned
store in Versailles, Kentucky.

Most of the storeowners first came to
Kentucky as peddlers. As their for—
tunes improved the peddlers opened
stores, some of which grew into size—
able businesses. Yet another ethnic
group had the same experience. As a
professor at Transylvania University
Dr. Moosnick became friends with
members of the Ackall family, who
were of Middle-Eastern origin. From
the Ackalls Dr. Moosnick learned
that many of the earlier Arab immi—

grants earned a living as peddlers
and storeowners.

Dr. Moosnick’s daughter Rosie was
intrigued by her father's tales. She
realized the importance of preserv—
ing the history of the families who
founded the Jewish community in
Central Kentucky. In 2007 Rosie,
who holds a doctorate in sociology,
received a grant from the Southern
Jewish Historical Society and the
Kentucky Oral History Commission
to develop an oral history of Jews
and Arabs who Opened stores in
Kentucky.

Even with her father’s stories in
mind, Rosie Moosnick was amazed
at the number of Jewish owned stores
that once existed in Lexington and
the surrounding area.

 

Jews and jazz (from page 4)

While living in New York, I had the privilege of studying with several well-
known and respected jazz educators (associated with the likes of Dizzy
Gillespie and Buddy Rich) and hearing such icons as Ella Fitzgerald, Mel
Torme, and Count Basie performing live in concert halls and clubs. Although

I had a few opportunities to ”sit in” with top New York talents, there were,
oddly, many more opportunities when I returned to Lexington. While at UK,
eventually going for my MM in Composition, I played in Miles Osland’s UK
Jazz Ensemble with guest artists Diane Schuur, Louie Bellson, Clark Terry,
and many others. Now I play in the community jazz big band BAJA (Bluegrass
Area Jazz Ambassadors) and have shared the stage with more big names in
jazz right here in Lexington. In addition, as a member of BAJA, I had the privi-
lege of recording a Christmas CD (as many Jewish musicians end up doing)
and playing two Christmas concerts with Broadway star Laura Bell Bundy.
But lately I’ve been thinking what a great experience it would be, in addition
to playing a big band Christmas concert, to play a concert featuring the best
Hanukkah arrangements ever written with a guest artist who also happens to
be a cantor. (There, I’ve planted the seed.)

From George Gershwin and Al Jolson to Benny Goodman, and finally to

 

Harvey Cohen

with names of those in between too numerous to men-

tion—there is a thread of music that started before New York’s Lower East
Side Yiddish Theatre and blended with African and other influences to evolve
into the American musical form known as jazl. I could have stayed in New
York, but then I might never have had the experience of taking two enlighten-
ing classes at UK with Dr. Ron Pen, who is an authority on American music.
(Did you know that America's first singer/songwriter “star”—-the composer of
“Woodman, Spare that Tree"——was an English—born Jew named Henry Russell,
who was inspired by the oratorical prowess of Henry Clay?) I might never
have met Dr. Richard Domek, who has transcribed numerous big band com-
positions by Duke Ellington for the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.
And I might never have met the individual who introduced me to Hanukkah
Swings! who just happened to hear it on a flight back to Leungton. Just think—
ing about the holidays in December is helping to cool me off this summer. ‘7

 

 

Others with deep roots in
the local Jewish community
have joined Rosie’s effort to
preserve the history of the
merchant families. These are
Janice Crane, Sandy Levy,
Marilyn Moosnick, Franklin
Moosnick, Simone Salomon,
and Sylvia Cerel Suhl. This
group, which goes by the
whimsical name of ”Oy Vay,
How Did We Get Here,"
walked through downtown
Lexington in May 2008 in
search of the locations of for-
mer stores.

Of course, much has changed
in downtown Lexington, and
many of the old buildings

no longer exist. Water Street,
for example, which Rabbi
Albert Pappenheim memori-
alized (see Shalom June/July
2008, ”Memoir: A Glimpse of
Lexington in 1954”), is today
only an alley behind the
library parking garage.

 

The four-story building on the right is 249-255 East Main
Street (Lexington), now occupied by Portofino Restaurant
on a portion of the ground floor and by Thomas and King
offices in the remainder of the building. The two-story
building on the left is 243-247 East Main Street, which
was later demolished and is now the location of a surface
parking lot. Judging from the appearance of the ears on
the street, the photo was taken between 1928 and 1945.
(Thanks to Hanna Smith, Bruce Naude, Mike Ades, and
Jason Plahardy for providing this information.)

 

Rosie’s work group (dare we call
them the ”Oy Vayers”?) is busy col—
lecting and archiving information.
One goal of the group is to use the
oral histories and the library research
to host an exhibit. Another goal is

to commemorate the Jewish owned
stores and their history With a mili'al ‘
located in downtown Lexington.

rial, please contact Rosie Moosnick at
(859) 268-5260 or rmoosnick@insight-
bb.com. Also, the work group needs
help and welcomes new members.

We have a questionnaire that we
hope those whose families owned
complete. Your information will help
broaden the group’s knowledge of the
history of the Jewish community in
Central Kentucky.

In order to gather as much infor-
mation as possible, Rosie and her
group request the cooperation of the
Jewish community. If you have any
information about former downtown
merchants, old photos, newspaper
articles, family stories, or other mate-

If you want a copy of the question—
naire, please contact Rosie Moosnick
by September 2, 2008 at rmoosnick@
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Not a very good sandwich
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You know when you order a sandwich and you end up

est issue of the World lavish Digest ated by Israel. Hamas had in

includes an interview with Benny the past manufactured “energy

Morris, one of the leading ”New crises" by shutting down their

with an aftertaste and maybe even heartburn? That’s not Historians,” who in fact states prc- own generators and ”food cri—

 

ses" by manipulating what was
available. Their goal is to dele-
gitimize Israel in the eyes of the West, and many in the

a very good sandwich, is it? But Israel is living it. cisely that: The conflict cannot be
resolved because the Arabs did not,
In 2005, Ariel Sharon, then prime minister, made a stra- do not, and will not accept the right
tegic decision for all the good reasons. Leaving Gaza

was a must if Israel wanted time to settle the conflict.
Holding to the Strip would have given the Arabs a major-
ity between the Jordan River and the sea. The same logic
that applied in 1993 when Rabin signed the Declaration

of Principles (DOP) with Arafat still applied: the mar-

of Israel to exist on West are buying it.
what they consider to
be Arab lands. He even . . .
sees the conflict as part Gaza IS an Intractable subject.
Israel is doomed if it does

and doomed if it doesn’t.

 

Let's go to the north
and back in time. In
1982 Israel expelled the
PLO from Southern

of a broader conflict
between Arab culture

riage is not working so we need a divorce, and the longer
we wait, the more difficult the divorce is going to be. So
Israel left Gaza.

The problem was that Gaza became ”Hamastan,” and the
base for ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians in the
Western Negev, and lately on the shore north of Gaza.
While for now some kind of cease fire appears to be in
place, it is deceptive. In the past, Hamas accepted cease
fire agreements in order to regroup and renew attacks.
Their fundamental principle is that all of Palestine, as
defined by the British Mandate, constitutes their land,
and Israel does not have a right to exist. The most Israel
can expect from Hamas is a temporary reprieve; even
those on the so—called “New Left" in Israel, including
the ”New Historians” are beginning to realize it. The lat-

and the West.

Lebanon, which had

 

Gaza is an intrac-

table subject. Israel is doomed if it
does and doomed if it doesn’t. If
Israel opens the border as Hamas
demands, the result, based on their
track record, will be an increase in
suicide bombings—something Israel
is understandably reluctant to accept.
If Israel keeps the border closed,
Hamas claims that it is creating a
humanitarian crisis, something to
which Europeans in particular are
very sensitive. The reality is that no
such crisis exists, at least not one cre-

become at the time
“Fatahland.” The occu-
pation of Lebanon was aimed at uprooting the PLO and
making the northern border a safer one. The problem
was that when Arafat left for Tunisia he left a power
vacuum, and Nature—as well as societies—abhors
vacuums. Since the great majority of the population of
southern Lebanon is Shiite and extremely poor, the area
was a good breeding ground for Shiite extremism. Enter

Hezbollah.

Hezbollah became the militia of the downtrodden in
southern Lebanon. With financial support of Iran, the
biggest Shiite patron, it soon became a political and

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Anthem
+ + +

In my younger days I sang ”The
Marseillaise,” the French national
anthem, in French, and still could,
I’ll warrant, with a couple of glasses
of wine in me.

I can also sing the German national
anthem, but I don’t. It comes from a
fine old quintet of Josef Haydn that
was made into a hymn for Kaiser
Franz Josef of Austria, a parallel to
”God save the King," and also into
a Protestant hymn called “Glorious
Things of Thee Are Spoken.”

Imagine my surprise when I heard
its opening notes played in the
Presbyterian Church that I was
attending in 1952. What happened to
that fine old piece between 1933 and
1945 means that I will not sing it, but
I often listen to the Haydn.

I always sing ”HaTikvah," of course,
though not without choking up
some. The European anthems I
mentioned are all about blood and
guts or being better than everybody
else. Ours is called ”T he Hope.” The
Hope! For 1832 years, from the defeat
of the Bar Kochba rebellion against
Roman occupation of Israel to 1948,

when the State of Israel was proclaimed—and promptly
invaded by its Arab neighbors—all we could do was
hope and pray that someday we’d have a country again
and that it would survive. And now we do. Moreover,
not only have I been privileged to visit it, but also to live
there for a time.

I'm reminded of the response of Yitzhak ben Tzvi’s
wife—he was the second president of Israel—when she
came home from university one day and told her parents
that she was moving to Palestine. ”Palestine," they said,
“what will you do there?"

“I will live there,” Rachel answered triumphantly.

What I find I can no longer do, however, is sing “The Star
Spangled Banner” in public. I even have trouble singing it
at home before baseball games. I start to sing, but always
break down in tears before it's over. My problem is that I
know too much about American history, how we opened
our doors to my ancestors, who came here before the
Civil War.

Yes, I know about the nasty laws that choked off immi—
gration in1921 and 1924, and the failure of the Dickstein
Bill that would have allowed 20,000 Jewish refugee chil-
dren to come here, and the turning away of the steam—
ship St. Louis in 1939 with its 930 Jewish refugee passen-
gers. We haven’t always been as hospitable as we were a
century and more ago, but I'll match our record against

anyone else's.

Presently, we are having our problems integrating so
many Mexican and Hispanic immigrants, many of whom

 

Jane Grisé attends Jewish Women’s
Archive Institute for Educators

Jane Grisé of Lexington spent the week of July 13—17 in
Massachusetts, participating in an intensive Institute for
Educators, sponsored by the Jewish Women’s Archive.

Jewish Educators, and Archive board
member. The program also included
a seminar on the 1902 kosher meat
boycotts by Yale Professor Paula

Grisé, the youth education director at Temple Adath Israel
and an instructor in college level and legal writing at

UK Law School, was one of 25 educators f