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Visit to Israel yields interesting
encounters, intriguing coincidences

By Betty Nigofl

Since 2001, Lowell and I have trav-
eled to Israel a total of six times, the
last four coupled with Sar—El, a three-
week volunteer program in which we
worked on IDF (Israeli Defense Force)
army bases. (For more about those
sojourns, see the links at the end of this
article.) On this most recent trip, we
had some other experiences I’d like to
share.

After our Army stint, we went to
Jerusalem to meet our Aish.com group,
headed by Mordechai Kaplan. Aish.
com provides opportunities for Jews of
all backgrounds to discover their heri—
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six-floor building that looks out on
the Kotel (Western Wall). Our group
consisted of 29 people looking for a
"dynamic and inspirational eight-day
journey through Israel.” The speakers
were Rabbi Jaakov Salomon, Sara Yo-
heved Rigler, Rabbi Eric Coopersmith,
Rabbi Ken Spiro, Lori Palatnik, Shraga
Simmons, and Dr. Gerald Shroeder.
The topics were ”Seven Wonders of
Jewish History,” ”How to Pass Life’s
Tests,” ”Soul and the Afterlife: Where
Do We Go From Here?” “Discovering
the Real You: Understanding Yourself
and Appreciating Others,” "How To
Get Your Prayers Answered,” ”The
Spiritual GPS: Choosing Your Des~
tination," “Media Coverage and the

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Trip to Israel an enlightening

experience

JFB’s scholarship allows student to make life discoveries

By Maria Alkhasova

We are awakened at three in the morn-
ing, a dangerous time to be around
sleep-deprived teenagers. After a night
of sleeping under the stars at the bot—
tom of the Masada plateau, we quickly
roll up our sleeping bags, change into
our less filthy shirts, and trek in silence
up the mountain. All 38 of us finally
reach the top, make breakfast, and
separate at the top of the mountain to
watch the sunrise in isolation.

After some amount of time has
passed—in the desert time passes at a

different pace—I walk up and sit next
to the tour guide, Nadav. After a few
moments I blurt out, ”Why do you
like this job?” As the sun is slowly ris-
ing and there is nothing but the calm
breeze, he sweeps his arm across the
vast expanse of the horizon and says,
smiling, ”Because this is my office.”
His smile said nothing of obligation
and everything of content, of being at
peace with himself and his surround-
ings. Never before have I seen a smile
so honest, so reflective of the emotions
this man was experiencing.

see Trip, page 9

Thank-you event with Caryn Bark

draws 200 guests

On Saturday night, December 6, our
Jewish community was treated to a
night of comedy, desserts, and antique
cars. Thanks go out to many who were
involved in the program that was
underwritten by the Elizabeth Rosen—
berg Endowment Fund. Ricki Rosen-
berg, the daughter-in—law of Elizabeth
Rosenberg, wasinstrumental in mak-

also to Terri Solomon and Pat Shra-
berg, co—chairs, Alan Stein, our illustri-
ous master of ceremonies, Mike Scan-
lan, who gave us the use of his garage,
Harold Sherman, who entertained us
with beautiful music, and all our vol-
unteers and staff who baked brown-
ies, shopped, set up, and cleaned up.

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Shalom

Published ten times per year by the
Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass, Inc.
1050 Chinoe Rd., Suite 302, Lexington, KY 40502
, Phone (859) 268-0672 - Fax (859) 268-0775
email: shalom@jewishlexington.org

DECEMBER 201 0/.IANUARY 2011, VOLUME XVII, ISSUE 11
Linda Rawin, President
Judy Wortman, Executive Director
Jana LaZur, Activities Director
Paula Clancy, JFS Director
Tamara Ohayon, Communications Director

SHALOM EDITORIAL BOARD
Ruth Poley, Empress of all the Russias
Mary Heléne Rosenbaum, She Who Must Be Obeyed
Jane Chaput
Paul Tillier

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Lisa Ashner Adkins, Maria Alkhasova, Gila Kahn-Hoffman, Betty Nigoff

LOCAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
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the Federation or any other agency or organizations.

Opinions expressed in Shalom are not necessarily those of the Shalom editorial staff or
the JFB or its constituent organizations.

Shalom is partially supported by the advertisements appearing in the paper.

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Jane Chaput, chair of the Shalom
editorial committee, announced after
a thorough search process that Rabbi
David Wortman would be the new
editor of the newspaper. She noted,
”Wortman comes to this position with
a significant background in editing and
writing. We look forward to a smooth
transition and continued progress in
improving the quality of our publica-
tion.”

During his lengthy career in academia
and Jewish public service, Wortman
edited an academic journal, an in-
formational newsletter for the UJA,
and several books. He has published
articles in newspapers, journals, and
books. He edited and was primary au-

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One World Films, in conjunction with
Lexington’s celebration of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Janu-
ary 17, 2011, will sponsor a showing

of the documentary S'oundtrack for a
Revolution at 2:00 pm. in the Kentucky
Theatre, 214 E. Main St. The film show-
ing, 82 minutes long, is free and open

The film tells the story of the American
civil rights movement through its pow-
erful music: the freedom songs protest-

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thor of The Exodus Haggadah, used by
the UJA to launch Operation Exodus
in 1990.

When asked about his vision for Sha-
lom, Wortman responded, ”I hope to
build on the foundation established by
my predecessors and to build the suc-
cess of the paper. For instance, I will be
encouraging more letters to the editor,
more dialogue, and more contributors.
As a monthly publication, Shalom can
be educational as a well as a source of
news."

David Wortrnan is married to Judy
Wortman, the executive director of JFB,
and has four children and four grand-
children, with another on the way. Q

ers sang on the picket lines, in mass
meetings, and in jail cells as black and
whites fought for justice and equality
The documentary features new perfor-
mances of the freedom songs by top
artists, archival footage, and interviews
with well—known civil rights leaders
such as Julian Bond, Andrew Young,
and Congressman John Lewis.

The film is not rated. For additional
information, contact Annette Mayer,
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Editorial

The time has come

If it’s true that time flies when you’re
having fun I guess I’ve been on one
hell of a party for the past six years, as
it seems only yesterday that I became
editor-in-chief of Shalom. When then-
president David Feinberg finished his
yearlong arm-twisting campaign and I
agreed to take this position I could not
foresee where the journey would take
us.

During my ten years on the editorial
board I have watched this paper grow
from a pastiche of wire service articles
to a vehicle that touches the entire
Jewish community, from a publica-
tion that had to beg for material to one
that sometimes has no room for all the
content submitted, from a paper no
one perceived as a serious publicity
tool to one in which organizations rush
to announce their activities.

I cannot take credit for all of this.
When I came on board, Stanley Saxe,
Marcia Blacker, Judy Levine, and Ev—
elyn Geller were already hard at work
reinventing Shalom. Prior to my taking
the helm Marcia Blacker did a great
job as editor-in-chief for over a year.

At various times in the past six years
Marcia, Judy, Jane Chaput, and Mary
Rosenbaum have been the backbone
of the editorial board. They all contrib-
uted freely of their talents and insights;
this would not be the paper it is today
without their work.

Mary Rosenbaum, our only paid
editorial board member, brought her
immense gifts to us and we have
partaken of them freely; I never could
have done this job without her at my
side. This is Mary’s last issue as well.
Good luck and thank you, dear friend,
for all you’ve done and for making us
all look good.

Of course, the Federation staff has
contributed in myriad ways. Tamara
Ohayon has produced outstanding
graphics and ridden herd on all the
advertising; Jana LaZur has kept us
abreast of Federation activities; and,

in addition to writing their monthly
columns, the presidents, directors, and
social workers have pitched in when-
ever and wherever they were needed.
I thank you all for your dedication
and hope you’ll forgive my occasional
heavy handedness. Please know that it
was done only in the service of making
this the best newspaper possible.

So the time has come for me to hang it
up; it is not without regret that I do so.
I have loved serving as editor and pro-
viding a voice for the many constitu-
ents of this community—thank you for
allowing me that privilege. And please
give your wholehearted support to Da-
vid Wbrtman, who will be taking the
helm with the February 2011 issue. 23

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than a little
divine intervention, that the Maccabees
were able to succeed in their outnum-
bered quest: to regain control of the
Temple as a symbol of Jewish freedom
and strength. The recounting of this
historic event has become the basis
of Hanukkah, a holiday that seems
to gain in importance every year. It is
symbolic of the minority status Jews
have always had throughout time and
also symbolic of the internal strength
of our beliefs, moral character, and
sense of worldwide "family.” Through-
out the centuries, we have often been
misunderstood, maligned, and perse-
cuted for maintaining our ancient (al—
though adapting) creed; Hanukkah is a
reminder to us all to stand strong, fight
for what we believe in, and maintain
our family bond.

 

We often come together as family,
friends, and community to celebrate
this historic event with music, laugh-
ter, and, of course, always food. When
I was growing up, the traditional gift
for children was a single coin for each
night of Hanukkah—in my case, it was
a silver dollar, none of which I was
smart enough to keep. The gift giving
was for children only and really only a
way to get us to listen long enough to
hear the retelling of our history and, as
we got older, its possible implications.
Now, especially in North America, it
has become, in many ways, the Jew-
ish balance to Christmas and more
recently to Kwaanza. However, to

me, the best part of the holiday is our
gathering together as a unified, but
not homogeneous, group to celebrate
our sense of community. So much has
transpired since the struggle of the

President’s Message

Linda Ravvin , JFB President

me that through limited yet very open
discussions, the Federation has been
instrumental in starting dialogue
between Temple Adath Israel, Ohavay
Zion Synagogue, and Jewish Federa-
tion of the Bluegrass on how we might
help each other save money for each
of our organizations and for the com-
munity as a whole. These are the three
organizations with the largest budgets,
the most professional staff, and the
costliest facilities in Central Kentucky’s
Jewish community. We have begun by
exploring possible mutual cost sav-
ings in areas such as insurance, where
appropriate, with the goal of offering
better coverage and lowering costs. We
are looking at other areas such as office
supplies, printing, maintenance, and
security where applicable to see if and
how we can be more fiscally respon-
sible and community conscious. We
started the dialogue based on a discus-
sion that Judy Wortrnan had with a
community leader about six months
ago. We are now each using our skills
and building on our accomplishments
to answer the challenge of our harder
economic times; at the same time, we
are working together to build the basis
for a better future for all of us. Through
teamwork, we hope we can save on
day-to-day costs, allowing each of us
to offer more and better services and
programs in the coming years.

It is by building connections, work-

ing together, and always striving to
improve that we, as Jews, have main-
tained our identity and our worldwide
family through the centuries. By doing
the same on a local level through great-
er cooperation and an increased sense
of commitment, we will all be strength-
ened as individuals, as individual
organizations, and as a community.

Tell our story, celebrate our history
and always look to the future! Happy
Hanukkah! :3 ’5‘“

 

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out it all we, as Jews, have
miraculously survived and
generally prospered. We
have consistently relied on
our bonds as a world-wide
family to work together to
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need to work together

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At sixes and sevens

By Mary Heléne Rosenbaum

Lately I’ve been talking about having
been editor/ administrator of Shalom
for the past seven years. I’d even
started composing a farewell message
linked to the symbolic importance of
the number seven in Jewish tradition.
Today I thought it might be a good
idea to look at my files—and discov-
ered I’ve actually only been doing this
for six years. Time flies...

But seriously, folks: I have had a great
time at this job. One of my motives in
applying for it back in 2004 was that I
wanted to get to know the Lexington
community better. Working for Shalom
and developing relationships with the
people who produce it and the people
who are its subjects has accomplished
that—to my great enrichment. Of
course, there’s a limit to how well one
can get to know a community from
behind a computer. I expect to keep
deepening my engagement in person,
especially through membership in

the Havurah and commitment to the
Federation.

Still, after six years, I do feel it’s time
for a fresh eye and a new perspective
to inform Shalom. I know that Rabbi

Wortrnan will bring that, and his con—
siderable talents, to the benefit of the
paper and the community, He’s going
to do a superb job; I’m looking forward
to watching from the sidelines and
cheering him on.

Finally, I’ll dearly miss the regular en-
counters with community leaders, JFB
staff, and Shalom committee members.
It’s been great fun and a significant
learning experience for me to hash out
each issue under the direction of the
mentor and friend some of us fondly
refer to as Mother Superior, Ruth
Poley.

Now that Ned has retired from teach—
ing (for the second time), we’d both
like to quit making that hour-and-a—
half commute to Lexington. We’re go—
ing to be focusing on our own writing
now. He’ll devote his energies to his
book on intermarriage in biblical times
(though he hopes to continue writing
his Shalom column). I’ve just completed
the first in a projected series of seven
Young Adult novels set in the 19505. Be
sure I’ll let y’all know as they become
available, and that I’ll keep in touch.
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What? You haven’t been to TAI on

Rye yet? If you haven’t, you have no
idea what good stuff you’re missing.

If you have, then you won’t want to
miss it when we open again. In either
case, put Sunday, January 23, on your
calendar, come to our Temple deli, and
enjoy some real New York food—it’s

a great way to beat the winter blahs.
And, in case you’re getting tired of our
usual fare we’ll be offering a few menu

specials. Bring your kids, neighbors,
friends, companions, lovers, weekend
guests—we welcome everyone. You
don’t have to be Jewish to love good
deli.

In case of inclement weather, we will
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Check our Facebook page (www.face-
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in the Bluegrass
JFB a recent addition

By Lisa Ashner
Adkins, President 67
’ CEO,

Blue Grass Commu-
nity Foundation

It’s often been said
that knowledge

is power, and that's never been more
true than it is today. Blue Grass Com-
munity Foundation has just unveiled

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This new online tool, GoodGiving. net,
gives our community simple, quick
access to the vital facts needed to make
informed. effective charitable contribu-
tions to Kentucky nonprofits. Coodgiv-
ingnet encourages openness among
nonprofits and makes it easier for
donors to get information about causes
they care about.

Launched December 1, the site is a
robust source of information about a
growing number of Kentucky nonprof-
its, including, for example, the Jewish

Federation of the Bluegrass. ”We see
GoodGivingnet as an easy way to
enhance our credibility and extend
our reach. I’m confident that when
people know more about the work we
do through GoodGiving.net, they’ll
be more likely to invest in that work,”
said Judy Wortrnan, director of the
Jewish Federation.

The Communitv Foundation will not
charge tees tor donations made online
at GoodGivingnet. ”GoodGiving.net
puts the donor in control of how to

best invest in our community’s future,”

said Art Salomon, a director of Blue
Grass Community Foundation.

Participation in GoodGiVingnet is free
of charge, and is open to all nonprof—
its serving Kentucky. For information
on establishing a nonprofit portrait in
GoodGivingnet, or to establish your
own charitable fund at the Blue Grass
Community Foundation, contact Lisa
Adkins at ladkins@bgcf.org or (859)
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 From the Director

Judy B. Wortman

 

 

 

 

 

—
Impressions of the GA FDR a
The GA (General Assembly) of the need to reach out to the younger gener- for war crimes in the event that she In order to Student;
Jewish Federations of North America ation in order to perpetuate the philan- visited the United Kingdom. Turkey, respond Eoman
. . . . . . s hors‘
met in New Orleans from November 7 thropy and serv1ce that was established once Israel’s most important ally in the actively and infuriate
through November 9. More than 4,000 by their parents and grandparents. In Middle East, is on the brink of cutting aggressively g e sti n g _
lay leaders and professionals working this month's column I will try to give off diplomatic relations with Israel. to attacks gran dm
in the Jewish community attended. an overview of the current Israel crisis. Trade unions in South Africa have on Israel’s the nag
Our federation was represented by Next month I will discuss the need to called for an international resolution legitimacy, ticket. I\
Bob Grossrnan, our vice president, open the Jewish communal tent to the labeling Israel an apartheid state. to educate North American Jewry parents
David Wortman, who will be the new younger generation and other disen— about the BDS movement, and to teach staunch
editor-in—chief of Shalom, and me. The franchised Jews such as those who are Individually, each of these events communities how to counter these raised v
highlights of the conference included gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgen- strikes a blow at Israel’s image and activities, the Jewish Federations of for Fran
speeches by Vice President Joe Biden, dered, and to the intermarried. diplomacy efforts. If we look at these North America and the Jewish Coun-
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- events together with others too nu— cil for Public affairs have established As a sh;
tanyahu, and Israel’s opposition leader, Many of you undoubtedly remember merous to list here, we begin to see a The Israel Action Network. You will Tulane 4
Tzippi Livni, as well a huge hands-on the United Nations campaign to equate pattern of assault on Israel’s legitimacy. be hearing much more about this new Chicag(
volunteer project for thousands of Zionism with racism. The current Many see these activities as yet another endeavor over the next several weeks. spect f0
conference participants who worked campaign is another attempt to defame manifestation of anti-Semitism. These to high
on restoring areas of New Orleans and harm Israel through international events are not just criticisms of gov- While Israel has its own share of warts, Rabbi 5
devastated by Hurricane Katrina. In boycotts, divestment, and sanctions. ernmental policies from those on the as has every country, it is our home— rabbinif
addition to these major events, there So pervasive are these attacks on Israel Left. Such criticism from either camp land and the only democratic state for the:
were hundreds of seminars, classes, that an acronym has been coined: The is always welcome and de rigueur in in the Middle East. The Israel Action admmi:
and meetings for smaller groups of BDS Movement. This anti-Israel activ- a democratic state. This is a system of Network will give us all the tools to before ‘
attendees. ity has been seen on college campuses international attacks that attempt to understand the threats on its existence
such as Berkeley, where the student deny the right of Israel to exist. and to advocate for its survival. :3: He cou
I have participated in about fifteen senate attempted to pass a resolution 20,000 ]
GA’s during my career in federation calling for the divestment of univer- , j _ to} give
work; at each one there is a major issue sity assets from Israel, and UC Irvine, . I ‘ \ I» i 1593p; as.
that becomes the overriding theme of where anti-Israel students shouted Campershlps and Israel Scholarshlps ' most, 01
the conference. Past issues have in- Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren . lenient
cluded saving Soviet Jewry, the aliyah off the stage. It has been seen in the are now aVallable people
of Ethiopian olim, intermarriage, and cultural arena, where performers such Want to give your children a special and cherished and Vii
the recession and its effect on federa- as Elvis Costello cancelled concerts in ~ 11 - > C d b t th 0 t3 lingerii
tions’ ability to provide service. This Israel, and at the Toronto Film Festival, J CW1S experience. oncerne a on e C S ' engenc
year, in addition to the emphasis on . which was boycotted by artists because Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass, to acce
hands—on serv1ce, there were two major of a-program honoring Tel Avxv s 100th through the confidentiality of Jewish for 19“
themes. The first was the response to anniversary. It is also seen in politics Family Services, is now accepting seen as
the world's attempt to delegitimize and diplomacy. For example, Tzippi applications for Jewish summer the alti
the State of Israel. The second was the Livni was threatened with prosecution camperships and Israel scholarships. isolati(
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