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Serving the Centra/ Kentucky Jewish Community Since 1962
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8th Annual Winter Dinner Set for December 24th
Jewish Community to Come Together for an Evening of Fun

t's almost time again for the Central Ken-

tucky Jewish Federation‘s fabulous Winter

Dinner. As those who have attended any or
all of the past seven dinners are aware. this is a
great party. People from all segments of our Jewish
community get together on this one night of the
year with no agenda other than to enjoy good
fellowship, good fun, and good food. And it works!

We are going to Aladdin‘s Middle Eastern

Restaurant this year and we will have a magnificent
feast. The usual falatel. hummus, and baba
ghanoUsh. which are familiar to a great many of us.
will be served. Beyond this, however, is a whole
world of more exotic middle—eastern goodies to
entice your palate. lA'liijadarzih. a dish made u ith

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Ruth Paley

lentils, rice. onions, and spices will bowl you over;
stuffed grape leaves, cabbage rolls, chickpeas and
more will leave you with a new respect for this
wonderful food. Baklava and another dessert will
round out the menu.

Of course. we’ll have supervised activities for
the children. And for those kids with less adventur-
ous food preferences there will be the ever-popular
pizza and ice cream sundaes: children are welcome
to eat from the main buffet as well.

Again this year, Harold and Marianne Sherman
have volunteered their considerable musical talents
for our enjoyment. As an additional treat, a small
troupe of professional belly dancers will entertain us
tlurinv the evening

Memories from Fajvel Chejfec Resonate in
2002 Community Campaign

By Daniel Cheyfec

inter is upon us, and each time 1 think

of winter I remember my grandfather

Fajvel. Fajvel Chejfec was born in
1898 and immigrated to Argentina in 1922. My
grandparents house had an old part, built in the

My grandfather was born in the village of
Radun, in the border area between Lithuania and
Belarus, and a part of the so-called “Vilna
Guverne.“ He told me how during World War I the
winter came and there was not enough fuel for

30’s. with a more modern house built in front of it in heat. Yes, he told me, there were Jewish funds

which provided

the 60’s. One of my

memories of my
Zayde is sitting with
him in the old part of
the house, looking
through his remark—

“... when he was barely able to make ends
meet, he made a point of dedicating part
of his income to tzedakah, ...”

tinder and oil and
other fuel to poor
Jews. but they
were mostly in the
cities. As proud as

able Yiddish library.
One of those times, he said suddenly “I am glad is
not like winter in Europe.” I asked him why, and he
told me this story.

my grandfather
was of his little shtetl, he knew it was not exactly
New York. When they could not make the trip to

see Memories on page 2

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The cost for all this great food and entertainment
is just $16 per person for adults and $6 for children
from five to ten. There is no charge for kids four
and under.

We remind you that, on behalf of God’s Pantry,
we will be collecting two items of non—perishable
food for each member of your party, including small
children. If you forget the food, you will be asked
for a donation of $2 for each person in your group.

If you haven’t ever taken the opportunity to
enjoy this party, now is the time. There is still some
space available and I urge you to mail in the
reservation fortn (found on page 9 of this newslet-
ter) or call Jana LaZur at the CKJF (268—0672. ext.
44‘) today to reserve )our place.

.~li an I” V V

:u'vm: -. ”ii-rt . . Viv-Lew ,

her 24th, at Aladdin’s Middle Eastern Restaurant.

154 Patchen Drive. Detailed directions to the

restaurant will be mailed to you with your tickets.
Come with family. come with friends. or come

alone and make new friends. Just come—you won‘t

regret it!

An Experience I’ll
Never Forget

Jim Beward. Faculty Member, Henry Clay High School

5 a student of history, 1 always understood

that the Holocaust happened and realized

the immense destruction caused by a
madman’s decision to eliminate the Jewish popula-
tion of Europe. Despite that knowledge, I tended to
react in a more clinical manner and without much
emotion to that tragedy. That situation changed,
however, on the weekend of October 20 and 21 as
a group of seven Lexington high school teachers
traveled to the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Washington, DC, compliments of the
new Michael Adelstein Holocaust Education
Program.

Our group spent about ten hours over those two
days in the museum. 1, for one. found the museum
fascinating and heart—rending at the same time. Of
all the sights and sounds. I will never forget the raw
anger I felt while seeing the Shoes exhibit about
midway through the museum’s main tour. After
three hours of film clips, artifacts and pictures, the

see Experience on page 4

. IVIAZEL TOV T0:
In This Issue: _
Dr. Paul Ba chner on bemg named the “2002
Booknotes 3 Pathologist ofthe Year” by the College ofAmeri-
._ I, can Pathologists.
Presrdent S Message """"""""""""""""""" 4 Dr. Bruce Belin, colo—rectal specialist, on his
General Assembly 5 induction as a Fellow in the American College of
. g .- . _ Surgeons. Bruce is the husband of Rachel and the
Holocaust Awareness Essay .5 son ofJo & Bob Belin.
Mitzvah Day in the Bluegrass 5 LisaMarie & Matthew DeYoung, on their
CKJF Executive Diiector’s Column 6 marriage on October 27, 2002. LisaMarie is the
” """"" ‘ daughter of Lynn & Karen Martin.
leisure Club 7 Ada Gail on her 90thbirthday on October29,
2002.
Rabbi’s Comer 8 Lauren Higdon & Chris Howard on their
Winter Dinner Registration 9 engagement. Lauren is the daughter ofJudith L.
' \Vurmser and Michael Higdon, and the grand—
Ask JFS About 10 daughter of Jerry 3, Rose Rita Wurmser.
Health & Beauty Fair ............................... ll Joe & Suzanne Miller, on the manaige Of
' their son, Stephen Miller to Rachel Kellerman
Hadassah 12—13 On(-_)Ct0b€r13,2002.

, . . Penny Miller, Political Science Department,
B "lay AVG“ 14 University ofKentucky, who received the 2002
LeamingAbout Judaism .. .. .. 14 Ken Freedman Outstanding Faculty Adviser

. ., . . . , Award.
he“ Freedman Socral Adm“ Award b Alan Sea for ananging a second wheel chair
March Concert 15 collection andbeing featured on Nickelodeon.
Ed Smith, who has been selected as the 2002
Chabad Traveling Menorah " " " " " " 16 Helen A. Meryis Jewish Community Professional
IewLS Update 16 Award recipient. The Mervis Award was created
to recognize the outstanding achievement. ofa
‘VVomen’s Community Seder 17 Greater New Orleans Jewish community profes—
Hospital Hospitality House l7 sional. Ed isthe husband ofBetty Straus Smith
and. the sori-in-law oi Eugene & Barbara Straus.
B:ir’Bat\iit7\':ili Notices . . . . . . . l8
Ohai ay Zionbynagogue lo REFUAII SHLEI‘lAl‘i (get well wishes):
The Lexington Havurah 19 Barbara Reigs
Temple Adath Israel ...... ' ........................... 19 Freda Haber
Community Calendar 20 CONDOLENCES TO:

‘ , ' L nn Cravens and Connie Jo Miller on the
Worship Schedule 21 death of Lynn’s mother, and Connie 10,8 mother-
Activities & Events 22 in-law, Mary Cravens, on October 22, 2002-

Lisa Satin on the death ofher grandfather.

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December 2002/January 2003, Volume X, Issue 4

Stanley Saxe, President
Daniel Chejfec, Executive Director
Fran Morris, Jewish Family Services
Jana LaZur, Activities Director

Editorial Board
Marcia Blacker, Evelyn Dantzic Geller, Judy Levine, Ruth Poley

Production Editor & Advertising Manager, Carrie McDanald

The editorial staff has the right to edit all articles submitted for publication in \Shnlcbm .The appearance of any advertising
in this publication does not represent a kashruth endorsement on the part of CKJF or any other agency or organization.
‘Shalom is supported by the advertisements appearing in the paper

Memori es contin ued fromfront page

Vilna or Lida for the ﬁiel, they simply took their
furniture apart and burned it. They also took books
(“not Jewish books, but novels) and often used them
for fuel. During the Great War they often could not
get meat or grain because the Russian Army
conﬁscated it for the soldiels, and they went
without the basics for weeks at a time.

In 1922, Fajyel Chej fec moved to Argentina, and
brought his wife and oldest child (my Uncle
May-Tam, or Mario in Spanish} :1 year later. As
immigrants they worked hard and made it a priority
for their children to have a profession. They
managed to put three children through college. So
Fajvel Chej fee, the cobbler, had three children; two
of whom became accountants and one a doctor.
His children worked hard themselves. One of them.
the youngest one, came to America. The other two
continue to struggle in Buenos Aires.

Eighty years after my grandfather went to the
“land ofPampas and opportunity,“ the dream is
shattered. Over 200.2. unemployment. lack of
personal safety on the streets. economic collapse
andpolitical instability mark the Argentinean reality
today. \‘t'e are helping our fellow Jews to leave
behind the misery to initiate new live» in lsrael. and
we are helping those who choose to stay to bring
food to their tables and heat to their homes - i ust as
during the Great war.

I remember the stories ofpoverty. hard work
and dedication that my Zayde Fajvel told me. Of
how when he was barely able to make ends meet,
he made apoint of dedicating part of his income to
.. h; ~ly ':x.i ‘7. tin i' '1'.”- i’ M i 1“
.leyvish Home located lli liiiimtu. out xitlc the cityl
remember when l was a kid and I saw him put a
box of matzah on the window sill. I asked him why
- and he said that one of the Jewish neighbors could
not afford to buy matzah for Pesah. I then asked
“Why don’t youjust give it to him?" His answer is
something thatI will always remember “I don’t
want to humiliate him. Iputit on the window sill, so
he can take it, but he doesn’t have to acknowledge
that he took it."

It was these memories, along with the memories
of my other Zayde, Yankel Stotland, which led me
to choose what I do for a living. We help people.
We help the old, the infirm, and the poor. And we
help them while preserving their dignity and helping
them to stand on their feet. Our U] C/ CK] F Carn-
paign provides for emergency needs here at home,
throughout North America, in Israel and around the
world, andI feel good for being part of the team.

\Vhen sometimes people ask me if those we help
ever thank us for the help, I remember the box of
matzah in my Zayde’s window sill, and I know that
they don’t have to. If you have yet, not made your
contribution to the U] C’CKJF 2002 Community
Campaign, do it today. Help us put the box of
matzah on the window sill.

Correction

In the November issue of Shalom the story
on the National Jewish Population Study should
have read that the results of the study were
released for the ﬁrst time in October, 2002.

2 ‘ \Slualom.

SUFFERING DOES
NOT DISCRIMIN ATE

II CAN STRIKE ANYCJI‘lE-ANYWI‘IERE
ISRAEL CENTRAL KEr TTUCKY

M44 1% W}
This is Efrat Elirz Friedman.The
suffering that terrorists have
inﬂicted on Efrat and her family can
be seen in her eyes. Her mother was
the victim of a suicide bomber in
Israel,

Hunger can strike anybody - anywhere. In Central
Kentucky, we support not only individuals, but also
organizations fighting hunger; such as God’s Pantry.

Through Jewish Family Services we provide
emergency funds forpeople in need, so they will

, _ not go hungry or without heat.
With our support, she can begrn to

rebuild her life, as best she can.

provides local funding for:
*CommrmityActivities *Community Relations *Camp Shalom
*Cmnmunity Website *Jewish Family Services *Shalom Newspaper
*Tikkun Lexington *Carnperships & Scholarships

and also provides funding for overseas needs
through the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) and

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Comrni tree (JDC)

In the 19th Century. Jews created the ﬁrst
modern Tzedakah organization to provide winter fuel to
poor Jews in Eastern Europe.

WINTER IS COMING AGAIN.

Isolated elderly in Central Kentucky need our help.
Our fellow Jews in Israel are in desperate need as well.

*A ﬁer you have made your commitment to the Community Campaign, consider a onetime additional
gift to the Israel Emergency Campaign

* If you have not yet made your conunitrnent to the 2002 CKJFIUJC is {1%
go - ' eﬁégg

ConrrrrruutyCarrrpargn,rrrarl 1ttoday! gig ‘ if} .. if:

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EVERY GIFT IS A VOTE FOR JEWISH UNITY

Please make your pledge payable 3: mail to CKJF 1050 Chinoe Rd. Suite 203 Lexington, KY 40502
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«@KJWUJeB‘Community Campaign "i” 9e WW Mk”

3 color ates
by Evelyn K asst} if Go 0 dm an
Holocaust Survivor is Nobel
La we ate in Lite ratu re

The m nner ol‘ the .3002 Nobel Prize for Litera-
ture is Imre Ker‘tesz, :1 seventy-two—year—old
Hungarian Jew, a Holocaust sun-river, Largely
unknown even in his own country until the collapse
of Communism, Kertesz, who is Hungary‘s ﬁrst
Nobel literature laureate, was congratulated by the
country‘s president, Ferenc Madl and by Prime
Minister Peter Medgyessy. The prize, worth
approximately 35 1 million, will be presented to
Kertesz at the awards ceremony in Stockholm on
December 10.

Born in Budapest in 1929, Kertesz was fourteen
when he was deported to Auschwitz in Poland
during a massive roundup of Hungarian Jews. He
was subsequently sent to Buchenwald in Germany,
where he was liberated in May 1945. At age
nineteen Kertesz worked as a journalist. for a
Budapest newspaper but was later dismissed when
the Communists seized power. Refusing to accept
self-censorship, although other intellectuals did, in
exchange for privileges, Kertesz lived as a solitary
ﬁgure in Budapest for twenty—ﬁve years. He made
his living by translating the works of German-
language authors, including Nietzsche, Freud, and
Wittgenstein.

A usch witz. ”

Kertesz‘s writing was shaped primarily by his
experiences as a teenager in the Nazi concentration
camps. “\Vhen I think about a novel,” Kertesz once
said, “I always think of Auschwitz.” Kertesz’s ﬁrst
novel, Fateless, is the story ofa young man who
was arrested and deported to a camp but survives.
The work was completed in 1965 but remained .
unpublished for ten years, and even when published
went unnoticed. Now considered the cornerstone of

‘Kertesz’s work, Fateless was the ﬁrst of a trilogy

that included Fiasco, publishedin 1988, and
Kaddish for a Child Not Born, a short novel about
a middle-aged survivor looking back on his life,
publishedin 1990.

Kertesz‘s nonﬁction works also were influenced
by his early experiences, as these titles clearly
indicate: Holotuust as a Culture, Moments of
Silence While the Execution Squad Reloads, and
T he Exiled Language.

Since the early 19905 Kertesz has acquired a
small but loyal following in Germany, France, and
Sweden; he was awarded the 'Weltprize in the year
2000. The Swedish Academy, in awarding the
Nobel Prize, commented that Kertesz’s writing

see Boo knotes onpage 6

December 2002 / January 2003 ' 3

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toll of inexcusabl e lnunan decision itiakin g; tot-k1
toll and i had to leave the 11min exhibit lot the day.
After reading part of \I'iktor lit'aukl‘s 1 3111112 51

Sam 1'1 701 ”11111111219, and lointi st inn self-retice-
tion. my urciedible tour continued on Siniday.
Seeing the broken swastika near the museum‘s exit
helped me realize that society must avoid futtu'e
tragedies of this type via vigilance and education.
Some of us anticipate future retuin trips to the
USth M and, possibly, leading groups of students
on museum tours. After receiving some terriﬁc
materials from the Cei'ttral Kentucky Jewish
Federation and the Holocaust Memon al Museum.
one can not help but be prepared to nicorporate
Holocaust study as part of one ‘s regular eturiculiuu

“I can not wait to hear how my
called gues intend to incorporate
this material into their classes. "

While I learned much and felt my emotions
challenged. this trip in\ olv ed much more than the
museum visit. 01110 group \\ hich includ led teachers
from to ur ot Le.v ington 3 live high schools along
with CKJF Executive Director Daniel Chej fee and

Ac tiV ities Dir ector Jana LaZur, really bonded
during the trip. Despite the raw emotions felt inside
tl1ctt1tt.:c11111.tl1c p1t1r‘l1-Il 11111 l1 fut! and ippottu—
nities for good sharing and cont etsation. Just ask
Jana about the water incident on the Washington
Metro for one example of those special moments.

It was a grand time, a terriﬁc experience and a life-
changing‘event.

I can not wait to hear how my colleagues intend
to incorporate this material into their classes. As 21
Psychology teacher, I plan to weave this experience
into a unit on Social Psychology and do a post-
Advanced Placement exam unit on the Holocaust
and human decision making. The vast resources
received as a result of the trip will prove invaluable
during this unit. Our post—trip brieﬁng will take
place late this week and I look forward to seeing
my colleagues again and to sharing thoughts on this
trip 3 impact on our teaching.

While I really hesitate speaking for my col-
leagues, I know that they wouldj oin me in thanking
Gay Rapley-Adelstein and the Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation for creating this new program
and making the trip possible. Dr. Jeremy Popkin
from the University of Kentucky provided the goup
with an excellent background presentation in
preparation for our j ourney. l have already talked
to members of our faculty about next year‘s trip
and encourage any interested teacher to pursue this
wonderful opportunity by contacting Gay Rapley-
Adelstein or CKJ F for more infomiation. Thanks
to all involved.

4 ' Jhalom

hat contributes to making the Central

Kentucky Jewish community out

standing. attractive and a good place
in which to live is. ofcotu‘se. people. l want to
acknowledge two such persons longtime residents
ofl exington \t lio ha\ e b e11 contributingto
Shalom.

Larry Sherman came to Lexington as a young
attorney. In addition to practicing law Larry has
been a coirunitted activist to the Jewish education
of children. There is now more than one generation
ot’(f)l'1avay Zion Sunday School children who
remember Larry and his accordion as the source or
learning Hebrew songs and dances. .A ﬁne musician
and talented clarinet player. Larry and his \xit‘e
Natalie saw the musical talent coutitute in both of
their children. .As an engaging story teller Larry has.
continued to teach and amuse us all with his recent
writing for Shalom.

Evelyn Kossoff Goodman came to Lexington in
the 1960s as an editor to help faculty at the new
Lllt\'c‘l'>lly of Kentucky College or ijetitisu y
achieve and succeed in producing a new concept in
a text book. ldentiﬁed by a large academic publish-
ing house as the person with the high degree of
knowledge and sldlls needed for this project, she
was welcomed to Lexington. This community
gained when following completion of the textbook
Evelyn opted to remain in this area, later marrying
Larry Goodman. Today, as one can see by her
writing “Book Notes” in this issue of Shalom, she
continues to contribute to the community as a
person knowledgeable and articulate about Jewish
affairs.

In early November, the Seattle Post—
Intelligencer, one of the city ’3 main dailies, had two
articles side-by-side at the top of page seven. The
four column headline of the ﬁrst item was “Deadly
U.S. drones stalk terrorists”. 11 described the MQ—
lB Predator remote—controlled aircraft which ﬁred
a missile that killed Al—Qaeda s chief operative in

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