xt7z610vtw9z https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7z610vtw9z/data/mets.xml Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass Kentucky Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass 1996-04 Newspaper of the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass, previously named the Central Kentucky Jewish Association and Central Kentucky Jewish Federation. Published ten times annually. The Federation seeks to bring Jewish community members together through holiday parties, lectures, Yiddish courses, meals, and other celebrations of Jewish heritage and culture. They also host fundraisers and provide financial assistance for Jews in need, both locally and around the world. This collection is part of the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass records, 2016ms010. newsletters 2016ms010 English Central Kentucky Jewish Federation Inc  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass records Jews -- Kentucky -- Lexington Jews -- History Shalom, April 1996 text image Shalom, April 1996 1996 1996-04 2025 true xt7z610vtw9z section xt7z610vtw9z  

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ished during the Holocaust. On

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community will :‘eiriemher these

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Remembrance"

Holocaust memorial project.

sponsored by the Central

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communities across the United
States, began last spring with a
“symbolic pilgrimage" in memo-
ry of the Jewish children mur-
dered in the Holocaust. These

children never received a proper
burial. The participating commu-
nities agreed to symbolically pro—

Adath Israel and 16 other Jevwish‘

side the children with a digni«
lied and proper resting place.

1 ' million yel—

. 310w pieces of
paper With a star of David

and the word “Jude" printed on it.
reminiscent of the identification
badges and arm bands that the
Nazis forced the Jews to
wear. were divided among
the participating cities.
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stars from thele‘nt‘rance (of'ithe i H

Temple and Synagogue sanctuar-
ies to their bimas in an act of
remembrance. The stars were
then collected and placed in a
child’s casket and given a digni-
f1ed Jewish burial.

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(833 West Main), this
emotional and moving project
will come to a close with the
unveiling of a monument in mem-
ory of the 1.5 million children
who perished in the Holocaust.
The service begins at 11:00 am.

ADL audit
reports decline
in anti-Semitic

incidents

COLUMBUS, OHIO...
Violence, threats and harass—
ments against Jews and Jewish
institutions decreased during
1995, similar to the drop in crime
rates across the country, accord-
ing to the ADL 1995 Audit of
Anti-Semitic Incidents, released
by the Anti-Defamation League.
A total of 1,843 incidents were
reported to ADL, representing an
11% decrease from the 1994 total
of 2,066.

However, Kentucky
remained the same as in 1994
with a total number of three anti-
Semitic incidents reported in
1995.

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Nisan/Iyar 5756

Campaign ‘96 provides
needs for many

By Michael L. Ades , Men’s Division Campaign Chair

The 1996 United Jewish
Appeal/Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation Campaign is focused
on three goals: RESCUE, CAR-
ING, and REVITALIZATION.

Unfortunately, there are
still too many Jews to RESCUE
in too many countries that suffer
from ant-Semitism. denial of
rights and opportunities, violence
and poverty. Tens of thousands
are still streaming to Israel from
the former Soviet Union.
Hundreds are still being rescued

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house, clothe, arrange ’for'sclmolm ,.

and employment, and help start a
new beginning for approximately
five families each year from the
former Soviet Union. Further, we
always must be alert to rescue
and respond to unexpected threats
to Jews in other parts of the
world.

The 1996 Campaign is
also about CARING. Our
Federation Jewish Family
Services program, established in
the last few years, serves an
increasing number of persons of
all ages in our central Kentucky
community. Under the guidance
of Mollye Schwab, a professional
social worker, a wide variety of
services are provided on a regular
basis, including health, housing,
transportation and numerous
other needs. Similar services are
provided by the Joint Distribution
Agency in many countries around
the world and in Israel to persons
in need through our campaign
funding. To care for those less
fortunate and unable to care for
themselves is part of our Jewish
tradition and our responsibility.

Finally. the 1996
Campaign focuses on MAL;
IZAIIQH of our Jewish heritage.
Our numerous programs for
Jewish youth in our conununity

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

 

 

seek to strengthen their Jewish
identity and knowledge. We
assist children by scholarships to
attend Jewish camps and to travel
to Israel on organized programs.
For our younger children we
operate Camp Shalom and spon—
sor holiday programs through the
year. We are co-sponsoring, with
the University of Kentucky, the
appearance of Elie Wiesel. Also,
in cooperation with Adath Israel
and Ohavay Zion, new coopera-
tive programs are being planned
for Jewish youth and adults’ edu-
cation to increase our commit-
ment.

All in all, the 1996
Campaign serves many purposes
and benefits for many people.
We seek your strong support and
increased participation as we
Rescue, Care and Revitalize.

 

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Editorial ............4
Flnancial Adviser . . . .7
Havurah ...........14
Hadassah..........14
lnsldelsrael........15
OZS...........12&13
President'sSpot .....2
RabblSlaton ........3
TAI...........11&12
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Mazel Tov to:

Bob & Joe Belin on the birth of
their grandson, Alexander Tyler
Nick, February 23, 1996. The
parents are Dottie & Andy Nick
of Rye Brook, NY.

Leslie Glass, who has been
named Secretary of the Kentucky
Society for Clinical Social Work.

Joseph Potter, son of Dan &
Terry Potter, who finished lst in
the Fayette County Science Fair
in the 4th grade for his project in
Zoology. He also placed lst in
the 4th grade overall.

.. Mike Mayer & Kate Allison
Waggener on their engagement.
.. Mike is the son of Annette &
Ken Mayer. Mike & Kate will
be married June 23, and will be
honored with an aufruf at OZS on
June 22.

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

cxfiar

April 1996
Volume HI, Issue 12

Tomas Milch, H.
President

Joel Eizenstat
Executive Director

f Holly Barnhill
Editor & Advertising Manager

Michael Adelstein
Evelyn Dantzic Geller
Editorial Board Members

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

 

 

 

Condolences to:

Robert Grossman, on the death
of his grandfather
Louis Grossman.

Bettye Pushell, 0n the death of
her husband Perry Pushell,
March 13, 1996.

Judy Saxe, on the death of her
mother Leila Shapiro.

 

Women’s
Division Dinner
Rescheduled

The Women’s Division
Dinner for the UJA/Federation
Campaign, originally slated for
March, has been rescheduled for
May 13. The Dinner was post-
poned due to a cancellation by
the guest speaker. The May 13
event will be held at Dudley’s.

Dinner participants are
requested to make a $500 mini—
mum pledge to the 1996
Campaign. Invitations will be
mailed.

Major Gifts
Dinner Slated
for April 21

CKJF will recognize
major Campaign donors at a din-
ner scheduled for April 21 at Phil
Dunn’s Cookshop. Cheri Rose is
chair for the event.

John Loftus, author and
former prosecutor with the
Justice Department’s Nazi War
Crime unit, is the guest speaker.
His books, The Belarus Secret
and the Unholy Trinity, both
recount the use of Nazis in west-
ern intelligence after World War
11. Mr. Loftus also exposed the
use of Nazi party members by
NATO intelligence on a segment
of 60 Minutes.

For Major Donors a
minimum family gift of $1200 to
the Campaign is suggested.

 

 

 

 

 

The modern world is
rapidly becoming the information
world. The news reaches around
the globe in seconds, be it in digi-
tally transmitted prose or visual
images. We often feel over-

‘ whelmed by the sheer volume of

the raw data that reaches us. Of
course, the adage that bad news
sells newspapers holds true no
matter the nature of the media:

- The assassinations and bomb-
ings in Israel

- The insane spouting of
Farrakahn

° The horrible mass graves in the

‘ . The President’s Spot

by Tomas Milclz H.

erstwhile Yugoslavia
- The continuing murders and
machinations of Sadam Hussein
' The persecution of Jews in the
Former Soviet Union.

But there is good news!
And we must focus our attention
on the items that fill us with
pride, happiness and hope for the
future:
- The peace process, though
slowed, continues
- Public opinion rejects the
extremist views of most dema—
gogues
° Genocide and murder is being
addressed at the War Crimes
Tribunal
- The efforts to decommission
and control the weapons of mass
destruction continue
- Resettlement of Jews in Israel
and elsewhere continues

Here in central Kentucky
we also have good news to glad-
den us:

- Our congregations continue to
grow and prosper
- Our relations within the Jewish
community are improving and we
are beginning a number of pro-
jects to enhance our lives
' Our relations with the communi-
ty around us are also improving
- Your Federation’s programs are
multiplying and being well
received
° Your Jewish Family Services
Agency is becoming known and
also well received

I urge you to join the
staff and volunteers of your
Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation in our work to create
the good news. When you can
help our staff, even for just a few
hours; when you participate in
our programs; when you promote
understanding and education of
those around us; when you sup-
port our Jewish continuity--y_o_u

are the good news.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Noon til 2:00 PM

 

Happy Birthday Israel!

 

   
  
  
 
    
 

 

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2555 Palumbo Drive
Lexington, KY

. Celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut

’ _- Free skating & Birthday Cake for everyone!
Pizza lunch & beverage available for $1.25.

Watch Jerusalem’s mayor, Ehud Olmert,
address the people of Lexington, Kentucky.

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A Joyous Passover

HEW JI'l

April 4th, First Day Pesach
Exodus 12:21-51
Maftir Numbers 28:16-25

The first Pesach, the
tenth plague and the Exodus from
Egypt.

April 5th, Second Day Pesach
Leviticus 22:26-23:44
Maftir Numbers 28: 16—25

Laws dealing with puri~
ty and the Pilgrim festivals
(Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot) and
the High Holydays (Rash
HaShana & Yom Kippur).

April 6th, Shabbat Pesach
Exodus 33:12-34:26
Maftir Numbers 28:19—25

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'7 read Moses’ request to G-d “show
me Your glory.” G- d tells Moses
he will be placed in the cleft of a
rock. G-d will cover his face with
G-d’s hand while G-d passes by
and Moses will see the back of
Gd.

 

This passage is, of
course, never understood literally.
Yet what does it mean 7
Mystical experiences are difficult
to interpret, since they are highly
personal. Moses’ request follows
the sin of the molten calf. Moses
is disillusioned, seeking some
assurance that there is purpose to
what he has given his life. In
spite of all that the people have
seen, they are unable to have faith
in G-d. When we look at the
world today, we see so many
problems that are insurmountable.
It is only with the faith that some-
thing better lies ahead for all
humanity that'we are able to con-
tinue.

Moses is then told to
make a second set of tablets and
to once again ascend Mount
Sinai. Among other things, G—d
tells Moses to observe the
Passover and the Shabbat.

April 10, 7th day Passover
Exodus 13:17 - 15:26
Maftir Numbers 28:19—25

we we,

Rabbi Eric R. Slaton

Commentary

 

 

Moses takes the bones of
Joseph to be buried in Canaan.
The Israelites are led by a pillar
of clouds by day, at night by a
pillar of fire. Pharaoh and his
army pursue the Israelites. The
people pass safely through parted
waters of the sea while Pharaoh’s
army is drowned.

The people sing a song
of praise, one verse of which, the
Mi chamocha, is included in our
morning and evening service.
Miriam and the women sing a
special song of thanks.

Ironically after being
saved through a miracle of water,
the people complain about the
undrinkable water they have
found. G-d tells Moses to throw a

tree into the water, and it
becomes sweet.
April 11, 8th day Passover

Deuteronomy 15:19 - 16:17
Maftir Numbers 28:19-25

The reading begins with
the law of dedicating the first

born cattle to G— d. The general
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“(Regain)“ .
specific laws of Passover listed

i.e. the paschal lamb and abstain
from eating chametz (leaven).

The second night of
Passover begins the counting of
forty—nine days, leading to the
festival of Shavuot Sukkot which
is celebrated in the fall.

April 13, Shmini
Leviticus 9:1 - 11:47

Aaron and his sons are
consecrated to begin to make the
sacrifices. Aaron’s oldest sons,
Nadav and Abihu, make an unau-
thorized offering and are immedi-
ately consumed by fire. Aaron is
not allowed to publicly mourn
and so the people mourn on his
behalf. Aaron and his sons are
forbidden from drinking before
going into the Tabernacle, which
led the Rabbis to infer that his
two sons were drunk when they
made their unauthorized sacrifice.

Laws concerning forbid-
den and permitted food are
spelled out. People have mistak-
enly assumed that these rules
were originally created for health
reasons. This is based on the idea

that pork was forbidden due to
trichinosis. Had this been the
case, why forbid most land ani—
mals simply to keep people from

 

 

eating pork ? Food taboos are
common among many peoples
and are usually unrelated to
health. That most Americans
would never consider eating dogs
or cats has nothing to do with
health considerations.

April 20, Tazria-Metzorah
Leviticus 12: 1- 15:33

This double portion
deals with issues of ritual purity.
One could be rendered ritually
unfit by coming in contact with
many things, such as body fluids,
blood, dead animals or having
certain skin conditions. This
meant that one had to undergo
purification rituals after a certain
period of time. Metzorah, mistak-
enly translated as leprosy, is a
source of ritual impurity and can
be found on cloth, buildings and
people.

Miriam is stricken with
metzorah for spreading tales
about Moses and his wife. The
Rabbis concluded that metzorah
was a Divine punishment for
slander According to them met-

, Lorah existed onl durin the time,

Rabbis noted that the metzorah
first afflicted the slanders cloth-
ing, home and finally his/her
body. This was meant to con-
vince the slanderer to repent. An
object or building with a metzo-
rah eventually had to be
destroyed, a person with metzo-
rah had to leave the city.

Some have suggested the
Torah was concerned with public
health, The person afflicted with
metzorah had to be quarantined
to keep others from being conta—
minated. Yet, a person entirely
covered from head to foot is
declared pure and can return to
the city. If some healthy skin
later appears on such a person,
the person is declared impure and
must leaving the city.

The Rabbis teach that
leaving the city gave the afflicted
slanderer time to contemplate the
nature of his/her sin. One who
was totally covered with metzo-
rah was beyond help and need not
be forced to live outside the city.
The reappearance of healthy skin
meant that the nature of the sin
was entering his/her conscious-
ness, and needed to be sent out of
the city.

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Service &
invites Jewish
community

by Carla J. Ockerman-Hunter

t. Luke United Mé‘tiiodist

Church, located at 2351
Alumni Drive, invites the Jewish
Community to attend its fifth
Holocaust Remembrance Service
on Sunday April 21, at 7:30 PM.

You may be asking
yourself, “Why would a
Methodist Church hold a service
like this and invite the Jewish
community?". Our purpose is
clear: 1) To stand with you in
saying this must NEVER happen
again. 2) To acknowledge the
history of persecution toward
Jewish people existing within
Christendom and seek ways of
reconciliation and forgiveness.
3) To build a bridge (tiny though
it may be ) across the chasm
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CKJF Board Briefs

malaria/1min:

Joel Eizenstat reported
that $66,000 had been received
for the 1996 campaign, slightly
more than in the 1995 campaign
at the comparable period.
Pledges for the 1996 campaign
currently totaled 96.

A search for a new sec-
retary has been unsuccessful.*
Efforts are being made to initiate
programming for Jewish singles,
and $100 has been sent to the
Jewish Community Centers
Association. Only 29 patron tick—
ets have been sold to the Wiesel
dinner.**

The Israel Experience proposal
was referred to the Social
Services Committee for further
study. Individual suggestions are
invited.

by Michael E. Ade/stein

Evelyn Geller reported
that another family may arrive in
March for resettlement.

Reporting for the
Community Relations
Committee, Michael Grossman
urged members to attend the
March 7 House hearing in
Frankfort about bills concerning
school prayer and a moment of
silence. He also reported about
the continuing unpleasant situa-
tion at Southern Elementary,
announced that a two-year calen-
dar of Jewish holidays was being
prepared for school officials, and
discussed the fact that the gradua—
tion from the Lexington
Traditional Magnet School was
scheduled to be held in a church.

The Board unanimously
passed a motion opposing the
holding of graduation exercises at

religious institutions.

Ruth Moser and Kim
Slaton announced the following
planned activities: April 14-
Holocaust: Star of Remembrance
Memorial Service in the new
Jewish section of the Lexington
Cemetery; April 15-community
Yom Hashoah service; May 19-
Jerusalem 3000.

Holly Barnhill stated
that Evelyn Geller had replaced
Gloria Katz on “Shalom’s” edito—

rial board.

*Since the meeting, Candy Barile
has been employed as secretary.

**As of March 15, 60 patron tick-
ets have been sold.

 

    
 

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Jerusalem 3000--May 19 at Sayre School

 

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“At the commencement
of the first class of each day in all
public schools, the teacher in
charge of the room may announce
that a moment of silence or
reflection not to exceed one (1)
minute in duration shall be
observed.” With that seemingly
innocuous sentence, part of the
recently passed House Bill 28, the
Kentucky Senate laid the founda-
tion to unite church and state and
divide students of different reli-
gions.

Though the verbiage of
House Bill 28 is less offensive
than that of the onerous House
Bill 10, it still opens the door for
prayer in the public schools.
Prayer in the schools can only
serve to alienate some or force the
specific beliefs of the majority on
the minorities.

The same reasons to
reject Bill #10 also apply for #28.
House Bill 28 is not an appropri-
ate bill, only a scapegoat for the
politicians. This way House Bill
10, with its ambiguous language,
is gone, satisfying some, yet the
politicians can still woo more fun-

damentalist voters by going on
record as having supported Bill
28. Doesn’t anyone remember
the First Amendment?

Kentucky is not the only
state making religion its business.
According to a recent article in
the Lexington Herald-Leader, the
Tennessee Senate voted 27-1 for a
bill urging residents to post the
Ten Commandments in their
homes, offices and schools.
Those same State Senators reject-
ed an amendment that would have
exempted Hindus, Muslims and
other minorities from the Ten
Commandments edict.

Herald-Leader colum-
nist Merlene Davis also reported
that Tennessee, as well as districts
in Georgia and Alabama;
Friendly, Nevada; Paradise,
California; Moon, Pennsylvania;
and Merrimack, New Hampshire
are all debating whether schools
should teach creationism or evo-
lution.

Its been over 70 years
since Charles Darwin and
William Jennings Bryan argued
this same issue in the Scopes

Trial. Yet Darwin’s words ring
true today, “If this proceeding,
both in form and substance can
prevail in any court, than no law,
no matter how foolish, wicked,
ambiguous, ancient, can come
back to Tennessee. All the guar-
antees go for nothing. All the
past has gone and will be forgot-
ten if this can succeed."

“The Monkey Trial”
became as much a showcase for
orators Darwin and Bryan as a
trial against John Scopes for
teaching evolution in his class-
room. Now its the 90’s, and l
have no desire to give the less
eloquent F. Lee Bailey and Pat
Buchanan any further platforms
for debate.

I don’t know why gov-
ernments throughout our country
choose to ignore history and the
lessons to be learned from it.
Perhaps the lawmakers opposing
the teaching of evolution in the
schools fear they themselves may
be the missing link. Politicians
pushing religion back into the
schools today may be resurrecting
segregation in the future.

Now, if you don’t mind,
I would like a moment of medita-
tion to contemplate the new cen-
tury we are suppose to enter or
the old one we seemed destined to
re-enter.

Please send letters
to the Editor:

CKJF
340 Romany Road
Lexington, KY 40502

All letters must be signed and
include your phone number.
Please limit letters to 200 words.

 

 

 

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Benyears-old, is at
present attend-
ing Lafayette High School as a
junior. He is the editor of the

school's literary magazine, The
Laurel, and has been a member

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Creative Writing program for the
previous two years, and will
return to it next year. Although
he has not been widely published,
he hopes to eventually gain
regional publication. This piece
is one of the poems in a compila-
tion entitled The Quarter Rests,

which examines death from dif-

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April’sAuthor: B E N A U E R B A C K

 

Upon the Site of a Funeral
(spring)

Endless season of misery
Trapped in a cold spring day,
Blows reminders of winter
Through my hair,

Burning my eyes,

Springing unwelcome
Thoughts into my soul.

Here eternity lies

To crush the strongest will
And bring, forever,

Darkness unknown to those
Dead, forgotten by the mortal

And as the pine is covered
By unheard moans and sobs,

If April is the cruelest month, A picture of forever is painted

And spring but a brief time, With a silent click of
And if this moment immortal... Heartless machines,

My mind reels with And the thump of forever.
Wisps of knowledge telling of The curtain withdrawn,
Joyous days having halted. Truth reveals itself

Memories rust with
Melting snow,
My feet slip under the weight.

To souls scarred by the

Loss of themselves,

Touched briefly by

Eternal brushes with the pine,
Wood reflective in that brightness And seclusion in the darkness.
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Hardly touched, ‘Neath an oak of time
Just remembered by the efforts Still I stand and feel

Unwanted breeze sweep me
And slip me into spring.

Of thirty fingers clutching
Its steel pipes.

Up a hill, into a lair of time
Tarp and hole spread before
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ferent perspectives. By an overcast sun.
_
Torah...continued We next read about the
general rules about slaughtering
from page 3 animals. The animals can only be
sacrificed in the tabernacle. No S H R T
April 27, Achary Mot Israelite is allowed to eat blood.
Kedoshim The first portion ends with a list-

Leviticus 1621-20227

The double portion
begins with a description of the
Yom Kippur ritual in the taberna-
cle. Only on this most holy of
days, purified from ritual defile—
ment and sin could the High
Priest enter the Holy of Holies to
plead for forgiveness. All the sins
of the people were placed upon
the head of a scapegoat who was
sent into the wilderness to be
killed. How ironic that through
the ages Jews should become the
scapegoat for the people among
whom we lived.

 

ing of the family members with
whom one is forbidden from
having physical relations.

The second portion con-
tains the Holiness code, that is,
the conduct that the Israelites are

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Community filations Committee

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by Michael I. Grossman, Chairperson

As highlighted in the last
edition of Shalom, the
Community Relations Committee
continued to oppose passage by
the Kentucky legislature of any
law allowing prayer in public
schools. The Senate Education
Committee held public hearings
on the issue on March 7.
Although our Lexington contin-
gent was grounded at the CKJF
office by snow and ice, our views
were well represented in
Frankfort by a number of groups
from around the Commonwealth.

As a result of the hard
work of many groups and individ—
uals, the Senate panel withdrew
the more onerous of the proposed
bills. The panel did approve.
however, a bill that allows teach-
ers to have a “moment of silence
and reflection" at the start of a
school day. which many not last
more than a minute.

While CKJF still oppos-
cs any bill allowing prayer in
school. House Bill 28 is much
less objectionable than House Bill

10, which was withdrawn.
Thanks to all in the community
who helped defeat House Bill 10!

At the last CKJF Board
meeting, the Board voted unani-
mously to adopt a position oppos-
ing the use of a religious facility
for the 8th grade graduation cere-
mony at Lexington Traditional
Magnet School (LTMS). We
have been in communication with
the Principal at LTMS, and he is
actively seeking an alternate site
for the ceremony. The LTMS
administration has been extreme-
ly supportive of our position, and
I am hopeful that an alternate site
will be found. for this year and
hopefully for years to come

Each month the CRC
meets to discuss issues of interest
to the Jewish community.
Whether you have an issue of
concern to you individually. or to
the community in general. please
feel free to express yourself at
one of our monthly meetings.
The next CRC meeting IS sched-
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nyone having clout with
the Kentucky Theater
management should exert

it to schedule “Anne Frank
Remembered,” a new documen-
tary that has been nominated for
an Academy Award.

It would seem impossi-
ble to add to the Anne Frank leg-
end created by her private journal
written during two years of hiding
from the Nazis. This work has
sold over 25 million copies and
been translated into 55 languages.
It has appeared in a definitive
scholarly edition and was repub-
lished a year ago in a new English
translati