December 2013/January 2014 TEVET/SHEVAT 5774 Tzeason of Tzedakah You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. Thoughts and strategies on moving our community forward

By Tamara Ohayon recent Pew study, A Portrait of Jewish Americans, which was discussed in our On Facebook I recently posted the ques- last issue of Shalom, and the vast range tion, “What excites YOU about being of responses it has provoked, I see my Jewish?” The responses were interesting own ideas and approach to Jewish com- because they were representative of the munity planning coming full circle. I people answering and also of the com- still fi nd myself asking the same ques- mon ties within our local community. tion every day, “How can I help people This is a question we Lexington Jews harness that excitement and turn it into should be asking ourselves a lot more something that others will appreciate often, if not daily. I also suspected that and engage in?” A lot of my time in Volunteers at Catholic Action Center Christmas Dinner those responding would be people who the past couple of years has been spent are already thoughtful about their Jew- reaching out to colleagues, talking with As the darkness of December descends ber. This fi gure does not include the ish identity. friends and leaders locally, searching for upon us, it is once again time for the numerous doctors in our community Jewish Community of Lexington to who volunteer to be on call or work In thinking about the results of the see Thoughts and Strategies, page 17 light up December by volunteering the emergency rooms and hospitals on for Tzeason of Tzedekah. Tzeason of Christmas day so their co-workers can Tzedakah has become an annual month celebrate Christmas with their families CAMPAIGN NEWS long event of volunteer opportunities as well as others who annually volun- throughout the greater Lexington com- teer for organizations at this time of munity. Originally, Tzeason of Tzedakah year. 2013 Community Campaign started out as a program to give our non-Jewish neighbors Christmas day Along with sending out a general off to spend with their families. Over request for volunteers, this year we are Ending the years, it has evolved into volun- asking the various Jewish community The 2013 campaign of the Jewish reported on the growth of assimilation teering throughout the community organizations to “sponsor” recruiting Federation of the Bluegrass will end on and intermarriage and lack of connec- as well as collecting items for vari- volunteers to work at a particular event. December 31. At this time, we still are tion our young people have to the Jew- ous organizations. Last year, over 115 The response so far has been extraordi- $50,000 short of where the campaign ish community. Our Federation Board is people volunteered at eleven different nary. Thanks to the positive responses was in 2012. In order to provide at least in the process of trying to address this volunteer opportunities fi lling over 130 the same programs and services that we issue locally. We know empirically that “jobs” throughout the month of Decem- see Tzeason of Tzedakah, page 16 have provided in the current year, we we will need to expand our outreach ef- need your help. Our community is ag- forts with young people and re-address ing and because of that fact, we need to program priorities in order to ensure better serve the growing aging popula- that we have a vibrant Jewish commu- tion. In addition, quite a few of our nity in the future. This will be a costly most loyal and generous contributors endeavor. You have been generous in

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Thoughts on our Jewish Community for the New Year

For the past several months, the Ameri- the way that we spend the dollars raised spouses. In fact, of the marriages that offer can Jewish community has been reeling by community members? Too often, the have taken place since 2005, the inter- them a as a result of learning about the fi nd- budget is constructed by looking at the marriage rate among non-Orthodox Judaism ings of the Pew Research Center’s 2013 prior year and making small adjust- Jews is 71%. In addition, of the Jew- that is Study – A Portrait of Jewish Americans. ments at the margin –tweaking the lines ish children born after 1980, only 68% compel- Our own Jewish community has been by a few dollars per line based on the consider themselves Jewish by religion. ling and relevant. In order to accomplish studying the fi ndings and is beginning amount raised as compared to the prior And of those young people who do not this, we have to listen to their voices to address our future direction based year. However, if the budget is a road- consider themselves to be Jewish by and have them critically involved in the on some of the alarming statistics about map, then our spending should take us religion, only 42% have a strong sense plans for our future and in determining which we have been reading. This new in the direction that we want to travel. of belonging to the Jewish People and how our dollars are to be spent. And information has reached us at a time Therefore, the 2014 budget should be only 36% feel a responsibility to care for that has to begin immediately. In cen- when the Federation Board is in the pro- a refl ection of the fi rst steps of a long Jews in need, only 4% are members of tral Kentucky, unlike larger American cess of developing its 2014 budget. range plan that addresses the question, a synagogue or temple, and only 20% cities, we cannot depend on the Ortho- “Where do we want our Jewish com- have donated to a Jewish cause in the dox to keep us Jewish. The future is in The bottom line of the budget is based munity to be 10, 20 or 50 years from past year. our own hands and the time to create a on the fi nal tally of the cash raised in now and how do we get there?” The vibrant Jewish future is now. ✡ the 2013 campaign, which ends on good news about the Pew Study is the Some of the implications of this are December 31. A budget represents an fact that Jews in America are completely clear. To create a budget with changes actualization of the planning process – accepted – the Melting Pot dream has only at the margin will not work. We what are the community’s priorities and been fulfi lled. American Christians ac- have an obligation to reach out to the how are those priorities played out by cept Jews as neighbors, friends, and as young adults in this community and

December 2013/January 2014 Shalom | 3 JFS: At Your Service Mimi Kaufman, JFS Director U.K. Jewish Studies

Solid em- 6. Keep your thoughts to yourself. Program Plans Israeli ployment Even if you hate your job, keep ultimately it to yourself and your family or helps people close friends – do not post it on Film Festival live a life Facebook because the wrong per- of purpose, son is probably going to see what The University of Kentucky Jewish promised apartment and are abandoned achieve fi nan- you posted. Employers do look Studies Program is planning an Israeli for months. A Yemenite Jewish family cial stability at Facebook, as you know. Keep fi lm festival for the 2014 spring semes- that was fl own to Israel during ‘Op- and attain a this in mind when searching for a ter, according to faculty member Dr. eration Magic Carpet’ – a clandestine healthy lifestyle. job and even after you are hired. Tikva Meroz-Aharoni. Below is infor- operation that fl ew 49,000 Yemenite In addition remind yourself that mation about the fi rst fi lm: Jews to Israel the year after the state was Finding and keeping a job is a skill set your personal life is just that, per- formed – is forced to move to a govern- that we all learn. We have most likely sonal. Be careful not to mix it too NAME OF FILM: Sallah Shabati ment settlement camp. The patriarch of learned it from our parents or teachers. much with your professional life. DATE/TIME: Thursday, January 16, the family, portrayed by Chaim Topol, This article is aimed towards our young 7. Be positive. A positive attitude can 2014, at 7:00 PM tries to make money and get better adults who may be working in their fi rst be contagious just like a negative LOCATION: U.K. Student Center housing, in a country that can barely jobs. one. The more you stay positive, provide for its own and is in the midst 1. Work hard. Focus on your job and even if you are in a tough situa- From IMDB about this fi lm: “The sharp, of absorbing hundreds of thousands of what you are getting paid for. A tion, the better you will be able to often hilarious satire that became the Jewish refugees from Arab countries.” little bit of personal business may manage. most successful fi lm in Israeli history is be OK, but when it comes time to 8. Offer to help. One of the best ways about new immigrants Sallah and his Additional dates and fi lm titles will be making lay-off decisions and the to get or keep job security is to family, who are left in a shack near their announced soon. ✡ company has to choose, the most volunteer for new initiatives, offer productive employees will get to to help with projects, and take on keep the job. more responsibility. Of course, 2. Be on time. The workers who are keep in mind your personal late to work, take a long lunch- boundaries. In other words, guard hour, use a ton of sick time, and/ yourself from being taken advan- or leave early every day, are not tage of. going to win any points with the boss. Be punctual and be there, in- So, unfortunately in today’s world stead of making excuses for why where stories of layoffs are all too com- you can’t be at work. mon and getting a new job can be tough, 3. Be a team player. The employees these tips are helpful for even the more who don’t get along well with seasoned professional to remember once others, who gossip about other in awhile. You may fi nd yourself mak- workers, or who aren’t willing to ing a job work for you even when you pitch in to help, aren’t going to be are not thrilled with it until you can fi nd appreciated. another job. 4. Be fl exible. Flexibility can be a key component of keeping your The internet is a valuable tool for job job. When the company needs searching. With that thought in mind, someone to change shifts, work I also wanted to send a reminder that weekends, put in some overtime, our offi ce here at the Federation has two or work a different schedule, computers, a printer, and a phone that think about volunteering if your is free and open to the public to use. The personal schedule permits. intention of the kind volunteers who 5. Don’t complain. Nobody likes donated the equipment and time to set complainers, no matter how it up is for us to have an “internet café” legitimate the complaints are. If for those who do not have internet at you don’t like your job, chances home. The Federation would be happy are there are plenty of people who to accommodate but, keep in mind we would jump at the chance to get are not offering tech support. Anyone it. When the job market is upside who would like to can use these com- down in the employer’s favor, be puters during our offi ce hours. ✡ careful about complaining.

4 | December 2013/January 2014 Shalom Mussar: The Heart and Soul’s Everyday Path to Holiness By Lisa Miller It can be fascinating to note though, that can deepen this at any point and every struggles and triumphs become more for people who seem to be complete point in our lifetime. Daily experiences, meaningful. And, we are never alone. Over the past thousand years, Jewish opposites, the paths toward growth, behaviors, and our relationship to oth- spiritual seekers have compiled a great balance, and happiness are surprisingly ers provide the perfect classroom in When Torah tells us: “You shall be body of teachings about the fact that similar. For example, a person who con- which to explore our curriculums. This holy,” this is all a big part of it, and it’s we are spiritual beings having a human sistently has a habit of giving too much is the foundation of a good life-school also an everyday path to holiness. ✡ experience. of her/himself to others may be strug- education. gling with the soul trait of generosity as Lisa Miller is a Lexington community mem- Called Mussar, which translates to much as a person who is consistently, Like the basics, responding to life from ber, and a student and teacher of the Mussar teachings or ethics, these teachings habitually selfi sh and self-centered. a place of heart and soul rather than Institute. She leads va’adim (study groups) about personal awareness are a map to from the auto-pilot of the intellect, is the in Lexington and beyond. For more informa- understanding that each of us is born In both cases, extremes are harmful to foundation of everything else we learn. tion about Mussar and to learn how to culti- with a personal soul curriculum; our self and to others. The one perceived vate your own middot, read Alan Morinis’s purpose in these human bodies is to live as ungenerous or selfi sh doesn’t con- So, the homework is always predictable: Everyday Holiness, and visit www.Mussa- that curriculum with integrity sider how his/her actions affect others, to live with awareness from the inside rInstitute.org for accessible on-line that then deepens and evolves the heart or doesn’t care. However, the overly outward. As the personal curriculum courses and retreats. and soul. generous person also harms others begins to become more obvious, our through the act of enabling--standing The question is intriguing about what in the way of someone else’s personal one’s individual soul curriculum could empowerment by constantly coming to possibly be. But the answers are easily the rescue. accessible when we acknowledge what Read the newly released book, have been the consistent challenges (It’s funny that we tend to be so quick in our lives. Though our contexts and to judge someone else’s “obvious” The Wanting experiences change over months and inappropriate actions, but our personal by Michael Lavigne decades, there are always themes that curriculums are so unique that no one remain the same as we fi nd ourselves else’s should make sense to us.) AND JOIN US FOR A the common denominator in many COMMUNITYWIDE DISCUSSION situations that tend to stir up a lot of While the tendencies described here emotion in some way. seem like opposites, in each case the is- with Professor Tikva Meroz-Aharoni sue of respecting others is the very same Sunday, February 2, 2014 So Mussar practice invites us to pay main theme. In Mussar tradition, both at 3:00 p.m. attention to our individual middot, soul individuals can benefi t deeply from the traits (also known as virtues), and to in- very same practices of awareness con- at the Tates Creek Public Library in Lexington volve the heart more than the intellect in cerning the very same soul trait. everyday living. Middot include: anger, Copies of Th e Wanting, or a Kindle version of the book, can be compassion, generosity, honor, humility, Either way, God’s presence is divinely purchased online or by contacting your local bookstore. patience, order, equanimity, simplicity, felt through the personal process of enthusiasm, truth, moderation, loving- opening the heart in order to connect You are encouraged to purchase the kindness, responsibility, trust, and yirah the soul inside to the life being lived. (awe). While this is a very individual process, book online via the fundraiser Ama- we live our lives in the context of family, zon portal for either JFB, OZS, or TAI. Because each of us are living a very community, and as world-citizens. Proceeds from your purchase will go to specifi c and individualized curriculum the organization. Contact JFB, OZS, or based on the middot, we are here to This draws a beautiful picture with each TAI to learn how to use the fundraiser grow in ourselves, no two curriculums of us vitally important to one other as portals. are exactly the same. From the depth of our own unique paths parallel, intersect, the soul, we are born with a different and merge. One Book Jewish Lexington is a program of the measure of each soul trait and it is up to Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass in conjunction each one of us to cultivate and deepen What doesn’t matter is age, socio- with B’nai B’rith, Th e Lexington Havurah, the them as we grow into our lives. economic background, experiences to Lexington Chapter of Hadassah, Ohavay Zion date. We are each born a holy soul and Synagogue, and Temple Adath Israel.

December 2013/January 2014 Shalom | 5 Jewish Family Life

Create. family, parents included.

Make a Giant Family Kindness Star 1. Make your own star chart or down- Sundays are Chart! load one of gazillions there are on line. MATERIALS 2. Make sure every family member is on • Construction paper the chart. Cool • Markers 3. For every act of kindness done, an- http://www.challahcrumbs.com/Sunday- acts of loving-kindness. • Star Stickers other star goes up on the chart. School_Torah%20Study.php?artId=474 4. When, as a family, you have reached • Kindness makes it to the Top Three DIRECTIONS your goal – make sure the reward Got a little bit of extra time? Chal- of what the world stands on! Do you Most kids are quite familiar with star celebrates the family as a whole. Have lahCrumbs is taking your family to agree that kindness is that important? charts. We use them for everything from a movie night at home, go bowling, or Sunday school. This week we’re talking good behavior to brushing your teeth make an ice cream party. Be creative about kindess, a simple act with untold • Imagine you were asked to add a to reading books. The fun with this star with your rewards! ✡ benefi ts. fourth thing that the world stands on. chart is that it is for EVERYONE in the What would it be? Learn. Mishlei 14:21 Micha 6:8 He who is kind to the poor, happy is he. Glass Bowls Project You have been told what is good and what the Lord requires of you: to act • How can acting kind to others make justly, to love kindness, you happy? and to walk • What humbly other good with deeds can your make you God. happy?

• How Discuss: can some- It is inter- one esting to love point out kind- to your A fun winter project for older children ages 7-10. ness? kids that kindness MATERIALS: • What comes in all shapes and is the last act of kindness that you sizes. The concept of chesed, or loving • Glass bowl did? Remember, kindness comes in kindness, is really given premium value • Puffy paints all sizes: an act of kindness can be in Judaism. Talk to your kids about why • Glass paints reading your younger sister a book something so simple as being kind is or visiting the elderly (or anything in really so important. Discuss ways to DIRECTIONS: between). add three acts of kindness to your home each week – from simple ideas like tak- Clean bowl well with soap. Make sure it is dry before you start painting. Don’t Ethics of our Fathers 1:2 ing turns talking at the dinner table to paint the bottom of the bowl because it will wear off quickly. Work on the outsides larger ones like donating some of their of the bowl. Use puffy paints to make lines and designs around the bowl. Use glass The world stands on three things: on the toys to a hospital or shelter. paints to draw inside those lines. This will give your bowl a stain-glass look. Torah, on the service (of G-d), and on

If you have suggestions for topics you would like to see on this page, please contact Lori at [email protected]. 6 | December 2013/January 2014 Shalom Ask A Rabbi Rabbi Sharon Cohen

:A few weeks ago, the FDA proposed unchanged for millennia, is found in the lowing the common phrase, “you are a prescrip- Qthat trans-fats be removed from foods, Torah in the book of Leviticus (Parashat what you eat.” In the ancient world, tion given indicating that there is no real safe limit to Sh’mini). In it, we fi nd an exhaustive list it was believed that what you took by God, our the amount of trans-fat we can intake. New of the animals deemed “kasher” – those into your body not only affected you cosmic doc- York City Mayor Bloomberg took a lot of deemed appropriate to eat and those physically, but, it had the potential to tor, in order fl ack last year for banning the sale of large which are not. For generations, and still infl uence how you acted and developed to ensure sized soda and sugary drinks. The Afford- today, we have debated the merits of the spiritually. For instance, if you we were the physical able Care Act offers a new emphasis on well- dietary laws and the intent of these lists to consume a bird of prey – a bird that health of the ness and prevention, including provisions of foods. What reasons can we give for indiscriminately eats whatever it wants Jewish Peo- for combating childhood obesity and for nu- kosher eating? with no regard for life – then you might ple. Maimonides instructs us (Mishneh trition labeling. Looking at Jewish tradition, gain the characteristics of just such a Torah, Laws of Proper Behavior 3:2): weren’t the laws of Kashrut (keeping kosher) Throughout the ages, the system of creature. In modern thinking, I may not created for health reasons and merely an an- Kashrut has distinguished the Jewish be worried that if I eat a fi sh that scav- When a person eats or drinks or cient prescription for good health, much like People from other peoples and kept us enges at the water’s bottom (catfi sh or has sex they should not consider the steps our modern society has been taking united and connected. Keeping Kosher monkfi sh for example) I will turn into a they are only doing these things for to foster healthier living? has also been considered an exercise in scavenger; however, keeping kosher can enjoyment, so as to avoid the situ- discipline as the various laws curb our sensitize me to the way in which certain ation where they come to eat and :From the earliest stages of our basic instinct for food by putting limits animals act in regard to food, and how I drink only what tastes good [liter- A history, Jews have understood the upon what we can eat, how we prepare might not want to associate myself with ally “sweet”] and have sex only for patterns of Kashrut, the Jewish dietary and when we eat it, and the manner in those actions. pleasure. Rather, a person should laws, to be at the very center of our which we obtain our food. In the laws consider that they eat and drink heritage. Historically, Jews have sac- concerning how we slaughter animals The concept of Kashrut as a system of only so as to maintain the health rifi ced their lives rather than desecrate and the mixing of milk and meat (com- laws based on maintaining physical of their body and its limbs. Hence, themselves with “treif” (unkosher) food. ing from the idea of not cooking an health remains probably the most as- a person should not eat anything Some of our most stirring stories of Jew- animal in the very thing which sustains sumed (and debated!) still today. We do their palate happens to crave, like ish martyrdom center upon Jews who it), we learn to be sensitive to the world not fi nd physical health a stated reason dogs and donkeys do – rather, they chose to die with their dignity intact, around us. In fact, some argue that in our Biblical text. However, if we fast- should eat things that are benefi cial rather than abandon their commitment the highest form of Kashrut is actually forward to the Medieval period, we fi nd to them, whether bitter or sweet. to the laws of Kashrut. They could not vegetarianism. that, by that time, Jewish scholars did, And they should not eat things that conceive of Judaism without Kashrut, as indeed, equate the laws of eating with damage the body, even if they taste the dietary laws were key to the entire Many commentators questioned why maintaining good health (however, not good. rhythm of Jewish living for them. some animals could be eaten and oth- to exclude other reasons). Maimonides, ers not. They understood the laws of the Rambam, the 12th century Spanish If Rambam were alive today, he would, The foundation for the system of Kashrut, especially concerning animals, philosopher par excellence, understood Kashrut, the core of which has remained in a more spiritual sense: basically fol- eating and the laws of Kashrut to be see Ask a Rabbi, page 9

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December 2013/January 2014 Shalom | 7 ATTENTION – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Vodka & Latkes Party Shalom, the newspaper of the Jewish Federation of Celebrate the Festival of Lights on Sat- You can also enter a Raffl e to win a the Bluegrass, seeks one or two volunteers for the urday, December 7th at 7:00 p.m. at TAI’s variety of items, including a basket with B’nai Mitzvah column. The work takes only a few Vodka & Latkes Party. the ingredients to make the signature cocktail. hours each month and can be done from your home. Come to enjoy a signature cocktail and indulge in delicious latkes made by the The cost is $18 per person by Decem- If you are interested, please call the Jewish Federation at Temple’s Brotherhood. Drinks, salad, ber 2nd (please note Vodka Latke in the 859-268-0672, or email [email protected]. and dessert will also be provided. memo line) and $20 at the door. RSVP to the Temple offi ce, 269-2979, by Monday, We encourage you to enter the Latke December 2nd. Contest by making and serving latkes from your own special recipe. Votes If you wish to enter the contest, please will be cast by quarters for the favor- contact the Temple offi ce by December ite latkes, so please bring your spare 2nd, in order to guarantee suffi cient sup- change! A prize will be awarded to the plies and adequate space. ✡ entry that garners the most quarters.

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8 | December 2013/January 2014 Shalom Historic Sales: Over $1 Billion Ask A Rabbi (from page 7) no doubt, have a lot to say about our Kosher, anyone who has studied the diet in U.S. Israel Bond Investments society’s problem with child and adult of Jews throughout the ages, especially obesity. He addresses this topic for the from Eastern Europe in past centuries, community of his time (Mishneh Torah, could easily argue that Kashrut and Annual Israel bond Laws of Proper Behavior 4:15): health are not as closely linked as we investments in the might hope – at least not in our modern U.S. domestic market …Over-eating is tantamount to times knowing what we know about exceeded $1 billion for poison: it is the root cause of all food today. The traditional foods of our the fi rst time, as 2013 illness, and the majority of illnesses Jewish culture (especially for those of sales broke through the which affl ict human beings come us from Ashkenazi backgrounds!) are historic threshold in about either because of eating the fried latkes and fried jelly doughnuts early November and wrong things, or because the person on Hannuka, shmaltz (rendered chicken continue to surge. With has over-indulged themselves, fi ll- fat), egg breads and bagels, and cheese six weeks still remain- ing their belly, even with the right blintzes. We can’t say that our custom- ing in the year, it is Photo by Shahar Azran things…. ary foods offer the healthiest options for anticiapted domestic From left: Bonds President & CEO Izzy Tapoohi, Israel our cholesterol and sodium levels, given investments in Israel Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Bonds Chairman of the Board From both texts, we learn that Mai- what we know about health today. bonds will approach Richard Hirsch at a reception held in the fi nance minister’s monides considered our physical health $1.1 billion. honor October 7 in New York. to be directly tied to what and how we Clearly, the explanations for the mean- eat. It bears noting, however, that his ing behind the laws of Kashrut have By comparison, U.S. Added President and CEO Izzy Ta- concern for our physical health is di- varied throughout the generations. The Israel bond investments for 2011 were poohi: “The $1 billion achievement rectly connected to our spiritual health. Torah itself, however, offers to us a $634 million. For 2012, they reached dispels the notion that Israel bonds are In his mind, we are to maintain our bod- rationale which, I think, underlies any $816 million, which, at the time, rep- bought in great numbers only when ies, be careful what we eat, etc., for the other explanation, whether physical resented an all-time high for domestic Israel confronts a crisis. Today, Israel purpose of being spiritually fi t. A well health or spiritual development. The Israel bond sales. bonds are perceived not only as a ges- functioning soul requires, above all, a Torah states (Lev. 11:44-45): ture of solidarity, but as an opportunity healthy body. We can’t pursue intellec- In praising the record results, Sigalit to become a stakeholders in one of the tual endeavors to know and understand VE-HEE-TEM K’DOSHEEM KEE KA- Siag, Israel’s chief fi scal offi cer for the world’s most resilient economies.” God if our unhealthy body prevents us DOSH ANI Western Hemisphere, applauded the from doing so. You are to sanctify yourselves and you Bonds organization for “proving itself Development Corporation for Israel, shall be holy, for I, God, am holy. once again as a reliable source of fund- commonly known as Israel Bonds, offers There is no question that keeping ing for Israel’s economy.” She cited the investments that diversify portfolios kosher, regardless of the original intent, While bodily health is a reasonable organization’s “unique abilitiy to raise and preserve capital. Capital realized has had a benefi cial health effect. For extrapolation, the bottom line of our di- capital.” as well as its success in secur- through the sale of Israel bonds has de- instance, during the Middle Ages, the etary regulations according to the Torah ing sales from “a strong, diverse inves- veloped every aspect of Israel’s econo- Black Plague spread across Europe, the is simply put: holiness – the way we as tor base.” my, enabling cutting-edge innovation cause of which had much to do with Jews act in striving to elevate ourselves that saves lives and changes the world the lack of sanitary living conditions. and all that we do onto a higher plane, Bonds Chairman of the Board Richard on a daily basis. Recognized as a valued Jews were less affected because of the one that helps us recognize the divine Hirsch said the record sales “solidify the economic and strategic resource, the care of washing one’s hands before qualities that dwell within us. Eating is reputation of the Bonds organization as bonds organization has secured global eating and often because of the way the most basic human act, yet through a dependable economic and strategic sales exceeding $35 billion since the fi rst Jews prepared their food (soaking and our system of Kashrut, whenever we resource for Israel.” bonds were issued in 1951. ✡ salting meat to get rid of the blood for engage in it, we are challenged to uplift example). The spread of trichinosis in ourselves, to raise our level of respect the Medieval Jewish community was for all life, human and animal. When minimal because Jews didn’t eat pork we stop to consider what it is we are as proscribed by the laws of keeping about to order at a restaurant or buy at Kosher. Although less common now, the grocery store, we arouse our Jewish eating oysters, also an animal deemed consciousness. We are reminded that unkosher, was known to cause out- we are a part of a unique People with a breaks of Hepatitis-A. Obviously, Jews unique Covenant with God. When we who followed the laws of Kashrut, were engage in the process of keeping kosher less likely to become ill with these dis- -- at whatever level we may do that -- eases, unlike their non-Jewish neighbors we are turning one of our most basic hu- whose diets differed so greatly. man instincts - the need to eat - into an act of K’dusha, an act of holiness, an act Although we may certainly argue that of Godliness. What better prescription health could be a rationale for keeping for healthy living is there? ✡

December 2013/January 2014 Shalom | 9 Israel 21c: Israeli medical professionals to provide critical health interventions in the typhoon-affected region; Home Front Command to survey area.

By Viva Sarah Press experts.”

In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan’s dev- The Israeli government astation, IsraAID, the Israel Forum for also offered medical International Humanitarian Aid, has help to Philippines au- sent an aid team to the Philippines to thorities — which was provide critical health interventions in graciously accepted — the hardest-hit areas. The Israeli team and the Ministry of For- Photo by Timothy Medrano / Shutterstock.com will help local NGOs and UN agen- eign Affairs is presently Typhoon damage in the Philippines. cies in treating hundreds of thousands making arrangements of people affected by one of the worst for a transfer to the af- storms on record. fected areas, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson tells ISRAEL21c. raAID set up a number of fi eld hospitals relief to cyclone victims in Myanmar, Typhoon Haiyan’s violent winds bar- A team of six fi rst responders from the in the storm-battered country four years long term aid programs for starving reled through several central islands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the IDF ago. Zahavi said that’s the plan this communities in Malawi, rehabilitation knocking out power, tumbling build- are also headed out Sunday night from time around as well. “Setting up a fi eld and relief in South East Asia follow- ings and burying people under tons of Jerusalem to Manila. The two govern- hospital – that’s our goal. That’s what ing the devastating tsunami, as well as debris. Reports say some 10,000 people ment offi cials and four Home Front we are trying to aim for,” he says. “You countless other rescue missions. IsraAID are believed to have died in Friday’s Command offi cers “will meet with have to understand that it is relatively and its coalition members have been ac- devastation. Philippine authorities and see what they hard to get in there. It’s not easy so tive in over 40 countries. ✡ need and how to get it there logisti- this is really our fi rst mission. We have “We have a team that is leaving today,” cally,” a spokesperson tells ISRAEL21c. been working with our local contacts to Karin Kloosterman contributed to this Shachar Zahavi, head of IsraAID tells “This will help us understand what we secure private fl ights into [the disaster report. ISRAEL21c on Sunday morning in Is- need to send over, when to send it, and zone]. Eventually we would like to scale rael. “About fi ve or six people are leav- how to send it.” up and to see how feasible it will be to About Viva Sarah Press ing tonight. They are fl ying tonight and build a fi eld hospital. We are working Viva Sarah Press is an associate editor and landing in Manila and from there they Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines closely with the ministries there. In 24 writer at ISRAEL21c. She has extensive will go straight to the fi eld. Note that it’s Menashe Bar On extended sympathies hours we will know more and will be experience in reporting/editing in the print, an IsraAID-FIRST mission. “The team to residents of the area and said Israel standing. Our team will arrive to their online and broadcast fi elds. She has jumped will be made up of paramedics and the is one with Filipinos “in these trying destination around noon Israel time out of a plane, ducked rockets and been minute they land there we will start times.” [Monday].” attacked by a baboon all in the name of a working to get a better understanding good story. Her work has been published by of how things will look. From there we In the 2009 typhoons in the Philippines, Israeli relief workers have facilitated aid international media outlets including Israel will add more professionals and people Israeli aid workers provided medical programs all over the world. Since Is- Television, CNN, Reuters, The Jerusalem specializing in child safety and trauma relief to thousands of people there. Is- raAID’s creation in 2001, it has provided Post and Time Out.

Our 2013 Shalom Contributors Here is my contribution to help keep Shalom solvent Thank you for your generous donations to keep Shalom solvent. CHAI Lois and Ken Germain ❑ $18 Chai ❑ $36 Double Chai Eleanor Benblatt Flora-Lu Guter ❑ $54 Three Times Chai ❑ $72 Haboneh (Builder) Nina and Izmail Goldis Katherine and John Kane George Levine Bobbi and Lou Shain ❑ $90+ Gibor (Hero) Kevin and Leah Maines Elayne Silvers Name ______Sally and Rich Nolan HABONEH Paul Tillier* Cathy Grinstead You ❑ may ❑ may not publish my name DOUBLE CHAI Gene Sittenfeld & Sally Mulholland Mail to: Marcia Blacker C.B. Stidham JFB, 1050 Chinoe Rd., Suite 112, Lexington, KY 40502 Lynn and Jim Furness *In honor of Tamara Ohayon Make checks payable to JFB and write “Shalom” on the memo line.

10 | December 2013/January 2014 Shalom December 2013/January 2014 Shalom | 11 Facebook and comment on his blog. chasing a copy of The Wanting through Amazon, please visit either JFB, OZS, One Book Jewish The Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass, or TAI’s website and use their Amazon along with B’nai B’rith, The Lexington portal. ✡ Havurah, the Lexington Chapter of Ha- dassah, Ohavay Zion Synagogue, and For additional information, please contact Lexington! Temple Adath Israel will be sponsoring Lori at 268-0672 or lori@jewishlexington. This winter, The Jewish community of transform our lives. His long-awaited the event. If you are interested in pur- org Lexington will be gathering together for second novel, The Wanting, has received a new event called “One Book Jewish brilliant reviews from the NY Times, Make a donation to the Jewish Federation in honor or Lexington.” The idea of this program is the Toronto Star and has been called “a to encourage everyone in the communi- testament to Lavigne’s immense skills memory of someone, or in celebration of a special occasion, ty to read the same book and then come as a writer,” (Malcolm Forbes) and an and help JFB nurture the values of tikkun olam (repairing together to discuss the book. “exquisite novel of longing and loss” the world), tzedakah (charity and social justice) and (Dalia Sofer). Torah (Jewish learning) within our Jewish community For this year, we will be reading The A former student of social and political at home and abroad. Wanting by Michael Lavigne. The dis- thought at the Unveristy of Chicago, cussion will be held on Sunday Febru- Lavigne draws inspiration from sources Send us your special contributions with a note specifying its ary 2, 2014 at 3:00 pm at the Tates Creek as diverse as Emile Zola and Bruno branch of the Lexington Public Library. Schulz, E.M. Forster and Woody Allen. intent. Also, let us know if you would like your contribution [The discussion leader for the afternoon But his main focus is the life of ordinary published in this box in Shalom. will be Professor Tikva Meroz-Aharoni. people, the relations of fathers and sons, Meroz-Aharoni is a Visiting Scholar at daughters and mothers, and how they Celebrate your loved ones and support our Jewish the University of Kentucky Jewish Stud- navigate a world of confused priorities community by giving a special contribution. ies Department. and hidden agendas. To this end, he loves to communicate with his read- Thank you for your support. Michael Lavigne’s work examines the ers and relies on these interactions as a intersection of the political and the source of inspiration. (If you write him, personal, the mutable nature of time, most likely he’ll answer.) He invites and the power of loss, anger and love to you to browse this site, like him on

12 | December 2013/January 2014 Shalom Midwest Tri-Region Conference Celebrating Our Past, Present And Future Planting the seeds for our future together

Eight delegates from the Lexington nonprofi t management positions. She Chapter of Hadassah and others from was an inaugural board member of the the Central States Region journeyed to Hadassah Foundation which seeks to Chicago to meet with their colleagues improve the status, health and well- from the Great Plains and Upper Mid- being of women and girls in the United west Regions on October 12-13, 2013. States and Israel. Janice related her own generational experiences with Hadas- On Saturday the education component sah to the themes of the conference in a of the Conference focused on how to meaningful way. engage people with Hadassah’s cause and how to communicate the cause to On Sunday each region held its own younger people. There was a lot of inter- business meeting. After those meetings, action between the dynamic speaker, the three regions reconvened to gain Jeff Wilcox, a well-known fundraising further understanding of Hadassah’s and leadership specialist, and the at- cause, the empowerment of healthy tendees. Jeff was ably assisted by Renee women and girls, sustaining philanthro- Resnik, a past Central States Region py for the next generation and securing President. Renee has also served on the world peace through medicine. For one National board in many capacities, in- of the breakout sessions, we sat with cluding Annual Planning and Strategic our fellow Lexingtonians to focus on Planning. Everyone gained insight into how each of us can become a leader for how to present Hadassah’s cause and Hadassah’s cause locally and to address obtained interesting program ideas from issues of concern in our chapter. other communities. All the participants returned to Lexing- After dinner and Havdalah on Satur- ton reinvigorated after the impressive day night, the delegates heard inspir- presentations and stimulating exchange ing comments from Janice Weinman, of ideas. We hope to initiate much of National Hadassah Executive Director/ what we learned in the near future in CEO. Janice was appointed CEO in the Lexington Chapter of Hadasssah. ✡ June 2012 after many years in other Lunch and Learn with our Lexington community rabbis January 28 with Rabbi Marc Kline (There is no program in December.) At 12 noon on the last Tuesday of each month, in the JFB office, rabbis, on a rotating basis, will be discussing the holidays, the Torah portion of the week, and other topics of interest. A dairy lunch is offered at a nominal charge. If you are interested in attending, please call Judy Wortman at 859-268-0672 so we can order lunch for you.

December 2013/January 2014 Shalom | 13 A Family Hanukkah Story Time

Monday, December 2 at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at Joseph-Beth Booksellers!

We’ll share Hanukkah stories and songs, a cool craft, and refreshments.

New this year: “Ner Shel Tzedakah” (One Candle for Tzedakah). Each family is asked to bring a monetary donation or new gift(s) to share with others.

Contact Lori Bernard for more information at [email protected] or (859) 268-0672. BROUGHT TO YOU BY

14 | December 2013/January 2014 Shalom Book Review: Calling all Birthday Party Lovers! Doesn’t everyone love a Birthday Party? to bring include boxed cake mix, frost- ARAB AND JEWISH WOMEN Shouldn’t every child have the oppor- ing, candles, decorations, invitations, tunity to celebrate his/her birthday? small dollar store toys, and anything IN KENTUCKY : Stories of What about the children who don’t have else you can think of for a successful permanent homes? What about children birthday party. The more you bring, who are temporarily living in a shelter the more Birthday-in-a-Boxes to give Accommodation and Audacity with their mother? Well, PJ Library and to more children. Lori and Tamara will Camp Shalom plan to remedy this. supply boxes, wrapping paper, and art supplies to put together a birthday by Nora Rose Moosnick On Monday, January 20, 2014, Camp party in a box. We will decorate the University Press of Kentucky, Copyright 2011 Shalom and PJ Library school-aged boxes, wrap the small presents, and children, along with their parents, are put everything for a special birthday By Vivian Bitensky with adverse situations such as poverty, joining together to spread some Tikkun celebration into the decorated boxes. intolerance, and assimilation. Olam by helping children who live in Nora Rose Moosnick relates, through a shelter celebrate their special day. We So mark your calendars for Monday, the use of oral history, stories about the In this book there are stories about will meet at Puccini’s in Chevy Chase at January 20th and celebrate Martin Lu- lives of Jewish and Arab women who people we know or have heard about. 12 noon and enjoy a pizza lunch while ther King, Jr Day with your friends from are living or have lived in Kentucky. We learn how they overcame diffi culty we put together and decorate Birthday- PJ Library and Camp Shalom while Arabs and Jews are two minority groups in achieving their goals. Teresa Isaacs in-a-Box packages, which will be deliv- together we bring joy to other children. who have come to Kentucky from many was a past Mayor of Lexington. Her ered to a women and children’s shelter. different parts of the world. The stories family were Lebanese immigrants who For additional information, please call Lori show the way they have contributed settled in Eastern Kentucky. Her fam- The success of this tzedakah project or Tamara at 859-268-0672 or email at lori@ to Kentucky. As with all immigrant ily’s struggles and industriousness is depends on all of us. Instead of a charge jewishlexington.org or tamara@jewishlex- groups, they came for compared to the Myers for lunch, everyone attending is asked ington.org many different reasons. family. They came from to donate birthday party supplies. Items For all, the transition Russia and settled in from their homes to Ken- Hopkinsville, Ky. The My- tucky was, and is today, ers sisters ran a success- diffi cult. Both Arab and ful ladies clothing store. Jewish women have Teresa Isaac and Sarah and tried to maintain their Frances Myer have much culture and traditions in common despite their and still become a part of religious, ethnic, and gen- the community in which erational differences. they live. The stories are light- Ms. Moosnick compares hearted; Ms. Moosnick the activities and feelings is a compassionate and of women who lived in amusing storyteller. Stories the same time period and about Lexington and other who had to face very similar problems. communities throughout Kentucky, tell Although their nationalities are differ- how life was before shopping malls and ent, we learn how alike they really are. superstores. These Main Street stores In doing the interviews Ms. Moosnick were gathering places where people met met with some unwillingness to tell with a sense of community and interac- their stories for fear that they would be tion with others. misunderstood and thus cause prob- lems for themselves and their families. Ms. Moosnick brings to life so many The author quotes Franklin Moosnick, wonderful women. Their stories are “…You couldn’t not understand that inspiring. One is amazed at how they we were different…and that you were coped with adversities and still were tainted in some way.” In spite of the re- able to instill in their families with the luctance of some families, Ms. Moosnick beauty of their heritage. This is a book was able to interview a diverse group. that one can read and reread. What a These stories illustrate women coping wonderful experience. ✡

December 2013/January 2014 Shalom | 15 B’tayavon Tzeason of Tzedakah (from page 1) (Hearty Appetite) from these organizations; B’nai Brith • Christmas dinner at Catholic Action (Austin Cook – coordinator), Hadassah Center By Vivian Bitensky (Judy Saxe - coordinator), the Havurah • Christmas afternoon entertainment (Stanley Saxe - coordinator), Ohavay at Mayfair Village Zion Synagogue (Brian Derer - coordi- • Afternoon entertainment at Sayre Vegetarian Chopped “Liver” nator), Temple Adath Israel (Tammy Christian Village Brennan and Rabbi Kline – co-coordina- • Catholic Action Center Christmas Friday mornings our house was fi lled with the wonderful smell of onions and tors), and TAI Social Action Committee Store chicken livers frying in “schmaltz,” chicken fat. Later, after the livers and onions (Karen Patrone) we are able to expand • Collections for the Humane Society have cooled they were chopped with the eggs in the special small wooden bowl our volunteer outreach. Even PJ Library • Canned Goods collection for God’s and served with Shabbat dinner. is pitching in with a toy and book collec- Pantry at the Winter Dinner tion during the annual Hanukkah story • Christmas dinner at the Hope Vegetarian chopped liver is a good substitute... hour. Center

INGREDIENTS: This year we will be volunteering at: If you are interested in volunteering for any 1 lb. string beans cooked until very soft • 15 Meals-on-Wheels routes of these activities, please contact Lori at 268- 1/4 cup of oil • 4 Moveable Feast routes 0972 or [email protected]. ✡ 4-5 sliced onions • Dinner at Ronald McDonald House Salt & pepper 1/4 cup walnuts ATTENTION proud grand-parents, parents, & students 4 hard- boiled eggs Salt & pepper We want to publish any original writing produced by our community’s elementary- and high-school-age children. If you’re proud of DIRECTIONS: Dice and sauté onions in oil. Mix with remaining ingredients and process all to- something written by one of our kids, either fi ction or non-fi ction, gether. Chill and serve as an appetizer. please email it to [email protected]

16 | December 2013/January 2014 Shalom organization or source of support There are many resources popping up Thoughts & Strategies (from page 1) and funding is best suited to make around the country, within our local this project a reality? If you are not community organizations, and through ways to bring people together and really to the challenge of articulating, building sure who to go to, ask! Ask mul- many other nonprofi ts and foundations. beginning to dive in to these questions consensus around, and then achieving a tiple people, from different places. No idea is too big or too small, and so we can fi nally move toward answers new generational project that will lead Maybe you’ll fi nd a partner to help you will never be alone in your quest we feel committed to. to the creation of a glowing, new golden make it happen. to make our Jewish future better and age for Jewish life in the 21st century.” brighter. You may not see that idea to There is so much potential in each of us So now this “younger generation” has If you want to help, but need some fruition the fi rst go around, but don’t as Jews and as a community. The po- a tremendous challenge ahead, one direction or a sounding board, please give up. YOU can make a difference in tential is there to shape our future and with make-or-break consequences for contact myself or another staff person at our community. You can make it hap- fi nd new, meaningful ways to share the our people. This is a daunting task and the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass. pen. ✡ things we fi nd beautiful and fulfi lling a burden too enormous to bear at the about Jewish life and Jewish identity. onset. RESOURCES: The individual and collective potential • Charles and Lynn Schusterman Foundation http://www.schusterman.org exists to build a new platform on which Are you up for the challenge? I am and #MakeItHappen microgrants can be submitted on the website until January 15, 2014 “Jewish community” as an ideology can I suspect there are others who are, as http://makeithappen.schusterman.org/ take shape. well. But, we, the younger generation, cannot move forward on our own; we • Jewish Federations of North America TRIBEFEST – National event for young adults ages 22-45. There will always be a basic foundation might need guidance and the wisdom www.tribefest.org, March 16-18, 2014 in New Orleans. Some partial subsidies will be available through JFB. Contact Tamara Ohayon at [email protected] or (859) 268-0672 on which Judaism stands, and there are of those who led before us and we need things we cannot strip from that source. opportunities to share and put into ac- • Natan/NEXT Grants for Social Entrepreneurs through the Birthright Israel Foundation Each of you has your own ideas of what tion our own expertise and strengths. http://www.birthrightisrael.com/AFTERTHETRIP/PROGRAMS/Pages/NEXTNatanGrants. that basic foundation should look like, More importantly though, we need aspx and therein lies a Jewish community room to explore, experiment, occasion- Contact them on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/NEXTBirthrightIsrael or grants@birth- rightisraelnext.org requirement for the process, our right to ally mess up and learn from the process question and debate everything we hold and results, and we need the funding to • Mayerson Family Foundations, based in Cincinnati, Ohio http://mayersonfoundation.org/ dear as Jews, because in that debate play around with these ideas. We need we strengthen our commitment to the to travel to conferences where others • Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass. Proposals can be submitted to Judy Wortman at jfb@jewish- things we all agree on. around the U.S. are asking these same lexington.org questions and learn how they are acting That leads me to the next big question, on new ideas. We need to embrace the “How can we harness all of those great relationships made at these convenings ideas, those aspects of Jewish life and where new opportunities to create col- Judaism, into one overarching goal laboration can be forged. upon which our community planning must be based?” Many Jewish leaders How can we set this all in motion? Here today would say that collaboration is are three suggestions for everyone: key. • Start to really talk about it, “it” being In an article posted on eJewishPhilan- what our Jewish community could thropy.com by Ramie Arian, Director for look like in 10 years, 50 years, 100 the Nadiv program at the Foundation years. What do we feel is important for Jewish Camp, entitled The Unin- and how can we help set a foun- tended Consequences of Two Generations’ dation for those ideas to launch a Success: The Pew Study and the Next Gen- framework within which ideas can eration’s Challenge, Arian cites examples be based, and a series of milestones of the focus of past generations of Jews and metrics by which our progress who lived and led our community can be monitored and focused. through the 20th century. Arian points • Talk about it everywhere. Committee out that contrary to the implications of meetings, board meetings, family many negative responses the recent Pew dinners, online (websites, blogs, study has inspired, those generations Twitter, Facebook, etc), or out have, in fact, accomplished exactly what having coffee with a friend—there they set out to. are no limits or restrictions. This is important stuff so don’t hold back. Arian then summarizes his point about • Make a plan, if you are inspired to do community collaboration being key by so, and set it into motion. There are concluding with, “The younger genera- so many ways to do this now. Take tion of Jewish leaders…will need to rise action with intentionality—which

December 2013/January 2014 Shalom | 17 Ohavay Zion Synagogue 2048 Edgewater Court • President, Shirley Bryan • (859) 266-8050

WELCOME day, December 20 at 5:30pm & Friday ing Torah discussions. The service with a brief Shacharit service at 7:30am, January 17 at 5:30pm. concludes around noon, and all are followed by a light breakfast, and then Ohavay Zion Synagogue is a warm and invited to schmooze over lunch after fascinating study of the Talmud. New- welcoming congregation in Lexington, Kids’ Shabbat is our monthly Shabbat the service. This is a wonderful way to comers are always welcome. Kentucky. Through the framework of Service for younger children. We light celebrate Shabbat and to meet some nice Conservative Judaism, we explore our candles, drink grape juice, eat pizza, Jewish folks here in Lexington. New- INTERESTED IN OZS? Jewish identities and form community. sit together on beautiful carpets, sing comers and friends are always welcome. We celebrate our diversity and welcome songs, and read amazing stories from Ohavay Zion Synagogue is a warm and newcomers. Please join us. the PJ Library. Newcomers and friends TUESDAY MINYAN welcoming Jewish community. If you are always welcome. are interested, or if you know some- SHABBAT DINNER Tuesday Minyan is a special time at one who may be interested in learning This year’s Kids’ Shabbat services will OZS. During this brief service, students more about Ohavay Zion Synagogue, Please join our whole OZS community be held Fridays at 5:30pm at Ohavay and adults both pray and learn together. please call our membership chair Kathy as we celebrate Shabbat together on Zion Synagogue on the following dates. There is a warm atmosphere and some- Grossman at 268-2596 or email Rabbi Friday, December 13 at 5:30pm & Friday, thing for everyone to enjoy. Please join Smolkin at [email protected]. January 24 at 5:30pm. The food will be February 21 us Tuesday afternoons from 5:45pm to We would love to hear from you. Potluck, so please bring a vegetarian, March 21 6:15pm. fi sh and/or dairy dish. After dinner April 18 and shmoozing, we will have a brief May 16 but spirited service. If you have any STUDYING THE PROPH- questions, please call the OZS offi ce at For more information or to RSVP, email ETS 266-8050 or email at offi [email protected]. [email protected]. Please join us Wednesdays, KABBALAT SHABBAT LEARNERS BACKPACKING FOR GOD’S at noon, as we explore the MINYAN PANTRY book of Isaiah through the teachings of our Jewish tra- Please join us on Friday, December 6 at Join us each month as backpacks are dition. We will learn about 5:30pm & Friday, January 10 at 5:30pm fi lled with food that children take Isaiah’s focus on righteous- for our Kabbalat Shabbat Learners home on weekends from Mary Todd ness and justice; we will Minyan. This minyan will be a warm Elementary School. All of the food is hear Isaiah’s deep concern and welcoming way to enter into the child-friendly, nonperishable, easily for the orphan, the widow, traditional Kabbalat Shabbat service. consumed and vitamin fortifi ed. Our and the underprivileged of With uplifting melodies, prayer books next backpacking date is December 15 at society. We have a won- with translation, and teachings guid- 11:00am at OZS. derfully diverse group of ing our way, we will enjoy our Shab- learners and terrifi c conver- bos exploration together. Everyone is SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES sations. welcome. For more information, please call the OZS offi ce at 266-8050 or email Please join us any Saturday morning TALMUD STUDY at offi [email protected]. of the year, as Ohavay Zion Synagogue celebrates Shabbat. We begin at 9:30am, The Talmud Study group KIDS’ SHABBAT AND PJ LIBRARY though please feel free to join at any meets each Friday morn- time during the service. Our worship ing for prayer, food, and Please join us for Kids’ Shabbat on Fri- is fi lled with joyous song and fascinat- study. The morning begins

18 | December 2013/January 2014 Shalom The Lexington Chapter of Hadassah 2014-2015 Executive Board Jane Chaput, President Lexington Chapter of Hadassah

“As the days dwindle down...” The ect and support a strong relationship President: Melanie Shapiro poignant words of an old song remind with the Kentucky Children’s Hospital VP Fundraising: Jane Chaput me that my time as president of the Lexington chapter of Hadassah is also In 1912, Hadassah was started to sup- VP Membership: Lori Bernard coming to an end. However, the accom- port health care in Israel, which remains VP Programming: Evalyn Block plishments of this group of remarkable our founding value. women made my time truly special. VP Education: Gayle Bourne Our chapter has 307 members, 280 of Hadassah’s governing values are Secretary: Betty Nigoff whom are life members. There are also uniquely Jewish – they are in our DNA: Treasurer: Kathie Kroot 75 husbands, brothers, and friends who are associate members and support our • Pikua Nefesh – We must value life – programs. Our chapter has been recog- one life at a time nized nationally for continuing to meet or exceed our membership goals. • Tikkun Olam – We have a duty to Thank you to our 2013 repair the world Our hardworking committees have presented a wide variety of interesting, • Klal Yisrael – We advocate for World Progressive Dinner Hosts! educational, and entertaining programs Health throughout the years. These programs Bob and Judy Baumann Stanley and Judy Saxe were designed to appeal to diverse • L’Dor VaDor – We must teach the next Garry Hoover and Evalyn Block Steve and Melanie groups and have included such varied generation to care for each other and the topics from discussions about monitor- world. David and Kathy Feinberg Shapiro ing changes in textbooks used by US Jim and Lynn Furness David and Pat schools to the history of chocolate. The It is my pleasure to be a part of this Michael and Kathy Grossman Shraberg women of Hadassah continue to spon- dynamic organization. Thank you for sor an annual Chanukah mitzvah proj- all your support. ✡ Leon and Linda Ravvin Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 20, 2014 10:00 a.m. Join our wider Lexington community and march with us under one Jewish community banner as part of the Lexington March for Freedom. Line-up for the march begins at 9:00 a.m. outside the Lexington Center Heritage Hall 11:00 a.m. A Commemorative Program will begin at 11:00 a.m. with featured guest performer Bernice Johnson Reagon. The theme for the 2014 program is [italics] We Who Believe In Freedom: Music, Memories & The Civil Rights Movement [italics]. 12 noon Join PJ Library and Camp Shalom for a Tzedakah Project and Pizza! at Puccini’s Smiling Teeth in Chevy Chase | Open to all families with children in grades K-4 We will be putting together decorated packages containing everything necessary for a terrific birthday party for children living in a temporary shelter! Families are asked to bring cake mixes, frosting, candles, invitations, party favors, and anything else you think would make for a festive birthday party. This event is free with donations of birthday party supplies!

Please RSVP to Lori at [email protected] or Tamara at [email protected] or call Sponsored by: the ofÀ ce at (859) 268-0672.

December 2013/January 2014 Shalom | 19 The Lexington Havurah Stan Saxe, President

The Lexington Havurah, founded in 1978, is a network of diverse people dedicated to Jewish learning and renewal, community building, and tikkun olam (repairing the world). A havurah is defi ned as a gathering or community of friends. The Lexington Havurah is affi liated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the National Havurah Committee. Members plan, conduct, and share responsibility for all services. For additional information about services or membership in the Havurah, please contact me at [email protected].

* * * * seder in which the fruits and trees of A Reaffi rmation Our leaders for this Shabbat morning Israel became symbolic of spiritual val- service were Lexington Havurah mem- The holiday of Tu B’Shvat will be ues. This may have been the beginning bers Rabbi Uri and Hanna Smith whose Thursday, January 16. The Havurah will of eating ten specifi c fruits and drinking that Hitler Did families lived in Germany. As part of celebrate with our annual Tu B’Shvat four cups of wine. the Kristallnacht anniversary recogni- Seder on Friday evening, January 17. Not Win tion, Hanna spoke and read one of the Religious committee co-chairs Judy Bau- In our modern day Tu B’Shvat Hagga- individual refl ections printed in last mann and Jeremy Popkin are planning dah we celebrate the continuous evolve- Each and every time that we as a month’s issue of Shalom. She was the a wine and cheese social time, a brief ment of this holiday – linked by many Havurah hold a service, e.g. Kabbalat person responsible for producing that Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming the Sab- now to concerns about sustainability, Shabbat, Shabbat, Havadalah, observe a section of the newspaper in which fi ve bath), and the Seder featuring the fruits, conservation of the earth, and our envi- holiday, celebrate a happy occasion, get different individuals told of their experi- nuts, wine/grape juice as noted in our ronment. Always a hands-on event for together for an educational activity – it ences at the time of Kristallnacht. modern day Haggadah. the Havurah because of the preparation reaffi rms for me Hitler did not win. of the various fruits and nuts, the Seder We congratulate Hanna for her com- Considered a minor holiday, Tu B’Shvat is a unique activity, which links the past Our Saturday morning Shabbat service mitment to tell the story in Shalom of (meaning the 15th of the month of She- to present through song, prayer, and and potluck in the month of Novem- Kristallnacht by her compilation of vat) is the “New Year of the Trees.” It food. ber was the day of the 75th anniversary fi rst-hand accounts, through interview coincides with the fl owering of almond of Kristallnacht (or “night of broken and writings of Lexington residents, trees, which have grown wild in Israel Details will be forthcoming in the email glass”), November 9, 1938, when there their relatives, and former residents. and may be the reason for the dating of Bulletin from our Vice-president and was a pogrom in Germany and Austria. Endowed with intelligence, charm and this holiday. Communications Director, Dave Wek- Planned and executed by the German modesty, Hanna brings honor to The stein. government, there was looting, destruc- Lexington Havurah and to the entire Some 700 years, ago in Safed, a Kabbal- tion, and burning of Jewish homes, Lexington Jewish community. istic Rabbi, Yitzchak Luria, and his dis- shops, and synagogues. ciples probably held the fi rst Tu B’Shvat HIRING FOR SUMMER 2014 begins December 15, 2013 Camp Shalom is a non-denominational Jewish day camp open to children ages 4 thru 14. Jewish learning is woven into all aspects of the day making this a special experience for our area. Camp will be in session from July 28 to August 8, 2014.

Staff positions are available for youth and young adults ages 16 and up. C.I.T. applications, for youth entering 9th and 10th grade, will be accepted beginning February 2014.

Camp Shalom staff responsibilities may include: Engaging, supervising, & ensuring well-being of campers; assisting with & leading activities; and having fun! Individuals who feel they have expertise or experience in a particular specialty area should mention these abilities on their application.

Interviews will begin in February 2014. Times will be arranged on an individual basis.

Visit www.jewishlexington.org/campshalom.aspx to apply. (We recommend using Chrome to visit this site.) Be Camp Shalom is a program of sure to read the additional information on the application for other required dates.

Contact Camp Director, Tamara Ohayon, at [email protected] or (859) 268-0672 for more information.

20 | December 2013/January 2014 Shalom Temple Adath Israel 124 N. Ashland Avenue | President, Judy Engelberg • (859) 269-2979

WHO WE ARE PARSHA the basket under the bulletin board in and coffee/tea will be served. Please Temple Adath Israel is a Reform Jewish Join us each Saturday morning at 11 AM the main hall. Thank you for supporting join us for these interesting talks. congregation - We celebrate Torah, Jus- in the library as we take a look at the this important project. tice, Tradition, and Faith. Our mission Torah portion for each week. Rabbi will Contact Information: Email: is to inspire Jews to ensure a vibrant lead some discussions and everyone [email protected], Phone: (513) 487-3264. Jewish present and future by nurtur- will take turns December 21 & 28 and CHAVURAT CHOCHMA PROGRAM ing a multi-generational love for our January 3, 10, 17, & 31. We will have (A Friendly Gathering of Wisdom) Rabbi Samuel K. Joseph, Ph.D. is Elea- tradition. Our “Community Center” ap- Parsha with worship on December 21 We will meet on December 6, 2013 at nor Sinsheimer Distinguished Service proach to Judaism gives families a host and January 18. We will join the congre- 11:30 am in the social hall for a deli- Professor of Jewish Education and Lead- of unique ways in which to love living gation on December 7 and January 25 at cious lunch and to hear an interesting ership Development at Hebrew Union relevant, soulful and experiential Jewish 10:30 AM for Bar Mitzvah services. speaker. Cost is $6 per person. While College in Cincinnati, where he teaches lives. Please call the Temple Adminis- this program is designed for those sixty in the rabbinical school. His special trator for more information if you are PRE-WAR POLAND years old and over, all are welcome. interest is how Jewish institutions and interested in affi liating with the Temple. On Friday January 31, during the Oneg Please RSVP to Sandee at 269-2979 by organizations, from schools to syna- The phone number is 269-2979. following the Erev Shabbat Service, Ken December 2nd. gogues to national groups, can be most Slepyan and Karen Petrone will discuss excellent as they seek to fulfi ll their FAMILY SHABBAT their visit to L’viv, Ukraine (one of the GENERATION TAI DINNER FOR mission and vision. Toward this end, Our lively Family Shabbat takes place major Jewish centers of prewar Poland). DECEMBER AND JANUARY Rabbi Joseph works with such groups on the second Friday of each month at Generation TAI is our Chavurah group throughout the world. Most recently he 7 PM. We sing songs and enjoy great SISTERHOOD NEWS for young adults. Programming runs taught at the fi rst rabbinical seminary in stories geared to our families and their Rebecca Young, President the spectrum from worship to social ac- Germany since the Holocaust, the Abra- young children, but with valuable mes- Our December event is a Lunch and tion, and from Shabbat to holiday meals. ham Geiger College in Berlin, as the sages for all. TAI has a potluck dinner Learn with Rabbi Kline. Please join us Please join us for the monthly Genera- Jacobs Fellow. In past years he worked preceding the service at 6 PM on Family on Wednesday, Dec. 18 at noon. The cost tion TAI Dinner on December 6, 2013 with the Jewish community in Australia, Shabbat night. is $8 for lunch. Must RSVP by Dec. 13. and January 3, 2014 following Shabbat New Zealand, Brazil, and Argentina. Want to join Sisterhood? Please contact services. The cost is free for those who He is the founding rabbi of the liberal TOT SHABBAT Deb Flomenhoft at dfl omenhoft@gmail. bring a potluck dish. If you don’t cook, congregation in Hong Kong. Rabbi Our Tot Shabbat Friday night service is com bring $7 to enjoy all the food. Please Joseph consults with rabbis, educators, held on the last Friday of each month contact Reva Schottenstein at rschott86@ administrators, communal leaders, and (during the school year). Sisterhood Events 2013-2014 hotmail.com or call her at 859-221-9473 lay leaders, supporting them as they Dec. 18 Lunch/Learn with Rabbi to reserve your seat. lead their institutions and organizations. TEMPLE TOTS Kline He is the author of four books and more The Temple Tots program is designed Feb. 9 Florence Crittenton Valen- than fi fty articles in the area of educa- to give 2 1/2 and 3-year-old children tine’s Dinner tion and leadership. and their parents a positive and nurtur- March 16 Vashti’s Banquet ing beginning to their Jewish educa- April 25 Sisterhood Shabbat tional experience. We meet about once a May 31 Havdalah and Installation month (during the school year). *events subject to change, details TBA

PJ LIBRARY READING TIME In recognition of WRJ’s (Women of TAI has dedicated space in our Youth Reform Judaism) commitment to social Library and our Anita Mersack Outdoor justice, Sisterhood will be marking this Reading Garden for families to share Centennial celebration by collecting 100 in our growing collection of PJ Library items each month. The month of Decem- SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE: RABBI Books, before, during, and after reli- ber, we will be collecting items for the SAMUEL JOSEPH gious school. The collection is in our UK Hospital. Please donate, crayons, Samuel K. Joseph, Rabbi, PhD, RJE Youth Library and our Librarian Leona markers, board games, beading kits, Stern and Rabbi Marc love to share in word fi nd books, and batteries. On Friday, January 10, during the Oneg Our advertisers reading time with many families or following the Erev Shabbat Service, even just one. These books provide our For the month of January, we will be col- Rabbi Joseph will discuss: “ German support this paper. young children with wonderful intro- lecting personal items for the Hope Cen- Guilt and the Rise of 21st Century Ger- ductions to the magic of Jewish story- ter. Please donate white socks, gloves, man Jewry.” On Saturday, January 11 at Please support our telling. chapstick, headscarves, and warm hats. 12:30 PM, he will present “Frankenstein Please bring what you can and put in and the Jews…the Golem Lives.” Bagels advertisers.

December 2013/January 2014 Shalom | 21 Around the Community Our ad sizes have changed. Please note: Information for Around the Community comes to us from a variety of individuals and Jewish institutions. It’s a pretty haphazard arrangement; except Please review the new for b’nai mitzvah, we do not have the resources or staff to collect information or research each item. If you would like to see an event or life passage in your dimensions! family acknowledged here, please be sure we get the full and correct information as you would like to see it printed. Send notices to [email protected]. Remember, we welcome photos too! Advertise Your Business The Shalom Newspaper is published ten times per year. Gerald Dubilier and Shirley It is mailed to over 1,200 local businesses and households. Mazal tov to: D’Onofrio on their recent marriage. Shalom is distributed free of charge and is the most eff ective, cost-effi cient way to reach Central Kentucky’s Jewish community. Linda Ravvin, the past president of Shainey Marcus and Angel Vargas the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass on the birth of their baby boy, Angel who has been elected to the Board of Rafael Lee Vargas. Month-To-Month Rates Trustees of the Jewish Federations of Full Page 5” x 1/2 Page Horizontal North America, the parent organiza- Joshua and Whitney Steiner on the 9.95” 10.167” x 4.9” tion of JFB. Linda also serves as JFB Bar Mitzvah of their son Nathaniel 10.167” x 9.95” 1/2 Campaign Co-chair and as a Board Lewis Steiner. Page $132 member and Chair of the Personnel $220 BW Vertical BW $132 BW Committee of Temple Adath Israel. Thomas & Tamara Brennan on the Bar $300 Color $215 $215 Color Mitzvah of their son Charles Elliott Color Rabbi David and Judy Wortman on Brennan. the marriage of their daughter Shosha- 1/4 Page 1/8 Page Business Card na Michal Wortman to Jordan Lublin. Condolences to: 5” x 4.9” 5” x 2.38” 3.277” x 2.15” Shoshana is the daughter of the late Gwenn Cohen. Jordan is the son of Anne Cook whose husband, Adam $88 BW $60 BW $40 BW Arlene Lublin and the late Murray Cook, passed away. Adam was 40 $105 Color $82 Color Lublin. years old, and leaves behind his son, $132 Adin Cook, who is 7 years old. Color Center Spread 21”x11.42” $440 BW • $600 Color *All other ads are billed at $12 per column inch. Jewish Save the *Ad production is available at $15 per hour. Rates for contracted terms (per issue)** Family Size 5x 10x w/Color Services DATE Full 210 198 +75 **A contract must be signed prior to insertion 1/2 Vert. 125 121 +75 of the fi rst ad. Prepaid contracts will 1/2 Horiz. 125 121 +75 be discounted 10% off 1/4 82 77 +40 the total. Leisure Club Hanukkah Party Tuesday, December 3 • 12 noon 1/8 55 50 +40 at Temple Adath Israel Bus. Card 38 28 +40 Potato Latkes and Potluck Lunch Dbl. Truck 420 396 +160 Terms The Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass will not be responsible for errors, except to cancel charge Stewart Home School Hanukkah Party for such portion of advertisements as may be rendered valueless by error. Monday, December 9 • 5:00pm All material is subject to approval by the Federation. The Federation reserves the right to reject any material it deems objectionable for any reason. at JFB (for those carpooling) Deadline Volunteers are invited to share the joy of Hanukkah with Jewish residents. Deadline for camera-ready art is the 10th of the month prior to the month of publication. Contact Mimi directly for more information about this program. For more details about advertising please For more information about these events, to RSVP, or to arrange transportation to the event location, contact Tamara Ohayon at the JFB offi ce. please contact Mimi Kaufman at (859) 269-8244 or [email protected]. (859) 268-0672 or [email protected]

22 | December 2013/January 2014 Shalom Super Sunday is February 9, 2014. One day. One call. One community. On Sunday, February 9, we will come together in spirit and in action as one community to make the world a better place. Please answer our phone call, and make a generous donation to the Jewish Federation Annual Campaign so that thousands of Jews in need in our community, in Israel and around the world can get the help they need.

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December 2013/January 2014 Shalom | 23 JFB - Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass - www.jew- HAD - The Lexington Chapter of Hadassah - www. ishlexington.org centralstates.hadassah.org 1050 Chinoe Road, Suite 112 • 268-0672 • Michael Grossman, President Jane Chaput, President • [email protected] OZS - Ohavay Zion Synagogue - www.ozs.org HAV - The Lexington Havurah - www.lexhavurah. 2048 Edgewater Court • 266-8050 • Shirley Bryan, President uscjhost.net Minyan Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays are D’vine Min- 338-5725 • Stanley Saxe, President • [email protected] • yan: wine at 5:00 p.m, service follows. Friday evening rotating Kab- Shabbat Services monthly, call for schedule. balat Shabbat 5:45 p.m., Kids’ Shabbat 5:15 p.m., Shabbat dinners 6:00 p.m., Young OZS-ers’ Shabbat dinners 6:00 p.m. Check OZS Google BB - B’nai B’rith Mid-America Region, Stanley Rose calendar for monthly schedules. Shabbat Services Saturdays 9:30 a.m. Lodge #0289 Community 1050 Chinoe Road, Suite 112 • Austin Cantor, Chair, Executive Com- TAI - Temple Adath Israel - www.lextai.org mittee • [email protected] 124 N. Ashland Avenue • 269-2979 • Judy Engelberg, President Shabbat Services Fridays 7:00 p.m.; Worship Service Saturday 11:00 Calendar a.m. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday JFB Yiddish Class Hanukkah JFS Advisory Hanukkah Hanukkah TAI Bar Mitzvah TAI Bar Mitzvah Committee Meeting HAV Hanukkah Party Family Hanukkah Hanukkah Hadassah Hanukkah TAI Vodka/Latke Event Story Time at Party Hanukkah Joseph-Beth Chabad-Rabbi Litvin Dec 1 234567visits Hadassah Book Club TAI Sisterhood TAI Bar Mitzvah TAI Bar Mitzvah Program

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