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May 2013 IYAR/SIVAN 5773 CAMPAIGN NEWS Volunteers to be honored at An evening to honor Linda Federation’s Annual Meeting Please join the offi cers and board hundreds of children, families, and members of the Jewish Federation of our young staff, and has had a role in and Leon Ravvin the Bluegrass on Wednesday, May 22 shaping their development and Jewish Please join us on Sunday, June 2 at 6 pm at 7 pm at the Federation to honor our identities. at the Hilton Suites at Lexington Green award winners. to honor Linda and Leon Ravvin and to The Cookie Wenneneker Volunteer celebrate their accomplishments. Linda, The President’s Award will go to of the Year Award will go to Hanna a children’s librarian and professional Kathy Feinberg, the wonderful direc- Smith. Hanna is the secretary of the volunteer, has been president, campaign tor of Camp Shalom who retired this Federation Board and chair of the chair and director of the Jewish Federa- year after many years as leader of our tion of the Bluegrass in addition to hold- camp. Kathy has had an impact on see Volunteers to be honored, page 8 ing volunteer portfolios with Hadassah, Temple Adath Israel and Camp Young Judea Midwest. Leon is a neurosurgeon Computer Science Professor with the Lexington Clinic and Linda’s partner in service to the Jewish com- munity. Linda and Leon are members Goldsmith Wins Henry Mason of both Ohavay Zion Congregation and Temple Adath Israel. A tribute book is Lutes Award for Excellence in being published for the event to help raise funds for the programs and ser- vices that Federation provides locally, in Engineering Education Israel and in endangered Jewish com- munities throughout the world. The keynote speaker for the evening will be Dr. Henry Abramson, the Rav- vin’s nephew, who is Dean of Academic Affairs and Student Services at Touro The couvert for the dinner is $60 per College South in Miami Beach. Dr. person. Guests will have the oppor- Abramson, who received his PhD from tunity make commitments to the 2013 the University of Toronto, has written annual campaign. ✡ fi ve books and numerous articles on Jewish history and thought. He has held For reservations and information, please call appointments and post-doctoral fellow- Judy Wortman at 268-0672 or email jfb@ ships at Cornell, Oxford, Harvard and jewishlexington.org. Hebrew University. By Kel Hahn, Associate Director of Commu- annual Tau Beta Pi Awards Banquet. nications, UK College of Engineering In over 20 years at the University of Computer science professor Judy Kentucky, Goldsmith has developed a Goldsmith is the 2013 winner of the well-earned reputation for excellence in Permit # 719 # Permit Henry Mason Lutes Award for Excel- teaching. In 2013 alone, she has received Lexington, KY Lexington, PAID lence in Engineering Education. The a Provost’s Award for Outstanding 1050 Chinoe Road • Suite 112 • Lexington, KY 40502 KY Lexington, • 112 Suite • Road Chinoe 1050 U.S. Postage U.S. award, which recognizes and rewards Change Service Requested Service Change Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass the of Federation Jewish t Org. t Non-Pro fi outstanding teaching accomplishments, see Goldsmith Wins Award, page 19 is annually given to its recipient at the IN THIS ISSUE Director’s Message ...................................................................................................... 3 Editorial ........................................................................................................................... 3 JFS: At Your Service .....................................................................................................4 Teenage Nature Conservancy volunteer oversees 115-acre preserve .....4 Ask A Rabbi ....................................................................................................................5 Meet Camp Shalom’s new Assistant Director ....................................................8 Yes, you can hike in a wheelchair .......................................................................... 9 The PJ Library is a national program offered locally, which mails free, Celebrating Yom Ha’Shoah ....................................................................................12 high-quality and age appropriate Jewish children’s literature and music to families on a monthly basis. Mark Klein: He Talks, You Laugh ...........................................................................14 All families raising Jewish children ages six months to eight years are welcome to Hadassah Off ers Win-Win Opportunity .............................................................15 enroll. JFB is proud to offer your family, through our partnership with local donors and B’nai Mitzvah ...............................................................................................................16 the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, this opportunity to explore the timeless core values B’tayavon ......................................................................................................................17 of Judaism through books and music. Ohavay Zion Synagogue ........................................................................................18 Enroll your children or grandchildren today! Call us at 859.268.0672 or visit www.pjlibrary.com and visit our Lexington community page. The Lexington Chapter of Hadassah ..................................................................19 The Lexington Havurah ...........................................................................................20 Lunch and Learn with our Temple Adath Israel ..................................................................................................21 Lexington community rabbis Around the Community ..........................................................................................22 MayMay 28 28 with with Rabbi Rabbi Marc Uri Smith Kline 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 Published ten times per year by the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass, Inc. portion of the week, and other topics of 1050 Chinoe Rd., Suite 112, Lexington, KY 40502 Phone (859) 268-0672 • Fax (859) 268-0775 interest. A dairy lunch is offered at a nominal email: [email protected] charge. If you are interested in attending, please call Judy Wortman at 859-268-0672 MAY 2013, VOLUME X, ISSUE 4 so we can order lunch for you. Robert Grossman, President Judy Wortman, Executive Director Tamara Ohayon, Marketing and Outreach Director Mimi Kaufman, JFS Director If you are not receiving Jewish Weekly email and would like to, please Lori Bernard, Coordinator of Informal Jewish Education send your name and email address to [email protected] SHALOM EDITORIAL BOARD David A. Wortman, Editor-in-Chief Hanna Smith, Chairperson Jane Chaput, Susan Cobin, Betty Nigoff Federation Board Federation President Minna Katz-Brown Amy Faust Mayer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Robert Grossman Betty Nigoff Mary Meehann, Abe Nelson Jane Chaput Susan Cobin Jenny Rice LOCAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES Executive Committee Gail Cohen Seth Salomon Lowell and Betty Nigoff Kae Schennberg, Vice-President David Feinberg Marty Solomon Production Services by Georgetown News-Graphic Hanna Smith, Secretary Jenn Garlin Paul Tillier The editorial staff has the right to edit all articles submitted for publication inShalom . Articles should not ex- Gary Yarus, Treasurer Michael Grossman Elissa Weinstein ceed 500 words. The appearance of any advertising in this publication does not represent either a kashruth Evalyn Block, Member-at-Large Joseph Hernandez David Wekstein or any other endorsement on the part of the Federation or any other agency or organizations. Linda Ravvin, Member-at-Large Larry Kant Judy Worell Opinions expressed in Shalom are not necessarily those of the Shalom editorial staff or the JFB or its con- stituent organizations. Shalom is partially supported by the advertisements appearing in the paper. Shalom Deadline Copyright © 2013, Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass. All rights reserved. For reprint permission contact Deadline for articles for the June/July Shalom is May 10. David Wortman, Editor-in-Chief, Shalom, at [email protected] Email articles to [email protected] 2 | April 2013 Shalom Director’s Message Editorial Judy B. Wortman, JFB Director David Wortman The recent events related to women ter I became Bombs exploding. Fires bursting. Mail what they know is the right and moral praying at the Kotel brought me 13, my syna- threats actualizing. Bullets streaming. thing to do, they are more interested hope and then angst within a 36 hour gogue began Rockets fi ring. Congress avoiding. We in being re-elected. What we need are period. On a conference call with all to institute live in a mad, mad, mad world. leaders – not followers. Federation executives on April 9, we Bat Mitzvah, learned about Natan Sharansky’s plan be it only on I freely confess that I do not under- Bombs explode at the Boston marathon to expand the Western Wall Plaza to Friday night. stand human nature. When asked and ricin coated letters are found ad- create an egalitarian space near the When I talk- about global warming destroying the dressed to a Senator and the President Robinson’s Arch equal in size to the ed longingly about wanting to become planet, Carl Sagan once replied some- (also a judge). 24-hour news channels current men’s and women’s section a rabbi, I was told, “Isn’t that cute? thing like this: We cannot destroy the of