November 2013 KISLEV 5774 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht: Dr. Ilona Szekely: Inside on Page 9 Kentucky’s Higher Global Day of Jewish Learning Educator of the Year returns to Lexington! The Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass, and importance of this year’s theme: Each year the Kentucky Art Educa- chapters in art education in Kentucky. in collaboration with B’nai B’rith, Jewish “Creating Together: Jewish Approaches tion Association Professor Szekely has Family Services, the Lexington Chapter to Creativity and Collaboration.” (KyAEA) honors been in charge of the of Hadassah, the Lexington Havurah, excellence Bluegrass Regional Ohavay Zion Synagogue, and Temple This year’s event will focus on creativ- in teaching, re- High School Art Show Adath Israel, will take part in the fourth ity and collaboration. On November 17 search, and ser- for the past 5 years. annual “Global Day of Jewish Learn- our community members will have the vice to students Last fall, Dr. Sze- ing” to be held on Sunday, November opportunity to learn together and, in and Kentucky kely hosted the highly 17th, 2013 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm doing so, create a stronger, deeper sense schools. This successful State Art and hosted by Temple Adath Israel, 124 of togetherness, amongst ourselves year, the award Education Conference N. Ashland Ave. This event brings Jews and with Jews around the entire world. for Higher Edu- at EKU. Dr. Szekely of diverse backgrounds, from around Our participation is an example of the cator of the Year heads the Art Educa- the world, together for a day to study diversity and vibrancy of global Jewry was awarded tion Program in the Art Jewish foundational texts. A project of working together and creating together. to Professor Department and works Aleph Society and Rabbi Adin Even- Facilitators to date are: Alvin Goldman, Ilona Szekely, a with future art teachers Israel Steinsaltz, The Global Day is an Jennifer Rice, Beth Ellen Rosenbaum, member of the in the undergraduate opportunity for our Lexington Jewish Beth Goldstein, and Evalynne Elias. faculty in the program and lead- community to experience global Jew- College of Arts ers in the fi eld in the ish unity by delving into the meaning see Global Day:, page 4 and Sciences, graduate art education the Department Masters division. of Art at East- CAMPAIGN NEWS ern Kentucky Szekely has published University. The numerous articles, held Join the GoodGiving Guide Challenge awards ceremo- art exhibitions, and ny was held at the participated in invited Blue Grass Community Foundation up several challenge grants to award Kentucky Museum of Art and Crafts in lectures in the United States and abroad. and Smiley Pete Publishing have just bonus money to the nonprofi ts that raise Louisville, followed by a gala reception. Since Dr. Szekely takes her art educa- launched the 2013 GoodGiving Guide the most dollars and donors. They have tion students along to state and national Challenge to inspire charitable giving to also secured dozens of thank you gifts Dr. Szekely serves as the director of the conventions, many of her students 108 local nonprofi t organizations. The to be awarded to individual donors. Higher Education Division for the Ky- participated in the Louisville conference Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass is AEA. She is also coordinator of student joyous celebration of this award. ✡ one of them. The purpose is to get the You can help us win the challenges whole local community excited about by giving right now. Just go to www. giving and to inform them about the GoodGivingGuide.net to make your se- vast array of agencies that serve the peo- cure donation to the Federation. Even if ple in our community. The GoodGiv- you have already made your annual gift ing Guide was distributed with Smiley to the campaign, please go online and Pete’s publications – the Chevy Chaser, add to it so that we can do even more to

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Change Service Requested Service Change Foundation and Smiley Pete have lined see Goodgiving:, page 7 Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass the of Federation Jewish t Org. t Non-Pro fi IN THIS ISSUE President’s Message ...... 3 JFS: At Your Service ...... 4 Pew Study ...... 5 Crisis and Opportunity...... 5 Jewish Family Life ...... 6 • PJ Library Celebrates Chanukah ...... 6 • PJ Library Joins Global Day of Jewish Learning ...... 6 • How to Make A Pumpkin Menorah ...... 6 Important 911 Service Expansion ...... 7 The PJ Library is a national program offered Ask a Rabbi ...... 8 locally, which mails free, high-quality and age- 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht ...... 9 • Kristallnacht in Åustria...... 9 appropriate Jewish children’s literature and music • Sylvia Green - A teenager’s experiences ...... 9 to families on a monthly basis. • Alice Goldstein - A small child’s memory ...... 10 • My Six Miracles ...... 11 All families raising Jewish children ages six months to eight years are welcome to enroll. JFB is proud • Blaustein Family Experience ...... 12 to offer your family, through our partnership with local donors and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Sim Shalom News ...... 14 this opportunity to explore the timeless core values of Judaism through books and music. Moosnick Lectures ...... 18 Enroll your children or grandchildren today! Call us at 859.268.0672 or B’tayavon ...... 19 visit www.pjlibrary.com and visit our Lexington community page. Havurah ...... 20 Temple Adath Israel ...... 21 Ohavay Zion Synagogue ...... 22 Lunch and Learn with our Special The Lexington Chapter of Hadassah ...... 23 Lexington community rabbis guest this Chagall Exhibit ...... 24 month! Israel21c: Shaike El-Ami ...... 25 November 26 with Around the Community ...... 26 Professor Tikva Meroz-Aharoni Topic: Israeli poetry At 12 noon on the last Tuesday of each month, Published ten times per year by the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass, Inc. in the JFB office, rabbis, on a rotating basis, will be 1050 Chinoe Rd., Suite 112, Lexington, KY 40502 discussing the holidays, the Torah portion of the Phone (859) 268-0672 • Fax (859) 268-0775 week, and other topics of interest. A dairy lunch is email: [email protected] offered at a nominal charge. If you are interested in attending, please call Judy Wortman at NOVEMBER 2013, VOLUME XI, ISSUE 8 Michael Grossman, President 859-268-0672 so we can order lunch for you. Judy Wortman, Executive Director Tamara Ohayon, Marketing and Outreach Director Mimi Kaufman, JFS Director Lori Bernard, Coordinator of Informal Jewish Education If you are not receiving Jewish Weekly email and would like to, please Kathie Kroot, Administrator send your name and email address to [email protected] SHALOM EDITORIAL BOARD David A. Wortman, Editor-in-Chief Hanna Smith, Chairperson Board Members Jane Chaput, Susan Cobin, Betty Nigoff Jane Chaput Angie Ornstein CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Executive Committee Susan Cobin Jenny Rice Eric W. Blaustein, Joe Engelberg, Alice Goldstein, Ernest Peter Guter, & Jay Sanderson Gail Cohen Kae Schennberg LOCAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES Michael Grossman, President Jenn Garlin Pat Shraberg Lowell and Betty Nigoff Evalyn Block, Vice President David Feinberg Marty Solomon Hanna Smith, Secretary Mickey Hernandez Paul Tillier Production Services by Georgetown News-Graphic Gary Yarus, Treasurer Larry Kant Elissa Weinstein The editorial staff has the right to edit all articles submitted for publication inShalom . Articles should not ex- Bob Grossman, At-Large Minna Katz-Brown Judy Worell ceed 500 words. The appearance of any advertising in this publication does not represent either a kashruth or any other endorsement on the part of the Federation or any other agency or organizations. Seth Salomon, At-Large Amy Faust Mayer Opinions expressed in Shalom are not necessarily those of the Shalom editorial staff or the JFB or its con- stituent organizations. Shalom Deadline Shalom is partially supported by the advertisements appearing in the paper. Deadline for articles for the December/January Shalom is November 10. Copyright © 2013, Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass. All rights reserved. For reprint permission contact David Wortman, Editor-in-Chief, Shalom, at [email protected] Email articles to [email protected] 2 | November 2013 Shalom President’s Message Michael Grossman, President

It’s just around the corner—Thanksgi- reform had vukkah! In a rare convergence of the not gone far calendar, Thanksgiving and the fi rst enough, and day of Hanukkah fall on the same date rather than this year. The last time it happened was forsake their 1888. And according to those who track beliefs, they the Jewish calendar, it won’t happen embarked again for another 70,000-plus years, so on the Mayfl ower voyage. Those who there’s plenty of time to plan for the survived an extremely tough fi rst year next celebration. held a Thanksgiving celebration.

Usually Hanukkah is a neighbor of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah share Christmas, which tends to be a tough many of the same values: dedication, season for many of us trying to juggle peace between nations, gratitude, and the Jewish and American sides of our family. With Hanukkah falling on psyche. As kids, longing for the trap- Thanksgiving this year, the message of pings of Christmas which so many of freedom is magnifi ed by combining the our neighbors enjoyed, we would be holiday meal with lighting the candles. told, “but you Thanksgivukkah is have Hanukkah.” a time to reinforce But, beyond the the cultural con- presents, the nection between stories of Hanuk- Thanksgiving and kah and Christ- Hanukkah of family mas are totally gatherings, eating incompatible. delicious foods from Christmas com- both traditions, and memorates the rededicating our- birth of the Mes- selves to building siah, according to community. Christian belief. Jews believe the It’s pretty amazing Messiah has yet that in the United to come. States we can have rich secular Yet Hanukkah and rich religious and Thanksgiving share a common celebrations, and those of us who live theme of a quest for religious freedom. in both worlds can fi nd moments when The Maccabees led a rebellion against a they meet and can really celebrate that Syrian king who ruled Israel in ancient convergence. This is not the case in so times. Jewish subjects were ordered to many places in the world today. worship the pagan deities of the Greek pantheon. Many Jews refused to sur- So on November 28, 2013, Jews and render their ancestral religion, and the non-Jews alike will sit down to their Maccabees were able to capture Jerusa- holiday meal to give thanks in America lem and relight the Temple’s oil-burning for the religious freedom we all enjoy candelabra, a victory commemorated by here, to celebrate the ways religious eating latkes cooked in oil on Hanuk- freedom makes America great, and to kah. celebrate the Jewish American experi- ence. If ever there was a day for deep Two thousand years later, the Pilgrims fried turkey and sweet potato latkes, faced a similar test of their religious this is it. commitment. England had left the Catholic Church, but had not quite Shalom Rav al Yisrael Amcha Tasim become Protestant. For the Pilgrims, the l’Olam, and pass the stuffi ng. ✡

November 2013 Shalom | 3 JFS: At Your Service WINTER Dinner to be held Mimi Kaufman, JFS Director on Sunday, December 15 The word therapeutic services, including yoga, abuse refers gardening, and nutrition. They also Federation’s Annual Winter Dinner will for children 12 and under. The address to situations partner with Goodwill and Habitat for be held at Tandoor Fine Indian Cuisine of Tandoor is 3130 Maple Leaf Drive. or actions in Humanity Resource. Families can shop on Sunday, December 15 at 5:30 pm. As which people at Goodwill for free or have access to it was two years ago, the restaurant will Please make reservations by calling experience furniture if they are moving. They pro- be closed to people other than members Federation at 268-0672 or sending us an coercion vide a shuttle service to allow clients to of our Jewish community. A multi- email to [email protected]. You and/or fear stay active in their daily lives and focus course buffet dinner, dessert, and bever- can pay by check or by giving us your for their safe- on keeping them in their communities. ages will be included and pizza can be credit card information. Checks can be ty. It encompasses a pattern of control available for your children. The cost of mailed to: JFB, 1050 Chinoe Rd, Suite and behavior exercised by one person The toll-free crisis hotline number is the dinner is $20 per person and $5.00 112, Lexington, KY 40502. over another and can include physical, 800-544-2022. sexual, verbal, or psychological attacks against an adult, child, or even against If you know someone who is being Global Day (from page 1) pets and property. The term domestic abused or you have found yourself in One facilitator new to the community Workshops will include text studies, violence refers to abuse that occurs an abusive relationship, please reach out is Michael Bell, Vice President & Dean two art programs, a PJ Library music within an intimate relationship. Abuse for help. And for all the folks out there of Tansylvania University. We are in the program, and a Jewish Family Life can be obvious like repeated physical who are dating or just starting to experi- process of recruiting three more facilita- Education program. This year we are beatings, or it can be very subtle such as ence committed relationships, here are tors to round out our class offerings. also adding curriculum for school-aged verbal attacks, insults, or isolation. some markers of good vs. bad relation- children to participate. ships. This can also be a helpful discus- Communities in over 40 countries across Violence and abuse are learned behav- sion tool when talking to your teens or 6 continents will collaborate in this day For more information about the local iors that can sometimes be changed young adult children about their dating of celebration and learning. Events will program, visit www.jewishlexington.org in the abuser. This cannot be accom- relationships. take place in Communities through- or contact the Jewish Federation staff at plished, however, through marital or out the United States, from Manhattan 859-268-0672. Additional information couples therapy. In a therapeutic set- Healthy Relationships Beach to Manhattan Island, Texas to can be found at www.TheGlobalDay. ting, a spouse may put him or herself in Tampa, and across the globe from Mon- com. We look forward to seeing you on serious danger by telling the truth about DOES YOUR PARTNER… tevideo to Montreal, Tunis to Tel Aviv, November 17. ✡ a violent partner. In the same setting, an View you as an equal? Johannesburg to Jerusalem. abuser may avoid the truth by minimi- Respect you and treat your fairly? zation, denial, and blame. Change only Listen to you? According to Rabbi occurs when those who perpetrate vio- Value your opinions? Steinsaltz, “Inspiration lence upon others are held accountable Discuss disagreements peacefully? as the primary source of for their actions. This is possible when Allow the relationship to go at your artistic creativity is no a domestic violence program works pace? more than an attractive within a larger social system, which Support your goals in life? fi ction, for spontaneity includes legal intervention, to hold the Communicate openly and honestly? plays as relatively minor abuser accountable. Make family and money decisions with a role in art as it does in you? philosophical and scien- October was National Domestic Compromise? tifi c thinking. Creative Violence Awareness month. Here in Have a positive image of family? action generally results Lexington and the surrounding coun- Make your friends and family feel com- from a combination of ties The Bluegrass Domestic Violence fortable? many factors, including Program has a new name: “GreenHouse Act as a positive role model to those subjective preparation, 17.” The program is housed in a rural important to you? professional training, and 18,000 square foot facility on the eastern Trust you? a considerable amount of side of Fayette County near the Clark hard work.” County line. It serves 17 counties. The Unhealthy Relationships program advocates for women and This year, Global Day children, and the shelter is available to DOES YOUR PARTNER... will be structured simi- those as a safe haven as well as a place Get jealous easily? larly to the previous two to get control of their lives and heal Throw objects at you or destroy your years; we will learn from from past experiences. The facility is property? each other as community confi dential and offers services through members facilitate discus- a partnership with the Cabinet for Fam- sions during two 45-min- ily and Children. The program offers see JFS: At Your Service, page 24 ute blocks with a break in between for refreshments. 4 | November 2013 Shalom Crisis and Opportunity: Pew Study Refl ections on the Pew Report By David Wortman pared to 44% who are intermarried (58% of those married since 2005 have mar- (from eJewish Philanthropy) On October 1, the Pew Research Reli- ried a non-Jew.. Surprisingly, the study But, this crisis offers us an extraordinary gion and Public Life Project published a concluded that in-marriages are more By Jay Sanderson opportunity. “Portrait of American Jews.” It contains durable than intermarriage. many surprises, many “I told you so” We need to create a Jewish journey for What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There results, and some controversial conclu- In education, 28% of Jews have post- every Jew, a journey that they help to sions. graduate degrees, while the general create. Marshall Goldsmith, one of America’s population is measured at 10%. preeminent executive coaches, wrote Surveys of this type are diffi cult to do Full Disclosure an insightful bestselling book entitled because they depend heavily on how Another surprise is related to move- “What Got You Here Won’t Get You “Jewish” is defi ned. This makes it ment identifi cation. 35% are Reform, I have been thinking about the results There.” The book’s central tenet pro- diffi cult to ascertain accurate compari- 18% Conservative, and 10% Orthodox. of the Pew report for over decade. I vides us with a solid piece of Torah. sons to earlier surveys by other polling 30% respond “no religion” and 7% small understand that Pew didn’t release organization. Nonetheless, what follows denomination (Reconstructionist, etc.). the results until last week, but these We, as a people, have built great syna- are some of Pew’s fi ndings. For the full statistics and trends have been obvious gogues and great organizations. We report, please see their website at: http:/ As to politics, 70% are Democrats; 30% to some in the Jewish community for a have created enviable Jewish communi- pewforum.org/2013/10/01/jewish- are Republicans. very long time. Four years ago, I made ties across the Diaspora. american-beliefs-attitudes-culture- a major life change and became the survey/. These are just a few of the salient results President & CEO of The Jewish Federa- It is clear that what we have built did of the Pew Project. The interpreta- tion of Greater Los Angeles because of get us here, but it is now equally clear gThe survey suggests that there are 6.7 tion of these statistics are varied and the revelations in the Pew report. It is that if we want to ensure a vibrant Jew- million Jews in the U.S. This represents controversial. Elsewhere in this issue, what drives me, our board, and our staff ish future it may not get us there. 1.8% of all Americans. Overall, there has you will fi nd an excellent review of the every day and it is what has motivated been a growth of Jews (under Pew defi - study by Jay Sanderson, reprinted from our Federation’s major re-imagination I say this with caution. This is not a time nition) who self-identify as no religion. eJewish Philanthropy (with permis- and transformation. It is at the core of for a knee jerk-reaction and there are no sion). It follows the general interpre- our mission and our work. “innovative” quick fi xes. This is a time The intermarriage rate is now 56% of tations of the results. To understand to take a break from our often preoc- in-married Jewish parents. This is com- the other, far more critical, review, Over the past week, there has been a cupation with our history and take a see http://forward. great deal of reaction to the study’s long, proactive look at the future, the com/articles/185461/ fi ndings ranging from defensiveness to future we want for the next generations. pew-survey-about- rejection with a smattering of thought- They are the loudest voices in the study. jewish-america-got-it- ful responses. The truth is that we can These voices demand to be in our com- all-wrong/?p=all in the no longer afford to look the other way. munal conversations. “Jewish Daily Forward.” We must take a communal approach to For Pew rebuttal see building a Jewish community that will We Need to Learn from Apple http://forward.com/arti- not just sustain, but will fl ourish. cles/185615/pew-stands- Apple understood almost from the by-sweeping-fi ndings- I love Judaism, the Jewish people and beginning that once the consumer was on-jewishamerica/?p=all the State of Israel. I strongly believe that introduced to the power of technology (neither reprinted being Jewish adds immeasurable value that they would be hooked and once because we could not get to me, my family and our world. they were hooked it, was up to Apple permission in time). The to continue to deepen the relationship work by J. J. Goldberg But, despite what many Jewish leaders between the consumer and that tech- suggests that the conclu- are saying, we have a crisis and we can- nology by listening to the consumer sions of the survey are not afford to ignore it any longer. The and being ahead of the competition in not accurate and that one numbers and the trending in the Pew introducing both new products and new cannot develop reliable report say that loud and clear. Our crisis applications. conclusions from it. is not in the Middle East. It is in Amer- ica. It is a crisis based on our success. We need to see Judaism as technology Shalom invites your We have truly succeeded in becoming and we need to be more like Apple. We letters in reaction to the American and in assimilating into this need to create a two-way conversation Pew Survey. ✡ great country. with our consumers and we need to re-

This crisis impacts every Jew and every see Refl ections:, page 7 Jewish institution. November 2013 Shalom | 5 Jewish Family Life PJ Library Celebrates PJ Library Joins Global Day Hanukkah at Joseph Beth of Jewish Learning

On Monday, December 2nd, PJ Library take one day of Hanukkah and devote Communities from around the world visiting the sick through story, move- will once again be celebrating Hanuk- it to helping others in our community. will be joining together for Global Day ment, and music. The program is open kah at Joseph Beth Booksellers. The sto- This year we would like to encourage of Jewish Learning and PJ Library, along and free to every Lexington PJ Library ry hour will be from 5:30 to 6:30 pm and families to purchase a children’s book to with the youngest members of our com- child but we do ask that you contact will include the lighting of a Hanuk- be donated to a child in our community munity will also participate. On Sunday, us and let us know you will be attend- kiah, songs, stories, an activity, and a who does not have books of his/her November 17th, at Temple Adath Israel ing so we can plan for everyone. Either traditional Hanukkah snack. In addition own at home. We will collect them that at 10:00 am, PJ Library will be offering a call Lori at 859-268-0672 or email her at this year, we would like to recognize night and distribute them in time for program on Creating Togetherness. Beth [email protected]. ✡ One Candle for Tzedakah, a program Christmas. ✡ Ellen Rosenbaum will lead children ex- dedicated to encouraging families to ploring in the mitzvah of Bikur Cholim,

How to Make givukkah menorah as you would Materials Instructions any Hanukkah menorah, replacing the tea lights and shamash candle a Pumpkin • Eight mini pumpkins and one 1. Kids: Remove the stems from pump each night. Enjoy! medium pumpkin (for the shamash, kins. (Mine snapped right off but Menorah or helper candle) adults can use fl oral cutters if neces Leah Sherman is a licensed clinical social By Leah Sherman • Tea light candles sary.) worker specializing in work with children • Hanukkah menorah candles (these 2. Adults: Using a drill with a 1 ½-inch- and families. As a former preschool teacher The once-in-a-lifetime holiday of will be easier to use for lighting the wide paddle bit, drill holes in the in the JCC Early Learning Centers, she Thanksgivukkah is the perfect excuse tea lights) tops of the eight mini pumpkins. loves developing creative and fun ways to for a new menorah, but that doesn’t • Hand or electric drill fi tted with 1 A hand drill will allow you to hold share Jewish holidays with young children. mean you have to buy one (unless, of ½-inch-wide paddle bit (you can the pumpkin in place with one Leah lives in Newton with her husband, course, you want to). It’s easy to create fi nd the paddle bit at a hardware hand. I only had an electric drill, Rabbi Philip Sherman of Temple Beth a fun twist on the traditional Hanuk- store for about $7) which worked great, but you will Elohim. kah menorah by using materials you • Paint and brushes or paint pens need a vice or a second adult (wear have on hand (well, most of them!). This • Other decorative materials of your ing work gloves) to hold the pump homemade menorah uses pumpkins to choice (sequins, beads, buttons, kin in place. Make the holes just bring a seasonal vibe to your holiday gems, glitter, etc.) deep enough to fi t the tea light can table and is a great way to engage kids • Newspaper to protect your work dles. of all ages. surface 3. Adults: For the pumpkin that will hold the shamash candle, use a regular drill bit and make a hole large enough for your Hanukkah menorah candles. 4. Kids: Decorate the pumpkins. I used glitter paint pens, sequins and beads, but you can use any craft materials you have on hand. Be creative! On Sunday, September 22, 30 children 5. Kids: When the decorated pumpkins and their families gathered together to cel- are dry, line them up to create a ebrate Sukkot and enjoy nature and friend- menorah. ships at the Kentucky Children’s Garden. 6. Kids and adults: Use your Thanks This was a PJ Library program.

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imagine our product line. that redefi nition process. It is up to the Expansion In Lexington, Jewish community to reach out, engage This analogy speaks directly to our Mil- and embrace them. Jessamine County, & Three lennials and the generations to come. At the Federation, we are committed to There is another central change we need not just engaging our young people, but Other KY Communities to make. We have promoted “episodic” engaging them in our re-imagination Judaism based on lifecycle milestones and our transformation. They are not and communal events. Our institutions the problem. They are a part of the solu- Anyone can have an emergency and the HEALTH CONDITIONS have promoted powerful programs like tion. Lexington 911 system has taken a giant ESSENTIAL MEDICATIONS PJ Library, Taglit Birthright Israel and step toward meeting the need for supe- PHOTOS OF THE OCCUPANTS Jewish pre-schools. Our Federation sup- Many of our organizations have built rior emergency responses by partnering LOCATION OF HIDDEN DOOR ports these important, highly successful models based on philanthropy fi rst. We with “Smart911” which is a free service KEYS programs, but what this study says loud need to move away from “pay-to-play” to the public. AGGRESSIVE / NONAGGRESSIVE and clear is that episodic Judaism is not Judaism. If young people are meaning- PETS enough. fully engaged, they will become philan- Previously, when citizens called 911, the LOCATIONS OF BEDROOMS thropists, but we are pushing too many Emergency Call Center automatically We need to create a Jewish journey of them away by expecting them to give recognized the address of the caller but Smart911 isn’t just a matter affecting the for every Jew, a journey that they help before they connect. nothing more. Call Center dispatchers elderly and infi rm. Anybody can have to create. Think of the iPod. Millions had to get other important information an emergency; heart attacks, injuries, and millions of people using the same The Challenge verbally and that wasn’t always pos- life-threatening situations of any sort device to listen to their music, but with sible. can strike anytime, anywhere affecting customized play lists. They listen to Our future demands our attention. We people of all ages. Children go missing; their iPods alone or they plug them into need a strong, communal approach to People who go to < http://www. there are fi res, medical emergencies, and speakers and play for their friends for a build a rich, vibrant Jewish future. The smart911.com > can enter as much (or accidents at home... The list goes on. communal experience. Jewish Federation of Greater Los An- as little) information about themselves geles has made the commitment to this and their families as they wish. The In circumstances like these, seconds We Need to Embrace Our Young process. Will you join us? information is secure; nobody but the count; all members of the community, People Not Blame Them Jay Sanderson, President & CEO, citizen or the emergency responders their relations, friends, neighbors, and The Jewish Federation of Greater Los can see it. When a call comes in from colleagues are strongly encouraged to Our young people are redefi ning their Angeles.✡ a number recognized by the Smart911 go to < http://www.smart911.com > Judaism. We need to be an active part of system the information is immediately and register. displayed and responders arrive with a wealth of critical information they Smart911 is free, the information is THE CHALLENGE BEGINS wouldn’t otherwise have. secure, and it saves lives. The information can include anything Smart 911 is also available to residents NOVEMBER 1 potentially critical in an emergency of Frankfort, Owensboro / Daviess Help worthy local organizations. Have fun. Make a difference. including, but by no means limited to: County, and Lawrenceburg ✡

Give during Look for special (from page 1) JFB! challenges Goodgiving to win Help us win special local prizes! attract as many online donors as we can. grants. Don’t wait. The Challenge is over on Look for our updates about how we’re December 31. After making your gift, doing on our website, Facebook, and via please tell your friends, family, and col- Twitter. And watch the leader board at leagues about us and the GoodGiving www.GoodGivingGuide.net to see how Guide Challenge. we’re doing in real time. Go to www. WHEN YOU GIVE LOCAL GoodGivingGuide.net and search for Join the challenge. Give local. Give the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass’s now. ✡ profi le. EVERYONE WINS November 2013 Shalom | 7 Ask A Rabbi Rabbi Moshe Smolkin

: In the JPS translation of the Bible, appearance. The JPS translation “Let thing that ever occurred, whereas the appear in QEcclesiastes 9:8 says, “Let your clothes your clothes always be freshly washed” Hebrew original has a grammatical nu- the original always be freshly washed, and your head more accurately refl ects this intent. ance that indicates that this was simply Hebrew text. never lack ointment.” In other translations, the beginning of a process of creation, JPS more like the King James translation, it reads, While the JPS translation strives to ac- not the beginning of everything. Fox’s accurately “Let thy garments always be white; and let curately refl ect the intent of the original “At the beginning of God’s creating translates, thy head lack no oil.” The Hebrew seems to Hebrew text, other translations focus of the heavens and the earth” may be “Look, the match more closely with the King James ver- on a literal translation of the text. For a awkward, but it is an excellent literal young wom- sion. So why does JPS translate this verse wonderful literal translation of the To- translation of the original. an is with child.” in the way that it does? rah, I would highly recommend Everett Fox’s The Five Books of Moses. The Sometimes translations derive not from Another example: the King James trans- : The JPS translation of the Bible translation can feel awkward at times, a commitment to accurately present the lation of Psalm 22:17 reads, “For dogs A is a good translation. It generally but it is a very accurate literal transla- original intent or the literal meaning of have compassed me: the assembly of the focuses on the intent of the original tion. the text, but rather stem from the trans- wicked have inclosed me: they pierced Hebrew, though this sometimes differs lator’s theological commitments. my hands and my feet.” The Hebrew from a literal translation. For example, the Fox translation of does not say “they pierced”, rather it Genesis 1:1 reads, “At the beginning of For example, the Artscroll translation is says Ka’Ari - like a lion [mauls] my In the quote you mentioned, the He- God’s creating of the heavens and the committed to a traditional interpretation hands and feet. The translation of brew is more literally translated, “Let earth...” This literal translation excel- based on Rashi. To their credit, they “pierced” has christological overtones, your clothes always be white.” How- lently conveys the meaning of the origi- are honest about their commitment and and is translated this way due to theo- ever, people might read this translation nal. In contrast, the well-known King process. However, this “translation” logical motivations. and wrongly conclude that the author James translation “In the beginning, can differ immensely from the original was advocating against having any God created the heaven and the earth” Hebrew text. Their “translation” of There are more accurate Christian trans- color in one’s wardrobe. In contrast, neither refl ects the literal meaning nor Song of Songs 1:1-2 is “The song that lations of the Bible, and the NRSV trans- the original Hebrew text gives a sense the intent of the Hebrew original. It excels all songs dedicated to God, Him lation is often recommended. For Psalm of having clean clothes and a fresh makes it sound as if this was the fi rst to Whom peace belongs. Communicate 22:17, the NRSV translation says “My Your innermost wisdom to me again in hands and feet have shriveled” with a loving closeness, for Your love is dearer note that the Hebrew is uncertain. Here Jewish Save the to me than all earthly delights.” Com- the NRSV translation focuses on the pare this with JPS’s “The Song of Songs meaning of the Hebrew original rather Family by Solomon: Oh, give me of the kisses than on theological commitments. of your mouth, for your love is more Services DATE delightful than wine,” which more ac- Translating is always a challenge. Does curately refl ects the Hebrew original. the translation convey the literal sense of the text, or does it strive to provide You mentioned the King James transla- the original intent? Does the transla- tion. While that translation is beautiful, tion adjust the text to fi t a theological it also adjusts its “translation” based on commitment, or does it work to convey Leisure Club theological commitments. the meaning of the text within its his- Wednesday, November 13th • 12noon torical context? All of these questions For example, the King James transla- are important to ask when consider- tion of Isaiah 7:14 reads “Behold, a ing translations. I would recommend Chair Yoga with Debra virgin shall conceive.” While there is exploring a few translations, and if you Booker of the a Hebrew word for virgin, it does not have questions, please ask! ✡ Lexington Healing Arts Academy at the Have a question? Ask a rabbi The rabbis write columns in response to questions submitted by the readers. We JFB of¿ ces. encourage you–whether you are a member of the Jewish community or not–to submit your queries on theology, morality, ethics, religious observances, etc. for response by A light lunch to follow. one of our rabbis. If you have an issue you would like to see addressed, please email it to [email protected] and put “Ask a Rabbi” in the subject line of your email. (It may take quite a while until your question is answered or it may never be For more information about these events, to RSVP, or to arrange transportation to the event location, please contact Mimi Kaufman at (859) 269-8244 or [email protected]. answered, if no rabbi selects it.) You will not be identifi ed as the writer of the question to either rabbis or readers, nor will you be asked to specify which rabbi should answer. 8 | November 2013 Shalom 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht

November 9-10, 1938, the Nazis initiated ny, annexed Austria, and in areas of the a German embassy offi cial stationed in This month marks the 75th anniversary the Night of Broken Glass.” The name Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia recently Paris. Herschel Grynszpan, a 17-year- of this horrifi c event. We have gathered refers to the wave of violent anti-Jewish occupied by German troops.” (US Ho- old Polish Jew, had shot the diplomat on below and over the next pages several pogroms which took place on Novem- locaust Museum). This was in response November 7, 1938. experiences of present or former Lexing- ber 9 and 10, 1938, throughout Germa- to the assassination of Ernst vom Rath, tonian residents or their families. ✡ Kristallnacht in Sylvia Green – A Austria Teenager’s Experiences By Joe Engelberg lished a statement enjoining the Aus- trian people to “welcome” the Nazis. I lived in Vienna, Austria. A day later posters quoting the Bishop during Kristallnacht were plastered all over Vienna. My parents were born in a small Polish As told to Hanna Smith on September 25, open it. Instead she called out that she town, Podhajce. They left Poland and My school’s classroom had had a 2013 was by herself, her husband was away, fl ed to Vienna at the beginning of WW picture of Christ on the Cross on the and therefore, she could not let any- II to escape the Russian invaders. There wall facing us; every morning the class (Sylvia Green was born in Karlsruhe, one inside the apartment. The kicking they started a fi rm that manufactured stood up, faced it, and recited the Lord’s Germany. At the age of 15 years she, her and banging continued, accompanied baby carriages. prayer. Two weeks later the picture mother, and an aunt were deported to by cursing. Mother and I were very was replaced by a color photograph of Poland and from there sent to concentration frightened, but she stood her ground I had an older sister. She was the fi rst the Fuehrer in army uniform; the class camps. Sylvia and her aunt survived and and refused to open the door. The men member of the family to leave Vienna stood up and led by a student yelled, eventually immigrated to the United States, eventually left without gaining entry by escaping into France. She had en- “We greet our Fuehrer, Heil Hitler.” to Lexington, Kentucky, where they had into our apartment, and I surmise that countered a group of Jewish boys being family. After her marriage to Jake Green, they knew us and then decided to beaten up on the street, returned home, One morning as I left the building I Sylvia made her home in Winchester, Ken- fi nally leave us alone. and had said, “I am leaving.” passed by an elderly Jewish woman in tucky. She and Jake were active members of her nightgown kneeling on the pave- Ohavay Zion Synagogue and other Jewish In the middle of the night there was Not long thereafter, my mother woke ment and scrubbing it with a brush. A organizations. In 1983 she participated another, quieter, knock on the door. My me up in the middle of the night and group of smiling bystanders stood by. in an award-winning television program brother had returned from Wurzburg dressed me. Two men took me by taxi about the Holocaust called ,“And I Was because the teacher’s college had been to a station where a train fi lled with Kristallnacht was triggered by a Jewish There,” giving testimony about her experi- shut down and he had nowhere else to Jewish youngsters awaited me. It took French teenager who shot a German ences. Sylvia was also a volunteer for 25 go. The next day, we learned what had us to Holland, and from there by boat diplomat in Paris. He was later deport- years at Clark Regional Medical Center in happened to Jewish businesses, includ- we moved on to England. ed to Germany. Interestingly enough he Winchester. Sylvia lives in Chattanooga, ing the one for which my father had was imprisoned but not executed and Tennessee, near her daughter.) worked, and to the city’s synagogue. My parents later crossed the border was known to be alive in 1943. From then on, the three of us, Mother, from Germany into Belgium. “In November 1938 only Mother and I my brother, and I no longer went out. Our apartment overlooked a little street. were at home. My father had been de- I was scheduled to go to England on the Miraculously, about a year later, the On one side there was our two-story ported to Poland earlier in the year, and Kindertransport, the train that was to family reunited in New York City where synagogue. On the eve of what was my brother was away in Wurzburg, at a take Jewish children from Germany to at fi rst we lived in a Lower East Side later called Kristallnacht I looked out on Jewish teacher’s college. I was fourteen stay with English Jewish families. My tenement. the street. A mob was milling in front years old, and had been dismissed from mother feared for my brother, and she of the synagogue. As a policeman stood school because I was Jewish. That night prevailed upon me to tell the people in When I was ten years old, the radio by, the mob invaded the building. Soon we suddenly heard boots kicking our charge of the Kindertransport that I did announced that Germany had invaded prayer books and tallitot were fl ying out apartment door and male voices shout- not want to go to England and to take Austria. Within an hour the wide street of the smashed second-story windows, ing for us to open up. The German my brother instead. As a result, my in front of our apartment house was then smoke curled out. When we police, like the military, wore a certain brother soon left for England. fi lled with a procession of local cars and awoke the next morning we found the type of steel enforced boot that made a The following year, Mother, my aunt, motorcycles fl ying Nazi fl ags. word “Jude” scrawled in large letters on noise that was hard to forget. and I were deported to Poland.”✡ the windows of Jewish stores. ✡ My mother went to the door but did not Two days later, the Catholic Bishop pub- November 2013 Shalom | 9 Alice Goldstein – A Small Child’s Memory of Kristallnacht (The following is an excerpt from the book Freiburg synagogue went up in fl ames, “Ordinary People, Turbulent Times,” by and the next day my Opa disappeared Alice Dreifuss Goldstein, AuthorHouse from our household. I have very few 2008, reprinted with permission of the au- recollections of that horrible time, and thor. Upon suggestion of the author, small was spared some of the worst sights changes in the text have been made for the because I was sheltered in my grandpar- purpose of clarity. ents’ apartment. But in a few days my Mama came to take me home to Kenz- Alice Dreifuss Goldstein was born in Kenz- ingen, where our store was boarded up, ingen, a small town in southwestern Germa- and both my Papa and my Kenzingen ny, near the French border. In 1938, when Opa were missing. Only decades later Alice was seven years old, her parents sent did I learn the story of Kristallnacht in her to nearby Freiburg Kenzingen. where there was a Jewish school, and All during the day where her maternal of November 9, grandparents lived. school children Following the events were mobilized to of Kristallnacht, march in the vil- Alice’s mother brought lage streets singing her back to Kenzingen. nationalistic and The family eventually anti-Semitic songs. was able to escape to Red fl ags with the the United States. black swastika Alice is the mother hung from every of Lexingtonian Beth possible window. Goldstein.) Tension rose with each turn of the “In July 1938, when marching children school recessed, as and Hitler Youth the public schools through the streets. did, for a four-week That evening, a summer vacation, group of men, I went home to ostensibly from the Kenzingen, and then surrounding area, returned to school Alice Goldstein recalls her memories of were organized in August. I had Kristallnacht. by the Gestapo, no hesitation going plied with liquor, back to Freiburg and marched into to live with my Oma* and Opa* again. Kenzingen. There, they zeroed in on the My parents joined us for the High Holy only Jewish-owned shop in town – ours, Days, and we were able to celebrate broke the glass window, and looted the Sukkoth and Simchas Torah in near store. The pitifully few goods remain- normal fashion. I delighted in marching ing in the store were piled in a heap in around the synagogue with the beauti- the street. The men then went up to the ful fl ag that my Opa had made for me. third fl oor – my parents’ home – and The synagogues during this diffi cult, gathered all the books and piano sheet uncertain time were often fi lled to music they could fi nd. These, too, they overfl owing as Jews sought comfort and piled in a heap on top of the merchan- community. School continued through dise. And then they set fi re to the entire the fall, and so I was not in Kenzingen mound and kept the fl ames going on November 9 – Kristallnacht. through much of the night, while my terrorized parents and grandparents** Kristallnacht – the night of broken glass and burning synagogues. Jewish school was abruptly cancelled, the beautiful see Refl ections:, page 17 10 | November 2013 Shalom brigades were standing by, often caus- covered with torn textiles, could still be ing or cooperating with the destruction, used to lie down upon and likewise one but also always preventing it to endan- could still sit on a few damaged chairs. My Six Miracles ger nearby gentiles and their properties. Being the youngest, I spent most of my Much of the mayhem, and particularly time there sitting or lying on the fl oor. By Ernest Peter Guter (father of Flora Thank God, we were not overweight, the looting, were done by private indi- All mirrors were smashed and neither Guter) bearded, hook-nosed, or in any other viduals of both sexes who did not wear electricity nor gas was functioning, we way looking like the anti-Semitic any Nazi or other uniforms. Some may did not even think of heating. There was In November 1938 we were living very caricatures in the weekly Nazi propa- have been just neighbors or bystanders. one toilet without paper and one sink, modestly in two furnished rooms in ganda paper “Der Stürmer,” owned by This alone shows the strength of the thank God, with drinkable cold water. the fashionable west end of Berlin. My Hitler’s friend Julius Streicher. Also, ever present anti-Semitic Nazi propa- The telephone had disappeared, so there parents’ room was furnished with a we both were fully German educated ganda. was no way we could call Mother to tell double bed, while I slept on a living and therefore able to sound right and to her that we were OK. We stayed there room couch in the other. I had already fully blend in. I distinctly remember one murder. An for two days and nights in almost full fi nished over ten months of my ap- elderly man ran out of the burning darkness and did not dare to make any prenticeship as social worker, looking We leisurely walked and went by public synagogue near the Münchener Platz noise. forward to a better-paid promotion in transportation all over Berlin, never carrying a book of the bible, called a about six weeks. I had to work very showing any apprehension or fear. Torah. Of course, he tried to save it. This All this time we did not see a single long hours, because the poverty of After our sandwiches were fi nished, is God’s word and our symbol of divin- outside face. However, we were not for- formerly comfortable Jewish individuals we patronized street vendors and small ity. This is also why we are called The saken. The landlord or somebody on his and families was enormous. We were restaurants and we stayed in touch with People of the Book. A black uniformed behalf, left each morning and evening at understaffed and lacking much needed mum over pay phones. When tired, member of the Nazi SS brigades pulled our inside entrance, a supply of sand- fi nancial backing. Often all we could particularly at night, his revolver and shot wiches and black coffee, then knocked offer was sympathy. Imagine a family of we took long subway him dead right on the and disappeared. All this time we did three, penniless, with the rent overdue rides, because we did spot. The holy Torah not even have a chance to say thank and the kitchen stark empty. All we not dare to try to enter burned to ashes along- you. At the end of our second night could muster would be one rye bread any hotel or motel. side his corpse. the landlord yelled in loud voice: “The and one quart of milk for the whole Luckily, the city was My aunt Bertha was coast is clear, you can go home!” and, of week. My mother gave me every morn- full of public toilets my father’s next sister, course, we left immediately. ing two wrapped sandwiches for lunch. in parks and railway only two years older Often I gave one of them to people who stations, so we man- than he. I never got to I never knew the landlord, nor did I were hungrier than I. aged to stay clean and know her very well, ever learn his name. He was a German looking decent. but remember her and certainly not Jewish, nor any kind In the east end of Berlin there was an as good looking and of a foreigner. While saving ours, he was area that was almost a Jewish ghetto. What we witnessed friendly. She made risking his own life and safety and those My father’s oldest sister, Mrs. Nadel, was indescribably beautiful, self-designed of his family and associates. Here was lived there with her husband and their horrible! We had both Ernest Peter Guter recalls his memo- lady’s hats to special one righteous German hero who should only son, about ten years older than I. thought that the Ger- ries of Kristallnacht. order in her own large be remembered for always alongside Early in the morning of November 10th man character was store, just off one of Raoul Wallenberg! she telephoned and warned us. The Ge- basically decent and that in time toler- Berlin’s most famous shopping thor- stapo, Hitler’s secret police, was all over ance would prevail. Now we lost all oughfares, the Kurfürstendam. After Thanks to my unknown savior, for the their neighborhood arresting all Jewish hope. We realized that all Jewish life in more than ten hours of walking, we third time I survived! ✡ men and boys, but leaving the females Greater Germany was utterly doomed. happened to pass it. Of course the store unharmed. Her two men had seen the did not escape the Night of Broken secret police trucks arriving and had So here we were, father and son going Glass. The landlord was in front, up a immediately gone into hiding in their from one neighborhood to the next, in ladder, busy fi xing plywood for tem- attic. Incidentally, they were lucky and the midst of four million people, see- porary cover. He recognized my father. got away with it unharmed. The par- ing one horror after another. During Very furtively, with an almost invisible ents, like mine, were eventually killed those ten or more hours we felt utterly gesture, he beckoned for us to enter. in the Holocaust, but my cousin Heinz isolated and alone. There was smash- Nadel managed to get into the United ing, destruction, burning, and looting Once inside, we found fi ve or six other States and lived out his lifespan in New everywhere. Jews and others, mistaken men, equally sheltered and, after us, he York. He even served three years in the for Jews, were degraded, beaten, hurt, let in one or two more. Frankly, now American army as cook, which enabled and wounded all over the place. If male, sixty-fi ve years later. I do not remember him thereafter to study full-time and to they were fi nally, by Gestapo, forced exactly how many we were or what earn a doctorate in psychology. into vans and trucks to be taken to they looked like. We all were scared and My dad and I immediately dressed as headquarters for so-called interrogation, suffering great stress. inconspicuously as we could, grabbed or into one of the three recently enlarged a few sandwiches and whatever cash concentration camps. Everything inside the premises was Ernest Peter Guter at Western Wall. money was around, kissed my mother severely damaged and ready for the good-bye and ran out on the street. Wherever possible, local police and fi re junk heap. Two large counters, when November 2013 Shalom | 11 Blaustein Family Experience during Kristallnacht

By Eric W. Blaustein ers, had been arrested during the night. merchandise.” considered a separate population group, I went home and found my mother, without citizenship rights, subject to (Eric Blaustein is the brother of Lexingto- very tense, listening to the radio. The Mother and I saw few other Jews, and special rules and regulations. Also, the nian Hanna B. Smith) Nazi propaganda machine was in full only women and teenagers. What they Jewish community of Germany owed swing, reporting about the “righteous told us confi rmed the extent of the reparations to the nation of 1 billion The 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom in anger” of the German people against the catastrophe. All Jewish community Reichsmark (about 200 million dollars at Germany went off with the customary Jews. leaders, including the rabbis, had been the time). German precision. Though billed as a arrested and badly beaten. One man spontaneous outbreak of popular anger, My father, optimistically believing in the had been shot and killed in front of his in reality the pre-trained Storm Troopers goodness of the German people, was at family. Jewish community offi ces and How the government was able to write of the Nazi Party had received orders his offi ce. I guess that work took prior- properties were occupied by Storm this comprehensive legislation within a in the early hours of November 9 to de- ity over pogrom. Troopers. The synagogue was burned to few short hours was not explained. stroy assigned targets, Jewish property. the ground. At the same time, Gestapo units were By noon Rumors During the afternoon two concerned ordered to occupy Jewish community Mother abounded gentile friends offered to hide Father un- offi ces, arrest or assault prominent Jews, had heard that Jew- til the furor had died down, but Father and even kill some of these leaders for enough ish men remained at work until 6:00 PM. Upon shock value. The German police was horrible were being returning home, Mother, frantic, urged ordered not to intervene. Fire depart- news and arrested him to accept the offer of our gentile ments had to restrict fi refi ghting efforts decided wherever friends. Father calmed her, repeating at burning Jewish-owned properties to see for they were that nobody in this patriotic nation to preventing fi res from spreading to herself found. would touch a WWI veteran. adjoining buildings. what was happen- We went We ate dinner and settled down for the When people awoke on the morning of ing. I went to Father’s evening. Around 8 o’clock the doorbell November 9, they heard radio news- with her. offi ce, rang. Father went to the door, and then casters telling them that their “people’s There were Mother im- reappeared in the living room followed rage” had created the riot damage no Jewish ploring him by two dour-faced plain-clothed police which most of them had as yet to see. businesses to leave offi cers. They announced that Father in our and to was under arrest. When Mother asked In November 1938, I was 12 years old, neighbor- hide with why, they responded with “government but already wise to the anti-Semitism, hood; non-Jewish orders.” I noticed that these men never which had become part of the daily therefore, friends removed their hats as was customary in life experience of Germany’s Jewish we went for a few those formal times. citizens. My family lived in Chemnitz, downtown. days. He Saxony. Saxony’s Jewish population It was responded My older sister and I were playing a was about 8%, integrated, and hardly worse than Eric Blaustein at the brit milah of his great-grand- that as a game of chess when the two offi cers noticeable among the general popula- expected. son in Israel, 2012 war vet- arrived. Tense but refusing to show any tion. The shop eran (WWI) emotions we pretended to play until the windows he did not offi cers left with Father. The moment The previous year all Jewish students of all Jewish-owned businesses were have to hide because no one would dare the door closed behind them, I jumped had been expelled from public schools broken and merchandise thrown into touch a war veteran. Mother gave up, up, crying, screaming, and cursing the and forced to attend government- the street or stolen. Masses of people unhappy, and we went home. Germany that did this injustice to my controlled schools for Jewish children. stood around, confused, incredulous. father. I had to leave early for school because Germans had no experience with public That afternoon the radio announced fur- I lived at quite a distance, and public disorder. They were stunned that, ac- ther actions. Since the “public anger” This event changed me profoundly. transportation was prohibited for Jews. cording to the news, they had done this. supposedly arose in response to Vom Germany became “them.” Since then, When I arrived at school on November Rath’s* murder in Paris, the German when questioned about my German 9, the building was locked. A stern- People knew very well that the Storm government had to address the situa- background, I respond always, “I gave looking offi cial told us children that the Troopers, now cordoning off the de- tion. As a civilized nation, the German up being German at age 12, on Novem- school was closed until further notice. stroyed properties, were the perpetra- government would respond fairly. For ber 9, 1938, at 8:15 in the evening.” tors. But people either approved of the protection from the people’s justifi ed The offi cial did not reveal the reason for actions or they were afraid to speak out. anger, all Jewish men older than eigh- (*Ernst vom Rath, diplomat, assassinated in the school closing, namely that the Jew- The only comment that I overheard was: teen years would be placed in protec- Paris by Herschel Grynspan, German-born ish teachers, as well as community lead- “What a shame to destroy all that good tive custody. Starting now, Jews were Polish Jew, see Wikipedia.org) ✡

12 | November 2013 Shalom A Family Hanukkah Story Time

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November 2013 Shalom | 13 Sim Shalom News

From Jesse Weil and engage them in simple arts and crafts. They held over 20 youngsters The Rabbi’s sermon at Rosh Hasha- spellbound with the stories they told, nah was based on a tale from Rebbe and the chance to make and decorate Nachman of Bratslav, and it was so things was also very popular. impressive, that many people were immediately saying “Skaya” when she Then on Simchat Torah, Sim Shalom fi nished, which is what one says here hosted the kindergarten class of the after a particularly fi ne reading of the Lauder Jewish Day School, who came Torah. Yom Kippur was celebrated in to participate in the Torah dancing that our usual fashion, services on Kol Nidre is always part of our celebration. The Eve and the next morning, followed by children were delighted to participate in two study sessions in the afternoon, a the dancing, and also enthusiastic about short memorial and closing service, and the hard candies that were being thrown a very well prepared Break Fast. Our around. But it was the parents who congregants are slowly learning how were most impressed by the warmth to make this a real feast, having never and openness of our celebration. They’d grown up with this tradition, as non- been received so strictly and negatively practicing Jews. in previous years when they visited the synagogues of the Neolog and Ortho- We repeated for the third time our dox movements, they and their children Sukkot-in-the-Park celebration for our were quite turned off from any further own members and the inhabitants of the attempts at synagogue participation. So modern Jewish neighbourhood near the we’re hoping that some of them will be Danube. We erected a large sukkah seat- encouraged to try again with us. If we ing about 40 people in St. Istvan Park, can fi nd the needed funding, we plan and there were programs every evening to offer monthly programs for families and during the day on the weekend. with young children, given by Gyenes Every evening started with the lulav and Smirnov. And, if successful, we’ll and etrog ceremony, and singing of the need to fi gure out how to send some of Hallel psalms. After that there were our maturing young people to work- either services or lecture/interviews shops on teaching in a religious school. with eminent people (an ecologist and a theologian/philosopher), or music, or Any U.S. reader who wishes to make a movies. One of the most popular and donation to Sim Shalom Congregation successful programs was for families can do so by going to the web site of our with pre-school children, of which support organization, Friends of Sim there are many in the St. Istvan Park Shalom; http://www.friendsofsimsha- area. This was fi nanced by a generous lom.org/ donation from an American supporter, who wanted to honor the birthday of Your support will be much appreciated her grandson. Zsuzsana Gyenes and at this diffi cult time. And for more infor- Kristina Szmirnov are Jewish profes- mation about the congregation visit the sionals who tell tales to small children website http://www.sim-shalom.org ✡

14 | November 2013 Shalom November 2013 Shalom | 15 16 | November 2013 Shalom Alice Goldstein (from page 10)

huddled helplessly in their home. hurried back home. He arrived just in time to take off his walking shoes and The American Israel Public Aff airs Committe (AIPAC) Cordially Invites change into slippers before the Gestapo You To Attend A Special Briefi ng: My mother never played the piano arrived. He and my Papa, like Jews again after that night. all over southwestern Germany, were The Rapidly Changing Middle East transported to the Dachau Concentra- The next day, the Gestapo arrived in tion Camp. Many, like my relatives, Please join us for an exclusive briefi ng with Jonathan Harris, AIPAC Kenzingen in open lorries. They went were taken in open trucks, in plain sight Assistant Director of Policy and Government Aff airs and Senior Policy to each of the three houses in Kenzin- of their neighbors. None in Kenzingen Analyst on Egypt and Syria. Jonathan will give an in-depth analysis on gen where Jews lived and arrested all tried to stop the trucks or protest the the instability raging through the Middle East and the regional secu- the males age 16 and over. At the time, deportation.” my Opa was out of the house, taking rity threats posed to Israel. Jonathan will also discuss the importance his usual morning walk in the country- *Opa and Oma – affectionate German of AIPAC during this critical time, share insights into legislation AIPAC side. Farmers told him that the police terms for grandfather and grandmother is working on, and address the role we can all play in ensuring that were looking for him, so, not wishing **these were Alice’s paternal grandpar- America continues to stand with Israel. to get the family in more trouble, he ents ✡

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November 2013 Shalom | 17 Moosnick Lectures

This year’s Moosnick lecture will take honorary doctorates from the University place on November 12 and 13, at 7:00 of Richmond, the Episcopal Theological pm, at Transylvania University on No- Seminary of the Southwest, the Univer- vember 12 and at TAI on November 13. sity of South Carolina-Upstate, Drury University, and Christian Theological Seminary. Her most recent books include Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish of New Testament and Jewish Stud- Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament ies, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Can Teach Us, co-authored with Doug- Professor of New Testament Studies, and las Knight, and the Jewish Annotated Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt New Testament, co-edited with Marc Z. Divinity School and College of Arts and Brettler. A self-described Yankee Jewish Science ; she is also Affi liated Professor, feminist, Professor Levine is a mem- Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian ber of Congregation Sherith Israel, an Relations, Cambridge UK. Holding the Orthodox Synagogue in Nashville, TN, B.A. from Smith College, and the M.A. although she is often quite unorthodox. and Ph.D. from Duke University, she has ✡

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Each organization has an account at the BGCF, and it can pick up your unwanted vehicle and provide a tax write-off for you. Contact JFB, OZS, or TAI for more information.

18 | November 2013 Shalom B’tayavon (Hearty Appetite)

By Lynn Furness

One December my college roommate visited my family in Cincinnati during Cha- nukah, which she had never celebrated before. And celebrate she did by eating a record number of my father’s world famous thin and small potato latkes for which there is no written recipe. Some years later she introduced me to the wonderful world of a Jewish cook ex- traordinaire, Faye Levy, and our horizons broadened. Enjoy this recipe for a change of pace from the traditional latke in this unusual year of Chanukah and Thanksgiv- ing occurring at the same time.

Zucchini Pancakes 3 C. coarsely grated zucchini (3 med zucchini, total about 12 oz.) 1 large egg, lightly beaten 1 T chopped garlic 3T all-purpose fl ower Salt and pepper ¼ C. vegetable oil, for frying Mint sprigs for garnish

Garlic and Yogurt Mint Topping ½ C. plain yogurt ½ small garlic clove, fi nely minced 1-1/2 tsp. chopped fresh mint salt and pepper

Mix yogurt with mint and garlic. Add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside at room temperature.

Combine zucchini, garlic, salt, and pepper. Add beaten egg and stir in lightly. Stir in fl our.

Heat the oil in a deep, heavy, large skillet. For each pancake, drop 1 heaping table- spoon of zucchini mixture into pan. Flatten slightly with the back of a spoon and fry over medium heat about 2 to 3 minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Turn very carefully so oil doesn’t splatter. Drain on paper towels. Stir mixture before frying each new batch. If all the oil is absorbed, add a little more to pan. Serve hot, with topping. Garnish with mint sprigs.

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November 2013 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].

The fact that American Jews are chang- with any denomination. Sat., November 9, Shabbat morning The ‘English-Speak- ing has been dramatically shown in the service and pot-luck lunch. ing Rabbi’ and Other results of a recent major survey done by The Pew Research Center report stated a the Pew Research Center’s Religion and key aim was “to explore Jewish iden- Tue., December 3, Annual Chanukah Startling Changes Public Life Project, and released early tity: What does being Jewish mean in Party last month. Jewish identity is changing America today?” Remembering the When I was a Bar Mitzvah during the where one-in-fi ve Jews (22%) now de- Holocaust (73%), leading an ethical life Wed.,January 16, Tu B’Shvat Seder Second World War, the Rabbi gave his scribe themselves as having no religion. (69%), working for justice and equality Saturday morning talk in Yiddish. There Americans with direct Jewish ancestry (56%), caring about Israel (43%), having Fri., February 21, Kabbalat Shabbat and was some mention of children starving or upbringing and who describe them- a good sense of humor (42%) were con- Pot-luck in Europe because they did not have selves as atheist, agnostic or having no sidered essential to Jewish identity and potatoes to eat. If the Rabbi took any no- particular religion appears to be rising, to the respondents sense of Jewishness. Sat., March 15, Purim celebration and tice of my presence on the bimah, I have notes the study. Havdalah no such recollection. Speaking to the Complete reports and summaries are adults, and in Yiddish, was the apparent The survey reports “The changing na- available on-line at < pewforum.org>. Sat., April 19, Pesach Shabbat and Kid- norm in the Orthodox congregations of ture of Jewish identity stand out sharply In a story on the survey a New York dush lunch my community north of Boston. when the survey’s results are analyzed Times reporter elicited a comment from by generation. Fully 93% of Jews in the the editor of The Jewish Daily Forward, Fri., May 23, Kabbalat Shabbat and pot- In the late 19th and into the 20th centu- aging Greatest Generation (born 1914- Jane Eisner, who said “This should serve luck supper ries when a new rabbi was needed by 1927) identify as Jewish on the basis of as a wake-up call for all of us Jews to any of the three orthodox congregations religion (called ‘Jews by religion’ in the think about what kind of community Wed., June 4, Shavuot service and dairy located in the heart of my Jewish com- Pew report); just 7% describe them- we’re going to be able to sustain if we pot-luck supper munity, he was chosen from a yeshiva selves as having no religion (‘Jews of no have so much assimilation.” in that region of Eastern Europe from religion’). By contrast, among Jews in July and August – are the months the which the synagogue’s founders came. the youngest generation of U.S. adults * * * Havurah schedules “Out-in-the-Coun- And, of course, the new recruit spoke – the Millennials (born after 1980), 68% try” and “Under-the-Stars” - a Friday only Yiddish but in the dialect most all identify as Jews by religion, while 32% Included in The Lexington Havurah evening Kabbalat Shabbbat and a Satur- of the adult Jewish population of that describe themselves as having no reli- schedule for the remainder of the year is day evening Havadalah and pot-lucks. particular congregation could under- gion and identify as Jewish on the basis our annual Education Retreat, a major Non-members are always welcome to stand and speak. of ancestry, ethnicity or culture.” event for 2014 which is being planned join us at these monthly events – please by our Education Committee co-chairs contact me for exact details of time and At some later time there was a great Intermarriage is a related phenomenon, Dianne Bazell and Larry Kant. place at my email address shown above. buzz in the community. One of the three the study states: 70% of married Jews Yes, Insightbb is still the correct email Orthodox shuls had hired a rabbi who of no religion have a spouse who is not Havurah Religious committee co-chairs address. For members, the details of was noticeably different. “They hired an Jewish, compared with 36% among Jews Judy Baumann and Jeremy Popkin are time, location, hosts and service leaders English-speaking rabbi!” was the word. by religion. Intermarriage rates have reminding us of the celebrations of are in the Havurah Email Bulletins sent The world is changing. These young risen over the last fi ve decades. The Shabbat and the Holidays yet to come: by our Vice-president and communica- Jews are changing. survey reports those Jewish respondents tions expert, Dave Wekstein. ✡ who have married since 2000, nearly six-in-ten have a non-Jewish spouse. Among those who got married in the ATTENTION 1980s roughly four-in-ten have a non- proud grand-parents, Jewish spouse. Among Jews who got parents, and students married before 1970, just 17% have a non-Jewish spouse. We want to publish any original writing produced by our community’s elementary- Reform Judaism continues as the largest and high-school-age children. If you’re Jewish denominational movement at 35%, followed by Conservative identi- proud of something written by one of our fi cation at 18%, Orthodox at 10%, and kids, either fi ction or non-fi ction, please Reconstructionist and Jewish Renewal email it to [email protected] at 6%. Thirty percent do not identify

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

WHO WE ARE! tional experience. We meet about once a in the library as we take a look at the 11:30 am in the social hall for a deli- month (during the school year). Torah portion for each week. Rabbi will cious lunch and to hear an interesting Temple Adath Israel is a Reform Jewish lead some discussions and everyone speaker. Cost is $6 per person. While congregation - We celebrate Torah, Jus- PJ LIBRARY READING TIME will take turns on November 2, 9, 16, 23, this program is designed for those sixty tice, Tradition, and Faith! Our mission & 30. We will have Parsha with wor- years old and over, all are welcome. is to inspire Jews to ensure a vibrant TAI has dedicated space in our Youth ship on November 16. Please RSVP to Sandee at 269-2979 by Jewish present and future by nurtur- Library and our Anita Mersack Outdoor December 2nd. ing a multi-generational love for our Reading Garden for families to share SISTERHOOD NEWS tradition. Our “Community Center” ap- in our growing collection of PJ Library MOOSNICK LECTURE SERIES proach to Judaism gives families a host Books, before, during and after religious Rebecca Young, President of unique ways in which to love living school. The collection is in our Youth In recognition of WRJ’s (Women of Amy Jill Levine (an incredible Jewish relevant, soulful and experiential Jewish Library and our librarian Leona Stern Reform Judaism) commitment to social Bible Scholar - probably one of the very lives. Please call the Temple Adminis- and Rabbi Marc love to share in reading justice, Sisterhood will be marking this best out there) is the Moosnick lecture trator for more information if you are time with many families or even just Centennial celebration by collecting 100 series scholar speaker on November 12 interested in affi liating with the Temple. one. These books provide our young items each month. This month, we will and 13. She is speaking at Transylvania The phone number is 269-2979. children with wonderful introductions be collecting dog and cat food for the University on November 12 and at TAI to the magic of Jewish storytelling. Lexington Humane Society as well as on November 13, at 7:00 p.m. FAMILY SHABBAT blankets and sheets. Please bring what KOLLEL STUDY GROUP you can and put in the basket in the HONOR Our lively Family Shabbat takes place main hall. Thank you for supporting “In appreciation of her leadership and on the second Friday of each month at Kollel meets at 9 AM every two weeks this important project. dedication to the Religious School for 7 PM. We sing songs and enjoy great in the TAI Library. The group explores over two decades, the Temple Board stories geared to our families and their cultural, ethical, and historical aspects CHAVURAT CHOCHMA PROGRAM presented former director Jane Grisé a young children, but with valuable mes- of our 4000-year tradition. Its emphasis hand-crafted house blessing by Ye- sages for all. This year we will have a is on dialogue and exploration. Please (A Friendly Gathering of Wisdom) menite Israeli artist Amalya Nini” Potluck dinner at 6 PM immediately join us any time. November 2, 16, & 30. We will meet on December 6, 2013 at preceding services. TALMUD STUDY TOT SHABBAT Rabbi Kline conducts the study of Our Tot Shabbat Friday night service is Pirke Avot, a section of the Talmud held on the last Friday of each month on alternate Saturdays at 9 a.m. in the (during the school year). Library. The discussion is always lively, informative and, you can join the group TEMPLE TOTS anytime. We are currently studying the Book of Nehemiah. November 9 & 23. The Temple Tots program is designed to give 2 1/2 and 3-year-old children PARSHA and their parents a positive and nurtur- ing beginning to their Jewish educa- Join us each Saturday morning at 11 AM

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November 2013 Shalom | 21 Ohavay Zion Synagogue 2048 Edgewater Court • President, Shirley Bryan • (859) 266-8050

WELCOME wonderful service fi lled with music and exploration together. will hear Isaiah’s deep concern for the Ohavay Zion Synagogue is a warm and joy. orphan, the widow, and the underprivi- welcoming congregation in Lexington, BACKPACKING FOR leged of society. We have a wonderfully Kentucky. Through the framework of This year’s Youth Shabbat and Stewart GOD’S PANTRY diverse group of learners and terrifi c Conservative Judaism, we explore our Home services will be held Fridays at conversations. All are welcome. Jewish identities and form community. 5:30pm at Ohavay Zion Synagogue on Join us each month as backpacks are We celebrate our diversity and welcome the following dates. fi lled with food that children take home newcomers. Please join us. on weekends from Mary Todd Elemen- TALMUD STUDY December 13 tary School. All of the food is child- KIDS’ SHABBAT AND PJ January 24 friendly, nonperishable, easily con- The Talmud Study group meets each LIBRARY February 28 sumed and vitamin fortifi ed. Our next Friday morning for prayer, food, and March 14 backpacking dates are November 17 study. The morning begins with a brief Please join us for this month’s Kids’ April 11 and December 15 at 11:00AM at OZS. Shacharit service at 7:30am, followed by Shabbat service on Friday, November 15 May 9 a light breakfast, and then fascinating at 5:30pm. SHABBAT MORNING study of the Talmud. Newcomers are For more information or to RSVP, email SERVICES always welcome. Kids’ Shabbat is our monthly Shabbat [email protected]. Service for younger children. We light Please join us any Saturday morning INTERESTED IN OZS? candles, drink grape juice, eat pizza, THANKS-GIVE-IKAH of the year, as Ohavay Zion Synagogue sit together on beautiful carpets, sing celebrates Shabbat. We begin at 9:30am, Ohavay Zion Synagogue is a warm and songs, and read amazing stories from Celebrate Thanks-give-ikah and Jewish though please feel free to join at any welcoming Jewish community. If you the PJ Library. Newcomers and friends Book Month at OZS time during the service. Our worship are interested, or if you know some- are always welcome. Sunday, November 3, 10am – 1pm is fi lled with joyous song and fascinat- one who may be interested in learning Donate any of the below items or a ing Torah discussions. The service more about Ohavay Zion Synagogue, This year’s Kids’ Shabbat services will monetary donation to the following concludes around noon, and all are please call our membership chair Kathy be held Fridays at 5:30pm at Ohavay mitzvah projects, then pick as many invited to schmooze over lunch after Grossman at 268-2596 or email Rabbi Zion Synagogue on the following dates. books to take home as you like. the service. This is a wonderful way Smolkin at [email protected]. to celebrate Shabbat and to meet some We would love to hear from you. December 20 Sisterhood: Dress for Success nice Jewish folks here in Lexington. January 17 Donate new and nearly new profession- Newcomers and friends are February 21 al attire, handbags and accessories for always welcome. March 21 women re-entering the workforce. April 18 TUESDAY MIN- May 16 Men’s Club: The Hope Center YAN Donate new white socks, large-sized For more information or to RSVP, email clothing and shoes, winter coats, wash- Tuesday Minyan is a spe- [email protected]. cloths and towels. Also, accepting trial cial time at OZS. During size toiletry items. this brief service, students YOUTH SHABBAT AND and adults both pray and STEWART HOME Religious School: Family Resource Cen- learn together. There is ter at Mary Todd Elementary a warm atmosphere and Please join us for this month’s Youth Need all of your gently used or new something for everyone Shabbat service on Friday, November 22 shoes. Kids and adult sizes needed...all to enjoy. Please join us at 5:30pm. styles accepted. Tuesday afternoons from 5:45pm to 6:15pm. Youth Shabbat offers our students the KABBALAT SHABBAT opportunity to help lead services, and LEARNERS MINYAN STUDYING THE it allows our community to celebrate PROPHETS Shabbat with our friends from Stewart Please join us on Friday, November 8 at Home School (www.stewarthome.com). 5:30pm for our fi rst Kabbalat Shabbat Please join us Wednesdays Learners Minyan. This minyan will be a at noon as we explore the We begin by welcoming our friends warm and welcoming way to enter into book of Isaiah through the from Stewart Home with a dinner. Then the traditional Kabbalat Shabbat service. teachings of our Jewish tra- we join together in song as we celebrate With uplifting melodies, prayer books dition. We will learn about Kabbalat Shabbat, with our students with translation, and teachings guid- Isaiah’s focus on righteous- helping to lead the service. This is a ing our way, we will enjoy our Shabbos ness and justice, and we 22 | November 2013 Shalom The Lexington Chapter of Hadassah Jane Chaput, President

This year, Hanukkah will not be turn to his family and to his people. Miketz is appropriately read dur- competing with Christmas. The ra- Joseph, Vizier of Egypt, meets with ing Hanukkah because Joseph was dio and TV won’t be blaring Christ- his brothers, who don’t recognize the fi rst assimilated Jew to return to mas Carols. Comedians won’t joke him. Of course not. He is second his people. about a Hanukkah bush. No, this in command to the Pharaoh. He year, the fi rst day of Hanukkah doesn’t dress like a Jew. He doesn’t Hadassah has always respected, coincides with Thanksgiving Day, talk like a Jew. He is an Egyptian. promoted, and been engaged in so we’ll hear songs like “Over the However, when Joseph recognized Jewish values, culture, and tradi- River and through the Woods.” his brothers, he remembered who tion. Anyone who sees our name Rabbis might deliver drashot com- he was and from where he had immediately knows we are a Jew- paring Judah Maccabee with John come. The pintele yid (that little bit ish organization. From our very Alden and/or the Pilgrims. of Jewishness) came to the forefront beginning, we’ve known that Jew- and Joseph returned to his people. ish/Zionist education is an impera- We’ll all be gathered around the Miketz is the story of Hanukkah. tive. At the same time, we have Thanksgiving table trying to in- The real story of Hanukkah is not embraced our American citizenship corporate the best of both holidays about a crock of oil in the Temple. and given thanks to this country in our menu. The hanukkiah will Hanukkah is the story of the war for the freedoms we possess, espe- have been lit and Moaz Tsur sung. between assimilationists and those cially that of freedom of religion. Children may come to the dinner who wished to retain Judaism and While the Thanksgiving Day holi- table dressed in costume – some as its heritage. At the time of the Mac- day expresses our gratitude for the the Maccabees, others as Pilgrims. cabees, many assimilated Jews had privilege of American freedoms, This will defi nitely be an occasion been appointed by the Romans to the lighting of the hanukkiah to remember. leadership positions. Like Joseph, reminds us of our unique traditions they forgot their culture and values and values to which we have been The parashah of Hanukkah week is and adopted the Greco-Hellenist faithful for 4000 years. ✡ Miketz. It’s the story of Joseph’s re- way of life – including polytheism.

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24 | November 2013 Shalom Israel21c: Shaike El-Ami invents the community center of the future

‘All my life is about trying to combine public, not from city hall or from the and tourists can feel at home in its pub- between religious and not religious, synagogue.” lic spaces, institutions and services. “I came to this building and founded community and culture,’ says Jerusalem [the council] with a big defi cit and a lot community council CEO. El-Ami is a contender for the job of “Who holds responsibility for the cul- of ghosts,” he says. “We reestablished CEO of the Israel Association of Com- ture of the community?” El-Ami asks. the place as the core of a new commu- By Abigail Klein Leichman munity Centers (IACC). If elected, he “My agenda is that it should belong to nity organization.” the community.” El-Ami shows ISRAEL21c a thick Accordingly, Ginot Ha’Ir gets brochure fi lled with photos of smiling just 15 percent of its budget kids, young families and senior citizens from the municipality. About involved in a host of activities at Ginot 65% is generated by member Ha’Ir, including ecology, music and fees, while the remaining 20% open dialogues. comes from fundraising. But he stresses that what the council “It gives us a lot of indepen- does not do is just as important as what dence,” he says. “We work it does do. with the city, but what we are really doing is providing “For me, the measure of success is not a space for the people in our how many activities we offer but how confederation of neighbor- many people are involved,” says El- hoods. It’s about making Ami, who sees himself as a facilitator added value for the commu- more than a manager. nity.” A survey of local activists paints a pic- Born on Kibbutz Sa’ad in ture of a highly accessible chief execu- 1959, El-Ami served as an tive. One wrote: “Shaike’s keyword is offi cer in the tank corps, then ‘Make it happen’ — not ‘I will do it for studied education, Jewish you’ but ‘I will give you the staff, bud- philosophy and history, and get and space to make it happen.’ He An accessible executive. taught high school. In 1989, he does not say if something is a good idea Photo by Abigail Klein Leichman helped establish Beit Midrash or not. He says, ‘Take the responsibility; Elul, a groundbreaking plural- I’m behind you.’” You can sign up for lots of activities at pledges to spread his vision to the 160 istic Jewish study hall whose employees Jerusalem’s Ginot Ha’Ir Community other centers and beyond, as the IACC and students come from a wide cultur- El-Ami and his wife, Hagit, raised Center – gardening, pottery, martial cooperates with international partners al-religious-political spectrum. their four children in Efrat, just south arts, you name it – but that is not what to develop and promote training in of Jerusalem, for 21 years. Last year makes this three-branch institution communal service. Before taking over as director of a small they moved to the city to which he has stand out. community center in Jerusalem’s Mora- devoted his life. Community ability sha neighborhood, El-Ami owned and Ginot Ha’Ir (City Gardens) Community managed Zusha, a legendary Jerusalem “I understand that to take a strong posi- Council was built on founding director Ginot Ha’Ir serves 50,000 residents pub that fused contemporary pop cul- tion in civil society it has to be personal Shaike El-Ami’s belief that community in many of Jerusalem’s most upscale ture with aspects of Jewish tradition. and not just professional,” he says. “I members themselves must determine neighborhoods: the German Colony, can’t make a revolution for Jerusalem the character of their community center Greek Colony, Rehavia, Talbieh, Old “All my life is about trying to combine from Efrat.” rather than the professionals who run it. Katamon, Yemin Moshe, Kiryat Shmuel between religious and not religious, and Nayot. Ordinarily, community cen- community and culture,” he says. He tells his frequent overseas visitors To the many Israeli and overseas com- ters rely heavily on government fund- that the world’s Jewish community cen- munity center professionals who come ing to provide services. But not here. ‘Make it happen’ ters won’t survive if they don’t follow to see how he runs his organization, El- his lead in strengthening civil society. Ami explains that he is spearheading no “My position in the Jerusalem picture is Twelve years ago, he took on the task “It’s not enough anymore to have a pool less than a revolution in Jerusalem. about ‘community ability,’ the con- of revitalizing the long-dormant com- or a gym. People are looking for added cept of public involvement in the civil munity council that is now Ginot Ha’Ir, value. So let the community take re- “I call it the community revolution, the society of the city,” says El-Ami, who based in a large, friendly edifi ce on sponsibility for itself,” advises El-Ami. next step for Israel’s social agenda,” he also heads Yeru-Shalem Coalition for an trendy Emek Refaim Street that also tells ISRAEL21c. “It is the idea that the Inclusive Judaism, founded in 2011 to houses the Orthodox egalitarian congre- “The government cannot take care of responsibility, anywhere, for quality of highlight and strengthen Jerusalem as gation Shira Hadasha, which serves as a values. True values, in my opinion, life and culture should come from the a pluralistic urban center where Israelis model worldwide. come from the bottom up.” ✡ November 2013 Shalom | 25 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. 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