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Jewish Louisville Inside: Bound for museum Louisville woman to send father’s Shoah-era notebooks to USHMM community STORY ON PG 4 FRIDAY Vol. 45, No. 10 | October 25, 2019 | 26 Tishri 5780 Louisville woman Violins of Hope gives father’s violin Restored Holocaust-era instruments make music in Louisville to VOH; hopes to By Lee Chottiner hear it played again Community Editor By Lee Chottiner Community Editor One by one, as strands of string music filled the valted sanctuary, the “Ambas- Linda Leeser always knew her fa- sadors of Repair” proceeded down the ther had played the violin, but she aisle of the Cathedral of the Assumption, can’t recall a time when she heard each carrying a violin. him play it. The ambassadors were a diverse group “It’s been tucked in my closet since – Christians, Jews, Muslims, children my father died in ’81,” she said. “Of all and adults, artists and activists. the instruments I know he played, I The instruments they carried, like hu- never heard him play the violin; may- man Holocaust survivors, were them- be I was too young. Maybe I heard selves survivors of that time. And like him on stage, but not ar home.” their flesh-and-blood counterparts, they She understood that many German had stories to tell. Jews put their violins away – or gave These 10 instruments, part of the Vio- them away – after the war, too an- lins of Hope collection, were displayed gry with, or ashamed of, their native on the altar of the cathedral this night, country for afflicting the world with Oct. 22, during Repairing the World the Holocaust. Maybe that’s how her Through Music and Story: An Interfaith father, Paul Leeser, felt. She doesn’t Evening of Healing and Hope. know. It was one of 30 events, programs and What she does know is that when concerts held for the Violins of Hope dur- Jeffrey Jamner reads from Elie Wiesel’s Night as Sara Callaway accompanies on the violin during the it came time for her to decide what ing their 10-day stay in Louisville, culmi- Oct. 22 Violins of Hope program at the Cathedral of the Assumption. (photo by Sarah Kelley) to do with the instrument, the answer nating in a grand performance Saturday, became obvious. She would give it to Violins of Hope. Oct. 26, by the Louisville Orchestra. of tikkun olam (repair the world). Violins that survived the Holocaust. Some were Avshi Weinstein, an Israeli luthier The Jewish Federation of Louisville also were part of the Oct. 24 Major Gifts played in the ghettos and concentration (violin craftsman) who curates the and the Center for Interfaith Relations program at the Waterfront Botanical camps. All tell unique stories of the peo- collection of Holocaust-era string in- co-sponsored the evening, which was Gardens (see photo gallery, page 15). ple who played them and the inhuman- dedicated to the Jewish commandment The Violins of Hope, string instruments See VIOLINS on page 23 See LEESER on page 23 ‘We’re going to do this’ JCL marks $30M milestone for Capital Campaign; announcement made in sukkah By Lee Chottiner breaking is expected to happen in 2020. Community Editor “It takes transition to get from one point to the next,” Wagner said. In announcing that the Jewish Com- The “Our Community Our Future” munity of Louisville is closing in on its capital campaign, organized to raise the $40 million goal to start construction funds needed to build a state-of-the art on the new J at Dutchmans Lane, Sara J for the 21st century, has surpassed the Klein Wagner couldn’t help but draw $30 million “milestone,” securing com- parallels to the festival of Sukkot. mitments from about 120 donors. At a press a conference held Thurs- “We’re going to do this,” said JCL day in the sukkah outside The J – the Board Chair Jon Fleischaker, who an- first time a media event is believed to nounced the milestone. “We’re going to have been held in that sukkah – Wagner, get this done.” president and CEO of the JCL, told the Aside from the Jewish Heritage Fund gathering of reporters, dignitaries and for Excellence, which made a $10 mil- Jewish leaders that the sukkah is a tem- lion “cornerstone” gift and an up-to- $15 porary dwelling, originally used to house million matching grant last year to kick the Israelites as they made their way out off the campaign, four major commu- of Egypt and to the Promised Land. nity foundations were introduced to the Now, the current center – The J’s home Keith Inman, president of Kosair Charities, looks on as children from The Early Learning Center sing at community at the press conference: Ko- since 1955 – will make way for a new fa- a press conference in The J’s sukkah. The media event was called to announce that the capital cam- cility at the back of the campus. Ground- paign for the new J had reached the $30 million milestone. (Community photo by Jessica Budnick) See MILESTONE on page 23 Thursday, 11/14 The Temple: 5101 U.S. 42 Louisville 40241 Registration required by Friday, November 8. $18, $25 after October 31 2 Community Y OCTOBER 25, 2019 Y 26 TISHRI 5780 THE DASHBOARD D’var Torah Snapshots: Harvest Festival You gotta have heart

container of the mind, of intelligence. The Torah, to the best of our ability to Cantor read it contextually, seems to conceive of the heart as containing aspects of both David Lipp emotion and intelligence. So, I suggested to the students that they aim their intent, what some call ka- vanah, to cohere as an experience their According to the rabbinic imagination, heart/mind/soul can fully and authen- the Torah, the blueprint for the universe, tically express. They should sing what existed before the Big Bang, before cre- they mean and mean what they sing. ation. One might imagine in a universe I’m a bit more traditional than the pro- whose master plan was conceived prior fessor I followed. Although I approve of to God’s intervention in the laws of phys- some changes to the words of the liturgy ics that the poetry expressed by divine to fi t my own community’s prayer expe- script should start with the letter alef rience, I generally prefer to adjust my and end with the letter taf, kind of like a interpretation of the words I’m singing very long acrostic, from A to Z. if I encounter a cognitively dissonant or One might be wrong. diffi cult passage. The beauty of musical As we fi nished the reading of the To- expression is that it can convey joy, full- rah this past week, we concluded with throated assent as well as pain, anxiety, the word Yisrael, ending with the letter even doubt. lamed and soon thereafter began the To- After my meeting with the students, rah again from Bereisheet with the letter I refl ected further on our conversation. bet. Put those two letters together and The heart as the connective tissue be- we come up with the word lev, heart. tween the end and beginning of the To- A few weeks ago, visiting the Jewish rah-reading cycle could certainly benefi t Theological Seminary for its fi rst board from a more concrete, physical symbolic Emma Smith reads a PJ Library book, titled Something from Nothing, in the JOFEE Sukkah during the Oct. 20 Harvest Festival on The J campus. The sukkah was made entirely of recycled materials meeting of the year, I had an opportu- understanding. (see story, page 9). About 40 people attended this year’s Harvest Festival, which was catered by nity to visit with the cantorial students The heart pumps blood throughout the chef Helen in The J kitchen. (Community photo by William Beasley) at their Wednesday morning get-togeth- body, energizing the organs, recycling er, mifgash. As I entered, the professor the carbon dioxide back to the lungs was teaching them elements of medita- to be exhaled. The Torah is the living, tive practice and answering a challeng- pumping heart and soul of our people, ing question, the essence of which was it’s spiritual DNA. Its stories and rituals, Candles that there are certain words he changes law and lore have animated the imagina- in the liturgy because he doesn’t believe tions and actions of our people for mil- Here are the candle lighting times for Shabbat in November: them intellectually nor do they speak to lennia, through diaspora and homeland, • Nov 1 @ 6:25 • Nov 15 @ 5:12 • Nov 29 @ 5:05 his heart. tragedy and triumph, song and celebra- • Nov 8 @ 5:18 • Nov 22 @ 5:08 As I was introduced, I decided to riff tion. briefl y on the professor’s fi nal lesson, If we were to imagine a more acrostic providing a connection between his pre- approach, one in which the Torah ended sentation and mine. I reminded the stu- with the letter taf and started with the Contacts dents that the dichotomy between mind letter aleph we’d be in far less comfort- Got a story idea? A letter? A gripe? tion on hold? Development Associate and emotion is primarily an ancient able symbolic territory. Taf aleph spells A kudo? Kristy Benefi eld can handle all circula- Greek innovation in Judaism, a deci- ta. Send it along to Community Editor tion questions. She can be reached at sion to divide aspects of human experi- A ta is, after all, a cell. Lee Chottiner at lchottiner@jew- kbenefi [email protected] or ence into different categories. But when The Torah should liberate, circulate ishlouisville.org. You can also call 502-238-2770. the Torah uses the word lev, heart, it and animate, not enclose. Lee at 502-238-2783. Got an item for the Community does not imagine Valentine’s Day cards Shabbat Shalom. Not getting your paper? Want to eblast? 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Jewish Federation OF LOUISVILLE 4 Community Y OCTOBER 25, 2019 Y 26 TISHRI 5780 NEWS Bound for museum UofL professor, fleeing Nazis, filled notebooks with schoolwork, doodles, art By Lee Chottiner my father said that anybody was fright- Community Editor ened,” Natalie said. However, “my grandmother, her stories were scary.” For most Jews fleeing the Nazis, the Kids in the chateau who had just one war years were a dark time shrouded in Jewish parent – called “half-Jews” – fear and uncertainty. were distinguished from the other Jew- Not always so for their children. ish kids with two Jewish parents. Joseph Polzer, in particular, was pro- “They didn’t have all the [same] tected at a chateau in Vichy France from classes with them,” Natalie said. “They 1940 to 41, where he, his parents and didn’t participate in religious services other Jewish families were taken in – with them.” one step ahead of the Germans. By 1941, Joseph and his parents man- To young Joseph and his friends, it aged to enter America, sponsored by was all a big adventure. Quakers, but keeping quiet about their “They went swimming and they would communist sympathies. walk to school,” said his daughter, Nata- After Joseph died on Nov. 17, 2018, lie Polzer. “They would skip school and Natalie decided to donate the notebooks roast potatoes in the woods with a fire. to the USHMM, spurred by a photo of And they would hide out; they had like her father playing at the chateau, which a secret hiding place in the attic [of she found on the museum’s website. He the chateau]. It was only happy, happy had been misidentified in the caption. memories.” When she contacted the museum to Natalie knows this because her father, point out the error – and why she knew while still just a boy, filled three note- it was an error – “they jumped on me books with his experiences. right away,” she recalled. “They really During his days at Chateau Du Chau- want things – especially children’s art mont near the city of Limoges, Joseph – [about] children’s experiences; that’s and his friends used notebooks instead the one thing they really want to add to of textbooks, writing down all their les- their collection.” sons from school. They even recorded In fact, the museum staff combed its their own report cards. Above, Natalie Polzer will soon send her father’s notebooks to the United States Holocaust Memorial archives for details about Natalie’s fa- But Joseph, a creative child who Museum for archiving. Jacob Polzer his used notebooks for school lessons, sketches and maps while ther and shared them with her. In return, his family stayed in Vichy France from 1940-41 – one step ahead of the Nazis. would grow up to become a professor she decided to give them the notebooks. of art history at the University of Louis- Raymund Flandez, communications ville, went much further. His notebooks at her home in the Highlands. Flipping “Normalcy jumps from these note- officer for the USHMM, said it was the include sketches of himself and the cha- through the pages of each paperback books,” Natalie said. museum’s procedure not to comment teau (which has since burned down), volume, she would stop at sketches His parents knew better. The son of on donations of artifacts until after they cartoons, doodles, even colorful maps of he made of himself and the chateau, a non-Jewish Austrian father and a Rus- have been received. meticulous detail. doodle of a woman chasing a man (“He’s sian-Jewish mother, both of whom were Not only does Natalie hope her father’s Joseph’s notebooks are portals to the just playing around here.”), a cartoon of communists, Polzer was forced to flee notebooks will be helpful to researchers, lives of Jewish children on the run. a postman that went with an essay he Austria in 1938, along with his parents, she also wants them to cast a spotlight Which is why Natalie, a professor of wrote, and his maps. following the Anschluss (annexation on at-risk children today. humanities at UofL, will be donating She even produced a roughly folded by Germany). They eventually slipped “So many children live in pain, anxi- them to the United States Holocaust Me- sheet of paper with ink splotches, which across the border to France, where an ety and fear, owing to poverty and lack morial Museum in Washington, D.C. her father used as a blotter. (He drew agency assisting fleeing Jews,L’Oeuvre of safety and family security,” she said. “I want historians to use these,” she with a fountain pen.) de secours aux enfants (The Organiza- “In whatever way we can, our priority as said. “I think they would be very useful She also pointed out the penmanship tion for Helping Children), which still a society should be to protect our chil- to people who are doing research of vari- lessons, math homework, report cards exists, put them up at the chateau. dren.” ous things, and there are very few arti- (signed by his father), and another essay All the while, Joseph’s parents, Mir- facts from these homes.” he did on Marshall Philippe Petain, the rha and Karl Polzer, protected their son Natalie showed her father’s notebooks president of Vichy France, who would from the reality of the danger they faced. to Community during a recent interview stand trial for treason after the war. “There was no indication from what OCTOBER 25, 2019 Y 26 TISHRI 5780 Y Community 5 NEWS J-LEAD to nurture future Jewish leaders in Louisville By staff and releases David Raffman said he is interested in “developing a great network of young The Jewish Federation of Louisville professional Jewish adults who want to is starting a program to cultivate future make an impact on their community.” Jewish leaders here. J-LEAD kicked off with a happy hour J-LEAD: Young Adult Leadership Pro- on Sept. 24 at Galaxie. A Myers-Briggs gram will introduce young adults to the Type Indicator Workshop was held Sun- Louisville and global Jewish community, day, Oct. 20, from 1 to 5 p.m., at the Jew- cultivate leadership skills, create a sense ish Family & Career Services. of community among its participants Also, a program, called Behind the and provide meaningful interaction with Scenes of Volunteer Leadership, will be Jewish Louisville’s current leaders. held Tuesday, Nov. 12, from 6 to 7:30 It also will provide participants with p.m. at the Jewish Family & Career Ser- invitations to Federation events and the The new logo for J-LEAD, a program designed to attract and develop future leaders of Jewish Louisville vices. Shannon Benovitz, Heather Glad- opportunity to be paired with volunteer stein, Jordan Green and Ben Vaughan – mentors. Cincinnati and Minneapolis that have Baron met individually with each par- board members of Adath Jeshurun, The The 16-member J-LEAD consists of their own leadership initiatives. ticipant “to see what they were looking Temple, JFCS and the JCL respectively – younger adults from their mid-20s to “One of the most important things is for, the impact they wanted to make and will be panelists, discussing what it’s like early-30s. Some are married, but none to build opportunities for members of how the program can benefi t them as being a young Jew in a leadership posi- have children. Some grew up in Louis- the cohort to get to know each other and professionals.” tion and how they can make an impact. ville, others are newcomers. build a sense of community,” she said. Participants give different reasons for Rabbi Diane Tracht will lead a volun- “It’s a combination of people who “This is the next generation of leaders getting involved with J-LEAD. teer activity. reached out to me and were looking to for our entire Jewish community, so it “I hope to gain a better understanding More activities are scheduled for after get more involved in the Jewish com- is important that the Federation make of the federation and the Jewish com- the fi rst of the year. munity,” said Sarah Baron, leadership this investment to help prepare the next munity in Louisville,” said Kevin Trager. In addition, J-LEAD will provide par- engagement manager of the Jewish generation to take on these leadership “I also expect to meet and develop rela- ticipants with professional headshots Federation of Louisville, who is staffi ng roles.” tionships with other young adults in the and invitations to donor events pairing J-LEAD. “I also heard from people who The initial J-LEAD participants are Jewish community, in addition to learn- with volunteer mentors. were already involved, who let us know David Raffman, Alexis Levy, Logan Bu- ing how to be a leader in my professional Baron expects to have a new J-LEAD a new person was moving to the commu- ren, Kevin Trager, Andy Trager, Carly life.” class every other year depending on in- nity.” Geer Mason, Danny Mason, Elliot Mitra- Avery Markel, who recently moved to terest. J-LEAD is a continuation of a Federa- ni, Joe Freedman, Avery Markel, Sarah Louisville from Detroit, said she want- tion pilot project done two years ago and Flarsheim, Yuvi Friedman, Lauren Laza- ed to develop her understanding of the enhanced by ideas Baron gleaned from rus, Levi DeFilipp, Daniela Reuter and community and “explore my role as a lay talks with federations in New Orleans, Maja Reuter. leader versus a professional.” New shoes or food? This is a choice that a ects 1 in 6 children every day. Help us feed your neighbor.

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© 2019 JEWISH COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE, INC. OCTOBER 25, 2019 Y 26 TISHRI 5780 Y Community 7 FORUM Israel’s broken electoral system needs fixing – fast Netanyahu, current prime minister and charges, couldn’t convince Gantz to join is ascending, is still not strong enough to leader of the right wing Likud, announced a national unity government. The general govern on his own. he had failed to do so himself. refuses to share power with a man who Israel cannot move forward with a Their efforts follow the second national has dark legal clouds hanging over his caretaker government; the consequences JCRC Scene election in six months in which neither head. for security, the economy, and side has won the 61-seat majority needed Stymied, Netanyahu was forced to international and domestic affairs are Matt Goldberg to govern in the 120-seat Knesset. hand the mandate back to Rivlin who too dangerous to consider. To recap how Israel got into this jam, has now given it to Gantz. Unfortunately, As American Jews, sitting on the the country went to a second election his chances of success are about as sidelines watching this mess unfold in September because, following the good, and maybe a little worse, than his is frustrating, not to mention heart Such a chaotic political scene in first vote, one party, Yisrael Beitenu, led counterpart. wrenching, but we’re also learning a Israel! by Avigdor Lieberman, refused to join If he fails, Rivlin could conceivably hard lesson: Israel’s political system is We have a retired general, Benny the governing coalition Netanyahu was give the mandate to a Member of Knesset broken. The percentage of the national Gantz, being tasked with forming the trying to cobble together. Lieberman, (MK) who might prove more persuasive vote needed for a political party to enter next government – the first time in 11 who has become a kingmaker in Israeli than Netanyahu or Gantz. Or he might the Knesset is 3.25 percent. That’s way years someone other than Benjamin Ne- politics, insisted that Haredi (ultra- just call for a – wait for it – third election. too low and part of the cause for the tanyahu has had that job – after a close Orthodox) Jews serve in the army, Confused? Yes, so are most people. current paralysis. Too many parties election in which neither center-left nor something to which the religious parties Nobody can agree on a government, can win seats in the parliament, leaving right wing secured enough seats in the strongly object. but it seems as though everyone can coalition building as the only means for Knesset for a natural majority. Deadlocked, the country went to agree that a third election would be a running the country. We see deals proposed, and rejected. a second vote, and even though Blue national disaster – something that should Whenever the next government is We see calls for unity ignored, and we see and White narrowly defeated Likud at be avoided at all costs. seated, its first order of business ought a sinking lament as no progress is made, the polls, winning 33 seats to 32, the The problem is there is no guarantee to be fixing the electoral system so such and no one knows what comes next. president of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, who that a new election would yield a clear long-lasting chaos can never happen Which is exactly what happened six decides which party gets the first shot path to a new government. The results again. months earlier. at trying to form a government tasked could be the same as they are now, maybe To quote Yogi Berra, “it’s like déjà vu Netanyahu with the job, believing he had even murkier. Matt Goldberg is the director of the Jewish all over again.” a better chance for success. But two things we know for sure: Community Relations Council. Gantz, leader of the center-left Blue Turns out, he didn’t. The prime Netanyahu, Israel’s political magician for and White party, was given the mandate minister, who is facing the likely prospect over a decade, is not nearly the force he to form a government last week, after of a criminal indictment on corruption once was, and Gantz, though his power Preparing for peace: two examples of peacemaking in Israel

The hospital operates under a govern- women and children had been treated made in the Jewish state, they procure Guest ment mandate of adam l’adam (a person is there by April 2018. them from Jordan, so no Hebrew lettering a person), a term coined by its director, Dr. The average Syrian stays 20 days, some is imprinted. Columnist Masad Barhoum. The hospital must treat up to a year, going through as many as 20 Even though the hospital is “preparing an enemy just as it would an Israeli. surgeries per person. Their injuries, fre- the hearts of the people for peace,” it does Lisa Shapiro Wounded Syrian civilians hear of the quently the result of high-velocity weap- have to prepare for war. The facility is so hospital by word of mouth. When they are ons, include penetrating head wounds and close to the Lebanese border that it boasts picked up at the Syrian border by the Ma- oral and maxillofacial trauma. Over 70 Israel’s first and only fully operational un- Who knew that the Jewish people were gen David Adam (the Israeli equivalent to percent of Syrians seeking treatment come derground hospital. Empty beds, gurneys the devil in disguise? the Red Cross). Often terrified, having been here even though The Galilee Medical Cen- and medical equipment are stacked up in Yet this has been our reputation among told that Israelis are Satan, they fear being ter is not the closest hospital to the Syrian the lower basement, waiting for the next many Syrians...except, that is, the Syrian murdered as traitors by their government border. attack. Within 30 minutes of an alert, pa- war victims who have been treated at the for coming to Israel, but they run the risk. Concerned that their patients could be tients can be re-located there. The cardiol- Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, Israel. The Galilee Medical Center is the main discovered seeking treatment in Israel, hos- ogy department was built just above the They have discovered that Israelis are just treatment center for Syrian civilian ca- pital staff cut out any Hebrew labels from fortified ER, enabling rapid transfer of car- people…with heart. sualties who seek life-saving care across their clothing before sending them back diac patients. In Gaza, too, many residents think Jews the border. More than 2,400 Syrian men, to Syria. Instead of giving them crutches At Moshav Netiv Ha’Assara, only a are heartless. Yet when women from a few yards from the Gazan border (in the nearby moshav (Israeli community) show shadow of an imposing security wall), our up at the border checkpoint with offers ears were threatened by a low, male roar of of food and assistance, offering help in rage from the other side: protests. procuring them medical care, minds are Nevertheless, an elderly woman, Roni changed, hearts are opened. Keidar, who lives in the moshav, invites Peace has a chance. groups to her compound to build compas- I was moved by many social justice pro- sion for Gazans. They make beautiful art grams on my recent trip to Israel, which projects – mosaics of peace. was led by Rabbi David Ariel-Joel. Both the “Angry neighbors are dangerous neigh- hospital and the moshav experiences that bors,” Keidar said. I was privileged to see embodied a quote I She and others from her moshav lead once heard: “Peace imposed from the top small groups to the checkpoints to ask Ga- to the bottom shall not stand without the zans on the other side if they need assis- hearts of the people being ready. Once the tance with things such as Israeli visas for hearts of the people are ready, peace can specialized medical care. happen.” To see a doctor in Israel, the average Ga- The Galilee Medical Center, located zan needs papers from three entities: Gaza, just six miles from the Lebanese border the Palestinian Authority, and the Israeli and close to Syria, exemplifies two seem- government. These moshav women assist ingly contradictory Jewish values: preserv- them with the task of cutting through the ing the sacredness of life, while at the same A security barrier between an Israeli moshav and the border with Gaza has been decorated with sym- Israeli bureaucracy. They also offer them time exercising the duty of self-defense. bols and slogans for peace. (photo provided by Lisa Shapiro) See SHAPIRO on page 23 8 Community  OCTOBER 25, 2019  26 TISHRI 5780 FORUM Sanders is 78, but he could represent the future of American Jewry By Aaron Freedman discussing his Jewish identity.” Distributed by JTA It is certainly true that Sanders is far from the mold of the last Jewish can- NEW YORK – There has been plenty didate on a presidential ticket, Joe Li- of discussion of Sen. Bernie Sanders: eberman. An observant, die-hard Israel how he fared in the recent Democratic supporter, Lieberman fi t the mold of in- debate in Ohio after his recent heart at- stitutional American Judaism familiar to tack, whether he can come back in polls those raised in Jewish day schools and that show him drifting into third place summer camps. behind Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth But to say that Sanders does not tell Warren and how his campaign’s new em- a “Jewish story” is to miss the messy, phasis on electability against Trump will contradictory and polarized nature of fare with voters. American Jewry today. For as much as Less discussed is the fact that Bernie Sanders seems alien to many of the shul- Sanders epitomizes what it means to be going, institutionally affi liated older an American Jew in 2019. Jewish Americans, he is deeply repre- For Sanders’ critics, this idea almost sentative of the silent majority for whom seems laughable. A Morning Consult sur- social justice movements take the place vey of American Jews in May found that of synagogue and Israel is more often a 47 percent supported Biden, the former cause for kvetching than kvelling. vice president, compared to just 11 per- Though he is 78, Sanders represents cent for Sanders. (Granted, Sanders still the future – and increasingly, the present placed second in the poll, and Biden’s – of American Jewry. Bernie Sanders, seen here at a town hall in Vermont, could refl ect the changing face of American national poll numbers have substantially Even as American Jews remain fairly Jewry, despite his age. (photo provided by sanders.senate.gov) dipped over the past few months while united in opposition to Donald Trump Warren’s have ascended.) (only 24 percent voted for him in 2016), peace, we are going to have to say that present life here in America, rather than The reason, a chorus of Jewish com- we disagree sharply on much everything Netanyahu is not right all of the time.” just Judaism, a religion, or Zionism, a mentators allege, comes down to some else. According to survey data from Pew Earlier this year, the longtime senator political ideology. In a time of rising, vio- variation of Sanders being “a Jew in and the American Jewish Committee, 44 proposed leveraging U.S. aid to push Is- lent anti-Semitism in the United States name only,” as the conservative pundit percent of Jewish Americans say religion rael to change some of its policies. and increasing discontent with the poli- Ben Shapiro put it in 2016. is not important in their lives and 59 A majority of Jewish Americans share cies of Israel, Sanders speaks to the con- The Forward’s opinion editor, Batya percent consider being Jewish “mostly a this outlook: 59 percent describe them- temporary Jewish moment with his call Ungar-Sargon, summed up the familiar matter of ethnicity or culture.” selves as pro-Israel but critical of some for “war with nationalism and racism in arguments in a recent op-ed. Then there’s Israel. Sanders has insist- or all of the current Israeli government’s every aspect of our lives.” “Sanders isn’t religious,” she wrote, ed that he is a supporter of the Jewish policies. Six years ago, half of American “My father’s whole family was wiped “he doesn’t have any close ties to institu- state, describing himself as “100 percent Jews thought Israel should dismantle at out by Hitler and his white nationalism,” tional American Judaism, and has long pro-Israel,” but a critical one: He said least some West Bank settlements; that Sanders said at the Young Leaders Con- had a reputation for being cagey about in 2016 that “if we pursue justice and share is now at two-thirds, according to ference in Atlanta earlier this year. “Too Pew Research. many people have fought over the years, From 2013 to 2018, the share of Jews too many people have died against rac- who identify as politically liberal has ism to let it resurface and fl ourish in jumped from 49 percent to 64 percent, America.” Change someone’s according to data from Pew Research. I once was a committed Zionist who While in 2013 Sanders was part of the attended Jewish day school. As a young 36 percent of Jews who did not identify kid, I remember my pride in helping my life, including with a particular denomination, now he dad put up a Gore-Lieberman campaign is in the company of 44 percent of our poster. But like many of my peers, I be- community. came alienated with the injustices I saw your own. That’s particularly true with Jewish political elites perpetrate in the United youth, who are less religious, more lib- States and Israel, and American Jewish eral and more critical of Israel than our organizations’ unwillingness to chal- older co-religionists. Among Jews who’ve lenge them. Now, as a mostly secular been married in the past 25 years, it’s democratic socialist, I’m glad to have a more common than not to marry a non- presidential candidate who is not just Jew, as Sanders himself did. Jewish, but Jewish like me. And, increas- For Jewish millennials like me, it is re- ingly, Jewish like most of us. freshing to have a presidential candidate (Aaron Freedman is a freelance writer like Sanders who, as David Klion has and journalist living in Brooklyn. The written in Jewish Currents, expresses views expressed here are his own and not his “Jewishness,” an ethnic and cultur- necessarily those of JTA or Community.) al identity rooted in family history and

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$30 | Includes dinner and one specialty beer. Bernheim To reserve your space please visit jewishlouisville.org/restaurantnight OCTOBER 25, 2019 Y 26 TISHRI 5780 Y Community 9 SUKKOT ‘Kentucky Chique’ JOFEE erects 100-percent recycled sukkah on J Campus By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Sitting in a grove of “legacy trees” to the rear of The J campus, the little sukkah refl ected the very mission of JOFEE: It was sustainable. The frame was made of reclaimed wood from a construction site, the thatch on the roof consisted of cornstalks and other growth from the Community Garden. The linen – the walls of the temporary dwelling – was donated by CenterStage. Even the potted evergreens decorating either end of the entrance were being reused; JOFEE Director Alayna Altman spotted and retrieved them from Home Depot, where they had been sat out as trash. Inside, hay bales covered with tablecloths and pillows provided the Jewish Louisvillians relax in the JOFEE sukkah. (photo by Alayna Altman) seating. “Very Kentucky chique,” quipped Friedman, an Israel-born construction After the cookout party goers learned Louisville carpenter Yuval Friedman, foreman, ran 2-by-4 wall boards from a how to build their own sukkah by who helped build the sukkah. demolished house through a table saw, constructing from scratch yet another All told, Altman and Friedman turning them into 2-by-2s that were one. They broke off into teams, each erected the frame in 20-30 minutes on perfect for sukkah construction. built one of the three walls. Thursday, Oct. 10. Then, with the help And Altman, a trained artist, created The second sukkah was painted by of young Jewish Louisvillians, they had step-by-step directions for building kids at the Oct. 20 Sukkot Harvest it decorated in an hour, just in time for a a sukkah in the form of watercolor Festival at The J’s Pavilion. chili cookout and a tutorial on building paintings. Then there was the location for the your own sukkah. Susman Construction provided the sukkah: a grove of trees on the campus, Total cost of the this 100-percent tools and wood. mere feet from the din of the Watterson recycled sukkah: $40 for decorations. Chabad also pitched in with Expressway. They are called the Legacy Now, that’s a Sukkot bargain. the food for the cookout and Trees, sycamores, apple and other The Sukkah Building Workshop, as advice for a halachic sukkah. species donated over the years by local Sukkot is called the Festival of Booths. families, which have since matured into Volunteer the event was called, was something Altman has wanted to do since her Considered the most joyous of the fi ne shade trees. OPPORTUNITIES hiring as JOFEE director. Jewish festivals, the main symbol of the “I think it’s a great space,” Altman said “I wanted to do something hands-on,” holiday – the sukkah – also reopresents of the grove. “We need to prioritize the KentuckyOne Health, including she said. “I wanted to do something the fragility of human life with its old growth trees on the new campus.” Jewish Hospital, has many fl imsy design and thatched roof through creative.” volunteer opportunities at its There was serious prep time that dwellers must see the stars at night, went into the project. Altman and according to tradition. Louisville facilities that we are seeking individuals to fulfill. No matter whether you are interested in transporting patients PERSONALIZED HOME CARE to their area of service, helping family members track their Senior Care | Alzheimer's Care | After Hospital Care patients during a procedure or sitting at the information desk to assist visitors, we have a need. 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They have found that through these programs: Hanan Schlesinger is an Orthodox • Each side discovers the humanity of rabbi, and a settler living on the West the other, overcoming suspicion and Bank of Israel. building trust. Shadi Abu Awwad is a Palestinian student and activist, also from the West • Tensions ease, improving life on the Bank. ground. You may not think they would have • Perspectives are transformed, much in common, but they’re coming creating the foundation from which to Louisville in November to prove you peace can sprout. wrong. The Palestinians and Israelis involved Schlesinger and Awwad are members in Roots do not hide the many deep of Roots, a grassroots collaboration disagreements between them. They are of Palestinians and Israelis to build a profoundly aware of the complexities of model for coexistence. Their mission is the conflict and of the lack of equality to nurture understanding, non-violence between the two sides. What unites and personal transformation. The two will speak about their work them is their honest search for human at a Nov. 10 program at The Temple. understanding and nonviolent resolution Dinner will start at 6 p.m., followed by Shadi Abu Awwad (left) with Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger (Roots photo) to the conflict. the program at 7 p.m. In addition to The Temple, Temple “When we think of an Israeli Settler, and currently serves as its director of youth group, is a recipient of the Roots Shalom, JCRC, Interfaith Paths to Peace especially an Orthodox rabbi, we think international relations. Prior to Roots, scholarship and is a university student and Middletown Christian Church are of an extremist, not a peace activist,” he taught Jewish studies at various in Bethlehem. Though he was imbued co-sponsoring Awwad and Schlesinger’s said Rabbi David Ariel-Joel of The seminaries and colleges, as well as the with hatred of Israel at a young age, visit to Louisville. Temple. “And yet, we are going to meet Pardes Institute in Jerusalem. He spent his family underwent a transformation, one who is part of a movement of Jewish two years in the Judaic Fellows Program becoming leaders of a Palestinian Want to come? settlers and Palestinians who are trying in Boca Raton, Florida, and over 10 movement for reconciliation with the Cost of the Roots dinner is $10 for to change the bitter reality on the years in Dallas Texas as rosh kollel (head Jewish state. adults, free for children 12 and under, $5 ground by working together to educate of school) of the Community Kollel and Founded in 2014, Roots works for reservations made by Monday, Nov. and to create a new reality; a reality of later as founder and executive director primarily among those who have 4. To RSVP call 502-423-1818 or visit hope and peace.” and community rabbinic scholar for the traditionally been marginalized by, thetemplelouky.org. Originally from New York, Schlesinger, Jewish Studies Initiative of North Texas. threatened by, and opposed to peace and who lives in Alon Shvut, southwest Awwad, 27, a resident of Beit Ummar, compromise: religious settlers, religious of Jerusalem, is a founder of Roots near Hebron, and a leader of the roots

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Want to advertise in Community? Call us and let us know! 502.238.2777 OCTOBER 25, 2019 Y 26 TISHRI 5780 Y Community 11 The J centerpiece Knight takes bishop J’s new chess group competing in area tournaments, going regional in ’20 By Lisa Hornung assistant Camp J director. For Community Kids from the chess camp have signed up for the Check Mates as well, according Corban Seavers learned to play chess to Graves. Others have learned about with one of the best players he knew – the group and their interest is piqued. his father. “They were like, ‘we wanted to go to “He didn’t just throw a board in front chess club. We’ll be back later today.’” Graves said. “It’s gotten some kids of me and have the pieces there,” Seavers together that I don’t think would have recalled. “He taught me about opening met otherwise.” strategy. He taught me about tactics, Seavers said all kids are welcomed in and he taught me about the features of the Check Mates whether they know the every piece.” game or not. In other words, Seavers’ father taught “No matter what their skill level is him how to win. ,they’ll learn something,” he said. “The Now, Seavers is passing those lessons guys [in the class now] are great. So, on to young competitors at The J – as it’s a great opportunity for anybody to chess coach Check Mates chess team. come in and make new friends. We go They have already started playing in out to the tournaments, gain some good events. experiences, and possibly make friends But the word “team” doesn’t adequately in other parts of the city.” Corban Seavers instructs three young Check Mates in the finer points of chess. (Community photo) describe the Check Mates. They’re also One member, Seth Scarborough, an 8-year-old third grader at Kentucky He’s really good.” and they will continue to practice in a club since the kids get together after Seth described the pointers he’s preparation for the Queen City Classic school for something they enjoy. Country Day School, has been playing chess since the first grade. He got picking up. in Cincinnati in March 2020. They’re a class because they are “We learned the Seven Deadly Tactics, Organizing more regional events, learning the game. interested in the game after attending camp. and some good strategy,” he said. “Some though, will cost money. And they’re a team because they “I like that we get to learn a lot about things about special pieces, and that “We’d love more financial support, compete. chess,” he said of the Check Mates. rooks that will always have the same business support,” Seavers said. “I’d like Over the summer, Camp J offered a While Seth was already involved in amount of space, no matter what, except to be able to start taking the kids to out- chess camp, taught by Seavers, director the chess club at KCD, his mom, Robin bishops don’t.” of-state tournaments.” of the West Louisville Chess Club, who Scarborough, said the Check Mates has Rooks and bishops are two of several also teaches after-school chess classes taught him much more. chess pieces available to each player. Want to join? in the Jefferson County Public Schools. “At KCD they just play and have fun, The rook moves perpendicularly, while The Check Mates meets 5:45 p.m. Seavers approached The J about offering and it’s not so much about strategy or the bishop moves in an X fashion. Thursdays at The J. It’s $85 for members, further chess study as part of its Youth anything like that,” she said. “But at The Graves calls Seth “our master chess and $100 for non-members. For more Enrichment program. J, Coach Corbin – who is a very good player,” but members can have plenty of information, visit jewishlouisville. That idea led to the class for kids in coach in my opinion – he makes it feel chess experience or none at all. org. second through fifth grade, said Katelyn more like a team, like they’re getting So far, the Check Mates have competed Graves, youth program manager and better at it, and winning tournaments. in two tournaments in Louisville, 27 years at The J Diane Sadle made the senior center the hot spot for its active older adults By Lee Chottiner to do the driving.” gamut of emotions that go with them. Community Editor Since High Time’s inception, the trips For that part of her job, Sadle draws have attracted 40 to 50 people per get- upon her background as a school teach- When Diane Sadle took over as senior away; the day trips, 25 to 45. er. adult director of The J (then called the In addition, her seniors go on dining “You have to have a lot of patience Jewish Community Center) in 2002, she excursions, see plays and exercise in when our seniors are not feeling that inherited a group of members largely classes arranged by Susan Kwasny. well,” she said. “You have to lend an ear.” in their 80s and 90s, who stayed at the Working out and getting out are not Kling said Sadle’s personality has en- center, taking part of in-house program- mutually exclusive ideas, Sadle said. To deared her to the seniors. ming. travel, “one needs to be fit.” “She listens, which is very important What a difference 17 years make. Margot Kling, senior adult committee with seniors,” Kling said. “You know, Today, as Sadle prepares for her retire- chair, attributes the energy in the senior some of these people have no one to talk ment on Dec. 31, she caters to a group program to Sadle. to, and she sits there and listens.” she describes as “younger seniors” – “It’s been tremendous,” Kling said. Sometimes, she wonders what kind of people on the move who want to travel, “We have every religion, every color; program would have attracted her par- exercise, think and be as active as they it’s really a great diversified program. I ents to the senior center. That lodestar Diane Sadle has catered to an active, travel-en- were when they simply were “younger don’t think things happen mechanically. trends to guide her work at the senior thused group of older adults during her tenure as adults.” I think there always has to be someone center. The J’s senior adult director. (Community photo) In other words, the Baby Boomers behind it, and Diane has been very in- Originally from New Jersey, Sadle have arrived. strumental.” moved to Louisville with her husband, “We feel the future is in the Baby High Time is one of Sadle’s proudest Elliott, in 1990. They raised two sons “I did more than just the lunch,” she Boomer population,” Sadle said, “and achievements as senior adult director, here: Justin, director of Jewish student quipped. we’re trying to do programming at The J but it’s hardly her only one. As the head life at the University of Kentucky, and Sadle isn’t sure yet what she’ll do after to bring Baby Boomers in.” of program, she interacts with federal Glenn, assistant manager of a Walgreens she retires, but she will follow husband Enter a project started on her watch and state agencies and NPOs that serve in Louisville. Elliott’s lead. called “High Time,” which has taken her her clients. She oversees the kosher “The J was a second home for the “I’m probably going to volunteer. My seniors to Nashville, Gatlinburg, Pigeon kitchen. kids,” Sadle said. husband still teaches Tai Kwon Do and Forge, Chicago Florida, Atlanta and She still arranges traditional in-house She started at the then-JCC in 1992, volunteers at our synagogue, which I’ll Mackinac Island. programs: Lectures, musical perfor- working as part-time nutrition site man- probably do. They also take at least one day trip per mances, lunches, Jewish holiday cel- ager for then Director Lynn Hamburg But she won’t leave the J entirely. month. ebrations. Goldstein. At first, she supervised just “I’ll be around,” she said. “The seniors wanted to travel, and Most important, she offers a pair of the lunchtime program, but she took on they didn’t want to do it on their own,” sympathetic ears to her clients, who still more responsibilities as she became full- Sadle said. “They wanted someone else wrestle with life’s challenges, and feel the time and assumed new positions. 12 Community Y OCTOBER 25, 2019 Y 26 TISHRI 5780 PICTURE THIS: UNDER THE SUKKAH

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Torah, we recite these Hebrew words: lar assist device in 1985, to the world’s The Jewish Community of Louisville Hazak, hazak v’nithazek, which means, Jewish Hospital first minimally invasive saphenous vein has been profoundly blessed by the lead- “be strong, be strong and we will be harvest (heart) in 1996 to the world’s first ership and support of JHFE. It provides strengthened.” The origins of this tradi- Rabbi Nadia two-level percutaneous transforaminal valuable funding to synagogues, Jewish tion are traced back to the actual physical Siritsky lumbar interbody fusion in 2003 to the programs and events, ensuring Jewish strength to lift the Torah, but it has come world’s First Sequent™ Meniscal Repair continuity by engaging community lead- to reflect a much larger spiritual expres- in 2011 to being the first in the region ers in important conversations about sion related to endings and new begin- to perform directional deep brain stim- Jewish life in the 21st century. nings. During Simchat Torah, when we ulation for treatment of tremors and JHFE has also ensured the continued complete the book of Deuteronomy and The High Holy Days is a time for re- Parkinson’s disease in 2017… there are legacy of Jewish’s mission to improve the immediately return to Genesis, we affirm flection. I have found myself contem- more firsts than can fit into this whole health and well-being of greater Louis- our faith that every ending is also a new plating the many blessings and miracles newspaper. ville, supporting medical research and beginning. that have been possible thanks to Jewish In 2005, Jewish Hospital HealthCare the sacred work of nonprofit organiza- This Hebrew phrase is an affirmation Hospital. Services partnered with Catholic Health tions dedicated to improving health and of strength and wisdom gained, and an Jewish was formed over 100 years ago Initiatives (CHI) to form Jewish Hospi- well-being here. expression of hope for the ways this as Jewish Free Hospital to provide care tal and St. Mary’s HealthCare, which in While JHFE advances the legacy of strength will propel us to further bless- to Jewish refugees and immigrants and 2012, led to the creation of KentuckyOne Jewish’s founders, the hospital has, it- ings and strength in the chapters to all others who were in need of medical Health, the largest not-for-profit health self, proudly supports the work of local come. care. This mission evolved, helping it system in the Commonwealth of Ken- organizations, providing leadership and So it is for us at Jewish Hospital. We become a regional, national and world tucky. This enabled Jewish to preserve boosting city-wide public health and vio- were strong, we are strengthened by the leader in advancing innovative health its mission to caring for the underserved lence prevention initiatives. sacred healing mission that continues to care, in large part thanks to its partner- while continuing to advance medical As we prepare for the sale of Jewish inspire us as we conclude this chapter ship with the University of Louisville, research and pioneering care that have and KentuckyOne Health to the UofL, of our story, and we pray for continued School of Medicine. made a difference to this community thanks to the generous financial contri- strength as we begin our new chapter as This founding mission has continued and beyond. butions of a number of entities, includ- a part of University of Louisville Health. to evolve. We continued to pioneer histor- The sale of Jewish to CHI also led to ing Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foun- ic feats of treatment, putting Louisville the creation of the Jewish Heritage Fund dation, JHFE and CHI, we are grateful Rabbi Nadia Siritsky is vice president of on the medical map. From the World’s for Excellence (JHFE). JHFE is now the that the university shares our commit- mission at KentuckyOne Health. first reported repair of a digital artery second largest nonprofit foundation in ment to the underserved and our pas- in 1962 to a number of worldwide firsts Kentucky, dedicated to improving com- sion to advance medical research and in hand and arm transplantation, to the munity health, funding medical research improve the lives of all.

EVENTS CALENDAR Chavurat Shalom for November

THURSDAY, OCT. 31 THURSDAY, NOV. 14 THURSDAY, NOV. 28 followed by the program. Transportation can The Silvernotes, will return to perform a Mike O’Bryan will play the accordion. Lunch will No Chavurat Shalom due to Thanksgiving. be scheduled by calling JFCS at 502-452- Halloween concert. Lunch will include grilled include meatloaf, roasted potatoes, green peas 6341. Transportation is $5 round-trip. Chavurat chicken piccata, couscous, broccoli with roast- and carrots, Caesar salad, fresh fruit and triple Shalom is funded through the Jewish Heritage ed red peppers, mixed green salad, fresh fruit chocolate cake. Chavurat Shalom is an opportunity for Jewish Fund for Excellence, The Temple, The Temple and assorted pick-up sweets. senior adults to meet socially and share ideas. Brotherhood and Sisterhood, NCJW, the Jewish THURSDAY, NOV. 21 Lunch is $5 and reservations are due by the Federation of Louisville and other donors. THURSDAY, NOV. 7 The Two Sara(h)s will return with a musical Tuesday before the program. Please RSVP to Abby Glogower from the Filson Historical program in the Waller Chapel. Lunch in the 502-423-1818 or [email protected]. Society will speak. Lunch will include chicken Heideman Auditorium. Lunch will include Chef A vegetarian option is available if requested in pot pie, quinoa salad, mixed green salad, fresh Z’s soon-to-be-famous chili, grilled cheese advance. All programs will be held in the Levy fruit and caramel spoon cake. sandwiches, mixed green salad, fresh fruit and Great Hall of the Klein Center at The Temple, bread pudding with a bourbon caramel sauce. unless otherwise noted. Lunch starts at noon, Goose creek Diner The J Senior Center for November TUESDAY, NOV. 5, 12:45 P.M. TUESDAY, NOV. 19, 12:45 P.M. MONDAY, NOV. 25, 11 A.M. Teddy Abrams, director of the Louisville Musical Entertainment Tuesday. Jason The J Book Club will discuss My Own Words by Orchestra, will speak about his plans for the Parroco will perform on the guitar and uklele. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. orchestra and play the piano. Refreshments Refreshments will be served after the program. will be served after the program. TUESDAY, NOV. 26, 12:45 P.M. THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 9:30 A.M. Classical pianist Nada Loufti will return to per- Of equal or greater value. TUESDAY, NOV. 12, NOON Children’s Museum Indianapolis-Treasures of form classical musical selection. Refreshments Not good with any other offers or discounts. Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon in the Patio Ancient Greece exhibit. Leave The J at 9:30 a.m. will be served. Must present coupon at time of purchase. Gallery. Afterwards, Sweet Harmony will per- Stop at Shapiro’s for a deli lunch followed by Expires11/30/2019 8/31/18 form pop, rock, doo wop and show tunes. the Children’s Museum visit. The Treasures of Dine In Only Please bring a canned food item for the Jewish Ancient Greece Exhibit contains more than 150 Mon.-Th. 11-9 PM Family & Career Services Food Bank. Greek artifacts, some on display outside Europe Fri. 11-9:30 PM for the first time. Cost is $38 for members, $48 Sat. 8-9:30 PM for nonmembers. Sun. 9-8 PM OCTOBER 25, 2019 Y 26 TISHRI 5780 Y Community 15 PICTURE THIS: VIOLINS OF HOPE

Some 130 people attended the Jewish Federation of Louisville’s Major Gifts program on Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Waterfront Botanical Gardens. The evening was one of the 30 programs for the Violins of Hope and included one of the collection’s luthiers, Avshi Weinstein, and music by Richard Lin, gold medalist at the 10th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. The theme from Schindler’s List was performed on a Violin of Hope. (Community photos by Jessica Budnick) 16 Community  OCTOBER 25, 2019  26 TISHRI 5780 FEATURE Orthodox jeweler – Brooklyn mom – juggles work, home, faith By Lisa Hornung world,” she said, “how I slow down, I For Community stop every weekend on Shabbos, I shut my phone down, and on holidays I turn Ladies enjoyed each other’s company off my phone.” and fi ne jewelry at the Davis Jewelry While it’s not easy balancing business Frieda Rothman trunk show Wednes- and religion, “I do it anyway because I’m day, Oct. 23, at the Hurstbourne Country proud to carry on my grandparents’ leg- Club. acy. It was so important to them – they Ashley Davis Signman, vice presi- literally died for it.” dent of Davis Jewelers hosted the Shellie Branson wanted to event in conjunction with the Jew- meet Rothman because of ish Federation of Louisville to high- her background and success. light her Judaism and her connec- “I thought that it was really interesting tions with the Jewish community. that she was an Orthodox Jewish woman A portion of the sales from the trunk trying to make her way in this designer show went to the Federation, Sigman world,” Branson said. “And I wanted to said. see her new jewelry.” Sigman and Rothman have worked to- Kate Latts wears Rothman’s jewelry, gether before, but for the Louisville show, but she wasn’t aware of her background. Sigman decided to change things up. “I was really intrigued by the event be- “I said, ‘You know, I really want to do cause I have had a number of Freida something different’,” Sigman said. “‘I Rothman pieces over the years,” she Freida Rothman, together with Brand Manager Susan Rutenberg, speak at the Oct. 24 trunk show. really want to tap into the Jewish com- said, “and I had never really made the (Community photo by Lisa Hornung) munity. I think it’d be important and connection to her Jewish faith and something fun for the local market to beautiful pieces. Belsen Concentration Camp three weeks involvement. So when I heard that she hear your story, to have a connection to An Orthodox Jew, she is the mother of before its liberation. All four of her was coming, I thought it’d be super fun a brand and the designer, and would you four children, ages 7 to 19. Her father is grandparents are Holocaust survivors. to come.” be open into doing something that was a jeweler, and she followed in his foot- “It teaches you optimism, and it teaches Davis said she hoped people left he an off-site event?’ To me, it was an op- steps designing jewelry for other brands. you to event with more than just jewelry. portunity to showcase beautiful jewelry, Her husband and now-business part- always look at the beauty of life,” “I hope everybody gets to leave with a meet the designer, but re-engage a little ner, Matt Rothman, encouraged her to Rothman said. beautiful piece of jewelry that they can bit more in the Jewish community.” launch her own line, which has grown While her kids wonder why anyone always look back and point to it and A Brooklyn, N.Y., native, Rothman has to the successful fashion line that it is would want to hear their mom speak, share that story when somebody compli- her design offi ces there. She takes her today. Rothman said she gets it. ments them to say, ‘You know, I met the inspiration from the grit and industrial Rothman is named for her great- “It’s exciting for people to hear about designer in person.’” nature of the borough, turning it into grandmother, who died in Bergen- my religious background in this modern

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tion certifi ed personal trainer. He is also certifi ed in Group Fitness, Kettlebell, NCJW Louisville Funtional Movement Systems and Cancer Exercise Training. A graduate of Sullivan University with a degree in Culinary Arts, Shalenko has studied over 100 dietary theories, practical lifestyle management techniques and hires new director innovative coaching methods with some of the world’s top health and wellness experts. Nancy Chazen has been named the new executive director of the NCJW-Louisville Section. She joined the chapter on October 1. Chazen is responsible for the administration of all the Rothschild to focus chapter’s programs and activities, which advocate for and support the social and economic rights of women, children and families. on camping, Israel at JCL She brings a diverse background in advertising, communications, nonprofi t Shannon Rothschild has joined the Jewish Community of Louis- volunteering and management, offi ce administration within the Jefferson County ville as its overnight camp/Israel specialist. She will help launch The J’s Public Schools, and as a cooking teacher at The Temple’s Chester B. Diamond newly enhanced One Happy Camper and Passport to Israel initiatives. Religious School. Rothschild, who comes from the health and business sectors, will enhance her strate- “I am eager and excited to work on behalf of the NCJW and its members to gic development work towards both the introduction of the new Camp/Israel grants continue their successes,” Chazen said in a prepared statement, “and to further initiative to the overall community and the recruitment of participant families. pursue my personal commitment of doing good – performing mitzvahs – to help The JCL is partnering with the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excel- others in the community in a larger, more impactful effort.” lence, on this new program to provide signifi cant grants for chil- The NCJW-Louisville engages in philanthropy, advocacy, community service, dren and teens to attend overnight summer camp and travel to Israel. programming and education. It also runs a nonprofi t resale store the Nearly New A graduate of Tulane University in New Orleans, Rothschild received sev- Shop in the Mid-City Mall. eral degrees, including Jewish studies. She also completed two mas- ter’s degrees in business and health administration at Indiana University. Among her fi rst projects, she will participate in the next Jewish Women Renaissance Shalenko named Project trip to Israel in December. fi tness director Mat Shalenko is the new fi tness director of The J succeeding Matt Vamvas, who is leaving to pursue new career opportunities, though he will continue at The J as a personal trainer . Shalenko is a National Exercise Trainers Associa-

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By Ben Sales JTA

PITTSBURGH – Eric Lidji remem- bers people leaving objects in sets of 11. Eleven white feathers. Eleven Jewish stars. Eleven egg-shaped sculptures. But mostly, Lidji remembers the stones – some 2,000 of them spread around the other memorials left at the synagogue in simple tribute to the 11 Jews who died there at prayer on Oct. 27, 2018. After the shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, thousands of teddy bears arrived from across the country. In Pittsburgh, people left stones. Lidji understood: Stones are what Jews traditionally place on gravestones. But the stones left at the Tree of Life syn- agogue were not to mark the victims’ fi- nal resting place but their place of death. “You’re seeing the outpourings of all humanity in some sense,” Lidji said. “There’s a lot of notes, there’s a lot of posters. There’s a lot of objects. Some of Memoriam notes to Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha in the wake of the shootings there have been kept by the Rauh Jewish Archives of the Senator John Heinz them are so unique, it’s hard to even cat- History Center. (photo courtesy of the Rauh Jewish Archives) egorize them.” As the designated archivist of Pitts- Pittsburgh area’s Jewish community for “A lot of the letters are so intimate that bearing a message of comfort. There is burgh’s Jewish community, Lidji has three decades. He became director two if you didn’t know what had happened, an intricate wicker Jewish star. Colorful taken it upon himself to collect, pre- years ago. you would almost think the nature of rows of origami cranes. Quilted hearts. serve and document as many mementos Housed in the Heinz History Center the tragedy was something on the fam- “A lot of these things, especially the of the shooting and its aftermath as he museum, the archive consists of shelves ily level,” he said. “It’s really remarkable art objects, you get the sense that this can find. Everyone in Squirrel Hill — the upon shelves of boxes under fluorescent to watch people process a large public is coming from someone who either is a intimate Jewish neighborhood where lighting. Lidji said a busy year for the ar- event on a personal level.” professional artist or, if they’re not pro- the shooting took place — has been pro- chive would involve collecting about 100 One of the most intensive tasks was fessional, art is such a large part of their cessing and remembering the attack in linear feet of material, most of it decades preserving the makeshift memorial that life that this is how they process things,” their own way. But aside from those who old. community members assembled around Lidji said. “There’s something I find in- survived the shooting, Lidji’s labor of re- At last count, Lidji has collected 171 the synagogue. About a dozen people, teresting about people bringing, almost membrance has been among the most linear feet of memorial objects and notes most of them volunteers, brought thou- as an offering, a piece of something that physically tangible. connected to the shooting. Along with sands of individual items inside, laid they do.” “Our constituency has not been born some staff and volunteers, he cleared them on butcher paper to dry them, sep- Archiving the year of mourning, he yet,” Lidji said. “The big thing that an ar- all of the memorial objects from the arated out the notes and composted the said, has amounted to a second full-time chive does is it preserves original things synagogue grounds a couple weeks af- flowers. The process took nine hours. job, as the regular work of the archive so that people in the future can have ac- ter the shooting, and then again about Lidji cannot publicly display many of has continued apace. And even a year cess to something that was created a long five weeks later around Hanukkah. the objects he has catalogued because later, items continue to stream in. Af- time before they were born. This commu- Lidji has also catalogued memorial most of the collection is owned by the ter the High Holidays, Lidji attempted nity is not going to forget this event for items mailed to the synagogue over the congregations that prayed at Tree of Life, to collect booklets from neighborhood a long time, but there will come a time past year. The majority of the collection not the archive itself. But photos of the synagogues that reference the attack and in the future when not only was most of is paper, including the very first item he objects showcase a range of artistic and its victims. the community born after this event, but collected: the program and seat cards for emotional responses to the shooting. “Whatever pain those of us who are maybe their parents were born after it.” the vigil held the day after the shooting There is a tree painted on a wine bottle, several rungs removed feel is so vastly For eight years Lidji, 36, has worked in at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall. perhaps an homage to the synagogue’s different from the people who were close various capacities at the Rauh Jewish He is also amassing a digital archive of name. There is a wooden bowl, sent by to it,” he said. “What we’re dealing with Archives, which has been collecting the articles, websites and social media posts a local church and filled with green pa- is sad, and sadness is a part of life. It’s documentary and material history of the related to the attack. per cut in the shape of leaves, each one nice to have a role to play.”

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REGISTER ONLINE AT: Register now at thej.campbrainregistration.com ewishlouisville.orgswimschool 20 Community Y OCTOBER 25, 2019 Y 26 TISHRI 5780 AROUND TOWN Jack’s Place Dedication triarch, while other members of the family have vice at 10:45 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 2. The service Please wear comfortable clothing. Contact “Jack’s Place,” The Temple’s new gathering additional news and expectations to share. Ad- is geared to children up until Kindergarten, with Tracht at [email protected] for details. place in its lobby, will be dedicated to Jack Ben- mission is $3 per person. Reservations may be stories and singing, followed by a Kiddush lunch. jamin, in recognition of his lifetime of work, dur- made at adathjeshurun.com/play. Miriam Bird and Rabbi Michael Wolk will lead. Save Bernheim Shabbat ing Friday services on Nov. 1. The dedication will The regular service will begin at 9:30 a.m. A special fall Bernheim Shabbat, featuring a take place at a special oneg following the 7 p.m. Recycling in Louisville guest speaker to talk about how the Bernheim services. Additionally, a new exhibit, presented Karen Maynard, public education officer for Family Shabbat Dinner Arboretum and Research Forest is under threat, by the Archives Committee, spotlighting several the Solid Waste Division of Louisville Metro, The Torah will be unrolled in The Temple’s is slated for 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 22, at The Tem- Louisville businesses owned by former and cur- will be the speaker at the next Temple Shalom main sanctuary, as seventh and eighth grade ple. Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport will lead the ser- rent Temple members, will open. Men’s Club Breakfast at 10 a.m., Sunday, Dec. students demonstrate their reading skills on Fri- vice in the classical Reform style. Louie Bailey 8. She will address the current challenges facing day, Nov. 8. will direct the choir. Homeless Outreach recycling in Louisville and how synagogues can Keneseth Israel will make sandwiches and become greener. All plates and utensils for the Dinner will start at 6 p.m., followed by Tot Shab- Mini Minyan care packages for the homeless at 5:15 p.m., breakfast will be reusable. bat at 6:45 pm and service at 7 p.m. Cost of din- Adath Jeshurun will offer Mini Minyan, a new Sunday, Nov. 3. Bring your own supplies (bread, ner is $5 for adults who RSVP by Tuesday, Nov, 5 Shabbat program for children ages 2-6 and their peanut butter and jelly, blankets, underwear, Family Chanukah Bash and $10 afterwards (free for children under 13). parents, from 11 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. socks, flashlights, etc.) At 6:15 p.m., the group Adath Jeshurun’s Family Chanukah Bash will RSVP for dinner to 502-423-1818. 23. John Gage, host of Kentucky Homefront, will will caravan downtown to give out food and sup- be held at 6:15 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 22. A family lead the music and storytelling. plies to the homeless. RSVP 502-459-2780 or Chanukah meal will be served. Cantor David Lipp Shabbat with Friends Chabad will celebrate Shabbat on Friday, Nov. [email protected]. will lead the music. Bring your own menorah for a Beginners Service, Luncheon community candle-lighting. The event is free for 8 at the Chabad House, 1654 Almara Circle with Chabad will celebrate Shabbat with an inter- Family Fun Night children ages 12 and under, and $5 for adults. a Kabbalat Service at 6 p.m., incorporating song active prayer service followed by a kiddush lun- Temple families will gather for a night of ac- Reservations are required by Dec. 16. To RSVP, and dance. A three-course traditional Shabbat cheon at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov 30. Prayer, tivities from 5 to 7 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 3, at Lou- visit adathjeshurun.com/chanukahdinner. dinner will follow. The program is sponsored in Bible Study and song will be woven into an in- isville Gymnastics, 2722 Chamberlain Lane. A part by the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence. spiring and meaningful Shabbat experience. A staff-monitored gym and Ninja Warrior obstacle Festival of Trees and Lights Call 502-459-1770 for details. kosher New York Style Deli lunch will follow the course will be open and a food truck will be avail- Volunteers are needed at the Chanukah dis- program, which is sponsored in part by the Jew- able to buy dinner. There also will be a no-charge play for the 30th Annual Festival of Trees and Imagine Shabbat ish Heritage Fund for Excellence. Call 502-459- Keneseth Israel will hold its next Imagine beer and wine bar. RSVP online or at 502-423- Lights. Needs include setting up on Nov. 13 and 1770. Shabbat, an initiative to make Shabbat morn- 1818. 14 and on Nov. 17 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and tak- ing down the exhibit. Volunteers also are needed ing services more inspiring, on Saturday, Nov. Adult Education to greet people at the Lights Exhibit from Nov. 9. Breakfast with Cantor Sharon Hordes will be- NIFTY Luncheon 15 to 17, at Slugger Field. The exhibit will show- gin at 9:15 a.m.; interactive Torah study, 9:45 ‘Kinderland-Cinderland’ Temple Shalom Men’s Club will be preparing case menorahs and dreidels from the area syna- a.m.; abridged Shabbat service, 10:30 a.m.; The Temple Adult Education Committee will and serving a luncheon to visiting NFTY mem- gogues. Educational handouts will explain Cha- “enhanced” Kiddush lunch, noon. present a documentary on the experiences of bers on Saturday, Nov. 9. The men are asking for nukah. Sunday, Nov. 17, is Jewish Heritage Day four Jewish school friends living in pre-World Shabbat-Luck Dinner help to prepare, serve, and clean up afterwards. at the festival with free donuts holes from noon War II Germany, Kinderland-Cinderland, at 2 Adath Jeshurun will host a Shabbat-Luck din- John Silletto. Visit information@templeshalom- to 2 p.m.; storytelling with PJ Library (noon, 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 3, in the chapel. Sibylle Ti- ner on Friday, Nov. 15. “Shabbat-Luck” is a veg- ky.org to sign up. and 2 p.m., and the klezmer band, Lost Tribe, edemann, the director of the film, and Ann etarian/dairy potluck meal taking place after the playing at 1 p.m. The Lights exhibit is again be- Dorzback, a member of The Temple, will lead a conclusion of Kabbalat Shabbat services around UofL Kristallnacht Lecture ing sponsored by the Jewish Community Rela- discussion following the screening. A reception 6:30 p.m. No meat, nor meat by-products, may Dr. Joern B. Soltau will deliver a commemora- tions Council of Louisville. For details, contact will be provided. Kinderland-Cinderland tells the be brought into the building. Contact Cybil Flora tive lecture for Kristallnacht at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Honi Goldman, chair of the Lights Committee at everyday story of fascism, its banalities, shabbi- at [email protected] or visit adathjeshurun. Nov. 15, at the University of Louisville Health 502-451-4564 or email: honigoldman@gmail. ness, and meanness. Sciences Campus, K-Wing, Room 2003 on 555 com. com/potluck for details. South Floyd Street. Soltau, acting chairman of Life-Coping Course Family Shabbat the Department of ophthalmology & visual sci- Jewish Learning Institute will offer a new adult Worship Keneseth Israel’s next Family Shabbat will be- ences, will speak on the topic “The Dangers of education program, Worrier to Warrior, at 7 p.m., gin at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 15. Musical services Anti-Semitism: Inhumane Medical Experiments GUCI/No Shush Shabbat Monday, Nov. 4, to help people deal with life will be followed by a meal. Cost is $10 per adult, of the Holocaust – from Genetics to Genocide.” Jeremy Klotz, director of the Goldman Union challenges by combining positive psychology $5 per child ($20 maximum per family). Visit It is part of the Harry C. Stephenson Visiting Pro- Camp Institute (GUCI) will be at Temple Shalom’s with Jewish wisdom. Interested students may kenesethisrael.com/payment to pay or send a fessor Series and the Department of Ophthal- next No Shush Shabbat at 6:30 p.m., Friday, call 502-459-1770 or visit myJLI.com to register. check to KI. mology & Visual Sciences Grand Rounds. Nov. 1. He will give a presentation about the The Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence is partly camp to families. Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner sponsoring the course. Family Havdallah Dance Party Veterans Day Shabbat and Benji Berlow will lead services. An oneg will The Temple will honor veterans at its Nov. 15 The Temple WRJ Sisterhood will hold a family- Lunch and Learn follow. Shabbat service, starting at 7 p.m. friendly, fun event, beginning with Havdallah and Rabbi Michael Wolk’s next lunch and learn including a DJ and loads of fun activities at 7 Celebration Shabbat Torah Yoga Service class will be at noon, Thursday, Nov. 7, at The p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16. Bristol on Main Street. RSVP to mwolk@kenes- All who are celebrating a birthday or anniver- Rabbi Diane Tracht will lead a 45-minute ser- sary in the month of November are invited to par- ethisrael.com. ‘Jest A Second!’ vice of meditation and yoga from 11 to 11:45 ticipate in a group aliyah during Shabbat morning a.m., Saturday, Nov. 16. The service, which is Adath Jeshurun’s new Shema Theatre Group AJ Book Club worship services at Adath Jeshurun, beginning connected to mussar, the Jewish practice of will present Jest A Second on Sunday, Nov. 17, The AJ Book Club is currently reading If All the at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 2. developing ethical qualities in body and spirit, at 3 and 7 p.m. and Monday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. Seas Were Ink, a Memoir, by Ilana Kurshan. The is for students in grades K-7 and their parents. The production is a comedy about a Jewish fam- Tot Shabbat book will be discussed at the next Book Club Students will join the main service afterwards. ily gathering to celebrate the birthday of its ma- Keneseth Israel will hold a Tot Shabbat ser- continued on next page OCTOBER 25, 2019  26 TISHRI 5780  Community 21 AROUND TOWN / LIFECYCLE continued from previous page Jews and Brews late Lee Smith and the late Melvin and his family. Rabbi Michael Wolk leads Toah class over cof- Paula Hartmeier. He was preceded in death by his wife, meeting at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov 10, at Adath Je- fee Wednesdays at 11 a.m. in The J library. A graduate of Miami (Ohio) University, Rita, and his parents Julius and Bessie. shurun. Ted Shlechter will facilitate the discus- Balf is a strategic account executive for David is survived by his children, Law- sion. Births United Healthcare in Dallas. Hartmeier rence “Larry” and Melinda; his sisters, is a graduate of the University of Or- Mildred Stern of New York and Sylvia Kabbalah Month by Month Max Linker Elkington egon and is a sales account manager at Plasner; his sister-in-law, Toby Horvitz; Cantor Sharon Hordes teaches a kabbalah Jessica and James Elkington welcome Hewlett Packard Enterprise, also in Dal- and many nieces and nephews of multi- class through the prism of each Hebrew month’s a son, Max Linker Elkington, who was las. generations. holidays, Torah portions, healing areas and as- born Sept. 16, 2019, in Chicago. He is An October 2020 wedding is planned. A graveside service was held in Ken- trological connections. The class meets every the little brother of Owen. His grand- eseth Israel Cemetery. Herman Meyer & second Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The next session parents are Sandee and Steve Linker of Son, Inc. was in charge of arrangements. is Nov. 14. RSVP to [email protected] Louisville and Annee and David Kettle of Anniversaries Memorial gifts may be made to Con- or 502-459-2780. Great Britain.” Barbara and David Gordon gregation Anshei Sfard and Keneseth Is- Torah Yoga Barbara and David rael Congregation or the donor’s favorite Cantor Sharon Hordes and Lisa Flannery’s next B’nai Mitzvah Gordon will be mar- charity. Torah yoga class will be at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, ried 60 years on Nov. Shiva begins Tuesday, October 22, Dylan River Paz Winner Nov. 21. Temple Shalom and Louisville Hadas- 1. 2019, after sundown at Congregation Dylan River Paz sah. RSVP to [email protected] or Barbara, the for- Anshei Sfard, 3630 Dutchmans Lane, Winner, son of Mil- 502-459-2780. mer Barbara Fried- 2nd Floor. lie and Louis Win- man, is the believed Rabbi Sarah Tasman ner and brother of to be the oldest, lon- Aviva Nadia Kleinbaum Adath Jeshurun will host Rabbi Sarah Tasman, Aspen, will be called gest practicing den- Aviva Nadia Klein- a Washington, D.C.-based educator and spiritual to the Torah as a Bar tal hygienist in Kentucky. She is a 1956 baum, 72, of Sa- leader, on Saturday, Nov. 23. She will speak on Mitzvah at 10:30 graduate of Atherton High School and a line, Michigan, died the topic, “Take Your Time: Marking Life Transi- a.m., Saturday, Nov. 1958 graduate of the University of Louis- Wednesday, October tions.” Services begin at 9:30 a.m. Tasman also 16, at The Temple. ville Dental Hygiene Program. 16, 2019. will be the Shabbat Scholar at the kiddush lunch, Dylan is the grandson of Selma and David is a 1954 graduate of Male High Kleinbaum is sur- speaking on “Creativity on trends in Jewish en- Jim Potash, Judy and Edward Winner, School, vived by her husband gagement, responding to new needs of the Jew- and Linda and Michael Gornek. David attended Butler University and Robert Kleinbaum; ish Community.” A seventh grader in the Math Science the University of Kentucky. He is the her children, Dr. Ian Technology program at Meyzeek Middle former owner of Cliff’s Liquors, CSC Li- (Stephanie) Mutch- Torah Study School, where he plays the violin in the quors, Port-A-Can, and is now with Any- nick of Louisville, Aric (Caryn) Mutch- Rabbi David Ariel-Joel leads Torah study on orchestra, Dylan is an active member of time Waste Systems. nick and Daniel (Sarah) Kleinbaum; her Saturdays, from 9 to 10 a.m., in the Fishman Boy Scout Troop 30. He loves spending The couple has three children, Miriam grandchildren, Gabe, Mimi, Zander and Library before the morning services. Coffee, ba- time with his dogs, listening to music, G. (Dennis), both deceased, Michael (An- Asher; and her siblings, Ora, Ilana, Ami- gels and cream cheese are served. reading and playing video games. gela) and Ronda (deceased) and Phillip ra and Nissim. Dylan is participating in the Jewish (Jane); 11 grandchildren and two great- The funeral was held on Friday, Oct. Monday classes Family & Career Service’s Pledge 13 pro- grandchildren. 18, at Beth Israel Congregation in Ann The Temple offers a series of adult education gram for his mitzvah project. Dylan and Arbor, Michigan. Interment followed at classes on Mondays: Advanced Hebrew from his family invite the community to cel- Washtenong Memorial Park. 6 to 7 p.m.; “Praying from My Heart vs Praying ebrate his bar mitzvah and the Kiddush Obituaries Memorial donations may be made to luncheon following the service. from the Prayer Book,” a text study class with David Kaplan Beth Israel Congregation of Ann Arbor, Rabbi David Ariel-Joel, from 7 to 8 p.m.; Begin- David Kaplan, 91, Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund, at 2000 ning Hebrew, Part 2, with Mark Goldstein, from 7 Engagements died peacefully on Washtenaw Ann Arbor, MI 48104. to 8 p.m. (email [email protected] for Wednesday, Oct. 16, registration). Balf-Hartmeier 2019. Frances and Steve David was an at- Temple Scholars Balf of Louisville are torney and long- Reach The Temple Scholars classes meet Wednes- pleased to announce standing member days at The Temple: “Nationalism and Tribalism the engagement of of the Kentucky more in our in a Global Era,” with Rabbi David Ariel-Joel, from their daughter, Becca Bar Association. He 9:30 to 10:35 a.m.; and “American Jewish Her- Balf, to Matt Hart- practiced civil and story,” an American Jewish perspective through Community! meier, son of David criminal law, including arguing cases the eyes of women, with Rabbi Joe Rooks Rap- and Tina Hartmeier before the U.S. Supreme Court, until his port, 10:45 a.m. to noon. of Beaverton, OR. retirement in 2013. Balf is the grand- An avid car collector, who loved to Brown Bag Torah Study daughter of Betty and Julius Loeser of Call us: Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner leads her Brown show his vehicles, he once won the Carl Sarasota, Florida, and Nancy Balf and Casper International Championship for Bag Torah Study sessons Tuesdays at noon at the late George Balf. Temple Shalom, 4615 Lowe Road. Participants his Volkswagen limousine. 502.418.5845 Hartmeier is the grandson of Lorraine He enjoyed camping and fi shing with should bring their own lunches. Smith of Yakima, Washington and the

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march, the other an inspiring anecdote Somali Bantu parents, shared her own on the music of Sephardic Jews. VIOLINS his mother told of erev Yom Kippur in story of growing up in Louisville amid The Ambassadors of Repair, those giv- Continued from page 1 Auschwitz, when the women in her bar- “struggles of personal identity and kin- en the honor of carrying the violins into racks joined in the chanting of Kol Nidre ship” that existed between Africans and the sanctuary, Matt Gold Goldberg, direc- and the inhumanity that could have de- … and the guards didn’t stop them. African Americans. tor of the Jewish Community Relations stroyed them. Jamner also read a passage from Elie Hussein compared overcoming the Council; Kendra Foster, a member of the Now, restored by Israeli luthier Amnon Wiesel’s Night as violinist Sara Callaway opinion’s held by each group of the oth- Center for Interfaith Relations board; Dr. Weinstein, and his son, Avshi, the violins accompanied him, playing Beethoven’s er to “challenging the norm of a single Muhammad Babar, president of Muslim make music again, they travel the world Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61, 2nd story.” Americans for Compassion; Bob Owings, have been played by some of the finest Movement. Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport, who intro- a parishioner at the Cathedral of the As- orchestras. Fred Whittaker, a Holocaust educator duced the tikkun olam theme, recounted sumption; Rafael Shah-Bozeman, a fifth But Avshi Weinstein, who addressed at St. Francis of Assisi School, recount- the silence that existed among survivors grader and Suzuki violin student; Katie the audience, told them their individual ed his own journey to understanding the and witnesses to the Holocaust after the Quinn, an eighth grader at St. Francis histories are just as powerful. In fact, Catholic’s own painful role in the Shoah, war. Eventually, he said survivors and of Assisi and a Shoah studies student; “We believe the story is more important keeping alive for centuries false stories witnesses alike broke their silence; the Elana Berger, a musician and student at than the instrument.” of Jews poisoning wells and killing God. truth came out. Healing began. Floyd Central High School and a mem- Interspersed between musical inter- “The Holocaust exists painfully within “We must break the silence to build a ber of its symphony orchestra; Moham- ludes on the violin and the kamancheh (a the center of the Catholic faith,” he la- world of hope,” Rapport said. med Al-Mosawi, a UofL student whose string instrument from the Middle East), mented. The principal performer of the evening high school Holocaust studies created an adherents of the three major faiths told But Whittaker also told the story of was Johnny Gandelsman, playing the awareness “shared experience” with his personal stories of pain and healing to Father Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan processional music as the instruments parents – Iraqi refugees; Kenneth “KJ” the near-capacity audience. friar, who sheltered Polish Jews in a entered the hall as well as selections Wilson Jr., a violin student since age 3 Jeffrey Jamner, pianist and arts edu- monastery before the Nazis arrest him. from contemporary composers. and a UofL music and sociology student; cator for the Kentucky Center for the At Auschwitz, “he prayed with the dying But another musician, Jon Silpaya- Scott Koloms, a leader in the conscious Performing Arts, and the son of Holo- and gave away his meager rations” be- manant, playing the kamancheh, per- business movement and founder of Can- caust survivors, recounted two personal fore volunteering to die by starvation in formed a piece by Misirh Ibrahim Efen- opy, which strives for good business in stories from his own family: one of the place of another inmate. di, a 19th-20th century Jewish Ottoman Kentucky. horrific fate of his uncle along a death Nasra Hussein, an 18-year-old Mus- composer. Silpayamanant performs with lim, born in Kenya, the daughter of a group called Transito, which focuses

thing. So when I heard of Violins of Hope, signs on the window and people were told I knew I wanted them to have the violin.” not to shop there.” LEESER In accepting it, Weinstein, a trained lu- Paul was 16 when he left Germany and Continued from page 1 thier (violin craftsman), could tell that it came to Cincinnati, where stayed until he was made in Germany around 1898. It graduated from college and got a job in struments with his father, Amnon Wein- has a crack, and strings on the bow are Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. stein, accepted the violin this past week coming apart, but nothing that can’t be Leeser, a trained social worker, came while in Louisville for VOH programs. repaired. to Louisville in 1976 for graduate school, Weinstein also accepted a photo album of Paul Leeser was born Hanborn, Germa- and never left. She is married to Frank Leeser’s father. ny, near the city of Duisburg. While not a Schwartz. “The most important part [of the violin] professional musician (he trained as a me- Whether her father’s violin travels with is the story behind it,” he said. chanical engineer at the University of Cin- others from the collection, Leeser can’t The violin will travel with Weinstein to cinnati), he was gifted, his daughter said. say. She does take comfort in knowing it’s other exhibitions before being taken to Is- His family came to the United States in in good hands. rael for restoration. 1937 as conditions for Jews in Germany And she would like to hear it make mu- “Unconsciously, I think I’ve been waiting deteriorated. sic once more. for the right person, the right program,” “There was an awareness on my grand- “I would love to go to Israel and hear Leeser said. “I’ve used this metaphor be- mother’s part that the handwriting was on it played again,” she said, “but who fore, but I feel the universe sometimes Avshi Weinstein and Linda Leeser pose with the violin the wall,” Leeser said. “I know they owned knows.” Leeser has donated to the Violins of Hope collection. taps us on the shoulder … to do the right a dry goods store. Already there were (Community photo by Jessica Budnick)

Barry Allen, president and treasurer that improve the image of Louisville and sible has been going on for quite a while. of the Gheens Foundation, quoted from the state by helping its people. “We’re on a journey right now, and the MILESTONE The J’s own grant application when he She also said the foundation’s grant most exciting part of about being gath- Continued from page 1 said his founders would be pleased to marks a continuation of a giving tradi- ered here in our sukkah … is that we know The J’s mission, “which focuses on tion Brown established with The J, then have been on a journey for close to a de- sair Charities, WHAS Crusade for Chil- “the heart, the mind, the body and the known as the Jewish Community Center, cade,” she said. “We’re so excited to be dren, the James Graham Brown Founda- soul of all it serves, will now be a part of going back to the 1950s. turning a major corner, but we didn’t do tion and the Gheens Foundation. their stewardship legacy.” “You all are doing exactly what we it by ourselves.” The Brown Foundation committed Dawn Lee, president and CEO of the think we are supposed to be doing, too,” Traditionally, she told the audience, $500,000 to the project; Kosair, $250,000; WHAS Crusade for Children, which has Rummel said. “The partnership is an the roof of a sukkah is left incomplete, Gheens, $100,000; Crusade for Children, supported Camp J for the past five years, honor.” so whoever dwells in it can see the stars $85,000. said her organization sees its gift as an To cap the program, Norma Cahen, di- at night. At the next milestone, the JCL will “opportunity” to expand the partnership. rector of the Early Learning Centerearly “That’s exactly what we’re doing as we launch the public phase of the capital “This group makes such a conscious learning at The J, explained the signifi- reach for the stars in building the next campaign and meet its goal. decision to include children who have cance of the lulav and etrog, which are iteration of what The Jwill be for Lou- Keith Inman, president of Kosair special needs in their camp programs,” taken up by Jews on Sukkot. Then 30 isville,” Wagner said. “I invite you…to Charities, said The J’s work dovetails Lee said of The J. “For us, that’s what children from the Early Learning Center dream a little bit with us about the gen- with his organization’s mission. made the difference.” sang two songs for the crowd. erations of people that are going to take “This is a community that helps the Mason Rummel, president and CEO of In acknowledging the capital cam- advantage of being with us, of engaging fragile, that helps the strong,” Inman the James Graham Brown Foundation, paign chairs – Jerry and Madeline and growing every day.” said. “It helps those who are challenged said The J project was in keeping with Abramson, Frank and Barbara Weisberg and helps those of abundance. It helps the directions its founder, James Gra- and Dr. Jeffrey Tuvlin – Wagner noted the entire community, and that’s what ham Brown, left in his will to do things that the work to make a new center pos- Kosair Charities is about as well.”

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