April 26, 2013 16 IYAR 5773 Community 1 Published by the Jewish Community of Louisville, Inc. www.jewishlouisville.org INSIDE Special Partnership 2Gether Mission will go to Israel September 21- October 1. PAGE 24 Communit■ ■ y FRIDAY VOL. 40, NO. 8 16 IYAR 5773 APRIL 26, 2013 CELEBRATING EDITORIAL The future of our community ISRAEL@65 is in your hands hat should a strong, vibrant Jewish commu- Wnity do? A. Provide scholarships to enable children to participate in the JCC Summer Camp or Jewish overnight camp experiences. B. Subsidize trips to Israel for Jewish teens and support Birthright Israel trips for young adults to help the next generation develop strong Jewish identities. C. Engage Jewish seniors in activities like a trip to Jewish Washington, D.C., and exercise classes at the JCC de- signed to keep them healthy. D. Ensure that affordable kosher congregate meals are available to seniors at the JCC, Meals-on-Wheels are de- livered to the homebound and the JFCS Food Pantry is open to all. E. Supply funding to enable Jewish Family & Career Ser- vices to provide counseling and career services on a sliding scale so families and individuals in crisis can access the help they need. F. Foster Jewish educational opportunities. G. Support social services for Jews at-risk in Israel and around the world. In Louisville, the answer is all of the above and more; and the Annual Federation Campaign is the way we make it happen. To make our Louisville Jewish community strong and vibrant, your support and your gift to the Annual Federa- tion Campaign are critical. For 2013, our goal is $2,141,000. To date, we have raised $1,620,718. We are rapidly approaching the finish line. The new fis- On April 13, more than 300 people cians from our Partnership with Israel cal year begins July 1, and decisions regarding allocating gathered at the JCC to celebrate Is- region, the Western Galilee, performed resources to meet community needs must be made now. rael@65. The event started with a spe- between two demonstrations of Krav The 2013 Campaign is scheduled to close on April 30, but cial Yom Hazikaron commemoration Maga (Israeli self-defense). The Speed to enable you to make your gift, we are extending the close date to May 7. from the Louisville Beit Sefer Yachad. Art Museum led family activities and Please make your donation today online at www.jewishlouisville.org/donate; or Then the fun of Yom Ha’atzmaut be- Jewish National Fund from Cincinnati pledge or donate by calling 238-2739. gan. Mayor Greg Fisher headed up a participated. Together, we do extraordinary things. Community Walk with Israel, part of a Israel@65 Chairs Faina and Ariel national walk. Kronenberg were pleased with the After the walk, a shuk opened in the event and grateful to all the volunteers Family Park of the JCC selling Israeli who helped make it “a perfect day,” and memorabilia and Mediterranean food to all those who turned out to enjoy it. prepared by Shiraz. Israeli folk singers Dorit and Tzvika, a pair of folk musi- See photos pages 8 and 9. INDEX JCRC Update ...................................... 2 Review ................................................. 2 Festival of faiths .................................. 5 POSTAGE KENTUCKY Uniquely Jewish: Advocacy ................ 5 LOUISVILLE PERIODICALS Calendar of Events .............................. 5 The Rothschilds Story ......................... 6 Yom HaShoah ..................................... 7 AJ Goes to Cuba ............................... 10 Anshei Sfard’s Future ........................ 11 They assembled at the entrance to Arlington Cemetery. Teen Holocaust Museum Trip ........... 11 Shlicha Coming to JCC ..................... 13 Foundation Column .......................... 17 JCC senior adults on the move JCPA Plenum .................................... 17 Teen Topics ....................................... 18 by Shiela Steinman Wallace are active in the Senior Adult program, CUFI Exec Director Speaks Here ..... 19 the seniors told them they had never Chavurat Shalom .............................. 25 Today’s seniors are on the move and been to the nation’s capitol and it would JFCS Calendar .................................. 26 the Jewish Community Center’s Se- be nice to go. Newsmakers ..................................... 27 nior Adult Department is moving right Barczy and Davis are natural leaders Lewis Lecture .................................... 27 along with them. and they began talking about the idea Around Town ..................................... 28 When the department’s directors among their friends. Before long, they Lifecycle ............................................ 29 Slava Nelson and Diane Sadle were recruited a group of people who ex- D’var Torah ........................................ 31 sharing what they learned at the Meals pressed interest in the trip, and Nelson Classifieds ......................................... 31 on Wheels conference held in Washing- and Sadle said, why not. After all, the Uniquely Jewish: Mobility ................. 32 ton, D.C., last September with Theresa purpose of the Senior Adult program is Barczy and Mag Davis, both of whom see JCC SENIOR ADULTS page 23 2 Community April 26, 2013 16 IYAR 5773 gards to Syria and Iran, and a united Mourning, Not Blaming Communit y JCRC UPDATE front will put that much more pressure On CNN this past week, an interview on them. with a representative of the Muslim Community is published monthly by the Jewish Community of Louisville, Inc., by Matt Goldberg, Director Another significant development community spoke about hoping that 3630 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, KY Jewish Community Relations happened just this past week, as Sec- the terrorist in Boston was not Muslim. 40205-3216. Council retary of defense Chuck Hegel made a As Jews, I think we can identify with USPS #020-068 at Louisville, KY. visit to Israel. In meetings with Israeli that sentiment somewhat. I also saw defense officials, The Secretary agreed an interview with the Czech ambas- The Jewish Community of Louisville is n the past two weeks, there have to sell long-range refueling planes and sador to the United Nations, worried a nonprofit organization. $26 of your pledge is for a subscription for Community. been a number of awful incidents advanced aircraft. Israel has never re- that people will confuse Czech with For more information, call in the world that have dominated ceived these two items before and they Chechen, the ethnicity of the Boston (502) 459-0660, fax (502) 238-2724, I the news cycle. I can’t remember could ostensibly be used for a military terrorists. e-mail [email protected] or check out such a time when major news events strike against Iran. I think both interviews are an impor- the website www.jewishlouisville.org. were relegated to secondary status, Furthermore, the U.S. Senate voted tant reminder that we can hate this ter- POSTMASTER – Send address changes simply due the fact that there are so for a non-binding resolution to support rorist justly and eliminate all thoughts to Community, 3630 Dutchmans Lane, many things going on. Israel should they attack Iran. This of forgiveness, but we must avoid con- Louisville, KY 40205-3216. In the last month, we have had North week, Israeli defense officials have been flating the actions of two men with the Korea threatening nuclear war and hinting that their “red lines” regarding actions of an entire ethnic group. As COMMUNITY DEADLINES Congress rejecting a bill to increase Iran have already been crossed. With we commemorated the Holocaust just Deadlines for the next two issues of background checks on the purchase of negotiations regarding Iran’s weapons recently, it is of vital importance that Community for copy and ads are: April 19 guns. Just in the last week, there was program seemingly at a stalemate, and we remember this important lesson … for publication on April 26 and May 17 the horrible tragedy at the Boston mar- Israel now possessing more advanced a lesson that we are obligated to teach for publication on May 24. Items for the athon, a massive deadly explosion at a weaponry to be used in a military at- over and over again. Russian column must be in the day before chemical plant in Texas, and a violent tack, the next couple of months could the general deadline. earthquake in China that killed over prove to be a pivotal time for the region. Community publishes News makers and 200 people. All of these events should, Around Town items at no charge. 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