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February 21, 2014 21 ADAR I 5774 Community 1 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Special Section Pages 16-17. Published by the Jewish Community of Louisville, Inc. www.jewishlouisville.org INSIDE The Botswana Jewish community welcomed visitor from Louisville. PAGE 18 Communit■ ■ y FRIDAY VOL. 39, NO. 06 21 ADAR I 5774 FEBRUARY 21, 2014 Dennis Berman Craig Greenberg LBSY Celebrates 110th Year with Business Forum Wall Street Journal Business Editor Dennis Berman and 21c CEO Headline; Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson Will Be Moderator The Jewsh Community of Louisville has launched a new, easier-to-use web site. Check it out at jewishlouisville.org. (See story, page 14.) ouisville Beit Sefer Yachad (LBSY – the Louisville Hebrew School) has the distinction of be- JFCS Names 2014 MOSAIC Award Winners L ing the oldest continually operat- ing school of its kind in the country. This by Beverly Bromley year is its 110th anniversary, and it is cel- Director of Development and Marketing ebrating it with The Kentucky Business Jewish Family & Career Services Forum on Sunday, March 9, at 5:15 p.m. at the 21c Museum Hotel. An artistic director, an educator and The event will feature three distin- pioneer for women’s rights and social guished LBSY alumni. Craig Greenberg, president of 21c Museum Hotels, will discuss the downtown Louisville hotel and food scene; Dennis Berman, the Wall Street Journal’s business editor will Left to right, JFCS’ 2014 MOSAIC Award Winners are Dr. Muhammad Babar, Dr. Johanna van Wijk Bos, Marta share an inside look at the esteemed na- Miranda, Bruce Simpson and Joseph Twagilimana. tional newspaper; and Jerry Abramson justice, a nonprofit CEO, a physician fits Jewish Family & Career Services, will serve as the event moderator. active in the interfaith community and honors international Americans who The event will also include the music a refugee mathematician who tirelessly have made a significant contribution in of The Lost Tribe Klezmer Band and helps African newcomers. These five their profession and in our local/global dessert. individuals have made their mark in community. JFCS was founded to assist For those who would like to meet Ber- JCL CEO Stu Silberman, left, and Board President our community and will be recognized newcomers to Louisville and this event man and Greenberg, there will be a wine Karen Abrams, right, accept a check for $101,000 from Beth Grafman of the Harold Grinspoon for their accomplishments at the ninth honors its original mission. reception prior to the forum. Foundation. The check represents the investment annual MOSAIC Awards to be held on The cocktail reception, which starts at “This is the first-ever event like this the Foundation has made in Louisville’s PJ Library Thursday, May 22, at The Galt House. 5 p.m., features a showcase of new mi- that LBSY has done,” said LBSY Pres- program. (See story, page 10.) This fundraising event, which bene- see MOSAICS page 19 see LBSY page 14 INDEX JCRC update .......................................2 $163,175* ... Matanot L’Evyonim/GreenFaith ..........3 Together Extraordinary Melton Adult Mini-School ...................4 HAPPY DAYS ARE M’chaiya Klezmer Band Is Coming .....5 HERE AGAIN POSTAGE WE DO... THINGS KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE Ben Gurion Society Event ...................5 PERIODICALS AJ Music Fest .....................................5 2014 LION OF JUDAH UNIQUELY JEWISH CAMPAIGN POMEGRANATE BOURBON Calendar of events ..............................5 KICK-OFF EVENT EVENT Louisville Jewish Film Festival ........ 6-7 $30,000* $156,250* $113,920* $249,332* YAD Casino Night............................ 8-9 $407,327 Grinspoon Foundation ......................10 MAJOR GIFTS Schwartz Named Camp Director ......10 OTHER CHAMPAGNE PLEDGES Connecting in Florida ........................ 11 BRUNCH Partnership Book Discussion ...........12 2014 $44,520* Honor Your Family .............................12 YAD CASINO NIGHT Standard Club New Plans .................12 SARASOTA Represents $12,200* 2014 DINNER Review: W;t ........................................12 * EVENT pledges SUPER SUNDAY Super Sunday ...................................13 from those David Klein Resolution ......................14 who attended $150,000 Community Shabbat .........................15 this event. Bagels and Bingo ..............................19 Teen Topics/Shalom Baby ................20 Newsmakers/Chavurat Shalom ........21 TOTAL TO DATE: JFCS Calendar ..................................22 Around Town ............................... 23-24 2014 Lifecycle ...................................... 25-27 FEDERATION $1,326,740 D’var Torah ........................................27 CAMPAIGN GOAL: $2.35 MILLION 2 Community February 21, 2014 21 adar I 5774 group that recognizes the complexities of this issue and seeks to encourage Communit y JCRC UPDATE their church to support meaningful di- Community is published monthly by theJewish alogue with all parties involved and we Community of Louisville, Inc., 3630 Dutchmans by Matt Goldberg, Director It excuses Israel’s neighbors’ vicious will make efforts to reach out to them Lane, Louisville, KY 40205-3216. Jewish Community Relations Council anti-Jewish attacks and mass expul- and ask that they reject this document. USPS #020-068 at Louisville, KY. sions (over 800,000 Jews in Arab coun- In fact, we have already heard the out- The Jewish Community of Louisville is tries were forcibly expelled subsequent rage expressed by these friends regard- a nonprofit organization. $26 of your pledge Presbyterian Committee distrib- to the creation of the state of Israel) of ing this document. is for a subscription for Community. utes Anti-Semitic Study Guide their Jewish populations as a natural In previous Presbyterian General As- For more information, call “blowback” for Israel’s treatment of the semblies, our outreach to our friends (502) 459-0660, fax (502) 238-2724, very two years, the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) has their bien- Palestinians. This document accuses has resulted in rejections of any one- e-mail [email protected] or check out our Christian Zionist friends of gross the website www.jewishlouisville.org. nial convention, and this sum- sided statement or action. Our hope is mer it is in Detroit. Also every ignorance, lamenting “their uncritical that this policy statement really does POSTMASTER – Send address changes to E endorsement of Israel’s occupation.” represent only a small minority of Pres- two years (since 2004), PCUSA considers Community, 3630 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, There are so many misquotes, fac- byterian thought and it is given the cate- KY 40205-3216. resolutions meant to demonize the State of Israel, accuse Israel of crimes she is tual errors, and contextual inaccuracies gorical rejection it so richly deserves. associated with this document that to COMMUNITY DEADLINES not guilty of, and encourage their church and members to boycott and divest from point out every one would require doz- Farm Bill Cuts Food Stamps Deadlines for the next two issues of ens of pages of analysis. Community for copy and ads are: March 21 companies doing business with Israel. After literally years of wrangling, our for publication on March 28 and April 17 for This year is no exception, but a re- Israel’s actions and policies some- government finally passed a Farm bill publication on April 25. cently issued publication indicates a new times deserve condemnation and that this year, but unfortunately the Food low point in their understanding of the dialogue should be encouraged and de- Stamp program was cut. Community publishes News makers and Around bated seriously, but this document goes Town items at no charge. Items must be Palestine/Israel conflict and is sure to Now, we can take heart in the fact that submitted in writing. Please include your name further divide the Presbyterian and Jew- WAY beyond that. the actual cuts were far less than what and a daytime telephone number where you ish communities, communities which I do not throw around the term “An- was proposed by some lawmakers. Some can be contacted in the event that questions have so much in common and can work ti-Semitic” lightly, but there is frankly proposals out of Congress included 40 arise. Community reserves the right to edit all together on so many issues. no other way to describe this policy billion dollars in cuts, which would have submissions to conform to style and length The Israel Palestine Mission Network paper. Astonishingly, this document had catastrophic results. requirements. of Presbyterian Church USA has just re- even appears to condemn the Catholic The farm bill that passed only cuts leased Zionism Unsettled, a new study Church for Nostra Aetate, the Catholic Food Stamps by $9 billion over 10 years ADVERTISING INFORMATION document that absolves the Jewish peo- To advertise, please contact guide released for church members goes (or 1 percent) mostly by closing a loop- further than the church has ever gone in ple for the collective guilt of Jesus’ death. hole which allowed for recipients of Aaron Leibson, (502) 418-5845 or e-mail Condemning the Holocaust does [email protected]. the past in denouncing Zionism. other government assistance programs Like previous reports issued by this not absolve someone of anti-Semitism. to convert their excess funds to food The appearance of advertising in Community Avoiding the traditional canards of does not represent a kashruth endorsement. committee, it accuses Zionism of being stamps. incompatible with Judaism, accusing it blood libels,