August 2013 Elul 5773 Meaningful Ways to Celebrate The Joys of Summer Camp the High Holidays By Isabelle Booker and Rachel Kline The best summers are summers spent Reprinted from PJ Library blog NATURE & THE SHOFAR at a Jewish summer camp. There is posted on September 26, 2011 According to the Rabbis, Rosh Hasha- something special about camp that nah is the anniversary of the sixth day you just can’t find anywhere else. As THE HIGH HOLIDAYS of creation. To celebrate the completion much as you try, you will never find the are upon us. Whether your family at- of our beautiful world, spend some holi- magic of a Jewish summer camp. Camp tends synagogue for Rosh Hashanah day time surrounded by nature. is where you can be yourself. The crazy, and Yom Kippur or observes the holi- Whether it’s a hike, or a picnic at a local wild you that you would never be back day in your own way, it’s undoubtedly park, point out and enjoy the many home, but are proud to show at camp. a time for sweetness, creation, waking beautiful things God created. The people that accept your craziness This summer, the Lexington community up, and casting away. are the people that end up being your has children attending or serving as Take a shofar with you on a hike, and best friends for the rest of your life. You counselors at; Goldman Union Camp Below are some of the ways you can allow your children to use it. A spend months away from these people, Institute, Henry S. Jacobs Camp, Camp honor the High Holidays to- but a day doesn’t go by when you aren’t Ramah Darom, Camp Livingston, Camp gether as a family. thinking about them, and the memories Young Judaea Midwest, Camp Shalom, of the fun times you had together. Jew- and other area Jewish camps. A SWEET-TASTING TRA- ish summer camp truly is a special and DITIONS magical place that we can’t live without. One of the themes of Rosh Ha- shanah is, of course, sweetness. (A traditional greeting is “May Campaign news you have a good and sweet new year.”) Apples dipped in honey symbolize that sweet- Linda and Leon Ravvin ness. Honored by the Community Before Rosh Hashanah, make a On June 2, 120 people came to the Hil- Shalom and human service programs in trip to a local apple orchard to ton Suites at Lexington Green to honor Israel and in endangered Jewish com- collect several varieties of local Linda and Leon Ravvin and support munities around the world. A apples. On the holiday, sample the 2013 annual campaign. The guest the apples using sweet recipes. speaker for the evening was Dr. Henry If you have not yet made your commitment If you are hosting a potluck Abramson, the Ravvin’s nephew. Dr. to the annual campaign, please contact the holiday meal, ask your guests Abramson, a rabbi and scholar, dis- Federation office, at 268-0672 or jfb@jewish- to bring a dish featuring apples cussed the nature of Jewish communal lexington.org. or another traditional, symbolic structure and the importance of main- food. taining community. Dr. Abramson is Dean of Academic Affairs at Touro Col- lege in Miami.
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New Babies for a New Year daughter of First, Jodi Arias. Now George Zim- ing from the banal consciousness of the Linda and merman. If you watch the twenty-four viewers, this non-stop focus on “high This summer has been a time of growth Leon Rav- hour news channels, you might think profile” incidents accomplishes exactly in the local Jewish Community. In spite vin. Linda that there is nothing else going on in the opposite of what was intended. The of the assumption that our population is preceded Bob the world. What is it about Americans’ criminals become celebrities. How many aging, we have witnessed the birth and Grossman interest that has so many glued to their of us remember David Berkowitz, Ted adoption of four new children since the as president TV sets, watching the same footage over Bundy, Osama bin Laden, Ted Kaczyn- end of May. of the federation. Two weeks later and over again? Remember the Intifada? ski, and a dozen other? How many of us brought another blessing, the birth of The same photos occurred repetitiously remember the names of their victims? Bob and Barbara Grossman have adopt- Jonah Ethan Cohen Siegel, son of Rabbi on CNN and other outlets. ed a beautiful two-year old girl, Jessica. Sharon Cohen and Jeffrey Siegel. Jonah Perhaps I am a curmudgeon, a throw- After many years on the waiting list joins Ashira Smolkin in the rabbinic I will admit that the first time I noticed back to days long ago. However, even for a baby from China, the Grossmans, baby club. Ashira was born last October this phenomenon was long before then I would have opposed the 19th with big brother Ben, and Bob’s parents, to Talia and Rabbi Moshe Smolkin. 24-hour news. It was in 1963, in the century glorification of western outlaws traveled to China to bring Jessie home. aftermath of the assassination of Presi- and Indian hunters. Further, the sancti- Bob is the immediate past president All of our community’s new babies dent Kennedy. The coverage went on fication of the mobsters of the 20s, 30s, of our Federation. He and Barbara left are welcomed with new baby baskets for days. It still is re-broadcast today, 60 and 40s deserves rethinking. for China the morning after our annual provided by the Federation that contain years later. In that case, a nation went meeting when Bob turned over the pres- their first PJ Library book, aleph-bet into mourning. A man of great hope had Why don’t we make teachers our idency to Mike Grossman. Several days soft nesting blocks, a teething toy, and been murdered. No matter what your heroes? Why not devote news time to later Elissa and Alan Weinstein and big an invitation to become part of the PJ politics were, you felt a deep loss. Inside hunger in South America, AIDS in Af- sister Arly welcomed a new baby girl, Library family. If you know of a Jew- of 100 years, four American presidents rica, cooperative programs among Jews, Emma Claire. Elissa is currently chair of ish family in the area with a new baby, had been assassinated. Christians, and Moslems in the Middle Camp Shalom and had been the assis- please call us and let us know about the East? tant director of our camp a number of birth. Federation is committed to pro- Yet, there is a world of difference be- years ago. Jessica and Emma join other viding services for children and families tween a presidential assassination, on It needs to stop. Our never-ending Federation board babies, Elliot Mayer, through programs such as PJ Library the one hand, and a gruesome, lascivi- fascination with evil will not lead to the son of board member Amy Faust Mayer and Camp Shalom. ous murder or a vigilante taking the law triumph of good. As we enter the New and Mike, and Ephraim Guzman, son of into his own hands, on the other. 1963 Year, may we turn our thoughts away board member Jenn Garlin and Marcelo As I write this article, David and I just was appropriate. 2013 is not. from evil, pray for the redemption of Guzman, both babies were born in the heard that we have a brand new grand- humankind, and pledge ourselves to last year. daughter. Her parents are Zhanna Beyl I find this to be insulting. Whether champion the good in people. A and Ari Wasserman. perpetrated in the editing booths of Several weeks later, we welcomed new Fox News, MSNBC, or CNN, or deriv- baby girl Eve Paulina McKee, daugh- I wish you and your families a wonder- ter of Heather Ravvin McKee and ful New Year surrounded by family and Kirt McKee, sister of Myer and grand- friends. L’Shana Tova Tikatevu. A Jewish Family Save the Services DATE Leisure Club Tuesday, August 13 • Noon at JFB Conference room
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2 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 3 JFS: At Your Service Mimi Kaufman, JFS Director The Jewish Cemetery in Growing Awareness Lexington and Response to By Hanna B. Smith Cemeteries reflect the history of the locations they serve. The Elder Abuse age of a community, who lived there, and the economic status An elderly woman breaks her wrist responsible for the problem. In the Jew- and health of its residents are while refusing to give her adult grand- ish culture the saying shalom bayit or some of the information that son money to buy drugs. She is an ac- keeping peace in the home sometimes can be gleaned from the cem- A picture of the double grave stone of the David tive member of her synagogue, but she comes into play. Shalom bayit is a noble etery itself and from its written twins from Section E-1. Their’s was the first burial fears talking to her rabbi about the situ- goal but it was never intended to entrap records. in the newly acquired cemetery on Tates Creek Pike, ation because it is too shameful. Such a victim in an abusive situation. and is therefore of historic importance. The grave stories, sadly, are becoming increasingly The first and most detailed his- and stone were later transferred to the cemetery lot common according to social workers, The good news is that awareness is torian of the Lexington Jewish in the Lexington cemetery on West Main Street, after elder care lawyers, and medical experts definitely also growing. There has been cemetery was Moses Kaufman, the cemetery on Tates Creek Pike was abandoned. in the fields of aging. It is an upset- a response in our government with leg- charter member and secretary The text on the double stone is as follows: ting topic that we don’t like to think islation and funding to help combat this of the Spinoza Society, the Jew- INFANT SONS OF about. But the statistics are somewhat problem. The Administration on Aging ish burial society. In 1887 Mo- JOSEPH & HENRIETTA DAVID frightening, and they are growing in in the US Department of Health and ses Kaufman wrote that Jews DIED MAY 24, 1873 numbers probably due to our increased Human Services has declared 2013 “The settled in Lexington in any ap- Their souls are bound in the bond of life life expectancies and growing number year of Elder Abuse Prevention.” There preciable number only around (This last sentence is the translation of the He- of elderly people. According to the have also been some great innovative the time of the Civil War. There brew letters underneath the date.) Administration on Aging, 2.1 million local efforts to combat the problem. were about twenty families in Americans each year fall victim to elder Jewish organizations are in the fore- Lexington in 1872, the year that Tanner for $175.00 for the purpose of abuse, exploitation, or neglect. The front of some of the efforts as well. We the Spinoza Society was formed. Judg- establishing a cemetery. This land was agency believes that many more cases are starting to see shelters that provide ing by the number of charter members situated 3 ½ miles out of town on Tates go unreported, and the actual number services to our elderly population as a and officers of the Society, each family Creek Pike. The first burial there was of victims could be as high as 12 million. response to prevention. Closest to home may have been represented. of the twin infants of Joe and Henrietta would be the Shalom Center for Elder David. Joe David was one of the charter In general, elder abuse refers to inten- Abuse and Prevention at Cedar Village, By 1872 the Jewish community in Lex- members. tional or neglectful acts by a caregiver which is in Mason, Ohio - a suburb of ington was established enough to see or “trusted” individual that lead to, or Cincinnati. the need for a cemetery and to be able Locating the cemetery so far out of town may lead to, harm of a vulnerable elder. to acquire land for this purpose. Until proved to be a serious mistake because Physical abuse, neglect, emotional or So what should you do if you suspect then the Jewish dead had to be taken it made maintenance very difficult. psychological abuse, financial exploita- someone you know is being abused? for burial to Louisville or Cincinnati, Worse yet, the road there was impass- tion (very common), sexual abuse, and First, do not assume that someone has an onerous and expensive undertaking. able in winter. Intermittent attempts abandonment are all considered forms already reported a suspicious situation. On July 28, 1872 the Jewish community at change were made over the next few of elder abuse. It can occur anywhere You can call your local Adult Protective met and founded a burial society. After years, but it was 1884 before the Jewish and affects seniors across all socio- Services agency. To reach the Kentucky obtaining a charter from the State Leg- community acquired an acre of ground economic groups, cultures, and races. APS Abuse Hotline, call 1-800-752-6200 islature the burial society was named from the Lexington Cemetery Company. There are lots of contributing factors. or 1-877-597-2331. To report suspected Spinoza Society. Henry Loevenhart and Julius Marks Isolation, cognitive impairment, pov- abuse in a nursing home or long-term formed the committee which negoti- erty, mental illness and substance abuse care facility, contact the local Long-term According to Moses Kaufman, the so- ated with the trustees of the Lexington contribute to higher risk. Interestingly, Care Ombudsman at 1-800-372-2991. ciety was named after Baruch Spinoza, Cemetery Company. On December 2, according to some smaller studies when The agency receiving the report will ask the 17th century Jewish philosopher. He 1884 the Cemetery Company set aside dementia is involved, the rate of abuse what you observed, who was involved, did not say why this name was chosen “40,186 square feet, not counting alleys and neglect rises whether the abuser is a and who they can contact to learn more. other than that the founders considered between lots” ... “for the perpetual and family member or hired help. You do not need to prove that abuse is Spinoza to be “one of the greatest phi- exclusive use of the Jewish dead.” occurring; it is up to the professionals to losophers of modern times”. Unfortunately, it is a problem that is investigate the reported suspicions.A Moses Kaufman’s relief and gratitude very much underreported. People On August 11, 1872 the society pur- feel ashamed, like they are somehow chased one acre of land from William see Jewish Cemetery, page 5
4 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 5 (from page 4) and Ohavay Zion Jewish Cemetery Synagogue and by members of the Cen- is palpable as he praises the Lexington The first burial in section E-2 occurred tral Kentucky Jewish cemetery trustees for their liberality, on January 12, 1977. Federation. kindness, and “Kentucky chivalry.” The annual kever avot service, the cus- In 2013 the Spinoza On April 4, 1885, the bodies from the old tom of visiting the graves of loved ones Society installed a cemetery were reburied. That ground between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kip- genizah in section was then sold to William Simpson for pur and praying there, continues to be E-2, opposite the $100.00. Thirty bodies had been re- held in section E-1 because of tradition, Children’s Holocaust moved from the old cemetery in 1885. space, and available benches. Memorial. A genizah By July 1, 1887 three more adults and is a receptacle for infants of five families had been buried Until 1990 the Lexington Jewish com- prayer books and in the new cemetery. munity did not have a chevra kadisha, ritual objects that A picture of the double grave stone of the David the group of men and women who pre- are no longer usable. twins from Section E-1. Their’s was the first burial Moses Kaufman’s narrative ends here. pare the body for burial in accordance According to Michael View of Section E-2 - the tall tree with a couple of stones in the in the newly acquired cemetery on Tates Creek Pike, He carefully records the names of the with Jewish tradition. According to Ades, this genizah is foreground, a stone bench in the middle distance, everything and is therefore of historic importance. The grave officers and charter members of the Leon Cooper, bodies were transported an underground con- shaded by a tall tree. The mood is one of serenity that the ar- and stone were later transferred to the cemetery lot Spinoza Society as well as those who to Myer’s Funeral Home in Louisville tainer with concrete chitect who designed this lot wanted to achieve. The architect in the Lexington cemetery on West Main Street, after conducted and who supervised the for preparation and then returned to sides, a dirt floor, who designed Section E-2 is D. Lyle Aten. the cemetery on Tates Creek Pike was abandoned. reburial ceremony in 1885. Lexington for burial, a costly and time and a removable top. The text on the double stone is as follows: consuming operation. Further plans are INFANT SONS OF On May 15, 1941 the Spinoza Society re- for a head stone for the genizah, with as city treasurer and as city auditor. In JOSEPH & HENRIETTA DAVID vised its constitution and by-laws. Part In 1986 Rabbi Uriel Smith, then rabbi a community-wide dedication service 1896, he was elected to the state leg- DIED MAY 24, 1873 of the constitution and by-laws were of Ohavay Zion Synagogue, met with led by the rabbis of Temple Adath Israel islature. In 1915, President Woodrow Their souls are bound in the bond of life further amended in 1946 during the two synagogue members, Leon Cooper, and Ohavay Zion Synagogue. Wilson appointed Moses Kaufman as (This last sentence is the translation of the He- presidency of L.K. Frankel. I. Jay Miller chair of the religious committee, and postmaster of Lexington. brew letters underneath the date.) moved in favor of accepting the amend- Evelyn Geller, nursing instructor at Another recent innovation is the place- ments, and Jay D. Weil, later the Soci- the University of Kentucky, to discuss ment of baskets with pebbles for the Lexington’s Julius Marks Elementary ety’s secretary, seconded the motion. forming a chevra kadisha in Lexington. use for visitors to place them on the School is named after another leader According to Mr. Cooper, he and Ms. graves of loved ones. For the longest of the 19th century Jewish community. On Jay D. Weil’s death on March 31, Geller first tried to recruit medical and time, mourners who wanted to observe Julius Marks and Henry Loevenhart 1959, the Spinoza Society paid tribute dental professionals because of their the old custom of leaving a stone as a negotiated with the Lexington Cemetery to him for his devoted services with an experience of working with cadavers. token of their presence had to either Company for land for a Jewish cem- entry into the minutes and a copy sent When not enough medical professionals bring their own or search the cemetery etery. Leo Marks, his son, a Cincinnati to the Weil family. James S. Frankel was were available, other members of the ground for loose pebbles. business man, donated money towards president of the society at that time. Jewish community were approached. the building of Temple Adath Israel. In addition, shomrim were recruited, During the century and a half of its exis- In 1976, during the presidency of people who sat with the body until the tence, the Lexington Jewish community In 1903, a group of Jewish women es- James Frankel, Jr., the Spinoza Society funeral. This proved easier because the produced remarkable members whose tablished a local chapter of the Council acquired section E-2 of the Lexing- shomrim have no direct contact with the talents and hard work contributed to of Jewish women, focusing on charity ton cemetery because section E-1 was dead. the well-being of both the Jewish and work in the larger community, accord- almost filled. Sections E-1 and E-2 are general community. ing to the Encyclopedia of Southern near each other but do not abut, because By 1990 the chevra kadisha was fully Jewish Communities. The chapter was at the time of purchase no contiguous formed, both a men’s and a women’s The above-mentioned Moses Kaufman active in tuberculosis control and later plot was available. Landscape architect group. Information manuals were moved to Lexington in 1867 and in drug education. Unfortunately the D. Lyle Aten of Scruggs and Hammond, assembled and a training session was opened a clothing store. According to Encyclopedia does not list the names Inc. was hired to design the new lot. held. In July 1990 the chevra kadisha the Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish of the women who founded the CJW was called upon for the first time. Since Communities, he soon became active in chapter. In an interview in 2013, Mr. Aten said then the chevra kadisha has been avail- local politics. In 1879, Moses Kaufman that he envisioned section E-2 to be able for every funeral in the Jewish was elected to the city council where he Mary Wenneker is one of the two markedly separate from its surround- community. became a leader of the reform faction women mentioned in the Encyclopedia. ings. He had a hedge planted that arced that challenged boss rule in Lexington. She was instrumental in starting the at the opening to the section and that There is now a memorial to the right He and his allies succeeded in provid- Wenneker shoe business which eventu- presented a formal entry. Section E-2 of the entrance to section E-2 for the ing that the Lexington mayor be elected ally expanded to seven stores. feels like a garden, calming and beauti- children who perished in the Holocaust. by popular vote. In addition to serving ful, separate from yet also part of its sur- The memorial was dedicated in 1996 on the city council, for some years as roundings. by the children of Temple Adath Israel its president, Moses Kaufman served see Cemetary, page 7
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6 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 7 On behalf of the Board of Directors and Jewish Cemetery (from page 5) Not mentioned in the Encyclopedia is of the Spinoza Society. Trustees are staff of the Jewish Federation of the Lena Skuller, Mary Wenneker’s contem- Ben Baker, Joe Rosenberg, and Simone porary. Following the untimely death Salomon. Bluegrass, we pray that this New Year will of her husband, Lena Skuller continued the couple’s jewelry store which she ex- Visitors to the Lexington Cemetery often be one of joy, happiness, and well being. panded to include fi ne china and silver have diffi culties locating the Jewish sec- ware. According to her descendants, tions. Here is a guide: after entering the May we celebrate community and family Ms. Skuller was a highly successful cemetery gate on West Main Street, con- businesswoman and a philanthropist. tinue along the cemetery’s main avenue and strive to strengthen the bonds between The founders of the Lexington Jew- until Section I-1, turn left; Section E-1 ish community and their descendants, will be on your left, just past Section I-1. us. May this be a year of peace for Israel whose bodies now rest in the Jewish To reach Section E-2, continue past Sec- cemetery, shared a sense of commu- tion E-1, past Section D-1 on your right. and its neighbors and a year of healing for nity obligation, and this obligation Section E-2 will be ahead, opposite Sec- also extended to the wider community. tion 48’s Garden of Remembrance. the entire world. They supported community institutions with their labor, their talents, and their (Sources: History, Charter, Constitution, money. They arrived as immigrants and By-laws, Rules and Regulations of the helped build a viable community. Spinoza Society of Lexington, Kentucky; L’shana tova tikatevu, Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Com- Whether we are their direct descen- munities; Kentucky Digital Library. dants, newcomers, or transient residents Michael Grossman, President of today’s mobile society, it behooves us With many thanks to the following: to uphold the founders’ memory and to Michael Ades for making the fi les of the Judy Wortman, Executive Director continue their work of supporting this Spinoza Society available to me; D. Lyle community. Aten; Leon Cooper; Harry Cohen and Jan Cohen Cerel; Debbie Kiser, Julius Marks Currently Michael Ades is President Elementary School; Sanford Levy). A INVEST IN ISRAEL
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after Sh’mini Atzeret. Day is on a Thursday. In any case, of tablets : What is so important about the selichot is a series of penitential prayers after the month of Elul? Q The High Holy Days begin with the be- designed to begin the process that will incident of ginning of Elul. The rabbis tell us that climax on Yom Kippur, and end on the golden Elul is an acronym for the verse from Hoshanah Rabbah. calf (Ex. 32; : Elul is the month before Tishre. Song of Songs: Ani l’dodi, v’dodi li – “I 34:27-28). He Tishre is when the High Holy am my beloved’s, and my beloved is At the end of Elul is Rosh Chodesh Tishre ascended on DaysA occur. I have often claimed that mine.” The “Beloved” is God. The idea – the beginning of Tishre. Since this Rosh Chodesh major Jewish holidays start before they is that we remember and strengthen marks the date of Rosh Hashanah, it is Elul and de- begin, and end after they are over. our relationship with the Creator, and, the rosh chodesh that does not have the scended on the 10th of Tishri, at the end What? remind Him of that relationship, in usual practices for the new month. It is of Yom Kippur, when repentance was the time before approaching God for assumed that because of the Holy Day, complete. Other sources say that Elul For instance, Pesach actually starts forgiveness. Elul is thus very important one will remember that is begins a new is the beginning of a period of 40 days with the four special Shabbatot preced- in preparation for Rosh Hashanah and month. that Moses prayed for God to forgive ing it. A month after Pesach is Pesach Yom Kippur. the people after the Golden Calf inci- Sheni, As described in Numbers 9:9-13, Another significance of Elul is that we dent, after which the commandment to a Jew may bring the Korban Pesach, Near the end of Elul, this year on the sound the shofar each morning, other prepare the second set of tablets was (Passiover sacrifice), on Pesach Sheni if 25th, is the ritual of selichot. It occurs than Shabbat. This “awakening” is given.” s/he is ritually impure due to contact on the Saturday night prior to Rosh designed to initiate the call for repen- with a dead body or were on a “distant Hashanah, a minimum of four days tance. The Judaism 101 website tells As we enter the month of Elul, may we journey.” before. If, for example, Rosh Hashanah us, “According to tradition, the month start the process in introspection, and falls on a Monday, selichot will be two of Elul is the time that Moses spent on may we be forgiven for the new year. Sukkot begins with building of the Saturdays before. This year, the Holy Mount Sinai preparing the second set L’shanah tova – Happy New Year. A Sukkah and ends with its dismantling
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MAZON: A Jewish Response To Hunger Shocked And Horrified By Effort To Split Farm Bill A Jewish Response to Hunger is geous and unacceptable. mental obligation of a just and decent provides food assistance to our nation’s shocked and horrified by the effort of society and not simply an act of charity. children, seniors, working poor, and Republican leadership in the U.S. House MAZON stands in strong opposition military families in need.” A of Representatives to “split” the Farm to this effort to split the Farm Bill and “MAZON ‘s commitment Bill and advance a bill stripped of the shred our nation’s vital nutrition safety to protecting full funding nutrition title. net. As an organization informed by for SNAP remains stead- Jewish values, MAZON takes seriously fast,” affirms Leibman. “This is a back room political maneuver its responsibility to care for the most “We will continue to rally that flies in the face of decades of bipar- vulnerable among us. our supporters and our tisan consensus and rural-urban cooper- network of synagogue ation that have produced past farm bills In Leviticus we are commanded: ‘You leaders and guarantee and balanced diverse national priori- shall not reap all the way to the corners partners to stand up for ties,” says Abby J. Leibman, President of your field or gather the gleanings of struggling families in & CEO of MAZON. “This ideologically- your harvest… you shall leave them for America. We look forward driven and misguided effort, which the poor and the stranger.’ to engaging Members is nothing more than a thinly-veiled of Congress to craft a attempt to decimate the Supplemental In other words, providing for those who comprehensive, balanced, Nutrition Assistance Program, is outra- are poor and vulnerable is a funda- and just Farm Bill that 8 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 9 Israel 21c: Jewish-Muslim troupe seeks peace through drama The ‘Take Away’ message from Israeli- Talking trash Palestinian Y Theater duo is that theater can be a rehearsal for a better world. These “refugees” from smaller confl icts By Karin Kloosterman fi nd refuge together as they eat, sleep, shower, garden and work together in Tasking themselves with the lofty idea their own little “dump,” which to them of making peace through drama, Jerusa- has become a sacred hill. lem’s Y Theater attempts to embrace Je- rusalem’s beauty and confl icts to enable This small ecosystem works well until a public discourse that is self-critical. a Big Developer comes to profi t from a large wall to be built, dividing the trash Y Theater’s latest production is called mountain and the people’s allegiances “Take Away.” Developed by an Israeli to one another. There is an obvious Bonna Devora Haberman onstage. and Palestinian over two years of work- inference here to the separation barrier, shops with Israelis, Arab and Jewish, which Israel has constructed to stop the Haberman was born in Canada and “He is under threat and is jeopardizing Palestinians and foreign theater types, fl ow of infi ltrators from the West Bank. moved to Israel in 1986. She is 53 and himself in his own community, which the play evolved into a metaphor for the the mother of fi ve children. Herini, 37, has turned its back on him. … He’s iso- city of Jerusalem, Two Israeli Jews, was born in the Palestinian village of lated and even blacklisted by his peers,” which is built on one Palestinian Hizma. she tells ISRAEL21c. a hill. and one Druze woman act out “I am a social entrepreneur with a “Our performance is an opportunity to They were infl u- various charac- strong background and commitment have revealed a segment of society in- enced by Israel’s ters in the play, to theater as a rehearsal for a better volved in a long-term and deep process alte zachan, men in Hebrew and world,” says Haberman. of change,” she concludes. who collect old Arabic, to evoke scraps and appli- questions about An unlikely partnership “Take Away” is a one hour and 10 ances to be sold at the Middle East minute play in Hebrew and Arabic. An the market, and reality. She met Herini at a workshop in the English-speaking audience can enjoy it also the zaballeen, Speaking Arts Festival, which pairs without translation, says Haberman, but Cairo’s Christian Kadar Herini, “a brave person.” Photo by Haberman and performance artists in music, movement an English synopsis can be provided for garbage collectors. Shmuel Browns co-director Kadar and theater at the YMCA in Jerusalem. those who see the show, playing May 26 Sifting through Herini hope that at Safta, Tel Aviv, at 8 pm; and May 29 at Israeli garbage the audience will “We met about fi ve years ago and the Khan Theater in Jerusalem at 6 and dumps has also been a mainstay for ask themselves self-refl ective questions worked together for three days with 8:30. A Palestinian kids in recent years. rather than laying blame on the other other artists and performers and by side. the third year decided we should work ABOUT KARIN KLOOSTERMAN: “We look at the material as valuable in- together,” says Haberman. “We are now Karin Kloosterman lives in Jaffa, Israel. sofar as it will help us achieve our goal. Both Haberman, a philosopher and committed to persevering and creating She is a journalist, writer and blogger When something is no longer purpose- founder of Women of the Wall in Jeru- art together to initiate Israelis and Pales- who focuses on the environment and clean ful we discard it. This is true of people salem, and Herini, who has sacrifi ced tinians into a better civil discourse. technology from Israel and the Middle and of stuff. In this piece we explore friendships and jobs for collaborat- East. Published in hundreds of newspapers how we can understand what is going ing with an Israeli, are an example of “I think this is, in fact, the only collabo- around the world, Karin also writes for the on [in Jerusalem, Israel, the Middle East] Middle East peace in the fl esh, despite ration between a Zionist [believer in Huffi ngton Post and Green Prophet. and somehow deal with the conse- the fact that they work very hard at get- Israel as a Jewish home- quences,” co-director Bonna Devora ting along. land] and an ardent Haberman tells ISRAEL21c. Palestinian nationalist. “Kadar believes that Islam is the ulti- My credentials as a Zi- In the play (co-directed by a die-hard mate development of religion, which onist are strong, and in Israeli Zionist and a passionate Palestin- encompasses whatever gifts and contri- spite of that, it is really ian nationalist) Jerusalem’s holiest place butions that Judaism and Christianity hard and challenging. to Jews and Muslims –– the Temple made to humanity, and he sees no rea- We are holding on with Mount –– is a trash mountain where son why we shouldn’t simply convert our fi ngernails and lose scavengers poke around for their daily to Islam. I’m an observant Jew and I people all the time.” keep. practice religiously. We’re both learning how to fi nd shared space. Sometimes it’s Haberman calls her sheer agony,” Haberman has said. co-director “a brave person.” 8 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 9 Planning on leaving town for a Are you on the Jewish few months? Going on a long Federation’s email list? Creative Energy – Lorne vacation? Moving any time soon? We send announcements and Help Federation save monemoney. Inform us special event details to those of your plans and prevent the U.S. Postal Dechtenberg who wish to receive them. Service from charging us for returned By Hanna B. Smith tucky Educational Television taped “The mail and address change notices. Send Tamara Ohayon an email Honeymoon Symphony” in 2010 and is Before you go, contact the office and let if you would like to join the list. The Lexington Jewish community featuring it on its website in four parts: us know if you would like your mail held boasts a number of fine musicians the symphony’s creation; the rehearsal or sent to a different address temporarily. [email protected] among its members. Among them is processes; and finally the performance. Contact Tamara at (859) 268-0672 or Lorne Dechtenberg, a young composer The viewer has the opportunity to [email protected] and conductor. Lorne, who holds a watch the composer from the inception doctorate in music from the University of his work, through the rehearsals with of Kentucky, is producer and creative their changes, glitches, and “aha” mo- director of Upbeat Arts, a company that ments to hearing the completed sym- publishes and produces musical works phony. Other works are featured in part in video and audio. He also writes for on YouTube, together with interviews television and film. with Lorne discussing his philosophy that inspires his compositions.
Lorne grew up in South Florida, in a tra- ditional Jewish family. In highschool he majored in science and was a National Merit Scholar. He still likes mathemat- ics and is a whiz with calculus. He also took courses in television and film. Music was and continues to be his main interest, though.
As a student at the University of Hous- ton, Lorne worked with the Houston In addition, Lorne co-founded the Blue- Opera as a singer, conductor, and coach. grass Opera. This company focuses on He also performed as a cantorial soloist. new musical works and works that have After completing his master’s degree not been shown here before. It usually in music composition, Lorne moved produces two to three performances per to Lexington where he had obtained a year. The company’s next performance, fellowship in music at the University of planned for August 2013, is an opera, Kentucky. He completed his doctorate “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” composed in 2010. by Lorne and based upon a play by Oscar Wilde.
As if this was not enough, Lorne also conducts the choir at Temple Adath Israel, and he assisted with reworking the sound system at the Temple. Lorne conducted the combined choirs of Temple Adath Israel and Ohavay Zion Synagogue at the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass’ winter dinner in Decem- ber 2012. He has also provided musical entertainment for Hadassah functions. Lorne decided to stay in Lexington be- Lorne teaches private students voice cause of its flourishing arts community and piano. He himself is a trained oper- and vital Jewish community. “There atic baritone. is a wonderful community here, and I am glad to be here,” he says. Central To date Lorne has composed four op- Kentucky is fortunate to have this multi- eras, a symphony, and numerous solo, talented and energetic young man make chamber, and orchestral works. Ken- his home here. A 10 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 11 10 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 11 PJ Library at Baby Moon
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The garden is growing great guns. We over the High Holidays. Look for ways have water on site and a new fence. We to reduce energy use and protect the Off Luncheon have a bee hive, thanks to Alec Stang. environment. Janet Scheeline has done an amazing amount of weeding and pruning to We are partnering with COEJL (The us for the luncheon make our garden beautiful. Coalition on the Environment for Jew- being held at the ish Living) to reduce energy use in the Hilton Suites at Because Mickey Hernandez has steadily Temple and, hopefully, in our homes. Lexington Green at cared for the compost, all of our beds 12:30pm. are enriched and growing fabulously. This endeavor was an outgrowth of 50 Jewish leaders from across the country, We will also honor The peach and pear trees are loaded and across the religious and political Dr. David Wekstein with green fruits, as are the blackberry spectrum, getting together and signing as the recipient of canes. Our fi rst strawberry season was the Jewish Environmental and Energy the Irwin “Ernie” short but sweet. We have also harvested Imperative” declaration. Cohen Associate of peas, lettuces, rhubarb and herbs. Beans, the Year Award. cukes, squashes, peppers and tomatoes The goal is to signifi cantly lower Jessa Perrin had a backpack, an iPod are growing. greenhouse-gas emissions, advocate for and an air of independence. She was 16 The Lexington Chapter of Hadassah is energy independence and security, and when she boarded a plane in Cincinnati taking this opportunity to introduce a There Is Still Time To Get reduce the Jewish community’s energy four years ago this past July, headed new, national grassroots fundraising Involved In The Garden. consumption by 14% by 2014. for Israel with a group of other high campaign called Chaisociety. Enroll- school students. She told her parents she ment in Chaisociety requires an annual We have more exciting projects planned. The year 2014 was chosen because it is would see them in a month. giving commitment of $180 or $360 for We are adding more plants and a fruit the next “sabbatical” or seventh year Silver Chaisociety membership. This tree and hope to create a seating area in the Jewish calendar—Shmittah—a About a week into the trip, she became generous donation can be paid by credit under the shade tree. We plan to lay traditional time in the agricultural cycle ill, with what appeared to be a stomach card in affordable monthly installments irrigation lines to make watering even to refrain from impacting the earth. A virus or food poisoning. What followed of just $15 or $30, respectively. An easier. Contact Jo Stone if you want to in the next few days was a medical added feature of enrollment is that the help. Anyone interested should contact Mickey drama that is any parent’s worst night- member or associate can select the spe- Hernandez (859) 321-0121, Jherna7056@ mare. “Basically healthy one day…and cifi c Hadassah project most meaningful The Green Team will be hosting the aol.com or Jo Stone (859) 226-0990, school- dying the next,” says Bonnie Ullner, to them to “make an impact” with their Oneg on August 16 that will feature [email protected]. Jessa’s mother. annual donation. many foods from the garden. Jo Stone has been harvesting produce through- Bonnie, who is the President of the You don’t want to miss this special out the summer. Cincinnati Chapter of Hadassah, will event. Please look for your invitation in tell her remarkable story on August 25 the mail and see additional information The Green Team will also be featuring at Hadassah’s “Kick-Off Luncheon” for available in this issue of Shalom. A environmental displays in the social hall all members, associates and guests. Join
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14 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 15 B’tayavon The Great Escape: (Hearty Appetite) A Mini Vacay Getaway By Vivian Bitensky for Jewish Young [Ed. note: After a long and delectable tenure as the writer of B’tayavon, Ruth Poley has, unfortunately moved from the community to the Southeast. We, at Professionals Shalom, wish her well. We are in the process of working with new contributors. Discover, or rediscover, how much fun In the meantime, please enjoy Vivian Bitensky’s wonderful lemon bars below.] overnight camp can be when Jew- ish young professionals from across Lemon Bars the region meet up for a “mini vacay getaway.” Access and Camp Livingston The first time I tasted lemon bars was at my sister-in-law’s home in New York and a present The Great Escape, featuring 600 love affair began. After trying Paula’s recipe, I discovered many different recipes. acres of fresh air and fun, including a The following is my favorite: lakefront aqua park, a giant waterslide, high ropes course, zip line, canoes, 2 cups flour, plus 1/4 cup kayaks, arts & crafts, sports and more, activities such as nature hikes, tie-dying, 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar, plus 1 tablespoon Saturday, August 17th through Sunday, lanyards and other arts and crafts in the 1 cup butter (margarine), melted August 18th. open-air Art Pagoda. 4 eggs 2 cups granulated sugar “Whether you went to camp as a kid, At dusk there will be a campfire cook- 1/3 cup lemon juice or have never stepped foot in a cabin, out with a guitar-accompanied song 1/2 teaspoon baking powder much less a canoe, this event is for any- session and Havdalah ceremony under one looking for a fun new way to enjoy the stars. The evening will culminate 1. Preheat oven 350 an ‘old school’ weekend in the great with a midnight pool party with music 2. Mix two cups flour, 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar and melted butter. Spread into outdoors!” explains Briana Landesberg, and more. After a waffle-bar breakfast a greased 9-by-13 inch pan and bake for 25 min. (The crust will be pale) Access’ Event Coordinator. “Thanks to on Sunday, all camp amenities will once 3. Mix eggs, granulated sugar, lemon juice, baking powder and remaining flour the generosity of Camp Livingston, the again open up for guests to enjoy for the and pour over HOT baked shell. Bake for an additional 25 minutes, or until set. entire facility will be ours from Saturday rest of the day until departure at 4pm. through Sunday, ” she adds. Lunch on Sunday is also included. Refrigerate. Dust with remaining confectioners’ sugar before serving. Cut into 15 equal squares. “Our Jewish community is lucky to Camp Livingston is located in Ben- have such a great overnight camp with nington, Indiana, and is a little over two ENJOY! so many amazing amenities,” explains hours away from Lexington. There is Ben Davis, Camp Livingston Director. plenty of parking. The cost of this week- “We are happy we can open it up for the end getaway is $110 dollars per person, exclusive use of Access so their con- but thanks to The Mayerson Foun- stituents from across the region can take dation, the first 200 to RSVP before advantage of all we have to offer!” August 10th, will only have to pay $35/ person, which includes all the above- The event will kick off at noon on mentioned activities, meals, shuttle bus Saturday with a camp-style lunch with and accommodations. Areas for groups a grown-up twist, followed by more or couples who would prefer to pitch than 24 hours of nonstop fun, consist- their own tents will be made available. ing of lakefront activities, including All others will be housed in traditional a water trampoline and other aquatic cabins. A apparatus such as a 100’ ft water slide, as well as a chance to boat, swim and Access is an initiative of The Mayerson sun on the sandy beach. Participants Foundation, a private family foundation in will also be able to team up for softball, Cincinnati, and offers 4-6 programs a month Ultimate Frisbee and other sports at the designed to help Jewish young professionals athletic field, as well as shoot hoops, get connected to one another and to the Jew- play the camper favorite, Gaga, and ish community. To learn more about Access test their daring on the high- and low- or any upcoming events, please visit www. ropes courses, rock climbing wall and jypaccess.org or contact Briana Landesberg zip lines. Of course there will be plenty at [email protected] or 513-373-0300. of time for all the tried-and-true camp 16 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 17 Celebrate Tashlich this Rosh The Lexington Chapter of Hashanah with the Family Hadassah invites all members and Reprinted from PJ Library blog posted on associates to attend our September 11, 2012 As Amy Deutch discusses in her Kveller. com article “Tashlich,” the symbolism of SPEND TIME WITH THE FAMILY this tashlich is something children can under- year by preparing for Rosh Hashanah stand and learn from as well: 2013 Kick-Off with tashlich, the ceremony of casting off ones sins before the coming New Year. We think about all of the things we’ve done wrong in the past year, and then we throw Luncheon Tashlich, which literally translates to them away … It works for the preschool set. “casting off,” is a ceremony performed They’re constantly trying harder to tie their Introducing on the afternoon of the first day of shoes, reach the shelf, ride a bicycle. Trying Rosh Hashanah. During this ceremony, harder to be better people is something that Jews symbolically cast off the sins of they can work on, too. the previous year by tossing pebbles or breadcrumbs into (typically fish-filled) Not only does tashlich present an flowing water. During this ritual, we opportunity to teach children about think of all the things we’ve done wrong the feelings and behaviors associated in the past year and then “throw them with making amends, it also presents away,” promising for improvement in a chance for families to spend quality the coming year. time together. A And honoring Rosh Hashanah Begins Dr. David Wekstein the recipient of the Sept. 4: So Order Your Irwin “Ernie” Cohen Greeting Baskets Now Proceeds Associate of the Year Award
Benefit TAI Preschool Keynote Speaker: TAI Preschool is selling Rosh Hashanah ings to five families, the cost to you baskets once again. They will contain will be $100.00). The quantity discount apples, local honey, a round challah and is 10 baskets for $175. In addition to, Bonnie Ullner other goodies. The Rosh Hashanah bas- or instead of, sending baskets, we will President, Cincinnati Chapter of Hadassah kets operate much like the Uniongram print your name on all of the cards as a program; each recipient will receive sponsor of this fundraiser for $60. Ad- “Hadassah Saved My Daughter” one basket with a card listing all of the ditionally, many congregation mem- names of those who are sending their bers wish to send greetings to Temple greetings. This is a wonderful way to and Preschool staff (Rabbi Kline, John August 25 at 12:30 pm share New Years’ wishes with family McDonald, Sandee Wildes, Rachel and friends in the Lexington area, to Estep, Katherine Henry, Alice Logsdon, Hilton Suites at Lexington Green show appreciation to others who have Mimi Kaufman, Laura Creamer and the 245 Lexington Green Circle been helpful to you, and to help build new religious school director). Adding community spirit while supporting TAI your name to their cards costs $5 per Preschool. The baskets will be delivered staff member. To assure that we have Couvert $25.00 to homes in the immediate Lexington enough materials for all of the baskets, area in time for Rosh Hashanah. please send in your order no later than Please RSVP by Wednesday, August 21 to Wednesday, Aug. 28. We cannot guar- Gayle Bourne 859-312-0359 The cost is $20 for each basket on which antee that orders postmarked after that Or email [email protected] you want your name included (for date will be filled. A example, if you want to send greet- 16 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 17 Sim Shalom: Congregation News By Jesse Weil There were videos of one British Rabbi One of the main organizers was Armin own Rabbi Katalin Kelemen delivered and one Hungarian rabbi-to-be, as well Langer, a Sim Shalom member who had the sermon, connecting the week’s Sim Shalom fi nally celebrated the 20th as of several of the important lay leaders his adult Bar Mitzvah a year ago, and Haftarah portion to the rapid progress anniversary of its offi cial founding in of the period. So, our anniversary was who will start the Rabbinical training that is taking place all around the world 1992. It was a bit belated because so celebrated by watching a half dozen of program at the Abraham Geiger College in the expansion of the acceptance and much of our energy for the past two those videos, and then much reminisc- in Berlin this fall. Armin led the ser- legalization of gay rights and practices. years has gone into fi ghting against the ing by those who had been present to vice, which was attended by about 150 Many Sim Shalom members took part in loss of our present recognition by the help the newer members more fully people. There weren’t enough siddurim the Gay Pride March through the center Hungarian government. But, we fi nally understand what it had been like then, to go around. A Sim Shalom member, of the city that afternoon. A did it, with a serious look back at the when at every visit something new was Anita Cantor, read the Torah, and our early days of the community. In the learned, or some new tradition was early years of the congregation, many started. For me, who came to Sim Salom young British Reform Jews helped the well after this time, it helped a lot to Hungarians enormously in learning learn the origins of much of what we how to practice Judaism by coming to now do on a regular basis. Budapest for Jewish holidays, for long Our advertisers weekends, and for teaching by example Then, a week later, we celebrated a how to celebrate the holiday or Shabat. much newer tradition, participation in One of the other products of these many the Budapest Gay Pride celebration. For trips was not a few romances, and even the second year in a row, the Buda- support this paper. several marriages. Some years after the pest Reform community held a special founding, one of these young married Shacharit service to recognize and join couples made several video interviews in the Gay Pride movement. The three with both the British and Hungarian congregations of Sim Shalom, Bet Orim Please support our advertisers. participants to produce a record of what and Moses House held a joint service they had all been so active in creating. in the JCC, known as Balint House.
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WHO WE ARE! PJ LIBRARY READING TIME cultural, ethical, and historical aspects Shabbat Shuvah Service 7 PM Temple Adath Israel is a Reform Jewish TAI has dedicated space in our Youth of our 4000-year tradition. Its emphasis congregation - We celebrate Torah, Jus- Library and our Anita Mersack Outdoor is on dialogue and exploration. Please September 8 tice, Tradition, and Faith! Our mission Reading Garden for families to share join us any time on August 10 and 24. Cemetery Memorial Service 1 PM is to inspire Jews to ensure a vibrant in our growing collection of PJ Library Lexington Cemetery Jewish present and future by nurtur- Books, before, during and after religious TORAH STUDY ing a multi-generational love for our school. The collection is in our Youth Rabbi Kline conducts the study of the September 13 tradition. Our “Community Center” ap- Library and our Librarian Leona Stern Tanakh (Bible) using the Jewish Study Kol Nidre proach to Judaism gives families a host and Rabbi Marc love to share in reading Bible on alternate Saturdays at 9 a.m. in 7 PM—Child Care* of unique ways in which to love living time with many families or even just the Library. The discussion is always 9 PM No Child Care relevant, soulful and experiential Jewish one. These books provide our young lively and informative and you can join lives. Please call the Temple Adminis- children with wonderful introductions the group anytime. We are currently September 14 trator for more information if you are to the magic of Jewish storytelling. studying the Book of Nehemiah. Join us Yom Kippur interested in affi liating with the Temple. on August 3, 17, & 31. 8:30 AM—Early Service –No Child Care Our Shabbat services for August 2, 9, 16, GENERATION TAI DINNER FOR 10:45 AM—Late Service-Child Care* 23, & 30 are at 7 PM. AUGUST PARSHA 1:30 PM—Children’s Service—No Child Join us each Saturday morning at 11 AM Care FAMILY SHABBAT Generation TAI is our Chavurah group in the library as we take a look at the 1:30 PM Afternoon Study— No Child Our lively Family Shabbat takes place for young adults. Programming runs the Torah portion for each week. Rabbi will Care on the second Friday of each month at spectrum from worship to social action, lead some discussions, and everyone 3 PM—Afternoon Service-Child Care* 7 PM. We sing songs and enjoy great and from Shabbat to holiday meals. will take turns on August 3, 10, 17, 24, & 4:30 PM—Yizkor Service—Child Care* stories geared to our families and their Please join us for the monthly Gen- 31. We will have Parsha with worship 5:15 PM—Concluding Service—Child young children, but with valuable mes- eration TAI Dinner on August 2, 2013 on August 17. Care* sages for all. This year we will have a following Shabbat services. There is no Break-the-fast will follow services. Potluck dinner at 6 PM immediately charge for those who bring a potluck HIGH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE preceding services beginning in Octo- dish. If you don’t cook, bring $7 to enjoy September 4 *Childcare will be offered only if reserva- ber. Join us! all the food. Please contact Reva Schot- Erev Rosh HaShanah tions are made for the service you will be tenstein at [email protected] or 7 PM—Child Care* attending. Forms available in the Temple TOT SHABBAT call her at 859-221-9473 to reserve your Oneg to follow offi ce, on the Temple website at http://www. Our Tot Shabbat Friday night service is seat. (No late service. See notice in opposite lextai.org/, or call Sandee at 269-2979. held on the last Friday of each month column) (during the school year). CHAVURAT CHOCHMA PROGRAM IMPORTANT: CHANGE IN EREV (A Friendly Gathering of Wisdom) September 5 ROSH HASHANAH SERVICE TEMPLE TOTS Chavurat Chochma will meet on August Rosh HaShanah SCHEDULE The Temple Tots program is designed 30, 2013 at 11:30 AM for a luncheon and 8:30 AM—No Child Care to give 2 1/2 and 3-year-old children program. Please RSVP to Sandee at 269- 10:45—Child Care* Based on previous attendance data, and their parents a positive and nurtur- 2979 byAugust 24 so we can be sure to Tashlich, Youth Service & Picnic 5-7 PM the late service on Erev Rosh Hasha- ing beginning to their Jewish educa- have enough seating for all. Jacobson Park Shelter #1 nah (Wednesday, September 4th) will tional experience. We meet about once a not be offered. There will only be one month (during the school year.) KOLLEL STUDY GROUP September 6 service which will start at 7:00 p.m. Kollel meets at 9 AM every two weeks 2nd Day Rosh HaShanah Childcare will be available. There will in the TAI Library. The group explores Torah Study 10:30 AM also be an Oneg after the service.
20 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 21 Temple Adath Israel Ohavay Zion Synagogue 124 N. Ashland Avenue | President, Judy Engelberg • (859) 269-2979 2048 Edgewater Court • President, Shirley Bryan • (859) 266-8050
Shabbat Shuvah Service 7 PM WELCOME celebrate Shabbat and to meet some nice we explore the book of Isaiah through For more information or to RSVP, email Jewish folks here in Lexington. New- the teachings of our Jewish tradition. September 8 Ohavay Zion Synagogue is a warm and [email protected]. comers and friends are always welcome! We will learn about Isaiah’s focus on Cemetery Memorial Service 1 PM welcoming congregation in Lexington, righteousness and justice, and we Lexington Cemetery Kentucky. Through the framework of YOUTH SHABBAT AND STEWART TUESDAY MINYAN will hear Isaiah’s deep concern for the Conservative Judaism, we explore our HOME orphan, the widow, and the underprivi- September 13 Jewish identities and form community. Tuesday Minyan is a special time at leged of society. We have a wonderfully Kol Nidre We celebrate our diversity and welcome Please join us for this month’s Youth OZS. During this brief service, stu- diverse group of learners and terrific 7 PM—Child Care* newcomers. Please join us! Shabbat service on Friday, August 23th dents and adults both pray and learn conversations. All are welcome! 9 PM No Child Care at 5:30pm. together. There is a warm atmosphere SHANAH TOVAH! and something for everyone. Please join TALMUD STUDY September 14 Youth Shabbat offers our students the us Tuesday afternoons from 5:45pm to Yom Kippur Please join us at OZS for Rosh HaShan- opportunity to help lead services, and 6:15pm. All are welcome! The Talmud Study group meets each 8:30 AM—Early Service –No Child Care nah! All are welcome! it allows our community to celebrate Friday morning for prayer, food, and 10:45 AM—Late Service-Child Care* Shabbat with our friends from Stewart INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM study. The morning begins with a brief 1:30 PM—Children’s Service—No Child First Evening: Wednesday, September Home School (www.stewarthome.com). Shacharit service at 7:30am, followed by Care 4th at 8:00pm OZS is offering a class exploring funda- a light breakfast, and then fascinating 1:30 PM Afternoon Study— No Child We begin by welcoming our friends mentals of Judaism. This class is open study of the Talmud. Newcomers are Care First Day: Thursday, September 5th at from Stewart Home with a dinner. Then for anyone seeking a greater connection always welcome! 3 PM—Afternoon Service-Child Care* 9:15am (Includes Family Services at we join together in song as we celebrate to Judaism, and it is essential for all con- 4:30 PM—Yizkor Service—Child Care* 10:00am) Kabbalat Shabbat, with our students sidering conversion to Judaism through INTERESTED IN OZS? 5:15 PM—Concluding Service—Child helping to lead the service. This is a OZS. The class will meet April 7, May Care* Second Evening: Thursday, September wonderful service filled with music and 5, June 2, June 23, July 14, August 4, Ohavay Zion Synagogue is a warm and Break-the-fast will follow services. 5th at 8:00pm joy. All are welcome! and August 25 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. welcoming Jewish community. If you Please email Rabbi Smolkin (Rabbi. are interested, or if you know some- *Childcare will be offered only if reserva- Second Day: Friday, September 6th at This year’s Youth Shabbat and Stewart [email protected]) for more informa- one who may be interested in learning tions are made for the service you will be 9:15am Home services will be held Fridays at tion or if you know someone who might more about Ohavay Zion Synagogue, attending. Forms available in the Temple 5:30pm at Ohavay Zion Synagogue on be interested. please call our membership chair Ricki office, on the Temple website at http://www. KIDS’ SHABBAT AND PJ LIBRARY the following dates. Rosenberg at 221-2121 or email Rabbi lextai.org/, or call Sandee at 269-2979. STUDYING THE PROPHETS Smolkin at [email protected]. Please join us for this month’s Kids’ August 23 We would love to hear from you! IMPORTANT: CHANGE IN EREV Shabbat service on Friday, August 16th September 20 Please join us Wednesdays at noon as ROSH HASHANAH SERVICE at 5:30pm. October 25 SCHEDULE November 22 Kids’ Shabbat is our monthly Shabbat December 13 Based on previous attendance data, Service for younger children. We light January 24 the late service on Erev Rosh Hasha- candles, drink grape juice, eat pizza, February 28 nah (Wednesday, September 4th) will sit together on beautiful carpets, sing March 14 not be offered. There will only be one songs, and read amazing stories from April 11 service which will start at 7:00 p.m. the PJ Library. Newcomers and friends May 9 Childcare will be available. There will are always welcome! also be an Oneg after the service. For more information or to RSVP, email This year’s Kids’ Shabbat services will [email protected]. be held Fridays at 5:30pm at Ohavay Zion Synagogue on the following dates. SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES
August 16 Please join us any Saturday morning September 20 of the year, as Ohavay Zion Synagogue October 18 celebrates Shabbat. We begin at 9:30 November 15 am, though please feel free to join at any Our advertisers December 20 time during the service. Our worship January 17 is filled with joyous song and fascinat- February 21 ing Torah discussions. The service support this paper. March 21 concludes around noon, and all are April 18 invited to schmooze over lunch after Please support our advertisers. May 16 the service. This is a wonderful way to 20 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 21 The lexington Havurah Stan Saxe, President
The Lexington Havurah, founded in 1978, is a network of diverse people dedicated to Jewish learning and renewal, community building, and tikkun olam (repairing the world). A havurah is defined as a gathering or community of friends. The Lexington Havurah is affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the National Havurah Committee. Members plan, conduct, and share responsibility for all services. For additional information about services or membership in the Havurah, please contact me at [email protected].
“Old Age is a Privilege far from it – and the urgent question his when they were permanent Lexington Woodford county hosted by Lynn and essay and others raise is what portion of residents. This year the June potluck Jim Furness. In the next issue of Shalom to be Savored….” our national treasury our society should became Kabbalat Shabbat on-the-Deck, we will be able to report on the Annual devote to caring for the elderly who which roofed-over and screened-in pro- Meeting (held too late for this issue’s On the day I turned 80 last year, I went cannot care for themselves.” A question tects one from the Lexington drizzle and deadline) and this year’s elected of- around proclaiming I was Lexington’s that is ensnared in the national politics rain, but one is still outside. The Levines ficers. youngest octogenarian. It lasted about of today. had just come into Lexington and were a day. On day two I was surpassed both present. Rafi Finkel, celebrating a birth- “The Holidays either come early or in Lexington and across the country by Daniel Klein, a philosopher and also a day, led the Kabbalat melodies with late,” it seems like not too often in the many, many thousands who became 80 writer for comedians and TV shows, much energy to welcome the Sabbath middle of that time which is summer’s years of age that day. considered his choices when he was bride. Rafi is still one of the youngest official end and fall’s beginning. This about to turn 73, contemplating the at- people I know. year, the first day of Rosh Hashanah is For the past year and a half I have been tempts by many in the society to strive Thursday, September 5. Early. Not to the oldest member, save for two, of The for displaying the signs of younger The Annual Meeting of The Lexington worry, next year there will be no crowd- Lexington Havurah. When I walk into adults in a culture which encourages Havurah will have already occurred ing of Labor Day. In 2014 the first day of most rooms where people have gath- people to be “forever young.” As a in July as we read this in the August Rosh Hashanah is also on a Thursday, ered, I am usually the oldest. philosopher, he wondered how best to edition of Shalom. It was part of the but three weeks later on September 25. be old and authored a book, Travels With Havdalah-in-the-Country potluck in A A recent New York Times piece by Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Oliver Sacks, professor of neurology at Search of a Fulfilled Life. NYU School of Medicine and author of a dozen books including The Man Who Klein notes old age is a distinct stage Our 2013 Shalom Contributors Thank you for your generous donations to keep Shalom solvent. Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awaken- of life that has been lost in this “new ings, was headed “The Joy of Old Age. old age” business. In how to construct CHAI Flora-Lu Guter*** (No Kidding).” Dr. Sacks was about to a meaningful old age Klein suggests Katherine and John Kane turn 80 in mid-July. “Eighty!” he wrote, from a review of many philosophers the Eleanor Benblatt “I can hardly believe it. I often feel that following: George Levine Elayne Silvers life is about to begin, only to realize it is 1) Play. All life is a play. Treasure life Sally and Rich Nolan almost over.” while ultimately taking none of it HABONEH too seriously. TWO TIMES CHAI Cathy Grinstead “At 80, the specter of dementia or stroke 2) Reminisce and Reflect. Recent C.B. Stidham looms. A third of one’s contemporaries studies reported nostalgia is good. Marcia Blacker* are dead. … One’s reactions are a little 3) Do not worry about “leaving your Lynn and Jim Furness *In honor of Barbara & Marty Barr slower, names more frequently elude mark.” **In honor of The Lexington Havurah Lois and Ken Germain** ***In honor of Evelyn Geller one, and one’s energies must be hus- 4) Enjoy your loved ones. banded, but even so, one may often 5) Unplug the clock. Quit the decid- feel full of energy and life and not at all edly American fear of running out ‘old’.” of time. Let go of the anxiety of not Here is my contribution to help keep Shalom solvent doing enough. “I do think of old age as an ever grim- q $18 Chai q $36 Double Chai mer time that one must somehow en- Klein believes “Old age is a privilege to dure and make the best of, but as a time be savored rather than a disease to be q $54 Three Times Chai q $72 Haboneh (Builder) of leisure and freedom, freed from the cured or a condition to be denied.” fractious urgencies of earlier days, free... q $90+ Gibor (Hero) to bind the thoughts and feelings of a * * * * lifetime together.” He concludes, “I am Name ______looking forward to being 80.” It began with “Havdalah Under the You q may q may not publish my name Stars” a few years ago when a Havurah A Connecticut reader responded in the service and potluck supper in the month Mail to: Letters to the Editor quoting Dr. Sacks’ of June could take advantage of sum- JFB, 1050 Chinoe Rd., Suite 112, lexington, KY 40502 “freed from the fractious urgencies of mer’s beginnings. Continued as a tradi- Make checks payable to JFB and write “Shalom” on the memo line. earlier days” to write “many are not – tion with hosts Judy and Abe Levine 22 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 23 Around the Community
Please note: Information for Around the Community comes to us from a variety of individuals and Jewish institutions. It’s a pretty haphazard arrangement; except for b’nai mitzvah, we do not have the resources or staff to collect information or research each item. If you would like to see an event or life passage in your family acknowledged here, please be sure we get the full and correct information as you would like to see it printed. Send notices to [email protected]. Remember, we welcome photos too! Mazal Tov to: To Judy and Rabbi David Wortman on the birth of their granddaughter, soon to be Alexis Roth on her marriage to Tom Ruff, named. The proud parents are Zhanna Beyl June 23, Agoura Hills, CA. and Ari Wasserman.
To Elissa & Alan Weinstein, on the birth of their daughter, Emma Claire. Condolences to:
Bob and Barbara Grossman have adopted a Odette & Marty Kaplan on the death of beautiful two-year old girl, Jessica. Israel Abittan.
Heather Ravvin McKee and Kirt McKee Elizabeth Scher and family on the death of on the birth of their daughter Eve Paulina. her husband Robert Scher. Eve is the sister of Myer and granddaughter of Linda and Leon Ravvin. Linda Dechtenberg and family on the death of her brother in Florida. Rabbi Sharon Cohen and Jeffrey Siegel on the birth of their son Jonah Ethan Cohen Miriam Getchel and family on the death of Siegel. her husband Thomas. Attention proud grand- parents, parents, and students
We want to publish any original writing produced by our community’s elementary- and high-school-age children. If you’re proud of something written by one of our kids, either fiction or non-fiction, please email it to shalom@ jewishlexington.org
22 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 23 JFB - Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass - www.jewishlexington.org 1050 Chinoe Road, Suite 112 • 268-0672 • Michael Grossman, President OZS - Ohavay Zion Synagogue - www.ozs.org 2048 Edgewater Court • 266-8050 • Jonathan Glixon, President Minyan Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays are D’vine Minyan: wine at 5:00 p.m, service follows. Friday evening rotating Kabbalat Shabbat 5:45 p.m., Kids’ Shabbat 5:15 p.m., Shabbat dinners 6:00 p.m., Young OZS-ers’ Shabbat dinners 6:00 p.m. Check OZS Google calendar for monthly schedules. Shabbat Services Saturdays 9:30 a.m. TAI - Temple Adath Israel - www.lextai.org 124 N. Ashland Avenue • 269-2979 • Judy Engelberg, President Shabbat Services Fridays 7:00 p.m.; Worship Service Saturday 11:00 a.m. HAD - The Lexington Chapter of Hadassah - www. centralstates.hadassah.org Jane Chaput, President • [email protected] HAV - The Lexington Havurah - www.lexhavurah.uscjhost.net 338-5725 • Stanley Saxe, President • [email protected] • Shabbat Services monthly, call for schedule. BB - B’nai B’rith Mid-America Region, Stanley Rose Lodge #0289 Community 1050 Chinoe Road, Suite 112 • Leon Cooper, President • [email protected]
HadassahSunday BookCalendar CampMonday Shalom CampTuesday Shalom CampWednesday Shalom CampThursday Shalom CampFriday Shalom Saturday Club JFB lunch and learn with our local Rabbis Israeli Scouts 28 29 Concert 30 31 August 1 2 3 JFB Yiddish Class Camp Shalom Camp Shalom Camp Shalom Camp Shalom Camp Shalom
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18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Hadassah JFB lunch and JFB Board Mtgs Kick-Off Event learn with our local Rabbis
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