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Community■ ■ FRIDAY VOL. 42, NO. 14 6 KISLEV 5778 NOVEMBER 24, 2017 New Roots receives $145K in grants Food justice NPO to use fresh funds for Fresh Stop expansion

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Flush with cash from two major grants within the past 30 days, New Roots, the Louisville-based nonprofit dedicated to food justice for all neighborhoods, is eye- ing an expansion of its Fresh Stop Mar- kets and training leaders to run and pro- mote them. New Roots has received a $100,000 grant from the Humana Foundation and a $45,000 grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence (JHFE). “We really believe in what New Roots is trying to accomplish,” JHFE Execu- tive Director Jeff Polson said. “It goes so well with promoting Jewish values and, quite frankly, we were impressed with the results they were able to obtain in one year.” The Humana Foundation could not be reached for comment. Karyn Moskowitz, New Roots founder Organic onions on sale at one of the first Fresh Stop Markets at The J in 2016. The Fresh Stop Market network, which is a project of the NPO New Roots, continues to grow. It has just received two large grants from the Humana Foundation and Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence to sup- See NEW ROOTS on page 27 port its expansion. (Community photo) Litvin, rabbis, senators mark return of historic Talmud text By Lee Chottiner in Russia. Community Editor The book mysteriously found its way to an Israeli auction house where it was When a man falls into an ocean, The about to be sold two weeks ago. But a Mishna teaches, it is forbidden to lose series of interventions, including a U.S. hope of seeing him alive again – even if court order, prevented the sale and in- there’s no sign of land. stead succeeded in sending the text to Rabbi Avrohom Litvin taught that mi- the states. drash to Sen. Mitch McConnell on No- How the book got to Israel is still un- vember 8 in Washington, reading the der investigation, but it is valuable, con- passage from a 155-year-old volume of taining hand-written corrections by the Talmud Yevamot that had once belonged rebbe himself and his official stamp. The to the fourth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, auction house planned to start the bid- Shmuel Schneerson. ding at $10,000. “Even if there’s no shore, you don’t David Friedman, the U.S. ambassa- give up that he’s alive,” Litvin said, “and dor to Israel, formally received the book we didn’t give up on this book.” in Israel. It was presented to Chabad- Litvin joined a group of Chabad rabbis Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn, in Washington to mark the return of the New York, on Sunday, November 19. Lit- historic text, long held by the Russian vin was present for the ceremony. government along with the rest of the McConnell, along with Senators Chuck late rebbe’s 12,000-volume library, called Schumer (D-New York), Orrin Hatch (R- the Schneerson Collection. Rabbi Avrohom Litvin shows a volume of Talmud that once belonged to the fourth Chabad- Utah) all received visits from the Chabad-Lubavitch Chasidism started Lubavitch rebbe to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (photo provided by Chabad) See LITVIN on page 27

Chanukah Section See pg. 18-19 2 Community Y NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 Showcase Jew-dapest Young Budapest leaders describe ‘Jewish renaissance’ in their city By Lee Chottiner attracts hundreds of kids, and an orga- Community Editor nization, the Chaver Foundation, sends Jewish speakers into schools to dispel Sara Ozorai and Hedi Pusztai stood false notions about Jews. before the capacity crowd in The J’s She has caught the Jewish fever, too. Patio Gallery, going on about the hap- In fact, she’s returning to Israel next pening nightlife in the Budapest Jewish summer to spend five months on Kib- Quarter and the programs, camps and butz Harduf near Haifa and to work as a schools that engage young Hungarian madricha (counselor or guide). Jews with their faith. “It’s our generation that has the chance It was hard to believe at times that to start something new,” Ozorai said. these two young – and Jewishly com- One thing neither woman discussed mitted – women were talking about was the changing political climate in the same Hungary that lost more than Hungary, which observers say has be- 400,000 Jews in the Holocaust and saw come increasingly xenophobic and anti- the remnant of its community driven Semitic. When asked, Pusztai used the underground by four decades of com- word “scary” to describe some of the munist rule. things she has seen or heard, but both But that was precisely their point. women made it clear that they didn’t feel Pusztai, 31, a project coordinator for threatened living there. Partnership2Gether in Budapest, and Sitting in the audience were some Ozorai, 28, one of the community’s ac- Jews who had their own Hungarian con- tive lay leaders, wanted to project a new nections. face for Hungarian Jewry – young, vigor- Frank Schwartz fled Hungary in 1956, ous and looking to the future. following the 10-day revolution. He lis- “The Holocaust happened; of course, tened to the women, taking notes as we have to remember that,” Ozorai said. they spoke. Afterwards, he said he found “but for the young generation, we have what they said “very interesting,” but he to make sure this is not the first thing wondered if the Jewish community has they have in mind.” made any effort to reach out to anti-Se- Ozorai and Pusztai’s program Sunday, mitic elements in the country, perhaps November 5, “Jew-dapest: Then and- Sara Ozorai (right), a Jewish activist from Budapest, Hungary, listens to guests following her November 5 presentation debunking their notions about Jews. Now,” was part of their five-city speak- on Hungarian Jewish life at The J. Ozorai and her colleague, Hedi Pusztai, were on a five-city tour, sponsored by Partner- ing tour to Partnership2Gether commu- ship2Gether, to talk about the revitalization of Jewish life in Eastern Europe. (photos by Lee Chottiner) nities in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. Partnership2Gether is a program that fore then, she had virtually no contact commemorates those killed by an ex- connects Jewish communities in the Di- with it. ecution squad of the Arrow Cross, Hun- aspora with areas in Israel, primarily in “I always knew we were Jewish,” she gary’s fascist party. The victims were or- the Negev and Galilee, building commu- said, “but I couldn’t talk about it when dered to take off their shoes on the edge nity and leadership. Louisville is part- we were not at home.” of the Danube River, then they were shot nered with Akko. That changed when, at age 23, she at the water’s edge. Their bodies fell into Megan Maurer, co-chair of Partner- learned about Birthright. Nervous that the river and were carried away. The me- ship2Gether’s Budapest Task Force, who she wasn’t Jewish enough to participate, morial depicts their shoes left behind on introduced the women, said the purpose she nevertheless took her first trip to Is- the bank. of the visit here was to raise awareness rael. “[They] were killed by Hungarians,” about the work Partnership2Gether is “I came back a different person,” she Pusztai said, “not even Nazis.” doing, which includes cultivating Jewish said. “I went there as a young Hungarian After the war, the surviving Jews in life in Budapest. girl looking for her identity. I came back Budapest – communities elsewhere in “Budapest today is exciting and engag- as a Jew.” the country were virtually wiped out ing,” Maurer said, “bringing Judaism to She eventually made aliyah and spent – buried their Jewish pasts. Many told the old generation and for the future.” a couple of years in the country. Back in their kids they were Jews only after com- Budapest is indeed a success story. Budapest, she is now an education coor- munism fell in 1989. Home to approximately 100,000 Jews, it dinator, working to transmit her experi- “People from our generation didn’t is the largest Jewish community in Eu- ence to others. know anything about their Jewish roots, rope, with 22 active synagogues, schools, She described what is happening in Pusztai said. “That’s what we’re trying to a JCC, kosher bistros and butchers. It Budapest today as a “Jewish Renais- change now.” also sends about 250 Jews to Israel each sance,” but she’s mindful of the ashes For Ozorai, who was born the same year on Birthright/Taglit trips. from which this renaissance is rising. year communism ended, Birthright also Many of its young Jews are just now In a slide show of Jewish Budapest, became her gateway to Judaism. discovering their identity. she directed the crowd’s attention to a She described how Jewish festivals Pusztai has worked for the Budapest slide of the city’s Holocaust Memorial, have sprung up in her country. Jewish Hedi Pusztai (left) and Gila Glattstein share a moment Jewish community for nine years. Be- “Shoes on the Danube Bank,” which schools have opened. A Jewish camp following the presentation. NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 Y Community 3

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She dered for 40 years before reaching the woman she fell in love with in college, is is often on the set during the filming Promised Land, but Rabbi Susan Gold- more accepting. of episodes, but she hinted that her job berg has a different take. “All are thrown open to the wilder- may change as the series enters its fifth To Goldberg, a spiritual leader at the ness, all the characters,” Goldberg said. season. Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Ange- “It’s Maura’s journey, but they have to She also modeled the role of Raquel les and a consultant on the hit Amazon struggle, too.” Fein, a female rabbi with a loudly tick- TV series Transparent, the wilderness is In introducing Goldberg, Ranen Omer- ing biological clock, played by actress a spiritual place, one where Jews never Sherman, professor of Jewish studies Kathryn Hahn. Hahn shadowed Gold- leave. and comparative humanities at UofL berg to learn how to play the part. After Egypt, she noted, the rest of the said the world’s monotheistic religions According to Goldberg, many single Torah is spent in the wilderness. Even are surprisingly tuned in to the idea that female rabbis relate to “Rabbi Raquel” as Moses gives his final directions to the a soul doesn’t always mesh with its as- and the pressure she feels to have her people before they cross the Jordan Riv- signed gender. own family. er, the Torah ends, and we start reading He quoted an Islamic scholar who said Not every aspect of the show has been it over again. her religion’s literature “grapples with so positive. Tambor, 73, just announced “We never get there,” Goldberg said. what happens when a soul doesn’t match he is leaving Transparent following accu- “We are always in the wilderness. That, a person’s body.” sations of sexual harassment by a former to me, is a tremendous theme.” Omer-Sherman also said kabbalis- assistant, Van Barnes, who is transgen- It’s a theme that the writers of Trans- tic and Jewish legal masters, including der, and a cast member, Trace Lysette. parent picked up on in the first season Rabbis Joseph Karo and Vital, “talked of Tambor has denied the allegations and of the award-winning series starring Jef- transmigration of souls and of souls hav- Goldberg, who was in Louisville after frey Tambor as Mort (Maura) Pfeffer- ing genders that do not match with the Barnes came forward, had no comment man, a retired Jewish college professor Rabbi Susan Goldberg discusses the making gender of their physical bodies.” on the news. who comes out to her family as a trans- of Transparent at the University of Louisville. A former dancer and choreographer, More important to the rabbi is how gender woman. (photo by Lee Chottiner) Goldberg was ordained by the Academy Transparent had changed her. Goldberg spoke about the ground- for Jewish Religion in Los Angeles and She said she is learning to be an advo- breaking show Sunday at the Univer- Kippur, Israel, candle lighting on Shab- has been at the Wilshire Boulevard Tem- cate for transgender people among Jews, sity of Louisville, the second of two to bat. ple since 2013. encouraging more appreciation and sup- address the program, its distinct Jewish And the wilderness. One of her congregants is writer and port for them. favor and its impact on the transgender Quoting a midrash, Goldberg said the comedian Jill Solway, the creator of She despaired, though, that many experience. Zackary Drucker, a trans- Torah was given with three particular Transparent, whose own parent came out Jews reflexively wonder why a TV show gender artist and one of the show’s pro- things: fire, water and wilderness. as transgender. Solway’s personal experi- about a Jewish family must have a trans- ducers, spoke here in October. “Because they’re all free,” she said. ences inspired the show. gender parent. “I think it’s the most Jewish show “Wisdom comes when you are in a free “She made art out of her life,” Gold- “I get where that’s coming from,” that’s ever been on television,” Goldberg state…. We have to be ownerless to ac- berg said. Goldberg said. “It’s an old place – let’s said of Transparent. quire wisdom.” The series has won a Golden Globe not show the goyim everything. That’s because Jewish themes in the In the show, she said, Maura finds her- Award for Best Television Series, and “But,” she added, “it’s a place of show are front and center – like Yom self in the wilderness acquiring wisdom. Tambor, who is Jewish, has collected a shame.” To do so, the rest of her family must also

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Imagine choos- a stranger, neither shall you oppress Ed Hickerson Thanksgiving has become part of what ing two to three them; for you were strangers in the land some refer to as the American civil re- topics to be grate- of Egypt.” Senior Director of Marketing, Communications ligion. ful for, making each Our grandparents and great-grandpar- & Engagement This term refers to a sociological the- Thanksgiving a ents were once the newcomers in Amer- Shayne Brill ory that nonsectarian traditions exist in unique moment in ica. They passed their experiences down the United States with their own symbols time for the nation to their children, resulting in rich family Tax deductible contributions may be sent to and values. Since our Jewish holidays al- and the American stories and traditions. Community, 3600 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, KY 40205 ways include rituals, it seems appropri- Jewish community. Apart from the family unit, novelists, ate that Thanksgiving should include the This year, I would historians and memoirists have written ritual or practice of giving thanks. Sara choose honoring There are many ways to give thanks: our immigrant roots See WAGNER on next page © 2017 JEWISH COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE, INC. Wagner NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 Y Community 7 Rare Jewish documents discovery holds valuable lesson for Louisville

Months ago, the national library in Vil- Historical Society and philanthropist Isaac W. Bernheim, Glogower said of the past. “New mate- nius, Lithuania announced that a trove in Louisville, es- and Rabbis Joseph Rauch (Adath Israel) rial can complicate what we think we of rare Jewish documents – more than pecially loves that and Martin Perley (Temple Brith Sho- know about Jewish history.” 170,000 pages that were thought to have young Bebe’s book lom and later, the Human Rights Com- That’s a good thing; new material in- been lost in the Holocaust – had been re- survived the Shoa. mission). vites us to rediscover who we are. discovered. “She was just a So far, the Filson collection is small – That’s what the Vilnius discovery Some of those papers are currently normal kid having just five cubic feet of papers, according promises to do. Who knows what these on exhibit at the YIVO Institute for Jew- a normal life from to Glogower. But it has dedicated 400 Louisville projects will do? ish Research in New York. YIVO, which way back when,” feet of shelving in its facilities as the ar- was founded in Vilnius (then known as Glogower mused. chive grows. (Lee Chottiner is editor of Community.) Vilna), hid the documents in 1940 in the “It’s fascinating, There are other sources of Jewish national library. just the texture of history in Louisville. The Temple also The organization moved to New York Lee everyday life.” has materials related to Temples Adath after the war, its staff believing the Na- The whole trove Israel, Brith Sholom and the Reform zis destroyed the papers. Actually, they Chottiner will shed new light movement. The Ekstrom Library at the were saved by a gentile librarian, Anta- on how Jews lived in Eastern Europe University of Louisville has collections nas Ulpis, who, at risk to his own life, before the war. As David E. Fishman, a related to Bernheim, the Young Men’s squirreled them away in the basement of professor of Jewish history at the Jew- Hebrew Association, journalist Herman a church in Vilnius. ish Theological Seminary, who traveled Landau and Professor Lee Shai Weis- If you think these are just fragments of to Vilnius to see the papers, told The New bach. Torah and Talmud, boy! Are you wrong. York Times, “These are gold.” “I am thrilled to be helping build The trove includes: There’s a lesson in the discovery of bridges between them,” Glowgower said, • An 18th century manuscript on as- these papers: A community’s past can be “to increase awareness of and access to tronomy with drawings and descrip- easily wiped away if it’s not careful. It’s the rich and varied history of Jewish tions of the solar system and calendrical a lesson we would do well to learn here. Louisville.” charts. And we are. Even though preserving Jewish his- • Lost and unpublished manuscripts Glogower is currently working on a tory here is in its early stages, it’s never from poets Chaim Grade and Avrom project to archive and digitize 75 years’ too soon to get started. Louisville is not Sutzkever, and novelist Leyzer Volf. worth of Jewish Hospital documents, Eastern Europe, but documents can still • Letters penned by famed Yiddish And my predecessor, Shiela Wallace, in be lost. writer Sholem Aleichem, including one partnership with the Filson, is working Glogower noted that many Jewish from a German spa in 1910. with the archive governance committee Hospital records were destroyed in the • A postcard from modern artist Marc at the Jewish Community of Louisville flood of 1937. In addition, a significant Chagall. to identify and preserve historically sig- source of Jewish Louisville history – oral • The Autobiography of Bebe Epstein, nificant JCL papers. That project could history – is vanishing as the community a fifth-grade girl, written between 1933- eventually involve digitizing back copies ages and shrinks. 34, when she submitted it to YIVO’s of Community. People who forget their past risk los- youth autobiography contest. Both projects are being supported by a ing their identity. Without that anchor, All of which shows that Jews led much two-year $275,000 grant from the Jewish the word “Jew” becomes hollow, devoid fuller lives than what you see in Fiddler Heritage Fund for Excellence. of any meaning. on the Roof. The Filson already has smaller collec- History adds flesh to the metaphorical Bebe Epstein, a fifth-grader in Lithuania from Abigail Glogower, curator of Jew- tions of Jewish documents, including bones we use to describe ourselves. 1933-1934, wrote her autobiography, which ish collections and the fledgling Jew- early records of two local B’nai B’rith “Sometimes, it’s easy to believe some- she submitted to a YIVO youth writing contest. ish Community Archive at the Filson lodges, the papers of whiskey magnate thing happened in a certain way,” (photo courtesy of YIVO)

temples, farmers would bring bikkurim, or first fruits, as an offering to the high Wagner priests. The giving of the first fruits was continued from previous page the mitzvah of action. The earlier you call, Likewise, we are blessed in our com- walls of books about the Jewish immi- munity today to have so many individu- grant experience. als and families who also share from the more we can help. As Jews, we have been enriched by the their most precious harvest and taking immigrant experience, but it wasn’t al- action. Every Federation annual cam- ways easy, and it still isn’t. paign donor and volunteer helps to • PAIN & SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT Since last Thanksgiving we have wit- change and improve lives in Louisville nessed an increase of aggressive, vile and beyond. • HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE rhetoric and actions between different Judaism, like Thanksgiving, is filled groups. with opportunities to say thank you. • SPECIALIZED CARE FOR I am thankful that our Jewish commu- When we wake up in the morning, when nity offers a safe place for civil discourse THE SERIOUSLY ILL we eat, when we travel or even when we and dialogue. The Jewish Community watch football or the Macy’s Thanks- Relations Council has modeled this giving Day with our loved ones, we feel • GRIEF COUNSELING & practice by coalition building work and fortunate to be Americans and to have a its support for the AlSaid Musafa family SPIRITUAL SUPPORT vibrant Jewish community. – refugees from Syria. 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It doesn’t hurt that I grew causing cancerous tumors, and how for a rigorous two-day proposal review. up in Brooklyn, the scrappy son of im- a minor mutation in the RAD51 gene The decision-making can be wrenching migrants and Holocaust survivors. increases the risk of breast cancer in because life and death hangs in the bal- But nothing could have prepared me women with the BRCA2 gene mutation. ance. That’s because dozens of promis- for the fight of my life, when my wife, It was ICRF-supported scientists at He- ing proposals go unfunded every year Lynda, was diagnosed with breast can- brew University of Jerusalem and Ha- for one simple reason: We don’t have cer early on in our marriage. We had dassah Medical Center who contributed enough money. two young kids at home, and Lynda had to the platform science that resulted in Who knows whether one of those de- to undergo a radical mastectomy and a the development of Doxil, the first drug serving, unfunded requests could have year of chemotherapy before she was de- encapsulated in a microscopic fat bub- yielded clues to overcoming the early- clared cancer-free and cleared for recon- ble for direct delivery to a tumor site. detection problem of lung or ovarian structive surgery. In case after case, significant advances cancer, or the stubborn lethality of pan- I credit her oncologist, Dr. Yashar Hir- in the science of cancer began in Israel. creatic cancer? shaut, with saving Lynda’s life. And then there is this important fact: The simple fact is this: Israel’s govern- What I did not realize at the time was Because of a lower salary structure and ment alone cannot meet the needs of sci- that Lynda’s lifesaving treatment was overhead costs, research dollars go much entific research in Israel. Without extra made possible by the yeoman’s work further in Israel than in almost any other support from Diaspora Jews, Israel risks of scientists working long hours in un- developed nation. losing these scientists and humanity glamorous labs trying to understand the So if you want your support to have The ICRF is supporting groundbreaking cancer risks losing critical, lifesaving advance- biological forces that drive cancer – and maximal impact, Dr. Hirshaut told me, research in Israel. ments in the fight against cancer. how to stop them. invest in Israel. cancer research. How could I choose? At times of crisis, Israel is often among So when God blessed me with pro- This, too, animates my support of Is- Put me in a courtroom and I know my the first countries to step up, from the fessional success, I resolved to join the raeli science. Despite a spirit-rending way around. A research lab, not so much. 2010 earthquake in Haiti to the recent fight against this disease. I turned to Dr. campaign in some quarters to isolate the Dr. Hirshaut introduced me to the Isra- earthquakes in Mexico. Israel even ex- Hirshaut for advice on where to direct Israeli academic and research communi- el Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), which tends a helping hand to Syrians, whose my support. His answer surprised me: ty, Israelis continue to make remarkable raises funds to support the most prom- country is hostile to the Jewish state. We Israel. advancements in technology, medicine, ising scientific and medical research at need to step up for Israel. There’s no bet- Though a tiny state with a popula- and science – advancements that accrue institutions across Israel. ter cause, and no better place to invest in tion of just over 8 million, Israel has to the benefit of all humankind. The idea for the fund came in 1975 the fight against cancer. made disproportionately large contri- Want to know what goes on at Israeli from a group of American and Cana- I rest my case. butions to the fight against cancer. A institutions of higher education? Learn- dian researchers, oncologists and sup- breakthrough in the 1980s by an Israeli ing. Insight. Imagination. Discovery. porters looking for ways to bolster the (Benjamin Brafman is a criminal defense scientist, Eli Canaani, was critical to the Healing. The best way to improve Israel’s fight against cancer while combating the attorney in New York.) development of Gleevec, a drug that has image around the globe? Support its life- problem of “brain drain” from Israeli re- saved the lives of millions diagnosed saving science. search institutions. In the four decades (This article was sponsored by and pro- with leukemia. Velcade, a drug used to For me, the question wasn’t whether since its establishment, ICRF has dis- duced in partnership with the Israel Can- treat bone marrow cancer, was based on to invest in Israel, but where? So many tributed more than $60 million through cer Research Fund. It was produced by the research of two Israeli professors, Israeli institutions are doing promising 2,300 research grants to scientists at 24 JTA’s native content team.)

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(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in Louisville Distilled, Community’s news partner, and is reprinted here with the per- mission of LD.)

A stroll through the aisles of Mor’s Af- rican Market might just make you feel like you’ve left Louisville. At the same time, it could also help you realize how many worlds peacefully co-exist within the River City’s confines. The store’s located at 3927 Bardstown Road, in Buechel, an area with a high concentration of West African immi- grants. The shelves and coolers reflect this, featuring items you might not see at the local Kroger, like cow skin or vari- eties of dried fish. Could I interest you in a non-alcoholic malt beverage or mango nectar? You get the idea. When I visited, Momath Sall stood behind the counter, like every day. The Senegalese immigrant works seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. He co- Momath Sall opened his African grocery store in Buechel with the help of the Jewish Family & Career Services. (photos provided by Louisville owns the store with his wife, Kadiatu Distilled) Jollah, who also runs and cooks the food ing on. There are people here that are focus of a 2011 segment on WFPL. The Duker didn’t add specifics on Sall and for Maa Sha-Allah, a restaurant inside not welcoming, but I personally haven’t short version is that she left Sierra Leone Jollah’s loan but says that metro-spon- the grocery. had any bad experiences that are out of during its civil war and migrated to the sored loans typically range from $500 to Sall moved to Louisville in 1999 from the norm.” Gambia. From there she emigrated to $15,000, with many around $5,000. He New York City, one year after Jollah. He says Louisville has welcomed him New York City and eventually Louisville. also says such loans typically have inter- They married that year and have four and Jollah. Jewish Family & Career Ser- Unfortunately, she had to leave her two est rates between 7.5 percent to 9.9 per- children. vices helped them with paperwork when children in the Gambia, and it would be cent, higher than the average mortgage, Sall follows the news and is quite opening the business, and they received nearly 18 years until they reunited. but cheaper than the majority of other aware of the anti-immigrant sentiment a loan through the microbusiness pro- To earn money, she cooked African small business financing options. For ex- that’s seeped into the national conversa- gram offered by The Louisville Metro style meals at her home and sold them ample, Kabbage.com has business loans tion. But he hasn’t felt its sting. “Most Department of Community Services. “I to taxi drivers at Louisville International with interest rates from 14 percent to 35 people I meet are open to the immigrant would say generally this city is very help- Airport. Her loyal patrons included driv- percent. community,” he says. “Of course, I watch ful,” he says. ers from West Africa, the Middle East, the news and know everything that’s go- Jollah has her own dramatic story, the Haiti and America. The demand for her food grew, and she started to sell it at the now-closed African Millennium Market. In time, she opened the restaurant in the store. Banking is your choice. Sall says Jollah’s food brings in a di- verse array of Louisville residents, not just people from that immediate area. Choose easy. One fan is Jarett Duker, until recently, the director of the non-profit Navigate Enterprise Center, which connects small businesses with financing and provides business coaching and training. It is also a part of JFCS. “I love bringing people here,” Duker Republic Bank Easy Checking says. “One, because the food is amaz- ing. And it’s just a really great example With Republic Bank Easy Checking, now you can see how of how immigrant businesses can come into a community and become staples.” much easier life can be with – no minimum balance and Navigate worked with Sall and Jollah in a few capacities, Duker says, provid- no monthly maintenance fee. ing counseling and education assistance. Navigate also facilitated the connection  No minimum balance and no maintenance fee between Sall and Community Services in 2014.  Free access to over 85,000 ATMs worldwide1  Free mobile banking & mobile deposit2  Free Internet Banking & online bill pay Mor’s International Grocery sells items one normally doesn’t see in Kentucky supermar-  Free Mobile Wallet - Apply Pay, Samsung Pay, kets. and Android Pay compatible3 Navigate also worked with Sall and  Free Popmoney Mobile – Quickly and securely send Jollah to make the store more customer friendly. In one instance, they recom- money to friends & family using your mobile device2 mended that the shelves be set up in a way more typical of a Western conve- nience store. The store’s goods had been along the walls, a more African style, Duker says. “My continued goal is to make the place more attractive to regular Lou- 502-584-3600 isville people, who would feel comfort- able coming into an African-owned busi- ness,” Duker says. “And feel comfortable

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Visit adatheshurun.com challenging our assumptions. meltonregistration 3600 Dutchmans Lane • Louisville, KY 40205 502-459-0660 • jewishlouisville.org 12 Community Y NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 ARTS Gilbert Gottfried really isn’t a cranky loudmouth, documentary shows By Curt Schleier himself in trouble – like during the in- By “dangerous,” he refers to the often JTA famous Hugh Hefner roast just weeks expletive-laden responses he sometimes after September 11, 2001. In Gottfried’s gets to his tweets. “Twitter makes me feel “It was very peculiar,” said Gilbert notorious performance – also shown in sentimental for old-time lynch mobs,” he Gottfried, 62, about becoming the sub- the film – he dares to make a joke about quipped. “The old mobs had to at least ject of the aptly named bio-documenta- the attacks. get their hands dirty. Now, all they do is ry, Gilbert. “There were still black clouds in the sit on the couch in their underwear to “The filmmaker, Neil Berkeley, came to sky and I just wanted to be the first to form a mob.” me and said he’d always dreamed about address the elephant in the room,” Gott- Clearly, Gottfried has few, if any, filters, making a Gilbert Gottfried documen- fried told JTA. “So I did a Sept. 11 joke.” and that shows in the film. I suggest oth- tary,” the comedian told JTA in a tele- “I bombed horribly,” he added. “Peo- ers might have been more circumscribed phone interview. “I told him you should ple were booing and hissing and chairs with a camera following them – for ex- set your dreams higher.” were scraping the floor. I lost the crowd ample, the comedian comes across as When they first met in October 2014, as bad as I ever have. If you told me I extremely parsimonious. Actually, make Gottfried was not enthusiastic about the was standing there for 200 years I would that cheap. prospect of the film. He was concerned believe it.” Gottfried often travels to gigs on pub- about what he called the “’Wizard of Oz’ Did Gottfried hang his head and walk lic transit – think Megabus – and takes effect”— that pulling back the curtain offstage? Not quite. “I figured I’m already on the attributes of a vacuum cleaner might reveal someone who disappoints. in the bottom level of hell, so I did The when he gets there, inhaling every free- Still, he reluctantly agreed to the proj- Aristocrats,” he said, referring to notori- bie in every green room and hotel room ect. Or, perhaps more accurately, “I was ously lewd bit in which comedians, since he visits. If the stock in his home is any too much of a wimp to say no,” he said. the vaudeville era, have competed to see indication, all Gottfried family members “He just started following me,” Gott- who could be the crassest. (The joke is can wash their hair three times a day for fried added. (Filming began in June so famous, in fact, that an entire film has the rest of their lives and there would 2015.) “He’d show up at my house, some- been made about it.) still be hotel-size shampoo bottles left times before I got up. He followed me on In this instance, it worked for Gott- over. the road and after a while it just became Gilbert Gottfried’s neurotic, hyper humor is fried. “It was a complete turn-around,” Gottfried attributes his thriftiness to accepted that he’d be there.” still a hit with audiences today. (photo by he said. (In The Aristocrats film, comics his modest Brooklyn upbringing. Think- The result? A revealing, fascinating Arlene Gottfried) sing his praises for doing the joke – call- ing back, he said his home was a place film that just may confirm Gottfried’s ing him a “comic’s comic,” “brave” and where coupons were king and brand worst fear: In real life, the comedian, transformation into a nice guy can be at- “the man who made it possible to laugh names were banished. His father and actor, voice-over artist and podcaster tributed to Kravitz. again.”) uncle owned a hardware store on a very is clearly not an insensitive, flippant The couple met in the late 1990s; she Gottfried found himself at the center quiet street. “I hardly remember any cus- jokester with a famously grating, gravel- created a sense of order in his life. “I ac- of controversy again in 2011. He tweeted tomers,” he said. “So there wasn’t a lot ly voice. Instead, Gottfried comes off as a tually live in an apartment where the fur- a series of jokes about the earthquake of money. The whole family lived in an sensitive, happily married man with two niture matches,” the longtime bachelor and tsunami in Japan, just days after the apartment right above the store.” kids who lives a relatively normal, mid- said. “And I have a collection of silver- disaster. It cost him one of his most lu- And yet, Gottfried’s cheapness played dle-class life in Manhattan. And while ware and plates that go together.” crative commercial deals, as the voice of a key role in meeting Kravitz, who was his neuroses comes through on occasion She also impacted his connection to the Aflac duck. then in the music industry, at a Gram- – and, hey, whose doesn’t? – viewers may Judaism. Growing up, Gottfried said “I don’t regret the joke,” he said. “I re- mys party. be most surprised to hear that his “regu- there was no Jewish education in his gret losing the money.” “I have no connection to the business, lar” voice is, well, pretty regular. home – his link to his religion was one “If you’re a comedian, you can’t regret but I knew there would be free food In Gilbert, we see the say-anything-for- of mostly neuroses and worry. “The only jokes,” he added. “It was interesting to there,” he said. “We met and started talk- a-laugh comedian sitting on a bench ten- time I’d be in a synagogue would be at me how people to me were making it ing.” derly holding hands with his wife, Dara someone else’s bar mitzvah or a funeral,” more important than it really was. On Several comics in the documentary Kravitz. We see him taking his kids, Lilly he said. “I didn’t reject Judaism, I was television the newscasters said the story point out their amazement that Gott- and Max, to school and joining them on raised [in an unreligious] way. [But] was about my ‘comments’ or ‘remarks.’ fried landed such an attractive, intelli- a museum trip. And possibly most poi- I know that if we’re ever rounded up They never said it was a joke, because gent and patient wife. gnant of all, we see him accompanying again, I’ll be on the train.” they couldn’t do a story about jokes.” And, truth be told, it surprises him as his sister, Arlene Gottfried – a celebrated Yet, at Kravitz’s insistence, when the But there’s a difference, I point out, well. “It’s one of the great mysteries, like New York street photographer – to her couple married in 2007, they did so un- between some improvised quip and a who was Jack the Ripper and who was chemotherapy treatments. (She died in der a chuppah – one of the film’s charms tweet, which is typed out and presum- responsible for the Black Dahlia,” he August at 66.) is a clip from their wedding ceremony ably read before it is sent out into the concedes. The general consensus, as voiced by – and their two children attend Hebrew cosmos. “It’s something that had to be the comics interviewed in Gilbert – in- school. done,” he said. “Someone had to jump (“Gilbert” opened November 3 in New cluding Whoopi Goldberg and Bob Sag- One thing she was unable to change over the edge and show how dangerous York and November 10 in Los Angeles. et – is that much, if not all, of Gottfried’s is Gottfried’s periodic proclivity to get Twitter is.” Other cities to follow.) Petty Business captures the Tel Aviv vibe before the commercial onslaught By Ranen Omer-Sherman hard-won places in the world. Even every di- and the slight but critical distinctions For Community though most of Pinkus’ hardscrabble, gestive that make all the difference between openhearted, characters recognize that mishap sinking and staying afloat enough to Yirmi Pinkus’ lively novel, Petty Busi- life has shortchanged them, they keep becomes struggle another day. ness, vividly translated from Hebrew, is at it relentlessly, with poignant hopeful- the subject Even as we laugh at these grasping a dazzling mosaic of hilarity and heart- ness. Despite their absurdly miscalcu- of endless and feuding families, they burrow deep break. It immerses readers in the intri- lated plots and intrigues to make ends mirth and into our hearts. It is impossible not to cate personal and business relationships meet, a quiet heroism permeates their commen- root for them when their modest dreams between three generations of two lower- struggles. tary.) threaten to slip away. middle-class extended families, the Zin- As the patriarch of one family sor- Pinkus With each new scheme plotted, long mans and the Shlossmans/Saltzmans, of rowfully observes, “How fragile is the has a buried feelings suddenly erupting, and Polish-Jewish lineage. measure of happiness available to the wonder- ripples of ribald humor and tender sad- Pinkus captures the foibles of bakers, small-time retailer – nine loaves of chal- ful ear for ness inhabiting virtually every page, Pet- beauticians, clothing stall operators, lah remaining on the shelf at the end of the speech ty Business will surely leave its readers hairstylists and grocers during an al- a Friday afternoon are enough to turn a marking eager for more of Pinkus’s award-win- ready forgotten Tel Aviv of the late 1980s. holiday into a day of mourning!” Israel’s ning novels to be translated. These were the twilight years of small- Overall their daily trials and tribula- ethnic and business owners, modest grocers the tions hovers over the pastoral dream of class divisions and is especially skillful in (Ranen Omer-Sherman is the JHFE En- wheeler-dealers of the rag trade before an idyllic vacation in Seefeld, the famous capturing the sharp Yiddishisms perme- dowed Chair in Judaic Studies at the Uni- the crushing onslaught of the vast inter- Austrian Alpine village, its lush moun- ating their environment, their uproari- versity of Louisville.) national chain stores and supermarket tains, waterfalls and wonderful drink ous insults, curses and their laughter. goliaths that now dominate the Israeli and food so far removed from sweltering Petty Business is swarming with life, the Book Review landscape. and grimy Tel Aviv. cacophony of Tel Aviv’s neighborhoods Petty Business, by Yirmi Pinkus, Rarely has an Israeli novelist bestowed The gifted translators ably render the captured in indelible, loving detail, larg- translated by Evan Fallenberg & Yard- such affection and empathic under- wild tonal register of the original He- er-than-life personalities hustling for enne Greenspan Syracuse UP, 2017, pa- standing on this nearly invisible sector brew, its tenderness as well as scatology. the crumbs of minute percentages, dis- perback, 258 pages $19.95 of society, those terrified of losing their (These are the kinds of families whose counts and under-the-table payments; NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 Y Community 13 JFCS CALENDAR

Stay up to date on all things JFCS when you sign up for our monthly e-newsletter! HANUKKAH HELPERS BEHIND THE SCENES AT JFCS Contact [email protected]. FAMILY MITZVAH EVENT On Tuesday, December 14, JFCS Board members, Amy Gilbert and Betsy Prussian, hosted a “house party” in the evening at Amy’s home that featured Mauri Malka, Director of Family Services, focusing on “talking with your parents about life’s transitions.” This is the first of several house parties that will be held over the next 12 months to introduce JFCS services to people on Sunday, December 3, 12–2pm Amy Gilbert and Betsy Prussian topics that are relevant to all families. at JFCS 2821 Klempner Way Louisville, KY 40205 “While every situation is different, we generally see that most adult • Load/unload the truck with gifts phone | 502-452-6341 children struggle with parents’ refusal to accept assistance or services for low-income families fax | 502-452-6718 from community care providers,” comments Malka. “They either don’t website | jfcslouisville.org • Enjoy pizza and Hanukkah Bingo need care because “we are doing just fine” or they only want their children • Make crafts and goody bags to help.” Mauri encourages adult children to evaluate their own needs JFCS FOOD PANTRY for seniors and those of their parents and determine the level of involvement that • Please bring one box of latke mix is comfortable and necessary. SUGGESTIONS FOR DECEMBER and one small applesauce • Fruit • 1-Gal. storage Setting clear boundaries is essential. Mauri stated that while parents have the • Chunky soup bags & twist ties RSVP Kim by Thursday, November 30 right to make bad decisions as long as they are competent to do so, we, as • Individual snacks • Toilet paper 502-452-6341 ext. 103 their family caregivers, don’t have to support those bad decisions and should Remember, donations can be made avoid doing so whenever possible. In the spirit of Tikkun Olam the at your local synagogue. Carole & Larry Goldberg Family Mitzvah Guilt is pervasive. It stems from thinking we should be doing something in a Food must be donated in original packaging Program hosts meaningful projects specific way. It is important to differentiate between the “musts, shoulds and before the expiration date. Monetary donations which make the world a better place may also be made to the Sonny & Janet coulds.” The priorities that are critical to well-being and safety become the Meyer Family Food Pantry Fund. Contact by helping people. Make your holidays ”musts.” The “coulds” involve those things that can reasonably be done. The more meaningful by joining in! Kim Toebbe at 502-452-6341, ext. 103. “should” is a construct of our thinking that leads us to the feeling of guilt. Try to focus on accomplishing the “musts” and the “coulds” and eliminate the “should” from your thinking.

Future topics may be work/life balance, how to get your child college ready, and gaining traction in your career. If you would like to host a conversation or attend one on a particular topic, please contact Beverly Bromley, bbromley@ jfcslouisville.org.

CAREER SERVICES SUPPORT GROUPS PRIVATE INTERVIEW December 5, 4pm CAREER COACHING Caregiver Support Group December 6-7, 11am – 4pm at JFCS Meets on the first Tuesday of the month at Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church, An in-person, one-on-one interview coaching 4936 Brownsboro Rd. Contact Naomi Malka session with a human resources professional at 502-452-6341, ext. 249. who will work with you on your presentation and guide you through common interview December 8, 2pm questions. Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support SSPGroup Remember to: Meets on the second Friday of the month • Dress professionally (as you would at Jewish Family & Career Services. Contact for an interview) Kim Toebbe at 502-452-6341, ext. 103. • Bring a copy of your resume December 13, 10am • Bring a copy of a job description for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren which you have applied or plan to apply This month’s meeting will be the second Wednesday of the month (rather than Fee $25 Register online: eventbrite.com the usual third Wednesday) at Kenwood Elementary 7420 Justan Avenue. Contact Jo Ann Kalb at 502-452-6341, ext. 335. SAVE THE DATES December 14, 1pm ACT CLASSES – Starting Parkinson’s Caregiver January 16 Support Group JUMPSTART WORKSHOPS – Meets on the second Thursday of the month Starting January 17 at Jewish Family & Career Services. Contact Connie Austin at 502-452-6341, ext. 305. 14 Community Y NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 PICTURE THIS: Campaign Kick-Off Jewish Louisville was treated to an emotional 2017-2018 Campaign Kickoff Sunday, October 29. Michelle Hirsch, a leader in the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, shared stories from her life that inspire her own giving. Campaign Co-Chairs Jerry and Madeline Abramson and Ariel and Faina Kronenberg promised a more intimate campaign this year with greater one-on-one interaction. (photos by William Beasley)

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For more information contact Supported by the MATT GOLDBERG, Annette and Joseph Gale Fund JCRC DIRECTOR at 502-238-2707 NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 Y Community 15 JCL begins pilot program intended to nurture its future Jewish leaders By staff and releases and learn from experienced leaders and tage Fund for Excellence will host some The JCL expects this program to en- philanthropists in Jewish Louisville. of the sessions, exposing the participants gage future leaders to learn together Planning for a strong Jewish future, the “One of my personal goals for this to Jewish leaders in a variety of settings. about Jewish non-profits amd greater Jewish Community of Louisville (JCL) program is to demonstrate to our par- Panelists include representatives from Louisville and find a starting point from is starting a pilot program to empower ticipants that together we are more than Jewish Family & Career Services, the which they will embark on a lifetime of young leaders in Louisville through edu- we are as individuals,” said Tracy Geller, congregations, 21c Museum Hotels, Jewish leadership. cation, engagement and philanthropy. who is co-chairing the program with Heaven Hill Brands, Humana, Louisville Leadership development is already be- The Leadership Development Pro- Seth Gladstein. Metro Council and the American Jewish ing modeled by co-chairs of the annual gram, as it’s called, will include a com- “So many of these young leaders bring Committee. Federation Campaign. Faina and Ariel bination of educational panels and so- unique talents to the table. By introduc- The topics they grapple with address Kronenberg are co-chairing the drive cial gatherings, all of which will share ing a specific group of people, they can Jewish Louisville as well as Jewish lead- with Jerry and Madeline Abramson, who insight into how Jewish values impact help each other build their businesses ership in the greater Louisville commu- have previous experience in this area. leadership in Jewish Louisville and the and hopefully collaborate on ideas to nity. The Kronenbergs are expected to take greater community. give back to the Jewish community in a Unique to JCL’s program is “Lunch the lead during the 2019 campaign. Participants, Jew and non-Jew alike, way that benefits everyone.” with a Leader,” a mentoring component will have the opportunity to meet and Republic Bank and Trust Company, that pairs participants with veterans of network with a diverse group of peers Kindred Healthcare and Jewish Heri- all facets of Jewish Louisville. Day at the races Left, Jewish men watch their horse finish in the money (hopefully) during Gentlemen & The Downs Sunday, November 19, at Churchill Downs – an event exclusively for male donors to the Jewish Federation of Louisville. All attendees at the race day were asked to donate at least $1,000 to the Annual Campaign. Below, Richard Klein addresses attendees in the Skye Terrace overlooking the racetrack. Bottom left, gentlemen mingle between races. Jerry Abramson, Lee Be- novitz, Brandon Coan, Joe Hertzman, Richard Klein, Ariel Kronenberg, Bruce Miller, Jon Salomon and Leon Wahba hosted the event. (photos by Tara Coco)

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Of equal or greater value. Not good with any other offers or discounts. Must present coupon at time of purchase. Expires 12/31/17 Dine In Only Mon.-Th. 11-9 PM Fri. 11-9:30 PM Sat. 8-9:30 PM Sun. 9-8 PM 16 Community Y NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 PICTURE THIS: The Great Challah Bake This year’s Great Challah Bake attracted 175 women from all ages. The event Challah Bake, which is part of the Shabbat Project, an international program celebrated one weekend a year to encourage the observance of Shabbat, was sponsored by the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence and the Jewish Federation of Louisville. Karen Bass and Julie Strull were the co-chairs. (photos by Tara Cocco and Shayne Brill) NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 Y Community 17 PICTURE THIS: The Great Challah Bake 18 Community Y NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 SPECIAL SECTION: Chanukah Happy Chanukah? Is it possible for kids not to enjoy the Festival of Lights? Well… By Mosh Ben-David “What!” she screamed. “All this hard For Community work for one night only?” At age 6, Neeli was a second grader at Do you know any Jewish kids who did the Jewish Day School. On the seventh not totally enjoy one of the most beloved day of Chanukah, when I picked her up holidays, Chanukah? Don’t bother to an- from school, she entered the car visibly swer; this is a rhetorical question. upset. When I asked what was the mat- Nevertheless, since I asked, obviously ter, she intoned, “The teacher told us I have a reason. You see, I know a girl that it’s better to give than to receive.” whose Chanukah was marred by unfor- She fell silent for a minute, then added gettable experiences. with a painful apology, “But I love to re- My daughter Neeli was born in mid- ceive more than I love to give.” September. For her second birthday, (I have a modest request for all you we invited my wife’s parents. My wife, well-intended teachers. Please, remem- Cheri, baked Neeli’s favorite cake; we lit ber that little children look up to you ad- the candles, sang “Happy Birthday” and miringly and often take your words lit- then we instructed the toddler to blow erally. Such a moral and compassionate hard and put out the candles. She did concept can be misconstrued by them.) and was rewarded with applause, hugs, I explained to Neeli, who was plainly kisses and presents. perplexed by what the teacher meant. I About three months passed and it was told her that all of us like to receive gifts Chanukah eve. Again, we invited Cheri’s and that’s OK, but there is great satisfac- parents. Neeli sat on a high chair in front Chanukah can be a swell time for kids if grown-ups don’t get in the way. (photo provided) tion also in giving, whether it is to peo- of the chanukiah (menorah), beaming ple we love or sharing with people who with excitement since she remembered “No!” When she was 4, I taught her to chant have less than us. the last candle event. ‘What are you doing!?“ the blessings by heart. The first two she “In fact,” I concluded, “since you got I can almost see you, dear readers, “You shouldn’t!” learned pretty well, but the third one, the so many presents for Chanukah, per- smiling to yourselves, but don’t get “You don’t blow out the candles!” Shehecheyanu, proved to be a big chal- haps you should donate one to needy ahead of me. I chanted the blessings and Even now, as I’m writing what hap- lenge. Small wonder. children.” lit the shamash with which I then lit the pened quite a few years ago, I cringe as “She-he-che-ya-nu v’-ki-ye-ma-nu v’- Neeli, who by now was consoled, nod- first candle. I remember how her happy face turned hi-gi-a-nu” – long and difficult words to ded her head in agreement and added, To our utter shock, Neeli, who remem- to shock and horror. I am trying to guess pronounce for a 4-year-old. Frustrated, “but daddy, do I have to donate my fa- bered the routine, leaned over and with what she felt as the four closest human she complained how difficult this bless- vorite present?” a couple of puffs, put out the candles, beings to her attacked her with the ca- ing was. Trying to encourage her, I said, smiling happily. cophony of rebuke. Where is the ap- “but darling, you will have to do the third (Moshe Ben-David is a Louisville story- At once, all four of us pounced on her plause? The hugs? the kisses? blessing only once – on the first night. teller.) Jewish Bow Tie Cookies: An old CELEBRATE world treat of fried dough HANUKKAH By Ronnie Fein The big trick for fabulous kichels is The Nosher via JTA rolling the dough as thin as possible. It takes some time and patience, but the My mother was a first-class baker, and result – crispy, puffy, delightfully light there were always homemade goodies cookies with just a sprinkle of sifted con- for dessert at our house. So when I went fectioners’ sugar – is so worth it. away to college and needed a nosh to remind me of home, I went to a nearby Ingredients: bakery for a little something. 1 cup all-purpose flour It was mostly good: Chinese cookies, 1/8 teaspoon salt hamantaschen, babka. But the kichels? 2 large eggs, beaten Not so much. Not only were my mother’s 1/4 teaspoon white vinegar kichels world class and nearly impos- Vegetable oil for deep frying sible to top, but what the bakery called Confectioners’ sugar kichel wasn’t at all what I was used to. Bakery kichels, as I learned, are thick, Directions: bow tie-shaped pastries that are some- 1. Place the flour and salt in a bowl. times sprinkled with sugar. They can 2. Add the beaten eggs and vinegar and be crumbly and dry, or hard and dry, mix thoroughly until a smooth dough depending on the bakery. They are the has formed. (You can use an electric WITH kind of cookie a kid, especially one who mixer or food processor). is a homesick kid, would never choose. 3. Let the dough rest, covered with plas- Especially a kid whose mother made tic wrap, for at least 30 minutes. GIFTS OF world-class kichels. 4. Roll out portions of the dough on a Here’s why my mom’s kichels were lightly floured surface until the dough is so amazing: They were soft and crispy very thin, almost like paper. ISRAEL at the same time, and they would melt 5. Cut the dough into squares, rectangles in your mouth before you even had a or odd shapes. chance to chew or even realize they were 6. Heat about two inches of vegetable BONDS on your tongue. They were paper thin oil in a deep saute pan (or use a deep israelbonds.com but developed air bubbles that were fun fryer) over medium-high heat until the to pop with my front teeth, especially be- oil reaches about 375 F. (A bread crumb cause a feathery dusting of confection- or tiny piece of dough will sizzle quickly ers’ sugar would fall from the top of the when you drop it into the oil). bubble into the crevice and give a faint 7. Drop the cutouts, a few at a time, into but definite sweet to all parts. the oil (they will puff up) and cook brief- We didn’t need milk to dunk and soft- ly on both sides until they are crispy and Development Corporation for Israel Invest in Israel Bonds israelbonds.com 2700 East Main Street, Suite 103 This is not an offering, which can be made only by prospectus. Read the en these kichels. They were as light as faintly browned. Columbus, OH 43209 prospectus carefully before investing to fully evaluate the risks associated a helium balloon; fried (it is Chanukah, 8. Drain on paper towels. Sift confec- 614.453.0699 • [email protected] with investing in Israel bonds. Member FINRA after all), but never greasy; sugar sprin- tioners’ sugar on top. Makes 30. kled, but never cloying. NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 Y Community 19 SPECIAL SECTION: Chanukah Chanukah happenings to abound all over Louisville this year Hanukkah Helpers at Temple Shalom The Hannukkah Helpers program to Chanukah Dinner at Anshei Sfard assist Jewish children in need is wrap- Anshei Sfard will host its annual Cha- ping up. To participate, stop by Temple nukah Dinner on Sunday, December 17, Shalom and pick up a laminated paper at 5:30 p.m. There will be hamburgers, dreidel listing gifts that parents have hot dogs, salads, desserts and drinks. suggeste+d for their children. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for chil- The presents should be returned un- dren ages 5-12. Children under 4 eat wrapped to the synagogue by November free. There is a $40 maximum per family. 27. Reservations are requested by Wednes- The program is sponsored by Temple day, December 13. Call the office 502- Shalom and Jewish Family & Career 451-3122 x 0 to sign up. Services. Call Temple Shalom at 502- 458-4739 for details. KI Vodka-Latke Chanukah party Keneseth Israel will host an adults- Kentucky Homefront Chanukah party only Chanukah party Saturday, Decem- Thousands of radio listeners across ber 16, from 7 to 10 p.m., at Vines and Kentucky will share the Chanukah expe- Canines on Bardstown Road. Havdalah rience this year. and Chanukah candles will be lit. In ad- Louisvillians will gather at The J Sun- dition to wine, there will be a gourmet day, December 10, at 2 p.m., to enjoy latke bar, appetizers and music. Cost is latkes and doughnuts, light the meno- $5 per person. Participants must be 21 rah, share holiday stories and sing. or over. Visit kenesethisrael.com to But the most engaging part of the par- pay online. ty will be a live recording of Kentucky Homefront, Louisville’s premier public KI/KIP Annual Chanukah festival radio variety show. Guests include John Keneseth Israel and the preschool will Gage, musician, director and host of the hold its annual Chanukah Festival Sun- Homefront; Jennifer Diamond; Brigid day, December 17, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Kaelin; Cantors David Lipp and Sha- After evening minyan, and the candle ron Hordes; Jewish Community Choir; lighting, dinner with latkes and jelly The Temple Choir; Children’s Choir; St. donuts will follow. Dreidel games, face Francis of Assisi Holocaust Education painting, bounce houses, cookie deco- students and many of the community The Temple Young Adult party rating, and arts & crafts will cap the eve- rabbis. food and conversation are included. The Temple will host a Chanukah par- ning. Admission is free. RSVP to 502- Seating is limited. Visit www.jew- Contact [email protected] for ty for young adults, ages 22-34, Satur- 459-2780 or rsvp@kenesethisrael. ishlouisville.org/HomefrontChanu- details. day, December 16, 5 p.m., at Lazer Blaze. com. kah for tickets. Chanukah Palooza at Temple Shalom Pizza and drinks are included. RSVP on The Temple website by December 11. Build-A-Menorah Workshop Temple Shalom will celebrate Chanu- Chabad Chai Center will host a kid- kah Palooza with a dinner and carnival oriented workshop to build menorahs Saturday, December 16, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, December 10, 1 p.m., at Home After Havdalah and the lighting of an Depot There is no charge. RSVP to rab- array of menorahs, there will be a ca- [email protected]. tered dinner featuring latkes made by Men’s Club. The carnival will follow in- Connecting with Chanukah for ladies cluding games and crafts for kids. Also, there will be the chance to “slime the Home for the Holidays Women’s Philanthropy will hold a la- dies’ night out to celebrate Chanukah, rabbi.” This holiday season visit our campus Monday, December 11, from 7 to 9 p.m. Reservations must be secured by ad- The women will paint pictures, deco- vance payment. Contact Temple Sha- and help us celebrate our rate desserts, get massages, create holi- lom, 502-458-4739. day care packages for Meals on Wheels 150th anniversary. and enjoy signature cocktails, appetizers Family Skate at the Alpine Ice and desserts with a chocolate fountain. Chabad will hold a family skate event Prizes will be awarded for the craziest at Alpine Ice Arena, Sunday, Decem- Chanukah apparel. ber 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. Bring a warm Please bring travel size toiletries to item of clothing to be donated to Jew- donate for the care packages. Visit jew- ish Family & Career Services. There will ishlouisville.org/event/womens-phi- be latkes, dreidels a menorah lighting on lanthropy-connecting-holidays/ to the ice. There is no charge. For details, register. contact [email protected].

Grand Menorah lighting Menorah lighting at 4th Street Live Chabad will kick off Chanukah by Chabad will light the Grand Menorah lighting its giant outdoor menorah Sun- at 4th Street Live Tuesday, December 19, day, December 12, 6 p.m. at the Pad- at 4 p.m. Louisville Mayor Greg Fisch- dock Shops. Warm drinks, latkes will er will be on hand. There is no charge. be provided There is no charge Contact Contact [email protected] for [email protected] for details. details.

Young professionals to tour distillery AJ Family Chanukah bash slated Young Jewish Professionals will tour Adath Jeshurun will hold its Family the Peerless Distillery on 10th and Main Chanukah Bash Tuesday, December 12, streets, Thursday, December 14, at 7 p.m. at 6 p.m. The visit includes a whiskey tasting with A Chanukah dinner, including potato gourmet latkes, a dreidel spinning and a latkes, lasagna salad, and sufganiyot, menorah lighting. Space is limited. Con- will be served. Participants should bring tact rabbishmully@jewishlearning. their own menorahs for a community center for details. Participants must be candle-lighting, followed by music and a Enjoy an array of holiday lights and decorations during a self- 21 or older. create-your-own cookie dessert. The cost is $5 for adults; children 12 guided tour through our historical campus while listening Chanukah party for women and under are admitted free. Reserva- to memories of the holidays from those who have called tions are required by December 5. Visit The Neshi/Women of Valor Club will our campus home over the years. hold a Chanukah party Saturday, De- www.adathjeshurun.com/chanu- cember 16, at 7:30 p.m. The party, which kahdinner to sign up. is for ages 12 and up, will focus on the Visit mhky150.com/holidays special connection women have both to the festival and light in general. Crafts, 20 Community Y NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 D’VAR TORAH Chanukah heroines: Festival of Lights owes much to women By Cantor Sharon Hordes dith. In the Baby- ernor who had passed a decree allowing for violating this law, the family chose For Community lonian period, in him to defile Jewish brides on their wed- martyrdom over a life divorced from a city besieged by ding nights. Jewish learning and observance. Han- “Women are obligated to light the Cha- the Syrians, the In an act of radical protest, the high nah’s sons endured torture before being nukah menorah, for they took part in the Jews were about to priest’s daughter immediately disrobed put to death. Hannah, having witnessed miracle of being saved from the decree of give up hope. Ju- at the conclusion of her wedding cer- the horror of her sons being killed before persecution.” dith took it upon emony. When her enraged brothers her eyes, leapt to her own end. – Rabbi Joshua ben Levi, Shabbat herself to leave the threatened to kill her for her shock- While these women’s actions may 23a city and enter a ing indecency, she called out, “Over my sound extreme to our ears, their acts of Syrian camp. Hav- nakedness you become angry, yet over bravery and faith have been held up as When we teach the Chanukah story, ing noticed that what the governor will do to me, you re- most admirable and worthy of celebra- we tend to focus on the role that Judah she attracted the main silent?” Upon hearing their sister’s tion. Macabbee and his brothers played in de- Cantor Sharon Hordes attention of the impassioned accusation of hypocrisy, This year, as we light the chanukiah feating the great Syrian army. These men Syrian general, she the brothers killed the governor instead, and sing songs of the bravery of the were brave rebels who were driven to de- used his weakness to her advantage. Ju- inciting a revolt. Maccabees, let us also turn our thoughts fend Judaism against the rising forces of dith prepared a great feast for him and In this context, we also cannot forget to these brave women who risked their assimilation around them. his men, replete with salty cheeses that Hannah, who, together with her seven lives and safety for the same principles. However, many of us did not learn would make him thirsty for wine. When sons, boldly stood up to King Antiochus in Sunday school that there were also the general passed out from intoxication, in response to the rules he enacted to (Cantor Sharon Hordes is a spiritual lead- courageous Jewish heroines who, while she beheaded him. The traumatized Syr- keep Jews from studying Torah. Accord- er of Keneseth Israel.) not directly connected to the Chanukah ian army fled, and the Jews were victori- ing to the king’s harsh decree, anyone story, nonetheless came to be associated ous. found observing religious laws or pos- (Shabbat candles should be lit on the fol- with the holiday for having courage and A similar story of fiery “heroine-ism” sessing a Torah scroll would be put to lowing nights: November 24, 5:06; Decem- strength of character on par with the he- can be found in the story of an unnamed death. ber 1, 5:04; December 8, 5:04; December roic Maccabees. daughter of a high priest whose rebel- When Hannah and her sons found 15, 5:06; December 22, 5:09; December Take, for example, the story of Ju- lious actions brought down a Syrian gov- themselves among the many arrested 29, 5:13.)

Rabbi gives thanks for caregivers at this season of Thanksgiving By Rabbi Nadia Siritsky social workers, chaplains. In Hebrew, that we provide cut- through service of those most in need. For Community the word for holiness is kedushah, which ting edge care to Our two-step approach to healing is related to the word for dedication. In- the most medically ministry is to emphasize human dignity One of the many blessings I have in deed, from their loving dedication, I am acute patients in and social justice as we create healthier my role as vice president of mission with inspired. our state. communities. The first step, reverence KentuckyOne Health is the opportunity I am also blessed to work with incred- As if these bless- for the dignity of every person we serve, to work with amazing people. ibly brilliant and dedicated leaders, who ings were not is the way we treat those who come to us I am awed by the incredible staff at balance the complexity of health care enough, I have – without harm, with healing help and our hospitals: nurses, doctors, personal with the needs of the most underserved been moved by the with compassionate courtesy. care assistants, transporters, volunteers, in our communities. They ensure gratitude of the The second step, work for justice in non-Jews whom I our communities, is demonstrated by lead as their rabbi the many things we do to help people get Rabbi Nadia and mission leader. and stay healthy and out of the hospital. Siritsky Weekly, I write a Our list of second/social justice steps is reflection on the extensive…. We host so many education- Torah portion and send it out to almost al events all year long, like health fairs, 10,000 employees. I am humbled by their classes, support groups, and the like. We responses, sharing with me the ways in devote ourselves to free screenings and which my commentaries help them to exams, involvement in community part- cope with challenges in their own lives. nerships, the education of future health I have also been touched by the en- providers, and leaders and donations thusiastic support I have received from of our cash, space, time and talent to my fellow Mission colleagues who are groups that improve people’s quality of part of Catholic Health Initiatives and life. the Catholic Health Association, particu- This Sunday, after Thanksgiving, is larly Dr. Carl Middleton. They share my the first World Day of the Poor, in which reflections on the Torah portion or the Pope Francis is calling people of good Jewish holidays with Catholic Health will everywhere to look this day on all Initiatives facilities across the country. I those who stretch out their hands and am so grateful for their generosity and plead for our help and solidarity. They support. Even in this time of transition are our brothers and sisters, created and and transformation for Jewish Hospital, loved by the one Heavenly Father. I know that the relationships and learn- World Day of the Poor is a call to react ing that have been forged will continue. against a culture of discard and waste, Judaism teaches an important prin- and to embrace the culture of encounter. ciple: keruv (bringing people closer), I thank God for you, and for the myriad which speaks to the ways we can partici- opportunities we have, to heal and to pate in tikkun olam (healing the world). help people. Please pray in thanks with Helping people appreciate the wisdom me: Judaism can bring, for people who per- haps have never studied Judaism, is a Loving God, we thank you for richly powerful way I can help to reduce anti- blessing our families and our team. Semitism and intolerance. Open our eyes to see you in the face of I seek to do the same with Catholicism, the poor who come to us for healing and which has so much to teach and whose help. values of compassion and justice are so Open our hearts to find ways to increase closely aligned with our own. As such, I access and opportunities for health. would like to share an excerpt of a reflec- Open our hands to embrace the poor tion from my colleague, Jay Gilchrist, of with no ifs, buts, or maybes. Memorial Health in Texas: Praise you for the privilege of doing “Many of us will give of ourselves this your work with your beloved “least.” week and this season by helping with community food drives, family spon- sorships, clothing and toy drives and (Rabbi Nadia Siritsky is vice president of the like. These things and the things we mission at KentuckyOne Health.) do all year long to serve the poor are the best ways to show thankfulness – NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 Y Community 21 PICTURE THIS: Lion of Judah More than 30 women attended the November 5 Lion of Judah brunch at the home of Judy Shapira. Joan Roth, a Jewish-American photographer, told stories and showed pictures she took of Jewish women from around the world. Stacy Gordon- Funk was pinned as a new Lion of Judah. (photos by Debby Rose)

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502 585 3251 www.welenken.com 22 Community Y NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 GLOBAL COMMUNITY Clash at the Kotel Jacobs, Reform leaders pushed and shoved by Western Wall security By JTA ing the service in the main plaza, in a Jacobs said the Reform worshipers large tourist area removed from the wall “never were aggressive, we never threw JERUSALEM – Rabbi Rick Jacobs but adjacent to the Orthodox areas for any punches, we were very determined.” and other Reform Jewish leaders were men and women. A group of haredi pro- The non-Orthodox groups have re- pushed, pulled and had clothes torn by testers also shoved some of the worship- peatedly challenged the rules, leading to security guards as they tried to pray at pers, according to Jacobs. sometimes violent confrontations. They the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem. The group included the entire board of have also criticized Prime Minister Ben- The guards and haredi Orthodox wor- the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem, jamin Netanyahu’s government for back- shippers tussled with the group mem- which had just ordained four new rab- ing out in June from a 2016 agreement bers Thursday, November 16, as they en- bis, and members of the Women of the to expand and upgrade the Robinson’s tered the main entrance to the Western Wall feminist prayer group. Arch prayer section at the southern end Wall plaza with Torah scrolls. The brief fracas caused no injuries. of the Western Wall. The haredi parties The guards said it was illegal to bring Administrators accused the non-Or- in the governing coalition had demand- the scrolls into the main plaza. Reform thodox Jews of flouting the rules of the ed the move. leaders accused the haredi administra- main plaza, “with the aim of creating a “We belong there, we have a right to tion of the holy site, which employs the provocation and using it to push public be there, and the Jewish people and state guards, of denying their right to freedom relations.” of Israel will be strengthened when the of prayer. “This provocative act at the Western country, the Western Wall, is truly wel- Jacobs said that during the clashes, Wall plaza, a place of unity, was a physi- coming to Jews of all beliefs and practic- a guard put his finger on the trigger of cally and verbally violent campaign at es,” Jacobs told JTA. “Things are not fine. a bottle of pepper spray, and put it up the site,” the Western Wall Heritage We’re not going back, we’re not going to to Jacobs’ face. His suit jacket was also Foundation said in a statement. “We take bread crumbs and say that Robin- ripped on the side as guards shoved him protest this unacceptable behavior, the son’s Arch is good enough.” and pressed their bodies on his. violence, and strongly condemn it.” At the just-concluded Jewish Federa- “The guards were really pushing The Western Wall’s main plaza, ad- tions of North America’s annual General hard,” Jacobs told JTA. “The guard who Rabbi Rick Jacobs ministered by the Heritage Founda- Assembly Monday in Los Angeles, the was standing right in front of me took stop us from fulfilling our right to pray tion, requires men and women to pray board of trustees passed a resolution his pepper spray and put it right in our at the Western Wall.” separately and bars women from using calling on Israel to reverse its “divisive face.” The Reform group began their prayer religious items, including Torah scrolls. and damaging” steps to freeze the West- Israeli Reform chief Gilad Kariv, in Robinson’s Arch, a non-Orthodox sec- It prohibits visitors from bringing their ern Wall deal. speaking to Israel’s Hadashot news, ac- tion of the holy site to the south of the own Torah scrolls in an attempt to pre- Netanyahu addressed the controversy cused the administration of acting like main plaza. They then tried to enter with vent women and non-Orthodox Jewish in a speech at the closing session of the “thugs” and said the violence “will not the Torah scrolls. They ended up finish- groups from using them in services at conference. the site. Benjamin & Bernice Mazin Israel’s detention of Palestinian VISUAL ARTS FUND children targeted by House bill

By JTA the unjust and ongoing mistreatment of Palestinian children living under Israeli The Mazin Annual Art Exhibition is a regional, juried art exhibition conceived A Minnesota congresswoman has in- occupation,” she said on her website. and created by Bernice and Benjamin Mazin in partnership with the Jewish troduced a bill that seeks to prevent the A number of progressive and religious Community Center’s Visual Arts Committee. The event is funded by the United States from funding Israel’s mili- organizations have endorsed the legisla- endowed Mazin Visual Arts Fund, Judy and Dennis Hummel and the Mazin tary detention of Palestinian children. tion, including Churches for Middle East family. Their generosity in endowing the funding for the Exhibition supports The legislation introduced Tuesday Peace and Jewish Voices for Peace. The The J’s Arts & Ideas which fosters an appreciation of today’s visual arts for by Rep. Betty McCollum, a Democrat, latter and some of the other supporting has at least nine co-sponsors. It would groups back the Boycott, Divestment the Jewish Community and all of Louisville. require the secretary of state to certify and Sanctions movement against Israel. annually that U.S. assistance to Israel “Jewish tradition teaches that each has not been used in the previous year and every single person has inherent dig- to militarily detain, interrogate or abuse nity and worth and must be treated ac- Palestinian children. cordingly,” JVP said in a statement. “This “The purpose of this act is to promote legislation recognizes and acts upon the and protect the human rights of Pales- inherent dignity and worth of Palestin- tinian children and to ensure that United ian children and sends the message that States taxpayer funds shall not be used the United States is committed to a fu- to support the military detention of Pal- ture with freedom, safety, and equality estinian children,” the bill reads. for both Palestinians and Israelis.” Among the bill’s backers are the co- Israel processes Palestinians who are chairs of the Congressional Progressive not Israeli citizens through a military Caucus, Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., and court system. A 2017 report by the Mili- Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis. tary Court Watch nonprofit that moni- McCollum said the bill “highlights tored the treatment of more than 450 Israel’s system of military detention of minors in Israeli military detention be- Palestinian children” and ensures the tween 2013 and 2016 found that 60 per- United States does not support human cent of the minors arrested last year re- rights violations. ported physical violence at the hands of “Congress must not turn a blind eye to their detainers and 43 percent reported You too can create an endowment to preserve Jewish Louisville’s programs and verbal violence. organizations that matter to you. Contact Jennifer Tuvlin at 502-238-2719 or Just 5 percent were allowed to see [email protected] to endow your Jewish values. Shalom Tower Waiting List their parents during interrogation, and Now Has 3 Month Wait for Vacancy 10 percent were allowed to see a lawyer. 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NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 Y Community 23 NEWS & NEWSMAKERS Ioffe joined internation- The delegation visited Kiev during the ing data on air quality and human health estate agent, has conference before moving on to Khar- in four South Louisville neighborhoods, joined the Nata- al youth conference kov with AJT members to celebrate “the then plant approximately 8,000 trees, in- lie in your Neigh- Jacob Ioffe, president of the Drew Cor- largest renaissance of Jewish life world- creasing the area’s tree canopy by about borhood team of son AZA #2329, joined the North Ameri- wide.” 15 percent and monitoring how it chang- Keller Williams can Delegation to the AJT International es air quality and health biometrics over Louisville Real Es- Conference from November 13 to 20 in the subsequent four years. tate. Ukraine. JOFEE director speaks Fraade is one of the Institute for Before joining An arm of the Joint Distribution Healthy Air, Water, and Soil’s health am- the agency, Lustig Committee, AJT, which stands for Ac- at Green Heart Launch bassadors, who work to make Louisville worked in physi- The J’s JOFEE director, Michael tive Jewish Teens, a healthier city through collaboration, cian recruitment Fraade, spoke about sustainability work is BBYO’s partner shared strategies and outreach. for KentuckyOne and the importance of building com- Joanie Kohn Lustig youth group in A major goal of the ambassadors is to Health for more munity partnerships Thursday, October the former Soviet expand the understanding of health to than 20 years. 26, at the Green Heart Project launch Union. include the holistic well-being of indi- Her new office is at 1401 Bardstown event at the Kentucky Center for African The North viduals and communities, including no- Road, suite 101. American Heritage. American Delega- tions such as spiritual, financial and psy- The Green Heart tion joined Jew- chological health in addition to physical Project is a five- ish teens, staff and and nutritional health. year study that will Louisiana company ac- educators from Fraade used the talmudic statement produce scientific Belarus, Georgia, that every city is supposed to have a veg- quires Almost Family data demonstrat- Almost Family, a Louisville-based Israel, Kazakhstan, etable garden to demonstrate the rabbis’ Jacob Ioffe ing the impact home health care provider, has been ac- Moldova, Russia, commitment to health. He also talked of tree coverage quired by Louisiana-based LHC Group, Ukraine and other about The J’s partnerships with New on neighborhood one of its competitors, for $836 million, countries. Roots, St. Margaret Mary Church, the health. The project Insider Louisville has reported. More than 400 Jewish teens were at Urban League, and other organizations is co-sponsored by The acquisition takes the form of an the conference, the largest yet for AJT. with health ambassadors to highlight the University of all-stock deal, according to the online A junior at duPont Manual High the importance of collaboration. School, Jacob was this year’s winner of Louisville, the Na- news magazine. Jewish Community of Louisville’s Stacy Michael Fraade ture Conservancy, Wiliam Yarmuth, brother of U.S. Rep. Marks Nisenbaum Award, which recog- the Institute for Lustig joins Keller-Wil- John Yarmuth, is the chairman and CEO nizes commitment to BBYO growth as Healthy Air, Water, and Soil, and other of Almost Family. well as broader school and community local and national partners. liams real estate firm engagement. Researchers will spend a year collect- Joanie Kohn Lustig, a licensed real GLOBAL COMMUNITY Fake Jewish reporter’s call seeks ‘damaging remarks’ about Roy Moore By JTA about candidate Roy Moore for a reward 1979 when she was 14 years old and he as purported evidence. of between $5,000 and $7,000,” the man was 32. Many observers condemned the call WASHINGTON – A made-up report- said. On Monday, November 13, another by the invented Jewish reporter as play- er named “Bernie Bernstein” called an “We will not be fully investigating woman accused Moore of sexually as- ing on anti-Semitic stereotypes and ca- Alabama pastor searching for women these claims, however we will make a saulting her in the late 1970s when she nards of Jewish conspiracies and media to provide “damaging remarks” against written report. I can be reached by email was 16. She showed reporters what ap- control. Anti-Defamation League CEO Roy Moore. at [email protected]. peared to be a flattering message from Jonathan Greenblatt suggested it was an In what sounded like a robocall, the Thank you.” Moore in her high school yearbook. attack both on journalism and Jews. man left a voicemail message with Pas- Marty Baron, the Washington Post’s That night, The New Yorker reported Atlantic magazine editor Adam Serw- tor Al Moore claiming to be a reporter executive editor, who is Jewish, issued that many people in Moore’s hometown, er said a Moore supporter seemed to be for the Washington Post newspaper. He a statement to WKRG-TV criticizing Gadsden, Alabama, recalled him being pinning the blame for his political prob- offered women money in exchange for the call as an attempt to undermine his barred from the local mall for bother- lems on a “Jewish conspiracy.” allegations, which he said would not newspaper. It is not known who made ing young women, though no direct evi- Others, including Toronto Star Wash- be well vetted, the local CBS affiliate the call. But no staffer at the Washing- dence has been found. ington correspondent Daniel Dale and WKRG-TV reported Tuesday. ton Post is named Bernie Bernstein or Al Moore, 70, a former prosecutor and the New Yorker television critic Emily The voicemail was an apparent bid Bernstein. judge, has denied the allegations. He and Nussbaum, found humor in the blatant to discredit allegations that the Repub- “The call’s description of our reporting his supporters have sought to discredit nature of the call. lican Senate candidate had sexual con- methods bears no relationship to real- both his accusers and the Washington The made-up name recalls two promi- tact with minors many years ago. Given ity,” Baron said. “We are shocked and Post. nent Jews: Bernie Sanders was the first the caller’s Jewish-sounding name and appalled that anyone would stoop to this Moore told the crowd at a campaign Jewish candidate to win major-party strong, nasally Northeastern accent, level to discredit real journalism.” rally in Huntsville, Alabama, Sunday nominating contests last year when he many saw the message as anti-Semitic. The Washington Post reported allega- that the Washington Post was attack- ran in the Democratic presidential pri- “Hi, this is Bernie Bernstein, I’m a re- tions by four women that Roy Moore ing him for political reasons and threat- maries, and Carl Bernstein was part of porter for the Washington Post calling to made romantic or sexual overtures to ened to sue the newspaper. His wife has the Washington Post team that exposed find out if anyone at this address is a fe- them when they were teenagers and he claimed on Facebook that the women the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. male between the ages of 54 to 57 years was in his 30s. One woman said Moore were paid by her husband’s critics to ac- old willing to make damaging remarks initiated a sexual encounter with her in cuse him and posted false news reports

JEWISH BEDTIME STORIES and SONGS Jon Stewart crashes ‘Daily Show’ as Jewy Bernie Bernstein By JTA robocall as anti-Semitic, given the fake “Hello Trervor, boychik, how can you reporter’s Jewish-sounding name and say that Bernie Bernstein isn’t real? It’s Jon Stewart made a surprise appear- strong, nasally Northeastern accent. me, oy vey iz mir,” Stewart says, throw- ance on “The Daily Show” as the Jew- On Thursday night’s episode of “The ing in plenty of Yiddishisms. ish character of the week: Bernie Ber- Daily Show,” Stewart did his own Ber- Stewart then comes on stage say- nstein. nstein impression — Jewish stereotypes ing he actually wanted to promote the Does the name ring a bell? Yes, Ber- and all. Night of Too Many Stars, an autism and nie Bernstein is probably the name of The skit starts off with host Trevor benefit show he is hosting on HBO. FREE JEWISH BEDTIME STORIES SONGS that old guy from your synagoguewho Noah poking fun at the robocaller’s ac- Noah tells Stewart that he is welcome ENRICH your entire FAMILY’S is always complaining that the lox at cent. to come on the show anytime. JEWISH JOURNEY. kiddush isn’t fresh enough. “I don’t even know what that accent “You don’t need anti-Semitism to We’ll send you Jewish bedtime But the name was also given to the was. It sounded like a guy trying to do come on the show, Jon. You could’ve stories every month – for FREE! made-up reporter who made a robocall a New York Jewish voice based on hear- just asked me,” Noah says. to discredit sexual assault allegations ing a friend describe a Woody Allen “I don’t need it, I just like it that way,” against Alabama Senate hopeful Roy movie,” Noah jokes. Stewart quips back. Moore. Some, including the CEO of the Suddenly, Noah receives a call from APPLY TODAY Anti-Defamation League, decried the Call Madelyn Cerra at 238-2719 or sign up online Stewart on his cellphone. at www.jewishlouisville.org/pjlibrary. 24 Community Y NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 AROUND TOWN The Temple to honor Gaylia Rooks with weekend of programs in December By staff and releases mitzvoth, taken an active role in social action and women’s programming, and Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks, who is retiring engaged in outreach to people in the from The Temple after 30 years of ser- process of conversion and to interfaith vice to the congregation, will be honored families. for her work and achievements during She has directed worship and ritual the weekend of December 1. and oversees all the music performed at The Temple is planning a special Shab- The Temple. Along with Music Director bat program – “Sing Unto G!D: an Alef- Louie Bailey, she directs Shir Chadash, Style Musical Shabbat” – to honor the The Temple’s volunteer choir. music of Rooks, Friday, December 1, 7 In 2012, Rooks released her second col- p.m., in the Waller Chapel. The service lection of original Jewish music on CD will feature original works by Rooks and titled Sukkat Shalom: Shelter of Peace. All Driven Leaf, all sung and led by the rabbi the money from the sale of CDs goes to and The Temple choir Shir Chadash. the WHAS Crusade for Children. A Havdallah service on Saturday, De- Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks who is retiring from The Temple will be fated during a weekend of activities in December. (photo Rooks has appeared several times on cember 2, at 6 p.m., will precede the provided) The Moral Side of the News, the WHAS- gala for Rooks, including cocktails, hors A graduate of Brandeis University and er, and Cantor Sharon Hordes, have all TV interfaith panel that is broadcast on d’oeuvres, a dinner, video presentation, the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, followed Rooks to Kentucky. Also, The local television and to 38 states on radio. and dessert. The minimum contribu- where she was ordained in 1984, Rabbi Temple and Temple Shalom have each She also serves on the clergy allocations tion per person is Chai ($18), and the Rooks came to The Temple in 1988, be- employed several female student rabbis committee of the “WHAS Crusade for celebration will be catered by Chef Z, coming the first female rabbi in the com- who were training for their careers after Children.” with cocktails provided by Heaven Hill monwealth of Kentucky. ordination. Rooks and her husband, Rabbi Joe R. Brands. RSVP by November 28 to (502) Since then, Rabbis Laura Metzger, Na- Rooks has taught adult education Rapport have two adult children, Yael 423-1818. dia Siritsky and Beth Jacowitz Chottin- classes, religious school, trained b’nai and Lev.

KI Family Shabbat Morning Service December 3, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 Pizza and drinks will be provided. Call 8. Catered by Chef Sasha Chack at the Keneseth Israel will have its next p.m. Participants will pack lunches to The Temple at 502-423-1818 by Decem- synagogue, the dinner immediately fol- Family Shabbat Morning Services on be donated to Dare to Care. There is no ber 1 to RSVP. lows Friday night services, which begin November 25 and December 9, and 23, cost to participate. Visit www.adathje- at 6 p.m. There also is a tisch after din- from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The service will shurun.com/brownbagblessings to KI Lunch and Learn ner with singing of zmirot and niggun- conclude by joining the whole congrega- sign up. Rabbi Michael Wolk holds a commu- im, Torah talk and storytelling. Cost is $5 tion in the main sanctuary prayers for nity Lunch and Learn class at The Bristol per person ($20 maximum per family.) Ein Keloheinu and Adon Olam. An Evening of Love Songs at KI on Thursday, December 7, at noon. The RSVP to 502-459-2780 or rsvp@kenes- Cantor Sharon Hordes, Jennifer Dia- next class topic is “Why do Jews cover ethisrael.com or 502-459-2780. Visit AJ Celebration Shabbat mond and Cantor David Lipp will per- their heads?” Contact Wolk at mwolk@ kenesethisrael.com to pay online. Adath Jeshurun will honor worshipers form love songs at Keneseth Israel Sun- kenesethisrael.com or 502-459-2780 celebrating birthdays or anniversaries day, December 3, at 7 p.m. for details. No Shush Shabbat at Temple Shalom Saturday, December 2. Those celebrat- Among the songs to be sung are “Do The next No Shush Shabbat at Temple ing a birthday or anniversary in Decem- You Love Me?” “Fly Me To The Moon,” Anshei Sfard Knit & Qvell Circle Shalom will be held Friday, December 8, ber are invited to participate in a group and “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen.” The Knit & Qvell Circle will meet at 6:30 p.m. The community is invited to aliyah during Shabbat morning worship A dessert reception will follow the Thursday, December 7, at 1 p.m. in the kid-friendly the PowerPoint service, and services beginning at 9:30 a.m. concert. Tickets are on sale now for $18. Anshei Sfard Library. All knitters and children are free to make noise. Rabbi Visit tinyurl.com/KIconcert or call want-to-be knitters are invited to attend. Beth Jacowitz Chottiner will lead and AJ Short and Sweet Family Service 502-459-2780. All knitted items are donated to the Benji Berlow will sing and play guitar. Students in grades K through 7, and Jefferson County Public Schools Clothes Call Temple Shalom at 502-458-4739 their families, will participate in Adath The Temple’s Sunday Night at the Mov- Closet. Contact Toby Horvitz at 502-458- for details. Jeshurun on Saturday, December 2, at ies 7108 or the office 502-451-3122 x 0. 10:30 a.m. The community is invited Rabbi Joe R. Rapport’s Sunday Night AJ Spiritual Pragmatism group at the Movies is slated for Sunday, De- Mahjong Club at KI The next Spiritual Pragmatism Discus- AJ Brown Bag Blessings packing party cember 3. The series features episodes Keneseth holds a bi-weekly mahjong sion Group at Adath Jeshurun on Sun- Adath Jeshurun is hosting a packing from National Geographic’s limited se- game December 7 and 21, at 1 p.m. in the day, December 10, at 9:45 a.m., will ad- party for its community outreach pro- ries Genius, which addresses the life and small chapel. The community, including dress the topic “Boundaries: Honoring gram, Brown Bag Blessings, on Sunday, legacy of Albert Einstein. players from all levels, is welcome. RSVP the Space Between Us.” to [email protected] or call The December 17 session, also at 9:45, 502-459-2780. will address the topic “Re-envisioning the Challenging Relationships in Our KI Shabbat Unplugged Lives.” Keneseth Israel hosts its next Shab- WINTER CAMP bat Unplugged dinner Friday, December See AROUND TOWN on next page

Join us on our quest at Winter Camp! Dec. 20, 2017-Jan. 2, 2018 Register online at jewishlouisville.org/wintercamp NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 Y Community 25

Call Temple Shalom at 502-458-4739 to after services. Reservations are required Torah Yoga at KI Around Town RSVP. by Friday, December 22. Cost is $15 for Cantor Sharon Hordes and Lisa Flan- continued from previous page Men’s Club members, $20 for non-mem- nery will host Torah Yoga the third AJ Super Shabbat baking day bers, $5 for Children 6-12. Kids 5 and Thursday of the month at 6:30 at Kenes- Holistic psychiatrist Dr. Courtney Adath Jeshurun invites families to under are free. eth Israel. Temple Shalom and Hadassah Snyder and business & leadership advi- bake treats Sunday, December 17, at There will be a raffle and prizes. “Chili are co-sponsors. sor Marty Snyder facilitate discussions, 12:30 p.m. The treats will be served at To-Go” Pre-order costs $4 per pint or $8 The class combines the flexibility and which are open to the community. Visit the January 20 Kiddush lunch for “Super per quart at the event. strength of yoga with teachings of the www.adathjeshurun.com/spiritual- Shabbat,” a student-led Shabbat service. Contact Gerry at 502-459-2780 or Torah. It is open to the community. pragmatism for more information. email MensClub@KenesethIsrael. AJ Book Club com. Melton classes at AJ open for sign-up AJ adult Hebrew classes The Adath Jeshurun Book Club is New Melton classes begin in Decem- Adath Jeshurun offers adult begin- reading The Plot Against America, a po- Classes at The Temple ber at Adath Jeshurun. Three different ning and intermediate Hebrew classes litical novel by Philip Roth. The Temple holds several classes on sessions are available, with each session Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Taught by Debo- The book will be discussed at the next diverse topics during the year. running for 10 lessons: rah Slosberg, the classes are free to the Book Club meeting on Sunday, Decem- Those classes include: “The Great • Shemot II: Revelation and Revolu- community. Classes this month will take ber 17 at 2 p.m. To order the book, con- Women of the Bible” with Rabbi David tion, taught by Louisville Melton Direc- place on December 10 and 17. Contact tact Deborah Slosberg at dslosberg@ Ariel-Joel, Mondays at 7 p.m.; Hebrew tor Deborah Slosberg, Tuesdays, Decem- Slosberg at dslosberg@adathjeshu- adathjeshurun.com or call 458-5359. language classes with Rabbi Gaylia R. ber 12-March 6, from 7:50 to 9 p.m. run.com or call 458-5359. Rooks, Mondays at 7 p.m.; advanced He- • Bemidbar: Leadership Defied and Rosh Chodesh Girls Club brew study with Rabbi Joe R. Rapport, Defended, taught by Slosberg, Thurs- KI Tikkun Olam with Islamic Center The Keneseth Israel Rosh Chodesh Mondays at 8 p.m.; and basic Judaism days, December 14-March 8, from 9:30 Keneseth Israel will meet at the Is- Club with Cantor Sharon Hordes and with all rabbis Mondays at 8 p.m. to 10:40 a.m. lamic Center on River Road Sunday, De- Lisa Yussman will next meet Sunday, De- It also offers its Scholars Program • Dramas 2: Ten New Lessons from the cember 10, from 1 to 3 p.m., for a tikkun cember 17, following LBSY, in room 113 classes on Wednesdays. Ariel-Joel teach- Melton Core Curriculum Crossroads of olam project. Participants will collect at The J. The session, for girls in grades es “The Legacy of The Past & The Future Jewish History, taught by Cantor David gently worn coats, gloves, socks, scarves, 4-8, runs from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Lunch of Modern Israel” from 9:30-10:35 a.m.; Lipp, Thursdays, December 14-March 8, toothbrushes, toothpaste and other toi- is provided. The girls use art, drama, and Rapport teaches “A History of the from 10:50 a.m. to noon. letries. Items can be dropped off at KI by games and music to learn how to impact Jewish People in 36 Objects” from 10:50 Contact Slosberg at dslosberg@ada- December 7. Packages will be prepared the world in a positive way. Cost is $54 a.m. to noon. thjeshurun.com or call 458-5359. at the Islamic Center to be delivered to per family. Contact Hordes at 502-459- various homeless shelters. RSVP to 502- 2780 or [email protected] Torah study at The Temple Jewish meditation classes 459-2780 or rsvp@kenesethisrael. to RSVP. The Temple Torah study class meets The Jewish Learning Center will offer com. Saturdays from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Fish- two new classes in Jewish Meditation. Stop and Chat with Rabbi Ariel-Joel man Library before the morning servic- The first class, entitled “Wake Up with Torah lunch at Temple Shalom Rabbi David Ariel-Joel of The Tem- es. Gratitude,” will be held Tuesday, Decem- December Torah lunches will be held ple will be at Panera Bread, 1801 Rudy ber 5, at 8 a.m. The second class, “Lie on Tuesdays, December 12 and 26, noon, Lane, on Thursday, December 14, from Jews and Brews with Rabbi Wolk Down with a Healthy Attitude,” is set for at Temple Shalom. No prior knowledge 2 to 3 p.m., He will discuss any topic, Rabbi Michael Wolk leads “Jews and Tuesday, December 12, at 7:30 p.m. of the material is required. Participants including personal issues and religious Brews,” a one-hour class where partici- The classes are offered independent of may bring a brown bag lunch. questions. Coffee is on the rabbi. pants study the weekly Torah portion each other and no previous meditation Call Temple Shalom at 502-458-4739 through the prisms of ancient and mod- experience is required. Contact Rabbi for details. Chinese Dinner and a Movie at The ern commentary over coffee, Wednes- Avrohom Litvin at Rabbi@Chabadky. Temple days at 11 a.m. in The J library. The com- com or at 502-235-5770. Movie night at The Temple The Temple will have dinner and mov- munity is welcome. The Temple will hold its monthly mov- ie Sunday, December 24, at 6 p.m. Encir- ie night Tuesday, December 12, at 6:30 clements, a story about a boy who learns p.m. There will be pizza and soda. Night lessons about the complexity of family at the Opera will be screened. Call The life as his bar mitzvah approaches, will Temple at 502-423-1818 by December 8 be screened. Call The Temple at 502-423- to RSVP. 1818 by December 18 to RSVP.

IRONMAN speaks at Temple Shalom Sandwich making at The Temple Sidney Abramson, a two-time veteran Rabbi David Ariel-Joel will host a of the IRONMAN Triathlon, will talk sandwich-making mitzvah event for St. about preparing for, and competing in, Vincent de Paul homeless shelter Mon- the contest Sunday, December 17, Tem- day, December 25. Call Becky King at ple Shalom Men’s Club brunch. 502-212-2028 by December 20 to RSVP. The grueling event involves running 26.2 miles, cycling 100 miles and swim- KI Men’s Club Chili Bingo ming two miles … all in a single day. Keneseth Israel Men’s Club will hold Servicing the Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio areas. The program begins at 10 a.m. at Tem- its annual chili bingo Monday, Decem- We handle claims related to Personal Injury, ple Shalom. A $5 donation is requested. ber 25, at 5:00 pm. First game begins Wrongful Death, Car Wreck, Truck Accident, and Social Security Disability CHAVURAT SHALOM Call, text or go online for your Compiled by Sarah Harlan Chavurat Shalom is a community-wide For Community program for all Jewish senior adults and FREE consultation! their friends. We meet in the Levy Great On Thursday, December 7 – the anni- Hall of the Klein Center at The Temple, 800‐800‐8888 versary of the Japanese attack on Pearl 5101 U.S. Highway 42, unless otherwise Harbor – Rabbi Joe R. Rapport will give designated in the listing. Lunch is avail- a talk at Chavurat Shalom about World able at noon for $5, followed by the pro- www.CallTheHammer.com War II. Lunch will include Chef Z’s fa- gram at 1 p.m. Chef Z caters the lunch. mous chili, grilled cheese sandwiches, For reservations, contact Sarah Har- mixed green salad, fresh fruit, and an as- lan at 502-423-1818 or sarahharlan86@ sorted dessert platter. gmail.com by the Tuesday of the week of Main Office On Thursday, December 14, Two of Di- the event. Vegetarian meals are available Louisville Office amonds will return for another program. if requested by the Tuesday before the 1601 Business Center Ct. Also, Chavurat Shalom will be celebrat- event. Transportation can be scheduled ing November and December birthdays by calling Jewish Family & Career Ser- Louisville, KY 40299 and anniversaries. Lunch will include vices at 502-452-6341. Transportation grilled salmon, potato latkes, veggie to Chavurat Shalom is $5 round-trip. Cincinnati Office Lexington Office Indianapolis Office medley, mixed green salad, fresh fruit, Funding for Chavurat Shalom is pro- and cake. vided by the Jewish Heritage Fund for 201 E. Fifth Street 2333 Alexandria Drive 201 N. Illinois Street There will be no December 21 and 28, Excellence, the Jewish Community of 19th Floor Lexington, KY 40504 Suite 1600 or on January 4; the group will be off for Louisville, National Council of Jewish Winter Break. See everyone on January Women, The Temple’s Men of Reform Cincinnati, OH 45202 Indianapolis, IN 46204 11 for a program presented by Rabbi Judaism and Women of Reform Juda- David-Ariel Joel. ism, and many other donors. 26 Community Y NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 LIFECYCLELifecycle James served in the Army as a com- tle of the Bulge in 1944. Born in Chicago Births munications officer of field artillery in Claus began work at The Behr Stores, on May 30, 1919, Europe. He later joined the Kentucky Inc. in 1952 and succeeded his father, Sy served in the Preston William Sonnheim National Guard, serving in the 100th Alfred, as president of the company in Army Air Corp dur- Barbara and Jeffrey Sonnheim and “Century” Division for 20 years until his 1960. The Behr Stores, Inc. was a na- ing World War II big sister, Peyton, announce the birth of retirement. tionally known chain with retail stores, before becoming a Preston William Sonnheim, born Octo- He was active in the Boy Scouts with in 12 states, selling ladies ready-to-wear furniture manufac- ber 22, 2017, in Cypress, Texas. his sons as an assistant scout master of and accessories. He was also actively in- turer’s representa- The proud grandparents are Joani and Troop 30, associated with Adath Jeshu- volved in the President’s Council of the tive – a job he held Joel Sonnheim of Louisville and Doug run. American Institute on Management. until he was 87. and Nancy Sweeten of Burlington. He was preceded in death by Naomi in After his retirement in 1995, Behr de- In addition to 2000. voted his time to numerous voluntary being among the James is survived by his second wife, positions. For 18 years he served on the founders of Temple Shalom, Sy went on Sabina (Chapman) of New Orleans; his board of directors of Jewish Hospital to serve as president of the congregation. Obituaries sons, Joel G. Altman, 71, of Houston, Health Care Services. He also served on He also was a member of the St. George Texas, Ross S. Altman, 68, of Newtown, the board of the Four Courts Senior Cen- Masonic Lodge #239 F&AM, Scottish Carol Ann Alberts Pennsylvania, and Benjamin C. Altman, ter and the Deputy Sheriff’s Merit Board. Rite and Kosair Temple. Carol Ann Alberts, 75, died Saturday, 64, of Appleton, Wisconsin; 11 grand- Claus was a member of Adath Jeshu- A great story teller with a wonderful October 21, 2017, in Cincinnati. She is children, and two great-grandchildren. run, St. George Masonic Lodge #239, sense of humor, Sy never met a stranger preceded in death by her parents, Morris Graveside services were held at the Scottish Rite, Kosair Temple, VFW, B’nai and was respected and admired by all. and Freda Alberts. Adath Jeshurun Cemetery on Tuesday, B’rith, The Standard Club, Jewish Com- He made the world a better place by be- Graveside services were held Wednes- November 7. Donations may be made munity Center and Service Corps of Re- ing in it. day, October 25, at Keneseth Israel Cem- to the American Friends of Migdal Ohr, tired Executives (SCORE), where he was Sy was preceded in death by his sweet- etery, 2800 Preston Highway. http://www.migdalohrusa.org/usa. chairman, and the VFW. heart of 71 years, Dorothy. He left a leg- As a Junior Achievement volunteer, he acy of beautiful memories to his three taught economics in the public schools. children, Paula Broder, Judy Kadetz James J. Altman Claus A. Behr Behr is survived by his wife, Joy Yu- (Michael) of Cincinnati, Lester Krinsky James J. Altman, 94, of New Orleans, Claus A. Behr, 91, dofsky; his children, Kenneth B. Behr, and Marilyn Nebolsky, who was like a Louisiana, passed away from complica- passed away Friday, Janie Behr, Dr. Kenneth Cohen of New daughter. He was also blessed with sev- tions of acute heart failure and dementia November 3, 2017. York, New York, and Sally Kaplan (Dr. en grandchildren, Andrew (Lisa), Todd on Saturday, November 4, 2017, at Pas- Born in Germany, Brian) of Richmond, Virginia; his grand- (Dana), Jessica (Mike), Allyson, Alex, sages Hospice in New Orleans. Claus immigrated children, Shawn Lerner, Lindsey Lerner Sarah (Alex), Rachel (Ben); and three Born in Louisville on February 10, to the United States Block, Daniel Lerner, Ashley Lerner, great-grandchildren (soon to be four), 1923, James was the oldest son of Ernest in 1939. He attend- Amy Kaplan and Leah Kaplan; and three Taylor, Blake and Devin, in addition to and Rose (Baron) Altman. He graduat- ed New York Uni- great-grandchildren. his nephew and niece, Jerry and Teresa. ed from Louisville Male High School in versity and Queens Funeral services were held Monday, Funeral services were held Friday, 1941 and earned a bachelor’s degree in College. Before November 6, at Herman Meyer & Son, November 3, at Herman Meyer & Son, business management from the Louisi- returning to Lou- Inc., 1338 Ellison Ave. Burial followed in Inc., 1338 Ellison Ave. Burial followed ana State University in 1944. While at- isville, he trained at some of the coun- Adath Jeshurun Cemetery. Expressions in Cave Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, tending LSU, he met his first wife, Naomi try’s largest department stores, including of sympathy may be made to the Ida and donations to Temple Shalom would be Theresa Gehr, from Alexandria, Louisi- Macy’s, B. Altman and Company, and Bernhard Behr Holocaust Memorial Ed- appreciated. ana. They married after graduation on Bloomingdales. He served in the Army ucation Fund at the JCC or the Kentucky January 20, 1945 in New Orleans. during World War II, fighting in the Bat- Opera Association. Farrell E. Salzman Farrell E. Salz- Leo Goldman man, 95, died Sun- Leo Goldman, 92, of Louisville, died day, November 12, Friday, November 11, 2017 at Glen Ridge 2017 in Ft. Pierce, Health Campus. Florida. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he was Born August 24, born July 7, 1925, to the late Bessie 1922, in Louisville, Weiner and William Goldman. He was a he was the son of Navy veteran of World War II and a re- the late Birdie Co- tired writer for playwrights. hen and Morris Sal- He is survived by his wife, Edith Raw- zman. raway Goldman of Louisville; and care- He was a retired insurance agent, a giver Amelia Clements of Cox’ Creek. member of Congregation Adath Jeshu- Graveside services were held Thurs- run and its oldest past president at the day, November 16, at Zion Memorial time of his death (1971-1973). Park, 5461 Northfield Road, Bedford He also was a past president of the Heights, OH. Jewish Community Federation and B’nai B’rith, and a member, officer and board member of numerous other Jewish orga- Seymour Krinsky nizations. Seymour “Sy” Krinsky, 98, a founding He received many honors and awards, member of Temple Shalom, passed away peacefully Tuesday, October 31, 2017, surrounded by his family. See OBITUARIES on next page NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Y 6 KISLEV 5778 Y Community 27 insecurity. Families pool their money sion for Jewish values by connecting to in Hazard and Brandenburg. New Roots and SNAP benefits to purchase produce local, sustainable agriculture.” Moskowitz is planning trips to Atlanta continued from page 1 in bulk from local farmers on a sliding “We want to pull the teens in for their and Huntington, West Virginia, to make scale. Each family receives a share of mitzvah projects,” she said. “A lot of presentations about the Fresh Stop mod- and executive director, said the grants the produce, enough to feed two to three teens will do their project and that’s it. el with Jewish community leaders. She have “inspired” her, enabling her organi- people for two weeks. We want to say, ‘commit to this move- also said she is taking calls from other zation to exemplify Jewish values. The markets also are communal ment.’” communities interested in the concept. “The Humana Fund and JHFE have events where shareholders can meet Moskowitz named Berrytown, a histor- “The Jewish community has been so invested in making fresh food a basic hu- with friends and neighbors to learn from ic community near Anchorage founded important to this movement over the man right,” she said. chefs who are on hand to demonstrate by freed slaves, as a possible site for the years,” she added. But the clock is ticking for New Roots. how to cook the produce into tasty dish- next Fresh Stop Market. Descendants of More grants may be coming. New Moskowitz believes the days of big es. the original Berrytown settlers still live Roots, the University of Kentucky and grants for small NPOs like hers are com- The grants will enable New Roots to there, as do more recent refugees strug- the University of Tennessee are jointly ing to an end, compelling New Roots to engage in what Moskowitz called “ca- gling to find access to fresh produce. applying for a three-year, $300,000 grant develop new sources of funding. pacity building” for the organization, in- Fresh Food access is a problem across from the U.S. Department of Agricul- “They (the grants) position us to spend cluding expanding the market network, the region, Moskowitz said, including ture. New Roots’ share of that grant, if the year figuring out how to diversify our improving technology to track share- places where Jews live. approved, would be $30,000 per year, donor base,” she said. “We can’t contin- holders and food orders, and especially “If you live in Shalom Tower and you Moskowitz said. ue to be dependent on these large grants; enhancing its human resources. don’t have a car, you don’t have access, The grant would be used to “codify” we have to look to the community, indi- “That means attracting new leaders to and even if you live near a market, but the New Roots process for setting up vidual donors, to invest in the future, but the movement,” she said. “That, in turn, can’t afford fresh food, you are fresh markets “so leaders in new communities this gives us some good time.” will attract more shareholders at The food insecure.” can replicate the model instead of rein- Fresh Stop Markets are bimonthly J and replicate that model at another New Roots supported 14 Fresh Stop venting the wheel,” Moskowitz said, “but “pop up” farm-fresh food markets set space nearby.” Market locations this past growing sea- it’s flexible enough so every community up at local churches and community Among those leaders, she hopes, will son – eight in Louisville, two in southern can make it their own.” centers, including The J, to combat food be young people who will discover a pas- Indiana, two in Lexington and one each

“The discovery of this sacred text in The Nazis seized the Schneerson Col- Litvin said he felt goosebumps, and for Israel is a simcha for Chabad and the en- lection during World War II, but Soviet good reason Litvin tire Jewish community and I am grateful authorities took it back after the war. When he was born – on the fourth continued from page 1 to have been a part of this joyous occa- Today, it is held in the Russian State Li- rebbe’s yahrzeit – his father decided to sion,” Schumer said in a prepared state- brary and the Russian State Military Ar- name him for the late sage. rabbis in Washington. They also were ment. “However, we will not rest until chive, both in Moscow. However, he wrote of his plans to the lead signatories on a February 27 let- the entire Schneerson collection is re- The book is the ninth volume from the last Chabad-Lubavitch rebbe, Me- ter to Russian President Vladimir Putin turned to Chabad and I will continue to the collection to be returned to Chabad nachem Schneerson, the rebbe said his requesting the return of the Schneerson fight for its return from Russia.” since 1992. The other volumes were re- ancestor’s memory had been sufficiently Collection to Chabad. Chabad chose Litvin to be among the turned during the Clinton administra- sanctified, and suggested naming the All 100 members of the Senate signed rabbis in Washington to receive the book tion and are also at Chabad-Lubavitch boy for his great-grandfather, as his fa- the letter. because of his close connection to Mc- headquarters. ther originally intended to do. Connell. As he held the book in Washington, Litvin admitted he always found that story to be “a little twilight zone” – until Obituaries he actually opened the Talmud volume. continued from previous page “On the front page there was that Havdalah Glow Party stamp of the Rebbe Maharash (a nick- including Young Men’s Leadership name for Shmuel Schneerson),” Litivin Award for the Jewish Community Fed- said. “It was other worldy; I was goose- eration (1948) and B’nai B’rith Man bumped, as if the rebbe somehow knew.” of the Year (1975). Farrell was also a member of The Standard Club. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Cohen Salzman; his daughter, Elaine Breitman of Hallandale, Florida; his son, Martin R. Salzman of Atlanta, Georgia; and his step-sons, Randy Co- hen of Crestwood, Kentucky; Michael Cohen of Dallas, Texas, and Todd Co- hen of Port St. Lucie, Florida: and five grandchildren, Josh Salzman, Jeremy Salzman, Brooke Salzman, Eric Breit- man and Alex Breitman. Volunteer Funeral services were held Wednes- OPPORTUNITIES day, November 15, at Herman Meyer KentuckyOne Health, including & Son, Inc., 1338 Ellison Ave. Burial followed in Adath Jeshurun Cemetery. Jewish Hospital, has many Expressions of sympathy may be made volunteer opportunities at its to Congregation Adath Jeshurun. Louisville facilities that we are seeking individuals to fulfill. Minna Svidler Minna Svidler, 96, died Tuesday, No- No matter whether you are vember 14, 2017 at Regis Woods. interested in transporting patients She is survived by her daughter, More than 40 people celebrated the end of Shabbat and the start of a new week at the October 28 Havdalah Glow Party at the Standard Club. The party was part of the International Shabbat Project. Children and adults made their to their area of service, helping Eugeniya Belenky (Boris); her sister, own Havdalah candles, painted with glow paint and created glow glasses frames. (photo by Julie Hollander) family members track their Irena Svidler; and two grandchildren, Alexandra & Elizabeth Belenky. patients during a procedure or Funeral services were held Friday, sitting at the information desk to November 17, at Herman Meyer & assist visitors, we have a need. Son, Inc., 1338 Ellison Ave. Burial fol- lowed in The Temple Cemetery. We look forward to hearing from you! In Memoriam Contact Danni Kiefner, Director, Volunteer Services, at Rose Rita Wur- dannikiefner@ mser KentuckyOneHealth.org. In remem- to begin your volunteer brance of Rose JOIN experience today. Rita Wurmser, a loving wife, mother, aunt, THE J Our volunteer application is grandmoth- now online at er, cousin and www.KentuckyOneHealth.org friend. TODAY! 502-238-2721 | www.jccoflouisville.org /volunteer. Happy Hanukkah Wishing you a season of light and happiness. מאחלים לכם עונה של אור ושמחה

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