August 2013 Elul 5773 Meaningful Ways to Celebrate The Joys of Summer Camp the High Holidays By Isabelle Booker and Rachel Kline The best summers are summers spent Reprinted from PJ Library blog NATURE & THE SHOFAR at a Jewish summer camp. There is posted on September 26, 2011 According to the Rabbis, Rosh Hasha- something special about camp that nah is the anniversary of the sixth day you just can’t find anywhere else. As THE HIGH HOLIDAYS of creation. To celebrate the completion much as you try, you will never find the are upon us. Whether your family at- of our beautiful world, spend some holi- magic of a Jewish summer camp. Camp tends synagogue for Rosh Hashanah day time surrounded by nature. is where you can be yourself. The crazy, and Yom Kippur or observes the holi- Whether it’s a hike, or a picnic at a local wild you that you would never be back day in your own way, it’s undoubtedly park, point out and enjoy the many home, but are proud to show at camp. a time for sweetness, creation, waking beautiful things God created. The people that accept your craziness This summer, the Lexington community up, and casting away. are the people that end up being your has children attending or serving as Take a shofar with you on a hike, and best friends for the rest of your life. You counselors at; Goldman Union Camp Below are some of the ways you can allow your children to use it. A spend months away from these people, Institute, Henry S. Jacobs Camp, Camp honor the High Holidays to- but a day doesn’t go by when you aren’t Ramah Darom, Camp Livingston, Camp gether as a family. thinking about them, and the memories Young Judaea Midwest, Camp Shalom, of the fun times you had together. Jew- and other area Jewish camps. A SWEET-TASTING TRA- ish summer camp truly is a special and DITIONS magical place that we can’t live without. One of the themes of Rosh Ha- shanah is, of course, sweetness. (A traditional greeting is “May Campaign news you have a good and sweet new year.”) Apples dipped in honey symbolize that sweet- Linda and Leon Ravvin ness. Honored by the Community Before Rosh Hashanah, make a On June 2, 120 people came to the Hil- Shalom and human service programs in trip to a local apple orchard to ton Suites at Lexington Green to honor Israel and in endangered Jewish com- collect several varieties of local Linda and Leon Ravvin and support munities around the world. A apples. On the holiday, sample the 2013 annual campaign. The guest the apples using sweet recipes. speaker for the evening was Dr. Henry If you have not yet made your commitment If you are hosting a potluck Abramson, the Ravvin’s nephew. Dr. to the annual campaign, please contact the holiday meal, ask your guests Abramson, a rabbi and scholar, dis- Federation office, at 268-0672 or jfb@jewish- to bring a dish featuring apples cussed the nature of Jewish communal lexington.org. or another traditional, symbolic structure and the importance of main- food. taining community. Dr. Abramson is Dean of Academic Affairs at Touro Col- lege in Miami. More than $130,000 in campaign pledges was raised from the people who attended the dinner. This represented a 5 % increase in contributions that these Permit # 719 # Permit donors gave in the prior campaign. Lexington, KY Lexington, PAID The funds raised by the community 1050 Chinoe Road • Suite 112 • Lexington, KY 40502 KY Lexington, • 112 Suite • Road Chinoe 1050 U.S. Postage U.S. campaign support local programs such Change Service Requested Service Change Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass the of Federation Jewish Non-Profit Org. Non-Profit as Jewish Family Services and Camp IN THIS ISSuE President’s Message ..........................................................................................................3 Editorial ................................................................................................................................. 3 JFS: At Your Service ........................................................................................................... 4 The Jewish Cemetery in Lexington ............................................................................. 4 Refer a Friend to PJ Library and receive a $10 Starbuck’s Card! ........................ 6 Ask A Rabbi .......................................................................................................................... 8 MAZON: A Jewish Response To Hunger .................................................................... 8 The PJ Library is a national program offered locally, which mails free, Israel 21c: Jewish-Muslim troupe seeks peace through drama ........................ 9 high-quality and age appropriate Jewish children’s literature and music to Creative Energy – Lorne Dechtenberg .....................................................................10 families on a monthly basis. 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Amy Faust Mayer Opinions expressed in Shalom are not necessarily those of the Shalom editorial staff or the JFB or its con- stituent organizations. Shalom is partially supported by the advertisements appearing in the paper. Shalom Deadline Copyright © 2013, Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass. All rights reserved. For reprint permission contact Deadline for articles for the September Shalom is August 10. David Wortman, Editor-in-Chief, Shalom, at [email protected] Email articles to [email protected] 2 | August 2013 Shalom August 2013 Shalom | 3 President’s Message Editorial Judy B. Wortman, JFB Director David Wortman New Babies for a New Year daughter of First, Jodi Arias. Now George Zim- ing from the banal consciousness of the Linda and merman. If