A PUBLICATION E JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA SHOFAR Volume 10 Number 2 Campaign '96 Issue Tishrei - Cheshvan 5756 October, 1995 Federation Launches 1996 Drive Goal of $800,000 Set For'! Dual Challenge of Raising Funds and Building Jewish Community . The '96 Campaign leadership is set to meet the dual challenge of raising funds and building Jewish community. As it launches its '96-effort, the leadership is both poised and confident that they will meet and exceed the '96 goal of $800,000, which would result in a record campaign. Gary Chazen will serve as 1996 Federation General Campaign Chair and Rosalee Bogo will be heading the Women's Division Campaign. The focus of this year's campaign is to reach out in a personal way to as many donors in the community as possible. "We want the opportunity to talk face-to-face with people about the community and Jewish life in Chattanooga," stated Chazen. "The case for giving to the Federation Campaign is compelling, but we haven't always done an effective job of communicating it. Slogans are nice, but personal contacts are critical. We are not talking about something abstract; we are talking about the type of community we want and how to attain it." Rosalee Bogo agrees. "The Federation is the heart of our Jewish Gary Chazen, Community. It provides a continuum of programs and services to the entire Rosalee Bogo, community, and serves as the link to Jews throughout the U.S., in Israel and Campaign '96 General Chair '96 Women's Division Chair worldwide. While our ability to raise funds is key, community planning, coordination, social service delivery, supporting Jewish education, liaisons to community groups and Major Gifts Dinner Kicks advocacy are all part of the package." The Federation Campaign has been hit hard by demographics, political trends, and complacency. Off Campaign November 5- Major contributors have moved away or died during ihe past few years, and the community has The 1996 Jewish Community Federation of Greater struggled to replace these critical gifts. This challenge will continue to accelerate. Compounding the Chattanooga Campaign will be launched on Sunday, No­ problem is the political trend for government to step back and expect charitable and private groups vember 5th, with a joint Men's and Women's Division to fill the gaps in social services. Major Gifts Dinner to be held at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Additionally, a strong Israel moving towards peace with her neighbors and the enviable status that American Jews have achieved as individuals and as a community, have led many to place their Jewish Merv and Helen Pregulman. Addressing the group will be concerns lower on their list of priorities. "The annual Federation Campaign is the best way to ensure the Honorable Ayre Mekel, Counsel General of Israel to the that the needs ofthe Jewish people here in Chattanooga, around the world and in Israel are met. No Southeastern United States. other contribution touches or improves more lives," stated Chazen. "It is our good fortune to live in The Major Gifts Dinner will provide an opportunity for a time when neither Israel nor our community face external threats to their existence arid allows us the Federation to thank individual donors who contribute to attack the communal challenges we've neglected. While remaining vigilant and connected to our $1,500 or more to the Men's Division or $1,000 to the fellow Jews, we must rededicate ourselves to defining and building community. This takes Women's Division. "The Major Gifts Dinner is an excellent commitment, intelligence, ingenuity, soul-searching, creativity and money," stated Bogo. opportunity for the Federation to thank those contributors This team of seasoned community leaders understands its dual role in fundraising and community building. Besides Federation, each has been involved with synagogue and organizational life to live who have demonstrated their continued commitment to the out their Judaism. With your help and support, we know that the '96 Campaign will be a tremendous Federation's effort. success. One ofthe goals ofthe '96 Campaign is to broaden the base of our major contributors," stated Gary Chazen, '96 Jewish Community Federation of Greater Bulk Rate General Campaign Chair. (Details on page 2.) Chattanooga U.S. Postage (Chattanooga Jewish Welfare Federation) Paid Permit 63 Campaign "96 Special Section pp. 2-17 P.O. Box 8947 Chattanooga, TN Chattanooga, TN 37411 Inside This Issue: (Address correction requested) Return postage guaranteed " Campaign '96 pp. 2-17 Congregational News pp. 28-29 - v_ Nat'l & Int'l News pp. 18-19 Lifecycles p. 30 Community Relations pp. 20-21 Jewish Community Programs pp. 32-33 Time Value _ "A Celebration in the Jewish Organizational News p. 34-35 2nd Temple" p. 24 Missions p. 36 Religious School News p. 27 Page 2 The SHOFAR, October, 1995 I he Jewish Csommunfly lederalion ol Czrredler Lshatfanooqa cordially inviles you lo ils CAMPAIGH'96 Men s OC Women s Division Major yyiits Dinner Ounaay, liovember 3, 1QQ3 al 6:30 p.m. al Ihe home ol Jvferv LX Helen t^pegulman LrueslSpeaker: ThEhOhORABLEARYEMEKEL, eomwGmmALOEiSRAELm\wtscxmrnswrnuriiTE^smms Minimum (commitment to the 1996 (campaign: $1,500 to the Men s Division op $1,000 to the Women s Division (Lligib/e individual donor may bring spouse OP guest.J Join this com mited group of people who demonstrate their continued support to the federation s effort. PSVP: 894-1317 by Monday, October 30^ Arye Mekel was appointed (consul Consul General Mekel was born in the former USSR in 1946 and (general to the .Southeastern United otates immigrated to Israel in 1949. Following, his training at Israel Broadcasting, Authority s Training Center in Jerusalem, he served in the Israel Defense Forces in Atlanta in March ol 1993. most recent from 1967 to 1970 as a military, parliamentary and political correspondent for position was Director (general ol Israel Israel Military Radio Galei Tsahal and headed the station s Jerusalem office. Droadcastinq Authority in Jerusalem, a Mr. Mekel continued his broadcast journalism career as senior correspondent and post he held tor Tour years. From 1986 lo editor for Israel State Radio, The Voice of lsrael~l\ol Israel, as a political 1989, he was Political Advisor lo Prime correspondent and editor of the station s weekly newsreel. Minister Yitzhak ohamir. lie has worked In 1976, the World Zionist Organization sent Mekel to serve as Shaliach as a journalist in many capacities and held Emissary in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was an Adjunct Professor in the Judaic several positions within the Foreign Ministry. Studies Department at the University of Cincinnati until 1979. From 1980, Mekel has earned two bachelor s degrees Mekel was the Mew York correspondent for Israel Military Radio Galei Tsahal. from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, one Mr. Mekel returned to Israel in 1984 as the senior researcher at the Political Research Center for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. In 1985, in political science and one in tnylish Mekel served as Deputy Chairman for the State Cable Broadcast ing Commission language and literature and two master s in Tel Aviv. During this period, he was a political advisor to the Prime Minister degrees, a M.A. in communications from in Jerusalem as well. Prior to his appointment as Consul General, Mr. Mekel Hebrew Universihj and an M. A. in sociology served as Director General of Israel Broadcasting Authority in Jerusalem. Arye Mekel, from Columbia University in liew York, Consul (general at Israel to the (consul (general Mekel and his wife, Puth, Southeastern United Otates have three children. The SHOFAR, October, 1995 Page 3 ^ Page 4 The SHOFAR, October, 1995 RESCUING THE IMPERILED "Sweets are not handed out in a war* ~ Sephardic saying Reselling;tilt imperiled Wherever there is a crisis or a dateline: Chechnya wherever racism 4§*ttifc jgj^head; wherever Russian tanks were running over people in the streets of Grozny. The Russians said they'd left a our people are at 1 1 Jl 1^^ your gifts save corridor through which refugees could leave the Jewish lives. Since 1989, you've brought city, but the first group to try was shot to death, yiadelin, Svetlana and their seven-year-old daugh­ 850,000 Jews to new lives of f F6eQ0fTL ter Alberta grabbed what belongings they could, and ran. They hid from the Russians during the day and Every five minutes, another Jew is rescued from walked at night in -15 degree temperatures. After danger. three days, they reached Nalchik in the northern Caucasus. There, Jewish Agency emissaries rushed them to an Aeroflot flight to Israel. Caring for the vulnerable Across America, throughout eastern Europe and sajgaas&BI in Israel, far too many Jews live below the DOVcFfy line. The frail elderly and single parent families are among our fastest-growing population segnpyerit^Tiieg scourges of child abuse, spousal 01/113^^ AIDS and Alzheimer's do not pass over Jewish homes. Your gifts to th^nin^ %Bm^5Pn Proy^e desperately needed V* %Jk 1 %s# and counseling and make a real difference in peoples' lives. dateline: Jerusalem Revitalizing Jewish life Etti is 18. At 16, she was using drugs. She was messed up. Just when life seemed hopeless, she Some call it Jewish continuity and some, Jewish agreed to enter Magen, a highly innovative JDC- rCnCWctL Your commitment to the UJA sponsored treatment and rehabilitation complex for young girls in severe distress. It wasn't easy, but Federation Campaign is jjlsjpiyour commitment to with renewed self-esteem, she now works with those the <J I I \Ti tif I I 1 of your people, who find themselves in the same situation.