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Volume IX

November 1991

Number 7

A Hannukah Celebration

The Lexington
Children’s Museum and the
CKIF Community Activities
Committee Will sponsor a
Hannukah Program on
Sunday, December 8, from
3:00 to 4:30 pm at the
Children’s Museum. The
community-wide event is
open to everyone. Activities
will include storytelling, arts
and crafts, playing the
dreidle game, singing, and
refreshments. If you are not
a member of the Lexington
Children’s Museum, a
limited number of free
admission passes are
available for children and
their parents through the
CKIF office, on a first come
first served basis.

T o m a ke y o u r
reservation and to receive
one day only free admission
passes while they last, call
CKJF today at 252-7600 or

252-7600.

Our thanks to the
Community Activities
Committee, and to Sandy

Adland, for her hard work
and involvement in the
planning of pre-school CKJF
programs and activities.

Shalom -

The Hebrew calendar, based on the lunar cycle,
often causes the Jewish holidays to come ’early’
or 'late.’ This year, Hannukah will be very
early. Each year we retell the Hannukah story -
one of the earliest historic examples of a
struggle for religious freedom. We recite
blessings and sing songs reminding us of the
miracle that causes us to light candles for eight
nights in a row.

In recent years events in the Middle East,
specifically in or related to Israel, have brought
added significance to this centuries old
observance. This year is no different.

This year we can rejoice at the newly
attained freedom of almost 15,000 Ethiopian
Jews. For them, Hannukah will be a new
discovery in their new home in Israel. Their
tradition is drawn from the Bible, and
Hannukah is one part of the overwhelming
multitude of customs and technology
inundating them since their arrival in Israel this
spring. How wonderful for them that they will
begin to share in this joyous celebration.
Approximately 300,000 new Israeli citizens from
the Soviet Union will also join in the Hannukah
observance, many for the first time. Their
history is quite different, but the result was the
same _- isolation from the mainstream of
modern Jewish life. This year they will
celebrate together with Israelis of many
backgrounds.

As I write this, we have just witnessed
the convening of the opening meetings of the
Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid. The
media is filled with speculation about the
prospects for any kind of progress towards a
peaceful resolution between Israel and her Arab
neighbors. We know that Israel has been
requesting direct negotiations since 1948. We
know, too, that after 43 years of hostility and
attack, Israel is wary of concessions that would
leave her vulnerable to even greater danger.

Fourteen years ago when Anwar Sadat
came to Jerusalem and a peace treaty was
negotiated between Israel and Egypt, Israelis
were ecstatic. Today they are wary, but the

President’s Message

hope is there.

As Hannukah approaches, our most
heartfelt wish is to see progress towards peace,
and to see Israel continue to be a haven and a
home for Jews from every corner of the world.

Here in Lexington we are privileged to
have five new American families in our midst.
By Hannukah there will be one more. I hope
many of us will share our Hannukah
observance with them. It will certainly add an
extra sparkle to our holiday of lights.

Judy Saxe

1992 Campaign Report

Campaign chair Gloria Katz met with
Leon Cooper, 1992 Men’s Campaign Chair, and
Marilyn Gall, Women’s Division Chair, to
outline the upcoming campaign events.

The Campaign Theme will be "Continue

the Challenge," emphasizing our ongoing~

efforts to meet the needs of world Jewry -
particularly in Israel - where immigration is
continuing at the rate of approximately 15,000
Soviet Jews per month.

The Women’s Division Board will meet
on Wednesday, December 11, and the Men’s
Division Board will meet the following night.
The major gifts event is being planned for
Sunday, February 2, 1992.

Our Super Sunday Chairs, Austin Cantor
and Sue Ezrine, have already been hard at
work with their Committee members: laying
the ground work for "A Decade of Giving," the
tenth year of Super Sunday here in Central
Kentucky. It will take place on - yes... Sunday,
March 8th.

As campaign 1991 comes to a close, we
encourage anyone who has not yet paid their
pledge to do so as soon as possible. We thank
you for your commitment both to our Jewish
community here in Central Kentucky, in Israel,
and worldwide.

News from Camp Shalom !

CKIF is now accepting Employment
Applications

for Summer 1992 [June 9 - 26]

Positions Available:
Camp Director
Assistant Camp Director
Head Counselor
3 Senior Counselors
3 Junior Counselors
3 Counselors in Training (CIT’s)

For Job Description Information,
please contact CKJF at 252-7600,
or Jessica Ross (Chair, Camp Shalom
Committee) at 273-4231

Send resume to CKJF office:
333 Waller Avenue, Suite 5
Lexington, Kentucky 40504-2901

OZS / TAI Joint
Sisterhood Meeting
Wednesday, November 20th,

Temple Adath Israel
124 North Ashland Avenue

HOW TO LIVE SAFELY IN A
DANGEROUS WORLD

Sponsored by Citizens Against Crime,
Louisville, Kentucky

There will be a Pot Luck dinner, vegetarian
dairy food - bring a dish of your choice.

For reservations call Kim Slaton at 266-0308
or Nancy Hoffman at 268-1102

UJA Winter Family Mission
Offers Unique Opportunities

Scheduled for December 22 - January 1,
the popular UJA National Mission Chairman
Dr. Julius L. Levy, Jr., offers families a unique
opportunity to experience the people and issues
of Israel together. Already 193 individuals
have signed up, including large delegations
from Philadelphia and New York City.

Family Mission participants will be
briefed by leading Israeli experts, visit
archeological sites and an army base, witness
immigrant absorption programs, and celebrate
Kabbalat Shabbat at the Western Wall.
Scheduled activities will allow mission
participants to encounter the people and issues
of Israel in a way that is meaningful to all
family members. The mission includes special
youth programs, run by trained counselors for
children seven years of age and older, that
create opportunities for participants to mix with
Israeli youth.

Further information on the UJA National
Winter Family Mission is available from the
CKJF office, at 252-7600 or 252-7622.

Hillel Foundation
the University of Kentucky
Jewish Student Organization

would like to hire a part-time assistant.
Random hours and word processing
skills are necessary.
Please call Susan Goldstein at 269—0908
or Austin Cantor at 278-2530 for information.

Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation Newsletter

333 Waller Avenue, Suite 5

Lexington, Kentucky 40504-2901
Judith Saxe, President
Linda Ravvin, Executive Director
Sharyn Sharer, Program Coordinator
Becca Hamrin, Office Manager
Member of Council of Jewish Federations

A Great Miracle
Happened There!

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Hundreds of thousands of Jews from the Soviet Union and Ethiopia
are celebrating their first Chanukah in Israel thanks to Operation Exodus.

But modern miracles take money.
Cash is urgently needed. Give to Operation Exodus and the Regular Campaign.

Continue the miracle.
Please send your pledge to Central Kentucky Jewish Federation now.

We Are One

St. Louis Jewish Community Centers
Association presents its
8th Annual Nationwide Jewish
Singles Supercruise!

February 9 - February 16, 1992

Set Sail on Royal Carribbean’s ’Song of
America' as we head to the ports of:

Playa Del Carmen Cozumel
George Town Ocho Rios
Labadee

Prices $1595 to $1695
based on double occupancy
prices include all meals, activities,
port taxes and gratituties

Memphis Jewish Singles Present
a Winter Weekend Bash

January 17 - 20, 1992
Stay at the Omni Hotel, Memphis
There will be fabulous food, parties,

seminars, sports, and great entertainment!

Over 200 Singles expected to attend from
the Southeast and Southwest.

December Missions to Israel

Dec 22—Jan 1, '92
National Winter Family Mission
Dec 23—Jan 2, ’92
Winter Student Leadership Mission
Dec 25—Jan 2, ’92
Winter Student Outreach Mission

Contact Steve Caller
at 266-1314

Resettlement Donations
Urgently Needed

The CKJF Resettlement Program is
expecting a sixth family on November 20,
and we have critical need of donated
goods for them. CKJF is also expecting
two more families after the beginning of
the year. On the most needed list are:
furniture of all types, TV’s, kitchen items,
bedding, linens and winter clothes for
adults and children, but all donated items
in good condition will find a home.
Please call the CKJF office at 252—7600 or
252-7622 if you have anything you would
like to donate.

Lexington Havurah
Shabbat Service

Friday, November 22, 1991, at 8:00 pm
at the Lexington Hearing and Speech
Center
Kathy Felnberg will lead a discussion
based on Alan Dershowitz’s book
"Chutzpah." Those who have and have
not read this book will find this a
stimulating and interesting discussion.

CHABAD OF KENTUCKY
A HANNUKAH PROGRAM

JACOB GOLDSTEIN
A Chaplain accompanying American
troops during
the Persian Gulf War
December 2, 1991
8:00 pm.
Greenhouse Apts. Clubhouse
Tates Creek Road
for information call
(502) 459-1770

For information on any of the activities
listed here, contact Becca at the CKJF
office: 252—7622252—7500

Direct ﬂights set to begin this
fall between USSR and Israel

Regular direct ﬂights between Israel’s Ben-
Gurion Airport and several Soviet cities are to begin
this Fall, according to an announcement made by
the Ministry of Transportation.

An agreement signed by El Al and Aeroﬂot,
the two countries’ national carriers, formalizes
already existing, twice-weekly El Al charter ﬂights
between Tel Aviv and Moscow. In addition, El AI
will begin weekly direct ﬂights from Leningrad and
Riga to Tel Aviv on December 1.

Aeroﬂot will initiate weekly ﬂights to Tel
Aviv directly from Moscow, Riga, Leningrad, Tbilisi
and an airport in the northern Caucasus. Aeroﬂot
ﬂights are already taking place from Kiev and
another destination, according to El Al.

The ﬂights in existence are for business
persons and tourists, not Soviets immigrating to
Israel. Jewish immigrants bound for Israel must ﬂy
to an Eastern European capital, where they change
planes for Tel Aviv.

The announcement followed meetings in the
Soviet Union between Israeli Transport Minister
Moshe Katsav and Boris Panyukov, the Soviet
minister of civil aviation. The two transportation
officials signed an agreement calling for expansion
of air routes.

’TO SEE AND BE SEEN’

A Live, intercontinental
sattelite link
between Hannukah celebrations
around the world

The first time ever that
Jews will be in the Kremlin
for Hannukah

Also included will be
Chabad Headquarters in New York,
the Western Wall in Israel,
the Eiffel Tower in France,
and Jews in Argentina!

Sunday, December 1st,
Telecable Channel 9

Major Initiatives to Broker
Arab-Israel Peace Since 1967:

1967: After the Middle East War, the United
Nations passes Resolution 242. It calls for Israeli
withdrawal from captured territory, recognizes
Israel;s right to secure borders, designates U.N.
mediator.

1969: Mediator Gunnar Jarring proposes that
Israel relinquish the Sinai Desert and Egypt will
then enter into a peace agreement. Egypt accepts in
principle; Israel refuses, requesting direct
negotiations without conditions.

1969: United States enters diplomatic picture.
US. Secretary of State William C. Rogers 111 calls for
Israeli withdrawal to 1967 prewar borders. Plan
goes nowhere, but Rogers secures a cease-fire along
Suez Canal.

1973: The Yom Kippor War leads to the
Geneva peace conference, led by the United States,
the Soviet Union and the United Nations.

1977: Egypt's President Anwar Sadat goes to
Jerusalem, resulting in the 1978 Camp David
Accords in which Israel agrees to trade the Sinai for
a peace treaty, offers period of autonomy for
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.\
Palestinians reject idea, demand statehood.

1981: Saudi Arabia offers a plan implicitly
recognizing Israel;s right to live in peace. Tensions
leading up to the Lebanon war undermine the
effort. After Israel invades Lebanon to drive out the
PLO, President Reagan unveils a plan that bars a
Palestinian state while making the West Bank and
Gaza Strip autonomous regions associated with
Jordan. Israel refuses.

1988: Secretary of State George P. Shultz
calls for direct talks, security for all states in region
and recognition of Palestinian rights. Palestinians
are to negotiate with Israel in partnership with
Jordan.

1989: Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir
presents a four-part peace plan calling for direct
talks with Arab states elections in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip for Palestinian representatives.
Palestinians insist their representatives include
residents of Arab East Jerusalem and Palestinians
living abroad. Israel refuses.

A I-IANUKKAH RITUAL FOR OUR TIME W2

These meditations, based on a “classic” Hanukkah hymn or
text, are designed to be read on each of the nights of Hanuk—
kah before the candles are lit. They reflect the relevance of
Hanukkah to the mood, spirit and situation of our people
during this year of Operation Exodus.

LIGHTING THE HANUKKAH CANDLES

The kindling of the lights is the most significant ceremony of
the Festival. It should be observed in a spirit of reverence and
solemnity and in a beautiful and impressive manner.

1. The Hanukkah candles should be kindled after nightfall.
The Menorah should be placed near the window for pub-
lic view.

2. On Friday night the Hanukkah candles are kindled before
nightfall and before the Sabbath candles. On Saturday
night, they are kindled after the conclusion of the Shabbat.

3. On the first night, place one candle in the Menorah at the
extreme right. Light the Shamash (the auxiliary candle)
and recite the blessings. With the Shamash, light the can-
dle in the Menorah. On the second night place two can—
dles in the Menorah and so on, adding one candle each
night of the festival. The candles in the Menorah are kin-
dled from left to right.

HANUKKAH BLESSINGS

(Recited after the Shamash is lit but before the other candles
are kindled)

Baruch Ata Ah-do-nai Eh-lo-haynu Melech Ha’olam, asher
kid’sha-nu b’mitz-vo-tau Uitzi-Ua-nu l’had-lik nayr shel
Hanukkah.

Blessed are You, O Lord our God, Sovereign of the Universe,
who has sanctified us with Your commandments and com-
manded us to kindle the light of Hanukkah.

Baruch Ata Ah-do-nai Eh-lo-haynu Melech Ha’olam, she’asa
ni’sim la’auotaynu ba’ya’mim ha’haym ba’zman ha«zeh.

Blessed are You, O Lord our God, Sovereign of the Universe,
who performed miracles for our ancestors in days of old in this
time of the year.

(On the first night only)
Baruch Ata Ah-do-nai Eh-lo-haynu Melech Ha’olam, she-
he-Che-yamu, u’ki-y’ma-nu, u’hi—gi-a-nu la’zman ha-zeh.

Blessed are You, O Lord our God, Sovereign of the Universe,
who has kept us alive, sustained us, and permitted us to cele—
brate this season.

READING FOR THE FIRST NIGHT

Hanerot hallalu anakhnu madleekim (from Tractate Soferim

20:6):

These lights which we kindle tell the story of freedom: free—
dom from Greek oppression and from the cruel persecutions
our people were made to suffer in the days of Antiochus.

Just as the Maccabees wanted to be free to serve God alone,
may we dedicate ourselves to serve our people and humanity
by helping to bring freedom to all, and teaching by example
our devotion to the God of our salvation.

READING FOR THE SECOND NIGHT

She-assah nissim la-auoteynu (from the second Hanukkah
candle blessing):

“God performed miracles for our ancestors in those days." We
look back over the centuries in wonder! How could a small
nation like ours, few in number and poorly armed, with no
support from any other nation, stand up to such a formidable
enemy? And winl? In their victory, in the continuing vitality of
our people, we see God’s miracles.

God’s miracles are with us today, too. Sometimes we are so
close to them, we either miss them or take them for granted.
The creation of the State of Israel in 1948 and the exodus of
Soviet, Albanian and Ethiopian Jews are new miracles in our
own time. By supporting our brothers and sisters—those in
Israel and those who are yearning to join them in our home-
land—we acknowledge that God’s miracles are fulfilled by
human deeds. By embracing them, we sing praise to the God
of miracles, then and now.

READING FOR THE THIRD NIGHT
Oy lee, lamah yoo—ladi-tee (from Megillat Hanukkah 216-13):

“Woe is me,” Mattathias said when he saw the horrible crimes of
the Greeks in Judea and in Jerusalem. “Why was I born to see
this—the crushing of my people, the destruction of the holy
city—and to sit still while it is surrendered to the enemies, the
holy place into the hands of foreigners? Why,” he cried, “should
we live any longer?” And then he gathered his sons and neigh—
bors. They armed themselves and defeated their foes.

When we think about how our people has suffered in this
century—under Communist oppression. during the Holo-
caust, in Ethiopia and Arab lands—it is hard not to despair.
And we are troubled still. Outbreaks of anti-Semitic violence
here and abroad are increasing. Israel is villified in the court of
world opinion—despite its democratic virtues, in spite of its
fulfillment of the dream of a safe haven for Jews.

Let us not lose hope. Like Mattathias, let us affirm, “God is
with me. I shall not fear!” And, like Mattathias, let us be ever
vigilant, ever among the defenders of our people.

READING FOR THE FOURTH NIGHT

Vi-yerushalayim sh—mamah, kha-midbar hayatah (from Megil-
lat Hanukkah 3:45):

“Jerusalem was deserted, like a wilderness, none of her chil-
dren went in or out.” Thus was the holy city as Judah Macca-
bee and his brothers prepared for battle. “The Sanctuary was
shattered and pagans were in the citadel. Joy was taken away
from Jacob; the flute and the harp were silent.”

The Maccabees were shocked by the appearance of the empty
city. But they gathered together and prayed and planned.
They recalled how our ancestors were saved at the Sea of
Reeds when they were pursued by Pharaoh’s army, and the
memory gave them strength.

This Hanukkah we resolve to stand in solidarity with our peo-
ple in Israel. We promise that we will not desert Jerusalem. We
must show our Israeli brothers and sisters that we are with
them by going up to Jerusalem. As we come together, our
frustration with the hard challenges that face us will be trans—
formed into faith in the One who liberates and saves Israel.

READING FOR THE FIFTH NIGHT
Va-yarev kavod l'amo (from Megillat Hanukkah 3:3—9):

Judah Maccabee “increased his people’s glory far and wide."
Like a lion in his courage and strength, Judah won many
battles and secured victory for our people. In a world filled
with evil, the Maccabees enabled our people to stand tall.

In our violent world, we Jews stand proudly because of Israel’s
might. From its beginning, vast forces have been set against
Israel’s survival. But over and over again we have witnessed
the victory of the few against the many as Israel has defended
its people. Last year brought Scuds; may this year bring peace.

We pray for the peace of Jerusalem and Israel, keeping in
mind God’s word to Joshua, who led our people into the Holy
Land: “Be strong and resolute; do not be terrified or dis—
mayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

READING FOR THE SIXTH NIGHT

Mee yi-ma-layl ge’uurot Yisrael (from the folk song; Hebrew by
Menashe Ravi'na, English by Ben Edidin):

“Who can recount the things that befell us. ..." What a thrilling
story Hanukkah tells! The revolt against religious persecution,
the purification and rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem,
the establishment of an independent Jewish state, and perhaps
most important, the development of ways to preserve Judaism
and prevent us from being engulfed by the Hellenism that over—
whelmed every other culture in the ancient Near East.

Because the Maccabee revolt succeeded, our rabbis were able
to shape a Judaism that has been strong and wise enough to
guide our people for two millennia. Our people and faith sur-
vived, unique among the peoples.

May our faith be as strong as theirs; may we be wise enough to
learn from every person. And may we also marshal] the ability
to resist assimilation, using our faith to measure what is good
and what God requires of us —justice, righteousness, humility,
wisdom, steadfastness of character, a compassionate heart
and a charitable hand.

READING FOR THE SEVENTH NIGHT

Ma-oz tzur yi’shu-a-tee (from the anthem by Mordecai ben
Isaac):

“Mighty Rock of my salvation, praised beyond compare, You
are our God and Deliverer. When the Greeks assailed us in the
days of the Hasmoneans, breaking through the defenses, pro—
faning the pure oil, You wrought a miracle from the remaining
container, causing our sages to decree eight days of singing
and rejoicing!”

The memory of Hanukkah has given strength to many gener-
ations of our people. Without weapons, totally vulnerable,
they clothed themselves with the armor of the spirit; they
understood that “not by might, nor by power, but by God’s
spirit” they could prevail.

This is the spirit that sustained Soviet Jews through all the dark
years of totalitarian oppression. This is the spirit that Ethiopian
Jews nurtured during their centuries-long exile. Now they are
at freedom’s door. We prayed for them, marched for them, and
visited with them to give them strength. Now, through our
assistance, we must ensure the success of their Exodus as they
emerge into freedom and arrive in Israel. We must help give
the story of their salvation a happy ending. With great joy,
they join us in singing these words from Rock of Ages:

Yours the message cheering
that the time is nearing

which will see all peoples free
tyrants disappearing.

READING FOR THE EIGHTH NIGHT

Kindle the taper like the steadfast star

Ablaze on evening’s forehead o’er the earth:
Send through the night its luster till afar

An eight-fold splendor shines above the earth.

These words, from the poem, “The Feast of Lights,” by Emma
Lazarus (1849-1887), set the mood for this final night of Hanuk-
kah with its “eight-fold splendor.” We proclaim the miracles of this
season: the victory of the Maccabees, the renewal of our faith,
the triumph of the spirit. In every age that followed this victory
over frustration and despair, “a hero, a sage,” inspired by these
achievements, has emerged to lead us into a brighter future.

We acknowledge God’s blessings: life, sustenance and the
privilege of seeing and helping to make miracles happen in our
own time, as we pledge to participate in Operation Exodus
and to meet the real challenges that still face us.

May we be worthy members of our noble and glorious House
of Israel. May the blessing of peace be upon Israel and all of
God’s children, Amen.

Prepared by the UJA Rabbinic Cabinet, 99 Park Avenue, Suite 300, New York, NY 10016-1599

Rabbi Michael R. Zedek, Chairman

Marvin Lender, National Chairman

Rabbi Norman R. Patz, Editor

Morton A. Kornreich, Chairman of the Board

Rabbi Doniel Z. Kramer, Director

Rabbi Brian L. Lurie, Executive Vice President

HAPPY HANUKKAH 1991-5752

From War...

A Chronology of Arab-Israeli Wars

1948-9 War of Independence - Some 6,200 Israelis
were killed. Arab losses were estimated at 2,000
regular troops. No ﬁgures are available for Arab
and Palestinian irregulars.

Suez War of 1956 — Israel lost 172, with another 817
wounded. Egyptian casualties were an estimated
2,000 to 3,000 dead. British and French casualties
were 82 killed and 129 wounded.

June 1967 Six-day War - Egypt lost an estimated
11,500 men, with 10,000 taken prisoner, including
nine generals, in six days of combat. Syria lost
1,000 troops, with 600 captured. Jordan lost 6,094.
Israel lost 777 men, and another 2,811 were
wounded.

Egyptian-Israeli War of Attrition - From July 1967
to August 1970, Israel lost 721, including 127
civilians. Another 2,659 were wounded. Arab
casualties are not known, but at the peak of fighting
Egypt was reportedly suffering an estimated 300
casualties a day.

October 1973 Yom Kippur War - In Israel 2,569
were killed, 7,500 were wounded and 530 were
captured in the three-week conﬂict. Syria lost an
estimated 3,500 with 21,000 wounded and 370
captured. Egypt had an estimated 15,000 killed,
30,000 wounded, and 9,000 captured. Iraqi
casualties were 125 killed and 260 wounded.

March-June 1978 Incursion into Southern Lebanon
- By Israeli estimates, about 250 to 400 Palestinian
guerrillas were killed, along with about 1,000
Lebanese civilians. Israeli combat fatalities were
put at 22. The assault by 8,000 Israeli troops was
triggered by a Palestinian guerrilla raid in which 36
Israelis were killed.

1982-85 Invasion of Lebanon - Israel lost 657 killed
and 3,887 wounded. Syria had 370 fatalities, 1,000
wounded and 250 captured. The PLO lost an
estimated 1,000 with 6,000 captured. According to
press reports, more than 19,000 Lebanese and
Palestinians, mostly civilians, were killed and
another 30,000 wounded.

To Peace

Peace Talks: Beyond Belligerency in Madrid

Without reciprocal concessions there can be
no enduring peace between Israel and its Arab
neighbors. Yet Syria offered nothing more than a
boilerplate assault on Zionism and a demand for
the return of "every inch" of Arab land occupied by
Israel since 1967 - thus staking a position in which
any compromise might seem a sellout to
unprepared Syrians.

Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, especially by
contrast, sounded like a statesman. He pleaded the
need for dialogue and accommodation, and spoke
of Israel’s yearning for peace. He said nothing
about territorial compromises, which he and his
party oppose, but called for the achievable; an
agreement on interim self- government arrangements
with Palestinians in the occupied territories.

The telltale word is 'interim,’ meaning that
the final status of these lands would be determined
in the future. This was the formula agreed on at
Camp David in 1978 but never realized. Recall that
Mr. Shamir, then Speaker of the Israeli Parliament,
joined with other hard-liners in rejecting the Camp
David accord that brought peace with Egypt in
return for Israel giving up the Sinai.

If Mr. Shamir has changed his stance so have
the Palestinians. Haidar Abdel-Shafi, who leads the
delegation at Madrid, mostly avoided the ugly
cliches of 40 years of bitterness. Without
recrimination he described the torments of
occupation and the anguish of the powerless.
Tellingly, he expressed ’solemn appreciation’ to
Israelis who came to the aid of Palestinians whose
homes were being punitively demolished.

"We have marched together,’ he said, "often
choking together in nondiscriminatory tear gas, all
crying out in pain as the clubs descended on both
Palestinian and Israeli alike...We once formed a
human chain around Jerusalem, joining hands and
calling for peace. Let us today form a moral chain
around Madrid and continue that noble effort for
peace and the promise of freedom."

Healing words like these mean far more
than Syria's effusions or the failure of some Arabs
and Israelis to shake hands in novel, and awkward
circumstances. Pessirnists could find plenty of
harsh language to dwell on from yesterday's
transfixing performances. But the spirit of Mr.
Abdel-Shafi’s appeal augurs more hopefully for the
direct talks expected soon to follow.

Bar Mitzvan

Our son, ﬁric ﬂames,
will ﬁe called to tﬁe ‘Torali

as a gar Mitzvan

on Saturday, Decemﬁer 7, 1991
at 10:30 in tﬁe morning
Temple ﬁldatﬁ Israel
124 {Mortﬁ ﬂsﬁland ﬂlvenue

We invite you to join us in worsﬁip
on tﬁis joyous occasion
and to 5e our guest
at a Kiddusﬁ luncﬁeon

following the service.

Karen and Koﬁert Cole

My family and I would lie ﬁonored
to Have you join us
wﬁen I will 6e called
to tﬁe ’I'oraﬁ as a Qar {Mitzvaﬂ
Saturday, ﬂecemﬁer 21, 1991
at 10:30 in tlie morning

Temple ﬂdatﬁ Israel
124 {Mortﬁ ﬁlsﬁland ﬁvenue

Luncﬁeon immediately following
tﬁe services

I will symﬁolically s/iare t/iis occasion
witﬂ 'Vadim Kopson
of S t. Tetersﬁurg, Russia

ﬁenjamin Miller ﬂuerﬁack

Marriage
ﬂunouncement

josepﬁ and Evelyn {Moreida 5mm
and
Roﬁert and Irma Sﬁeon
invite you to join tﬁem
in tﬁe celeﬁration of tﬁe marriage
of tﬁeir c/iildren

Marvin [Krislov and ﬁlmy Kutﬁ Sﬁeon

Saturday, {Movemﬁer 30, 1991
at 10:00 in tﬁe morning
Oﬁavay Zion Synagogue

iPlease join us for a ligﬁt Kiddusli
luncﬁeon, at noon, after services

Marvin and ﬁlmy were married on 9111th
25, 1991 at Congregation get/i fl,
£3etﬁesda, Maryland

Bikel Performance at University Delightful

On October 6, 1991, the
Lexington community was treated
to a superb performance by
Theodore Bike]. The concert was
attended by more than 800 people
from both the Jewish community
and the Lexington community at
large.

Mr. Bikel perfmmed a
wide range of songs including
show tunes and traditional Jewish
music. Among the highlights of
his performance were selections
from ’My Fair Lady,’ the Jewish
traditional, Jerusalem of Gold, and
closed the performance with his
own famous rendition of The
Fiddler on the Roof selection, ’If I
were a Rich Man,’ for which he
received a standing ovation.

The CKJF Forum Committee would like to thank everyone who helped to make the event a
success, especially Hadassah members, who did a fine job providing the reception refreshments.We
would also like to thank Ohavay Zion Synagogue, Temple Adath Israel, and Lexington Havurah for
providing support to make this performance possible.

CKJF, in turn, would like to thank the Forum Committee Chairs, Marilyn Moosnick and Rose
Rita Wurmser for their hard work and diligence in organizing this wonderful event.

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JEWISH BOOK MONTH
NOVEMBER 2 - DECEMBER 2, 1991

BOOKS: OUR [EVVISH HERITAGE

Fiction

To Know a Woman. Amos Oz;
translated from the Hebrew by
Nicholas de Lange. Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich. 1991. $19.95.
This novel focuses on the life of
Yoel Ravid, a retired Israeli secret
service agent. Recently widowed,
he lives with his mother, mother-
in-law, and troubled daughter.
Since his wife’s death, Ravid’s
trance—like melancholy has been
undisturbed except for images of
violence from his past. As he
struggles to reconcile these
images with his present life, he is
nagged by the feeling that he has
forgotten something.

Non-fiction

The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish
Civilization: 4,000 Years of
Jewish History. Josephine Badon;
edited by Martin Gilbert.
Macmillan Publishing. 1990.
$35.00. A visual survey of Jewish
history from the emergence of
Jews in ancient Palestine to the
present day. The topics covered
include the great diaspora, the
ﬂowering of Yiddish culture in
Europe, pogroms and
persecutions from the expulsion
of the Jews from Spain in 1492 to
the Holocaust, the birth of the
modem State of Israel, and the
Arab—Israeli conflict.224 pp,color
and B&W illustrations,index.

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