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Why Do We Have a Community Campaign?
amar Pichkhadze was 11 when robbers
demanded gold and money from her
grandmother and 15—year-old brother. They
said that everyone in Tbilisi knew that Jews were
rich and they refused to believe the Pichkhadze
family was any different. Tamar’s grandmother
was threatened with a hot iron; her brother was
beaten. Tamar was taken out of public school as
her parents wanted her safe at home.
Today, Tamar is safe and home. Through the
Jewish Federation supported Chalom program.
Tamar is in Israel. So is her brother. Her parents
by Daniel Chejfec
are on their way.
You probably never met and never will meet
Tamar Pichkhadze, but with your contribution to the
annual CKJF/UJC Community Campaign you
helped to save her life and bring her home. You are
also helping, through the regular CKJF/UJC
Community Campaign, as well as the Israel Emer-
gency Campaign. to provide armed guards so
Ya‘akov Salume can attend his Holon kindergarten
safely. You are helping to feed the last remnant of
Ethiopian Jewry in Gondar and Addis Abbaba, to
bring home the Jews from Argentina crushed by the
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speak out. If you have been monitoring the Letters
to the Editor for some time, you may have noticed
that over the last year, but particularly over the last
six months, more and more pro-Israel voices are
making themselves heard. And it is notjust our
community that is waking up. Many Christian
friends have come out in favor of Israel. asking for
an end to the terrorist activity of the Palestinian
Authority.
For those of you who have not been monitoring
the Herald-Leader, here are some numbers:
From the end of February, 2002 to the end of
August, 2002. the Herald-Leader published 23
letters favorable to Israel, 23 letters with anti—Israel
content and four letters which could be considered
as “taking a neutral stand.”
In the prior six months, from the end of August,
2002 to the end of February 2002 the newspaper
published 15 letters favorable to Israel, 19 anti-
Israel letters and ten neutral.
In the first eight months of 2001, the Herald-
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and six neutral.
The above-mentioned numbers show that our
community is waking up and speaking out, some-
' thing sorely needed these days. National surveys
commissioned by UJC (United Jewish Communi-
ties) and the JCPA (Jewish Council for Public
Affairs) show that support for Israel in the general
American population is declining. Interestingly
enough, its decline does not imply an increase in
anti-Israel sentiments, but an increase among those
who believe that “Israelis and Palestinians are the
same” — the core of the so—called “moral equiva-
lency” theory. We need more emphasis on some
facts we have come to take for granted, but a new
generation of Americans does not know. And there
are simple facts.
- Israel has 1,000,000 Arab citizens. Arafat is
demanding that every Jew leave the occupied
territories.
° The Histadrut (Israeli Workers’ Union) often
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collapse of that South American country, and to
feed the poor and the elderly in Jewish communities
across the former Soviet Union and Eastern
Europe.
But it is not only about helping people in distant
places. It is also about helping local Jews through
the Jewish Family Services, support for Jewish
Education. Holocaust awareness education pro—
grams, pro-Israel activism, Jewish day camp Camp
Shalom, Jewish life at the UK Campus, community-
wide programs bringing the community together,
celebration of Jewish culture. All of this and more is
what your contribution does locally.
The Community Campaign is about acting
collectively to help people we never met to live the
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University of Kentucky
Judaic Studies
Program
Announces the 2002-2003
Zantker Lecture Series
nother interesting lecture series has been
arranged by the University of Kentucky’s
Judaic Studies Program. This series of
lectures is free and open to the public.
John Hollander (Yale University)
Topic: American-Jewish Poetic Identity
(organized by Jennifer Lewin, English)
Monday, November 4, 8 pm, President’s Room,
Singletary Center for the Arts
Matt Goldish (Ohio State University):
Topic: Benedict Spinoza and Shabbatai Zvi:
On the Meaning of Jewish Heresy in the
Seventeenth Century
(organized by James Force, Philosophy)
Monday, March 24, 8 pm. President’s Room,
Singletary Center for the Arts
Linda Raphael (George Washington University):
Topic: Fiction and the Representation of the
Holocaust
(organized by Oliver Leaman, Philosophy)
Monday, April 14, 8 pm. President’s Room.
Singletary Center for the Arts
This lecture series is supported by the Zantker
Charitable Foundation.
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Women Share
Afternoon of
Pampering at
Health and
Beauty Fair
By: Fran .Morris, JFS Director
it Sunday. November ll). 2002,
Hadassah and Jewish Family
Services of the Central Ken—
tucky Jewish Federation will be hosting a
health and beauty fair. This will be a one-
otla—kind event full of fun activities as well
as educational infonnation on health issues
of particular concem to women.
This program invites teenaged girls
post Bat-Mitzvah age (13 and older),
along with their mothers. grandmothers.
aunts or significant other females in their
lives to come together and have fun
while learning about how to care for their
skin and bodies. Participants will be
treated to make—u p applications and skin-
care consultations by cosmetics profes-
sionals. They will also have the opportu-
nity to speak to a fitness trainer whose
specialty is working with women. Health
care professionals v. ill be on hunt in
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examination, what to do in case of
irregular periods, and what questions to
ask your doctor at regular check—ups.
Starting the afternoon off with lunch
from Subway. girls will be able to enjoy
quality time with their mothers/grandnnith—
crs/aunts while learning with and from
each other. Participants will have lots of
goodies to take home. including products
from Aveda. The program will take place
in the library of Temple Adath Israel from
l—3230 p.m.. right after religious school.
There is no cost for this event. Personal
invitations will be sent in the mail. If you
do not receive an invitation, and you are
interested in being a part of this program.
please call 269—8244 or send an email to
ifs @jew.ishlexington.org.
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The interdisciplinary minor in Judaic
Studies at the University of Kentucky
provides students with the opportunity to
become acquainted with the culture, lan-
guage, literature, religion, history, and
philosophy of the Jewish people from
antiquity to the present.
Courses offered this fall include
Elementary (Biblical) Hebrew I, Inter—
mediate (Biblical) Hebrew III; Jewish
Thought and Culture 1: From Ancient Israel
to the Middle Ages; Roman, Jew and Greek:
Backgrounds to Christianity
‘WHAT IF FEDERATION DIDN’T EXIST?”
Luckily for these people, it does
BOGOSLAV. UKRAINHE lNGUSl—lETlA. RUSSIA
The children hadn‘t
been in school for two
years.
Since that night in
November l999. the
children have received
clothes. shoes. medicine
and other items. But
“we need to get back
to Grozny. so the
children can go to
school. They‘re refugees
here. Local people
don’t want refugees
wasting the teacher‘s
time."
Fifty orphans were hiding in a basement
when a bomb leveled their home. An
unlikely mix of Russians. Chechens and
Armenians. from two to l7. and their
leader. a 60-year-old Chechen who will
not abandon them. Together. they
escaped Grosny to lngushetia. 12
kilometers away. Federation representa-
tives found them there. huddled
together around a small kerosene heater.
No jackets. No shoes. No electricity or
hot water or even the ability to commu-
nicate with the outside world.
Faina Vasieleva lives in the Ukrainian
village of Bogoslav. along with 200
other Jews. She has been left to
survive on a $26 per month pension.
“but it only arrives twice a year. if
that.“ she says. She has been a widow
for 20 years. is nearly blind. and has
no one on earth to turn to. Except
Federation. By building a soup
kitchen in Bogoslav.we make sure that
Faina receives a hot meal every day.
The 2002 CKJF/UJC Community Campaign
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and also provides funding for overseas needs
through the Jewish Agency for lsrael (JAFl) and
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
BUT THESE ARE NOT NORMAL TIMEsii
We are in times of need.
Unemployment is on the rise in South America.
Our fellow Jews in Israel are in desperate need.
Isolated elderly in Central Kentucky need our help.
"‘After you have made your commitment to the Community Campaign.
consider a onetime additional gift to the lsrael Emergency Campaign.
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contradicts the government, forcing them to
listen. Most Arab countries do not have indepen-
dent unions.
- Israeli women. while in some segments of
society do not have total equality with men, are
making significant stiides every day. Saudi and
other Arab women cannot even travel without
their husbands‘ (or fathers‘) permission. In some
Arab countries it is even considered counterpro—
ductive for a woman to have an education.
° Israeli soldiers have the right to refuse to serve
in the occupied territories. Arab political oppo-
nents of any kind in most Arab countries includ—
ing the areas under Palestinian control are
murdered.
‘ Israel holds free elections on a regular basis to
elect legislators and the prime minister. Most
Arab countries do not have democratic elections,
and many have only one—party elections.
- Israel absorbed more than 600,000 Jewish
refugees expelled from Arab countries and more
than 150,000 Holocaust survivors between I948
and I950. The 750,000 Palestinian refugees have
been shunned by their “Arab brother,” ignored
and left to live in misery under Jordanian and
Egyptian occupation. In 1967, Israel implemented
a policy of benign neglect, allowing them to
develop their own economic and even political
structures, a right denied them under the prior
occupation.
- Since the Oslo Agreements were signed in 1993,
Israel has given the Palestinians control over
more than 95% of the Arab population in the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip. This population
occupies about 35% of the so-called occupied
territories. The agreements called for transfer of
more land, which Israel was ready to honor.
° Israelis accept by overwhelming majority that
Palestinians must have their own state. Palestin-
ians are still calling for the “liberation of historical
Palestine (a code word for Israel and the
territories).”
It is great that this community is speaking out
and making itself heard, but the public relations
battle is ongoing. We cannot falter; we cannot let
the guard down nor drop the ball. Let us remind our
fellow Americans of the above facts. Speak out.
Write. Participate in debates. It is our role in this
particular battle for Jewish survival. If you would
like information or guidance about where to find it,
log on to our website, www.jewish1exington.org into
our “Israel page,” or e-mail us at
ckjf@jewishlexington.org.
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ll of my three grandchildren are girls.
From five years to three months. Girls. All
girls. Two of my three children are
female. In my immediate family my son, son—in—Iaw
and I are outnumbered by females. seven to three.
So I believe I have a vested interest in seeing
that girls and women have equal rights and oppor—
tunities. It is important they not be discriminated
against or limited in their development and activities
because they are women.
We have all been appalled at how some coun—
tries have brutally treated women, using radical
interpretations of Islamic law, or Shariah. In a
recent article on the editorial page of The Wall
Street Journal, the executive director of Human
Rights Watch‘s Women’s Rights Division,
LeShawn R. Jefferson, describes how an appellate
Shariah court in northern Nigeria upheld a “death
by stoning” sentence against a 30-year—old woman.
Ms. Jefferson notes that “a public sentencing sends
a message to all women; that if the}, step outside
the structures of Shariah. they, too, can expect a
painful and ignominious death. If she loses her final
appeal Ms. Lawal (the woman sentenced) can
expect to be buried up to her chest and stoned to
death, leaving behind three motherless children. But
countless other women in Nigeria will fear for their
own lives as a result."
Shariah need not be bad for women, Ms.
Jefferson writes. There are Muslim women who
want to live observant lives with human dignity and
categorically reject the abuse of Shariah. The
writer notes the repon from Saudi Arabia where
the members of the Committee for the Promotion
of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice interfered
with rescue attempts in a school fire. Because the
fleeing students (girls) were not wearing the long
black cloaks and head coverings which are obliga-
tory for Saudi girls and women in public, they were
not allowed out of the building and at least 14
perished in the fire: An extremist radical interpreta-
tion of the Islamic dress code imposed on women
by men.
This led me to look up CEDAW, about which I
had not known. CEDAW is the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
women and was adopted by the UN General
Assembly in I979. It consists of a preamble and 30
articles, an international bill of rights for women,
defining what constitutes discrimination against
women. It also has an agenda for national action to
end such discrimination.
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by Stan Saxe
The Convention defines discrimination against
women as “...any distinction, exclusion or restric—
tion made on the basis of sex which has the effect
or purpose ofimpairing or nullifying the recognition.
enjoyment or exercise by women. irrespective of
their marital status. on a basis of equality of men
and women, of human rights and fundamental
freedoms in the political, economic. social, cultural.
civil or any other field."
By accepting the Convention. States commit
themselves to undertake a series of measures to
end discrimination against women in all forms,
including:
' to incorporate the principle of equality of men
and women in their legal system, abolish all
discriminatory laws and adopt appropriate ones
prohibiting discrimination against women:
- to establish tribunals and other public institutions
to ensure the effective protection of women
against discrimination; and
' to ensure elimination ofall acts ofdiscrimination
against women by persons. organizations or
enterprises.
This Convention, or treaty, went into force on
September 3, I981. Currently I70 countries have
ratified it, but not the United States. President
Carter signed the treaty in 1980 but it has never
been ratified by the US. Senate. It has recently
made some Washington newspapers because the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted in late
July (a 12-7 party line vote) to send it to the Senate
floor where it will be debated this fall.
Well, who is against it and why? Opponents
include the Christian Coalition, Home School Legal
Defense Association, National Right to Life
Committee and other groups I thought were long
dead and gone away, such as the Eagle Forum and
John Birch Society.
Why do groups which describe themselves as
for “family values” and “women’s rights” oppose
the Convention? The Convention affirms the
reproductive rights of women. right there in Article
16. And countries which ratify or accede to the
treaty are legally bound to put treaty provisions into
practice.
Senate committee Chairman Joe Biden Jr.,
Delaware Democrat said “It is long past due for
the Senate to act. The treaty provides framework
of basic rights for women.”
Opposition on the Foreign Relations Committee
see President’s Message on page 9
Lexington Attorney, Musician Shares World War II Memories
he following is a letter written by
Larry Sherman, longtime Lexington
Jewish Community member, to his
family. Larry was in the US. Army stationed
in Germany at the end of World War II when
this letter was written.
Januaiy, 1946
Hochst in Occupied Germany
"This afternoon I visited the Zeilsheim Assembly
Center, a Jewish D.P. (Displaced Persons) commu-
nity not more than two miles from our headquarters
in town. The occasion was the celebration of
Hamisha Asar b’Shevat (The Jewish Arbor Day).
The program was held in one of the Assembly’s
mess halls which was decorated with American and
Jewish flags. The holiday had a special meaning for
the children , about 150 kids from 8 to 16 years —
most of whom were‘orphaned by‘flte~fiazr”e,
When my friend and I got there, the kids had
already started to lustily sing Chaluzim (Jewish)
songs.
One half of the mess hall was reserved for the
kids who sat at three very long tables forming a
large “U The other table, where the guests were,
was almost past the half—way mark in the hall, so
that a stage effect was created — good enough to
let the spectators — who were the older people —
view the whole program.
The chairman was a one-time Lithuanian lawyer
whose wife and only child had been gassed by the
Germans. He explained the meaning of the holiday
and told the children that Hamisha Asar b’Shevat
commemorated the planting of trees — and for them
it meant the beginning of a new life in the land of
Zion. He asked everyone to rise and stand silently
in remembrance of the 2,000,000 Jewish children
who were slaughtered in Europe in the concentra-
tion camps. “Today,” he concluded, “is Rosh
Hashana (New Year) for the Trees, and our hope is
that it is a Rosh Hashana — a new life for us —
soon, in Palestine.”
Then spoke Ruth Klinger. a woman who shares
with Judge Jacob Ritkin at the United States Forces
European Theater Headquarters, responsibility for
all the displaced Jews in the entire European area.
She had returned three days before from a ten day
trip in Palestine. She told of the feverish building
and planning there for the expected remnants from
hate—filled Europe. She said that every child in
Palestine to whom she spoke asked her to give
greetings to their friends and to tell them, “we wait
for you and have a place for you." Just before she
sat down, she prophesied that “You children will
build Eretz Israel and your children
will build Eretz Israel for generations
~ and eternity.” The applause was
thunderous.
After Miss Klinger came a Dr.
' Hoffman, some kind of a delegate
from Palestine. who greeted the
children also and addressed them in
very simple Hebrew. He took me
back to the days when 1 used to go to
Cheder at Beth Tifiloh, and made me
ashamed that 1 had learned so little
and forgotten so much of that. Later,
I was even more ashamed when I
heard 8 and 10 year-olds converse
easily in Hebrew and they had
learned what they knew only since V-
E Day in Jewish D.P. camps.
The program itself was conducted
by the kids. One 14 year-old girl led a
chorus in Hebrew songs; another girl
0f 13 years recited a fiery poem
which she had composed herself.
which depicted the sufferings in
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A 12 year-old red headed boy, who
had fought as a partisan (Polish) with
the Russians, sang a Yiddish Lied
(song). Some comedy was provided
by an 8 year—old boy whose oversized
ears and missing front teeth added to
the humor of the recitation he gave,
which concerned the tale of a little
boy who stole his grandfather’s snuff
box and made himself sick with
sneezing. There was more group
singing and dancing and choral
recitations. The final number was a
series of violin solos accompanied by
an accordion, The violinist was the
ex—concert master of the Riga Opera
Symphony. He played everything
from “Hatikva” to “a Yiddishe
Mamme“ to “Off ‘11 Pripachok.”
Then came the eats — and I was
happy to see that the kids got plenty
of candy and gum. (The source of the
sweets was duo—fold — from contribu-
tions by members of the British
Army’s Jewish Brigade from Pales—
tine, stationed in Holland, and from
contiibutions collected by our local
organization committee which con-
sists of boys on our staff and miscel—
laneous groups in the Information and Education
Division.)
I left the festivities with the feeling that I, for
one, would never know peace of mind till those kids
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Sustaining your spirit can be tough during your 505.
Grappling with your parents’ severe illness or
death can radically alter the way you’ve always
felt about them.
W hen your last or only, child leaves home,
ordinarily.
Climacteric can be a trial for you and your spOuse.
As a Clinical Psychologist in his 505, I may be
able to help you deal with these disturbing events.
Harwell F. Smith, Ph.D.
276—1836
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— and the thousands they represented — got to
Palestine and began life again, and I feel the same
way about the older people. My days of arm—chair
philosophizing about Zionism are over. I’ve seen too
much to be able to stand by and let things happen.
I’m helping just a little now by collecting sweets,
clothing, and miscellaneous items from the soldiers
for the kids in the nearby camps. God help me to
help my forsaken people over here.
Love. Larry
Aladdin Restaurant’s
Generosity Enhances
Camp Shalom
Experience
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ne of Camp—Shalom's goals is to acquaint
and connect our children with Israel. Part
of the program this year included teach—
in g about middle eastern food. Aladdin’s,
Lexington‘s new middle eastern restaurant, seemed
a logical choice to help us. When we approached
them for help, the answer was an immediate YES!
Early one morning . the Aladdin's team appeared
at the camp carrying large trays loaded with food.
For more than two hours they taught our campers
how to make hummus and falafel. Afterward, of
course, we all got to enjoy the delicacies.
Most of us do not often experience middle
eastern food. We now have an opportunity to enjoy
this kind of food while showing our appreciation and
gratitude to these generous people. Dining at
Aladdin’s is a unique and delightful experience.
With their kindness. hospitality and talent. the
owners and employees have created an inviting
atmosphere in which to enjoy this delicious food. As
soon as you enter the restaurant the aroma and
decor take you to a different, somewhat magical,
world.
Let’s thank Aladdin‘s for their kindness and
generosity by Visiting the restaurant. And by the
way, don’t forget to say “hi" and tell them how
much you and your children enjoyed their food.
They love to hear it!
6 ' \Shnlom
f I were an alien landing on Earth today, and
picked up an American newspaper or
watched an American TV channel, I would
be hard pressed to understand what happened on
September I lth of 200] . And yet I remember.
On September llth I was sitting at my computer
writing one of my columns for Shalom, when a staff
member came into my office and told me "a plane
just crashed into the World Trade Center.” My gut
reaction was “It was a terrorist act." When thinking
back on that moment I realize that it was an odd
reaction, even if ten minutes later it was confirmed
by the second plane crashing into the second tower.
Why did I react like that? Maybe it was because I
grew up with terrorism in the 70s in Argentina. or
because by September of 2001 the so—called
Intifadah was already a year old.
Be that as it may. that gut reaction will always
be associated in my mind with the images of the
WTC collapsing. Today, the media is fond of
reminding us of the destruction and death that
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memories. They also mentioned all the acts of
courage and heroism at Ground Zero, at the
Pentagon and in a lonely flight over the Pennsylva—
nia countryside. All that has become part of the
memory of that day, a memory that is already
taking mythical proportions.
I am sure many of you asked yourselves difficult
questions: Ifl were on board Flight 93, would I
have been able to do what they did? Ifl had been a
firefighter with the FDNY or a policeman with the
NYPD, would I have gone up to the tower about to
collapse? While I was never able to answer that
question, there is no doubt in my mind that the
heroes of September llth showed the kind of
courage and determination of which myths and
legends are made. Each one of them was a
Samson, a David, and a Deborah. all wrapped up
into one.
But what ever happened to the heroes of
September 12th? As much as the deeds of heroic
proportions will go, and rightfully so, into the history
books, the quiet heroism of those who offered of
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by Daniel Chleec, Executive Director
Central Kentucky Jewish Federation
themselves in the aftermath of September 1 lth and
created a wave of warmth and solidarity that swept
the country have been forgotten.
In that aftermath, more people were volunteer—
ing to help others; charity contributions were up
across the board: the Red Cross received more
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