C K m J A

Central Kentucky

Jewish Association
VQI VI May 1982 L no 9

 

Federation in action

On Sunday morning, April 4, at 9:00 a.m., 12 CKJA Board members were
whisked away from the Temple parking lot for the first CKJA Board Retreat.
With us for the day were Norbert Fruehauf, Executive Director of the Jewish
Community Federation of Louisville, and Beryl Weinstein, former President
of the Jewish Community Federation of Daubury, Conn. Both guests were
extremely helpful to us as we moved through our six—hour agenda.

We spent the morning defining: (l) the values and tasks of a small
city Jewish Federation; (2) the significance of the American Jewish
community to individuals, to the United States and to Israel; (3) the
development of the Council of Jewish Federations, its present resources
and their accessibility to us.

In the afternoon we focused on leadership development programs, a
necessity for strengthening our Jewish Community, and developed a frame
of reference for planning a young leadership program. We also spent
some time learning how to evaluate our present programs/activities and
were introduced to "Guidelines for Excellence for Small City Federations."

It was a good day — productive, stimulating, reinforcing our identity
as Jews and enhancing our cohesiveness as Board members of CKJA. Each of
us came away with an increased self—image of ourselves, CKJA, our community
and our commitment to Israel.

We will have other Board retreats . . . as we move into the business
of improving the quality of Jewish life in Central Kentucky . . . we will
need the time to renew our commitment to CKJA objectives and methods of
operation. It was good to look at the issues facing us as a community in
an objective light. The monthly Board and committee meetings are consumed
with the day—to—day operation of the organization. How refreshing to
take a day or so a year to establish objectives and priorities by which
to guide our decision making for the year!

Sue Friedman