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Camp is coming—don’t miss out!

Camp Shalom and Camp Gesher

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ready for the biggest year yet

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By Jana LaZur

The staff is trained, the budget is made, the site is
rented, and the staff and campers are excited. All we
have left is the two—months wait until camp begins
on July 30 for two weeks of fun and adventure.

This year, we have something new on the first day of
camp. Our regular campsite is unavailable on that day,
so we will hold camp at Temple Adath Israel and make
it special. Because it will be held offsite, we will con-
sider it a field trip and be ready for fun and adventure.

Campers will need to be dropped
off and picked up at the Temple
for this day only; the remainder of
camp will be spent at the beautiful
Blue Grass Christian Camp site.

We feel fortunate that this year camp
will be held at the lower level. This
site is closer to the pool, sports activ-
ities, game tents, and—my favor—
ite—tether ball. What this transition
will mean is that campers ages 4 to

5 need not be transported by car to
swim this year. However, now that
campers will be closer to the pool,

5w Camp, page 7

Belle boat ride

Shakertown Landing is the place to be on July 22

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By Mimi Kaufman

Come one, come all to Dixie Belle
in Shakertown for a summer eve-
ning boat ride to take place on
Sunday, July 22 from 6:00 to 8:00
pm. We pay for the ride, you bring
your picnic or whatever drinks and
snacks you wish. Enjoy the natu-
ral beauty of the Kentucky River
as you enjoy a boat ride with your
friends and /or family. Feel the
charm of an old-style paddlewheel

boat with a captain who will give
some brief history of the area. Take
advantage of this opportunity to
explore a beautiful part of Kentucky.

This community event is spon-
sored by the Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation and planned
by the Community Activities
Committee. Please contact Jana at
(859) 268-0672 or jana@jewishlex-
ington.org to hold your spot. 33

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Pacesetters event inspiring,
thought-provoking

Speaker Michael Soberman gets the 2007 CKJFI

UJC Community Campaign off to a great start
+ 5 §

On May 6, about 40 members of the Central Kentucky Jewish Community
came together at the home of Leon and Linda Ravvin to listen to Michael
Soberman, director of the Canadian Israel Experience, who shared his Views
on the present and future of North American Jewry with the audience.

Soberman remarked on the need to invest in the future of the community to
ensure that there will be leaders able to provide for whatever needs the Jewish
people will have. As today’s leaders, he said, we have the responsibility to
provide for Jews in need around the world: in Central Kentucky as well as
Israel or the former Soviet Union. We do, however, have another responsibil-
ity, and that is to make sure that the next generation understands the need to
keep their commitment to the Jewish people. He pointed out that although

we are good at telling people how to be Jewish, we are not doing such a great
job at getting them to understand why to be Jewish, and unless we invest our-
selves in that task, there might be no Jews tomorrow to support other Jews.

His presentation was peppered with many personal anecdotes of meetings
with Jews in the most unusual places, from Mumbai to Moscow, and even of a
close encounter with Orthodox penguins in Antarctica.

see Campaign news, page 3

IN THIS ISSUE

Sim Shalom confirmands make annual trip abroad ............ 3
President's Message ................................... 4
TAI Annual Meeting held ............................... 4
Evalyn Block is incoming Hadassah president ................ 5
From the Executive Director ............................. 6
Know Your Board .................................... 6
Leisure Club to visit Arboretum .......................... 6
Third Opinion ........................................ 7
Ask a Rabbi ........................................ 8
JFS: At Your Service ................................... 9
Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrates Israeli independence ............ 10
History of the Israeli—Palestinian conflict — Part XVIX ......... 11
A Joint to be proud of: Salvaging Ethiopian Jewry ........... 12
2007 UJC Professional Summit attendees discuss

Federation system ................................... 14
B’tayavon .......................................... 14

Camp Gesher and Camp Shalom offer second Leadership

Development Training ................................ 16
Resolution on Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program ............. 19
Around the Community ............................... 20
Lexington Hadassah ................................. 21
Lexington Havurah ................................... 21
TAi ............................................... 22
OZS ............................................. 23
Community Calendar. . ~. . 2 . .. ....... v. .- . . ._ s. . . .» ....... 24

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whole community to join us at our annual meeting and open house on June 27.

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Sim Shalom confirmands
make annual trip abroad

Camp plans in the works
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By Jesse Weil

Two weeks ago, Rabbi Joel Abraham, from Temple Sholom in Plainfield, New
Jersey, paid his annual Visit to Sim Shalom with his confirmation class. This
has been an annual affair for at least the past six years. The class visits several
places in Eastern Europe, including Auschwitz, and after that downer ends
the trip more joyfully in Budapest by joining us for a Friday night Shabbat
service. Temple Sholom’s student cantor, Darcie Naomi Sharlein, was also on
the trip as a chaperone, and she contributed in a major way to the service
with her beautiful singing. Following the service and Kiddush, a pizza sup-
per and much singing and bensching filled out the evening. The Plainfield
youngsters were delightful, and enjoyed meeting the younger members of
Sim Shalom. It was a great evening for us all. It didn't hurt the mood when

it was announced that the mother of the chaperone, on a previous year’s

trip, had made a substantial donation to our Synagogue renovation fund.

In March, two of our up-and-coming young leaders, Miki Budai and
Nick Young, spent a week in Israel on a leadership training course. For all thG celebrations in lifC!
Miki is a Board member, plays guitar for services, sings Ladino songs,
and does some cantorial work for holidays, while Nick is getting more
active in Sim Shalom affairs by helping with our fundraising cam-
paign. Nick is a British expatriate; he and his originally Hungarian wife Dupree Catﬁrlng
have just had their second child, so his time is somewhat limited.
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site owned by the Budapest Jewish community, as it was last year.
The camp is located about 70 miles southeast of Budapest. FOX

Campaign (from page 1)

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Michael Soberman presented all of us a challenge to p , ‘
stand up for the future of Israel and for the future of the . “Jo
Jewish people, and those in attendance stepped up to the V. .
plate, resulting in a substantial increase of their contri— , Pacesetter-S
butions. This marks a great start for our 2007 CKJF/UJC ‘ Event.
Community Campaign. ‘

We all need to take responsibility for both the needs of
today and the needs of tomorrow—to help those who
need a lift today, and to prepare those who might be able
to provide one tomorrow. As Soberman said, ”Kol Israel
m'evim ze b’ze” (“All Jews are responsible for one another”).

Congratulations to Ricki Rosenberg and Linda Ravvin
for organizing this wonderful event to support the
Campaign. Thanks also to all those who added their help
and support, including Simone Salomon for arranging
the flowers and Rob Rosenbstein for his as-always gener-
ous assistance with the wine and other drinks, and spe-
cial thanks to Daniel Chejfec and the CKJK staff, whose
efforts always help make CKJF events a success.

If you have not yet been asked to be part of the Campaign
this year, you will be. When you are asked, please: Give
Generously—Make a difference. 3:!

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This is the last column that I will write as president.
Of course, I said that a number of years ago, then
volunteered for a second go—round. The differences
between the organization that I left six years ago and
the one that I am getting ready to leave today are close to mind—boggling.

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Among the most salient is the increase in cooperation between the
major Jewish organizations in Lexington. It seems to me that the rec-
ognition of our interdependency has finally taken hold and that, while
it is vital for each group to maintain its identity, it is also necessary

to put the overall welfare of the overall Lexington Jewish commu-

nity at the forefront of our actions. The recent Yom Hashoah and Yom
I-Ia'Atzmaut gatherings are the best examples of this kind of action.

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Secondly, the number of programs that we offer and the number of
volunteers involved with them continue to grow and receive com—
munity kudos. The Leisure Club, Camp Shalom, and Shalom newspa-
per have all benefited tremendously from the leadership provided by
both our professional staff and the volunteers on the front lines.

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1050 Chinoe Road, Suite 302

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Finally, our funding campaign seems to have regained its momen—

tum. It would be nice not to have to focus on raising money, but the

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fact remains that it is the engine that makes the whole process go.

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It has been an honor to serve as president of the Federation. I feel that we
are a better organization today than we were two years ago and that this
trend will continue in the future. If you need me, I’ll be on the first tee. X3!

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New board members
installed
§ + +

By Pat Shraberg Dissatisfied with your relationships

Too often angry and frustrated
On Sunday April 29, TAI held its
annual congregational meeting.
The board members whose terms
had expired were thanked for their
time and service to the Temple:

Jon Waltman, Dale Schermer, Gary
Hoover, Larry Gerson, Marcia
Brown, and Ben Baker (retired).

Disconnected and depressed
Stressed or Anxious
Displeased with your work situation

New TAI Board and Executive Committee menbers at installation
under the chuppah.

I can help you make changes that

The congregatlon welcomed the will improve your relationships and
“93le elected board members: Gary trator’s perspective and was thanked for his contin— allow till ha in s d

Yarus, Harriet R059, Dianne Bazell, ued service and dedication to the functioning of the you 6 PP C S you eserve.
Debbie Masters, Lowell Nigoff, Janet Temple. Neil Foley gave the treasurer’s report, and Plea“ contaa my office to SChedUIe an
Zusman, and Dan Liebman. Retiring Cory Erdmann proposed a budget which was accepted. QPPOiHImCHL

from the Executive Committee were Rabbi Kline proposed the establishment of a theme

First Vice President Marc Simpson for the new year, ”Opening New Doors,” which he

and Treasurer N9“ Foley. The slate hopes will inspire the committees, the religious school, '
0f officers elected for the 2007-2008 and the preschool to allow for new ideas and possi-

year: President David Shraberg, bilities. President Shraberg followed up on the rabbi’s DAVID L. FEINBERG, PILD.
FiI‘St Vice President Sammye proposal by describing the congregation as a family _ _ , _ .
Miller-Stith, Second Vice President in which each member has a role and a responsibil- IndiVidual, Marital & Family Counseling
P9“? 501391, Treasurer Doug Katz, ity simply by virtue of being a member of the family. 520 E‘ Maxwell St‘ . Lexmgton, KY 40502

and Secretary Cory Erdmann. (859) 233-3390

The new board members and executive com-
l0hh McDonald summarized the mittee members took an oath and were
PI'CVIOUS year from the adminis- installed under the chuppah. ﬁ

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Evalyn Block is incoming
Hadassah president

Incoming Hadassah president enthusiastic about

organization’s ideals
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Evalyn Block, the Lexington Hadassah Chapter’s newly elected presi-
dent, gets high on a regular basis. High on life. High on Garry Hoover,
her husband of five years, with whom she fell in love when she was 17.
High on the career Change she made when she sold her home and moved
to Lexington. High on Kentucky, after living in Florida almost 50 years.

A\nd lately, Evalyn is high on Hadassah, the organi/ation she first dis—
covered here. She says she's into Hadassah “hook, line, and sinker."

This new chapter president’s life experiences are anything but usual. Hers
is a romantic love story, fraught with huge highs and lengthy lows. But the
way she tells it, it's all good. She and Garry parted after a ten-year young-
love romance. Evalyn was devastated, but she filled her life with fam-

ily, friends, and a dream job with the Florida Department of Corrections,
Probation and Parole Services. Here Evalyn admits the perfect job didn’t
come immediately; she, like her parents before her, worked for an insur-
ance firm in Miami until the corrections department sought her out after
two years. Never mind, she was able to take a three-month leave of absence
from the insurance firm to backpack in Europe with a good friend. At

the DOC, Evalyn worked her way up, assignment by assignment, from
field officer to unit supervisor to office supervisor, always with an “excep—
tional staff.” She was living out her college wish for a position in which
she could continue to work with people like those she helped as a stu-
dent volunteer at a half-way house in the Department of Corrections.

few years before pension time, when Garry sought a renewal of their romance.
She did what any woman who had loved only one man all her life would do.
Right? She quit her job, put her house on the market, and moved to Kentucky.

Floridian Garry, with a career at Florida

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this day her mother’s repeated reading of Thoreau’s words: “Step to the music
you hear, no matter how measured or far away.” Her mother’s mantra was,
”The cup is always half full, never half empty.” The family motto: ”Family—
first, last, and always.” Evelyn’s ready smile is even more glowing when she
speaks of her mother, whom she resembles. “I know it sounds corny, but she
instilled in us good, old fashioned values, and the desire to be a good person.”

Evalyn remembers keenly the day her father piled all the children in his old
car and rode all over Miami, through many neighborhoods Evalyn never
ventured into again. He said nothing until they arrived back home. Then he
turned to all the children and said, ”When you’re feeling you don’t have the
things that children around you have, remember what you saw today and
realize you have everything you need: a roof over your head, clothes on your

who love you. Count Mimi-1%

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Evalyn’s parents were killed in an automobile accident while vacation-

ing in 1988; overnight, at 36, she had lost her beloved role models. Asked

about how she has accepted the serious twists and turns her life has
taken, she quickly answered, ”You look for the posi-

Power and Light and Tenaco, had come to
Kentucky in 1989 to join the faculty of St.
Catherine College in Springfield. Later, he
came to Lexington to teach mathematics at
Sayre School; the move to Lexington led to
his present position as manager of Financial
Systems and Technology Resource Support

“You look for the positive. You look for
the blessing in disguise. You think of
what has been given you, what you’ve
learned and how you have grown
through each life experience. Then you
can be thankful for what you have had.”

tive. You look for the blessing in disguise. You think
of what has been given you, what you've learned and
how you have grown through each life experience.
Then you can be thankful for what you have had."

It seems someone as strong as Evalyn Block
should have a mantra or two of her own. Indeed,
throughout her interview several mantra-like

for the Fayette County School System. Garry
and Evalyn were married on January 13, 2002
in Hollywood, Florida, by Rabbi Koenigsburg at Temple Sinai, the
Conservative congregation where she had been a life-long member.

But this is not the end of the story. We know more about the Block-
Hoover married life than the happily-ever-afters of the classic fairy
tales. Garry sold his house and the bride and groom together bought
a home in Hartland. Because Garry had become a member of Temple
Adath Israel, Evalyn joined there. Through Garry’s deep commit-
ment to Fayette schools, Evalyn began a teaching career at Lexington
Traditional Magnet School on Limestone Street, near downtown.

As ”old marrieds” of four years, in 2006 they became "parents” for a school
season, welcoming into their new home Natalie, a 15-year-old girl from
Germany, here with a local foreign-exchange program. Evalyn said this experi-
ence gave her real insight into parenting teenagers. Is there an unusually exu-
berant, ever-enthusiastic, extremely engaging life force in play in THIS tale?

One of the chief causes must be found in Evalyn’s early childhood in Miami
as the second oldest in a close-knit group of six children. She has heeded to

comments emerged: ”See and accept things as
they really are”; ”Follow the urge to be yourself”; ”Take the path
less traveled”; "Seize the moment"; ”Ask, so what if I fail?”

Growing up in what she terms a ”conservadox” family, gaining a bach-
elor’s degree in psychology at the University of South Florida in Tampa,
and studying with the rabbis at Temple Sinai through college and beyond
left Evalyn looking for multiple ways to continue her Jewish life in
Lexington. Though she had never been a member of Hadassah in Florida,
she read in an Adath Israel publication a notice about a Hadassah meet-
ing to be held at the Temple and was intrigued. Attending the meeting,
she took home a brochure about Hadassah’s work, and reading it, imme-
diately decided to become not only a member, but a life member.

That’s the only cue it took for Odette Kaplan, current chapter president, to ask
her to join the board of directors. In no time at all, Evalyn found herself Vice
president for programming. In this capacity for the past two years, she has
developed exciting programs for local meetings but also has attended regional

see Evalyn Block, page 9

June/July 2007 Shalom - 5

From the Executive Director
Daniel Chejfec

So, what is a Zionist anyway?
+ + +
It is becoming quite common to see in newspapers or
on the Internet one Jew or another blasting Israel as
illegitimate and Zionism as racism. Does this make
sense? Can a Jew be anti-Zionist? Is that possible?

To answer that question we first need to understand what
a Zionist is. The first thing to clarify is that Zionism is

we recogniye the national aspect of
Jewish identity; secondly we believe
that the Jewish people, like all other
people, have the right to self—deter-
mination; and finally, we can be
Zionist but profoundly disagree on
concrete political steps to support
Zionism. There is Socialist Zionism,

Revisionist Zionism, Religious

a political, and not a religious, movement. While
Zionism in its Messianic incarnation was pres-

ent in Judaism and Jewish liturgy almost from

the very moment our people were expelled at the
beginning of the Common Era, when we talk today
about Zionism, we are referring specifically to the
political movement organi7ed by Theodor Herzl
that led to the independence of Israel in lq48.

Zionism is about our right and our
destiny as a people; pretending all
Jews agree what that destiny should
be would be unrealistic, and expect-
ing all Jews to agree on what the
government is doing would be not
only impossible, but even naive.

Acknowledging the political character of the

since the independence of
Israel and even more so since
the 1967 war that left Israel
in control of the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip. All these
ideological disagreements
come to bear on attempts to answer some basic politi—

cal questions: Should Israel retain the West Bank and
Gala? Should Jews establish settlements in those areas?
Should the government of Israel negotiate with Hamas?
Is it OK to retaliate against Palestinians? The questions
do go on and on. As a people, we Jews are outspokenly
argumentative, so in the details there will be as many
interpretations of Zionism as there are Jews. All Zionists
will, however, agree with the basic premise of Zionism as
the national liberation movement of the Jewish people.

Which brings us to the next question: Can you be Jewish
and not be a Zionist? Strictly speaking, this question

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a) You don't have to be Jewish to be a Zionist. just the largest groups within the political convictions, while interconnected, are often

b) You don’t have to be a Zionist to be Jewish. Jewish people. Any Christian who independent of each other. Many Orthodox groups

c) if You believe Judaism to be 0an a reli- believes that the Jewish people oppose Zionism on the basis that the redemption of

y' ' ‘~ ' ' t , , have the right to self-determination the land must be connected with the commr of the
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qualifies as a Christian Zionist. Anointed One (A/Iosclliach, Messiah), so regular people

Let me tackle the first implication. First, I would have like you and me have no business playing God and

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Zionism is therefore a collection of bringing about the redemption by political means. ihey

to clarify what is at the core of the Zionist ideology.

Zionism was organi/ed 33. the national liberation move- individual ideologies which are often are clearly against political Zionism, but there should

ment of the Jewish people. This means, first of all, that at odds Wltl‘ each other, especially 5gp What is a Zionist?, piigp ’jii‘

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Know Your Board

By Elissa Brown

J0/77 us for a l—PEE

Boat [Zide

Jennifer Miller was born in
Denver, Colorado but was raised

in West Virginia. She has lived in
Lexington for the past twelve years.
A member of Temple Adath Israel,
Jennifer was a file auditor with
Kentucky Retirement Systems until
her retirement. This is Jennifer’s

down the
Kentuckg

Linda Noffsinger is originally from
Louisville, Kentucky but has lived
in Lexington for most of her life.
She, her husband Jeff, and their sons
Jared and Jeremy are members of
Temple Adath Israel. An informa-
tion technology manager, Linda is
serving her first year on the Board.

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Sunday. July 22"d
from 6 to 8 pm.

Space is limited
More details to follow b9 mail.

Contact Jana LaZur to RSVP.
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Linda hopes for more collabora-
tion by community members. $

first year serving on the Central
Kentucky Jewish Federation Board.
She would like to see a commu-
nity center in CKJF’S future.

Leisure Club to visit Arboretum

By Ruth Maser ing time at a wonderful place. Our

own Annette Milch, along with a
docent from the UK Arboretum ’
will tell us all about the flowers,
plants, and trees that grow there.
Watch your mail for the invitation.

This has been a busy year for the
Leisure Club. Our last event was a
Bingo Party at TAI—good food, great
prizes, and lots of good friends.

On June 21 we will go to the UK
Arboretum. Bring your lunch,
and CKJF Leisure Club will bring
soft drinks and dessert. Look for-
ward to walking around, sitting
under a shade tree, and just enjoy-

- ‘(x FEder .
‘96 61‘, If you aren’t on the CKJF

Leisure Club mailing list, call
Abby Miller at (859) 269-8244
to add your name. Don’t miss
all the exciting goings-on! Q

6 - June/July 2007 Shalom

Third Opinion

Stanley Ned Rosenbaum, PhD

"Local Jewish Tribal Leaders

Were Quoted As Saying..."
+ + +

Boy, now there's a headline you probably haven’t seen
in the last, say, 2,700 years, not since the eight (not
ten) Northern tribes bolted from the David family’s
upstart monarchy. And before that I can only think of
the biblical story of all the tribes under Joshua decid-
ing not to let their daughters marry Benjaminites

any more because of a nasty, just-concluded civil war
(Judges 19-21). That conflict speaks to the original “for—
eignness" of the Benjaminites,

Yitzhak Rabin and Chaim Arlosoroff.

Before that? I can only think of
Gedaliah (582 B.C.E.), for whom the
Jewish calendar still marks a fast.

Do you know this joke? A
Yugoslavian teacher is taking

roll and asks each child what
his/her nationality is. One says
“Serb,” another ”Croat," a third
”Bosnian.” When the fourth child
answers, ”I am Yugoslav,” the
teacher writes down “Jew.”

but is not my point here.

The fact is that Jews have been at the fore-

Except for Jews living in the
Arabian Peninsula and a few
other out-of the-way places, we
either gave up or outgrew our
tribalism about 1,500 years ago.
So when I heard on NPR that
“local tribal leaders were threat-
ening to take things into their
own hands if the Iraqi govern-

front of those who see the big picture, that
a nation’s interests must supersede the
ethnicities of its constituent parts. It made
Karl Marx sneer that we are “rootless,
urban cosmopolites” (in my case, I suppose
he’d say a rootless, rural cosmopolite).

ment cannot quell the violence,"
I thought, again, these guys
aren't part of the solution, they’re part of the problem.

In Afghanistan, the Pashtun, who form the back-
bone of the Taliban, are the problem. They
“areas; tribe thesize of a small nation.

Paradoxically, it might have helped Jews that we have
been scattered like seed across the known world.
Makes tribal organization harder to sustain, doesn’t it?
But how many of us now even think we know what
our tribe is—or was? We really got out of the habit of
organizing along those lines a long time ago, starting
when Jeremiah wrote to the exiles in Babylon that they
should settle down and “seek after the welfare of the
places in which you find yourselves” (Jeremiah 29).

Even after we got our country back in 1948, we did not

reorganize on tribal lines. Nor did we go around assas-
sinating each other in carload lots. Since 1934 I can only
think of two Jewish leaders who were as