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Lexington and CKJF Welcome

Kathy Grossman and Elena Domatov greet our newest New Americans
Shebetey and Svetlana Alkhasov and their children, Solomon and Mariya

 

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Kathy Grossman welcomes the Alkhasov‘s in their native and new language

 

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the Alkhasov Family

A month ago. our community welcomed a New American
family to Lexington from Dagestan. Russia. Where is Dagestan'?
It's on the southern end of Russia proper. north of Azerbaidzhan.
next to the Caspian Sea. Our new family comes from the largest
city, Makhatchkala.

What is the new family like? The parents are thirty-
something and well educated. The father. Shebetey. (a Russian-
Jewish name meaning"Shabbat"). has a degree in radio electronics.
and worked for several years (is the lead designer of a radio

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equipment as that produced by his company. The two companies
exchanged experiences and technologies.

Svetlana. his wife. comes from a musical background. Her
father. who sang tenor in his youth. still leads a choir in Dagestan.
and teaches choir conducting at Dagestan Pedagogical University.
Svetlana's brother leads a chamber orchestra in Israel.

Svetlana has a degree from Leningrad Conservatory in
piano performance. She has performed as a concert pianist. in
chamber music ensembles. and as an accompanyist for singers.
She hopes to give piano lessons in Lexington. as she did in Russia.
She is currently looking for a piano.

The Alkhasov's have two children: Solomon. age 7) 1/2.
named for Shebetey's father: and Mariya. almost 2. Shebetey and
Svetlana are modern. hands-on parents---they share childcare and
household chores.

The CKJ F Russian Resettlement Committee has been hard
at work orienting the. family and helping them to adjust to life in
Lexington. A major obstacle in resettlement is learning English.
Shebetey and Svetlana qualify to take the English as a Second
Language courses at the University of Kentucky. but need help with
childcare. The courses are taught Tuesdays. Wednesdays and
Fridays from 10 am to 1 pm.

Currently. Solomon is being treated for a medical problem
at Shriner's hospital. so one parent is staying with Solomon at
Shriner's and one parent is staying with Mariya at their apartment.

Anyone in the Jewish community who might be able to help
with child care for the family. whether at Shriner's or at their
home. is urged to call the CKJF office (268—0672). Your help will
be very much appreciated.

The other critical need right now is to provide
transportation to job interviews. shopping. etc. Any members of the
community who have time during the day to drive can call the
CKJ F office. Mariya has a car seat already. and will call all drivers
"bah-bah" which is Russian for Aunt or Grandmother.

The Russian Resettlement Program desperately needs

translators! If you can help. or know someone who can. please let

us know. We will follow up on all leads.

In the next few months. you will get to hear from Shebetey
and Svetlana. They will tell you their impressions of Lexington and
how they see life in the United States.

 

 

 

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In This Issue j
Book Review a
CKJF News 2
Commentary 1 7 “'
Community Calendar 1 1 3-".
Connections 6 5-
Guest Chef of the Month 9 i ‘
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lntemational 19
International Briefs 18 :-
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Passages 8

'Proflle 12 '
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Torah This Month 14

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dedicated
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Fannie H.
Miller'

Howard L Ross.
CKJF Executive Director

 
     
   
       
    
       
    
     

    
    
 
   
       
 
     
 
   
 
        
    
 
   
 
      
     
     
         
 
       
 
    
    
   
 
  

Almost two years ago.
when the concept of expanding
the CKJ F Bulletin to the CKJF
newspaper. Shalom . germinat ed,
the first person to volunteer to
serve on the Editorial Board was
Fannie Miller. ller credentials
were impeccable; her talents
unsurpassable

The eulogies delivered
for this fine woman spoke for
themselves. The dedication of
this edition of Shalom to her
memory is meant to only
supplement the expressions of
love that we all had and will
continue to hold for one of our
founding editorial board
members

May we all continue to
learn from her dedication and
graciousness.