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February 1996

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Gloria T. Katz Named 1996 UJA/Federation Campaign Chair

by Joel Eizenstat

The Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation Board of
Directors has named Gloria T.
Katz as overall Chair of the 1996
UJA/Federation Campaign. A
past President of the Federation,
Gloria possesses extensive cam—
paign experience having previ-
ously served as overall Campaign
Chair in 1984 and again in 1990
through 1993.

A lifelong resident of
Lexington, Gloria has served on
the Boards of Temple Adath
Israel Sisterhood, Hadassah. the
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Kentucky Hospital Auxiliary, the
Lexington Advertising Club and
Lexington Women in
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of the 1996 Campaign leadership
can be found on page 6.

At its first meeting, the
Campaign Committee set a goal

 

$385,000 goal set for
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as Men’s Division Chair and Ellie
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of $385,000 for the 1996
UJA/Federation Campaign. This
would represent a 10% increase
over the 1995 Campaign. The
plan for this year is to run a tight
[4 week Campaign from March

to June. We plan to hold a num-
ber of exciting events during this
period including a Major Gifts
event, a Women’s Division
Dinner, Super Sunday and a
Maimonides Society event. A
final Campaign “Thank You”
gala will be held at the end of the
14 week period for everyone who
has made a pledge to the 1996
UJA/Federation Campaign. The
Campaign Committee is excited
about this year’s Campaign and is
hard at work. At the time of this
writing, many of the details of the

Campaign are still being worked
out. Watch your mail for further
information. We can always use
additional help, so if you would
like to work on the 1996
UJA/Federation Campaign, talk
to one of the campaign chairs or
call the office. The 1996
UJA/Federation Campaign is
Rescuing the Imperiled;Caring
for the Vulnerable;Revitalizing
Jewish Life...

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Peace Prize winner, Holocaust
survivor and internationally
renown spokesperson for peace
and human rights will be in
Lexington Tuesday, March 26th.
His appearance, “An Evening
With Elie Wiesel”, is a joint pre—
sentation of the University of
Kentucky Student Activities
Board and the Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation.

A native of Tighet,
Transylvania (Rumania), Wiesel
and his family were deported by
the Nazis to Auschwitz when he
was 15 years old. His mother and
younger sister perished at the
camp. Wiesel and his father were
later transported to Buchenwald,
where his father died before the
camp was liberated by the Allies
in 1945. His two older sisters
survived the war.

After the war, Wiesel

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prisoner in the Nazi death camps.
During an interview with French
writer Francois Mauriac, Wiesel
was persuaded to end that silence.
He subsequently wrote Night, an
account of his experience during
the Holocaust.

Wiesel’s effort as author
and human rights activist have
earned him the United States
Congressional Medal of
Achievement and the Medal of
Liberty Award, and in 1986, the
Nobel Prize for Peace.

  

 

Lexington

receiving the Nobel ‘Peace Prize, '
Wiesel established the Elie
Wiesel Foundation for Humanity.
Its mission is to advance the
cause of human rights and peace
throughout the world by creating
a new forum for the discussion of
urgent ethical and moral issues
confronting humankind,

“An Evening With Elie
Wiesel” begins a 8:00 PM at
UK’s Memorial Hall. Patron
Tickets, at $125 each, include a
pre-program dinner with Mr.
Wiesel and preferred seating,
General Admission is $10 and $3
for UK students. For ticket infor-
mation call the CKJF office at
(606) 268-0672.

Arrangements for Elie Wiesel
made through the B’nai B’rith
Lecture Bureau.

 

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Editorial ............ 4
Financial Advisor . . . .9
Havurah ........... 12
Hadassah .......... 12
Inside Israel ........ 15
028 .............. 13
Rabbi Slaton ........ 3
President’s Spot . . . . .2
TN ........... 10 & 1 1
Young Artist ........ 5