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CKJA
ANNUAL MEETING

CKJA's Annual Meeting will be held
Sunday, Nov. 2% at 7 p.m. at ArtsPlace,
161 N. Mill St., Lexington.

The meeting will feature a review of
1985's accomplishments and the formal
nomination of candidates for CKJA elec-
tions. There will also be a report on
the General Assembly of the Council of
Jewish Federations, which was attended by
five representatives from CKJA.

Entertainment will be provided by local
young Jewish musicians: Daniel Baer on
violin, Ruth Belin and Andrew Diamond on
piano, and Aron Friedman on French horn.

Nominating committee chairwoman Marilyn
Moosnick and co-chairwoman Nancy Hoffman
have announced the names of seven candi—
dates for five positions on the CKJA board
of directors. They are:

Michael Ades, member of Ohavay Zion
Synagogue and Temple Adath lsrael,
past president of Ohavay Zion,
trustee at Ohavay Zion, past co-
chairman NCCJ, past board member
of CKJA and past chairman of Men‘s
Division. He is an attorney.

Stephen Bobys, a board member of CKJA
Men's Division. He is an obste-
trician—gynecologist.

Janice Brock, a board member of CKJA
Women's Division and a participant
in the Interact program for young
Jewish leadership. She and her
husband own the New Way Boot Shop.

Gloria Katz, the Association's incum-
bent president. She is also a
former chairwoman of the General
Campaign and the Women's Division
Campaign. Gloria owns a public
relations firm.

November, 1985

CENTRAL KENTUCKY
JEWISH ASSOCIATION

Vol. VIII No.8

Erle Levy, CKJA's treasurer. He is a
former chairman of the General
Campaign and the Men's Division
Campaign. Erle is a builder and
contractor.

William Levy, who was ticket chairman
of the 1984-85 Forum and a partici-
pant in the first CKJA mission to
Washington, D.C. He is an anesthe-
siologist.

Joe Rosenberg, a member of the Associa-
tion's Executive Committee and
Super Sunday co-chairman for 1986.
He is part of the Rosenberg family
jewelry business.

Other nominations will be accepted at
the meeting from any member of the Associa-
tion so long as the nominee is eligible to
serve and has agreed to serve. The nomina-
tion must be submitted in writing and be
seconded by four other members of CKJA.

Within two weeks of the meeting a
ballot will be sent to all CKJA members.
To be counted, a ballot must be returned
within two weeks of its being sent.

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David Green is the new Editor of the
CKJA newsletter, taking over from Phyllis
Scher, who spent four dedicated years as
Editor.

David, 32, has been in Lexington for
about a year and a half. He is City
Editor of the Herald-Leader.

He and his wife, Libby Older, came to
Lexington from New York, where he was with
The Associated Press and she worked for
the Federal Reserve Bank. Libby now teaches
journalism at Transylvania University.

The community gratefully acknowledges
Phyllis Scher's outstanding efforts.

Under her direction, the newsletter has
become an important source of Jewish com-
munity news in Central Kentucky.

We welcome David Green and anticipate
a continuation of the high standards which
have been set.

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In last month's bulletin we took an
overview of the total CKJA campaign, ”One
People, One Destiny”. By far the largest
portion of our CKJA campaign income is
allocated to the United Jewish Appeal,
which in turn allocates a significant pro—
portion to the Jewish Agency.

The UJA campaign combines fundraising
for tzedakah -- care for the dependent,
the weak, the aged, the handicapped --
with fundraising for the rebuilding of
Israel as a Jewish homeland. This is done
through the support of immigration and
quality absorption of immigrants. as well
as social and educational programs needed
to strengthen Israeli society.

With our participation Israel has
already absorbed wave after wave of immi—
grants, almost 2 million people, and es-
tablished over 500 rural communities.

The Jewish Agency is committed to
working with a totally balanced budget.
Regardless of the need, the Jewish Agency
cannot plan any program, no matter how
vital, unless that program can be paid for
with projected income.

At present Israel is in the midst of
absorbing another large wave of immigrants,
Ethiopian Jewry. This requires help from
throughout the Diaspora, to aid in covering
the costs of absorption centers and rent
subsidies for permanent housing.

In addition Israeli society continues
to face a major economic crisis. The
Israeli Labour Ministry recently predicted
that the unemployment rate will surpass
l0 percent in March or April of 1986. An
October issue of the Jerusalem Post re-
ported that unemployment in Israel had
climbed from 5.A percent in January of
I985 to the present 8 percent.

The Jewish Agency has proposed a 1985—
86 budget of $415,000,000 for: (a) Immigra—
tion and absorption, (b) rural settlement,
(c) youth aliyah, (d) Jewish education,

(e) higher education, (f) social programs,
(9) vocational training, (h) housing,

(i) other functions, (j) interest and debt,
and (k) administration, in the percentages
indicated below.

Our support of the CKJA campaign plays
a major role in this aspect of “One People,
One Destiny”.

JEWISH AGENCY

PROPOSED BUDGET ‘955—36

Interest. (12.9!)

(22.9!) Immigration h
Absorption

Administration (3.0:)

other (5,11)

Housing (13%)
Vocationnl Trainins(3.9x)

Socili pans. (11;)
(16,2!) Rural Resettlement

Education 07-35)

(1&3) Youth Aliyah

1986 WOMEN'S DIVISION

The Women's Division held a Pacesetters
luncheon on Nov. 22 at the Lafayette Club.
Howard Stone, a former director of over—
seas programs for the UJA was the featured
speaker.

Stone, who was also first director of
the UJA's Young Leadership Cabinet, re-
cently left UJA to become a consultant to
travel companies, Jewish organizations and
corporations doing business in the Middle
East.

He has also served the Israeli govern—
ment on various projects and has helped to
smuggle Jews out of North Africa and into
Africa.

Those making a minimum pledge of $500
to the I986 CKJA campaign were invited to
attend the Pacesetters event.

In charge of the luncheon were Arlene
Cohen, chairwoman, and committee members
Chris Eidelson, Marilyn Moosnick and Cheri
Rose.

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GUARDIANS OF ZION

Eighty members of the Central Kentucky
Jewish community gathered on Sunday even-
ing, Nov. 10 at Le Bistro's newly expanded
facilities for the fourth annual Guardians
of Zion dinner.

Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the
Religious Action Center in Washington, D.C.
was the featured speaker.

Rabbi Saperstein's theme was the philo—
SOphy of Tthun 02am (perfecting the world).
Toward that end there are three major
principles on which to base our actions:
Tohah - Education, Avodah - Worship, and
G’miﬁut Haéadim - Good Deeds.

Rabbi Saperstein characterized many of
our own CKJA programs such as the Forum,
Camp Shalom and Shalom Lexington as posi—
tive efforts to educate our community to
the importance of Jewish awareness and
stronger unity.

In discussing Auodah - Worship, Rabbi
Saperstein acknowledged the wide range of
beliefs within Judaism both in the United
States and in Israel. He made a strong
plea for all of us to surmount intra-
religious tensions both here and in Israel
-- to work toward improved Synagogue/
Federation relations in this country and
for support of Reform and Conservative
efforts to participate fully within the
Jewish Agency system in Israel.

Finally he addressed the issue of
G’mtﬁuﬁ Haéadim - Good Deeds. He in—
cluded both support of Israel and working
for eradication of universal social and
human concerns such as hunger, poverty and
unemployment.

While lauding Jewish efforts on behalf
of Ethiopian and Soviet Jews, Rabbi
Saperstein urged us to view them in a
broader context of human welfare and human
rights.

Rabbi Saperstein concluded with a charge
to work to change the world and to be proud
that our efforts are directed toward human
betterment. If we do not work for change
we will be changed, becoming less sensitive
$6 the needs and welfare of our fellow
human beings.

The response from those present was
enthusiastic and concrete. A combined
total of over $170,000 was pledged to the
Men's and Women's Divisions of the 1986
Campaign.

ONE PEOPLE, ONE DESTINY

The 1986 Campaign is off to an exciting

start. Following are those who have
permitted us to list their names by gift

category:
MEN'S DIVISION

$25,000 and above
Steven Caller

4,000 — 5,999
Michael Ades
Arthur Salomon

2,800 a 3,999
Leon Cooper
Halley Faust
Marvin Frank
NVHIRIMEn
Erle Levy
Morris Rozen

2,000 - 2,799
Robert Baumann
Louis Dubilier

Steven Goldstein

Leon Ravvin

WOMEN'S DIVISION

$5,500 — 8,000
Susan Caller
A,OOO — 5,499
Penny Miller
Phyllis Scher

1,000 - 1,499
Evelyn Geller
Ellie Goldman
Sara Levy
Harriet Rose

1,200 - 1,999

Louis Boyarsky
Bruce Broudy
Irwin Cohen
David Fine
Philip Hoffman
Avram Levine
William Levy
David Rose
Stanley Saxe

700 ' l,l99
William Leffler
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H.D. Uriel Smith

500 - 999

Janice Brock
Gail Cohen
Harriet COOper
Vinnie Dubilier
Susan Goldstein
Nancy Hoffman
Judy Levine
Marilyn Moosnick
Cheri Rose
‘Simone Salomon
Judy Saxe

Nancy Scher
Hortense Wolf

300 — 499

Judy Baumann
Linda Levy
Linda Ravvin

150 - 299

Lila Boyarsky
Elizabeth Broudy
Gloria Katz

50 - 1A9

Jo Belin

Barbara Grossman
Libby Scher

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ANNETTE DULZIN, born hIFrance and
rescued from Poland in World War II, made
Aliya to Israel in 1961.

Ms. Dulzin works as simultaneous inter—
preter at international conferences held
in Israel - in English, French, Italian
and Spanish. She also writes a bi-monthly
political column For Yediot Ahrancot — the
largest circulation afternoon newspaper
in Israel.

in 1983 her article ”Israel's Morality
Survives Beirut” was featured in the
Sunday New York Times.

Annette travels extensively throughout
the world, speaking on behalf of Israel.

WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER A, 1985
8 P.M.
AT TEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL
124 N. ASHLAND AVE., LEXINGTON

SPONSORED BY: LEXINGTON CHAPTER OF HADASSAH
OHAVAY ZION SYNAGOGUE SISTERHOOD
TEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL SISTERHOOD
WOMEN'S DIVISION - CKJA

THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS INVITED!
COME TO SHOW SUPPORT
FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IN THE SOVIET UNION.

*******PROFILES *******

This month the CKJA bulletin begins a
series of profiles of Soviet Jews who have
been denied permission to emigrate. The
profiles are based on information provided
by the South Florida Conference on Soviet
Jewry.

Dmitri and Tamara Golenko were so des—
perate to leave the Soviet Union that in
I976 they moved from Moscow to the city of
Tashkent -— more than 1,500 miles away --
in hopes that it would be easier to emi-
grate from there.

In 1979, the Golenkos along with their
son and daughter-in-law applied to emi—
grate. But while their son, Konstantin,
and his wife were allowed to leave, the
elder Golenkos were not.

Dmitri Golenko was born with the name
Ginsburg in 1932. But he was denied ad-
mission to a university in 1951 and told
he would never be admitted with such a
Jewish-sounding name. After changing his

name to Golenko, he was admitted to Moscow
State University, where he received a
doctorate in applied mathematics.

He eventually became a professor at
the Moscow Institute of Economics and
Statistics, a post he held until 1976.

Golenko got a teaching job at Tashkent,
but lost it as soon as he applied for a
visa. The visa was rejected without
official explanation, but he was told: ”We
are not so rich that we can afford to get
rid of scientists.”

Letters to ”refusniks” can be invalua-
ble in lifting their spirits. Letters to
the Golenkos may be addressed to:

UL. A0 —lyet Komsomola
Dom 39 ”B,” Kv. 35
Tashkent 700170
Uzbekistan SSR, USSR

COMMUNITY RELATIONS UPDATE

Vigorous activities by the Community
Relations Committee and the Faculty Asso—
ciation on Jewish Affairs at U.K. have re-
sulted in approval of an ”excused absence
policy” at the University which is sensi—
tive to religious differences. For many
years the University did not have a policy
which specified what was considered an
excused absence from class. After much
study, a university committee proposed that
only death in the immediate family, physi-
cian-documented illness and university-
associated activities be considered valid
reasons for absence.

When this proposed policy was circulated
to the faculty, David Wekstein and Ken
Germain, as chairmen of the Community Rela-
tions Committee and the Faculty Association
on Jewish Affairs (FAJA), co-signed a letter
to all Jewish faculty requesting they speak
to the senators from their colleges asking
them to support a proposal to include
religious holidays as a valid excused ab-
sence from class. The letter also re—
quested that faculty members go to the
senate meeting and express their concern
about the proposed policy.

At the meeting of the senate there was
enough discussion and controversy over
the motion that the senate tabled the issue
for later discussion.

The senate council (the governing body
of the university senate) asked if the
FAJA would draft its suggestion for an
absence policy. Under the guidance of

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JEWS
HAVE ALWAYS
RECEWED SPECIAL
TREATMENT
IN THE
SOVIET UNION.

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YURI'I‘ARNOPOLSKY— ANATOLYSHCHARANSKY— ALEKSANDR IOSIF BE(£UN-.—\rrt~sted ZAKHARZUNSHAIN~ IOSIFBERPZNSHT'EIIN—

Arrested March 15, 1983 for Arrested March 15, 1977 for KHOLMIANSKY—Arrested on March 51977for“parnsitism" Arrested March 4,198-H'or Arrested November 14. 19W.
“defamation of the Soviet state "treason“ and “espionage"and July 25. I934 for“hooliganism." sentenced to 2 years internal "hooliganism”and “anti—Soviet for “violently resisting thu
and social system" and senv ,entenced to 13 years. 3 years then sentenced to 1'5 years of exile.on May i7, 1975 for "inter- agitation and pmpagandn.“ authorities" and sentenced it.
tenced to 3 years in a labor imprisonment followed by 10 imprisonment for "illegal nal passport violations? sent- Sentenced to 3 years 4 years in a labor Clln‘lp.
camp. years speciaI regime Iubor possession 0! arms." enced to 3 years internal exile. imprisonment.

camp. on November 6. 1982 for "anti-

Soviet agitation and propa-
ganda? sentenced to 12 yearsﬂ
imprisonment.5 internal exile.

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Arrested June 11. 1985 [or Arrested June 1-1. 1984 for August 10. 1984 for “defama- Arrested November. 198-1 for Arrested January 12. 1983 for Arrested September 4. 1984
“defamation urthv Sovii-t “draft evasion," and sentenced tion of Soviet stute."und sen- “parasitism" and sentenced to "draft evasion." and sentenced for “drug possession" and st-n-
slllll’rtllld senti-nr't-d in il yt-nrs to 2 years imprisonment. tenced to 3 years imprisonment. 2 yours imprisonment. to 3 years in a labor ramp. tenced to 8 years imprminnu-ni

in a IllI)l|l‘ crimp.

Historically, there's always been a place for Jews in the the rights ofJews in the Soviet Union are frequently and

Soviet Union. In prisons, labor camps and exile. ﬂagrantly violated.
Today, despite great changes'in the Soviet Govemment. Are we to believe the current Soviet regime is com-
very little has changed for the SOVIet Jew. mitted to world peace when it shows such blatant disregard
Jewish homes are routinely ransacked by Soviet . for human rights?
Authorities. Jews are sent to .pnson on trumped-up charges. Today, as President Reagan meets with Soviet Foreign
And while emigration has dwmdled to a trickle, many of Minister Shevardnadze. we call on the Soviet Union to honour
those still bold enough to apply for em Visas are arrested by its pledge to end the persecution of two and a half million
the KGB and shipped off to labor camps. Soviet Jews.
Despite international agreements freely entered into If the Soviet Union wants credibility at the bargaining
by the Sowets, which guarantee baSic human rights, table, let them earn it.

Sponsored by the Coalition to Free Soviet Jews*

Representing 85 concerned organizations in New York Cily, Long Island. Weslchesler‘ Rockland and Bergen Counties

Coalilion to Free Soviet Jews, 8 W 40th St, NY, NY 10018,(2l2)35471316

2|illl|l"'V l'u- ( -|1'-|It.‘l Nv-w Vriik Comm-cm l‘ on Suvrcl erry

CHANUKAH ...................... conthmed

The blessings (B'rachot) for lighting
the candies are as follows:

While holding the lighted Shamash, before
lighting the menorah, the following two
B‘rachot are recited:

Baruch ata adonai elohenu melech ha-olam
asher kidshanu bemitzvotov vetzivanu
lehadlik ner shel Hanukah.

Praised are You, O Lord Our God, King of
the Universe who sanctified us with your at the Lexington Hearing 5 Speech Center
commandments and commanded us to kindle the 158 N- Ashland Avenue
lights of Hanukkah.

Baruch ata adonai elohenu melech ha—olam FU 8 6AM
she—asa nisim la—avosenu bayamim hahem N ES
bazman hazeh.

Praised are You, O Lord Our God, King of R F Elli E T l
the Universe who performed wondrous deeds E ii 8 i4 N S'
ior our fathers in arcier: days at this
uCGSOU. Parents: Please bring a wrapped surprise
_ _ gift for your child(ren) with his
W~e n rre‘ . i.; a . _ .
:de ui-l the illDC nlgllL odd. name. $3.00 limit.
mum“ ,, , ,
xgwnw Baruch ata adonai elonenu meiech na—olam
sheheheyanu vekimanu vehigianu iazman hazeh. RSVP
Praised are You, O Lord Our God, King of Ginny Luftman 223-5033,
Lb: Universe who kept us in life, sustained Terry Goldfarb 223-9521,
us, 2nd enabied us to reach Ki; season. or
i CKJA 252—7622
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H REVIFE FDR CHEESE LETKES
3 eggs Beat eggs together weii, add the milk and
L- i cup milk cheese. Sift dry ingredients together
<— , 1 cup pot (or dry cottage) cheese and add slowly to egg mixture, stirring
ddﬁhw 1 cup flour after each addition. When smooth and un-
wmmmml 1 tsp. baking powder lumpy, drop by spoonfuls into hot fat or
3 tsp. salt onto a medium high flame until the latkes

are golden brown (turn at least once, if
not cooking in deep oil). Serve with
maple syrup or preserves; or, for a
different taste, with freshly ground
pepper. Serves 3-5 peOple.

CENTRAL KENTUCKY JEWISH ASSOCIATlON NEWSLETTER

Gloria T. Katz, President David Green, Editor
Judith Saxe, M.S.W., Administrator Beth Altenkirch, Ofc. Manager
333 Waller Avenue, Suite 5, Lexington, Kentucky #050“ (606)252~7622

.erry

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UJA is Sponsoring a mission to Israel
from March 23 to April 2, 1986 for leaders
from small Jewish communities.

The trip will include briefings by
decision-makers, a visit to an immigrant
absorption center as well as stops through-
out the country.

The cost is $1,600 per person (double
occupancy) and includes airfare from New
York, hotels and most meals. Subsidies
are available from CKJA.

For further information contact the
CKJA office, 252-7622.

Following is some information on other
ways to see Israel:

J.
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Homtel Israel is offering a special
winter package starting at $879 per
person (double occupancy) for seven days,
which includes round-trip airfare from
New York, an apartment and a car. Infor-
mation is available by calling 1-800—
367—h668.

* UJA's Singles Mission is scheduled from
Jan. 12 to Jan. 22. For further infor—
mation: Geraldine Katz, 212—757—1500 or
CKJA Administrator Judy Saxe, 606-252—
7622.

* UJA's Young Leadership Cabinet mission,

open to men ages 25-h0, will be held

May 12-20 with two options for stopovers

beforehand.

I) Depart New York Wednesday, May 7,
for Warsaw and Cracow, Poland. Then to
Israel. Cost: $2,l50/person (double oc-
cupancy).

2) Depart New York Thursday, May 8,
for Madrid. Then to Israel. Cost:
$2,100/person (double occupancy).

3) Depart New York Sunday, May II,
for Israel. Cost: $1,765.

For further information contact Lori

Baron, 212-757—1500.

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL

Sfad, Israel -- Seeking to build on
nature's blessings of majestic mountains
and the serene Sea of Galilee, the Jewish
Agency settlement department plans to
devel0p Israel's upper Galilee as a major
overseas vacation center.

Moshe Gourelick, the Agency's upper
Galilee settlement director, said that 10
to 15 tourism-based Moshavim in this an-
cient city of 50,000 current residents
could be started in the next five years,
”more if funds are available“.

”Our budget is $16 million and we
initiate two to three new settlements a
year,” said Gourelick, whose region en-
compasses h00,000 acres west and south of
the border with Syria, well within Israel's
pre—1967 borders. ”For each additional
$l-I.5 million, we could initiate another
settlement. We could put $9 million more
to work within a year if we have it.”

Gourelick said tourism's deveIOpment in
Sfad would provide jobs for farm—reared
youngsters without non—agrarian skills;
diversify Israel's northern economy, which
is increasingly high-tech west of there
and north of Haifa; increase Jewish popula-
tion in Israel's north, down to less than
50 percent even counting the heavily-Jewish
cities of Nahariya and Acco; and encourage
Israelis to vacation and spend disposable
income at home.

Nearly all the ISO Galilee settlements,
including 50 under Agency care, have a mix
of economic activity, but overall the
economy of the Moshavim is agricultural.

The region's tourism prospects include
the Sea of Galilee, ideal for boating and
beachfront development, and framed by
beautiful mountains amenable to hiking,
climbing, picnicking and horseback riding.
Year-round temperatures are usually brisk
to warm and, Gourelick noted, ”there is no
rainfall from Pesach through Succot.”

American Jews can help convert blue-
prints into a vacation dreamland by contri—
buting to the Jewish Agency settlement
department through the United Jewish Appeal/
Federation Campaign, the main source of
Jewish Agency funds. Perhaps many of them
will come here to vacation, in time, and
will be able to say proudly, I'I helped
make this dream come true.”

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ELOSE TO HOME

Think of Hasidic Jews and you might
think of Brooklyn or Jerusalem. But
Rabbi Avrohom Litvin is giving Kentucky
Jews reason to think again.

Rabbi Litvin, a member of the Luba-
vitcher Hasidim, arrived in Louisville
earlier this year to make Kentucky his
home.

Rabbi Litvin is part of a nationwide
effort by the Lubavitchers to foster ”an
increasing, deeper appreciation of Judaism”
among all types of Jews, from the least
observant to the most traditional.

”Sometimes it means making a children's
program, trying to get an excitement to
Judaism; somedays it means speaking to a
runaway, trying to get her to go back home;
one day it means speaking to a Russian
immigrant trying to bolster his Jewish
feeling.”

Rabbi Litvin says he gets invitations
to Speak and has done so in Lexington.

But because he is a rabbi without a congre-
gation he sometimes has to make his own
“pulpit”.

In that spirit, he rigged up a truck as
a “Sukkot-mobile” and drove it to Lexington
to help Jews here celebrate that holiday.

In fact, he says he will do ”whatever it
takes to reach out to someone and say 'I'm
Jewish, you're Jewish, let's be Jewish to-
gether'.”

Rabbi Litvin said he doesn't see his
role as trying to ”convert” other Jews to
Hasidism —- an effort the Lubavitchers
undertake in varying degrees elsewhere.

And he says that Chabad - the name of his

group - reaches out to anyone who is Jewish.

”We drop terminologies,” Rabbi Litvan
says. ”We try not to look at reform or
conservative or orthodox, but rather Jew to
Jew, the essense, the core.

I'There's more to what makes us special
than separates us. Every Jew can do more,
I can do more, you can do more, we can do
more together.‘I

Nonetheless, there are some things that
make Rabbi Litvin different from the typi-
cal Kentucky Jew. Because he is a strict
observer of Jewish law, for example, he
will not shake hands with a woman.

But, he says, ”Because I won't come to
their house for supper and I won't shake

their hand, doesn't mean we can't be
friends.“

Rabbi Litvin said he would be hard-put
to concisely describe the difference be-
tween a Hasid and an orthodox Jew. He says
that in general a Hasid is ”somebody who
goes above and beyond the letter of the
law. If the law demands X and he gives
X and Y, this is called a Hasid.”

The Lubavitcher group has its head-
quarters in the Crown Heights section of
Brooklyn, N.Y., but it has established
operations throughout the country.

Kentucky is the 38th state in which
Chabad has established itself, Rabbi
Litvan says.

While he says he doesn't find it diffi-
cult to maintain an observant life in
Louisville -- there is a butcher, a baker
and mikva -— ”There is definitely a change,
there is culture shock.“

“But then again, the people are here and
Judaism doesn't end at the Hudson.”

Rabbi Litvan, who will say only that he
is in his late '205, lives in Louisville

with his wife, Golda, their toddler son,
Shmula, and newborn son, Chaim.

He grew up in Boston and was educated
in Canada, New Jersey and New York. His
wife is from Pittsburgh and is also very
active in Chabad's new work in Kentucky.

The Litvins, the rabbi says, intend to
make Louisville their home -- at least
”temporarily until the Messiah comes.

It's not that long.”

BOLIVIAN CITY ELECTS JEW

La Paz (JTA) - A Jewish legislator,

Jose Brecher, has for the first time be-
come a member of the Bolivian Chamber of
Deputies, the World Jewish Congress re—
ported recently.

According to the Latin American branch
of the WJC, the 31-uear-old Brecher, whose
father is a Holocaust survivor, was elected
with both Jewish and non-Jewish votes in
the city of Cochabamba. In all of Bolivia
the Jewish population does not exceed
1,000 persons, and there are small com—
munities in La Paz, Cochabamba. and Santa
Cruz de la Sierra.

Brecher has publicly taken positions in
favor of Israeli causes. He chaired the
Keren Kayemet in Cochambamba and initiated
the planting of a Bolivia forest in Israel.

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The Kennedy-Heinz resolution urging
the Administration not to sell additional
sophisticated weaponry to Jordan unless
and until it agrees to enter into direct
negotiations with lsrael was submitted
recently on Capitol Hill.

Kentucky Senators Wendell Ford and
Mitch McConnell were co-signers.

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BELGIAN JEW NAMES TO POST

Brussels (JTA) — King Baudouin of
Belgium recently appointed a Jewish dip-
lomat to serve as ”Grand Marechal de la
Cour”, the equivalent of Chief of Protocol
of the Royal Court and head of the King‘s
civil list and court administration.

Sylvian Frey, 62, a member of a Jewish
family in Antwerp, was appointed to what
is one of the highest official posts in
the country. He will assume his post in
December.

Frey, a career diplomat, has served up
till now as the Belgian Ambassador in
Dublin and has occupied various top-level
posts at the Foreign Ministry.