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Camp Shalom and Camp Gesher
are winding up the first week of
the 2007 session. Enrollment has
been very good this year and a
multitude of activities have been
planned. Don’t miss out on all the
fun: hurry and call the CKJF office
to sign up for the second week!

That week—August 6 through
9—will feature a special guest.
Einat Divir, an Israeli shlichah (emis-

sary), will be a staff member for
Week 2 of camp. Einat is 21 years
old and has served in the Army and
Navy in Israel. She studied theater
and literature in high school and
has worked with children teach-
ing drama classes. She has also
done volunteer work with children
with disabilities. Einat’s visit to the
United States has been arranged
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see Camp, page 7
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John and Paula Frank

relate tales of escape
Road to us. in 403 fraught with peril

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By Mary lfngel

A box of Cuban cigars saved John Frank’s life.

That was 66 years ago, but the journey that took him
from Nazi Germany in 1934 to the United States in
1943 seems as fresh in his 93-year-old mind as if it
all happened yesterday. To John, it might as well
have. Such things, he says, you never forget.

John Frank and Paula, his wife of 61 years, have lived in
Lexington since 2002. They moved here to be near one

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of their two sons, Daniel, a profes-
sor at the University of Kentucky,
and four of their seven grandchil-
dren. (Another son, Leonard, and
his family live in Israel.) But two
years aftet his parents’ arrival,
Daniel Frank, after 24 years at UK,
accepted an offer from Purdue
University and moved his fam-

ily to Indiana. His parents decided
to remain in Lexington, in their
home at Richmond Place.

John Frank was born in 1914 in
Germany. His family lived in
Cologne, where his father was a law—
yer and a grandfather was a rabbi.

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Linda Ravvin elected new president, Volunteer

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On June 27, the Central Kentucky
Jewish Federation held its annual
meeting at the corporate offices at
the Chinoe Center. The program
started with a report by outgoing
president Marty Barr, who reviewed
the changes introduced in the func-
tioning of the Board of Directors to
promote more active and participa—
tory meetings. He then reported pos-
itive developments in almost every
area of the organization, culminating
with improved, cooperation among
the different local Jewish organiza-
tions, as highlighted by the joint pro-
grams on Martin Luther King Day,
Yom Hashoah, and Yom Ha’Atzmaut.
He also highlighted the reactiva-
tion of the Community Relations
Committee and its growing activity
in representing the Jewish commu-
nity on issues of public concern.

Following Marty, Executive Director
Daniel Chejfec gave a brief report
on the state of world Jewry and the

 

     

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situation in Israel. He pointed out
the importance of every member of
the Jewish community’s taking to
heart the lyrics of the old pioneer :
song, “Anu banu artza lib’not u’leibanot
ba”—”We came to the land to rebuild
it and to be rebuilt by it,” meaning
that we need to continue our efforts

see Annual meeting, page 3