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Joan Adrian in honor of
Esther Elizabeth and
Hannah Ruth Brazin.

Rose and Harriet Brazin in
memory of Ben Cohen and
Ruth Feld Cohen.

Dr. and Mrs. Charles
Schwartz in memory of Jacob
Gold,

Helen Goldfarb in memory of
Ben Goldfarb.

CCNTRIBUTICV‘

'eg and Marvin Bing in :ahti‘s fund

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Rosenstein. Frieda Weinberg

her husband ,
Flower Fund 7 7 .
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Carol and Rick Arenstein in appreciation of the rabbi,
memory of Gilbert Arenstein.

Marilyn Lieber in memory of
Richard Balmer.

 

333 WALLER AVENUE M5
LEXINGTON KY 40504
606—254-8815

TEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL

WILLIAM J. LEEFLER
Rabbi

MR. JOSEPH H. MILLER
President
MRS. MORRIS A. BRAZIN

First Vice President

DR. IRA P. MERSACK
Second Vice President

DR. NAT H. SANDLER
Secretary

MRS. MAURICE HYMSON
Treasurer

JANUARY 13

Rabbi Gary Zola, National Director of Advisors and
Student Affairs at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati,
will be our seCOnd Scholar in Residence this year. Eahri
Zola will talk with members of the Senior Group and their

parents from 6:30 to 8:0D p.m. at Ohavay Zion "nagogue on

the tOpic, "A Look At Contemporary American Anti—Semitism”_

He will talk with the congregation after services on the
topic, "Christian Fundamentalists And The Jewish State:
Mixed Blessing?",

Rabbi Zola is a native of Chicago. he has served as
ASSistant Director of the Olin—Sang—Ruhy Union Institute
in Wisconsin and Regional Director of the Chicago Federa—
tion of Temple Youth and the Northern Federation of Temple
Youth. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and
holds a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology
from Northwestern University. Rabbi Zola was ordained at
Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in June of 1982,

 

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l984 — 5744

January 6, 1984

 

There are many indicators of a good community in which
to live - the quality of its schools, the extent of medical
services, economic stability, available housing, a good
lihrary. in addition, there is another quality that is
important, but which is often overlooked, and that is the
n ern it whows for those people who are the unfortunates

ife.
n the }a“ .3.“ p \3 ‘ ?; \ ‘ called "bums”. To—
day we are 1": _,n a” an refer to them as ”street

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geogle”. lack a job, an adCQuate place to line,
ordinary med attention, {roger clothing, most of the
amenities th y ‘ and 7 take for granted.

tie ”omrunity Y' ‘hl. _ince
. » :,, . ,-u.. ,3.-. :u H,at tisv"ae
really did not know or understand the extent of the prob—
lem, Today we know more. The Kitchen does not just feed
people, as was its initial purpose, but provides rudimen—
tary health care, clothing, showers, job and Spiritual
counseling, and other human need services. It has grown
into a facility with which I am proud to be associated.

The middle of December the Kitchen was broken into and
robbed of food for its Christmas dinner. The media learned
what had happened and publicized the loss. Within hours
the outpouring of concern was overwhelming and the loss was
made up many times over. I personally know of members of
our congregation who contributed up to $100 each to help in
this emergency. The director of the Kitchen told me that
it will take weeks for her to be able to thank all of the
people who responded to the situation.

I always try to turn unfortunate situatiOns around and
find something worthwhile in them. The break in and rob—
bery of the Kitchen were certainly unfortunate. But the
response of the people of Lexington to what happened, the
outpouring of care and concern, was overwhelming to an ex-
treme. This kind of behavior on the part of so many wonder—
ful people deserves to be publicized, as it is just One
more indication of what Lexington is truly like, one more
reason for believing Lexington is a good place in which to

live.

I have bee L

William J. Leffler
Rabbi

 

 

Worship Services

 

Worship Services
January l3, 8:00 p.m. at
Qhavay Zion Synagogue

Rabbi Sary Zola, Scholar
in Residence, will speak
to the congregation on
the tOpic, ”Christian

Tundamentalists And The

Jewish State: a Mixed
Blessing?"

VAHRZEIT

Philip Aberson
Justin Bing
Smwled

Jennie Cohen

Dr. J.M. Fine

Leah Goodman
Nathan Grossman
Lilly Ades Mickler
Louis Rosenstein
Robert Rosenstein
Steven Richard Rozen (Ricky)
Marie Salmon

Mrs. Al Smitha
Lillian SOpkin
Herschel Weil
Ruben Weisenberg

 

SISTERHOOD

The Sisterhood Board
will meet at 9:45 a.m. on
January 16 at 2136 Island
Drive.

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Presidenlk

N0. 18 1/6/84

TRIBUTE TO CHARLES STETN

By the time we pay trib—
ute to those who have
worked, it is often after
the fact and, in some
cases, too late for the
person to know that we
really cared. I do not
tend to let
the case of
and thou ugrt
a few «0 -£s cur-
to sinGle out and recognize
a man who has meant so much
to us in our building pro—
ject.

when Charlie Stern be-
came President of the con-
gregation, he vowed that he
was going to make the re—
building of our Temple th
promissory goal of his ten-
ure in office. Throughout
the two years of his al‘in—
istration, Charlie brought
up the subject at every
meeting until it became, at
last, the first priority of
the congregation.

Chuck Gorodetzky's first
appointment as President,
following Charlie, was to
appoint Charlie as Chairman
of the Renewal for the
Future Committee. With
responsibility over the two
subcommittees which were to
raise funds for the project
and to select an architect
and be responsible for the
design and construction of
the building, Charlie began
a project which still con—
sumes his life on a daily
basis. When I became Presi-
dent, and we were required,
pursuant to the terms of
our contract with our con—
struction manager, to des-
ignate a Temple representa—
tive to be in day—to—day
contact with the construc—
tion manager, the natural

choice was Charles Stern.
If I had to hazard a

guess, I would say that

Charlie probably attends,

on the average,

meetings a week

ction manac er as
h1;ck Sorodetzk
numerous

that we

countless
Charlie' 5 knowledge of
every detail of the project
is amazing and I can verify
fliis fact.

80 I think it
in this first bulletin or
the year in 'which we will
be back in our remodeled
and raii‘itc? Facilit“

particular tribute to a
man who has done so much
for us and whose devotion
to a Vision will soon be
realized.

Best regards,

Joseph H. Miller

 

BROTHERHOOD NEWS

Temple Brotherhood is
pursuing the idea of estab—
lishing a Brotherhood in—
vestment club with the help
of Tomas Milch. More infor—
mation will be available at
the next meeting.

BEST NISHESE

Best wishes for a Speedy
recovery to Pat Richmanl

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in the fourth session.
To register, please call M Nat sandler

Lauren Weinberg at 277—4434. Robert Scher

Michael Lerner

COLLEGE PROGRAMS
iN ISRAEL Stanley Scher

The UAHC's College Depart—
ment is announcing its 1984—
1985 Israel programs. If you
are a college age student and
interested in credit or non-
credit programs in Israel,
step by the Temple office for
more information.

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Mrs. Myron Katz
Mrs. John Loventhal
Mrs. Robert Sch
Mrs. Stanley Scher

 

 JANUARY CALENDAR

Ohavay Zion Synagogue
Ohavay Zion Synagogue
xTY meeting To he Announced

Scholar in Residence 6: 0
Worship Services 8:
Sisterhood Board neeting ‘2‘: (,5. “ 1’ Island Drive

‘ havay Zion Synagoguy
senior Citizen Zenter
Ohavay Zion Synagogue
330 Waller Avenue

Worship Services
Blood Drive

 

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL NEWS

Tu B'Shvat - While we here in Kentucky experience the coldest part of the winter in Janu-
aryT—the’Jews of Israel celebrate Tu B'Shvat (the 15th of the month of Shvat), the New Year
of the Trees. The severe rains that characterize winter in Israel subside during this month,
and subtle changes, heralding the onset of Spring, are evident. Grass begins sprouting,
trees start blooming, the migratory birds begin returning. The farmers of ancient Israef
were attuned to these changes and celebrated it as the New Year of the Trees.

Jews have continued to celebrate this holiday in various ways throughout the centuries.
Modern Israelis have revived many of the traditions of the Jews of ancient Israel, mainly
planting trees on this day.

When the State of Israel was created in 1948, one of the first great tasks was the

planting of trees to conserve soil, provide shade on the desert and provide much needed wood.

Since that time, over 130 million trees have been planted.

We here in the United States observe Tu B‘Shvat by contributing to the Jewish National
Fund which plants young trees in Israel. This year we are completing the project of our
part of the Youth Forest in the American Bicentennial National Park in Israel. This park
is at Beit Shemesh, twenty—five miles from Jerusalem.

Each tree is $5.00 and they are often planted in memory or in honor of a loved one.
Janet Campbell‘s fifth graders are in charge of this project and money may be turned over
to them.

 

 

TEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL
333 WALLER AVENUE #5
LEXINGTON KY 40504

606—254—8815 PAID
IAHNWW.KL
Form“ No. 67
WILLIAM J. LEFFLER .
Rabbi

hurantom.
U.8.Huuge

MR. JOSEPH H. MILLER
President

MRS. MORRIS A. BRAZIN
First Vice President

DR. IRA P. MERSACK
Second Vice President

DR. NAT H. SANDLER

Secretary RETURN REQUESTED

MRS. MAURICE HYMSON TIME VALUE
Treasurer DATED MATERIAL

TEMPLE
ADATH ISRAEL
BULLETIN

 

NO. 20 1984 — 5744

 

 

FROM THI RABBI'S STUDV

I have already shared with you some of the highlights
and concerns discussed at the recent UAHC Biennial in
Houston. home which I have not yet mentioned were the ses—
sions on the Synagogue as a caring community. This c0ncept,
which is relatively new in specifics, but very old in con-
cept, is intended to meet many of the personal, human needs
of members of congregatiOns, to fulfill the Mitzvah of
"caring".

The need for a "caring community" has become more and
more important to us. In prior years, when our society was
less mobile, families and friends of long standing were
usually available to fill this function. Today, when our
society is so very transient, the needs are still present,
but the extended family is often not present in the com-
munity.

This is our situation today as a congregation. In years
past, before Lexington grew so very rapidly, most everyone
in the congregation knew each other and insured that fami~
lies had support systems to meet emergency needs. Today
many of our members are here without such support systems
and, even if there are persons to offer such help, at times
it is not adequate to the problems.

With this awareness, I am pleased that we are now be—
ginning to see what our congregation can do to develop a
"caring community". To this end, I have met with Jeff
Kessler, the Chairperson of our Adult Education Committee,
to begin mapping out areas of possible concern for us to
consider. Among them are helping people in times of death
or divorce, integrating neWComers into our congregation,
visiting in hOSpitals and nursing homes, driving members to
functions or appointments, being foster grandparents, etc.

No decisions have yet been made. We want to hear from
you. If you are interested in participating in this new
facet of Temple life, please let me know. Share your
thoughts and concerns with me. Sometime next month, we
shall have an initial meeting of those persons interested
in being involved. Let me hear from you before then.

William J. Leffler
Rabbi

 

January 13, I984

 

Worship Services

 

Worship Services
January 20, 8:00 p.m. at
Ohavay Zion Synagogue

VAHRZEIT

Rebecca Effron

Simon Eldot

Abraham J. Feinberg
Bessie Fox

Joseph Goldman

Alice Gutmann

Herbert R. Linick
Moishe Lazarus

Sarah Lazarus

I. Jay Miller, Jr,
Morgan Frumberg Miller
Rose Samson

Bess Shraberg

David Shraberg

Isabel Siegel
Nannette Wile Strauss
Helen Vinocur

Philipp Wurmser

Celia F. Abraham

 

BLOOD DRIVE

B'nai B'rith and Sister—
hood will hold a blood drive
at 9:30 a.m. on January 29
at the Blood Bank on Waller
Avenue.

 

 Presidenf's Spof

N0. l9 1/13/84

ARZA: AN UPDATE

For many, if not most of
us, the existence, perpetu—
ation and continuation of
the State of Israel occupies
that special kind of rela—
tionship that we reserve
only to those to whom we are
closest. Our devotion to
Israel must be unfailing but
that devotion must be tem—
pered, in some instances, by
our own self interests.

Take a look around our
own congregation. The rate
of intermarriage is enormous
and yet what is so reassuring
in the face of intermarriage
is the fact that so many of
those who have intermarried
have chosen to raiSe their
children as Jews. Did you
know that in the State of
Israel many of the children
of these intermarriages,
even though the mother may
have undergone conversion,
are not accepted as Jews due
to the national policy of
Israel, imposed by the
Orthodox party, that mater—
nal lineage governs the re—
ligion of the child?

I, for one, do not intend
to merely obserVe this dis—
tortion of the higher prin—
ciples of Jewish thought and
learning to pass unnoticed,
and for that reason I joined
the Association of Reform
Zionists of America.

ARZA, as it is known, has
been active in attempting to
deal with worldwide Jewish
organizations to resolve
both the problems referred
to above as well as other
problems in the State of
Israel. At the UAHC Bien—
nial last November, the UAHC
National Board passed the
following resolution:

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that our congregations act
to convince their local
FederatiOns and Council of
Jewish Federations and Wel—
fare Funds to bring pressure
upon the World ZiOnist
Organization, the United
Jewish Appeal, the Jewish
Agency and the Government
of Israel to: a.) cease
the politicization of the
distribution of funds which
has resulted in disprOpor-
tionate support for Ortho—
dox institutions; and b.)
commence distribution of
funds for religious, educa—
tional, and social welfare
purposes in a balanced pro-
portion among the major
streams of Judaism.

I would urge you, as
members of this congrega—
tion, to support ARZA by
joining its membership.
While our support for Isra-
el cannot waiver, we can
and must do what we are a
able to make Israel repre-
sentative of all Jews.

Best regards?

Sincerely,

Joseph H. Miller

 

Save the Date!

GET READY FOR
THE GREAT CREPE ESCAPE

Brotherhood, Sisterhood
and the Temple Membership
Committee will be jointly
sponsoring a crepe dessert
party. It will take place
at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday,
February 4, at the Green—
house Apartments Clubhouse.
Be sure to save the date!
More details to follow.

 

CONGRATULATIONSi

Congratulations to Keitha
and Stan Isenstein on the
birth of their granddaughter,
Mai'tal Kennedy, born on Jan-
uary 3 to Devorah and Mark
Kennedy!

 

The latest
from Sisterhood

SISTERHOOD DUES
ALL MEMBERS:

Please send your 1983 —
1984 dues for $15.00 to
Marilyn Lieber, Financial
Secretary, 328 Henry Clay
Boulevard, Lexington, KY,
4hr“:

.

 

ALL COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS;

The Budget and Finance
Committee is now planning
the l984-l985 Temple Budget.
Please submit your budget
requirements by March l,
l984. Along with your
budget, please include all
programming you hope to do
next year.

Rick Arenstein,
Chairperson

Ben Kaufmann,
Co-Chairperson

CHRISTIAN-JEWISH DIALOGUE

The third series‘of the
pOpular NCCJ interfaith dis-
cussions will begin Tuesday
evening, January 24th, and
run for six consecutive
Tuesdays.

Co—leaders will be Betty
Daniell who teaches Com-
parative Religion at Midway
College, and Arthur Salomon,
a new member of the NCCJ
Board of Directors.

The first two interfaith
sessions, held last fall and
spring, were so appealing to
participants that they have
formed an "alumni group",
which will meet for discus~
sions four times a year.
Coordinators from those two
groups are Susan Davis, mem—
ber of First Methodist
Church, and Alberta Gerson,
member of the KCCJ Board and
Temple Adath Israel.

The discussons beginning
in January will follow a
format that provides a con-
genial atmosphere for par—
ticipants to share experi—
ences of both interfaith
understanding and misunder—
standing, and to clarify
stereotypes gathered through
the years. Two pamphlets,
"Home for Christians” and
”Homework for Jews” will be
used as a basis for some of
the discussions. A panel
of three clergy will be in*
vited to answer questions
in the fourth session.

To register, please call
Lauren Weinberg at 277—4434,

COLLEGE PROGRAMS
IN ISRAEL

The UAHC's College Depart—
ment is announcing its 1984—
1985 Israel programs. If you
are a college age student and
interested in credit or non-
credit programs in Israel,
stop by the Temple office for
more information.

 

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MITZVAH CORPS

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MITZVAH CORPS

The next Mitzvah Corps
meeting will be on Tuesday,
January 24, at l2:00 noon at
the new Iexington Senior
Citizen Center on Nicholas—
ville Road (easy parking!).

Rabbi Leffler will speak
to us about his recent trip
to Israel and the "Big in
Israel“. Bring a friend. It
should prove to be very in-
teresting.

You bring your brown bag
lunch; we provide the bev—
erage.

Lore, Ruth and Carolyn

 

GUCI

GOLDMAN UNION
CAMP INSTITUTE

Enroll your child at the
Goldman Union Camp Institute
in Zionsville, Indiana, for
fourth through eighth
graders.

Give your child a four-
week experience of the arts
and athletics, all encom—
passed by a creative Jewish
atmOSphere.

The camp fills up quick—
ly - enroll your child now.
For more information
contact Rabbi Ronald Klotz,

Goldman Union Camp Instie
tute, 9340 Moore Road,
Zionsville, Indiana, 46077,
Brochures/applications may
be picked up at the Temple
office.

 

Many Thanks

CONTRIBUTIONS

Rabbi's Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frommer
in memory of Rabbi Sidney
Ballon.

Mr, and Mrs. Morris Rozen in
memory of their son, Ricky.

Library Epgd

Rose and Harriet Brazin in
memory of Jack J. Cohen and
Fannie Cohen.

I.A. Paritz Memorial Fund

 

 

Allen Paritz in memory of
bus. Belle Novak.

Tzedakah Fund

Judy and Nat Sandler in honor
of the birth of Michael
Porter Goldsmith.

Flower Fund

Cookie Wenneker in memory of
Edward Sulkin.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Darmstadter
in memory of Elsa Darmstadter.

Carolyn B. Weinberger in
memory of Moritz J. Bleier.

Dr. Joseph Hamburg in memory
of Thomas Hamburg.

Sam Rosenstein in memory of
Rita Louise Morris.

Building Fund

Sieg and Marvin Bing in honor

of Hilda Abraham's 85th birth—
day.

 

 

 RELIGIOUS SCHOOL NEWS

Vicki Pettus' six graders discuss current events each week — events which a
Jews either directly or indirectly. They were very concerned about lsrael ur.
about Lebanon and the constant fighting there. Because of their concern, tn"
letter to Prime Minister Shamir of Israel. Mrs. Pettus received a resprnse
Z.H. Hurwitz, Adviser to the Prime Minister:

Dear Vicki:

Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has asked me to thank you for your greetings
and good wishes. He was glad to hear that you are interested in Israel and
discuss our situation here.

Indeed, we are all deeply distressed over the unnecessary loss of life.
Israel is a peace~loving country and we have made great sacrifices to achieve
peace with our neighbors. We continue striving for that goal.

Prime Minister Shamir wishes the children at your school a happy Yom
Ha'atzmout.

Shalom,

Z.H. Hurwitz

Tu B'Shevat is the ”New Year of Trees”, a time when Israelis take to the hills and open
spaces to plant trees with their own hands. It is a holiday of joy and tribute attesting to
the special significance of trees in the building of the land of Israel.

By purchasing trees we learn to keep alive and nourish the Jewish tradition of God's
beautiful gift to man, the tree. Trees are $5.00 and they can be planted in memory or in
honor of someone. Janet Campbell's fifth graders are in charge of this project and will be
collecting money for these trees until February 22, 1984. Please make your check payable to
Hadassah and return them to the fifth grade class, or call Janet Campbell at 269-9143.

The Religious School has been celebrating this holiday in many ways. The second and third
graders had a small ”tasting party" to celebrate Tu B'Shevat. Ivery student from the third
grade brought in a fruit which is grown in Israel. The fruit was cut up into small pieces
and each child tasted a bit of everything. The students were then required to fill out a
chart on the fruits they liked and didn't like. For many students, it was the first time
eating dates, figs, almonds, pears, Olives, grapes and other fruits. The students really
enjoyed eating the special fruit of Israel's trees and learning about the traditions of In
B'Shevat.

 

TEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL ___n
333 WALLER AVENUE #5 Non-Profit Org.
LEXINGTON KY 40504 U.8.H”uwe

606—254—8815 PA ' 0
Lemma. Ky.
"I'm". ND. 67
WILLIAM J. LEFFLER -

Rabbi

MR. JOSEPH H. MILLER
President

MRS. MORRIS A. BRAZIN
First Vice President

DR. IRA P. MERSACK
Second Vice President

DR. NAT H. SANDLER

Secretary RETURN REQUESTED

TIME VALUE
DATED MATERIAL

MRS. MAURICE HYMSON
Treasurer

TEMPLE
ADATH ISRAEL
BULLETIN

 

 

Vol. ST No. 2T l984 - 5744

FROM THE RABBI’S STUUV

I was in Washington, D.C., earlier this month for library
meetings, and while there also had a day long meeting at
B'nai B'rith headquarters dealing with Jews in prison. As
the Jewish chaplain at the Federal Prison here, this is a
concern of mine. More specifically, I have been unhappy
because I have had no national Jewish support system.

There has not been a national Jewish organization to whom I
could turn for information, supplies, or assistance on a
regular basis, though some regional organizations have been
helpful in specific areas.

B'nai b'rith, through its Community Volunteer Services
Commission, has encouraged its lodges to serve Jews in
prison. However, their efforts have met with limited suc-
Iwnmission is from Vivhigan City.
Indiana, where his lodge has fifteen members who are in the
state prison there. He shared with us what they have done
and encouraged our discussion of the subject and what might
be done to address the situation in a more effective fash—
ion.

1 was very pleased with the outcome of the meeting. A
number of p0sitive suggestions emerged. I hope that the
B'nai B'rith Commission, when it meets at the end of March,
will approve these new programs and that the American
Jewish community will begin to show great concern and sup-
port for Jews who find themselves incarcerated. Whether
we approve or disapprove of what they did is of lesser im—
portance than the fact that they are still Jews and we need
to show our concern for them as co—religionists.

€6.93". l'lt‘ .iltill‘Ilrlll of In»!

William J. Leffler
Rabbi

 

CONTRIBUTIONS
General Fund Rabbi's Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Roseman
in appreciation of the rabbi.

Sharon and Ken Pyles in
appreciation of the rabbi.
Building Fund

Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E.
Miller in memory of Mrs. Max
Kraus and Mrs. Harry Gordon.

In memory of Adolph Davis
from his family.

 

 

January 20, 1984

 

Worship Services

 

Worship Services
January 27, 8:00 p.m. at
Ohavay Zion Synagogue

Rabbi William J. Leffler
will conduct the service

Sermon - It Is The Doing
That Counts

VAHRZEZT

George Cohen
Leon Eskenazi
Howard Alan Gerson
Gilbert Levy

Dan Metzler, Jr.
Hattie Gordon

Ed Mickler

Gus Milner
Lillian K. Paritz
Nathan Rattner
Fannie B. Winters
Sam Zuckman

 

In Memoniam

Adoflph DaviA

Januany 12, 1984

 

 

 Presideni's Spot

COMMENT ON ”GENOCIDE"

On Sunday evening, Janu-
ary 8, the Sisterhood,
Brotherhood and Youth Group
sponsored the first showing
of the movie "Genocide'' in
Lexington.

This Academy Award win-
ning documentary was pro—
duced by the Simon
Weisenthal Center and is a
compelling and moving his-
tory of the Holocaust
contains many still photo—
graphs and movies which
have not reached the public
eye and the effect on the
viewer is overwhelming.
After the movie was over,
the theater emptied to an
altogether silent crowd
which is certainly a testa—
ment to the impact the
movie had on the viewers.

I would estimate that
the number attending the
movie was about 150 people.
Both Channels l8 and 36
provided news coverage of
the sponsorship of the
movie and it was determined
at the last Board meeting
that we would probably ob—
tain a video tape of the
film to keep in the Temple
library for use by Temple
members.

There are those who ar-
gue that they have seen
enough films about the
Holocaust and have read
enough books on the subject.
When you see a movie like
"Genocide”, however, it
convinces you that it is
only through constant re-
minder that an event of
such tragic proportions can
ever hope to be avoided
again. The complacency and
passivity of the German
population, and then their
resultant inability to stop
the rise of the Third Reich,

it

is an occasion which could
very easily happen anywhere
again, including in this
country.

I would encourage you to
see the movie ”GenocideH
when it again shows, and to
take a friend with you on
this occasion. Many thanks
to the Sisterhood, Brother—
hood and Youth Group for
sponsoring such a worthwhile

ax, Li‘ll

Sincerely.

CARING COMMUNITY

The Adult Education Com-
mittee is soliciting the
participation of members of
the congregation in the new
eiicrt to iorm a ”Caring
Committee”. Everyone is
invited and welcome to par-
ticipate. So far no spe*
cific programs have been
decided, but we have many
options in which we as a
congregation can show each
other in a more organized
fashion that we ”careH tor
each other - through hospi—
tal visits, driving members
to meetings, being present
in times of stress or grief,
integrating new members,
etc.

If y0u are interested in
participating in this im—
portant and new facet of
congregational life, call
Jeff Kessler at 269-3247
(home) or 272—6023 (work),
or call Rabbi Leffler at
254-8815 today.

Sometime in February,
there will be a meeting of
all interested members to
discuss and decide on what
directiOn we should take.

 

SISTERHOOD BLOOD DRIVE

Sunday, January 29. 1984

9:30 a.m.
Central Kentucky Blood Bank

The January Blood Drive
will include a free break-
fast for donors ($3.5U for
non-donors) and {our guest
speakers, students lrom Ar-
gentina, india and R’mania.

‘li syeik '
in othel jundm.

Lhis program is in con-
junction with B'nai h'rith.
All donations will be cred-
ittxd t<\ tsxe ixuiix'idiial
organization's account, bu
please mention if you are a
member of Sisterhood or
B'nai B'rith.

We have three iames on
the Sisterhood Blood Donor
Honor Roll: Carrie Cooker,
Paul Cooker, Steven Kocen.
We pledged 28 pints; we now
have 18.

When you give blood, you
give life! Please join us
on January 29th!

Your chairman ,

Lore Pappas

 

LEXTY NEWS

Big plans for LEXTY in
upcoming months. We're
having great new programing
in social and educational
areas. Big meeting on Janu—

ary 22nd which will cover the

rebirth of anti—Semitism and

will spark our new membership

drive. Any person in 8—l2th
grade who reads this and is
not currently a member of
LEXTY should contact Marc
Lerner at 278-7921, or bring
512.00 to the next meeting
for dues.

 

 

Great C

e Escape

‘REAT CREPE ESCAPE
DESSERT PARTY)

Saturday, February 4, l984
8:00 p.m.

Greenhouse Apartments Clubhouse
(3543 Tates Creek Road)

FOR NEW AND OLD TEMPLE MEMBERS

. Membership Committee
.I Brotherhood
.I. Sisterhood

RSVP by February I
Debbi Eber 272—1949
Austin Cantor 269—9ll2
Temple Office 254—88l5

to Sreenhouse Clubhouse, 3543 Tates Creek Road:

Follow Tates Cree} Road outside of New Circle, past Kirklevington Drive; the
entrance to the S eenhouse Clubhouse is on the right, Drive up the driveway
and the ClubhOLSe is the stone house at the top of the hill. Park and you're

there!

 

 CONTRIBUTIONS

Building Fund

Dr. and Mrs. Ira Mersack in
memory of Gussee Gordon.

Mr. and Mrs. lrring
Rosenstein in memory of her
brother, Morton R. Sarett.

Hilda Abraham in memory of
Isadore Abraham.

Library Fund

Rose and Harriet Brazin in
memory of Jennie Cohen and
Adolph Davis.

Rabbi's Fund

Louise Waterman in memory
of Bob Waterman.

Flower Fund

Dr. and Mrs. Nat Sandler in
memory of Elissa Ann Sandler.

Helen Lowenthal in memory of
her mother, Lillian Sopkin.

Sieg Bing in memory of Justin
Bing.

Sam G. Rosenstein in memory
of Louis Rosenstein.

 

TEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL
333 WALLER AVENUE #5
LEXINGTON KY 40504
606—254—8815

WILLIAM J. LEFFLER
Rabbi

MR. JOSEPH H. MILLER
President

MRS. MORRIS A. BRAZIN
First Vice President

DR. IRA P. MERSACK
Second Vice President

DR. NAT H. SANDLER
Secretary

MRS. MAURICE HYMSON
Treasurer

FEBRUARY CALENDAR

:00 .m. ‘ ava'
9:00 ..m. -43 ““ *t Cree: Rd.
:30 g.‘. .>x

Speech Center

. . V .
.30 ‘.m. Lexington 1earing and

Speech Center
Social Concerns Temple Office
Committee Meeting
Board of Trustees
Meeting
Caring Committee
Meeting
Worship Services
Sisterhood Board
Meeting
Sisterhood Luncheon ': . . 424 Adair Road
Worship Services
CRJA Forum
Worship Services
Mitzvah Corps
Meeting

Temple office

Temple Office

3482 Castleton Way N.

Ohavay Zion Synagogue
Ohavay Zion Synagogue
Ohavay Zion Synagogue
Senior Citizen Center

 

TC B'SHEVAT - TREE PURCHASE

Trees are $5.00 and they can be planted in memory of or in

honor of someone. Janet Campbell's fifth graders are in
charge of this project and will be collecting money for the
trees until February 22. Please make your check payable to
Hadassah and return orders and checks to the fifth grade
class, or call Janet Campbell at 269—9145.

 

Ron-Prom Org.
U. 8. Poona
PIXID
WW. Ky.

Permit No. 67

RETURN REQUESTED
T INS VALUE
DATED MATERIAL

Synagogue

in >. Hearing and

Ohavay Zion Synagogue

TEMPLE
ADATH ISRAEL
BULLETIN

 

January 27, l984

 

FKCH in RASBZ'S STUDV

This past week i participated in a panel discussion for
social workers and dieticians on the topic of renal dialysis
and the bioethical and legal problems that this medical
technique presents. lhere Were four presenters and each one
of us stated that there were no easy answers to the problems
that confront the person working in this area of modern
medical technology.

1 was pleased with this type of agreement, not so much
because it is nice when people agree, but because we live in
a society that tends to want to find the answars to life's
questions and is often uncomfortable with a lack of answers.

From a Jewish viewpoint, the lack of answers is not un-
usual. We have long responded to a question with another
question. We are not catechistic. however, historically,
Christianity has tended to seek answers and be less com—
fortable when they are absent and this tendency is rein-
forced by our academic system which ususally has answers to
all questions on a test.

Uur endience heard what we panelists had to say. They
have dealt with life's difficult and often unanswerable
questions. They seemed to appreciate our reinforcing their
experiences, perhaps because we often are uncomfortable with
the reply, ”I don't know”, and are unsure whether it is
appropriate.

I came away from this discussion with my views of Judaism
reinforced. it is cur search for meaning in life through
Judaism that is far more important than our finding the
answers. Judaism is the challenge, the opportunity. We
don't have to ”find” it. But we do need to seek it, which
is a life long task for each of us.

William J. Leffler
Rabbi

 

CARING COMMITTEE MEETING CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Rabbi
Leffler on being selected
for