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DECEMBER 1993
JANUARY 1994

LEXINGTON SINGERS TO PERFORM

BLOCH'S SACRED
SERVICE '10 BE SUNG
AT WINTER CONCERT

On Sunday, December
5, the Lexington Singers will
present Ernest Bloch's Sacred
Service as part of their winter
concert. The Sacred Service
will be sung in Hebrew.

"It's very exciting,"
said Kathy Grossman, who,
along with Deborah Sogin and
Beth Shumacher are the only
Jewish members of the
Singers. "This is really a first
in Lexington."

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any of us can think of that the
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with the Lexington Singers for
six years, served as the
Hebrew coach for the group
and helped the members work
on their pronunciations "It
was difficult, for some at first,
but everyone has worked very
hard."

The Sacred Service
(Avodath Hakodesh) was
completed in 1933 and was
the first choral-orchestral
composition on a large scale
written for Jewish worship.
The work was commissioned
to provide music for a Sabbath
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the Federation community who will perform with the Lexlngton Singers. Also
pictured is Raleigh Klncatd who will stng the solo/cantorlal part.

 
       
 
 

 

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worship. It is notable for the
alternation between
singer tcanior) and chorus
(congregation) which has
precedence in the Jewish
worship.

The group originally
planned to perform the piece
in English and began their
rehearsals that way. "But
when you listen to Hebrew
recordings, you see that it
really loses something in
English." said Sogin.

" T h e g r o u p
overwhelmingly decided to
sing it in Hebrew," added
Grossman, "we were
pleasantly surprised. " They
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consulted with Rabbi
Adland. He wanted more of
an understanding than he

could get from just reading the
music.

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James Ross Beane,
who has conducted the 3

Lexington Singers for eighteen
years, was involved in a
Hebrew performance of
Avodath Hakodesh once
before. "But that was twenty
years ago," he said. "I was a
little rusty with the Hebrew,
but once we began rehearsing,
it all started coming back."
Beane is the Director of
Choral Music at Morehead
State University.

Raleigh Kincaid, who
will sing the solo parts, has
been working hard to ready
himself for the performance
In preparation for his role as
cantor, he has been reading
about Judaism and has
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CENTRAL KENTUCKY JEWISH
FEDERATION FIRST ANNUAL
CHAI AWARDS

T h e C e n t r a 1
Kentucky Jewish Federation
has never recognized
Jewish
Central
Kentucky who have made
significant contributions of
their time and energy to the

, life of our community - both
1 Jewish and general.

This
coming year we shall have

i the opportunity to correct
‘ this oversight.

Saturday, February
19th, from 8-11 pm, we
shall have our first annual
Chai Awards evening. It will
be a festive hors d'oeuvres

1 and dessert event at one of

our local hotels with a cash

  

lexiish (ommunity for their
contr1hutions. One. award
Will be for someone who has
contributed to Jewish life -
local, national and/or
international. The other
award will be for a person
who has contributed to the
general community - local,
national and/or international.
The two honorees will be
selected from nominations
submitted to the Community

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Relations Committee.
Elsewhere in this issue, you
will find a form for you to fill
out with your nominations
for the two honorees for this
year.

Mark your calendar for
February 19, 1994, for the
Chai Awards Evening

RULES FOR
NOMINATIONS

Criteria for Naninations:
The Chai Award recognition
is intended to recognize
members of the Jewish
community of Central

 
      

life of our community - both

Jewish and general.

Nominating Procedure:
Nominations may be made by
any member of the Jewish
community for any other

member of the Jewish
community of Central
Kentucky.

Cont. p37

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100 YEAR OLD RUSSIAN MAN,
FAMILY REUNITED IN LEXINGTON

It was a trip like no
other for the 99 year old
man. Moysey Orlov had
travelled from Moscow to
America via New York City,
Birmingham and Nashville.
Finally, at 12:07 am, August
25th, he arrived at Bluegrass
Field in Lexington and was
greeted by a throng of well
wishers, including his
granddaughter Zoya and her
family.

Moysey left behind 99
years of life in Russia and

 

now begins a new life in
Lexington. Moysey, his son
Mark, his daughter-in-law
Anna and his granddaughter
Irina, welcomed all changes
in their lives. They were
astounded at the refrigerator
filled with cooked foods and
the stocked pantry they
found upon arrival at their
new apartment. All they
kept saying was "spacebo"

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