Vol. 37, No. 8, Friday, 4 Sivan 5772, May 25, 2012 Family Matters Section

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Jewish Preschools Bring Values to the Community

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The experience a child has in pre-school lays the foundation for suc-cess in school and throughout life,

so choosing the right preschool for your child is a critical decision.

The Louisville Jewish community is blessed with several high quality pre-schools. The following articles are in-tended to provide some insight into what each school offers, to provide some of the information young families need as they consider this important issue.

Adath Jeshurun PreschoolAdath Jeshurun is one of only two full-

day Jewish community preschools that offer infant care starting at six weeks of age. Scheduling is flexible (before school/after school) and parents can change to

a different schedule on a monthly basis. Children attend through pre-kinder-garten – there is no kindergarten class. Hours are 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. with half-day and extended day options available.

Next year, the school plans fewer days off from school for Jewish holidays and will be open for Passover and Sukkot, for instance, but will incorporate the holi-days into their program. There will be traditional meals for Passover, but the art center will be closed and equipment such as CD players will not be used. “We are working toward helping working parents with their obligations and incorporating the Jewish holidays into our curriculum,” says Melissa Loyd, preschool director.

The school has 140 students. They are adding an additional nursery classroom that can handle eight babies per day with two teachers. Loyd says this staffing is much better than state requirements. The need was there to accommodate the sib-lings of children already in the program.

AJ offers a summer camp program in June and July as well for children from infancy through pre-kindergarten. Approximately 75 children attend.

The early childhood program includes creative movement, science, music, art and Spanish classes, as well as puppet and magic shows, face painting, Israeli dance and special visitors. The pre-kindergarten class is more academic in nature and the school receives letters from local schools commenting on how well prepared their students are.

The majority of Adath Jeshurun’s Preschool teachers have been with the school for many years, including Harriet

Walkman, who is marking her 43rd year there. Teachers are first aid and CPR-trained, and all participate in 15 hours of continuing education in early childhood every year in collaboration with teachers from Keneseth Israel and The Temple.

The school has increased and ben-efited from their participation in the Partnership with Israel program that has teachers come from Israel’s Western Galilee area to work with the local Jewish preschools. When the teachers visited re-cently, students cut out large fabric stars and spent time decorating them. The stars will be sent to Israel for display there. A smaller enrichment project was done at Adath Jeshurun with just 20 children.

For more information about the AJ Preschool, call 451-3434, email pre-school2@adathjeshurun.com on see the website: www.ajpreschool.com.

Gan Torah – The Beverly Weisberg Preschool

Gan Torah is the only preschool in the area offering a dual curriculum (English/Hebrew) on a daily basis for children ages 18 months through preschool. According to Goldie Litvin, the school’s principal, their English teacher does an incredible job of preparing the children to read. Litvin’s 4-year-old son reads fluently in English and in Hebrew, she said.

The school day runs 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and kosher lunches and snacks are served during the day.

Litvin considers hers a “modified Montessori program” with students from Keneseth Israel, Adath Jeshurun and fam-ilies that are unaffiliated. Litvin explains the school uses an integrated curriculum that uses local resources to make subjects relevant.

“We might go to the zoo,” she said, “and incorporate math, weather or social studies into what we are experiencing there. When things flow like that, they make sense to the children.

“During Passover, the 10 plagues be-come part of an area of study,” Litvin con-tinued. “We took the kindergarten, pre-K and younger classes to a matzah factory during the holiday, and the 2-year-olds had a wonderful time rolling out the dough. It was a great experience for them and for the older children as well.”

The preschool is small so individual-ized attention for each student is a given. Litvin will not place more than eight chil-dren in the same class. Students espe-cially enjoy music and going to the public library for story time. Shabbat, birthday

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and Rosh Hodesh parties are included in the mix, as well as physical exercise en-hanced by two well-equipped indoor/out-door playgrounds on the premises.

All teachers are well qualified and each has CPR and first-aid certification. The Judaic teachers attend an educational conference each year.

Litvin is proud that one of her former preschool students who later attended The Louisville Jewish Day School through eighth grade just received a full scholar-ship to Yeshiva University. She also has received five calls of inquiry about her program over the last few weeks, so word of the school’s reputation is spreading. The preschool also co-sponsors a day camp, Gan Israel, with The Louisville Jewish Day School

Although the school does not have a scholarship fund, Litvin says they will work with families who cannot afford the tuition.

For more information about Gan Torah call 451-3122, ext. 3; e-mail ganto-rah@gmail.com or look for Gan Torah on Facebook.

JCC PreschoolBecky Temes McKiernan has been

the Jewish Community Center’s director of Early Childhood Education (ECE) for more than three years, and during that time, the demand for services has created a waiting list for childcare placement ex-tending into mid-2013 for some classes. McKiernan notes it is particularly gratify-ing to hear positive comments, especially about the staff in the baby room, since infants require so much attention and TLC (tender, loving care). Staffing levels exceed state requirements.

“I think we have a really strong pro-gram,” she says, “due to our low child/teacher ratio, caring staff and germ-free conditions.” She is particularly pleased that the vast majority of children stay with the program from infancy through the completion of four-year-old pre-K classes (there is no Kindergarten program).

The school has created a number of al-ternative activities for different stages in development. For instance, by the time children are six-eight months old, there is greater sensory development, which calls for more stimulating activities.

As they reach their first birthday, in-fants are transitioned to the Toddler Room, which takes about one month and provides parents with a needed comfort level. They don’t rush the process and take the time to determine whether the placement is right for the parents, the child and for the staff. “Everyone needs to be comfortable with it,” says McKiernan.

The Toddler Room is more like a pre-school that runs on an “academic year” from August through May, with a daily schedule, monthly theme and projects to go with the theme. The children stay in that room until they either transition to camp or to JTots in the fall. Parents have the option of sending children to JTots two, three or five days/week. The four classrooms include Aleph for infants 6 weeks to 16 months of age; Bet for 2s, Gimmel for 3s and Daled for 4s.

In addition to regular activities, the program holds winter, spring and sum-mer-break camps so parents do not have to worry about what to do with the chil-dren during those times. The JCC will be closed for five days next year in obser-vance of Jewish holidays. McKiernan ex-plains that although many of the children are not Jewish, her program celebrates

all the Jewish holidays and teaches them from a cultural rather than a religious perspective.

For instance, Tu b’Shevat, the holi-day of the trees, might be the scene of a school-wide birthday party. Deeply rooted Jewish values, such as tzedakah, become learning opportunities and help the children understand why it is impor-tant to do nice things for others. Children take home kid-friendly material explain-ing what they’ve done so parents feel in-cluded in the celebrations as well.

There are specialty classes too: local folksinger John Gage teaches music and Jane Bick teaches Spanish. Jewish cul-ture classes are offered too. Three- and four-year-olds take Lenny Krayzelburg Academy swim lessons, where the first lesson they learn is to be safe in the water. Preschool enrichment classes, including GymJam, Tumblebus and Book and Bake, are offered at an extra fee.

“I can’t state strongly enough how much we LOVE the JCC,” says Terri Cleary, the parent of two daughters, ages two and four, who have been in the Center’s ECE program since they were 12 weeks old. “The JCC offers both daycare and preschool,” she adds, “so it has been like a one-stop-shop for our family. Both girls are in the same place year ‘round, which makes coordinating schedules much easier on parents. Becky is terrific to work with and we love the convenience of dropping the girls off in the morning around 7:30 a.m. and still being able to get downtown by 8.”

Cleary is also delighted that the chil-dren’s program makes use of the entire JCC facility and all it has to offer. Even one-year-olds have playtime in the gyms, preschoolers take swim lessons at the in-door pool and they even have some inter-action with seniors through some careful-ly planned joint activities. Above all, the preschool teachers bond with the chil-dren and follow an accredited preschool curriculum with an emphasis on art, mu-sic and games that make learning fun.

Closings to observe both secular and Jewish holidays don’t pose a problem ei-ther. The national holidays are the same ones Cleary’s company observes, and al-though the preschool is closed for JCPS winter and spring breaks, there are camp activities offered on those days. The Infant and Walker rooms remain open during school breaks and the staff can of-fer suggestions for Jewish holiday cover-age if needed.

Stephanie Rosenthal, a friend of Cleary’s who is expecting twins this sum-mer, had looked at several daycares, but chose to sign up at the JCC because it felt like coming home for her. She had visited other places, but wanted her children to be in the same warm, nurturing environ-ment she experienced as a child growing up at the Center.

“The whole atmosphere was refresh-ing, cheerful and very clean,” she said af-ter a preliminary visit. “If the twins aren’t going to be with me all day, then this is the environment I want them to be in.”

For more information about the JCC’s early childhood programs, call Becky Temes McKiernan at 238-2748.

Kenseth Israel Preschool

“There are lots of good preschools in Louisville,” says Shary Loewy Hyman, director of the Keneseth Israel Preschool (KIP). “We tell parents trying to decide on where to send their children to find a place that seems like a good fit for them. They should also look at the qualities of the staff aside from the fact that they are qualified instructors.” Hyman has been with KIP for 15 years and says their staff averages 15-20 years with the program.

While the school officially opens at 8:15 a.m., parents in need of an earlier drop-off time (approximately 90 percent of parents work outside the home) can have their children join the breakfast bunch from 7:30-8:15 at an additional fee. The schedule is exceptionally flexible with three and five-day options available for children 12 months old through 2 years. Three and 4-year-olds attend five days. Afternoon sessions (12-3 and 12-6 p.m. and extended day from 3-6 p.m.) are available at an additional charge. Most children stay at the school all day, with pick-up times starting at noon.

Since KIP is one of the smaller Jewish schools in town, Hyman says by day two, the teachers know the names of all of the children in the school. Hyman person-ally greets every child and parent in the

morning and finds that parents often feel comfortable enough to stay a while and chat. All meals are kosher and are pre-pared by a full-time, on-site cook. The standard monthly fee includes meals and snacks (except for breakfast).

In addition to computer, movement, music and French, which are integral parts of the curriculum, the school of-fers private ballet, soccer and Tumblebus in the afternoons. While there is an extra charge for these activities, KIP considers them a service so parents don’t have to leave the school to take their children to other activities.

“We are proud of our program,” says Hyman. “Today’s kindergarten is like a first grade curriculum used to be, and we receive letters from schools in the area on a regular basis thanking us for preparing our children so well. The schools also be-come a referral source for us.”

KIP is licensed for teaching children from 12 months to kindergarten. The 1-year-old class actually starts in the fall. Limited openings are available for classes next year. For more information, contact KIP at 458-0687, email sharykip@aol.com or check their website: www.kip-kids.com.

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The Temple Trager Early Childhood Education Center

“Our school is academically fo-cused,” said Alison Roemer, director of The Temple Trager Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC). “Our staff is outstanding and they have all been here for a long time, most teachers for more than 20 years. The newest one came four years ago.”

The ECEC’s 140 students take part in an enriched program that includes music, movement, science, Spanish and story-telling. In addition, puppet shows, magic shows and other special events are sched-ules throughout the year. The facility also maintains a large and well-equipped playground.

While all programs foster a learn-ing environment for preschool children, Roemer notes many learning opportuni-ties available for four-year-olds. A variety of special fall, spring and winter-focused programs are offered and extended day programs include soccer, karate, Legos® and gymnastics. There is an extra fee charged for some classes.

The preschool program includes daily kosher-style hot lunches and two snacks per day prepared on-site in order to con-trol allergies.

The school is open from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Preschool class hours are 9 a.m.-noon. There is a full-day kindergarten from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Children 18 months-2

years old have two-, three- and five-day options; youngsters ages 3-kindergarten attend five days per week. The before school program runs from 7:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m. and the after-school option runs 12-4 p.m. or 12-6 p.m.

Classes typically begin to fill up in January and February, but there are a limited number of openings remaining for the next school year, except for kin-dergarten. Requests for 18-month classes usually come in the fall for the following year. Open enrollment begins in January. Temple members and current students can sign up early and members of The Temple receive a discount on tuition.

“We serve a diverse population,” Roemer comments, “and all of the chil-dren are well prepared for public, pri-vate and parochial schools when they leave. We receive excellent feedback from schools commenting on our children’s readiness to learn.”

The preschool also sponsors a six-week summer camp from 8:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for children ages 2 years-kindergar-ten with a full-day option. Campers enjoy water play, magic shows, special visitors and library time and continued academic excellence.

For more information about the The Temple Trager ECEC, call 423-1444, e-mail aroemer@thetempleaibs.org or check out the website: www.templepre-school.com.

Jewish Preschools Bring Values to the Community by Larry Forman

“Hey guys, what’s going on? Where are you headed next?” I asked some people seated at a nearby table as I was walking past them. “Not much, we are going to go to prayer on the Capstan Deck, you wan-na come?” “I’m in!” I replied.

I had never met these people before in my life. That is precisely how just about every encounter begins at Jewlicious. The friendly atmosphere, coupled with free and open-minded people, makes the event what it is – Awesome! There is no disrespect; there is no hate; and there is no condescendence of any kind – only love – beautiful, intoxicating, and addict-ing love. Am Yisrael Chai at its finest.

Jewlicious can be analogized to a mini-Israel, as I like to call it. After having lived in Israel for 10 years, this is the closest I ever come to getting a reminiscence of my happy and fulfilling childhood. Three days is more than enough to recharge one’s spiritual batteries and they will last for the remaining 362 days until the next Jewlicious. Yes, that is precisely the in-dication of how powerful, amazing, and magical the event truly is.

The Jewlicious crew feeds us about five times a day. They provide enough activi-ties that there is never a dull moment from the brink of dawn until midnight or later. There were also improvisational exercises with Marcus J. Freed, which incorporat-ed scenes from the Torah. And this year Rabbi Yonah even gave an interview to Mayim Bialik from the hit T.V. show “The Big Bang Theory!”

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The Jewlicious AdventureWe had Moshe Kasher and Todd Barry

doing stand-up comedy Saturday night, followed by a crazy all-night-long concert on the same stage. There was even kara-oke at 2 in the morning, where we sang popular tunes on the jukebox. With tons of other events omitted for length pur-poses, it is amazing how fast three days can fly by.

None of this would ever be possible if not for the contributions from readers like you and your support for the an-nual Federation Campaign. The young Jewish progeny of Louisville, as well as individuals from JCC and JCL groups like BBYO, YAD, and Hillel all depend on you and your donations to help them re-ceive a proper Jewish upbringing and to strengthen their Jewish roots.

Not everyone is as fortunate as I to have lived in Israel, but there is no rea-son why we cannot make it a reality here in the city of Louisville, in the Bluegrass State. Jewlicious, and many other events, are precisely the kinds of experiences that awaken the hibernating craving for the Jewish culture that every Jew is born with.

Thank you all very much and God bless. Baruch Ha’Shem.

Editor’s note: Jewlicious was held in Long Beach, CA, from February 24-26. Forman was the only Louisvillian to participate in this year’s conference, but in past years, the local delegation has in-cluded several people.

A recent college graduate, Jennifer, has become a client at Jewish Family & Career Services. She was

a business major with decent grades and is now trying to launch her career. She reported that her mother wrote some of her college papers, called professors on her behalf and consulted with the dean of students frequently regarding a room-mate issue. Jennifer is having anxiety is-sues regarding her job search and has not developed the kind of coping skills need-ed to launch a career in this economy.

As a parent, are you doing your part in helping your student develop the self-management skills necessary for college success? Students need to be able to func-tion independently away from home and too much “helicopter parenting” may result in a difficult transition from high school to college.

Are You Preparing Your Child For College?To gauge if you may have some heli-

copter parenting tendencies, consider the following questions:

Your student has left for school and while having your second cup of coffee, you notice an important folder containing homework to be turned in has been left behind on the kitchen counter. Do you:

A. Rush to get in the car and deliver the folder to your child at school.

B. Make a mental note to remind your child later in the day about the over-sight and try to teach some organizational techniques, which will help for the future.

Your student comes home from school and reports that he/she has been wrongly disciplined by a teacher for a minor be-havior issue. Do you:

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Thank you to everyone who has supported the Foundation for Planned Giving and the Second Century Funds over the years. Your investments and contributions have helped the community sustain programming and offer assistance to many of our neighbors, in Louisville, and throughout the global community.

At this year’s annual meeting on May 15, we announced our new identity (See story page 1A). From this point forward we will be known as the Jewish Foundation of Louisville. The Foundation will continue to manage and invest your endowments and donor advised funds to maximize the return on your investments and to strengthen the Louisville Jewish community.

David Klein, board chair of the Jewish Community of Louisville, was also very pleased and excited to announce that all Second Century Funds have been repaid and the funds are once again whole and providing the return to the community that was intended when they were established.

The Jewish Foundation of Louisville is ready to help you review and discuss your philanthropic visions and goals. We encourage you to establish endowment programs to fulfill your wishes for the future. Whether you are looking to make an enduring contribution to the Louisville Jewish community, or you are looking for short or long term financial benefits, we are here to help you accomplish your goals.

Let us help you ensure the continuation of programs and events that have impacted your life in Jewish Louisville. We can suggest ways to secure the future without creating any financial challenges during your life. We can also suggest investment vehicles designed to minimize tax implications for your heirs. Some of these vehicles are described in this section. We encourage you to contact our Development office at 238-2739 to learn more about the many options available to you.

Together we can plan for the future of our community. As those before helped to shape our present community, so should we help those who will follow us. From generation to generation, l’dor v’dor, may we build a strong community together.

With our sincere appreciation of your support,

Peter Resnik Stew Bromberg Chair Vice President and Endowment Committee Chief Development Officer

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Endowments Are for Everyone! Endowments Are for Everyone!

Whether you just had your bar/bat mitzvah and are ready to learn about charitable giving or you’re an adult looking to achieve specific philanthropic goals, the Jewish Foundation of Louisville can help you. You can contribute to an existing fund, listed on these pages, or create your own.

Philanthropic FundsBerel & Nancy Abrams FundS.P. Auerbach Family FundLewis & Gladys Bass FundDonald and Elaine Bornstein FundJames & Lisa Bornstein FundSidney & Louise Chase Fund – SallySidney & Louise Chase Fund – ShirleyThe Frank FoundationMilton & Sylvia Garon FundMilton & Sylvia Garon Fund –

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Holidays FundMay Kletter Senior Adult Special Projects FundAllan Kling Children’s FundArthur Kling Award FundArthur David Kreitman Jewish Music FundClaire & Lee Lenkoff Orchestra/Conductors

FundEthel Kozlove Levy Senior Adult Hospitality

FundLouis Levy Film and Theatre Arts FundRebecca G. Levy Senior Adult Dance FundLife Memberships (at JCC) FundBenjamin & Bernice Mazin Visual Arts

Second Century FundMickey Miller Softball & Volleyball FundMorris Morguelan Youth Maccabi Games FundHerbert & Blanche B. Ottenheimer FundNaomi & Boris Pressma Grounds

Beautification FundStuart Pressma Youth Leadership

Development FundResnick Fund – BBYO FundRe & Richie Richlin Athletic FundDr. Louis & Bea Brownstein Ringol

Performing Artists FundDonald J. & Ann W. Roth Computer Lab

Support FundAnnette Simon Sagerman Special Events FundGail Cassen Schwartz Youth Sports &

Wellness FundMayer & Frances Shaikun Lecture Series

FundJill E. Simon Presidents FundEdith Shirley & Albert Spivak Sports

Scholarships FundHarry & Anna Fishman Udewitz Children’s

Lounge FundIrvin and Jeanne Wasserman Senior Adult

Musical Arts FundWeinberg Foundation FundCharles L. Weisberg BBYO Annual

Competition FundMarian Weisberg Youth Theatre FundWeisberg Family Wellness FundSidney Winchell Youth Lounge FundDenise & Jacques Wolff Senior Adult FundIrvin & Betty Zegart Senior Adult Fund

At a Glance:An endowment is a tool to help you manage your assets to meet your personal financial and philanthropic goals. The professionals at the Jewish Foundation of Louisville are happy to meet with you to explain options the Foundation offers.*

What is an endowment? An endowment is a fund established to meet the donor’s

philanthropic goals. The principal remains intact for a specified length of time or in perpetuity, and the inter-est earned is used to support the cause defined when the fund is established.

As with all charitable giving, there are tax advantages to establishing an endowment.

What are the differences among the kinds of Jewish Foundation of Louisville funds listed in this section?

• Philanthropic Fund A Philanthropic Fund, also known as a Donor Advised

Fund, is an account owned and controlled by the Jewish Foundation of Louisville. It is associated with the person(s) who created it, who then makes recommenda-tions for the disbursement of grants to charities from the fund.

• Designated Fund A Designated Fund is a fund created for a specific pur-

pose. Disbursements from the fund can only be made to fulfill the terms established when the fund was cre-ated. These funds are owned and managed by the Jewish Foundation of Louisville.

• Custodial Designated Funds A Custodial Designated Fund was created for and is

owned by a nonprofit other than the Jewish Foundation of Louisville. That nonprofit has entrusted the management of that fund to the Jewish Foundation of Louisville for a service fee. These arrangements have proven beneficial for all parties involved.

• UJC Philanthropic Funds A UJC Philanthropic Fund is established by a donor

who wishes his/her support of the Annual Federation Campaign to continue in perpetuity.

• Unrestricted Funds An Unrestricted Fund is owned by the Jewish Foundation

of Louisville, and all decisions regarding disbursement of funds are made by the Jewish Community of Louisville. Some donors choose to establish endowments and leave it to the JCL to decide the best use of the money. Others were originally established as Philanthropic or Designated funds for a specified period of time, after which the re-strictions expire and they become unrestricted. Still oth-ers were established to support an organization or pro-gram that no longer exists; and, according to instructions, these funds become unrestricted endowments.

• B’nai Tzedek Funds These are special Philanthropic Funds established by

young people when they celebrate their b’nai mitzvah. Those who chose to participate in this program contrib-ute a minimum of $300 to establish funds in their own names. An additional $200 is added to the fund from the Louis D. Cole B’nai Tzedek Fund. Additional funds can be added at any time. Like regular Philanthropic Funds, the donor – in this case, the young person – makes recom-mendations for the distribution of allocable funds.

• Second Century Funds Second Century Funds are designated funds that benefit

specific programs at the Jewish Community Center. The program was established as the JCC marked its centen-nial.

How can I create an endowment to achieve my philanthropic goals in a way that fits in with my lifestyle and my means?There are many different ways to create an endowment. Here are nine suggestions:

• Make a bequest in your will. This is the technique most often used for funding an endowment.

• Make a gift of cash or appreciated assets like stocks or bonds. This is the easiest way to create an endowment. When you donate appreciated assets, held for at least one year, you may realize a savings on capital gains taxes.

• Designate the Foundation as the beneficiary of an IRA or pension plan assets.

• Make a gift of Israel Bonds that are at or near maturity or that have a minimum five percent coupon.

• Purchase a life insurance policy that names the Jewish Community of Louisville as owner and beneficiary, or transfer an existing policy.

• Establish a charitable income plan such as a charitable remainder trust or charitable gift annuity, which offers life income payments along with the benefit of a current tax deduction. The remainder of the trust or annuity is then dedicated to creating an endowment.

• Establish trust provisions through an existing trust or create a special charitable trust as part of your estate.

• Make a foundation grant from an existing private family or public support foundation either during your lifetime or at your death.

• Arrange for a reserved life estate, which allows you to give your home to the Foundation, while allowing you to continue living in it throughout your lifetime. At your death, the Foundation sells the property and uses the proceeds to support the endowment you established.

Some plans offer the benefit of life income payments with a tax deduction and the remainder may be contributed to a Campaign endowment. Life insurance policies can be ob-tained at reasonable costs and the tax benefits make this par-ticularly appealing for younger donors.

There are additional funding vehicles available for establish-ing an endowment. The method of funding can best be de-termined after reviewing your financial and tax objectives with your financial advisor. All contributions to establish a Campaign endowment are tax deductible. In addition, con-tributing appreciated assets held at least one year may enable the donor to avoid the tax on capital gains.By establishing your endowment with the Foundation, you become an in-tegral part of our Jewish community’s present – and future.

* The Jewish Community of Louisville and the Jewish Foundation of Louisville are not licensed financial planners and cannot assist you with the direction of your planned giv-ing and other estate planning decisions. We will advise you on investment vehicles available through the foundation and suggest you speak with your personal financial planner. We may be able to recommend local financial planners for your consideration at your request.

At a Glance:An endowment is a tool to help you manage your assets to meet your personal financial and philanthropic goals. The professionals at the Jewish Foundation of Louisville are happy to meet with you to explain options the

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or contact Stew Bromberg at (502) 238-2755 or sbromberg@jewishlouisville.org.

Thank you to all the donors and volunteers who support the

Endowment CommitteePeter Resnik, ChairKaren AbramsRonald AbramsDavid BrillSheldon GilmanJane GoldsteinRobert A. KohnGlenn LevineAlan LinkerBruce MillerBruce RothMichael ShaikunSteven Shapiro

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Memorial Day weekends are al-ways packed full of fun ac-tivities. But as individuals and

families kick-off their summer plans, it’s important to remember that the need for blood does not take a summer holiday.

To help ensure a stable blood supply for patients in need this Memorial Day, the American Red Cross is encouraging all eligible blood donors to make donating blood and platelets a part of their summer holiday plans. The Red Cross invites all eligible blood donors to attend the annual Memorial Day blood drive, Tuesday, May 29, 12-7 p.m., Crowne Plaza, 830 Phillips Ln., Louisville.

All presenting donors will be treated to t-shirts, Stoker’s broaster chicken and Graeter’s ice cream Pint for a Pint. In ad-dition, five presenting donors from May 24 through May 30 within the River

Valley Blood Services Region will win a GiftCertificates.com prize package worth $200 redeemable for items of their choos-ing. Winning donors can choose from restaurants, department stores, books, music, electronics and more!

“With the arrival of summer, blood donations tend to decline as eligible do-nors fill their schedules with vacations and other summer activities, leaving little time to donate,” said Linda Voss, CEO of the River Valley Region. “The need for blood is constant. As donors choose how to spend their time this Memorial Day, we encourage them to make time to help give life by donating blood or platelets with the Red Cross.”

As part of the Red Cross’ “Live Life. Give Life.” summer-long promotion, all presenting donors will also be entered to receive a prize certificate package worth

$5,000 redeemable at GiftCertificates.com. One lucky donor will be able to live a little, using the prize certificate to choose from hundreds of available prize options.

Simply call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license, or two other forms of identification are re-quired at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental permis-sion in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet cer-tain height and weight requirements.

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A. Call the teacher to find out what happened and advocate for your child’s explanation of the incident.

B. Talk to your child about the im-portance of following and/or adjusting to the teacher’s rules and talk over strategies for preventing this type of problem.

Your child is having difficulty getting around to completing homework tasks at night. Do you:

A. Sit down with your child and ac-tually do most of the assignments yourself to show how it is done.

B. Have a designated area and time for the child to complete homework with you nearby to answer questions and sug-gest how to start.

If you answered “A” to the above ques-tions and your child is in first grade, you may be ok. However, if you were an “A” responder and your child is a senior in high school, you may possess helicopter tendencies.

Rushing assignments to school may help the student with the immediate grade in the class, but in the long run your student will not be developing his own self-management skills necessary for later college success. Children need to suffer the consequences of their own mis-takes in order to learn. Children also need skills to handle their own confrontations or difficulties with teachers and figure out how to manage their homework on their own.

Parents naturally want to protect their children and make their lives easier and more pleasant, but at what price? As chil-dren get older, parents need to be less and less involved with their daily lives, gradually teaching new self-management skills and allowing them to develop their own coping strategies. Learning how to solve life’s small problems is required

for children to grow into adulthood with the necessary skills to handle life’s larger problems.

Technology, such as texting and skyp-ing, have made it possible for college students and their parents to remain in almost constant contact despite being actually hundreds of miles apart, thus fostering helicopter parenting behaviors. However, parental over-involvement dur-ing the college years can hinder the devel-opment of competency, self-esteem and independence needed not only for college success but also for effective transition into adulthood.

Another recent client is Scott who just returned to Louisville after dropping out of a prestigious out-of-state college in the middle of his freshman year due to aca-demic problems. He had attended three different high schools in Louisville as his parents kept allowing him to switch each

time that “the going got a little rough” with a difficult teacher or a particular so-cial issue. During his high school years, he had no real family, work or volunteer responsibilities, and his parents handled almost all of his life decisions. He is ex-tremely bright but when he arrived at his college campus, he found that he was to-tally unprepared for college life.

If you are a parent concerned about your high school student’s developing independence, his or her readiness to handle going off to college, and your own fears of being too intrusive as a helicopter parent, counselors at JFCS are available to help with these and/or other college re-lated issues.

In early August, JFCS will offer a work-shop, “Helping Your Child Leave,” which will help parents of departing college stu-dents deal with the transition process and issues of empty nesting. Call 452-6341 for information on any of these services.

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Are You Preparing Your Child For College?

You can sign up your college student for a free copy of Community to be delivered so they can keep in touch with the Louisville Jewish community. Visit jewishlouisville.org/college.

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Studies show that our early learning and memories often occur casually when we begin to ask “who, what, where, when and why.” Our earliest caregivers taught us to talk but even before that, we lis-tened. Children listen to things adults talk about and interpret words and events using knowledge they possess at the time.

The JFCS Oral History Project facili-tates remembering. Originally started by then JFCS board member Ann Friedman, this project now sends volunteers to talk to seniors and really listen to their stories. They capture these memories and record them, leaving a legacy for families and the community. Some volunteers will begin videotaping these interviews in an effort to really get the whole story, body lan-guage and all, so that we will never forget these memories.

Some family stories become family leg-ends, told over and over until they seem part of the fabric that holds a family to-gether. “My sister told the guards that she needed me to sew the guards’ clothes and uniforms, so I was taken out of the line of women and children going to the ovens and allowed to assist her.”

Storytelling is often subjective and reflects a person’s state of mind when events happened. An adult telling a child-hood story has gained perspective on that memory which now colors the retelling. “I remember Uncle Sol speaking Yiddish with my mother and my parents speak-ing Yiddish with each other so that we

JFCS Creates Family Legacies with their Oral History Project

children could not understand what they were saying.”

Jewish families, whether native to Louisville or somewhere else, remember the past when “things were different.” Many families experienced instances of anti-Semitism and dealt with things that are illegal now. One story is of a starry-eyed, young newlywed couple trying to rent their first apartment. They were denied housing of their choice because they were Jewish – a heartbreaking but inspirational story in that they went on to prosper despite early hardship.

Jewish seniors today recall being forced to celebrate Christian holidays and sing Christmas carols in school. One se-nior said, “I liked to sing Christmas car-ols. I thought they were pretty but I could not understand why we never sang songs like the ones I learned in shul.” “I lied to a boy that I liked in middle school and told him I had a good Christmas rather than explain that my family did not celebrate Christmas.” “In school, I drew my family’s Christmas tree for an assignment because I was too embarrassed to admit that we did not have one.”

To set the record straight, the Oral History Project is not Hollywood’s or his-tory’s version of history, but the first-hand, personal versions of the lives of Louisville seniors as they grew up, went to school, married, had children and made lives for themselves. To get this story, we must ask seniors themselves.

Volunteers ask seniors questions like: “How did your family originally come to this country?” “How were holidays and rituals observed in your family and your community?” “Do you recall anti-Semi-tism in your school or your community?”

“I hid in a French monastery to avoid the Germans and since then have had a soft spot for priests and monks. I like teaching students about the Holocaust and have taken over 50 school groups to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.” The senior who recalled these and more painful memories did so with hu-mor, humility and eloquence and is no longer with us. His memories are price-less.

For more information about JFCS’s Oral History Project, contact Kim Toebbe at JFCS, 452-6341.

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There are many Jewish rituals sur-rounding death and mourning, all of them designed to recognize the

difficulty of losing a loved one – provid-ing community support for the bereaved family throughout the entire process and treating the dead with respect.

Friends and neighbors are there for the family of the deceased from the begin-ning. Because death can be very traumat-ic, it is assumed that the family may not even remember to eat, and they certainly can’t keep track of all the details that must be attended to. Often friends arrange for food, provide transportation for the fami-ly, keep track of gifts that are brought and handle many other details.

Traditionally, the funeral is held with-in three days and often within 24 hours of the death out of concern for the fam-ily and respect for the dead. Families who chose burial within 24 hours are following two commandments found in Deuteronomy 21:23: “Thou shalt surely bury him the same day;” and “His body shall not remain all night.”

As an additional sign of respect, from the time of death until burial, the body is never left alone. In Louisville, as in many Jewish communities, members of the Chevra Kadisha (burial society) prepare the body and remain with it until burial.

The service, too, is designed with the family in mind.

A minyan, an assembly of at least 10 Jews age 13 or older (in some traditions, a minyan is 10 Jewish men, 13 or older), is required for the funeral service because the mourner’s Kaddish is a prayer that must be said in community. The com-munity is present to support and comfort the mourners. A funeral may be held with fewer than 10 people, but Kaddish may not be recited.

While Kaddish is recited by mourners during the funeral and at subsequent ser-vices for the next 11 months and on the yahrtzeit, the anniversary of the death, Kaddish is actually an Aramaic prayer praising God. By reciting Kaddish, the mourner is reaffirming his/her accep-tance of God’s will in the face of his/her loss.

Some believe that when the physical body ceases to exist, the soul continues to live. And when the living perform mitzvot in honor of the person who has passed on, those mitzvot are to that per-son’s merit – giving life and growth to the soul in the world to come. Therefore, by reciting Kaddish and publicly proclaim-ing God’s greatness, we transform the event of death into an act of life

Help Families Cope with LossShortly before the service begins, the

keria ceremony, rending of a garment, is performed. Today, most often, close fam-ily of the deceased are given a black rib-bon to wear and the ribbon is the garment that is torn.

This tradition also has roots in the Bible. When Jacob is told by his sons that Joseph was killed by a wild beast and they showed their father his bloodstained multi-colored coat, Jacob was so stricken that he tore his own clothes. Later, the Bible also recounts that David tore his clothes upon hearing of the death of Saul.

At the cemetery, after the coffin has been lowered into the grave, it is the cus-tom for those who wish to participate in filling in the grave to take dirt on the back side of the shovel and stick the shovel in the remaining dirt when they’re done, rather than handing it to the next person in line.

The back side of the shovel is used to differentiate between filling in a normal hole and filling in a grave. The shovel is not passed from person to person to avoid passing the grief from person to person. This is also the reason people wash their hands when they return from the cem-etery before entering the house of mourn-ing.

The week of shiva, intense mourning, begins upon the family’s return home fol-lowing the funeral. The shiva candle is lit to mark the time. During shiva, the com-munity surrounds the family and ensures that they are taken care of.

At the end of the week, the family comes out of shiva and continues with shloshim, the 30-day period following the death during which they gradually re-sume their normal activities.

In subsequent years, the family ob-serves the yahrtzeit to honor and remem-ber their loved one.

There are many more traditions sur-rounding death and mourning than can be covered in this article. Additional in-formation can be found in The Jewish Book of Why by Alfred J. Kolatch. Sonny, Janet and Eileen Meyer at Herman Meyer and Son may also be able to answer your ques-tions.

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We are surrounded by messages that tell us how important it is to get regular exercise. With

the best of intentions, many of us begin exercising, but soon find our commit-ment to the program difficult to maintain.

The secret to sticking to a new workout routine may be working out with a part-ner. But not any partner will do – your spouse is the best partner.

According to research done by the Indiana University Department of Kinesiology, spouses who work out with their partner have a dropout rate of only 6.3 percent. However, spouses who work out alone have a dropout rate of more than 43 percent.

There is no better place to start work-ing out together than at the Jewish Community Center. Whether you like

to swim or jog, dance or work out with weights, join aerobics, pilates or Zumba classes, play racquetball, basketball or softball, the JCC has something for you.

Newly restructured membership cat-egories make it easier and more affordable than ever. Couples can join together for reduced rates; and there are even special rates for couples and families under 30.

“With families changing, we want to make sure we have all the options cov-ered,” says Suzy Renfrow, membership director at the JCC. “These new plans will allow more people to be able to get the most out of their memberships.”

If you are not in a relationship, you can realize many of the same benefits by working out with a friend. For you, the JCC has individual and single parent membership categories.

Your JCC membership lets you choose from close to 100 free group fitness class-es every week, including several new classes this summer.

The Secret to Sticking to a New Workout: Get a PartnerRight now, more than 100 members

each week enjoy Zumba in the Aerobics room. Starting Monday, June 4, the JCC will take the Latin dance workout outside and into the pool. Aqua Zumba will be held Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. and Tuesdays at 5:15 p.m.

Beginning on Wednesday, May 30, the JCC will introduce a new finning class. Using aquatic fins, this lower body and core workout will make use of the entire indoor pool on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12:30 p.m.

Not ready to commit to a full annual JCC membership? Give it a try with a summer membership. A family member-ship costs $450 and a single member-ship is $350. Summer members enjoy full access to the four JCC pools and the entire fitness facility from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

For more information about full or sum-mer membership, contact membership di-rector Renfrow at 238-2791 or srenfrow@jewishlouisville.org.