Palestinian Activist Visits Lexington, University of Kentucky

A free public lecture featuring Palestinian activist Hanan Ashrawi has been scheduled for the evening of March 23, 2010 at the Singletary Center for the Arts. 

Ashrawi has served as an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Jerusalem District. In 2009, she was elected a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), making history as the first woman to hold a seat in this executive body.

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Yom HaShoah

Holocaust Remembrance Day Community Commemoration

Join us at Ohavay Zion Synagogue on Sunday, April 11 at 4:00 p.m. for our annual community commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The program will include lighting of memorial candles for the six million Jewish lives lost in the Holocaust and presentation of the Emilie Szekely essay contest awards.

Our guest presenter will be Rabbi David Wortman who will speak on the topic of the Shoah and Forgiveness. Rabbi Wortman has delivered papers and lectures and is widely published in both academic and Jewish contexts.

Please contact Jeremy Popkin for more details at popkin@uky.edu

Yom HaAtzmaut

Community-wide celebration of Israel's Independence Day

We will be celebrating the 62nd anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel at Natasha's Bistro in downtown Lexington on Sunday, April 18 at 6:00 p.m. $10 per person in advance plus the cost of food; a special menu will be available. The music program will follow dinner.

The evening's entertainment will be Fran Uditsky Moss, cantorial soloist, guitarist, and storyteller.

Contact Jana LaZur for more information or to RSVP at jana@jewishlexington.org. You may also make your reservations online now by using the link below, or send in your check to JFB, 1050 Chinoe Road, Suite 302, Lexington, KY 40502.

On-line registration and payment form!

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