page 6-THE NEWS-February 1979
Charlotte Chapter Devorah Chapter
Of Hadassah Hadassah
The February 28th meeting
will be a Leadership Develop
ment Institute, conducted by
Emma Retchin of Wilmington,
N.C., who serves on the
National Board of Hadassah,
and Linda Fleishman from
Greensboro, N.C., President of
the Southern Seaboard Region
of Hadassah.
The Charlotte Chapter of
Hadassah will be the hostess
chapter for the Southern
Seal^ard Regional Conference,
May 14-16,1979 at the Sheraton.
Judi Strause is city chairman
for the Conference. Deane Boxer
is co-chairman, and Sandy
Rothman, treasurer. The
Charlotte Planning Team will
meet monthly with regional
xepresentatives to coordinate
what promises to be a very out
standing conference.
WHO’S GOT A PIANO?
'Fhe Center is in need of a
piano for our newly opened Lit
tle House. It’s your tax deduc
tion and our benefit. Call the “ J”
today if you can help us out. 366-
0357.
Organizations:
Place Your
News
Here!
The annual covered dish
dinner for the Devorah Chapter
of Hadassah will be held on
Wednesday, February 14th at
6:30 p.m. in the Randolph Park
apartment clubhouse. All
members are asked to bring
their JNF blue boxes.
Temple Beth
El Disco,
Saturday, February 17th from
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Temple Beth El’s
Fellowship Hall will be
transformed into a Disco.
WAYS disc jockey, Roy Rosen,
will be spinning the platters. He
is well known by Charlotte
listeners for his number one
WAYS show “Saturday Night
Fever”.
Cost for the evening is $7.00
per person which will include
Pizza ala LaStrada, setups, etc.
Even if you don’t know the
latest steps plan to be there;
they’ll even teach you such
things as the Latin hustle, the
“Saturday Night Fever” dance,
the bus stop and the New York
hustle. It’s an evening for even
the old to become young again!
For tickets call Judy Dustin
(Temple office) 366-1948.
Temple Israel Happenings
Sunday, Febraary 4,1979 - 8:00 p.m. |
Adult Jewish Education Film Program '
Double Feature
“TEVYA” r original story by Shalom Aleichem •
“MY FATHEI^’S HOUSE’*
TICKETS f $2,56; children to age 12 > $1.00
rrn O^HlA.mTni JO - •
Sunday, FebryTary llTl979 v: .j* -
ANNUAL HANDICAPPED CHILDREN’S PARTY
Thursday, February 16, 1979 - 7:30 p.m.
SISTERHOOD FASHION SHOW
ADMISSION: $1.50 per person; $2.50 per couple
Sunday, February 18, 1979 - 10:30 a.m.
Adult Jewish Education
Speaker: Rabbi Harold Krantzler
Topic: TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF JEWISH LIFE IN
AMERICA
Question and answer period * coffee and cake
Please Let Us Know of any NEWCOMERS
to
The Jewish Community Call 366-0357
Candy Time Again
Once again, this year, meipbers of BBYO will be selling Bartons
candy for Passover. You can purchase your candy by calling any
member of AZA or B’nai B’rith Girls during the month of February
or by calling Janet Jaffa, 364-1796. Bartons regular boxes as well as
special Pasiso ver boxes of candy are available. By ordering this can
dy, you will obtain Bartons candy that is not otherwise available
and also will be supporting our Charlotte Jewish teenagers.
GALA SINGLES PARTY
Ages 35 & Over
DATE: Saturday, February 10,1979
TIME: 7:30 P.M.
PLACE: Quail Hollow Estates Clubhouse
7031 Quail Meadow Lane
PRICE: $9.00 Per Person
COMPLETE BUFFET DINNER! DRINKS
MUSIC DANCING
Checks Must Be In By February 1, 1979
CHECKS PAYABLE TO:
Charlotte Jewish Singles Club
Mail To:
. Libby Hirsch
7035 Quail Hill Road
Charlotte, N.C. 28210
For Further Information Please Call:
Libby Hirsch - 554>5771 - Jean Garber - 523-5418
Ghai News
by Horty Fogelson
The Chai Group of the Jewish
Community Center met on
January 8,1979 for the first time
this year due to the holiday
vacation.
Chai’s Art Class and Current
Events had their usual well
attended sessions. After the
lunch hour, a movie was shown
which described pottery from its
conception to date. This was
followed by a practical session
where each member par
ticipated in making various ob
jects out of clay.
The Chai Group is looking
forward to their annual
luncheon and theater party to be
held at the Pineville Dinner
Theater some time this month.
. prt
Women’s American ORT
(Organization for Rehabilita
tion through Training) is spon
soring an Art Auction, Saturday
night, March 3, at Raintree
Country Club. Preview time
7:30 p.m.. Auction 8:30 p.m. For
information contact Karen
Labovitz, 366-9466.
Women’s American ORT is
the largest of organizations in
40 nations which support the
global vocational education and
training operations of ORT.
ORT currently operates over 700
vocational installations in 22
countries on five continents.
Nearly a million and a half peo
ple have been trained by ORT
vocational networks since the
organization was founded in
1880.
The Bramson ORT Scliool is
sponsored by The American
ORT Federation. The Bramson
ORT School was organized dur
ing World War II to aid Jewish
refugees to gain a vocational
foothold in their New World.
This work continues to assist
waves of Jewish immigrants.
Information
Wanted
We want to call your attention
to a request by the Immigration
and Naturalization ^rvice,
through their Special Litigation
Unit, that communities
publicize the need for witnesses,
participants, survivors and
others with first-hand informa
tion about events and actions
against Jews in the following
European cities listed below dur
ing World War II:
Riga, Latvia (1940-1944)
Rezenke, Latvia (1940-1944) -
Rositten, ^zhitsa
Aubrene, I^tvia (1942)
Madona, Latvia ^941-1942) -
Modohn
Estonia (1940-1945)
Bucharest, Romania
(Septembeer 1940 - March 1941)
Zagreb, Yugoslavia (1935-
1943)
Treblinka (1940-1944)
Ivano-Frankovsk (Poland,
USSR, Ukraine -1940-1943)
Daugavpils, Latvia (1941-
1943) - Dvinsk
Kaunas, Lithuania (1941-
1942) - Kovno
Vilnius, Lithuania (1941-
1942)
Jurbarkas, Lithuania (1941-
1942) - Jurburg, (jleorgemburg
Panevezys, Lithuania (1941-
1942) - Ponevezh
Siauliai, Lithuania (1941-
1942) - ShavU
Kedainia, Lithuania (1941-
1942) - Kaydani
Skaudville, Lithuania (1941-
1942)
Sucutard, Romania, Hungary
(194(>1944)
Respondents should reply to:
Immigration and Naturaliza
tion Service
Martin Mendelsohn, Chief
Special Litigation Unit
425 I Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20536
why I Chose the Academy For My Children
Wilma and Gerson Asrael
came to Charlotte in 1966 from
their native Baltimore. Wilma is
an occupational therapist and
counselor with the Charlotte
Rehabilitation Hospital. She in
troduced the Lamaze method of
childbirth to Charlotte, is
presently the North and South
Carolina coordinator of La
Leche League, and is a member
of the Piedmont Committee for
Alternatives in Sex Education.
In the early years of the
Academy Wilma volunteered
her services as a tutor to a few of
the children who had difficulty
reading. In recent years she was
a volunteer art teacher at the
Academy. Wilma studied art
both at Virginia Com
monwealth University and the
Maryland Institute of Art.
Grerson is an urologist at the
Nalle Clinic. He was president
of the Hebrew Academy for
three years and is presently
finance chairman..
All four of the Asrael children
went to the Hebrew Academy.
Joel is presently in the fifth
grade and David is in the third.
Question: Why did you decide
to send your children to the
Academy?
Answer: Gerson and I were
brought up in fairly traditional
homes and we wanted our
children to have the same deep
sense of longing and comfort we
derive firom Judaism. We did not
feel that the afternoon school
was sufficiently challenging
and stimulating. We do not
believe in private schools, and
would have sent our children to
public elementary schools if
there were no Hebrew Academy.
But we chose the Hebrew
Academy because we wanted
our children to receive a good
Jewish education.
Q. Why do you favor the
public schools over the private
ones?
For two reasons: First, I
want to support the public
school system. And, second, 1
want to expose my children to
people from all walks of life.
Q. Since your two sons are
presently going to the Hebrew
Academy do you feel that they
are being deprived of the advan
tage of meeting different kinds
of children?
A. I make it a point to involve
them in outside activities, such
as classes at the Nature
Museum and YMCA Summer
Camp, so that they can meet
other kinds of children.
Q. When your two daughters
graduated from the Hebrew
Academy did they go to the
public schools?
A. Yes. Michele is now at
South and Mindy is at Piedmont
Middle School.
Q. Are you satisfied with the
education at the Academy?
A. Right now I am super
satisfied. Both the Jewish and
the secular education are super
excellent. The teachers are sen
sitive to the individual needs of
the children. Both my eight and
ten year old boys are able to
write reports using note cards
and many references,
something I did not leam to do
until I went to college. In
Hebrew the children seem to
leam quickly. They find Hebrew
both challenging and fun.
Q. Is there anything else you
like about the Academy?
A. I like the integration of
Hebrew and English studies.
When my children learn
American history they not only
study it from a secular perspec
tive, using secular texts, but also
learn about the contributions of
American Jews. This gives
them a feeling of pride and
security knowing that their
group is important too.
Q. In what way can the school
be improved?
A. Quite honestly I cannot
think of any suggestions at pre
sent. I assume that schools, like
all institutions, can always do a
better job. I like the fact that the
teachers of the Academy are
flexible and open to suggestions
for improvement.
Q. Some people in Charlotte
say that the Hebrew Academy,is
too Jewish, that the children
will learn more about Judaism
than their parents know, that
they will ask questions concern
ing why the parents fail to
observe Jewish customs and
laws. What do you think of this
argument?
A. Each family has to solve
this question for itself. I do not
think it is a problem for my
family. The children have
brought new Jewish obser
vances into our family. We have
felt comfortable in accepting
them. We consider it an advan
tage to be able to learn from bur
children.
Q. What are your hopes for the
children of the Academy?
A. I hope they will grow up to
be sensitive and self-confident
adults and that they will con
tribute to the Jewish Communi
ty in Charlotte.
Fashion Show
To Be Presented
Temple Israel Sisterhood is
having a special meeting this
month. On Thursday, February
15 at 7:30 p.m. they will be
presenting a fashion show be
ing put on by JODPHURS.
Emphasis for the evening will
be on the Torah Fund and the
welcoming of new members to
Sisterhood.
Dessert and coffee will be
served. It is open to members
and guests. Cost of the evening
is $1.50 per person or $2.50 per
couple.
Men’s and boy’s basketball
began on Sunday, January 7th
at Randolph Junior High
School Gym. The instructors for
the boys are: Lane Ostrow, Neil
Kronovet and Miles Levine.
From 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. the gym
is available to Temple Israel’s
teams, and from 3 p.m. until 5
p.m. it is open for J.C.C.
members. If you haven’t signed
up yet and want to, call the
J.C.C. at 366-0357.
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