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Permit No. 1208
VOL. 1 NO 5
Charlotte, North Carolina
May, 1979
^Yom Hashoa^
Many join At Service of Remembrance
By RITA MONO
As the organ played the plain
tive strains of the “Prelude on a
Hebrew Melody” and the
processional of participants in
the “Service of Kemembrance”
walked towards the holy ark at
1'emple Beth El on the evening
of April 23, one could feel the
commitment of the 250 in atten
dance.
ITiey came to remember the 6
million Jews and 5 million other
victims of the Nazi Holocaust of
World War'll. They came to
commit themselves that such a
thing would not happen again.
The service was sponsored by
the Mecklenburg Chapter of the
National Conference of
Christians and Jews and co
sponsored by the Charlotte
Jewish Federation, the
Charlotte Area Clergy Associa-
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ed. Participants in the service
Judaica On Exhibit
The Charlotte Chapter of
Hadassah, in conjunction with
the Southern Seaboard
Regional Conference, are the
proud sponsors of “Ceremonial
Art in the Judaic Tradition,”
currently on display at the Mint
Museum of History, 3500
Shamrock Drive.
An exciting “first” for the
Charlotte Jewish community,
this priceless collection of
Jewish ceremonial art is on loan
from the North Carolina
Museum of Art in Raleigh. It is a
part of the collection of Dr.
Abram Kanof. Dr. Kanof is
chairman of the B’nai B’rith
Museum in Washington, D.C.
and author of Jewish
Ceremonial Art and Religious
Observance. He also served as
chairman of the Jewish
Museum in New York.
'Fhe exhibit shows represen
tative objects used in synagogue
and home ritual, selected to
demonstrate the variability of
artistic expression in religious
observance. The descriptive
catalog says that “their time of
origin covers the last four cen
turies, and their place of origin
is universal. The artists or
craftsmen are for the most part
unknown...”
ITie exhibition can be seen
I'uesday through Friday from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday
and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
in the museum’s Historical
American Ceramics Gallery.
Hadassah gratefully
acknowledges the efforts of
Stuart Schwartz, curator of the
Mint Museum, in bringing the
exhibit to Charlotte, and hopes
everyone will have the oppor
tunity to see it.
/ believe in the sun even when it is not shining,
I believe in love even when not feeling it,
1 believe in God even when He is silent”
(from a cellar wall in Cologne, written by a Jew hiding from the
Nazis)
were Kabbi Harold Krantzler, of
Temple Beth El, who coor
dinated it; Rabbi Richard
Rocklin of Temple Israel; liev.
Robert Freeman, representing
the Charlotte Area Clergy Coun
cil; Elder Ralph Franklin of
Berean Seventh Day Adventist
Church; Father Phillip
Scarcella of St. Patrick’s
Cathedral, representing the
Charlotte Uiocese; Christina
Kokenes, representing the
Greek Orthodox Cathedral; the
Rev. Preston Pendergrass,
minister of Antioch Baptist
Church; Kitty Huffman, direc
tor of the NCCJ; Rolfe Neill,
publisher of.The^harlotte^
News, and . Liz. Hair, County-
Commissioner, Mecklenburg
County. > i;
One of the most deeply mov
ing moments was the kindling
of the memorial lamps by men
and women who were personal
ly involved in the Holocaust ex
perience. Several of them are
survivors of the concencentra-
tion camps... can we ever forget
Dachau, Auschwitz,
Buchenwald, Treblinka,
Maidenek? Others were with the
occupation forces, the un
derground, or prisoners of war...
Jew and Gentile... they will
always remember.
Rolfe Neill in his message of
“we commit ourselves...” stated
that “humanity is a great gift to
i^hich. L’m ob 1 igated.*L.AmonU
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JCC Camp Hits Record Enrollment
With 2'/2 months still to go before the start of summer day camp
over 140 places have already been filled, for the camp season com
pared to a total of 120 places filled during the entire 1978 season. In
order to preserve the camp’s reputation for excellence, limits are be
ing established for the number of registrations which will betaken
in each session.
The 3 and 4 year old camp groups are filled and both have waiting
lists. Additional groups for these ages are a possibility; therefore,
we will accept limited additional names with deposits for the
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Celebrating the 31st Anniversary of Israel
Fhe North Carolina Hebrew Academy
Cordially Invites You to be A Patron At
A Gala Evening with Theodore Bihel
Sunday, May 27, 1979
Temple Israel '
1014 Dilworth Road
Charlotte, North Carolina
Reception: 6:00 PM —
Dinner: 7:30 PM
Dress: Semi-Formal
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$125 Donation Per Couple
To Benefit Academy
R.S.V.P. Dr. Stephen Fishman
537-0220
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Barkans Arrive
In January the Barkan family
was very excited about the
arrival of Mark’s parents and
grandmother from Russia. They
came to Charlotte January 5
and we arranged with the
Hickory community that they
be established there to be nearer
to their son, daughter-in-law
and grandsons. However,
Gregory Barkan, who is a sign
painter, found it extremely dif
ficult to obtain employment in
that community and requested
that we find something for him
in Charlotte. The grandmother
went to New York.
‘ We are indeed fortunate to
have found Gregory and his
wife an apartment at the Myrtle
Apartments and they moved in
on April 8. He will be employed
as a sign painter for Guerra
Signs but is interested in extra
work in sign and poster work.
His wife is a former nurse but at
present is interested in any type
of job. They speak a little
English and have a good com
mand of the Yiddish language.
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POOLS OPEN MAY 27th — See Story — Page 5