page 4—THE NEWS—June-July, 1979
Academy News Yiddish Leibt
It is one of the paramount con
cerns of parents and-
professional educators th£^t
education prepare a child to con
front a difficult and challenging
and ever-changing world. One
of the most crucial aspects of
that education is called affective
education. 'Fhat is, in addition to
all sorts of competencies in
math, language arts, science,
social studies, and other
academic arjeas, we are concern
ed about how the child feels
about himself or herself, and
how that child interacts with
others. We are concerned about
devel()i)ing within each child
competencies sucli as in
dependence, personal initiative
and scir-r('iiance.
Old Salem
Overnight
With this and other concerns
in mind, the Hebrew Academy
sponsored an overnight trip to
Old Salem for Children K-6 on
May 21-22. Planning for the trip,
as well as responsibility for
carrying out the planning was
assumed by the children with, of
course, full guidance and super
vision throughout. Everyone
brought sleeping bags and tents
for camping out in Tanglewood
I’ark. fours were arranged .in
advance in Old Salem ap
propriate to the different age
groups involved. Food was
brought in coolers and cooking
was shared by the children and
adults.
Israel
Independence Day
I'or Israel Independence Day
the children of the Academy
celebrated in two special ways.
iMrstly, they made Mizrahim,
sp(>cial art projects with Jewish
symbols and Torah verses about
Israel, to hang on the eastern
wall of the house. Next, they
read and sang from an Israel In-
depencience Day Haggadah
prepared by Chief Kabbi of
Isr^^el Shiomo (Joren.
Science Fair
On Tuesday afternoon. May
29, the 2nd to (ith graders at the
Academy put on a science fair
sharing projects they had made
recently. lOach child made a tape
recording of an explanation of
his j)roj(*ct so that visitors could
walk thorough at their own
pace.
-Rabbi Sandy l\icker
NCCJ
(Continued from Page I)
Holocaust in an attempt to
make the social studies
curriculum responsive to the
development of etiinic values.
As these strategies were
developed it was determined
that the task could not be ac
complished until the new
framework of instructional coor
dinating teachers was fully es
tablished and operational.
'I’he social studies department
will continue to update the
Holocaust materials and look
forward to opportunities to
foster the development of con
cepts that will lead to har
monious relationships among
diverse cultural groups.
Congratulations To
all our recent
graduates
and
confirmants
BINGO
at the
JCC
Tuesdays
7:30 p.m.
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at Wildacres made all of this
possible. The Blumenthal Foun
dation has awarded a grant to
assist in the development of a
1980 Institute. If there was ever
a doubt that there would be
another Yiddish Institute it was
clearly defined when a number
of those present refused to leave
until their deposits were
accepted for next year.
Acknowledgements
'I'he Wildacres Yiddish In
stitute would not have been
possible without the
graciousness of the hosts, Anita
and Herman Blumenthal, and
the committee who worked so
hard before and during the
weekend. A "todah” to Rose and
Al)e Luski, Sarah and George
Ackerman, lOstelle and Leo
Hofiman, Haila and John
I’ransky, Mae and Julius Gold
man, and Marvin Bienstock. A
very special “todah” goes to Abe
Luski who created an art
masterpiece for the cover of the
George Ackerman per
forms a classic Maurice
ScKwartz skit as part of the
Saturday evening talent
show.
program. It is seen on the follow
ing page, page fj.
“Birkat Hamazon” - Grace after meafs sang by everyone
and followed by lots of impromptu singing in Yiddish and
Hebrew.
Abe Luski and Dr. Leonard Morris from St. Pete, Fla.,
“deep in thought.”
Abraham Shulman toasts “L’Chayim Maze! Tov” to open
the first annual Yiddish Institute at Wildacres. The
Blumenthal Foundation has made a grant to assist in
programming at the 2nd weekend to be held in 1980.
This ’N That
Cary J. Bernstein, daughter of I/)u1se and Mark Bernstein, has
-received an $800 Ellen Hickman scholarship. The memorial
scholarship was established by the family of Ellen Hickman, a 1975
graduate in the Department of Child Development and Family
Relations of the School of Home Kconomics at the University of
North Carolina,at Greensboro.
Cary was among 12 students who were tapped into Golden Chain,
an honorary society at UNC-G. She is a junior majoring in educa
tion and received this honor for her qualities of leadership,
scholarship and service.
Attending Governor’s School this summer will be Sherry
Yudell. She received this honor for instrumental music (cello). She
will be a senior at Fast Mecklenburg this fall.
*
Darren Mond has fieen accepted again by the Youth Symphony
of tile Carolinas. He also plays the cello and will be a senior at East
Mecklenburg. This will be Darren’s third year with the Youth
Symphony; he attended Governor’s School last summer."
1 ■ *
. “Finding Intimacy”, by Charlotte’s Marriage and Family In
stitute director. Dr. Herbert Zerof, will be excerpted in Australia
and New Zealand’s magazine “Women’s Day”.
• .»
'I'he Mecklenburg County Area Mental Health Authority has ap
pointed Rita Mond to serve on the Developmental Disabilities
Council
*
Sol Shapiro, upon invitation from President Carter, attended a
briefing regarding the windfall profits tax legislation on May 15th
in the Fast Room of the White House. The briefing began in the ear
ly afternoon and was followed by a reception in the State Dining
Room of the White House.
Other administration participants attending were Michael
Blumenthal, Secretary of the Treasury, and Stuart Eizenstat, assis
tant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy. Sol was one of
fifty small business leaders from around the country who were in
vited to attend.
♦
Congratulations go to Henrietta Wallace for her outstanding
work with the Mecklenburg Council on Aging; she’s been the editor
of their newsletter. Also felicitations to Jill Van Iderstine’s
photographic works being accepted by the Gaston County Juried
Photography Fxhibit.
*
A special thank you to Kim Schrader for finishing the grocery
shopping and finishing setting up the apartment for the Baikin
family while her mother attended the District #8 Sisterhood conven
tion in Washington.
Send us your “tid-bits” to printed in “This’n That”
•V.'
Newcomer Evening A Success
'I'hey came in numbers! 'I’hey
came «‘arly and they stayed late!
That is the successful outcome
of the J(J(’’s Newcomers
Evening held Saturday, May
19, 1979.
"We wanted to give both new
comers and established families
a chance to meet each other, and
we certainly succeeded,” said
Linda Kaplan, chairperson for
the event. “ The whole evening
was based on people caring
about each other and being will
ing to talk to striingers. Since we
didn’t know for such how many
would come and how many
would be newcomers, there was
a tight feeling when we opened
the door at 7:.‘}0. By 7:45 that
feeling was gone. There \vere(>()
people busy learningaboiiteach
other with more coming every
minute. VVe only interrupted the
conversation once to welcome
everyonoj and then all the com
mittee members l)ecame par-
ticiapnts as we met and talked
with everyone. Wheii we plann
ed closing hour of 9 p.m. came
none noticed and people stayed
until well after 10.”
1 jnda Kaplan was assisted by
Phyllis Serepca, Bobbie Berns
tein, Sarah Schreibman, and
liori Wojnowich. Fncouraged by
the evening, the JCC plans to
offLT more low key opportunities
for people to socialize.
CARRAS REALTY COMPANY
Ann Langman
Broker
MLS
Office 525-6900
Residence 364-1691
Deli Town
Cots wold Shopping Center
**The meeting place for the
Jewish Community**
Looking forward to seeing all of
you at the JCC Snack Bar this
summer.