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Permit No. 1208
Vol. 3 No 8
Charlotte, North Carolina
September 1981
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The annual JCC sports ban-
tmtqOdt-^^'eid oii^August 2T to'
honor the members of the swim
and tennis teams. Preceding
the awards, everyone enjoyed a
chicken dinner and watched a
sh'de show, produced by Harold
iosephson, highlighting this
year’s swim season. Coach
Ellen’ Skurla praised all the.
swimmers and congratulated
them on their fine spirit.
Swim Team Awards
The Robert Musler Awads,
the most prestigious of the
awards, was presented to Jeff
Shapiro this year. Jodi Mond
captured the Overall Team
Spirit and Effort Awards. Most
Valuable Swimmer went to two
of the younger swimmers:
Alexis Lerner, who swam in the
8 and under category and went
undefeated the entire season,
and David Fox who swam in the
9-10 category. Cher Fox and
Richy Voung were named as the
Most Improved swimmers of
the season.
Awards as “Most Valuable
Swimmers” based on their
point standing were given to the
following swimmers: 8 and
under, Abby Weisman and
Chris Tritten; 9-10, Elise
Labovitz and Danny Thyer;
11-12, Missy Davis and Alan
Karben; 13-14, Lisa Josephson
and Evin Somerstein; 15-18,
Eric Warshawsky and Jeff
Shapiro.
The Team spirit and Effort
age group awards went to the
following: 8 and under, Emily
Dembeck and Mitchell Scharf;
9-10, Kelly Thyer, Stephanie
Davis and C.J. O’Neil; 11-12,
Tricia Ades and Tom Tritten;
13-14, Lisa Perlin and Eric
Lerner; 15-18, Elaine Shuman
and Jered Mond.
Mrs. Pat Somerstein was
given special recognition as. the given to a player who has sh9wn
oustending booster ofithe ^fifim^liili^ gfeaf^nteres^iKtentjjjyi
Sportsmanship^ team spirit an
Tennis Team Awards
Junior Queen City Tennis
League play ended with the
presentation of the following
awards by Susan Sadri, our ten
nis pro:
Most V Valuable- Player
Awards were presented to
Laurie Goldman, Debbie
Ostrow, Mindy Levine, Allon
Schwartzman, David Van Glish
and Gary Lerner.
Team Spirit Awards were
given to Debra Perlip, Shelley
Mendel, Kim Kort, Spencer
Friedlander and ^awrence
Greenspon.
The Most Improved Player
trophies went to Julie Lerner
and Adam Cohen.
The Andy Musler Award
in all around devotion to the'
sport was received by Laurie
Goldman,
The concensus of all who at
tended the banquet was that the
dinner, the swim season and the
tennis season were very suc
cessful. Congratulations'are in
order for all award recipients
and for all who didn’t get a
trophy this year there is always
next year.
All the team members showed
that they are winners for the ef
fort and sportsmanship they-
displayed at all the meets. A
special thanks goes to all the
parents who encouraged their
children and gave their “all”,
win or lose.
Personal Giving
by Susan Bruck
As the New Year rolls
around, B’nai B’rith Women
throughout our country are
planning their PERSONAL
GIVING CAMPAIGN.
Charlotte Chapter will launch
their third annual Personal Giv
ing Luncheon on September 15,
at Temple Israel at 11:45 a.m.
The theme for this year’s cam
paign is “A Time to Care”.
Right now, when the voices
that speak for women, for
Israel, for Jews, for youth and
for human rights must be made
stronger, B’nai B’rith Women,
throughout the U.S., Canada
and abroad are functioning as a
strong advocacy organization.
Giving moral and material
assistance to the State of Israel
is one of BBW’s foremost com
mitments, in addition to main
taining our own Children’s
Home in Israel.
Through its support of the
world’s largest Jewish youth
movement, the B’nai B’rith
Youth Organization, BBW is
working to foster a strong sense
of Jewish identity among young
people. This of course continues
through the B’nai B’rith Hillel
Foundation on college cam
puses.
This year, our luncheon pro
gram will be highlighted with
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Box Sieore
Survey Says ‘Yes’
To Project
“THE SHORT PEOPLE.” JCC Day Campers had a great summer! Full coverage will appear in next
month’s issue.
Banquet Honors Swim and
Tennis Team Members
In the past month 202
Charlotte Jewish families took
15 minutes or more to answer
some very important questions
about the future of our com
munity.
They were responding to .a
professional survey authorized
by the Foundation and approv
ed by the Presidents of the three
Temples, JCC, Academy and
Federation. Chosen completely
at random and with an absolute
guarantee of anonymity, these
202 families (?0% of our com
munity) spoke their hearts and
their minds about the proposed
IVe wspaper
Lauded!
The Charlotte Jewish News is
very well-thought-of among its
readers. It fares well in reader-
ratings* Its' 'mprH-.- tHorougi
readers rate it higher than do
those who barely read it. And
there are few suggestions-for
improvements. !'
Respqndents during the' re-"
cent Jewish community survey
of the project were asked:
“About how thoroughly do you
read the NEWS?*’ They
responded: ' ■ ' .
All
51 % Read nearly everything
16% Read important things on
ly
18% Read only a few articles
14% Read hardly anything
This compares very favorably
with general readership
throughout the Charlotte area.
In a recent (privately-,
conducted) study of Charlotte
newspaper readership, 22% of
the population did not read a
newspaper at all (compared
with 14% in this survey); and
65% read in a limited fashion
-(compared with 347o in this
survey) and, only 13% read
“nearly everything” (compared
with 51% in this survey). The
NEWS is more thoroughly read
among its constituency than
other Charlotte newspapers.
The NEWS also has an ex
cellent evaluation for its •
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In The I^ews
Project. The* results were en
couraging beyond all expecta
tions:
The bulk of respondents sup
port the Project completely.
.77% of those Who are members
of Temple Israel were complete
ly in favor. 77% of those who
are Beth El members agreed.
79% of those who are JCC
members said they supported
•the Project and 100% of those
with children at the Academy
concurred. Even among persons
not affiliated with ^a Temple
there was 797o. support. The
balance of those called were
eyenly split between opposed
and undecided.
There' . were . 35% of the
respondents who said they felt
that cohesiveness within the en
tire Jewish Community has in
creased In the last year or so due
primarily to the “joint venture”
-Qt.\thg aew.jproject which pro-
everyohe together’.’. Only
2% felt, coliesiveness was
decreasing.
, , .^While the cost of the project
wdS the second most expressed
concern, 73% said their Temple
pledge would not be affected by
their giving to the Project, and,
again, only 2Vo said a Project
contribution would have a
strong negative effect on the
Temple pledge. Similarly en
couraging statistics • -were un-
. covered with regard'to annual
Federation pledges. About 19%
were not .sure yet how their
Temple and Federation pledges
would be affected.
The most frequently express
ed concern was, “can our dif-
- ferent institutions and leaders
work together long enough and
strong enough to make it hap
pen?” The answer to that ques
tion is yes! Your proof began
several weeks ago with the
printed list of facilities. This let
ter and the contest is further
evidence, and we will continue
to send you descriptions of the
positive decisions which have
been made and which guarantee
the success of the project.
Based on the results of the
survey the Foundation is offer
ing you the unique opportunity
' to be the one who give's the Pro-
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JCC Adult
Class Schedule -p.6-7
Cultural Sampler - p. 12
Older Adult Luncheon • p.5
Academy News.
For the Record ...,..
....p.5
Bar/Bat Mitzvahs ..
.....p.9
JCC News
Bulletin Board
L'Chaim !.
Calendar
p.9
Lubavitcher Rebbe ..
. ...p.4
Candlelighting
p.9
Random Thoughts...
. ...p.3
Classified Ads .. i..
This ‘n That
....p.5
Editorials .
World Beat
' •
Books in Review
...p.12 y