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Alvin Levine To Cliair Foundation ^ Buitding Mores Rapidly Ahead
Alvin Levine
After completing two highly suc
cessful years as the first President
of the Foundation, Herman Blumen-
thal will step down at the May 16
meeting. The new President will be
Alvin Levine. Morris Speizman,
who has served for two years as
Treasurer will also be going out of
office to be followed as Treasurer by
Shelton Gorelick.
Other officers of the Foundation
will be: Vice Presidents, Leon
Levine and Mark Bernstein;
Secretary, Harry Lemer. “Herman
Blumenthal has done an outstanding
job as President,” said Alvin Levin.
"These first two years required the
delicate touch of a master
Leon Levine
Mark Bernstein
Harry Lemer
statesman, and he met that
challenge magnificently. I am rely
ing on him to continue to be the
statesman for the community”
Building Committees In Close
Working Tie With Architects
Bill Gorelick, Building Committee
chairperson, described the current
process of planning and develop
ment of the facilities as
“unbelievably exciting.” More than
50 community members/leaders ap
pointed by the participating Institu
tions are involved in reacting to the
architectural plans. Divided into
such groups as Activities, Educa
tion, Athletics, Administration and
Special Activities, these dedicated
groups of workers are meeting to
document the needs of the institu
tions and to compare those needs to
the plans being presented by the ar
chitects.
The chairpersons of these commit
tees, Brenda Meltsner, Sam Lerner,
Bob Speizman, Don Bernstein and
Marc Silverman constitute, under
the leadership of Bill Gorelick, the
Building Executive Committee.
Their task is to assemble all the
reactions and recommendations of
their committee members and pre
sent them in working form to the ar
chitects, Don Lee and Rob Jolly.
The completed work of the Ex
ecutive Committee and the ar
chitects is then submitted for review
Shelton Gorelick
and approval to the Advisory Board
consisting of two representatives
from each of the participating in
stitutions and two representatives
chosen collectively by the organiza
tions. Chairperson for this commit
tee is Morris Speizman. In a final
step, plans are submitted to the
Board of the Foundation for ap
proval.
“Many people are involved,” said
Gorelick, “and that is good because
it allows for ideas and for seeing the
need for changes. In our prelimia»ry
meetings I was very pleased at the
way in which each of the par
ticipants viewed the Project from a
total community point of view.”
Fedei
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Many Remember The Holocaust
“We are still on our way
toward $800,000 for 1983, but
it is time to begin plans for
next year’s drive,” said
Richard A. Klein, Federa
tion President. Included in
those plans are a $1 million
goal for 1984.
“In order to reach that
goal people have to unders
tand in a very personal way
what Federation means and
does for them,” said Klein.
“We are planning a two year
campaign of public relations
and education built around
the theme ‘Can You Im
agine.’ We know that when
each and every member of
the Jewish community
understands the importance
of Federation they will res
pond from their hearts and
their funds.”
Two key programs will be
emphasized in 1984: Mis
sions and Project Renewal.
The recent successful mis
sions to Israel taken by 16
Charlotteans in the past 6
months have sparked the
organizing of a large
Charlotte mission next spr
ing under the direction of
Rabbi Richard Rocklin. Ben
Massachi and Bennet Lyons,
both recent mission par
ticipants, have accepted
cochair positions for
publicizing and recruiting
participants.
“There are many missions
during the course of the
year,” said Massachi, “and
we encourage people to go
whenever they can. But, we
are going to put our major ef
forts into a large spring mis
sion from Charlotte. If we go
together, we can return to
share the memories and to
work together.”
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Local — National Observances M«ld
By Rita Mond
The American Gathering
of the Jewish Holocaust Sur-
vivors took place in
Washington, D.C. from
April 11-14. Dr. Susan
Cemyak-Spatz and Henry
Hirschmann, accompanied
by his wife, Blanche, two of
Charlotte’s survivors, at
tended this 1 arge st
assemblage ever in the
United States of Jewish sur
vivors of resistance to
Nazism. Also in attendance
was Walter J. Klein.
It was three days of “reliv
ing and remembering” those
horrible days of World War
II. Over 10,000 participants
were there, the majority hop
ing they would be reunited
with a relative or friend who
had been considered “lost,”
“dead” or “missing.” In
some cases this dream
became a reality, but for
many more, it was a fruitless
quest.
There were a series of
deeply moving events and
ceremonies marking the 40th
anniversary of the Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising of 1942 and
other ghetto uprisings. Many
of the events had limited
capacity (they had
underestimated the number
of people who would attend)
and because of this only
7,000 could witness these, ac-
cording to Henry
The ‘^Memorial at
Holocaust Square.
Hirschmann. He and Blan
che registered late so they
were amongst those who
could be present at only a
few of the ceremonies. He
was thankful that they did go
and found it to be a deeply
moving experience.
Many of the survivors
went to Arlington cemetery
to give homage to our
military who gave their lives
during World War II the
liberators.
Local Events
A series of local events
took place in connmemora-
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State Observes
The Holocaust
By Dr. Susan Cernyak-Spatz
The State Holocaust
Memorial Service was held
on April 10 at the First Bap
tist Church, Raleigh, N.C. It
was very well attended. Un
fortunately, I was the only
representative from
Charlotte, because there
seemed to have been a lack of
communication from the
chairman to the various com
munities concerning the ser
vice.
After his opening remarks,
Dr. Elmo Scoggin, chairman
of the Holocaust Council,
stressed the fact that there
were 11 million victims of the
Holocaust. Six million were
Jewish victims who were the
most viciously and mer
cilessly persecuted. Rabbi
Arnold Task of Temple
Emanuel, Greensboro, gave
the invocation.
The main speaker. Brig.
Gen Francis J. Roberts, ret.,
spoke of his experience as
the liberator of a small con
centration camp in the
western part of Germany in
the spring of 1945. Among
his remarks, one stood out in
my mind. He mentioned a
quote from Gen.
Eisenhower’s memories
“Crusade in Europe” in
which the general described
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