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Permit No. 1208
The Charlotte DEWISH TIEWS
V0I.6NO.7
Chariott*, North Carolina
August, 1983
Federation Puts Emphasis On Fail For *84 Campaign
By Marvin Bienstock
1984-The MILLION
DOLLAR YEAR!
That’s the pledge made by
the three campaign chairper
sons for the 1984 Federa-
tion/UJA campaign.
When Stan Greenspon,
Major Gifts chairman for
men’s campaign; Ron Katz,
General Men’s Campaign
chairman; and Bobbi Berns
tein, General Campaign
chairman for Women’s Divi
sion, make such a pledge
they have the track record to
back it up.
After a number of years of
a campaign hovering around
six hundred thousand
dollars, this (fedicated trio
promised a two campaign
move to a million dollars.
The first half of the promise,
to reach $800,000 in 1983,
stands almost totally fulfill
ed as of this issue of the
paper.
All three attribute the 1983
success to a combination of
outstanding campaign
workers and a community
which understands Jewish
needs and is willing to back
their understanding with
dollars.
a team of national Jewish
leadership coupled with
outstanding Israeli leader
ship. Key major givers will
be invited to come and m^t
Super Sunday, the one day
telephone campaign reaching
out to more than 1,000
members of the Charlotte
Jewish community, has
CampMign chain Staa Greenapon, Ron Katz and Bobbi Bematein celebrating $750,000
mark of campaign.
“We are focusing on a fall
campaign,” says Greenspon
who will again chair Men’s
Major Gifts. “We will begin
the campaign on Tuesday,
September 13, between the
high holidays, with a FLY-
IN for major givers. This in
novation will bring to
Charlotte for the second year
with the team to discuss the
issues of the campaign and
to make their 1984 pledges.”
The FLY-IN concept will
be repeated for other groups
including the medical profes
sion who conducted an ex
tremely successful FLY-IN
last year.
traditionally been conducted
in January. However, the
campaign committee was so
pleased by the number of
Super Sunday donors vrho
immediately sent in their
pledge payment that the
decision has been made to
hold Super Sunday on
December 4 in order to give
contributors the advantage
of taking their contributions
as tax deductions for 1983.
“Holding Super Sunday
on December 4 will coincide
with Hanukah, ” says Bobbi
Bernstein. “It is very fitting
because Hanukah is
recognized by all of us as a
time for giving of ourselves
to others.”
Men's Major Gifts Dinner
On Sunday December 11
Men’s Major Gifts Dinner
for contributors of $3,000 and
over will be held Sunday,
December 11, in the new din
ing facilities of the Sheraton
Plaza.
Arrangements are now be
ing concluded for a national
ly recognized personality to
be the speaker at both the
dinner and at a public
meeting to be held im
mediately following the din
ner in one of the new
Sheraton ballrooms.
(Continued on Page 13)
Jewish Social Services
To Cliange Director
L. Louis Albert has resign
ed his position as Director of
Jewish Social Services and
has moved to Toledo, Ohio,
where he will be the Director
of the Jewish Family and
Children’s Service in that ci
ty. Mr. Albert was in
Charlotte for three years and
was instrumental in
establishing the very fine
Social Services program that
now exists as part of the
Jewish Federation. Mr.
Albert was originally hired
to provide services to the
elderly and meet the voca
tional needs of the communi
ty. Under his guidance, the
program expanded to include
a full range of social work
services. His staff included a
part-time vocational
counselor, Jan Willett, and a
part-time secretary, Goldie
Weinreb.
Mr. Albert wrote a mon
thly column in the Charlotte
Jewish News, served on the
board of Shepherd’s Center,
participated in the Round
table for Service Providers
for Senior Citizens, and
maintained contacts in the
general Charlotte communi
ty.
A search for a new Direc
tor of Social Services has
resulted in the hiring of Mr.
Nathaniel Greenwood. Mr.
Greenwood received his
undergraduate degree from
John Hopkins University
and his M.S.W. from the
University of Pittsburgh
School of Social Work.
Mr. Greenwood is fluent in
both French and Hebrew. He
has taught in Israel and has
had extensive experience in
both the clinical and ad
ministrative areas of Social
Work. His speciality lies in
the area of family and mar
riage counseling along with a
recent focus on service to the
elderly.
Mr. Greenwood comes to
us from Jacksonville,
Florida, where he has been
the Assistant Director of the
Jewish Family and
Children’s Service. He and
his wife have three children.
He will be assuming his
duties here August 1.
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Together We Are,
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Bar/Bat Mitcvahs ... p. IS
Book Review p. 11
Bulletin Board p. 14
Calendar p> IS
Classified P 16
Editorials p. S
Working Women
Federation p. 8-9
Focus on larael p. S
JCC p. 7
Job Bank p. 10
Labavitcher Rebbe .. p. S
This *n That p. 6
World Beat p. 4
p. 8
JCC Seeks
New Director
By Harold Josephson
President
Ben Jaffa Jr. is heading a
search committee to find a
new executive director for
the Jewish Community
Center of Charlotte. Harold
Cohen, who served as ex
ecutive director from July,
1981, resigned following a
special Board of Directors
meeting on June 20. Other
members of the search com
mittee are Robert Abel,
Paula Musler, Miles Levine,
Lynn Sheffer and Harold
Josephson. Two candidates
have been brought to
Charlotte for interviews and
the committee expects to
make its recommendation to
the Board in the near future.
In the interim, the respon
sibilities for running the
day-to-day operation of the
Center has fallen to Cary
Bernstein, the senior prc>-
gram director, and to Mary
Hogan, administrative assis
tant. They have been
assisted by Jim Oddo, who
has taken full respon
sibilities for the pools, Abby
Hoffman, director of adult
activities, and Lisa
Teitelzweig, the Center’s
receptionist-secretary.
Despite the lack of an ex
ecutive director, the JCC has
been running very smoothly:
Day Camp has been a great
success; athletic activities,
including softball and ten
nis, have been providing
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Community Project Begins
Program Planning Process
By Marvin Bienstock
“A lot of exciting ques
tions need to be asked and
answered in the next 18 mon
ths,” said Harry Lerner,
Chairman of the Federation
Long Range Planning Com
mittee.
Mr. Lerner was reacting to
the day-long visit of Dr.
Gary Tobin, urban
sociologist from Washington
University in St. Louis. On
June 21, Dr. Tobin spent the
day in Charlotte meeting
with representatives from all
the institutions participating
in the Community Project.
“Now that you have
almost accomplished your
community goal of being
able to build the best possi
ble facilities, it is time to
turn the attention of the com
munity to the programs and
to the needs of the people
who will be using those
facilities.”
More than 50 people par
ticipated in the various
segments of the day-long
visit. From the many issues
raised by Dr. Tobin, based
on his numerous studies of
other Jewish communities,
were the following:
1. The concerns and needs
of the Jewish community are
no longer homogeneous. The
community contains many
segments with different in
terests, backgrounds and
needs. The leaders of the in
stitutions and the project
should gather the facts at^ut
Dr. Gary Tobin
these subgroups through
face to face contact and to in
volve these groups in plann
ing how the facilities will be
used.
2. Among the many
subgroups, three stand out.
These are older, singles and
working women. These
groups deserve special and
particular attention because
they are growing in size and
represent new issues and
concerns for the Charlotte
Jewish community.
3. Planning and even the
beginning of the programs
must come before the doors
open. The grand opening
must be the culmination not
the start of the planning pro
cess.
4. Having excellent
facilities will be marvelous
for the Jewish community as
individuals. What happens
inside those facilities must
be planned to be marvelous
for Judaism. In working
together the institutions are
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