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**Enigma: The Black Jews of Ethiopia**
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The
Jewish Media Service/JWB
has acquired North
American rights from the
Israel Broadcasting Authori
ty to distribute six of its
videotapes for educational,
non-telecast use.
This marks the first time
that Israel TV has made its
programs available to North
America for educational pur*
poses, according to Dr. Eric
A. Goldman, director of the
Jewish Media Service/JWB.
The six titles which the
Jewish Media Service will
distribute to North America
Jewry are: Enigma: The
Black Jews of Ethiopia;
From a Far-Off World; A
Question of Identity; The
Jews of Morocco--1978;
Gimpel the Fool, and Story
of Basha. The videotapes are
available on half-and-three-
quarter-inch videocassette
formats.
*‘Enigma” is an IBA
documentary on the
Falashas. An Israel TV film
crew traveled to the source of
the Blue Nile in Ethiopia to
explore the origins of the
Falashas. They searched for
answers to the question of
the group’s Jewishness.
“From a Far-Off World” is
available in two parts. Part I
Falaahta in a villagB in EthiopiM, From **En!gmM: Tha
Black Jews of Ethiopia, ** an Israel Broadcasting Authority
film documentary. The Jewish Media Service/JWB has ac
quired rights to distribute **Enigma** and five other IBM
films and videotapes to North American Jewish com
munities for educational, non-telecast use.
mirrors marriage customs of
Kurdish, Libyan and
Yemenite Jews — three
ethnic groups which have
settled in Israel. Part II
shows the customs con
nected with birth in the same
three groups.
“A Question of Identity”
also comes in two parts. One
segment deals with the pro-
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blem of Jewish survival in
the U.S. The second part
zeroes in on the relations bet
ween American Jewry and
Israel.
“The Jews of Morocco”
documents the return of
Israeli TV correspondent
Haim Shiran to his native
land after a 20-year absence.
The visual “tour” contrasts
the “then and now” of
Morocco. Among the sites
seen are the mellah of
Meknes, Fez, Marrakesh and
Casablanca.
“Gimpel the Fool ” and
“Story of Basha” are adap
tations of stories by Isaac
Bashevis Singer and are
available only in Hebrew.
Gimpel is a simple, good
baker who is everybody’s
fool. Basha, an aging pro
stitute, is transformed into a
fashionable woman by a
wealthy gentleman she meets
in the park. Her new life is
cut short, and she returns to
the reality of her grim life.
“Gimpel” and “Basha”
were secured from the Israel
Broadcasting Authority by
the Jewish Media Service/-
JWB through special ar
rangements with Singer’s
publishers, Farrar, Straus
and Giroux.
Goldman said that the
Jewish Media Service/JWB
acquired the rights to
distribute the IBA programs
in North America for educa
tional purposes with the
assistance of Mike Jaffe, the
IBA representative in North
America.
This That
Dennis Geronimus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Geronimus, won the Children’s Theatre’s coloring contest,
sponsored by “The Young Observer.” Dennis is a fourth
grader at The Hebrew Academy. He received tickets to see
“The Hobbit.”
•
Steve Bograd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bograd, was elected
president of his senior class at East Mecklenburg High
School.
•
Congratulations go to two scholarship winners: Benjie
Montezinos, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Montezinos, who won a
scholarship to Eastman School of Music. He has been a stu
dent at UNC-CH. Also Laurie Behar, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A1 Behar, received a scholarship to Appalachian State
University to pursue a career in education.
•
Gladys Lavitan appeared in Noel Coward’s “Present
Laughter” at Spirit Square in July. You probably have seen
her this summer on TV in the Frame Warehouse commer
cials.
•
Buddy (Robert) Olanzman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Glanz-
man, has been accepted at Bowman Grey Medical School. He
graduated from UNCC last year.
Aaron Diamond, age 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Dia
mond, won first prize for his art entry in the Raptor
Awareness Day contest. Jacob Schwartz, age 7, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Stuart Schwartz, was a finalist in the art contest
sponsored by the Charlotte Motor Speedway and Discovery
Place. His race car painting was on display at Discovery
Place.
•
A number of graduates were not listed among our “Salute
to Graduates” in the last issue of the “CJN.” Additional
high school graduates are: Carol Anoff, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Anoff; Cathie Fink, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Fink; Julie and Laurel Isaacson, daughters of Mrs. Jill
Isaacson; David Schacher, son of Mrs. Jerrie Schacher;
Scott Wiikenfeld, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merrel Wilkenfeld;
and Michael Newman, son of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Newman,
who graduated from Charlotte Latin and will be attending
UNC-CH.
•
Additional college graduates are: Larry Polk, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hyman Polk, from Emory Law School; Dr. Randy
Kritzer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kritzer, from UNC Medical
School, who will be doing his residency in Neurosurgery at
Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas; Eric Levine, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Levine, from University of Tulsa Law
School; Lori Levine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Levine,
a B.S. in Fashion Merchandising from U. of Georgia; Steven
Levine, son of Mr. Milton Levine, from Emory University;
Phillip Bernstein, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bernstein, an
M.A. in Architecture from Yale; Kevin Schwartz, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Schwartz, from Purdue University; Claire
(Mrs. Paul) Putterman, an M.A.T. from Winthrop College;
and Carol (Mrs. Lawrence) Horowitz, an M. Ed. from Win
throp College.
•
Martha F. (Mrs. Saul) Brenner is the author of “Fireworks
Tonight!,” a non-fiction book for ages 10 and up, published
this month by Hastings House, New York. With old illustra
tions and photos, the hardcover book traces the history of
fireworks and takes readers behind the scenes at a fireworks
manufacturing plant and sky show.
•
First Lt. Jay H. Berman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Ber
man, has entered the Air Force Institute of Technology. He
will be studying for a Master’s degree in photographic
science at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.
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