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The Charlotte TEWiai =NEWS
Vol. 5 No. 10
Charlotte, North Carolina
November, 1983
Youth Build Bridge
From Old To New
The Jewish youth of
Charlotte (shown are
respresentatives from Tem
ple Israel) spent Sunday,
Oct. 16, in the hard and dir
ty task of cleaning used
bricks. The bricks were all
that remained of the Jewish
Community Center building
after the tragic fire.
The cleaned bricks, more
than 600 of them, were of
fered for sale in return for
donations to the new com
munity project. The total
dollars raised will remain a
closely guarded secret until
it is presented to the Foun
dation at an upcoming
groundbreaking.
The bricks were sym
bolically sold. The actual
ones will be used in the con
struction of the new facility.
In other developments on
' the Project, the final steps
of rezoning a portion of the
property and of obtaining
finsd signatures on the Joint
Venture Agreement are in
the process of completion.
Bids for the clearing and
preparation of the site are
being gathered.
A community-wide
groundbreaking celebration
is sechduled for early
December.
**Song of Radauti:** Documents
Jewish Tradition and Culture
SONG OF RADAUTI takes
a look at the religious commit
ment, the communal solidari
ty and the richly intricate lives
of the elderly Jews living in
Radauti, Romania. This black
and white film, airing Nov. 14
on WTVI from 10:30 p.m. to
11 p.m., presents a lifestyle
and culture that may soon be
extinct in this region of nor
thern Bukovina.
On a 1974 Fulbright Fellow
ship, producer Laurence
Salzmann visited Romania to
record Jewish folklore. In
Radauti, one of the region's
liveliest peasant conmiunities,
he found a small group of ag
ing Jews doggedly and poig
nantly clinging u) their an
cient beliefs and traditions as
their numbers grow smaller
each year.
Jews initially came to
Radauti in the 16th century as
traders and merchants. The
community grew until the
deportation of the Jews by
Hitler’s Germany in 1941. The
few who survived the Holo
caust soon found the new com
munist rules prohibiting
private enterprise distressing.
Today, many of their sons and
daughters are moving to
Israel to seek better oppor
tunities and freedom. Some of
the elderly Jews have follow
ed, but otlwrs are too old and
poor to do so.
In 1974 there were only 230
Jews still living in Radauti. At
the heart of the conmiunity is
the monumental synagogue
and its Rabbi, Josif Timauer.
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Community Project
Wins Schroeder Award
The National Council of
Jewish Federations has
honored the Charlotte Com
munity Project with the
highest award for achievement
in Jewish programming and
planning - the William J.
Schroeder award. The coveted
award will be presented Satur
day evening, Nov. 20, in
Atlanta at the General
Assembly before more than
3,000 delegates from Jev/ish
communities across the nation
and the world, including some
25 Charlotte Jewish leaders.
Accepting for Charlotte will
be Mark Bernstein, vice presi
dent of the Foundation and
Marvin Bienstock, executive
director of both the Federation
and the Foimdation. Mr. Bern
stein was chosen to accept
because he was one of the
original conceivers of the idea
of a Community Project in
1960. From 1978 to the pre
sent, Mr. Bernstein has serv
ed as legal counsel to the
Council of Presidents in the
drafting of the more than 75
pages of documentation which
provides the framework and
the structure on which the
Project is based.
Each year, three cities are
given the Schroeder award - a
large city, an intermediate siz
ed city and a small city (under
5,000 Jewish population). The
awards have always been
made in this descending order
of size. In recogr.ition of the
national significance of the
Project, this year, for the first
time, Charlotte will be honored
first.
Bobbi Bernstein, Allan Ox-
man and Harry Lerner will
also be honored at the
prestigious five-day event. Mr.
Oxman is the recipient of a na
tional Youth Leadership
Award for community service
while Mr. Lemer-is chairper
son for programs for Small
Cities which will offer over 30
seminars, discussions and pro
grams for small city delegates.
Mrs. Bernstein will be
elected to a two-year term on
the National Council of Jewish
Federations Board of Direc
tors. She is currently serving
as chairperson for the
Women’s Division campaign,
chairperson of the Social Ser
vices Conunittee and secretary
of the Charlotte Jewish
Federation Board of Directors.
Delegates from Charlotte to
the GA will be involved in an
intensive five days of pro
grams beginning each morn
ing with breakfast meetings
and lasting far into each night.
Every aspect of Jewish life will
be addressed including Jewish
education, Federation-
Synagogue relations, leader
ship development, fundrais
ing, £md the special needs of
the Jewish family.
The GAis the single largest
annual gathering of Jewish
leadership from across all
Jewish organizations and
institutions. ,
(See page 12 for more on the
GA.)
Swim and Tennis Teams Honored
The annual JCC sports ban
quet was held on October 23 at
Temple Beth El to honor the
members of the swim and ten
nis teams. Everyone enjoyed
their meal and a slide presen
tation of the swim team.
Swim Team Awards
The JCC Swim Team, under
the direction of Coach Marla
Shapiro and assistant coach
Jered Mond, had a successful
season. The team finished with
a 3-3 record in dual meets and
fourth place finish in the final
League Meet. The team was
also honored by being the reci
pient of the Mecklenburg
Aquatic Club’s Spirit Award,
presented each year to that
team which exhibits superior
team spirit and good
sportsmanship.
The Robert Musler Memorial
Award (in recognition of the
person who has contributed
the most to the team: leader
ship, spirit and effort) was
present^ to Jodi Mond. The
overaU Team Spirit and Effort
Award went to Amy Bern
hardt. Most Valuable Swim
mer went to two of the swim
mers: Alexis Lerner and Craig
Besnoy. Michelle Quinn and
Phillip Bernhardt were named
as the Most Improved Swim
mers of the season.
Awards as “Most Valuable
Swimmo's” based on their
point standing were given to
the following swimmers: 8 and
Jodi Mond
under, Ruthie Abel and Chris
Tritten; 9-10, Abby Weisman
and Phillip Rosenfeld; 11-12,
Kelly Thyer and Scott Crago;
13-14, Amy Bernhardt and
David Rosenfeld; 15-18, Lisa
Josephson and Jeff Shapiro.
The “Team Spirit and Ef
fort” age group awards went
to the folowing: 8 and under,
Tate Alvarez and Steven
Rousak; 9-10, Carrie Lambert
and John Crescitelli; 11-12,
Stephanie Davis and Richard
Rosenfeld; 13-14, Julie Thyer
and Tom Tritten; 15-18, Shelly
Shuman and Evin Somerstein.
Special awards were
presented to Kevin Tritten,
Danny Thyer, David Fox,
Richard Rosenfeld and Scott
Crago fw their participation in
two 11 and 12 relays that re
mained undefeated
throughout the season and
won first place in the League
Relay Meet.
Marilyn Shapiro received a
special award for her
dedicated service to the swim
team for the past twenty-one
years.
Tennis Team Awards
Tracy Harper, the JCC Ten
nis Team coach, reported that
the Junior Queen City Tennis
Leeigue final match was played
on July 26. The boys placed
third with two points away
from being number one and
the girls tied for fifth place in
division two.
At the banquet three dif-
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