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Permit No. 1208
The Charlotte •TEWISH'NEWS
Vol. 6 No. 4
Charlotte, North Carolina
/Vpril, 1984
Come Celebrate the 14th Year
of the
North Carohna Hebrew Academy
SPRING GALA
At
Discovery Place
May 12, 1984
Community To Celebrate
Israel Independence Day
8:30 p.m.
• Dancing to Larry Farber’s Band
• Fabulous Food
• Drawing for a 10-day deluxe trip for two
to Israel arranged by Mann Travels
Tickets: S125 per couple
Make checks payable to N.C. Hebrew Academy c/o
Florence Widis, 5238 Seacroft Rd., Charlotte, NC
28210. Or Call 525-3957
The Jewish Community
Center and the Charlotte
Jewish Federation will be co-
. sponsoring a community-wide
Israel Independence Day
Celebration in conjunction
with the synagogues and other
local Jewish organizations.
The festivities will begin at
Randolph Junior High School
with Maccabian games (mini-
olympics) at approximately 12
noon on Sunday, May 6 for
youngsters in grades K-6.
(Lunch will be provided for all
Maccabian participants.)
Following the gemies, at 2 p.m.
an Israeli Fair will take place
highlighted by booths and ex
hibits provided by local
Jewish organizations depict-
Ten Return From Mission to Israel
From February 12 - 22, ten
members of the Jewish Com
munity traveled the roads and
streets of Israel studying and
learning how their Federa-
tion/UJA dollars are being put
to work. Participating with 46
others from around the South
east were Floyd and Brenda
Patten, Gerson and Wilma
Asrael, Ralph and Nettie
Smith, Herman and Anita
Blumenthal, Phillip Blumen-
thal and Marvin Bienstock,
Federation Director.
Their mission took them in
to diverse settings including a
Moshav (cooperative farm set
tlement) trying to reestablish
itself on a piece of sandy
ground just 30 km. north of its
old homesite in the Sinai. The
inhabitants had to give up
their fields and orchards when
the Sinai was returned to
Egypt. Also visited were a
tank corp base on the Golan
Heights, a hospital for severe
ly disabled children and
Nazareth Illit (Upper
Nazareth), the neighborhood
with which over 30 SE cities
are twinned for Project
Renewed, the cooperative self
help program designed to
meet the special needs of
immigrants.
The Mission balanced the
modem with the historic in the
form of tours around the new
excavations at the foot of the
Mission to Israel group front row (I to r): Wilma Asrael, Brenda
Patten, Anita Blumenthal, Nettie Smith, Marvin Bienstock. Back
row (I to r): Gerson Asrael, Floyd Patten, Herman Blumenthal,
Phillip Blumenthal, Ralph Smith.
Temple Mount in Jerusalem,
the reconstructed old Jewish
Quarter of that city along with
the famous fortress sites of
Masada, Herodian and
Caesaria.
Included among the many
outstanding speakers
presented to the group were
members of the Knesset,
scientists, economists and Mr.
Simcha Dinitz, former am
bassador to the US £ind now
Chancellor of the Hebrew
University on Mt. Scopus.
While the Mission was in
progress, the annual Cam
paign for Federation/UJA con
tinued to press toward comple
tion in Charlotte. The total
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In The News
Together We’ve Begun p. 20
Academy News 5
Bar/Bat Mitzvahs 19
Bulletin Board 18
Calendar 19
Candlelighting 13
Classified 19
Editorials 2
Federation 6-7
JCC 10-13
L'Chaim 8
Lubavitcher Rebbe 9
Recipes 16
This 'n That 8
World Beat 4
JCC To Hold
Annual Meeting
The Jewish Community
Center wiU hold its annud
meeting and board elections
on Monday, April 9 at Temple
Beth El at 8:00 p.m. Harry
Swimmer and Bill Gorelick,
executive officers of the Foun
dation, and nominated JCC
Board members will provide
project update focusing on the
Center facilities. A wine and
cheese reaction will follow the
induction of officers and new
Center board members.
The JCC nominating com
mittee consisting of Chairman
Bob Abel, Florence Jaffa, Gil
Portnoy, Claire Putterman,
Marshall Rosenfeld and Lynne
Sheffer have nominated the
following slate of officers and
board members for 1984-85.
President, Harold Joseph-
son; Vice President, Peggy
Gartner; Vice President, Miles
Levine; Vice President,
Michael Scharf; Treasurer,
Larry Gerber; Corr. Secty.,
Linda Greenfeld; Rec. Secty.,
Hal Levinson.
Three (3) Year Term: Harry
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ing their connection with
Israel and their role in the
local Jewish community.
Special events will be schedul
ed throughout the afternoon
including musical and
dramatic performances, lec
tures, dancing, films, slide
shows, etc. An Israeli style
cafe will be set up to serve
Israeli delicacies at a nominal
cost.
Featured entertainer will be
Ohela Halevy, one of Israel’s
most popular folk singers. She
sings in many languages:
Hebrew, English, French, Yid
dish, Russiem, Spanish and
Greek. Miss Halevy’s special
talent lies in her ability to con
vey the meaning of her songs
and in her warm presentation.
This Israeli extravaganza
has the support of the entire
Jewish community and pro
mises to be a most memorable
salute to the state of Israel on
its 36th anniversary. Further
details concerning this special
Yom Ha Atzmaut program
Ohela Halevy
will be mailed in the near
future. The steering commit
tee for this event inclvides: Co-
Chairpersons, Peggy Gartner
and Simon Estroff, Sandy
Berlin, Rabbi Robert Seigel,
Nancy Segal, Donna and
Michael Gins, Floyd Patten,
Morey Sheffer, Ben Alassachi,
Bennett Lyons, Marcia Simon,
and Harvey Cohen.
Young Leaders Attend
Washington Conference
By Geri & Steve Lit,
Sara Schreibman,
Marvin Bienstock
President Reagan, a dozen
Senators, twice that many
Congressmen and the Israeli
Ambassador to the U.S. met
with 13 Jewish Leaders from
Cheu-lotte — and with 1,987
other active and involved
Young Jewish Leadership
from around the country.
The occasion was the bi
ennial gathering in
Washington, D.C. of the UJA
(United Jewish Appeal) Young
Leadership Cabinet and
Membership.
The following 3 reports cap
ture the sense of what these
three days accomplished.
Those attending from
Charlotte were: Sam and Emi
ly Zimmem, Mike and Sara
Schreibman, Steve Alper, Dr.
Jessica Schorr, Bob Salvin,
Geri and Steve Lit, Sandy
Berlin, Mark and Eleanor We-
inglass, and Richard A. Klein.
Accompanying the delegation
was Marvin Bienstock,
Federation Chief Executive
Officer (CEO).
• “Ladies and gentlemen,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.”
I remember standing and
cheering as loud as 1 could
along with two thousand other
Jews. It didn't matter whether
you are a Democrat or a
Republican, this was the presi
dent of The United States, our
president. I csm’t think of a
time when I have felt a greater
sense of awe as I felt that mo
ment. It didn’t matter that we
had to stand in line for an hour
or that the Washington Hilton
was buzzing with secret ser
vice and security personnel or
that we all had to go through
metal detectors and women
had their bags searched. Un
fortunately it was necessary
and we were going to see the
President.
The fact that the President
realized the value of talking to
a conference comprised of over
two thousand committed
American Jews filled me with
an overwhelming sense of
pride. Every statement of sup
port for Israel was received
with enthusiastic applause
reinforcing our united stand.
Even though there was some
disagreement on parts of the
speech, the mere fact that the
President came to speak to us
represented recognition of our
concerns. Agree or disagree,
the respect for the office of the
President and the pride of be
ing an American was apparent
as the audience cheered.
• 2,000 strong we stood on
the steps of the Capitol to ex
press our support for Jews
caught in the grip of restric
tive Soviet emigration policies.
2,000 strong, Jewish men and
women from across the coun-
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