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Page 8-THE NEWS-April, 1964 This *n That Miriam Wallace was elected to the Ex ecutive Board of B’nai B’rith Women at the organization’s International Biennial Con vention held recently in New York City. Ms. Wallace is a past president of BB W Charlotte Chapter. Ms. Wallace BIG SAVINGS COMPLETE LINE OF MAJOR CAMERAS, LENSES, FLASHES & DARKROOM EQUIPMENT CANON - NNCON - OLYMPUS - ncOH USED EQUIPMENT BUY-SELL-TRADE CAMERA REPAIR RENTAL EQUIPMENT PASSPORT PHOTOS PROJECTION BULBS DARKROOM SUPPUES FAST BLACK A WHITE PROCESSING L^Chaiiii By Nathaniel S. Greenwood, ACSW Director of Jewish Social Services Hoiv Free Can We Be Today Jason Foodman, son of Mrs. Lenore Deutsch, a junior at Charlotte Country Day, is a computer whiz-kid. He’s been published in Hot CoCo magazine, is on the verge of selling two programs, and is the president of the Radio Shack Computer Club in Charlotte. Jason also owns abut 400 different computer games and is a world record-holder in “Robotron.” He has recently perfected his own program, “Vocabulary Master;” he’s hoping a software company buy it soon, but is already us ing it to help him master Spanish. • Twenty-two Charlotte residents have been selected for the 1983 edition of “Outstanding Young Women of America,” a na tional program honoring the accomplishments of women be tween 21 and 36. We are proud to announce that Marla Shapiro, daughter of Marilyn Shapiro and Sol Shapiro, has been includ ed as one of them. • Beverly Montezinos has been inducted into the UNCC chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. Congratulations! • Donald Anoff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Anoff, has been nam ed to the Dean’s list for the first semester grading period at Hargrave Military Academy, Chatham, Va. An 11th grader, Donald holds the rank of Sergeant First Class in the Corp of Cadets and is also on the varsity tennis team. • More listings of college students who have made the Dean’s list at UNC-CH: Jeff Gorelick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Gorelick; Mark Portnoy, son of Marilyn Goldsmith and Gil Port noy; Jonas Rolett, son of Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Rolett; Ira Shapiro, son of Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Shapiro; Allan Stark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stark; Bruce Twery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Twery. • Betsy Polk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Polk, represented MAFTY group at the annual board meeting of NFTY in Saratoga, California last month. Natalie (Mrs. Norman) Cohen has succeeded Barbara (Mrs. Jef frey) Huberman as president of the Mecklenburg Council on Adolescent Pregnancy. Rick Crown was selected as one of the judges for the regional Scholastic Art competition. Spencer Friedlander, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Friedlander, was selected for the All-State Band and also appeared in the McClintock Jr. High production of the musical “Happy Days.” • Busy people are always busy! Among those giving of their time to others are: A.L Melasky, who is tutoring illiterate adults; Walter Klein, who spoke recently about his travels to the Shepherd’s Center “Adventures in Learning” program; and Irv ing Mond, who speaks frequently at area churches and schools about his experiences during the Holocaust. Irving recently spoke at the Kiwanis Club of Concord and received a beautiful “Certificate of Appreciation” for his address before the group. Passover reminds us of our freedom as we recall the deliverance from Egypt of the children of Israel. Coinciding with Spring, this is the season of rebirth and renewal, new dreams, new hopes, and new beginnings. Tradition asks us to think of ourselves as slaves in a very personal way. I must consider that I was a slave in Egypt and what this meant to me. Leaving slavery gave us the opportunity to b^ome a peo ple, to accept the Torah, and to combine our faith with adherence to justice and truth. From all of this, did we find freedom? How free can we possibly be in a world so full of inequity, where evil seems to rule and good fails to prosper? How free can we be when man holds over himself the power to destroy the balance of our planet’s ecosystem? Would it not make sense to eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we may die? \^y even consider such terrible questions when we can ignore them? A recent development may shed some light: GETTING SOME PER SPECTIVE ON THINGS THAT HAPPEN Most people do not want to deal with sorrow, pain, and anguish any more than they must. Aware of this, the author of When Bad lliings Happen to Good People, has managed to stir p^ular con cern about an apparent lack.of fairness in our world He has encouraged us to expand our thoughts and our dialogue. By virtue of sharing our plight and acknowledging one another, we can become less alone. Making the choice to do this demands action on our part. LIVING WITH OUR FAITH AND COMING TO TERMS WITH OURSELVES. Now as always, the guide to our future can be found in our history. We have learned that with freedom came great hard ship — seemingly endless wandering in a wilderness, lack of material niceties, no sense of being at home. When finally we received the Torah from Mount Sinai, obligations multiplied,, and the masses sought to escape from such freedom by return ing to pagan ways. Over generations the defini tion of our responsibilities helped us to set our aspira tions toward a set of eternal and unchanging values. In retrospect we can observe that the Almighty’s gift of the Torah made free only those who actively sought to accept it. Today tWs is as true as it was in the days of our forefathers. The achievement of libera tion depends on active under standing of what we confront. The responsibility we accept in exercising choices — espec- iaUy choices between right and wrong — is a measure of the freedom we have earned. Holocaust Memorial Service To Be Held The Holocaust Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, April 29 at 12:15 p.m. at Holocaust Square (across from Temple Israel). The Service is being sponsored by the Com munity Relations Committee of the Charlotte Jewish Fed eration, the National Con ference for Christians and Jews, and the Charlotte Clergy Association. The keynote speaker will be Dan Mariashin, the Assistant Na tional Director of the Anti- Defamation League of B’nai B’rith (ADL). Also being pre sent will be members of City Council and the County Com mission as well as other elected officials. The Holocaust Memorial Service commemorates the deaths of 11 million people, including 6 million Jews, during the Nazi regime. A candle-lighting ceremony will include the names of those people with relatives in our community. An interfaith service will be held at Assumption Catholic Church, 2117 Shenandoah Avenue, on that Sunday even ing. Please make plans to at tend both services if at all possible. SYLVIA'S SON IS RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD - MAZELTOV! DR. HARVEY E. SADOFF — professor of education seven years of teaching experience — three children in the schools — youth coach-soccer, baseball, softball EXPERIENCE - KNOWLEDGE - LEADERSHIP VOTE MAY 8 Paid for by Sadoff for School Board Campaign Fund, Greg Phillips, Treasurer a Estsiblished 1972 RESTAURANT & WINE SHOPS UPTOWN SOUTHPARK EASTLAND 333-4867 366-6496 568-0210 ONE OF CAROLINAS OLDEST, FINEST & LARGEST WINE SHOPS ALSO LOCATED IN GREENVILLE S.C. ft GREENSBORO N.C. WE HONOR AMERICAN EXPRESS-VISA-MASTER CARO-IVEVS CHARGE T.%Camera Center 1721 Kenilworth Ave 377-3492 Overslreei Moll 376 6M9 5616 E lnd^p»-ndence 53t-9076 Op«'n Mon thru Sal
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