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Permit No. 1208
The Charlotte JEWISH'=NEWS
Vol. 7 No. 5
Charlotte, North Carolina
May, 1985
Charlotteans Return Foundation Elects New Board 0£ Directors
From Mission To Israel Bernstein is President
Mark Bernstein, whose
Mission participants meet recently arrived Ethiopian children
at an Absorption Center Pre-school.
Fourteen Charlotteans
returned home March 13 from
a 10-day UJA Mission to
Israel, highlighted by a dinner
with Prime Minister Shimon
Peres in Jerusalem.
The itinerary also included a
visit to Charlotte’s sister com
munity in Israel. Nazaret
Illit—and an absorption center
in Ashkeon to meet with
Ethiopian Jews.
The group of about 50 on the
Southern Regional Mission
was led by Charlotte’s Richard
A. Klein. The group experienc
ed Purim being celebrated at
Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan
near the former Syrian border,
Nazaret Illit and finally in
Jerusalem.
Others on the Mission in
cluded Ron, Ellie and Joanne
Katz, Vicki Hopkins, Estelle
and Sidney Goozner, Laurie
and Simon Frohman, Carol
and David Jordan, Marilee
Kodsi £uid Nettie and Ralph
Smith. Libbie Katz, mother of
Ron Katz and a resident of
New Haven, CT., joined the
group in New York.
Prime Minister Peres
welcomed the group and two
other UJA Missions at dinner
on Saturday, March 9, at the
Hilton in Jerusalem. Other
speakers during the trip in
cluded Charles Shiffman of the
Jewish Agency, archaeologist
Fran Alpert, Dead Sea planner
Shlomo Drori and Menachem
Perlmutter in Arad.
Other stops along the way
included Beit Hatefutsoth
(Museum of the Jewish
Diaspora), the Israel Museum
in Jerusedem, the historic
ruins of Caesarea, the hot
springs of Chamat Gader—one
of Israel’s popular new
resorts, Masada and the near
by Dead Sea, the brilliant new
settlement of Netiv Ha’asara
and Yad Vashem.
(Editor’s Note: Starting
with this issue and continuing
for the next few months, the
“CJN" will run articles by in
dividuals who went on this
mission and other missions to
Israel. You will find that some
are brief, while others are
lengthy: all will express their
own opinions and experiences
while in Israel.}
years of work with the Presi
dent’s Council resulted in the
creation of the Joint Venture
Agreement which serves as a
basis for the Community Pro
ject, was elected president of
the Foundation Board of
Directors at the April 22
meeting. Vice presidents are
Leon Levine and Harry Swim
mer; secretary, Harry Lerner;
treasurer, Shelton Gorelick.
Elected for two year terms
to the Board are Morris Speiz-
man, William Gorelick, Abe
Luski, Harry Swimmer and
Sam Lerner. Don Bernstein
was appointed for one year to
complete the two-year-term of
Alyin Levine. As outgoing
president, Mr. Levine will
automatically serve an addi
tional three-year-term.
The officers are drawn from
the membership of the Board
which consists of two ap
pointed representatives from
each of the five participating
institutions: The JCC, Temple
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Mark Bernstein (L) and Alvin Levint
Beth El, Temple Israel, Fed
eration and the Academy. In
addition to these 10 members.
10 additional members are
elected from the community-
at-large. Also on the Board are
the rabbis and, as already
noted, the past presidents
serve three additional years.
In recognition of his out
standing services as president,
Alvin Levine was presented a
plaque which read, in part,
“He built better than he knew,
the conscious stone to beauty
grew.” The reference is to the
substantial beginning of the
physical construction of the
new facilities during his two-
year-term of office.
As incoming president,
Mark Bernstein will preside
over the completion of the
facilities and the exciting first
year of use. Facilities are
scheduled for completion by
April of ’86. (See page 20 for
photos of progress).
Federation Pursues Multi-Faceted Programs
“So much more than a
knock on your door.” That
was the caption of a Federa
tion full page ad in the
“Jewish News” last fall. Now,
with the 1985 campaign in its
final stages, the full attention
of the 50-1- members of the
Federation Board of Directors
is turned to many other areas
affecting the deuly lives of
every Charlotte Jewish family.
The Outreach Project, under
the leadership of vice presi
dent, Ruth Goldberg, is active
ly pursuing the results of its
recent study of the unaffiliat
ed. The Joint Adult Institute,
now in its second semester, is
drawing raves from the more
than 100 different students
who have been participating.
Plans for the 1985-86 semes
ters, to begin in the fall, are
now under way. Also under
way, are efforts by the
Temples to reach out and
welcome potential new mem
bers and then to keep up that
level of warm outreach among
current membership. Finally,
an initial group for interfaith
JCC Looks Forward To A Busy Summer
I die wild Pool
To Open May 18
The JCC has been informed
by the management of the
Idlewild Olympic Club that
the tentative pool opening
date has been set for Satur
day, May 18. All JCC
members, the swim team and
the camp will be utilizing the
pool facilities at Idlewild this
summer. A member simply
needs to bring his JCC
membership card to gain ad
mission to the pool. Pool hours
and other pertinent informa
tion regarding our use of the
Idlewild Olympic Club will be
mailed to the membership in
the near future. The facilities
at Idlewild are excellent £md
we look forward to a very suc
cessful and pleasant swim
season.
Camp Maccabee
This year our Shaliach, or
ambassador from Israel, is
Sharon Kling, from Ramat
Gan. Sharon is twenty-one
•In The News
Togethor Wo 20
Book Review
17
Bulletin Board
18
Calendar
19
Candlelighting
2
Classifieds 19
Editorials 2
JCC 6-9
Lubavitcher Rebba 16
Special Features
Recipes 19
Social Services 3
This 'n That 5
World Beat 4
Missions pages 10-11
JCC Classes pages 8-9
years old, and currently com
pleting her military service in
Israel. In addition to her
native language of Hebrew,
Sharon speaks English and
Arabic. She has taught
Hebrew as a second language
to pre-teens and has worked as
a boy scout leader. Sharon’s
specialties are singing, pain
ting and “pioneering” (camp
craft and outdoor skills). The
staff of Camp Maccabee is
looking forw£u-d to working
with Sharon, as she brings her
musical, artistic and camp
craft talents to campers.
Camp Maccabee is well on
its way with help from its
director, Irene Komor. Sum
mer staff has been hired and
supplies have been ordered. If
you haven’t received a camp
brochure (or lost yours) give
the “J” a call at 366-0357.
Spots for all sessions are fill
ing up, so register NOW!
couples is being cosponsored
by the Federation Social Ser
vices and the JCC. The
positive responses from the
participants will lead to more
such groups in the near future.
In fact, a waiting list has
already been established.
The Community Relations
Committee, Mike Schreibman,
chairman, is active in both
visible and less visible ways.
Thanks to their work. Mayor
Gantt will, as you read this, be
attending an international
conference of Mayors in Jeru
salem. He will be learning
about Israel’s accomplish
ments and needs first hand.
Holocaust Memorial Ser
vices, held on April 21, were
backed by active, ongoing ef
forts to create a permanent
Holocaust curriculum in the
public and private school
systems. Through CRC there
are weekly speakers about
Judaism in the city’s churches
and civic groups. The activi
ties of cults are monitored and
exposed. Israel is kept promi
nent in our minds and in the
media through speakers such
as the recent scholar-in-
residence, Judge Isaac Braz
and through personal
contacts.
A new committee, Jewish
Education, is headed by Harry
Berzack. Concerned with the
overall question of the quality
of Jewish education and
Jewish life, this large group of
appointed representatives and
professionals from all the In-
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