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The Charlotte 3EWISH'NEWS
Vol. 7 No. 11
Charlotte, North Carolina
December, 1985
Mark Bernstein
In 1978 he again stepped
forward to accept responsibil
ity for coordinating the meet
ings of the President’s Coun
cil, the group of institution
presidents charged with
developing the Joint Venture
Agn*eement which would allow
Shalom Park to become a
reality.
With characteristic “total
involvement” he wrote and
rewrote drafts until the final
massive volume represents the
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Mark Bernstein To Be
Honored At *^Ma]or Gifts*^ Dinner
The Federation Men’s Ma
jor Gifts Dinner, the most
prestigious event in the annual
campaign calendar, will this
year honor Mark Bernstein,
President of the Foundation of
the Charlotte Jewish Com
munity, Inc.
To be held Sunday, Decem-
er 15 from 6-10 p.m. at the
Marriott Executive Park, the
evening will feature as guest
speaker, Mr. Hugh McColl,
Chairman of the Board of
NCNB National Bank of
North Carolina. Honorary Co-
chairmen for the dinner are
Morris Speizman and Herman
Blumenthal. The evening is
open to all contributors to the
1986 Federation/UJA Cam
paign of $3000 or more.
In choosing both the
honoree and the speaker, the
selection committee felt that
each represented the highest
standards of community con
cern and progress. Mark Bern
stein has served both the
Jewish and the general Char
lotte community in numerous
leadership capacities. He has
been President of the Sym
phony Association both local
ly and nationally. He has
chaired planning committees
to determine the needs for new
performing facilities for our
city. He has been President of
Temple Beth El, of the Jewish
Community Center and, cur
rently, of the Foundation.
As Chairman of NCNB,
Hugh McColl has been a guid
ing force in that institution’s
support of the arts and urban
development. Under his
leadership such projects as
Performance Place at Spirit
Square and Fourth Ward
Development have become
prototypes for bank involve
ment across the country.
In August of 1983, McColl
hosted an information evening
for leaders of the Charlotte
business community. On that
occasion, the plans for the Pro-
ject (Shalom Park) were
unveiled to the public. The
meeting was held just one
week after the burning of the
Jewish Center. McColl's en
thusiastic support of Shalom
Park sparked an outpouring of
support totaling more than
$400,000.
Bernstein’s relationship to
Shalom Park goes back to
1960 when he and others first
discussed the possibility of a
joint building effort for the
Jewish institutions. In the
early ’70s he was a leader in
the development of the Jewish
Community Center and in the
acquiring of the headings, by
contribution, of the Amity
Club.
Super Sunday Sets Goal of
$50^000 **For The Ones Who
•••
December 8, from 10 a.m. to
10 p.m., more than 75 volun
teers will make more than
1100 phone calls. The chances
are that you, dear reader, will
be the recipient of one of those
c&lls
SUPER SUNDAY is a five
year tradition in the Annual
Federation/UJA Campaign. It
is the opportunity for Jews
from aU segments of our com
munity to participate in the
plarming and carrying through
of our communal future
through “Tzedakah” (Acts of
Righteousness). The pledges
made that day to the hard
working volunteer callers will
help achieve the essential goal
of $1,111,000.
Under the theme of “For the
Ones Who...” the 1986 Cam
paign has focused (m the needs
and opportunities for Jewish
development and enhance
ment of life right here in
Charlotte and around the
world. With Shalom Park
scheduled to open in the
spring, the need for funds to
make the programs and ser
vices of the JCC, Academy,
Federation, Social Services,
etc. has become evident.
A few of last year s Super Sunday volunteers being briefed before mak
ing phone calls.
SUPER SUNDAY is a big
peirt of the answer to that
need.
Chairs for the event are
Larry Gerber, Wendy Rosen,
Frsuik Rosen and Dayle Jaffa.
Volunteers are drawn from the
boards of the three Temples,
JCC, Federation, Academy,
Social Services, and all the ser
vice organizations. As in the
past The Charlotte Jewish
News will publish a full page
of photos and names honoring
these hard workers who give
not only their time and their
efforts but their own dollars as
well.
An extremely important
part of every campaign is the
effort to obtain individutd
pledges from every womeui
and man. The outreach to in
dividuals, even though they
are husband and wife, is bas
ed on the knowledge that the
United States Congress
judges the extent of the na
tional support on Jewish-
related issues by the number
of individual Federation/UJA
contributors. Because each
gift/pledge is, therefore, so
vital, the SUPER SUNDAY
leaders and volunteers go the
extra miles and stay the extra
hours to make sure that
everyone is reached and asked.
Jewish Education and Community Center Buildings
Are Rapidly Moving Toward Completion
The building is a beehive of
workers. Men on stilts walk up
and down the corridors plas
tering the sheetrocked walls.
Painters, tile masons, glass in
stallers all cross and criss
cross their paths with electri
cians, plumbers and carpen
ters. The appearance may be
chaotic and noisy, but the
results are magnificent.
Visitors to the site at the
JCC Imagination Tour II, held
in early November, would
scarcely recognize the facility
only w^s later. Already 72%
completed, the hallways are
now clearly defined as are the
individual rooms.
Visitors need no imagina
tion now to see where very
soon infants will nestle in their
cribs during rest time in the
Temple Israel Day Care pro
gram. Nor do they need
diagrams to know how large
and spacious are the rooms
devot^ to senior adult ac
tivities. The physical educa
tion facilities of the Jewish
Community Center are,
perhaps, the most exciting of
aU because they were begun
first and are closest to
completion.
Inside, the many windows,
spaced alraig the 1/12-mile
track circling the gym and
JCC Imagination Tour II draws over 500 to see new facility.
overlooking the pool, give a
light, bright feeling to the
room. The painted walls of
green, brown and white lend a
clean, clear look. A walk up the
stairs and around the track
reveals a magnificent view of
the spacious indoor pool as
well as the outdoor pools. Both
are receiving their tOe coats.
One can almost hear the
splashing of “learners” and
see the slow, methodical
strokes of the devoted adults
who will use these facilities to
such a great advantage.
The Health Club area clear
ly shows its tiled floors,
saunas, steam rooms and
whirlpool baths, equally divid
ed, one each, between the
men’s and women’s sides.
Back in the main entrance
way, the game room looks and
is big enough to handle all the
willing and interested ping
pong, pool and video game
fans who will soon fiU its
spaces. Across the entrance
lobby, the indoor/outdoor
snack bar already has its tile
floor in place and seems only
to lack chairs and tables and
someone behind the counter to
take your order.
The multi-purpose room/
auditorium has already hous
ed its first meeting when
Women’s Division of the
Federation hosted a brunch.
And, of course, it was a center
of socialization for Imagina
tion Tour II.
To walk the halls of the
school areas has been made a
pleasure by the skylights
which bring light and a sense
of the out-of-doors into the
very corridors.
In recent days the small
touches have begun to appear.
Doors have sprouted on many
of the rooms; light fixtures
have gone up on walls. The
outside walkways leading
from the parking to the main
entrance have been poured.
The glass walls for the bridges
between the main buildings
and the arts/crafts and the
youth activities buildings
have transformed the once
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—In The News—
Book Review 17
Bulletin Board 18
Calendar 19
Candlelighting 5
Classifieds 19
Editorials 2
Fodoration 9
JCC 10-11
Lubavitch 5
Recipes 19
Social Sorvlcea 3
This 'n That 8
World Beat 4
Spocial Foaturo
Happy Chanukah 12