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Permit No. 1208
The Charlotte TEWISH =NEWS
Vol. 9 No. 3
Charlotte, North Carolina
March, 1987
Federation Hosts ^^Thank You^’ Celebration
To show its appreciation to
all the individual donors to the
FEDERATION/UJA ’87
CAMPAIGN, the Federation
is holding a “Thank You”
Celebration on Saturday even
ing, March 28 at Shalom Park.
The event will begin at 7
p.m. with a champagne recep
tion for the more than 100 men
and women who, as volunteer
workers, contributed their
time and skills as well as their
dollars to make the ’87 Cam
paign successful.
At 8 p.m., in Gorelick Hall,
the attending donors will be
treated to an upbeat evening
of excitement and music
featuring a concert by
“Gemini”.
“Gemini” is the performing
name of twin brothers born in
Budapest, who emigrated with
their parents (their father is a
cantor) to Israel and then to
the United States.
Their concert spotlights two
vibrant voices in harmony smd
extraordinary musicianship
using a stage full of in
struments. Sandor and Laszlo
Slomovits play their own com
positions, as well as music
from around the world, in per
formances that give voice to
the full range of human feeling
and experience. The brothers
take such obvious delight in
making and sharing this rich
variety of music with their au
diences that an evening with
them is guaranteed to be a
memorable and exhilarating
event.
The program and concert
will be followed by dessert and
coffee.
Hadassah Directory Celebrates 30th Year
Recognize these names? ...
Libby Hirsch, Rose Weisman,
Sylvia Speizman, Sheila
Fisher, Elizabeth Klein, Trudy
Packard, Gail Green, Berta
Kaplan, Shila Elden ... Can
you guess what they all have
in common? Each one some
time over the last 30 years has
served as editor of the phone
book of the Charlotte Jewish
community, better known as
the “Hadassah Directory.”
For 30 years this March,
members of the Charlotte
Chapter of Hadassah have
worked hundreds of hours
without the help of “state of
the art” machinery such as
computers and electric
typewriters to publish the
directory. Beginning in 1957,
under the leadership of then
President Ethel Firestone, the
first directory came about. It
was dedicated to Martha
Evans, Charlotte’s first
woman Mayor Pro Tem who
also later served as a member
of the North Carolina
legislature. Returning from a
trip to Israel in 1956, Martha
came home to Charlotte to tell
the story she saw. “Through
radio, television, and personal
addresses, she told the
dramatic story of modern
Israel’s deep desire for in
dependence, for security and
for peace.” the 1957 directory
reads.
In fact, the profits from the
Directory, thousands of
dollars over the last 30 years,
have been sent directly to help
build and maintain the
Hadassah Hebrew University
Dlr«etory Staff: Seated (L to R) — Judie Van Glish, Arlene Karp,
Jill Newman, Barbara Levin; standing (L to R) — Barbie Weiner, Margie
Rolnick, Joyce Levenstein. Not Pictured — Rebecca Stewart, Frances
Lyons, Rhoda Radowitz.
Medical Center in Israel,
Hadassah’s major fundraising
project. Today, the Medical
Center is the largest hospital
in the Middle East serving
both the Jewish and Arab
population.
Charlotte Hadassah mem
bers continue to spend many
volunteer hours soliciting ads,
designing the pages, proofing
the copy, making changes in
addresses and phone numbers
and recruiting patrons. Accor
ding to Barbara Levin: “Most
people do not realize the
amount of work that goes in
to this project. We are so for
tunate to have such dedicated
volunteers and so many sup
portive advertisers.”
Barbara Levin and Jill
Newman are the co-editors of
the 1987 30th Edition of the
Hadassah Directory which
In The News
Acadomy 5
Calendar 15
Classifieds 15
Editorials 2
Family Servicaa 4
JCC 8-9
Lubaviteh 11
Organizations 12-13
Recipes 15
Temples 12
This 'n That 6
World Beat 3
Faaturea
Shalom Park Art 10
Helms: the J's Bridge Pro 14
will be off the press this
month. Copies at $7 each will
be on sale at both Temples and
at Shalom Park.
Editor Jill Newman has an
nounced that for the first time
Hadassah will be supplying
free directories to Shalom Y’aU
for each new -family that
moves to the Charlotte area
during the year. Hadassah
president Marcia Simon
observes, “what better service
can our organization render
the community than to
welcome our newcomers with
this helpful publication. We
are very pleased to be able to
make this special gift.”
Special Festivity Planned
The Charlotte Chapter of
Hadassah and the Dorothy
Guttman Group of Hadassah
will join together to celebrate
the 30th edition of the
Hadassah Directory and 30
years of service to the Jewish
conmiunity.
Please join us for this special
occasion as we honor all of our
Directory editors and those
members who have been in
volved throughout the years.
We will meet for the festivities
on Wed., March 18 at 7:30
p.m. at the home of Berta
Kaplan, 3622 Knapdale Lane.
RSVP: Linda Segal, 372-6157.
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Gemini-Sandor & Laszlo Slomovits
SEATING IS LIMITED to
the capacity of Gorelick Hall.
Each and every donor to
the FEDERATION/UJA ’87
CAMPAIGN is entitled to one
(1) complimentary ticket of
admission.
Tickets can only be obtain
ed by coming, in person, to the
Federation office in Shalom
Park. Tickets cannot be
reserved by phone or by mail.
Where both husband and wife
are contributors, one spouse
may pick up both tickets.
JCC To Hold Purim Ball
A masquerade ball is
scheduled at the Jewish Com
munity Center on Saturday
night, March 7 to celebrate the
festive Jewish holiday of
Purim.
Partygoers are encouraged
to wear costumes or masks,
but they are optional. Prizes
will be awarded for the best
costumes and masks.
The 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. gala
will include a late night
breakfast and cash bar. Enter
tainment will be provided by
T.J. of Hit Attractions, a well
known disc jockey in the
Charlotte area.
Party tickets cost $12.50 per
person/M and $15 per per-
son/NM. Advance reserva
tions will be required and can
be made by calling the J at
366-5007.
Federation Offers Scholarships
To Israel For Teens
Rising high school juniors
and seniors, planning to or
interested in participating in
programs in Israel this sum
mer or fall, are invited to app
ly for scholarship assistance
from the Charlotte Jewish
Federation. The application
deadline is April I.
An allocation from the
1987 Campaipi of $2000 has
been set aside to provide
scholarships in amounts
from $500-$1000. The scho
larships will be awarded
primarily on merit, based on
the applicant’s background,
achievements and motiva
tions. These will be measured
by the responses to the ques
tions on the application as
well as personal interviews
by the Selection Committee.
Applications may be ob-
taii^ by calling t)^ Federa
tion office (366-5007). In
order to be eligible for a
Fed^tion Scholarship the
applicant must: 1) Be a riang
jaxdor or sanior in a second
ary school in ti^ Chiffiotte
area served by the local
Jewish institutions and
organizations. 2) Have resid
ed in the Charlotte area one
(1) fuU school year prior to
departure. 3) Remain in the
Charlotte area for at least
one (1) year after return. 4)
Plan to participate in a
cultural, fratemal/sororal,
religious or educational pro
gram in Israel of six (6) weeks
or more. 5) Share experi
ences, upon return, with the
Federation Board and other
groups. 6) Reside with a fami
ly who are members of the
Federation (membership is
defined as contributing to
the most recent — ’87
Campaign).
Larry Gerber, Chair of the
Committee which developed
the guidelines for the scholar
ships, said, “We believe that
helping deserving teens ex
perience Israel first-hand is a
way of rasuring future ties
between Israel and the
American Jewish conmiun-
itv.” ,