Page 4-THE NEWS May. 1987
Jewish Family Services
New Chairperson Announced
Ron Katz, president of the
Charlotte Jewish Federation,
has announced the appoint
ment of Evelyn Berger as the
next chairperson of Jewish
Family Services. Mrs. Berger
will begin the office on
June 11, She succeeds Joel
Goldman who has been
chairperson for the past two
years.
Mrs. Berger brings extend
ed community experience and
knowledge with her to this
position. She and her husband,
Leonard, have resided in
Charlotte for 30 years. Mrs.
Berger, who has been a court
reporter and medical secretary,
owns and operates Evelyn
Berger Court Reporting
Services.
Mrs. Berger has been very
active in organizations in both
the Jewish and non-Jewish
community. She is a member
of the Women Business
Owner’s Association, the
Governor’s Task Force on the
Needs of Aging Women, the
Charlotte Business and Pro-
Evelyn Berger with husband
Leonard
fessional Women Organiza
tion, a life member of
Hadassah and a member of
Temple Israel Sisterhood.
Mrs. Berger has been on the
Federation Board and on the
Jewish Social Services Com
mittee for four years. She has
been a member of the JCC
board and chairman of its
Senior Committee. Currently,
Mrs. Berger is establishing the
volunteer bank for Shalom
Park and was recently elected
as a vice president for the
JCC.
News About Our Director
Adrienne Rosenberg,
Jewish Family Services Direc
tor, recently attended the Na
tional Association of Jewish
Family and Children’s Agen
cies conference in San Fran
cisco. While there, she was a
presenter for a workshop en
titled “Growing an Agency”.
Her column “Thoughts
From Adrienne’’ will return
next month.
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JFS Has Had Much Progress
Committee Members Commended
By Joel Goldman
JFS Chairperson
It is with surprise and regret
that I note almost two years
have passed since I assumed
the role of chairperson for the
Jewish Family Services Com
mittee. In that time, the Com
mittee has accomplished some
outstanding goals; and, I
might add, more because of
the dedication, talent and ef
fort of the fourteen committee
members rather than anything
I might have done.
Professional skills from
within the Committee abound.
I would be remiss in not brief
ly mentioning the sound finan
cial advice provided by Ben
nett Lyons, the pragmatism
and administrative talents of
Alan Katz and the ground
work established for our
Grants Study by Beverly
Montezinos. Dr. Joal Fischer
realigned our statistical
reports to better adhere to pro
fessional structure and,
thankfully, brevity. Both
Lenore Jones Deutsch and
Linda Klein lent their skills as
psychologist and attorney,
respectively, to assure proper
professional approach to our
new endeavors. Ellie Katz and
Joan Gordon were instrumen
tal in producing studies’ for the
Agency’s Contract Counselor.
Evelyn Berger served on the
Budget Subcommittee and
Moses Luski gave of his time
and effort to the By-Laws
Subcommittee. And, finally
we depended in no small
amount on the input of David
Arazie, Anita Blumenthal, Ike
Ashendorf and Dr. Phil
Naumoff.
During the time that I have
served as Chair, the Jewish
Family Services expanded its
responsibilities into several
important directions. We have
provided for the use of the van-
to facilitate transportation of
our senior citizens, as well as
the establishment of task
forces in such fields in inter
faith marriages and drug
counseling. For the first time,
we are utilizing outside
counselors appointed and
supervised by our Director,
Adrienne Rosenberg, to ac
commodate the increasing
case loads referred to us. This
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not only improves our ability
to handle additional case
loads, but serves to generate
additional income separate
and apart from the normal
Federation allocations.
I am particularly pleased to
mention what I believe to be
the most important undertak
ing of all. We are beginning a
Grants Study program,
whereby Jewish Family Ser
vices will apply for and,
hopefully, receive grants from
outside sources ensuring our
ability to meet future growth
needs. Formal application
should be well underway by
mid-year.
On a more personal note, I
think that of all matters that
came before me as chairper
son, none so astounded me as
the misconception our
Charlotte Jewish community
has as to the existence of
Jewish poverty in our city. I
can not recount the number of
social gatherings at which I
was asked “Exactly what can
Jewish Family Services do in
Charlotte? Jewish poverty is
really just a myth, isn’t it?’’
I applaud the self-assurance
with which we Jews tend to
look upon the well-being of our
community. “All Jews are well
fed, aren’t they?’’ “Don’t all
Jewish children go to college?"
“Drugs...maybe in other parts
of the city, but certainly not
amongst our own.’’ We delight
in expanding upon our self-
conceived perfections.
Unfortunately, we are look
ing at this thing we call a pro
per Jewish family entity with
rose-colored glasses. Be
assured we have senior
citizens living in less than
satisfactory conditions with
endless worries as to isolation,
inability to secure proper
medical care and suffering
from financial hardships.
There are Jewish men and
women amongst us who are
unemployed and desperately
need vocational guidance. We
have Jewish children well
along the drug pipeline leading
to despair and failure. And the
list could go on.
I think, deep down, we all
know that things are not real
ly what they should be within
our Charlotte boundaries. For
those of us who not only think
the unmentionable, but live it
on a day to day existence of
worry and fear, the Jewish
Family Agency is there to turn
to. Name the problem, and we
may not completely solve it.
but we offer a structural ap
proach to improvement and
hope.
That, from two years as
chairperson, I am convinced is
what Jewish Family Services
is all about. With the profes
sional skills of our Director,
Adrienne Rosenberg, the
foresight and abilities of the
new chairperson, Evelyn
Berger, and the already men
tioned talents of committee
members, we can continue to
deal with and lessen that
strange uncomfortable soun
ding fact of life—Jewish
poverty.
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