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Vol. 9 No. 10 Charlotte, North Carolina November, 1987
Super Sunday is Coming on December 6
On Sunday, December 6,
volunteers will make more than
1400 phone calls to men and women
of the Jewish community asking
for their pledges to the 1988
Federation Campaign.
Through letters, cards and The
Charlotte Jewish News, we hope to
help everyone understand why
their pledge is so important and
how their pledge will touch so many
lives including their own and those
of their family and friends. Please
read the special supplement in this
month’s “CJN” for information on
this. Each man and woman will
receive separate phone calls
because it is important that each in
dividual have the opportunity to
make their commitment to the
Campaign.
This is our 8th Super Sunday,
each one surpassing that of the
previous one. We have no doubt
that this year’s will top our
expectations.
The atmosphere surrounding
Gorelick Hall at Shalom Park on
December 6 will be one of excite
ment. As eager volunteers make
their calls, the youth “runners” wiU
help move the cards between the
distribution points and the callers.
We want to urge everyone who
comes by Shalom Park on Decem
ber 6 to come by to see for
themselves exactly what we are do
ing and how the money we are rais
ing helps. This year, as last year,
there will be baby-sitting provided
for those volunteers who need it.
Thanks go to the Super Sunday
chairpersons. Bob Damsky,
Steward Scher, Sandra Weinstein
and Wendy and Frank Rosen for
their hard work in organizing this
year’s Super Sunday. Also a
“todah rabah” to all the volunteers
who will be helping to make Super
Sunday a success.
Please help us by answering your
call and making a generous pledge
so together we can all “Build a
Bright Jewish Future” for the Jews
in Charlotte, Israel and around the
world.
Foundation Hires Security Director
Lubavitch to Celebrate 7 th Anniversary
Barry Hantman, executive
director of the Foundation of
the Ch£u-lotte Jewish Com
munity, has announced that
Andrew E. Berger of Berger &
Associates has been retained
as Security Consultant/Direc
tor for Shalom Park effective
as of Oct. 1, 1987, He will be
in contact with the institu
tional presidents in regard to
their ideas, issues, concerns
relating to the security needs
at Shalom Park. Anyone who
has ideas may put them in the
“nudge” box at the JCC desk
for Mr. Berger to go over. He
looks forward to your sugges
tions.
Mr. Berger is a 20-ye£u-
veter£in of the U.S. Secret Ser
vice. During his tenure, he
served six U.S. Presidents and
participated in the protection
of a host of foreign dignitaries.
Mr. Berger also distinguished
himself as a criminal investi
gator and is recognized in the
area of security as a true
professional.
In addition to numerous
security assignments relating
to the Executive Branch of the
Federal Government, Mr. Ber
ger has also headed many
organized crime and white col-
Andrew E. Berger
lar crime investigations. He
coauthored the advance
manual for Presidential and
Vice-Presidential Protective
Divisions following the
assassination of President
John F. Kennedy. Mr. Berger
is a member of the Interna
tional Association of Chiefs of
Police and the American Soci
ety of Industrisil Security.
Mr. Berger is a native New
Yorker, educated at Fordham
University, and is married. He
and his wife Dolly have four
children.
Puttin* on the Ritz!
We hope December 31 will
find you brushin’ off your top
hat, shinin' up your peeirls and
donning your finest plumage
to join our eleg£int New Year’s
Gala at the J. You’ll be treated
to cocktails and a buffet pro
vided by Charlotte Caterers
and dancing the old year away
with The Pat Cray Band. Tic
kets are $150 per couple and
once again include a chance for
the $5,000 Pot of Gold Raffle.
This event is the J’s major
fundraiser of the year. 1987
has seen the J achieve its goal
of obtaining more than 1,000
memberships. You can help
keep our programs and acti
vities flourishing by buying
your tickets to this stylish
evening at the J.
The grand prize winner will
take home $5,000 in gold and
ten others will win additional
prizes ranging from gold
jewelry to dinner for two at
some of Charlotte’s finest
See RITZ page 10
In The News
Calendar
19
Organizations
16-18
Day School
6-7
Rocipos
19
Editorials
2
Tamplas
This 'n That
12
Family Sanrlea
3
9
Lubavlteh
8
World Boat
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— Sp«cl«l FMturo —
Jewish Book Month 10-11
This November marks the
seventh anniversary of
Lubavitch in North Carolina,
and it will be celebrated with
a major Chanukah event. An
elaborate kosher dinner and
concert will be held in Char
lotte at the Marriott City
Center Hotel on Sunday,
December 20, at 6:30 p.m.
The anniversary dinner will
also serve as a community
wide Chanukah celebration
during which a giant size
Menorah wiU be kindled at the
Marriott Hotel. Kosher cock
tails and hors d’oeuvres will be
served before the dinner at the
Menorah lighting ceremony.
The Piamenta band and
choir from Israel will provide
live music with a concert
which will include their best in
Israeli and Chassidic music.
The Piamenta band has re
leased many recordings and is
today one of the most popular
groups in the Northeast.
Lighting of Menorah at the 5th anniversary celebration.
A1 Rousso will be honorary
chairman of the dinner.
Rousso, a prominent business
leader and Mayor pro-tem of
Charlotte, will be honored for
his contribution to the
Charlotte Jewish community
and his special involvement
with Lubavitch of North
Carolina.
Rabbi Yossi Groner, direc
tor of Lubavitch, says: “Our
goal is to have an even better
event than the fifth anniver
sary, better in quality and in
quantity.”
Tickets are $36 per person
and may be purchased
through the Lubavitch office,
6500 Newhall Road, Charlotte,
NC 28226. Or you may call
(704) 366-3984.
Abourezk and Bookbinder to Debate
U.S. Policy in the Middle East
By Dr. Harold Josephson
Former Senator James G.
Abourezk and Hyman Book
binder, leading spokesmen for
the Americzm Arab and Jew
ish communities, will debate
U.S. policy in the Middle East
on Tuesday, November 17 at
the Charlotte Marriott City
Center. A reception will be
held from 5-6 p.m. and the
debate will take place from
6-7:30 p.m. The debate is spon
sored by the Carolinas Coun
cil on World Affairs, with sup
port from the Blumenthal
Foundation, The Community
Relations Committee of the
Charlotte Jewish Federation,
and the Arab-American Asso
ciation of Charlotte.
Abourezk and Bookbinder
hold dramatically opposed
views on U.S. policy in the
Middle East. Despite their dif
ferences, they have collabo
rated on a just published book.
Through Different Eyes, and
have agreed to debate the
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Bookbinder
Abourezk
issue of America’s Middle
East policy in a limited
number of cities around the
nation. Charlotte is the only
southeastern city they will
visit.
Hyman Bookbinder is wide
ly recognized as the dean of all
Jewish lobbyists. He is cur
rently Special Representative
to the American Jewish Com
mittee and has served as the
organization’s Washington
representative for almost
twenty years. He is also chair
of the coordinating body of
See DEBATE page 13