Page 12-THE NEWS-January, 1988
Women*s Division of Federation
Newcomers Receive Warm Welcome
By Jody Pinion
Another Shalom Y’all get-
together, sponsored by the
Women’s Division of the Char
lotte Jewish Federation on
December 9, featured wine,
cheese, crackers and soft
drinks. I was fortunate to
meet 18 newcomers as we
mingled and talked further
with:
Solomon and Elvira Bumsh-
tein, who moved to Charlotte
one and a half years ago, most
recently from Birmingham,
Alabama, Originally from
Russia, they have been in the
states 12 years. Solomon
works for an engineering firm.
Elvira is in accounting. They
have two children: Irene, 21,
and Marsha, 15. They like it
here £ind feel “pretty settled.”
Richard and Ruth Feldman
have been here since October
from Philadelphia. Richard is
the Assistant Director for
Psychiatry at Gaston Memori
al Hospital. Ruth plans to
begin part-time work as a
pediatric occupational thera
pist. They were accompanied
by their 10-month-old daugh
ter, Sarah Rose. They like
Charlotte very much and are
impressed by the outgoing
quality of the people.
Arthur and Sylvia Gordon
moved to Charlotte in June
from Pennsylvania. They have
several relatives already here,
including two children. They ’
are retired now and “love it
here.”
Susan Blumberg is a violinist
with the Charlotte Symphony.
She moved here in mid-
September from Washington,
D.C. She is single and enjoys
horseback riding. She has
found people very friendly.
Abner and Ruth Firestone Eire
here just two months from
New York. They have three
sons, including one who moved
to Charlotte with his family,
so they came along! Abner is
retired; Ruth came to be with
her grandson Eric. They have
found the people and the
weather “lovely.”
Marcia Hirshfield moved to
Charlotte with her fiance Mel
Saltz from Israel two weeks
ago. Mel works for Willard In
dustries. Marcia has two
children: Daniella, 12, and
Micha, 10.
Rosalind Taranto has been in
Charlotte two and a half
months. She sold her business
in Columbus, Georgia, picked
Charlotte as a progressive
southern community, and now
she is working as an executive
placement director with Posi
tion, Inc. She has three daugh
ters and two grandsons.
Barry and Lisa Wohl re
ceived the newest newcomer
prize for the evening. They
have been here just one week
from Irvine, California, and
came looking for a change in
lifestyle. Barry is a writer and
editor, looking for employ
ment in publishing. Lisa is an
RN. What’s not to like about
Charlotte? The traffic!
Linda and Sam Levy have
been in Charlotte four months
from Long Island, New York.
Sam works for Royal Insur
ance as the Corporate Econo
mist. Linda is the Federation
secretary. They have two chil
dren: Simon, 22, and Sharon,
18. They “love it here and
won’t go back.”
Barry Schneider and Sue
Alman have been in Ch2U“lotte
since May. Barry, a gastroen
terologist, is originally from
Winston-Salem. Sue is from
New York. She has an MBA in
Marketing and is presently
job hunting. They enjoy travel
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Jeff and Laura Schwartz
moved from Minneapolis in
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Union Brokerage, They have
just bought a house and are
anxious to move into it with
their poodle Curly, They think
Charlotte is pretty but they
don’t understand the roads,
Amy Schiff has been in
Charlotte since August from
Columbus, Ohio. She is an
Armstrong Representative and
enjoys basketball, racquetball
and working out. Amy says
Charlotte has given her a warm
welcome and it feels like home.
She is single.
Organizations and their rep
resentatives present were
Steve Menaker and Jeff Turk,
B’nai B’rith Men; Maddie
Joffe, HaLailah Chapter
BBW; Jill Newman, JCC; Jim
Montag and Sally Schrader,
Temple Beth El V’Shalom;
Debbie Telem, Charlotte
Jewish Day School; Emily
Zimmern, Women’s Division
of Charlotte Jewish Federa
tion; Linda Segal, Hadassah;
£ind Jessica Kranz, JCC Youth
Programming Director.
This successful evening
couldn’t have been possible
without the Shalom Y’all com
mittee: Jody Pinion, Chair;
Sandra Weinstein, Betsy Lewis,
Kim Schrader, Harriet Hur*
lich, Richard Roskind and
Fran Rosenberg.
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cost of the trip, including
lunch and a wine and cheese
snack (soft drinks for youth) is
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For more information, call
Dorothy Ashendorf, 541-7044;
Rosalind Taranto, 541*5158; or
Vicki Hopkins at the Charlotte
Jewish Federation, 366-5007.
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