Page 10-THE NEWS-April, 1988
Yiddish Institute Celebrates
10th Anniversary
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Planning Committee of first Giarlotte Yiddish Institute: (front row—L to R) Rose
Luski, Estelle Hoffman, Sarah Ackerman, Baila Pransky, Mae Goldman; (back
row—L to R) Abraham Luski, Leo Hoffman, George Ackerman, Julius Goldman,
John Pransky, Herman Blumenthal.
The Charlotte Yiddish Institute will be celebrating its 10th
anniversary at Wildacres, May 5-8, 1988. Started in 1979, by
a few dedicated Yiddishists in Charlotte, the Charlotte Yiddish
Institute has had a decade of very successful events. Highlights
of the past ten years are:
1. Sponsorship of monthly Yiddish Vinkl at the “J" offer
ing Yiddish classes and cultural programs.
2. SfK)nsorship of world-wide Yiddish Folk Song Contest with
awards of $1800 in prizes.
3. Yiddish Institute scholarships awarded to college students
enrolled in Yiddish Studies programs.
4. Yiddish Institute scholarships made available to those
needing financial assistance.
5. Allocations of funding to worthy Yiddi^ publications and
Jewish organizations: The Forward Newspaper; Der Algemeiner
Journal; YIVO Institute for Jewish Research; League for Yid
dish; Yugntruf, Youth for Yiddish; Columbia University’s Great
Dictionary of the Yiddish Language; World Coucil for Yiddish
and Jewish Culture; National Yiddish Book Center; Charlotte
Jewish Community Center; Washington March for Soviet
Jewry; underwriting of Yiddish publications in Bucharest,
Roumania, Miami, FI. and Tel Aviv, Israel.
6. Featured outstanding speakers and performers in Yiddish
culture and academia.
7. Capacity enrollment covering every region of the United
States and several foreign nations.
The 1988 Charlotte Institute Committee:
JCC SPRING FUNDAYS
April 4-7
Pre-School 9 a.m.-l p.m.
K-4 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
5-6 Spring Surprise!
Before and After Care available 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. 14 p.m.-6 p.m.
Call Jessica Kranz at the JCC for more information, 366-5007.
DRUG AWARENESS & DWI SEMINAR*
DRUG AWARENESS - Thurs., Apr., 21, 7 p.m.
DWI — Thurs., May 12, 7 p.m.
♦(Driving While Impaired)
Both of these informative seminars are free, but please
register. They will be given at the JCC by the Charlotte/
Mecklenburg Police Dept. Both teens and parents are
urged to attend.
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Charlotte Yiddish Institute at Wildacres
Little Switzerland, North Carolina
Sponsored by the Jewish Community Center of Charlotte, North Carolina
GALA 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
May 5*8, 1988
FEATURING OUTSTANDING
GUEST LECTURERS AND PERFORMERS:
* Pearl Lang, world reknowned choreographer, dancer,
narrator of Yiddish, poetry and literature
* Chayele Ash, acclaimed Yiddish actress and comedienne
* Abraham Fuhrman, veteran Yiddish musical stage performer
* Die Yiddisheh Bandeh, lively Klezmer musicians from
Chapel HiU, N.C.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
* Faculty Lectures • Yiddish Language Classes • Yiddish
Culture Workshops • Concerts • Folksinging and
Dancing • Daily and Shabbat Services • Book and Gift
Shop • Nature Walks • Un Undzer Oisergevayntlech
Gastfreyndlechkeit (Our Exceptional Hospitality)
The Charlotte Yiddish Institute’s 10th anniversary simcha is
open to women and men dedicated to enhancing their knowledge
and use of the Yiddish language and culture in a unique and
stimulating atmosphere of Yiddishkeit.
Wildacres, a mountaintop retreat of 1,400 acres set in the heart
of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, is
devoted to the betterment of human understanding. Its facilities,
operated on a non-profit basis, are administered by the Blumen
thal Foundation.
FEES: $150 per person (double occupancy)
Covering Tuition, Room, Meals and Gratuities
Rooms are located in two main, modem lodges
Deposit of $50 per person must accompany each reservation.
No refund of deposit unless cancellation is made prior to April
21. Balance of fee must be paid in full by April 28.
ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION: Thursday, May 5 — 3 to 5 p.m.
DEPARTURE: Sunday, May 8 — 11 a.m.
INFORMATION: Baila Pransky, Coordinator, 704-366-5564
Liebe Pollard, Reservations & Transportation,
704-366-7846
RESERVATION APPLICATION
Please enter reservations for.
.persons listed below, for the
1988 Charlotte Yiddish Institute at Wildacres, May 5*8.
Deposit encosed $ ($50 per person, balance to be paid in
full by April 28)
Full payment enclosed 1 ($150 per person)
NAMES IN ENGLISH AND YIDDISH ADDRESS PHONE NO.
Make checks payable to:
Charlotte Yiddish Institute/Jewish Community Center
Make checks and reservations to:
Charlotte Yiddish Institute/Charlotte JCC, |
P.O. Box 13369. Charlotte. N.C. 28211-0080 J
Senior Adult Program
April 4 10:30-11:30 a.m. “Travel Talks” by Bill Burton.
April 11 10:30-11:30 a.m. “Ramesses The Great: The
Pharoah and His Time," a slide presentation of exhibition
coming to the Mint Museum in October 1988.
AprU 12 OUT TO LUNCH AND TO THE MOVIES
April 18 10:30-11:30 a.m. First Charlotte Bank will pre
sent a program, “Banking Services Offered to Senior
Citizens,” by a panel of banking experts.
Home
Health Care
For Your Pet
Animal Health Cair^ Center
Mobile Veterinary Clinic
Hardin E. Rubin D.V.M.
3716 Wilkinson Blvd. 392-3250
JCC to Hold
The annual meeting and
election of the Board of Direc
tors of the Jewish Community
Center will be held on April 17,
10 a.m.-noon at Shalom Park.
The meeting will begin with a
brunch, sponsored by the pre
sent Board of Directors, fol
lowed by the election and
reports from President Larry
Gerber and Executive Direc
tor Barry Hantman.
Featured on the program
will be a guest speaker and the
presentation of awards to
retiring directors: Howard
Levine, Beth Linderman, San
dra Gunn and Meg Goldstein.
OFFK
President
Vice Presidents
Corresponding Secretary . ..
Recording Secretary
Treasurer
Immediate Past Presidents .
*Not voted on; automatic repress
BOARD OF
three-yes
Debra Foster
Leon Gottlieb
Gene Kavadlo
Eric Sklut
two-year term
Barbara Ziegler
Serving on the nominating c
chair; Don Bernstein, Roz Greei
Schefflin, Mike Van Glish and
In accordance with Article 1
Eight {8) voting members of th
sent in vnriting to the Nominat
five (5) days preceding the ann
additional members for nominat
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two events. They are as follows
Sunday, April 10, 7:30 p.m.—
DINNER WITH TWELVE STRA
A chance to meet new people
very casual atmosphere.
Saturday, April 23, 7:30 p.m.—
DINNER WITH A LITTLE COM
Dinner with a little local atn
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