Page 2-THE NEWS-December, 1988
THE CHARLOTTE JEWISH NEWS
Published monthly by:
Charlotte Jewish Federation Michael L. Minkin, Director
Foundation of Charlotte Jewish Community &
Jewish Community Center Barry Hantman, Director
Lubavitch of N.C Rabbi Yossi Groner, Director
Editor Rita Mond
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— Rita Mond
Israel’s Elections:
A Challenge to World Jewry
By Marc H. Tanenbaum
(JTA)
Israel’s elections in early November burst with
paradoxes and challenges.
The week before the election, pollsters and pundits
portrayed the race between Labor and Likud as “a
dead heat.”
Then radical Palestinizm and Arab terrorist groups
carried out a series of violent attacks, brutally kill
ing Israeli civilians as well as Israeli soldiers.
The psychological effect of that calculated violence
was to turn marginal Israeli voters who supported
Labor’s peace and security policies into supporters
of Likud and other nationalist parties, whose
priorities are security first, then peace.
Clearly, these radical Arabs sought to derail any
prospects for peace negotiations by undermining
Shimon Peres’ peace initiatives, thereby expecting a
collision course with Likud.
Now, thanks in part to these Arab interventions,
Israel may end up forming a hard-line, right-wing,
religious-nationalist government.
It may well be that a strong, stable government
under Yitzhak Shemfiir could well have the power to
negotiate some form of peace with Palestinians, much
as anti-Communist President Richard Nixon opened
negotiations with Red China.
But the over-arching parallel challenge for Israel
and world Jewry will be the predominance of ultra-
Orthodox psu-ties in the new government.
If wisdom does not prevail, theocratic policies could
seriously alienate American £md world Jewry, and
that, too, could weaken Israel’s capacity to mzike
peace with the Arabs.
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Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum is director of interna-
tional relations for the American Jewish Committee.
Remarks on the 50th Anniversary Celebration
Of the Charlotte Jewish Federation
By Marvin Bienstock
Past Exec. Drtr. CJF
Several years ago, following
a mission to Israel, I was priv
ileged to accompany Herman,
Anita and Phillip Blumenthal
on a trip to Egypt. When we
flew north from Abu Simbel to
Cairo, I was struck by the
view of the Nile River. And,
when I was thinking about
what to say tonight, that im
age came back to me.
Judaism is like an endless
river. Our communities are
established along its banks
and nurtured by its waters. As
individuals, we ride its current
and disembark at a communi
ty to plant seeds and, hopeful
ly, to leave behind a legacy
Please accept my specisd
thanks for helping us to pro
mote the B’nai B’rith Women
Residential Treatment Cen
ters in Israel through £ui arti
cle in The Charlotte Jewish
News about Dr. Yecheskiel
Cohen’s visit in Charlotte. It is
gratifying to know of your in
terest in the unique drug-free
treatment that Dr. Cohen,
Director of the Treatment
Centers, has developed and his
Allow me to express my
sincere thanks to you for your
excellent work of art in put
ting together the center
spread on Lubavitch Pre
school and Day School. I ap
preciate your time, energy and
effort expended in this won
derful project.
I have received many posi
tive comments about the cen
ter spread, which only attests
to the appreciation of your
readers.
when the time comes for us to
move on.
The Charlotte Jewish com
munity has been truly en
riched by the river of Judaism.
Those who first landed here
and in neighboring communi
ties in the late 19th and early
20th centuries brought with
them their proud Jewish heri
tage, traditions and values.
The roots they planted grew
deep and strong and, by the
time they were called to move
on, their wonderful legacy was
their children. Those of you
who are their sons and daugh
ters absorbed your parents’
values and commitments. You
continued their task of estab
lishing a standard of quality
for Jewish life. Your names.
outstanding success in restor
ing the lives of emotionally
disturbed children who could
not be helped elsewhere.
You have our deep gratitude
and appreciation for helping to
bring this most worthwhile
project to the attention of the
community in Charlotte.
— Hyla S. Lipsky
President B’nai B’rith Women
You deserve much credit for
bringing such a wonderful
newspaper each month to our
community.
— Rabbi Yoseph Y. Groner
Director, Lubavitch of N.C.
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right to edit.
names we honor and pay tri
bute to this evening, became
synonymous with leadership
and acceptance of commund
responsibility. Fifty years ago,
some of you came as new arri
vals like the Blumenthals from
Savannah and the Speizmans
from Pennsylvania and you
learned that you were welcome
and that you were expected to
participate in a temple, to
become involved in the organ
izations, and to help those of
our people around the world
who needed euid deserved your
help. You accepted these re
sponsibilities and these stand
ards. In the decades which fol
lowed, you joined in passing
them along to the balance of
you here tonight who arrived
from other communities along
the endless river — communi
ties in New York, Illinois,
Massachusetts, Cuba, Europe
and so many more.
By the time the flowing tide
carried me here in 1975, your
combination of natives and
newcomers had accomplished
countless miracles not the
least of which was having the
400 members of the Amity
Club donate their private
swim and tennis facilities to
create a Jewish Community
Center open to the entire
Charlotte community.
Long before the term “long
range planning” became the
rage in business, as leaders of
this Jewish community you
were actively anticipating smd
planning for its future. No
sooner was the JCC open and
participants filling its classes
and programs than you set the
dream of Shalom Park in mo
tion and you pursued it until
it becamo a reality.
On the day Shalom Park
opened, the next generation,
your children, marched from
Temple Israel to Temple Beth
El V’Shalom to the Park.
There they came pouring
down the entrance road, a liv
ing river of Judaism, bearing
with them a lighted torch.
And, I saw some of you lift
your children so they could
light a menorah and symbol
ically pass that flame on to
generations yet to come.
And, come they will — from
your children’s children and
from new sojourners to this
community along the river of
Judaism’s watery way.
A year and a half ago those
same waters carried me a
short way downstream. I, in
turn, carried away with me the
lessons and the learning from
12 years of association with
you. I left with the sure know
ledge that the quality of Jew
ish life you and I worked so
hard to preserve and enhance
wiU flourish. Its roots are firm
ly embedded and its care
takers, each of you, are
dedicated to the task.
-l¥/tdf/sH aHora ora Fray/ach ?
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