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BALTIMORE 1991
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Charlotte, NC 28270
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The Charlotte ^UEWISH ^NEWS
Vol. 13 No. 8
Charlotte, North Carolina
September 1991
Morris Speizman’s Estate Presents Gift to Charlotte Jewish Community Fund
The Charlotte Jewish Com
munity Fund recently received a
$91,025 gift from the estate of
Morris Speizman. This generous
gift to the unrestricted fund
serves as a reminder to the
community of the late Mr.
Speizman’s concern for and
interest in the Charlotte Jewish
community.
Morris Speizman epitomized
the Jewish tradition of combin
ing values of family and philan
thropy. Through his generosity
with his time, talent and money,
our community was enriched by
his presence. And now we recog
nize his interest in Dor L’Dor
tions to come.
The Endowment Fund is pro
fessionally managed by First
Union Capital Management and
has its own Board of Directors,
whose chairman is Donald Bern
stein. The Fund provides the
donor several methods to effect
Morris Speizman
(generation to generation), pro
viding needed help through the
Endowment Fund for genera-
gifting to the community while
providing important tax plan
ning to the individual as well.
In future issues of The Char
lotte Jewish News, there will be
specific articles outlining various
giving vehicles that are available.
In addition, general information
sessions are planned to educate
our community so that everyone
interested will be able to provide
support to the Charlotte Jewish
Community Fund.
For further information,-call
Don Bernstein, Endowment
Chairman, 366-5007.
GA Program Taking Shape
The Council of Jewish Fed
erations will hold its 60th Gen
eral Assembly in Baltimore,
Nov. 19-24. It is being organized
around five major areas of
significance for the Jewish com
munity. They include:
• Strengthening North
American Federations to meet
the challenges ahead;
• Implications of the CJF
National Jewish Population
Survey;
• Israel/Diaspora relations;
• The Sephardic/Quincen-
tennial experience;
• Resettlement in Israel and
North America.
In addition. Rabbi David
Hartman, director of the Sha
lom Hartman Institute in Jerus
alem, will serve as the Pearlstone
Institute Scholar-in-Residence;
U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski
(D-Md) will speak at the Wom
en’s Division opening plenary,
and Rabbi Irving Greenberg will
join Bishop Krister Stendahl,
former dean of the Harvard
Divinity School, in a discussion
of interfaith relations. Keynote
speakers are top American and
Israeli government officials; last
year’s speakers included Israeli
President Chaim Herzog, Jewish
Agency leaders Mendel Kaplan
and Simcha Dinitz, and former
Secretary of State George
Schultz.
During the five days of the
GA, delegates can attend over
400 meetings, including plenar
ies, forums, workshops and
business sessions, the purpose of
which is to engage in joint
planning and action on common
issues dealing with local and
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international concern.
The Host Committee, under
the leadership of Barbara L.
Himmelrich, has planned a
substantial program of activities
for delegates including Jewish
Heritage and “Art Lovers” bus
tours, a Monet exhibit tour, the
host community reception, as
well as a Shabbat kiddush and
a Young Leadership dance.
Delegates will be staying at the
Harbor Court, Holiday Inn,
Hyatt, Lord Baltimore, Marri
ott, Omni, Sheraton and
Stouffer’s hotels. Registration
and other information may be
obtained from the Charlotte
Federation Office, 366-5007, We
hope that Charlotte will have a
large delegation this year.
The GA is the largest gather
ing of both lay and professional
Jewish communal leaders in
North America as well as repre
sentatives from other nations
around the world. Over 2,500
delegates are expected.
The Council of Jewish Fed
erations is the North American
association of 200 Jewish feder
ations. It serves 800 localities
encompassing a Jewish popula
tion of more than 6.1 million.
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ROSH HASHANAH 5752
HOME CEREMONIAL READING
Durine the course of the festive meal on Rosh Hashanah evening, meces
ofaj^e that have been dipyed in honey are distributed to the participants
and the fottovnng is read either in unison or responsively.
For centuries, Jews have celebrated Rosh Hashanah by eating apples and honey. We express
our hopes and prayers that this new year ahead may be especially sweet for ourselves, our
loved ones and all the Jewish people around the world.
Seated at the festive table, we remember our precious heritage. We understand that the new
year is a sacrm time for reflection and hope, as we pray for guidance to meet the challenges
of the coming year.
The beginning of the year 575Z is marked by extraordinary events.
We are witnessing the redemption of Ethiopian Jews in the land of Israel. May their memories
of famine and danger fade, as they experience the jcy of reunification with their families.
We are witnessing the emigration of more than 2^0,000 Soviet jews who have been isolated
from the mainstream of the Jewish world for decades. May they find empathy and caring
as they establish new homes among the people of Israel.
We are witnessing — where there had been repression — the resurgence of Jewish vitality
in Eastern Europe. May these communities g^in new strength and success in their endeavors.
We are witnessing through Operation Exodus, an outpouring of compassion and generosity
for all Jews in need. Anay we be thankful for our religious freedom and the ability and
opportunity to extend help to others.
Now, on this Rosh Hashanah, as we once ag^n dit? our apples into honey, we recite the
age-old words of our tradition. May we enlarge our horizons, pledging to ourselves that this
year will do even more to reach out to Jews in distress, wherever they may be
Kot Yis-ra-el ah-ray-vim zeh ba-zeh. HI *79
All Israel is responsible for one another
This year may all Jews know a new measure of sweetness.
May each of us continue to grow in our commitment to our people and our faith.
Ye-hi ra-tzon miUfa-ne-ha, N
Ah-do-noy Eh-h-hay-nu vay-lo-hay ah-vo-tay-nu, ^
she-U-ha-Jeskah-laytiusha-iJh to-vah u-me-tu-kah. n?"? njl? u'^>V vnunv
May it be Your will, O Lord our God and Cod of our ancestors,
to renew for us a good and a sweet year
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Prepared by the UJA Rabbinic Cabinet
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Small City Executives See Israel Up Close
Twenty-six executives from
Small City Federations recently
spent 12 days in Israel learning
firsthand how the country is
responding to the immigration
of Soviet and Ethiopian Jews,
as well as to other major chal
lenges.
The executives were partici
pants in the Council of Jewish
Federations’ Dorothy N. and
Louis J, Fox Small City Exec
utives Institute in Israel. Made
possible by a grant from the Jill
Fox Memorial Fund of Balti
more, the Institute is held every
four years.
The program was organized
around a series of CJF Continu
ing Professional Education
courses, focusing on absorption,
religious pluralism and electoral
reform in Israel and the issue of
the settlements and territories.
In addition, participants took
part in the Jewish Agency As
sembly, a first-time experience
for most of them.
In their course on absorption,
the executives heard from lead
ing officials of JDC and the
Jewish Agency, visited Soviet
and Ethiopian emigres who are
living in communities rather
than absorption centers and
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