The Charlotte Jewish News - Decemt>er, 1995 - Page 12
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Carville And Matalin
To Appear At UJA
Young Leadership
Conference In March
William Shakespeare couldn’t
have set a better stage. James
Carville, in love with Mary Matalin
leads the campaign for Bill Clinton.
Mary Matalin, in love with James
Carville, is deputy campaign man
ager for George Bush The campaign
ends. Carville and Matalin marry,
have a baby and live happily ever
Mary Matalin
after. End of Act One.
Fast forward to March 1996,
and the curtain rises again. This time
the dynamic duo takes the stage at
the United Jewish Appeal’s Young
Leadership Conference in Washing
ton, D.C., March 17-19, 1996, the
single largest gathering of Jewish
leadership in the United States. The
biennial conference brings together
some 3,000 25-to-45-year-old Jew
ish leaders from around the world.
They convene to hear a host of note
worthy speakers, to take part in
thought-provoking workshops on a
range of issues and to visit with
Senators, Representatives and other
top government officials. Carville
and Matalin will fit right in.
He got his first job in Demo
cratic politics - canvassing for a car
dealer running for the Louisiana
state legislature - while still a stu
dent at Ascension Catholic High
School. She has been active in Re
publican campaigns since college
and went to Washington during the
Reagan Revolution Today, he’s
gearing up for Clinton’s reelection
bid; she’s set to become a CBS Ra
dio talk-show host. Together they
sparked the romantic imagination of
the country, and then, as the politi
cally savvy people they arc, docu
mented their talc in the best-selling
book. All's Fair: Love, War & Run
Of Greater CHARLcnTE
Las Vegas Night a Big
Success
ning for President (Rax)dotn House/
Simon & Schuster, 1994).
The Carville/Matalin show is
just one act in what promises to be
the most exciting UJA Young Lead
ership Conference ever. “This is our
opportunity to take our place in the
global Jewish community,” said
Washington 10 Co-Chair Lynn
James Carville
Sachse Schrayer of Chicago. “It’s
such an important event, and really
embodies all our hopes for Jewish
continuity.”
Ms. Schrayer's co-chair,
Michael Rubenstein of Houston,
agrees. “Every conference sells out
earlier and earlier,” he said “The
Washington conference is a gath
ering of 3,000 f)eople committed to
Israel, to the future of Jewish life
and to each other. It’s a powerful
force that gains momentum with
each outing. I think people feel
comj)elled to be part of it”
Immediately following the
conference, over 400 Washington
10 participants, together with a se
lect delegation of dignitaries, will
travel “Capital to Capital” on a spe
cial journey to Jerusalem. Partici
pants will celebrate the 3000th
anniversary as the capital of the
Jewish people, meet with members
of Knesset and interact with Israeli
peers during this unique moment in
history.
Join our local delegation, led
by Stacy and Todd Gorelick and
Alison and Mark Lemer. •
For more information on
Washington 10 and the Capital to
Capital: Journey to Jerusalem,
please call Vicki Hopkins at the
Federation office, 366-5007.
The young adult division of the
Jewish Federation, the New Federa
tion Generation had a most success
ful social — a Las Vegas night on
Saturday evening, Ottober 14. The
Las Vegas night featured casino
games, a piano bar and fabulous
raffle prizes. Over 130 young adults
came together for fun, to socialize
and meet one another. The purpose
of the evening was fun, but the
larger purpose was building our
community and involving our
young adults.
The New Federation Genera
tion Committee thanks all who at
tended and participated. Special
thanks to the volunteer dealers and
party sponsors. The evening cul
minated in an exciting raffle with
prizes donated by Artifacts, Caffe
Milan, Entertainment Publications,
Essex Street Bagel Exchange, Gifts
to Go, Stan Greenspon, H. Dundees,
Julie Huber, Mama Riccotta’s,
Mann Travels, Mimosa Grill, Mod
ern Salon, Omni Hotel, Steven
Ostrow, Phil’s Deli, Primo
Ristorante, Raintree Country Club,
Regent Park Golf Club, Restaurant
Tokyo, Car! Scheer, Southend
Brewery and Smokehouse and 30th
Edition Restaurant.
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(l-r) Phyliss Schiffman, President of Women's Division;
Rich Osborne, President of the Jewish Federation; and
Sara Schreibman, Vice President of the Federation.
The New Federation Generation Committee celebrates
their successful Las Vegas party night
A happy grand prize winner
of a round trip ticicet to
anywhere in the continental
U.S., donated by Mann
Travel
The New Federation Generation Co-Chairs: (l-r) Alk>ert &
Janice Nalibotslcy and Debra & David Van Glish
“Chapel in tlie Gales”
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
500 Providence Road Telephone: 332-7133
CELEBRATING
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