The Charlotte Jewish News - February 2002 - Page 17
Youth Visions
CHS Student Council Hits The Mark
With Chanukah Project
CHS Post-Confirmation
Class Goes To Washington
By Courtney Rosenthal
The Consolidated High School
of Jewish Studies is proud to
announce that our Chanukah gift
and card project was a huge suc
cess. This project asked that our
Hebrew High students bring a gift
certificate or present of at least
$10.00 with them to class. The
gifts were then given to families in
need of holiday presents for their
children. I am happy to report that
many families at the Charlotte
Jewish Preschool benefited from
the project.
So who is this Student Council?
How do I get in on it, you ask? To
answer the first question, we have
a great board made up of students
in eighth through twelfth grade.
Joyce Dubin is our President,
Rena Chernotsky is our Vice
President, Karen Bernstein is our
Secretary, Adam Freiberg is our
treasurer, Courtney Rosenthal is
our Social Chair, and Naomi
Levine is our Sunshine Spreader.
These dedicated students give the
council great leadership. To
answer the second question, you
can get on the council next year by
filling out the application that will
come with your registration pack
et. I hope you will consider join
ing us next year. We do important
work and have fun too.
One of our upcoming projects
is getting involved in the public
schools and informing them about
the many sides of Judaism. Becky
Hunt and Courtney Rosenthal are
leading the project so if you want
to participate at your school or
want more info, talk to one of
them as soon as possible.
This was a great start, but there
is so much more planned. Things
to come are guaranteed to be big
ger and better than ever. So, keep
an eye out for more news from
your student council. O
Chanukah at CHS Means... Soufganiyot!
Ten special CHS students will
have the opportunity to participate
in the Panim el Panim program in
Washington, DC on March 17
through 20. This opportunity is
being made possible through a
grant from the Jewish Federation of
Greater Charlotte and the Soref
Scholarship awarded by the
Washington Institute for Jewish
Leadership and Values. The stu
dents selected will be eleventh and
twelfth graders who demonstrate
leadership qualities and have been
active at CHS and other communi
ty organizations.
Since 1988 over 8,000 students
from 120 communities across the
United States have come to
Washington to participate in Panim
el Panim. This will be the first year
that students from Charlotte have
had the opportunity to participate.
Panim el Panim seminars allow
teens to see the relevance of their
Jewish heritage to the critical social
and political issues facing our
nation and the world. Students
interact with policy experts on a
range of contemporary issues, try
their hand at lobbying with public
officials, , visit the Holocaust
Museum, and learn about U.S.-
Israel relations.
The Jewish educational compo
nents of Panim el Panim include
active learning of Jewish texts and
examine value perspectives they
relate to public issues. Simulations,
role-playing, debates, and small
group discussions engage students
in applying Jewish insights to con
temporary social and political
issues.
If you are interested in this excit
ing program, please call Roz
Cooper at 704-944-6782. The ten
spots are expected to go quickly.
Save the Date!
Pirritn
Sunday,
February 24
Noon 'til 3 PM
at Shalom
Park
Puim Carnival
Jordana Weiner enjoys her Chanukah treat.
Jeff Goldsmith, Eli Pollack, and Jason
Perlmutter partake of the jelly doughnuts.
Mardi Gras
(Continued from previous page)
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Blacks, Jews and labor unions
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