The Charlotte Jewish News -May 2007 - Page 19
Hadassah Celebrates 60 Years of
Providing Community Directory
This year’s Hadassah
Community Directory commemo
rates 60 years of providing the
Jewish community with a single
source for connecting with our
friends and loved ones. These
directories reflect the rich history
of our city, our Jewish community,
and the women of Hadassah. A
complete collection of all 60
directories is housed in the
Charlotte Jewish Historical
Society at the Levine-Sklut Judaic
Library and Resource Center.
This year’s directory is avail
able for purchase at the front desk
of the Jewish Community Center.
To ensure that you are listed in the
next year’s and all future directo
ries, please contact Judy
Kaufmann at 704-847-1022.
Attention Bridge Players
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library and
Resource Center
What I Learned from Youtube, Two
Rabbis and a Middle East Studies Scholar
Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah
is pleased to announce the forma
tion of a marathon bridge group.
Each bridge couple will play once
a month for eight months and will
choose the time, date, and the
home to be played in. You may
pick your partner or be paired by
the bridge committee. In May of
2008, there will be a luncheon and
prizes distributed to the winners.
Buy-in for the eight months of
play is only $20.00, $25.00 for
non members. Part of this money
will go towards Hadassah, and
part will go towards prize money.
This is a wonderful way to con
tribute to Hadassah, have fun, and
meet new people.
There will be an organizational
meeting to answer any questions
and to distribute all forms before
we officially begin in September.
Please RSVP to Sandy
Hoagland at tzepora@carolina.rr.
com or 704 543 6338.
Looking forward to hearing
from you.
SAH
By Amalia Warshenbrot, Director
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library and
Resource Center
Last month I received an e-mail
from a very respected librarian.
The subject line said, “FW the
book on YouTube.” I clicked on
the link and saw a video titled,
“Introducing the Book.” It is a
Joke about people who are afraid
of trying new technologies.
A young monk is sitting on a
bench in a dark basement. An
older monk enters.
Monk 1: Today I was unable to
do anything. It has been lying
here all day. (He points' to a large
old book.)
Monk 2: I apologize. Everyone
needs help with new systems.
Monk 1: I was unable to open it.
Monk 2: Let’s see. (He takes the
book and opens it.) Have you
tried opening it?
Monk 1: What do I do now?
Monk 2: There are about 100
pages. (He starts reading.)
Monk 1: (starts to read, gets to
the end of the page). It stops
here.
Monk 2: Take hold of the page
like this. (Turns the page)
Monk 1: Wow. You can turn
pages. And how do I go back?
Monk 2: Take hold of the page
and turn to the other side.
Monk 1: (turns the pages back
and forth in amazement.) Wow. It
continues. (He proceeds to read
and then he closes the book. He
turns it to the other side, like a
Hebrew book. He then tries to
open it from the spine side. It
does not open.)
Monk 2: (turns the book to the
other side) Now it is easier to
open.
Monk 1: Will I lose the informa*
tion?
Monk 2: It is saved.
I saw this video after Rabbi
Joseph Telushkin’s lecture. Six
hundred people came to learn
about Jewish values, and many
books were sold. This is a perfect
example of the advantage of the
book over the internet. Rabbi
Telushkin did not turn his book
into an indexed e-book. People
enjoy sitting on their comfortable
sofas and reading. They can turn
back and forth to previous pages
for referral. I know it can easily be
done on a computer, but then you
will have to save and pray that it
will not be lost. It simply is not the
same.
Children’s books bring reality
to life in a much more meaningful
way. Many children visualize bib
lical heroes after reading a book
themselves or when an illustrated
story is read to them. Most of the
children’s books in the Levine-
Sklut Judaic Library and Resource
Center teach the same values that
Rabbi Telushkin was presenting at
Federation’s Main Event.
On the day following the lec
ture Rabbi Telushkin met a group
of lay people and professionals for
breakfast. He said, “Libraries hold
the past. Without the past there is
no future.”
A few days later about three
hundred people came to hear the
middle east studies scholar Ken
Stein talk about Jimmy Carter’s
book, Palestine: Peace Not
Apartheid. What became evident
at this presentation was that to be
aware of Carter’s semantic tactics
one need to be informed. My fear
is that a high school student
(Jewish or not) will read a biased
book (such as Jimmy Carter’s)
and accept those lies as truth.
That’s what happens when you
take information from the internet.
On the weekend after Ken Stein
left, Rabbi David Forman was the
scholar-in-residence at Temple
Beth El. During the last lecture of
his visit he expressed concern
about our children when they are
in college. Are they getting unbi
Donations to the Levine Skint JLRC
Rebecca and David Burack in
honor of Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Gross
Mae and Julius Goldman in
honor of Lenore Marx’ special
birthday
Shevi and Don Herbstman in
honor of Herb Spindel’s special
birthday
Adrienne and Herbert Spindel
in honor of Shevi Herbstman’s
birthday
Karen Knoble and Bany
Bobrow in honor of the B’nai
Mitzavh of Jacob and Sheldon
Bobrow
Roberta and Edward Bograd
Billie and William Ranson
Temple Beth El Brotherhood
Janice and Ronald Weiner
ased information both about Israel
and our heritage? If each one of
them would read one well-written
book, or if they would read pow
erful fiction or biographies, it is
unlikely that they would be per
suaded by false claims, but they
would have the tools for refuting
biased statements and obtaining
further knowledge.
One final thought: A teacher
had an experiment. He divided his
class into two groups. He gave
them the same assignment. One
group would use the internet and
the other was required to use tex
tual sources. The second group
finished first with miich more
detailed and accurate information.
I would lie if I told you that I
never turn to the internet for infor
mation, but I am a strong believer
in books. The YouTube video
scared me. Can you imagine a day
when a student will not know how
to open a book? 4*
Kids Take Over Shabbat
Service at Lake Norman
On Friday, May 18, the Lake
Norman Jewish Congregation will
hold Shabbat services at the Cove
Church, 197 Langtree Road,
Mooresville. But unlike other
Friday evenings, this Shabbat
service will be led by religious
school students, aged 5 through
13. The service marks the culmi
nation of the first year of the reli
gious school.
The Lake Norman Jewish
Congregation was established in
August 2006. The religious school
opened in the fall of the same
year. “We projected an initial
enrollment of 15 children, but
were pleasantly surprised when
the numbers swelled to 30 stu
dents,” said LNJC school admin
istrator Stacey Simms.
“The children do not just learn
the how of Judaism,” says the
school’s religious director Dr.
Barbara Thiede, “but the why.
Their lessons go beyond learning
the Alef Bet to understanding the
meaning of the Judaism they prac
tice. They will demonstrate that
fact at their service - and they’ll
have great fun doing so.”
All members and non-members
are invited to attend the Shabbat
services that begin at 6:30 PM,
and join in as the Kids Take Over.
Families are encouraged to bring
a picnic dinner for themselves to
be enjoyed post services, and we
encourage you to bring a dessert
to be shared with others at our
Oneg at each Friday night service.
F’or more information about the
2007-2008 Sunday morning reli
gious school or services call 704-
987-9980 or visit us on the web at
ww^.lakenormanjc.org. 4*
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