The Charlotte Jewish ^ews -January 2008 - Page 12
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for over 22 years.
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A member of the Charlotte Jewish Community for 39 years,
Dr. Scott Menaker has become an active volunteer and leader
in our community.
• Past President- Charlotte Jewish Preschool
• Past President-Levine JCC. Current board member for
over 15 years
• Board member of Federation and Foundation of Shaiom Park
• National JCC Association Board member
• Proud charitable supporter of all Jewish and many
community organizations
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Sandra & Leon Levine JCC Maccabi
Games Award Winners
The Sandra & Leon
Levine JCC’s Sports and
Fitness Department is very
happy to announce the
winners of the 2007 JCC
Maccabi Games awards,
presented this year during
the annual Team
Charlotte’s reunion party
this past October.
Adam Levinson and
Alex Widis are the recipi- ^ r-. , ,
ents of the prestigious Brooks Corcoran (center) .v.th h,s parents, Deborah
Harold Josephson Award.
This award, established in
1998 at the JCC Maccabi Games
hosted in Charlotte and named in
memory of an outstanding leader
and gentleman from our Charlotte
Jewish community, is presented
annually to a member or members
of the Charlotte JCC Maccabi
Games delegation who demon
strates tremendous fortitude
despite adversity and who displays
the perseverance to achieve goals
that appear unattainable. Previous
winners have included: Matt
Manes, Mitchell Gartner, Brett
Robert Widis with his daughter, Alex.
Strumwasser, Courtney Rosenberg,
Michael Murray, Rebecca
Raphael, Alan Platock the boys in
line hockey team from 2005
(Harry Bergmann, Jonathan,
Cohen, Matthew Laxer, Matt
Lepow, Zach Maniloff and Kyle
Schumer) and 2006 adult coach
es/chaperones Larry Brown, Aree
Pearlman and Dan Vizzini.
For the fifth year in a row, a
newer award for the JCC Maecabi
Games program in
Charlotte was also pre
sented. Named in memo
ry of Amy Beth
Rosenberg, former
Associate Director of the
JCC Maccabi Games
who very sadly and very
suddenly passed away in
the spring of 2003 at the
age of 36 and who was
one of the key continen
tal staff insuring the suc
cess of the JCC Maccabi
Games for many previ
ous years, the award is
presented annually to a member or
members of the Charlotte JCC
Maccabi Games delegation who
displays “extra ordinary” behavior
while participating at the annual
JCC Maccabi Games. The winner
of this award for 2007 is Brooks
Corcoran, joining previous
Rosenberg award winners E lyssa
lagnocco, Jeffrey Goldsmith, Matt
Gershen, Aaron Zucker, Dayna
Katz, Sarah Platock, Alex Widis
and Amanda Widis.
Alex Widis is a Junior at
Providence Day School and has
been involved with Maccabi for
the past three years. She has
played both field hockey (two
years) and soccer (four years) for
her school and has played soccer
club level ball for the past seven
years. Alex is the daughter of
Rdbert & Jeanie Widis and David
Hansen 8c Emily Chatham. Adam
Levinson is a sophomore at Myers
Park HS and has participated in
the JCC Maccabi Games for the
past three years as a golfer,
baseball player and tennis play
er. He is the son of Holly and
Hal Levinson. And last, but cer
tainly not least. Brooks
Corcoran is a junior at North
Mecklenburg HS who has also
been involved with the JCC
Maccabi Games for all four of
his eligible years. Brooks has
been swimming competitively
for eleven years and he is going
to compete in the eleventh Pan
American Maccabi Games in
Argentina over the 2007-2008
Holly. Adam, and Hal Levinson.
Christmas break. Brooks hopes to
be able to compete in the
Maecabiah Games in Israel during
the summer of 2009.
Congratulations to all the 2007
JCC Maccabi Games award win
ners for these well-deserved hon
ors. Your enthusiasm for the JCC
Maccabi Games program and
Team Charlotte , plus your will
ingness to do “whatever it takes”
to be successful both on and off
the field of play are an inspiration
to many others both in our
local Charlotto community and
beyond. O
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Donating an
Old Cell Phone
Can Save a
Life
Shalom Bayit-NC, in con
junction with the North
Carolina Women’s
Commission, is collecting cell
phones for victims - or poten
tial victims - of domestic vio
lence. Old, used and unwanted
cell phones will be repro
grammed to call 911 and used
in the event of an emergency.
Donating is as simple as drop
ping the cell phone and
battery charger (in a plastic
bag, if possible) at the
reception desks of the
following locations: Levine
Jewish Community Center,
Congregation Ohr Hatorah,
Temple Beth El, Temple
Israel, Jewish Family
Services.
For more information con
tact Marsha Stickler at 704-
756-9209 or e-mail at info@
shalombayit-nc.org.