Vol. 33, No. 10
Cheshvan-Kislev 5772
November 2011
An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte
The Annual Luski
Community Concert
Among the most
beloved and gifted
interpreters of Yiddish
Music, Eleanor Reissa
presents moving treas
ures from the luscious
world of Yiddish song
with a depth and style
that has garnered rave
reviews throughout the
world.
She is the daughter
of holocaust survivors,
a director, playwright,
choreographer, actor,
and singer working in
English'and in Yiddish.
This past spring Ms. Reissa per
formed her new cabaret show at
New York’s Metropolitan Room -
Eleanor Reissa Sings English.
She has appeared as an actress,
on Broadway and off, in Those
Were The Days, Conversations
with My Father, and most recent
ly, the title role in Yentl.
She was the artistic director of
the Folksbiene Theatre for five
years producing and directing An
American Family, A Klezmer’s
Tale, and her own play, Zise
Khaloymes (Sweet Dreams).
As a playwright, her first play,
The Last Survivor premiered at
Chicago’s Northlight Theatre.
She has recorded two CDs,
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Shalom Park Leadership Initiative
Going Home: Gems of
Yiddish Song and her
latest CD Songs in the
Key of Yiddish.
Her accompanist
will be Patrick Farrell,
Accordionist, Pianist.
Patrick Farrell leads
his own group, Stagger
Back Brass Band,
playing original brass
circus music, and is a
member of new-music
chamber ensemble
Ljova and the
Kontraband, Russian
and Romanian Roma-
music band Romashka, Michael
Winograd’s Klezmer Trio and
Serbian-style brass 'band
Veveritse. ^
ANNUAL LUSKI
CONCERT
Sunday
November 6
7 PM
Temple Israel
FREE
By Todd Gorelick, Rich
Osborne, and Eric Sklut
Twenty-five years ago, the
creation of Shalom Park sym
bolized the fulfillment of a
long-held dream of several
visionary Jewish leaders in
Charlotte. In the decades that
followed, Shalom Park has
evolved as a reflection of the ^
ever-changing and growing
Charlotte Jewish community. The
variety of agencies, breadth of
services, and energizing vibrancy
associated with Shalom Park
today is the direct result of the
passion, hard work, and sacrifices
of a core group of visionary lead
ers who dreamed of a place where
Charlotte’s Jews could come
SHALOM PARK LEADERSHIP
INITIATIVE
Sunday, November 13
9:30 AM
Sam Lerner Center for
Cultural Arts
together to celebrate, educate, and
engage as a community.
As we look to our future, we are
proud of all that has been accom
plished, and we marvel at the suc
cess embodied by Shalom Park.
Our community continues to grow
and thrive, embracing new and
innovative opportunities for our
future. As we focus on the
future, let us not lose sight of-
our past and the wisdom and
spirit of our founders.
Please join us for an inter
active presentation that shares
the story and vision of Shalom
Park, through the eyes of those
who helped create it more than
20 years ago. Together we will
connect the stories of the past
to the spirit of Shalom Park today:
Sunday, November 13, 9:30 AM
in the Sam Lerner Center for
Cultural Arts. ^
SHALOM PARK
Leadersh i p
initial
Camp Barney Medintz Sets Open House
in Charlotte
Camp Barney Medintz, sum
mer resident camp of the Marcus
Jewish Community Center of
Atlanta, will present their annual
new musical slide production and
dessert reception in Charlotte on
Thursday, November 3, at the
Levine Jewish Community Center
of Charlotte, beginning at 7 PM.
Jim Mittenthal, Camp Director,
will meet with new and returning
families, answer questions per
taining to the 2012 summer camp
season, and provide applications
for registration.
Camp Barney Medintz is locat
ed in the North Georgia Blue
Ridge mountains on over 500
wooded acres surrounding two
lakes just 75 miles NE of Atlanta.
According to Mr. Mittenthal, the
setting facilitates “every imagina
ble activity,’’ including water ski
ing, hydro-tubing, wake boarding,
swimming, sailing, canoeing, the
“Iceberg,” the “Rave” water tram
poline, leaping off the “Blob” or
soaring down the 180-foot
“Hurricane” water slide, horse
back riding, campouts, “zipping”
over 1000 feet across Lake
Wendy, whitewater rafting, tennis,
all land/court sports, theater,
crafts, music, Israeli culture,
dance, radio, video, newspaper,
mountain biking, climbing the
adjacent Appalachian Trail and a
series of high-adventure rock
climbing, rappelling and ropes
courses. Specific age groups may
also enjoy fencing, karate, ceram
ics or scuba diving.
“Camp Barney,” celebrating its
50th summer season, has created
All these kids from Charlotte have a great time at
Camp Barney in the summer.
“a unique community that is all
about adventure and self discov
ery, exhilarating activities and
exciting events, being in a strong
culturally Jewish environment
with special friends, all under the
supervision of a carefully selected
group of mature, talented, consci
entious, loving, and enthusiastic
staff,” said Mr. Mittenthal.
Camp Barney annually devel
ops new construction projects to
improve its spectacular mountain
facility. Recent addi
tions include a major
cultural and perform
ing arts complex, an
exciting new sports
complex and “Food
Network’’-type
camper kitchen, and
the brand new
Marcus Health
Center.
Inquiries about the
2012 summer season
are again far exceeding previous
years and each of the two- and
four-week sessions is likely to fill
to capacity very rapidly. For more
information about Camp Barney
programs, family camps, staff
opportunities, or other CBM
adventures, please call the camp
office in Atlanta at 770-395-2554
or Karen Brooks, our Camp
Barney Medintz Charlotte Parent
Rep, at 704-301-1355. O
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