The Charlotte Jewish News - December 2012 - Page 20
LJCC Annual Meeting: New Officers Elected; Awards Presented
The 26th Annual Meeting of
the Sandra & Leon Levine Jewish
Community Center was held on
the evening of Oetober 10. The
event, featuring eleetions, honors,
desserts, and a delightful video,
was eo-ehaired by Elise Kosofsky
and Roni Fishkin.
Elise delivered the D’Var Torah
to over 100 guests and staff mem
bers, eneouraging them to eon-
tinue to find the passion and light
whieh will allow them to give
more and reeeive more from their
life experienees.
Three long-time members of
the Board of Direetors have
stepped down from their posi
tions. David Van Glish, President
of the LJCC Board of Direetors,
reeognized and thanked David
Berger, Roni Fishkin, and Jill
Newman, for their many years of
eommitted serviee. Eaeh was pre
sented with a beautiful mezuzah,
ereated by Gwen Orland in the
LJCC Ceramies Studio. Gwen is a
very talented artist, and the LJCC
is privileged to have her as our
Fine Arts Coordinator.
The 2012-2013 Nominating
Committee - Larry Sehwartz,
Miehael Baumstein, Wendy Petri-
eoff, Chantal Rubin, and Miehael
Sinsheimer - were reeognized and
thanked for their diligent efforts.
David then presented the pro
posed slate of Offieers and Diree
tors to the general membership.
The 2012-2013 slate, ineluding
four new Direetors, was unani
mously approved as noted below.
Officers: David Van Glish
(President), Miehael Baumstein
(Viee President), John Box (Viee
President), George Cronson (Viee
President), Elise Kosofsky (Viee
President), Mark Lerner (Viee
President/Treasurer), and Larry
Sehwartz (Past President).
Directors'. Judy August, Glenda
Bernhardt, Andy Cohen, David
Cohen, Gene Daumit, Jeremy
Davids*, Justin Lan*, Stuart
Goldstein*, Staei Mond, Elaine
Moody, Mark Berlin, Chantal
Rubin, Jon Simon*, Peter Smul,
Robert Valenstein, Kim Wo-
jnowieh. (*New Direetors)
In giving the President’s annual
speeeh, David referred to
the sermon he had heard
during Yom Kippur. In that
sermon. Rabbi Murray
Ezring spoke about the im-
portanee of interaeting
with people faee-to-faee.
Rabbi Ezring had read the
lyries of Flarry Chapin’s
song, “Cat’s in the Cradle,”
to illustrate his point.
Though eommunieation
today is often in the form
of emails, tweets, and
texts, here at the LJCC, it’s
all faee-to-faee. We pro
vide opportunities for in-
teraetion with our friends,
loved ones, and other eommunity
members. David emphasized that
the personal relationships that de
velop eaeh day at the “J” make it
a very speeial plaee. Members are
always eoming together at the
pool, summer eamps. Oasis, and
the fitness eenter. The Butterfly
Projeet, theatrieal performanees,
JTribes and JTeam, among other
programs, provide prieeless op
portunities to form and strengthen
Phil Berman, CEO of the LJCC; Judy August, member
of the LJCC Board ofDireetors; Irving Bienstoek, Vol
unteer of the Year; David Van Glish, president of the
LJCC
bonds between friends and within
families. New friendships are built
on the tennis eourts and in the pot
tery studio. Eaeh program and ae-
tivity sueeeeds in building the
strong families and lasting friend
ships that make up a thriving Jew
ish eommunity.
David thanked Phil Berman,
CEO of the LJCC, the LJCC
Board of Direetors, and the LJCC
staff for all their hard work this
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past year and for their eon-
tinued eommitment to the
LJCC.
Program Serviee Awards
were then presented to the
following outstanding vol
unteers:
Sharon Taubman (Butter
fly Projeet)
Andrea MeCleary and
Barry Sherbal (Oasis)
Esther Thompson (Soe-
eer)
Marissa Brooks, Lori
Flandler, Tina Rogovin,
Marlene Rosenzweig,
Miehelle Rusgo and Staeey
Slomka (Theater)
Irving Bienstoek reeeived a
standing ovation as he was named
Volunteer of the Year for his devo
tion to the Butterfly Projeet. Irv
ing, who survived the Floloeaust
as a ehild, has displayed eourage,
strength, and eommitment in re-
eounting his story to a new gener
ation.
Suly Chenkin also reeeived a
standing ovation as she aeeepted
the President’s and Exeeutive Di-
reetor’s Award. In presenting the
award, Judy August reminded us
that Suly eould have been a but
terfly - one of those 1.5 million
ehildren murdered in the Flolo
eaust who are memorialized
through the Butterfly Projeet. Suly
was honored for her passionate
and tireless support of the Butter
fly Projeet and for her eloquenee
and sensitivity in presenting her
story as a Floloeaust survivor.
Phil Berman, CEO of the
Levine Jewish Community Cen
ter, fondly reeognized the five
year anniversaries of staff mem
bers Shellie Barer, Linda Dabak,
Jessiea Myers, Tim Whitener, and
Jodie lagnoeeo.
Daphne Williams was honored
for her extraordinary 20 years of
serviee at the LJCC.
Lyn Addy, Linda Dabak, and
Kristi Fallowes were singled out
as outstanding employees for
2012.
The highlight of this wonderful
evening was a video of our Oasis
seniors hard at play. Ineredibly,
they staged a Flash Mob perform-
anee at the Morroeroft Flarris
Teeter on a sunny September
morning. The seniors, many of
whom rely on walkers, eanes, and
oxygen tanks, sang and daneed
their way into the hearts of all who
were watehing as they performed
their “You Make Me Feel So
Young” routine. Many thanks to
Jodie lagnoeeo, liana Levin, and
the management of Flarris Teeter
for making that whole event pos
sible.
The evening ended on this
happy note. Everybody exited
humming, “You Make Me Feel So
Young.” ^