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page 2—THE NEWS—January 197d opinion Danger: Israelis At the Wheel by Alan Levanthal Israelis are notorious drivers; many more people are injured and killed in car accidents each year than by terrorist activities. Aggression and poor driver training are the major reasons for tfie well deserved reputation of Israeli drivers, according to Shimon Hyon, claims manager of Israel’s largest insurance agency, Pel Tours Insurance. “People live under great stress and pressure here,” Hyon ex-’ plained. “They take out their tension behind the wheel. I’m not sure the Israeli driver is worse than other drivers in the world but they do drive poorly.” Hyon feels that Israeli drivers tend to overestimate the capaci ty of their automobiles and ex hibit too much self-confidence. Serious collisions sometimes result because a driver just will not allow another to pass. “We need to develop a program to teach our drivers to be more polite and considerate,” Hyon explained. “Unfortunate ly, we hear about the Israeli coming back from the U.S.A. or Europe speaking about how nice people abroad, drive but they don’t seem to change their habits once they are back.” In 1976, Israel instituted no fault insurance which provides unlimited payments from the in surance companies to each par ticipant in an accident. Hyon ex pects insurance to greatly in crease, although exact classifications and charges will probably take 3-4 years to develop. The schedules could not simply be developed along the highest accident rate highest premium ratio. For ex ample, motorcycles and scooters are the most dangerous vehicles on the road. “However,” Hyon ' commented, “most of the drivers are too poor to purchase cars, so where is the justice if they must pay the highest premiums?” Academy Temples Stage Hanukah Arts Festival A fire in the boiler room at Tample Beth El on December 17, 1978 meant no heat for the Hanukah Arts Festival that afternoon, but over one hundred fifty children and parents' generated their own warmth singing and dancing at the Hebrew Academy sponsored event. The festival was an intra community project involving children from the Academy, Temple Israel daily school and Temple Beth El. Students from all three schools exhibited art on Hanukah and Jewish themes. Beth "El youngsters submitted imaginative menorahs made from all kinds of materials, even a paper plate. Temple Israel’s four year olds showed bread dough ' sculpture. The kindergarten and first grade students from the Academy dis played batik pillows and older students, linoleum block prints. Rabbi Sanford Tucker served as master of cermonies. Dressed in white shirts and sweaters. Academy second through sixth graders sang several contem porary American and Israeli songs, in Hebrew and English, relating to Hanukah and peace. They danced an Israeli dance led by Renee Tucker. The Academy kindergarten and first graders also danced and sang. Four year olds from Temple Israel, under the direction of Lila Josephson, joined with Academy five and six year olds to sing and dance to Israeli dances. The Temple Israel students, dressed in bright red, also sang a spirited version of “Am Yisroel Chai” punctuated with raised fists. Rose Massachi of the Hebrew Academy and Lila 'Josephson co-ordinated the refreshments for the festival. We A re One Around the Comer Arourid theNAtortd Federation Acquires New Name Send Us Your News Have a story the Jewish community should know about? Want to announce a public event, voice an opinion or send us a photo? The NEWS deadline is the 8th of the month prior to’an issue’s publication date. If you want a news item to appear in February, give us the information in writing, typed and double-spaced by January 8th. Mail to: Charlotte Jewish NEWS, c/o J.C.C., P.O. Box 220188, Charlotte, N.C. 28222. Guidelines for putting your news item in proper form are available from the NEWS editor, Ann Langman., Photos must be black and white glossies. THE CHARLOTTE JEWISH NEWS Published monthly by; Charlotte Jewish Federation and Jewish Community Center Marvin Bienstock, Director Charlotte Hebrew Academy Rabbi Sandy Tucker, Director Editor: Ann Langman Co-editor: Rita Mond Feature Writer: Martha Brenner Staff: Renee Sutker Copy deadline the 8th of each month P.O. Box #220188 Charlotte, N.C. 28222 The Charlotte Federation of Jewish. Charities at its November meeting adopted a resolution to change its name to the Charlotte Jewish Federa tion. This was done as a way of indicating its expanded role in community affairs and its deep- felt obligation to serve the entire community in all necessary capacities. ELECTION OF OFFICERS WAS HELD. Harry Lerner succeeds Morris Speizinan as President of the Federation. In his comments upon taking of fice Mr. Lemer praised Mr. Speizman’s leadership over the past two years, pointing out the many areas of Federation growth and achievement which had taken place during his ad ministration. JCC Plans Return Visit To Caracas Plans are now being made for a group from the Jewish Com munity Center to visit the Jewish community in our Sister City, Caracas, Venezuela, dur ing spring vacation, Saturday, April 14th to Saturday, April 21st. After the successful visit here last summer by the children and adults from Hebraica, this return trip will focus On culture as well as provide opportunity for sports. The children ages nine to thir teen, will be housed with families. If older children wish to go, our friends in Caracas can make ari*angements for these children also. Being planned at Hebraica, are a community Seder, trips of interest around Caracas, spor ting compeitions, and other ex citing events for our week long visit. The cost per child will be $280.00 which will' cover euerythinff except spending money. For further information call Sara Schreibman at the J.C.C. 366-0357. Also elected were Sol Shapiro, Shelton Gorelick and Ira Schulman as Vice Presidents; Stanley Greenspon as Secretary and Robert Abel as Treasurer. Elected to three year terms on the board were Paul Fligel, Ruth (aoldberg, William Gorelick, Richard Klein, John Pransky, Celia Scher, AJ Segal, Marilyn Shapiro, Robert Speizman and Paul Stewart. ’ > Division Chairpersons for the 1979 Campaign were also an nounced. ^Leading- the major gifts division bf $50QP and over will be Sol Shapiro, Paul Steward and Herman Blumentbnal. The $2-5000 divi-. sion leacLers are John Pransky and Abe HjUski; $1 *2000 gifts will be led by» Stan Greenspon and Richard Klein. Gifts of $500- 1000 win be chaired by Paul Edelsteir» and Larry Farber; .while Mc»rtTurk, Richard Good man ancJ David Checkner will be in hca ige ofthe ^100-500 divi sion. French Hill School by Leslie Fried JERUSALEM - Israel’s school system, split between ■ ‘state’ and ‘religious state’ tracts, has long underscored the general schism between Israel’s religious and secular pop ulations. Yet some Israelis, however benignly they accepted the. dichotomy between religious and non-religious, wanted their children to receive a Jewish — though not Orthodox — educa- . tion. They were apprehensive that their children might grow to think of themselves as' “Israelis,” less and less as Jews. As a result, at Givat Shapiro State School #2 in Jerusalem’s French Hill quarter a grroup of parents have sought to inject more Jewish content into the State school curriculum. In 1974, citing an obscure provi sion of the State Education Law which places an optional 25% of the cirriculum at the discretion of local parents, they petitioned the Ministry of Education for permission to introduce a religious course of study with a traditional, yet open approach to Judaism. “ReliKiousschools here are ex- clusivistic,” writes. Reuven. Hammer of the Conservative movement rabbinic school, the Jewish Theological Sejtiinary. “They will not tolerate JCC Hosts Great Decisions Course Great Decisions, a nation wide program in its 25th year, will be presented under the auspices of U.N.C.C. at the Jewish Community Center. The purpose of the program is to learn and understand the major foreign policy issues facing the United States today. To par ticipate in this eight-week Lecture Discussion course, you need only to attend and purchase the book, which will be available prior to the beginning class. At the end of the session, an opinion ballot may be filled out on each of the issues, which will be tabulated countrywide by Columbia University. The results will then be presented to Congress, The White House, and the National Media. The following are the topics to be covered: Feb. 8th, The Technology Explosion, How to Harness it for Peaceful Change - Professor, Carlos Bell (Dept, of English - U.N.C.C.) Feb. 15th. Trade and Ihe ^Dollar, Coping with Inter- * Dependence, Professor Harry Chernotsky (Pol. Sci.- U.N.C.C.) Feb. 22nd. NATO & The Patterson (Dept, of History - U.N.C.C.) March 29th. World Law of the Oceans? Narrowing Opions for the U.S.? Professor William Huffman (Dept, of History - U.N.C.C.) April 5, International Terriorism: “Do Something!” - But What? Professor Michael Myer (Dept, of English - U.N.C.C.) To register for this unique and exciting program, call the J.C.C. today! (366-()357) Time - 7:30 P.M. Cost $4.00 (for the book). B’nai B’rith Lecture Series 'ITie Charlotte liodge of B’nai B’rith will be presenting its an nual lecture series this winter. Through the generosity of patrons they have been able to secure contemporary and con troversial speakers. All the lec tures will be held on Sunday, evenings at 8 p.m. at the J.C.C. with no admission charge. Don Kottenberg, author of A Guidebook to Jewish Russians, Will the East-West Genealogy, will speak on “Fin- Balance Hold? Professor Harold Josephson (Dept, of History - U.N.C.C.) March 1st. Dealing with China, What’s at Stake - In Asia & the World? Professor Lowell Ashman (Dept, of History - l^noir-Khyne (Jollege) March 8th. The U.S. and Latin America, Facing New Facts of Power? Professor Lyman Johnson (Dept, of History - U.N.C.C.) March 22nd. Black Africa: More Weight in U.S. Policy Scales? Professor K. David ding (^ur Fathers” on January 14,1979. On February 18, James Kudin, a Rabbi experienced in the Jewish response to evangelical religious and cult groups, will speak on “The Challenge of the New Religious Cults”. Max Dimont, who has appeared on the lecture series before, and who is releasing a new book this month, will speak on “American Judaism, Wasteland or Renassiance”. Mr. Dimont, who is best know for his bK)k “Jews, God and History”, will speak on March 18, 1979. youngsters who do ndt follow a traditior»al pattern of life. By attempti ng to'control the out side livss and extra-curricular activities of their pupils, they effective Jy shut the doors of religious education to the non observant younifster.” State schools, on the other hand, try unsuccessfully to in culcate* “Jewish con sciousness.” Jewish subjects are taught (^nly a few hours a week by teachers often apathetic of antagon istic to the spirit of the teachin^iS. Hebrew language and literatur-^ are secularized. The students:, roughly 70% of Israeli children , know only sections from the- Bible and something of the festivals,"with little' other religious education. Thenww curriculum is rough ly purullel to courses in the religiouts schools, but unlike them, reliffious studies are open to boys and girls on an equal basis. 'P he two sexes attend in- tegratecL services each morning; learnin the prayers, their meaning and background. Bi ble, festivals, history, values, and litevature are taught in all classes and theffourth grade begins JMishnah and 'I'almud. ■Boyamuast wear kippot only dur ing pra yers, religious studies;' and mej-ils. (JIasscjs average 20 students and leaning? standards are high.- This yeair the first grade com pleted tHe government required courseo f study in half the usua- ly time. “'I’he sameclass learning script in a month. First grade student£=3 in an extra-curricular English course became fluent in both iaaiKuages — those from English speaking homes now read ora a par with third or fourth jcruders in America. “The approach,” says prin" cipal Barbara l^vin-, “is straight:, tradition. ‘This is our masoret:. (tradition), and this is what ()L*r tnasoret says.’ Agairs unlike the religious school(«., no faith or ritual demuncJs are made of the children or parents. 'I'here are no "sh«)uls” or “shouldn’t’s.” Observt Jince, above all, is a fami ly matt«:;r. Despi tethis, the probing and enthusisistic response of the studenC:s to their> religious studios has prompted many familic_!S to', become more traditioBial. ‘ ■ ADVERTISERS NEVWS
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