page 5—THE NEWS—Auguflt 1979
Bikcl Delights
Academy Patrons
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By Martha F. Brenner
It didn’t matter if your Rus
sian, Flemish, Hebrew,
Spanish, French or Yiddish was
a little rusty. Theodore Bikel’s
translations of folk songs in
those languages were as enter
taining as his spirited singing
at the Hebrew Academy’s
benefit dinner in May.
Backed by his accompanist,
William Takas on bass, Bikel
delighted Academy patrons
with songs he had sung in war
— on the Golan Heights during
the Yom Kippur War — and in
peace, at a dinner for Mrs. Sadat
following the peace treaty sign
ing in Washington last spring.
He recalled how he told Sadat
and Begin at the dinner, “You
who have received the Nobel
Peace Prize, now go out and
earn it.”
To Bikel, long a fighter for
civil rights and for the release of
the Soviet Jews, his guitar “is
my only weapon, the only one I
care to have.” Patrons received
his album, “Silent No More,”
songs of the Soviet Jews, as a
souvenier of the evening.
Bikel extended a special ap
preciation to Academy patrons,
telling them that “we Jews have
suffered as much from accep
tance as from rejection. Because
we try to pretend we can be the
(Photo by Mark Senker)
same as non-Jews, we throw out
our precious heirlooms with the
bath water. As long as there are
day schools this will not be
done.”
Bikel’s performance was
preceded by a full-course kosher
dinner prepared by parents and
friends of the Academy, under
the direction of Beryl Fishman
and Wilma Asrael. Many
delicious Jewish specialties, in
cluding ministuffed cabbage
and kreplach, tongue hors
d’oeuvres and an Israeli fish
appetizer, disappeared quickly
from plates. A sweet table
followed the concert.
Due to difficulties in finding
professional waiters for the
evening, an unusual crew of
volunteers tended bar and serv
ed dinner. They included TJNCC
philosophy professors Norris
Frederick, Dick Toenjes and his
wife, Etolly, Jim Shumaker, and
John lincourt, all associates of
Academy president Stephen
Fishman, who with Saul
Brenner, co-chaired the dinner
concert.
Also scurrying around the
green linen-covered tables were
Bill Steiner, legal assistant to
UNCC’s Chancellor Fretwell,
and Jeanne Bohn of WSOC-TV.
Other university people manned
the spotlights.
Holocaust Square Dedicated
A monument honoring vic
tims of the Holocaust was un
veiled June 10, 1979 at the in
tersection of Dilworth,
Morehead and McDowell
streets. Approximately 400
Christians and Jews gathered
at the site - renamed “Holocaust
Square” - for the ceremony. Atop
the three-foot high concrete slab
is a bronze plaque, which reads:
“During the years 1939 to 1945,
11 million human beings,
amongst them 6 million Jews,
one-third of the Jewish people,
were tragically slaughtered by
the Nazis and their
collaborators. We dedicate this
Square to their memory and to
our belief a reminder is
necessary so history dare not
repeat itself.” The front of the
monument bears the following
inscription: “The voice of thy
brother’rt blood crieth unto me
from the ground.” Genesis
IV:10.
The ceremony was opened by
Rabbi Richard Rocklin of Tem
ple Israel. Eleven empty chairs
sat before the gathered crowd —
representing those whose blood
cries forth. Marvin Bienstock,
Director of the Charlotte
Federation and JCC read the in
scriptions. The rabbis of all
three temples and Cantor Frank
Bimbaum of Temple Israel par
ticipated along with Mayor Ken
Harris, Rev. Sandy Taylor of
Myers Park Presbyterian
Church, and Rev. Douglas
Oldenberg of Covenant
Presbyterian Church. Isaac
Lepec, a victim of Auschwitz,
unveiled the monument; the
keynote speaker was Dr. Julian
Hirshfield, a French Jew saved
from Auschwitz by the
American Red Cross, who
presently resides in Gastonia,
N.C. with his wife (also a victim)
Goldberg Dreams
of Maccabiah
by Faith Powell
Southern Israelite
If Steve (jroldberg carried a
placard it would probably read,
“Support Your Local Soccer
Player.”
Steve is set to play on the Un
ited States soccer team in the
Maccabiah Pan-American
Games later this month in Mex
ico. But his goal is to go to Israel
in 1981 for the World Maccabiah
Games,
Like the Olympics, the games
are held every four years.
Jewish athletes from many
nations participate in 20 sports,
including soccer.
Soccer, says 21-year-old
Goldberg, is becoming big time.
Already a number one sport in
Europe, recent years have seen
an increase in the number and
popularity of American teams.
And (jloldberg should know
because he is currently working
for the Atlanta Chiefs Soccer
Team.
He is on the marketing staff of
the team while he completes
work for his marketing degree at
the University of Georgia.
While he does not plan to play
professionally (he began his
training at the ripe old age of 14,
“too late,” he said), he played on
college teams and on many top
quality amateur teams in the
U.S. and in Europe.
Another one of Steve’s goals is
to coach young soccer players.
“That’s where you can really see
some talent. IQds who are six,
seven, eight or nine.”
What makes soccer so special
to Steve?
“Soccer is all about move
ment, dance, a big jazz dance.
It’s very fluid,” explained
Gk)ldberg. One person doesn’t
win the game for you, you have
to be a team.”
Teamwork is important in the
game of soccer and not just on
the field. The Maccabiah games,
begun in 1932, are not totally
funded by any one agency or
organization. It is up to each in
dividual player to raise $825 to
pay for travel, lodging, equip
ment, and uniforms.
And there is that chance that
the money may not be raised,
and the player will not go.
But Steve is adamant. “I will
go. Somehow I will find the sup
port.”
and two children who were bom
his Uiis country. Dr. Hirschfeld
said he is enjoying his second
life in this country and “I
worship thee • land of the free •
God bless America.”
A street marker was unveiled
by A1 Rousso, a past president of
Temple Israel. Other par
ticipants included Dr. Sam
Citron who played a violin solo,
Lynn Woodruff who led the
singing of “The Star Spemgled
Banner” and Mayor IVo Tem
Betty Chapin.
As Cantor Birnbaum
chanted, tears streamed down
the faces of Christian and Jew
alike; all joined together as
brothers and sisters; all believ
ing in God, peace, freedom and
brotherly love.
This ’N That
The Charlotte Opera Association recently elected as president,
Jeffrey Huberman. An architect, he is a partner in the firm of
Gantt/Huberman. *fle is also vice-president and chairman of the
Long Range Planning Committee of the Arts and Science Council.
Heinz A. Jaffe was elected vice-president of the opera associa
tion, He is employed by Homelite Division of Textron, Inc.
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After 18 years of dispensing pizzas at their Dino’s Restaurant,
Mike and Sara Miller have gone into retirement. They are taking
their tennis rackets along with them to Boca Raton, Fla. where they
will reside in a condominium. A new restaurant “They Laughed at
Edison”, a vegetarian cafeteria-style establishment, is located at
the same location. It is being operated by Ralph Grosswald and
Jerry Rubenstein (formerly of Boulder, Colo.)
■K ♦ * *
Many of our young jieople have received numerous honors and
awards at the end of the school year. Among them have been
Cynthia Silber who was named to the Dean’s list at UNCC.
Phillip Bernstein, son of Mr. and Mrs, Mark Bernstein, recently
graduated with distinction in architecture (magna cum laude) from
Yale University, He received the Gordon Cup (an engraved silver
bowl) for outstanding leadership, scholarship, character and devo
tion to the finest traditions of the university.
* * * ♦
Inducted into the National Honor Society are Jeff Gorelick and
Marla Shapiro (Charlotte Country Day), Lee Nadelman (West
Charlotte), Debbie Bober, Amy Lind, Hannah Palen, Eugene
Marx, Darren Mond, and Sherry Yudell (East Mecklenburg).
Steve Langman has been selected to serve on the N.C. student
legislature. He was one of 8 selected from Mecklenburg County.
Both he and Darren Mond have been selected to be in “Who’s
Who in American High School Students*’; they will be seniors
this fall at East Mecklenburg,
Also at East Mecklenburg high school, Debbie Bober and
David Leventhal have been selected as Marshals,
Richard Mazur won first prize in the Charlotte schools’ dis
tributive education program. His winning letter described his
employer - his father, Stanley,
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(jroing to Duke this fall on a soccer scholarship will be Lane Os-
trow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ostrow. Also receiving a soccer
scholarship to UNCC is Rory Vitale, son of Mr. & Mrs. Joe Vitale,
Both boys were star players on the East Mecklenburg team.
>)i * * *
Amy Lind competed in the 1979 Miss North Carolina Teen USA
Pageant, July 6-8 in Winston-Salem. She was sponsored by Dooley-
Hightower, Inc. - Jody Dress, Pic ‘N Pay Shoes and Casual C!omer
Inc. She won a lovely trophy to remember the occasion.
* * * *
Edward Nadelman has been named by the Mecklenburg Board
of County Commissioners to the Centralina Council of
Governments Criminal Justice Advisory Board.
* * * *
, Temple Beth El has announced that Sam Wallace will be giving
private instruction for Bar and Bas Mitzvahs. He will ^ replacing
David Kraus who is leaving for a new venture.
Word has been received from East Carolina University in Green
ville that Jules M. Buxbaum received all A’s for the spring
semester. Making the honor roll is Frank Marc Maiorano.
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dear it was going to take a
similar number of American
Jews to draw from in order to br
ing the plan to fruition. The
answer was found in our
neighboring states and in their
JCCs. There has recently been
formed an agreement with the
JCC’s of Charleston, Columbia,
Savannah and Chattanooga to
participate in this Southeastern
project.
Each JCC will field a team of
9-12 year olds in a particular
sport choosing between
baseball, soccer, tennis, basket
ball and swimming. At the same
time tennis players and
swimmers from any of the par
ticipating JCCs will be allowed
to enter as individuals. These
teams will travel together to
compete with the Hebraica
teams either at the end of
December, during the Spring
break or at the end of June 1980.
The exact time will be an
nounced shortly. Those par
ticipating can look forward to 7
or 8 days of excitement in one of
the unique cities of the world as
the guests of the children of
Hebraica, They will be living in
the homes of their hosts and
traveling to see the sights of the
surrounding areas as well as the
fever of life in this capitol city.
The only costs will be airfare
and some spending money
which should hopefully not ex
ceed $300,
AS ITS TEAM SPORT
CHARLOTTE HAS
CHOSEN SOCCER.
Elsewhere in the News you will
find the information on how to
participate in the soccer teams
now forming. Those who
become part of this sport will be
able to make the trip if they
choose.
Tennis players and swimmers
ages 9 to 12 who are interested
should inquire at the JCC office.
Violinist, Dr. Sam Citron plays at dedication.
(CHARLOTTE JEWISH NEWS photo by Sam Wallace)
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