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VOL. 2 NO. 3
Charlotte, North Carolina
March 1980
Academy to Celebrate
10 th Birthday
'iiiiiiftir.
Barry Farber
(N.Y. Post photo)
Barry Farber, nationally syn
dicated radio talk show host and
commentator, will recall his
boyhood years growing up
Jewish in the South at the
Hebrew Academy’s Tenth
Birthday Dinner, to be held at
Temple Israel on Sunday even
ing, April 27th.
Charlotteans often have
heard Farber spin his memories
into intimate and colorful 90-
second radio spots he calls
“Footnotes.” “Footnotes” is
carried in Charlotte by WSOC-
Radio during the week at 7:55
a.m. Farber also is heard on
WSOC on Saturday night from 8
p.m. until 11 p.m.
Farber’s talk will be preceded
by a cocktail reception and
dinner. Tlie evening is open to a
limited number of patrons.
Patron tickets, $100 per couple,
are tax-deductible. Early reser
vations may be made by calling
Dr. Stephen Fishman, Academy
President, at 537-0220.
In addition to celebrating the
10th birthday of the day school,
the dinner will also honor Rabbi
Sandy l\icker. Academy direc
tor since 1976, who is leaving
Charlotte this summer to make
aliya to Israel.
Farber, now a resident of
Manhattan, was born in
Baltimore on May 5,1930. When
he was four years old his family
moved to Greensboro where he
attended Temple Emanuel. At
UNC-Chapel Hill F’arber was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa and
was a member of Phi Lambda
Phi, a Jewish fraternity.
Farber went to the Austria-
Hungary border in 1956 after
the Hungarian Revolution to
cover the refugee exodus and
report on the uprising. That
same year, he got his first break
on radio when he appeared on
the Tex and Jinx Show in New
York. He has been a radio enter
tainer ever since, coming to
WMCA in 1977.
As a news correspondent
Farber was on the scene in Cuba
in 1959, right after Batista fled
and reached Havana even
before Fidel Castro. He was the
first American free-lancer into
the Soviet Union (1956) and has
written major stories from the
Soviet Union on many subse
quent occasions.
Farber has not only been a
political observer but has also
been active in politics. In 1970
he ran against l^lla Abzug fora
seat in the House of Represen
tatives. Farber received 48% of
the vote as a Republican, even
though his west Manhattan dis
trict normally votes 80%
Democratic. In 1977 Farber
narrowly lost the Republican
nomination for mayor of the
City of New York but ran as a
candidate of the Conservative
Party in a lively campaign.
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Federation
Campaign 1st
To Top ’79 Total
In the 12 months of 1979 the
Charlotte Jewish Community
raised $510,300. In the first 3
months of the 1980 Campaign
the total exceeds $540,000. This
makes Charlotte the first com
munity in the nation to exceed
its 1979 campaign. Even more
important, the 1980 pledges are
26% ahead of the same cards for
1979.
The first announcement of
this achievement was made
January 27 at a VIP dinner for
donors of $1000 and over.
Through the generosity of Paul
Ostrow, the entire facilities and
staff of Cafe Eugene were made
available for this evening of
honoring and celebrating.
The campaign is still far from
over. ITie expected goal of over
$600,000 grows more attainable
with each day. Alvin Levine and
and Shelton Gorelick, co
chairpersons of the Men’s Divi
sion have set a date of March 15
for completion.
“We urge everyone to join in
this outpouring- of generosity.
The Charlotte Jewish communi
ty is a beacon for the Jewish
communities of the United
States. We are first in cam
paigns this year and first in our
Community Plan concept,” said
Alvin Levine, “I know that
every Charlotte Jew should and
will be part of these monumen
tal accomplishments.”
Five Attend '
Young Leadership
Conference
A delegation of 5
Charlotteans participated in the
2nd National Young Leadership
Conference in Washington
February 24-26. They were Paul
Edelstein, Mike and Sara
Schreibman, David Swimmer
and Larry Farber. This major
event on the national Jewish
scene attracted 1500 young
leaders. It was 3 days packed
with intense learning, study,
discussion and a spirit of unity.
Included on the agenda were
major addresses by Senators
and Congressmen, Israeli of
ficials and noted academicians.
Under the topics for discussion
were oil and foreign policy,
worldwide inflation, OPEC,
alternate sources of energy,
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Complex Update
A1 Levine, Mark Bernstein, Leon Levine and Herman
Blumenthal looking over letters of intent. For story and
more pictures see page 5.
Academy Gains
Permanent
Charter
Rabbi Sandy Tucker and
Dr. Steven Fishman admire
Charter, (photo by: Mike
Shapiro)
The North Carolina Hebrew
Academy recently reaped the
rewards of its long pursuit of
educational excellence in its
Judaica program. The Academy
has joined the select ranks of
those Solomon Schechter Day
Schools awarded their per
manent charters from the Un
ited Synagogue of America, the
parent body of the Solomon
Schechter Day School Associa
tion.
The award, a beautiful plaque
currently gracing Rabbi
Tucker’s officer, represents the
cumulative efforts of many peo
ple, both lay and professional, to
provide the Charlotte Jewish
community with Jewish educa
tion of the highest quality. The
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charter was presented to the
Academy at the recent Biennial
Convention of the Solomon
Schechter Day School Associa
tion held at the Brandeis School
in Long Island, New York.
Rabbi l\icker represented the
Academy at the convention and
accepted the award for the
Academy, 'llie charter is signed
by l>r. Morton Siegel. Directorof
the Commission on Jewish
Education of the United Syn
agogue of America; and by
Joseph Lorch, President of the
Solomon Schechter Day School
Association.
Major Gifts Luncheon — Women’s Division Federation
On Thursday, March 6 at 11
a.m., the Women’s Division of
Charlotte Jewish Federation
will hold its Major Gifts
Luncheon for women who
pledge a minimum of one hun
dred dollars. Co-chairwomen
Ann Abel and Florence Jaffa
have planned a champagne
brunch at the home of Mary
Wojnowich, 925 Sumac Drive.
TTie guest speaker is Lily
Nesher. Mrs. Nesher is a former
member of the Israeh Foreign
Ministry and was bom and
educated in Besarabia. She fled
to the Soviet Union in 1941
when Hitler invaded that city.
She has studied languages and
history at the University of
Uralsk. In 1946 Mrs. Nesher
decided that her fate lay with
the survivors of Hitler’s
holocaust so she joined the un
derground and left the Soviet
Union illegally. When she arriv
ed in Germany she participated
actively in the organization of
the Jewish Displaced Persons in
the U.S Zone of Germany.
In 1948 when Mrs. Nesher
went to Israel, it was at the time
of the beginning of the
hostilities and she volunteered
to join the Army, where she serv
ed as a Lieutenant m charge of
the absorption of newcomers to
the newly bom State. She joined
the Israeli Foreign Ministry at
the termination of her army ser
vice. She had several
govemmental missions abroad,
among them three missions to
the Soviet Union, the last just
before the Yom Kippur War.
For further information con
cerning the brunch call Marilyn
Shapiro at 366-5866.
—Ruth Kossove