The Charlotte Jewish NEWS Non-l'roCil Iruaniyiatiiin lU I.K KA I K U.S. I'usliiKr PAID ('hiirloltc, .\. . IVrinil .No. I20M Vol. 2 No. 9 Charlotte, North Carolina October 1980 Segal to be Honored at Bond Dinner ITie annual State of Israel Bond drive will kick off at a cocktail party and dinner on Sunday, November 2 at the Radisson. Willa Miller (Mrs. Ir ving), coordinator of the event, announced that Albert Ger- son Segal will be honored for his years of dedicated service in the community. Mr. Segal, the cofounder and honorary chair man of the board of the 472 store chain of Pic ‘N Pay Stores, has served in various capacities politically, civically and frater nally. He is a former president of the Charlotte Federation, serv ed as campaign chairman for the Federation; a past member of the board of directors of Tem ple Israel and is major gift chair man for the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Federation. He is a member of the executive committee of the United Jewish Appeal and has made seven trips to Israel on “Study and Prime Minister’s Missions”, having just returned from the most recent one to study conditions in Israel (August 24-29). He is also a member of Nobles Mystic Shrine, Masons of N.C. Hugo Rosenberger, chair man of the bond drive, and Sherman Levine, co- chairman, have arranged for Robert Mayer Evans to be the guest speaker. Mr. Evans, a former correspondent and Bureau Chief for CBS News in Moscow, served for three years as Special Assistant to Edward R. Murrow when he directed the U.S. Information Agency. Mr. Evans is a native of North Carolina and is a graduate of UNC and Yale Law School and holds the degree of Master of Jurisprudence from Oxford Un iversity, England. He has traveled extensively in Asia and the Middle East and was among the American citizens evacuated on an emergency basis when hostilities broke out between Israel and the Arab states in 1956. He was active in bringing refugees out of Hungary at the time of the un successful revolution in that country in the same year. BBW Cavalcade of Giving A1 Segal He joined the staff of CBS News in 1960 and worked very closely with Mr. Murrow, ac companying him to a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris in 1961. They arrived in Berlin the night before the Berlin Wall was erected and remained during one of the most crucial periods in the history of that divided city. In 1966, Mr. Evans served as CBS News cor respondent in the southern part of the U.S. before going to Moscow. He covered such major news events as the election of Lurleen Wallace as Governor of Alabama and Lester Maddox as Governor of Georgia, as well as the shooting of James Meredith in Mississippi. While stationed in Russia in 1967 and 1968, he reported ma jor news events, including the visit of UAR President Nasser and King Hussein of Jordan and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. He returned to the U.S. to cover the summit meeting between President Johnson and Premier Kosygin in Glassboro, N.J. After his return to Russia, he covered a variety of major events and eventually was expelled from that country on 72 hours’ notice. In recent years he has spent several months in Israel with his television film crews. In 1971 he made a series of TV news film features for Westinghouse Broadcasting and again last year under the auspices of the Israeli Foreign Ministry made 3 television programs on Israel for broadcast on his own nationally syndicated televi sion series. In October, 1973 at the height of the Yom Kippur War, Mr. Evans went to Israel to cover and report on Israel under Arab attack. Israel Bond Organization Since 1951, the Israel Bond Organization has been respon sible for the sale of close to $4'/2 billion in Bonds to help develop Israel’s economic life. A new Economic Development for Peace Loan (Sixth Development Issue) was recently launched by Israel Bonds to help Israel meet critical peacetime economic needs. Funds will be used for vital development projects, among them the expansion of towns and industries in the Negev, the development of the economic infrastructure and building of public industrial and agricultural projects in the country’s 4500 square mile desert. Charlotte Chapter and Ha Lailah Chapter of B’nai B’rith WoixMn held th«ir 8«cond an- Beverly Davis nual Cavalcades of Giving on Sept. 15th and 16th. Beverly Davi» of Jamaica, N.Y., a vice president of B’nai B’rith Women, was the keynote speaker for both events. Mrs. Davis has served as BBW non governmental representative to the United Nations and as a member of the Allocations and Budget (Committees and on the Hillel, Career and Counseling and B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Commissions. She has also been Membership Chair of the 150,000 member in ternational Jewish women’s ser vice organization. Mrs. Davis (Continued on Page 7) Chai - Up at Wildacres Under the direction of Presi dent Alice Schreiber, the Devorah Group of Hadastsah sponsored their first Chai-Up weekend at Wildacres. Friday’s highlight was a very successful warm-up and get ac quainted session following the traditional Shabbos Dinner and services. Everyone enjoyed the music of Marvin Bienstock and Sherry Greenspan, a friend who drove all the way from Atlanta to entertain frequently at the piano. On Saturday morning, Betty 1 In The News Academy Notes ..p.6 Bar/Bat Mitzvahs.. ..p.7 Books in Review... ..p.3 Bulletin Board ..p.6 Candlelighting ..p.2 Classified Ads ..p. 8 Community Calendar ..p.7 Dry Bones . .p. 4 Editorials ..p. 2 F'or the Record ..p.3 JCC Corner . .p. 5 Random Thoughts . ..p. 2 This ’n That . .p. 4 World Beat ..p. 4 Critical Choices For ’80 Elections Who Will It Be? Carter, Reagan or Anderson? Who Will It Be? Carter, Reagan Or Anderson? With the elections fast ap proaching, you will soon have to make your choice for President. This class on the election issues should help you make that choice. The first session to be held on Thursday, October 9th (note the change in date) will be “The Economic Crisis and You.” Professor Ronald Madsen of UNCC’s Department of Economics will speak on the “Economic Shell Game” - what we’ve done in terms of Federal budgeting in the last 15 years. He will focus his talk on infla tion - the historical causes and the continuing problems we can expect through the 1980’s. Professor Madsen will expound on the economic policy of each of the candidates. At the end of his talk he will answer questions. The second session to be held on Thursday, October 16th will be “U.S. Power - What Is Its Future?” Dr. Harry Cher- notsky of UNCC’s Department of Political Science will speak about the evolving relationship between the U.S. and the USSR, the United States responses to major international crises and our changing relationships with our allies. After his talk he will answer the audience’s questions. The third session will be held on Thursday, October 30th. This session will be a symposium on the election issues moderated by Harold Josephson. Represen tatives of the three candidates will each give a short talk on the basic issues as they see them representing their candidates. Questions will then be taken from the audience. The election of our next Presi dent is one of the most crucial issues facing everyone today. 'Fhis series should be extremely informative and helpful for you in making your decision. Each session will be held at 7 p.m. at the JCC. The series is open to everyone and the fee is $6 for JCC members and $9 for non members. Register by filling out the registration form in your September issue of The Charlotte Jewish News and maihng it with your fee to the JCC or by coming by the JCC or calling Sara Schreibman, 366- 0357. Jaffe, Julius (joldman and Sam Schreiber, all part of the group, gave interpretations of the Sedra in lieu of the literal **I don’t think I look like Dr. Martin Luther King, but I had a dream and we went to the mountaintop.” -Alice Schreiber reading. This was followed by a workshop, “Mishpochah or The Jewish Family.” There was ex tremely positive feedback to the stimulating Hadassah material. Communing with nature, sight-seeing and en joying the scenery rounded out the day, Havdalah under the stars will never be forgotten. After re freshments with the Blumen- thal family the mood was set for Marvin’s lively guitar playing, Jewish songs and spontaneous dancing. Sunday featured a morning workshop led by Susan Cemyak on “The Myth of (German Jews.” The results of this interaction were so enthusiastic that a con certed effort will be made to es tablish a chair of Holocaust Studies at UNCC. In the afternoon an added at traction was Sid (joozner’s dis cussion on the Book of Deuteronomy — “The Concern with Justice.” This was a stimulating and thought provoking encounter. The evening’s entertainment featured the premiere of “The Story of Wildacres,” a slide presentation depicting the history and development of the area. T.D. Bums, a Charlottean, produced this fascinating true story. A musical program with Marvin and company climaxed the night’s festivities. (Continued on Page 5) Registration time! Alice Schreiber, Susan Cernyak and Bobbie Pollard.

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