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Page 6—THE NEWS—February 1981 Speizman Human Relations Award at Beth El Temple Beth El Happenings Feb. 2 - Feb. 4 - Feb. 5 - Feb. 9- Feb. 12 - Feb. 16 - Feb. 20 - Feb. 25 - Temple Board of Directors* Meeting, 8 p.m. Sisterhood Board Meeting, 10 a.m. Adult Jewish Studies: ***1110 American Jewish Experience,” 8-9:30 p.m. Men’s Club Surprise Night Adult Jewish Studies, 8-9:30 p.m. Men’s Club Show Night Inte'rfaith Night Religious School Board Meeting, 8 p.m. Temple Israel Happenings Feb. 6 - In conjunction with Friday evening services a special dinner for Senior Citizens (65 or over) sponsored by the Sisterhood. Feb. 7 - A Schul-In. Music, movies, stories, personal ar tistic expression, games, dancing. Feb. 11 - Sisterho^ Meeting, 12 noon. Feb. 14 - Couples Club honors its presidents, Lee & Larry Levy, with a **roast.” Champagne & hors d’oeuvres, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Kosher gourmet dinner follows. Feb. 21 - Sing-a-long under the direction of Canter Birn- baum at the home ofToby& Lewis Spitzer, 8 p.m. Feb. 22 - Adult Jewish Education, 8 p.m. Speaker: Marc Ben Joseph. Topic: ‘‘Contemporary & Modem History of East European Jewry” Feb. 27 - In conjunction with late Friday evening service, consecration of primary grades, 8:30 p.m. BBYO FEBRUARY is the month for their PASSOVER CANDY SALE. When approached by a BBG or AZA member please say “yes.” You may contact the follow ing for candy ; Mickey Aberman — Jered Mond, 366-6632 Barak — Mike Newman, 364- 0568 Chai — Brooke Fielding, 364- 2975 Chaverim 366-9309 Karen Phillips, or the Advisors: Debbie/Alan Hirsch — 365- 1194 Tobey/Allan Silber — 542- 9935 Sol/Janet Jaffa — 366-1796 Charlotte BBW by Terri Cathcart B’nai B’rith Women Char lotte Chapter has always had the cooperation of the Jewish community. As one of our civic service projects this year, we are working with Sara ^hreibman and Lou Albert of the JCC to coordinate a once-a-month meal program for our older adults. We have always been interested in our senior women and now is our opportunity to work to serve all seniors. Neither the JCC nor B’nai B’rith Women can do this alone. We have already received com mitments from Hadassah, Women’s American Ort, Federa tion, Temple Beth El and Beth El Sisterhood, and Temple Israel. There must be more com mitment to make this continue. Please contact me at 554-1081 if your organization would like to help. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ u Apartments 535-6692 Apartments 525-3787 Owned & Operated by Lawrence Ginsberg Morris Speizman As part of Temple Beth El’s Adult Jewish Studies Month, Morris Speizman will speak on “Tlie Jews of Charlotte” on Fri day evening, February 6, at 8:30 p.m. An open forum following the service will provide oppor tunities for questions and further discussion. Mr. Speizman has been active in a host of local Jewish organizations including Temple Israel, the B’nai B’rith and the Jewish Federation. He has serv ed nationally for the Jewish 'Rieological Seminary, the Syn agogue Council of America, ^L, the World Council of Syn agogues, and many secular educational and professional groups. The public is cordially invited to attend. Aberman AZA At the recent BBYO conven tion in Winston-Salem, the Mickey Aberman chapter received several more awards. Neil Kodsi won first place in oratory and also placed first in photography. The chapter received two second place awards for its scrapbook and banner. Neil is now eligible to compete at the district conven tion which will be held some time this summer. Members of the chapter participated in the Cerebral Palsy Telethon. They do this an nually as one of their service projects. Along with the other chapters of BBYO the boys are preparing for the annual Sweetheart-Beau weekend which will be held February 13-15. Deadline for March issue is Feb. 5th On Februan^ 4, Charlotte Chapter B’nai B’rith Women will present its annual Human Relations Award at a luncheon at Temple Israel at 11:30 a.m. For many years B’nai B’rith Women have recognized that our youth are our future, and therefore, have placed a great deal of importance on its youth services, particularly the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization. Here in Charlotte we have an ac tive program which many peo ple have worked hard to sustain. For the past eight years Sol Jaffa has given countless hours to BBYO, serving as chairman of the Charlotte BBYO Council. To Sol this is not a position but a commitment. He has helped to make many BBYO weekends in Charlotte successful. In 1976 the the Youth established the “Jaf fa Outstanding Advisor Award” naming Sol and Janet as the first recipients. Sol is a past president of the Cotswold ^hool PTA (when his children attended there) and several years ago served as treasurer and vice-president of the East Mecklenburg High School PTA. He is currently the chairman of the youth com mittee of the Mecklenburg Chapter of the National Con ference of (Christians and Jews. Since 1960 he has served in various capacities in B’nai B’rith on local, state, district and national levels. He is currently third vice-president of B’nai B’rith District Five. He has received awards and citations in recognition of his work in B’nai B’rith and is the author of a syllabus, “How to Start a CVS Project,” published by the National CVS Commis sion. Sol is a past president of Tem ple Israel and was recently in stalled as an honorary “life President.” He is a member of the Charlotte Jewish Federa tion and the North Carolina Association of Jewish Men. ' Cost of the luncheon is $5.50. For r^ervations please send check, payable to B’nai B’rith Women, to Charlotte BBW, 8308 Raintree Lane, Matthews, N.C. 28105. For further information call Bev Green wald, 365-3489, or Vicki Hopkins, 554-1324. B’nai B’rith Lecture Series The Lodge has two outstand ing speakers coming to Charlotte and hopefully the community will avail them selves of the privilege of hear ing them. The cooperation of the patrons and sponsors for this annual series has been excellent and they are really doing a “mitzvah” with their support but they would also be doing a “mitzvah” for themselves by attending. On February 15 at 8 p.m. at Temple Beth El, Rabbi Marc H. Tannenbauln will speak on “The Decade of the 1980’s — A Jewish Perspective.” Rabbi Tannenbaum is the National Interreligious Affairs Director of the American Jewish Com mittee and has been a pioneer ing leader and thinker in inter religious relations and social justice movements during the past 30 years. He has been described as “the American Jewish community’s foremost apostle to the (jentiles ... who has been able to solicit support from all factions of the Jewish community.” In 1979,-he was the American Jewish leader among ten national religious spokesmen invited by President Carter to discuss “the State of the Nation” at Camp David. He Yours Truly Needlepoint v WHEN YOU BUY BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO NEEDLEPOINT, YOU DO BEAUTIFUL THINGS FOR JEWISH CHARITIES. Unusual hand-painted canvases needlepoint rugs, picture frames, tennis racquet covers, be*' pulls, piano bench covers, or lucite items. We can custom-f .ish pillows at a reasonable cost. All profit ia donated to local Jewish charities. Home of Lynn Lemer EVERY THURSDAY ^ 3802 Columbine Circle 9 a.m. - 5 p.m 1366-6765 r joined delegations of leaders to carry out fact finding in vestigations of the plight of the Vietnamese “boat people” and Cambodian refugees. Rabbi Tannenbaum was the only rabbi at Vatican Ck>uncil II and he is the founder and co secretary of the joint Vatican In ternational Jewish Con sultative Committee. He is also a member of a similar liaison body with the World Council of Churches. He participated in the first official audience of world Jewish leaders with Pope John Paul II in Vatican City. On Marcli 1 at 8 p.m. at Tem ple Beth El, Dr. Immanuel Jakobovits will speak on “Jewish Medical Ethics.” He was installed as Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Con gregations of the British (Commonwealth of Nations in April, 1967. He has served in London (1941-49), was Chief Rabbi in Ireland (1949-58) and was the first rabbi of New York’s Fifth Avenue Syn agogue. He is a survivor of Nazi op pression, coming to London from Germany at the age of 15. He received his rabbinical diploma from the Yeshiva Etz Chaim, London and Ph.D. from the University of London. He has traveled frequently to America and Israel as well as visiting South Africa, Brazil, Canada, Scandinavia and other European countries. He serves as Resident or Governor of many boards of universities and hospitals both in London and Israel and is a co-president of the Council of CJhristians and Jews. £>r. Jakobovits is the author of Jewish Medical Ethics, Jewish Law Faces Modern Problems and Journal of a Rabbi. He is co author of the Jewish Hospital Compendium and a firequent contributor to learned and pop ular magazines as well as to The Encyclopedia of the Jewish Religion and the Encyclopedia Judaica. Tell our Advertisers that you saw it in “The Jewish News”
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