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Permit No. 1208
The Charlotte >JEWBH «NEWS
Vol. 4 No. 5
Charlotte, North Carolina
May 1982
JCC Votes “Yes”
With no dissenting votes,
the JCC membership at its
April 25 annual meeting em
powered its board to finalize
and sign the Joint Venture
Agreements.
This historic referendum
made the Center the first of
the five institutions to of
ficially enter the Project. On
May 16 the Beth El annual
membership meeting will
consider a similar approving
vote. (Atpress time, on April
28th, the Hebrew Academy
signed the Joint Venture
Agreements.)
Prior to the JCC vote Bob
Abel gave a history of the
Charlotte Jewish Founda-
Schwartz and Krantzler> Winners
of Annual Family Afikohien Hunt
Going into the last week of
the six week contest Marvin
Bienstock and Lee Blumen
Israel and Temple Beth El
had been entered in the
drawing and a sense of ten*
thal were getting wojrried,. tp,*fv>sioEk'fiiled the -aii^ as^Mar^ih
iifilMiMiliii*■ nil } i'T' ^
r*ueS fhad been published rival of the first'oif the w inh'
been
everywbere but there was on
^ ly one correct answer in their
hands — and that was from
Marvin’s 13 year old
daughter, Darcy,
“I could just picture the
community reaction when it
was announced my family
had won one or both prizes,”
said Bienstock. Then, sud
denly. the mail began to pour
in. People hand delivered
answers and, the students of
the Temples and the
Academy began to send in
entries by the bushel basket.
“They were waiting until
the last minute and the last
clues,” said Lee. “We should
have known that our com
munity always waits till the
last minute and then comes
through!” By the time Mar
vin and Lee had sorted
through the almost 200 en
tries they had a list of 96 win
ners whom they proceeded to
notify by mail.
Sunday, April 11, the day
dawned bright and clear.
There was just a touch of
coolness in the air; perfect
weather for an Afikomen
Hunt. By 2 p.m. the
Afikomen was ensconced in
its secret location. Last
minute entries from the com
munity seders at Temple
ing contestants.
• At 2:36 p.m. ,the first car
disgorged its anxioiis
passengers. They milled
around doing the usual warm
ups for an Afikomen Hunt
-they practiced staring in
tently at everything and con
centrating.
Now cars came in a steady
stream. The front of the JCC
was soon overrun with peo
ple either staring or attemp
ting to psych each other out
by appearing nonchalant..
Clearly the psyching out
wasn’t working. The tension
was as thick, as chopped
liver. Precisely at 3 p.m.
Marvin led the nervous
crowd . down toward the
volleyball area behind the
JCC. Between twenty-five
and thirty families were pre
sent for a total of at least
75-80 people.
Everyone was looking in
tently at everything.
Children kept asking Mr.
Bienstock questions hoping
to trick him into revealing a
clue which would give them
even the slightest advantage,
but he was firm in his denials
and they turned away with
anticipation lines wrinkling
their foreheads.
Stuart Schwartz and family and the Afikomen.
Suddenly, Marvin
Bienstock leaped on the
foundation of an unused bar-
b-que and called everyone to
order. He began in a light
hearted vein by reviewing
the clues and explaining
each one. There were shouts
of joy from the throats of
those who had solved a par
ticular clue, while groans
rose from those who thought
some of the clues were too
obtuse (“Seeing Red” refer
red to the fact that a ‘bull
rushes’ when it sees red). A
whoop of final exultation
went up when the answer
-baby Moses’ basket- was
announced.
Now, the long awaited mo
ment was at hand. Carefully
Marvin Bienstock reached
In The News-
Women’s Division
Federation
pages 6 & 7
Academy News....
..p. 4
Bar/Bat Mitzvahs .
. .p. 12
Bulletin Board
.. p. 10
Calendar
. .p. 12
Candle Lighting
..p.ll
Classified Ads
..p.ll
Editorials
Focus On Israel
..p. 3
For the Record p. 2
JCC p. 6
JCC Summer Camp.. p. 5
L’Chaim p. 2
Lubavitcher Rebbe .. p. 3
Recipes p. 12
This’n That p. 8
World Beat p. 4
down and produced an exact
replica of the Afikomen
everyone would be searching
for. Cunningly- encased in
lucite, the Afikomen cailght
the sun and seemed to wink
conspiratorily at each family
as if to say, “I’m waiting just
for you.” But the real truth
was all too obvious, only two
families would emerge trium
phant. The boundaries of the
hunt were clearly drawn and
announced. A gratuitous
clue was given telling
everyone “it is in plain site”
and the hunt was on.
The crowd seemed to shat
ter into family groups'which,
in turn, broke into individual
seekers racing around - the
grounds in pursuit of
treasure. Within minutes
every possible nook and
cranny had been explored
but the yeastless quarry still
evaded detection. The cry
went up for more clues, but
Bienstock was adamant, no
more clues until a full 15
minutes had gone by.
Agonizing seconds and
minutes passed as searchers
traced and retraced their
footsteps looking for that
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tion and how the Joint Ven
ture and Lease Agreements
came into existence. He
referred to the synopses of
these agreements which were
mailed to the Center
membership the week prior
to the meeting.
•After the completion of the
presentation, questions were
taken from the floor. Many
questions' centered around
what facilities would be
built. Others dealt with the
projec)ii tii^etable including
fundraising .and building.
And finally, the remaining
questions centered around
actual costs of the project.
Bob Abel was aided in
answering some questions
by Mark Bernstein, who
authored the Joint Venture
and Lease Agreements in
conjunction with the
Presidents’ Council and
Harry Swimmer, General
Campaign^Chftirman. Harry
explained that the goal for
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federation
U JA l^aiilpsiigT
Soars Upward
^Richard A. Klein, Stan
• 'Greensppn and Florence Jaf-
* fa, theVchairpei’sons for the
1982 Federation-UJA cam
paign, have" announced a
total over $600,000 to date,
topping the 1981 total of
$595,000.
“We expect to reach
almost $65(),000,” said
Greenspon. “This will be tho
single largest campaign
since the combined cam
paign at. the time of the
1973-74 Yorn Kippur War.”
Both Mr. i(lein and Mrs.
Jaffa commented on the
number of individual. gifts
this year. There have been
1047,contributors. This is the
first time Charlotte has ex
ceeded the 1000 mark.
Mrs. Jaffa attributes the
success to the involvement
and training of a much larger
corp of .Volunteers than in
previous/ years. “Super
Sunday'Was an outstanding
success. It came right at the
beginning of the campaign
and gave everyone the boost
they needed.”
Mr. Klein commented on
the uniqueness of the
Charlotte Jewish communi
ty, “These are difficult times
economically for everyone,
but, instead of becoming an
excuse for reduced giving,
the poor financial climate
has made people more sym
pathetic to the needs of the
people here, in Israel and
around the world for whom
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