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The Charlotte ^TEWISH ^*NEWS
Vol. 5 No. 2
Charlotte, North Carolina
February 1983
Super Sunday
Flies High
Super Sunday 1983 was pro-
nouDced aa absolute success
by the more than 72
volunteers who raised
$27,767 from 487 men and
women.
(Photo story on Page 10)
While the phone lines were
ringing for Federation and
for Israel, a dozen Chariot-
teans were busy making
their last minute prepara
tions before flying to see for
themselves the UJA at work
in Israel.
Led by Rabbi Richard
Rocklin, the delegation will
depart on Sunday, February
6 and, by the next day they
will be walking the historic
byways of Jerusalem. They
will be joined by other mis
sion participants from
across the Southeastern U.S.
In their 11 days of touring
and discovering and talking
with Israelis of all ranks and
occupations and
backgrounds, the group will
circle the country. They will
explore the history, of the
land at Massada, in
Jerusalem, at Jericho,
Tiberias, Caesaria and many
other sites. They will take
the pulse of the people at the
Knesset, immigrant absorb-
tion centers, new settlement
towns in Nazareth and the
Negev (Southern Desert), in
the big city rush of Tel Aviv
and in the intense quiet of a
kibbutz.
They will touch the
borders Israel shares with
Egypt, Jordan and Syria.
They will cross the border in
to Lebanon and see history
in the making.
Most of all, the following
Mission participants will ex
perience, first hand, the
truth of Israel:
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Smith, Ms. Carol Collyar,
Benjamin Massachi, Mrs.
Lynn Woodruff, Mike
Shulimson, Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Weinzimmer, Mr.
and Mrs. Simon Estroff,
Rabbi Richard Rocklin, Mr.
and Mrs. Bennett Lyons.
Future Issues of the CJN
will carry exclusive photos
and stories of the Mission.
Foundation Drive Tops Million
New Architects Are Retained
Shown are Leon Levine, Foundation Vice
President, and Hugh McColl, President of
NCNB on the occasion of the receipt of the
bank’s pledge to the Foundation of $76,000.
Harry Swimmer diaeuaaing the project with
the JCC Chai group. (L to R) Sam and Rose
Jaffe, Leah Liss and Sylvia Silbert.
As the capital campaign
topped the $4.2 million mark
on its way to a successful
$5.1 million, Harry Swim
mer, Campaign Chairman,
urged participation by each
and every member of the
community.
“We are building for the
benefit of evyryone, and we
can only accomplish our goal
if we have the cooperation
and the generosity of
everyone,” said Swimmer.
In another major develop
ment the Board of the Foun
dation has retained a new
firm of architects to proceed
with the project. The firm of
Dellinger and Lee, a firm
with a long standing reputa
tion for excellence in
Charlotte and throughout
North Carolina, has already
done extensive work on the
land plan and is now beginn
ing work with the building*
comxnittee oJ the Foundation
on ' the specifics of the
Education-Recreation
Building which, along with
the outside facilities, will
constitute Phase I.
The new firm was hired as
a result of the Board’s future
interest in retaining portions
of the land for development
based on future community
needs. It was felt that the
original plan used the entire
acreage and alternate solu
tions were possible.
In addition, concerns had
been raised by some par
ticipating institutions
around the need to have the
schools close enough to and
in visual contact with the
Temples.
Don Lee, principal ar
chitect, presented to the
Board a new land plan which
brings the Education-
Recreation Building into the
center of the land and closer
to Providence Road. At the
same time the two Temples
will remain in their previous
locations with each being
equi-distant from the Phase I
structure and within sight of
it.
Two other changes
highlight the plan. The
athletic field has been placed
behind the Education-
Recreation Building thua
giving the entrance on to the
project site a much more
open and park-Jike quality.
Second, new plans call for
the Armstrong House to be
moved a short distance from
its present location. This will
allow for construction of the
athletic field (baseball, soc
cer, football, track) while
allowing the house to b». re
tained for a variety of possi-
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Jewish Holocaust Survivors
To Gather In Washington
With only about four mon
ths left, organizers of the
American Gathering of the
Jewish Holocaust Survivors
are predicting that the
largest assemblage ever in
the United States, of Jewish
survivors of resistance to
Nazism will take place in the
nation’s capital from April
11-14, 1983. It will include a
series of events and
ceremonies marking the 40th
anniversary of the Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising of 1943 and
other ghetto uprisings.
The recently opened
Washington Convention
Center will be converted into
In The News'
Together We Will.
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Academy News
p. 6
Focus on Israel
.p. 3
Bar/Bat Mitzvahs ...
p. 15
For the Record
Book Review
p. 11
JCC
Bulletin Board
p. 14
Jewish Lexicon
.p. 11
Calendar
p. 16
Lubavitcher Rebbe
.p. 12
Classified....
p. 15
This 'nThat
.p. 6
Editorials
p. 2
World Beat
.p. 4
a “Survivors’ Village,” ac
cording to Benjamin Meed,
president of the American
Gathering, and it is expected
that computers wili help
some 10,000 participants
reunite with thousands of
survivors now residing in the
United States and Canada.
Many of them have been con
sidered ‘’lost,” “dead,” or
“missing.” After World War
II individual Anglicizing of
names and marriage name
changes created a break in
communications linkage
with many families and
friends who survived Nazi
camps, ghettos, and
fighting in Eastern Euro
pean forests.
. Resistance to Nazism, ac
cording to Sam E. Bloch,
senior vice-president of the
American Gathering, took
many forms in occupied
Europe.
In the ghettos there were,
he said, illegal schools,
prayer houses, presses,
couriers, hospitals and other
institutions forbidden by
Nazi occupation forces. In
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Women Host Shalom Y*all
Guesta at Shalom Y*allparty. Photo/Alan Goldberg
The second Shalom Y’all
party was held on January 12
under the , auspices of
Women’s Division of
Charlotte Jewish Federation
at the home of Ruth and Alan
Goldberg.
Shalom Y’all parties are
enjoyable social gatherings
for newcomers to meet each
other and visit with a cross-
section of people who are ac
tive in the Jewish communi
ty and Federation. A brief
program was presented to
give the newcomers an over
view of Jewish life in
Charlotte. Florence Jaffa,
Women’s Division Chair
woman of Shalom Y’all,
welcomed the guests on
behalf of herself and her
committee, Ann Abel and
Sally Schrader. Rose Luski
and Sara Schreibman, New
Gifts Chairwomen for
Women’s Division, describ
ed the Jewish organizations
in the community and some
of the coming events for
Federation and Women’s
Division. Richard Klein.
President of Federation,
greeted the newcomers and
told them about Federation’s
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