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Permit No. 1208
The Charlotte JEWISH ^NEWS
Vol. 5 No. 6
Charlotte, North Carolina
June/July, 1983
Gaia Winners Give Gift To Academy
By Martha Brenner
Two patron couples of the Hebrew
Academy Gala, who claim they’ve
“never won anything,” shared a
$2,500 cash prize at the April 23
event and promptly donated $500 of
it to the day school;
By midnight at the gala. Sue and
Bob Brodsky and Marcelle and
Allan Oxman were the holders of the
last two tickets in the silver bowl,
making one couple winners of a
deluxe 10-day trip to Israel, accord
ing to the rules of the reverse draw
ing. The tension mounted.
But instead of waiting for one cou
ple to win and one to lose, the Brod-
skys and the Oxmans — whose
daughters are best friends — halted
the drawing and huddled for a deci
sion.
"Allan suggested each of us take a
share and give a gift to the school,”
recalled Sue Brodsky. The Brodskys
agreed.
New Academy President Michael
Shapiro congratulated and thanked
the winners, saying later, “It takes
special people to do something of
L. to r. Allan and Marcelle Oxman and Sue and Bob Brodsky, win
ners of gala raffle. Pboto/Renee Gorelick
this magnitude.”
The drawing capped an elegant
evening of outstanding food, danc
ing to the versatile Larry Farber
band and socializing in the spacious
rooms of Morrocroft, home of
generous hosts Charlene and Dick
Muller. Cool and wet weather moved
the dancing indoors to the ballroom.
“Special thanks go out to my wife
Arlene and her committee for put
ting on a successful evening,” con
tinued Shapiro. “Not only did the
gala provide a most memorable
evening, but it was a successful
fundraiser as weU.” With 106 patron
tickets sold at $125 each, the event
raised more money than any other
Academy fundraiser.
Charlene Muller and Adele Conn,
co-chairwomen of the gala’s food
committee, and Ann Abel, dessert
chairwoman, coordinated the
preparation of hot and cold hors d’
oeuvres (including smoked trout)
and a spectacular array of cakes.
Many Academy parents and friends
contributed their cooking talents.
In addition. Sue Brodsky manag
ed the ticket sales, Patti Weisman
supervised set up, Beryl Fishman
oversaw flowers and decorations
and Saul Brenner was in charge of
publicity. A team of UNCC faculty
members and wives, recruited for
the gala each year by Dr. Stephen
Fishman, served as waitresses and
bartenders.
At preliminary drawings during
the evening, five couples won din
ners for two donated by Cafe
Eugene, La Tache, Reflections,
Shun-Lee Palace and Victoria Sta
tion.
The Academy thanks all the
patrons as well as the many others
who contributed cash and merchan
dise to make the evening so suc
cessful. (See pictures on p.23)
Academy Elects Mike Shapiro Simoti Estroff To Mead
Af. Shapiro
At its April meeting, the
Board of Directors of the
North Carolina Hebrew
Academy elected Michael
Shapiro as its new president
for 1983-84. He replaces
Robert Bernhardt who serv
ed as president for two
years. Also elected were Dr.
Joseph Steiner, Sue Brodsky
and Peggy Gartner, vice-
presidents; Ann Abel
secretary; Mary Gordan,
treasurer; Patti Weisman,
president, PTA.
Elected as members of the
Board of Directors for three
year terms were Ann Abel,
George Ackerman, Mary
Gordan, Ben Massachi, Don
Tepper and Larry Widis.
Arlene Shapiro was elected
to a one year term.
Michael Shapiro was born
and raised in Washington,
D.C. He graduated from
George Washington Univer
sity with a B.A. in History,
worked for B’nai B’rith for
seven years, and is now
owner and manager of Omni
bus, located at the Radisson
Hotel. Michael has been ac
tive with B’nai B’rith since
college, served as President
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Project Renewal
For the past three years
the United Jewish Appeal
(UJA) has been engaged in
Project Renewal. This
momentus program twins
Jewish communities in the
U.S. with immigrant com
munities in Israel. The pur
pose is to jointly plan and
develop the funds to bring
the basic standard of living
in the Israeli communities up
to an acceptable level. Pro
ject Renewal is unique in
that the Israeli community
must first develop a core of
leadership and a priority
plan. Then, with the support
and consultation of its
American counterpart, and
the Jewish Agency in Israel,
the plan can be put into
operation.
Because of our own unique
Community Project in
Charlotte, the Federation
has withheld participation in
Project Renewal until now.
“The time has come,” says
Richard A. Klein, Federa
tion President, “We can see
our own dream getting ready
to rise from the ground into
reality. The excitement of
that accomplishment should
make us eager and willing to
make a similar accomplish
ment happen for our Project
Renewal Community.”
To accomplish that goal
Simon Estroff has been ap
pointed to Head Project
Renewal for the 1984
Federation-UJA Campaign.
Simon is from Augusta,
Ga., but came to Charlotte
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— In The News —
Together We Are...
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Academy News p. 7
Bar/Bat Mitzvahs ... p. 23
Book Review p. 16
Bulletin Board p. 22
Calendar p. 23
Classified p. 24
Editorials p. 2
Focus on Israel p. 3
JCC p. 8-9
Jewish Lexicon p. 3
L’Chaim 16
Lubavitcher Rebbe .. p. 7
Recipes p. 23
This ’n That p. 15
World Beat p. 4
Women’s Division ... p. 5
Salute to
Graduates p. 11
More Than 130 At Work Planning Education-Recreation Building
“From early May to early
June there will hardly be a
night without a meeting, ex
cept for Shabbat and
Shavuot of course,” says
Bill Gorelick, Building Com
mittee Chair. “It is hard to
realize that we have only
been looking at an actual
building for about a month.
Up to this time we have had
wish lists and plans for the
overall site, but now, for the
past 35 days, we have been
finally looking at the
education-recreation
building itself. From this
point on we are moving
ahead rapidly.”
The “we” Gorelick refers
to are the more than 130 in
dividuals appointed to the
various committees by the
participating institutions.
Far from meeting as a com
mittee of the whole, the
group is divided and sub
divided into specialty areas,
including: Education (Sam
Lerner, Chair), Athletics
(Bob Speizman), Activities
(Brenda Meltsner), Special
Tasks (Marc Silverman) and
Administration (Don Berns
tein).
The work of each commit
tee and its subcommittees is
divided into two phases. In
the first phase the focus is on
the general concepts concer
ning the architects’ proposed
plans for the facility. The
volunteers review the
original institution wish lists
and the plans with respect to
the number and types of
rooms and facilities and
their placement, the number
of exits, access to parking,
etc. In the second phase
these same committees will
get into the specifics of each
room and area. They will
deal with large and small
details.
“The Committees are not
building or even designing
the buildings,” says
Gorelick, “That is the job of
the professionals, our ar
chitects. and they are ex
perts at it. The role of the
committees is to see that the
needs of the Institutions
have been met. In addition,
by reviewing their own areas
of particular interest, the
committees are able to help
clarify things for the ar
chitects and make extremely
useful and necessary addi
tions or changes.”
In both phases the commit
tee work follows the same se
quence:
1) Each committee, as a
whole, meets with the ar
chitects and the plans for
their area are presented.
2) With their own copy of the
plan each sub-committee
then meets on its own to
develop ideas, questions,
concerns and suggestions
3) These are written out and
reviewed by the architects,
the Committee chair and Bill
Gorelick
4) Each sub-committee
receives a report on how
their suggestions and con
cerns were treated. They can
ask for additional review of
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