Page 2-THE NEWS-Octobar, 1964
THE CHARLOTTE JEWISH NEWS
PubUshed monthly by:
Charlotte Jewish Federation
Foundation of Charlotte Jewish Community
Marvin Bienstock, Director
Jewish Community Center Charlotte Hebrew Academy
Martin Schneer. Director Eleanor Weinglass, Director
Editor. Rita Mond
Advertisirtg mgr. Blanche Yarus
Staff. Doris Edelstein, Lottie Goldman, Monroe Katz,
Raenea Siegel, L. Edward Sizemore
Copy deadline the 10th of each month
P.O. Box 220188, Charlotte, N.C. 28222
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—JCC Executive Director
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Modern Day Women
Editor’s Note: Since I have unfortunately been away a great
deal recently, my daughter has come to my rescue. This speech
was presented by her in the Gnals at the N.C. Modem Miss
Pageant.
She’s a woman! She's a modem woman! She’s a
doctor, a lawyer, an astronaut. She’s a wife, a mother.
She’s a mayor, a senator, a vice-presidential can
didate. She’s an actress, an artist, an architect. She’s
a wife, a mother.
She’s a fireman, a policeman, a clergyman, but she’s
a woman, a modem woman.
She finds time to help in her community—at school,
hospital or a club. She’s a busy woman, the modem
woman!
Modem women are much like our greindmothers
and great-grandmothers as far as being active in the
home and helping others. Modern inventions,
however, have made their chores easier, giving them
more time to be better informed and to pursue out
side interests. The present inflation and an increas
ing number of single parent families have caused
many women to seek employment.
They have come a long way, be they blue collar,
white collar or professional. In careers that at one
time were limited or entirely prohibited to them, they
have exercised their rights to compete in a formerly
male world. Who would have ever thought that a Sal
ly Ride or a Judith Resnick would be astronauts? Or
an Indira Gandhi, a Golda Meir or a Margaret That
cher would be Prime Ministers? Or Dianne Feinstein
would be mayor of a big city like San Francisco; Neui-
cy Kassebaum, a senator from Kansas; Sandra
O’Connor, a Supreme Court justice; or Geraldine Fer
raro, a vice-presidentigd candidate? Many of these
women have successfully combined their careers with
marriage and children.
In my mother’s generation there were few female
physicians. Today, over 25% of medical students are
women. In Russia, the majority of medical doctors
are female; at least half of their engineers are also
women. In Israel, the women must serve in the army
along with the men.
Though women are holding positions formerly held
exclusively by men, they have not lost their feminin
ity nor their identity.
It took perseverance to come to this point. Women
have fought for the right to vote, the right for equal
pay. They are still fighting, however, for ERA. That,
too, will come in time. And don’t be surprised that
before the 21st century, we will have a woman
president.
Modem women can do anything! We’ve come a long
way baby! And we’re going to go even farther!
— Jodi Mond
Candlellghting
Oct. 10 - 6:36 p.m. (Erev Succoth)
Oct. 11 - 7:35 p.m. (1st day Succoth)
Oct. 12 - 6:34 p.m. (2nd day Succoth)
Oct. 17 - 6:27 p.m. (Hoshanah Rabbsih)
Oct. 18 - 7:26 p.m. (Shemini Atzereth, Yizkor)
Oct. 19 - 6:25 p.m. (Simchath Torcdi)
Oct. 26 - 6:17 p.m.
Nov. 2 - 5:09 p.m.
The JCC’s Phase-In F*rocess
Institute on Sept. 16 proved to
be a major success in setting
the stage for the tasks that lie
ahead. Our out-of-town speak
ers, Mitch Jaffe, Assistant Ex
ecutive Director of the Jewish
Welfare Board, and Larry
Burick, past president of the
Dayton JCC, focused on the
mission and unique purposes
of Jewish Conununity Centers.
Mr. Burick detailed the ex
periences of the Dayton com
munity in building and occu
pying their center during the
past five years. Mr. Jaffe
presented more of an overview
of the center movement in
North America. While each
speaker raised many crucial
and thought-provoking issues,
the major significance of the
day was unquestionably the
excitement generated for the
phase-in planning process.
Almost 100 people part
icipated in this day-long in
stitute which brought
together members of 23 com
mittees that have been form
ed to make policy and program
recommendations in arees
ranging from after-school care
to membership practices to
cultural arts. Harold
Josephson, President of the
JCC, and Mike Scharf, Steer
ing Committee Chairman,
clearly articulated the impor
tance of involving the com
munity in planning for the new
“J”. They both noted that now
is the time to begin determin
ing how the new center wiU
function. It is the hope of our
Board that in committing to
this broad-based planning pro
cess we will insure that the
new “J” will become a vibrant,
active center bringing to
gether all segments of the
Jewish community. Anyone
interested in serving on one of
the ad hoc conmiittees please
contact me.
On October 20 the Center
will hold its major fundraising
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event for the year. (Article is
on page 1.) Since the fire the
Center has lost substantial
bingo revenue and has, there
fore, begun initiating new
fundraising efforts. Thanks to
our hardworking fundraising
committee, chaired by Linda
Greenfeld, we anticipate both
an enjoyable and profitable
evening for the Center.
As you may know, the
Center has already begun to
utilize tennis courts at Cedar
Forest Racquet Club for
Queens City Tennis and year-
round play. John Bench,
owner/operator of the club, has
been very cooperative in mak
ing all the necessary ar
rangements and asks that our
members introduce them
selves and say hello when they
first begin to use the courts.
Our youth soccer program
has been granted a practice
site by the city parks and
recreation department at
Mason Wallace Field. All
games are played at the
Methodist Home Park Field.
Negotiations continue in our
search for alternative swim ar
rangements if our planned new
pools are unavailable for use
by next summer. Our discus
sion with a new club looks
favorable and we are op
timistic that a satisfactory
plan can be worked out.
Our goal is to seek ar
rangements that lead to a
minimum of inconvenience
and dislocation to the member
ship during this transition
period. Now more than ever,
we greatly appreciate your
continued support and
understanding.
On The Issues
By Ira Gissen, Director, NC/VA Region ADL
If you are a member of the
University of Richmond
School of Law alumni you
probably will be missing your
annual “Law Weekend.”
Why? The answer is simple:
Law Weekend is on Yom Kip-
pur. “What an unfortunate ac
cident,” you may think. It was
no accident. When the alumni
association leadership met to
choose a date for the yearly
event, they knew that the date
that they chose was Yom Kip-
pur. Alternative dates were
considered and rejected. The
fact that this schedule will
serve to exclude most Jewish
alumni from participating
seems to have been of little
concern or consequence to the
decision makers. Alumni who
are Jewish are not the only
ones who are adversely af
fected; Jewish law students at
the school are also injured.
Because of this conflict in
dates, Jewish law students at
The Missing Members
the school are also prevented
from participating and,
possibly, meeting potential
future employers.
If you are a member of the
Virginia Jaycees you probably
will be missing the Jaycees
Model General Assembly.
Why? The answer is simple:
Your “Model” General
Assembly is on Yom Kippur.
“What an unfortunate acci
dent,” you may think. It was
no accident. An alternative
date in October was cleared
with the clerks of the Houses
of the General Assembly for
the Jaycees program. How
ever, the Jaycees Board refus
ed to change the date despite
the fact that by sticking with
Yom Kippur, they were disen
franchising their Jewish
members.
If you are a member of the
Virginia Association of Real-
ors, you probably missed your
annual convention in Virginia
Beach. Why? The answer is
simple: Your convention be
gan on erev Rosh Hashanah
and continued through Sun
day, September 30. The major
seminars were scheduled for
the first and second days of
Rosh Hashanah.
These are problems that can
be prevented. While most
secular calendars now list the
Jewish holidays, they do not
indicate their significance or
the manner in which the holi
day is observed. An excellent
source of that information is
“Your Neighbor Celebrates,”
a pamphlet which has been us
ed successfully by the Anti-
Defamation League for many,
many years. A more detail^
list of our holidays (and one
that will not be filed away and
forgotten) is contained in
A^DL’s popular Memo & Date
Book. Both are available from
your ADL Regional Office.