Page 5-THE NEWS-February, 1985
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Andrea Cooper Rabbi Michael Hecht
Rabbi Michael Hecht was recently honored by The Israel
Histradrut Campaign of Greater Cleveland at a testimonial din
ner held at B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue, Cleveland. Proceeds of
the dinner will establish the Rabbi Michael Hecht Study Hall
at the Apple Children’s Village in Can Yavne, Israel.
Rabbi Hecht is spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Am,
Cleveland, having come there in 1970 from Temple Israel,
Charlotte.
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Dr. Jacob Berke Freedland and Alvin Ellis Levine have been
elected members of the Board of Visitors at UNC-CH. Freedland
is a practicing endodontist and has been a clinical professor in
the School of Dentistry at Chapel Hill for 20 years. Levine is
co-founder and chairman of the board of Pic ’N Pay Stores, Inc.
and a past president of the Volume Footwear Retailers of
America. He is a member of the N.C. Commission on Educa
tion for Economic Growth and the board of directors of the
Business Foundation of North Carolina. He is presently the
president of the Foundation of the Charlotte Jewish
Community.
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Rose (Mrs. Ben) Massachi was one of twelve women recently
honored with a New Dimensions Fellowship from Queens Col
lege. The $1,000 fellowships are awarded to outstanding
students'in the New Dimensions program for women 23 or order
who are attending the college at a nontraditional age. They are
recognized for academic excellence and community service.
•
Dennis Geronimus, formerly a Hebrew Academy student, now
attending Myers Park Traditionsd Elementary School, has won
first place in the second annual “Sights and Sounds of
Christmas” poster contest sponsored by Charlotte Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital.
Dennis, an aspiring young artist, has won numerous art con
tests, designed a book plate for the Hebrew Academy and has
had some of his art work appear in the “Observer’s Young Peo
ple’s Page.” He no doubt can attribute his talent to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Geronimus, who are also artists.
•
Andrea Cooper has recently been appointed Promotion Direc
tor of Charlotte’s National Public Radio Affiliate, WFAE
FM91. A Chicago native, she has lived in Charlotte since July,
1983, having graduated from Smith College that year. Andrea
also works as a freelance writer for severed publications, in
cluding Charlotte Magazine, and has served as a volunteer
board operator at WFAE prior to her full-time appointment.
She worked in the past in promotions and fund raising with a
variety of non-profit organizations, including the Jewish United
Fund in Chicago and the Rural Advancement Fund, a national
organization based iin Charlotte and Pittsboro.
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We point with pride to our coliege students: UNCC has
announced that Emmy (Mrs. Ted) Hessberg, has been inducted
into its Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. Lee Montag, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Montag, a junior at Emory University,
has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude. Will
Goldfarb, son of Dorothy Coplon and Carl Goldfarb, has been
named to the Dean’s list at NC State U. His sister, Ava Goldfarb,
is now attending UNC-G as a sophomore. Lizann Boxer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Boxer, has made the Dean’s
list at the University of Jacksonville. Nicola Holt, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Holt, received her AAS in Police Science at
CPCC. Now attending UNCC, she is studying for a BS in
Criminal Justice with aspirations of a career with the Federal
Government.
•
Brian Schneiderman, a student at Piedmont Middle School,
son of Alexis Stein and Mike Schneiderman, was one of 20
Charlotte-Mecklenburg eighth graders nominated for a trip to
San Francisco. The trip, originally planned for Jan. 18-22, had
to be postponed until Feb. 21-26 because of the conflict of Super
Bowl XIX.
Piedmont Airlines is paying all travel expenses as part of its
new “Wings for Learning” program. The airline also will pay
for 20 San Francisco area students to travel to N.C. this spring.
The students will study the history and geography of one
another’s regions.
•
Members of the Mercy Hospital Auxiliary were recently
honored at the annual volunteer awards luncheon for con
tributing more than 17,500 combined hours of service to the
hospital in the past year. Marcy Dunn was honored for con
tributing 3,000 hours of service (the highest category).
Students Write About Their Scliool
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is for education
is for our buddies
is for reading
is for Eleanor Weinglass
is for WOW!
A ^ is for Academy
C is for the charming children
A is for the animals
D is for our decorations
E is for excellent teachers
M is for the money we give to the poor
Y is for the young children
Debbie Massachi (Grade 3) and
Florie Straz (Grade 4)
The School
One day a girl came to visit a school called
the Hebrew Academy. She went in and saw the
school. She liked it and she decided to go there.
She met nice friends and nice teachers. She
settled in and liked it so much! She is “me.”
— Sloan Muller (Grade 4)
“I like tefillah best because I like music.”
— Leah Pickholtz (Ktg.)
“I like Hebrew best, because I want to learn
about Hebrew.”
— Philip Schreibman (Ktg.)
“The Hebrew Academy is more fun than
most any other school. It teaches you a lot.
When I came here I didn’t know any Hebrew.
Now I can read Hebrew and write a little.”
— Elizza Cohen (Grade 4)
“I like to do writing and art. It is fun.”
— liana Klein (Grade 1)
“I like to write and I like to make pictures.”
— Rachel Stein (Ktg.)
“I like to meet new friends, and I like
Tefillah because you get to be a leader, I like
to put on plays, because you can share what
you do with people. I like writing and
publishing books.”
— Michelle Straz (Grade 2)
“I like this school, because I like meeting
other people and playing with people younger
and older than me. I like writing every day and
even editing sometimes. I like publishing and
drawing pictures in my books.”
— Sara Seiferheld (Grade 2)
“I like the North Carolina Hebrew
Academy, because my teacher lets me write a
lot. I like the plays we do, and I like to do
math.”
— Joshua Rubin (Grade 1)
“I like the guinea pigs and the rabbit. I like
lesirning about Hebrew letters.”
— Danny Gromet (Ktg.)
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