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Page 2-THE NEWS March, 1986 THE CHARLOTTE JEWISH NEWS Published monthly by: Charlotte Jewish Foundation Marvin Bienstock, Director Foundation of Charlotte Jewish Community Jewish Community Center Stan Swig, Interim Director N.C. Hebrew Academy Berta Straz, Interim Director Lubavitch of N.C Rabbi Yossi Groner, Director Editor Rita Mond Advertising Blanche Yarus Copy deadline the 10th of each month P.O. Box 13369, Charlotte, N.C. 28211 Th« apiMar«nc« of advartltlng In The Newt do«t not constitnt* a kashruth •ndorMmtnt. Now Is The Time To Join the “J” Editorials A Man Of Great Psychological Strength After nine years of imprisonment in Soviet prisons and labor camps, Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharan- sky is finally free. When asked how he kept sane dur ing his solitary confinement, he replied “by singing Jewish songs.” When he was released, the KGB requested that he walk a straight line, but in defieince of the KGB, he walked in a zig-zag fashion. He would not comply with any of their demands. Hopefully with Shcharansky’s release, there will be an improvement in emigration EUid humsin rights. Israeli Prime Minister Peres seiid it was “too early to say” if Shcharansky’s release signaled relaxed restrictions on emigration of Soviet Jews. Mistakes Can Be Avoided How often I have refused to take information over the phone for fear that it would be written down in correctly. In many instances I have offended the caller for refusing to do so and have asked to have it typewritten, double-spaced and mailed to my at tention. Last month I did not comply with my own edict and consequently there was an incorrect cap tion for one of the photographs. It proved to me that one cannot trust one’s own hearing. My apologies to Mark Bernstein...his play was not “The Squirrel from Bar Kochba”. It should have said “The Scroll...” It was an honest mistake. Please when submitting photographs type the caption on an attached piece of paper (do not write on back of photo); identify peo ple from left to right. Thank you. Something New Is Coming All of us Eire excited about the opening of Shedom Park in May. The “CJN” has reported on this wonderful undertaking of the Jewish community since its inception. We now will incorporate the en tire story in a souvenir issue to coincide with the opening. In order to underwrite this endeavor, we are asking our businessmen/women, our professionals and anyone out there who is so inclined, to place special advertising with us for this supplement. Rates may be received by calling, 366-9715, 366-6632 or 366-5007. Deadline for ads is April 5 but get them in as early as possible. We appreciate your interest and cooperation on this. — R.M. The Jewish Calendar Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Mar. 28 Apr. 4 6:06 p.m 6:12 p.m. 6:18 p.m. 6:23 p.m. 6:29 p.m. Candlelighting Mar. 24 - Fast of Esther Mar. 25 - Purim Mar. 26 - Shushan Purim By Stan Swig JCC Interim Director As the doors open to the brand new “J” at Shalom Park, we enter into a unique complex that is a model for the entire country. We share both a facility and a common goal with the Foundation, Federa tion, Jewish Social Services, the Temple Religious Schools and the Hebrew Academy. It is our hope and dream that Shalom Park will indeed be the “Jewish Community of Char lotte Campus” for all organiza tions and institutions that are part of our vibrant Jewish life. The Jewish Community Center (the “J”) will have facilities that we only dared dream about, both indoor and outdoor, to provide activities throughout the year for you and your family and members of all our families. Outdoors, there is a running track, an H- shaped swimming pool to ac commodate everyone from the “dunkers” to the competitive swimmers, a separate wading pool for the little ones, tennis courts, soccer field, softball field, picnic area and kosher snack bar. Also outdoors, on its own grounds, will be the Day Camp site with shelters, crafts area, woods and all that makes day camping an exciting enriching experience for the younger set. If that doesn’t whet your ap petite, the building has an auditorium that all will share and will be the setting for theater, concerts, dance, speakers, forums, cultural and social events conducted by the “J.” There are complete health and physical education faci lities including indoor olympic- size swimming pool, a full gym for all activities for men, women and children of all ages — exercises, informal sports, classes, team sports. Included are an indoor running track, exercise room and racquetball courts. There’s a Health Club with sauna, whirlpools, steam rooms, exercise equipment, massage room and lounges. Interested in arts, ceramics, classes, lectures, group ac tivities, discussions, Jewish programs, bridge, chess? All these and more will be offered. Programs planned for and with you wiU encompass the entire age span from mothers and their toddlers to our Seniors, and all age groups in between. Now you know why NOW is the time to join the “J”. Want to learn or see more? Call the “J”, 366-0357 and ask for Jane Nelson, Membership Director. She can arrange for a tour, or for a speaker at your meeting, or for a get-together of your family with your friends at your home to give fuller de tails. If you haven’t already received the attractive brochure, call the office to have one sent to you. Ask for a membership application at the same time. Join now and take advantage of your membership as soon as the doors open. But if you haven’t quite gotten eiround to it, when a JCC volunteer calls in the near future asking you to join, say “Yes, I want to be a member of the Charlotte Jewish Community Center.” Join and be with your friends and neighbors. JOIN, BELONG, PARTICIPATE, ENJOY!! On Tlie Issues By Ira Gissen, Va/NC Director ADL Increasingly, Jewish and Christian community leaders are turning toward the Anti- Defamation League for expert advice and professional ser vice. A measure of the quality of service that ADL provides is the steady growth of sup port that we are receiving in communities, large and small, throughout the region. Equal ly gratifying are the “thank you’s,” some of which arrive in the most unexpected ways. ^‘Leadership WinstonSaJem ” “Leadership Winston- Salem” is an organization of business executives, profes sionals, educators, religious leaders and civic leaders. In January they held an all day program, starting at 7:30 a.m. and running into the evening, on the subject of “Racism, Sexism, Anti- Semitism and Economic Discrimination in Winston- Salem.” I was asked to open the proceedings with a key note speech on “The Nature of Prejudice.” The room was packed with more than 40 conununity leaders. Following the morning session I spoke again before their alumni association luncheon meeting held at Winston-Salem State University. I didn’t pull any punches and spoke quite directly about events that made the Holocaust possible as well as the current frighten ing spectacle of Louis Far- rakhan’s anti-Semitic tirades being cheered by audiences of thousands. Israel Broadcasting Authority A phone call from ADL’s na tional office informed me that Mr. Gideon Remez, Foreign News Editor for Kol Israel was in the U.S. and would be available to visit Virginia. I immediately contacted the Federation Directors and ask ed them if they would like to cosponsor meetings with the ADL ip their communities. Richmond and Norfolk were able to do so. A luncheon meeting of Federation leaders and ADL Regional Board members in the Richmond area was addressed by Mr. Remez on a Monday and the following morning he address ed a breakfast meeting in Nor folk with an audience oi ADL Regional Board members in the Hampton Roads area, Jewish Federation leaders and prominent Christian citizens. Both audiences were rewarded with a highly infor mative and pleasantly per sonalized report by Gideon Remez. In addition, in Rich mond, he was interviewed by the Public Broadcasting Sta tion and by one of the main television news programs. In Norfolk we enjoyed a fascinating journalist-to- journalist conference between Mr. Remez and the editor of The Virginia-Pilot. A Pleasant Surprise Recently, we were enjoying the home hospitality of a friend who is a synagogue president. One of his other guests introduced himself to me and said, “You probably don’t remember me. About a year ago I called you and told you that I was requested to come for an employment inter view on the second day of Rosh Hashona. I asked you how to handle that without jeopardizing my employment opportunity. You told me to teU my prospective employer that I had a previous engage ment that day. I did. The in terview was rescheduled and I was hired. I have been happi ly employed there ever since.” Deadline For April is March 5
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