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The Charlotte TEWISH=NEWS
Vol. 10 No. 2
Charlotte, North Carolina
February, 1988
Super Sunday Was Huge Success
By Joel Goldman
Super Sunday, always an
important part of the overall
Charlotte Jewish Federation
Ceunpaign, was an unqualified
success respective to the 1988
Campaign. The annual event,
held at Shalom Park on Sun
day, December 13, 1987, was
particularly meaningful this
year because more new gift
cards than ever before were
contacted with pledges
secured. In past campaigns,
new gifts did not encompass
such a broad base of the
Jewish community.
Also, for the present cam
paign, numerous potential
contributors were up-graded
to the next divisional category
above Super Sunday. “This
allowed Super Sunday volun
teers to concentrate on the
$l-$500 contributors in the
Men’s Campaign and $1*$364
for Women’s Campaign,”
stated Federation Executive
Director Mike Minkin. “And
this category of givers
deserves as much attention
and personal contact as
possible.
“If the manpower existed, I
would like to see everyone ex
perience a face to face solicita
tion-one Jew speaking about
Jewish needs to another Jew.
On a contributor to contribu
tor basis, the 1988 Super Sun
day effort ran approximately
15% ahead of past years. We
An Open Letter
To the Community
from
Michael L. Minkin
Executive Director
Charlotte Jewish Federation
SiqMr Sunday CommlttM: (L to R) Frank Rosen, Wendy Rosen,
Bobby Damsky, Sandra Weinstein, Steward Scher.
had dedicated volunteers
working the telephones and
generous donations pledged,
and without this cadre of
Super Sunday workers this
amazing ’88 result would not
have been realized.”
Approximately $67,000 was
pledged during Super Sunday,
and over 1,000 telephone calls
were made.
Those volunteers who par
ticipated in Super Sunday,
listed on page 10, formed an
enthusiastic and very suc
cessful 1988 event. They were
led by the Super Sunday Com
mittee; Frank Rosen, Bobby
Damsky, Sandra Weinstein,
Wendy Rosen and Steward
Scher.
“The effort extended on
Super Sunday continues,”
stated Minkin, “as groups of
callers try to reach everyone
who was not reached Decem
ber 13.1 personally want to ex
tend a heartfelt themk you to
all those callers, teen-age run
ners and all the people asso
ciated with Super Sunday.”
How many pages of The
Charlotte Jewish News would
it take to list the names of
every member of the Jewish
community? How astonished
Rita Mond would be when I
submitted my thank you letter
to all these people for typeset
ting! Such an effort would re
quire that the names of over
1,200 dedicated people would
have to be typed, proofread
and printed.
Although I would like to
thank each and every one of
you in a personal way for help
ing to make our Campaign ’88
and its Super Sunday effort a
success, please accept these
heart-felt words of sincere
appreciation.
Each of you has helped
make my nearly six months in
Charlotte as your Federation
Executive Director a stimu
lating, exciting and most
rewarding experience, despite
its share of frustrations!
For all of you who helped in
this year’s Campaign solicit
ing of your community col
leagues, in person or during
our Super Sunday phone-a-
thon, thank you for your
diligent and productive h£u-d
work. We are very close to
finishing the Campaign. I also
want to thank all of you who
gave a gift this year. Your
dollars will help meet Jewish
needs around the world.
With best wishes to you and
your family for a happy and
healthy year. Shalom!
“Rock ’N Roll ’N Religion” Comes to Charlotte
By Lenora Stein
Aley Sheer, Jewish youth
worker, rock musician and
educator, creator of the hot
test new concept in Jewish
educational programming,
“ROCK ’N ROLL ’N RELI
GION: THE MISSING LINK,”
will be in Charlotte at Shalom
Park on Saturday and Sun
day, February 27 and 28 for
three separate presentations
“Puttin’ On the Ritz” Ushered in New Year
The Charlotte Jewish Com
munity Center sponsored its
second annual $5,000 gold raf
fle at a gala held on New
Year’s Eve. The party, held in
the beautifully decorated
Alvin E. Levine gynmasium,
raised $11,500 for the senior,
adult and youth activities at
the Center.
The transformation of the
gym to a festive site was due
to the efforts of Barbara Levin
and Vera Mendel and their
committee of many volun
teers. Special thanks go to
Floating Flowers, Silk Flower
Florist and Lebo’s for their
contributions.
The lucky winners of the
grand prize were Dr. and Mrs.
Allen Goldberg who were
visiting Charlotte from Cherry
Hill, New Jersey. Barbie (Mrs.
Steve) Weiner sold them the
winning ticket. Other prizes
given during the evening were
from Morrocrofts, The Fish
Market, Clifford’s, Jona
than’s, LaTache, Slug’s 30th
Edition, The Eye Care Clinic,
Ellis Jewelers and Morris
Jewelers. The wiimers of these
were: Mr. & Mrs. Sol Shapiro,
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Scala, Bob
Phillips, Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence
Shapiro, Mr. & Mrs. George
Pinion, Mr. & Mrs. Larry Box
er, Mr. & Mrs. Lee Diamond,
Gibson Smith, Mr. & Mrs.
Marty Schefflin, Mr. & Mrs.
Mike Simon and Mr. & Mrs.
Sam Nassau.
Partygoers danced to the
music of the Pat Cray Band
and food was suppUed by
Charlotte Caterers. The com
mittee for the gala must be
commended for all their hard
work. It was comprised of
Paula Musler, chair; Evelyn
Berger, Louise Bernstein, Lin
da Goldsmith, Margie Gold
stein, Meg Goldstein, Arlene
Karp, SheUa Kritzer, Barbara
Levin, Danny Levine, Sol
Levine, Hal Levinson, Vera
Mendel, Jill Newman, Lynn
Sheffer, Eric Sklut and Barbie
Weiner.
Thanks also go to all who
purchased a ticket to help sup
port the J’s programs.
for youth and adults. Aley’s
unique program is a multi-
media, audio and video ex
perience, flavored with im-
provisational theatre, geared
to young people. He uses rock
’n roll as the hook to tackle
social concerns, moral beliefs
and Judaism. The program is
£ui opportunity for young peo
ple, 6th grade and above, to
deal with Jewish concerns in
their own language: the
language of rock music.
The first presentation will
be part of a statewide Reform
Congregation Youth Conclave,
7-9 grades, to be held on both
days. For information on par
ticipation, please contact
Steven Haas at Temple Beth
El V’Shalom, 366-1948 or Roz
Cooper at Shalom Park,
366-5007.
The second presentation will
take place on Sunday morning
for The Consolidated High
School, Temple Israel and
other youth groups. Please
contact Eleanor Weinglass or
Arthur Tirsun, 366-5007 for
further information.
Aley Sheer’s third presenta
tion on Sunday afternoon will
be an exclusive workshop for
Jewish teachers, educators
and rabbis from throughout
North and South Carolina.
Aley will be demonstrating
how his technique can be
adapted for use in the class
room and other Jewish educa
tional venues as an effective
teaching technique. In addi-
In The News
Book Review 17
Calendar 20
Day School 6
Editorials 2
Family Sarvlcas 5
JCC ®-9
LubavKch 12-13
Organizations 18
Recipes 20
Temples 16
This 'n That 14
World Beat 4
Aley Sheer
tion, a mini-center for teachers
will be available for partici-
pemts to examine the best and
the brightest Jewish educa
tional materials. Please con
tact Lenora Stein at the
Carolina Agency for Jewish
Education (CAJE), 366-1948,
to register for the teacher’s
workshop segment of this very
exciting weekend.
“Rock ’N Roll” is here to
stay — gmd to teach religion.
Mark your calendar for your
self and your children to at
tend a part of this event.
Aley Sheer’s appearance in
Charlotte is made possible by
the following sponsoring
organizations: CAJE, Con
solidated High School of
Jewish Studies, Charlotte;
Temple Beth El V’Shalom,
Charlotte; Temple Emanuel,
Greensboro and Temple Is
rael, Charlotte.