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Vol. 10 No. 6
Charlotte, North Carolina
June/July, 1988
CRC Forum Series Features General Zach
William Ashendorf and
Moses Luski, cochairmen of
Federation’s Community Rela
tions Committee (CRC), have
announced the second pro
gram in the Jewish Communi
ty Forum Series. Because of
the overwhelming demand and
interest in the issue, the pro
gram will continue the focus
on the current situation in
Israel. The topic will be “The
Continuing Crisis in Israel:
The West Bank and Gaza
Strip — Building a Construc
tive Dialogue for Peace." The
program will be held on Thurs
day, June 16 at 8 p.m. at
Shalom Park. Admission is
free.
The keynote speaker will be
Brigadier General Freddy
Zach, currently the Deputy
Coordinator of Government
Operations in Judea, Samaria
and the Gaza District. He is
responsible for the civil affairs
in these areas and will discuss
his experiences and percep
tions of the current situation
in these locations.
Brigadier General Zach has
Brig. Gen. Zach
extensive knowledge of the
West Bank and Gaza District.
From 1963 to 1972, he carried
out various command and
training jobs, including during
the Six-Day War (1967) in the
Samaria area. During the Yom
Kippur War (1973), he fought
in the South Sinai Area. In
1975, he was graduated from
Cernyak-Spatz to Participate
In International Conferences
Dr. Susan Cemyak-Spatz,
who recently returned from
lecturing at the State Univer
sity of New York at Courtland,
N.Y. and Converse CoUege in
Spartanburg, S.C., has been
invited to participate this
summer in two very important
International Conferences.
In June, she wiU be part of
a symposium in Vienna, Aus
tria. The event, “Life with
Austrian Literature. An En
counter with American Ger
manists of Austria Origin,
1938-1988,” will be held under
the auspices of the Austrian
Society for Literature as part
of the commemoration of the
50th anniversary of Austria’s
annexation by Hitler’s Ger
many. Dr. Cer3niak-Spatz, a
faculty member of UNCC, has
been chosen as one of twelve
American scholars invited by
the organizers and will make a
presentation referring to her
rather unique traumatic ex
periences.
In July, she will be traveling
to England where she will par-
Cemyak-Spatz
ticipate in “Remembering for
the Future,” an International
Scholarly Conference to be
held at Oxford with the parti
cipation of the world’s most re
nowned writers and researchers
of the Holocaust, such as Elie
Wiesel, Yehunda Bauer, Frank
LyteU, etc.
Dr. Cerayak-Spatz has been
specifically invited to this
event in order to present her
paper, “To Teach a Captive
Audience.”
In The News
Book Review 19
Calendar 20
Day School 7
Editorials 2
Family Sarvlcat 5
Fadaratlon 9
Foundation 10-11
JCC 12-14
Lubavltch 8
Organizations 18
Recipes 20
Temples 16-17
This ’n That 6
World Beat 4
Tel-Aviv University and, upon
his request, was appointed to
serve the Civil Administration
in Judea and Samaria. Within
his service in the CivU Ad
ministration, he fulfilled
several important and diver
sified tasks, such as: Governor
of Jenin District (1977-79),
Governor of Hebron District
(1979-1981), Governor of
Nablus District (1981-83) and
Head of Judea and Samaria
Civil Administration (1984-
1985).
The forum series is designed
to promote Jewish conununity
discussion, awareness and ac
tion, as appropriate, on signifi
cant issues facing us as Jews
in Charlotte. The first pro
gram drew a crowd of over 200
to hear two points of view on
the Israel situation. A lively
discussion followed the pre
sentations, and attendees re
quested that the dialogue be
continued in future programs.
The CRC members urge
your attendance at this pro
gram, sponsored by the Char
lotte Jewish Federation. They
also invite your thinking on
other issues for discussion in
this Community Forum series.
Call the Federation office at
366-5007 to offer your sugges
tions.
The Foundation
Elects New Board
of Directors
The Foundation of the Char
lotte Jewish Community held
its annual meeting at Shalom
Park on May 26 at which time
elections were held and the
new board for ’88-’89 was in-
staUed. The officers for a one
year term are: Harry Swim
mer, president; Leon Levine,
vice president; William Gore-
lick, vice president; Harry
Lerner, secretary; Shelton
Gorelick, treasurer. Serving as
directors for a two year term
are: Harry Swimmer, Nat
Ades, William Gorelick, Dr.
Robert Yudell and Abraham
Luski.
The nominating conmiittee
consisted of Mark Bernstein,
chair; Bobbi Bernstein, Robert
Brodsky, Larry Gerber, Sally
Schrader, Judi Strause and
Harry Swimmer.
Supplement:
Salute to
the Graduates
p. 2-3
JWB Biennial Convention:
Meet Me in St. Louis...
By Evelyn Berger
The Jewish Welfare Board
(JWB) Biennial for me was a
great success. It started on
April 27 when Larry Gerber,
Barry Hantman and I boarded
an early morning plane for St.
Louis and found ourselves in
the seats immediately in front
of the Norfolk, Va. delegation.
Our communication with them
started as we hung over seats
and blocked the aisle. Before
we landed I had a luncheon ap
pointment with one of the
panelists for a discussion
group that I was going to
attend.
ing the tradition of social and
community service. Where is
the balance? What happens
when we get out of balance?
Some of the conclusions and
suggestions: Combine the
business mind £uid the Jewish
heart; remember to provide
the highest quality of service
to the greatest number of peo
ple; bring out the best of a per
son’s expertise for progress;
perhaps have a dollar item in
the budget for a new project
each year, one with a Jewish
theme, a completely new ven
ture; it’s possible to run the
Center and recognize human
values. In addition, it is impor-
(L to R) Larry Gerber, Evelyn Berger, Barry Hantman.
The St. Louis JCCA went all
out in preparing this conven
tion which convened from
April 27-May 1. Their hospi
tality room was unbelievable...
the bagel and cream cheese
believable...and everything
happened on schedule and
without fuss and feathers.
Larry and I attended the
meeting of intermediate cities
presidents. It was interesting
to hear that the plans, ac
complishments and concerns
of those present were not any
different than ours. I had the
delight of introducing myself
to the president of the Wilkes-
Barre, Pa. Y and say that I
was reared in W-B, only to
have her reply, you don’t have
to tell me who you are, you
look just like your sister. I also
found out at this meeting, that
we are probably the only Jew
ish Community Center in the
country not getting funding
from United Way.
The outstanding speech of
the convention was delivered
at the opening plenary by Dr.
David Hartman, JWB Scholar-
in-Residence, Jerusalem. He
spoke on “A Community in
^arch of Its Future.”
The first forum I attended
was “The Challenge of Sup
porting the Centers’ Mission”
— discussion on the issues of
board members trying to run
an efficient and effective
Center business while continu-
tant to advertise our mission...
to provide the highest quality
of service to the greatest num
ber of people.
The next forum I attended
was “Tell It Like It Is” — ef
fective Center public relations.
High points were: leam how to
project your Center’s image;
the reception must be welcom
ing and warm at all times as
we respond daily to the needs
of our Jewish population.
There must be sensitivity to
aU age levels by staff and lay
people; no age group should be
left out with a particular em
phasis on need; we must main
tain close relationships with
the Temples. It would be ideal
to have a fuU-time person on
staff for PR work. Almost all
the Js represented at this
forum had their membership
and PR departments consoli
dated.
Another program was “So,
How are We Doing?” — how
lay leaders can evaluate the ef
fectiveness of Center pro
grams. There is a JWB book
let on effectiveness available.
Programs must be reassessed
constantly; there should be an
aimual training program for
board members and staff. The
main thrust should be that of
long-range planning. The
Youngstown area, a city simi
lar in size to ours, just com-
See JWB page 15