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Charlotte, North Carolina
August, 1988
Statewide Forum Features Abram and Bronfman
The Jewish Federations of
Charlotte, Durham-Chapel
Hill, Greensboro and Wake
County are sponsoring a State
wide Forum on September 6 at
7:30 p.m. at Beth David Syn
agogue, 804 Winview Dr.,
Greensboro, N.C. Prominent
Jewish world leaders, Morris B.
Abram and Edgar M. Bronfman
will present a dialogue:
“Friendships under Pressure:
The World Jewish Communi
ty and Israel.” The Jewish
community is invited at no
charge and there will be no
solicitation.
Morris B. Abram is Chair
man of the Conference of
Presidents of Major Jewish
Organizations and the Na
tional Conference of Soviet
Jewry. Edgeir M. Bronfman is
President of the World Jewish
Congress.
The Forum is chaired by
Adam Abram of Chapel Hill,
Hermein Blumenthal of Char
lotte, and Arthur Cassell of
Greensboro.
For those pleuming to attend
from Charlotte by car, direc
tions to Beth David Syna
gogue may be gotten from our
Federation office, 366-5007 or
by phoning the synagogue of
fice (919) 294-0007.
There will be buses from
Charlotte, departing Shalom
Park at 4:45 p.m. and arriving
Beth David Synagogue in time
for the Forum, and returning
to Charlotte immediately after
the program. Cost is $10 per
person, including a box sup
per. Reservations must be
made by Sept. 3 by phoning
Charlotte Jewish Federation
office.
Morris B. Abram, an at-
Federation Gives Israel
Study Grant to Lass
By Phil Joffe
Bobbi Bernstein, president
of the Charlotte Jewish Fed
eration, is pleased to announce
the recipient of a 1988 scholar
ship grant for a sunmier study
program in Israel. Michael
Scott Lass of Matthews, N.C.
was awarded $750 by the Teen
Israel Summer Scholarship
Committee of the Federation.
Michael will be studying under
the “Alexander Muss High
School in Israel” Program,
June 27 to Au^st 15, 1988.
Lass, a senior at South
tion holding positions of
Chapter editor, vice-president
and president. Under his direc
tion the Atlanta chapter won
the Henry Monsky Award
(top three chapters in BBYO
Southern Region) and the L. J.
Levitus Award (Atlanta Coun
cil Chapter of the Year). At
South Mecklenburg Michael
belongs to the Drama Club,
the International Club and the
Key Club. He is an assistant
section editor for the school’s
yearbook. Michael has earned
his way onto the High School
Honor Roll and was elected to
Bobbi Berngtein (L) hands Mholanhip check to Michael Lass; Mike Minkin,
exec, director CJF, is at right
Mecklenburg High School, has
been a Charlotte resident for
almost two years, after having
lived for a number of years in
Atlanta. While in Atlanta,
Michael was very active in the
B’nai B’rith Youth Organiza-
the Spanish Honor Society.
A T.I.S.S. Committee spdces-
man said that the conmiittee
was pleased to award a study
grant to Lass, who was
See LASS page 6
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torney in New York, is a part
ner in the law firm of Paul,
Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison. He is past president
of Brandeis University and of
Brandeis University and of
the American Jewish Commit
tee. A native of Fitzgerald,
GA, Mr. Abreun holds a BA
from the U. of GA, a Doctor of
Jurisprudence from the U. of
Chicago Law School, and was
a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford
University where he earned
bachelor and masters degrees.
During World War II he was
2m Air Force Intelligence Of
ficer, after which he was a
member of the Americem Pros
ecution Staff, International
Military Tribunal, Nuremberg,
Germany.
Mr. Abram was appointed
First General Counsel of the
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Morris Abram
Peace Corps in 1961 by Presi
dent John F. Kennedy; U.S.
Representative, United Na
tions Commission on Human
Rights, 1965-68, by President
Temple Beth El V’Shalom
Marks Site of Future Home
Future Home of “I
Temple Beth El VShalom
Sign denotes “future home” of TBEVS.
A sign has been placed on will construct its new sanc-
the hillside overlooking the
Jewish Community Center,
marking the future home of
Temple Beth El V’Shalom.
The site is located in the
southeastern portion of the
Shalom Park grounds on
heavily wooded acreage and
will make a magnificent set
ting for the new temple build
ing.
Temple Building Fund Chair
man, Marc Silverman, com
mented: “The first official step
toward actual construction
has been made at last. Our
fundraising efforts continue to
move the congregation closer
to reaching the dollar goal
necessary to construct a tem
ple which will serve our com
munity for generations. Plac
ing a sign on the site brings us
one step closer to breaking
ground, an event we all eager
ly anticipate. I hope our mem
bers are pleasantly surprised
when driving into Shalom
Park and seeing where their
new home will be.”
Temple Beth El V’Shalom
tuary and social heill on ap
proximately 9 of the 54 acres
at Shalom Park. Its current
building, located at 1727 Prov
idence Rd., was constructed in
1948.
Edgar Bronfman
Lyndon B. Johnson; and Vice
Chmrman, U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights, 1983-86 by
President Ronald Reagan.
Morris Abram has written an
autobiography, “The Day is
Short,” contributes articles to
numerous publications and
lectures frequently on Civil
Rights.
Edgar M. Bronfman, bom in
Montreal, Canada, earned a
BA from McGill University in
that city, and has received
honorary doctoral degrees
from Pace U., NY; Williams
College, Massachusetts, which
he had attended; and Cheva
lier de la Legion d’honneur (of
the French government). He
joined the business firm.
Distillers Corp.—Seagram
Ltd. (now The Seagram Co.
Ltd.) in Canada in 1953. Two
ye2u*s later, he moved to New
York as Chairman, Adminis
trative Committee of Joseph
E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., and
currently serves as Chairm£m
and Chief Executive Officer of
both companies. He became a
U.S. citizen in 1955.
President of the Samuel
Bronfman Foundation, he is a
Trustee of the Bronfman Fel
lows of Columbia University
and the Bronfman Scholar
ships at NYU.
JFS and JCC Sponsor
Joint Education Program
Jewish Family Services and
the Jewish Community Center
are very excited to announce
the upcoming Jewish Family
Life Education programs. The
purpose of JFLE programs is
to provide community mem
bers with a wide range of sup
port and educational groups
designed to enhance the quali
ty of life. Facilitators are pro
fessional educators, social
workers, psychologists and
psychiatrists in the conmiu-
nity.
The JFLE series for the fall
1988 will include workshops
on peu^nting, divorce and sep
aration, women in relation
ships, marital enrichment, cc^
ing with aging parents, recrea
tional drugs and understand
ing sexuality, mine, my chil
dren’s and my grandchildren’s.
In addition, two support
groups for “children of
divorce” will be offered, as well
as an evening presentation by
FOCUS, Planned Parenthood’s
Teen/Family Theatre.
All workshops will com
mence in OctohKBr and will be
publicized in the JCC fall
brochure. In addition, a
separate brochure including
detailed information about
JFLE programs will be in the
mail in September. For more
information, please call Iris
Madison, 364-6594 or Scott
Snyder, 366-5007.