COUNCIL OF JEWISH FEDEHAnONS
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November 16-20.1988
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Charlotte, NC 28211
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The Charlotte TEWISH =NEWS
Vol. 10 No. 9
Charlotte, North Carolina
October, 1988
CJF to Celebrate 50th Anniversary and Campaign **Kick Off*"
Sunday, October 30, the
Charlotte Jewish Federation
wiU celebrate its fiftieth an
niversary and the “kick off” of
the 1989 Campaign. This
event marks a special time for
the Charlotte Jewish commu
nity to pay tribute to those men
and women who had the vision
of developing an organized
Jewish community through a
federation system. Richard
Klein, 1989 Campaign chair
man, said, “These people were
ahead of their time, as they
truly thought about how to
best help our small Jewish
community and the State of
Israel. Their answer was a
federated system that raised
dollars and planned programs
for strengthening our Jewish
souls in this community.”
The special anniversary pro
gram is being chaired by Her
man Blumenthal, one of the
founding fathers of our com
munity and the Federation.
He and liis brother, the late
I.D. Blumenthal, had the cour
age to blaze trails for the good
of all. Mr. Blumenthal stated
that: “Tliis year’s celebration
is near and dear to my heart
because of those men and
women w'ho worked with me to
strengthen the Federation. I
never want to forget their
dedication and I'm looking for
ward to paying tribute to
them as my community col
leagues of the past, the pre
sent and for years to come.”
Those being honored are:
Jeannette Diamond, A1 Good
man, Katherine Goodman, An
nie Gorelick, Blanche Jaffa,
HUda Kirsner, Gladys Lavi-
tan, Sidney Levin, A.L.
Melasky, Hannah Nabow and
Minnie Sutker.
A special multi-media slide
presentation is being put
together in honor of this
auspicious occasion. Sam
Eneman, a multi-media expert,
has agreed to do this creative
and vibrant piece which will
become a part of the Federa
tion’s archives. The presenta
tion will preserve the memory
of the event and pay appro
priate tribute to the impor
tance of the day.
The entire community is in
vited to participate. For fur
ther information, please call
Mike Minkin, 366-5007.
CJN Editorial Board to be Established IsracI Bonds Honors Jerome Levin
“The Charlotte Jewish
News has become an impor
tant part of our local Jewish
community for many years,”
emphasized Federation Presi
dent Bobbi Bernstein, “and we
must do whatever we can to
enable the paper to meet the
challenges presented it by the
continued growth and changes
taking place in our commu
nity.
“We have had the good for
tune in having Rita Mond as
Editor of The CJN since it was
established almost ten years
ago,” continued Bernstein,
“and we want to make sure
there is av£iilable for her a sup
port system that the paper has
not had advantage of in the
past.”
To ensure the paper’s con
tinued growth and profitabili
ty, Bernstein announced that
an Editorial Board, under the
auspices of the Federation,
would be appointed. Also, Rita
Mond will become an impor
tant member of the Federation
staff in January as versus the
volunteer level capacity in
which she has been function
ing.
The Editorial Board will be
chaired by Joel Goldman. He
is a past chairperson of the
Jewish Family Services and
has been a contributing writer
for The CJN and other
publications.
The Editorial Board will
consist of five members. “We
want members who will be
dedicated to working for the
continued excellence of our
paper,” said Goldman, “as
well as having some jour
nalistic experience of their
own. We will, within the next
several weeks, be approaching
people to join our board, and
we would welcome hearing
from people who feel they may
have something to contri-
\
Joel Goldman
bute.” Goldman added that he
is contacting the leaders of
editorial boards in other Jew
ish communities throughout
the country so that he can
gain insight into the way other
communal newspapers are ad
ministered.
“We have sdways been rec
ognized in Charlotte and na
tionally as having an excep
tional award-wiiming news
paper,” Goldman stat^, “and
we wiU be looking for ways
that this exceUence continues
and grows.”
According to Bernstein, the
activities of the Board will in
clude the establishment of an
editorial policy for The CJN
that will best reflect the in
terests of the Federation, sup
porting organizations, and the
Jewish conmunity as a whole.
Also, it ^vili be the function of
the Board to formulate a suc
cessful HQeans for r^aff sup
port in the reporting of ar
ticles. ‘Writing and technical
support SiiB needed so that
Rita can have more available
time for doing editor-type
functions,” reiterated Bern
stein. “And, we want the
Board to indude in their goals
the certainty that we have a
profitable advertising pro
gram that will generate max
imum revenue for the paper.”
In concluding his comments,
Goldman stressed that the
groundwork must be laid so
that The CJN will always be
an on-going entity without in
terruption. “This can be ac
complished only by having a
multi-staff network enhanced
by physical volunteer input.
“We wsuit a paper that re
ports all the news of the com
munity through a strong staff,
with an edUtorial policy that is
both fair and challenging,”
Goldman emphasized. “In
short, we -want the best paper
of any Jewish community, and
through establishment of an
Editorial Board 1 am confi
dent we \vili be successful.”
On Sunday evening, Oc
tober 16 at Shalom Park,
Jerome Levin will be honored
at a tribute dinner on behalf of
the Israel Bonds program.
Guest entertainer for the
event will be Barry Farber,
widely known radio broad
caster, newsman, writer and
commentator.
Jerry Levin, 64, is a native
North Carolinian, having been
bom in Gastonia but living
in Charlotte since he was
9-months-old. He and his wife
Barbara have 4 adult children
and 4 grandchildren. Jerry has
been active in the Israel Bonds
program for many years and
is a past chairman of the
Charlotte Israel Bond Drive.
Through the years he has
served in many capacities on
the Temple Israel Board and is
a past president of Temple
Israel. He is currently serv
ing on the Temple Board. He
served for many years on the
Charlotte Jewish Federation
Board; is a past board member
of the Foundation and was one
of the original contributors
toward the purchase of Shalom
Park. He was also a member of
the committee which formed
the “agreement” for the Foun-
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Jerome Levin
Barry Farber
dation. Jerry has also served
on the Hebrew Cemetery Board.
Currently he is serving as
vice president of the S.E.
See BONDS page 7
“Chezzi” Cohen to Speak on BBW’s Children’s Home and Israel
In 1943, a 12-year-old boy
stood on the train platform in
Rechovot, Israel, to greet the
arrival of a group of children
gathered from the concentra
tion camps of Europe and
taken on a circuitous route to
Palestine via Tehran and
Cairo. Emotionally disturbed
children from this group would
be the first residents of the
B’nai B’rith Women’s Chil
dren’s Home. The 12-year-old
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boy was \fecheskiel Cohen.
Some 14 years later he came
to the B’nai B’rith Women’s
Children’s Home as a child
care worker and in 1962 be
came its director.
Dr. Cohen or “Chezzi,” as he
is familiarly known to B’nai
B’rith Women members, will
visit the United States in Oc
tober. His tour of the United
States will take him to seven
cities. The first stop will be in
Washington, D.C. where he
will address the B’nai B’rith
Women Executive Board meet
ing on October 22. Then Dr.
Cohen will travel to Norfolk,
Virginia; Charlotte, NC;
Milwaukee. Wisconsin; Colum-
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Chezsi Cohen
bus, Ohio; and Montreal, Can
ada.
Dr. Cohen will be the hon
ored guest of Charlotte and
HaLailah Chapters of B’nai
B’rith Women on Tuesday,
October 25, at an event
culminating their Personal
Giving Campaign. A cocktail
reception will be held at
Shalom Park for Gift Club
members contributing $100
and up. In addition, to this
special event, the entire com
munity will have the oppor
tunity to hear Dr. Cohen at 8
p.m. at Shalom Park. He will
describe the unique treatment
program that has evolved dur
ing his 25 years as the Home’s
director, and he will also ad
dress the current problems in
Israel and how they affect
Israeli society and family life.
Dr. Cohen’s warm and per
sonal relationship with “my
See CHEZZI page 20