Page 5-THE NEWS-January *1989
Charlotte Jewish Federation
Leadership Development Program Begins
Bobby Damsky, chairman
of Federation’s Leadership
Development Program, an
nounced that Class II has
had a most successful begin
ning, On Oct. 9, class mem
bers met in the Luski Youth
Activity Center for an orien
tation and social evening.
Mike Minkin, executive
director of the Federation,
led the group in a get-
acquainted exercise, stress
ing significant Jewish
events in their lives.
Team building, group
problem solving, leadership
skills and enhancing self
esteem were the focus of the
second session held at the
Charlotte Outdoor Center.
These skills were demon
strated through group par
ticipation in solving physi
cal obstacle problems and
trust-building exercises.
Obstacles included climbing
over walls, climbing through
ropes, falling backwards
into the arms of group
members and rappelling
down a tower.
The December program
focusing on board training,
was led by Elaine Cher-
notsky, a volunteer trainer
with United Way’s Volun
teer Leadership Develop
ment Program. Activities
discussed included types of
boards, functions of boards,
board composition and
organization. These leader
ship skills will enable class
members to be active and
educated participant-obser-
vers on local Jewish com
munity boards. Building
leadership skills will be a
central theme throughout
the entire Leadership Devel
opment Program.
The January program,
“Meaning of the Holocaust
for Western Civilization,”
features Dr. Carlos G. Roz-
owy, the son of Holocaust
survivors. This session beg
ins several programs deal
ing with Jewish history,
education and contempor
ary issues.
Members of the Leader
ship Development Class II
are: Lori Benjamin, Nancy
and Sam Bernstein, Irving
Brenner, Stuart and Jodi
Cohen, Sam Eneman, Trish
Fleishman-Gooder, Jona-
Board Holds Retreat
This past fall, the Federation Board held a retreat at the
Morehead Inn. They created the following MISSION
STATEMENT; **The Charlotte Jewish Federation's
goal is to promote a strong and caring Jewish
community, locally and worldwide, through educa
tion, planning, coordination and funding. **
Shown below are members of the Board working, social
izing and making plans for a successful Campaign and
the future growth of the Federation.
Photos show class mem
bers participating in out
door adventure program.
than M. Goldberg, Ellen and
Shel Goldstein, Jeff and Bari
Gorelick, Scott and Dana
Gorelick, Nina Haas, Susan
Helbein, Steve Horowitz,
Betsy Klein, Lori and Barry
Klemons, Jack Levinson,
Peter' Levinson, Renata
Major, Scott and Tamara
Menaker, Emily Montag,
Richard J. Osbom, Suzanne
Carlos G. Rizowy
Portnoy, David and Karen
Ransenberg, Barry Reich,
Roslyn Segal, Phyllis Schif-
fman, Kim Schrader, Lynne
and Morey Sheffer, Ken and
Marcia Stem, Libby Sutker,
Leigh Thalheimer, Jeff
Turk, Robert Valenstein,
Robert Weinstein, Lynda
White and Michael and Kay
Yaffe.
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