1990 Campaign
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The Charlotte ^JliWISH *TNEWS
Vol. 11 No. 10
Charlotte, North Carolina
November 1989
JCC Cohosts 30th Anniversary
Season of Golden Circle Theatre
Golden Circle Theatre, in
cooperation with the Jewish
Community Center, has an ex
citing lineup of plays. According
to new Artistic Director Frank
Dominguez, “the season reflects
a renewed mission to present
high quality community theater
productions of plays tradition
ally regarded as having lasting
value and significance.” The
1989-1990 season, which marks
the group’s 30th consecutive
year of existence, is being pre
sented in cooperation with the
JCC, which last year hosted
Golden Circle’s benefit produc
tion of A Scroll from Bar Kohk-
ba. On the basis of that success
ful collaboration, the two groups
have decided to join forces on
a continuing basis The JCC sees
this project as “an extension of
its educational, recreational and
cultural acctivities in the com
munity,” according to the Cen
ter’s Executive Director, Barry
Hantman.
The 1989-1990 season opens
with a gala benefit production
of the successful Broadway
comedy, Social Security. The
smash hit of tbe 1986 season, the
play focuses on the comic
changes in a trendy New York
couple’s life when they are
suddenly called upon to care for
the wife’s octogenarian mother.
It’s a hilarious yet poignant look
at the role revers^ which often
occurs when children have to
care for aging parents. Social
Security will be performed for
the patrons and benefactors of
Golden Circle Theatre and the
Jewish Community Center on
Saturday, November 18, at
6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., with a
reception at 8:00 p.m. Proceeds
from the gala will benefit both
organizations. A matinee open
to the general public will be
performed on Sunday, Novem
ber 19, at 2:00 p.m.
Following in January, Golden
Circle Theatre embarks in ear
nest on its mission to produce
community theater revivals of
plays traditionally regarded as
being of lasting value and sig
nificance with a production of
Tennessee Williams’ chilling
drama, Suddenly Last Summer.
Set in the posh Garden District
of New Orleans, the play chron
icles the struggle of a young
woman to prove her sanity and
save her very life. Opposing her
are greedy relatives and the
proud, vain matriarch of the
family. Suddenly Last Summer
will be presented at 8:15 p.m. on
Frank Dominguex, Theatre Director
January 20, 25 and 27, 1990,
with a 2:00 p.m. matinee on
January 21, 1990.
In March, the group presents
a production of Separate Tables
by Terence Rattigan, one of
Britain’s leading playwrights
during the period immediately
following World War IL Pop
ulated by the eclectic, eccentric
and hilarious residents of an
English seaside boarding house,
Separate Tables tells their var
ious stories with sympathy,
insight and humor. It will be
presented at 8:15 p.m. on March
17, 22 and 24, 1990, with a
matinee at 2:00 p.m. on March
18, 1990.
The season ends with a drama
from Pulitzer Prize winner,
Arthur Miller. All My Sons is
a play which, though written
over 40 years ago, is strangely
topical in this era of Defense
Department procurement scan
dals. In it, a father finds himself
in conflict with his family and
his own conscience when he
must compromise his ideals in
the interests of his business. All
My Sons will be presented at
8:15 p.m. on May 26, 31 and
June 2, 1990 with a matinee at
2:00 p.m. on May 27, 1990.
All performances will take
place in Gorelick Hall at Shalom
Park. Season tickets are $30.00
each, or $28.00 for students,
seniors and JCC members. Sin
gle tickets are $8.50 each, or
$7.50 for students, seniors or
JCC members. Benefactors’
tickets are $500 per couple;
patrons’ tickets are $125 per
couple.
This is the JCC major fund
raising program for the year.
Your support is appreciated and
in return, you have the oppor
tunity to see four excellent and
professionally performed shows.
Proceeds will l^nefit the Golden
Circle Theatre and the JCC’s
youth and senior adult depart
ments. For more information,
please call the JCC at 366-5007.
Uniting the Generations
Leadership Circle Holds Goal Setting Dinner
Due to Hurricane Hugo, the
Charlotte Jewish Federation’s
1990 Campaign Goal Setting
Dinner was rescheduled for
October 10 at the City Club.
Guest speaker for the evening
was Dr. Arieh L. Plotkin, who
recently arrived from Israel to
do further research and writing
in political science.
Bill and Shelton Gorelick are
the cochairs of the Leadership
Circle which is comprised of
leaders and major contributors
to the Federation Campaign.
Bill stated: “As leaders, we are
able to make a Leadership Pace-
setting Gift....it is my hope that
we are able to answer the call
and allow this year’s Campaign
to set a goal which will allow
us to fund all requests.”
It was stipulated by Shelton
that after coming off of several
agonizing days of allocations
hearings where he had heard
requests from our local, national
and oversea& aj^ncies, that “The
needs are awesome — the needs
are gi^at this year. Bottom line
— in order for us to meet
obligations that are being asked,
we have to raise close to a million
four hundred thousand dollars
or in excess of 15-26% over last
year’s accomplishments.
In attendance at the dinner
were Sandy Berlin, .Don Bern
stein, AlanBlumenthal, Herman
Blumenthal, Barry Brodsky,
Paul Edelstein, Meg Goldstein,
Michael Gold, Shelton Gorelick,
William Gorelick, Stan Kaplan,
- RalpJi Kier, Harry Lerner, Alvin
Levine, Abe Luski, Isaac Luski,
Matt Luftglass, Mike Minkin,
Joel Ostrow, John Pransky,
Paul Putterman, Mort Schloss-
man, Sol Shapiro, Harry
Swimmer, Alvin Witten and
Emily Zimmern.
The speaker. Dr. Arieh Plot-
kin, is keenly attuned to the
changing moods and currents of
his country’s public opinion. He
is briefed by Israeli Government
officials, yet independent in his
analysis. He brings to American
and Canadian audiences a fresh
and first-hand knowledge of the
current Mid-Eastern scene and
combines an incisive insight into
Israeli and Arab problems with
an acute and compassionate
awareness of Jewish affairs.
Dr. Plotkin is a Haganah
veteran and citizen of Israel and
a former officer in the Intelli
gence Corps of Israel’s Defense
Forces. He was ed ucated at the
universities of Jerusalem and
London and did his graduate
work at Princeton University,
where he was the first Israeli to
Dr. Arith Plotkin
be admitted to the prestigious
Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Af
fairs. He gained both his M.A.
and Ph.D. degrees at Princeton,
where he also taught in the
Department of Politics.
Dr. Plotkin has traveled ex
tensively in the LI.S. and Can
ada. He has appeared on TV and
radio, on lecture tours for the
University of Wisconsin and the
University of Minnesota and has
taught advanced courses, such as
an Honors Seminar on Modern
Israel at the City University of
N.Y. In 1980 and 1983, he
addressed senior seminars in
Political Science at the Univer
sity of Frankfurt, West Ger
many.
‘Knubies’ Has Variety of Activities
By Darren Mond
Hurricane Hugo failed to
cancel our September 24 event
as a few brave Knubies, a group
of singles 21-35, braved the
hazardous roads to spend a quiet
Sunday at Lake Norman.
Thanks go to Craig Gordon for
being a most gracious host at his
condominium and on his sail
boat.
The holidays were soon upon
us and many Knubies headed to
their families’ homes to spend
the new year with relatives.
However, those of us still in
Charlotte decided to celebrate
the new year with a Knubies
break-the-fast. We thank Daniel
Levine, who played host to
approximately 100 people for
the covered dish celebration, for
offering the use of his house and
for providing everyone with a
special start for the year.
The next Knubies presenta
tion was a masquerade party at
At the Break-the-Fast.
Photo/DankI Levine
the home of Emily Montag on
October 29. A full report on this
event will appear in next month’s
CJN.
The November calendar in
cludes a singles Friday night
service, Nov. 10, at Temple
Israel (open to all Knubies) with
an Oneg Shabbat at Robert and
Jeffrey Gleiberman’s house; and
a return engagement to the
Comedy Zone. We are also
planning details for our New
Year’s gala. All particulars are
included in our periodic mail-
higs. If you have any questions
or need to be added to the
mailing list please contact
Darren Mond at 847-3959.
See KNUBIES page 13
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