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Super Sunday produced an additional $32,000 for the '90 Campaign. This was an increase of 33% over 1989 (card for card vaiue). P.O.Box 13369 Charlotte, NC 28226 Address Correction Requested Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Charlotte, NC Permit No. 1208 The Charlotte ^JEWISH ^^NEWS Vol. 12 No. 2 Charlotte, North Carolina February 1990 Elie Wiesel is Guest Speaker Of Annual Uptown Forum JCC and Federation to Sponsor Special Yom Hashoa Program By Laura Knight “Building a Moral Society” will be the focus of Nobel Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel’s speech at First Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, March 14, from noon to 1 p.m. Bom in a Chasidic Jewish community in Romania in 1928, Wiesel survived Auschwitz to become a writer and teacher. His works, including the memoir Night (1960), chronicles and attempts to interpret the Holo caust. His success as a writer and his status as a Holocaust survi vor have led to his prominence in Holocaust remembrance ac tivities as well as his emergence as an internationally known human rights advocate. Wiesel serves on the governing boards of various religious, educational and business concerns, and, in addition to numerous profes sional and academic honors, has received awards‘from the go vernments of France, krael and Brazil. Temple Israel and First Pres byterian Church are sponsoring Mr. Wiesel’s lecture, which is free and opea to the public. Rev. Bill Wood of First Presbyterian Church said that he is “enthu siastic about this opportunity to extend and expand our annual Uptown Forum. The purpose ElicWkwl purpose of the Uptown Forum is to bring to Charlotte distin guished thinkers and leaders to discuss and challenge us to respond to the ethical issues facing our community and na tion.” “We are thrilled that the opportunity has risen in Char lotte's central city to celebrate the bond between our two faiths,” commented Rabbi Marc Wilson of Temple Israel, “and we are delighted to inaugurate our association with First Pres byterian by bringing to our community a person of Elie Wiesel’s stature.” Further details concerning the availability of seats will be published in next month’s issue, or you may call Temple Israel at 376-2796. By Scott Snyder JCC Program Director Since World War II, no his torical event has upset the har mony of civilization more pro foundly than the Holocaust. The Nazi genocide of 1939-45 deci mated Europe’s Jewish popula tion and swept Poles, Ukrain ians and other “undesirables” into its engines of death, the concentration camps. One of the more remarkable figures to emerge from this nightmare was Fania Fenelon, a young French woman who survived the ordeal by making music. Deported in 1944 to Birkenau, the extermi nation camp adjoining Ausch witz, Fenelon played in the women’s orchestra for 10 months until the musicians were disbanded and transferred to Bergen Belsen. Fenelon docu mented her internment and liberation with sharp poignancy in her 1976 book, “Playing for Time.” On April 22 at 7:30 p.m., Fenelon’s story corner to Char lotte. The Jewish Community Center and the Charlotte Jewish Federation are cosponsoring “An Evening With Madame F.” This drama with music, written and performed by pianist, sin ger, actor Claudia Stevens, is a unique one-woman presentation CoaetatnAom Camp Immmtn. based on Fania Fenelon*s story. Ms. Stevens, whose amazing versatility mirrors that of Fenel- on, recreates the unimaginable horror of Auschwitz and the courage of its inmates. In her presentation, Ms. Stevens plays and sings pieces actually per- First Annual Luski Lectureship Draws Huge Crowd By Cynthia Chapman Gorelick Hall at Shalom Park was overflowing with excitement on December 17 for the First Annual Luski Family Lecture ship in Jewish Arts and Folk Culture. The lectureship was free and open to the public. Per formers Zalman Mlotek and Adrienne Cooper presented a narrated musical program called “The Many Faces of Yiddish Song” which included two hours of songs on topics from children, to love and courtship, and even social commentary. Mlotek gave a brief overview of the history of Yiddish music and Yiddish theater in America. Yiddish theater served, he said, as just about “the only form of enter tainment” for Jewish immi grants to America in its heyday, which lasted from the 1880s to the 1930s. Manuscripts of Yid dish songs, he pointed out, have been traced back to 16th century Germany, and the immigrants to the Golden Land of America brought their music with them. Yiddish music incorporates the history of the Jewish people’s experience living in many differ ent countries, acting, according to Zalman Mlotek, as “cultural baggage,” incorporating motifs from folksongs, cantorial music, political movements, and many other sources. The hall was filled to capacity; extra seats had to be brought in to accommodate the crowd. The music carried the audience away with it on a journey back to the shtetls of Eastern Europe and to the glory of New York’s Yiddish theater. The audience often joined in with hand clapping and singing refrains. A dessert buffet allowed the audience to continue the celebration after the perfor mance. Both the performers are ac complished musicians. Zalman Mlotek has directed a number of Anglo-Jewish productions, appeared as guest conductor of the American Symphony Or chestra, served as an opera coach Berta Strsi (L) and Motes Loaki (parents are Rote and Abe Luski) introduced the program. for the Metropolitan Opera, and coauthored a successful Broad way musical The Golden LaiKl about the history of Jewish immigrants in America. He has done extensive research in Yid dish theater and music. Adri enne Cooper is a member of the Founding Company of the Jo seph Papp Yiddish Theater and recently concluded a nine-month run of the theater’s hit musical, Songs of Paradise. Her singing is featured on many Yiddish recordings, including the up coming Pearls of Yiddish. For the past ten years she has been on the staff of the VIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Her ap pearance was an unexpected pleasure. Shoshana Ron had been scheduled to appear with Mr. Mlotek, but due to illness, had to cancel her performance. A number of audience members had seen the team of Mlotek and Ron at the last Yiddish Institute at Wildacres. All enjoyed this marvelous event and are grateful to the sponsorship of the families of Rose and Abraham Luski and Sonia and Isaac Luski, and to Temple Israel for making this event possible. Thanks go also to the Jewish Community Cen- Sec LUSKI page 19 Caler>dar Editorials Family Servicas Federation 27 JCC 2 Kids’ Pago ... 3 Lubavitch 6 Organizations ..8-11 20 16-17 21 Teen Page Temples .... This 'n Tha* Wortd Beat. 12-13 24-25 17 4 Sp»eM Femtunm FromHereloUSSfl-PartVI 14 “Passage to Freedom”—Part V 18 Dining Out Section 22-23 Engagements 'Weddings 19 formed by the musicians of Auschwitz, including songs of faith and resistance, from a score developed by her composer, Fred Cohen. In her distinguished perfor mance career, Ms. Stevens has been presented in recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall and by the Community Concert Associ ation, performing throughout the U.S. as well as in Europe and Israel. She has recorded for Perspectives of New Music and National Public Radio. Other Events for Yom Hashoa The Charlotte members of the N.C. State Holocaust Commis sion have planned a candlelight- ing ceremony prior to Ms. Stev ens’ performance. Eleven memo rial candles will be lit by the second generation of Holocaust survivors and by liberators of the concentration camp victims. This will be in commemoration of the six million Jews and five million others who were killed during the Holocaust. Posters of the Holocaust will be on display that entire week in the Speizman Galleries of Shalom Park. It is anticipated that hundreds of people in the Jewish community and the gen eral community will avail them selves of the opportunity to witness them. Schools and churches are being notified of this and are being encouraged to visit the Galleries.“We must not forget! We will not let it happen again!” • Editor RitM Mood contribut ed la this article. IN THE NEWS
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