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Holocaust Exhibit and Lecture to Commemorate Yom HaShoah Page 7-THE NEWS-Aprll 1991 The N.C. Council on the Holocaust, the Jewish Commu nity Center, the Charlotte Jew ish Federation and the NCCJ are cosponsoring a Yom HaShoah program on Sunday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Shalom Park in Gorelick Hall. It will feature a candlelighting service and guest speaker Dr. Gene Owens of Myers Park Baptist Church. He will speak on “Christian View of the Holocaust.” Also on view in the Speizman Galleries will be the Holocaust Exhibit featuring photographs, posters, memora bilia, etc. collected from survi vors and liberators in our area. A photographic exhibit by Stuart Klipper, “From Empti ness: Sinai, HaNegev, Midpar Yehuda,” will be on display in Gorelick Hall. Refreshments will follow the program and the entire commu nity is invited to attend. Holocaust Exhibit The Holocaust Exhibit will open that evening in the Speiz man Galleries. From 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. there will be a private showing for media peo ple, teachers and special guests. The exhibit will be available for viewing April 7 until May 12. Schools and churches are encouraged to visit and may call 366-5007 to make arrangements for their classes and groups. A copy of the N.C. Council’s latest output will be given to each teacher for use in class. It is important that we all know about the Holocaust...and to remember that it must never occur again! **From Emptiness** Until May 3, The Jewish Community Center of Charlotte and The Light Factory Photo graphic Arts Center are cospon soring From Emptiness: Sinai, HaNegev, Midbar Yehuda, pho tographs by Stuart Klipper. Soviet Jews in Charlotte to Double They are being shown at The Jewish Community Center of Charlotte and at The Light Factory Photographic Arts Cen ter. The opening reception for the exhibit will be on Sunday, April 7 at the JCC 1-3 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. at The Light Factory Photographic Arts Center, the Park Elevator Building, South Boulevard and Arlington. For Klipper, these black and white and color photographs of Israel are voyages of discovery and reclamation. It is from emptiness that we thrive, from that no-place that we find a place in which we might dwell. In the tradition of Christian painting, a vertical picture is likely to be populated by angels to the like, filling the sky with perhaps even an ascension. But here the sky is empty of such figures. What is crucial is the Genesis-defined difference of Earth and Heavens, pushing up and wafting above each other. cont'd from page 1 food, automobiles and even cable television service.” Of the 31 Soviets who settled here in 1990,29 were “free cases” or had no relatives living in America. In 1991, five of the families will be joining other family members who have al ready resettled here and the other four will be “free cases.” Two of those families will be from Tashkent in the eastern portion of the- Soviet Union, offering a distinctive cultural flavor not seen before in previ ous families. The Coalition provided finan cial support to the families for up to four months. Emigres attended classes to learn English and about American and Jewish customs and holidays. They received free doctor and dental care (most of which was donated by physicians in the Jewish community) and assistance in finding jobs and getting social security cards and drivers’ li censes. Penny Eisenberg, resettlement volunteer coordinator, said a pool of more than 250 volunteers was assembled to help drive emigres to classes, doctor’s appointments, job interviews and the like; act as host families; move furniture; set up apart ments; tutor in English, job interviewing techniques and other skills; and more. The resettled families live in apartments and have Jewish host families to help in the assimilation process. Since they arrived early this past summer, all of the adults have learned English and earned their driver’s licenses. The children are adjust ing nicely to classes in local schools, with those in the Char- lotte-Mecklenburg system at tending English-As-A-Second Language (ESL) sites. All but one of the adults — a 64-year-old woman — have found jobs. The Soviets are employed in a wide range of fields, including electronics, auto service, health care, educa tion, day care, food service and music. Charlotte’s Jewish communi ty originally agreed to settle the Soviet Jews during 1990 and to continue the absorption process over the next several years. Original estimates called for the local community to raise ap proximately $1 million as part of Operation Exodus, $340,000 for local resettlement and $660,000 to assist the effort in Israel. To date, the local com munity has raised more than $1 million. However, the tremen dous number of Soviet Jews who have requested to emigrate far exceeded what was originally expected and officials believe that more money will need to be raised. Israel budgeted $3 billion for the absorption process, while the rest of the world has committed to raise another $600 million. The U.S. portion of that total is $420 million. Given the dra matic rise in the numbers of Soviet Jews seeking to emigrate, those figures are expected to fall short of the amount needed for resettlement. The Charlotte Jewish organ izations that have been involved in the resettlement effort include Jewish Family Services, the Charlotte Jewish Federation, Jewish Community Center, Temple Beth El V’Shalom, Tem ple Israel, Lubavitch, Charlotte Jewish Preschool, HaLailah Chapter B’nai B’rith Women, Charlotte Chapter B’nai B’rith Women, Hadassah, B’nai B’rith Men and BBYO. All of the groups provided either free membership or tuition or volun teers to help. Non-Jewish agen cies involved include Interna tional House, Presbyterian Hos pital, Mercy Hospital, Employ ment Security Commission, the Department of Social Services and the Health Department. 366-5007 CARMH. ONPBO/IDENCE One-half mile from the Jewish Community Center is a beautiful cluster of apartment homes that many Jewish families call home. Nestled in a beautifully landscaped setting, you will find these touches of grace: vaulted ceilings, French doors, large windows, kitchen pantries, screened balconies, private walled courtyards, patios and much more... YOU HAVE AN OPEN INVTTATION TO MSTT OW? COMMUNnY. Corner of Fairview and Providence Road* 366-9086 Sponsored by The National Conference of Christians and Jews Mecklenburg Ministries The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Office of Continuing Education and Extension, UNC-Charlotte The Charlotte Jewish Federation and International House Understanding the Middle East From the Islamic Perspective April 9 Main Library, 310 N. Tryon St. Noon-2 p.m. Bring your own lunch, beverage provided Discovering Our Common Beliefs and Living Together in Peace Does religion bring us together or divide us? April 23 International House 322 Hawthorne Lane A Christian-Jewish-Muslim Trialogue with Dr. Eugene Owens, Rabbi Bob Seigel and Iman Khalil Adbar 7-9 p.m. CHARLOTTE’S Art Different > Strokes \ rwo-man exhibition featuring different media: Paintings on Canvas Oil Pastels Works on Handmade Pap>er Metal Relief by STEPHEN BAYLESS and ANN DERGARA ARTEFINO 119 East Seventh Street, Charlotte, NC 704-372-3903
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