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The Charlotte ‘UEWISH ^^NEWS
Vol. 14 No. 10
Charlotte, North Carolina
November 1992
Jewish Continuity
Around the World -
— Around the Corner and
Federation Campaign ’93
Don Bernstein ’93 Campaign
chairman, announced that the
’93 Campaign will officially kick
off on November 22 with a
special event for Campaign
workers. Focusing on the need
to increase the number of people
willing to reach out to ask others
to make a commitment, it is
hoped that all who want to help
will attend an enjoyable evening.
Specifics are now being finalized
and details will be announced.
The annual Leadership Circle
event is scheduled for December
8 at the home of Sandra and
Leon Levine. In addition to the
Major Gifts Event, this year’s
campaign will introduce two
other minimum gift events,
Kristin and David Swimmer
have agreed to chair a $3,000
minimum gift affair along with
Cary Bernstein and Alan Kron-
ovet who will be heading an
event for those who give at least
$1,000.
Rich Osborne, Campaign vice
chairman, expressed optimism
about the upcoming campaign.
Especially positive are the com
munity leaders who have agreed
to take leadership positions in
the ’93 Campaign, Among oth
ers included are Emily Zimmern,
Harry Lerner, Paul Edelstein,
Bill Gorelick, Alan Oxman,
Mark Lerner, Jack Levinson,
along with Gene and Amy Marx
who will be chairing Super
Sunday.
The Campaign Calendar an
nounced at the last Cabinet
meeting aims to complete
worker training by early Decem
ber so that worker assignments
can be made as soon as possible.
Operation Exodus To Continue
The Jewish Federation lead
ership has announced the con
tinuation of Operation Exodus.
The original Exodus campaign,
raising $1 million payable over
three years, was considered a
huge success. The community
focused on the need to rescue
Soviet Jews and responded as
well as anyone could hope.
Almost 400,000 new Olim have
arrived in Israel within the past
few years and their numbers
continue to grow.
While the world watched the
Soviet Union crumble, the con
dition of the Jewish community
inside Russia and the many new
Republics worsened. The rise of
nationalism has created tensions
for the Jewish communities and
the lack of a strong central
power has allowed the anti-
Semitic organizations such as
Pamyat to flourish. Reports
reaching the west are not good
and many of those from the
former Soviet Union who have
settled here in Charlotte are
expressing their concerns based
on letters and phone calls from
relatives.
Although the TV cameras no
longer show the planeloads
arriving every night at Ben
Gurion Airport in Israel, the
situation is no less serious. The
flow continues although at a
slower pace. Much of the reason
is that Israel is having difficulty
absorbing the initial flood of
refugees. The money raised for
Operation Exodus I was for an
absorption of only 210,000. The
economy of Israel has not been
See OPERATION page 15
The $3,000 event is planned for
January as is the Women’s
Division Pacesetter event. The
$1,000 function along with
Women’s Division $365 event
are tentatively planned for early
February. Super Sunday is now
scheduled for February 28.
“Jewish Continuity” is more
than just a nice phrase. The
importance for a community to
be able to provide its agencies
with the resources to continue
to meet Jewish needs is essential.
Assistance to those who teach
our children, provide youth
programming to help give them
the Jewish values they will carry
forever, and resources to those
who help families in crisis are
all key elements to a healthy
future. Funds for these reasons
as well as enabling Israel to meet
its social and educational re
quirements for its future all
come from the annual campaign.
Major Gift Event
Marvin Lender will be the
guest speaker at the Annual
Federation Leadership Circle
event, scheduled for Tuesday,
December 8 at the home of
Sandra and Leon Levine.
The former president of
Lender’s Bagels, he currently
serves as President of the United
Jewish Appeal having complet
ed a successful term as National
Campaign Chairman. During
his tenure, UJA has set new
records in raising over $1.5
billion for the Annual Cam
paigns and Operations Exodus.
Marvin has also served as
UJA National Chairman for
Major Gifts, The Passage to
Freedom special campaign for
Soviet Jewry, and Operation
Exodus. The current success of
Soviet Jewry’s settlement in
Israel in freedom and dignity is
due to his extraordinary efforts
on their behalf.
Don Bernstein, Campaign
Marvin Lender
photo/Btchrach
chairman, expressed his grati
tude that the UJA President had.
agreed to be our guest at this
important affair. With the needs
of the Continuing Exodus Cam
paign high on the Jewish agenda
and the importance of the An
nual Federation Campaign,
there is no better person to
articulate the “Case for Giving.”
Future Leaders Program Helps Community’s Future
The Future Leader’s orienta
tion will take place on Saturday,
November 21 at 7:30 p.m. This
exciting kick-off event will mark
the beginning of what promises
to be an active “hands-on” and
educational program geared
towards the development of
future leadership in the Char
lotte Jewish community. The
orientation will allow partici
pants to meet with their peers
and learn more about the pro
gram. The 18-month program
requires a commitment of atten
dance at monthly sessions, vo
lunteering on committees of
agencies, participation in Super
Sunday and opportunities for
involvement at the national level
on a UJA Mission to Washing
ton, DC or a UJA Mission to
Israel.
The fourth Leadership Pro
gram, “Young Leaders,” will
draw from the strengths of past
programs and develop new con
cepts and ideas, for the future.
Paul Hirschmann, Future Lead
er’s chair, promises to reach out
to as many young members and
give them an opportunity to get
involved. With the help of Lead
ership Planning Committee
members, Dan Dubin, Gary
See FUTURE page 8
Temple Beth El To Host
Annual Thanksgiving
Interfaith Service
Rabbi Krantzler
photo/Roger Meyers
Temple Beth El will host
the annual Interfaith Service
sponsored by the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews, Wednesday evening,
November 25 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Blumenthal Sanctuary.
The entire service will be
dedicated to Dr. Harold
Krantzler, Rabbi Emeritus,
deceased, of Temple Beth El,
who more than 15 years ago
helped to organize this yearly
service. At the time, the idea
of an interfaith service was
innovative and unique. The
religious groups who partic
ipated in the beginning ser
vices were Methodists, Pres
byterians, Baptists, Cathol
ics, Quakers, Unitarians, Ba
ha’i and Jews. It has in recent
years expanded to include
members of the Hindu, Budd
hist, Muslim and Nati^
American faiths. The AmE
Zion Men’s Choir will pro
vide the liturgical music ac
companiment.
Sidney Freeman, Minister,
retired of the Unitarian
Church of Charlotte, will
deliver the keynote address.
He will speak about how the
service began, how far weVe
come and his vision of the
future.
The service is warm and
spiritually rewarding. The
fellowship of those present
leaves one with feelings of
exhilaration as well as peace
and contentment. We urge
you to attend.
Jewish Book Month: Stephen Birmingham to Speak at Book and Author Event
The Sixth Annual Book and
Author Evening will take place
Sunday, December 6 at 7:30
p.m. in Gorelick Hall at Shalom
Park. The event is cosponsored
by the Jewish Community Cen
ter, the Charlotte Chapter of
Hadassah and the Speizman
Jewish Library.
This year’s speaker is author
and lecturer Stephen Birming
ham, the first author to have two
books on The New York Times
best seller list simultaneously.
Mr. Birmingham has written
twenty-five books and will dis
cuss several of them. In the
Jewish community, he is most
noted for a trilogy: Our Crowd
focuses on the social history of
American Jews and was on The
New York Times best seller list
for 52 weeks; The Grandees
examines the American Sephar-
dic community; and The Rest of
Us depicts the rise of American
Jews from Eastern Europe. Mr.
Birmingham will also discuss his
most recent novel, The Rothman
Scandal.
Mr. Birmingham’s books in
clude both fiction and non
fiction. He has lectured widely
throughout the United States,
Britain, Israel and South Africa.
It is interesting to note that Mr.
Birmingham, a non-Jew, has
written several books on Amer
ican Jewry. We invite you to
come and find out why.
Tickets for the lecture will be
available for $5 at the door;
seniors and students, $3. For
those who wish to purchase The
Rothman Scandal at a discount
ed rate, please call Helen Fried
man at 375-5877 for details. Mr.
Birmingham will be available to
autograph copies after his pre
sentation.
Hadassah; the Jewish Com
munity Center and the Speiz
man Jewish Library are seek
ing patrons to underwrite this
event. Grand Patrons are
$250, Sustaining Patrons are
$100, and Benefactors are $36.
There will be a reception imme
diately following the pro
gram for all Patrons and Bene
factors.
Chairpersons of the event are
Amalia Warshenbrot, librarian
for the Speizman Jewish Li
brary; Stacy L. Miller, Hadassah
representative; and Debby Ro-
senberger, JCC Director of
Adult Services.
Stephen Birmingham
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