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The Charlotte ^JEWISH ^^NEWS
Vol. 15 No. 8
Charlotte, North Carolina
September 1993
Charlotte Athletes Return Victorious
From the 14th Maccabiah Games
Experience of a Lifetime
By Gene Kavadio
From the Charlotte departure
on June 25 to the arrival back
home on July 16, the 14th
Maccabiah Games in Israel were
the experience of a lifetime for
liana Kavadio and for us, her
parents. It was our first trip to
Israel, and it was rewarding both
as Jews and as participants in
the Maccabiah Games.
liana began her adventure at
a pre-camp session, during
which the athletes had an oppor
tunity to tour some of Israel,
and, of course, train for their
competitions. She and the rest
of her swim team were housed
in the Goldar Hotel in Netanya,
a seaside resort town just north
of Tel Aviv. They had oppor
tunities to visit Jerusalem, Mas
ada, the Dead Sea, Caesara and
several other places of interest.
The organizers of the games
wanted the athletes to appreciate
the culture of Israel as well as
compete in the sports.
Opening ceremonies on July
5 at Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel
Aviv were nothing short of
spectacular. The fireworks dis
play was the most dramatic we
had ever seen, more than making
up for missing our own July 4
fireworks at home. The stadium
security was very tight, as it was
wherever we went in Israel.
Soldiers carrying automatic
weapons were in plain view
everywhere.
At age 14, liana was the
youngest member of the open
swim team. Despite her youth,
she faired very well, bringing
home three medals: two silver
medals in the 50 meter and 100
meter free style events, with the
respective time of 27.93 and
1:00.54. She also swam on the
4 by 100 free relay team, which
won the gold medal and set a
new Maccabiah record. Addi
tionally, she had an opportunity
to form lasting friendships with
Jewish athletes from all over the
world.
Closing ceremonies took place
on July 15 at Sultan’s Pool in
Jerusalem, adjacent to the old
city of Jerusalem. Mixed emo
tions were the order of the
evening, as athletes made their
farewells and prepared for the
trip home. Teddy Kolleck and
Yitzchak Rabin made speeches
to the athletes, stirring music
accompanied singers and
dancers, and, once again, dra
matic fireworks filled the night
time sky. The 14th Maccabiah
games were officially over, but
the memories remain. liana is
now looking forward to the 15th
Maccabiah in four years.
liana's competitive swim ca
reer began on the ‘J’ swim team.
Hard work and dedication
enabled her to compete in the
Maccabiah games in Israel an
liana Kavadio
Reid Lerner
opportunity that is open to all
Jewish athletes who dedicate
themselves to their sport. Other
Charlotte athletes who won
medals in the games were golfer
Arthur Lavitt, and tennis players
Reid Lerner and Stacey
Schefflln.
Maccabiah alumnus Stacey
Schefflin brought home two
medals—a gold and a bronze—
to add to the two bronze she
earned at the last Maccabiah
Games in 1989. Schefflin and her
partner Heidi Djanogly out
played a pair from Israel for the
top honors and together with
Michael Zimmerman took the
bronze in mixed doubles.
Arthur Lavitt won a gold
medal as a member of the vic
torious U.S. men’s golf team.
Reid Lerner, 16, a rising
junior at Charlotte Latin, won
the consolation round in the
Junior tennis competition.
Many thanks to Harry
Swimmer, who is very active in
the U.S. Committee/Sports for
Israel, and personally sponsored
liana’s participation.
In the News
Calendar
9
Federation
5
Classifieds
23
JCC
16-18
Community News
8-10
Lubavitch
14-15
Ed-Op
2-3
Teen Page
19
En^Marriages .
22-23
This ’n That
11
Family Services .
6
World Beat
4
CAMPAIGN
— pages 12*13
JCC Camp — “A Pictorial Review” — page 20
SPECIAL
SUPPLEMENT
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Entertainment
“CJN’’ Honored by CJF in
Public Relations Competition
A Participant’s View
By Reid Lerner
I feel very fortunate to have
been chosen as one of six junior
tennis players from the United
States to participate in the 14th
Maccabiah Games. The Games
began on July 5 with an extrav
agant opening that left all of us
participants awestruck. After a
roaring salute by some low flying
Kafir jet fighters from the Israeli
Air Force, the U.S. athletes
marched into the stadium to
what seemed like a standing
ovation from the nearly 45,000
people. The President of Israel
had some brief remarks, but it
was the performers on the field,
who entertained us for over an
hour with singing and dancing,
who gained our attention. To
officially open the games, the
torch was lit by Israel’s first
Olympic Medalist, and that was
followed by an unparalleled
display of fireworks.
All of the tennis matches were
at the Ramat Hasharon Israeli
Tennis Center, I lost only one
of my seven singles matches,
which put me in the consolation
draw that I ultimately won. My
mixed doubles partner, Jamie
Tannenbaum, and I won three
out of four matches to finish
third among the juniors.
While winning was uppermost
in my mind, it was important to
me to try to meet as many athletes
from other countries as I could.
Since all of the junior members
at the Maccabiah were housed
at Wingate Institute and College
for Athletics and Sports, it was
easy for the teams from the many
participating countries to social
ize and get to know one another.
I was lucky to have had an old
er sister tell me about her unfor
gettable experiences at the 13th
Maccabiah, so I knew that I was
going to make a real effort to be
there for the 14th. Hopefully, I can
once again earn a spot on the 15th
Maccabiah team. I would encour
age anyone who has an interest
in competing against some of the
finest Jewish athletes to try out
for the next Maccabiah.
The Charlotte Jewish News
was recognized in the 1993
Council of Jewish Federations
Public Relations Awards com
petition with a bronze award in
the category of “best newspaper
with ads.” Presentation will be
at the 62nd General Assembly
of the CJF, Nov. 16-21 in Mont
real, Quebec, Canada. All
award-winning materials will be
on display at the Assembly.
Congratulations go to all the
other winners in this category:
Clifton-Passaic, NJ, North Jer
sey, Ottawa which won the gold;
Chicago, Richmond, Seattle,
silver; Austin, Nashville & Mid
dle Tennessee, Palm Springs,
Stamford, Tidewater (Va),
bronze; Kansas City, Las Vegas,
Louisville, Madison, Reading,
Sacramento, Sarasota-Manatee,
honorable mention.
Judging is done by a panel of
experts in the field of journalism
and only one edition of the paper
printed in the past year may be
submitted. The winning entry
was the March 1993 edition.
This is the 10th CJF Award that
the paper has received in 14
years.
The CJN was critiqued as
having the following “strengths:”
Good photos and layout. Type
is clean with solid ink cover.
Paper is very interesting, invit
ing. Strong local interest to wide
variety of ages, interests.
Prager is Scholar-in-Residence
For “Book & Author” Weekend
By Stacy Miller Gorelick
The Gorelick Family Founda
tions, the Charlotte Chapter of
Hadassah, the Jewish Federa
tion of Greater Charlotte, and
the Speizman Jewish Library are
pleased to announce a Scholar-
in-Residence Weekend with
tennis Prager. Mark your ca
lendars for Nov. 5-7 when Mr.
Prager will be addressing several
groups in the Jewish community
and will be guest speaker at the
annual Book & Author evening.
Mr. Prager is a writer, lecturer
and talk radio host in Los
Angeles. He has been called
“probably the most perceptive
Jewish thinker in America to
day” by the Boston Herald.
While frequently choosing such
topics as religion, international
relations and morality to discuss
on his show, his range of spe
cialties also include music, hu
man relations, child rearing and
sex differences. In addition to
writing and publishing a quar
terly journal “Ultimate Issues,”
he has written two books with
friend and colleague Rabbi
Joseph Telushkin: The Nine
Questions People Ask about
Judaism and Why the Jews? The
Reasons for Antisemitism. He is
completing a third book. Hap
piness is a Serious Problem.
B’nai B’rith has called him
“the most eloquent speaker of
this generation.” In addition to
delivering a logical and easily
followed case for his ideas, his
lecture style is genuinely enter
taining. He has lectured widely
throughout the U.S., Canada,
Israel, England, /Australia and
Korea. In 1990, he gave a series
of lectures in Russian in Mos
cow. To quote the Los Angeles
Times, he lectures “to get people
obsessed with what's right and
wrong.”
Mr, Prager will offer a full
weekend of programs covering
a wide range of topics. On
Friday evening, Nov. 5, he will
speak at Temple Israel. His topic
Dennis Prager
will be “Goodness and God's
Existence.” He will speak again
at Temple Israel on Saturday
See PRAGER page 8
Kronovet Joins
Federation Staff
Daniel
Lepow, exec
utive director
of the Feder
ation, is hap
py to an
nounce the
addition of
Alan Kron
ovet to his
staff. Alan
has accepted the position of
Interim Campaign Associate for
the Jewish Federation of Greater
Charlotte. A long time cam paign
volunteer, Alan has agreed to
help in a professional capacity,
lending his in-depth knowledge
of the community and years of
campaign experience. For the
next year, Alan’s responsibilities
will be to plan, coordinate and
implement the ^4 Federation
Annual Campaign.
The 1993 Campaign ended at
a record high topping SI.4
million. With the Major Gift
Division leading the way, the
campaign moved forward. How
ever, there is still n: jch potential
that ALn hopes to reach.
Kronovet