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’94 Campaign Pages 14-15 5007 Providencc Rd. Charlotte, NC 28226 Address Correction Requested Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Charlotte, NC Permit No. 1208 The Charlotte ^JEWISH 'NEWS Vol. 16 No. 5 Charlotte, North Carolina May 1994 Harvey Cohen Named As New “CJN” Editor Temple Israel Presents Cantorial Concert By Rita Mend The next issue of The Char lotte Jewish News will be pro duced under the editorship of Harvey Cohen. Harvey, origi nally from Milwaukee, Wiscon sin, has been living in Charlotte for the past twelve years. He has spent his entire career in one aspect or another of commun ications beginning with his work as copywriter with an advertis ing agency in Milwaukee. Dur ing the two years he lived in Miami, Florida, he worked as a freelance writer and in television production. In Birmingham, Alabama, his first job was as education direc tor for a school of 200 students who had all dropped out of high school. They had to be prepared to successfully complete the GED exam. When federal fund ing ceased, Harvey then returned to the communication field working as communications director for the Birmingham United Way where he remained for six years. He then moved to Charlotte where he became the first professional communica tions person for the Charlotte United Way. Harvey has a B.A, in English from Florida International Uni versity and an M.Ed. in Adult Education from N.C. State University. He has lectured about public relations at the U. of Alabama-Birmingham and UNCC as well as for United Way Harvey Cohen of America in the southeast. He served as a public relations volunteer for Jewish Family Services from 1991 to 1994. Currently, he is a member of the Charlotte Public Relations So ciety of which he was a former board member; former member of the Public Relations Society of America; International Tele vision Association; Light Facto ry (board member); and Inter national Association of Business Communicators. His wife, Yolanda, who has a Master of Science in Nursing degree and is employed by Carolina Medical Center in the Oncology/Gyn Dept,, and he are the parents of two daughters and a son who have each blessed them with two grandchildren. We welcome Harvey to yet another position in the field of communications and look for ward to his association with the paper for many years to come. Israeli Withdrawal Begins; Palestinians Ready to Move In JERUSALEM (JTA) — Though negotiations continue over the details, the experiment in Palestinian autonomy is get ting under way. And a 27-year chapter in Israeli history is coming to a close. Israeli troops are pulling out of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho. And Palestinians are heading in. The Israel Defense Force’s transport corps has been truck ing out trailers housing IDF district headquarters, the barbed wire that marked the bases and even the potted plants. In a deeply symbolic gesture in April, Israel permitted the return to the territories of some 50 Palestinian deportees and fugitives. Jails and the intifada detai nees they hold have been relo cated, as well. Some of the equipment, and most of the prisoners, have been moved to inside the “Green Line” marking the pre-1967 border; the rest has bwn rede ployed in Gush Katif, a settle ment bloc at the south of the Gaza Strip, which will remain for now under Israeli control. Outside Jericho, soldiers are pitching their tents within sight of what will be, within a short time, an autonomous Palestini an enclave. Israeli soldiers in Gaza seemed close to unanimity in their relief at departing a posting that for many has meant humiliation and frustration rather than military glory and heroism. The Israelis and Palestinians have agreed on all the details for the deployment of a 9,000- member Palestinian police force. They said that 6,000 Palestinian police would start work imme diately after the Cairo negotia tions ended and Israel completed its troop withdrawal from Gaza and Jericho. Another 1,000 police would assume duties soon afterward, and an additional 2.000 police would be recruited at a later date from the popu lation of Gaza and Jericho. The two parties also agreed on the terms of release for some 5.000 Palestinians currently held in Israeli jails, but they disagreed whether members of the Islamic fundamentalists Hamas move ment would be among those released. Temple Israel proudly pres ents a Cantorial Concert on Sunday evening. May 22 at 8 p.m. Noted Cantor Louis Danto will be featured, accompanied by pianist Natalya Tyomkina. Cantor Danto’s uncommon vocal talents were already rec ognized while still a student in Rome by Gigly and Schipa, who heralded him as a major discov ery in the tradition of the great bel canto tenors. Born in Suwalki, Poland, to Russian-Jewish parents, he stud ied voice and cello in the con servatory of Minsk and later of Lodz. While still a child, he won first prize in the All-Russia voice competition. Louis Danto soon became internationally recog nized for the rare beauty and purity of his voice, for the mastery, power and control, and for his breathtaking emotional expressivity. In America, Danto studied Hazzanut with Leo Lowe and Herman Zalis. He expanded his knowledge of Jewish sources at the Yeshiva of Mirr, where he studied from 1950-54. Critics and audiences find him equally impressive in the Italian, Russian and French opera rep ertoire, as well as in the Yiddish and cantorial music for which he is one of the world’s all time Cantor Danto leading exponents. Danto con- certizes extensively throughout North America, Europe and Israel, and has recorded 18 highly acclaimed solo albums for RCA, DaCamera, Musical Her itage Society and Cadenza. He was the featured performer in a recent gala Thanksgiving service held at the Maple Leaf Garden in Toronto, Canada. Among the 16,000 enthusiastic audience were Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Both congratulat ed and thanked him personally. Numerous leading contempo- Harry Lerner Installed as JFGC President at Annual Meeting Harry Lemer (L), incoming JFGC president, thanks Shelton Gorelick for serving as Federation president for the past two years. ■I- rary composers have written for and dedicated their works to Louis Danto. In addition, he is a researcher and a champion of rare and unusual repertoire: During his 1989 East-European tour, he discovered the manu scripts of many songs from the long lost original classic Jewish theater and operetta,; several of which are presented for the first time on record on his recent release. Currently Louis Danto is the Hazzan of Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue in Toronto. He is a distinguished member of The Cantors Assembly of Amer ica. Natalya Tyomkina Ms. Tyomkina was born in Minsk, Byelorussia into a family of musicians. Her mother was an opera singer and her father played first oboe in the Minsk Philharmonic Orchestra. She began her piano studies at the age of 6 and at 9, she gave her first piano recital at the Philhar monic Concert Hall. She made her debut there at the age of 12. She has been declared one of tl*, greatest interpreters of Chopin’s music. From 1975 until 1989, she was Professor of Piano at the University and State Conserva tory of Minsk. Since arriving in Canada in 1989, she has ap peared in the recently opened performance hall of the Cana dian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto. Many of her concerts have been recorded and broad casted on radio and television. • Tickets for the concert are available at Temple Israel at $15 each. ^ 1-11--- - ^ in the News CAJE 20 Candlelighting 26 Classifieds 24 Community News 6-7 Dining Out/Ent 21-23 Eng./Marriage 24 Family Services 5 Federation 12-15 JCC 8-10 Lubavitch 19 Op-Ed 2-3 Recipes 27 Teen Page 11 This "n That 25 Travel 16-18 Norman Levin (L), representing Temple Beth El, extends apprecia tion to Sbelton Gorelick, as many other mstitutional reprcMntatives. Dan Lepow (L) recogniiing Rita Mond, retiring editor of the CJN, for her many years of service to the community. Special Features Cud Alpcrt^ Isra^ Tnivet: 16-17
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