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A brief history of tlie
State of Israel
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The flwt aliyah toought about 25J(XX> isunigrants
to Isf^l Eastem EkifGf!e« Russia, Ronuoiia
and Yemen.
Publieation of Old/New Land, containing
Theodwe HerzU’s vision of the ftttmre Jewish
State. M)iic reaction prompted Herzl to convene
the First 2^onist Congress.
The First Zionist Congress was convened in Basel
and the WZO was crewed with Herzl as president.
The Basel Program was endorsed as the official
Zionist platform, defining the goal of Zionism as
the establishment of a national homeland for the
Jewish people in Eretz Israel, secured by public
law.
Keren Kayement Lelsrael (JNF) was founded, ite
main aim being the purchase of land for Jewish
settlement in Eretz Israel After the creation (if the
State of Israel,. INF was tbs main behimi
refon^tattoa ai)4 develO|^i9l:j^^
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otf^ijeMaBtern bank of the Jocdan Riv^.
Yehuda, known f» rewer of
language, published first major
Hebrew £Hctionary« In his efforts make Hebrew
the di^ spoken language in Eretz IsVael, he set up
the Heb^w Language AcadepQT,
The l^hnion, the Arst institute of technology in
Eretz Israel, was established wi& cla^s
conduct(^ entirely in Hebrew.
The Balfour Declaration was issued in tfie fmm of
a leuer from the British fcnreign secr^ary to Lcsrd
Lionel Rothschild, It ex{»es^ st^jport for the
“establishment in Palestine of a national home for
the Jewish people.”
The third aliyah brought around 35,000
immigrants to Israel, mainly fiom Russia and
Romania. It included Jews who had been stranded
overseas by the First World War.
Creation of the Histadrut, Israel’s trade union
movement, for the purpose of “arranging all the
communal economic and cultural affairs of the
working class” and the “building of a labor society
in Eretz Israel.”
The Principal Allied Powers decided to award the
Mandate of Eretz Israel to Great Britain, with
responsibility for maintaining a normal life for the
Jewish and Arab inhabitants.
Founding of the Hagana, an underground militai7
organization active in national defense, settlement,
clandestine immigration and the struggle against
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Inside this Issue...
The Charlotte
JE>VISH
Vol. 19 No. 9
Elul- Tishrei 5757-58
October, 1997
Foundation for the Charlotte
Jewish Community formed to
enhance communal fund raising
By Susan Kramer
Acceding to Don Bernstein,
chairman of the newly formed
Foundation for the Charlotte
Jewish Community, there are
many things that make the
Charlotte Jewish community
unique. He notes that it is a
community whose impact far
outreaches its numbers and whose
dedication and devotion to Jewish
causes are well-known and
respected throughout the state and
nation. Perhaps nothing defines
the Jews of Charlotte so well as
the spirit of cooperation that knits
the diverse community together
and has produced some amazing
accomplishments in the last 25
years. One need look no further
than the Shalom Park campus to
see what this spirit of
cohesiveness can create. This 52
acre campus is a model
environment of Jewish communal
life, embracing as it does
synagogues, schools, recreational
and social facilities. Shalom Park
draws pecvde from all over the
country who come to learn the
secrets of its successes and take
them back to their own
ccmimunities. And now, Bernstein
announces with pride, there is
another model of Jewish
communal effort of which we can
boast—one that, as much as the
bricks and mortar of Shalom Park,
will bring us together and ensure
the future success of our
community.
The phenomenal growth of the
Charlotte Jewish community has
been a mixed blessing of sorts.
The influx of new people
and ideas has certainly
enhanced what our
community can offer. But
the burgeoning growth
has also strained our
resources almost to the
breaking point. It is time,
according to Bernstein,
to put into place a
mechanism that will
allow the community to
support this growth and
ease the fmancial strain
that all of the
organizations are feeling
as we enter the 21st
century. To that end,
Bernstein and a
committee of thirteen
community leaders have
been working for the last
several months to
develop just such a
vehicle. Soon, each member of
the community will be receiving a
booklet describing the newly
established Foundation for the
Charlotte Jewish Community, an
independent, non-profit,
charitable organization dedicated
to furthering the quality of Jewish
religion, life and culture in the
greater Charlotte area. Affiliated
as a supporting oiganizadon with
the Foundation for the Carolinas,
the Foundation for the Charlotte
Jewish Community will serve as
an umbrella organization for
charitable giving for six entities:
The Foundation of Shalom Park,
Inc, Hebrew Cemetery
Association, Jewish Community
Don Bernstein, Chairman of the Foundation
for the Charlotte Jewish Community.
Center, Jewish Federation of
Greater Charlotte, Temple Beth El
and Temple Israel. Bernstein
notes that additional institutions
in the community are also
welcome to participate in the
fund.
The elected Board of the
Foundation for the Charlotte
Jewish Community, which
includes Donald Bernstein, Chair,
Robert Abel, Mark Bernstein,
Herman Blumenthal, Marvin
Goldberg, Meg Goldstein, Harry
Lemer, Leon Levine, Abraham
Luski, Richard Osborne, Joel
Ostrow, Marc Silverman, Robert
Speizman, and William Spencer,
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New Women’s Division Cabinet Formed
Ruth Goldberg
There will
be a new look
to Women’s
Division for
1998. Under
the direction
of Ruth
Goldberg as
Women’s
Division
President and
Stacy Gorelick and Meg
Goldsteii* as the ‘98 Women’s
Campaign Chairs, a new cabinet
has been formed to include
campaign, newcomer outreach,
women’s programming and social
events.
There are now 33 women on
the ‘‘JS cabinet. “Our goal was to
broaden the base of involvement,”
Stacy Gorelick
said Ms.
Goldstein.
“We wanted to
include more
women in the
process and
make
women’s
division into a
year-long
activity.”
Towards that end, the newly
formed cabinet encompasses
several new and revitalized
program areas including: “The
Main Event,” an evening with
Shoshana Cardin, chaired by Jill
Newman and Dale Polsky, a
reinvigorated Business and
Professional Women’s group
chaired by Roni Fishkin and Gail
Meg Goldstein
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Baron, an
organizational
outreach
effort chaired
by Ginny
Rosenberg
and Donna
Lerner, and an
educational
forum chaired
by Tammy
Menaker and Holly Levinson. A
newly created programming
group :alled “The Jewish
Wom-Network” has been
organized >vhich will meet in the
morning during the week, "niis
group is chaired by Melissa
Raphael and Anne Sinsheimer.
There will be a new emphasis
on reaching out to newcomers
with a revitalized Shalom Y’all
program chairul 'y N.mcy Kipnis
and !en r ■ a newcomer’s
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