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JEWISH
Vol. 20 No. 3
Adar - Nissan, 5758
March, 1998
Community Campaign
continues towards goal of
$1.7 million
Don Bernstein, co-chair of
the Jewish Federation’s annual
community campaign announced
the campaign total at
$1,240,000, 73% of the goal of
$1.7 million. “We are really
excited at the results and feel
confident we will reach our goal
by the end of March. Our
donors have been very generous
this year. They recognize there
are many needs, here and
abroad, and they want to do
their part.”
The recently held Kid’s in
Vogue Fashion Show, “was a
great success,” stated Jill
Newman, the campaign co
chair. “We received more than
30 new women’s gifts, and we
look forward to more involve
ment and activity with the
women of our community.”
Tracy Brown chaired the fash
ion show that more than 150
women attended. Sixty children
acted as “kids in vogue”... and
stole the show.
Super Sunday will be held on
March IS, and will be the con
cluding fundraising activity for
this year’s campaign. O
Jewish Community Center of
Charlotte and UNCC to
sponsor 1998 Alice Tate
Lectures
You are cordially invited to
attend the 1998 Alice Tate
Lectures. This is an annual event
co-sponsored by The Jewish
Conununity Center of Charlotte
and UNCC. Last year’s series with
speaker David Biel, was very well
attended and this year’s speaker
promises to be as interesting.
The 1998 Alice Tate lecturer
will be Professor Michael Berger.
Professor Berger is currently
Professor of Religious Authority
and Ethics in Judaism at Emory
University in Atlanta, Georgia. He
received his undergraduate degree
Cum Laude with Honors from
Princeton University, and his mas
ters and Doctorate from Colombia
University in New York. All of his
degrees are in Judaic Studies.
Prior to taking his position at
Emory, he taught at Columbia
University and the Union
Theological Seminary. In addition
to several publications on
medieval and modem Judaism, he
is the author of a volume entitled
Rabbink Authority, fcHthcoming
fixMn Oxfrad University Press. In
addition Professor Berger has
been an active teacher of adult
education in the Atlanta Jewish
Community.
Alice Lindsay Tate was bom in
Charlotte, North Carolina. She
came from a prominent textile
family. Alice Tate instituted sever
al trust funds in support of UNCC.
In 1968, she established the John
Austin Tate-Lindsay Tate Culberton
1998 Alice Ikte
Lectures
Speaker:
Professor Michael Berger
Sunday, March 29, 1998
7:00 PM CJorelick Hall •
Topic: “Who is a Jew and
Israel Today”
Monday, March 30, 1998
3:00 PM
UNCC, Fietwell 113
Topic: “The State of Israel
and Jewish Messiah
Admission is firee and open
to the public.
scholarships for African American
students. In 1969, she endowed
the Frank Porter Graham
Professorship in Black Studies. In
50th Anniversary
Commemoration
Lecture Series Features
Dr. Kenneth Stein
“Israel’s Quest for Acceptance”
will be the topic for the third part
of the Jewish Community
Relation’s Committee’s three part
lecture series commemorating
Israel’s 50th Birthday.
The lecture, featuring Dr.
Kenneth Stein, Professor of
Middle Eastern History and
Political Science at Emory
University will be held on Sunday,
March 8 at 7:30 in Gorelick Hall
at Shalom Park.
Dr. Stein’s presentation will
trace the successes and failures of
Arab-Israeli negotiations from
1967 until ‘98. He will also share
his perspectives on the way in
which the United States has ch(»«-
ographed Arab - Israeli diplomacy.
Dr. Stein is Director of the
Middle East Research Program at
Emory and is also the Middle East
Fellow at the Carter Center. He is
a frequent contributor to the
Charlotte Jewish News, (see arti
cle on page 3.) His academic and
scholarly publications focus on
the social and political composi
tion of the Palestinian community
in the 20th century, contemporary
Arab politics, modem Israel and
the Arab-Israeli peace process.
Since 1982, Professor Stein has
been President Jinmiy Carter’s
advisor on Middle Eastern mat
ters. tfi
The North Carolina -
Israel Partnership:
The ancient meets the modem
through distance learning in
archeology
By Jodi Keyserling
Professor Michael Berger
1972, Alice Tate made a substan
tial endowment to support a
Judaica and Hebraica Library
Fund at UNCC. In the same year
she also established the Judaic
Studies Endowment to support the
Isaac Swift Distinguished
Professorship in Judaic Studies
(whose current holder is Professor
Richard A. Cohen), named after
Rabbi Isaac Swift of Englewood
New Jersey, whom Tate came to
greatly admire. Alice Tate spent
mMt of her life in New Yoilc City.
She died on May 2, 1987, and was
buried in Elmwood Cemetery of
Charlotte. O
Did you ever think that you
would able to sit in a classroom
in North Carolina and see the
wonders of Israel’s archeological
history? New technology and cre
ative ideas are making this con
cept a reality. Tele-Archeology for
the Generations, sponsored by the
North Carolina-Israel Partnership
(NCIP), will use state-of-the-art
communication-technology in
order to introduce North
Carolinians to the archeology of
Israel from Biblical times through
to the Second Temple and
Byzantine Periods. This unique
university-level course will be
taught simultaneously at Duke
University and Bar Dan University
in Israel.
Fot 13 weeks students will have
the opportunity to interactively
“visit” Israel’s archeological sites.
The focus of the course will be on
the Galilee region, an area of the
world that is the cradle of two of
the world’s major religions.
Judaism and Christianity both ‘
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trace its roots to this region of
Israel. At least one third of the lec
tures will focus on ancient tech
nology in relation to discovering
new ways of analyzing contacts
between and among the various
cultures of ancient Palestine.
Additional information will be
taught through two live teleconfer
ences allowing for an interactive
cultural exchange to take place
between students and faculty
across the world. Duke University
professor of Religion Eric Meyers,
a leading scholar in BibUcal arche
ology and the {»incipal instructcH*
for the course, feels that the ‘^le-
archeology program provides a
unique c^)portunity for bringing
together Americans and Israelis
for studying their common past.”
Some interesting challenges
have arisen during the planning
stages of this project regarding the
cultural differences between
Israel's and Americans. Americans
and Israelis start out with differing
levels of knowledge concerning
the subject matter. Due to their
backgrounds, American students
need more time getting acquainted
with the geography of the land of
Israel and its bibUcal-historical
roots. Israelis, on the other hand,
come into the profram with a
more in-depth understanding of
the concepts being researched.
Language was also an addttional
obstacle. American students are
not familiar with the Hebrew Ian-
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