5007 Providence Road Charlotte. NC 28226 Address Correction Requested Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid Charlotte, NC Permit No. 1208 The Charlotte 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 ‘ Inside this issue... 8 15 Voboiteer of the Month page Uada Hindel ¥torksfdr our children Bcwk Review: Striyr hi the Midst Sia/oine Camom Kvitws a book that teUs an ofim dtsturbmg story of OM coiwert'M jottmey 90 hdmm Tlitir target: our dMMren 20 >1 leading autkority on ctHmtering Hebrew-Ckriitian mitsionariis visiss CkarlotU Also inside ... Jewish Family Services .. .page 7 Temple Beth El ...page 8 Temple Israel ...page 9 Lubavitch of North Carolina ... ...page 10 Speizman Library ...page 15 CAJE ...page 16 Jewish Community Center .... ... page 18-19 The Jewish IVavcler ... page 21 Dining Out ... ., ... • page 22-23 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- fContutufd on paf*

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