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Tlie Charlotte Jewish News - August 1998 - Page 2 In My Opinion By Amy Krakavitz Montoni Those of you who were born outside of New York City need no longer worry. I am here to dispel the myths created by native New Yorkers about the greatness and superiority of the big city. On a recent weekend trip to Manhattan, Mr. M. and I were confronted with several examples of New York not living up to its oft-touted reputa tion. Myth No. I: You can get anything anytime in New York. At eleven o’clock on Saturday night, Mr. M. and I entered a mid town Manhattan brew pub called the Commonwealth Brewery (“Let No One Go Thirsty for Lack of a Real Ale”). After being eyed suspiciously by the hostess at the door, we explained that we came in for a beer. We thought that would have been self-evident. Her look of suspicion transformed into one of sympathy. “We just gave last call,” she said. Last call at eleven o’clock on a Saturday night in midtown Manhattan? You can get anything you want except a beer at the Commonwealth Brewery. Needless to say we left thirsty. Myth No. 2: Everything is better in New York. We did fmd an open bar that evening in Times Square. For all of its glitz and noise and incredi ble location, the Hmes Square Brew Pub served some not very tasty hand-crafted beers. Guess what, New York? The locally brewed beer in Charlotte is better than New York, Actually the local ly brewed beer in Vermont was letter than what I got in New York. And speaking of food, Mr. M. and I made the mistake of ordering chili in Manhattan. No, they don’t do that better either. The truth is some things are bet ter in New York. Like delicas- tessens and bakeries. But one thing New Yorkers haven’t got down at all yet is airconditioning. Our hotel lobby was a numbing 42 degrees; it could have kept meat better than my own refrigerator. The hotel elevator, which we had to take up 36 floors, was about 107 degrees. Sometimes it was crowded. ‘Nuff said. Myth No. 3: People move faster in New York. I don’t know where in David Swimmer Craig Kaizman Harry Swimmer Bi^uce Kantor I iir Emi’kiyh Rfnffits 725 Providence Road • Charlottf, NC 28207 704/333-6694 • Fax 704/333-3864 Wats 800/438-4933 The Charlotte Jewish News 5007 Providence Road - Charlotte, NC 28226 Office Hours Monday-Friday, 11:00 • 4:00, through August 7, 1998 Monday-Friday, 9:00 - 2:00, beginning August 15,1998 Phone fvoce men after office hours) Office 366-5007 ext 268 FAX 704 365-4507 A Pi^lication of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte Iklarvin Qoidberg-Executlve Director Amy Krakovitz Montoni-Editor Advertiaing Coordinator: Rita Mond, 366-6632 Advertiaing Saiea Rep: Shari Neman, 841-1674 CJN Executive Board Co-Chairs • Bob Abel - Bob Davis IMenit)ers: Evelyn Berger. Ann l.angman, Linda Levy Tha ON doM not aMums PMporwDHty for ttw quMy or kMfUh o( any product or MTvtefadvMSMd. Pubiihing of ■ p«td fwlWcal advBrtlewnafit do«> not cofi«glut> >n mxiommmU at any ccndUat*. poMcai party or posMon ty m nannpapar, Ow Fadanrtton or any ■mptoyta* - ~ Layout Daaign by Erin H. Bronkar PubHatwd monttily axoapc Juty Copy dtedHna !• tfw 1st of tha morHh praoeihig monCh at Manhattan they move faster than anyplace I’ve ever been in the world. They walk slowly on the streets, particularly on 5th and 7th Avenues where people were posi tively lollygagging. You’d letter not have an appointment up ahead on either of those streets; you’ll never make it. Every line I stood in (“on”) took hours; waiting to be seated at restaurants was excruciatingly long; and once we were seated, I expected the Messiah to come through the door by the time the waitstaff even offered us drinks. So, Charlotte, shake off that inferiority complex that’s been pounded into your head by trans plants from New York. For all that one can do in New York, it isn’t any better than Charlotte, or Houston, or Chicago, or Boston, or Los Angeles. They all have their problems; they all have their advantages. My weekend in Manhattan was flin, but I sure am glad to be home. Many thanks to all of you who have expressed words of encour agement to me in this, my first issue of Charlotte Jewish News. I hope that what you see here meets and exceeds your high expecta tions of me. I have learned so much in just the last few weeks putting this issue together that I feel certain that future editions can only improve. O Point of View Each issue of the CJN features an article written by one of three rabbis active in the Charlotte Community. riits Rabbi Murray Fziini; Tcmpk' Israel Am Echad in Studoni fwi^k When I first moved to Charlotte, 1 snutzed, astounded, fmd extraordinarily impressed by Shalom Psit. to Ibe fSir years that t have lived he^el have received phone calls |i»ii ali over the coun try asking how Charlotte was able toJtoj3d a Jewish location Uke our Shalom Park. Ikmr was it pc^ible for tiMs Bodeiatlcm, the JCC, and both major sym^c^es to form a partnmfaijp M live togetiier at one location. During eveiy phone callilec^let^niehow imiqpie our Charlotte lewishcMmmunify is. in four ye^, I have leamed how true that statemrat is. Shalom Park reinresents the dream of the Jewi^ peofrfe, that we should be am echo4> on^ pec^le who believes in one God. ^balom Park, lite fi» Jewish peo|de,isa w»ck in progress. As mir pe^te and our np- gious obsorvan(»& have evolved and developed oVer the pa^ 3500 years, so Shalooi Park is i^tinuing to evolve and Because we ^tore one can^ius, we wcnrk togjother in niny tiu^ ate unheard of in (Kber conununiUes. itie I do n(K mean to say 4u(t timmie iia polii^ and at Sluilom Puki The beimty is that we wo^ |o ovaxnme the diffii^tiei, Once mom, the Jewish conmiuni^ of Qiadglle, the ^(irfs of ^ l(X and Its paitim ai liie di^ sotiia^ thing ufiique ^jniBineari^WK nill be hoitiqg.tiiaMikg^^ time ttts vi^ ofseitlni^^Miidentadileles and flhjpi^pl^mraBh they is one host mdb pBotaok 4m at commu^*s to olha and to «aU» that what good us jdL ^ J1 I pmy dsftt tUB Mfeociiii expefieoce iwill tiShW jmisf tlK»»e who oar Qoeoi C% to see Ae a ;iinBmnii^ that woiks togkher in unity widi an undeistajddliig i$ our joint iaMott In life. May we all contribute to the success of these games and continue to create shalom, peace ami contemment here atiShalom Park while we share our viidcm of shal(»n widi diose who visit Have a (krfiii summer. ^ A CHORUS OF CANTORS — Twenty-two of the world’s foremost cantors presented a historic concert of liturgical music, titled “Voices of the Soul,” in New York’s Carnegie Hall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cantors Assembly. Article deadline for September issue is August 1 I would like to make a contribution to demonstrate my sup port of The Charlotte Jewish News, Name Phone ( Address City State Enclosed in my check for $ •) .Zip $18.00 Basic Annual Subscription $25.00 Friend $50.00 Patron $100.00 Grand Patron Other MaUto: The Chertotta Jewish News Voluntary Sul>scr1ptk>n Appeal 5007 Provldanca Road Char1olt»,NC 2^6 I I I I I I I I I J
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