The Charlotte Jewish News - December 1998 - Page 14
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Take a Jewish Tour of
the Carolinas
A new one-of-a-
kind travel brochure
and guidebook is
available. A Jewish
Tour of the Carolinas
featuies a four-color
cover with over 50
numbered pictures of
locations in the
Carolinas that are
related to Judaism.
The text of the
brochure gives the
name, description and
location of each of the
featured places,
indexed by location.
Visiting the
Raleigh-Winston-
Salem corridor? See
the Judaic Art
Collection of the
North Carolina
Museum of Art (pic
ture number 34). Wll
you be going to the
Charleston region?
Check out number 22,
Henrietta Szold in a stained glass
window.
In addition to the 54 locations in
six different regions in the
Carolinas, A Jewish Tour of the
Carolinas contains the only
known listing of every Jewish
house of worship in North and
South Carolina, categorized by
Reform, Conservative, Orthodox,
Lubavitch, and Reconstructionist.
All the locations are within dri-
A Jewish Tour of the Carolinas
ving distance of Charlotte. From
the mountains to the seashore, you
won’t want to miss visiting these
distinguished places of interest in
our local Jewish history and tradi
tion.
A copy of A Jewish Tour of
Caroliruzs is available for the ask
ing by contacting Elizabeth and
Walter Klein, 5009 Gamton Court,
Charlotte, 28226, or call them at
544-9575.
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I have been very fortunate that
my family has always lived in
great cities with strong Jewish
identities and I love writing about
those cities. This past August my
daughter Kara moved to Boston to
attend law school and I discovered
what a fabulous city it is. I am
beginning to learn my way around
and have found a number of inter
esting links to our Jewish heritage.
Boston is a city on a hill, a har
bor city and one of America’s his
torical treasures. Few Jews settled
in the Massachusetts Bay Colony,
Boston or even New England until
the mid-nineteenth century. This
was not due entirely to religious
intolerance, since the work that
drew Jews to other regions - trad
ing in particular - was adequately
performed by Yankees. A New
England labor shortage changed
that in the 1800s. The demand for
immigrant labor was met by
German Jews who founded
Boston’s first synagogue in the
1840’s.
Boston’s importance to the
national Jewish psyche is greater
than its population would suggest.
The town has the 6th largest
Jewish community in the United
States and many, many Jews have
been educated at one of the area’s
54 colleges and universities. Of
the 228,000 Jews living in greater
Boston, more than 30,000 are col
lege students like Kara. Brandeis
University, founded in 1948, has a
first rank reputation for academic
excellence. The campus in subur
ban Waltham and its many art pro
grams is a point of pride among
Boston Jews.
Jews have lived in many of the
ethnic neighborhoods that Boston
is famous for, starting in the South
End, moving to the North End,
Chelsea, Beacon Hill and the West
The Jewish Traveler
By Maxine Silverstein
End. While Jews live in all sec
tions of the city, nearly one quarter
of the area’s Jewish population is
concentrated in the towns of
Brookline and Newton. Newton is
home to the huge Leventhal
Sidman Jewish Community
Center. Brookline remains the
commercial heart of the city,
where Jews from all over New
England come to buy challah,
kosher goods and Jewish books on
Harvard Street.
A recent “The Best of Boston”
issue of Boston Magazine rated
Rubin’s at 500 Harvard as the best
kosher deli. The prices are a little
steep, but the knishes are to die for
and the brisket melts in your
mouth. Cheryl Ann’s of Brookline
at 1010 West Roxbury Parkway
has challahs that are so good you
won’t want to wait for a special
occasion. These challahs are
reputed to be better than those
available in the rival “Big Apple.”
A good way to walk off your
Harvard Street indulgences is to
take a stroll to 1187 Beacon Street
for a look at Congregation Ohabei
Shalom, Boston’s oldest syna
gogue. Originated in the 1840s by
ten Bostonian families, it has a
striking copper dome.
Boston has something for
everyone. During the summer,
pleasure boats cruising the harbor
offer the best views of the city.
Boston is also a very walkable
city, allowing residents and visi-
4,%-
Maxine Silverstein and sister, Harriet
Kader at Boston Common.
tors to walk from the fashionable
shops on Newbiuy Street through
the blooming Boston Garden with
its “swan boat” pond, down to the
harbor and Faneuil Hall market
place in an hour. Tourists from all
over come to walk in the footsteps
of America’s early patriots and
bask in the historic atmosphere.
For the ultimate shopping expe
rience, a trip to Filene’s Basement
is a must, llie store’s founder was
a member of one of the city’s most
prominent early Jewish families.
There is so much to do and see
in this exciting city. Hiank good
ness law school is for three years.
I’ll need at least that long to
explore this city and all that it has
to offer. O
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The 33rd Annual Meeting of the
Blumenthal Jewish Home will be
hold at the Home on Sunday
December 13th. The community is
invited to attend this meeting and
to visit the Home. The meeting
begins with a Gourmet Brunch
Buffet at 11:00 AM followed by
the Business Meeting at noon and
the election of officers and mem
bers to the Board of Trustees.
There is no fee for brunch howev
er reservations are suggested.
The Blumenthal Jewish Home
is the only Jewish Home in the
Carolinas offering both assisted
living and long term nursing care.
If you have not had an occasion to
visit the Blumenthal Jewish Home
recently, this would be a fine
opportunity to see this outstanding
facility. The Blumenthal Jewish
Home welcomes all who are inter
ested in providing care for our
Jewish elderly to attend this meet
ing. Take this opportunity to learn
more about the Jewish Home and
prospective plans for the future.
Plan now to attend the Annual
Meeting at the Home on Sunday
December 13 at 11:(X) AM. For
information about the Home or the
Annual Meeting call 336-766-
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