The Charlotte Jewish News • August 2000 - Page 8
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Havurat Tikvah’s Annual Spring Retreat:
^^Shechinah and Kavanah”
By Jessica Saxe; Photos by
Hardin Rubin
Warmth defined Havurat
Tikvah’s retreat at Camp Cheerio
on the weekend of May 6 — from
Jessica and Talia Saxe.
the perfect spring warmth of the
mountain air to the warmth of
friendships made and renewed.
From Kabbalat Shabbat services
on Friday night to the closing cir
cle at noon on Sunday, the retreat
provided a mixture of scheduled
programs and free time to enjoy
hiking, canoeing or just taking in
the beauty of the setting.
In true Reconstructionist style,
Havurah members shared their tal
ents in creating services and pro
grams. During pd’zimrah in
the Shabbat morning service,
Deborah Bosley encouraged all to
end the sentence “I find God. . .”
and elicited poetic talents as yet
undiscovered in members of the
group. (For the responses, check
our web-site at http://free.prohost-
ing.com/~havtikva/) Laura and
Charles Kaplan led services,
which a new participant observed
were filled with “shechinah and
kavanah,” holiness and intention.
Sharon Kugelmass led us in a
Torah discussion about our
responsibilities to the disabled as
expressed in Kedoshim.
With her usual creativity and
overestimation of our abilities,
Ellen Chelmis conducted a
workshop on making doum-
beks, a type of Middle Eastern
drum sometimes called tof
Miriyam. With great persis
tence, participants stretched
and pushed their goatskins into
impossibly tight crevices under
the rims of the drums. To our
amazement, we actually ended
up with a collection of working
drums — and are all still
friends with each other.
Adults unwound later in the
evening with Jewish and Yogic
meditation led by Laura Kaplan.
Sunday morning brought a T’ai
Chi experience led by Karen
Rubin. This was followed by a
drumming workshop led by
Charles Kaplan. As participants
got into the rhythm of doum-
doum-beka-doum-beka while
singing “Hinei Ma-tov” and
“Dovid Melech Yisrael,” they felt
pride in their handmade doumbeks
and were carried away by the hyp
notic rhythms.
The children enjoyed the orga
nized activities of services and
drum-making, as well as activities
of their own design such as rolling
down hills and playing charades.
Those at the retreat were a mix
ture of longstanding members of
Charles and Laura Kaplan sing with the
children.
Havurat Tikvah and our newest
members: Hardin, Karen, and
Sarah Rubin, as well as a new
guest, Lesley Cohen Ringley. And,
as many observed in the closing
circle, being together was like
with being with family. ^
BJH Announces New Relocation Plans
By Sue Clein
A unique opportunity has
recently become available to the
Blumenthal Jewish Home.
The Home is leasing two floors
in the Bass Care Center, a facility
on the Masonic and Eastern Star
Home campus in Greensboro, NC,
as a temporary relocation facility
until the new Blumenthal
Greensboro Home is completed.
During the relocation period,
which we expect to be approxi
mately 1-1/2 to 2 years, the
Blumenthal Jewish Home will
operate the leased area. The
Masonic and Eastem Star Home,
under the lease agreement, will
provide the maintenance, laundry,
housekeeping, and food services
to the BJH building. For residents
desiring kosher food, accommoda
tion will be made. The operation
of the Blumenthal temporary
facility will be under the auspices
of Choice Health Management
services operated by Mr. Don
Beaver and Dr. Richard Aronson
and will provide for nursing,
social services, activities and
administrative and financial ser
vices.
The Board of Trustees feels this
unique opportunity will allow
Blumenthal Jewish Home to
remain viable and continue to ful
fill its mission to the Jewish com
munities of the Carolinas. A move
at this time will decrease the large
and growing deHcit at the
Clemmons facility and help to
preserve the endowment. It will
also place the Home in a position
to increase admissions, build pro
fessional staff and develop rela
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tions with the Greensboro health
care network and the Greensboro
Jewish Family Services while the
construction of the new
Blumenthal Home takes place.
All present residents of BJH
will have the opportunity to move
with the Home to this temporary
Blumenthal Jewish Home at the
Bass Care Center in Greensboro.
We hope to complete the reloca
tion of the Home by late summer.
We assure you that every effort
will be made to insure the health
and welfare of our residents and to
see that the move is as easy and
comfortable as possible for our
residents.
The Blumenthal Jewish Home
will accept admissions at the
Greensboro temporary faciUty fol
lowing the move.
BJH is presently in the process
of refurbishing and redecorating
the two floors in the Bass Care
Center dedicated for our use. We
expect to be able to offer private
rooms to the majority of our resi
dents. The common areas, therapy
pool, grounds and other amenities
of the Masonic and Eastern Star
campus will be available to us and
will be shared with the residents of
the Masonic and Eastem Star
Home. Jewish services, holiday
celebrations, cultural and activity
programs of the Blumenthal
Home will continue.
The Board of Trustees has
accepted an option to purchase
the property of the Blumenthal
Jewish Home by a group of
Winston-Salem investors and
developers. Purchase price is
$6,750,000 for the 116-acre tract
and buildings. Proceeds from the
sale will be used to build the new
Blumenthal Home in Greensboro
and to fund a Blumenthal Home
Foundation. The mission of the
foundation will be to provide
Jewish services to the Jewish
elderly in facilities throughout the
Carolinas.
The Blumenthal Jewish Home
looks forward to a future filled
with progress and growth. We are
seizing this opportunity filled with
hope and we ask you to join us in
being a part of a new begin
ning for the Blumenthal Jewish
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