The Charlotte Jewish News - December 2001 - Page 34
Camp Barney Medintz Sets
Open House in Charlotte
Camp Barney Medintz, sum
mer resident camp of the Marcus
Jewish Community Center of
Atlanta, will present an exciting
new musical slide production in
Charlotte on Thursday, December
6, at the Charlotte Jewish
Community Center, beginning at
7:00 PM. Jim Mittenthal, Camp
Director, will meet with new and
returning families, answer ques
tions pertaining to the 2002 sum
mer camp season, and provide
applications for registration.
Camp Barney Medintz is locat
ed in the North Georgia Blue
Ridge mountains on over 500
wooded acres surrounding two
lakes just 75 miles NE of Atlanta.
According to Mr. Mittenthal, the
setting facilitates dozens of excit
ing and unusual activities, includ
ing water skiing, hydro-tubing,
sailing, the “Log Roll,” canoeing,
leaping off the “Blob” or soaring
down the 180-foot slide, horse
back riding, campouts, “zipping”
300 feet across Lake Wendy,
Whitewater rafting, theater, tennis,
all land/court sports, batting
cages, crafts, music, Israeli cul
ture, mountain biking, swimming,
climbing the adjacent Appalachian
Trail and a series of high-adven
ture rock climbing, rappelling and
ropes courses. Specific age groups
may also enjoy fencing, karate.
“Shofar” sessions or scuba diving.
Camp Barney Medintz, cele
brating its 40th summer season,
has created “a unique community
that is all about adventure and self
discovery, exhilarating activities
and exciting events, being in a
strong culturally Jewish environ
ment with special friends, all
under the supervision of a careful
ly selected group of mature, tal
ented, loving and enthusiastic
staff,” said Mr. Mittenthal.
Camp Barney Medintz contin
ues to develop new construction
projects throughout its large and
magnificent mountain facility.
After recently renovating all cab
ins and bathrooms, the focus this
year includes: new features to the
Nature Center, ski docks, beach
front, the Halpern Center
Gymnasium and Amphitheater,
and expansion of the 15,000 sq. ft.
Alterman Lodge Dining Hall.
Inquiries about the 2002 sum
mer season are again far exceed
ing previous years and each of the
two- and four-week sessions is
likely to fill to capacity very rapid
ly. For more information about
Camp Barney programs. Family
Camps or other adventures, please
call the camp office at 770-396-
3250, or Camp Barney Medintz
Charlotte parent representative
Lisa Platock at 704-364-8513.4>
September 11 Tragedy Has
Local Impact
Goodwill Urgently Needs Donations
Goodwill urgently needs dona
tions of clothing, household items
and used cars. Donations to
Goodwill fell by 25% immediate
ly following the September 11
tragedy. Although donations to
Goodwill have rebounded some
since September 11, donation vol
ume still remains substantially
below the level needed to support
Goodwill’s extensive retail opera
tions. Donations are critical to
Goodwill’s ability to provide edu
cation and career services to peo
ple who are unemployed or under
employed. Recent layoffs from the
sudden economic downturn have
increased the demand for
Goodwill's services by 50% over
last year.
“We need the community’s sup
port now more than ever.” Said
Michael Elder, President and CEO
of Goodwill Industries of the
Southern Piedmont. “We urge you
to support Goodwill by making a
financial contribution or by donat
ing clothing *or used cars.” Elder
added. “At Goodwill, donations
equal jobs,” Elder continued.
Goodwill uses the revenue from
the sale of donated clothing and
household items to fund its educa
tion and career services for people
with disabilities and disadvan
tages such as welfare dependency,
homelessness and lack of skills
training, education or work expe
rience.
Goodwill also needs donations
of older model used cars.
Goodwill’s Cars for Work pro
gram matches donated used cars
with low-income families who
need transportation to work.
Currently, Goodwill "has 28 fami
lies waiting for donated cars.
Prior to the Sept. 11, tragedy, the
demand for Goodwill’s job train
ing and career services was up
50% over the same period last
year. “The ripple effects from the
September 11 tragedy are creating
an even greater demand for
Goodwill’s services as Elder
added.
Goodwill has 39 donation drop
off sites conveniently located
throughout the Southern Piedmont
region of North and South
Carolina including four
Mecklenburg County Recycling
Centers, 14 Goodwill retail stores
and 21 attended donation centers.
For more information about
donating to Goodwill, please visit
www.goodwillsp.org, or call
Goodwill at 704-372-3434.
Oasis
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no later that December 10 for your
reservations. Luncheon and enter
tainment will cost $6.00 per per
son.
Thursday, December 20, 10:30
AM-1:00 PM
Celebrating Life at Temple
Israel - We are invited to join the
wonderful variety of programs
offered by Celebrating Life.
Lunch is included. Donations
appreciated.
Shalom Park
Expansion Project
Community
Meeting
Tuesday, Dec. 4
7:30 PM
Gorelick Hall
Friday, December 21, 1:15-2:15
PM
Rabbi Judy Schindler will
speak on the “Wisdom of the
Talmud.”
December 24, Monday
No program due to winter holi
days.
Thursday, December 27
McAdenville Holiday Tour of
Lights. We will begin the evening
with dinner around town, then
drive through the neighborhoods
enjoying the holiday lights, and
finish the evening together with a
winter treat. Leaving the JCC at
approximately 5:00 PM, returning
to the JCC around 9:00 PM. Call
for your reservation today, before
we fill up.
Friday, December 28, 1:15-2:15
PM
Dr. Jay Jacoby will speak on
“Dybbuk,” the Jewish Folk leg
end.
Monday, December 31, 1:00 -
2:00 PM
“Ham and Ham Bonz,” - the
six-member, (treif) senior comedy
group will entertain us with their
wits, skits and songs. >>
CJDS Judaica
Staff
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Jewish responsibilities with confi
dence. An educated Jew is a com
fortable Jew, especially in our sec
ular world.”
Second Grade. Yiska Cohen
This is Yiska’s seventh year at
CJDS. A native of Holland, Yiska
also taught for two years in the
Netherlands. She was trained at
Beth Rivkah Teachers’ Seminary
in Jerusalem. Besides adhering to
the curriculum goals, Yiska strives
to help her students “develop the
comfort of knowing that God
watches over us at all times.” She
finds that this concept makes “a
big impression on their everyday
lives.”
Grades three through five offer
more intensive conversational
Hebrew studies, taught by Ety
Abel. Ety was a kindergarten
teacher in Israel for 26 years
before coming to the U.S. She was
educated at a special teacher train
ing college that was run by Israel’s
national Department of Education.
Ety’s goal for her students is
twofold: (1) to help them learn to
converse in Hebrew and to be
proud of the language; and (2) to
teach the children about Israel so
that they understand Jewish life
and culture in that country.
Torah and prayer in grades
three through six are taught by
Rabbis Weiss, Cohen, and
Gordon. Rabbi Binyomin Weiss,
who teaches third grade, has
taught at CJDS since 1986. He
was educated in New York.
Morristown, Montreal, and
Argentina. Rabbi Weiss wants his
students to appreciate the beauty
of Jewish life within the home. He
hopes to inspire them to grow up
and perpetuate Jewish tradition
when they marry and have chil
dren of their own.
Rabbi Shlomo Cohen teaches
fourth and fifth-grade Judaica. He
has studied at yeshivas in
Morristown, Miami Beach, and
Brooklyn. His main message to
his students is, “It’s fun to be
A1 Rousso
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intertwined over the next 40 years.
He was the person I could visit
with when I needed fatherly
advice. When I became a foster
parent he called me to tell me how
proud he was of me. A1 was there
for me at every turn of my life. I
would always receive note and a
check from A1 when I reached a
milestone in my life: Bar Mitzvah,
high school and college gradua
tion. Two weeks after I was elect
ed he called me to his office to
■give me a key chain engraved with
my name and title.
He led the effort to send my
mother to Israel. When my mother
wanted to put up a Holocaust
Monument, A1 Rousso paid for it
out of his own pocket. He also
paid for it to be moved to its pre-
. sent location in Marshall Park. In
1988, when my brothers and I
honored our mother with a
Holocaust Torah, A1 was the first
person to contribute to the event.
The first letter written on my
behalf when I ran for County
Commission was done by A1
Rousso. He never turned my fami
ly or me down.
With his passing Charlotte has
lost a beloved citizen of Charlotte.
He gave without asking in return.
He loved and touched everyone
who had contact with him.
Charlotte will miss his down to
earthy style of leadership. Most.
important we will all miss Al’s
smile. 0
Jewish. Try to do mitzvot, one at a
time. Be proud of your accom
plishments.”
Finally, the fifth graders enjoy
learning from Rabbi Avrohom
Gordon, who has taught at CJDS
for three years. A native of South
Africa, Rabbi Gordon studied in
Israel, Montreal, and Brooklyn.
He wants to impart “a love of
Judaism, the warmth and richness
of Torah and mitzvot, and the
world of goodness and kindness
that the Torah urges us to
attain.” ^
Young Judaea
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er. He will be speaking about
enrolling in the summer 2002
Camp Judaea Programs. The
board has planned an orientation
for prospective campers following
Ari’s presentation. For more
details please contact Allison
Rusgo @ 704-365-2543, or
wok613 @carolina.rr.com.
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