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An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Charlotte
Vol. 37, No. 3
Tevet-Nissan 5775
March 2015
17th Annual Spring Lecture Featuring Annabelle Gurwitch
Come find your link to community, lasting friendships, and the
opportunity to do the extraordinary.
The 2015 Annual Spring Lecture will be held on Thursday,
March 26 at Temple Beth-El and
will feature Annabelle Gurwitch.
The Spring Lecture is the signature campaign and outreach
event benefiting the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s
Women Division and the 2015
Annual Campaign. This multigenerational event brings together
over 300 women for an inspiring
and entertaining evening. Our past
speakers have included bestselling
author Jennifer Weiner and TV
personalities Jill Zarin and Lisa
Wexler from The Real Housewives of New York.
This year’s Spring Lecture will
feature actress, activist, and New
York Times bestselling author
Annabelle Gurwitch
Annabelle Gurwitch. Annabelle
gained a loyal comedic following
during her numerous years cohosting the cult favorite, Dinner
and a Movie on TBS. Gurwitch is
also the author of You Say Tomato,
I Say Shut Up, which was a Jewish
Book Council selection, and
Fired!, also praised by the New
York Times’ Book of Style. She
has been a regular commentator
on NPR and a contributor to The
Nation, More, Glamour and a
number of other national publications. Her acting credits include
Seinfeld, Boston Legal, and Dexter. Her most recent book, I See
You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival
Stories from the Edge of 50,
chronicles life at a terrifying
precipice, and includes stories of
self-deprecation and motherly
missteps.
The evening will begin with a
strolling dinner at 6:30 PM in the
Main Hall at Temple Beth El and
the lecture will take place at 7:30
PM in the temple sanctuary. A
dessert reception and book signing
will follow the program.
Spring Lecture tickets are $54
for the dinner and lecture, or $36
for the lecture only. There is a
minimum donation of $50 to the
2015 Jewish Federation Annual
Campaign to attend the event.
Pledges are payable through December 2015.
The Jewish Federation’s annual
campaign funds and supports a
broad network of organizations
that focus on two critical things:
1. Caring for people in need here
in Charlotte, in Israel and around
the world; 2. Nurturing and sustaining the Jewish community
today and for future generations.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit our website at www.jewishcharlotte.org or
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All That Remains Photo Exhibit Finds New Home in Shalom Park
Stories and Portraits of Ten Holocaust Survivors
Shoah and he carried their memories with him throughout his career as the Religion Editor at The
Charlotte Observer. His visit to
Dachau and his attendance at our
local Holocaust Memorial ceremonies strengthened his resolve to
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The genesis of “All That Remains” was in the heart and mind
of Charlotte writer Ken Garfield
since he was a youngster. His
grandmother had shown him pictures of the siblings she lost in the
document the stories of as many
survivors as possible.
With help from sources in
Shalom Park and the NC Council
on the Holocaust, he found and
contacted many of Charlotte’s
Holocaust survivors. “The idea,”
he says, “was not to be depressing, but inspirational.” With that
in mind, Charlotte Magazine published his stories in its November
2009 edition with stunning portraits taken by then-staff photographer Chris Edwards.
The Levine Museum of the
New South had been running an
exhibit about southern Jewry from
The Jewish Heritage Foundation
of North Carolina. With an eye toward including something more
local in the exhibit, they approached Garfield and Charlotte
Magazine about mounting the stories from “All That Remains” to
display in the museum. “All That
Remains” was up at The Levine
Museum of the New South from
February 2012 through June 2012.
Perhaps the exhibit would have
been stored and forgotten if not
for the efforts of the Levine Jewish Community Center’s Butterfly
Project Coordinator, Dana Kapustin. “When I was reviewing
my curriculum for the coming
year,” Kapustin explains, “I
wanted to make some changes,
but I didn’t want to ‘reinvent
the wheel.’ I remembered
‘All That Remains’ from its
run at The Levine Museum
of the New South, and investigated to see what had happened to it.”
At that point, the exhibit
was in storage, but the museum, Garfield, and Charlotte
Magazine were all extraordinarily
helpful in making sure that Kapustin was able to acquire the exhibit for her program. Since the
logical location for the display
was the Morris and Sylvia Speizman Gallery, Kevin Levine, executive director of The Foundation
of Shalom Park, got involved to
negotiate the transfer.
“The Levine Museum of the
New South gifted the exhibit to
us,” Kapustin says proudly.
“Teaching from primary sources
is so important to get our students
to better connect to the Holocaust.
With this they can see their faces
and hear their voices.”
“This will have a huge impact
on the Butterfly Project,” Levine
asserts. “It’s a great resource.”
The display itself features a
moving introduction written by
Garfield and ten first-hand accounts of survival at the hands
of the Nazis. “The strategy,”
Garfield explains, “was to pro-
duce short pieces to get at the
essence of the person’s story, a
snapshot of the time period and
the lessons of each life.”
The accompanying photos
were beautifully composed and
shot by Chris Edwards and their
variety emphasizes each individual’s experience and personality.
“My approach is simple, I just try
to be honest with the subject,” Edwards explains. “Though the stories were dark, sad, and scary,
they were also hopeful. My goal
was for the viewer to see all of
that in each portrait.”
The display is mounted now in
the Morris and Sylvia Speizman
Gallery West. For further information, contact Dana Kapustin at
[email protected].
“I’m beyond moved that these
stories have at last come home
to Shalom Park,” Garfield concludes. “These people will not be
around forever. Their memories
need to be preserved in the center
of Jewish life in Charlotte.” Y
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JEWISH FEDERATION NEWS
Israeli Elections –
March 17
By Adi Rodavsky, Community
Shlicha
This month is the month of
elections in Israel and so, I
thought it would be good to
briefly explain the process of
electing a government in Israel.
The people of Israel are voting for
a party, not its leader. Therefore,
they do not necessarily vote for a
leader’s personality and charisma,
they mostly vote for the different
political agendas. It’s important to
note that unlike in the US, elections in Israel are based on nationwide proportional representation
and there is no division to different areas in the country. Also unlike in the US, the governing
party is not necessarily the one
who got the most mandates
(seats) in the Israeli parliament,
the Knesset, but the government
whose leader can form a coalition.
There are 120 seats in the
Knesset. The head of the party
with the most mandates needs, in
order to become prime minister,
to have at least 61 members who
are willing to form a government.
This condition leads the heads of
the big parties to rely on the
smaller parties, while they solve
the puzzle of building a coalition.
In order to have the parties join
the coalition, they have to take
their political agendas into account. This system led to the issue
that while the Knesset is elected
for four years, many governments
don’t last beyond two years, quite
like the former government.
The most important thing during these elections, whether one is
right-wing or left-wing, is to go
on and vote. 67.77% of Israel’s
population voted during the 2013
elections, certainly not enough.
To make an impact and perhaps
work towards a lasting government, all of Israel’s citizens need
to go out and vote and take part in
the democratic process. Some
have said that the younger generation is tired of politics. However,
many of the leading parties, rightwinged and left-winged, now
have younger members who
could be ministers in the upcoming government. It is my hope that
these young politicians can inspire students and young adults to
vote. Yours truly will be going to
Atlanta to vote. As people who
care about our country, I sincerely
believe it is our responsibility to
shape its future by voting. Y
Record Breaking Super Sunday
Not Just a Day to Raise Funds, but Awareness of
the Mission of the Jewish Federation
More than 90 volunteers dedicated their time and energy to
make Super Sunday a Super Success! 510 donors pledged over
$86,000 placing January 25, 2015
in the record books with the most
money raised in Super Sunday
history. And YES, we made the
generous $10,000 match from
Larry Schwartz!
Through your support, you care
for Jews everywhere, connect
people to their Jewish communities, and respond to crises close to
home and around the globe. Together, our impact stretches from
Charlotte to Israel to 70 countries
around the world.
If we somehow missed you on
Super Sunday, there is still time to
donate to the 2015 Annual Cam-
paign. Visit our website today at
www.jewishcharlotte.org. Every
gift makes an impact on the needs
of the Jewish world.
Whether you made calls or answered our call, it was because of
you that we were able to do so
much on behalf of our community.
We also want to give a special
thanks to Super Sunday CoChairs, Marcie Jacobs and Jeff
Turk who helped train and inspire
our volunteers.
Thank you for living generously!
The mission of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte is to
raise and distribute funds to support and enrich the lives of Jews
locally, nationally, in Israel and
worldwide. Through education
and community building, the Federation’s mission ensures that
Jewish values, goals and traditions and connections are preserved for current and future
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Super Sunday co-chairs, Jeff Turk
and Marcie Jacobs.
Many thanks to our dedicated volunteers.
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Community News ..................................pp. 5-14
Schools..................................................pp. 14-16
Jewish Community Center ................pp. 18, 19
Youth Visions ......................................pp. 20, 21
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library .............pp. 22, 23
Synagogues/Congregations.................pp. 24-26
Dining Out...................................................p. 27
Jewish Family Services...............................p. 28
Women’s News ............................................p. 29
Mazel Tov.....................................................p. 30
Purim............................................................p. 31
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Tributes to the Jewish Federation Annual Campaign
The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte thanks
and acknowledges the following tributes made November 8, 2014 – February 6, 2015.
In honor of Eric and Susan Lerner’s wedding
By: David and Brenda Levin, Ira and
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Moishe House March Events
Moishe House is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to promoting community among Jewish
young adults in their twenties and
early thirties, seeking to fill the
void that often exists after graduating college and prior to “settling
down.”
The organization, with 75
houses in 17 countries, brings together Jewish adults who live together and plan local programs,
both home-based and external, for
other young Jewish adults.
Moishe House Charlotte began in
August 2013 and has hosted over
95 events ranging from service
projects to social events to Jewish
learning and more. Its current residents are Diana Warth, Elana
Congress,
Audrey
Singer,
Danielle Soowal, and Matt
Hirschl.
Here are our March events:
1. Share the Love Purim Party
— Saturday, March 7 at 7 PM at
Moishe House
Share the Love with Moishe
House and Torah on Tap with a
co-sponsored Purim Party on
March 7 starting at 7 PM at the
Moise House. Wear your best costume and come prepared to have
fun; we’ll have music playing all
night for dancing, and drinks and
noshes will be provided. In the
spirit of Purim, the entrance fee
will be two canned goods to donate to the Jewish Family Services’ food pantry.
2. Mr. March’s Old School
Video Game Night — March 3 at
7:30 PM at Moishe House
Join Mr. March and the Moishe
House for a flashback to the glory
days you spent playing Mario
Kart in your parents’ basement.
We will have old school gaming
systems such as Sega and N64
and relive the video games of our
youth through a Mario Kart tournament. We encourage all participants to bring any old school
video game system and/or video
game that they would like to play.
Amazingly-stacked fruit plates,
drinks, and other snacks will be
provided. Finally, you’ll be able to
purchase a Charlotte Nice Jewish
Boys Calendar during the event
and get it autographed by Mr.
March himself. Feed your FOMO
and make sure to join us for this
special evening.
3. Good Deeds Day with JFS
— March 15 at 6:30 PM at
Moishe House
Join the Moishe House residents as we participate in International Good Deeds Day on March
15. We are partnering with Jewish
Family Services and UNCC Hillel
students to provide food for the
elderly on Passover. Come to the
Moishe House on March 15 at
6:30 PM to decorate the bags that
will later contain items for a
Passover celebration. In early
April, we will sort the food and
put the bags together for delivery.
Arts and crafts supplies and
snacks will be provided. We will
be collecting non-perishable items
over the next month to put in the
bags, so we would greatly appreciate donations of jars of gefilte
fish, horseradish, matzah ball
soup mix, Passover candies, macaroons, matzah or Tam Tam
crackers, and grape juice.
4. Banff Film Festival - March
22 at 6:30 PM at the Blumenthal
Performing Arts Center
The 2014/2015 Banff Film Festival makes its stop in Charlotte at
the Blumenthal Performing Arts
Center on March 22. The Banff
Mountain Film Festival is the
world’s largest mountain festival
in the world. Short films bring
you to exotic and beautiful locations internationally, with mountain and action sports as the
common thread. Each ticket costs
$12, and you can buy them in advance online at the Blumenthal
website. Meet at the theater at
6:30 PM; the film starts at 7 PM.
5. Havdalah Sing-a-long with
Chabad – March 28 at 8:30 PM at
Moishe House
Come participate in one of the
most beautiful and short services
in Judaism—Havdalah, the closing of Shabbat. Bring your instruments. Don’t worry if you are
unfamiliar with Havdalah; we will
learn the prayers together, discuss
their meaning, and offer some
new insights we learned on the
Shabbat Innovations Learning Retreat. Our friends from Chabad
will make this experience extra
special. Come sing, drum, and see
where the night takes us.
6. Java Jews with with Torah
on Tap and Moishe House —
Monday, March 30 at 7 PM at the
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young professionals in the Jewish
community. Come on out— meet
and greet over coffee and enjoy an
hour of lively discussion.
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Director of Veteran’s
Services Speaks to
Veterans
Are you a veteran? Do you
have questions about your benefits? Do you need help with navigating the system? Do you want
answers about benefits for your
spouse or children?
You are invited to a meeting of
the Jewish War Veterans for a
questions and answers meeting
with James Prosser, the Director
of Veteran Service’s Division,
Mecklenburg County. Join us on
Sunday, March 22 at Temple
Beth El, 10-11:30 AM. For more
information about JWV and the
meeting, please contact post com-
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The Children of Auschwitz
January 27 marked the 70th
year since the liberation of
Auschwitz concentration camp,
the largest of its kind established
by the Nazis. It is estimated that
1.3 to 1.5 million people were deported to Auschwitz between
1940 and 1945 and that, of these,
at least 1.1 to 1.3 million were
murdered.
The ones who fared the worst
in Auschwitz were the children,
who faced horrible odds, and in
most cases their lives ended upon
arrival at the camp. Those who
were deemed able to work were
spared from the gas chambers and
it was mainly the boys who survived, because they were sent to
hard labor camps.
Children also succumbed frequently to disease. The water inside the camp was highly
contaminated and the inmates
were forbidden to drink from it.
But the children were dehydrated
and constantly thirsty and drank
the water and thus were exposed
to the diseases raging in the camp.
And there were those who were
selected by the infamous Dr. Mengele and his team of physicians
and for most of these children
theirs was the worst fate.
It has been determined that a
very large percentage of the approximately 1.5 million children
murdered in the Holocaust met
with their death in Auschwitz.
Now, seventy years after the
end to the nightmare of
Auschwitz, through the Butterfly
Project workshops at the Levine
Jewish Community Center, thou-
sands of students come to learn
what discrimination, prejudice,
bigotry, and hate can do and to
“take a stand” in their everyday
lives. They also get to honor the
memory of those beautiful, innocent children whose only crime
was being born Jewish, by painting a butterfly in the name of a
specific child who perished in the
Holocaust and saying that name
out loud.
In addition, the workshop offers the rare opportunity to hear
stories from Holocaust survivors
and the opportunity to ask them
questions about their survival and
lives.
At the end of each of the workshops, the students are asked to
write their reflections on what
they have learned. Following are
a few of the many wonderful responses:
“The symbolism of a butterfly
makes sense to me. If you contain
a butterfly and you never let it fly,
it does not get to grace the world
with its beauty. If you contain a
person and isolate them with discrimination, they may never do
the wonderful things they may
have the potential for.” —11th
Grader, Porter Ridge High School
“I realized today how fortunate
I am to have my family and my
life. Mr. Bienstock’s presentation
along with the other presentations
showed me how real the Holocaust was for these people and
what really happened to them. I
also realized that I have a voice
and I can choose to use it or not.
It is my choice.” —5th Grader,
Orchard Park Elementary School
“Listening to the survivor made
me feel very disheartened and
frustrated, but I think a presentation like that is necessary for all to
hear in order to prevent another
atrocity from happening. I find it
amazing that something as phenomenal as the Butterfly Project
was able to come out of something as inhumane as the Holocaust.” —10th Grader, Myers
Park High School
“People are equal and do not
need to be killed because of their
race, religion, etc. Everyone is
special in their own way.” —7th
Grader, East Union Middle
School
“Every morning you have the
chance to be a better person than
you were yesterday. How often do
you take it? Make today a day of
change.” —10th Grader, Central
Cabarrus High School
Zikaron v’tikvah. We remember
and hope and, most importantly,
teach.
And yet today, despite all the
lessons from the past, the world
continues to be far less than perfect: Israel is under constant attack and still cannot attain lasting
peace. There have been recent attacks against Jews all over the
world and anti-Semitism is flaring
up in all of Europe.
But here, in Charlotte, the
school buses are rolling into
Shalom Park, and at the Butterfly
Project workshops, a new day has
begun. Y
Jewish Educational Loan
Fund
Contact Jewish Family Services for your JELF interestfree educational loan beginning
March 1.
Applications for interest-free
loans for post-secondary education (college, graduate school and
vocational programs) will be
available to Jewish students in the
Charlotte area for the 2015-2016
school year from JELF (Jewish
Educational Loan Fund). Jewish
Family Services is processing applications. The loan application
will be available March 1 – April
30 on JELF’s website at
www.jelf.org.
JELF loans are need-based and
offer “last-dollar” financing,
meaning that JELF provides the
final dollars that bridge the gap
between a student’s total financial
resources and the cost of attending
school. Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a program leading to a degree or certificate at an
accredited institution located in
the United States, be a U.S. citizen
or have lawful immigration status
in the U.S., and be able to demonstrate financial need (FAFSA application required). For more
information, contact [email protected]
or call 770-396-3080. Y
Shalom Park Freedom
School 2015 Spring Movie
Fundraiser: The Rosenwald
Schools
Shalom Park Freedom School’s
Fourth annual spring movie
fundraiser features a documentary
about The Rosenwald Schools,
based on the incredible story of
how Jewish businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald,
President and Chairman of Sears
from 1908-1932, joined with
African-American communities in
the South to build schools for
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Bob and Anne Yudell
Bob and Anne Yudell are
among the 287 individuals and
families in our community who
have created 561 unique legacy
gifts to support its future. Please
take the time to read their story
and thank them for their generosity. It is our hope that you will be
inspired and encouraged to think
about how you can create your
own Jewish legacy.
By Bob and Anne Yudell
The Jewish community in
Charlotte was much smaller when
we arrived in 1960. To us, Charlotte was the ideal place in which
to live and raise our four daughters. Although we didn’t know
anyone here, we became active in
the larger as well as the Jewish
community.
Bob grew up in New Bern,
NC, a small town with few Jewish families. Without a rabbi living in town, a student rabbi came
to lead High Holiday services.
There were only a couple of Jewish students in his high school. A
strong connection to Judaism was
instilled by his parents. He received his undergraduate and
medical degrees from Duke University where he met Anne, a
UNCG student. After marriage
in 1953, Navy internship, and
Washington D.C. residency, we
moved to Charlotte to open an
ophthalmology practice.
We found Charlotte very accepting although at that time
there were some neighborhoods
Rav Huna
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where there
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not dwell
within.”
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where Jews could not buy homes.
Temple Beth El became an important part of our lives. Bob
served as president of Temple
Beth El and was a Board member
for twenty-two years. He was
also a member of the Jewish
Family Services Board and organized the Maimonides Society
for Jewish medical professionals.
Anne was raised in a kosher
home in NJ, attended twelve
years of Sunday school, sang in
the choir and was confirmed before Israel became a state in 1948.
Formerly employed by Duke
University and General Electric,
she later opened ballet studios in
Maryland and North Carolina,
with proceeds going to Jewish
charities. As an opera singer and
symphony player of the flute and
piccolo, Anne enriched religious
services with her chamber orchestra and interdenominational
liturgical dancers. Sunday school
teaching and fostering interfaith
relations were priorities. She
sculpted the Psalm lintel stone
over Temple Beth El’s sanctuary
door and the marble cornerstone
in the Levine Jewish Community
Center.
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financially in order to perpetuate
the Jewish values and institutions
that have served us so well over
the years. We remember that the
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There are now 287 individuals/families throughout our Jewish
community who have included a
local Jewish organization in their
legacy plans creating 561 unique
legacies. We thank the following
individuals/families who have recently informed our community,
through Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community (FCJC)
or one of the ten Create Your Jewish Legacy community partners,
that they have created a legacy
gift to support the future of Charlotte’s Jewish community or
added an organization to their
legacy plan.
We welcome our newest
donors into our community’s
Book of Life Society:
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Don and Bobbi
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Jake Jacobson
Robert and Leigh
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Michelle Goodman
Extra Extras – More to Come from the 2015 CJFF
By the time you read this, the
Charlotte Jewish Film Festival
will have just wrapped up its 11th
season. It was another fantastic
three weeks of movies and value-
added events that confirmed the
CJFF’s place as one of the premiere cultural events in the region.
However, they are not done
quite yet as there are three upcoming “Extras” screenings that will
be sure to interest you.
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On Sunday, March 29 at 2 PM
(Regal Ballantyne Village Stadium 5), the Charlotte Jewish
Film Festival and the Charlotte
Film Society are proud to present
Nadav Schirman’s The Green
Prince: A tense psychological
thriller, this extraordinary documentary recounts the true story of
the son of a Hamas leader who
emerged as one of Israel’s prized
informants, and the Shin Bet agent
who risked his career to protect
him.
“Since 1982, the Charlotte Film
Society has brought foreign, classic and independent films that otherwise would not screen in
Charlotte,” commented Co-Director Benjamin Schwartz. “Their
mission is basically identical to
the CJFF’s and collaborating on
an event is a natural fit. We hope
this is the first of many co-sponsored events that our organizations do together.”
To purchase tickets ($10) and
for additional information on The
Green Prince, please visit charlot-
tejewishfilm.com.
On Thursday, April 2 at 6 PM
(UNCC COED 010/the College of
Education Building), the CJFF
will once again participate in
UNC Charlotte’s International
Film Series with the screening of
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea: A message in a bottle leads to an engrossing e-mail exchange between
a 17-year-old Israeli girl and a 20year-old Palestinian boy. Eventually, they challenge each other’s
views about life, war, and relationships.
Tickets are free for A Bottle
in the Gaza Sea - visit
filmfest.uncc.edu/ for parking and
other details.
On Sunday, April 12 at 7 PM
(Tate Hall, Central Piedmont
Community College), the CJFF is
proud to present AKA Doc Pomus
as part of Sensoria, CPCC’s celebration of the arts: Jerome Felder
(a.k.a. Doc Pomus) was a self-described “fat Jewish boy with
polio” who became one of the
most prolific songwriters in history (“Viva Las Vegas,” “Save the
Last Dance For Me,” and “This
Magic Moment” to name just a
few). AKA Doc Pomus brings to
life Doc’s romantic, heartbreaking, and extraordinarily eventful
journey to rock legend.
Tickets are free for AKA Doc
Pomus - visit sensoria.cpcc.edu to
learn more.
“We are so excited about our
continued participation in both
UNC Charlotte’s International
Film Series and CPCC’s Sensoria” said CJFF Co-Director Rick
Willenzik. “These cultural events
help connect the entire Charlotte
community, allowing everyone to
promote and expose their respective festivals to an audience that
we both might not normally reach
on our own.”
Once these three events are
over, the incredible CJFF team
will dive right in to planning for
Fan Appreciation Day (Summer
2015) and its FallFlicks (Fall
2015) series, along with the start
of the screening process for potential films for the 2016 lineup.
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Free Comedy Performance
at Elmcroft Senior Living
Center
Mark Klein has a mission: To
bring contemporary stand-up
comedy to an under-served population.
Comedian and corporate
humor speaker Klein and Elmcroft Senior Living Centers are
partnering to provide a comedy
event open to the public at Elmcroft of Little Avenue.
“Here’s To Life Through
Laughter” brings the same show
Klein does on cruise ships and
comedy clubs to the senior residents at Elmcroft.
The 45-minute show is open to
the public, free of charge, and
makes the Senior Living center a
community entertainment and social venue for the evening.
Show date is March 3, 5–7 PM,
7745 Little Ave. Contact: Tammy
Mullins 704-771-1669.
Mark Klein has made laughter
his living for 30 years. He has
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guest on radio shows such as Bob
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ships, comedy clubs, and corporate venues from Tampa to Tahiti.
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Please join us for a community
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Yom Hashoah Program on Sunday April 12, 6:30–8:30 PM featuring
Keynote
speaker
Menachem Rosensaft.
Menachem Rosensaft is General Counsel of the World Jewish
Congress. In addition to Cornell
Law School, he also teaches at
Columbia Law School. He received his B.A. degree from The
Johns Hopkins University in
1971, together with an M.A. degree from the Writing Seminars.
He received an M.A. degree in
modern European history from
Columbia University in 1975, and
received his J.D. degree from the
Columbia University School of
Law in 1979.
The son of two survivors of the
Nazi concentration camps of
Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, he
was born in the Displaced Persons
camp of Bergen-Belsen in 1948.
He is the Founding Chairman of
the International Network of Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and was Chairman of the
Editorial Board of the Holocaust Survivors’ Memoirs
Project, a joint publishing
endeavor with Yad Vashem
in Jerusalem. He is also
Senior Vice President of the
American Gathering of
Jewish Holocaust Survivors
and Their Descendants, a
former National President
of the Labor Zionist Al-
liance, and Honorary President of
the Park Avenue Synagogue in
Manhattan. He is the editor of
God, Faith and Identity from the
Ashes, Reflections of Children and
Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors.
Almost ninety children and
grandchildren of Holocaust survivors—theologians, scholars,
spiritual leaders, authors, artists,
political and community leaders,
and media personalities—from
sixteen countries on six continents
reflect on how the memories
transmitted to them have affected
their lives. Profoundly personal
stories explore faith, identity, and
legacy in the aftermath of the
Holocaust as well as our role in
ensuring that future genocides and
similar atrocities never happen
again.
There have been many books
and studies about children of
Holocaust survivors—the socalled second and third generations—with a psycho-social
focus. This book is different. It is
intended to reflect what they be-
lieve, who they are, and how that
informs what they have done and
are doing with their lives.
For people of all faiths and
backgrounds, these powerful and
deeply moving statements will
have a profound effect on the way
our and future generations understand and shape their understanding of the Holocaust.
Sponsored by: Levine-Sklut Judaic Library, Sandra and Leon
Levine Jewish Community Center, Temple Israel, and Temple
Beth El.
6:30-6:50 PM - Margaret and
Lou Schwartz Butterfly Garden:
Welcome and Memorial Service
7-8 PM - Menachem Rosensaft
with Question and Answer session
and book signing, Sam Lerner
Center for Cultural Arts
8-8:30 PM - Breakout Sessions: Henry Hirschmann - Stories
from Trip to Normandy - Weinberg Senior Center; UNC students
– Stories from Auschwitz - Sam
Lerner Center for Cultural Arts;
Butterfly Project: New Curriculum: Highlighting five local area
survivors - Hal and Holly
Levinson Children and
Family Center.
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Klezmer Dances for
Clarinet, Strings,
Percussion, and Tuba
Charlotte Symphony to Present
“A Night in New York,” including
Klezmer Music and Gershwin’s
Rhapsody in Blue
By Gene Kavadlo
As I approached my 40th season as principal clarinetist with
the Charlotte Symphony, it occurred to me that I should do
something special to mark what
many would consider a milestone
year. I suppose I could streak
across the stage during a concert,
but that’s already been done by
players more prominent than myself; and, besides, at my age,
who’d be interested? For many
years, I’ve had an avid interest in
klezmer music; perhaps there
would be a way to celebrate the
occasion by combining my love
for playing in the orchestra with
my love for klezmer?
Several years ago, I discovered
a collection called Hassidic Tunes
for Clarinet and Piano, by Lev
Kogan, a composer born in the
USSR. He studied with Aram
Khachaturian and emigrated to Israel in 1973, where he became
one of Israel’s prominent composers. The music looked interesting, so I purchased the collection.
As I read through the ten tunes, I
felt that they had an authentic
klezmer quality to them; some of
them freylekhs (joyous dance
melodies), some nigunim (wordless melodies); all very engaging.
I wondered, in fact, if they were
authentic Hassidic melodies
arranged by the composer, or if
Lev Kogan had composed the
melodies himself. I wrote to him
and asked him that very question.
He was kind enough to write
back, and assured me that he had
composed all the music in the collection. That made it all the more
interesting. I made arrangements
of a few of the pieces for my quartet, VIVA KLEZMER! (www.vivaklezmer.com), and they have
always been a big hit with audiences.
I had considered doing a
klezmer piece with the orchestra
during my 40th season, but, although there are a few pieces in
that genre, I didn’t feel that there
was anything out there that has a
truly “freygish” feel (the mode
common to much klezmer music.)
What if I could have several of the
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The Hebrew Cemetery Association and
TreesCharotte Partner for CommunityWide Tu BiShevat Tree Planting
By Sandra Goldman, Director, Hebrew Cemetery Association
On a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon over 80 volunteers
gathered inside the Mindy Ellen Levine Chapel to celebrate Tu
BiShevat. After an engaging introduction by members of the
Temple Israel, Temple Beth El, and Congregation Ohr HaTorah
clergy, the event participants, ages five to 93, rolled up their
sleeves, stepped outside, and planted 35 trees around the
grounds of the Hebrew Cemetery.
Dave Cable, Director of TreesCharlotte, was more than
pleased with the event. “What a great opportunity to bring an
already wonderful community together and expand Charlotte’s
beautiful tree canopy,” Cable said. On the grounds were also
former Charlotte Observer Publisher Rolfe Neill and longtime
Hebrew Cemetery Association member and Create a Jewish
Legacy participant, Marcia Simon, both Board Members of
TreesCharlotte. It was through Marcia’s experiences donating
to the Jewish National Fund (JNF) that the program that would
grow to become TreesCharlotte was conceived. Conducting the
TreesCharlotte event on Tu BiShevat brought the program full
circle because of the JNF’s historical association with Israeli
Arbor Day.
Councilman Al Austin from District 2 was also found digging in the grounds. “The City of Charlotte has goals to plant
10,000 trees annually,” shared Councilman Austin. “The Hebrew Cemetery Association is an excellent example of a private
institution working with TreesCharlotte to support the city’s
goal. The Hebrew Cemetery and the many volunteers who
planted the trees made a tremendous impact in beautifying District 2 as well as working towards additional environmental
and health benefits in the district’s neighborhoods. This is a
very important project for the city and the Hebrew Cemetery.”
The first ever community-wide Tu BiShevat tree planting
event was a huge success and the many enthusiastic participants hope to add more trees next year.
If you are interested to learn more about TreesCharlotte,
please visit their website at www.treescharlotte.org. For membership questions, preplanning and legacy giving, please contact Sandra Goldman at [email protected] or
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Kogan pieces arranged for clarinet
with orchestra, and perform them
during my 40th season? That
would give me a chance to make
a klezmer splash with the orchestra and our audience, as well as
add an exciting showpiece to the
“klezmer clarinet with orchestra”
genre. I had to convince my conductor, Christopher Warren Green,
that this project was worth pursuing.
Fortunately, CWG was on
board with showcasing me during
my 40th season. The klezmer idea
appealed to him as well; especially
since it was something different,
and it would attract an audience
that he wanted to make a connection with - Charlotte’s Jewish
community. The project was
green-lighted; I contacted Alan
Kaufman, a talented Charlotte musician who knows the klezmer
style and could do a good job with
the orchestration.
I selected five of the Kogan
pieces that I felt would work
nicely to form a suite. Kogan had
not named the individual pieces,
so I gave them names based on the
dance style that each represents:
Freylekh,
Khosid’l,
Nigun,
Kolomeyke, and Bulgar. Additionally, I felt it would be nice to begin
the suite with an unaccompanied
clarinet Doina, a rhapsodic fantasy with an improvisational character - but this Doina would have
thematic hints of the Freylekh to
follow. The first, second, and third
movements of the suite would
likewise be connected with a clarinet Doina, and the connection between the third and fourth
movement would be a double cadenza between the clarinet and
solo violin. I wrote the doinas and
double cadenza, but definitely encourage improvisation. We titled
the piece based on the instrumentation: Klezmer Dances for Clar-
inet, Strings, Percussion, and
Tuba.
A sneak preview of the piece
will be performed at the Providence United Methodist Chamber
Music Series on March 8 at 7 PM,
where we will perform a chamber
music version of the Klezmer
Dances. Admission is free.
The Klezmer Dances will be
performed on the Charlotte Symphony’s “KnightSounds” series at
7:30 PM on April 17 and 18 and I
hope it will become a piece that
other clarinetists will enjoy playing with orchestra. It will be part
of a program entitled “A Night in
New York,” which will include
Rhapsody in Blue. All in all, a
good night for clarinet.
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The Davidson College
Theatre Department, in
collaboration with other
campus and community
organizations, will host a
series of events and lectures spotlighting the joy
and resiliency of Judaism
in America. The symposium begins February 9
and culminates with the
college’s
production
of Fiddler on the Roof,
March 20-29.
The multifaceted symposium includes a Jewish
festival (featuring food, dance,
and family activities), and a variety of lectures and panels of leading experts who will explore
questions of balancing one’s culture and faith against the tensions
of progressive change, all through
the lens of Fiddler on the Roof.
All symposium events are free
and open to the public. Tickets
to Fiddler are available through
the ticket office. For directions
and parking, please see our campus map.
Visit the symposium website
for all the details: www.davidson.edu/fiddler-symposium
Fiddler on the Roof
The Departments of Music and
Theatre at Davidson College will
present this Tony award- winning
musical. Music by Jerry Bock and
lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; book
by Joseph Stein. Directed by Ann
Marie Costa; music directed by
Jacquelyn Culpepper; conducted
by Tara Villa Keith.
A beloved icon of musical theatre, Fiddler on the Roof tells the
story of a Jewish family facing social and political upheaval in a
1905 Russian village. Presented in
collaboration with the Music Department, this must-see production is one for the entire family.
Recommended for ages 11 and
up.
March 20, 21, 27, and 28 at 8
PM; March 22 and 29 at 2 PM at
Duke Family Performance Hall,
Knobloch Campus Center on the
Davidson College campus.
Tickets are $6-15 and are available through the ticket office.
Group discounts available. Contact Annie Wadman at [email protected].
Gender and Jewishness
Before the performance on
Sunday, March 22, Princeton University’s Jill Dolan and Stacy
Wolf will hold a lecture on “Gen-
der and Jewishness in Fiddler on the Roof from the
1960s to the Present.”
Dolan and Wolf are internationally renowned performance studies, theater,
and feminist scholars. At
noon on March 22, they
will discuss Fiddler in the
context of 1960s America
and the contemporary representation of Jews in pop
culture. This event is free
but an RSVP is required
by March 12: www.davidson.edu/dolanwolfrsvp.
The lecture will be held in the
Lilly Family Gallery of the Chambers Building at Davidson College.
For directions and parking,
please see our campus map.
The Jewish Festival is sponsored by: Davidson College, the
Jewish Council of Lake Norman,
and the Jewish Federation of
Greater Charlotte. Y
Schools
JPS Team is Growing
Here we grow, again. With the
addition of our infant room,
comes additional staff. Ms. Denora Edwards joins us this year as
an infant teacher for the afternoon
shift.
Denora isn’t new to JPS, however. She found her way to us a
couple years back, as she was
completing her B.A. from Belmont Abbey College as an education major. In her search for a
quality preschool practicum experience, Denora sought out the
Jewish Preschool on Sardis. It was
a great fit from day one. Even before her graduation, Denora began
substituting for many classrooms
in the building. Once she finished
practicum, we couldn’t resist the Ms. Denora with two of the babies in
opportunity to hire Denora as an JPS’s infant room.
extended day teacher for the 20142015 school year.
kind disposition. The reasons are
What makes Denora so spe- numerous.
cial? Where do we begin? Her natDenora is mom to two successural love of children. Her innate ful daughters and hails originally
drive to help anyone, particularly from Boston, MA. She had an exyoung children. Her helpful and tensive career as an executive ad-
ministrative assistant prior to her
return to school where she was
driven to complete her undergraduate degree. In her spare time, Denora enjoys moving around,
visiting with family and playing
Words with Friends (you can find
her to play as “Denora”).
Please help us welcome back
Ms. Denora to the talented and
amazing JPS team.
JPS is currently registering for
the 2015-2016 school year, as well
as summer 2015 camp. For more
information call 704-364-8395 or
visit www.jpsonsardis.org. Y
Meditation and prayer before God are particularly efficacious in grassy
fields and amid trees, since a man’s soul is thereby strengthened, as if
every blade of grass and every plant united with him in prayer.
–Nachman of Bratslav
Charlotte Jewish News - March 2015 - Page 15
The Charlotte Jewish Preschool Roars into March Like
a Lion and Exits Like a Lamb
By Elka Bernstein, Executive Director
The year is just flying by at the
Charlotte Jewish Preschool. The
teachers cannot believe it is already March. The saying is true –
Time flies when you are having
fun. The fun continues as we enter
into our spring months. The letter
“P” will pop up all over the place
at the The Charlotte Jewish Preschool as we enjoy learning and
celebrating Purim, Pajama Day,
and Passover.
As CJP students get ready for
the holiday of Purim, you could
get lucky and see a Queen Esther
or Uncle Mordechai parading
around the halls of Shalom Park.
Our students and teachers will be
telling the story of Purim through
puppets, dramatic play, and of
course, eating hamantaschen.
Many crowns and groggers will
be made, as we dress up as our favorite characters. If you dress up
like Haman, get ready for the
“boos.” We invite parents and
friends to watch our parade on
Friday, March 6 and listen as the
noise from our groggers announce
our arrival. The smell of hamenstaschen will permeate the school
corridors as we bake our very own
cookies and fill them with toppings such as apricot, strawberry
preserves, and chocolate chips.
We also celebrate Purim by the
giving of Shalach Manot baskets
to our friends. Pint-size Esthers
and mini-King Ahashueruses will
be sauntering through the halls of
the LJCC, Levine Sklut Judaic Library, Jewish Family Services and
Jewish Federation of Greater
Charlotte, as well as, to each other
classrooms distributing goodies to
each other.
Our year would not be complete, without our annual Pajama
Day. I am not sure who enjoys this
day more - our students or are
teachers. It is so much fun coming
to school/work in pajamas and
slippers. From learning Jewish
bedtime rituals to bouncing on
beds to learning about nocturnal
animals to eating pancakes, Pajama Day is full of learning and
fun.
Shortly thereafter, Charlotte
Jewish Preschool begins to learn
about Pesach. The classroom will
be transformed into Egypt. In
Egypt the CJP students will work
as slaves to build the pyramids.
Many babies will be floating
down the Nile River. And the
plagues will descend and spill
over the sensory tables in the
classrooms. As the March sneaks
out quietly, the children will prepare for their school Seder. Everyone wants to participate in our
delicious
Seders
including
Sammy Spider who has to be told
over and over again that “spiders
don’t celebrate Passover, spiders
spin webs!” Classes discover science as they make their own
haroset with delicious apples and
grape juice. Fine motor skills will
be honed as they create décor for
the tables with Seder plate placemats, Elijah cups and frogs. For
gross motor fun, Pharaoh will lead
our 4s/5s in a slave walk. Movement and imagination come alive
as Miss Patty and Morah Becca
lead the children in their very own
Seder with lively music as we
sing our way through the Haggadah. But, don’t forget, CJP
teaches our students to be techno
savy. Our students are better directors than Steven Spielberg. Our
four year old classes along with
PreK will produce a Passover film
of the Passover story. What, you
ask, are the four questions? Just
come to Miss Carol, Miss Lois,
and Miss Stephanie’s PreK class
to hear them recite the four questions and ask, “Why is this night
different from all other nights?”
Of course before Pesach actually
arrives, the school will be
scrubbed and all chometz removed.
The Charlotte Jewish Preschool - in like a lion. We will
learn of the strength of the Jewish
people through our history and go
out like a lamb as we celebrate our
victories with family and friends
and retell the stories of our heritage. At Charlotte Jewish Preschool, our teachings become
your traditions.
Have your child enjoy special
days like Purim, Pajama Day, and
Pesach. The Charlotte Jewish
Preschool is currently enrolling
for the 2015-2016 school year. We
are happy to give you a tour at
your convenience. For more information or to schedule a tour,
please contact Alyson Kalik at
[email protected] or
704-944-6776. We look forward
to meeting you. Y
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Learning Environment and Curriculum Make CJDS So Special
As parents seek the most suitable placement for their rising
kindergarten children, we at CJDS
continue to educate the community on the treasure we offer the
Jewish children and families in
our community. We recognize
how important this decision is and
how many aspects play into the
ultimate outcome. It is also an exciting time as families embark on
this new and amazing journey. At
CJDS, this is an exciting time for
us, too, as we welcome new families to our school. We hope that
the information we share will assist families as they explore their
options, and will assist them as
they consider the many benefits
and strengths of a Charlotte Jewish Day School education.
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just a few of our accomplishments. For the second year in a
row our students have surpassed
the national average standards for
mastery of material in math, reading, and writing. Not only did our
students outperform the national
average, they also routinely outperformed other independent
school students in these same content areas (see the charts at right).
These results bring us an immense amount of pride particularly because CJDS does not rely
primarily on the results of academic testing or IQ scores when
offering acceptance. We believe
that our students’ success can be
attributed to our highly qualified
teachers, small class sizes, differentiated teaching, dual language
curriculum, and project-based
learning.
The CJDS philosophy promotes principles of 21st century
learning. Our smaller environment
fosters a culture of awareness
where each student is appreciated.
Our teachers work to develop selfdirected learners who rely on their
critical thinking skills both in the
classroom and in life. These skills
are vitally important to the children’s growth and development.
In addition to our strong general studies program, what CJDS
has that makes us entirely unique
in the Charlotte area is our incredible Judaic curriculum. The gift of
a CJDS education is that our children can continue to build upon
the foundation of their Jewish education, which was so lovingly introduced in preschool. The depth
of knowledge that our students acquire in the areas of Torah study,
Jewish traditions, and Hebrew
language complement our general
studies curriculum. More importantly, through our Judaic Studies
program, CJDS students develop
a strong sense of confidence and
pride in both who they are as individuals and in their connection to
the Jewish people and Israel.
After fifth grade, our graduates
transfer seamlessly into both public and private school settings.
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ates are both academically and socially successful. CJDS alumni
are well represented in school
honor societies and hold leadership positions in both Jewish and
secular organizations.
We hope you will stop by and
see for yourselves the incredible
place where Jewish children can
take the next step in their education. If you have any questions,
please call us at 704-366-4558.
On Tu BiShevat, Temple
Beth El’s Religious School
grades 4-7 planted trees
by the side of the synagogue with help from
TreesCharlotte. Here the
5th grade learns about
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of newly planted trees
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Youth Visions
Hebrew High
The first two sessions of 5775
have flown by. Our classes were
filled with Jewish teens learning,
questioning and staying connected. Many classes focused on
“Jewish Community.” The students worked hard, in diverse
media, to develop their own personal connection to Judaism and
our community.
Leadership has extended to the
entire student body. This year our
large and active student council is
ably led by Rob Sisson, advisor
extraordinaire, and Talia Weinstein, president. A dedicated
group of teens meet monthly to
plan special events, create ruach,
and be our spokespeople to the
community at large. Look for
them at the community-wide
Purim carnival on March 1. They
will be running our booth and
doing a special tzedakah project.
Despite a national trend away
from supplemental Jewish teen
education, our school continues to
attract a large number of teens.
Student council president
Talia Weinstein.
Zumba for FD
nection to the Jewish people
throughout the world. Through
music, art, drama, and great conversations, we will build a bridge
between our teens and their counterparts worldwide. Hebrew High
participates in many community
events. These include:
* Purim Carnival
* Our annual Purim party
The Hebrew High Student Council
* Teen Shabbat
wore orange on February 11 to support
* Shalom Bayit initiatives
healthy relationships among teens.
* Charlotte Jewish Film Festival
That is in large measure due to the
* Joint project with Friendship
support we get from our founding Circle Young Adults
institutions (Temple Beth El and
* Stand With Us – Advocating
Temple Israel). We rely on the for Israel
clergy from the temples to teach
* J Serve – Annual day of Jewour students and help write curric- ish Teen Community Service
ula. Our strength also comes from
* Teen Coalition member
the excellent teaching staff, whose
Together, parents, teachers,
innovation and patience make clergy, and students make up the
every hour at Hebrew High mean- amazing experience that is Heingful.
brew High. It is definitely the
Parents are a very important place to be on Wednesday
part of the Hebrew High commu- nights. Y
nity. Without parent support, we
couldn’t have our social time each
week. The snacks that you bring
help fuel our teens’ interactions
with their Jewish peers. Please remember to bring your snack on
your assigned date. Thanks, too,
for supporting your child’s Jewish
education. You will reap the rewards for a lifetime.
And now it is time to look forward to our next session. This
time, we will focus on our con-
By Natalie Cohen
My sister, Frannie Cohen, has a
rare genetic condition called Familial Dysautonomia (FD). There
is a foundation in New York that
specializes in research for FD and
is working hard to find treatments
and even a cure. On March 28
from 4:30-7:30 PM, I am hosting
the 2nd annual Zumba for FD
fundraiser. The three hours will
consist of Zumba led by a licensed
Zumba instructor, various dance
games, and water breaks (the
water will be provided). All of the
money raised will be donated to
the Dysautonomia Foundation.
Last year, thanks to everybody
who supported the event, we
raised over $2,000. This year, help
me increase that number by supporting this event, either through
your attendance or donation. The
link below takes you to the website where you can either donate
or sign up. You may also sign up
at the door. Can’t wait to see
everybody there.
Where: Levine Jewish Com-
Natalie and Frannie Cohen
munity Center, 5007 Providence
Road, Charlotte, NC 28226
When: Saturday, March 28,
4:30-7:30 PM
Price: $20 per person to be
paid either online or at the door
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Three things restore a person’s good spirits:
beautiful sounds, sights, and smells.
– Talmud: Berakhot 57b
Michigan Supreme Court
Justice Coming to
Charlotte to Celebrate
Friendship
Justice Richard Bernstein became the first blind justice,
elected by voters statewide, to
the Michigan Supreme Court in
November 2014.
Prior to winning a seat on
Michigan’s highest court, Richard
has been known as a tireless advocate for disabled rights, providing
a voice to those who would otherwise be forced to be silent.
In his spare time, Richard has
been an avid runner, completing
18 marathons and several
triathlons.
On May 11, The Friendship
Circle and the Jewish Family
Services will be welcoming Justice Richard Bernstein to Charlotte. The Justice will address how
we can break barriers in our community and discover the abilities
in everyone.
We will also be highlighting
the special friendship of the
Friendship Circle over the last
year.
Please join us on Monday,
May 11 at 6:30 at Gorelick Hall of
the Levine JCC.
To RSVP please email
[email protected].
To learn more about the Friendship Circle visit www.FriendshipCircleNC.org or call 704-
Highlights of Friendship
Here is an inside view of Friendship Circle Special Friendships over the last month.
Justice Richard Bernstein
366-5983.
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Federation of Greater Charlotte.Y
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Welcome Back, Debby
Springtime Fun at the LSJL
March means spring, and hind many of the nuances in the a new series of children’s books Block
spring means it’s that time of year Seder that are thought of as tradi- designed to encourage reading
again when temperatures climb
and trees and flowers begin to
bloom. With this new energy, exciting library programs are blossoming, too. Since March means
spring and spring brings Purim
and Passover, together it must all
equal bundles of fun at the LSJL
for the entire family. Our exciting
March programs also feature new
programs so read carefully to grab
all of the details.
Bring the kids to storytime at
the library with Miss Linda
Wednesday, March 11 and
Wednesday, April 1 at 1:15 PM in
the children’s library. There will
be fun stories for kids to enjoy and
crafts to make and take home.
Popping up next in the LSJL is our
exciting Passover experience for
all children. During the month of
March our children’s library will
be transformed into a Passover
wonderland to help children understand the story of Passover.
Stop by soon to take part in the
fun learning we have set up in the
children’s library.
Since Passover is not just for
children the LSJL is excited to announce a Passover mini-series for
adults. Every Monday in March
Rabbi Benyamin Levin will be
leading this series. The series is
designed to elucidate the why be-
tions. Why do we have four cups
of wine, four questions, and four
sons? What is significant about
four? Do you have questions
about the Haggaddah and how to
prepare for the Seder? We will go
behind the scenes of the Seder and
learn about the meaning, mysticism, and importance of creating
a Seder. Classes will be held in the
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library every
Monday in March from 8-9:15
PM. Dates are March 2, 9, 16, 23,
and 30. This class is open to the
entire community. To reserve your
spot now please contact Nicole
Lamparello at 704-944-6763, or
[email protected].
With warmer weather comes
lots of bugs and that leads us to
our next program at the LSJL.
Alien Dude is flying into the
LSJL on Monday, March ? at 3:45
PM. Have you heard of Alien
Dude? He is the main character in
and promote confidence of the
reader. This series makes reading
fun through silly plots and short
chapters designed to encourage
reading longer books. By utilizing
chapters, the reader gains confidence in his/her reading and will
therefore want to read more.
These books are written by an elementary school teacher who saw
the need for books to be designed
in a way that fosters independent
reading and increases confidence.
E.K. Smith, the author of the Alien
Dude series will be here for a fun
program that engages children in
reading without them even realizing.
these programs, or any other library inquiries, please contact
Nicole Lamparello, Program Director for the LSJL at 704944-6763 or nlamparello@
shalomcharlotte.org.Y
The Levine-Sklut
We are grateful to
Judaic Library is
Talli Dippold for her
happy to announce that
tenure as the Director of
Debby Block has
the Levine-Sklut Judaic
joined our team of as
Library. Under Dipthe Interim Director.
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brary established the
strong team, devoted to
popular Melton School
customer
service,
of Adult Jewish LearnDebby Block reports
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Debby Block
that she is honored to
educational resources as
have been asked to step in as In- well as expanded the library’s colterim Director. “I am thrilled to be laborative programming with a
back in the Levine-Sklut Judaic multitude of organizations both on
Library and Resource Center. The and off Shalom Park.
library has always held a special
The library looks forward to a
part of my heart as do the people bright future. We will continue to
and organizations of Shalom provide you and your families a
Park,” says Block. “Please come positive environment, with plenty
and visit the library and see how of books and resources, as well as
much we have to offer.”
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2015 Friends of the Library Annual Campaign
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Library’s Annual Campaign
and/or Endowment Campaign
Thank you as well to Leon and
Sandra Levine, Howard and Julie
Levine, and Eric and Lori Sklut
for matching all endowment gifts
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&CONGREGATIONS
The Rabbis Say that Purim is Like …
* Pesach: During both
festivals, Jews go from
bondage to freedom.
* Shavuot: We accepted Torah again.
(After Mordecai and Esther told us to …)
* Rosh Hashanah: The
book of the living and the
dead were opened then,
too.
* Yom Kippur: The
generation of Purim also expiated
their sins.
Comparisons between Purim
and other Jewish festivals abound
for a reason: the rabbis are explaining (and investing) Purim
with importance. As well they
should: Purim may be based on a
narrative, but it has much to say
about actual Jewish history.
The Book of Esther introduces
the trauma of exile, one which
will become all too familiar to
Jews of later centuries. Haman is
a prototype for dictators and oppressors.
The book also gives modern
readers an opportunity to see how
ancient Jews could offer modern
critiques of power and status. Female power is feared (witness
King Ahaseurus’ desperate edict
that each man would “wield authority in his home” (Esther 1:22),
but the story tells us that Haman
is counseled by his
wife, the king by his,
and Mordecai by his
slip of a niece.
Power and status can
hang by a thread (or by
the gallows). Haman’s
honor becomes Mordecai’s, Mordecai’s end
becomes
Haman’s.
Turnabout is not only
fair play, it is the book’s
defining feature. The Book of Esther is permeated with convergences, ambivalence, ambiguities,
and transformation.
Because the book is so rich a
source of study, Temple Or
Olam’s Purim celebration will include a special study session for
adults. We’ll want to read the
whole megillah – but study it, too.
Temple Or Olam is also planning a family-friendly celebration
featuring a Purim shpiel on dance
themes (King Ahaseurus makes an
appearance as Michael Jackson
before Vashti leaves the kingdom
to join the Bolshoi Ballet – who
will be the king’s new partner?).
Skits and songs, and possibly
even a puppet show will be part of
the festivities. Our celebration
also includes an opportunity to
brush up on Israeli dancing skills
and we will all sit down to a
potluck dinner and dessert menu
that will, assuredly, include
chocolate mousse.
We’ll collect canned goods to
help feed the hungry. All four
mitzvot of Purim, from reading
the whole megillah, to giving attendees plenty of opportunity for
rejoicing, to sending gifts and giving to the poor will, we hope, be
part of this year’s observance of
Purim.
Certainly, we plan to take the
madcap celebration of Purim seriously. Come and join us!
Megillah reading and discussion - Saturday morning, March 7
Israeli dancing - Saturday afternoon, March 7
Purim party for everyone with
potluck and shpiel - Saturday afternoon/evening, March 7
All events at: Advent Lutheran
Church, 8840 University City
Blvd., Charlotte, North Carolina
28213
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Shmurah Matzah Available at Ohr HaTorah
A beautiful tradition in many
Jewish communities is the use of
round Shmurah Matzah for the
Passover Seder. Some of the reasons for this custom include that
the Shmurah Matzah is the closest
replication of the original matzah
the children of Israel ate when
they left Egypt in haste. This is especially true of the hand-baked
Shmurah Matzah where no machinery is used and the matzah is
prepared and baked by hand in the
old fashioned way.
In addition the Shmurah
Matzah is baked with extra care
which begins from the time of selecting and milling the grains for
wheat. Thus the name shmurah
which means guarded. The
matzah is made of only two ingredients, natural unbleached wheat
and pure well water. The entire
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Passover is one of the most intricate holidays on the Jewish calendar. It takes a lot of preparation
and hard work to make Passover a
success. Ohr HaTorah will provide pre-Passover classes on the
laws of Passover, including instruction how to clean the house
and also how to conduct the Seder.
In addition, we Ohr HaTorah will
help people with their Sale of
Chometz. Forms will be available
for download on the OHT website:
www.chabadnc.org.
Passover this year begins on
Friday, April 3, in the evening with
the first Seder. There are many important Passover mitzvot that
begin earlier in the day, that help
us transition in to the Pesach holiday. We may eat chometz until
11:19 AM on Friday April 3. We
burn the chometz by 12:22 PM.
By then all of our chometz should
have been sold by the Rabbi or
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The day before Passover is fast
of the first born. On Friday April
3 in the morning, a Siyum (conclusion of a tractate of Talmud) will
be conducted by Rabbi Yossi
Groner at Ohr HaTorah. The purpose of the Siyum is to help the
first born avoid the fasting on this
day. The logic behind this is that
only a feast of mitzvah can override the fast. When a Talmudic
tractate is concluded it triggers the
need for a feast of mitzvah. The
Siyum will follow the morning
service and special Blessing of the
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Make Your Own Matzah at the
Matzah Bakery
Do you want to make your
own matzah? Join us for an awesome time at the Matzah Bakery.
Grind, mix, roll and bake your
very own matzah. Enjoy fun activities and games that are all
about the holiday of Pesach.
This is an experience you don’t
want to miss. For ages 4-11.
Sunday, March 29, 4:30-5:30
PM
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Chabad to Host Seder for
Young Adults on First
Night of Passover
Chabad will once again be
hosting a Young Adult Seder this
coming Passover on the first night
of Passover, Friday, April 3 at
7:30 PM. The young adult Seder
was a hit with young people last
with over participating.
The Seder will be led by Rabbi
Ben Tzion and Rochel Groner and
promises to be an interactive, inspiring, and fun experience and
appealing to Jewish young adults
in our community. Participants
will learn how the Passover story
is applicable to their contemporary lives and will help them deal
with the tough stuff life has to
offer.
Those joining are encouraged
to bring questions with them as a
group discussion on the Jewish
perspective on personal freedom
and liberty will emerge from the
Passover readings.
The Seder will be held at the
Lubavitch Educational Center,
6619 Sardis Road in Charlotte.
Cost is $25 per person. To reserve
please visit chabadnc.org or write
to [email protected] or call us at
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Relational Judaism Weekend: Dr. Ron Wolfson Returns
“Judaism is about relationship
– with others, with God, with the
tradition itself,” points out Rabbi
David Wolpe of Sinai Temple, Los
Angeles. Rabbi Wolpe enthusiastically shares, “There is no more
sure-footed guide to the relationships in our lives than Ron Wolfson, teacher extraordinaire.”
Temple Israel and Temple Beth El
have joined forces to bring Dr.
Ron Wolfson back to Charlotte, so
that many more people in our
Charlotte community may benefit
directly from Dr. Wolfson’s teaching in his upcoming visit, the
weekend of Friday, March 27
through Saturday, March 28.
Motivated to help Jewish organizations across the country to
address declining membership
and ill attended programs, Dr.
Wolfson authored the gamechanging book, Relational Judaism: Using the Power of
Relationships to Transform the
Jewish Community. Wolfson applies the best thinking from the
Dr. Ron Wolfson
corporate and nonprofit worlds,
lending scholarship that is meticulously researched and peppered
with real life examples, to outline
a new paradigm for creating a vibrant Jewish community.
“Ron Wolfson is a dynamic and
engaging scholar, who weaves a
vision filled with hope for the future of Jewish communal life
in the United States. His vision is
Temple Beth El: A Hub
for Unique Communities
Engaged in Jewish Living
By Cantor Mary Thomas
The synagogue is a beit t’filah
- a house of prayer, a beit midrash
- a house of study, and a beit k’nesset - a house of gathering. At
Temple Beth El we have dynamic
services and learning opportunities for all ages. We are a place of
connection for many.
The Temple Beth El community has created one of the most
successful youth engagement programs in the country. Yet, success
is not without challenges. Synagogues throughout the country
face the struggle of a “carpool culture,” where students are dropped
off and parents rarely enter the
synagogue for their own enrichment and spiritual development.
When kids are served so well, parents may - subconsciously or not
- focus their Jewish involvement
and participation on their children,
and not themselves. Oftentimes,
this is based out of necessity: kids’
schedules are challenging, there is
an incredible amount of driving to
and fro, and work is demanding.
When do you find time to buy
groceries, go to the gym, or have
the occasional date night, never
mind the synagogue and Jewish
living.
We hope to get ahead of this
national trend of disaffiliation by
strengthening Temple Beth El as a
beit k’nesset - not just a house of
gathering, but a hub for building
unique, small communities engaged in Jewish Living. Through
strong lay partnerships, we are
building networks of Jewish Living Groups. These groups are
small communities within Temple
Beth El united by interest, affinity,
or life circumstance.
Club Sandwich: Our first Jewish Living Group is Club Sandwich, comprised of members
caring for family members in multiple generations, such as aging
parents and teens still living at
home. Club Sandwich has been
meeting since October 2014 and
has observed holidays, havdalah,
and has engaged in study while
deepening their interpersonal relationships.
Tiles
and
Tribulations:
Launched in February, the Tiles
and Tribulations Mah Jongg Jewish Living Group is an intergenerational mix of Mah Jongg players
from novice to expert who explore
Jewish wisdom as they study their
tiles. Women (and men) of all generations spent a Shabbat together:
eating, praying, exploring the
game, and getting to know one another. In March, Tiles and Tribulations continues to support the
novices through extra practice sessions at Whole Foods while building ongoing Mah Jongg groups
who will play and build Jewish
content into the communities built
around their games.
Bourbon and Banter: The Bourbon and Banter Jewish Living
Group meets for the first time on
March 7 for havdalah, bourbon,
and Jewish learning. Bourbon and
Banter will create community
around good Bourbon and great
Jewish ideas. RSVP to attend by
March 4 at www.beth-el.com.
Other groups in development
include an Outdoor Activities
Group, which should also launch
in March, Single Women in their
50s and 60s, and more. All you
need to start a Jewish Living
Group is a passion, two dedicated
lay leaders, and a willingness to
welcome Jewish perspective and
content into that activity.
Temple Beth El will continue to
grow as a place of prayer, study,
action, gathering, but also as a
focal point for a renewed engagement with daily Jewish life. Please
contact [email protected]
for more information about the existing Jewish Living Groups or if
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contagious and exciting,” says
Rabbi Murray Ezring of Temple
Israel. “Communal religious life is
all about relationships. Our love
for one another; our support for
one another draw us closer to experiencing the Divine on earth.”
Temple Israel and Temple Beth
El invites all Jews, affiliated and
unaffiliated, young and old, lay
leaders and staff, from all over the
Charlotte area to attend this upcoming special Shabbat weekend,
absolutely free of charge and created to benefit the Charlotte Jewish community at large. You are
invited to engage in a conversation with Dr. Wolfson that will
transform your thinking about the
future of your Jewish life and of
Jewish organizations. The following events are open to the public:
Friday, March 27 – Temple
Beth El
Community Shabbat Services,
7 PM - Blessing and Kisses: the
Power of Jewish Family Life. This
lecture is sponsored in part by the
Sadie Levin Scholar-in-Residence
program in memory of the mother
of Norm Levin, Temple Beth El’s
Honorary Life President.
Saturday, March 28 – Temple
Israel
Shabbat Services, 9:30 AM Building Good Tents: Envisioning
the Relational Synagogue of the
21st Century.
Saturday, March 28 – Sam
Lerner Center at Shalom Park
(Building A)
After services at both temples,
the Jewish community will come
together for a special Kiddush in
the Sam Lerner Center of Shalom
Park. Immediately after Kiddush,
Dr. Wolfson will present, Beyond
Maxwell House: How to Have the
Greatest Seder Ever.
these events, you may contact the
Clergy Office of Temple Israel at
704-362-2796 or Temple Beth El
at 704-366-1948.Y
Dan Nichols Returns to Charlotte
Temple Beth El welcomes Dan
Nichols as we celebrate our Jewish community and secular educators on Arthur Tirsun Teacher
Appreciation and Education
Shabbat.
We hope you will join us on
Saturday, March 14 at 11 AM at
Temple Beth El in the Blumenthal
Sanctuary
Temple Beth El is excited to
announce the return of beloved
singer-songwriter, Dan Nichols.
Dan Nichols is a singular talent in
the world of Jewish music. He is
one of the most dynamic, influential, and beloved Jewish musicians in North America. Dan’s
melodies have become an integral
part of the spiritual and liturgical
experience of countless individuals and Jewish communities, including ours.
Dan will be joining our clergy
to lead a magnificent, musical
Shabbat morning congregational
service that will honor our Jewish
and community educators. He will
be joined by the TBE Teen Vocal
Ensemble, Teen Band, Youth
Choir, and Religious School Song
Leaders. Everyone is welcome to
attend.
Temple Beth El is proud to
honor our dedicated Jewish educators and area secular teachers.
This Shabbat service is dedicated
to Arthur Tirsun, a career educator
who lived what he taught. Judaism was his life and he had the
rare gift of being able to impart
his Judaic wisdom, passion, and
dedication to our students. All of
the teachers at Temple Beth El
Religious School possess those
same attributes. Please join us to
say thank you to our beloved
teachers and the faculties of the
Charlotte Jewish Preschool, the
Consolidated Hebrew High
School, Tikvah Charlotte, and the
Levine Sklut Judaic Library, as
well as our area secular teachers.
The public is welcome to join the
celebration.
If you would like to honor a
Jewish educator, please consider
making a contribution to the Temple Beth El Arthur Tirsun Educational Shabbat and Religious
School Fund. Y
March Madness at Temple Kol Ami
March Madness has come to
Temple Kol Ami. No, we don’t
mean basketball. We mean all the
amazing events that are planned
for March at TKA. We start off the
month with a Purim Carnival on
March 1 for our amazing Religious School students. Then on
March 6, these awesome kids will
entertain us with a Purim Schpiel
based on Dr. Seuss at Friday night
Shabbat service. Finally, the
weekend of March 20-22, Kol
Ami welcomes Rabbi Bruce Aft
of the Institute of Southern Jewish
Learning for a Shabbaton. Rabbi
Aft is coming to us from Northern
Virginia, and will lead the congre-
gation in a traditional Friday night
service and a Saturday morning
Tot Shabbat. Other plans for the
Shabbaton include a congregational brunch, Torah study, Havdalah get-together, and spending
time with the Religious School
kids. We are excited to have the
“Rabbi on the Road” join our
community for a weekend of spirituality and learning.
Temple Kol Ami serves the
Jewish population of York
County, SC and the surrounding
areas. We are a warm and welcoming congregation for Jews
from all walks of life and level of
observance. Shabbat services are
held the first and third Friday
nights of each month at the Historic Sanctuary of Unity Presbyterian Church, 303 Tom Hall Street,
Fort Mill, SC. For more information about Temple Kol Ami, check
out our website www.templekolamisc.org. We would love to see
you one Friday night in the near
future. Y
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JFS Volunteers
Thank you to the following
people who contributed their time
to Jewish Family Services in January.
Volunteers: Rick Abrams, Shari
Box, Ruth Brandt, Barbara
Brower, Ilene Cantor, Bill Cassell,
Suzy Catenazzo, Dan Coblenz,
Jennifer Collman, Sue Cooper,
Andrea Cronson, Janelle Day, Mel
& Caren Frank, Robert Friedman,
Gail Halverson, Robert Jacobson,
Gary Lerner, Matt Luftglass, Helene Moll, Frada Mozenter, Margaret Musa, Ken Orenbach, Bob
& Sheila Peltzer, Ed Pizer, Debbie
Porter, Roberta Rodgers, Lisa Shporer, Michelle Siegel, Harry
Sparks, Jeff & Stacy Strauch, Jeff
Turk, Mike Weinberg, Jan Weiner
Hadassah Cooks: Barbara
Abrams, Phyllis Berlin, Ilene
Cantor, Gladys Cherny, Lynne
Cojac, June Hirschmann, Sandy
Hoagland, Fran Kaplan, Judy
Kaufmann, Barbara Kern, Penny
Krieger, Andy McCleary, Jenny
Rosenthal, Fran Schuler, Hagit
Stav, Nancy Tarbis
Food Pantry Donations: CJDS,
Charlotte Pride Band, Temple
Beth El Religious School 5th and
6th grade classes, Temple Kol
Ami, Temple Israel Alef Classes,
Tov M’Od Havurah, JCC Teens,
JWRP, The Bat Mitzvah Club,
Coblenz family, Sinkoe family,
Judi Lecker, Waldinger Family,
Linda Bass, Asher Schribman
Hanukkah Donations: JCC
members, Temple Beth El congregants, Temple Israel congregants,
Temple Kol Tikvah congregants,
Hadassah of Lake Norman members, Feld family, Moishe House,
65 Senior Street
Simcha Centerpieces: Schwartz
family in honor of Joshua’s Bar
Mitzvah
Special Recognition: Norman
Steinberger for sponsoring the annual Senior Hanukkah Party and
everybody who attended Jewish
Community Night at the Charlotte
Hornets game. Y
Women’s News
Why You Should Join Hadassah
is my goal this year to
By Sandra Goldconnect dots between
man, president,
your vision and mine.
Charlotte Chapter
I would also love to
of Hadassah
connect dots between
When have you
the Charlotte Chapter
last thought about
as a whole and dots
joining Hadassah?
between Israel. We
If it has not crossed
already have an array
your mind in a
of programs you can
while, I hope you
Sandra Goldman
get involved with. I
will take some time
invite you to become
now and contemplate about it. To date we have an active member. I am looking
1,012 members in our Charlotte for commitment because I want
Chapter. Personally, I love the you not only today and tomorrow
fact that Hadassah is the power of but in the future as well. I want
women who do. We have passion, you motivated and inspired.
Take a look at our history, follove to help and empower others.
Each of us has our own vision. It low our founder, Henrietta Szold’s
footsteps, and then jump forward.
I would love to hear what values
and assets you could bring to our
chapter? Think about what gets
you going and when you find your
calling, then come to us. Let’s develop new programs together and
improve old ones so that we all
can benefit of what we have created. If you believe you have done
all that already, maybe you know
someone who has not yet done so?
Invite them to an event , and who
knows, it might just as well spark
a fire in them to become one of us,
a woman who does.
For now, let’s just remind ourselves of Hadassah’s mission
statement:
Hadassah, the
Hadassah Health Night
2015
William Northrup to Speak on Espionage
and the Middle East
Dr. Robert Smith
Nicole and Natalie will be presenting “Caring for the Caregiver.”
Nicole Levine joined JFS in
2008. She received her MSW
from Boston University, and holds
Certification in Marriage and
Family Therapy, and is a Certifies
Clinical Social Worker in Gerontology. Currently, Nicole works
with seniors in Oasis as well as
serving as Case Manager for the
JFS My Solutions Case Management Program.
Natalie Tunney is the Director
of Senior Outreach. In addition,
Natalie provides family members
and caregivers with support, information, and knowledgeable direction.
In addition to our speakers, we
will be joined by two of our
Hadassah Directory advertisers:
Silver Cross and Home Instead.
They will provide information on
their services and products.
Please join us for this exciting
program. For more information
please contact Heidi at 704-3653859.Y
The Charlotte Chapter of
Hadassah presents “Ask the Doctor” at Temple Israel on Monday
March 9 from 7-9 PM.
This program is free and open
to all members of Hadassah, their
guests, and members of the
greater Charlotte community.
The program this year includes
outstanding speakers.
Each presenter will showcase
their topic with a PowerPoint
presentation, followed by an open
question and answer session.
Dr. Robert Smith- Hospice and Palliative Care
Charlotte Region - “It’s a
Matter of Life” is the title of
Dr. Smith’s presentation.
Dr. Smith earned a B.A.
in Business from Washington and Jefferson College in
Washington, PA, followed
by earning a Masters in
Business Administration at
the University of Pittsburgh,
Katz Graduate School of
Business. He earned his
Nicole Levine and Natalie Tunney
medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh and
completed his residency at
North East Medical Center in
Concord, NC. Dr. Smith is board
certified in Family Medicine and
Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Dr. Smith is currently the Medical
Director for HPCCR and has been
with the organization since August 2004. He has nearly twelve
years of hospice and palliative
medicine experience.
Nicole Levine, MSW, LCSW,
CSW-G and Natalie Tunney Jewish Family Services Charlotte
Women’s Zionist Organization of
America, is a volunteer organization that inspires a passion for and
commitment to its partnership
with the land and people of Israel.
It enhances the health of people
worldwide through its support of
medical care and research at the
Hadassah Medical Organization
in Jerusalem. Hadassah empowers
its members and supporters, as
well as youth in Israel and America, through opportunities for
personal growth, education, advocacy, and Jewish continuity.
I am confident you can find
yourself somewhere inside this
mission statement. I know I did,
and that is the reason why I got in-
volved with Hadassah in the first
place. If you are interested in
learning more about Hadassah and
have some fun too, please join me
April 17-19 in New Orleans at the
Big Tri-Region Spring Conference. Registration is $195. Airfare
and hotel expense will be reimbursed for members. Y
A Meet the Author Event
The Charlotte Chapter of
Hadassah and the Levine Jewish
Community Center are proud to
announce a very special evening
with William Northrup, author,
military historian, intelligence expert and investigator.
In his most recent book,
“Spook War,” Mr. Northrup gives
his readers a first-hand glimpse
into the complicated and duplicitous world of espionage. William
Northrup was born in Charlotte,
educated at the Citadel and served
in Vietnam. After serving his
country, William moved to the
Middle East and lent his talents to
help build the young nation of Israel. As a former intelligence officer, he lived in and out of Israel
for many years and was deeply involved in intelligence operations
and the Iran-Contra scandal.
The U.S. State Department has
issued a “105” notice on Mr.
Northrup, identifying him as a
“known foreign intelligence operative.” His talk will shine a light
on many fascinating issues, including “what’s a nice Jewish boy
doing in a job like this?”
Mr. Northrup always says
“there are two kinds of history, the
one you know and the one that really happened.” Join us on March
15, at 4 PM in Lerner Hall to find
out what really happened.
$10 includes wine and cheese
reception.
Books will be available for sale
by previous reservation (call
Lynda 704-541-8317) or at the
event in limited quantity.
For a review of when Northrup
spoke for the Lake Norman Chapter of Hadassah, see the story
below.Y
Book and Author Evening with
Espionage Specialist, William Northrop
An interested crowd gathered
at Davidson College on January
25 as Lake Norman Hadassah presented William Northrop, author
of “Spook War, a Memoir from
the Trenches,” as a public service
to the Lake community.
Our speaker was the featured
special guest on Mike Collins’s
well known talk show “Charlotte
Talks” on WFAE Radio Wednesday, January 21. The on-air conversation included information
about Hadassah and its work.
During his years living in Israel,
Northrop became a fan of the
medical work Hadassah Hospital
accomplishes. In light of that support, he graciously accepted our
invitation to speak.
Northrop is a native of Charlotte and an American-Israeli intelligence specialist and historian.
His talk covered many topics
about the truths on the ground in
the Middle East. He explained
how espionage can bring down a
government in rather short order.
Fascinating the audience with explanations of how the “trades”
work, it was quite obvious that we
normal people really have no idea
of what goes on in this mysterious
world. His reality on the ground
was something we all thought was
simply the stuff of spy novels and
movies.
There was a lively Q & A session as was expected with the recent news about terrorism, a topic
he knows well. Northrup is a
strong advocate for Israel and has
lived the fight against terror. He
has a picture of his then two
young daughters in a “safe room”
with gas masks. He said that every
Israeli home has such a “safe
room.” It is difficult for us to even
imagine living under the daily fear
that a terror attack could occur at
any moment.
The Lake Norman Hadassah
committee for the event was
chaired by Co-President, Nadine
Fox. Billie Green created her terrific graphics for posters and programs to bring the event to life.
Rita Eilenberg, Rose Sacolick, Arleen Glass, and Co- President
Karen Marshall handled AV, ordering Hadassah materials, research, and “day-of” duties. They
formed an active working team.
Randee Lerner was our liaison to
the Jewish Council of Lake Norman.
Our appreciation goes to Rabbi
Michael Shields and Davidson
Hillel, the Jewish Council of Lake
Norman and the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte who
partnered with LKN Hadassah to
bring the evening to fruition.
Thanks to Davidson College’s
Dean Rusk International Studies
Program and communications department, both of which assisted
in providing posters and information on campus and the surrounding area. Y
Mazel Tov & Congratulations
American Hebrew Academy Inducts New Members into Prestigious
Honor Society
Rachel Musa and Daniel Vaynshteyn Among This Year’s Honorees
The American Hebrew Academy recently extended invitations
to a select number of students
worldwide for admittance into the
esteemed American Hebrew
Academy Honor Society. Now in
its 6th year, the American Hebrew
Academy Honor Society is an international honor society that acknowledges exceptional 8th and
9th grade students who have
demonstrated excellence in academics, athletics, the arts, leadership, and service to their
communities. The Honor Society
is modeled after the National
Honor Society.
Rachel Musa: Rachel has
proven herself to be a dedicated
young Jewish leader. Serving as a
helper at her synagogue and on
the board of the Teen Health Connection earned her the Wildcat in
Action Community Service
Award. While maintaining straight
As, she still finds time to be a
member of the swim team, band,
and French club.
Daniel Vaynshteyn: Daniel is
an exceptional student who exhibits leadership qualities in all
that he does. A talented actor, he’s
played the lead role in “Mad Hatter” and “Cat in the Hat,” as well
as taking on the part of assistant
director for “A Fairy Tale Life.”
He was recently elected Vice President of Hebrew High student
council, becoming the youngest
officer. He is deeply connected to
his Russian roots, involved in
Russian festivals around Charlotte, and the Make a Wish Program to fulfill wishes from
orphans from St. Petersburg. A
truly incredible young man,
Daniel always leads by example.
“To be named a member of the
American Hebrew Academy
Honor Society is a great achievement,” says Mark Spielman, Director of the Honor Society. “We
look forward to meeting each of
the honorees and following their
successes as they make great contributions to our society.” Academy Executive Director, Glenn
Drew added, “The Academy is an
exceptional institution with an
outstanding faculty and student
body. Identifying stellar students
follows our mission of mentoring
the Jewish leaders of tomorrow.”
To learn more about the Amer-
ican Hebrew Academy Honor Society, please visit our website at
www.AHAHonorSociety.org.Y
NC Holocaust Foundation Receives Grant from Greenspon Fund
By Mitch Rifkin
The North Carolina Holocaust
Foundation is pleased to acknowledge that for the second year in a
row, the Stan Greenspon Donor
Advised Fund has made a supporting matched grant of $10,000.
In 2014 the Holocaust Foundation
raised over $58,000 for the
matched challenge from the
Greenspon Donor Fund. These
donations enable the Holocaust
Foundation to continue its valuable work to prevent future genocide and atrocities around the
globe by teaching tolerance in
human relations, democracy,
American values and respect for
diversity.
The Mission of the Foundation
Educate - The Holocaust Foundation educates public school
teachers across North Carolina
through direct interaction with a
Holocaust survivor and a Holocaust scholar. The Holocaust
Foundation is the First Responders on Holocaust education and
hate crimes by the North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction
throughout all 100 NC counties.
Teacher Guides and Resources
- The Holocaust Foundation creates comprehensive workbooks,
lesson plans, and teacher guides
for school teachers based upon experiences of North Carolina Holocaust survivors.
Traveling Exhibits and Plays The Holocaust Foundation creates
museum-quality exhibits loaned
to schools and libraries at no cost
to the school and students.
State Holocaust Survivors
Speakers Bureau - The Holocaust
Foundation is the only Holocaust
Speakers Bureau with a comprehensive, state-wide network of
Holocaust survivor speakers.
Traveling Plays - The Holocaust Foundation has commissioned theatrical plays about the
Holocaust appropriate for middle
school and high school students.
These plays are performed at
schools at no cost to the school
and students.
With a portion of the 2015
$10,000 grant from the Stan
Greenspon Donor Advised Fund,
the North Carolina Holocaust
Foundation will update and print
a new edition of The Holocaust A North Carolina Teacher’s Resource. Mentioned above, the
Teachers Guide is compilation of
Holocaust survivor stories, lesson
plans, and information handouts
essential for the teaching of the
Holocaust to middle school and
high school students. The Teacher
Guide provides teachers and stu-
dents with a sound historical
framework to understand the Nazi
regime. The Teacher Guide is provided to all who attend the Council’s teacher’s workshops and
anyone who requests it.
The second portion of the funding will go towards a new project
called “What We Carry.” This
project is a physical representation of suitcases and the personal
contents that Jews packed when
forced from their homes to ghettos. The suitcases will be sent to
schools, libraries and any learning
institution that requests the project. The project is headed up by
Talli Dippold and Judi Strause.
Anyone who wishes to work on
this project or has contents to donate should contact Talli Dippold
at [email protected].
The North Carolina Holocaust
Foundation is forever grateful to
Stan Greenspon for his continued
generous support. As a prominent
leader in the Jewish community,
Stan’s presence and leadership is
by example. His financial support
encourages donors to fund essential Holocaust Foundation programs and services.
On a personal note, I have
known Stan for many years; we
share the similarities of being
raised in a small South Carolina
town with a vibrant Jewish community. I admire Stan’s caring and
the passion that he brings to ideas
that support and identify Jewish
values. Anyone wishing to donate
makes checks out to the NC Holocaust Foundation a 501(c)(3) and
mail to: 5704 Crooked Stick Trail,
Raleigh, NC 27612. Our website
is www.ncpublicschools.org/holocaust-council. The donation is a
tax-deductible donation. Y
Charlotte Teacher is One of Twenty-Five Teachers Chosen to
Participate in “Auschwitz: The Past is Present” Professional
Development Program
USC Shoah Foundation - The
Institute for Visual History and
Education and Discovery Education selected Keith Stringfellow, a
teacher at the Charlotte Islamic
Academy in Charlotte, as one of
only 25 teachers from around the
world to participate in a unique
professional development program in Poland as part of
Auschwitz: The Past is Present.
Auschwitz: The Past is Present
is a global communications and
education program that supported
the official observance of the 70th
anniversary of the liberation of
Auschwitz on January 27. This
unique educator professional development opportunity is just one
component of the education initiative between Shoah Foundation
and Discovery Education. The
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and the International
Auschwitz Council were the organizers of the official commemoration event.
Stringfellow joined educators
from 11 different countries repre-
senting four continents in attending a four-day workshop designed
to deepen their understanding of
the historical landscape of Poland
before, during, and after the Holocaust and increase participant
knowledge of authentic sites including Auschwitz-Birkenau.
During the program, he worked
with IWitness, the USC Shoah
Foundation’s educational website
that brings testimonies from survivors and witnesses of genocide,
including the Holocaust, from the
Institute’s Visual History Archive
to secondary schools via multimedia-learning activities.
Teachers also had the unprecedented opportunity to meet with a
large number of Holocaust survivors prior to attending the commemoration
ceremony
at
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
“Survivors shared their stories
because they understood how vital
it was that future generations
never forget what happened at
places like Auschwitz,” said Dr.
Kori Street, USC Shoah Foundation Director of Education. “By
bringing teachers to a place where
so many atrocities occurred is a
way to show survivors that we
take seriously our responsibility
of keeping their voices strong forever.”
Select content from IWitness
will soon be available to Discovery Education Streaming and Discovery Education Social Studies
Techbook™ subscribers.
“Discovery Education is honored to partner with an amazing
organization like USC Shoah
Foundation to provide this powerful, life-changing professional
development opportunity to educators across the world,” said Bill
Goodwyn, President and CEO of
Discovery Education. “This experience will build educators’ digital-media literacy skills and give
them the tools to provide engaging, primary-source resources to
their students to strengthen the understanding and importance of remembering the Holocaust.”
The Auschwitz: The Past is
Present ITeach Professional Development program began in Warsaw on January 23 at the Museum
of the History of Polish Jews and
concluded at the official ceremonies at the Auschwitz-Birkenau
State Museum on January 27.
“I’m incredibly honored to
[have been] chosen to take part in
this program so I can pass the
knowledge I gain on to the next
generation,” said Stringfellow. “It
is my duty as a historian and a
human being to ensure that the
tragedy and horror of the Holocaust not be skimmed over in the
history books and forgotten, but
documented and preserved for future generations to learn from. I
intend to use my experiences and
the knowledge gained by studying
living testimony to make this experience one that truly bridges the
past and the present to make these
tragic events personal to students
today. It is our duty to the survivors to take the knowledge they
have and preserve it for the gener-
ations to come. We have to be that
next generation of witnesses.”
By working together on this
important project, USC Shoah
Foundation and Discovery Education are filling an ever-present
need to keep history alive for generations to come. Interacting with
testimony as a primary source in
IWitness shows young people
how the past informs our present
and what this means to students
today.
Stringfellow has impressive
plans to use his experience in this
program: “I am planning to use
the program I attended as the inspiration to coordinate a program
where Muslim students can go to
Auschwitz and be educated on the
events and the people who endured the Shoah. This will enable
a whole new perspective for students who really do not get an opportunity to learn about these
events anywhere else.” Y
Purim and the Poor in Israel
the unemployed; and fiBy Judy Lash Balint/JNS.org
nancial assistance to
Israelis take Purim serihelp with bar/bat mitzously — kids get the day off
vah and wedding celeschool, many towns put on a
brations, winter clothes,
lively Purim parade, and the
and school supplies that
streets are filled with people of
are beyond the budget
all ages running about in cosof those at the bottom of
tumes, delivering mishloach
Israel’s economic ladmanot baskets of prepared
der.
food goodies to their friends
For Purim, matanot
and neighbors before sitting
l’evyonim donations to
down to the seuda, a festive
Yad Ezra V’Shulamit
meal that includes plenty of
are added to the funds
spirits.
that come from a mix of
But all these items add up,
private Israeli and forand Purim can be a costly
event. For the one third of all A woman dressed up in a costume for the Jewish holi- eign donors, U.S Jewish
Israeli children who live in day of Purim walks by a homeless man sleeping outside federations and in-kind
poverty, Purim wouldn’t be the Mashbir mall in the center of Jerusalem on March contributions from IsPurim without the help of an 7, 2012. Many Israeli organizations that are set up to raeli businesses, to proarray of non-profit organiza- help the poor go into high gear on Purim, to fulfill that vide needy families
tions who take the holiday’s holiday’s mitzvah of gifts for the poor, in Hebrew with items to enable
“matanot l’evyonim.” Credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90.
them to feel part of the
other mitzvah to heart.
holiday.
According to Maimonides,
At the restaurants run
the great medieval Jewish
packed with prepared foods,
scholar, “Gifts for the poor sweets, wine, and toys, but also by Meir Panim, a network of nu(matanot l’evyonim) deserve sends out teams of volunteers who trition-related programs for the
more attention than the seuda and visit single-parent families to poor, Purim is a time for increased
mishloach manot because there is spend time bringing Purim joy efforts to bring relief to thousands
no greater, richer happiness than into homes that may be short on in need.
“Meir Panim means lighting up
bringing joy to the hearts of needy simcha (happiness). A large numpeople, orphans, widows and ber of the families also receive a faces,” explains assistant director
proselytes.”
gift of cash in honor of Purim, Goldie Sternbuch. “We do it all
Despite Israel’s image as the “but we know it will actually get year around, but especially at
hi-tech “start-up nation,” there are used to prepare for Passover,” Purim.”
Anyone who has walked from
plenty of needy people in the Jew- Schischa notes.
ish state. In 2012, according to IsAs the child of a large, poor, Jerusalem’s Central Bus Station to
rael’s National Insurance Institute, haredi family, Schischa remem- Yirmiyahu Street has walked past
there were 1.75 million poor peo- bers the humiliation of standing in the unobtrusive storefront that
ple in Israel (out of a total popu- line for food handouts, so Tov opens into a free restaurant. Indozens
of
hungry
lation of just more than 8 million), V’Chesed makes a point of pre- side,
among them some 817,000 chil- serving the dignity of recipients Jerusalemites—Arabs, Christians,
dren.
by having volunteers make home Jews, elderly immigrants and forThat’s more than a third of all deliveries. His organization serves eign workers—are served a nutritious lunch with a smile by
children in Israel. In 1980, only some 2,500 families per year.
8.1 percent of Israeli children
The motto of Yad Ezra V’Shu- volunteer waiters.
The restaurants operate in six
were poor, meaning that child lamit, another group founded by
poverty has grown fourfold over someone with first-hand knowl- other cities around Israel providthe past 30 years.
edge of growing up poor, is ing what Sternbuch calls “a digniMany organizations that are set “Breaking the Cycle of Poverty fied approach to feeding the
poor.” But needs are burgeoning
up to help the poor are run by One Child at a Time.”
Torah observant Israelis, and at
Aryeh Lurie, a 50-something and while food is an urgent issue,
Purim, they go into high gear to religious businessman, named the it is only one component of a hofulfill the precept of Maimonides. organization after his parents who listic approach to help get people
Rabbi Yakov Schischa, founder despite their own difficult circum- “back in the mainstream.”
One target group for mainand director of the Tov V’Chesed stances, managed to help neighstreaming is teenagers from disadFoundation based in Jerusalem’s bors with food.
Meah Shearim neighborhood, exThe organization, which has vantaged families. The After
plains how his group not only pre- been running since 1998, operates School Youth Clubs of Meir
pares and delivers hundreds of on
a
nation-wide
scale. Panim reach thousands of at-risk
mishloach manot Purim baskets Spokesperson Meira Brandwein youths, who get motivated by enelaborates on those who ergetic young volunteers and proturn to Yad Ezra V’Shu- fessional counselors to stay in
lamit. “The families we school and continue their educareach are in very deep tion.
As soon as the final chunk of
poverty,”
Brandwein
says. “They’re not just money is raised, Meir Panim will
people who have fallen launch its most ambitious project
on hard times. These are to date — a $12 million Israel Nupeople who need imme- trition Center located in the southdiate relief,” she adds. ern town of Kiryat Gat and named
The breadwinner in a for well-known U.S. philanthrofamily dies; someone in pist Mortimer Zuckerman and his
the family needs urgent daughter Abigail.
The facility will be the largest
specialized medical care;
a working single parent food distribution center in the
loses her job—situations Middle East, set to serve 30,000
that can spiral out of con- meals every day to disadvantaged
trol and leave a family school kids, the free restaurants
and meals on wheels programs
with no resources.
Brandwein enumer- around the country. It is a massive
ates the programs that undertaking that will be managed
serve more than 1,000 in partnership with a large Israeli
A volunteer at last year’s Meir Panim Purim children every day with catering company.
Rabbi Schischa of Tov V’Chcelebration in Israel. Once it raises the neces- hot meals as well as tusary funds, Meir Panim is planning a $12 mil- toring and social pro- esed acknowledges that programs
lion nutrition center in the southern Israeli grams; clubs for teens at like his “can’t fix the world,” but
town of Kiryat Gat. The current After School risk; food baskets filled “at Purim, everyone can take part
Youth Clubs of Meir Panim, meanwhile, reach with healthy food for in the mitzvah of matanot l’evythousands of at-risk youths. Credit: Courtesy 2,800 families per week; onim to bring more joy into the
Meir Panim.
vocational counseling for world.” Y
Purim Change of Pace: a
Chocolate Dough
By Shannon Sarna
New York (JTA) - Hamantaschen talk is always about the
filling: prune, poppy, apricot, and
strawberry, just to name a few favorites. I love being creative with
the fillings, but this year I wanted
to change up things with a flavored dough rather than just a fun
filling. And what better ingredient
to include than chocolate.
Pinch of salt
For the white chocolate drizzle:
1/2 c. white chocolate chips
2 t. vegetable oil
Nutella or milk chocolate chips
Chocolate covered espresso
beans (optional)
Instant espresso powder (optional)
To make the dough:
Beat the butter and sugar to-
Once you have made your
chocolate dough, you can still be
creative with the fillings, although
I recommend two combinations
below: triple chocolate, which is
filled with nutella and drizzled
with white chocolate, and chocolate mocha. You could also try filling the chocolate dough with
raspberry jam, peanut butter, or
even halvah.
The key to making and working with this dough successfully is
making it several hours in advance - even a day or two - so that
it is properly chilled. It will feel
sticky, so add flour as you roll it
out to make sure it holds its shape.
Most hamantaschen bakers
know that one of the keys to making a cookie that doesn’t fall apart
during the baking is to pinch the
three points very carefully. Another tip is to lay out all the folded
and filled cookies on a baking
sheet and then pop them into the
freezer for 5-10 minutes before
baking. Chilled cookie dough
simply bakes better.
If you enjoy the custom of
handing out mishloach manot, or
Purim baskets, in your community, these chocolate hamantaschen would go great with a
coffee-themed package: include a
small bag of high-quality coffee,
a little bag of chocolate-covered
espresso beans and the hamantaschen inside a big mug.
For the chocolate dough:
1/2 c. butter (or margarine)
3/4 c. granulated sugar
1 egg
1 T. milk (or almond milk)
1 t. vanilla extract
1-1/4 c. all purpose flour
1/8 c. cocoa powder (I prefer
Hershey’s Special Dark)
1/4 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
1/4 t. cinnamon
For the mocha cream cheese
filling:
4 oz. cream cheese at room
temperature
2 T. sugar
1 T. brewed espresso or coffee
gether till smooth. Add egg, milk,
and vanilla till mixed thoroughly.
Sift together the flour, baking
powder, cocoa powder, cinnamon,
and salt in a separate bowl. Add
dry mixture to wet mixture till incorporated. (Note: If the dough is
too soft, increase flour amount by
1/4 c. till firm.) Chill dough for at
least 1 hr. or up to 24 hrs.
To make mocha cream cheese:
Mix cream cheese, espresso,
sugar, and pinch of salt together in
a small bowl. Allow to chill 1-3
hrs.
To make the white chocolate
drizzle:
Place white chocolate and vegetable oil in a small glass bowl.
Heat in the microwave at 30 sec.
intervals till melted. Mix till completely smooth. Use right away.
To make the cookies:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Dust your work surface
with powdered sugar or flour to
keep from sticking. Roll the
dough to about ¼” thick. Using a
round cookie cutter, cut out and
place onto cookie sheet. To keep
the dough from sticking to your
cutter, dip in powdered sugar or
flour before each cut. Fill cookies
with nutella, milk chocolate chips,
or mocha cream cheese filling.
Bake for 7-9 min. Allow cookies
to cool completely.
To assemble the mocha chocolate hamantaschen, top with
crushed
chocolate
covered
espresso beans or a dusting of instant espresso.
To assemble triple chocolate
hamantaschen, use a fork or a
small plastic squeeze bottle to
drizzle white chocolate sauce
back and forth on cookies.
Allow to dry completely on a
cooling rack before serving or
packaging. Y
(Shannon Sarna is editor of
The Nosher blog on MyJewishLearning.com)
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