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Vol. 32, No. 8
September 2010
Elul-Tishrei 5770/1
An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte
A Decade of Soaring
By Diana Ades
What were you doing in 2001?
Well in 2001, Levine Jewish
Community Center’s Assistant
Executive
Director
Barry
Schumer and Special Olympics
Volunteer Expert Bob Bower were
conspiring to put together a summer program for Special Olympic
athletes. Mecklenburg County’s
Special Olympic office had limited summer programs for their
athletes so Bowler recruited
Schumer, and with the Levine
JCC’s resources, Camp SOAR
(Special
Olympics Athletic
Retreat) was born.
Camp SOAR started with 54
athletes ranging in ages from 15 to
60 with approximately 40 volunteers, mostly from our Jewish
community. Lunch was PB&J and
the athletes “ate it up.” But for the
first year, PB&J was all Camp
SOAR could afford. Bowler went
to all his friends and former business associates and literally pleaded for donations.
Fast forward ten years and
“never say no Bob” (as he is affectionately called by the Steering
Committee) succeeds again.
Everyone Bowler asks for assistance never disappoints. This year
Bowler received donations from
many corporations like Family
Dollar, Nabisco, Lance, Harris
Teeter, and the Charlotte Knights,
just to name a few. And Compass
Group provides lunch for Camp
SOAR every year, even as the
number of athletes and volunteers
grows.
What started as a three-day
camp has expanded to its current
five-day format to accommodate
the growing demand. Monday and
Tuesday are for athletes ages 26
years plus and Wednesday and
Thursday are for the younger athletes from 10-25 years old. On
Friday, the camp combines both
sessions into one grand finale with
an indoor carnival and dance.
As interest and the number of
athletes have grown, so has the
number of volunteers that are
needed. This summer, in Camp
SOAR’s 10th year, there were
approximately 275 volunteers and
300 athletes. Camp SOAR now
takes over the Levine JCC for the
whole week, and the entire Levine
JCC staff welcomes the athletes
with open arms.
This may be the one of the reasons the rate of return on volunteers is so high. One volunteer
summed up his experience best, “I
now realize how blessed we are
and I have learned so much about
appreciating life through these
amazing individuals.”
In addition to the many volunteers from the Jewish community,
high school students from
Charlotte Catholic, Charlotte
Christian, Charlotte Latin, Myers
Park, Providence, East Meck, and
Ardrey Kell are now participating.
The Charlotte Soccer Academy
and Mecklenburg Aquatic Club
participate as volunteer coaches
and leaders. And many families
have made volunteering at Camp
SOAR a family tradition as siblings and parents volunteer together.
The celebrities just keep
“showing up” at Camp SOAR.
Dell Curry, Muggsy Bogues,
Andrea Stinson and David
Thompson are just a few basketball greats that donate their time.
And the “big” celebrities like Sir
Purr, Chubby Checker, Lynx, and
Homer all make an appearance.
Seventy year old “never say no
Bob” cannot turn any athlete away
and his passion and enthusiasm
are contagious. Although the
campers are both young and older,
their various disabilities never
stop them from making new
friends and sharing their athletic
and artistic accomplishments with
all.
And after a decade, let’s not
forget the other selfless man that
makes Camp SOAR a tremendous
success … Barry Schumer.
Staffing and logistics come
together under Schumer’s leadership. Even when it rains, he is
ready with a back-up plan. Camp
SOAR is a labor of love for
Schumer, and his planning for the
11th year of Camp SOAR will
have started by the time you read
this article.
The Steering Committee wanted to make this 10th year a
special celebration by honoring
Bowler and the athletes. Schumer,
Steering Committee member Al
Tinson and I worked with Elsa
Safir and Eddie Gluck of the
LJCC and put together a
presentation that was
shared by the athletes on
the final day of camp.
With Bowler’s family,
and the athletes and volunteers, Levine JCC
CEO Phil Berman presented Bob with a
Proclamation
from
Having fun at Camp SOAR year after year.
Mayor Anthony Fox proclaiming that Friday,
June 18 was officially
Bob Bowler and Camp SOAR other every day in so many ways.”
Jones compares Camp SOAR
day.
Schumer
then
presented to a tree that keeps growing. “It’s
Bowler with a beautifully framed like Bob and his family are the
collage consisting of pictures from trunk and we, the athletes and volthe past ten years of Camp SOAR. unteers are the branches and
And the grand finale was a won- leaves.” And she writes, “When
derful video capturing the past you know people that are so passionate about what they do and so
decade.
For the first time in ten years, rich in their faith, you can’t help
Bowler was speechless. It was but rejoice.”
The volunteers from the Jewish
obvious that the athletes have so
much love in their hearts for Community should be extremely
proud of what they have helped
Bowler.
The past ten years can best be accomplish and the lasting memosummed up by an athlete that has ry they have helped create for the
participated in Camp year after athletes. Don’t be left out next
year. Kim Jones said, “The year…do a mitzvah and volunteer
moment I walked into the Levine for Camp SOAR. To learn more,
JCC … I could feel love in the to volunteer or to donate money,
walls. I feel that everyone played please contact Barry Schumer at
their part … we learn about each 704-944-6744. Y
Hugh McColl, Jr. to Present 2010 Echo
Award Against Indifference to Sandra
and Leon Levine
Special Guest Elie Wiesel Will Conduct On-Stage
Dialogue; Premiere of Documentary “In the Footsteps of
Elie Wiesel”
Tuesday, September 21, 6-9 PM,
Knight Theatre
The Echo Foundation will
award its 2010 Echo Award
Leon and Sandra Levine
Against Indifference to Sandra
and Leon Levine at a special event
on September 21 at Knight
Theatre. Presenting the award to
the Levines will be Hugh McColl,
Jr., former chairman and CEO of
Bank of America.
Included in the evening’s program will be the premiere of “In
the Footsteps of Elie Wiesel,” a
56-minute documentary produced
during Dr. Wiesel’s 2007 visit to
Charlotte
with
the
Echo
Foundation. Dr. Wiesel will also
participate in an on-stage dialogue
at the Knight Theatre. Following
the presentation of the 2010 Echo
Award Against Indifference to the
Sandra and Leon Levine, there
will be a Patron’s Reception.
Hugh McColl, jr.
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patron or corporate sponsorships,
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The Charlotte Jewish News - September 2010 - Page 2
JEWISH FEDERATION NEWS
Charlotteans Visit Homeland as Strangers; Return
Mishpachah: A Birthright Story
By Garrett Cooperman
This summer, a large number
of groups of forty or so Jewish
young adults from various
walks of life traveled together to
their unifying home state, Israel.
Many of the groups taking this
Taglit-Birthright sponsored trip
came from North America, and
many of them began the trip as
strangers to one another but
came back as friends. The
Charlotte Birthright trip – the
very trip I went on – was one of
these groups, but something set
our group apart: we all had a
connection to Charlotte and
would be able to maintain the
connections we made in Israel.
This trip left as a group, became
friends, learned about Israel,
and returned to the U.S. as family.
Everyone met at JFK airport
in New York, where we began
our journey and started to bond right off
the bat. The vast
majority of us knew
very little about Israel
but we were extremely prepared to learn
and have a good time.
The learning (and
good times) kicked
off in Tel Aviv, where
we learned about the
founding of the State
of Israel in the very building
where it officially happened,
Independence Hall. We strolled
through the old port of Jaffa,
learning about its history, and
had a great time on the
Mediterranean beach. We visited Hadera, Charlotte’s sister city
in Israel, and got to play in the
park with the very children
being helped by the Talpiot
Community family social work
program. This was a very special visit, and the children
weren’t the only people who
benefitted from it; we trip-goers
felt a chance to help in our sister
city was a vital stop.
The learning continued (oh,
and the good times really got
started) in Jerusalem, where a
visit through the Old City blew
our minds entirely. We had a
personal, spiritual moment at
ha-Kotel, the Western Wall, and
Riding camels in the Negev.
SHABBAT AND HOLIDAY CANDLE
LIGHTING FOR SEPTEMBER 2010
Friday, September 3, 7:30 PM
Wednesday, September 8, 7:23 PM
Thursday, September 9, after 8:18 PM
experienced the economic culture-shock and excitement of
the vastly popular market,
Mahane Yehuda. Managing not
to anger the British Birthright
group also staying at our hotel
was an additional high point. We
didn’t want to force a Paul
Revere moment on our staff
(“The British are coming!”).
One of the most gratifying
experiences of the entire trip
was that of Shabbat in
Jerusalem. It was amazing to see
how closely and commonly it
was observed, and how easy it is
to match that observance when
it is followed by the majority.
We were able to walk (without
vehicular interruption) from our
hotel to the Knesset and sit in
the beautiful park across the
street for a small group discussion about Shabbat, about
Judaism, and about the trip.
Visiting Yad Vashem,
the Holocaust Memorial
and Museum, and Har
Herzl, the Israeli military
cemetery, was both difficult
and
important.
Emotions ran high, but so
did our acceptance of
information and willingness to learn, as well as our
respect for those who came
before us and those currently giving their lives in
service of our people at
home and abroad.
The Negev desert was
filled with heat, but
also with camel-riding,
canyon-hiking,
(and
World Cup Final watching – you know you’re
jealous) fun. We traveled
from there to Arad, where
we held a beautiful outdoors Bar/Bat Mitzvah
ceremony for our tripmates who had not experienced one before. They
The group from Charlotte in front of the Knesset.
each gave a wonderful, heartfelt
speech and said the blessings,
and our Israeli friends, who were
with us for the whole trip, helped
us with the Torah readings.
We hiked Masada and floated
in the Dead Sea; we hiked
through the Golan Heights and
toured the winery there; we
walked through mystical, historical Tzfat and metropolitan
Haifa. We had an incredible,
mind-blowing time in Israel, and
we forty (fifty counting our
Israeli friends and our staff)
experienced it as a family. We
saw and did a lot in ten days –
there is no way to fit it all into
this small article.
So if you’re a Jewish young
adult and curious about Israel
and you happen to be reading
this, I entreat you to take this
trip. Taglit-Birthright Israel con-
nects you with your culture, your
heritage, and your people like
you never thought possible. For
that, our group would like to
thank the Jewish Federation and
The Leon Levine Foundation
for making our trip possible.
This travel experience is oncein-a-lifetime for everyone, but
we were able to build our memories and our friendships to
last. We were able to find our
connections not only in Israel,
but in our Charlotte community,
too. Y
A special thank you to
The Leon Levine
Foundation for making
this trip possible.
See page 38
for details
about the NC
Hillel Campus
Birthright
Israel
Experience Winter 2010.
Laying tefillin at the Kotel.
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Leon Levine ..............275,000
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Alan, Philip and Samuel
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Levine, Howard1...........75,000
Sklut, Eric R................140,000
King David Society
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Epstein, David ...............21,000
Gorelick, Shelton...........20,000
Brown, Lawrence A ......18,500
Silverman, Marc H........15,000
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Gross, Richard...............10,000
Gorelick, Scott...............10,000
Sandler, Bernard............10,000
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Howard, Jonathan
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Lavine, Michael
Lerner, Gary C.
Lerner, Mark
Luftglass, Matthew
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Rauch, Marshall
Rosenthal, Sanford
Steinberger, Norman
Steiner, Joseph
Valenstein, Robert S.
Vitner, Mark
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August, Stanley T.
Epley, Alan
Gilbert, Richard
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Goldstein, Milton
Goodman, Alvin
Greenman, David
Greenman, Herb
Greenman, Maxwell
Greenspon, Keith E.
Guller, Philip
Huberman, Jeffrey
Klein, Richard A.
Koss, Michael A. Y
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Levine, Miles S.
Levy, Frederic E.
Linderman, James A.
Meltsner, Charles P.
Miller, Gerald
Perlin, Mark N.
Powell, Stephen
Ransenberg, David B.
Rousso, Harold
Schwartz, Jared N.
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Slesinger, M. Leonard
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Zucker, Joseph
Bonim (Builders)
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Anonymous (2)
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Cojac, Stuart
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Engelhardt, Steven D.
Estroff, Simon
Farber, Larry D.
Friedlander, Alan
Goldberg, Alan S.
Goldberg, Jonathan M.
Goldfarb, Dana Y
Goldsmith, Mark E.
Goodman, Brett
Gross, Leon
Husney, Martin
Jaffa, Michael
Klein, Andrew
Kossove, David
Kurti, John
Levine, Sol
Levinson, Ellis H.
Levy, Samuel
London, Richard R.
Luski, Moses
Malickson, Jeffrey W.
Moody, Bradley
Musler, Jeffrey I.
Rosenthal, Rich
Sandler, Neil
Schumer, Barry
Schwartz, Colby
Shapiro, Lawrence
Snitz, Arnold I.
Spangenthal, Selwyn
Stern, Herbert
Stewart, Paul L.
Sweet, Richard S.
Turk, Jeffrey
Wallas, Jonathan P.
Weinstock, Barnet M.
Worrel, Kim
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$100-$364
Alpert, Bruce
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Berlin, Steven R.
Bernhardt, Robert
Birnbaum, Marty
Blanco, Glenn
Blumenthal, Robert
Bograd, Edward
Corzin, Harvey
Daumit, Gene P.
Defilipp, Gary
Deitchman, Eric L.
Ehrlich, Jeff A.
Fales, Raymond
Feldman, Elliott J.
Freedman, Glenn A.
Gartner, Elliot W.
Gentile, Douglas K.
Goldman, Henry I.
Goldman, Julius
Gordan, Leslie N.
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Hirschman, Joel
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Horowitz, Larry A.
Horwich, Joel
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Jaffe, Aaron
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Lindner, Marshall
Lyons, Jeffrey S.
Margolies, Allan
Mays, Charles R.
Meyer, Steven L.
Miller, Fred
Montgomery, Steve
Montoni, Jeff
Natt, Alec
Newman, Stephen
Pearlman, Joseph
Pickett, Jerry
Pienkny, Stefan
Presel, Alan
Rabinovich, Henry S.
Raffler, Michael
Richardson, Shai
Rosenauer, Steven
Rosenbloom, Edward
Rotberg, Michael H.
Rothkopf, Robert
Scharf, Michael
Schechter, Walter M.
Schwebel, Keith
Shearer, James N.
Sherman, Allen
Sherman, Eric
Shields, Michael
Simmons, Brent
Sutker, Stephen
Todd Gorelick Campaign
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Warshauer, Tom
Wise, Stephen
Chaverim (Friends)
$1-$99
Abramovitz, David
Adelman, Robert
Altman, Adam
Anonymous
Berger, Aaron G.
Berger, Nathan C.
Bernstein, Adam
Blum, Richard
Braverman, Howard
Brawer, Walter
Chase, Ira
Cohen, Itai
Copulsky, Stephen F.
Domashevskiy, Anatoly
Eisner, Michael
Fuerstman, Hilbert E.
Fuerstman, Jacob
Furgatch, Paul
Gimbel, Y’honatan
Godel, Alan
Goldberg, Steven J.
Gomez, Adrian
Green, Reuven Douglas
Grupin, Lev S.
Hitt, Brian
Jampol, Stephen
Kahn, Sherman
Kane, Seth
Katowitz, Harvey
Klein, Richard
Koch, Shaun
Kraus, Benjamin W.
Kreitman, Alvin J.
Kwiatkowski, Bill
Lidz, Robert
Lowell, Richard
Mechanic, Baruch “Bo”
Milbrod, Garry
Moskowitz, Scott
Neiss, Aaron
O’Connor, Gregory
Ormand, Mitch
Parton, Jay
Riddley Solutions, Inc.
Rosamofsky, Jacob
Rosen, Joshua
Schaffer, Eugene
Schrader, Robert
Share, David H.
Sherbal, Barry
Sherwin, David
Solow, Robert I.
Spitz, Adam
Stollmack, Peter
Turtletaub, Philip A.
Vizel, Elliott
Vogelhut, Henry
Wagner, Matthew
Wallens, Peter
Wein, Max
Weis, Robert K.
Wolfman, Lou
Girard, Stephen
Kestin, Marty
Koster, David
Leibner, Joshua
Miller, Larry
Rubin, Joshua
Sanders, James
Shenhav, Asaf
Solomon, Ryan Scott
Temple Israel Minyan Charity
Tesch, Kirk
Weiner, Aaron
Ilan Ramon Society
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Behar, Eric
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Cohen, Gerald H.
Dranove, Jason
Ellis, Mikael
Gilbert, Glenn
Emerald Lion of Judah
$25,000-$49,999
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Sandra Levine ..........275,000
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Sklut, Lori L .................90,000
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Lerner Levine, Julie ......24,000
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Archer, Leslie ................12,000
Bernstein, Barbara K.....10,000
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Lerner, Gloria ................10,000
Levine, Helene ..............10,000
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Bernstein, Cary
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Gorelick, Bari
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Gorelick, Dana
Gossett, Adrienne
Gould, Amy
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Hart, Bonnie F.
Ingber Epley, Fern
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Kipnis, Nancy L.
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Daniel, Beth
Goldberg, Ruth A.
Goldfarb, Leslie Y
Goldsmith, Linda L.
Goldstein, Margi
Greenspon, Roslyn G.
Gross, Ellyn
Hannes, Ruth
Husney, Roslyn
Jaffa, Janet H.
Kaplan, Sis
Karp, Arlene G.
Kaufmann, Judy Y
Kronovet, Gail
Leavitt, Robin
Lefkowitz, Janet B.
Levy, Linda
Lieberman, Pam
Luski, Frances
Menaker, Tamera R.
Miller, Charlotte
Mond, Rita
Moody, Elaine
Osborne, Gale M.
Radiloff, Mona
Ransenberg, Karen T.
Rosenthal, Jenny
Rousso, Lyba
Sandler, Carol F.
Sarett, Helen
Schindler, Judy
Shapack, Ruth
Sklut, Barbara
Stafford, Susan
Steiner, Renee S.
Strause, Lisa
Straz, Berta
Tarbis, Nancy Cohen
Vitner, Amy
Shomrim (Guardians)
$100-$364
Abel, Janet S.
Alley, Cheryl
Andrews, Bette Y
Anonymous (8)
Ballard, Laurelei
Bograd, Roberta
Bramson, Bernice
Braunstein, Joy
Brawer, Marian Edith
Brodsky, Karen
Bruck, Susan
Budin, Gail P.
Cigler, Elaine
Coplon, Dorothy
Crown, Pamela
Daumit, Deedee
Defilipp, Randy
Ehrlich, Donna B.
Evans, Carolyn
Feldman, Sandra A.
Fox, Elizabeth
Friend, Sandra W.
Fytelson, Shirley
Garfein, Karen B. Y
Gartner, Peggy S.
Gelber-Beechler, Edie
Gentile, Paula F.
Gleiberman, Rhoda
Goldberg, Resa W.
Goldman, Judy K.
Goodfriend, Beverly
Goodman, Leigh Anne
Gordon, Nadine
Graham, Tracy
Greenfield, Abbe Bryan
Greenman, Susan
Guller, Barbara
Harley, Suzanne
Heimann, Rebecca
Hirschman, Sandra
Hopkins, Vicki J.
Huber, Jeanne G.
Hunt, Janet
Jacobsohn, Rose Ellen
Jantzer, Estelle
Kaplan, Marcia
Katz, Lita
Klein, Carol A.
Kosowsky, Barbra
Krusch, Claire C.
Lampert, Marcia
Langman, Ann
Lederer, Dale
Leibowitz, Vivian S.
Levin, Betty
Levine, Debbie
Levy, Janet
Lichstein, Irene
Lindner, Faylinda
London, Marianne
Malickson, Roberta
Marshall, Karen
McManus, Cindy
Mehlman, Marcy S.
Meyer, Susan S.
Michaels, Leslie
Migdol, Jennifer
Montoni, Amy Krakovitz
Moskowitz, Marnie
Murchison, Gail
Musler, Paula S.
Ostrow, Nicki
Packard, Trudy
Parker, Vicki
Patrick, Emily
Pawlyk, Shelley
Perlin, Harriet
Pickett, Patti
Poliakoff, Beth
Powell, Penni Ackerman
Rabinovich, Susan
Raffler, Dena M.
Rauch, Victoria
Reeves, Gloria
Richardson, Ruth
Romanoff, Nancy
Rosen, Pamela
Roth, Terri S.
Ruben, Jennifer
Sachs, Jessie Y
Scheer, Marsha
CORPORATE SPONSORS
The Jewish Federation thanks and acknowledges the
generous support of our corporate sponsors for their
generous contributions:
ArtShots Photography, Bank of North Carolina,
Belk SouthPark, Carolinas HealthCare System,
Creative Events, Greenfield Integrated Healthcare, PLLC,
John Ric Hair Spa, Laxer, Long and Savage, Levine Jewish
Community Center, Luna Homes, Neiman Marcus Charlotte,
North Carolina Bank and Trust, Perfect Image Printing, Plate
Perfect Catering, Polka Dot Bakery, REACH (Reproductive
Endocrinology Associates of Charlotte),
Reid’s Fine Foods, Via Veneto Shoes and Clothing
MATCHING GIFTS
The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte thanks and
acknowledges the following companies for generously matching
their employee gifts to the 2010 Annual Campaign:
Bank of America, Duke Energy, Foundation for the
Carolinas, Gannett, GE Foundation, Microsoft, Oracle,
Premier and Wachovia.
Total Matching Gift Dollars are $12,825
Schulman, Dorothy
Shapiro, Amy
Sigal, Margie
Smilow, Elinor
Smolen, Betty
Snitz, Ginger R.
Solomon, Marcia
Sosnik, Carolyn
Spangenthal, Cheryl
Sperry, Jennifer
Stein, Jeanne
Stickler, Marsha
Stoner, Barbara
Strawser, Amy
Stutts, Lindsay Anne
Sweet, Arlene Lou
Tanenbaum, Kara
Tirsun, Beverly
Trapani, Lori
Turk, Karen Hodes
Weinstein, Sandra Gold
Weinstock, Harriet E.
Weisberg, Andrea
Weisman, Rose
Wicker, Suzanna
Winton, Violet
Woodman, Ilene
Woronov, Marilyn
Chaverim (Friends)
$1-$99
Abel, Jane V.
Abrams, Sara
Amato, Yvonne
Anonymous (9)
Ansaldo, Stephanie
Aranyi, Agnes
Bamford, Michelle M.
Baum, Cheryl A.
Beckman, Dani
Berman, Marion
Bernhardt, Barbara G.
Bertrand, Elizabeth R.
Biller, Hilda
Blumberg, Susan
Borgenicht, Audry
Bosley, Naomi
Boyd, Sharon Damsky
Boyet, Elissa
Brand, Donna
Braverman, Mollie
Broome, Anna “Tootie”
Bryan, Sara
Burnham, Patricia Ann
Bursch, Karen
Cabillis, Jean
Chatham, Emily C.
Cherrybone, Sandra
Coben, Susan
Cohen, Crista
Cohen, Wendy
Crimaldi, Sonia
Darienzo, Beverly
Dermack, Ellen
Diuguid, Myra
Dubroff, Marjorie
Eisner, Cathy
Emery, Diane
Estroff, Susan
Fagan, Gail G.
Felt, Emily
Ferrin, Ilisa
Fine, Amy
Fischer, Sandy
Fisher, Sheila
Fishman, Jackie
Form, Mollie
Froehlich, Jill
Fuerstman, Doris Rousso
Gargano, Vicki
Garner, Stephanie
Gelber, Loren
Gelper, Tova
Gertzman, Jeri
Gluick, Debora
Godel, Julia
Goldman, Mae
Goldsmith, Doris
Gordan, Mary T.
Gray, Amie
Green, Billie F.
Gunsher, Anna
Halperin, Charlotte
Hirsch, Elizabeth
Hochberg, Cheryl
Hochstat, Evelyn
Hollander, Sheryl
Jaffe, Beatrice
Jampol, Pat
Jankowitz, Helene L.
Jayson, Irene
Kabat, Andrea
Kerstein, Nancy
Klein, Linda
Klein, Paula
Koch, Zipora
Kreitman, Jayme L.
Kugelmass, Sharon P.
Kuschner, Jacqueline
Kweskin, Paula
Ledyard, Shoon
Levin, Gail
Loeb, Suzan
Lowell, Jane
Lubin, Lesley
Lucente, Lori
Mabel, Joyce
MacDonald, Linda
Marcadis, Kim
Marsh, Karen
Martin-Kohl, Tracey
Marx, Lenore G.
Mead, Lauri
Melnicoff, Ruth F.
Milbrod, Jackie
Miller, Eleanor
Moats, Jean E.
Nagel, Gail
Nagel, Lisa
Nove, Eva
Novell, Nancy K.
Nussbaum, Marcy
Ochs, Kathryn
Okeson, Sarah
Pepper, Anita
Prager, Erika B.
Pressman, Joan M.
Printz, Lara
Prosono, Adele
Ritter, Carol A.
Rizzo, Julie
Roode, Karen
Rose, Cecile *
Rosenberg, Gail
Rosenberg, Sandy D.
Rothkopf, Mary
Rubenstein, Susan
Saly, Wilma W.
Schirazi-Beach, Helen
Schoen, Barbara L.
Schrader, Sally
Schwartz, Eileen
Seigel, Tammy
Serbin, Haley
Share, Irene M.
Sharer, Sharyn
Shearer, Claire
Sherwin, Linda
Shure, Susan
Silverman, Ruth
Snider, Della S.
Sorell, Kim
Spitz, Sheila
Starr Hitt, Deborah
Stein, Maddy
Stewart, Sheryl
Sussman, Selma
Sutker, Judy F.
Tigler, Jane
Troutman, Denise
Tunney, Natalie
Turtletaub, Diana
Van Glish, Melissa
Vichengrad, Leslee
Victor, Susan
Wallsh, Bonnie
Wand, Thelma F.
Ward, Megan Keene
Weinstein, Linda Joy
Williams, Daphne S.
Williams, Shari
Winterfield, Beth
Wise, Andrea
Wolpin, Ina
Woodruff, Lynn
Zeitlin, Bernice
Ziefert, Linda
Zofnas, Judith M.
Ilan Ramon Society - New Gifts
Anonymous (2)
Baer, Maddy
Bickford, Sharon
Black, Jane
Bottner, Ellen
Brody, Susan
Burke, Abby Mount
Chandler, Lenora
Cochran, Allyson
Dabak, Linda
David, Nathalie
Dillworth, Alison
Fallowes, Kristi
Fine, Nancy
Forsythe Immigration Law PLLC
Goldberg, Carol Joan
Hargus, Maxine
Kern, Barbara
Knox, Karen
Legow, Ellen
Lieb, Pat
Lohan, Karina
Marranca, Sarah
Martin, Edith
Meirowitz, Diane Y
Nathan, Aileen
Rauch, Stephanie
Riss, Amy
Roginsky, Rina
Rosenberg, Barbara
Rosenzwog, Janice
Schuler, Fran
Schwartz, Bette T.
Soto, Susan
Sparks, Doreen
Steffman, Benna
Stevens, Deborah
Urban, Barbara
Weiss, Nina
Zander, Berry J.
FAMILY GIFTS
President’s Club
$10,000-$24,999
The Meiselman Family.....20,000
Edelstein, Paul and Lynn..18,000
Gorelick, Rael and
Gabrielle .........................17,000
Levinson, Hal and Holly ..13,000
Miller, David and Judy.....10,000
Siegel, Samuel and
Raenea ............................10,000
Theodore Herzl Society
$5,000-$9,999
Bernstein, Mark & Louise
Bernstein, Samuel and Nancy
Brenner, David and Sandy
Garfinkel, Steven and Darcy
Goodman, Scott and Rebecca
Jacobs, Donald and Susan
Levine, Daniel and Leigh
Levinson, Peter and Cynthia
Menaker, Scott and Pam
Michel, Gary and Jodi
Miller, David and Risa
Singer, Stuart and Teresa
Strause, Sam and Alene
Abraham and Sarah Society
$3,600-$4,999
Baumstein, Michael and
Meredith
SUPPLEMENTAL GIVING
Supplemental Giving provides customized giving opportunities over and
above Annual Campaign gifts enabling donors to maximize their giving
potential and fulfill their philanthropic goals.
We gratefully acknowledge and thank the following donors who generously
made the following supplemental gifts:
Amy Augustine...........................................................Spring Lecture Sponsorship
Anonymous...............................................Campaign Face-to-Face Matching Gift
Anonymous................................................................................Teen Trip to Israel
Anonymous...............................................................................Donations to Israel
Anonymous.........................................................................Main Event Donations
BECO South, Inc ................................Charlotte Jewish Day School Scholarships
Don and Bobbi Bernstein ..........................................Bernstein Leadership Group
David and Faith Cantor.......................................Community Outreach Initiatives
Chris Epstein.......................................Charlotte Jewish Day School Scholarships
Federation Executive Committee ..........Super Hero Sunday Gift Card Donations
Bill and Patty Gorelick .....................................................Gorelick Teens to Israel
The Leon Levine Foundation........Birthright Israel Community Bus Sponsorship
Dana Meiselman.........................................................Spring Lecture Sponsorship
Jenny Meiselman........................................................Spring Lecture Sponsorship
Linda Seigel ...............................................................Spring Lecture Sponsorship
Aviva Stein .................................................................Spring Lecture Sponsorship
Liz Winer....................................................................Spring Lecture Sponsorship
Ditesheim, Jeffrey and Dana
Greene, Frederick and Donna
Gromet, Matthew and
Schultz, Phyllis
Klemons, Barry and Lorrie Y
Menaker, Steven and Polly
Shapiro, Marvin and Anita
The Swimmer Family
Pomegranate Guild
$1,800-$3,599
Anonymous
Berger, Jonathan and Tess
Breidbart, Stuart and Sarise
Catenazzo, David and Suzy
Cheen, Bishop and
Rosenberger, Ginny
Dawson, Alfred and Amy
Dumas, Frederick and Marcella
Ezring, Murray and Barbara
Fligel, Scott and Sarah
Golder, Kenneth and Tammy
Jacobson, David and Bellita
Jervis, Wheeler and Lisa
Jewel, Gerald and Lisa Y
Kahn, Ronald and
Kutchei, Dalya
Katzman, Craig and Cindy
Klein, Walter and Elizabeth
Littauer, Michael and Sue
Marshall, Barry and Linda
Nalibotsky, Albert and Janice
Patten, Floyd and Brenda
Philipson, Stephen and Laura
Schapiro, Gerald and Barbara
Shafran, Kerry and Valerie
Slomka, Ira and Stacey
Strause, Leonard and Judi
Van Glish, Michael and Judie
Waldman, Samuel and Ellen
Wasser, Steven and Linda
Weintraub, Mark and Jennifer
Widis, Robert and Jeanie
Wilk, Jonathan and Tracie
Yudell, Robert and Anne
Yitzhak Rabin Society
$1,000-$1,799
Anonymous
Ashkin, Kenneth and Audrey
Balick, Craig and Jill
Bierer, Jeffrey and Lee Y
Blau, Barry and Lisa
Box, John and Shari
Brenner, Saul and Martha
Cohen, Bruce and Elizabeth
Cohen, Micah and Melissa
Cooper, Ivan and Roz
Davis, Robert and Elizabeth
Denenberg, Michael and Elaine
Farbman, Mark and Melinda
Fligel, Stuart and Ellen
Gerger, Zach and Fernandez, Pili
Gordon, Allen and Ethel
Greenfield, Russ and Julia
Greenwald, Josh and Jodi Y
Halverstam, Andrew and Jill
Hennes, Michael and Wendy
Hennes, Neil and Susan
Hennes, Stuart and Carolyn
Kapustin, Andrew and Dana
Kosofsky, Jaime and Elise
Kraizel, Alvaro and
Balconi, Wendy
Kushner, Howard and Mary Jean
Laxer, Eric and Judy
Lebet, Michel and Edith
Levinson, Jack and Alison
Marx, Eugene and Amy
Mayopoulos, Timothy and
Lefkof, Amy
Mesoznik, Adrian and Andrea
Nicholson, Andrew and Rhonda
Oxman, Allan and Marcelle
Pesakoff, Lee and Diggie
Petricoff, Adam and Wendy
Pizer, Edward and Debora
Plepler, Andrew and Claudia Y
Porter, William and Debra
Putterman, Paul and Claire
Raphael, Steven and Melissa
Rifkin, Mitchell and Tonda
Roochvarg, Elias and Linda
Rosen, Butch and Shirley
Samarel, Matthew and Francine
Schreibman, Mike and Sara
Schwartz, Jason and Jennifer
Shapiro, Harold and Patricia
Shapiro, Rick and Lisa
Silton, Richard and Debbie
Sinkoe, Louis and Levine, Kevin
Sinsheimer, Michael and Anne
Spiegler, Jason and Karen
Stein, Jeffrey and Aviva
Stein, Robert and Maxine
Stern, Kenneth and Marcia
Stokes, Liam and Rosen, Betsy
Townsend, Ted and Stephanie
Usadi, Moshe and Rebecca
Williams, Chris and Marcie
Zimmerman, Steven and Robin
Zimmern, William and Angie
Bonim (Builders)
$365-$999
Aaron, Nelson and Carol
Alexander, Aaron and Liza Y
Anonymous (2)
Aron, Alan and Madeline
Austin, James and Nina Y
Bedrick, James and Adele
Berger, Stefan and Renate
Bernanke, Seth and
Goldberg, Ellen
Bobrow, Barry and
Knoble, Karen
Bogarad, Gary and Susan
Bornstein, David and Bonnie
Borresen, Thor and Bonnie
Brackis, Jonathan and Anne
Brown, Barry and Judy
Coblenz, Philip and Stacie Y
Cohen, Andrew and Tamara
Cohen, Jeff and
Seldin-Cohen, Judy
Cohen, Stuart and Jodi
Collins, Kenneth and Mary
Culbreth, Charles and Toba
Cyzner, Ronnie and Lisa
Dermack, Andrew and Julie
Dinerman, Michael and Jill
Doline, Robert and Stacy
Dubin, Dan and Ellen
Eisenberg, Carl and Penny
Ezarsky, Barry and Mary
Feit, Seth and Carrie
Fellman, Herb and Sinai, Laura
Fishkin, Glenn and Roni
Fleishman, Larry and Fleishman
Gooder, Patricia
Freedman, Mark and Debbie
Frick, Steven and Lisa
Gaines, Roger and Kelly
Gale, Anthony and Dawn Y
Ganem, Jacques and Sherry
Glaser, Rick and Reich, Ellen
Goldman, Steven and Talia
Goldstein, Matthew and
Morganstein, Barrie Y
Goldstein, Shelton and Ellen
Goldstein, Slade and Stacey
Golembe, Barry and Trish
Gottheim, Alan and Merle
Greenberg, David and Tara
Greenspon, Burt and Donna
Greenwald, Scott and Jennifer
Grossberg, Philip and Angelica
Jackowitz, Kenneth and Lori
Kadis, Jeffrey and Shauna
Katz, Alan and Barbara
Keeling, John and Kelly
Kelso, II, William and Marcie
Kirsh, Ivan and Carolin
Klein, Robert and Moira
Klingberg, Travis and Melissa
LaRowe, Bruce and
Strauss-LaRowe, Anita
Levine, Jonathan and June
Levinson, Dan and Stacy
Lewin, Marc and Laura
Lieberman, Michael and
Ross, Cheryl Y
Lindner, Andrew and Gwendolyn
Loewensteiner, Joshua and Adina
Magid, Allen and Adrienne
Malton, Mark and Roberta
Manton, Bernard and Rhoda
Martin, Tim and Ellen
Mattos, Arthur and Beth
McChesney, Michael and Brenda
Meltsner, Brian and Tonya
Meyers, Gene and Janie
Mond, Darren and Staci
Morganstein, Mel and Judith
Myers, Jeffrey and Tamar
Nathanson, Saul and Helene
Nevid, Arthur and Elyse
Newman, Michael and Jennifer
Norman, Michael and Judith
Orland, Paul and Gwen
Pake, Lee and Wendy
Perlmutter, Barry and Michelle
Pharr, Robert and Lisa
Raznick, Alan and Jan
Reich, Barry and Laura
Richman, Doug and Lisa
Rimler, Lee and Irena
Rodgers, Austin and Roberta
Rosen, Frank and Wendy
Rosenberg, Arnold and Diane
Rosenthal, Brian and Lori
Rusgo, Edwin and Leslie
Satinover, Les and Gina
Schneider, George and Lois
Schorr, Kenneth and Jane
Seitlin, Lawrence and Stephanie
Serbin, Richard and Francie
Silverstein, Gary and Maxine
Simon, Jon and Stephanie
Starr, Gary and Teresa
Starr, Steven and Stephanie
Stiefel, Daniel and Lorin
Stier, Michael and Robin
The Philip Solomon Family
Travis, Martin and Irene
Turk, Morton and Eleanor
Turtletaub, Harold and Cynthia
Vogelhut, Mark and Rhea
Wallach, Charles and
Schindler, Judy
Weiner, Ronald and Janice
Wernikoff, Stuart and Esta
Widis, Phillip and Doris
Wilkoff, Evan and Kimberly
Willenzik, Richard and Marci
Wilson, Douglas and Kelly
Yaffe, Michael and Nancy
Shomrim (Guardians)
$100-$364
Abrams, Gregory and Jessica
Abrams, Jed and Barbara
Andrews, Marc and Amy
Anonymous (12)
Bagnasco, Steven and Karen
Barer, Harvey and Michele
Barrocas, Joseph and
Koehler, Alison
Bass, Ira and Linda
Baum, Allen and Stacy
Baumgarten, Michael and Meryl
Baumwell, Clyde and
Grey, Robin
Bear, Troy and Shelley
Becker, Arthur and Gloria
Berglass, Michael and Wendy
Berman, Adam and Katie
Berman, Merle and Joye
Bernstein, Andrew and Elka
Berzack, Kevin and Laurie
Bigger, Jr., Richard and Margaret
Birenbaum, Marc and Jana
Bloom, Kenneth and Stephanie
Boyar, Scott and Donna
Braitman, Andy and Horner
Braitman, Carol
Braverman, Josh and Gabrielle
Brenner, Irving and Teresa
Brewton, Kevin and
Currin, Mariah
Brooks, Adam and Marissa
Brown, Matthew and Margie
Bucay, Nisso and Stavans, Iliana
Busman, Ira and Karen
Callif, Marvin and Sera
Cantor, David and Faith
Cantor, Sheldon and Lauren
Carol, David and
Franklin, Karen
Carter, John and Shari
Chernotsky, Harry and Elaine
Choffin, Matthew and Amy
Clemente, Jonathan and Robyn
Coates, Richard and Judith
Coen, Stephen and Susan
Cohen, Jeffrey and Jody
Collin, Charles and Terri
Comisar, Dan and Cheryl
Cronson, George and Andrea
Daitch, Matthew and Jessica
Dennis, Patrick and Laurie
Deutsch, Lance and Lenore
Di Paolo, George and Stephanie
Diamond, Lee and Jane
Dinkin, Andrew and Leslie
Dippold, John and Talli
Drechsel, Robin and Rebecca
Ecker, Robert and Christine
Eisenoff, Richard and Beverly
Elliott, Marc and Monique
Epstein, Howard and Dawn
Epstein, Mark and Kelly
Epstein, Wayne and Jennifer
Felder, Alec and Nancy
Fermaglich, Michael and Lauren
Ferrin, Robert and Kaplan, Sarah
Finkelstein, Sy and Kathy
Fisher, Jonathan and Julie
Fisher, Lewis and Janice
Flynn, David and
Rubenstein, Deborah
Fox, Leonard and Karen
Frank, Alain and
Afflerbach, Audrey
Frankenberg, Brett and Sara
Freiberg, Joe and Sandy Y
Freeman,Steve and Barbara
Friedman, Steven and Lisa
Frumkin,Brian and Louise Y
Fulton, Harcourt and
Singerman, Janet
Gamlin, David and Andrea
Garfinkle, Stephen and Lisa
Gartner, Geoffrey and Meredith
Glauberman, Viktor and Julia
Glazer, Howard and Merridith
Glick, Chuck and Dayle
Goldfarb, Marty and Nita
Goldman, Jeff and Beth
Goldman, Joel and Lottie
Goldman, Yaron and Sandra
Golynsky, Leon and Jennifer
Gould, Jonathan and Debra
Granow, Robert and Nanci
Greenblatt, Barry and Karen
Greene, Adam and Nicky
Greenfeld, Steven and Diana
Grifenhagen, William and Gloria
Groner, Yossef and Mariashi
Hahn, Andrew and Sheryl
Hargett, Dale and Cathy
Harman, Mark and Kristin
Hellinger, Solomon and Mary
Herbstman, Donald and Shevi
Hertzberg, Elan and Yelena
Hoagland, Steven and Sandy
Hochman, Michael and
Mannlein-Hochman, Rachel
Hollander, Kenneth and Andrea
Horwitz, Andrew and Christy
Houston, James and Joy
Hummel, Mark and Susan
Iagnocco, Michael and Jodie
Jacobson, Robert and Leigh
James, Richard and Terri
Kagan, Bruce and Cheryl
Kahn, Kenny and Amy
Kanterman, Edward and Susan
Kantor, Ronald and
Mary Margaret
Kaplan, Gary and
Miles-Kaplan, Laura
Kaplan, Jonathan and Jennifer Y
Karlin, Jon and Teri
Karp, Michael and Allison
Karp, Nils and Carol
Kasher, Gidon and Hadas
Katz, Manfred and Libbie
Kaunitz, Franklin and Hannah
Kellman, Ross and Maya
Kent, Eric and Susan
Key, Clint and Sarah
Kiel, David and Jennifer
Kirschner, Lewis and Joan
Kirschner, Steve and Heidi
Korman, Michael and Phyllis
Kornberg, Lenny and
Ray-Kornberg, Kenna
Krause, Uri and Etti
Kushner, Gary and
Travis-Kushner, Laurie
Kweskin, Joel and Wendy
Lahn, Jon and Jennifer
Lash, Jack and Carole
Lavitt, Arthur and Julie
Lavitt, Paul and Mobley, Marty
Lawrence, Jared and Elizabeth
Leavitt, Sheldon and Rebecca
Lecker, David and Judi
Lepow, Steve and Linda
Levin, David and Brenda
Levine, Eric and Nancy
Levine, Peter and Yvonne
Linch, Mark and Braun, Nancy
Liss, Donald and Ellice
Liss, Ronald and Frances
Listhaus, Steven and Beth
Lyons, Andrew and Courtney
Makowski, Paul and Sheri
Malkin, Steve and Sandra
Maniloff, Gary and Karen
Mann, Douglas and Roseline
Manoim, Albert and Inna
Marco, Leonard and Judy
Marko, Bruce and Jeri
McGinley, Michael and Roberta
McManus, Jr., John and Peggy
Meier, Daniel and Susie
Merrill, James and Marcia
Miller, Michael and Sarah
Minchew, Ed and Jo
Mogilevsky, Mikhail and Alla Y
Multer, Martin and Elsa
Musa, Gregory and Margaret
Newmark, Steven and Laura
Novack, Steve and Julie
Orenbach, Ken and Sydor, Chris
Osborn, Frank and Barbara
Osborne, Victor and Evelyn
Oudmayer, Arthur and Nadine
Pearlman, Guy and Audrey
Perselay, Gerald and Bernice
Pesakoff, Bobby and Beth
Pinchuk, Tom and Tanya
Pinion, George and Jody
Poler, Milton and Gene
Polk, Sam and Aileen
Potier, David and Melissa
Prystowsky, Joel and Carol
Rabiner, Ed and Ruth
Reichard, Joel and Wendi
Reider, Scott and
Ordan-Reider, Matti
Rieke, Robert and
Shapiro-Rieke, Daisy
Roberts, Nat and Bernice
Rogelberg, Steven and Sandra
Rose, Nicholas and Leigh
Rosen, Douglas and Marlene
Rosen, Mark and Helene
Rosenberger, Adam and Sari
Rosenfeld, Marshall and Barbara
Rosenfield, Manuel and Sally
Rosenthal, Keith and Laurie
Rosenzweig, Scott and Marlene
Rosewater, Jim and Amy
Ross, Barry and Sharon
Rubin, Craig and Husney, Robin
Ruda, Dan and Toby
Russ, Donald and Frances
Rutman, Leon and Mary
Sacks, Neil and Carr, Caren
Sadek, Leonard and Jan
Sadinsky, Matthew and Wendi
Safir, Jay and Amy
Saltzman, Paul and Bama
Sass, Kenneth and Lynn
Saul, Jeffrey and Ivy
Saxe, Allen and Jessica
Schanzlin, Todd and Stacey
Schaufler, Michael and Lori
Schewitz, Clive and Andrea
Schimelman, Daniel and Beth
Schlussel, Stephen and Allison
Schmaren, George and Lois
Schreiber, Neil and Susan
Schulman, David and Beth
Schwartz, Jeffrey and Marsi
Schwartz, Tyson and Susan
Seidler, Howard and Andrea
Seitlin, Eric and Lisa
Shem-Avi, Yossi and
Surratt, Cathy
Sherr, Michael and Nancy
Shore, David and Deborah
Silverman, Richard and Janis
Skodnick, Joel and Mary
Small, John and Marsha
Smith, Baxter and Janet
Smith, Harvey and Laurie
Sparks, Harry and Laurie
Stark, Philip and Lauren
Stein, Eric and Laura
Steinman, Norman and Jean
Stiefel, Roger and Susan
Stoll, Robert and Joyce
Strauss, David and Deb
Streiffer, Micah and Shoshana
Stutts, Terry and Jackie
Sussman, Alan and Denise
Szatmary, Neal * and Judith
Totten, Christopher and Tracey
Valdman, George and Anna
Van Glish, David and Debra
Vaughan, Jeff and Emily
Vogel, Jonathan and Lisa
Voncannon, Bob and Zelda
Warshaw, David and Kathy
Weiner, Steve and Barbie
Weingarten, Andrew and Amy
Weisblat, Howard and Charlotte
Weiss, Michael and Anne
White, James and Lynda
Wine, Mark and Wendy
Wojnowich, Marc and Kim
Wolff, Charlie and Karen
Yesowitch, Brian and Martha
Zimmerman, Dick and Sue
Chaverim (Friends)
$1-$99
Abramsky, Sidney and Pearl
Aizenman, Benjamin and Susan
Amante, David and Phoebe
Anonymous (14)
Baron, Jeff and Melanie
Bar-Tal, Jacob and Naomi
Bartkowski, Tim and Lori
Berendt, Larry and Rachel
Berger, Itay and Liat
Bialeck, Hal and Tania
Birzion, Louis and Margaret
Bishop, Chris and
Biber, Caroline
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to support and enrich the lives
of Jews locally, nationally, in
Israel and worldwide. Through
education, planning and community
building,
the
Federation’s mission ensures
that Jewish values, goals, traditions and connections are preserved for current and future
generations.
The Jewish Federation of
Greater Charlotte appreciates
the support from the boards of
directors of the following beneficiary agencies/institutions that
have achieved 100% giving to
the 2010 Annual Campaign:
B’nai B’rith Youth
Organization
Charlotte Jewish Day School
Charlotte Jewish Preschool
Charlotte Jewish News
Congregation OrHaTorah
Consolidated High School of
Jewish Studies
Foundation for the Charlotte
Jewish Community
Foundation of Shalom Park
Hebrew Cemetery Association
Jewish Family Services
Jewish Federation of Greater
Charlotte
Jewish Preschool on Sardis
Lake Norman Jewish
Congregation
Levine JCC
Levine-Sklut Jewish Library
and Resource Center
Temple Israel
Silver Circle Society
Dinner Features Faces
of Aliyah
The Jewish Federation will
honor its Silver Circle Society
members on Monday, October
18 at a private dinner at Temple
Israel chaired by Aleen and
David Epstein.
The event will feature Faces
of Aliyah speakers Katya
Minakova and Orit Tabay, olim
who will tell their personal stories to provide a broad picture
of how the Federation supports
the resettlement of Israeli
immigrants.
Members of the Silver Circle
Society are donors who have
contributed to the Jewish
Federation Annual Campaign
for 25 years or more.
New members of our community who have contributed to
other federations for 25 years or
more are eligible to attend.
Please contact the Federation
office at 704-944-6761 to
receive an invitation.
Kayta Minakova was born
and raised in Moscow to an
unaffiliated family. When she
was 13, she attended a summer camp sponsored by the
Jewish Agency for Israel
which awakened her interest
in her Jewish roots. At 18 she
became a JAFI summer camp
counselor and in 2001 went
on a birthright israel trip. In
2008, after earning her PhD in
See page 38
for details
about the
NC Hillel
Campus
Birthright
Israel
Experience Winter 2010.
Psychology, she enrolled in a
MASA program with Israel
Government Fellows. Katya
made the decision to make
aliyah and recently spent five
months living and studying at
Ulpan Etzion in Jerusalem. She
currently works for the Institute
for Jewish Studies.
Orit Tabay was born in Israel
in 1983, a year after her parents
made aliyah from Ethiopia. She
grew up in a Jewish Agency
absorption center in Beer
Sheva. Orit is currently working on her Masters degree in
Educational Consultation at
Bar Ilan University and is the
director of Hineni, a Jewish
Agency program in Beer
Sheva. Y
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appreciates the support of the
following agencies/institutions
that have achieved 100% staff
participation in the campaign:
B’nai B’rith Youth
Organization
Charlotte Jewish Day School*
Charlotte Jewish Preschool*
Consolidated High School of
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Jewish Federation of Greater
Charlotte
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and Resource Center
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Every year, teens in BBYO chapters have many opportunities to
plan, implement and participate in
great activities. The following is a
partial list of activities that our
Charlotte teens coordinated
and/or participated in over the
past year: weekly chapter programs and meetings, Up All Night
for Israel, J-Serve, sleepovers,
conventions, dances, pool parties,
volunteering at the Purim
Carnival and more. We want to
welcome Amy Shapiro, an
alum of Charlotte BBYO and
a teacher at Lansdowne
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session will focus on ways that
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Objects for the Jewish Home
Students will create beautiful many more thought provoking
and useful Jewish keepsakes in questions as they create the perfect
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Enroll your 8th through 12th
will be on Shabbat ritual objects
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Hip Hop and Hebrew
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new Shlicha (emissary) direct
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learning about everything from
the film industry, to the arts, to
TV, music, food, sports and
how Israelis celebrate holidays. Students will discover
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Temple Kol Ami: Not Just a New
Congregation, It’s a Family
Living in a county where there
is a church on every block can
make a Jewish family feel very
lonely. For those of us brought up
in close-knit Jewish communities
the loss of that for our own families can be overwhelming. That is
why Temple Kol Ami was born. It
was born out of the need of a few
families who felt very alone. Little
did these families know that they
were not alone. That throughout
York County and the surrounding
areas there were many individuals
and families that had the same
feelings that they did. After a short
period of time and handful of
services the members of Temple
Kol Ami have found their Jewish
family. Our congregation has been
holding our bi-weekly services at
St Phillip Neri Catholic church in
Fort Mill, SC. We feel very lucky
to have been welcomed so warmly by this congregation. We held
our first Youth group activity at
Sports Connection in Charlotte on
August 4 and it was so exciting to
see the future of our congregation
come together. The beauty of our
congregation is that we truly live
the meaning of our name. All my
people are welcomed at Temple
Kol Ami, whether Reform,
Conservative, Reconstructionist,
or those who do not classify themselves, all are welcome. Our services are full of the beauty of
Jewish song and the passion of
our faith. We welcome each new
member with the warmth of a long
lost cousin whom you have
missed terribly, but have not seen
in ages. Temple Kol Ami will be
holding our inaugural High
Holiday services at Unity
Presbyterian Church in Fort Mill
this year and we are thrilled to be
able to serve our new congregation and those who are interested
in coming to our services. If you
are looking for your Jewish
home in York County, please
check our Facebook page at York
County Synagogue or our website
of www.Kolamitemple.com for
our schedule of services. If you
are interested in Temple Kol
Ami’s High Holiday services
please contact Michael Pleskoff,
our Membership chair at
[email protected] or call us
at 803-701-0149. Y
Temple Israel and Temple
Beth El Book Clubs Present
a Co-Sponsored Discussion
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 7:30 PM, LEVINE
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER –
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Sarah’s Key is one of those
novels about a real event that you
may not have known about. In this
instance, it’s the July 1942
Vel’d’Hiv roundup by the French
police in Paris, when Jewish families were arrested and removed
from their homes by the French
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Flash forward 60 years to May
2002 when journalist Julia
Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in
France’s past. Julia’s research
uncovers a trail that connects her
to Sarah – the ten-year-old youngster who had locked her younger
brother in a cupboard in the family’s apartment during that horrific
roundup, thinking that she will be
back within a few hours.
Julia’s investigation leads her to
question her own place in France
and to reevaluate her marriage and
life.
De Rosnay’s novel, a New York
Times bestseller, has become a
memorable selection of readers,
compelling it to be chosen as the
book to be featured in this Temple
Israel/Temple Beth El book club
meeting.
The September 21 meeting will
be held at the Levine Jewish
Community Center at 7:30 PM in
the board room opposite the registration desk.
Sarah’s Key is available at the
public library, the Levine-Sklut
Judaic Library and local book
stores for under $15.
As always, book club meetings
are open to all members of the
community, including “drop-ins.”
For additional information contact
Linda Levy at 704-366-6362/
[email protected] or Amalia
Warshenbrodt
at
704-3653313/[email protected]. Y
High Holy Days at Temple Beth El
Selichot - Saturday, September 4,
8:30 PM at Temple Israel with
Combined Clergy & Choirs
All Services for Erev Rosh
Hashanah and Rosh Hashanah
morning will be held at Forest
Hill Church
Erev Rosh Hashanah Wednesday, September 8, 7:30
PM
Rosh Hashanah - Thursday,
September 9, 8:30 AM and 11
AM
Tot Service in the Sam Lerner
Center at Shalom Park, 3 PM
All Services for Kol Nidre and
Yom Kippur morning will be held
at Forest Hill Church
Kol Nidre - Friday, September
17, 7:30 PM
Yom Kippur - Saturday,
September 18, 8:30 AM and 11
AM
Tot Service in Gorelick Hall at
Shalom Park, 2 PM
Afternoon Study and Meditation
at Myers Park Baptist Church, 2
PM
Yizkor, Healing, Concluding
Service at Myers Park Baptist
Church, 3:30 PM
Light Break Fast at Myers Park
Baptist Church, 6:30 PM
Services for Erev Sukkot and
Simchat Torah & Consecration
will be held in the Sam Lerner
Center for Cultural Arts at
Shalom Park
Sukkot - Wednesday, September
22
Family Dinner in Gorelick Hall,
6 PM
Sukkah decorating following
dinner in Dumas Park
Festival Evening Worship in the
Sam Lerner Center, 7 PM
Thursday, September 23
Sukkot morning worship in
Luski Hall, 11 AM
Erev Simchat Torah and
Consecration - Wednesday,
September 29
Festival Evening Service in the
Sam Lerner Center, 7 PM
Simchat Torah/Sh’mini Atzeret
with Yizkor - Thursday,
September 30
Festival Morning Service with
Yizkor in Luski Hall, 11 AM
Visit our website at
charlottejewishnews.org
For more information, see
www.bethel.com/highholydays.html.Y
Lulav and Etrog Sale at Temple Beth El
Need a lulav and etrog?
Temple Beth El will be ordering lulav and etrog sets. They are
$40, and will be delivered to the
Temple office in the Blumenthal
Education Building. If you would
like a set for your home, you may
order it in two ways: 1) via
our website at as www.bethel.com/eshop.html; or 2) by making your check payable to Temple
Beth El and mailing it to us at
5101 Providence Road, Charlotte,
NC 28226, by no later than Friday,
September 10. Please also include
your phone number and/or email
address where you can be reached.
We will notify you once the
lulav and etrog sets have been
delivered so you can arrange to
pick them up. If you have any
questions, please call Sue
Hummel at 704-749-3054. Y
Temple Beth El University Fall
Minimester
Have your Jewish adult educational needs been met? Are you
setting a positive example for your
children? Enroll in Temple Beth
El University and be a role model
for Jewish learning in your home.
TBEU is a grassroots Adult Ed
program meant to educate adults
on preferred topics in discussion
and debate forums that adults
appreciate.
We have affordable classes
(starting at $18), engaging topics,
recognized instructors, and anyone can enroll.
Look for these exciting classes
coming
in
November:
“Comparative Judaism Today
and Our Top Concerns” (from 79 PM); “What Do I Say? Jewish
Response to Anti-Semitism and
Anti-Zionism/Anti-Israel
Rhetoric” (from 7-8 PM) and
“Jewish Folklore” (from 8-9
PM).
Feedback from our participants
has
been
overwhelming.
Suggestions for proposed topics
were amazing. Summer break is
almost finished, and we’re looking
forward to a new minimester and
another round of impassioned
Deborah Zuker Named
Legacy Heritage Fund
Rabbinic Fellow at
Congregation Emanuel
Statesville
Deborah Zuker, a senior rabbinical student at the Jewish
Theological Seminary, has been
named the Legacy Heritage Fund
Rabbinic Fellow at Congregation
Emanuel Statesville, NC.
Most recently she served as the
rabbinic intern at Westchester
Jewish Center in Mamaroneck,
NY.
A native of Ottawa, Ontario
she obtained her undergraduate
degree from Queen’s University,
Kingston, Ontario.
Zuker has an MA in Jewish
Studies from JTS and a MSW
from Columbia University with a
focus on hospice care.
She
will
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serving
Congregation Emanuel through
May 2011.
For more information call
Elliott Vizel 704-878-6974.Y
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November.
For more information, please
contact [email protected] and
write “TBEU” in the subject
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the New Year with Havurat Tikvah
September not only marks the
beginning of the New Year, but
also marks our entrance into a
busy schedule of Havurat Tikvah
events and activities.
As always, we invite those
looking for a place to celebrate the
High Holy Days to be part of our
member-led services. First time
attendees and college students are
welcome to join us at no cost.
We start the season with
Selichot services at 8 PM on
Saturday, September 4. The
reflective and penitential nature of
the service sets the perfect tone
for entering the Days of Awe.
Rosh Hashanah services begin
at 10 AM on Thursday, September
9 and Friday, September 10.
Services are followed by a festive
potluck luncheon. We reconvene
on Thursday afternoon for
Tashlich
(location
to
be
announced during Rosh Hashanah
services).
Our Yom Kippur journey starts
with Kol Nidre on Friday evening,
September 17 (come early and
plan to be seated by 7 PM).
Services start again on Saturday at
10 AM, with Yizkor and Healing
Services scheduled for the early
afternoon. An afternoon break will
be followed by a late afternoon
program that leads into our concluding Neilah service at 7 PM.
We end the holiday with a community pot-luck break fast.
Unless otherwise specified,
services will be held at 2201
Springdale Avenue (at Magnolia)
in Charlotte’s Dilworth neighborhood. If you’d like to join us, we
invite you to call the number
below so that we can plan adequate seating and arrange babysitting for young children.
In addition to our high holiday
activities, September also signals
the start of a new semester at our
weekly Religious School.
Classes, for children of
Havurat Tikvah families,
officially start on Sunday
September 5 and promise
to be filled with an exciting and fun curriculum of
Judaic learning.
Planning is still underway for our annual
Sukkot celebration. As in the past,
we’re planning to celebrate the
harvest, wave the lulav and etrog,
and enjoy a casual meal in the
company of old friends and new
acquaintances. Please call the
number below for details.
You can also call the number
below for the latest information
on our ongoing mitzvah efforts
with the Dilworth Soup Kitchen
and for this month’s “Project
Linus” meeting day and time.
Havurat Tikvah is an affiliate of
the Jewish Reconstructionist
Federation, providing a comfortable, family atmosphere where all
Jews can feel welcome. We
encourage participation in the
community and in our services.
For those who are interested, we
invite you to visit, get to know us,
and to become part of our growing
congregation of nearly 60
households.
Have questions? Please
visit us at our website at
www.havurattikvah.org
or contact new member
chair, Brian Feinglass, at
[email protected] or at
1-877-203-5848.Y
New JLI Course on Medicine and Morals
is CME and CLE Approved
The Jewish Learning Institute
of Charlotte is pleased to
announce its upcoming fall course
on Medical ethics. Although the
course is open to everyone in the
Jewish community, this course
should be of particular interest to
local physicians and attorneys as
this course had been approved for
CME credits and by the North
Carolina bar for CLE credits.
As medicine advances and life
expectancy increases, almost all
of us will at some point encounter
an ethical dilemma in dealing with
our own health or the health of a
loved one.
How is one’s Jewish status
determined in the case of surrogate motherhood?
Is it permissible, or perhaps
even obligatory, to donate a kidney to save the life of a loved one?
May one pursue a dangerous
experimental treatment that has
the risk of shortening life? Should
children and teens have the autonomy to refuse potentially lifesaving treatment because of its arduous side effects, even when their
parents disagree with their decision?
Modern medicine creates many
new quandaries as it continually
pushes the boundaries of what is
possible. But Jewish law creatively draws analogies with ancient
paradigms to provide guidance
through the maze of medical decision making.
In this engaging course, we will
examine some contemporary case
studies, comparing secular and
Jewish approaches as a means of
developing ethical understanding.
The JLI course will begin on
Tuesday October 26, 7:30 PM for
six consecutive Tuesdays for the
evening
classes
and
on
Wednesday October 27, 11 AM
for six consecutive Wednesdays.
The evening class will be taught
by Rabbi Yossi Groner and the
morning class by Rabbi Shlomo
Cohen. Fee for registration is $85
or $150 per couple. To register,
please visit www.myjli.com or
call our office at 704-366-3984.
Save the date: Sunday,
December 5. We will celebrating
the 30th anniversary of Lubavitch
in Charlotte with major event in
uptown Charlotte. Y
When I kept silent, my substance wasted
away, as I roared all day long.
So I acknowledged my sin to You, and
didn’t hide my guilt, saying, “I hereby confess
my transgressions to the Eternal.”
And You took away the guilt for my sin.
– Psalm 32:3, 5
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The Jewish New Year
begins with awe and
reverence with Rosh
Hashanah, when we
experience with awe the
greatness and kindness
of God and on Yom
Kippur we are granted
total forgiveness with
the blessings for a great
New Year.
After the days of awe
we enter into the days of
joy with the festival of Sukkot
when we experience the joy of the
holiday by eating in the sukkah
and shaking the lulav and etrog
along with many festive celebrations.
Yet all of these festivities fit in
nicely in an orderly and proscribed manner reflecting the
essence of the holidays. The
exception to the rule is Simchat
Torah when we go overboard in
our joy and happiness in dancing
with the Torah.
Simchat Torah is a creation of
the diaspora when we gave focus
to the last day of the holidays
which is an extra day not celebrated in Israel. The celebration of
Simchat Torah is a genuine
expression of the essence of Jew
and his/her connection to God
which brings us to an incredible expression of joy and merriment.
The Simchat Torah at Ohr
HaTorah celebration will take
place on Thursday September
30, at 7:45 PM. The celebration will include a variety of
holiday foods with an extensive wine bar and lots of dancing with the Torah. There will
be flags for the children and
they will lead the pre-Hakofot
service by reciting selected verses
of the Torah.
Simchat Torah at Ohr HaTorah
is beyond doubt a memorable and
happy experience which attracts
many non-members as well. No
reservations needed and it is open
to everyone in the Jewish community. Y
Holy Traveling!
~ HAPPY NEW YEAR! ~
By Rabbi Corey Helfand, Rabbi
in Residence of Beth Shalom of
Lake Norman
My visit to Beth Shalom in
Lake Norman, last month was not
a typical trip. Before leaving for
the airport, I made a stop at the
offices of the United Synagogue
of Conservative Judaism in midtown Manhattan, home of the
congregational arm of the
Conservative Movement, to pick
up a Torah. This Torah, which
contains the foundation of the
more than 5,000-year-old Jewish
tradition, was off on a journey to
its new home in Davidson. After
clearing security and with special
permission from the airlines, I
boarded a plane, Torah in hand,
and personally delivered this
sacred scroll to Beth Shalom.
On Friday afternoon, August 9,
before sundown, members of the
Beth Shalom family stood together and welcomed this Torah to its
new home. As the ark was opened
and our first Torah was removed,
President Len Sadek walked into
the sanctuary carrying the new
Torah with him. Thus began the
celebration. We danced in circles
and around the room and at one
point, we even hoisted past
President Sally Phillips up on a
chair while she raised the Torah
for all to see. Before placing the
two Sifrei Torah (Torah Scrolls)
together side-by-side in the ark,
the congregation recited the shehecheyanu prayer, a prayer thanking God for allowing all of us to
be present for this special
moment. As the scrolls were
placed in the ark, the congregation
joined in one final song taken
from the book of Proverbs, “It is a
tree of life for those who grasp it,
and all who uphold it are blessed.
Its ways are pleasantness and all
its paths are peace. Help us turn to
you Adonai our God and we shall
return. Renew our lives as in days
of old.” After the singing and
dancing concluded and pictures
were taken, Beth Shalom transitioned into Shabbat, a time of
peace and rest and separation from
the business of the week.
The Jewish tradition teaches
that one of the 613 mitzvot/commandments, is that every person is
commanded to write a torah scroll
at some point during his or her
life. This commandment is often
difficult to fulfill because only a
skilled few are able to write the
Hebrew calligraphy written on
parchment. Yet in our own way,
the Beth Shalom family in welcoming this new Torah to its congregational home, affirmed its
commitment to always support
one another, to act with compassion and integrity guided by the
traditions and teachings of the
Torah, to live lives of tikkun olam
(healing the world), and to keep
strong our eternal connection to
God and community through the
past, present, and future generations. May this moment only lead
Beth Shalom on a continued journey from strength to strength. Y
Seeing the well-being of the wicken,
I envied those boasters. They suffer no
pangs; their bodies are healthy. Not for
them ordinary human toil; they are not
stricken along with us.
– Psalm 73:3-5
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CMC-Mercy Seminar Series
You are invited to attend our free wellness seminars in the CMC-Mercy auditorium, located at 2001 Vail
Ave. Complimentary meals will be provided. To register for these events, please call 704-512-3820.
6 – 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 14 – Stress is Inevitable
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Noon – 1:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 15 – Running and Walking Safety
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Beth Shalom Sets High Holiday 2010 Schedule
Rabbi Corey Helfand to Lead Services
Beth Shalom of Lake Norman
(www.bslkn.org) announced the
schedule for 2010 High Holiday
Services in Lake Norman, to be
led by Rabbi Corey Helfand.
Children’s services will be led by
our Education Director, Sid
Krupkin. All services will be held
at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in
Davidson. St. Alban’s is located at
301 Caldwell Lane in Davidson.
Listed below are the dates:
Wednesday, September 8, 7
PM, Erev Rosh Hashanah –
Services to welcome the Jewish
New Year.
Thursday, September 9, 9 AM,
Rosh Hashanah - Day 1 morning
services with separate children’s
services from 11-12.
Thursday, September 9, 1:15
PM, Tashlich - Family Program
and Picnic will be held at
Roosevelt Wilson Park in
Davidson.
Friday, September 10, 9 AM,
Rosh Hashanah - Day 2 morning
services with separate children’s
services from 10-11.
Friday, September 10, 6:30
PM, Shabbat Service – Service
will be followed by a catered dinner, $12 for members, $15 for
nonmembers, $5 children 6-12,
children under 6 free. (Payment
can be made online at
SouthPark Pediatrics
Welcoming new patients to our old-fashioned pediatric practice!
Dr. Katie S. Fine is excited to
announce that she will be joining
SouthPark Pediatrics this Fall!
Dr. Fine is an experienced pediatrician and
author who shares Dr. Wyrick’s philosophy of
comprehensive pediatric
care coupled with personal
attention to nurturing
children and families.
Please call for a
complimentary prenatal or
“get to know you” visit.
Katie S. Fine, MD
Susan D. Wyrick, MD
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704-522-6656
4601 Park Road, Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28209
www.bslkn.org.)
Saturday, September 11, 10
AM, Healing Service – Services
led by Rabbi Corey Helfand. The
service will be filled with special
prayers and readings and be an
opportunity to bring people
together to engage in communal
and individual prayer centered
around healing of mind, body, and
soul. Complimentary oneg to follow. RSVP at www.bslkn.org.
Friday, September 17, 7 PM Kol Nidrei - Evening service.
Saturday, September 18, 9
AM- Yom Kippur - Morning
Shabbat Holiday services followed by Yizkor memorial service
at 11:30 AM with separate children’s services from 11-12:30.
Saturday, September 18, 6:30
PM, Minchah-Neilah-Maariv
and Break the Fast– Yom Kippur
closing services. Services will be
followed by a Break Fast at
approximately 8:15 PM after the
blowing of the Shofar. Details of
break fast can be found on
www.bslkn.org.
Complete details can be found
on www.bslkn.org.
Ticket Information
Reservation forms are available
online at www.bslkn.org.
Members in good standing of
Beth Shalom, Congregation
Emanuel in Statesville and
Temple Israel in Charlotte, as well
as all children under 18, and col-
lege students, are admitted free.
Extended family of members $54/person minimum suggested
donation (includes all services);
this fee can be credited towards
membership dues for those joining the congregation before
October 31.
Non-member guests - $100 per
person minimum suggested donation (includes all services); this
fee can be credited towards membership dues for those joining the
congregation before October 31.
Child care for infants through
Grade 2 provided at no additional
charge.
No one will be turned away
because of financial hardship.
Please contact Len Sadek at [email protected]. Y
High Holiday Services – Right Near You
in Ballantyne
For the third year in a row
Chabad of Ballantyne will be hosting Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur services in the Ballantyne
area. Join us this year and feel
right at home. Chabad of
Ballantyne is a synagogue where
the warmth and authenticity of the
traditional are blended with the
comfort and practicality of the
contemporary.
Rosh Hashanah is a time when
we once again accept God as our
King and when the entire Creation
and the Universe is judged. Yom
Kippur is the time when the
Almighty forgives us for all our
wrongdoing. The High Holidays is
not only a time of remembrance of
a certain occasion in history, but
also a recurrence of the original
event. It is a time of reawakening
of the special relationship between
God and the Jewish people, and
between God and the world.
No membership required.
Everyone is welcome free
of charge.
Families with children: We
offer simultaneous babysitting and a special children’s
program during all morning
services.
Rosh Hashanah Services
will be held at Chabad of
Ballantyne, 11408 Snapfinger Dr.
Wednesday, September 8 Evening Service at 7:30 PM.
Thursday, September 9 Morning Service at 10 AM, Shofar
Blowing at 12 noon followed by a
buffet Kiddush lunch.
Evening Service at 8:15 PM.
Friday, September 10 Morning Service at 10 AM, Shofar
Blowing at 12 noon followed by a
buffet Kiddush lunch.
Yom Kippur Services will be
held at The Springhill Suites in
Ballantyne, 12325 Johnston Road.
Friday, September 17 - Kol
Nidrei at 7:15 PM.
Saturday/Shabbat September
18 - Morning Services at 10 AM,
Yizkor at 12 noon, and Neilah at
7 PM.
For more information please
contact Rabbi Yisroel and Leah
Levin 704-246-8881, Chabad
[email protected] or visit
our
website
www.Jewish
Ballantyne.com. Y
Levine-Sklut Judaic
Library and
Resource Center
We acknowledge with gratitude the following donations to
the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library and Resource Center. These
donations allow us to expand the collection of books, DVDs,
CDs, videos, maps, posters, games and various teaching aids.
The entire community benefits from these thoughtful gifts.
Friends of the Levine-Sklut JLRC Fund
Lawrence and Patricia Fleishman
Julie Lerner Levine
Herbert and Jenny Stern
Temple Israel Men’s Club
Shelley and Larry Leibman in memory of Neal Szatmary
Refrain from anger, and
abandon rage; don’t get enflamed:
it brings only harm. Commit your way
to the Pathfinder; trust in God, and
God will do what you need.
– Psalm 37:8, 5
Community News
Generous Gift is a Tribute to Our Jewish Community
Local Organizations Receive Surprise Bequest
By Phil Warshauer, Executive
Director, Foundation for the
Charlotte Jewish Community
It was a simple obituary of
about 100 words in the Charlotte
Observer, containing the usual
information. He was born on May
29, 1932 in Charlotte, NC and
passed away in Dunwoody, GA on
April 12, 2010 at the age of seventy-seven. A former employee of
Eastern Federal Corporation, the
family business located in
Charlotte, he then moved to
Atlanta where he lived the major
portion of his life.
I remember recognizing the
name and my heart skipped a beat
as it often does when you see a
familiar name or face listed on the
obituary page of a newspaper. I
asked myself if I had met the
deceased and tried to recall past
references to his name. After several brief moments I realized that
there were no personal connections to be made other than my
relationships with some of his surviving relatives. It was not until
several months later, when I
received a call from the Levine
Jewish Community Center’s CEO,
Philip Berman, that I realized the
impact this individual would have
on our community.
It is always a bit awkward when
you greet someone with the same
name. “Phil, it’s Phil.” “Hey Phil
how are you?” With that out of the
way Phil Berman asked me if I
knew of Michael Meiselman. I
responded that we had never met
but I remember that he had passed
away several months earlier.
“That’s him,” Phil informed me.
“Guess what?” he continued. “We
have just learned that he has left a
very significant gift to the Levine
Jewish
Community
Center
through his retirement plan.” “Did
you know him?” I asked. “No, not
at all,” he responded.
We have all read about philanthropic individuals who leave substantial gifts to charitable organizations that appear on the surface
to have little connection with the
donor. From my experiences these
gifts were left to other organizations, not ones that impacted my
life or community. After having
similar conversations with representatives from Temple Israel and
Temple Beth El, I quickly realized
that now it was our turn. They had
each received similar gifts from a
donor who they knew very little, if
anything, about. It was evident
that Mr. Meiselman had been
touched by Charlotte’s Jewish
community and wanted to say
thank you one last time.
“We were thrilled to hear about
Michael’s generosity and his
investment in our Charlotte
Jewish community,” said nephew
Carter Meiselman relating the
feelings of his family. “It is truly
inspiring that he chose to leave a
legacy here in Charlotte after
being away for such a long time.”
Over the next several days it
was interesting and exciting to
hear the reaction of our community leaders about Mr. Meiselman’s
gift. After all, things like this do
not happen every day. But they do,
they just don’t happen to our temple or our Jewish Community
Center — the places where we
attend Shabbat services, send our
children to camp and where our
parents and grandparents participate in senior programming.
“We are so grateful to Michael
Meiselman for remembering
Temple Beth El,” said Moira
Quinn Klein, Temple Beth El’s
president. “We were not an immediate part of his Jewish circle here
in Charlotte, but his inclusion of
Temple Beth El in his bequest
shows his love and care for our
entire Jewish community. The
generosity of people like Michael
Meiselman reminds us that
planned giving creates a legacy for
our community and is an investment in the vibrancy of the future
of Judaism in Charlotte.”
“Even though he moved to
Georgia years ago, Michael
Meiselman kept a place in his
heart for the Charlotte Jewish
community and maintained his
membership at Temple Israel,”
added Stuart Breidbart, Temple
Israel’s President. “He certainly is
remembered by long-time members of our congregation. We will
see to it that his generosity will be
remembered for generations.”
Why does an individual who
spent the major portion of his
adult life in Georgia leave such a
significant charitable gift to
Charlotte’s Jewish community?
The nature of his gift is a tribute to
Michael Meiselman’s generosity
and love of Judaism. It is also a
tribute to our Jewish community
and the impact it has on everyday
life.
“I think Mr. Meiselman,
through his gifts to the Charlotte
Jewish community, showed how
important connection is to a community and how wonderfully
everyone in our community helps
build these lasting connections,”
said Levine Jewish Community
Center President Larry Schwartz.
“The services we provide impact
people every day in ways we may
never know.”
For additional information on
how you can leave your own legacy for our Charlotte Jewish community, please contact Phil
Warshauer at 704-973-4544 or
[email protected]. Y
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Jewish Educational Loan
Fund Loans Nearly Half a
Million in Interest-Free
Student Loans
The Jewish Educational Loan
Fund (JELF) has awarded more
than $478,800 in interest-free
loans to 123 Jewish students
throughout the southeast for the
2010-2011 academic year. To students and families in Charlotte,
JELF loaned over $32,000 in partnership with Jewish Family
Services of Charlotte.
While JELF currently administers just over $3 million in outstanding loans, it has maintained
its impressive 98% repayment
rate. As students repay their loans,
JELF uses those payments to
make new loans, creating a circle
of tzedakah. Applications for the
2011-2012 academic year will be
available on JELF’s website at
www.jelf.org in February 2011.
Before JELF’s interest-free
loans are awarded, students must
demonstrate that they have sought
funding through other sources,
including loans, scholarships and
grants, and have come up short in
meeting their needs. Students also
must maintain a minimum gradepoint average to continue to
receive loan proceeds.
For additional information,
contact JELF Executive Director
Lara Dorfman at 770-396-3080 or
visit www.jelf.org.
The Jewish Educational Loan
Fund, a non-profit organization
based in Atlanta, grants interestfree loans to Jewish students from
communities in Florida, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina
and Virginia for post-secondary
study at accredited institutions.
JELF loans are “last dollar,”
meaning they supply the final
funds that a student needs to
attend school. These loans can be
used for study at a college or university, graduate school or professional/vocational school that leads
to a degree or certificate. Y
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Charlotte Jewish Film
Festival Sets 2011 Dates
Many of you know the cultural
gem that the Charlotte Jewish
Film Festival has become in the
last six years. The Festival has
rapidly expanded from a weekend
event to a ten-day extravaganza
that brings the best in Jewish cinema from around the world right
to our own neighborhood theaters.
Additionally, the Festival has
spawned thought-provoking dialogue with panel discussions and
special guest speakers.
Although it is called the
Charlotte Jewish Film Festival, it
is the mission of the Festival to
reach out to the broader Charlotte
community. Encouraging interfaith communication, building
bonds with our neighbors and
educating the community at-large
about the Jewish experience is an
integral part of the success of the
Festival. The 2010 Charlotte
Jewish Film Festival achieved this
goal repeatedly.
The interfaith film Arranged
drew a packed audience comprised of Jews and Muslims who
were both entertained by this
wonderful film and surprised by
the similarities between the two
cultures. A very stimulating and
eye-opening discussion followed
as a panel featuring Rabbi Faith
Cantor, Rose Hamid, Leah Levine
and Rochele Viorst answered
many questions about arranged
marriage. As members of the audience and panel lingered on after
the program, it was obvious that
friendship has no religion.
In an effort to educate local students about the Holocaust and the
horrors of intolerance, the Festival
sponsored a screening of the
poignant film Inside Hana’s
Suitcase at Charlotte Latin
School. More than a hundred students and teachers viewed this
docudrama about the director of
the Tokyo Holocaust Education
Center who obtains a young girl’s
suitcase retrieved from a Nazi
death camp. Curiosity turns to
emotional investment as the
teacher and her students investigate the life and fate of Hana
Brady, ultimately finding and
meeting her surviving brother,
George. This film has affected
children worldwide and it was no
different here in Charlotte. The
regular matinee showing of this
film on the last day of the Festival
brought out a contingent of AsianAmericans viewers, once again
illustrating the pluralism of the
Charlotte Jewish Film Festival.
As it has done in the past, the
Festival donated a film from the
2010 festival to the Levine-Sklut
Judaic Library at Shalom Park.
The First Basket was an entertaining and informative documentary
about the Jewish influences on
basketball since the time it was
first played with wooden baskets
on the tenement steps of New
York. It is now available for
checkout from the library.
The Charlotte Jewish Film
Festival has become a reality
thanks to the hard work of a legion
of volunteers. There are so many
areas where your help is needed—
marketing, fundraising, ticketing
and receptions just to name a few.
If you are interested in becoming
involved with the Festival, either
the week-of or all year through,
please
contact
Volunteer
Coordinator Ellyn Gross at [email protected].
The 7th Annual Charlotte
Jewish Film Festival will be
March 3-13, 2011, and will once
again entertain and amaze with
quality Jewish cinema that really
is for everyone. This year’s films
are sure to stir emotions as well as
conversation. Mark your calendars for another great Festival.
The Charlotte Jewish Film
Festival is brought to you by the
Levine JCC and the Charlotte
Chapter of Hadassah, and is made
possible, in part, with funding by
the Arts & Science Council and
the North Carolina Arts Council,
an agency of the Department of
Cultural Resources, and the
National Endowment for the Arts,
which believes that a great nation
deserves great art. Y
Black and Jewish Teen
Freedom Riders in
Charlotte to Explore Race
Relations
A delegation of 22 Black and
Jewish high school students from
Operation Understanding DC
arrived in Charlotte on Tuesday,
July 13, for a one-day visit on
their summer journey.
On the road for three weeks,
they visited cities and towns that
were the battlegrounds of the Civil
Rights Movement, explored the
diversity of the black and Jewish
communities, and proudly continued the legacy of the Freedom
Riders.
The students – eleven AfricanAmericans and eleven Jews – met
with community activists and
1960 sit-in leaders B.B. DeLaine
and J. Charles Jones; toured the
Levine Museum of the New
South; learned about Charlotte’s
Jewish community from Temple
Beth El Executive Director Sara
Schreibman; and explored the
Shalom Park campus.
The
22
students
from
Washington, DC are part of
Operation Understanding DC
(OUDC), an educational leadership development program whose
mission is as simple as it is vital:
to bridge racial, religious and cultural divisions that exist among
individuals by engaging youth in
aconstructive dialogue that leads
to increased understanding.
Standing: Sam Edelman, 17;
Dominique Perkins, 16; seated:
Dolapo
Demuren,
17;
Shira
Singelenberg, 17. All are high school
students from the DC area who participated in this year's Freedom Riders
program.
Rachael Feldman, Executive
Director of OUDC, explains
“OUDC’s participants have been
fearlessly at the vanguard of what
has now become our national discourse: race, religion and access
to opportunity. Our students fulfill the dream of the civil rights
pioneers who came before them,
(Continued on next page)
promotingadeeperunderstanding
CAROLINA CENTER for JEWISH STUDIES
Established in 2003, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies is
an interdisciplinary academic program in the College of Arts
and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Center promotes a deeper understanding
of Jewish history, culture and thought through
teaching, research and community outreach initiatives.
The success of the Center’s first few years has inspired an
Jonathan Hess, Director
Campus Box 3152
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3152
P: 919-962-1509
E: [email protected]
W: ccjs.unc.edu
ambitious plan for the future, including expansion
of academic programs and public event initiatives. To see
our event schedule for 2010-2011 and to learn more about the
Center and how you can get involved, visit ccjs.unc.edu.
Hebrew Cemetery Association
Annual Memorial Service,
September 12 – 10:30 AM, 1801
Statesville Avenue, Rain or Shine
By Lorrie Klemons, Publicity
At the closing of the Yom
Kippur Neilah service on
September 18, the Book of Life
will be sealed for yet another year.
How many of us will be inscribed
for another year of life? On what
does God base that inscription?
We Jews believe that our God is
a merciful and forgiving God. We
also know, many of us through
first-hand experience, that being a
good person and having a good
neshamah (Godly soul) does not
necessarily guarantee another year
of life. In fact, we know that bad
things happen to good people. If
being a good person and following
in the image of God by praying,
performing mitzvot, and studying
Torah, does not guarantee us life
year after year, than why the need
for such prayer and supplication
and self-deprivation (fasting) on
Yom Kippur?
The most learned rabbis cannot
explain why bad things happen to
good people? We can ask the rabbis and God Himself, all the questions we want – and in Judaism we
are required to ask those questions; however, for some questions there are just no sufficient
answers. Judaism teaches us that
prayer, the performance of
mitzvot and the study of Torah are
the most important things a Jew
can do. In performing mitzvot, we
become almost God-like. The tradition of Kabbalah tells us that
when God created the universe He
had a huge container to put all of
the holiness into. But there was so
much holiness that the container
broke into a thousand pieces. It
became our task as newly created
men and women of the world to
go around and retrieve God’s holiness.
During the High Holidays,
when we gather in prayer as one
universal Jewish community, God
smiles down on us for the holiness
we portray. We gather in prayer.
We gather in song. We gather in
ritual. We gather in love. We gather as one loud chaotic crowd and
yet periodically we hush quietly to
hear God’s small voice. That small
voice, which looms in the chasms
of our consciousness and subconsciousness. That small voice,
which gives direction and meaningfulness to our lives. That small
voice, which creates the faith that
guides us to do God’s work here
on earth.
So yes, while bad things do
happen to good people, holiness
remains the essence of life. And
though living a holy life may not
guarantee your being inscribed in
the Book of Life from one year to
another, it sure does make you a
great and righteous person, and a
person who will be memorialized
by others for the holiness and
goodness that made you so special.
We are living in times of
unprecedented economic turmoil.
Jobs are hard to keep. Homes are
being foreclosed. Money is tight.
For many of our friends and
neighbors, the present is gloomy
and dark and their prospect for the
future is scary and uncertain. Now
more than ever, the Hebrew
Cemetery Association needs your
support. Your tax deductible annual dues of $72 will help maintain a
dignified and sanctified resting
place for all those who precede us
in eternal life.
If you would like to make a
donation to memorialize a loved
one, send your check payable to
the Hebrew Cemetery to 4229
Peggy Lane, Charlotte, NC
28227. For more information
about membership benefits,
graves, prepaid funeral costs,
endowments, contact cemetery
Director, Sandra Goldman at 704576-1859 or 704-944-6854 or
[email protected].
Visit the cemetery website at
www.hebrewcemetery.org. where
you can learn more about the
cemetery or make a donation.
Please join us and your favorite
rabbi as our community gathers at
the cemetery to memorializes
loved ones, friends and other fellow-Jews during the Cemetery
Association’s Annual Memorial
Service on September 12 at 10:30
AM, rain or shine. The cemetery is
a holy, serene and dignified place.
Come see for yourself.
May we all be inscribed in the
Book of Life for yet another sweet
year. L’Shanah Tovah. Y
~ HAPPY NEW YEAR ~
Teen Freedom Riders
(Continued from previous page)
and, more importantly, they forge
their own groundbreaking paths
toward greater social justice.”
Before reaching Charlotte, the
students and group leaders
explored New York City and
Greensboro. From Charlotte, they
traveled by bus to ten cities in
four states including Atlanta,
Birmingham, Montgomery, Selma,
Meridian,
Jackson,
the
Mississippi Delta, and Memphis.
The group returned to DC by
plane on July 29.
In the months following the
journey, these young leaders will
take an active role sharing the
ideas and lessons they learned in
OUDC by facilitating prejudice
awareness and reduction workshops throughout the community.
Since 1995, OUDC has
empowered
nearly
400
Washington-area youth to speak
out against racism, anti-Semitism
and all forms of discrimination.
Ways our graduates dedicate
themselves to continuing the work
they began in OUDC include:
securing the freedom of wrongly
convicted prisoners; shaping public policy at the national, state and
local levels; strengthening schools
and neighborhoods as National
Teaching, Teach for America,
Coro and Avodah fellows; and
community organizing on issues
of affordable housing, education
and workers’ rights.
OUDC uses a two-community
model to give students the opportunity to explore African
American and Jewish cultures,
religions and histories in-depth.
By focusing on these two groups,
who have had such similar universal histories of being subjugated,
feared and maligned, students
graduate from the year-long program with a true understanding
and appreciation of both communities. OUDC’s comprehensive
education enables its students to
be effective ambassadors for all
forms of diversity. Y
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HIAS NC Declares Its Independence; CRRA is Born
By Karen Brodsky
In the 1990s an influx of
Russian Jews from the former
Soviet Union began arriving in
Charlotte. Volunteers from Jewish
Family Service welcomed the
refugees and made them comfortable. The community donated furniture, pots and pans, dishes,
glassware, linens, towels, cutlery,
food — and their warm reception to the new arrivals.
In 1996, a new agency opened
with little fanfare to continue the
work. Doing business in parking
lots, a home office, and in her car,
Ellen Dubin resettled Russian
Jews and other refugees in apartment complexes on the south and
east side of town with the goal of
helping them become self-sufficient residents of Charlotte. “It
was an exhilarating time for me,
and it is amazing to look back at
the agency’s growth and the subsequent success of so many former refugees,” said Dubin. HIAS
Inc., an organization with a history going back to 1881, was the
owner of the agency, known as
HIAS NC.
Refugees who come to
Charlotte are on the run from war
and violence, restrictive governments, where they are not allowed
to work, not allowed to send their
children to school, where they are
in constant danger, and where they
are not permitted to practice their
faith their way.
To this day, HIAS NC embraces
refugees who arrive in Charlotte,
recognizing their troubling experiences, easing their transition into a
new country, and respecting their
need to remember where they
came from.
On January 1, 2011, HIAS NC
will officially be independent of
HIAS Inc. and carry the new name
of Carolina Refugee Resettlement
Agency, Inc. (CRRA). The agency
earned its Federal tax exempt status - 501 (c) (3) — this past spring
and organized a board of directors.
Independence from HIAS Inc.
allows CRRA to become a local,
grassroots agency. The name
immediately tells what the organization does in a few words. If the
future is rosy, the name also
allows the agency to expand.
With the intent of continuing its
work the same way in the same
location, CRRA has an infrastructure in place, is successful and
resettles refugees of all nationalities and religions. Over the years,
the agency has resettled more than
2,000 refugees from 36 countries.
Currently CRRA is welcoming
Bhutanese from Nepali refugee
camps, Burmese, Iraqis, Iranians,
Montagnards from the Central
Highlands of Vietnam, and
Africans. These new Americans
work, pay taxes, and contribute to
the diversity of this city.
Over the last 20 years, most of
the endangered Jews from the
FSU who wanted to and who were
able to leave their home countries
for the U.S. or Israel, have left.
Fortunately, there are few Jews
fleeing their countries to safety.
Most Iranian Jews have left, and
HIAS Inc. recently resettled a
small number of Yemenite Jews in
Monsey, NY.
Should this change, CRRA
stands ready to welcome any number of Jewish refugees to
Charlotte.
Having a new moniker, but not
divorcing itself from its traditional
belief system, CRRA will continue to embrace the biblical tenants
that call for Jews to welcome the
stranger. In the Bible, it states “Do
not mistreat strangers living in
your land, but treat them just as
you treat your own citizens. Love
strangers as you love yourselves,
because you were strangers once
in the land of Egypt.” (Leviticus
19:33-34).
CRRA will continue to receive
grants from the U.S. Department
of State and the Office of Refugee
Resettlement of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services in order to carry out its
work. These grants do not pay all
the bills for the agency.
In the past, the community has
been generous both with volunteers and with furniture and
housewares, without which it
would be impossible to provide
services and furnish apartments
for the new arrivals. CRRA is
grateful for all that it has received.
This is a new time for the
organization. There are new
needs. CRRA must have cash and
pledges to continue its good work
Baby David, whose mother and father
came from Chin State in Burma
almost three years ago, laughs at the
photographer.
in Charlotte. If you have been following the stories this newspaper
has graciously published this year
or know anything about the HIAS
of your parents and grandparents,
think of CRRA as the modern
equivalent. Help us to succeed and
fulfill the mitzvah of repairing the
world for all.
“In the coming months, more
than ever, we need your support.
We need volunteers, furniture and
especially financial contributions
in order to succeed. Without them,
resettlement with a Jewish
neshama (soul) will cease in North
Carolina,” said Dubin.
Contact CRRA at 704-5358803 or e-mail Karen.brodsky@
carolinarefugee.org to donate or
volunteer. Y
JCC Tributes
Mindy Ellen Levine Day
Camp Endowment Fund
In honor of the Sandra and
Leon Levine from Norman Levin
and Mady Friedman
In honor of Brian Levine’s
graduation; in honor of Mason
Sklut’s graduation from Jill and
Ed Newman
In honor of Sandra and Leon
Levine’s anniversary; in honor of
Leon Levine’s birthday from
Lynn and Paul Edelstein
Stuart Ostrow Memorial Fund
for Athletics
In memory of Edna Gans,
mother of Connie Ostrow, grandmother of Lane Ostrow, Steve
Ostrow and Debbie Vitale from
Lynn and Paul Edelstein,
Carolyn and Stuart Hennes, Elise
Menaker, Robin and Michael
Stier
In honor of the graduations of
Kevin Berman, Andrew Fishkin
and Zach Maniloff from Sue and
Kim Worrel
LJCC Butterfly Project
In honor Laura Orland’s graduation from Sue and Kim Worrel
August Family Fund for Teen
Programs
In memory of Joan Lepow,
mother of Steve Lepow from
Judy and Stan August and family
In honor the marriage of Phil
and Beth Warshauer from Judy
and Stan August
Paul Spil Memorial Softball
Fund
In
memory
of
Susan
Rabinovich’s sister from the
Morris Spil family Y
Remove from me the way of falsehood,
…where teaching is valued and learning is celebrated
and grace me with Your teaching.
I choose the way of faithfulness;
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A Jew in Jerusalem, Everything is All Right
me, for delivering me to this
The kids in our group,
By Amy Krakovitz
moment and the many to and even some adults, work
As we continue in the dry heat
come.
out some stored up energy
along the road to Jerusalem, our
Then Steve plays another by climbing on the tanks
guide Doron Ezra, makes us feel
well-known tune, “By the and creeping out onto the
at home in Israel. “Diaspora Jews
Rivers of Babylon,” words long guns in front.
and Israelis are like the wings of
from the prophets, tune from
Lunch, our first meal in
bird,” he says. “The bird can’t fly
Bob Marley. It expresses the Israel, is at the café right
without both wings.” This is as
longing we all have and have here in Latrun. We are met
much our country as it is his, he
had to bring our bodies and with an impressive array of Tour guide Doron Ezra, Rabbi Judy
tells us. I believe it already.
souls into this land of our salads awaiting us on the Schindler, and Steve Burnstein overlooking
We arrive at the Burma Road
tables. With the pita bread the Burma Rd.
overlook. Here we can see an Jake Gilbert and Josh Rappaport explore the ancestors.
Just a short drive down the and juice, that alone would
expanse of dry land along the hills tanks at Latrun.
road is Latrun, closely con- have been enough food, but more precious metals. My eyes can’t
in the distance. There is a stone
nected to the Burma Road as this comes: chicken, potatoes, hot veg- drink enough of the view. I want
wall with a map and a plaque that nations,” someone answers.
“And the wine?”
was where stood the Arab strong- etables, and dessert. Too much to stay here longer, but it’s time to
explains what we are looking at.
move on to our hotel.
This time it’s one of the kids, hold that threatened transport in food and all too good.
Inspired by World War II stoDetermined not to let jetlag
During lunch we get a surprise
ries of the bypass from Japan to Kate Frankenberg, who responds. and out of Jerusalem. After the
China, Col. Mickey Marcus (an “Grapes grow here!” she offers. War of Independence, it remained visit from an old friend, Rabbi conquer me, I decide that during
in Jordanian hands until its libera- Miri Gold from Birkhat Shalom in our free afternoon in Jerusalem, I
American Jew who volunteered in Steve smiles.
“What about the challah?”
tion in 1967.
Kibbutz Gezer comes to say hello. will not sleep. The Dan Panorama
Israel’s War for Independence)
Now a chorus of voices answer.
Today it is a museum and She stays only briefly. We will see is just a few blocks from Ben
named this makeshift thoroughYehuda Street. I am going to take
fare the Burma Road. To avoid the “The wheat! You grow the wheat memorial to soldiers fallen in all her for Shabbat on Friday night.
Israeli wars. The outdoor display
I have been gone from home a walk down there myself.
barrage of fire that came from in Israel!”
“Are you sure you’ll be all
Steve swings his guitar up and includes more than 100 tanks and just over 24 hours and my heart is
Arab-controlled Latrun, this alternative route was constructed in strums the recongnizable brachot armored vehicles used by the full already. How could I know right?” Rabbi Judy asks me.
“Judy,” I answer, “I’m a Jew in
from Shabbat and we all join in. Israeli fighting forces for more that the next stop on our itinerary
1948.
Jerusalem. What could be bad?”
would bring it near to bursting.
As we stand overlooking one of Then he finishes with the she- than 60 years.
Nothing. Nothing could be bad.
On the way to our
the many brainstorms that aided hecheyanu.
Yes, I am thinking,
hotel, we stop at the It’s a simple walk on a simple
in the salvation of Israel in 1948,
Haas Promenade, part street yet for me it is full of excitewe are met by Steve Burnstein, thank you, God, for at last
of a public park of ment and mystery and discovery.
our representative from Israel bringing me to the land I
I take Keren Yesod St. to King
walkways and paths,
Experts, the tour company that has have loved for so long. I
am breathing the air, dry
with an overlook to George St. I get that “everyone
created our trip.
Jerusalem. Here is my here is Jewish” amazement again.
With his acoustic guitar in one and hot though it may be;
first view of the holy Every door has a mezuzah on it!
hand, and plastic symbols of I am looking at the land,
city and it is clear why Most people in the US don’t even
Shabbat in the other, Steve gathers green some places, brown
it is called “Jerusalem know what a mezuzah is. It’s new
us together and shows us how the in others; I can feel the
of Gold.” Not just the and familiar at the same time.
familiar objects he holds are true stones under me, these
special stones that were
gold of the dome, but Have I been here before? Did I see
connections to the land.
the way the sun hits the that café in a film or in a dream?
“Why are the candles a connec- used to build our great
temples and sanctuaries. The group on the Haas Promenade with Jerusalem in the Jerusalem stone in the Wasn’t that building something
tion to Israel?” he asks.
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Old City shines like
“Israel is a light among the Thank you for sustaining background.
The Charlotte Jewish News -September 2010 - Page 22
Tech Tools Keep Levine JCC Members Connected
Back to School often means
buying new clothes, gathering
supplies and maybe even a fresh
haircut. Many of us experiment
with a new style or debut a new
look to our friends and classmates.
The Levine JCC has gotten a new
look too, online.
With its new sleek and streamlined design, the Levine JCC website, charlottejcc.org, makes information easily accessible to members. For example, the “Programs
& Services” tab and page serve as
an informational hub. Users can
find department-specific pages
with information about all the
Levine JCC has to offer.
Helping to sustain the great
programming and facilities for
future generations is the “Make a
Donation” page. There you can
contribute to over 35 tribute and
endowment funds ranging from
general funds to those focusing on
areas such as sports, Judaica, children and special needs.
The site has additional features
aimed to make members’ lives
easier such as a user-friendly
“Membership” page that includes
details on Guest Policies and J
Perks—our member only discount
program. Looking for a pool
schedule or the building hours?
The “Hours & Schedules” page
puts gym, fitness center, aquatics
and other building schedules all in
one convenient location.
In addition to the website, the
Levine JCC is reaching out to a
new demographic: Facebook™
users. Visit the Levine JCC
Facebook™ page and you’ll find
photos, videos, event listings and
other announcements that highlight what’s happening around the
JCC. “It’s so helpful to have
events on the [Levine JCC]
Facebook™ page,” says Rebecca
Weiner, a young member in her
20s. “I don’t use the website that
much, but I’m on Facebook™
every day.”
With over 200 fans, the Camp
Mindy
&
Camp
Katan
Facebook™ page has generated
buzz among parents. “I love seeing the pictures. It helps me get a
flavor of what happened that
Israel
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from my childhood?
The mixture of people in the
street is both surprising and comforting, too. Long skirts and covered heads mingle with tank tops
and pierced lips. Both English and
Hebrew on the cell phones.
I am not in a foreign country. I
am home.Y
Next month: Light show in the
Old City, the Kotel, Western Wall
excavations, and the Davidson
Center.
Read the first
installment of this
series at
www.charlottejewishnews.org/
cjntest_005.htm
Havurat Tikvah
the havurah of hope
It’s like being with all your
favorite relatives!
Come explore, learn, and join in our welcoming community.
La’Shanah Tovah Tiketavuh!
We provide a full schedule of High Holiday services:
Selichot
8:00 pm, Sat., September 4, 2010
Rosh Hashanah Day 1
10:00 am, Thursday, September 9, 2010
Tashlich – Rosh Hashanah
3:30 pm, Thursday, September 9, 2010
Location - TBA
Rosh Hashanah Day 2
10:00 am, Friday, September 10, 2010
Kol Nidre
7:00 pm, Friday, September 17, 2010
Yom Kippur
10:00 am, September 18, 2010
1:00 pm (appx.) Yizkor / Remembrance
1:30 pm (appx.) Healing Service / Misheberach
Mincha Service, time TBA
7:00 pm Neilah / Concluding Service
7:45 pm Break the Fast Immediately after Neilah
A warm, supportive and nurturing
Reconstructionist congregation
located in the heart of Dilworth with a
full spectrum of Shabbat service and
Holiday observances, as well as
religious educational options for both
adults and children.
Fellowship Hall
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
2201 Springdale Ave. . Charlotte, NC
For information, call 877.203.5848,
email [email protected]
or visit www.havurattikvah.org
week,” says Lisa Blau. While
photos can also be viewed in
the password protected Photo
Center on the Levine JCC website, the camp Facebook™
page features videos of morning songs, Shabbat and Coach
Dan.
Flyers, posters and other
communications tools members
might be used to seeing won’t
disappear. CEO Phil Berman
sees appealing to an online
audience as just a different way
of making information available. “We’re trying to enhance
communication with our members through as many avenues
as possible and Facebook™ is
one of those avenues.”
Check out the
changes for yourself.
Visit www.charlottejcc.org or search for
Levine
JCC
on
Facebook™
and
become a fan. Y
Schools
Torah Achat Lekulanah –
One Torah We Share
The song that has inspired our
new motto for the day school this
year 2010-2011 is on You Tube.
Type in “Ani Yehudi – I am a
Jew” and you will get the song in
Hebrew with English subtitles.
Watch it, listen to it and you will
get chills up and down your spine
as you imagine a world where we
all think the way the song
describes. Are we dreaming? Yes,
but we are not dreaming the
impossible. Although wherever
you find two Jews there are three
opinions, so be it. That’s what
makes us such a cool, interesting
unique people. But the message to
our students and the community is
that we are all just simply Jews.
Enough with the conservative,
orthodox,
reconstructionist,
reform, chassidic, humanistic, and
God knows what else. We were all
blessed with a part of God, our
neshama (soul) that makes us
Jewish. The way we dress, the
way we behave, how we observe,
the country we come from, the
language we speak cannot take
away or add to the fact that we are
simply Jews.
It is time to remove the barriers
that so often stand between us and
see what really shines inside. It is
time to see that regardless what is
on the outside we all have the
same spark of God on the inside.
It is time to see that God gave us
all the same Torah, the same Torah
that has not changed one letter,
one word or one sentence in all of
these years. The second Temple in
Jerusalem was destroyed only
because of baseless hatred among
the Jewish people. Let’s turn that
around and demonstrate baseless
love and respect for each other.
Let’s just be good to each other,
because. Just because. Let’s
accept each other with our
strengths and yes, our weaknesses
so that we can truly create a people that can surmount any challenge that comes before us. Let’s
respect each other’s limitation,
whether they are faith limitations,
political limitations or principled
limitations. It really doesn’t matter. If we model for our children
what it should look like they will
follow, or maybe they will model
for us, and we will follow them.
CJDS has managed to walk the
fine line of providing an education
for children that come from all
walks of Judaism without too
much angst. It is not easy and it is
a constant balancing act. But, it is
probably the most important mandate we have. We educate unaffiliated Jews, reform Jews, conservative Jews, Orthodox Jews and
Chassidic Jews. Does everyone
get all that they would like? No.
Does anyone feel compromised or
unsafe? No. It is important to us
that we find what we have in common, rather than what we don’t.
We study and celebrate the holidays and traditions that we all
have in common among us. I am
proud to say that our CJDS students celebrate our shared heritage and exemplify their shared
heritage in their daily activity at
school. Join us and be a part of our
motto, One Torah we Share. Y
The Charlotte Jewish News - September 2010- Page 23
JPS Families Understand the Importance of Early Childhood Education
JPS Has Been Endowed
By Jen Lahn, director, JPS
Last fall, I approached the
Jewish Preschool on Sardis Board
of Advisors with a dilemma that
was becoming all too common at
our preschool and preschools
across the nation. One of our families was going to drop out of JPS
because of new financial difficulties that they did not foresee when
they registered their children. I
was distraught at the possibility
and wondered if we could plan our
financial assistance awards differently to prepare for situations like
this one. Was there a way that we
could build in a “cushion” for
families that were faced with
financial difficulties mid-year?
When parents are dealing with this
kind of stress at home, the last
thing we want for their children is
to leave the comfort of JPS. Pat
and Amy Augustine learned that
there were JPS families that would
have to leave due to financial constraints and they would not hear of
it. “Pulling out of JPS was
unthinkable to me, says Amy. JPS
has been a haven, not just for
Phoebe, but for our family.” This
was the beginning of a bigger discussion with the Augustines.
”How can we ensure that all
Jewish families are given the same
opportunity and experience that
our family had?” they asked. The
Augustines wanted to guarantee
that Jewish families would be able
to experience the “familiar, welcoming environment” that JPS has
offered them the past three years.
With that, we are thrilled to
announce the development of the
JPS Scholarship Endowment.
Pat and Amy have committed
$10,000 a year for the next three
years, and Alfred and Amy
Dawson will be matching their
commitment. We are hopeful that
we will reach our first goal of
$100,000 within the first year. The
Augustines and the Dawsons have
set up the endowment in a way
that provides relief to the school’s
operating budget immediately,
while still looking toward the sustainability of the funds for the
future.
The early years of a child’s life
have a substantial impact on brain
development, social-emotional
intelligence and personality identity. The foundations future learning, personal relationships and
communal belonging are laid
down in those early childhood
experiences. Jewish preschool is
the place where children and their
families are exposed to Shabbat
celebrations, the observance of
other Jewish holidays, Torah stories, Jewish music, food, traditions, tzedakah, mitzvot and so
much more. Children can experience Judaism through all of their
senses in a safe, nurturing environment.
Research shows the importance
of early childhood experiences,
from birth to five, on a child’s
future growth and development.
Imaging equipment has been used
to prove that different areas of the
brain respond as children explore
various objects and materials. As
the brain responds, the cell and
their connections further develop.
An enriched preschool will challenge most children with a wide
variety of choices in the areas of
science, motor skills, language
arts, dramatic play, block play and
sensory
stimulation.
This
approach corresponds to the various areas of the brain. Of course,
the vast benefits of social/emotional development cannot be
overlooked either. It is during this
verbal and non-verbal interaction
time that children learn about values and acceptable behaviors.
Through sharing and compromising, negotiating and turn taking,
children are learning life-long
skills. By introducing and experiencing Judaic experiences in the
early years, our preschoolers will
be able to grow up with a strong
Jewish identity. I am certain that
JPS is doing our part to provide
What’s New at the Charlotte Jewish
Preschool?
September marks the beginning
of 2010/2011 school year, as well
as, the beginning of the Jewish
New Year of 5771. Parents are
busy preparing their children for
the start of a new and exciting
time. New clothes, book bags, and
lunchboxes will be seen floating
down our hallways. For the teachers at the Charlotte Jewish
Preschool, September is a busy
month. New relationships will
develop between themselves and
students and with the students’
parents. Classrooms will be
exploding with new materials for
the children to discover, explore,
and learn. Teachers will comfortably be guiding their students in
new routines and friendships.
Along with the New Year, new
faces will be seen in our hallways.
Our school family will welcome
new families and teachers to our
preschool community, as well as
welcome back our returning students and families. One of the new
faces parents and children will get
to know is CJP’s new full time
Judaic specialist, Becca Weiner.
Becca grew up in Charlotte as a
member of Temple Israel and is a
graduate of the Charlotte Jewish
Preschool. Throughout high
school, Becca worked as a
madricha at Temple Israel
Religious School and served as
Charlotte’s
USY
Chapter
President. She earned a History
degree from Grinnell College in
Iowa and returned to North
Carolina where she earned her
teaching license. Becca’s preschool teaching talents have come
alive during her years working for
the children make apple and
honey muffins and Torah pizzas.
Art projects will include children
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Camp Katan and as a substitute
teacher at CJP. Along with all her
preschool responsibilities, Becca
also teaches 5th grade for Temple
Beth El and Temple Israel’s religious school, as well as at the
Consolidated Hebrew High
School (8th and 9th grade). We are
thrilled to have Becca bring her
teaching talents to CJP.
Becca/Morah Rivkah will bring
to life Jewish holidays, rituals,
mitzvot, and stories for all our
preschoolers. The high holy days
begin so early this year that our
children will barely have their
new backpacks hung before they
run off to see Morah Rivkah to
discover the first of the high holy
days, Rosh Hashanah. In the
month of September, Morah
Rivkah will have the children
turning themselves into shofarim,
throwing their “baddies” away,
decorating the sukkah, and dancing with the Torah. Jewish discovery does not just lie in Morah
Rivkah’s class, but is fully integrated into the student’s regular
classrooms. The smells of the holidays will come alive in science as
children with the most enriching
and stimulating environment possible, all the while giving tons of
hugs each day. One parent of a
recent graduate shared with me
her son’s sentiments as he was
leaving JPS: “JPS and everyone
there made a huge impact on our
family. He has been saving his
money in his tzedakah bank to
give to JPS because he told me his
school helped him so much he
wants to give back to help them.”
JPS is so lucky to have families
that not only understand the
importance of early Jewish education but also have the ability to
help support the ongoing legacy
of JPS. We cannot thank the
Augustines and Dawsons enough
for their thoughtfulness and generosity.
To make a donation or to
inquire about JPS please call 704364-8395.Y
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES
Support JFS Friends Campaign and Make a Difference
As the High Holidays
approach, many of us reflect
inward, examine our lives, and
search for meaningful ways to
contribute to our community.
Reaching out to those in need is
central to Jewish being.
According to Jewish tradition,
the spiritual benefit of giving
charity is so great that the giver
benefits even more than the recipient.
By making a donation to the
JFS 2010 Friends Campaign you
will be reaching out to those in
need by providing JFS with the
means to serve the growing
demands in the Charlotte Jewish
Community and to empower
many people with the tools and
resources to succeed.
Take a look at how your gift
can make a difference in someone’s life:
Three years ago, Frieda, a 60year-old homebound woman,
called JFS for help. The Senior
Outreach Coordinator as well as
JFS volunteers began visiting
Frieda and delivering food to her.
Frieda looked forward to the visits
from JFS and felt like she finally
had a connection to the community. Prior to this connection,
Frieda was very lonely because
she lives by herself and her immediate family is deceased and her
extended family lives out of state.
Since she uses a wheelchair and
has serious medical issues Frieda
cannot leave her apartment.
JFS made it possible for Frieda
to receive a donated computer and
printer so that she could keep her
in touch with her extended family
and friends.
Ultimately, JFS helped Frieda
move into a nursing home. Due to
the intervention of JFS, Frieda
says she feels safer and happier
since she is no longer alone. She
is enjoying socializing and interacting with her peers and JFS
staff and volunteers continue to
visit.
The Brownsteins are a young
family with two children who
moved here four years ago for a
job opportunity. Last year, when
the economy declined, Mr.
Brownstein was laid off from his
job.
The family contacted JFS and
met with a Case Manager. The
JFS Case Manager helped the
Brownsteins find the community
resources they needed to continue
to provide for their family during
this difficult time.
JFS utilized the Community
Tzedakah Fund to help pay their
mortgage for several months so
that the family did not lose their
home. The Case Manager con-
nected them with agencies to provide debt consolidation as well as
employment assistance.
As a result of JFS Case
Management
services
the
Brownstein family found the
resources that they needed to pay
their bills, find employment and
get back on their feet.
Harry Sparks, JFS Board member and Chair of the Friends
Campaign, would like to thank all
the people who have contributed
and pledged to the Friends campaign so far. Harry says, “I believe
it is important to help JFS because
we genuinely believe in the ‘family’ part of our name with services
that help people in all ages and
stages of life, including child therapy for youngsters with behavioral issues, assistance for adults
facing financial hardship, vocational services, and senior visits
and outreach. Where else can you
get the bang for the buck serving
all segments of our community?”
Harry says, “JFS truly helps
L’Dor V’Dor. As we approach the
high holidays remember our
Jewish value of Tikkun Olam,
repairing the world. A donation to
JFS helps that effort locally by
assisting our neighbors, friends,
and family. Together we can
change lives. My thanks are heartfelt and sincere, however I can’t
even come close to the gratitude
felt by the clients that JFS helps
through the difficult times in their
lives. L’Shana Tova.”
Your donation will provide the
means to:
* Connect a homebound senior
with a friendly visitor and hot
kosher meals.
* Provide therapy for a child
with behavioral problems.
* Assist a family coping with
grief and loss.
* Provide workshops, support
groups and educational resources
for parents, caregivers, job-seekers, and seniors.
* Case management for a family who needs help applying for
food stamps and financial assistance.
We need your support to continue these vital services. Funds
raised through the Friends
Campaign allow us to be the
resource center accessible to the
entire community; all ages, all
incomes and all stages of life.
Your gift will help us reach the
2010 fundraising goal of
$240,000.
Please mail your JFS 2010
Friends Campaign donation
directly to Jewish Family Services
at 5007 Providence Road, Suite
105, Charlotte, NC 28226, 704364-6594 or you may make a
secure donation online at
www.jfscharlotte.org. Y
In June, Barbara Abrams, Cathy Bogus, Karen Kantrowitz,
Hadas Kasher, Judy Kaufmann, Penny Krieger, Malka Mezehav, and Phyllis Romaine met to assemble 50 meals for
distribution by JFS. In addition, Susan Aizenman, Ellen
Bottner, Milly Corday, Gloria Feibus, Gail Green, Audrey
Herman, Ivy Saul, Hagit Stav and Joyce Stoll contributed to
this effort.
In July, thirteen Sun City /Charlotte Hadassah women
assembled 41 meals for clients in need. Our cooks were Jo
Anne Sime, Norma Umansky, Roberta Wilner, Dale Lederer,
Judy Shafran, Sheila Bornstein, Ellen Goodstein, Sherrill
Bressman, Jeanne Huber, Carol Ritter, Carol Goldberg,
Leslie Gumpert and Roberta Polishook .
JFS wishes to thank all of the Hadassah women and
individuals who consistently provide home cooked
meals for our clients in need.
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WISHING A FULL AND
SPEEDY RECOVERY TO
Alvin Levine from Jill and Ed
Newman, Ellen and Stuart Fligel
Betsy Klein from Dalya
Kutchei and Ronald Kahn
David Kronovet from Carolyn
and Stuart Hennes, Elise Menaker
Violet Winton from Marsha
Smith
Wilma Saly from Estelle and
Murray Rosen
IN APPRECIATION OF
Kathy Ochs from Beth Davis
MAZEL TOV ON
Ben Schulman’s Bar Mitzvah
from Sean Mclaugherty
Margi Goldstein’s grandson’s
engagement from Jill and Ed
Newman
The 75th anniversary of
becoming a Bar Mitzvah to Julius
Goldman from Karen and Barry
Bobrow and family
The b’nai mitzvah of the grandchildren of Jill and Ed Newman
from Ellen and Stuart Fligel
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO
Ollie and Sam Polk from Anita
and Marvin Shapiro, Janet and
David Lefkowitz, Linda and Barry
Marshall, Marc and Mattye
Silverman Foundation, Mary and
Simon Wojnowich, Rachel and
Alvin Goodman
Linda Greenfield and Ira Dunst
from Mae and Julius Goldman
Alene and Sam Strause from
Jane and Gary Levinson, Judie
and Michael Van Glish
Sylvia and Irv Swartz from
Charlene and Donald Silverberg,
Libby and Al Behar
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
Elaine
Schefflin,
Lois
Benjamin, Arlene Karp and Sally
Rosenfeld from the Wednesday
Lunch Bunch
Marvin Shapiro from Vera and
Jack Mendel, Harriet and Mark
Perlin, Judie and Michael Van
Glish, Linda and Mark Rothman,
Maxine and Gary Silverstein
Alan Goldberg from the
Bobrow family
Dorothy Schulman from Celia
Mandel, Marsha Smith
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painting with apples and drawing/writing with feathers like a
sofer. The children will discover
the world God created by collecting leaves, sticks, and pinecones
to decorate the classroom sukkah.
Calendar time is exciting when the
children hang the numbered
apples in different patterns. The
month would not be complete
without our monthly tzedekah
project; collecting school supplies
for Temple Beth El and Temple
Israel’s partner schools, Sterling
Elementary and Huntingdowne
Farms Elementary.
Along with Becca Weiner, CJP
welcomes to our teaching staff
Rachel Berendt, Jonae Garrett,
Lisa Kendrick, Lari Massachi, and
Mario Bernard. Our new teachers
will bring to CJP their enthusiasm,
teaching talents, and love of children to our program. CJP also
wants to wish Carolyn Patterson
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retiree. After 30 years as a CJP
teacher, Carolyn is entering a new
stage in her life.
CJP would like to wish everyone L’shanah Tovah Tikatev
V’taihatem, may you be inscribed
and sealed for a good year.
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for 2010-2011 Film Series
Save the Dates Now
Reel World: Jewish Experience
Around The Globe
Sunday evenings: October 24,
November 14, December 12, and
January 23 at the Lerner Hall for
Cultural Art.
Get your popcorn ready. The
Charlotte Jewish Film Society is
back this October as it embarks on
a new journey to bring top-notch
Jewish films to the community on
a monthly basis. This time we will
focus on Jewish experiences and
communities around the world,
while exploring the deep history,
rich culture, and unrelenting passion of the Jewish people.
But the film is only part of the
experience as moviegoers will be
treated to local foods that coincide
with the theme of the film.
Moviegoers can even stick around
for a Q & A discussion with a
speaker following each film.
But don’t wait to reserve your
spot. Get your tickets now. Passes
for all four films is $10. Single
tickets can also be purchased for
$4 and are available at the LevineSklut Judaic Library and Resource
Center.
For more information contact
Tair Giudice, 704-944-6763 or
[email protected]. Y
Eternal, my heart is no longer raised high, nor my eyes
lifted up. I am no longer concerned with things too
great or too far beyond me. Have I not composed and
quieted my soul?
– Psalm 131:1-2
5771 to Be a Year of Awakening
dence and focus and gives us
By Rabbi Yossi
the inner tranquility we so
Groner, Congregation
desperately need in our time.
Ohr HaTorah
Each and every one of us
We live in extreme
has an internal compass which
times. We have recentis rooted deep in our souls
ly seen extreme weathwhich is linked to our source
er patterns which have
in heaven that allows us to
influenced our way of
Rabbi Yossi
recalibrate our direction and
life. We read daily
Groner
sets us on the right path in life.
about extreme politics
This compass helps us
to the right and the left.
We learn about extreme threats focus on our goal and keeps us
from extreme radicals, and most balanced even in challenging
of us have been affected by times. My teacher Reb Mendel
extreme economic changes in our Futerfas relates a story that he
community. But what’s most trou- experienced while serving time in
bling today is that this has become a Soviet labor camp for the crime
the norm, we have accepted it as of saving Jews after the
our lot. Eyebrows are no longer Holocaust.
A fellow inmate who in his free
raised when the fanatical leader of
Iran threatens the complete life was as a tightrope walker at a
destruction of Israel with a nuclear Russian circus was allowed to
bomb nor does the fall of large build a tightrope stand to perform
corporations whose names were before the officers and inmates in
once the standard of financial sta- this remote Siberian prison camp.
Reb Mendel, who had never seen
bility and success.
To add to the confusion we this act before was eager to see
have the phenomena of extreme this marvelous human accomhyperbole which comes in the plishment. The performer who
form of 24 hour news via cable, befriended Reb Mendel asked Reb
internet and bloggers, where a Mendel to observe his every move
non-issue can morph into a major while performing the tightrope
event that can change the direction walk.
The performer gave a performof the country overnight.
All this can translate to confu- ance of excellence. He walked forsion in our life which can make it ward and back and even jumped
difficult to find balance and tran- up and down on the tightrope.
quility in our day to day functions. After the walk he came over to
Yet we have within us a mecha- Reb Mendel and asked him what
nism which allows us to ride out he thought of the performance.
the storm of extremes with confi- Reb Mendel who was quite
impressed said that he would
never believe it if he didn’t see it.
The performer then asked the
question: “What part of the act
caught your attention?” Reb
Mendel said it was it was his eyes.
He saw that the performer kept his
eyes on the goal at all times. If the
performer was to look up or down
he would be frightened or distracted and could fall. Yet when he
kept his eyes on the goal he could
keep his balance and even jump
up and down.
The lesson Reb Mendel drew
from this act was that in life to we
face many uncertainties and as in
our case many extremes. Yet when
we keep our eyes on the goal
which as Jews it is on our mission
as explained in the Torah we could
keep our balance and weather the
storm.
The time of this recalibration is
on Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur. As Maimonides writes,
the first ten days of the year are a
wakeup call to the soul to lift itself
from its slumber and to reconnect
to God. It is during these Holy
Days that our souls cries out and
wants to be connected to its source
and begs to be nurtured and not
forsaken. It is during these special
days that we increase in our Torah
study, prayer and doing mitzvot
which helps us stay focused even
in these tumultuous times. May all
in our community be blessed with
a happy, healthy New Year. Y
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By Rabbi Barbara
approached the task of teshuThiede, Congregation
va with joy and gratitude, not
Or Olam
with anguish and pain?
In
Africa,
the
We associate the Day of
Babembe (People of
Atonement with mournful
the Lake) have a pracmelodies, group confessions,
tice they use whenever
even with tears. But consider
someone
behaves
unjustly or irresponsi- Rabbi Barbara these tales:
Thiede
Rabbi
Shmelke
of
bly and hurts other
members of their community. The Nikolsburg once reminded his
community ceases its business. congregation that the Day of
Each woman, man, and child helps Atonement is a day of joy. “God’s
make a circle around that person. hand is open,” the rabbi said, “let
Then, every individual takes the the tears we shed on this day be
time to tell that person about his or tears of joy, for we have merited
her good traits — in detail. All that the approach and the attachment
person’s positive attributes, good unto the Lord, we who are ‘alive
deeds, strengths, and kindness are everyone one of us this day.’”
The Baal Shem Tov once came
recited.
When everyone is finished, the to a town just before the Days of
villagers celebrate with great joy. Awe. He asked the townspeople:
The person is symbolically and lit- “How does the rabbi conduct
erally welcomed back into the prayers?” They answered him:
“He chants the confessions of
tribe.
Kippur
with
joyful
Last year I asked my congrega- Yom
tion: What would it mean to call melodies.” The Besht sent for the
Jews to the task of teshuva by rabbi and asked him to explain. “A
reminding each other of our poten- servant cleaning the courtyard of
tial for goodness? We could the king, if he loves the king, is
remind each other of our best very happy cleaning the refuse
qualities instead of focusing from the courtyard,” the rabbi told
him. “He sings joyful melodies,
exclusively on our failings.
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One year on Kol Nidre, Rabbi
Meir of Apt arrived at the synagogue to find his congregation in
tears. “Jews,” he said, “this is not
what I desired; I wish you to turn
to God in joy!” And he began to
chant the hymn “Majesty and
faithfulness are God’s Who lives
forever” with such enthusiasm and
pleasure that they all stopped crying and took one another by the
hand and danced for an hour in a
great circle. Then they began Kol
Nidre.
High Holy Days, and the month
of Elul preceding them, offer the
gift of time for reflection and
reevaluation. Each year, we can
ask ourselves anew: How can we
grow into our aspirations, our
hopes, our longing to be, simply,
good?
Let us approach that task with
joy – for in so doing, we remember that God awaits us, longs for
us, and hopes for us to enter the
Divine Presence as we are and to
be ever more conscious of who we
want to become. Y
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The Power of Memory
remember who had asked me.”
By Rabbi Judith
As we age, we become
Schindler, Temple
aware of our capacity to
Beth El
remember and to forget. We
I recently heard
worry about our capabilities
the story of an elderdiminishing, because our memly couple that used to
ories are central to our identity.
eat dinner together in
Judaism is about memory.
their Florida condo
complex. They talked Rabbi Judith We are commanded to rememSchindler
ber Amalek, the enemy who
for months and finalsought to destroy our people,
ly the gentleman
summoned the courage to ask if and to be vigilant in the face of
she would marry him. She looked those who seek to harm us. We are
at him, her eyes filled with tears, commanded to remember Shabbat
and she said, “Yes, yes, I will.” It and allow its holiness to lift our
lives. We must also remember our
was a lovely moment.
The man got home and said to Egyptian slavery and strive to crehimself, “You know, I cannot ate a world in which no person is
remember, did she say yes or did oppressed.
Memory helps us learn, grow,
she say no?” He knew he had to
call her and ascertain whether he heal, make meaning and identify
in fact was an engaged man. as Jews.
On one hand, the High Holy
Summoning up the courage again,
he called her, they had a lovely Days awaken positive memories
conversation, and he finally asked — the prayers, the music, the
her whether she had said yes or foods — all which take us back in
time. Over the year, Judaism may
no.
The woman blushed and said, have slipped on our list of priori“Of course I said yes, but I am so ties. Rosh Hashanah and Yom
glad you called. I knew I had said Kippur beckon us to shut out the
yes, but I simply could not secular world and affirm what
matters most.
On the other hand, the High
Holy Days move us to encounter
memories that we’d like to forget
— our failings and inadequacies.
The journey through the Days of
Awe forces us to confront and
confess our wrongs so that we can
fix ourselves, repair our hurt relationships and set our future on better path.
A social worker in Miami led a
support group on aging in which
many of the members were
Holocaust survivors.
Rather than discussing their
declining health, they repeatedly
returned to stories of their painful
past. When the social worker
asked why they dwelled on those
horrific memories, the survivors
replied that those memories had
made them who they are. Both our
good and our painful memories
mold us.
In Judaism, memory is not
merely a passive process, it
evokes an active response. May
the memories we awaken in the
coming days inspire us to more
actively embrace our faith all year
round so that we can fill the rest of
our year with learning, healing,
holiness and peace. May our
awakened Jewish memories move
us to create rich Jewish experi-
ences for the next generation so
that they, too, can remember who
they are and what matters most.Y
The Vital Question
man spoke about the many
By Rabbi Chanoch
doors that had opened for him
Oppenheim,
because he was no longer part
Charlotte Torah
of the Jewish community. He
Center
was able to enter certain lucraI once read a
tive business ventures because
story that I suspect
he had not retained his Jewish
is apocryphal but
identity. He said, “Look what
nevertheless contains a pertinent Rabbi Chanoch you are missing. You, who have
remained Jewish, will never
message for the
Oppenheim
lead my lifestyle. I have everyHigh Holidays. One
hundred years ago in Russia, two thing, you have nothing; you’re
men who had been close friends living in poverty.”
When it came time to part, the
at their small town’s Jewish
school reconnected at the train assimilated friend started heading
station. They hadn’t seen each toward a carriage that would take
other in many years, and after a him to his destination, a life of
short conversation it became luxury. His Jewish friend menobvious that they were now geo- tioned that there was a half-price
graphically and spiritually far carriage on the other side of the
apart. One had remained connect- station. But for the assimilated
ed to the Jewish people and the friend, that was the wrong carTorah; the other had completely riage going in the wrong direction; what good would it do him
assimilated.
They were overjoyed to see to leave the luxurious life? The
each other, and the assimilated proud Jewish friend said, “Luxury
is not ultimately where you
should be going. I seek to identify
with the Jewish people and raise
my children to do the same. Even
though the path might not seem as
luxurious, it takes me where I
need to go.”
Rosh HaShanah and Yom
Kippur provide time to think
about the fact that a seemingly
luxurious life might not take us
where we should be going.
There’s nothing wrong with having money, but if it causes people
to sell out on the important things
like integrity, community, family,
and being Jewish, what good is it?
It’s like enjoying a flight in a first
class seat, but the plane takes the
person to the wrong destination. It
would be better for him to drive a
day or two and get where he
needs to be than fly first class to
someplace that isn’t the destination.
At this time of year, we should
ask ourselves: In which direction
do we want to be heading? At the
end of these days, we need to ask,
“what did I acquire and where’s
my profit?” It might have been a
holy and spiritual experience but
what are the goods (profit) you
have at the end of the High
Holidays? Y
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Mountain Climbing: Jews Ascending to
the Heights During the High Holy Days
their ultimate vision in very
By Rabbi Murray
worldly and materialistic
Ezring, Temple Israel
terms. (Some even included
Why are the High
talk of servants, maids, lovers,
Holy Days filled with
nice homes and good food.)
solemnity, a sense of
When Rabbi Steinsaltz’s
fear, a touch of dread?
turn came, he said that the
These first ten days,
Jewish paradise is very differfrom Rosh HaShanah
through Yom Kippur Rabbi Murray ent. It is about souls basking in
Ezring
the infinite light of HaShem,
are defined by the
and ascending closer and closRabbinic vision of
judgment. We stand in awe before er to God with an unquenchable
our eternal judge. So we title these desire to learn and connect to the
ten days “the Days of Awe.” We Almighty. At one point, a particimust pay penance for our mistakes pant interrupted and asked: “Why
before the final judgment is ren- would anyone want to become
dered in the heavenly court. Jewish, if your paradise is so borTherefore, we refer to these days ing, tedious, and demands so
as “the Ten Days of Repentance or much effort?”
After a short pause, Rabbi
Return.”
I prefer to envision the High Steinsaltz replied: “There are two
Holy Days through a different types of satisfactions in the world.
image, the mystical eyes of love. Most people derive ultimate satisIf I look closely at the name of the faction from a good rest, on a
month during which we prepare good couch, with a good ice cream
for Rosh Hashanah, I can see a or pleasures of that kind.
“Others derive ultimate satismystical hint in the letters by
which it is named. Elul is a faction from climbing mountains.
mnemonic reminder of the “I am They climb the mountain and
for my beloved and my beloved is immediately proceed to the next,
for me.” As I approach the High and the next and the next. Their
Holy Days, I find them filled with satisfaction stems from their conthe sense of returning by strength- tinuous climbs, higher and higher,
ening my personal relationship to from strength to strength. We Jews
are mountain climbers.” (As told
God.
Years ago, Rabbi Adin by Rabbi Pinchas Allouche)
Our search to climb closer to
Steinsaltz represented Judaism on
a panel of religious leaders in our love on the High Holy Days, is
Spain. The speakers were asked to no different from our climb to get
describe their idea of paradise. closer to our spouse or our chilThe other spokespeople expressed dren throughout the year. We are
constantly changing. Those we
love are constantly changing. We
grow with experience. Our bodies
change as we age. Keeping a loving relationship strong requires us
to adjust, by facing the changes
we have made within, and consider how they affect those we love.
The Days of Awe are brimming
with Awe because we must face
ourselves, and our loved ones both
here on earth and in the realm of
the Divine. How do I overcome
the distance that has grown
between me and God? my wife?
my parents? my children? my
friends? How do I climb the
mountain that will bring me closer
to the loves of my life? These are
the questions we must strive to
find answers to on the High Holy
Days. Our tools for ascending
these great heights are prayer,
meditation, and introspection.
May our relationships with God
and those closest to us, grow
stronger through our loving
approach to discovering the
changes we need to make within
ourselves to draw them closer to
us.
Wishing you great success in
climbing your mountains during
these High Holy Days.
L’shanah Tova Tikateivu.
May you be inscribed for a
good year, filled with love of our
Creator, families and friends. Y
about what makes a good and
effective apology. He has a handy
acronym he uses to help people
remember all the steps of a meaningful request for forgiveness:
C-Confess without excuse. Be
specific about what you’re sorry
for (“I’m sorry I forgot our
anniversary.”). Do not offer any
kind of excuse. Do not let the
word but come out of your mouth.
O-Offer an apology that gets
across the idea that you’re sorry
and that you don’t want to do it
again. Be sincere and articulate.
N-Note the other person’s pain.
Acknowledge that your actions
were hurtful.
F-Forever value. Explain that
you value your relationship and
want to restore it more than you
want to hang onto your pride.
E-Equalize. Offer retribution.
Ask how you can make it up to the
person.
S-Say “never again.” Promise
that you won’t do it again (and
mean it).
S-Seek forgiveness. Ask the
other person directly, “Can you
forgive me?”
Worthington suggests thinking
through all of these steps before
you approach the person to deliver
your apology. That way, when
you’re speaking with him or her,
you won’t be left searching for
words.
Another thing to remember is
that the person you’re apologizing
to might not be ready to accept
your apology. Worthington said
there are basically four ways people respond to requests for forgiveness:
1) Yes, I forgive you.
2) I need more time.
3) I can make a decision to forgive you, but I’m still very hurt.
4) No, you can never make it
right. I don’t forgive you.
The second and third responses
are the most common, the professor said, and you should be prepared for them. Don’t assume that
after you make your apology you
are going to be reconciled.
Reconciliation is not something
that’s granted; it’s earned. You
should expect to have to prove
you’re sincere.
According to Maimonides and
the Shulhan Arukh (OH 606:1),
when you ask someone for forgiveness, he or she is allowed to
turn you down. If this happens,
you should return a second and
third time, with three witnesses,
and try apologizing again. If the
victim won’t forgive you after
three tries, then you’re considered
to have atoned, even if you
haven’t been granted forgiveness.
Apologizing is hard work. It’s
great to do it before Yom Kippur,
but the best strategy is to do it
year-round instead of carrying
around all that guilt and stress for
months. I know this is kind of like
being told to floss every day. You
know you should do it, but somehow you can’t bring yourself to
make it a part of your routine until
the week before your dentist
appointment.
So stop feeling guilty about not
flossing, and use that time to apologize to someone you’ve
wronged. Just don’t tell your dentist.
For more information about
Judaism and Jewish life, visit
MyJewishLearning.com.
Ask the Expert
Apologizing
Question: I know Yom Kippur
is coming up and I’m supposed to
apologize to people. How am I
supposed to do that? Should I literally call everyone I know? Post
a mass note on Facebook?
—Miriam, New York
Answer: It’s impressive that
you’re serious about asking for
forgiveness before Yom Kippur,
Miriam. It’s a big responsibility,
but I bet it will feel great to walk
into Kol Nidre knowing you’ve
done everything you can to apologize to anyone you have hurt in
the past year.
First, you don’t have to apologize to everyone you know, so no
need to run up your cell phone
bill.
You’re only required to ask for
forgiveness from those whom you
know you have hurt. Some
halakhic authorities recommend
that you apologize to all your
friends before Yom Kippur, just in
case you hurt someone unknowingly (Rema 606:2; Arukh
Hashulhan, 4). Doing this via a
mass e-mail or Facebook message
is halakhically permissible.
If you know you’ve hurt someone, you absolutely should make
an apology before Yom Kippur.
You can do this in person, by
phone, via e-mail, Facebook,
Skype, gmail chat or even
telegram — whatever means you
want, but it should be personal.
I spoke with Professor Everett
L. Worthington Jr. of Virginia
Commonwealth University, a psychologist who studies forgiveness,
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Before the Yom Kippur Fast, Cholent Offers Comfort
By Linda Morel
New York (JTA) — At a surprise 40th birthday party for a
friend, her mother stood at their
stove stirring a huge cauldron of
simmering stew.
The chicken, flanken, potatoes,
carrots, dried peas and barley in
the pot emitted an aroma that
made the offerings prepared by the
caterer brought in by my friend’s
husband pale in comparison.
“This is Lynda’s favorite food,”
her mother said, dipping a ladle
into the depth of the pot and asking me to take a taste.
I wasn’t expecting to swoon.
“What is this?” I asked.
“Cholent, a Sabbath stew,” she
said. “But in our family, we eat it
all the time.”
This party 22 years ago was the
first time I had even heard the
word.
I immediately asked for her
recipe, which I have been making
ever since.
With Yom Kippur beginning
this year on a Friday (Septmber
17), it occurred to me that the best
thing to eat before the fast begins
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would be chicken cholent. Many
Jews customarily consume chicken and rice on erev Yom Kippur.
A one-pot meal brimming with
nutritious foods, cholent is a traditional Sabbath dish. However, it is
usually served for lunch on
Saturdays or as a hot meal immediately after the Havdalah service
that brings Shabbat to an end.
Cholent is an ideal hot meal for
Sabbath observers, who do not
cook or perform any work from
Friday at sundown until Shabbat
ends 24 hours later.
My friend’s mother, who was
born in Germany in the 1920s,
told me that every Friday before
dusk the Jewish women in their
neighborhood brought pots full of
raw stew ingredients to the Jewish
bakery. With sundown approaching, the women would place their
stew pots in the oven, just minutes
before the baker turned off his
oven to observe Shabbat.
Over the next 24 hours, the
meat, potatoes and barley, which
started out swimming in water,
turned into a chunky, mouthwatering cholent to be served
steaming hot immediately after
the Sabbath.
A
signature
dish
of
Ashkenazim, cholent can be made
from almost anything. One reason
is that in the old country, Jews
were poor and threw any scrap of
food they could find into their
stews. However, a traditional
cholent is made with meat and
meat bones, potatoes, beans and
barley. More modern recipes for
vegetarian cholents dotted with
tofu now abound.
Not to be outdone, Sephardim
for centuries have prepared spectacular Sabbath stews infused with
the most marvelous seasoning.
These aromatic recipes are often
called hamim, or hot in Hebrew.
In Morocco, this style of stew is
called tagine, named for the conical pots in which the dish is prepared. Sabbath stews hail from
Egypt, Iraq, Syria and any country
where Jews have settled.
Jewish women in Morocco traditionally have paid a non-Jew to
set up a pile of hot coals. Before
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sundown on the Sabbath, they carried their tagines full of stew
ingredients and sunk them into the
coals. Guarding against thieves,
the non-Jew watched over their
food, which barely bubbled on red
hot coals that gradually cooled
over the course of a full day.
The key to a good cholent,
hamim or tagine is to gently simmer the medley of ingredients for
many hours. Original recipes
entailed 24 hours of low-heat
cooking. However, many people
new to this lengthy preparation are
hesitant to keep food on a fire
overnight while they are sleeping.
Most recipes turn out well after
six to eight hours with the right
amount of water. Cholent is a flexible and forgiving dish that can be
made in crockpots, inside the oven
or on a stovetop.
Detractors of cholent, and there
only a few, complain that the
stews are brown and unappetizing,
with ingredients blurring together
until they lose their characteristics. Yet I find the blend of flavors
irresistible and have learned that
by adding some ingredients with
perky colors, such as tomatoes and
carrots, you can overcome the
potential of ending up with a
khaki-colored meal.
Cholent
With erev Yom Kippur falling
as the Sabbath begins, this one-pot
meal is ideal to serve before the
fast. A hearty dish that is filling
but not fancy, cholent is in line
with Yom Kippur’s solemn theme.
As it can be prepared hours in
advance, cholent is a practical dish
for home cooks who want to avoid
the last-minute rush that often precedes arriving at Kol Nidre services on time.
I suggest serving rice with your
stew of choice. It’s easy to digest,
and rice is a balanced accompaniment to a one-pot meal brimming
with vegetables and chicken.
Whether it’s cholent, hamim or
tagine, a hearty hot stew on this
special night carries the warmth
and tradition that our ancestors
bestowed on our parents and
grandparents as they lit Sabbath
candles every Friday evening and
once a year atoned for their sins.
A Word about Water
Most stew recipes do not indicate how much water is needed,
which many cooks find maddening. However, it’s almost impossible to gauge quantities of water
because so many factors influence
the result, such as temperature and
consistency of the heat and the
thickness of the pot.
However, if you add too much
water to the pot, you’ll end up
with soup, which is not a terrible
fate. Should this happen, it can be
remedied by leaving the pot
uncovered and raising the flame to
cook off some of the excess water.
If you put too little water into
the pot, the ingredients are in danger of drying out or even burning.
You can always add more water
and stir it to combine evenly.
Keep an eye on the pot to check
for water levels. Stir at least once
every half hour. Ideally the ingredients in your cholent should yield
a thickened gravy. However, it
doesn’t matter how a cholent turns
out because thick or thin, this foolproof dish is always delicious and
sustaining.
The following recipes are by
Linda Morel.
Chicken Cholent (Ashkenazi
Style) (Meat)
Ingredients:
No-stick vegetable spray, optional
8 skinless chicken thighs
4 sweet potatoes
8 carrots
1 parsnip
1 lg. onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb. string beans, cut in half horizontally
1 T. dill, minced
Salt to taste
8 T. parsley, minced, optional
garnish
Equipment:
Use a large stockpot, preferably
of the stick-resistant variety.
Preparation:
If not using a stick-resistant pot,
spray its interior generously with
no-stick vegetable spray. Rinse
chicken under cold water and
place in the pot. Scrape skin from
sweet potatoes and cut each into 8
chunks. Scrape carrots and parsnip
and cut into 1” chunks. To the pot,
add the sweet potatoes, carrots,
parsnip, onion, garlic string beans
and dill.Add enough cold water to
just cover the ingredients. They
shouldn’t slog around in excess
water. Gently stir ingredients.
Cover the pot and place it on a
medium-high flame until the
water simmers. Reduce to the lowest possible flame. Let cholent
simmer for 6-8 hours, or longer if
you’ve got the time, till the gravy
thickens. For safety sake, do not
leave cholent pot unattended. Add
salt to taste. However, for the erev
Yom Kippur meal, use salt sparingly so as not to cause thirst and
undue comfort during the fast.
Serve over rice in large soup
bowls. Garnish with parsley, if
using.
Yield: 8 servings
Chicken Tagine (Moroccan
Style) (Meat)
Ingredients:
No-stick vegetable spray, optional
8 skinless chicken thighs
4 white potatoes
1 lg. onion, chopped
1/2 t. fresh ginger root, skinned
and chopped
1 (28-oz.) can chopped tomatoes
1 (15.5 oz.) can chickpeas
2 or 3 zucchini, diced large
4 tomatoes, chopped
Chicken tagine.
1/2 t. ground cumin
2 t. ground cinnamon
Salt to taste
8 T. cilantro, minced, optional
garnish
Equipment:
Use a large stockpot, preferably
of the stick-resistant variety.
Preparation:
If not using a stick-resistant pot,
spray its interior generously with
no-stick vegetable spray. Rinse
chicken under cold water and
place in the pot. Scrape skin from
potatoes and cut each into 8
chunks. To the pot, add chicken,
potatoes, onion, ginger, canned
tomatoes, chickpeas, zucchini,
chopped tomatoes, cumin and cinnamon. Add enough cold water to
the pot to just cover the ingredients. They shouldn’t slog around
in excess water. Gently stir ingredients. Cover the pot and place it
on a medium-high flame until the
water simmers. Reduce to the lowest possible flame.Let tagine simmer for 6-8 hours, or longer if
you’ve got the time, till the gravy
thickens. For safety sake, do not
leave cholent pot unattended.
When ready, add salt to taste.
However, for the erev Yom Kippur
meal, use salt sparingly so as not
to cause thirst and undue discomfort during the fast. Serve over
rice in large soup bowls. Garnish
with cilantro, if using.
Yield: 8 servings
Fool-Proof Rice (Pareve)
Ingredients:
3 T.s olive oil
2 c. of uncooked rice
4-1/4 c. water
Salt to taste
Preparation:
Rice may quadruple in size
while cooking, so select a large,
deep pot. Heat oil inside the pot on
a med. flame for 1-2 min. Pour the
rice into the pot and stir till each
grain of rice is lightly coated with
oil. Add salt and stir to combine.
However, for the erev Yom Kippur
meal, use salt sparingly so as not
to cause thirst and undue discomfort during the fast. Continue stirring till rice appears translucent,
about 2 more min. Pour in water
and stir again. Cover pot and drop
heat to a low flame.Check rice’s
progress after 10 min. If it appears
to be soaking up most of the water,
add more water 1/4 c. at a time.
Stir to combine and cover pot
again. In another 10-15 min., rice
should have absorbed all the water
and be ready to eat. Take it off the
flame and let it rest for 1-2 min. in
a covered pot. Move immediately
into a serving bowl. At the table,
spoon rice into individual soup
bowls and ladle cholent or tagine
on top of it.
Yield: 8 servings Y
Keeping Kosher — But Just on Holidays
By Sue Fishkoff
San Francisco (JTA) — When
I’m invited to a Shabbat or holiday meal in a Jewish home, I
always bring kosher wine. Not
just that, I try to make it Israeli.
It’s not because I keep kosher.
And it’s not because the people
I’m visiting necessarily keep
kosher either. So if wine by any
other name smells as sweet, why
bother?
I know I’m not alone — plenty
of Jews who ordinarily ignore the
laws of kashrut buy kosher wine
for Shabbat, stock their pantries
with kosher-for-Passover food
every spring and pay extra for
kosher catering at their simchas.
Hypocritical? Yes, if you
believe that procuring and ingesting kosher food has merit only
within the context of a fully observant lifestyle.
But that construct holds sway
today mainly at the far ends of the
observance spectrum, among
those fervent Orthodox who don’t
tolerate any deviation from
kashrut and the few remaining
Classical Reform Jews who are
hostile to Jewish rituals in general,
including kashrut.
Increasing
numbers
of
American Jews, however, do not
consider the kosher diet a divine
commandment but an expression
of Jewish identity, a mark of
membership in the tribe. As such,
it is a moving target. Putting
kosher food on the table does not
signal one’s denominational affiliation or level of observance so
much as the strength of one’s connection to Jewish history, Jewish
community and even the land of
Israel.
It’s a different, very modern
and specifically Western way of
looking at Jewish dietary practice.
Let’s look at the numbers.
According
to
the
Mintel
International Group, a market
research firm that releases periodic reports on the kosher industry,
more than 40% of the food sold in
American supermarkets is koshercertified. The group’s January
2009 report claimed that $195 billion of the previous year’s $400
billion in food sales came from
kosher products, an astounding
figure given that Jews make up
less than 3% of the population and
most don’t even keep kosher.
Sure, most of that kosher-certified food represents mainstream
products such as Heinz ketchup
and Tropicana orange juice that
consumers buy without regard to
its kosher status. More telling is
the same report’s figure of $12.5
billion in sales within the dedicated kosher market, meaning products purchased because of the
kosher label.
Who’s buying this food?
Many are non-Jews who
believe that kosher food, especially kosher meat and poultry, is
safer, healthier and of higher quality than its non-kosher counterpart. Others are non-Jews whose
moral or religious beliefs are satisfied by kosher certification:
Muslims who buy kosher meat
when halal is unavailable and vegetarians who seek a “D” symbol
indicating a meatless product fall
into this category. They might be
lactose-intolerant, assured by a
pareve label that a product contains no dairy; the reasons are
myriad.
But many of the people who
buy kosher food on purpose are
Jewish but nonobservant. Some of
them buy kosher products for the
same reason as non-Jews; they
believe it’s safer or of higher quality. Many more, however, do it for
reasons of community, tradition
and Jewish identity.
This is particularly true on the
Jewish holidays, which have
become times for nonobservant
Jews to connect with their history
by setting Jewish food on the
table. Many Jews who don’t keep
kosher the rest of the year buy
kosher wine and matzah for
Passover, sometimes out of
respect for parents or grandparents, sometimes because it makes
them feel more Jewish and sometimes because of an inchoate feeling that it would be wrong to do
otherwise.
For its January 2009 report,
Mintel surveyed 2,500 adults
about their food-buying habits.
Thirteen percent, or 335
respondents, said they regularly
buy kosher food.
Of the 86% who said they were
not observant Jews, 25% said they
buy kosher food out of respect for
their own or their partner’s family
traditions. Researchers interpreted
that to mean they are Jewish, simply not kosher observant. And
more than half said they buy
kosher products “occasionally,”
which the researchers chalked up
to Passover, Rosh Hashanah and
impending visits by the in-laws.
Food manufacturers are well
aware of this holiday shopping
phenomenon. Manufacturers of
so-called traditional kosher foods
such as matzah and gefilte fish
typically do 40% of their business
strictly at Passover. Spokesmen
for the Manischewitz Company
put that figure at 50%.
When I was researching my
book about kashrut and the kosher
food industry, “Kosher Nation:
Why More and More of America’s
Food Answers to a Higher
Authority,” I spoke to many selfdescribed nonobservant or partially observant Jews who bring out
the kosher food on sacred occasions.
One women in Glenview, IL,
told me that she keeps a kosherstyle home, meaning she does not
bring in pork or shellfish, but she
will buy packaged food products
without kosher symbols. She
keeps “kosher by ingredient,”
reading the labels to make sure a
product contains no lard or other
clearly non-kosher ingredients.
But when her children were
growing up, she said she made the
family home kosher for Passover
every spring. They’d put all the
bread, pasta, cereals and other
non-Passover foods in a pantry,
which she would lock for the
duration of the holiday. The kids
would draw skulls and crossbones
on the door to indicate it was offlimits for the next eight days. She
also bought kosher-for-Passover
food items, even though those
same foods without kosher symbols were good enough the rest of
the year.
“Partly it was how I was
raised,” she told me. “Partly it’s a
way to identify as Jewish. And
partly it’s to honor my forefathers
and foremothers.”
So why do I seek out kosher
Israeli wine for Shabbat and
Jewish
holidays?
Probably
because I miss Israel, where I
lived for many years as a kibbutz
volunteer and newspaper reporter.
Marxist philosopher Walter
Benjamin explains this as the
(illusory) power of the artifact to
collapse the distance between producer and consumer. When I hold
a bottle of Yarden Cabernet, I feel
a physical connection to the soil,
the grapes and the workers who
produced it. And when I pour it
into my cup and make the kiddush, I feel connected to the generations of Jews who have broken
bread together over the years and
are doing so today no matter
where they live.
Illusory? Not to the soul.
Names do matter, no matter how
sweet the drink. Y
(Sue Fishkoff is a JTA staff
writer in the San Francisco Bay
area and the author of “Kosher
Nation: Why More and More of
America’s Food Answers to a
Higher Authority, to be published
by Schocken Books in October.)
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Temple Israel
5770 Year in Review
5770 in Israel: Diplomatic Crises, but Economic Prosperity
By Leslie Susser
Jerusalem (JTA) — For Israel,
the Jewish year 5770 was characterized by ups and downs in relations with the United States, a virtual stalemate in Middle East
peacemaking and growing international alienation.
Last November, after months of
intense U.S. pressure, Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
declared a temporary freeze on
new construction building in West
Bank settlements — a move
designed to create conditions for a
renewal of peace talks with the
Palestinians. But the freeze was
only for ten months, did not
include some 3,000 units already
started and did not apply to construction in eastern Jerusalem.
The Palestinians, convinced
that President Obama would exert
even heavier pressure on Israel on
the core issues of dispute — borders, Jerusalem, Palestinian
refugees and the nature of a future
Palestinian state — without their
having to negotiate, rejected calls
to return to the peace table.
As a compromise, special U.S.
peace envoy George Mitchell proposed indirect negotiations under
U.S. auspices. By early March,
both sides had agreed to “proximity talks,” with Mitchell shuttling
between Jerusalem and Ramallah.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden
traveled to the region to announce
the breakthrough, but during his
visit an Israeli Interior Ministry
planning committee approved
plans for 1,600 new housing units
in Ramat Shlomo, a Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem on the east
side of the pre-1967 border —
what most of the world still considers the West Bank.
The move prompted the
Palestinians to retract their agreement to participate in proximity
talks and infuriated the Obama
administration. U.S. officials
blamed Israel for what they saw as
a deliberate slight calculated to
torpedo their peace efforts.
In an angry 43-minute telephone
conversation,
U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
reprimanded Netanyahu, insisting
that Israel freeze the Ramat
Shlomo project and agree to discuss all the core issues in the proximity talks. Netanyahu explained
that the planning committee’s
announcement had taken his government by surprise as much as it
had the Americans, made it clear
that there would be no building in
Ramat Shlomo for at least two
years, and agreed to put the core
issues on the table.
Parallel to the U.S.-led peacemaking endeavor, the Palestinians
stepped up unilateral efforts to
create a framework for statehood,
focusing on law and order, economic viability and institution
building. Palestinian Authority
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad
made no secret of his intention to
have “a well-functioning state in
just about every facet of activity”
by mid-2011, irrespective of
whether any peace agreement with
Israel had been reached.
After weeks of bickering, the
proximity talks finally were
launched in early May, after the
Palestinians received the go-ahead
from the Arab League. Neither
side expected to achieve much. It
seemed both had agreed primarily
to engage to avoid American censure.
With ties strained between
Washington and Jerusalem,
Obama invited Netanyahu to the
White House for a meeting that
was to patch up the strains in the
relationship and provide a positive
image in contrast with an earlier,
low-profile meeting in March that
included no public component or
photo op.
The meeting was delayed several weeks due to Israel’s commando raid aboard a Gaza-bound
aid flotilla from Turkey on May
31. But when the two leaders
finally met on July 6, the two
projected a public display of
warmth. The meeting resulted in
no new pressure on Israel. Rather,
the Americans exhorted the
Palestinians to move from proximity talks, which were not making
headway, to direct negotiations
between the parties — the position
favored by Israel.
The meeting also cleared up
earlier tensions over Israel’s presumed nuclear weapons’ program.
In late May, the United States had
backed the final communique of a
monthlong
Nuclear
NonProliferation Treaty Review
Conference calling for a nuclearfree Middle East and calling
specifically on Israel to sign the
NPT.
In their meeting, Obama
assured Netanyahu that despite his
long-term vision of a world free of
nuclear weapons, the United
States would continue to back
Israel’s policy of nuclear ambiguity under which Israel does not
confirm or deny possession of
nuclear weapons or sign the NPT.
Although Israel and the United
States were in agreement that Iran
must not be allowed to develop
nuclear weapons, Israel was skeptical about the international community’s will to take significant
action to prevent it. In midFebruary, the chairman of the U.S.
joint chiefs of staff, Adm. Mike
Mullen, came to Israel to underline Washington’s opposition to a
pre-emptive Israeli strike on Iran.
“I worry a great deal about the
unintended consequences” of an
attack against Iran, Mullen said.
The prospect of an Israeli strike,
however, significantly diminished
following the adoption in early
June of new, tougher sanctions
against Iran by the U.N. Security
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nent development was a major
erosion of Israel’s international
standing. The downward trend
began with the Goldstone report
on the Gaza war, released in
September 2009, which accused
Israel of possible “war crimes”
and “crimes against humanity” in
its war with Hamas in Gaza in
December 2008 and January 2009.
Although the report was widely
dismissed as biased and deeply
flawed, the damage to Israel’s
image was devastating, and critics
of Israel used the Goldstone report
to hammer away at its reputation.
The Israeli military refuted
some of the report’s central accusations, but the perception that
Israel used disproportionate force
to quell the rocket fire from Gaza
remained embedded in international public opinion.
An early manifestation of new
boldness among Israel’s European
critics came last December, when
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl
Bildt led an initiative to have the
EU recognize East Jerusalem as
the capital of a Palestinian state —
a move eventually quashed by
Israel’s European allies, with
France, Germany and the Czech
Republic playing dominant roles.
Israel suffered another major
PR setback when agents believed
to be from the Mossad intelligence
agency were accused of using
forged foreign passports in the
January assassination in Dubai of
Mahmoud Mabhouh, a senior
Hamas official involved in arms
smuggling. Several countries
expelled Israeli diplomats. Israel
has neither confirmed nor denied
its involvement in the assassination.
The year’s worst PR disaster for
Israel came in the May 31 flotilla
incident: Nine Turkish citizens
were killed when Israel intercepted a ship carrying aid material
bound for Hamas-controlled Gaza,
which was under Israeli blockade.
Though Israel released videos
showing its soldiers were attacked
when they boarded the ship, a
worldwide storm of protest erupted. The anger against Israel resulted in the first-ever Israeli commission of inquiry with an international presence and the easing of
Israel’s blockade of Gaza.
The main diplomatic casualty
of the flotilla affair was Israel’s
already strained strategic relationship with Turkey. In 2008, the two
countries had been close enough
for Ankara to mediate between
Israel and Syria. But since the war
with Hamas in Gaza, Turkey, a
key regional power broker with an
Islamist government, had been
vehemently critical of Israel while
ostensibly moving away from the
West and edging closer to Iran.
Relations between Israel and
Syria, Iran’s closest ally, oscillated
between hopes for a resumption
of peace talks and fears of
war. French President Nicolas
Sarkozy tried his hand at mediation, hosting both Netanyahu and
Syrian President Bashar Assad at
a multinational conference last
November. But the two never met,
and by early April Sarkozy had
given up, complaining to Israeli
President Shimon Peres about
Netanyahu’s lack of cooperation.
The Syrians had insisted that
Netanyahu first commit to Israeli
withdrawal from the Golan
Heights as a basis for negotiations,
a demand the Israeli prime minister rejected. Tensions flared in
early February, with Assad accusing Israel of leading the region
into war, and then again in May,
with Netanyahu charging that Iran
was trying to drag Israel into war
with Syria.
Despite Assad’s talk about
“strategic” readiness for peace
with Israel, the Syrians continued
to transfer sophisticated weapons
to the Shiite Hezbollah militia in
Lebanon. Of particular concern to
Israeli military planners was the
supply of GPS-guided M-600 missiles, which for the first time gave
Hezbollah the capacity to pinpoint
specific targets in Israel as far
away as Tel Aviv.
Iran also tried to supply
Hezbollah by sea. On November
3, 2009, Israeli naval commandos
intercepted a cargo of more than
3,000 Iranian-made rockets destined for Hezbollah on the
Francop, an Antigua and Barbudaflagged vessel sailing from the
Iranian port of Bandar Abbas.
In the face of the growing threat
from the Iranian axis — Iran,
Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas —
Israel significantly augmented its
missile and rocket defenses. In
January, the Iron Dome system
designed to intercept short-range
projectiles passed final tests, and
in June, Israel launched the Ofek 9
spy satellite, enhancing intelligence gathering over Iran.
Moreover, despite the political
differences,
Israeli-American
defense ties remained strong and
intimate. For example, in late
October 2009, the two armies
jointly tested the interoperability
of their highly sophisticated
defense systems against incoming
ballistic missiles.
Despite its diplomatic difficulties and strategic challenges,
Israel’s economy prospered, with
the most dramatic development
the discovery in June of a huge
natural gas reserve off the Israeli
coast. The field, called Leviathan,
is estimated to contain about 15
trillion cubic feet of gas, nearly
twice as much as the adjacent
Tamar field discovered the year
before.
According to Infrastructure
Minister Uzi Landau, Israel now
has enough gas to supply all its
needs “for the next 50 to 70
years.” Experts have described the
finds, which could contain as
much as one-fifth of America’s
known gas reserves or twice that
of Britain’s, as a potential geopolitical game-changer.
As a mark of its increasing economic power, Israel was admitted
in May to the OECD, which incorporates the world’s most developed
nations.
Netanyahu
described Israel’s admittance as a
“seal of approval” that would
attract investors. And despite the
continued aftershocks of the international economic crisis, Israel’s
economic performance remained
robust, with growth of 3.4% in the
first quarter of 2010 following the
4.4% growth of the last quarter of
2009. Y
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previous year. But the year ahead is still an
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