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Vol. 32, No. 10
November 2010
Cheshvan-Kislev 5771
An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte
JCRC Annual Fall Lecture
Bret Stephens Presents: Talking Peace in
the Middle East
Thursday, November 18
Sam Lerner Center for Cultural
Arts, 7 PM
You’ve seen him on television
and all over the paper. His name is
a household word among readers
of the Wall Street Journal, the New
York Times, and local papers
nationally and worldwide. His
face is a regular on CNN, the
BBC, and FOX.
And now, the Community
Relations Council of the Jewish
Federation of Greater Charlotte is
proud to welcome Deputy
Editorial Page Editor and
Principal Columnist on Foreign
Affairs for the Wall Street Journal,
Bret Stephens, for the 4th Annual
JCRC Fall Lecture.
Stephens began his career at
Commentary magazine and later
joined the Journal as an op-ed editor in 1998, where we worked first
in New York and later in Brussels.
From March 2002 to October
2004 Stephens was editor-in-chief
of The Jerusalem Post, a position
he assumed at age 28. At the Post,
he was responsible for the paper’s
news, editorial, electronic and
international divisions. He also
wrote a weekly column.
Stephens is decorated with
awards for his journalism and his
leadership, including being named
a Young Global Leader by the
World Economic Forum. He has
reported stories from around the
world,
including
Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza,
Bret Stephens
Egypt, China, Indonesia, Mexico
and South Africa. He has interviewed dozens of world leaders,
among them every Israeli Prime
Minister since Shimon Peres.
Stephens covers the current
events in Israel extensively as well
as the relationship between Israel
and the rest of the world, including
the United States. He will bring to
us his firsthand experience cover-
ing these relationships with Israel
and the rest of the world, and will
give us his opinion on whether or
not peace is a viable option in the
near future.
For more information or to
RSVP, please contact JFGC
Director of Community Relations
and Israel Affairs Sarah Ferrin at
[email protected],
704-944-6751. Y
Sam and Berta Kaplan,
Diamonds Direct, and David
and Penny Lipsitz to be
Honored at Chabad 30th
Anniversary Event on
December 5
On December 5, Lubavitch of
North Carolina will celebrate its
30th anniversary with a gala event
at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
The honorees have been chosen
to reflect the night’s theme of past,
present, and future. Each of the
honorees is an integral part of the
growth and success of Lubavitch
of North Carolina.
Sam and Berta Kaplan will be
awarded with the Founders Award
in honor of their extraordinary
support during the past 30 years.
Receiving
the
Benefactors
Achievement Award for the
Arobov family will be Itai Berger,
Dovy Klarberg and the team at
Diamonds Direct. Dr. David and
Penny Lipsitz will be honored
with the Talmud Torah Award for
their vision and leadership in helping Chabad establish the successful Talmud Torah program at Ohr
HaTorah.
Also inside ..
Charlotte Torah Center
starts a new Hebrew
school, see page 12.
Levine-Sklut Judaic
Library and Resource
Center continues its film
series, see page 18.
Sandra and Leon Levine
endow the Levine Cancer
Institute as part of the
Carolinas Healthcare
System, see page 24.
David and Penny Lipsitz
The event promises to be a joyous night filled with food, music,
entertainment, and of course
thanksgiving for all of the support
Lubavitch of North Carolina has
received from the honorees and
the entire community.
The hors d’oeuvres and artful
desserts will be accompanied by
live Chanukah music and the
lighting of a huge Menorah at the
entrance of the hall. Renowned
performer and mentalist, Guy
Bavli, will astonish the audience
Sam and Berta Kaplan
with his mesmerizing performance
that will put them in touch with
their “Sixth Sense.” His performance and the award presentation
will be in NASCAR’s state-of-theart theater.
A multimedia presentation will
chronicle the history of Lubavitch
of the Carolinas beginning in 1980
when Rabbi Yossi and Mariashi
Groner arrived in Charlotte and
established the first center for
Lubavitch in North Carolina.
Lubavitch has since grown both in
size and in scope to now include
the Jewish Preschool on Sardis,
Congregation Ohr HaTorah,
Friendship Circle of North
Carolina and the Jewish Learning
Institute of Charlotte.
The growth has not been limited
to Charlotte. There are ten Chabad
centers across the Carolinas in
Asheville, Cary, Chapel Hill –
Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh
and Wilmington, Charleston,
Columbia, Greenville, and Myrtle
Beach.
The cost to attend the 30th
Anniversary event is $118 per person. Sponsorships are available. It
is suggested you make your reservations early as only a limited
number of tickets will be available. To learn more and for reservations, please visit www.chabadnc.org/celebration30. Y
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The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2010 - Page 2
JEWISH FEDERATION NEWS
Investigating Israel
Federation Spotlight
Fifteen Years Since Yitzhak Rabin’s
on Arlene Goldstein
Assassination
When Arlene Goldstein was
in high school, she made her
first trip to Israel.
“That trip changed my life
and made living Jewishly even
more a priority for me.” Since
that time, her connection to
Israel has deepened and Arlene
now describes herself as a
Zionist. She and her husband
Milton have traveled to Israel
many times with their whole
family and also with Federation.
Through Federation missions,
they’ve made lifelong friends
with people who share common
interests.
Arlene moved to Charlotte in
2006
from
Birmingham,
Alabama when she was hired
as Vice President of Trend
Merchandising and Fashion
Direction for Belk Inc. Both she
and Milton quickly got involved
in the Jewish community and
with the Jewish Federation.
Milton shared his expertise as a
solicitor and is currently the
chair of the Men’s Campaign,
while Arlene has connected
through
the
Federation’s
Women’s Professional Network.
Arlene and Milton’s older
daughter Alison Lebovitz is currently on the National Young
Leadership Cabinet.
In the Fall of 2008, Belk
SouthPark
sponsored
the
Women’s Professional Network
Inaugural Event and two additional events since that time.
“Sue Littauer didn’t have to sell
me on getting Belk involved
with the Women’s Professional
Network. In fact, it was a match
Arlene Goldstein
made in heaven. We’ve created
a
wonderful
relationship
between Belk and the Jewish
Federation, and in turn I’ve had
the opportunity to make my
own personal connections with
women in the group,” said
Arlene.
In 2010, Arlene felt the time
was right to fulfill one of her
philanthropic goals, and became
a Lion of Judah.
She encourages women to get
involved with Federation to
enrich their own lives. “I hope
women will consider joining
the upcoming Federation’s
Women’s Trip to Israel in June
2011 because they will have a
life changing experience,”
Arlene explained.
For more information about
the
Jewish
Federation’s
Women’s Professional Network
or Women’s Trip to Israel,
please contact the Federation
office at 704-944-6757. Y
SHABBAT CANDLE LIGHTING
FOR NOVEMBER 2010
Friday, November 5, 6:08 PM
The Charlotte Jewish News
5007 Providence Road, Suite 112
Charlotte, NC 28226
By Mor Green, Community
Shlicha
On November 4, 1995, (11th
of Heshvan on the Hebrew
Calendar), Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a radical right-wing Israeli who
opposed the signing of the
Oslo Accords and believed
he was saving the country
from a dire fate.
In 1992 Rabin was elected as chairman of the Labor
Party. Rabin played a leading role in the signing of the
Oslo Accords, which created the Palestinian National
Authority and granted it partial control over parts of the
Gaza Strip and the West
Bank. He also oversaw the
signing of the Israel-Jordan
Treaty of Peace in 1994.
But not everybody agreed
with Rabin’s decisions. In
his many speeches, Rabin
addressed the increasing
violence in Israel. He
believed that the only way for
the Jewish people to survive in
Israel was to make an effort to
embrace peace. In his last
speech he talked about the
importance peace to the Israeli.
The last speech by Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin at a
peace rally at the Kings of Israel
Square, Tel Aviv November 4,
1995:
“I have always believed that
the majority of the people want
peace, are prepared to take risks
for peace. And you here, by
coming to this rally, along with
the many who did not make it
Mor Green
here, prove that the people truly
want peace and oppose violence. Violence is undermining
the very foundations of Israeli
democracy. It must be con-
demned, denounced, and isolated. This is not the way of the
State of Israel. Controversies
may arise in a democracy, but
the decision must be reached
through democratic elections.
“This rally must send a
message to the Israeli public,
to the Jewish community
throughout the world, to
many, many in the Arab
world and throughout the
entire world, that the people
of Israel want peace, support
peace, and for that, I thank
you very much.”
After fifteen years this
speech still speaks to us in the
present. We are now in the
middle of the peace talks
between Netanyahu, Israel’s
prime minister, and Abbas,
the Palestinians president.
Unfortunately, there has been
no progress so far. There cannot be peace until our neighbors recognize the Jewish
people’s right to live in Israel.
I hope that one day Israel will
find peace and will be able to
stop fighting for its right to
exist.
I wish you all a peaceful
month. Y
Local, Global, Eternal
CONTENTS
Federation News..............................pp. 2, 3
Women’s Page......................................p. 19
Youth .................................................pp. 5-7
Mazel Tov.....................................pp. 20, 21
Synagogues and Congregations....pp. 8-12
Community News ............pp. 22-25, 30, 31
Schools ..................................................p. 14
Jewish Community Center.........pp. 26, 27
Jewish Family Services...............pp. 16, 17
Dining Out ....................................pp. 28-30
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library..............p. 18
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November and December Events at the Jewish Federation
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Center City Jewish Professionals (formerly
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Breakfast; 8–9:15 AM, Dunhill Hotel
Guest Speaker: Lou Solomon, Founder of Interact
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Topic: Effective Public Speaking
Center City Jewish Professionals is the Federation’s
outreach initiative for the Charlotte business and professional community. Register online at www.jewishcharlotte.org by November 5 if purchasing breakfast.
Free if no breakfast is purchased.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18
JCRC Annual Fall Lecture
7 PM, Sam Lerner Center for Cultural Arts
Guest Speaker: Bret Stephens, Deputy Editorial Page
Editor, Wall Street Journal
Topic: Israel: Peace at Last?
Free and open to the community.
The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC)
promotes the interests of the Charlotte Jewish community by creating working relationships with our neighbors and serving as the collective voice of the Jewish
community.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9
Women’s Professional Network … forging relationships, building community
6–7:30 PM, Sam Lerner Center for Cultural Arts at
Shalom Park
Wine Tasting; PRP Wines
RSVP Required by December 6
The Women’s Professional Network offers women
the opportunity to engage socially and connect with a
cause. The Network meets five times each year and is
open to all professional women whether or not they are
actively engaged in careers outside the home. Y
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Local, Global, Eternal
Jewish Federation Announces the
8th Class of the Bernstein
Leadership Group
Applications Available Now and Are Due by
November 30
Attending an event or two in
the Jewish community is one
thing, but becoming an inspired
leader or board member is
another. How do you jump in
and take your involvement to
the next level? For many young
Jewish leaders in the Queen
City, the answer is the Bernstein
Leadership Group.
Now entering its eighth class,
the Donald H. and Barbara K.
Bernstein Leadership Development Group is an 18-month program of the Jewish Federation
that offers unique opportunities
to its participants, including:
* An inside look at local
Jewish agencies and access to
their lay and professional leaders
* Interaction with renowned
national leaders
* The opportunity to develop
tangible leadership skills
* The fellowship of other
emerging leaders
Through monthly speakers
and discussions over the course
of a year and a half, Bernstein
leaders become a tight-knit
group. By “graduation,” many
participants have developed
their interests in local Jewish
agencies and have started down
a path to becoming engaged
committee or board members.
To learn more and obtain an
application, please contact Tair
Giudice at [email protected] or 704-9446759. Y
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Jewish Federation
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Applications due
Nov. 30
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Youth Visions
Hebrew Highlights – New Beit Midrash
and T’fillah Programs Debut
The opening night of the 5771
Hebrew High school year was a
rousing success. Our student body
(200 strong), greeted old friends,
met new classmates and began a
journey into our wonderful tradition. The teachers and clergy have
planned an amazing year of
Jewish discovery for our teen
scholars.
An exciting new addition to the
curriculum is a “Beit Midrash”
program, designed for students
who would like to learn to critically study our sacred texts. If you
ever wondered what it is like to
study the ancient texts of our
ancestors and you want to discover where our Jewish wisdom and
values come from, this is the class
for you.
Taught by rabbis and experts in
the field, this alternative class is
for students looking for a more
serious learning environment.
Students may substitute the Beit
Midrash for either their elective or
core class (permission from the
director required). Come to the
Beit Midrash and join a select
group of students who want to
connect with the rich legacy of
Jewish thought.
Youth
Programs at
Temple Beth
El
Temple Beth El recently
expanded their youth programs to
include 2nd-12th grades. All grade
levels are off to a roaring start:
KATANTY 23 (for 2nd and 3rd
graders) hosted Pizza in the Hut to
celebrate Sukkot. They ate pizza
and had a terrific time playing in a
newly donated Bounce House
which we are sure will see many
more hours of active fun.
KATANTY 45 (4th and 5th
graders) held The Amazing Race
where they participated in an
exciting scavenger hunt around
the world (well, Temple Beth El,
anyway.)
LIBERTY 67 (6th and 7th
graders) had a terrific kickoff
event where they built edible
sukkahs, ate ice cream sundaes,
and got to know each other with
fun mixers.
LIBERTY hosted its kickoff
event where teens caught up with
old friends and made new friends.
These 8th-12th graders were the
force behind the High Holiday
Food Drive. We are thrilled to
report that our congregation
donated 2,796 pounds of food,
which will provide 1,596 individual meals. Well done Temple Beth
El!
LIBERTY also sent its highest
number of participants ever to
NFTY-SAR* Fall Kallah in
Atlanta on October 1-3. These
(Continued on page 7)
Reuven Greene
Rabbi Faith Cantor
Another innovation at Hebrew
High this year is our T’fillah sessions. Led jointly, by rabbis from
Temple Israel and Temple Beth El,
these, brief, monthly prayer sessions will give our students the
opportunity to express themselves
spiritually and create community.
It’s not too late to enroll your
8th through 12th grade students.
Don’t let them miss out on the
Hebrew High experience. For
more information call Roz at
704-944-6782 or email rcooper@
shalomcharlotte.org.
Hebrew High! It’s the place to
be on Wednesday nights! Y
Charlotte BBYO
By Lara Schewitz
The past few months, Charlotte
BBYO has been thriving. There
have been over 60 new members
who joined and are now a part of
the organization. After the past
few meetings, the new members
are already starting to feel like
they are at home in the chapters.
Everyone worked hard to make
sure that all new members registered for a convention called
MIT/AIT which was October 2224 in Greensboro. MIT/AIT is an
annual convention where all of the
new members in Eastern Region
(North Carolina and Southern
Virginia) are invited. The new
members met lots of new friends,
learned about BBYO, and had lots
of fun. If the new member couldn’t make it to MIT/AIT, they can
still learn the essential elements of
being a B’nai B’rith Girl or Aleph
Zedik Aleph.
Each chapter has taken on a
new education program that is
sure to explain everything about
BBYO in a fun and efficient way.
The girl chapters and boy chapters
have been working together to
have joint programs. Ohavim
paired up with their brother chapter Hank Greenberg and played an
exciting game of Family FeudBattle of the Sexes. Chai
Chaverim and MBA had a program where the girls and boys
took turns sitting in the middle of
a circle and had the opposite sex
discuss questions about the other
sex. This game was very educational because they got to see firsthand about what the opposite sex
thinks of girls/boys.
For the coming months of
BBYO, we are continuing to
recruit new members and have
more awesome programs
We can’t wait for the year
ahead. Y
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A Friends @ Home Experience
One of the main programs run
by the Friendship Circle, Friends
@ Home, pairs one or two teen
volunteers with a special child so
that they can spend quality time
once a week just “hanging out”
together at the child’s home. The
following excerpt recounts a visit
to a child’s home from one of our
Friendship Circle coordinators a
few months ago (the names have
been changed to protect the privacy of our families).
By Rochel Groner
It’s a sunny day here in
Charlotte, but I’m feeling anything but calm. I’m on the way to
observe Adam’s second visit, as he
is a new volunteer. Adam has
agreed to push up the visit so he
can still make his basketball game
tonight, and Steven’s mom
(Steven is Adam’s special friend)
has postponed their trip to the
aquarium until later this afternoon.
I just got off the phone with Adam
to make sure he has the directions
straight, as I’d hate for any of the
carefully scheduled hour and a
half visit to be wasted in a car.
But now that I’m on my way,
I’m thinking, “Is this really helping? Are they just doing me a
favor?” I usually only go to the
first visit and then for a check-in
later on, but last week I had two
visits scheduled for the same time
and obviously couldn’t be at both.
Not wanting to cancel, I told
Adam and Steven that I’d come
for their second visit instead. Now
though, I feel bad that I didn’t go
last time. What if the schedule
conflicts were because they didn’t
have a good time last week? Okay,
I know that’s not true; they told
me it was fine and Steven had a
good time, but still….
Steven is an eight-year-old boy
with autism, but in Friendship
Circle’s world, that just means
he’s unique, like all of us, and that
his special talents and abilities
make him outstanding. I turn into
the neighborhood and pull up to
the house. Adam’s car is already
there. As I’m about to turn off the
car, I see something which makes
me stop. I suddenly regret all my
previous thoughts and thank God
for giving me the chance to see
this myself. There’s Steven, run-
ning ahead of his new friend
Adam, with a fishing rod in hand
and a smile from ear to ear.
Not wanting to miss anything, I
drive around to the other side of
the neighborhood pond (I’m kicking myself that I didn’t bring my
camera). I park and get out of the
car to watch as Adam casually and
comfortably introduces Steven to
the world of fishing. From where
I’m standing I can see them but
they can’t see me, and frankly, I’m
glad because I have tears in my
eyes. I stand there for a bit just
watching the two of them talk and
laugh and cast the fishing rod. One
thing is clear: To Adam, Steven
isn’t a “disabled” child who needs
sympathy—Steven is a friend with
plenty to offer. Y
Temple Beth El Youth Groups
(Continued from page 5)
weekend conventions bring youth
together from the entire Southeast
region to learn, worship and
explore their Jewish identities.
This is one of the most meaningful, engaging opportunities for
solidifying relationships and connections to Judaism. Our kids literally count down the days until
the next one (January 14-17 for
Winter Regional). Keep your eyes
open for information regarding
Spring Kallah on April 29–May 1
because – we are hosting it. We
will need support from the entire
Charlotte Jewish community to
successfully run this exciting
event. Having a high school age
child is not required.
Below are two testimonials
from teens expressing their appreciation for LIBERTY and NFTYSAR.
Jake Kalik: “I’ve been a member of Temple Beth El for 13
years. I love this Temple with all
my heart, but LIBERTY really
started it off.
“My first LIBERTY event was
with Holly Gainsboro, who I love
dearly. The events that Holly
planned ranged from movie/pizza
nights to Hanukkah parties and
Havdallah. These events made me
how I am now, energetic, social,
and exciting.
“Next came Sara Bryan. She
always knew how to bring the fun
to LIBERTY. From rock-climbing
to bowling, LIBERTY is where
it’s at! She also got me hooked on
NFTY
(North
American
Federation of Temple Youth). I
went into my first kallah not really sure what to expect, but I met a
ton of new friends and had the
time of my life.
“I immediately hit it off with
our new youth director, Andy
Harkavy. His wit and humor took
me by surprise. He really steered
me down the NFTY path. We just
got back from Fall Kallah. I can’t
wait to go back to experience
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Temple Beth El’s Sadie Levin Scholar-in-Residence Shabbaton on
Social Justice with Rabbi Emeritus Jerry Davidson
Please join us on November 19
and 20 for a Shabbaton featuring
guest scholar Rabbi Jerry
Davidson who will share his expe-
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teachings on Tikkun Olam and
how they should be implemented
in our community.
Rabbi Davidson served as a
Senior Rabbi of Temple Beth El in
Great Neck, NY, for 35 years. He
serves now on the faculty of the
Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion, of which he
is both president of the Rabbinic
Alumni Association and member
of the Board of Governors. In
1994, Rabbi Davidson was chosen
by the New York Board of Rabbis
as “Rabbi of the Year,” the first
Reform rabbi to receive this
award.
This special Scholar Shabbaton
also marks the tenth yahrzeit of
Rabbi Judy Schindler’s father,
Rabbi Alexander Schindler. On
Friday evening, Rabbi Davidson
will reflect on the late Rabbi
Schindler’s
leadership
as
President
of
our
Reform
Movement for more than two
decades and whether we have fulfilled the vision he articulated for
us.
The weekend will include the
following presentations:
Friday, November 19, 8 PM
“Where We’ve Been and Where
Rabbi Jerry Davidson
We’re Going: Rabbi Alexander
Schindler’s Vision for Reform
Judaism and Have We Fulfilled
It?” (in observance of his tenth
yahrzeit)
Saturday, November 20, 9 AM
“Repairing Our World: The
Seeds of Social Justice in our
Sacred Texts”
Saturday, November 20, 11 AM
D’var
Torah
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our
Congregational Shabbat Services:
“Jacob’s Struggle and Ours”
Saturday, November 20, 5-6 PM
Havdalah and Discussion:
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Attention Shalom Park —
Temple Beth El Religious
School Can Put Extra Gelt
in Your Pocket
Turn your gold into gelt. Gold
prices are at an all time high nearing $1,300 per ounce. This is the
perfect opportunity to cash in and
help the Temple Beth El Religious
School at the same time.
Hanukkah is early this year so
we are bringing SouthPark
Jewelers to school on November
14, 8:30 AM-1 PM, in the Bobbi
and Don Bernstein Education
Building (Religious School lobby)
to turn your gold into gelt. Get top
dollar for all your broken, old and
unwanted gold, silver or platinum
jewelry or objects. SouthPark
Jewelers will hand you a check on
the spot and make a contribution
from their profit to the school.
It’s an early Hanukkah present
for all. Cashing in your gold for
gelt will benefit the school and
give you some added income to
get ready for the holidays.
Just walk in. No appointment
necessary. The entire community
is encouraged to support the
school and take home some extra
cash.
Gold Sale at Temple Beth El
Religious School
November 14, 8:30 AM-1 PM
Bobbi and Don Bernstein
Education Building Y
The Temple Beth El/St. Peter’s Catholic
Church Dialogue will meet on Sunday,
November 14 at the Essex Condo
Clubhouse, 4900 Sardis Rd. at 5 PM. As
part two of our Life Cycle series we will be
discussing Confirmation and Bar/Bat
Mitzvah. For additional info and to RSVP
call 704-362-2724 or 704-365-3313.
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Interfaith and Outreach Shabbat Weekend at Temple Beth El December 17-18
At Temple Beth El, we have a
continuing commitment to welcome all into the community.
Jews-by-Choice and Interfaith
families continue to make great
contributions to our culture and
religion, and have become a truly
valued part of the Jewish community. This year, at our annual
Interfaith and Outreach Shabbat,
our own Jews-by-Choice and
Interfaith family members will
have the chance to tell their stories.
Please join us on December 17
as members of our congregation
will discuss the experiences and
choices that put them on the path
toward Judaism during the 8 PM
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morning,
Saturday,
December 18 at 9 AM, we will
hold a dialogue on choosing
Judaism and fostering Judaism
in your home, followed by a
delicious Congregational Brunch
at 10:15 AM (by reservation
at www.beth-el.com/rsvp) and
our musical, participatory
Congregational Shabbat service at
11 AM.
We appreciate everyone’s sup-
port and look forward to seeing
you there. Questions? Please contact Shari Hackman, Membership
and Outreach Director, at [email protected] or 704-7493051. Y
Havurat Tikvah’s Kabbalat Shabbat:
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notoriously busy one for most
families. Our antidote: take a
break from life’s hectic pace at our
November 12 Kabbalat Shabbat.
We’ll gather at 6:30 PM to welcome the Sabbath with song, to
enjoy a festive Shabbat meal, and
to relax and unwind with good
friends and family. We invite you
to join us as we enter into the
“oasis” of Shabbat. For more
information, or to reserve a place
for this family-friendly event, call
or e-mail us (see the contact information below).
November is also a month for
planning and changing at Havurat
Tikvah. Our planning involves the
just-around-the-corner Hannukah
holidays. This year, we’ll celebrate on December 4 with Shabbat
morning services and a full
evening of holiday fun including
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“Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our G-d,
the Lord is One”
lighting, a Hanukkah play, and
latkes for all. Save the date,
mark your calendars, and check
our website or contact us by
phone or e-mail for updates.
The changes involve our
annual Board rotations. This year
we extend our warmest thanks and
deep appreciation to those who are
rotating off the Board and have
served us so well during their
terms: David Holloman (as Rosh),
Helen Lipman, Ellen Myers,
Martha Brenner, Phyllis Woollen,
and Pat Burnham. We also extend
a welcome and thank you to those
who are joining the Board for the
coming term: Alan Kaplan, Allen
Saxe, Anna Offerdahl, Carol
LeBaron, Karen Shelton, and
Lannie Mathews.
Whatever the month, members
of Havurat Tikvah continue their
involvement in various mitzvah
activities. A team, led by Pat
Burnham, participated in this
year’s CROP Hunger Walk. And
havurah members continue to
work with the Dilworth Soup
Kitchen which provides nourishing meals and a warm welcome to
those in need. If you’d like to join
us, visit the soup kitchen’s
Facebook page at http://www.
facebook.com/group.php?gid=771
34194660. We’re also delighted to
have helping hands at our “Project
Linus” group. The group meets
once a month to produce handmade “security-blankets” for children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. For
information about the upcoming
call or e-mail us.
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.
Our Sunday School, with its exciting new curriculum, and B’nai
Mitzvah preparation are available
for children. Feel free to visit, get
to know us, and become part of
our growing congregation of nearly 60 households.
For an updated calendar or to
find out more about Havurat
Tikvah, our worship services,
Sunday School program, and
community activities - please visit
our website at www.havurattikvah.org or contact new member
chair, Brian Feinglass, at
[email protected] or at 1-877203-5848. Y
Beth Shalom Introduces
Tot Shabbat Program
Exclusively at
Karat Patch Jewelry
901 Providence Road
704-334-3188
www.karatpatch.com
Beth Shalom of Lake
Norman (www.bslkn.org)
announced the creation of a
monthly Tot Shabbat program beginning on Friday,
November 5 at 5:30 PM,
prior to Shabbaton services
for babies through children
aged five. Parents and children
will meet at St. Alban’s Episcopal
Church in Davidson. The goal of
the program is for parents and
children to welcome Shabbat and
other Jewish holidays through
music, prayer, and many fun activities. There is no charge for the
program. All members and nonmembers are welcome. In addition, any participants are welcome
to stay for the evening service
starting at 6:30 PM. For further
information, please contact Jamie
Tannenbaum at jamie9227@
gmail.com.Y
Why Do the Rabbis Want Us to Say 100 Brachot Every Day?
To make sure thanksgiving is
part and parcel with our Jewish
practice, we ritualize thankfulness
in every hatima that ends our liturgical prayers: Blessed are you,
Holy One, who brings the
evening, who creates the day, who
gives wisdom, who…
There are countless things to be
thankful for and far more than 100
ways to respond. Take the grand
sweet gum tree whose five fingered leaves glow bright green in
the morning light. Each leaf is an
earthly star turning dark and then
light again as the clouds pass overhead. The blessing is spontaneous,
heartfelt: “Blessed are you God
who also puts stars on trees.”
Every day has these moments,
these opportunities for us to stop
and realize that we have plenty to
be thankful for.
What if every time we experienced the surprise of biting into a
new kind of apple or of driving
down a scenic country road we
took a moment to express our
thanks? “Blessed are you Adonai,
king of the universe who gives me
a gift every time I turn a corner.”
Of course, Shabbat is a designated twenty-four hour span of
intensive thankfulness that occurs
every week. At Temple Or Olam,
we make a point of trying to
expand our Shabbat–consciousness. The rabbi reminds parents
not to forego the pleasure of blessing their children on Friday night.
We take a moment in our Kabbalat
Shabbat service to ask what revelation, what wonder, what blessing
we may have received during the
preceding week.
Thankfulness is year-round,
every day, 100 times a day. Happy
Thanksgiving!
Temple Or Olam serves
University City, Harrisburg, and
Cabarrus County, and is an independent congregation where Dr.
Barbara Thiede, senior rabbinic
student with ALEPH (the Alliance
for Jewish Renewal) leads two
Shabbat services each month. For
information on our services,
please visit our website, www.orolam.org and subscribe to our
mailing list. You can also email us
at [email protected], or call 704720-7577. Y
Temple Israel Honors Life Presidents:
November 13
Temple Israel will honor our
Life Presidents at Shabbat services. These are: I.D. Blumenthal z”l,
Sol Levine, Hugo Rosenberger
z”l, Harry L. Schwartz z”l, Isaac
Ashendorf z”l, William Gorelick,
Robert Abel, Morris Speizman z”l,
Sol Jaffa z”l, Aaron Gleiberman
z”l, David Miller, Ben Jaffa, Sr.
z”l, Sam Strause, Jerome Levin,
Steve Hockfield, Sam Bernstein
(z”l-zichronam livrakha-of blessed
memory).
Following services, a wonderful Kiddush luncheon will be
served. The entire congregation is
encouraged to attend services that
morning and invited to stay for the
luncheon.
As part of the tribute, a keepsake 8 ½” x 11” soft cover journal
containing pictures of the
Honorary Life Presidents, together
with biographical and service
information for each will be produced for distribution to the congregation, free of charge.
Nationally known artist and local
Charlotte resident, Paul Rousso, is
designing a piece of art especially
for the occasion that will be reproduced as the journal’s cover.
Temple Israel Adult Education
Series
Conversations with Dr. James
Howell of Myers Park United
Methodist Church and Rabbi
Ezring:
Angels and Demons in Jewish
and Christian Tradition: Tuesday,
November 9 at Myers Park UMC,
7 PM
Did Biblical Miracles Really
Happen?: Tuesday, November 16
at Temple Israel, 7 PM
Classes are free and all are welcome.
PALS Hanukkah Event,
November 28 at 10:30 AM
For more information contact
Rabbi Faith Cantor at 704-3622796.
Temple Hanukkah Events
We have a full schedule of
Hanukkah events for all ages.
November 28, we invite young
families to join us for the PALS
pre-Hanukkah program.
Temple Israel Book Club
DAY AFTER NIGHT BY ANITA DIAMANT
Monday, November 15, 7:30 PM, Temple Israel
Historical fiction readers tend
to be pulled into a story and are
often compelled to search for
more information about the incidents depicted. Such is the case
with Anita Diamant’s Day After
Night. Based on the true story of
the October 1945 rescue of more
than two hundred prisoners from
the Artit internment camp - a
prison for “illegal” immigrants run
by the British military near the
Mediterranean coast south of
Haifa, Day After Night tells the
stories of four young Jewish
women, survivors of four different
kinds of hell and how they grapple
with a new life in a new land.
Described as “an astutely imagined story … Diamant opens a
window into a time of sadness,
confusion, and optimism that has
resonance for so much that’s both
triumphant and troubling in modern Jewish history.”
Readers
may
remember
Diamant as the author of the compelling The Red Tent, a TI book
club favorite.
Day After Night is available at
the public library, the LevineSklut Judaic Library and local
book stores for about $15, making
it relatively easy to obtain a copy
for discussion at the November 15
book club meeting.
Temple Israel book club meetings are open to all members of
the community, including “dropins” and those who haven’t read
the book. For additional information contact Linda Levy at
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Providing
Wednesday night, December 1,
we invite the entire congregation
to join Rabbi, Ezring, Rabbi
Cantor, Cantor Roochvarg, the
choir, special guests and Temple
Israel’s Consolidated Hebrew
High School students to light the
first candle, sing our favorite
Hanukkah songs, and taste the
sweetness of Hanukkah treats. The
celebration begins at 7 PM.
Friday evening, December 3 we
will host a special candle lighting
followed by services at 5:45 PM
and a wonderful Hanukkah
Shabbat Dinner, highlighted by
stories and songs.
Sunday, December 5 the
Temple Israel Social Club will
host its annual Hanukkah lunch.
Tuesday evening, December 7
Temple Israel Religious School
will host a special Hanukkah
assembly for the families of the
school.
The Temple Israel Social Club
We invite active couples and
singles, affiliated with Charlotte
area synagogues, to join our social
group. Meet friendly people and
enjoy our interesting programs
and trips. Call Janine Rosner at
704-366-5631 for more information. Join us on Sunday, December
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From Sushi to Mac and
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Saturday night Sushi in the
Sukkah was a great time for
all. Delicious food, interactive games, and meaningful
discussions. Tuesday afternoon featured a family style
Sukkah Party with more
delicious food and a fabulous carnival for the kids.
Sand art, sukkah cookies,
tzedakah games, tic tac toe
and prizes were some of the Making sand art was part of the Sukkot fun at
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and get busy. Experience the joys
of Kosher Cooking at Chabad of
Ballantyne. Kids in the kitchen
will give you an opportunity to
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I don’t know about you, but
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Hebrew School, it wasn’t the most
riveting intellectual or spiritual
experience. When I recall the
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comes to mind is a vision of
myself begrudgingly studying a
boring history book and happily
reciting Hebrew at my Bat
Mitzvah though I did not know
what most of it meant (which didn’t bother me at the time, but now
I wish that I had understood what I
was saying).
Maybe you had a similar experience, or maybe you never went to
Hebrew School. And maybe you
are now a parent like me who
wants to provide some kind of
Jewish education for your children, and you would like it to be a
great, meaningful experience. Or
maybe you might like a first or
second chance to go to Hebrew
School so you don’t end up knowing less than your curious children
who will start asking questions
about the holidays that you wish
you could answer more thoroughly. Here in Charlotte, a new kind
of Hebrew School opportunity is
knocking that might meet your
needs.
Started by Rabbi Chanoch
Oppenheim, Director of the
Charlotte Torah Center, the
Charlotte Torah Center Hebrew
School differs from the other wonderful options in Charlotte for children’s Jewish education: 1) children and their parents will be students together and 2) enrollment
does not require affiliation or
membership with any religious
institution. The CTCHS will be
partnering with P.A.T “Parents Are
Teachers” run through the National
Jewish Outreach Program, which
introduced the idea that parents
should study alongside their children so that they too learn about
Shabbat and Jewish history and
how to participate meaningfully in
weekly services. Parents who have
participated in P.A.T. say that the
experience is so empowering
because it gets them up to speed in
their Judaism, and their children
look up to them more because of
their knowledge. Watch this nine
minute P.A.T. video with interviews of parents and administrators who say that incredible transformations occur in the families
that learn Judaism together:
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rw8He8U. This creative educational format will be paired with a
curriculum using teaching material
from ToTal, a project of the Afkim
Foundation. ToTal describes itself
as a “series of educational programs steeped in the wisdom of the
Torah and designed to provide cultural, historical and social enrichment to Jewish youngsters and
their families.”
In his conversations with people
around
Charlotte,
Rabbi
Oppenheim has spoken with many
Jews who choose not to affiliate
with any institution but would still
like to give their children some
form of Jewish education. He
recently said, “Over the past year I
have heard from a number of people who, even though they’re not
very connected ‘Jewishly,’ feel
awful that they aren’t giving their
children any form of Jewish education. Therefore, we wanted to create a school that didn’t require
affiliation with any institution. At
this new school there are no membership fees or building funds, just
a onetime tuition. So it will be
more affordable for many families
and will give them the opportunity
to ‘taste’ the benefits of giving
their children the gift of education
and pride in being Jewish.”
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Todah, Todah, Todah!
By Elka Bernstein, Director,
Charlotte Jewish Preschool
Thanksgiving is a time for us all
to reflect on the things we’re
thankful for – our good health, our
beautiful families, and the close
community we’re all a part.
Thanks
Being thankful is not just a
theme taught in November at the
preschool, but an action that our
preschoolers participate in each
day at school. During the school
day, our preschoolers say
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Elementary school
thought that the
December holidays
had arrived early.
The school counselor
called us the “Special
Supply Fairy.” The
giving continued in
October with a special food drive for
Jewish
Family
Services. And this
Learning about tzedakah at the Charlotte Jewish month, CJP will
sponsor the 2nd
Preschool.
annual
Hanukkah
Toy Drive to help
“Todah,” thank you, to God for Jewish Family Services provide
their snack, and their lunch. The gifts for families in our communichildren say “Todah” to teachers ty. Though CJP students are the
for being helpful and to friends for youngest members of our commusharing. Each Friday at CJP, our nity, the joy they feel when they
students sing the words, “Baruch give to others is revealed in their
Atah Adonai, thank you God.” faces.
These 230 beautiful voices ring Prayers
with appreciation for Shabbat,
At many Thanksgiving tables
toys, friends, teachers and parents. around Charlotte, families will
Giving
reflect on what they are thankful.
Learning to give back to the Families will say special prayers.
community is part of the education At CJP, our young students offer
goals for our preschoolers and many insightful prayers. The Prefamilies. Each year, a tzedekah K Class is made up of four and
calendar is developed, so that five year old students. Some of
every month, the children can per- these prayers hold wisdom, and
form acts of Tikkun Olam (repair- some hold laughter. Either way,
ing the world). Even though, we our teachers do a great job teachare only into our third month of ing our children to say traditional
preschool, the acts of loving kind- Jewish Prayers, as well as teachness have already made a positive ing them to talk to God using their
impact in the Charlotte communi- own words.
ty. In September, CJP collected
Ella: I am praying for my dad,
school supplies that were than dis- my mom, my sisters and me to
tributed to Temple Beth El and read a prayer book together.
Temple Israel’s partner schools.
Tamma: I am praying for my
The teachers and students at family to be healthy.
Huntingtowne Farms and Sterling
Zack: I pray for a bowling ball.
Charlotte Jewish Day School Celebrates
$500K Prize
By Mariashi Groner, director,
CJDS
Six hundred people attended a
party on October 10, to celebrate
Charlotte Jewish Day School’s
award of $500,000 from the
Kohl’s Cares program. One might
think the celebration was about the
money. It could have been, but it
wasn’t. One might think the celebration was just about winning. It
could have been, but that wasn’t
the real reason, either. From looking at the diversity of the crowd, it
appeared to be more about people
supporting people and people caring about others.
The majority of the people who
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Diego: I pray for my teachers.
Olivia: I pray to keep my family safe.
Vincent: I pray for my pool.
Sam: I am praying for a pumpkin.
Noah: I am praying for a monster toy.
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Evan and Rachel: I am praying for a rainbow inside.
Sarah: I am praying for toys.
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Owen: I am praying for a skateboard.
Isabel: I am praying for messages from God.
Hazel: I am praying for the
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Oren: I am praying for a pet
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Anastasia: I am praying for a
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were at the party were not
going to benefit directly
from the money. They did
not have children or
grandchildren attending
the school, nor had they
ever had children or
grandchildren who attended the school. They were
simply people who cared
about the Jewish community, Jewish continuity,
Jewish education, and
Charlotte Jewish Day School. It is
not often that we see such altruistic actions. That is what we celebrate, and that is what we must
celebrate every day.
But the question still is asked—
so, what is Charlotte Jewish Day
School going to do with the
$500,000 from Kohl’s Department
Stores? Five hundred thousand
dollars is a lot of money. It can
buy a lot of things. It can feed a lot
of people.
Unfortunately, there are rules
and guidelines we are required to
follow when spending this money,
and we must stay within those
boundaries. An additional limitation is that Kohl’s asks that we use
the money within the next 12
months. So, when deciding how to
spend the money, we made it a
goal to improve and enhance the
education we already provide so
that our students can have even
CJDS celebrates their win.
more opportunities. We hope that
making these choices will entice
and attract more students to the
school so that we will have the
opportunity to educate more
Jewish children. We hope that the
choices will, in turn, save us
money in the future so that we do
not have to increase our “asks”
from the community, the
Federation, and our donors. We
hope that these choices will help
the community be proud of the
day school in their midst.
We would like to use the award
to provide financial assistance and
a Jewish education for more students, but we can’t.
We would like to use it to
endow a middle school, but we
can’t.
We would like to use it to give
our teachers the raises they
deserve, but we can’t.
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JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES
Help Struggling Families for Hanukkah
The Hebrew letters of Nes
Hanukkah, the miracle of
Hanukkah, allude to tzedakah,
charity. This holiday is a wonderful opportunity for your family to
teach the importance of tzedakah,
social responsibility and compassion for those less fortunate. Many
families in our Jewish community
are still struggling financially. You
can help by donating gifts to JFS
which would provide some essentials as well as luxuries that many
families can no longer afford. JFS
will distribute your gifts to needy
families and seniors in our community.
The following are some great
gift ideas:
Gift cards to movies, restaurants, grocery or retail stores, drug
stores, book stores, or toy stores.
Gift certificates to beauty salons
or barber shops. Tickets to a recreational activity. Hanukkah candles
and holiday items.
These are all things that would
be greatly appreciated by a family
who is undergoing a tough time
financially. Gifts can be dropped
off to the JFS office at Shalom
Park, Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5
PM.
Thank you for helping JFS
build a stronger community!
Seniors Need Transportation
Mecklenburg County has discontinued subsidized transportation for senior citizens. Due to
this, Jewish Family Services is
receiving many calls from individuals who are stranded and have no
transportation. We are in great
need of drivers to take our clients
to their appointments.
We also need drivers for our
monthly Simchas for Seniors program.
Please contact JFS if you are
able to become a volunteer driver.
If you have a few hours every
so often this can make a huge difference in the life of an older adult
who can no longer drive. Please
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The Bea Gibbs Senior
Outreach Fund
Over the course of eleven
years, Bea Gibbs grew the JFS
Senior
Jewish
Outreach
Program to be one of the most
valued of all JFS programs.
Taking care of the Jewish
Seniors in the Charlotte community was not just a job to
Bea, it was her passion. Bea
lived and breathed her work
until her untimely death on
February 21, 2010. Bea is
mourned by so many – her family and friends, her co-workers,
the many seniors that she provided for, and the entire community that benefitted from her
hard work and caring nature.
In honor of Bea’s legacy of
caring, JFS has started the Bea
Gibbs Senior Outreach Fund.
This fund will ensure the continuation of the Senior
Outreach Program for many
years to come and will perpetuate Bea’s goals and dreams.
We are asking you to honor
Bea by supporting the Bea
Gibbs Senior Outreach Fund in
honor of Bea Gibbs, who developed a vital connection for
many isolated seniors in our
community. Our goal is to raise
$25,000 to ensure that JFS can
continue to support our current
program and funding over the
September and
October Cooks
Suzy Catenazzo,
Ruth Goldberg,
Lottie Goldman,
Katherine Goldstein,
Marilyn Lippman,
Linda Levy, Jenny
Rosenthal, Francie
Serbin, Marcia Stern,
Lori Wojnowich
next few years, and also enable
JFS to expand services to seniors as the population grows.
Please help us continue
Bea’s vision of maintaining a
vital connection for our older
Jewish adults. You can make a
donation to this fund by calling
JFS at 704-364-6594 or you
can mail a check to JFS, 5007
Providence Rd., Ste. 105,
Charlotte, NC 28226.
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JFS with a notation for the Bea
Gibbs Senior Outreach Fund.
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WISHING A FULL AND
SPEEDY RECOVERY TO
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and Eddie Goodman
Julie Lerner Levine from
Evelyn Berger, Jill and Ed
Newman, Marion and David
Kronovet
Nora Wolf from Jill and Ed
Newman
Your son Charlie to Dana and
Andrew Kapustin from Marion
and David Kronovet
IN APPRECIATION OF
Linda and Morris Spil from
Laura and Barry Reich
IN HONOR OF
Eddie Goodman from Fay
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Jewish Family Services from
Mark Perlin and Michael Van
Glish
Rebecca and Scott Goodman
from Laura and Barry Reich
MAZEL TOV ON
Jacob's Bar Mitzvah to Shirley
and Edwin Goodman from
Mildred Silverman
The birth of your granddaughter
to Lenora and Mike Barchardt
from Shevi and Donald Herbstman
The Bar Mitzvah of Jake Usadi
from Suzanne Rosenblith and Kim
Sholly and family
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
Jeffrey Stein from Stephanie
and Jonathan Simon
Lisa Vogel from Brian Spector,
Jami Beere, Laura Milgrim,
Rochelle and Frank Weiner, the
Finley family, the Freedman family, the Neuman family
Michael Raffler from Fayne and
Daniel Fischer
Beverly Tirsun from Erika
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Honey Kridel from Maureen
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Susie
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Michelle
Goodman and Pat Somerstein
from the Wednesday Lunch Bunch
IN MEMORY OF
Allan Wolf to Nora Wolf from
Audrey Madans, Bert Fleishman,
Cynthia and Harold Turtletaub,
Ellen and Steven Engelhardt,
Jenny Meiselman and family, Lori
and Ken Jackowitz, Lynda and
James White, Lynn and Paul
Edelstein, Merle and Alan
Gottheim
Cecile Rose to Sharon and
Steven Hockfield from Patricia
and Barry Golembe
Jamie to Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell
Goldklang from Marion and David
Kronovet
Jeanne Rauch to Marshall
Rauch from Evelyn Berger
Josef Sklut to Barbara Sklut and
Eric and Lori Sklut from Casey
Anderson and Michael Hugh Raus,
Evelyn Berger, Rachel and Alvin
Goodman, Shirley and Edwin
Goodman, Susan and Maxwell
Greenman
Lillian Grunberger to Jim
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In addition to learning directly
with their children, the adults will
take
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roots of anti-Semitism and Jewish
contributions to the world. His
wife, Sara, who has over twenty
years of experience as a dating and
marriage coach, will teach the
Jewish approach to dating and
marriage. Her classes will benefit
parents who are or would like to be
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said, “We hope to give parents
skills to raise their children and
help them to navigate some of the
challenging parts of later childhood and adolescence. Our program’s focus is on the entire family and giving the gift of positive
bonding experiences through classic Jewish wisdom.”
The CTCHS classes will be held
on Sundays from 9:30-11:30AM at
Charlotte Preparatory School
beginning in January, and its first
calendar year will run through
May, which will give families a
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if this Hebrew School is best for
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globalization and intercultural
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on Asian religions in the
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University of North Carolina at
Charlotte.
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by a question and answer session,
and then time to relax, eat and
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including: Freedom: A Novel by
Johnathan Franzen (Oprah’s Book
Club), Russian Debutante’s
Handbook by Gary Shteyngart,
Nemesis by Philip Roth, Great
House by Nicole Krauss and many
more.
The event will take place in the
Levine Sklut Judaic Library in
Shalom Park at 7 PM. There is no
admission fee and all are welcome. For more information,
please call Talli Dippold at 704944-6780.
Hanukkah Kits
These Hanukkah Kits sold out
last year, so call the library to
reserve yours today.
We are offering educational
Hanukkah Kits that can be used to
bring into a classroom to explain
Hanukkah. The kits include:
National Geographic’s “Celebrate
Hanukkah” book, directions on
how to play dreidel game, menorah and sample candles. For a
nominal fee, dreidels and chocolate gelt can be added to the kits.
Call to reserve your kit today, 704944-6780.
The Fire Within: Jews in the
Amazonian Rainforest
Presented by the Charlotte
Jewish Film Festival and the
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library.
Join the Charlotte Jewish Film
Society on Sunday, November 14
at 5 PM as it hosts the second
screening in the film series “Reel
World: Films about the Jews
around the World.” In her documentary, “The Fire Within,” filmmaker Lorry Salcedo Mitrani
examines the history of the Jewish
community of Iquitos, Peru over
the past century.
The fascinating story begins
when a Sephardic sailor from
Morocco on leave in a Brazilian
port falls asleep in a bar and misses his ship home. Instead of catching the next ship home, Abraham
Edery Fimat ends up sailing the
wrong way and arrives hundreds
of miles down the Amazon in the
remote Peruvian city of Iquitos. To
his amazement, Edery finds other
Jews in the depths of the rainforest.
Through the Charlotte Jewish
Film Society, the Levine-Sklut
Judaic Library and the Charlotte
Jewish Film Festival collaborate
to bring quality, educational films
to the Charlotte community
throughout the year. There is a
nominal charge of $4 for each
film, which may be paid at the
door. Passes for the series are
available for $10. All are welcome.
The third film in the series will
be on Sunday, December 12 and
the final film will be on Sunday,
January 23. All screenings will be
held in the Sam Lerner Cultural
Arts Center in the LJCC at 5 PM.
For more information regarding
the Charlotte Jewish Film Society,
please contact Debby Block at
704-944-6763.
Levine-Sklut Judaic
Library Book Baskets
Celebrate Your Simchah with a Mitzvah
Sponsoring a book basket is an
easy way to make a lasting contribution to our community. The baskets are highly decorative and can
be personalized for your simchah.
Your donation directly supports
the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library
and helps us enhance our book,
DVD and CD collection.
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WOMEN’S NEWS
Racelle Weiman on The Power of Jewish Womanhood
The Charlotte Chapter of
Hadassah orchestrated a thought
provoking lecture in October “The
Power of Jewish Womanhood:
Stories that Transform and
Inspire” by Dr. Racelle Weiman,
the Senior Director for Global
Education at the Dialogue Institute
of Temple University.
“The Power of Jewish
Womanhood” was intended as a
response to inquiries by women of
varying ethnic backgrounds to
explore a specifically woman’s
way to transform the world—and,
in particular, the Jewish woman.
Those in attendance listen as
Weiman weaved historic narratives which illustrated this power.
She indicated that not only
Racelle Weiman
were women formidable in the
Jewish resistance movements
across Nazi Europe, as well as at
the forefront of all social change
and civil rights movements across
the world including South Africa,
Europe, Americas.
Weiman reminds us that out of
the 40 women which have
received the Nobel Price seven
were Jewish - most notably in the
sciences. She pointed out how
Jewish women have exerted a
great influence on society in a
multitude of areas, including in
music, art, cinema, literature and
theater.
The vast evidence of an
expressly “Jewish Woman’s
Power” astonished and inspired
the audience at Temple Israel and
likely motivated the new generation of empowered women in
attendance.
Racelle Weiman, Ph.D. holds a
B.A. in Jewish Studies from
UCLA and M.A. and Ph.D. from
Temple
University
in
Interreligious
Studies.
She
received accreditation at the
Truman Peace Institute at Hebrew
University, Jerusalem. Post doctoral research at the Fletcher
School of Diplomacy at Tufts
University in ethnic conflict resolution and the Program on
Negotiation at Harvard University.
Previously, she was founding
Director of the Center for
Holocaust
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Hebrew
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textbooks, Dr. Weiman served on
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Hadassah Celebrates Sukkot with “Sushi in the Sukkah”
Sukkot inspired our local
Hadassah chapter to bring a new
dynamic event to Charlotte “Sushi
in the Sukkah.” By blending
Japanese culinary creativity with
traditional festivities, over 50
women undeterred by rain, celebrated the season of our rejoicing
at the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library
and Resource Center.
The evening kicked off with a
joyous Sukkot observance the
“Four
Species
Ceremony.”
Complete with the traditional four
species which are willow branches
(aravot), myrtle branches (hadassim), palm branch (lulav) and citron (etrog) were waved in all six
directions while a blessing was
recited.
Next, an interactive cooking
demonstration led by Sushi 101
restaurant chef created a fun and
delicious challenge. He inspired
and aided attendees to learn how
to create custom made sushi rolls.
While enjoying wellpaired
wine
from
Vintners Wine Market,
the ladies experienced
firsthand how to roll
steamed rice, fish, vegetables and sesame
seeds to create scrumptious delights.
The fresh sushi rolls
as well as the demonstration were generously donated by Sushi
101, accompanied by
well paired wine from Vintner
Wine Shop and topped off by fresh
salad symbolizing the fruits of the
harvest.
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Join us for Serendipity Sunday
Hadassah’s next great event is
Serendipity Sunday which will be
held on November 14 from 2–4:30
PM at Mickey & Mooch in the
Arboretum. This will be a fun time
with friends, light appetizers with
a complimentary drink, (wine, tea,
coffee) door prizes, raffles and
Silent and Live Auctions. There
will be a special fun Jewelry
Exchange – come with a piece of
costume Jewelry you no longer
wear, donate it and buy another
piece. Admission is just $20. Your
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Hebrew Cemetery Association
By Lorrie Klemons, publicity
Hundreds of our fellow Jews
reached a higher level on
September 12 when they attended the Hebrew Cemetery’s
Annual Memorial Day. What
draws 300 people to the cemetery on the Sunday morning
between Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur each year? It is all
about being part of a community. Being part of something bigger than oneself. Remembering
those that came before us.
Reaching higher and higher to a
level of being and purpose and
to a deeper connection to God.
It’s hard to believe that the
high holidays are behind us
already and that before we know
it, the days will be grower darker and colder as the prevailing
winter season preys upon us.
Brighten that darkness and
strengthen the bonds that connect all Jews, both alive or dead,
by becoming a member of the
Hebrew Cemetery Association
of Charlotte today.
For more information about
membership benefits, graves,
prepaid funeral costs, donations,
and/or including the cemetery in
your estate planning, contact
Cemetery Director, Sandra
Goldman, at 704-576-1859 or
704-944-6854 or director@
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the cemetery website at
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What’s dinner without dessert?
Delicious treats sweeten the
evening. The ideal event created
the perfect atmosphere to welcome the harvest.
Many thanks to the LevineSklut Judaic Library and Resource
Center for hosting the event.
Motivated by the great turnout
for this Sushi in the Sukkah event,
Hadassah volunteers are hard at
work planning for our next memorable event, Serendipity Sunday,
November 14 for more information visit http://charlottehadassah.org/events. Y
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Charlotte Agent Receives
Agency Hands in the
Community Award
Benjamin Helbein Donates
$1,000 to Planned Parenthood
Health Systems Inc.
Allstate Insurance Agent
Benjamin Helbein, whose office is
located at 401 East Blvd., Suite
200 in Charlotte, has received the
Agency Hands in the Community
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this award came a $1,000 grant
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Planned Parenthood Health
Systems Inc. in Charlotte, where
Helbein volunteers.
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For her bat mitzvah project,
Katie Brown organized a run
to benefit Soccer for Peace, a
non-profit organization which
runs camps to unite Jewish
and Arab children of war-torn
areas in Israel in their shared
love of soccer.
Katie is an avid soccer
player on a classic team at
Charlotte Soccer Academy.
Katie asked her friends to get
sponsors per lap and then run
13 laps in honor of her 13th
birthday/bat mitzvah on
Sunday, September 26, her
actual 13th birthday.
The run raised close to $1,500 and Katie will be
donating an additional portion of the money she
receives as bat mitzvah gifts.
Information on the organization can be found at
their website, soccerforpeace.com.
Katie is in the seventh from the left in the front
row of the picture above.
Charlotte Jewish Day School Celebrates $500K Win
We would like to share it with
the rest of the Jewish community.
Unfortunately, we can’t.
But what we can do is very
exciting and will benefit our students tremendously. We just sent
off the proposal. And these are the
highlights and the thought
processes behind the choices we
have made:
Technology: This is the biggest
item. Seven years ago we received
a grant from Deutsche Bank which
provided SMART boards for all of
our classrooms, laptops for our
students and teachers, and other
technology items. It is seven years
later and Quyen, our technology
director, has used up all of the life
of the computers in the school. In
fact, it was just three months ago
when she called me to her desk to
tell me that we had to face the fact
that we need to replace much of
our technology. Although I knew
that in order to stay competitive in
the market of private schools, we
desperately needed to stay current
with our technology; I told her that
we did not have the funds and that
in these economic times we would
have to make do. I gave her permission to buy three laptops a year
at a maximum expenditure of
$400 per laptop. Any more purchases would force us to have to
start a capital campaign in addition to our annual fund. I think
God must have heard that conversation.
We are replacing the laptops
and desktop computers, adding
video cameras and cameras to
every classroom, and creating a
portable media/video/broadcasting center so that the students can
produce films, movies, and broadcasts to the school or elsewhere.
We are also upgrading our intercom system so that we can make
announcements and play music
throughout the school. We are
installing a microphone in the
cafeteria so we can hear people
speak clearly when we have meetings and programs.
We are finally going to have a
new and improved website and
school management system which
will enhance school/parent communication, and we will actually
begin moving toward becoming a
“green” school.
A science lab is in the planning
stages and will be installed in the
room across from the art and
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Participating in the National
Association of Independent
School’s (NAIS) global classroom
is another program for which we
set aside money. This program
connects classrooms from different countries as they solve world
problems together.
A School Bus: A thirty-seat
school bus will be purchased with
the proper school identification on
the sides so that the city will
always be reminded that there is a
small, very special school in their
midst. In addition to limiting the
expense of hiring charter buses for
our overnight trips which often
totaled $5,000 a year, the school
bus offers a flexibility which we
never had before. Instead of being
dependent on the schedules and
availability of parents, we will be
able to take advantage of programs and events in Charlotte and
surrounding cities to enhance,
reinforce, and support all that we
teach our kids. The freedom this
will give our teachers to take
advantage of off-site opportunities
is very exciting.
Physical Education: Although
there is no space on the playground to install additional equipment, we are purchasing a piece of
portable equipment that is rugged
enough to be outside and creative
enough to lend itself to inspire
new children’s play.
Differentiated Instruction: We
are purchasing the CATT Center
which offers all types of strategies
to assist children who struggle
with one or more challenges in the
classroom. What is so wonderful
about this tool is that it meets the
needs of a myriad of children, with
or without diagnoses. A child does
not have to have ADHD to occasionally need a squishy ball to
help him sit still. One does not
have to have a writing disorder to
sometimes need special writing
paper to help him organize his
penmanship. Using these unique
strategies will help all children.
The art room, math curriculum, kitchen, and furniture are
other areas that need some small
upgrades. Each will directly benefit our students, whether it is in
new math books, drying racks for
their art projects, or new leanback chairs to help them sit still
during story time.
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Israel Part IV -- Underneath the Kotel
are still being worked on, but we
will be able to see them from several levels above.
At the entrance to the tunnels is
a model of the Temple Mount
area. Through ingenious removable pieces, Doron demonstrates
how the original Mt. Moriah was
dug out to make room for the
retaining walls and platform that
held the actual Temple. Part of the
wall itself is the mountain.
Inside, it is darker, cooler, and
damper. The level we enter on is
the Herodian level, from about
2,000 years ago. But we are able
to look down an excavation hole
The layers of hats on David
and see several levels down to the
Label’s head demonstrates the layCanaanite period. Fortunately, the
ers of excavations in an archaeonarrow cavity is covered with
logical dig.
clear plastic, or else we would be
tumbling not only 5,000 years into Hasmoneans a few hundred years
the past, but hundreds of feet as before Herod I to bring water to a
well.
growing
Jerusalem.
Herod,
When you walk through the though, filled it in, but it continued
Western Wall tunnels, you take a to siphon water into pools below
trip through your own history. The ground. The aqueduct was totally
streets of the Herodian destroyed by Titus when he sacked
period we walked were Jersusalem and destroyed the
traveled by our ancestors Temple, but Hadrian later dug out
as they went about their the pools and built vaulted arches
daily business. Did they above them. The Strouthion Pool,
think about the streets with its cool, dripping water, is the
below them that were last thing we see in the tunnels.
walked upon by their own
We emerge again into the
ancestors?
bright, hot, sun in the Moslem
We come to Wilson’s quarter of the Old City. But as we
Arch, where the Western walk among the smooth, bright
Wall itself extends under- Jerusalem stone that every buildground. Our group splits ing and wall is constructed of, we
up here, as the men’s area pass through five of the fourteen
The men’s prayer area underground at Wilson’s is below, at the wall
Arch.
itself,
and
the
women’s area is
Before we enter the Western above in a glassed-in gallery.
Wall plaza, Doron gathers us to Here it is quieter, more
give a quick explanation of exca- prayerful. I feel more peacevations. He gathers up hats from ful and spiritual at this part of
many of us, places David Label in the wall as it is not as crowdfront of him, and says, as points to ed or noisy as it is above. The
David’s head, “This is 3,000 years open area below is beautiful.
As we traverse the tunnel,
ago.” Then he places a cap on
David’s head. “When the older we come to the spot where
civilizations disappeared, the next the quarried stones end and
residents built on top of that.” the wall around the temple The Strouthion Pool, an ancient underAnother hat goes on his head. mount is the actual standing ground water supply.
“Then on top of that.” And anoth- stone of the mountain. Here I
er. And so on, and so on, till David am overpowered by the
stations of the cross along the Via
is wearing at least ten hats. “The thought of nature itself building up Dolorosa. We turn southward and
excavation levels under the wall this great height of granite. This return to the Western Wall plaza
go down five levels,” Doron stone may have witnessed where some of us will visit the
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Next month: The Kotel in dayOur underground tour ends light; the Davidson Center; the
period.” We won’t be going down
that far as the excavations that low through the aqueduct built by the City of David; Hezekiah’s tunnel.
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morning
in
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blaring down, the air is dry, and
the heat is already close. “Does
everyone have water?” Doron asks
just before our bus pulls away
from the hotel. There are extra
water bottles for $1 at the front of
the bus. The heat here is serious
business; sunscreen, hats, and
water are ever-present.
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from the Dan Panorama to the
Jaffa Gate. It is almost amazing
the way the bus navigates the narrow streets. Cars are shooting
everywhere, the turns are sharp,
sitting in the middle of the bus, I
am concerned that we will hit
someone. But Benny, our bus driver, has been driving these streets
for years. He was an Egged bus
driver. He maneuvers the turns,
skirts around the oncoming vehicles, and parks just up a hill from
our entranceway.
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Newly Formed Levine Cancer Institute Provides Innovative Model for
the Delivery of Cancer Care
Officials
at
Carolinas
HealthCare
System
(CHS)
announced a major gift from the
Leon Levine Foundation that will
be a catalyst for major innovations
in the delivery of cancer care in
communities served by CHS facilities.
The Levine Cancer Institute
(www.levinecancerinstitute.org) is
made possible by a $20 million
leadership gift from the Leon
Levine Foundation, its largest gift
to date. Additionally, to honor
this extraordinary support from
the Levine family, Carolinas
HealthCare Foundation and community volunteers have pledged to
raise $5 million in endowment
funds in support of the Institute —
representing a total commitment
of $25 million. All totaled,
Carolinas HealthCare System
plans to invest more than $500
million over a ten-year period,
supplemented by local philanthropy in communities served by CHS
facilities.
Joseph G. Piemont, President
and Chief Operating Officer of
CHS, said the first phase of development will include “the recruitment of nationally prominent leadership and medical teams, building on the outstanding base of
medical teams that currently practice in the region.”
It will also include, he said, “the
start-up of new programs and
treatment protocols that will significantly improve the quality of
services available at CHS hospitals throughout the Carolinas.”
Initial funding will be used to
create an enlarged physical facility
in Charlotte, expanding the
Morehead Medical Plaza II building from one story to six. This
expansion will provide a prominent and easily identifiable headquarters for the Institute on the
campus of Carolinas Medical
Center. Clinical activity there will
focus heavily on rare and complex
cancer conditions, in conjunction
with extensive research and educational endeavors.
The Institute will also facilitate
an extensive outreach effort to
build upon the achievements of
CHS-affiliated hospitals and
providers, according to Dr. Roger
Ray, Executive Vice President and
Chief Medical Officer for CHS.
Dr. Ray said the Institute will
serve as a catalyst in sharing preventive strategies and best practices on a System-wide basis. In
addition, it will foster easier
access to clinical trials and shared
access to the latest clinical
research protocols.
In announcing the gift, Leon
Levine noted that cancer is a disease that touches the lives of virtually every family in the United
States. He said the time has come
for Charlotte “to take a national
leadership role in building a
research and treatment model that
provides enhanced benefits and
offers more hope to greater numbers of people.
“Instead of focusing on a more
tradition model of centralizing
cancer services at a flagship hospital, the Carolinas HealthCare
System approach seeks to do the
opposite — offering compassionate care at convenient locations
using state-of-the-art equipment
and protocols,” said Mr. Levine.
“This approach positions CHS and
its partners among the most innovative providers in the nation.”
At a press conference to formally announce the gift and new
institution, the Levines were
joined by Michael Rose, president
of
Carolinas
HealthCare
Foundation, Michael C. Tarwater,
CEO of Carolinas HealthCare
System, Dr. Jeffrey Kneisl, medical director of the Blumenthal
Cancer Center, Diane Glenn, a
cancer survivor, and James E.S.
Hynes, Chairman of the Board of
Commissioners of the Carolinas
HealthCare System.
The day of the press conference
was clear and cool, bright sunshine attesting to the good news
that was announced. Autumn, traditionally a time for new beginnings, was evident in the blue sky
and puffy clouds overhead.
tunity to ensure that all
CHS communities can
benefit
from
the
strength of programs
already developed and
the expertise of physicians and other specialists already in place.
“The
innovations
introduced by Levine
Cancer Institute are representative of an exciting model for detecting
The Levine family: Eric and Lori Sklut, Leon and Sandra
cancer, treating patients
Levine, Alfred and Amy Dawson, Alvin Levine.
and conducting cancer
research. Putting all the
pieces into place at
Diane Glenn, a breast cancer CHS will require commitment,
survivor who discovered her dis- foresight and teamwork on an
ease when her child was just ten unprecedented scale. With the
months old, brought tears to many support of our regional affiliates,
as she talked of her struggle and physicians and community leaders
final victory over the illness.
like the Levines, I am confident of
Fulfillment of the current success and convinced that the
vision is expected to take a long-term benefits for our patients
decade, according to Tarwater. will be truly extraordinary.” Y
Tarwater said formation of the
The Levine Cancer Institute
Institute provides a timely oppor-
Tarwater spoke admiringly of the Levines: “They
are once again proving the
deep sense of devotion they
have to this city and to this
region.”
When Sandra Levine
spoke, she talked of how
she and her family were
touched by cancer and how
the experience moved both
her and her husband to
sponsor this gift.
The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2010- Page 25
Have You Considered Your Legacy?
“The greatest use of life is to
spend it for something that will
outlast it.”— William James
By Phil Warshauer, Executive
Director, Foundation for the
Charlotte Jewish Community
I recently stumbled across the
above quote from William James,
who at his death in 1910 was
viewed by many to be America’s
foremost philosophical writer. The
quote made me think. My reflective state may have something to
do with the strategic planning
process that the Foundation for the
Charlotte Jewish Community is
currently undergoing or a result of
having recently attended my 30th
college reunion. I find myself asking a lot of questions of myself
and of others. And, as I reflect on
Mr. James’ quote I think about one
of those questions, “What is my
legacy?”
In a blog, I read that legacy is
something you create now, that
will continue to benefit the lives of
others when you’re gone. The
author of the blog compared a
legacy to a “footprint in the sand.”
I’d prefer to think of a legacy as
having more of a lasting impact
unaffected by the ocean washing
away that footprint. We should
want our legacies to stand the test
of time, impact others and “outlast
us.”
During our lifetimes we have
the opportunities to leave our
marks in many different ways. For
many of us our greatest legacy is
our children. We influence them
each day with our actions or inac-
tions, our laughter or sorrow and
our successes or failures. We provide for them financially, with a
commitment of time and provide
spiritual and educational guidance. We hope that through our
encouragement and support they
will reach their full potential and
not only build upon the foundation
we have provided them but soar to
even greater heights. And, when
we are no longer around they will
remember our influence, appreciate our contributions to their success and lead in the same manner
that we tried to lead them.
We also create legacies in our
work. We establish and build our
own businesses or leave our marks
as employees. There are stories
that will live forever about individuals working together to
accomplish things many felt to be
impossible. Many of us can look
no further than our own ancestors
to see the legacies that have been
created from their beginnings as
immigrants in a new country. And
after their successes they
enhanced their legacies as volunteers to serve the needs of our
community with the gifts of time
and money, determined to make
this world a better place. We build
and nurture these organizations in
the same way we nurture our children and at some point must let go,
left to watch them grow and prosper on their own.
We can look no further than our
own Jewish community to admire
and appreciate the legacies created
by others that continue to serve us
and our children. The vision of
Shalom Park, our Hebrew
Cemetery and our synagogues are
a tribute to those who preceded us.
Like our own family members we
have continued to nurture and provide for our Jewish community
and future generations will judge
us based on our contributions to its
success. What will our legacy be
for those whom we precede?
What mark do we make or will we
continue to make that will outlast
us?
In many ways the organizations
that comprise our Jewish community are like another child. We
have provided for them throughout our lifetime and should consider leaving a lasting gift to them
to help secure their future. One of
the roles of the Foundation for the
Charlotte Jewish Community is to
help you answer some of these difficult questions and assist you in
providing for that other family
member that will be part of our
legacy, Charlotte’s Jewish community. We are here to assist you
on that journey. Y
For additional assistance in
creating your own lasting legacy
please contact Phil Warshauer at
704-973-4544 or pwarshauer@
charlottejewishfoundation.org.
35th Citywide Interfaith
Thanksgiving Service
A rabbi, a minister, and an
imam gave a sermon together…..
No, it’s not the beginning of a
joke! It’s a very special 35th
Annual
Citywide
Interfaith
Thanksgiving Service. For 35
years, the Charlotte community
has gathered in the days before
Thanksgiving to pray, sing, and
build community together. This
unique expression of civic and
religious pride includes scriptural
readings from many faith traditions, a sermon delivered by a
prominent clergyperson from the
community, and participation by
dozens of houses of worship. This
year, in honor of this special
anniversary, the service will feature an interfaith sermon presented
by Rabbi Murray Ezring of
Temple Beth El, Imam Khalil
Akbar of Masjid Ash-Shaheed,
and Minister Nicole Massie of the
Park Church.
As always, the Mecklenburg
Ministries Interfaith Adult and
Children’s Choirs will sing. The
service is always moving and
beautiful. We hope you can join
us.
This year’s Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will be held
Tuesday, November 23 at 7 PM at
St. Paul Baptist Church, 1401
Allen Street. Y
Who may ascend the mountain of the
incorruptible?
And who may stand up in My holy place?
A person with clean hands and a pure heart,
who neither takes false oaths by My life,
nor swears deceitfully.
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The Echo Foundation Unveils “Sandra and Leon Levine Medal for Life”
Medal Commissioned by The Echo Foundation as a Surprise Gift for
Sandra and Leon Levine
The Echo Foundation unveiled
the “Sandra and Leon Levine
Medal for Life” during Echo’s
film premiere celebration, “A
Night To Remember,” at the
Knight Theater. The evening featured the premiere of the documentary film, “In The Footsteps of
Elie Wiesel”; an on-stage dialogue
with Holocaust survivor and
Nobel Laureate for Peace Elie
Wiesel and Echo Student
Ambassadors; and the presentation of the 2010 “Echo Award
Against Indifference” to Sandra
and Leon Levine. A Patrons’
Reception at the Bechtler Museum
of Modern Art followed.
The “Sandra and Leon Levine
Medal for Life” will be awarded to
individuals whose actions call
forth the best in human nature and
inspire us all to reach our highest
potential. Its creation is a tribute to
Sandra and Leon Levine, whose
generosity and vision has made an
unequalled contribution to the
quality of life in our community.
The Levines may be involved
in the recipient decision-making
process, and will be invited to
present the medal. The Echo
Foundation anticipates the inaugural medal will be presented at the
New York Premiere of “In The
Footsteps of Elie Wiesel.”
“Sandra and Leon Levine have
given so much to the Charlotte
region, they are more than deserving of this unique gift. Their
names are synonymous with compassion and generosity.
With the “Sandra
and Leon Levine
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not only express our
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and Leon, but we
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whose
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and Leon
Levine.Photo
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Morganstein,
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The specially commissioned Sandra
and Leon Levine Medal for Life.
Ansaldo.
The Echo Foundation commissioned world-renowned artist
Mark Podwal to design the
“Sandra and Leon Levine Medal
for Life.” Podwal, known for
his many illustrated books,
stained glass windows, New York
Times op-ed page drawings, and
more, also designed Nobel
Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel’s
Congressional
Gold
Medal
bestowed by President Reagan.
Inspiration for the medal’s design
came from the Levines’ philanthropic activities and their Jewish
heritage. The front of the medal
evokes an ancient Israeli coin, featuring a lyre and the biblical verse
Psalm 89:3 in Paleo-Hebrew. The
name of the medal, “Sandra and
Leon Levine Medal for Life,” arcs
halfway around the coin. The
reverse side is inscribed with the
same verse, which reads, “The
world is built upon loving kindness,” in both Paleo-Hebrew and
English.
Many friends and family members joined the Levines at the
Patrons’ Reception where they and
Prof. Wiesel enjoyed tasty treats
created by Serafina Custom
Design Catering, including a special cake for Dr. Wiesel’s upcoming birthday. In addition, Serafina
donated a cupcake for every
attendee at “A Night to
Remember” in celebration of Dr.
Wiesel’s birthday. Y
Errors - who can discern them?
Cleanse me of hidden flaws.
Restrain Your servant also from willful
sins; let them not rule over me.
Then I shall be sound, cleansed of
great transgression.
- Psalms 19:13-14
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Levine JCC Maccabi Games Award
Winners
The Sandra and Leon Levine
JCC’s Sports and Fitness
Department is very pleased to
announce the 2010 JCC Maccabi
Games award winners, presented
this year during the annual Team
Charlotte’s reunion party on
October 3.
The entire Girls 14U Soccer
Team received the Harold
Josephson Award this year for performing quite admirably while the
vast majority of players played up
and out of their age division. This
leadership award, established in
1998 at the JCC Maccabi Games
hosted in Charlotte and named in
memory of an outstanding leader
and gentleman from our Charlotte
Jewish community, is presented
annually to a member or members
of the Charlotte JCC Maccabi
Games delegation who demonstrates tremendous fortitude
despite adversity and who displays
Aaron Whetstone, center, accepts his
award as his parents proudly look on.
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the perseverance to achieve goals
that appear unattainable. The
award recipients this year are:
Mariah Bernanke, Carly Coben,
Rachel
Dennenberg,
Sarah
Fellman, Rachael Hall, Kelsey
Jervis, Sarah Klein, Lydia Safir,
Talia Stier, Jenny Swerdlow and
Melanie Zimmermann. Recent
previous winners of this award
have included: Adam Levinson,
Alex Widis, Andrew Fishkin, Matt
Baron, Sammy Brown, David
Plaus and Reid Worrel.
For the eighth consecutive year,
a newer award for the JCC
Maccabi Games program in
Charlotte was also presented.
Named in memory of Amy Beth
Rosenberg, former Associate
Director of the JCC Maccabi
Games who very sadly and very
suddenly passed away in the
spring of 2003 at the age of 36 and
who was one of the key continen-
tal staff insuring the success of the
JCC Maccabi Games for many
previous years, the award is presented annually to a member or
members of the Charlotte JCC
Maccabi Games delegation who
displays “extra ordinary” behavior
while participating at the annual
JCC Maccabi Games. The winner
of this award is Aaron Whetstone
who exhibited extraordinary
sportsmanship during his tennis
matches. Aaron is a tenth grader at
Ardrey Kell HS. He now joins
recent previous Rosenberg award
winners Brooks Corcoran, Sarah
Platock, Max Wasser and Kyle
Worrel.
Congratulations to all of this
year’s award winners for their
accomplishments in earning these
well deserved and prestigious honors. We will look for great future
accomplishments from all of these
young athletes. Y
Levine JCC Highlights Jewish Family
Life at Annual Meeting
Levine JCC Highlights Jewish
Family Life at Annual Meeting
The 24th annual meeting of the
Sandra and Leon Levine Jewish
Community Center (LJCC) was
held October 12. Marni Eisner and
Elise Kosofsky, meeting co-chairs,
introduced
the
Leadership
Appreciation Awards. This year
the Volunteer of the Year honor
was awarded to over 70 individuals who coached during the 20092010 seasons.
Philip Berman, LJCC CEO and
Larry Schwartz, Board President,
presented the President and
Executive Director Award to Dr.
Scott Menaker for his years of outstanding service to the J. Scott has
served the community as a
Director, Officer and President.
Scott is stepping down from his
position on the Board after more
than 20 years of enthusiastic leadership.
Scott led the D’Var Torah in
which he emphasized the contributions of the coaches, who teach
lasting lessons about teamwork,
persistence, and success. He commended them for following God’s
entreaty to care for the children
who are entrusted to protect the
Torah.
A short video about the Levine
JCC was premiered. Many of
those filmed commented that the J
is their “home away from home.”
The LJCC is grateful to Glenn
Fishkin and his team who donated
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Pictured are new Levine JCC Board Members, Michael Baumstein, George
Cronson, Elaine Moody, and Mark Perlin, pictured with Judy August (past Board
President, 3rd from right) and Larry Schwartz (current Board President, far right).
their time and expertise to create
the piece.
Five departing Directors, Scott
Menaker, John Baron, Larry
Fleishman, Eric Kent and Michael
Stier, were honored for their service to the LJCC. Judy August, past
President, presented the new slate
of Officers and Directors, which
the general membership unanimously approved. Larry Schwartz
will continue as President. Mark
Lerner, Dana Kapustin, and Andy
Cohen are the elected Vice
Presidents. Members newly elected to the Board are Michael
Baumstein, David Berger, Lisa
Blau, John Box, George Cronson,
Ken Golder, Jeff Gorelick, Elaine
Moody, Mark Perlin and Jonathan
Wilk.
President Larry Schwartz put a
delightful twist on his remarks by
demonstrating how the J’s activities read like Robert Fulghum’s
“All I Really Need to Know I
Learned in Kindergarten.” He
thanked everyone who shared
their time and resources this year,
especially noting the increased
participation in the Distinctive
Member Circle, a LJCC philanthropic giving program. Larry
commented on the LJCC’s extensive facility investments and the
importance of The Butterfly
Project which commemorates the
1.5 million children who perished
in the Holocaust. He spoke of
coaches helping our children learn
to play fair and the love that bind
us together as a community.
CEO Phil Berman praised the
Levine JCC employees for their
exceptional work and commitment to excellence. Employee
milestone anniversaries were recognized: Suzie DeSarno – 20
years, Stephanie Garner and
Barry Schumer – 15 years, Mitch
Ormand and Dan Vizzini – 10
years, and Eddie Gluck – 5
years. Y
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