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Vol. 33, No. 5
Nisan-Iyar 5771
May 2011
An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte
May 1 Yom HaShoa Commemoration Coordinated With the Butterfly
Project Dedication
This year’s Yom HaShoah commemoration to honor the memory
of those who perished in the
Holocaust will take place on May
1. The Yom HaShoah event will
also include the dedication of the
Margaret and Lou Schwartz
Butterfly Garden. The focal point
of the garden is a magnificent
sculpture, designed by Paul
Rousso and adorned with more
than 2,000 vibrant hand-painted
butterflies, honoring the tragic
loss of 1.5 million children.
The Butterfly Project is part of
a worldwide effort, Zikaron
V’tikvah, Remembrance and Hope,
which strives to promote tolerance
and understanding through education and artistic expression.
Through the project’s educational
workshops, faith and school
groups as well as many other
members of the greater Charlotte
community created over 2,800
ceramic butterflies, each one crafted in the name of a specific child
who died in the Holocaust.
The garden and sculpture are
the result of the perseverance,
planning, and generous contributions of Butterfly Project volunteers and community members
over the last three years. The garden is named for the parents of
Larry Schwartz, current President
of the Sandra & Leon Levine
Jewish Community Center.
Margaret Berger and Lou
Schwartz were teenagers living in
Chust, a Czechoslovakian village,
when one day in 1943, they came
home from school to find their
entire families gone. Soon after,
Margaret, 14, was sent to
Auschwitz and Lou, 17, was
sent to Dachau. They never
saw their immediate families
again. Both Margaret and Lou
were deemed strong enough to
work as slave laborers;
Margaret made light bulbs and
Lou
built
underground
bunkers. By the time of their
liberations, each had been
starved to less than 100
pounds.
They returned to their village to find it in ruins, with no
family
members
left.
Amazingly, they found each other
and, with a great desire to move on
with their lives, they married. In
1947, the young couple and their
first child moved from Bratislava
to Natanya, Israel, and in 1953 the
family immigrated to the United
States at the invitation of a relative. They eventually settled in
New Jersey with their children,
Jeffrey, Yaffa and Larry.
Larry stressed that neither of
his parents were bitter about their
past experiences. Margaret and
Lou Schwartz were always forthcoming about what they had been
through, grateful that they had survived, and happy that they were
able to make a better life for their
children. Indeed, in 1967,
Margaret and Lou started their
own business, United Canvas &
Sling, Inc., which flourishes as a
family business to this day. They
instilled a strong work ethic in
their children and each child participated in the family business at
a young age. Jeffrey, Yaffa and
Yom HaShoah and the Dedication of the Children’s
Holocaust Memorial Sculpture
Sunday, May 1, 1:30 PM
Margaret and Lou Schwartz
Larry, in turn, had great love and
respect for their parents and appreciated all they had gone through to
give their children a better life.
Despite all the hardships and
heartbreak they endured, Margaret
and Lou retained their love for
God and Judaism. They both had
great inner strength and a desire to
educate
others
about
the
Holocaust. They often spoke to
their children, grandchildren and
student groups about their lives
during those traumatic times.
They participated in Stephen
Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah
Visual History Foundation by
recording their individual stories.
(DVDs of their testimonies will be
available at the Levine-Sklut
Judaic Library.)
With this in mind, Larry
Schwartz was immediately drawn
to the Butterfly Project when he
learned about it from Judy August,
a Butterfly Project volunteer. He
felt that the story and legacy of his
parents, now deceased, would be
greatly honored by a memorial for
the children lost in the Holocaust.
The dedication of The Margaret
and Lou Schwartz Butterfly
Garden, however, is only one
aspect of The Butterfly Project.
The educational workshops will
continue, and with the ongoing
participation of volunteers and
Location: The Margaret and Lou Schwartz Butterfly Garden
Join us at the entrance to the Blumenthal Education Building next to
the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library for the unveiling and dedication of
the Children’s Holocaust Memorial Sculpture that honors the 1.5
million children who perished. The educational programs are free,
however space is limited.
The ceremony will be followed by two educational programs.
Tickets for these educational programs are available at the Levine
JCC Customer Service Desk (704-366-5007).
Who Will Tell Their Story: Passing on the Legacy
Sunday, May 1, 2:30-4 PM
Location: Gorelick Hall
Appropriate for age 10+
This premiere performance was written by our local teens highlighting the stories of Holocaust survivors, Suly Chenkin and Irving
Bienstock.
Voices of the Children of the Holocaust
Sunday, May 1, 2:30-4 PM
Location: Sam Lerner Center
A lecture by Dr. Racelle Weiman, Director of The Center for
Holocaust and Humanity Education, Temple University
Exhibit of artifacts related to Anne Frank and
Children of the Holocaust
Sunday, May 1, 9 AM-4:30 PM
Location: Levine-Sklut Judaic Library and Resource Center
There will be age-appropriate activities for 5-10 year olds (1:15-4
PM in Levinson Family Place) and babysitting available, both by
reservation (704-366-5007).
For more information about the project and related events, please
visit The Butterfly Project at www.charlottejcc.org.
donors, they will continue in perpetuity. Further, it is hoped that
area schools will designate The
Garden as a field trip destination
for Charlotte’s youth to learn
about the Holocaust and to come
Also inside...
Yom HaZikaron, Yom Ha’Atzmaut
Community Celebration, see page 15
Temple Beth El Mitzvah Day, see page 10
drumSTRONG, Drum to Beat Cancer,
see page 26
to a deeper understanding of the
consequences of racism and intolerance.
The Shalom Park memorial to
the children lost in the Holocaust
and the Margaret and Lou
Schwartz Butterfly Garden will
become a lasting piece of the fabric of this community’s rich history. Your attendance at this year’s
Yom Ha’Shoah Community
Observance is welcome (please
see details in sidebar). And so too,
is your participation in the ongoing life of Charlotte’s Butterfly
Project. As a volunteer or a contributor, you can make a difference. Please visit www.charlottejcc.org for more details. Y
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JEWISH FEDERATION NEWS
Israeli Firefighters Visit Charlotte Fire Pomegranate Society
Inaugural Event
Department
The Jewish Federation
Boat. The group also
“Chocolate and Champagne” Pomegranate Pin Program
of Greater Charlotte’s
toured
u p t o w n was the theme for the because it is one of the seven
Partnership 2000 (P2K)
Charlotte, experienced P o m e g r a n a t e
S o c i e t y ’s fruits mentioned in the Bible
program brought Israeli
the NASCAR Hall of Inaugural Event held on and is said to have 613 seeds,
firefighters from the
Fame, and enjoyed the Thursday, March 24 at the representing the number of
Hadera-Eiron region to
opportunity to stand on Shain Gallery. Thirty three mitzvot referred to in the Torah.
Charlotte for three days. In
the court and welcome women rose to the challenge to The Pomegranate Pin accompartnership
with
the
our Charlotte Bobcats become the first members of modates nine rubies inserted in
Charlotte Fire Department,
at Time Warner Cable Charlotte’s newly formed the center which represent the
we welcomed our friends
Arena. We thank Jenny Pomegranate Society by mak- seeds for each year of commitElisha Hosman, delegation
and Rich Rosenthal, ing a new, increased or renewed ment.
leader; Ofer Yitzhak,
Alison
and
Mark gift of $1800 or more to the
Alison Lerner, co-chair of the
Deputy Chief of the
Lerner, Roz and Ivan Women’s Annual Campaign.
Lion of Judah campaign, preHadera Fire Department; Deputy Chief Rob Kinniburgh (center) of the Charlotte Cooper, and Jan Aniel
sented the first pins to the
Rami Halfon, Chief of Fire Department and Battalion Chief Scott Zander for hosting our guests
co-chairs, who in turn preTraining and Operations (left) talk about fire equipment with Israeli firefighters while they were in
sented the pins to the other
for the Hadera Fire Rami Halfan, Oz Shoval, Maayan Shpirer, and Ofer Charlotte. For both our
new members.
Department; Oz Shuval, Yitzak during a visit to the CFD Training Academy on firefighter group and
Then Jill Balick introHadera firefighter for Tuesday morning. David T. Foster III/The Charlotte for the Charlotte comduced guest speaker, Emily
eleven years; and Maayan Observer.
munity, this visit was
Zimmern who shared her
Shpirer, Hadera firefighter
incredibly powerful
personal story with the
for four years and one of
and will leave lasting
group. Zimmern has a long
the first female firefighters in all lations, reviewing heavy rescue memories in both cities.
history with the Federation
apparatus and rope-based rescue
of Israel.
P2K is about creating strong,
serving as its President
While in Charlotte, the group situations. They visited fire pro- meaningful, and ongoing relafrom 1990–1992 and as covisited the training facility, expe- grams unique to urban environ- tionships between Israelis and Left to right: Jill Balick, Shelly Fasciana, chair of the Federation’s
riencing high angle rescue simu- ments, many also unique to Jews in the Diaspora. Charlotte Elaine Moody, Stephanie Brodsky, Lisa National Young Leadership
Charlotte. Some of the highlights is proud to call Hadera-Eiron our Cohen Shapiro
Women’s Cabinet from
included: Urban Search and sister city of over eleven years.
1993-94.
Rescue, the deployment ware- For more information, please
The Pomegranate Society coDuring the inaugural event,
house, the airport fire station, contact Sarah Ferrin at the co-chair Shelly Fasciana, wel- chairs are researching commuHazmat, Carolinas Medical Jewish Federation of Greater comed
Charlotte’s
first nity service projects to add
Center’s MED 1 mobile hospital Charlotte. Y
Pomegranates on behalf of her deeper meaning to the memberunit and facility, and the Fire
co-chairs Jill Balick and Elaine ship. The projects will be rolled
Moody, by saying, “Belonging out in the fall and will be co“TIP”s on
to the Pomegranate Society sponsored by the Federation’s
Professional
connects you to a unique group Wo m e n ’s
Advocating for
of Jewish women who, like you, Network, many of whose memMaayan Shpirer (left), a firefighter in
Israel
are committed to bringing bers are Pomegranates.
the Hadera urban area of Israel rappels
For more information about
Jewish values to life through
down the side of the Drill Tower at the
Alan Elsner of The
the
Pomegranate
Society
tzedakah.”
Charlotte Fire Department Training
please
contact
Sue
Littauer,
The
Pomegranate
Society
Israel Project
Academy, as Firefighters Rich Bellina
was founded by two women of Development Director at the
(center)and Billy Mitchell of Rescue 10
the Allentown, PA Jewish Jewish Federation at sue.litSponsored by the JCRC
monitor while on a visit the facility on
Federation in 1981 as a way to tauer@jewishcharlotte.org. Y
Tuesday morning. David T. Foster
Wed. June 1 at 7 PM
raise the level of giving among
III/The Charlotte Observer.
women. Today more than 125
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For more information
throughout the country particiHABBAT ANDLE
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CONTENTS
Federation News......................................pp. 2-6
Synagogues and Congregation.............pp. 6-12
Jewish Family Services......................pp. 12, 14
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library.............pp. 14, 16
Women’s Page.............................................p. 16
Jewish Community Center................pp. 18, 19
Mazel Tov ....................................................p. 20
Youth ...................................................pp. 20, 21
Community News................................pp. 21-23
Dining Out ..........................................pp. 23, 24
Schools.................................................pp. 26, 27
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JEWISH FEDERATION NEWS
MAY 16
May Events at the Jewish Federation MONDAY,
Jewish Federation Annual
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5
Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow: German and the
Jewish People
7 PM, Levine-Sklut Judaic
Library
Please join Opher Aviran,
Consul General for Israel to
the
Southeastern
United
States, Lutz Hermann Gorgens,
Consul General for Germany to
the Southeastern United States,
and Jen Algire, participant in a
trip to Jewish Germany sponsored by the Federal Republic
of Germany, for a panel discussion on Jewish life in Germany
today and its evolution, as well
as the ever-strengthening
relationship between Israel
and Germany. Sponsored by
the
Jewish
Federation’s
Community Relations Council,
the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library
and the German Consulate
General Atlanta.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11
Center City Jewish
Professionals (formerly
Uptowners: Nosh and
Network)
11:45 AM–1 PM, The Light
Factory
Guest Speaker: Professor John
Kunich
Topic: Cubs Fans’ Leadership
Secrets: Learning to Win from
a “Cursed” Team’s Errors
Center City Jewish
Professionals is the Federation’s
outreach initiative for the
Charlotte business and professional community. Register
online at www.jewishcharlotte.org by May 6 if purchasing lunch. The event is free if
no lunch is purchased.
SUNDAY, MAY 8
Yom Hazikaron Memorial
Ceremony
4 PM, Sam Lerner Center for
Cultural Arts
TUESDAY, MAY 10
Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration
(Israel Independence Day)
6 PM: Israeli Dinner and
Exhibits/7 PM: Special
Musical Performance by
Shorashim, Sam Lerner Center
for Cultural Arts
Help Federation Meet
The Levine Challenge
As one of America’s most
trusted names in charitable giving, the Jewish Federation
Annual Campaign is an incredibly responsive grassroots effort
dedicated to strengthening and
supporting our Jewish community from the ground up.
Yet even during these difficult
economic times, when our highest priority is helping people in
financial crisis feed their families, pay their rent and get back
on their feet, the Jewish
Federation continues to ensure
that the programs and institutions that enrich Jewish life here
at home, in Israel and overseas,
remain vibrant and strong.
The Jewish Federation of
Greater Charlotte has been asking donors throughout the 2011
Annual Campaign the same
question … “What does being
Jewish feel like?” The answers
have been as varied as kiddush
and knishes, Jewish geography,
Shabbat/holiday dinners, trips to
Israel, tikkun olam and philanthropy. Whatever being Jewish
means to you, chances are the
Annual Campaign makes much
of what you care about happen.
The Leon Levine Foundation
has pledged an additional
$50,000 when the Federation
reaches its campaign goal.
Currently the campaign is at
$2,167,216
toward
the
$2,950,000 goal. The Federation
CAMPAIGN 2011 AT A GLANCE
Campaign Total to Date..................$2,167,216
Number of Contributions
Received ..................................................1365
Meeting/JCRC Speaker
7 PM, Sam Lerner Center for
Cultural Arts at Shalom Park
During the Annual Meeting,
the 2011-2012 slate of officers
and Board of Trustees will be
presented, and an election will
be held. Anyone contributing at
needs the support of the entire
community to raise the much
needed dollars to provide new
and innovative programming to
benefit our beneficiaries. If you
not had the opportunity to make
your pledge, please pledge
online at www.jewish charlotte.org, call the campaign hotline, 704-944-6895, or call the
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The mission of the Jewish
Federation of Greater Charlotte
is to raise and distribute funds to
support and enrich the lives of
Jewish locally, nationally, in
Israel and worldwide. Through
education and community building, the Federations’ mission
ensures that Jewish values,
goals, traditions and connections are preserved for current
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Campaign is considered a voting member.
For more information about all
of Federation’s initiatives,
please contact the Federation
office at 704.944.6757 or
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YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW
Germany and the Jewish People
With Special Guests:
Opher Aviran
Consul General for Israel to the Southeastern United States
Lutz Hermann Görgens
Consul General for the Federal Republic of Germany
to the Southeastern United States
Jen Algire
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between Israel and Germany
Thursday, May 5, 2011
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pledged an additional $50,000
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campaign goal.
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increased gift today.
Percentage of Campaign
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as of April 12, 2011
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Ladies Night Out at Apricot Lane
In an ongoing effort to build
community among Jews living
in and around the Lake Norman
area, the Jewish Federation
invited women to a “Ladies
Night Out” at Apricot Lane in
Birkdale Village. Rhonda
Nicholson and Sally Phillips
were chosen to model special
outfits chosen especially for
them. Mimi Frank and Debbie
Wood were the lucky winners of
raffle prizes and everyone
enjoyed shopping and getting to
know each other over a glass of
wine. Many thanks go to Leslie
Benjamini and Bruce Hackel,
owners of Apricot Lane, for
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Jewish Federation Annual Meeting Set
for May 16 Featuring Dr.
Jonathan Adelman
The Annual Meeting of the
Jewish Federation of Greater
Charlotte will take place on
Monday, May 16 at 7 PM in the
Sam Lerner Center for Cultural
Arts at Shalom Park. During the
Annual Meeting, the 2011-2012
slate of officers and Board of
Trustees will be presented, and
an election will be held. Anyone
contributing at least $36 to the
Annual Campaign is considered
a voting member.
Following the meeting,
please join JCRC guest speaker
Dr. Jonathan Adelman. Dr.
Adelman is a full professor at
the Josef Korbel School of
International Studies at the
University of Denver. His
recent book from Routledge in
London, The Rise of Israel: A
History of a Revolutionary
State, fills a glaring gap in the
Slate of Officers and Trustees as Nominated
by the Board Development Committee of the
Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte
Nominated as Officers for 2011-2012
President - Sam Bernstein
Vice-President - Alan Kronovet
Vice-President - Linda Seigel
Vice-President - Brad Winer
Treasurer - Jen Algire
Secretary - David S. Miller
Past President - Todd Gorelick
Board Members — Term Ending 2012
Josh Greenwald, Jonathan Howard, Jenny Stern,
Mark Weintraub*
Amy Augustine, Lisa Blau, Holly Levinson.
Rich Osborne
Steve Cohen*, Pam Levy*, Andy Nicholson*,
Stacey Slomka*
*nominees
Dr. Jonathan Adelman
study of Zionism and the Jewish
state. Having taught at Hebrew
University and the University of
Haifa, he was invited this past
summer for talks at both the
Israeli Foreign Ministry in
Jerusalem and the Israeli
Embassy in Washington.
Professor Adelman has
extensive international experience. He has been an Honorary
Professor at both Peking
University
and
People’s
University in Beijing and visited China 17 times. He taught at
the Diplomatic Academy in
Moscow, Central European
University in Budapest and
People’s University in Beijing.
He founded and ran for four
years both the China Center and
the Israel Center at the
University of Denver.
We hope to see you on May
16. For more information,
please call the Federation office
at 704-944-6757. Y
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Jewish Family Services Representative:
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Tributes to the 2011
Annual Campaign
The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte thanks and
acknowledges the following tributes which have been made to
the 2011 Annual Campaign from January 11–March 31.
In honor of Tair Giudice
By Lake Norman Chavurah
In honor of Sue Littauer and Sue Worrel
By Cindy McLeod
In honor of Rich Osborne’s birthday
By Sue and Mike Littauer
In memory of Dan Dubin
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unique fusion of history, memory and peoplehood.
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With the reality in Israel of 18
year olds joining the army to
defend the state of Israel, everybody knows how it feels to lose
a loved one during the wars of
Israel. Shahar, my neighbor, was
my first soldier. I was almost 12
when Shahar was killed by
enemy fire during a battle in
south of Lebanon. He was only
21. Eight and a half years ago I
became part of the “grieving
families” community in Israel.
My father’s brother served in the
Israeli navy in the “flotilla unit.”
His units used to train for battle
in what was later discovered to
be a polluted stream. As a result,
he was diagnosed with cancer.
He left behind a wife and two
children. As the years past other
names were added to my list. I
realized that this is the reality in
my beloved country. This is the
way we are fighting our right as
the Jewish people to live in the
Jewish state.
On May 10 we will be
celebrating
Israel’s
63rd
Independence Day, only two
days after Israel’s Memorial
Day. It is difficult to explain to
others why the happiest day of
the nation follows the saddest
day of the year. The thing is that
Israel is a country where happiness comes with tears.
This year in Charlotte we
started a special project connecting Hebrew High 9th graders
and Yad Labanim in Hadera, our
sister city in Israel. Yad Labanim
is a museum in memory of the
local residents who have fallen
in Israel’s wars. During the session the students and their families were connected to families
in Hadera that have lost loved
ones during the wars of Israel.
The connection was made in
order to forge a personal connection between the youth in
Charlotte and Israel’s Memorial
Day. Exposure to this harsh reality will be the bridge to bring
Israel to the youth in the community. The teenagers will take
a significant part in the Yom
Hazikaron ceremony this year,
talking about their experience
and about their soldiers.
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Israel’s
Memorial
Day
Ceremony to show your support
and join us for the celebration of
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customs of Shavuot is to decorate
the synagogue with an abundance
of flowers to commemorate the
flowers that made Mount Sinai a
beautiful place to receive the
Torah.
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Grinding, mixing, rolling, and baking - this is what
all the bakers were doing at Chabad of Ballantyne.
What were they so busy with? Making matzah at the
Model Matzah Bakery of course. Not just any matzah,
each child made their own matzah from scratch,
starting from separating the wheat kernels, grinding
them, mixing the flour and the water and rolling out
the dough. To add to the excitement they traveled
back in time to experience the story of Pesach and the
reasons that we eat matzah. So much fun! For information on upcoming events for children or our
Hebrew School in Ballantyne, please visit our website www.JewishBallantyne.com.
Havurat Tikvah Teens:
Proud to be “MIA”
Most parents might be concerned to hear teens describing
themselves as “MIA.” At Havurat
Tikvah, “MIA” has an entirely different and happy connotation.
Organized for and run by our
teens, “Mitzvahs In Action” is rapidly developing a program of
interesting activities and projects
to serve the community while providing a fun opportunity for social
interaction. “MIA” teens were
present at this year’s Purim
Carnival, manning a booth and
volunteering to enhance the festivities for families gathered to celebrate the holiday. Another recent
activity found members of the
group brightening the day for
Carriage Club residents who were
lucky enough to sample some of
their home-baked challah. What’s
on the horizon? Look for a screenprinting project to create the
group’s signature t-shirt. To learn
more about “MIA,” or any of the
activities listed below, look to the
end of this article for all our contact information.
This month’s Community
Shabbat service will begin at 10
AM on May 21. We’ll gather to
take a break from the hectic routine of the week, to worship
together, and to be part of the
Havurah “family.” As always,
services will be followed by a potluck lunch and an opportunity to
relax with friends and new
acquaintances over a kosher/
pareve meal.
We’ve also recently expanded
our religious programming to
include a 2nd Wednesday monthly
Minyan. The Minyan for this
month will be held on May 11 at
7:30 and will be followed by coffee and a little nosh.
In addition to services, we are
always happy to invite participation in ongoing mitzvah activities:
The Dilworth Soup Kitchen
continues to provide nourishing
meals and a warm welcome to
those in need. Visit the kitchen on
Facebook: www.facebook.com/
group.php?gid=77134194660 for
more information about this
vibrant community resource. And
helping hands are welcome at
“Project Linus” where Havurah
members and friends meet to produce hand-made “security-blankets” for children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in
need. We welcome all willing
hands; no experience is necessary
and there’s a job for everyone.
Havurat Tikvah is an affiliate of
the Jewish Reconstructionist
Federation, providing a comfortable, family atmosphere where all
Jews can feel welcome. Our
Sunday School, with its exciting
curriculum and opportunities for
B’nai Mitzvah preparation, is
Grand Lag B’omer Fun
Day on Sunday May 22 at
Col. Francis Beatty Park in
Charlotte
Lag B’omer is a day of bon
fires and outdoor fun in Israel as
people throughout the country celebrate the life of Rabbi Akiva’s
students and his prime disciple,
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Lag
B’omer is the day that breaks the
period of mourning between
Passover and Shavuot and is a day
reserved for fun, games and barbeque.
Here in Charlotte there will be
the recreation of the incredible
experience that Israelis are used
to, with a grand Lag B’omer festival and fun day for children and
adults on Sunday, May 22.
There will be lively Jewish/
Israeli music in the tradition of
Lag B’omer followed by an extensive and delicious Kosher barbeque, accompanied by a variety
of salads and cold drinks.
The fun will include party
inflatables and plenty of fun and
games for children of all ages. In
addition, the park provides lots of
outdoor opportunities which will
add to the fun of the day.
The event is being co-sponsored by Lubavitch of North
Carolina
and
Chabad
of
Ballantyne. It is open to the entire
Jewish community will be held
at Col. Francis Beatty Park, located at 4330 Weddington Rd.,
Matthews, NC 28105.. The festivities will begin at 5 PM.
The food, fun, and entertainment will be outdoors, therefore
participants are encouraged to
bring blankets or beach chairs.
Cost for the event is $12 per person or $45 for a family of four and
up.
For reservations and more
information please contact either
Brenda at Lubavitch of North
Carolina,
704-366-3984
or
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Levin at Chabad of Ballantyne,
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Vav Class Washington DC Trip
The Temple Israel Religious
School Vav Class (6th graders) are
getting ready for their year-end
trip to Washington DC. The students have been studying the history of the Jewish people with special emphasis on life in the
Diaspora. They learned about the
persecution of Jews and studied
the Holocaust in great detail. The
Washington trip over Memorial
Day weekend will give the students and parents a chance to visit
the Holocaust museum with their
classmates and a parent. They will
also have the opportunity to see
Arlington National Cemetery
where many of the American liberators of the concentration camps
have been laid to rest.
Visiting the many memorials and also the Marine
Corps Museum will round
out this exciting two day
trip. The Vav class is especially thankful to the
Men’s Club who generously helps to finance the trip.
Save the Date for Temple
Israel’s Annual
Congregational Meeting
Sunday, May 22 at 10 AM
Come vote on the 2011
slate of officers and
trustees
Shavu’ot Services
Erev Shavuot, Tuesday, June 7,
6:15 PM
Shavuot, Wednesday, June 8 (Day
1), 9:30 AM and 7:30 PM
Shavuot, Thursday, June 9 (Day
2) 9:30 AM, Yizkor, 11 AM
(approx.)
Minyan, 7:30 PM
Temple
Israel
celebrates
Shavu’ot Z’man Matan Torateinu,
the moment in time during which
the People of Israel received the
Torah at Mount Sinai. The holiday
begins Tuesday evening June 7.
Temple Israel Torah Fest
That evening Temple Israel will
Sunday, May 22
participate in the Confirmation of
Noon-3 PM
the 5771 Confirmation Class. The
service will begin at 6:15 PM.
Congratulations to:
Jeremy Abel, Eliana
Berger, Ali Bolger, Brooke
Davies,
Jeremy
Denenberg, Elise Eisner,
Sara Hader, Jordyn Jaffe,
Jill
Levinson,
Jacob
Meyer, Sarah Rosenthal,
Hayley Spitz, Daniel
Willenzik
The
Confirmation
Service will be followed
by a celebratory dinner.
Shavu’ot Showdown
Later that evening, all
Mechina Program students and parents assemble packages in March 2011 for the annual Yizkor Candle mailing. present will participate in
the high energy Shavu’ot
Temple Israel Social Club
We invite 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 704-3665631 for more information.
Join us for Social Club Shabbat
on June 11.
We
will
be
attending
“Hairspray” at CPCC Summer
Theatre on July 17.
Showdown. Part 3 promises to be
as exciting and rewarding as previous editions have been. Prizes
will be awarded to the winning
teams. Bring your own team or
join a group that night.
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Temple Israel Book Club
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
MONDAY, MAY 23, 7:30 PM, TEMPLE ISRAEL
Grappling with such questions
as “What makes someone Jewish?
Is it anti-Semitic to make generalizations about what makes someone Jewish?,” Howard Jacobson’s
The Finkler Question is a “riotous
morass of jokes and worries about
Jewish identity.” The novel, which
won the 2010 Man Booker Prize,
follows many paths of enquiry,
including the present state of
Jewish identity in Britain, how it
integrates with the Gentile population and an exploration of how
men share friendship. One review
noted, “Mr. Jacobson stages a Mad
Seder that brings Carroll’s Mad
Tea party to mind.”
Temple Israel’s May 23 meeting about The Finkler Question
will feature, English professor Jay
Jacoby, who travels from
Asheville to lead a book discus-
Temple Israel book club meetings are open to all members of
the community, including “dropins” and those who haven’t read
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Thank Rabbi Micah
Streiffer on Friday, June 3
Please join us for a special
Shabbat service and dinner honoring Rabbi Micah Streiffer for his
four years of dedication to Temple
Beth El and wishing him well as
he heads off to lead his own congregation in Toronto. We are
grateful for the countless ways in
which he has built up Beth El from
creating dynamic Tot Shabbat programs to reinventing NextDor to
nurturing Israel connections and
supporting our youth. Rabbi
Streiffer has ensured that our congregation and community thrives.
He has taught every generation
from developing the Judaic cur-
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of these upcoming events, please
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704-362-2796 or visit our website
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riculum that excite our youngest
students at CJP to engaging our
teens in Sheva class and confirmation to intellectually challenging
our SPICE members. Rabbi
Streiffer’s sermons inspired us.
His classes enlightened us. His
warmth made our community
more sacred. Join us to show our
gratitude to him and Shoshi, Rami,
Noam and Yair for all that they’ve
given.
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($10/adult, $8/child), please
www.beth-el.com or 704-7493070. Y
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Temple Or Olam’s Member Spotlight: Ruth Kingberg
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Interested parties should
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We often hear about what a congregation is doing or how they are
celebrating, but it is, after all, the
people who make the congregation
what it is. To this end, we spend
our column inches this month profiling the beloved matriarch of our
temple, Ruth Kingberg.
Ruth is 86 years old. She narrowly escaped the Holocaust by
leaving Germany on one of the last
Kindertransport trains, a program
which helped approximately
10,000 children to leave Germany
for the United Kingdom in the
months just prior to the outbreak of
WWII. Ruth lived in England during the war and eventually made it
to America. She has lived in North
Carolina for the past 28 years.
Ruth is one of the founders of
Temple Or Olam. She is the eldest
member of our congregation, our
matriarch, and for many years she
has lovingly taken on the joyful
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task of welcoming new members
into our congregation. This tiny little woman not only welcomes new
members, but takes their hands
afterward and leads them in a
dance of celebration.
On Friday nights, Ruth takes the
congregation’s children to light the
Shabbat candles and not only leads
them in prayer but offers each
child a blessing and a hug. She is,
in fact, so beloved that college students have been known to rush up
to the candles in order to get their
own hug and their own blessing.
At Temple Or Olam, we know that
the children who are now nine, ten,
and eleven years old will grow up
with the memory of being blessed
at every Shabbat service by Ruth
Kingberg. We can only hope that
for these children, the tradition of
being blessed on Shabbat will
carry on and manifest itself in
beautiful ways in their own Jewish
lives.
It is Ruth Kingberg who covered our leyning table with blue
velvet and gold trim, the leyning
table that her 86 year old husband
- also a Holocaust survivor—built
for the congregation. It’s Ruth who
makes sure that every oneg is a
healthy oneg, that there are always
wholesome desserts on the table
and
gluten-free
latkes
at
Hanukkah. It’s Ruth who reminds
us to lift weights like she does
every morning, and who brings
fruits and vegetables from the
Kingberg’s own garden to share
with congregants. It is Ruth who
calls to thank members who organize the oneg, and help out before
and after services with set-up and
clean-up.
We feel so very blessed to have
Ruth in our lives, but we don’t
want to be selfish with her or the
many gifts that she gives to our
congregation, so we include here
one of her healthy recipes. As Ruth
always says, “Shake it easy!”
For Healthy Eating — a Recipe
by Ruth — Zucchini Squash
You will need a 10” Pyrex pie
plate or equal (not metal)
4 med. size squash cut to 1”, then
cut crosswise to 1/8”
1 med. sized apple peeled and
sliced thin
1/2 sweet onion, cut small
2 T. of olive oil
1 t. of Mrs. Dash (or equal)
1 T. organic ketchup
1 stalk of celery, peeled and cut to
½” in length
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Sautee onions in oven for 8 min.
with oil. Remove from oven and
put all veggies into the plate and
toss with spatula till everything is
combined. Bake for 30 min. then
toss again (take care not to get
burned). Cover it tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 25-30
min. till done.
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Temple Beth El’s Annual Mitzvah Day Set
for May 15
On Sunday, May 15, Temple
Beth El will be holding its annual
Mitzvah Day event. On this day
hundreds of congregants and
Jewish community members gather as one to give back to the
Charlotte community. By reaching
out to those in need, Mitzvah Day
participants exemplify Tikkun
Olam, the Jewish tradition of
social action and the true essence
of the responsibility of repairing
the world.
Mitzvah Day is an extraordinary day filled with love and hope.
On no other day throughout the
year will more families and individuals come together to serve so
many in a single day. However,
while TBE congregants and other
volunteers work to make a difference in the lives of others, the volunteers themselves walk away
from their experiences feeling
renewed and changed forever.
This year, Mitzvah Day participants will have the opportunity to
select from 29 projects for which
they can volunteer. In addition,
there are a variety of ways to contribute towards collections projects, too. Since the downturn in
the economy, many of Charlotte’s
non-profits and other similar institutions have lost revenue, keeping
them from completing muchneeded projects and having to cut
back on services and programming for the most vulnerable in
our community. This is the time to
help.
Mitzvah Day volunteers will be
sprucing up the landscaping
around International House, the
Battered Women’s Shelter, Temple
Beth El, the Hebrew Cemetery,
and at the homes of senior citizens. Others will be hosting carnivals and parties at Alexander
Youth Center, Thompson Child
and Family Focus, and Florence
Crittenton Services. Even more,
there are projects to help Israel,
Sterling Elementary School,
Charlotte Community Health
Clinic, and Bright Blessings …
just to name a few.
For those who want to donate
blood, Community Blood Center
of the Carolinas will have its
blood mobile available. Also, for
anyone wanting to clean house
and dispose of items in an easy
way, there will be collections
tables to recycle used electronics
and also to donate used books for
Habitat for Humanity and pet supplies for Mecklenburg County
Animal Care and Control.
Open to everyone. Leave your
mark on the community on
Sunday, May 15. Register for
Mitzvah Day online this year at
the TBE website, and be a part of
this wonderful tradition. Y
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Temple Beth Temple Emanuel Hosts Third Annual Wisdom of
Solomon Award Dinner on June 2
El Anshei
Temple Emanuel will be honoring than 90 homes have been renovated –
Mitzvah
Hope4Gaston with keynote speaker, Rev. replacing roofs, floors, walls and more. In
Dickie Spargo, on Thursday, June 2, at addition, over 30,000 people have been pro2011
Rodi Restaurant at The Loft @245 West vided food, clothing and home items at free
From generation to generation
we carry on with the richness of
tradition and the promise of
tomorrow.
The community is cordially
invited to join Temple Beth El for
Congregational Shabbat morning
worship on May 15 at 11 AM, as
the members of the 2011 Anshei
Mitzvah class are called to the
Torah. This dedicated group will
lead the congregation in a joyous
celebration of Shabbat culminating two years of intense study. The
entire congregation is proud of
their accomplishments and wishes
a hearty Mazal Tov to the following participants:
Scott Alpert, Jeffrey Meyers,
Lisa Lorence Ostrow, Barbara
Urban.
John David Kling, a member of
the class, will be called to Torah at
a later date due to a calendar conflict.
There will be a delicious congregational brunch prior to the
service at 10 AM in the David
Silverman Social Hall. Everyone
is welcome. Adults are $8 and
children are $6. Please RSVP at
704-749-3070 or online at
www.beth-el.com.rsvp Any questions? Please call the Temple
office at 704-366-1948. Y
in Gastonia, NC. Started in 2009,
Hope4Gaston was developed by Rev.
Spargo and the congregants at Bethlehem
Baptist Church.
Recognizing poverty and need in our
midst, they organized more than 5,000 volunteers from churches across Gastonia to fix
decaying homes in the city’s Highland
Community. Through their efforts, more
Flea Markets and Harvest of Hope food
bank.
Hope4Gaston, as reflected in its motto,
“God’s People Helping God’s People” truly
embodies the wisdom of King Solomon.
Please join us for this special evening. For
more information, please visit our website,
www.templeemanuelgaston.org or email us Last year’s Wisdom of Solomon award winner, Dr. Frances
at templeemanuel@aol.com. Y
Skinner, accepts her award as members of Temple Emanuel
look on.
Beth Shalom Announces 4th Annual Yom Hashoah
Program
Holocaust Day of Remembrance Event Highlighted by Keynote Speaker
Professor Thomas Pegelow Kaplan
Beth Shalom of Lake Norman
(www.bslkn.org) announced the
details of its fourth annual Yom
Hashoah Program. This Day of
Remembrance honors the 6 million Jews who were lost in the
Holocaust. The program will be
held on Thursday, May 5 at 6:30
PM at St. Alban’s Episcopal
Church at 301 Caldwell Lane in
Davidson.
The keynote speaker for the
program will be Professor Thomas
Pegelow Kaplan of Davidson
College. Professor Pegelow
Kaplan teaches courses on
Holocaust and genocide studies, in
addition to other subjects at
Davidson College. His research
focuses on violence, mass media
and constructions of selfhood in
Nazi and postwar Germany and
linguistic histories of comparative
genocide in the modern world. He
is the author of The Language
of Nazi Genocide: Linguistic
Violence and the Struggle of
Germans of Jewish Ancestry
(Cambridge University Press,
2009).
In addition to Professor
Pegelow Kaplan, other speakers
will include Father David Buck of
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church and
Rabbi Corey Helfand of Beth
Shalom of Lake Norman.
The Beth Shalom religious
school students will also participate in the program.
Admission is free and open to
the public. Y
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES
JFS Donations for March 2011
WISHING A FULL AND
SPEEDY RECOVERY TO
Dorothy Schulman from Celia
Mandel
Zachary Shporer from Bette
and Abe Bober, Lauren and Philip
Stark
Violet Winton from Nadine
Winton Fox
HAPPY PASSOVER TO
Mae and Julius Goldman from
Helen Josephs and family
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facility.
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care needs.
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care insurance. You will be surprised to know why and
how buying at a younger age is better for you.
If you don’t want to put the burden of long term care on
your family then contact me for alternative solutions.
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Wendy and Frank Block from
Helen Josephs
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
Charlotte Watkins from Celia
Mandel
Bernard Manton from Rose
Weisman
Billy Schwartz from Cindy
Siesel
MAZEL TOV ON
William’s Bar Mitzvah to
Wendy and Franklin Block from
Helen Josephs
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO
Meg Goldstein and Matthew
Luftglass from Paula Musler
IN MEMORY OF
Ben
Raskin
to
Sandy
Moskowitz from Helen Josephs
Dan Dubin to Ellen Dubin from
Deborah and Ed Pizer
Gerta Rosenberg to Joan
Rosenberg and family from Celia
Mandel
John Pransky to Baila Pransky
from
Doris
Citron,
Fred
Glickman, Marisa Rosenfeld, Rita
Mond, Susan and Ben Aizenman
Julius Silverman to Ruth
Silverman from Fred Glickman
Marvin Levine to Audrey and
Mark Mandel and family from
Celia Mandel
Ralph Geldbart to Madalyn
Geldbart and family from Celia
Mandel
Sol Levine to Eric Levine,
Miles Levine, Jonathan Levine,
and Paula Musler from Margot
Moritz, Shirley and Eddie
Goodman, Doris Citron
Stan Poliakoff to Beth Volk,
Sandra Levine, and Gail Poliakoff
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Simon
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Levine, Jill and Ed Newman, Ollie
and Sam Polk
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Kindness and truth shall meet; justice and peace
shall kiss. Truth shall sprout from all the earth, and
righteousness look down from heaven. You,
Provider, shall surely grant all that is good, and our
land bring forth its produce. Justice shall go before
You, making a path for Your footsteps.
– Psalm 85:11-14
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, call 704-512-3820. CMC-Mercy also offers Zumba fitness classes,
wellness assessments, massage therapy, tai chi and yoga for seniors and beginners. Visit www.cmc-mercy.org/events
for details.
6 – 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 3 – Successful Aging Sindy McCrystle, ANP-C, MSN, director of CMC-Mercy’s
senior services, discusses successful aging, what is normal and what is not.
9:30 a.m. – 10: 45 a.m., Friday, May 13 – Grocery Store Tour Learn how to shop smart with a tour of Trader
Joe's Midtown, located at 1133 Metropolitan Ave. Limited to eight participants.
6 – 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 7 – Healthy at Any Age Judi Tassone, MD, from Carolinas Back and Sports
Specialists and Carolinas Rehabilitation discusses how to prevent functional aging of the mind, body and spirit.
Noon – 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 8 – Staying Fit Join Harris YMCA’s wellness experience director Kate
Wheeler and certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor Sharon Bailey as they teach new and exciting
ways to exercise at home. They’ll focus on strength, balance, range of motion and flexibility and discuss the benefits
of each. Wear comfortable clothing.
Noon – 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 29 – Fun Ideas for Senior Fitness Remaining active and social helps keep
the mind sharp and the body in shape. Join certified personal trainer Marcia Patience as she presents fun fitness ideas
to improve daily living activities.
www.cmc-mercy.org
Join Prime Club at www.carolinasmedicalcenter.org/prime to
receive free 24/7 nurse access and discounts to restaurants and stores.
“Changing Lives Together,” Jewish Family Services 2011 Friends
Campaign
For more than 31 years, Jewish
Family Services has provided the
community with high quality professional services proactively
responding to the needs of our
community. JFS remains a steady,
reliable source of compassion,
professional expertise, and hope.
Jewish
Family
Services
empowers all ages in all stages of
life.
JFS is here for you from the
moment you are born.
JFS is here for your entire family.
JFS Parenting
Place offers workshops and educational programs and
the JFS Therapy
Program offers therapy, assessments,
and social skills
groups for children
and parents.
JFS is here for
singles, empty nesters, and caregivers.
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reach your friends, your parents,
your children … and everyone in
the community.
Your donation to the JFS 2011
Friends Campaign will allow our
agency to serve the growing needs
in the Charlotte Jewish community and to empower many people
with the tools and resources to
succeed.
Right now…you can make an
investment in your community.
Every dollar makes a difference.
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
anxiety.
* Assist a family coping with grief
and loss.
* Provide workshops, support
groups and educational resources
for parents, caregivers, and seniors.
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.
Last year’s campaign raised
$270,000. With the increased
demands for social services, JFS
has set the 2011 fundraising goal
at $280,000.
You may make a secure donation online at www.jfscharlotte.org or you can mail your JFS
2011 Friends Campaign donation
directly to Jewish Family Services
at 5007 Providence Road, Suite
105, Charlotte, NC 28226.
JFS is proud to announce that
Jill Lipson will be the Chairperson
of the 2011 Annual Friends
Campaign. Jill works full time
coordinating health education
programming
at
Charlotte
Community Health Clinic, a nonprofit health clinic for the uninsured. She has extensive experience in public health and social
services. Jill has always had a passion for helping others and worked
most recently on JFS’ Project
Noah Task Force where she directed her focus on programming
needs, and particularly, the Career
Coaching series. In addition, Jill
sits on the board of JFS and is cochair of Temple Beth El’s Social
Justice and Action Committee and
2011 Mitzvah Day coordinator.
Jill and her husband Marc have
lived in Charlotte for five years,
and they have one child, Spencer,
who is seven.
Jill says “JFS is an organization
that does so much good for so
many people. It’s an honor to
chair the Friends Campaign this
year. It’s the least I can do to
secure JFS’ ability to maintain and
grow its services in the years to
come.” Y
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Judaic Library and
Resource Center
Our recent Mother-Daughter Book Club to discuss Judy Blume’s
“Otherwise Known As Sheila The Great” was a huge success. Our next
Book Club, geared towards 3rd and 4th grade girls and their mothers
will be held on Sunday, May 15 from 3:30-4:30 PM in the Library.
It’s not too late to celebrate Mothers Day. The book that we will be discussing is “All of a Kind Family.” Please RSVP to Talli Dippold at 704944-6780 or tdippold@shalomcharlotte.org.
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Top Ten Reasons to Attend the Florence Melton Mini-School for Adults
in Charlotte
10. Make up for lost time –
Because you did not have the
opportunity to study as a child or
you did not pay attention at the
time or you’ve forgotten a lot of
what you learned
9. Study with other adults –
Join a group of other adult learners
who bring to the table a lifetime of
living and experience
8. Know how to answer wellmeaning questions about Judaism
– From non-Jewish friends, neighbors, family members, colleagues
and strangers
7. Create a Jewish environment
for your children and your grandchildren – Based on knowing and
2. Be a literate Jew – Know
your way around the Biblical,
Rabbinic, Medieval, Modern and
Contemporary sources that are the
foundation of Jewish belief and
practice
and
1. As Hillel said – If not now,
when?
Melton students enjoy a educational field trip to visit a
community mikvah.
understanding Jewish beliefs,
practices and values
6. Become more comfortable
with the tradition – So that you
Call us today for a
complimentary financial
and insurance review.
Melton students engage in conversation during a recent class.
can more fully participate and
make your experiences and practices personally more meaningful
5. Be a good role model for
your children and be their partner
in learning – You are sending them
to Religious School; keep up with
them and show them the way
4. Know more about Judaism
than the other guys – AntiSemitism is on the rise. Combat
their hatred with the pride and joy
that come from knowledge and
understanding
3. Participate in the on-going
conversation about Israel – With
increased confidence and integrity
For more information, please
contact Talli Dippold at 704-9446780 or tdippold@shalomcharlotte.org.
Registration for morning and
evening classes is going on
now. Y
USED BOOK SALE
Stop by the Library to see our Used Book
Sale. We have hundreds of books available
from .50 cents to $2. Proceeds go to
supporting the Library. We hope to see you.
WOMEN’S NEWS
(704) 846 9700
Happy 63rd Birthday, Israel
three years ago Israel, a
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homeland for the Jewish
president, Charlotte
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Carnival Cruise Lines Names Mann Travels 2010 “Funtastic” Travel
Partner of the Year
Carnival Cruise Lines has
named Charlotte-based Mann
Travels as one of its top partners
for 2010. Only six travel agencies
across the country are awarded
this prestigious honor based on a
combination of factors including
overall sales growth and strength.
“We are proud of this remarkable achievement,” said Gary
Silverstein, co-owner of Mann
Travels. “We have an extraordi-
nary team at Mann Travels and all
of us had a hand in this accomplishment. We value our partnership with Carnival and are committed to continue providing great
value and service to anyone looking for memorable vacation experiences.”
Mann Travels is the area’s
largest independently owned travel agency, and ranks among the
top 100 in the nation. It handles all
aspects of vacation and corporate
travel, as well as meetings and
incentive travel for international
companies. Mann Travels is an
American Express affiliate and
has earned the American Express
Rep Excellence Award for the 11th
consecutive year. It is the only
agency in the Carolinas to receive
this distinctive award. Y
Mann Travels owners Maxine and Gary Silverstein enjoy a celebratory champagne toast with Carnival's Kirk Neal and Megan Morra.
Phillip Brodsky and Kali Foxman
ENGAGEMENT
Foxman-Brodsky
Mr. and Mrs. Mike and Sue
Littauer of Charlotte and Mr. and
Mrs. Bob and Shelley Brodsky
of Atlanta announce the engagement of their son, Phillip Andrew
Brodsky, to Kali Dawn Foxman,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Paul
and Sheryl Foxman of Williston,
VT. The couple resides in
Brookline, MA, and will be married on October 23 in Burlington,
Vermont.
BIRTHS
Julie Bing Kohlenberg Tache
and Brian Novak of Charlotte are
thrilled to announce the birth of
their daughter, Gemma Bing
Novak (Chasya Yosefa). Joyful
grandparents are Karen and Ron
Novak of Burghill, OH, and Sally
and Martin Kohlenberg of
Huntington Woods, MI. Proud
great-grandfather is Keith Bahler
of Kinsman, OH. Late greatgrandparents are Jessie and Sam
Kohlenberg, Margold and
Joseph S. Bing, James and Vera
Novak and Helen Bahler.
Gemma is named in loving memory of her paternal great-grandmother Jessie Kohlenberg and her
maternal great-grandfather Joseph
S. Bing.
Mazel tov to Karen and Mel
Labovitz on the birth of their
grandchild, Cameron Rhodes
Labovitz, on March 17. Parents
are Allison and Joe Labovitz of
Charlotte.
TOV M’OD
Emily Ashkin Elliot Dordick,
Sydney Frankenberg, Adelaide
Gorelick, and Abigail Smallman
have been inducted into American
Hebrew Academy’s prestigious
Honor Society.
Merrill Lynch South Park is
pleased to announce that David
Van Glish has earned the designation of Certified Financial
Planner™ awarded by the
Certified Financial Planner Board
of Standards. David joined the
firm in 2006 and is a Wealth
Management Advisor for the Van
Glish Group at Merrill Lynch. Y
Youth Visions
Hebrew High - Where
Jewish Leaders are Created
The Consolidated High School style at Charlotte’s Hebrew High.
of Jewish Studies of Charlotte is a
It is no surprise that the student
supplemental school where stu- board of Hillel at almost every
dents in grades 8-12 learn about college in the Carolinas has a
their heritage and embrace their Hebrew High grad on it. Our goal
tradition. Each week our students is to create the future leaders of
study classical texts, learn about our community. To that end, we
Israel, are encouraged to seek encourage open dialog and leadersocial justice, and bond with their ship skill building. If you come to
peers.
visit on a Wednesday evening you
Our teachers are group of dedi- will meet outspoken and passioncated adults who are not only ate students, who are proud to be
knowledgeable about the material Jewish.
they present, but passionate about
At Hebrew High, we are always
transmitting their knowledge to developing new curricula to stimthe next generation. They give up ulate teens’ minds, get their crespending Wednesday evenings ative juices flowing and strengthwith their families to share their en their Jewish identity. We create
love of Judaism and the Jewish the Jewish leaders of tomorrow,
people with our teens.
right here at Shalom Park every
Every Wednesday, at Shalom Wednesday evening. Don’t let
Park, 200 Jewish teens
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are busily engaging in
all sorts of Jewish learning. Some are studying
from the ancient texts,
some are listening to and
translating Israeli rock
music and some are
cooking Israeli food and
still others are interacting with bereaved families in our sister city of
Hadera, Israel. There is
something for every stu- Daniel Willenzik assists the Circus Kids with one
dent and every learning of their tricks.
Hebrew High
What’s Up with Charlotte BBYO
Chapters
By Melanie Zimmermann
2011 has been incredibly
busy for our four Charlotte
BBYO chapters. In early
January, our teens participated in Winter Cultural, a competition convention for the
Eastern region. All of the
chapters competed in a variety of events. Each chapter
spent many weeks preparing
and the convention was an
amazing experience for
everyone. Thank you to the
many families that hosted
our out-of-towners so generously. Many of the awards
went to our local chapters so
mazel tov to them on a job
well done.
Currently, our Charlotte
chapters have been hard at
work planning and running
some amazing programs.
One focus of our BBYO
teens is community service.
One of the girls’ chapters has
adopted a stream and has made it
their project to clean up this
stream creating a better environment for all to enjoy. The other
girls’ chapter volunteered at
Friendship Trays Garden where
they helped clean out the old
plants and made way for the new
ones. Friendship Trays Garden
grows the food and then passes it
onto Friendship Trays where they
try to feed as many home bound
people as possible. The boys
2012 North Carolina BBG Board
2012 North Carolina AZA Board
chapters made hundreds of peanut
butter and jelly sandwiches to feed
the hungry and also collected
canned foods at each meeting to
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donate to those in need. March
was Advisor Appreciation
month so we would like to take
a moment to thank our advisors
for everything that they do.
Thank you for the countless
hours you give to each of our
four chapters and for the guidance you all provide. We owe
our many successes to your
devoted service.
In the beginning of April, 50
teens from Charlotte attended
North Carolina Spring Council
convention, held in Greensboro.
The 21st NC Council boards
were elected and we want to
wish congratulations to the following Charlotte BBYO members that were elected: Brian
Blanco, Jason Blanco, Henry
Gorelick, Daniel Willenzik,
Brett Birnberg, Judith Cohen,
Sophie Bergmann, Maddie
Breen, Melanie Zimmerman,
Caroline Baron and Sarah
Mond. We are proud of our
Charlotte teens and know they
will do fabulous job in their new
leadership roles.Y
your child be left out. For more
information about the 2011-2012
school year call Roz at 704-9446782 or email rcooper133@
aol.com. Or check us out at
www.HebrewHigh.org. Y
Hebrew High – It’s the Place to
Be On Wednesday Nights
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Community News
Third Annual Book of Life Celebration Takes Place
at Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
By Phil Warshauer, Executive
Director, Foundation for the
Charlotte Jewish Community
The Bechtler Museum of
Modern Art was the venue for the
Third Annual Book of Life
Celebration on Sunday, April 3.
John Boyer, the Bechtler’s
President and CEO, delivered the
keynote address for the event. Mr.
Boyer’s remarks focused on the
legacy of art established by
Andreas Bechtler and his family–
a fitting message for the Book of
The Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish
Community Proudly Recognizes and Thanks the
84 Members and Families in the Book of Life Society
Their legacy gifts provide current and future support to the
organizations and programs that serve the Greater Charlotte
Jewish community.
Judy and Stan August
Philip M. Berman
Adam Bernstein and Tamar Seigel
Cary Bernstein and Alan Kronovet
Don and Bobbi Bernstein
Mark and E. Louise Bernstein
Lee and Jeffrey Bierer
Martin Birnbaum
Alan and Lee Blumenthal
Herman and Anita Blumenthal
Tracy and Larry Brown
David and Janice Cantor
Dan and Ellen Dubin
Marcy and Fred Dumas
David M. and Aleen F. Epstein
Larry Farber and Sherri McGirt
Alan and Ruth Goldberg
Margi L. Goldstein
Meg D. Goldstein and Matthew Luftglass
Shelton and Ellen Goldstein
Brett and Leigh Anne Goodman
Scott D. and Rebecca A. Goodman
Bill and Patty Gorelick
Rael and Gabi Gorelick
Shelton and Carol Gorelick
Todd and Stacy Miller Gorelick
Fay and Dan Green
Roslyn G. Greenspon
Stanley P. Greenspon
Bill and Gloria Grifenhagen
Jonathan M. Howard
Donald L. Jacobs and Susan Sachs-Jacobs
Florence Kaufman Jaffa
Sol and Janet Jaffa
Lorrie and Barry Klemons and Family
Sheila and Lee Kritzer
Anita Strauss-LaRowe and Bruce LaRowe
Harry Lerner
Donna and Norman Levin Family
Jerome L. and Barbara B. Levin
Alvin and Helene Levine
Julie Lerner Levine and Howard Levine
Harry Kevin Levine and
Louis Arnold Sinkoe
Leon Levine and Sandra Poliakoff Levine
Sol Levine
Jack and Alison Levinson
Marshall and Faylinda Lindner
Robert and Inta Lidz
Mrs. Jerome Madans
Michael Meiselman
The Meiselman Family
The Menaker Family
Paula Sigal Musler
Dr. Edwin and Jill Newman
Andrew T. Osborne
Gale Osborne
Richard J. Osborne
Victor and Evelyn Osborne
Nicki Fisher Ostrow
Marcelle Buxbaum Oxman and
Allan Oxman
Marcelle Gorelick Peck
Lee and Diggie Pesakoff
Larry and Dale Polsky
Frank and Wendy Rosen
Gerald and Barbara Schapiro
Michael Scharf
Walter Schechter
Larry Schwartz
Linda C. Seigel
Morey and Lynne Sheffer
Marc and Mattye Silverman
Eric and Lori Levine Sklut
Leonard Slesinger
Robert S. and Carol K. Speizman
Norman Steinberger
Dr. Joseph and Renee Steiner
Alene Cohen Strause and Sam Strause
Marilyn and Harry Swimmer
Phil and Beth Warshauer
Michael and Anne Weiss
Kim and Sue Worrel
Dr. Bob and Anne Yudell
Herman and Barbara Ziegler
Dr. Samuel and Emily Zimmern
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Life, which recognizes those individuals who have established permanent endowments or legacy
gifts to support any of the Jewish
organizations in the Greater
Charlotte area.
More than 60 members of
Charlotte’s Jewish community
were in attendance at the event,
including 36 members of the Book
of Life Society. The evening
included tours of the Bechtler’s
exhibits and collections, which
feature some of most important
and influential artists of the midtwentieth century. Book of Life
Task Force members Margi
Goldstein and Jill Newman served
as the celebration’s co-chairs and
did a fine job organizing the event.
The Book of Life Society was
established in 2008 by the
Foundation for the Charlotte
Jewish Community (FCJC). No
minimum amount must be given
or promised; the only requirement
is a current or future financial
commitment to support the future
of our Jewish community. The
Book of Life Society now includes
84 individuals and families who have combined to
create a future pipeline in
excess of $12 million. The
evening honored and celebrated the generosity of all
Book of Life members,
with special recognition to
the 23 new members, rep- Jeff Bierer, incoming president of The
resenting a 37% increase Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish
Community, John Boyer, director of the
over last year’s event.
In addition to Boyer’s Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, and Alan
remarks, those in atten- Kronovet, outgoing president of The
Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish
dance were updated on Community at the Book of Life Event.
FCJC’s accomplishments
over the past year by outgoing board chair Alan Kronovet. process further clarifies FCJC’s
This included FCJC surpassing role as a collaborative community
$60 million in net assets under leader in an effort to raise longmanagement, record gifts of $9.6 term charitable resources to susmillion and more than $4.1 mil- tain the quality of Jewish religion,
lion in grant distributions, another life and culture by linking the philFCJC record. Kronovet also anthropic intent of donors with the
updated the audience on FCJC’s needs of the community. Y
recently completed strategic plan
which charts an exciting and
ambitious new course for the
organization and its efforts to
ensure the long term viability of
our Jewish community. The
The Stan Greenspon Charitable Fund
Accepting Grant Applications
The Stan Greenspon Charitable
Fund will begin accepting grant
applications for the 2011 calendar
year. Established in 2010 by Stan
Greenspon, the Fund was created
to assist nonprofit agencies in the
greater Charlotte region, with special consideration given for established programming and services
that:
* Support Jewish organizations
and Jews in need
* Provide senior adults in isola-
tion with the opportunity to interact with their peers
* Support and assist individuals
impacted by juvenile diabetes
* Assist children’s hospitals
All grants will be one year in
duration up to $20,000. A preference will be given to grants that
support existing programs with
sustainable funding models.
Grants in excess of $10,000 will
be asked to complete a written
grant application. Grants for
endowments, sponsorships, travel,
conferences or direct support of
individuals are not eligible.
Additional information and
grant applications can be obtained
by contacting Stan Greenspon at
sgreenspon@aol.com. All completed grant applications must be
received by June 15. Grant
requests will be reviewed by the
Fund’s Advisors with approved
grants distributed in August. Y
Encore Screening of “Hank
Greenspun” on May 22
Ten days of the best in Jewish
film from around the world flew
by, but Charlotte attendees won’t
soon forget these incredible films
that graced the silver screen. Time
and again, audiences were wowed
by marvelous movies and scintillating speakers who added so
much to the viewing experience.
Almost 1,900 Charlotteans came
out to be entertained and educated,
a new attendance record for the
Charlotte Jewish Film Festival.
One film in particular, “Where I
Stand: The Hank Greenspun
Story,” drew rave reviews from
audience members. Writer/director/producer Scott Goldstein was
in attendance and marveled at the
Charlotte turnout. As a result of
this overwhelmingly positive
response, the Charlotte Jewish
Film Festival is pleased to offer an
encore presentation of this fantastic film. “This is a first for us,”
stated Jodi Werner-Greenwald,
Festival Director. “We usually
don’t bring a film back after the
Festival, but we felt that this was
such a special story that we want
to give more people the opportunity to see it. So if you missed it the
first time, or want to see it again,
please join us.” Don’t miss this
second-chance to see this remarkable documentary, narrated by
Anthony Hopkins, about the most
incredible man you have probably
never heard of. “Where I Stand:
The Hank Greenspun Story” will
screen again on May 22, 7 PM at
the Levine JCC. Tickets are $8
and are available for purchase at
the door. See the film that left
almost 300 people shaking their
heads in amazement.
The Charlotte Jewish Film
Festival would like to thank you
for your support in coming out in
record numbers. We are pleased to
announce the winners of the following prizes with our heartfelt
thanks for helping to make the 7th
Annual Charlotte Jewish Film
Festival the most successful one
yet. Winner of the Zoom Teeth
Whitening Experience courtesy of
Murray and Sturner DDS, Ellen
Mandell; one night stay at the
Ballantyne Resort and Spa, Sheryl
Hollander; beer tasting for 6 from
Vintner Vine, Glen Fishkin; gift
bag from Trader Joe’s, Mort Turk.
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Israel, Part 10: Har Herzl and Hazon Yeshaya Soup Kitchen
Meir, the first woman
By Amy Krakovitz
prime minister of Israel;
It is beautiful Friday morning.
Yitzchak Rabin, the great
Clear, dry, warm. Again we are
peacemaker who was
reminded to wear sunscreen and
shockingly and tragically
hats and to drink plenty of water.
assassinated;
Hannah
We are spending some of the day
Senesh, poet and soldier,
outside.
who saved many lives
We begin the morning at Har
when she parachuted
Herzl, Mount Herzl, a cemetery
back into Europe during
for dignitaries and well known
the Holocaust. Her brilIsraelis. The center piece as you
liant and insightful words
enter the gates is the grave of the
are still read and sung
father of Zionism himself,
IDF soldiers visiting Har Herzl cemetery.
today in our modern synTheodore Herzl. A perpetual
agogues.
yahrzeit candle burns on the polWe go from the quiet, contemished stone that bears his name. and respect for the dead.”
Here again, groups of soldiers plative atmosphere of Har Herzl
Many visitors have stopped by;
there are many stones left behind. have come to visit and pay into the heart of bustling
The cemetery is beautiful, a bit respects to both the well-known Jerusalem to Hazon Yeshaya Soup
unusual and different looking than and the obscure, many of whom Kitchen. Hazon Yeshaya is the
premier humanitarian organization
what we see in the US.
in Israel, serving the poor with its
There is much stone
soup kitchen, vocational training,
everywhere as well as
free dental clinic, and more. It was
many trees, plants and
created by Abraham Israel, an
bushes. Navigating
American businessman, who was
between graves is
once a poor refugee himself. Born
easy, one never feels
in Egypt, his family fled after the
uncomfortable
and
Suez War to Paris, where they
wary that a grave
were for a time dependent on the
might be tread upon.
local soup kitchen. When he
“The most striking
moved to Israel and saw the numdifference between
ber of poor, hungry, and sick peothis cemetery and
ple, he knew that he could now
some you find here in
pay back his debt to society.
the USA, is personalThe soup kitchen patrons wait to be served.
The soup kitchen feeds an enorized gardens found at
mous number of the needy in
many of the graves,”
says Joel Blady, a funeral director. died in Israel’s many defensive Jerusalem: Holocaust survivors,
“Flowers and plants of different wars. The young soldiers are quiet battered women, those with mensizes and varieties adorn so many and respectful. Some weep. All of tal or physical disabilities, and
of the graves. Personal family them whisper personal prayers at others who find themselves on the
outskirts of society.
plantings make a world of differ- every grave they visit.
We see the graves of Golda
The huge kitchen is warm and
ence and show a continuous love
ers and take home
their food. Plastic
bags, Tupperware, and
other types of portable
containers are passed
back and filled with
rice, squash, and
chicken. The cold
salad is put in a separate container. They
are then passed forward through the serving window. At the
Shelley Pawlyk, Rich Gilbert, Lauren Label, Zach same time, trays are
Gilbert, and Jake Gilbert cut up salad for the Hazon prepared and passed
Yeshaya Soup Kitchen.
forward as well.
It is an organized
steamy. Along the many metal chaos. Lots of shouting, people
tables, scores of volunteers are moving, containers, plates, trays,
chopping vegetables. There is bowls, pots and pans passing by.
salad to be made, potatoes to be The chicken which I am serving is
peeled, rice to be cooked, chicken searing hot. As fast as we need to
to be prepared and served. We take move, it’s difficult to keep from
our aprons and gloves and do what getting burned.
we are asked to, some chopping,
In spite of the difficult work
some serving. Mostly Hebrew is and the pace we need to keep up,
heard in the kitchen.
we are all exhilarated by our
I start out chopping green pep- efforts this morning. Knowing
pers for salad. There are crates and we’ve made a difference puts a
crates of peppers to be chopped. kind of pleasant glow in everyWe are in a line of half a dozen one’s eye.
people chopping peppers. I am
As the tumult diminishes, the
starting to get an idea of the scale community is fed, we begin to
of this operation and the number remove our aprons and hope that
of people that served here.
the smiles on our faces last the rest
As soon as the needy begin to of the day.
arrive for their mid-day meal,
It’s time for our lunch and we
some of us are pulled off the prep are headed just a few blocks away
line and asked to begin serving. to Machane Yehudah, to pick up
The clients push in great crowds some items from the stalls and
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Hebrew Cemetery Association
By Lorrie Klemons, publicity
On March 17, more than 120
members of the Charlotte Jewish
community attended an informational meeting sponsored by the
Charlotte Hebrew Cemetery
Association (HCA). There were
those who came because they have
have loved one or friends buried at
the cemetery. There were those
who came because they have purchased plots at the cemetery for
future use. There were those who
came because they wanted to learn
more about the workings of the
cemetery and how being a dues
paying member of the HCA might
benefit them and their families.
HCA President, Kevin Levine,
gave a brief presentation on the
history of the cemetery which was
purchased as an eleven-acre parcel
of land back in 1867. It has
remained the only Jewish cemetery in Charlotte for the past 150
years. He spoke about the cemetery expansion and of where the
cemetery is right now. He spoke
about the newly expanded interfaith section and also about the
section of the cemetery designated
for cremated remains. He shared
that a new burial section under the
auspices of Orthodox halacha is
being considered and in cooperation with Rabbi Yossi Groner of
Congregation Ohr Ha Torah is
seeking to provide traditional
Back row, L-R: Kevin Levine, president; Mark Vitner, Jacob Fuerstman, Brian
Yesowitch (vice president), Norman Steinberger; front row, L-R: Hon. Judge
Eric Levinson, Bill Gorelick (treasurer), Sandra Goldman (director), Lorrie
Klemons, Jill Blumenthal, Sharon Hockfield, Marc Silverman
Jewish burials for those members
of the community who desire such
interment.
Also on the program was HCA
Treasurer, Bill Gorelick, who presented the HCA’s plans for the
future of the cemetery. A slide
show presentation depicted the
beautiful new Cemetery Building
that is to be built on the grounds of
the cemetery in the near future.
The reception area of the new
building will showcase the old
marble ark from Temple Beth El
which was lovingly donated to the
HCA for such purpose. There will
be a meeting room and bathrooms.
Major funding has already been
pledged for the building and a
community drive will be launched
sometime later on this year. A
question & answer period was followed by a lovely dessert reception hosted by the HCA. Related
historical artifacts and documents
were enjoyed by all.
Everyone in attendance came
away with a deeper appreciation
of just how lucky the Charlotte
Jewish community is to have its
own community burial ground
and a volunteer organization like
the Charlotte Hebrew Cemetery
Association to orchestrate the
management of those hallowed
grounds. It is obvious that the
The Charlotte Yiddish Institute, August
18-21, Wildacres Retreat
Featuring an outstanding faculty for 2011: Ali and Gene
Kavadlo, speakers and performers; Adrienne Cooper, world
renowned Yiddish singer and
entertainer; Joyce Rosenzweig,
pianist and arranger; Paul Nitsch,
pianist and professor of music and
arts at Queens University; Hazzan
Moishe Friedler, Yiddish, Hebrew,
Ladino, and Spanish singer.
Fees remain the same as last
year! $330 per person, double
occupancy; $200 for teens, 13-19;
$150 single supplement. Fees
cover tuition, room, kosher meals,
and gratuities. Full fee must
accompany registration.
Cancellation policy: Full fee
will be refunded if cancellation is
made prior to July 30. An administration charge of $50 will be
charged to late cancellations.
Arrival
and
registration,
Thursday, August 18 2-5 PM.
Departure, Sunday, August 21 at
11 AM.
Directions for travel by auto
will be sent upon receipt of reservations. Bus transportation is
available from Charlotte-Douglas
Airport to Wildacres Retreat on
August 18. Cost is $80 per person
round trip. Please include this fee
with registration. Bus departs airport promptly at 1 PM (August 18)
and arrives back at the airport at
2:30 PM (August 21). Meet at
baggage claim adjacent to Door
“D.”
For additional information, call
Baila Pransky, 704-366-5564;
Heshl and Etta Spindel, 704-8757324; Charlotte and Gerry Miller,
704-896-1644; Don an Shevi
Herbstman, 704-752-1910.
Please use the registration form
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August 18-21, 2011
members of the HCA are individually and collectively passionate
about and dedicated to maintaining the holy and sanctified
grounds of the cemetery for all
who precede them in eternal slumber and for all who have yet to be
buried there. The HCA invites you
to join them as they carry on their
holy work. For just $72 per year
($6 per month) you can support
the work of the cemetery and
guarantee yourself and your family thousands of dollars in member
discounts when the unthinkable
hits you in the face.
The Top 10 Facts about the
Hebrew Cemetery Association
are:
10. Being a member of a temple
doesn’t automatically make you a
member of the HCA.
9. The HCA is a Jewish community cemetery serving all Jews,
affiliated or unaffiliated, throughout the Charlotte area.
8. The HCA’s religious policies
are supervised by Reform,
Conservative, and Orthodox
Rabbis.
7. The HCA was established in
1867, well before the first temple
or any other Jewish organization.
6. The HCA is the burial site for
thirteen Civil War veterans.
5. The HCA will buy back plots if
one moves out of the state.
4. HCA members can save thousands of dollars on cemetery burial fees.
3. The HCA offers traditional
Jewish burial plots, as well as
interfaith and cremation sections.
2. Jewish Law emphasizes that
one should pre-arrange their final
resting place and be buried in a
Jewish cemetery.
1. HCA membership costs only $6
per month or 20 cents per day.
The HCA would like to thank
the following donors for their generous donations to the Norman
Steinberger Funeral Assistance
Fund: Robert S Friedman, Ellen
Dubin, Ruth & Andrew Drucker.
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Bhutanese Seek Freedom, Much Like Our Ancestors in Egypt Did
By Karen Brodsky
We have just completed the
reading of the Haggadah at our
Passover Seders and heard again
of the story of the Jews in Egypt.
This story is a collective reminder
that through the millennia Jews
have been persecuted, threatened,
and expelled. At Carolina Refugee
Resettlement Agency (CRRA),
our staff is familiar with the persecution of our refugee clients, who
flee because their lives are in danger, their personal freedoms are
non-existent, and there is no future
in their birth country. Their stories
are familiar.
The story is similar in Bhutan.
According to the Center for
Applied Linguistics, which provided this information, Bhutanese
refugees, almost all ethnic Nepalis
from southern Bhutan, have been
living in camps in eastern Nepal
since they were expelled from
their homes in Bhutan more than
20 years ago.
“Over the years we have settled
refugees from different locations
across the globe. It is vital that we
understand how and why they
became refugees so we can be sensitive to their needs,” said Ellen
Dubin, CRRA executive director.
The
great
majority
of
Bhutanese refugees are descendants of people who in the late
1800s began immigrating to
southern
Bhutan—lowland,
malarial-infested regions shunned
by the Druk Buddhist majority—
in search of farmland. There they
enjoyed a relatively peaceful life.
Under Bhutan’s Nationality Law
of 1958, the Lhotsampas enjoyed
Bhutanese citizenship and were
allowed to hold government jobs.
In the 1980s, however,
Bhutan’s king and the ruling Druk
majority became increasingly
worried about the rapidly growing
Lhotsampa population. Concerned
that the demographic shift could
threaten the majority position and
traditional Buddhist culture of the
Druk, Bhutanese authorities
adopted a series of policies known
as Bhutanization, aimed at unifying the country under the Druk
culture, religion, and language.
The policies imposed the Druk
dress code and customs on the
Lhotsampas and prohibited the use
of the Nepali language in schools.
Nepali teachers were dismissed,
and Nepali books were reportedly
burned. The government also
established
new
eligibility
requirements for Bhutanese citizenship that disenfranchised many
ethnic Nepalis, depriving them of
their citizenship and civil rights.
In 1990, large-scale protests led
to violent clashes with the police
and army and to mass arrests.
Ethnic Nepalis were targeted by
the Bhutanese authorities, who
destroyed the Nepalis’ property
and arrested and tortured activists.
In December 1990, the authorities
announced that Lhotsampas who
could not prove they had been residents of Bhutan in 1958 had to
leave. Tens of thousands fled to
Nepal and the Indian state of West
Bengal.
According to the United
Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees
(UNHCR),
many
Bhutanese refugees said they
wanted to return to their homes in
Bhutan. Despite this desire—and
despite numerous high-level meetings between the governments of
Bhutan and Nepal to resolve the
refugee crisis over the past 20
years—Bhutan has not permitted a
single refugee to return home.
These refugees cannot return
home nor can they stay in Nepal.
Of the more than 100,000 refugees
in Nepali camps, the United States
is considering for resettlement at
least 60,000 in total. Since the
spring of 2008, CRRA and
Catholic Social Services have
resettled 569 Bhutanese refugees
in Charlotte. This figure is provided by the U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Population, Refugees
and Migration (PRM). They and
ethnic Chin refugees from Burma
(Myanmar) are the largest groups
CRRA has resettled over the last
three years.
Passover is one reminder why
we open our hearts and pocket-
Drummers, Donors, and Volunteers
Sought for Annual drumSTRONG Event
May 21 and 22, Help drumSTRONG Exceed 29 Hours of
Straight Drumming
our-charities.
In addition, the
organization,
DrumsForCures,
supports PPPulse,
a program that
brings drumming
right into the hospitals and clinics where young people with cancer are
fighting their disease. “Drumming
with young people
(family and staff)
creates a healthy,
healing distraction
from the sterile,
scary, QUIET hospital environment,”
it says on their
website. “When
drumming, all else
is forgotten and we
Drumming to beat cancer in 2010.
live and play in the
This year, the event will be big- moment. It is something every
ger than ever. Planned to occur body can do regardless of physical
simultaneously in many cities capacities or talent. Countless
across the country and the globe, it health benefits ensue and the relais the goal this year to get into the tionships between ‘patient and
Guinness Book of World Records caregiver’ change forever.”
with a smashing 29 hours of conHow You Can Help
tinuous drumming.
Registration is $25 for individBut the record-breaking is not
the real ultimate goal of uals 12 and over, $50 for families
drumSTRONG. What Mason, his (2 adults and children 12 &
parents, Scott and Carola, and his under), and special discounts for
brother Toby hope to do is to raise teams. Registration is good for
funds to support initiatives that both days of the event. Gates open
support young people with cancer. at 10 AM Saturday (come early to
The myriad of organizations that set up camp, have some lunch,
are supported by this event are loosen up). Activities start at noon.
While the plan is to drum for a
listed here: http://drumstrong.org/
Nobody said it better than
Mason Swimmer, when he told his
parents, “Cancer just plain s*cks.”
And he should know. He was diagnosed with an osteosarcoma in
2004. Now cancer-free, Mason
and his family sponsor the annual
drumSTRONG event, Drumming
to Beat Cancer.
full 29 hours, you don’t have
to drum the whole time.
Solicit “per-hour drumming”
sponsorships and drum as long
as you can. Come in and out of
the circle whenever so moved.
There will also be non-stop
Yoga practice and instruction,
reiki and massage.
What you get: blisters (possibly), sore arms and hands (likely),
and ultimately a healthy, elevated
spirit. You are participating in
your present and future health and
the health of the community. You
may even win a prize for playing
the longest, raising the most funds
or bringing the most participants.
There are some beautiful percussion instruments donated as
prizes. The annual “trophy drum,”
a handmade djembe will be
awared to the most dedicated participant to keep and play for the
year.
Special guests this year so far
confirmed include John Kadlicek
(of Dark Star and Further) and his
wife Kate, who is a professional
drummer, and Kris Myers, drummer of Umphrey’s McGee. Other
guests will be added throughout
the weeks leading up to the program.
Visit www.drumstrong.org to
see how you can help: drum,
donate, volunteer. Everything and
anything you do will help the
cause. Don’t just beat a drum –
beat cancer, at drumSTRONG. Y
books to the less fortunate. We
were strangers in a strange land,
too. We know what it feels like to
be a persecuted minority.
CRRA welcomes refugees and
asylees—in addition to the
Bhutanese and the Chin—from
Somalia, Liberia, Eritrea, Iran,
Iraq, Colombia, and the Central
Highland of Vietnam—home to
the Montagnards. We help them to
gain access to local social services, find them housing and provide
them with food and clothing, teach
them English, endeavor to find
them work and help them become
American citizens. An affiliate of
HIAS Inc., CRRA believes that all
refugees deserve to become selfsufficient and enjoy the same freedoms as other American residents.
The agency always needs
donated furniture and housewares
and relies on a cadre of dedicated
volunteers. CRRA will pick up
large furniture items. Call 704535-8803 to make donations
as well as volunteer. Donate
online and learn more about
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Schools
From A Former CJP
Graduate to a Current CJP
Graduate
In May 1998, Jordan
Leah Bernstein stood on
the stage in Gorelick
Hall as a new graduate
of The Charlotte Jewish
Preschool. In June
2011, Jordan Leah
Bernstein will stand
with the 467 graduates
of Providence High
School at Bojangles
Arena preparing to take
the next step into her Miss Ellen’s class in 1997: Jordan is in the back
row wearing the jumper with the white blouse.
future.
Among
the
85
preschoolers taking part at the Just imagine what I would look
May 26th CJP commencement like if Miss Ellen had not taken the
service, Jordan would like to time to teach me how to button,
zipper and wear my backpack with
impart the following words:
Dear Aaron, Alexa, Allison, Amia, “swag.” She taught me to open my
Amidan, Anastasia, Andrew, lunch and eat the healthy foods
Annabelle, Austin, Ava, Bailey, first. Even to this day, I never eat
Bari, Ben, Blake, Charlotte, Colin, my chips before my apple. I defiDavid K., David S., Delanie, nitely struggled with cutting. Miss
Diego, Drew, Dylan, Eli, Elijah, Ellen worked with me so that I
Ella M., Ella, T., Emily, Ethan, was not only able to cut the petals
Evan B., Evan W., Gil, Grant, on my flowers, but I was able to
Hannah, Hazel, Isabel, Isabel S., successfully cut through the water
Isabella, Isaiah, Jack F., Jack S., when I swam and cut the strings
Jacob, Jake, Jakob, Jesse, Kate, on my lacrosse stick. My life-long
Lauren, Lev, Liliana, Matthew, friends all started in my four year
Max, Maxwell V., Maxwell W., old class at the Charlotte Jewish
Mia L., Mia V., Myla, Nathan, Preschool. Whatever school I
Nina, Noah B., Noah F, Noam, attended, there was a familiar face.
Olivia, Oren, Owen, Parker, CJP taught me to love learning,
Rachel C., Rachel S., Rae Brooke, live Jewishly, use my words,
Remi, Rose, Rosie, Sam, Sarah, always lend a hand to help and to
Sasha D., Sasha L., Shayna, approach everything with a posiShotaro,
Sydney,
Tamma, tive attitude. Sadly, you will miss
William, Zach, Zachary E., your Friday CJP Shabbat program
and challah, but know that Temple
Zachary K., Zoe,
The Charlotte Jewish Preschool Beth El and Temple Israel is waitwill always live in your heart as it ing for you to join the religious
has lived in mine. My favorite school.
As you take your next step into
teacher of all time is my fours preschool teacher, Miss Ellen. She PreK and kindergarten, I will be
gave me tools that I have used taking my next step to college.
throughout my years in the Please remember, no matter how
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. old you get and no matter what
grade you are in, your CJP teachers will be standing and cheering
you on.
Mazel Tov,
Jordan
For more information about
having your child Learn, Grow
and Connect with us, please contact Alyson Kalik, CJP registrar, at
704-944-6866 or akalik@shalomcharlotte.org. Half day and Full
day enrollment for the 2011/2011
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What Do Kids Really
Learn in Preschool?
ities, and refine their perception
and motor planning skills. Wow all that in a little bucket of different-colored animals. There’s no
doubt that our block center looks
welcoming with the many kinds of
blocks that are available. It is also
where preschoolers learn basic
mathematical skills and concepts.
In the block center, children learn
about shapes and sizes as they are
building. Grasping,
stacking, and carrying
blocks helps children
to develop eye/hand
coordination. All this
and so much more happens in the context of
“playing.”
As we set the stage
for early Jewish education, JPS teachers also
make Judaism come
alive through play in
their classroom. In a
one-year-old room you
might witness the
Friends in the 2s class celebrate Shabbat in their group saying a bracha
dramatic play center.
or giving tzedakah. Go
next door and you can
as part of a group. The teachers’ observe the two-year-olds dancing
job is to be there alongside each and singing while enjoying their
child, asking appropriate ques- weekly Shabbat celebration. Join
tions that help the child solve the three-year-olds as they experiproblems, make decisions, use his ence the Pesach story with handsor her imagination, and think on playing in the “Nile River” (at
beyond what is obviously present- their sensory table) and watch
them taking care of baby Moshe in
ed to the class.
At JPS, we are passionate about dramatic play. Down the hall, the
learning and we are even more four-year-olds may be using their
passionate about how we set the higher-level thinking skills as they
stage for learning. For young chil- problem-solve to make a 3-D frog
dren, play is their canvas. Play is project. Through all of this wonthe means to an end for preschool- derful early Jewish learning the
ers. A high-quality preschool children are engaged in play.
During their preschool years,
classroom will offer play opportunities throughout the day and the your children are “working” very
teacher will provide materials that hard to find their place in their litencourage, support and enhance tle worlds. The preschool classthe play process. After setting the room represents a safe place for
stage for the children, the teacher them to make this discovery. Here
will then take a step back to are some responses from my preobserve the children at “work” but school friends when I asked them
can offer support and direction as “What did you learn in preneeded. When a child is involved school?”
Sammy Sherman (five years
with group play, they have opportunities to practice the many skills old): “I learned to invite someone
needed to become lifelong learn- to play with me if he is playing
ers. In a classroom, children are alone.”
Oliver Halverstam (four years
given the opportunity to use “play
time” to practice conflict resolu- old): “I learned to use my body to
tion, self-regulation, language make letters and it helps me
skills, thinking and reasoning understand that the letter V has
skills and their overall social skills two lines.”
Harrison Cohen (five years
that will help them become productive members of the classroom old): “I learned about Hashem by
and the greater community. A listening to Morah Rochel.”
Taylor Stern (two years old): “I
complete preschool learning environment offers a balance between learned to play with play-doh.”
Madeline Siegel (two years
structured and unstructured time,
ritual and spontaneity – all the old): “I learned how to read my
while providing countless oppor- class book.”
Mikkel Hertzberg (five years
tunities for developmentally
old): “We learned about F and all
appropriate play.
When you enter a classroom at of the letters.”
Eli Lan (three years old): “We
JPS, you will see many centers
full of exciting and inviting toys. learn how to make up stories with
On the surface, it looks like an Ms. Kate.” Y
incredible place for children to
spend the day, but did you know
that every single item in the classroom has a purpose? Take for
example one bucket of differentcolored animals with tongs inside.
It’s really an opportunity for children to sort, categorize, use fine
motor skills, work together with
peers, practice their scanning abilBy Jen Lahn, director, Jewish
Preschool on Sardis
Preschool teachers set the stage
for your children to become lifelong learners. At JPS, they create
an environment that keeps a
child’s inherit curiosity alive and
intact. The classroom serves as an
ideal place for children to explore,
experiment, fail, succeed, learn
and grow both as individuals and
Planned Gift Left to
Charlotte Jewish Day School
Lorrie and Barry Klemons Children
Were Not CJDS Students
It was such a heartwarming
surprise to open a letter one day
from Phil Warshauer and find that
a member of our community left a
planned gift for Charlotte Jewish
Day School. What made it even
more meaningful was that
this gift was not even from a
parent, but from a community member for whom I had
no idea that the Day School
touched. Lorrie and Barry
Klemmons made such a gift
to CJDS. When Lorrie and
Barry were raising their two
boys in Charlotte, day school
education was not available
here. As they took the opportunity to examine their lives
and their desires, hopes and
dreams, they made this significant action to insure that
in the future a day school
education is available to
every Jewish family and child who
desires one. Deeds like this are
indispensible for our existence as
a school and instrumental in
securing our Jewish future. -Mariashi Groner
By Lorrie Klemons
When ABC-Television was
sold in 1985, Barry predicted a
major upheaval in the broadcasting industry and resigned as ABC
Technical Director. Realizing the
limited opportunities in New York
City for a 35-year-old guy with a
young family and large mortgage,
and seeking to change careers, we
decided to search for a new city to
relocate to.
After reading an article about
Charlotte in the Piedmont Airlines
magazine, we decided to explore
the city. After spending a weekend
in Charlotte, we both fell in love
and knew in our hearts that
Charlotte was where we wanted to
raise our family. The cohesiveness
and strength of Charlotte’s tiny
Jewish population of only 5,000
inspired us so quickly and so
deeply. The JCC had just opened
and the energy, spirit, and excitement of Shalom Park were awesome and contagious. Our journey to Charlotte was truly a leap
of faith.
In New York, we lived in a
totally Jewish community with
kosher restaurants and synagogues, all within walking distance. Yet, we never felt connected. When we moved to Charlotte,
that connection sparked immedi-
Lorrie and Barry Klemons
ately and profoundly. We stepped
out of a semi-Jewish life directly
into a strongly connected Jewish
lifestyle. Reaching out to
Charlotte’s Jewish community in
simple small ways, we were
quickly consumed by its acceptance and warmth.
On day ten of our new life here
in 1988, Lorrie became Recording
Secretary of the Charlotte Chapter
of B’nai B’rith, and the saga continues today with both of us
spending years and years involved
in a variety of Jewish organizations and related committees.
Both of our sons attended Talmud
Torah and Temple Israel Religious
School; they both assumed leadership positions with BBYO; they
went to Jewish camps, toured and
studied in Israel, and participated
in Hillel activities at their respective college campuses. Our older
son spent four years working for
Hillel, reaching out to Jewish students.
Quite honestly, as much as
we love Charlotte and the
Jewish lifestyle it offered our
family, our biggest disappointment remains that there
was no Charlotte Jewish Day
School to send our sons to.
We know in our hearts how
such an exemplary educational experience would have
impacted the secular and religious lives of our sons. While
we are unable to change the
past, we are committed to
changing the future by assuring Charlotte Jewish Day
School education for the children of others. It was our great joy
and privilege to bequest CJDS
with legacy money on our passing. I challenge you to consider
doing the same.
It is the vibrancy of our
Charlotte Jewish community that
makes us the connected Jews that
we are today. We owe our spiritual lives to that community, and
through our financial commitment
to the organizations that have
meant so much to us, we say
Todah Rabah … thank you very
much and L’ Dor v’Dor … from
generation to generation … may
each one of us continue to inspire
and motivate Charlotte’s Jewish
community to holiness and greatness. Y
Film Festival Encore
(Continued from page 21)
Winners will be contacted individually about claiming their prizes.
Young and old, newcomers and
familiar faces - The Charlotte
Jewish Film Festival was thoroughly enjoyed by a wide array of
film lovers. We hope you’ll tell a
friend about the Festival and help
to set a new attendance record
next year. Keep up-to-date on the
Charlotte Jewish Film Festival on
Facebook (Charlotte Jewish Film
Festival) or sign up for our e-mail
list at www.charlottejewish-
film.com.
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
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