An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte
Vol. 38, No. 5
Nisan-Iyar 5776
Jewish Federation Annual Meeting Will Feature Malcolm Hoenlein The Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte will take place on Monday, May 23 at 7 PM in the Sam Lerner Center for Cultural Arts at Shalom Park. Please join us to honor Outgoing President, Holly Levinson and welcome Incoming
President, Larry Schwartz. During the Annual Meeting, the 2016-2017 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.
Join us to honor Outgoing President, Holly Levinson and Incoming President, Larry Schwartz
Following the meeting, please join guest speaker, Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents to Major Jewish Organizations, the United States Jewish community’s most influential organization. Every day, the Conference of Presidents works publicly and behind the scenes addressing vital concerns with US and world leaders, key opinion molders and the public about Israel’s security and vitality, threats posed by a nuclear Iran, global terrorism, anti-Semitism and the delegitimization campaign, making a critical dif-
May 2016 ference at home and abroad. Hoenlein has written and lectured across the US and abroad on international relations, Israel and Middle East affairs, Soviet and World Jewry, terrorism, the American Jewish community, and intergroup relations. He has traveled extensively in East and West Europe, Central Asia, the Persian Gulf, North and South Africa, Australia, and the Middle East, meeting with leading government officials, world leaders and Jewish communities. Hoenlein serves as an advisor to many public officials and is frequently consulted on public policy issues. He appears regularly in the media. He has been described by
Tablet Magazine as “one of the most powerful people, politically, in the United States” and “the most powerful Jew in the Western world.” We hope you will join us for this thought provoking event. For more information, please call the Federation office at 704-9446757.Y
SLATE OF OFFICERS & TRUSTEES AS NOMINATED BY THE BOARD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE
OFFICERS FOR 2016-2017 President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Past President
Larry Schwartz* Alison Lerner* Jeff Turk* Ira Slomka* Amy Augustine* Risa Miller* Holly Levinson
BOARD MEMBERS — TERM ENDING 2019 George Cronson* Amy Vitner* Brad Winer* Marisa Zeibert*
Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations
BOARD MEMBERS — TERM ENDING 2018 Gail Baron* Slade Goldstein* Sharyn Handelsman Julie Sheffer BOARD MEMBERS — TERM ENDING 2017 Steve Cohen Brad Rabinowitz* Ron Townsend* Bill Zimmern *Nominees
CONSTITUENT AGENCY DESIGNEES: Levine Jewish Community Center Representative: Elise Kosofsky Jewish Family Services Representative: Debbie Porter Foundation of Shalom Park Representative: Linda Seigel
BOARD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE - Sam Bernstein, Chair Ben Benson, Jodi Michel, Gale Osborne, Wendy Petricoff, Jen Rosen, and David Van Glish Additional nominations can be made by the general Federation membership. For details on submitting additional nominations, please call 704.944.6757.
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