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Berlin Remembers forwarded my letter to what must have been an acquaintance at the office of the Senate of Berlin, the Governing Mayor of Berlin. Suffice to say, miracles still happen, I received an invitation from the office of the Governing Mayor of Berlin, to spend a week in Berlin, together with a compan ion of my choosing. I chose my friend Leah Naliboff, since we had traveled together and seemed to get along beautifully. We started out on May 14 and arrived in Berlin the next day. The hotel we stayed at, the Bristol
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By Susan CernyakSpatz There is a publication called “Jewish Voice from Germany.” Rabbi Judy Schindler sent me the May 2015 edition of the paper and I was amazed at the amount of in formation it contained. I’ll never know why I decided to write that letter to the editor, giving my short biography and lyrically expressing my desire to see Berlin once more, before it is too late. I never thought I would even get an answer, but I did re ceive a letter from the editor, in forming me, that she had
The next morning we talk to Mr. Lachmann. The playground was not the met our guide, Barbara BoehnTetelbaum, in the same any more; the big basin with the fountain was gone. lobby. We drove by my house in the About 50ish, she was fluent in English and Bambergerstr. The number 36 was sympathized immedi still there, but it had been replaced with a modern building. The ately. We drove first to my house had been built in 1913, with old school, the Chamisso a lift and hot and cold running Lyceum. It had been water and a little balcony. Berlin turned into a grade loved and still does love balconies school, but the building and loggias (balconies recessed was as ever 19th century into the house front). Central Berlin. We drove to the Schoeneberger Gruender period, the square with its fountain city hall, the imposing building Kempinski, was right across the still unchanged. had not changed one stone. But on street from the building where the We drove to the former Fasanenstrasse synagogue “Bayerische Viertel,” used to stand. The location was the area around the very familiar to me. As a young “Bayrischenplatz.” It ster, since my father liked had been, preHitler, Kempinski, the best place to eat, the largest area occu we went there on special occa pied by Jewish sions, for family dinners, because uppermiddle class normally youngsters were not professionals and taken to elegant restaurants. business men. In this The room was large and gener area, every streetlight ous. We unpacked a bit, took a has a square metal short nap, and then ate supper at a sign attached to the charming restaurant, called “Das lamppost, informing Lieratur Haus” which was located the public of the di Interview at the City Hall for the permanent exhibi tion “We Were Neighbors” in an old elegant town house with verse rules and regu a large veranda. lations imposed upon Jews during the inside, on the second floor, the Hitler period. Such there is now a permanent exhibit, as: Jews are forbidden called “We Were Neighbors.” In a to have “pets,” Jews very large hall many large tables could only go to the are lined up, on them albums with grocery store between names of families and individuals 45 PM. Lachmann’s who lived in the Bayrischen Vier bookstore was still in tel. Most of them are dead, a small the same corner of number still alive, having success Speyrer Str. and Bay fully managed to escape the Hor erischer Platz. How ror. There will be a new album often did my mother there of Susan CernyakSpatz nee and I stop in there, to Eckstein of Bamberger Str, 36. That evening we went again to get books from the lending library and Holocaust Memorial overlooking the Reichstag. (Continued on page 8)
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JCRC Fall Lecture and Speaker Series to Kick Off on September 14 with Dr. Daniel Gordis Please join us for the Jewish Federation’s Community Rela tions Council (JCRC) Annual Fall Lecture on Wednesday, Septem ber 14 at 7 PM in the Sam Lerner Center for Cultural Arts at Shalom Park. Our annual Fall lecture will serve as the kick off for our 2016 2017 JCRC Speaker Series. Our featured guest speaker will be Dr. Daniel Gordis, currently one of the single most popular speakers on Israel to American Jewish audiences. Dr. Gordis is the Senior Vice President and the Koret Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College in Jerusalem and author of numerous books on Jew ish thought and current events in Israel. In 2014, the Jerusalem Post listed him as one of the world’s 50 most influential Jews. Since moving to Israel in 1998, Dr. Gordis has written and lec tured throughout the world on Is raeli society and the challenges facing the Jewish state. His writ ing has appeared in magazines and newspapers including the
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New York Times and the New Re public. Dr. Gordis’s books have received numerous awards. He won the National Jewish Book Award for Saving IsraelHow the Jewish People Can Win A War That May Never End. Gordis’s next book, a history of the State of Israel, titled, Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, will be published in the fall of 2016. Gordis will discuss “The high price of Jewish statehood. Is Israel really worth the cost?” providing an understanding and context for major historical events that have shaped today’s Israel and 21st century politics, including the state of AmericanIsrael relations, the calls for European and Amer ican divestment, the Israeli Palestinian conflict, international terrorism, and the Iran nuclear deal. This event was made possible by a generous gift from Dr. Scott and Pam Menaker. The lecture is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are requested. For more information and to RSVP please contact Tal Stein, Director of Community Relations and Israel Affairs at 7049446757 or tal.stein@jewishcharlotte.org The role of the JCRC includes promoting and cultivating positive relations between the Jewish com munity and the Charlotte commu nity at large, participating in the improvement of our local and global communities and encour aging engagement with and fos tering a strong relationship between the local Jewish and greater Charlotte communities and Israel. The JCRC Speaker Series en deavors to create a strong Char lotte Jewish community that is educated, passionate, and con nected to the State of Israel and
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SAVE THE DATE All Silver Circle and Legacy Society Members* are invited to an
Appreciation Event “In the World of ‘OY’, There is So Much ‘JOY’” Guest Speaker: Rabbi Lou Feldstein Thursday, September 22, 11:30 AM 1:00 PM Temple Beth El Event CoChairs Elaine and Marty Schefflin. Stacey and Ira Slomka *Silver Circle Society members are those who have contributed to the Jewish Federation Annual Campaign for a minimum of 25 years; Legacy Society members have taken the steps to ensure the future of our Jewish community by creating a Jewish legacy to benefit the Jewish Federation.
New to Charlotte? If you have contributed to the Jewish Federation Annual Campaign for 25 years or more in another community, please contact Sue Littauer at the Federation office at 7049446758 so you can be included.
CONTENTS Federation News ..............................pp. 1, 2
Schools ....................................pp. 10, 15, 16
Youth Visions..........................................p. 3
Jewish Community Center .........pp. 12, 13
Synagogues/Cong. ............................pp. 36
Jewish Family Services........................p. 17
Women’s News .................................pp. 7, 8
Community News ............pp. 18, 19, 22, 23
LevineSklut Judaic Library ................p. 9
Dining Out ............................................p. 21
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Youth Visions Hebrew High Director Attends NAACCHHS in Memphis A Conference Full of Pride and Joy The North American As sociation of Community and Congregational Hebrew High Schools (NAAC CHHS) held its annual con ference and professional development learning ses sions in Memphis, TN from June 1416 at Beth Sholom Synagogue. NAACCHHS (pronounced like the Yid dish word for “pride”), now in its 10th year, is an organ ization of Jewish content based schools and programs for Jewish adolescents. The participants, directors, and administrators representing 15 different Jewish teen learning pro grams in 12 states, shared best practices, and learning sessions with area scholars, educators, fa cilitators, and executive coaches from Memphis and beyond. The conference focused on engaging Jewish teens in tikkun olam through service learning, social action, and values clarification through a Jewish lens. Roz Cooper from Hebrew High in Charlotte, participated in the program, which used the history of Memphis and its Jewish com munity as a laboratory to explore dynamic ways to engage teens in learning and acting on important
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issues in the contemporary world. Participants experimented with games, role playing, text study, outdoor sensory activities, and meditation with expert facilitators from Facing History and Our selves, the Good People Fund, and Better Together providing the training and materials. “I enjoyed engaging with actual programs we can bring to our students,” said Melissa Schreiber of Buffalo, NY’s High School of Jewish Studies. The participants also toured the Civil Rights Museum and the Blues Hall of Fame, as well as Beale Street. “The Civil Rights Museum was incredibly powerful,” said Sarah Harlan, di
rector of the High School of Jew ish Studies of Louisville KY. “Once again, the NAACCHHS conference reinforced the quality of our program, made me aware of cutting edge strategies and cur ricula available for teen learners, and helped to create a chevra of likeminded educators who will be available to our school long after the conference is over,” Roz commented. For more information about NAACCHS and its member pro grams, visit www.NAACCHHS. org or contact Shari Weinberger at shari@naacchhs.org.Y
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Save the Date for a Mega Challah Bake Ladies Save the date for a Charlotte Mega Challah Bake. Join over 200 Jewish women and bake Challah together just in time for Rosh Hashanah. We will be baking for ourselves plus one extra for Jewish Family Services to distribute. The halachic definition of chal lah is a reference to a positive Mitzvah. It entails separating a section of dough from your knead ing and giving it to a kohen. This piece of dough is called “challah.” Any dough which is made of wheat, barley, spelt, oat, or rye is obligated in this mitzvah. Biblically speaking, the mitz vah of challah is observed only in the Land of Israel. Furthermore, according to most halachic author ities, the mitzvah of challah was a
requirement only in the times of the Temple. Today, no Temple, no challah. But the rabbis reinstituted the practice of challah — even outside the Land of Israel — to commemorate this special mitz vah. Jewish women through the centuries knead homemade dough, and then separate a piece of the dough and burn it. All kosher bakeries do the same — they separate a piece of dough from each batch, and throw it on the floor of the oven.
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When the challah is separated a blessing is recited. This is a spe cial time to ask God for anything that you need, blessings for your family, friends, and community. Imagine what we can accomplish by joining together with over 200 Jewish women to make challah and say the blessing. Thursday, September 22, 7:30 PM at Lerner Hall. $25 per per son. Visit www.cltmegachallah. com for more info. Y
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Carolina Chabad Rabbis and Families to Meet in Charlotte on August 7 There are 30 Chabad rabbinic families who serve the Carolinas as emissaries of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in communities from Asheville to Wilmington and from Raleigh to Charleston. With 16 Chabad centers, synagogues, and schools Chabad has been provid ing quality Jewish programming to many Jewish Carolinians and enriching Jewish life in their local communities. Charlotte Chabad, the first Chabad center in the Carolinas with the arrival of Rabbi Yossi and Mariashi Groner in 1980, serves as the flagship of all the Carolina Chabad centers. In that vein, the Carolina Chabad fami lies will gather in Charlotte on August 7, for a one day confer ence to talk about common issues in Carolina Jewish life and how to invigorate the Jewish communi ties served by Chabad. This will also be an opportunity
to socialize as one big family with programs for the Chabad children and a chance for the grownups to catch up on recent developments in each local community. Some of the more recent Chabad Centers are a new Chabad student center near Elon Univer sity in the Burlington area with the arrival of Rabbi Mendy and Rivka Minkowitz. A new Chabad Young Professionals in uptown Charlotte directed by Rabbi Motti and Chaya Groner opened last fall. Chabad centers offer an array of Jewish educational programs geared to beginners and to the scholars, run preschools and day camps, as well as day schools in some of the Carolina communi ties. The Rabbi and Rebbetzins of Chabad are nonjudgmental and seek to connect with each person in a personal and meaningful way. Members of the Jewish com
munity are invited to stop by and get acquainted with the Chabad families and learn about the wealth of Jewish resources avail able right here in Charlotte and the other Carolina communities. The Carolina Communities that have Chabad centers are: Char lotte with three centers, Sardis Road, Ballantyne and Uptown; Asheville, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Elon, Greensboro, Raleigh, and Wilmington in North Carolina; Charleston (Mt. Pleas ant), Columbia (2), Greenville, and Myrtle Beach in South Car olina. For more info on Chabad in the Carolinas please visit our web site at chabadnc.net. Y
Commemorating Tisha b’Av August 14 Israel is always close to our hearts. The center of Israel is Jerusalem where the Majestic Temple stood atop the Temple Mount in the Old City. Once a year we gather to lament its de struction which began with Jews being exiled from the Holy Land and wandering in foreign lands for close to two thousand years, en during persecutions, discrimina tion and expulsions. The day designated for the lamentation is the 9th of Av this year pushed off by one day to the 10th of Av – August 14 as the 9th of Av falls on Shabbat. The 9th of Av is the day when both the first Temple 422 BCE and the 2nd Temple 69 CE were destroyed with subsequent murder and ex pulsion of the majority of the Jews
from Israel. The 9th of Av is a 24hour fast beginning on Shabbat night at 8:13 PM and concluding on Sun day at 8:39 PM. It is the culmina tion of a threeweek period which is devoted to the memory of Jerusalem. (The threeweek pe riod also starts with a fast day on July 24 called the fast of the 17th of Tammuz). This day is a day of reflection and introspection on what was the cause for the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile that fol lowed. Ohr HaTorah will have a special service on Saturday night August 13, at 9 PM with the read ing of the Book of Lamentations. A special video presentation and discussion will be held on Sunday August 14, at 7 PM followed by
Mincha services. The purpose of these days of reflection is to help us recalibrate our connection to Israel and Jerusalem and its values that illu minated the entire Middle East in its day with Divine spiritual and moral light. Our Sages have taught that those who lament the destruction of Jerusalem will merit to see and rejoice with her rebuilding. May that happen speedily with the arrival of Moshiach. Y
Siblings Celebrate B’nai Mitzvah Together The B’nai Mitvah of Isaac and Anna Garrison will take place on August 20, 10 AM at Avondale Presbyterian Church, MacLean Fellowship Hall, 2821 Park Rd. A kiddush luncheon will follow services. Isaac and Anna are the children of Marguerita Sitrin Garrison. A community Shabbat service will held on September 10, 10 AM at Avondale Presbyterian Church. Visit the website to learn more. And, Rabbi Michael Ross, di rector of lifelong learning at Beth David Synagogue in Greensboro, NC, will return to Havurat Tikvah on September 18, 4 PM, when he will lead “Teshuvah/Returning to Your Soul,” an Elul month semi nar warmup for the High Holi days. Participants will engage in study of holiday texts and chant songs pertinent to the lead up to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Additionally, everyone will be in vited to journal, cheshbon hane fesh (accounting of the soul), reviewing life’s actions of the last
year and finding insights to help one improve. More details, including loca tion, will be available in the next issue of The Charlotte Jewish News. Havurat Tikvah is a warm, sup portive and nurturing Jewish Re constructionist congregation with Shabbat services and a full spec trum of holiday observances, as well as religious educational op tions for both adults and children. We are a diverse group of fami lies, singles, and Jewish and inter faith couples who participate in projects that promote social jus tice. We value and depend upon member participation and leader ship for our religious services, spiritual growth, and governance. Havurat Tikvah is an affiliate of the Jewish Reconstructionist Communities, in Association with
the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. For more information on up coming services, programs, mem bership or other queries, call 9802255330, write to Havurat Tikvah, P.O. Box 12684, Char lotte, NC 28220, email member ship@havurattikvah.org or visit havurattikvah.org. Havurat Tikvah is also on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/havurattik vah/.
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New Associate Rabbi at Temple Beth El Her First Time on the East Coast Was Her Interview for This Position By Amy Krakovitz It’s not just adjusting to Eastern times (daylight savings now; stan dard later). It’s not just the dis tance from the Pacific Ocean. It’s not just that the “mountains” are smaller. Dusty Klass’s first time in the Eastern US is also her first rabbinical position. Born in Seattle, the future Rabbi Klass spent almost every Shabbat of her youth at Temple B’nai Torah, where she was a fea tured singer of Kiddush (with her sister) long before her Bat Mitz vah. From there, she attended col lege in California, where she was active in Jewish activities and studies and wrote her undergrad uate thesis on the connection be
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NFTY, where she got direct expe rience working with teens. Now she is here, after her years at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles and an intern ship at Congregation Or Ami in Calabasas, CA. “Rabbi Klass is bright, talented, and creative,” said Temple Beth El Im mediate Past President Jack Levinson in his an nouncement to the con gregation. “She has a strong background in youth and family pro “Chant,” a zentangle Klass has drawn. Close gramming … but most of inspection reveals words from Hebrew prayers. all, Rabbi Klass is a men sch.” The bright new face that will tween Jewish meditation and Buddhism. Her undergraduate be filling the associate rabbi posi years were followed by a stint as tion seems to be more than the a local regional director for sum of her parts. In addition to her
Temple Kol Tikvah of Lake Norman Is Traveling to Israel Several congregants of Temple Kol Tikvah in Davidson, NC, under the leadership of Rabbi Michael Shields, have banded to gether to organize the first congre gational Israel trip from the Lake Norman area. Preliminary plans call for departure to Tel Aviv on October 22, 2017. The trip is open to anyone who wishes to experi ence Israel first hand. Young or old, Jewish or not, first timer or a repeat traveler, everyone is wel come to join in this unique expe rience. While the details of the trip are still being determined, the cost is anticipated to be less than $4,000 per person, double occupancy. This includes the flights from Charlotte, NC, to Tel Aviv, nine days and eight nights in premium hotels and Kibbutz guesthouses,
group travel, and sightseeing throughout Israel with a certified tour guide, most meals, and other amenities. The congregation is working with Judah Segal (SegalExpedi tions.com) who is helping with the organizational and managerial aspects of the trip. A previous Ex ecutive Director of the Raleigh, NC, Jewish Federation, Segal has extensive experience in putting to gether group trips to Israel. For more information go to www.TKTIsraelTrip.org where you will find a detailed itinerary, pricing information, a slide show highlighting the sites to be visited, and a host of FAQs. To sign up or request additional information, call the Temple’s office at 704 9879980 or email admin@tem plekoltikvah.org.Y
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experience as a Jewish communal professional, she has taken her un dergraduate studies in Jewish meditation to heart. She now teaches “zentangle,” an abstract drawing method that uses re peated patterns, as a destressing technique. She calls herself “an expert amateur doodler.” Her duties as associate rabbi will entail her expertise as a men tor to teens, her capabilities at running an educational program, her intense desire to lead social justice initiatives, and countless additional responsibilities. But it seems that she has the chops to do it. “In the six years that I have known Dusty, I have been most struck by her energy,” says Dvora Weisberg, Professor of Rabbinics and Director of the Rabbinical Program at Hebrew Union Col legeJewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. “She approaches her work with infectious enthusi asm. She also has the ability to laugh at herself.” Ultimately, this may be the most important quality that Rabbi Klass possesses. Professor Weisberg concludes, “I think that Temple Beth El is blessed to have her on their staff.” Y
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Temple Kol Tikvah Inaugural Adult B’not Mitzvah On June 17, the Kabbalat Shab bat service at the temple, located near Lake Norman, was indeed very special. To a standing room crowd, the congregation partici
pated in a celebration marking the graduation of the first adult B’not Mitzvah course of study. Five women, in the presence of a host of relatives and friends —
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some traveling from hundreds of miles away—along with many regular members of the Temple, were called to the Torah affirming an ancient tradition of pledging al legiance to the Torah, Godgiven commandments, and the Jewish people. As stated by one of the participants, this was a “better late than never” event because not too many years ago only males were “Bar Mitzvahed” depriving young women from this intense and profound experience. Before being called to the Torah, the women led the congre gation by conducting the tradi tional Friday evening service including communal chanting. Also, each woman chanted a por
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tion of the weekly Parasha from the Torah scroll. A special highlight of the event was the collection of five insight ful Divrei Torah presented by the celebrants and drawing from the weekly Torah portion. They cov ered a variety of Jewish traditions, values, and teachings such as kashrut, compassion to the poor and the stranger, and the concept of being God’s chosen people. The ceremony marked the cul mination of many months of at tending the Temple Kol Tikvah Adult B’nai Mitzvah class. Guided by Rabbi Michael Shield and taught by Lynn Calnek, Direc tor of Lifelong Learning, the grad uates met weekly enjoying the
learnings and the camaraderie. Not resting on its laurels, the Temple is making preparations for setting up the next Adult B’nai Mitzvah class. We invite all who are interested to join us in this spiritual and social uplifting expe rience. Call the Temple office at 704 9879980 or click www.tem plekoltikvah.org Temple Kol Tikvah is the Jew ish congregation in Lake Nor man. With more than 200 families, we are inclusive, egali tarian, innovative and fun. Affili ated with the Reform movement, we welcome all who seek to ex plore, learn, and practice the rich traditions, heritage and spirituality of Judaism. Interfaith couples – in fact, families of all forms – are welcome with open arms at Tem ple Kol Tikvah. Our mission is to provide a spiritual home for our members while effecting positive change in our community. We be lieve that social, intellectual, and spiritual development is con nected to political and social ac tivism. Therefore, we strive to help our members and our com munity deal with today’s chal lenges authentically, honestly, and in accordance with Jewish ethics. Guided by Rabbi Michael Shields, we encourage practices that bring joy, peace, and deeper spiritual connections, through fellowship, education and soulful prayer. Y
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dents! Last year, we had almost 40 students enrolled and successfully implemented a Torah Tots pro gram. We are looking forward to seeing our returning kids as well as welcoming new faces for an other year of wonderful Jewish education and friendships. Is your child ready for Hebrew School? No matter where they are on their path of Jewish learning, we can accommodate their needs and get them up to speed. Our Religious School meets three Sundays per month from 10 AM12 noon at Ivybrook Academy in Fort Mill, conveniently located near the Greater York County/Ballan tyne/South Charlotte area. Please join us on August 28 for a free Ice Cream Social/Open house at Ivy brook, 873 Dave Gibson Blvd., Fort Mill, SC. Meet the teachers, tour the facility and find out why, at TKA Religious School, Sun days are fun days. It is not too late to enroll your child for the 2016 2017 school year which starts on September 11. For more informa tion, please contact us at tka.reli giousschool@gmail.com or go to the website www.templeko lamisc.org and see the ad on page 10. Temple Kol Ami is also excited to welcome Rabbi Aft of Congre gation Adat Reyim, Springfield, VA back to Fort Mill for another educational, spiritual, and cultural Shabbaton weekend August 26 28. Rabbi Aft has been with us two times previously and has been well received by all. He brings a passion for Jewish learning and is extremely engaging with all de mographics. We are pleased to be able to sponsor these Shabbatons
due to the generosity of a grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte Impact fund. Each Shabbaton generally con sists of Friday night Shabbat serv ice, Saturday morning Torah study, Saturday night Havdalah, and a visit to our religious school on Sunday. With the recent pass ing of Elie Wiesel, there will be programming dedicated to his memory and vision. There will also be a special Jewish naming ceremony on Friday night in con junction with Shabbat service, so if you would like to be a part of this, please contact us at yorksyn agogue@gmail.com. All events related to the Shabbaton are free and open to the public. For more details, check our website. If you live in York County or the Ballantyne area, Temple Kol Ami might be the place for you. We are a warm and inclusive con gregation comprised of Jews from diverse backgrounds. There are so many wonderful advantages to being a member of TKA, not the least of which is being a part of the revitalization of the Jewish community of this area. We hope you will come play and pray with us sometime soon. Y
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Women’s News Hadassah Sun City and the Butterfly Project By Dana Kapustin What do butterflies and Hadas sah women have in common? At each stage of our lives, we are able to “transform” into the dy namic and unique roles that our busy lives need us to fufill, and it is ever changing. We are beautiful, we celebrate our individualism, and we soar to great heights. On May 11, I had the pleasure of fol lowing my heart, as my wings took me to Sun City in Indian Land, SC. Margo Furst and Suly Chenkin organized the event, as Hadassah and the Butterfly Proj ect share a passion for education, children, and advocacy. Hadassah women are “doers,” and the But terfly Project is looking for a few good women (and men, too). Lori Semel, Supervisor for the
Butterfly Project, Suly Chenkin, and I attended a meeting of Hadassah at the Lake House in Sun City on May 11. About 30 women were in attendance, and Ellie Bantit and Debby Rosen berger agreed “the women were inspired, and motivated” and they were very pleased with the atten dance. Sun City Hadassah ladies meet once a month on a Wednesday from 11 AM1 PM. On May 11, the topic was the Butterfly Proj ect, how Sun City Hadassah Ladies can learn more about the project, and how to volunteer their time at this wonderful experience. As I looked around the room while Lori explained the history of the project, its success, and the logistics of volunteering, I found
myself in a room filled with ener getic, dynamic women. As two of my passions were uniting in front of me, I was truly grateful for the opportunity to meet with these ladies, and answer questions re garding the Butterfly Project. Of course, no Hadassah meeting would be complete without “sim cha.” An opportunity for us to go around the room and donate a dol lar or two to Hadassah, wishing for health, happiness, or celebrat ing each other. If you want to volunteer for the Butterfly Project, please contact Lori Semel at butterflyproject@ charlottejcc.org. As the school year ends, over 6000 students have participated in the 201516 Butterfly Project. I know that the Butterfly Project and Hadassah
ladies shared a beautiful morning together, and I have a feeling it won’t be the last. Please be in
touch with us, either through Lori at the Butterfly Project, or you can email me, dkapu3@gmail.com to be active in the Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah.Y
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a friend emailed her and sug gested that she come to the “Cel ebrate the TaTas” event last year. Reluctantly, she agreed. While at the program, her friends sug gested (some would say badgered) that she should really get a mam mogram. Mammograms had not been a priority for her. Well, she finally gave in and she was di agnosed with breast can cer. After a double mastectomy, this is what Ami had to say: “If it weren’t for the persistence of my Hadassah friends, and the breast cancer awareness that ‘Celebrate the TaTas’ provides for our com munity, I don’t think I would be here today.” Ami is living proof that this is an amazing program. Mammograms will be offered on site during both painting days, schedule your mammogram today or simply walkin. To schedule an appointment on September 6, contact Novant Health (Mecklenburg Radiology to conduct screening) at 704 3847226 (option #0) and for Sep tember 13, contact Charlotte Ra diology at 7048314242. Hadassah is sponsoring com plimentary screenings for individ uals who do not have access to insurance. Next Stop: Soccer Tournament Competes to Win The 3rd Annual Celebrate the TaTas Soccer North Carolina Adult Soccer Association Tourna ment for Women Champions. Adult women teams clad in creative uniforms compete in the spirit of raising funds for breast cancer research on September 23 25 in Greensboro. The weekend experience includes matches, shared lodging, a tournament din ner, and a special trophy recep tion. The camaraderie, laughter, and tears that are shared over the weekend unites us in the goal to create a cancer free community. To support the GOAL in spirit by making a gift, please visit www.hadassah.org/events/cham pions16. Arrive: The Big Reveal
The Big Reveal is the destina tion celebration for the cause of breast cancer research which brings the journey to a brilliant close. Join us October 27 at The RitzCarlton, Charlotte, the expe rience includes: Showcasing artwork, tastings, and silent auction; socializing for fun, food, and fundraising; doc tors, honorees, and awards; local for community, guests, and spon sors; global for research, hospital, and worldwide. Next year’s journey: 2017.Y
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Hadassah Israeli Products Fair 3rd Annual Event, November 13 Charlotte Hadassah is an nouncing its 3rd Annual Israeli Products Fair, November 13 at Shalom Park. Last year, the Char lotte Chapter of Hadassah donated over $10,000 to the Sarah Wets man Davidson Tower at Hadassah Hospital. Proceeds from this year’s event will again benefit this stateoftheart facility, where all people Israelis and Palestinians, Christians, Muslims, and Jews are treated regardless of religion. We are in the process of secur ing vendors and individual donors who are enthusiastic about the im portance of “Supporting Israel by
Buying Israeli.” Sponsors/ven dors will receive publicity and ex posure on promotional materials, as well as visibility on the day of the Fair. Additionally, all paid first time sponsors/vendors, and those donating raffle prizes will receive 50% off of the retail ad vertising rates for one ad in The Charlotte Jewish News (new ad vertisers only). Please contact Stacy Baum at schree@carolina.rr.com or Amy DeLoach at amybdeloach@ gmail.com if you are interested in learning more about our fantastic sponsorship opportunities.
Again, we would love to have your participation at the fair. If you or someone you know has a connection to Israeli or local ven dors offering Israeli made items, Judaica, Jewish holiday themed items, and kosher foods, please contact Shellie Barer at s.barer@ yahoo.com to purchase a Fair table. Additionally, if you or your business are interested in donat ing a raffle prize for the general raffle, please contact Hilary Rosenbaum at dhrose4@ gmail.com. Remember, all first time vendors and businesses do nating raffle prizes, are eligible to receive 50% off of a first, one time, retail advertising rate in The CJN. Thank you to the entire com munity for your overwhelming support of last year’s Fair. We are very excited to gear up for another exciting event. See you at the Fair. Y
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the Rathaus, were Frau Kaiser, the curator of the exhibit interviewed me extensively and took photos. The next day we went to the German Holocaust Memorial, an imposing site of a large area of black coffinlike stones raked from knee high in the front to sev eral feet high in the back. When one stands Track 17 deportation track in the middle of an in front of the stones, upper class, suburban neighborhood. the view is to the ever larger stones, directly in view of and the number of people de the dome of the Reichstag. Very parted from this place on October impressive, if one thinks of the 18, 1941. There is an eerie silence history of the site. Any informa in this place. The hub of the nor tion about the memorial is avail mal life of this exclusive suburb able in the Museum that is located seems inaudible, as if there were a magic circle drawn around this under the Memorial. In the entrance to the museum space were many hundreds en is this quotation from Primo Lev: tered the cattle cars that trans “It happened and therefore it ported them to their death. Track can happen again, that is all we 17 and a second deportation loca tion, Levetzov Strasse, the loca have to say.” After every one of our excur tion of a former synagogue, that sions we of course stopped a the also served as deportation loca tion, were the two most unforgettable sights of our journey. There were two more remarkable lo cations that told of the heroism of Berliners, who rescued Jews. The workshop of a blind brush maker, who by employing Jews in his workshop as “not ex pendable,” saved a large number of lives and next to that workshop, the Memorial at Levetzow Strasse Museum of the Res cuers, Berliners who res next Konditore (pastry cafe) for cued Jews at their own and their sustenance in the shape of the family’s peril. The rest of our trip consisted of wonderful Torten (of course fascinating locations, like the Re whipped cream on top). The next day we went to the ichstag, reconstructed to perfec Wannsee. It is sad that one of the tion inside and out. Also drives most beautiful spots in the Berlin through parts of Berlin, that, when suburbs holds the spot were the I lived there prewar, were the to most heinous crimes of the 20th tally “wrong side of the track” and century was conceived over today are wellgroomed young people’s quarters, a fashionable drinks and canapés. The house stands in the center area to live. And of course every of the carefully maintained park where in the city, along the river that borders on the Wannsee. The Spree that winds through it, the house is unfurnished and contains blooming chestnut trees that make mainly documents, charts, and a park of a plain street. The trip left us moved and ex photographs. I provided additional information to a group of English hilarated and grateful to the Sen students, who were not quite pre ate of Berlin, who had invited us pared to confront a real life sur to this wonderful trip. Berlin vivor, a consequence of the remembers the past and honors deliberations of the Wannsee Con it. Y ference. After visiting the villa of Max Liebermann, Germany’s most fa mous Jewish painter, we were on our way towards town, when Bar bara, our guide, said al most, en passant, what do you know about Gleis 17 (track 17). Never heard of it, I answered. So we drove through the streets, lined with exclusive villas, and stopped at a spot, that looked like the platform for a freight train. Two sets of rails, one in each direction. At the edge of the plat form, a small marker with the word MAHNMAL (re minder, exhortation to re member). Along the two Memorial sign on the lamppost. Translation: platforms in raised letters “Jews may only shop between 45pm. April are the transport number 7, 1940.”
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LevineSklut Judaic Library and Resource Center Inspiring Workshops for Professional Development Are you a Jewish educator, a university professor, a secular teacher, a facilitator, a tutor, or an informal Jewish educator? We want to help you to kickoff your academic year feeling prepared, inspired, and with new teaching tools at hand. Therefore, the LevineSklut Judaic Library and Resource Center has joined forces with the Charlotte Jewish Film Festival to provide two free pro fessional development workshops for all educators in the greater Charlotte area. Our ScholarinResidence, Debbie Krivoy is the Executive Director of Avoda Arts and will provide two stimulating work shops on Sunday, August 21: Arts Infusion: Classroom Strategies to Cultivate More Meaningful Jewish Learning. Encourage joyful, active learn ing and connection to abstract ideas all while building a sense of shared commitment and commu nity through the deliberate infu sion of creative arts strategies. (Geared for educators that work with elementary and middle school students.) 10 AM12 noon. Reel Learning: Short Films to Spark Jewish Connections and Conversations. When used properly, short
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The LevineSklut Judaic Library and Re source Center is excited to bring a new kind of Jewish learning to our Charlotte adult community. We believe Jewish learning is a lifelong project, and thanks to the support of The Jewish Federation of Greater Char lotte, we are proud to introduce our new Adult Education programming with classes that are diverse and will engage our learn ing community. Judaism offers a wealth of rich, deep, so phisticated ideas. Through our classes we plan to give our learn ers a greater appreciation of Ju daism’s profound depths, and a greater understanding of how to lead an inspired life. Each class will be taught by experienced teachers who welcome and value every Jewish learner. Whether you’re a newcomer to adult Jew ish study, a seasoned veteran, or someone inbetween, you’re cer tain to find a course that suits your needs and your interests – and in which you feel “at home.” Join Lifelong Learning at the Library and explore your connec tion with Jewish life by participat ing in our classes. Here are some of the ideas we are exploring. Classes will begin in September and offered for up to eightweek sessions. Stay tuned for more in formation.
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School CJDS Provides Hospitality Suite of Charlotte with Needed Supplies We continually seek opportuni ties to engage the children in tzedakah, giving, caring, seeing that there is a world outside of their circle. The Hospitality Suite of Charlotte requested assistance with the basic staples needed at their house. CJDS agreed to hold a toilet paper drive. Our school bus transported our student coun cil representatives to deliver the toilet paper. We received a lovely thank you from the organization: Mandy, Thank you so much for bring ing your delightful student coun cil students by the house. They are special kids with a lot of spunk. We are so grateful that CJDS chose to collect toilet paper for Hospitality House of Charlotte and boy did you all collect a mountain of it. Know that your collection drive will truly make a difference to HHOC families. We counted everything up and the stu dents collected 440 rolls of toilet paper. With the house using ap proximately 55 rolls a week, that is enough toilet paper to last the house for two months. It is such a blessing to not have to worry about toilet paper for the next few months. I attached a few of the pictures I took to this email. I forgot to give you my card, but just in case any of your students and their families are interested here is the link on our website where people can sign
CJDS students with their donations.
up to cook a meal: http://www. hospitalityhouseofcharlotte.org/pr epareameal/. We look forward to partnering with Charlotte Jewish Day School in the future, and I hope you and your students have a wonderful summer. Christine Hi Christine, That is exciting, I was close with my 500 roll guess. Thank you for spending time with our stu dents and teaching them the im portance the HHOC provides for families. I am hopeful the impact from it will encourage them to reach out to you over the summer with their families and spread the word about their experience there.
We are happy to be able to sup port the HHOC this year, and look forward to partnering with you next year as well as exploring other ways (like cooking), in ad dition to the toilet paper collec tion, that is helpful to the families. All the best, Mandy DiFilippo Assistant Director Charlotte Jewish Day School Y
My Journey Through CJP By Amy Foster When I first stepped through the doors of the Charlotte Jewish Preschool, I immediately felt we belonged there. I wasn’t quite sure how that could be, as I was raised a combination of Presbyterian and Episcopalian and knew very little of the Jewish faith or culture. What I didn’t realize, however, was how much our lives would change and flourish due to our ex perience at CJP. I haven’t been a “practicing” Christian since early high school and am one of those who only goes to Christmas Eve service on occasion. When I became a mom, it was important to me to find a re ligious or spiritual foundation for my child. I began touring the churches of Charlotte. Most left me feeling empty, a couple were actually ok, but none really res onated with me and my beliefs. I wasn’t sure how things would be at a Jewish preschool, but again, it just felt right – and one thing I’ve learned over the years is to trust my gut. Once school started and I saw the curriculum, I realized I would have no way to communicate with my child about her new daily world (all I knew of Judaism was Hanukkah). And then I stumbled across the Melton School’s Intro to Judaism course and immediately signed up for the yearlong program. That class be came the highlight of my week. I
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enjoyed the instructors as much as I did the content. One of them coined herself my “Jewish mom” – a term I embraced as much as she did. I immediately got involved as the room parent for my daughter’s One’s class, which allowed me to get to know the teachers, kids, and the kids’ parents very well. I loved it. Some of those parents have be come my dearest friends over the years. I also started going to the school’s Shabbat services as much as possible, which became a cele bration for both of us. I realized that as much as I enjoyed watch ing my daughter participate in Shabbat, it also fed my soul (yes, the preschool Shabbat). I became very involved with the PTO –
going to all the meetings and help ing out where I could. The next year, I gave up room parenting to become a PTO board member. Although I missed being in the classroom, it was great to see a different angle of the school. It was during this role that I spent a great deal of time in the office getting to know the staff. They were always warm and inviting and it was apparent that they love and care for our children. While going through the “terrible twos,” my daughter had a number of days where her tantrums disrupted the class. Where many would be frus trated by that, the staff always took her in and loved her through it. During our third and fourth years at CJP, I enjoyed a different level of commitment and sat on the school’s Board of Directors. Again, it wasn’t the same as being (Continued on page 19)
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JPS Celebrates our Sixth Summer By Beverly Wakefield We kicked off our first day of camp May 31. This is our second summer operating a full summer program and our sixth summer of camp in total. Our goal for our JPS campers is for every child to have fun. To our counselors and teachers, thank you for providing opportunities for our campers to grow, develop and express them selves creatively through play. It is a pleasure to walk into the class rooms and feel the energy of our counselors and the excitement of our campers. Camp is a time of making new friends and building on es tablished relation ships. Morah Jayme continued to develop a love and apprecia tion of Judaism in her classroom through prayers, songs, and circle time. In cele bration of Simchat Torah, Rabbi Groner visited and showed our campers the parts of the Torah and we danced around the Torah. The en tire school participated in a Torah parade. Strollers, wagons, and trikes were all decorated with streamers. Challah making and baking was every Friday so every child had challah to take home for Shabbat. Enrichment classes also sup ported our campers. Ms. Wanda visited as a scientist. She encour aged our campers to explore and observe the world around them. Ms. Kate visited and outfitted our girl campers with party hats and the boys with ties for a proper tea party. They sipped on tea and ate cookies with their napkins in their laps. They now know how to make a cup of tea. Ms. Kate also made an appearance on one of our Wacky Wednesdays. She also came in sunglasses, enter tained us by reading Pete, the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses. Every Tuesday was water day at camp. The campers got to play outside in the sprinklers. Morah Jayme spent time sharing the importance of water safety in the pool with our campers. Ms. Debby came and she made story time so much fun for all of us, and our infants espe cially enjoyed music with Ms. Holly. We were also able to have a representative from the Char lotte Police Department talk with our campers about bike and public safety. As you can see, we have been very busy. We conclude our summer expe rience on August 24 with an ice cream social with our campers, counselors and family members. We hope your child has been con tinuously enriched. Thank you JPS team for another successful and fun filled summer. Y
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2016 Shalom Park Freedom School a Continuing Success This year’s Shalom Park Free dom School was the best yet. The sixweek literacy and character building camp had the most schol ars in its history, with 85 elemen taryschool kids making special memories of summer fun. The scholars started off each day with “Harambee,” an uplift ing pep rally featuring a guest reader from the community or Shalom Park. They enjoyed swimming and drama lessons sev eral times a week, along with reg ular visits to the LevineSklut Judiac Library where they could choose a book to take home and keep each week of camp. After noon activities included rocketry, sketch noting, Brazilian Zumba, working in the Shalom Park Com munity Garden, music, Mimemat ics, computers, science, puppetry, making linocuts, granola, and rain sticks, soccer, and chess. The scholars also went on sev eral field trips, including taking in performances of the Wizard of Oz at Blumenthal Performing Arts
Center and Aladdin Jr. at CPCC, Monkey Joe’s, Ray’s Splash Planet, bowling at Roll Ten Lanes, Kate’s Skating Rink, Wing Haven, the Nature Museum, Dis covery Place, Morrison Library, and Sky High Trampoline Center. They showed their competitive spirit at Providence Day, where they spent the day competing in outdoor games for Freedom School Partners’ Field Day. Fostering a love of reading was a constant theme for SPFS schol ars this summer. In addition to Harambee, weekly times at the LevineSklut Judiac Library, a
Thank You Legacy Donors The following individuals/families are in the Book of Life Society and have granted us permission to share with you that Charlotte Jewish Day School has been included as a beneficiary of their legacy gift.
Anonymous* (4) Susan and Benjamin Aizenman Michael and Meredith Baumstein Susan P. Bessey Barry and Lisa Blau David and Bonnie Bornstein David and Janice Cantor Brian and Sonia Cohen Andrea and George Cronson Dana and Jeffrey Ditesheim Steven and Ellen Block Englehardt David and Aleen Epstein Alec and Nancy Felder Mark and Linda Goldsmith Michelle Goodman Bill and Patty Gorelick Todd and Stacy Miller Gorelick
Julia and Russ Greenfield Nancy and Robert Kipnis Paula and Richard Klein Lorrie and Barry Klemons and Family Elise and Jaime Kosofsky Judy and Eric Laxer Alison and Mark Lerner Eric and Susan Lerner Gary and Donna Lerner Barbara and Jerry Levin Binyomin and Ilana Levin Elissa and Joshua Levine Howard and Julie Lerner Levine Risa and David Miller Gale Osborne Richard J. Osborne
Nadine and Arthur Oudmayer Harriet and Mark Perlin Baila and John (OBM) Pransky Dena and Michael Raffler Karen and David Ransenberg Ilya and Chantal Rubin Lisa and Fred Shporer Robert and Carol Speizman Philip and Lauren Stark Eleanor and Mort (OBM) Turk Debra and David Van Glish Judie and Michael Van Glish Amy and Mark Vitner Eric and Joanna Wisotsky *Donors who wish to remain anonymous OBM - Of Blessed Memory
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field trip to Morrison Library and a Scholastic book fair, scholars were treated to a visit from Hugo of the Charlotte Hornets. The Hornets brought their Book Bus and Hugo’s House of Reading to Shalom Park in midJuly, where Hugo performed an entertaining and interactive program and the children were able to select a book of their own. Thank you to all who volun teered this summer to ensure these children have opportunities for a funfilled summer at SPFS that not only entertains but inspires and teaches them. Y
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Jewish Family Services JFS Donations in May Annual Family to Family Campaign 2016 Kicks Off as We Celebrate Jewish Family Services re brand, from Arnie and Helaine Our First 36 Years ceived the following donations for Stone It was 1980, and the Jewish population of Charlotte was ex ploding as the city emerged as a banking and corporate center of the sunbelt South. Soviet Jews had been immigrating to Charlotte since 1974 and there were 3,300 Jews living in Charlotte. Shalom Park, as we know it today, did not yet exist. The number of Jewish Rus sians immigrating to Charlotte was increasing and they needed assistance. Members of the Jewish community and the staff and board of the Jewish Federation saw that need and Jewish Family Services of Greater Charlotte was formed. For the past 36 years, people have turned to Jewish Family Services for help. First for help re settling in a foreign country, and then for additional social services such as vocational and financial assistance. During our first decade, JFS recognized the need for a counseling center and hired our first parttime therapist with the goal of providing low cost therapy to those in need. In 1977, the counseling program grew and we started accepting insurance, Medicare and Medicaid. Today, Jewish Family Services
provides mental health counsel ing, financial assistance, outreach to seniors and their family mem bers, support, education and re sources. We treat each person as an individual. We look at their en tire situation to determine what re sources they need, and together we help them find solutions that provide longterm stability. We couldn’t accomplish this without the generous support of our community. You provide the resources to give families in our community hope. When you make a donation to the annual Family to Family campaign, you restore hope, dignity, and meaning when life’s struggles appear insur mountable. Your taxdeductible gift to the annual Family to Family cam paign makes a local, personal, and enduring impact by improving the lives of people facing financial in stability, emotional, and mental health issues and the numerous other challenges that each of us encounters throughout our lives. Whether you are a firsttime donor, or longtime friend, we thank you for supporting us in 36 years of service to our community and invite you to join our 36th an nual Family to Family campaign
with a meaningful gift. This month, volunteers will begin making phone calls for your pledge. Save us a call and make your pledge or payment today ei ther online at jfscharlotte.org, by phone at 7043646594 or by mail to JFS, 5007 Providence Road, Suite 105, Charlotte, NC 28226. Thank you for your support. To learn more about our history and future, please visit www.jf scharlotte.org. Sources: GoldringWoldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life and Spiezman, Morris. The Jews of Charlotte: A Chronicle with Commentary and Conjectures, (Charlotte: McNally and Loftin, 1978). JFS welcomes the following new families to our Legacy Family Circle Jennifer Cohen Golynsky and Leon Golynsky Contact Howard Olshansky at 7049446770 to discuss ways you can include JFS in your estate planning and ensure that we will be a viable source of community support for future generations who will face new challenges. Y
Tribute Cards in May. Thank you for allowing JFS to honor your friends and loved ones. IN MEMORY OF Abe Bober to Bette Bober, from Max and Susan Greenman, Shirley Wasserman, Florence Jaffa Dora Lisman to Alec Felder, from Jonathan and Stephanie Simon, Shirley Goodman, Jerome and Elaine Blumenthal, Florence Jaffa, David and Marion Kro novet, Matt Luftglass and Meg Goldstein, Max and Susan Green man, Jeff and Wendy Kornegay, Dana and Vicki McKittrick, The Meggs Family, Kenneth and Lynn Sass Stan Grey to Anita Grey, from Max and Susan Greenman The mother of Steven Hoagland, from Alan and Made line Aron The mother of Irene Kra, from Michael and Judie Van Glish Bob Sak to Mrs. Robert Sak, from David and Marion Kronovet Ralph Lawrance to Bonnie Lawrance, from Arnie and Helaine Stone Michael Schreibman to Sara Schreibman, from Dan and Nancy Coblenz The sister of David Sinder
Morton Turk, from Ben and Susan Aizenman, Alan and Made line Aron, Board and Staff of the Alper JCC, Douglas and Paula Gentile, Alan and Ruth Goldberg, Martin and Roslyn Husney, Flo rence Jaffa, Robert and Judith Kiene, Sandra Lauer, Eric and Susan Lerner, Ben and Margie Liebstein, Harriet Meetz, Steven and Susan Meyer, Amin Mourad and Ellen Whitten, Linda C. Seigel, Jonathan and Stephanie Simon, Eric and Lori Sklut, Arnie and Helaine Stone, Judy Tager, Anita Turk, Marvin and Phoebe Witte Benjamin Weinreb to Gary, Ben, and Goldie Weinreb from James and Dana Maloney, Cather ine Jillings Doris Widis to Larry and Flo rence Widis, from Daniel and Nancy Coblenz Martha, the mother of Judy Zielonka, from Lynn and Myron Slutsky HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Audry Borgenicht on your Birthday, from Celia Mandel Sheila Kasten, from Lillian Buller (Continued on page 21)
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Community News in Public Policy and Public Ad ministration. The JCC remained a part of my life, spending summers as head lifeguard and swim team coach. Leon was born in Minsk, Be larus where being Jewish was al most impossible. His family left the former Soviet Union when he was 10, and with the help of HIAS and the local Jewish community, settled in Dayton, OH. His family joined Beth Jacob synagogue where he became a Bar Mitzvah and joined BBYO. Leon attended Hillel Academy then moved to public high school. He continued his studies at the University of Cincinnati, earning an undergrad uate degree in Business Adminis tration and his Master of Hospital
Legacy Story Jenifer and Leon Golynsky Jennifer and Leon Golynsky are among the 346 individuals and families in our community who have created 713 unique legacy gifts to support its fu ture. Please take the time to read their story and thank them for their generosity. It is our hope that you will be inspired and encouraged to join them and others, who have created legacy gifts to help sustain our Jewish community. By Jennifer Golynsky I was born in Cleveland, Ohio, surrounded by family and friends
who were active in ORT, Hadas sah, B’nai Brith, and Temple. When I was 11, we moved to Charlotte and became members of Temple Beth El. I studied with Mr. Wallace and Rabbi Krantzler and was the first female on either side of my family to become a Bat Mitzvah. I continued through con firmation and was active in BBYO, serving as Chapter Presi dent of Chai Chaverim and North Carolina Council S’ganit (Vice President). At UNC Chapel Hill, I joined Hillel while pursuing un dergraduate and graduate degrees
Administration from Xavier Uni versity. He spent a year of Resi dency in Kenosha, WI before moving to Charlotte on his birth day in January 1995. We met in May 1997, when a mutual friend invited both of us to his Memorial Day cookout. That summer, we both attended a Jew ish Singles rafting trip and were able to get to know each other bet ter. We attended Jewish Singles events, temple services, and com munity lectures together. Our Ju daism provided a great common ground on which to build and sus tain a lasting relationship. We are proud graduates of the Bernstein Leadership Group Class VII, and took the lessons to heart, volun teering and serving on boards and
committees with Temple Israel, Jewish Family Services, and the Federation. Our Jewish heritage and being a part of the thriving Charlotte Jewish community are important to us. Our Judaism has supported us when celebrating simchas with family and friends, as well as the loss of loved ones. We believe in the preservation of the institutions that help Judaism prosper here in Charlotte and throughout the world, where the challenges are far greater. We are proud to follow my mother’s lead in leaving a legacy gift. Y
Our Jewish Community’s Newest Legacy Gifts We thank the following indi viduals/families who have re cently informed our community, through Foundation for the Char lotte Jewish Community (FCJC) or one of the ten Create Your Jew ish Legacy community partners, that they have created a legacy gift to support the future of Char lotte’s Jewish community or added an organization to their legacy plan. There are now 346 individuals/families throughout our Jewish community who have included a local Jewish organiza
tion in their legacy plans creating 713 unique legacies. Charlotte’s Jewish community now has esti mated future gifts of more than $24.8 million.
We welcome our newest donors into our community’s Book of Life Society: Anonymous (1) Jennifer Cohen Golynsky and Leon Golynsky Chaim Burke Fern T. Sanderson Mike and Andie Taylor Richard J. Osborne William and Angela Zimmern
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Nancy Kipnis Honored With Leadership Award Nancy Kipnis was recently awarded the first Gail Littman Leadership award at a national conference attended by 38 com munities participating in the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY program. The award memorializes Littman, one of the pioneers of the Jewish com munity legacy movement whose vision of integrating legacy giv ing into Jewish communities in spired philanthropist Harold Grinspoon and created a national movement. In her role as assistant vice president for the Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Commu nity (FCJC), Nancy serves as co ordinator of the successful Create Your Jewish Legacy (CJL) initia tive. She accepted the honor on behalf of FCJC and Charlotte’s Jewish community. “Leaving a legacy to support the future of Charlotte’s Jewish community is very personal to
Kavod Continues to Expand Its Influence
Nancy,” said Phil Warshauer, FCJC Executive Director. “She grew up in Charlotte and her four boys were raised with the assis tance of the organizations that support and promote Jewish life. When you look into her eyes and hear the passion in her voice you truly understand the meaningful ness of her work.” “I have witnessed firsthand her enthusiasm for this work and her commitment to insuring the future of the Charlotte Jewish community,” said Arlene D. Schiff, National Director of the LIFE & LEGACY program. “Nancy places great value on building partnerships, thinking strategically, understanding a donor’s passion, and giving them the opportunity to fulfill that pas sion in a way that will be both personally satisfying and have a positive impact on the commu nity.” Y
Left to right: Phil Warshauer, Nancy Kipnis, Harold Grinspoon, Arlene Schiff
Kavod is a nonprofit organiza tion that photographs Holocaust survivors and supports survivors that are in financial need. Cur rently it serves survivors in Mem phis but is working to expand its program nationwide. In April, John Pregulman, the founder of Kavod, was here in Charlotte when he photographed six local survivors. Due to space constraints, we were able to pub lish only four of those photos. We present the other two portraits here. Since our last story, Kavod has been in DC attending Café Eu ropa, a program provided by the local Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA) where survivors come together for a meal and a celebration. The organization is networking with national Jewish Family Serv ices and Federation representa tives as well, in order to create a strategic plan on how to mindfully move into more communities to support survivors. They will be attending two up coming conferences: The World Federation of Child Survivors in Los Angeles in November and the SelfHelp Conference in Decem ber. All this while they complete their paperwork to cement their status as a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Pregulman has put Amy Israel in place as Executive Director of Kavod, though he continues to be the photographer of the beautiful portraits that serve as the organi zation’s linchpin.Y
Marianne Lieberman, left, and Lore Schiftan, two of our community’s sur vivors who were photographed by Kavod in April.
My Journey Through CJP (Continued from page 10)
in the classroom, but provided yet another angle to the school, of which I’ve enjoyed being a part. My experience with CJP al lowed me to fall in love with Ju daism and to proudly become part of the Jewish community. My daughter and I began joining events and services with Temple Beth El and felt right at home. We also participated in Temple Beth El’s family Sunday school, Boker b’Yachad, which is for rising kindergarteners. I was sad to see that end and wish it was some thing we could do every year. Although CJP has enriched my
life and spirituality, the thing I have appreciated the most was the acceptance. No one cares that I’m not Jewish. No one cares that I’m a single parent. I have been em braced by a community that has shown me what it is to be a men sch and to live by Jewish stan dards. Our lives will forever be changed because of it. Y
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We W e than tha h k our o ur supp sup ppo portive dono d onor ccom o om o m munity who w ho help hellp p tto o make our o ur scho scchoo ol a won w wo ond derf erfu ful CJP 2015-16 place p lace! e! Charlotte Jewish Preschool’s 22015-16 0 Annual Fund Campaign was a record breaking success! was We achieved hieve over 75% parent participation this year aand nd rraised a $32,298. We could not achieve such greatt ssuccess uccess without the support of families, alumni and ffriends iends ooff CJP. A portion of the money raised from the 2015-16 Annual Fund Campaign has been designated to provide funding for staff development and enrichment programs, certain facility maintenance and website development. In addition to these specific designations, dollars raised from our Annual Fund Campaign give CJP the ability to continue to maintain its one-of-a-kind community offerings like music, gym, gross motor, science and library. Money raised in the Annual Fund Campaign is also used to fund reserves for future costs and sustainability. The Board of Directors of CJP would like to thank each of our donors for helping us continue providing young children with a secure and loving atmosphere in which to grow, develop a positive self-image and learn the joy of a Jewish life.
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Donations to Jewish Family Services (Continued from page 17)
MAZEL TOV ON The birth of your granddaugh ter Lindsey to Elliot and Peggy Gartner, from Alan and Lee Blu menthal The birth of your son to Jonathan and Sara Kulbersh, from Steve and Susan Meyer, Jonathan and Stephanie Simon Your bat mitzvah to Lilah Peck, from Risa, David, Noah and Jor dyn Miller Your Bar Mitzvah to Marc Rosenthal, from Risa, David, Noah and Jordyn Miller Molly’s Bat Mitzvah to Scott and Randi Simon, from Florence Jaffa
IN HONOR OF Russ Greenfield, from Ben jamin W. Kraus HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO Steve and Cathy Lee, from Myron and Lynn Slutsky WISHING A FULL AND SPEEDY RECOVERY TO Mike Scharf, from Ben and Margie Liebstein Thank you to the following people who contributed their time to Jewish Family Services in May. Volunteers: Rick Abrams, Ben Aizenman, Jill Balick, Dan Coblenz, Jennifer Collman, An drea Cronson, Mel & Caren
Frank, Robert Friedman, Scott Gorelick, Gail Halverson, Bob Ja cobson, Karen Knoble, Bruce LaRowe, Marcia Lampert, Eric Lerner, Gary Lerner, Annie Lord, David Miller, Matt Luftglass, Frada Mozenter, Allen Oxman, Barbara Rein, Bill Schwartz, Louis Sinkoe, Debra Smul, Harry Sparks, Jeff and Stacy Strauch, Liz Wahls, Amalia Warshenbrot, Mary Wennen, Mike Weinberg, Jan Weiner, Dori Whitman, Lisa Wielunski, Nancy Wielunski Friends Run: Syndney Abe shaus, Ben Aizenman, Darrell Barber, Carla Brannon, Hollis Collman, Mitchell Cooper, Mike Cupp, Mariel Cupp, Robbie Damesek, Bob Damesek, Veron ica DeVita, Jacob DeVita, Talli
Dippold, Emanuel Dunston, Melvina Dunston, Nadeera Gaskin, Akhirah Gaskin, Amani Gaskin, Dave Gerrard, Benjamin Goldman, Cooper Johnson, Karen Knoble, Emma Knowlson, Raj Kumar, Alexandra Lawrence, Elizabeth Lawrence, Gary Lerner, Emily Lerner, Brooke Levine, Nicole Levine, Rebecca Levy, Benjamin Mufengi, Katrina Nichols, Rebecca Penaloza, Logan Petteway, Karen Spiegler, Steve Starr, Maddy Starr, Natalie Tunney, Sydney Villa, Liz Wahls, Arman Zaidi, Caitlin Zakely Hadassah Cooks: Bonnie Berman, Ilene Cantor, Sharon Ca vanaugh, Gladys Cherny, Aleen Epstein, Gail Green, June Hirschmann, Sandy Hoagland,
Fran Kaplan, Judy Kaufmann, Penny Krieger, Phyllis Romaine, Elissa Vining Food Pantry Donations: Tem ple Israel and Temple Beth El Congregants, Marilyn Schuster, Frada Mozenter, Dawn Stubbs, JServe, Hebrew High families Food Drives: CJDS, JCC Ten nis Team, JCC Soccer Team Special Recognition: Tracey and Abby Adams for leading our TBE Mitzvah Day project.Y
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Beating the Heat at The Hebrew Cemetery By Brian Yesowitch Comedy and humor are often considered a Jewish lan guage. If we were together right now at a nightclub in Charlotte, and the Jewish co median got on stage, he or she might open with “Is it hot in here or what!?” Although some of you might think it’s worth complaining about the summer heat, I’d like to share with you some experiences we’ve had at the Cemetery Association this summer that in volved groups that “beat the heat.” In June, over a dozen members of Temple Kol Tikvah held a potluck luncheon at our new Me morial Building and learned about cemetery membership and poli cies as well as its history. They braved the heat and enjoyed their experience. Later that month, more than 20 members of the Jewish Federa tion’s Bernstein Leadership Group along with JFGC Outreach Direc tor Tair Giudice came to the ceme tery for their Tikkun Olam project. They chose to beautify the ceme tery by cleaning out the historic chapel building. The building, built in the 1920s is the oldest building in continuous service to the Charlotte Jewish community. Also, leaf and tree debris was re moved, headstones were cleaned, and some of the more adventurous attendees worked with our groundskeeper Robert Taylor, to level footstones on areas where the earth has settled over the
this service, which many feel is the most meaningful part of their High Holiday Obser vance. There is no fee to attend and we have shade and cold drinks available to accommo date all possible Char lotte October climates. At the service we will also announce our plans Bernstein Leadership Group at the cemetery. to honor and commem orate our 150th year of decades. All of these activities service to the Charlotte Jewish were performed in step with the community. You will not want to Jewish traditions of respect for the miss this event. dead. The group also learned With many of us on a relaxed about the kind acts performed that summer schedule, this is the per day mean so much to the families fect opportunity to learn more of those interred at the cemetery about our Cemetery Association as well. I think all of us reading and the services we provide to our right now appreciate the commit community. ments of these young leaders to The summer months bring ex add community service and “avo treme heat – and this weather re dah” (work) to their already busy quires extra attention and lifestyles. The Hebrew Cemetery irrigation on our cemetery Association is grateful to Tair and grounds. Your financial contribu the Bernstein Leadership Fellows tion to the cemetery is needed at for their hard work and generosity this time. You can find a member last month. ship form application on our web It’s a good time to begin think site: www.hebrewcemetery.org. ing about the fall and the high hol Your membership and support are iday season. Please mark your needed to continue to perpetuate calendar for Sunday, October 9 at the mission of the Hebrew Ceme 10:30 AM. The Hebrew Cemetery tery Association – providing a dig will hold the community’s Annual nified final resting place for the Memorial Service. Last year, we Greater Charlotte Jewish commu had a dozen clergy members rep nity. resenting eight area houses of Have you considered funeral worship on our bimah. All in the preplanning? When you preplan, community, regardless of temple you can save over 30% in plot and affiliation, are welcome to attend service fees. Payments are gener
ally on a twoyear term. Our Di rector, Sandra Goldman, can walk you through the process – and there’s never “hardselling” in volved. Membership is affordable at $72 annually – and funeral pre planning is available immediately upon becoming a member. Perhaps in 2016, your family is expecting a child or grandchild. Maybe you have just received an inheritance or are drafting a will. These are just some of the ways that you can participate in the Cre ate Your Jewish Legacy program and create a lasting relationship between your family and the He brew Cemetery. Our Hebrew Cemetery has been a testament to
the sustained successes of our Charlotte Jewish Community. I hope you will consider adding the Hebrew Cemetery Association to your CJL bequests. For more information about membership or funeral preplan ning, legacy planning, group tours, or any of the programs dis cussed, please contact our director Sandra Goldman at director@he brewcemetery.org or 704576 1859. Y
Moishe House Events for August Moishe House is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promot ing community among Jewish young adults in their twenties and early thirties. We are pleased to share with you our exciting events for this August: Event 1: International Themed Shabbat and Olympics Opening Ceremonies Viewing Party, Fri day, August 5, 7 PM at Moishe House Celebrate the start of the Sum mer Olympics by bringing in your favorite dish from another coun try, showing your international pride, and enjoying Shabbat to
gether. Dinner will start at 7, cer emonies start at 8. Moishe will provide main dishes, but please bring a side or dessert. Event 2: Carowinds Adventure Sunday, August 7, 4 PM at Carowinds Amusement Park Love roller coasters, arcade games and rides that make your head spin? Come join Moishe House as we venture out to Carowinds, Charlotte’s premier amusement park. First ten people to RSVP get $10 off his/her ad mission ticket. Event 3: Tu b’Av White Party (Continued on next page)
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Shalom Park Green Initiatives Take Flight Across the Park
By Yonatan Thull I have a dream of a greener to morrow. My name is Yonatan and I am a “Passionate ADHD Social Justice Visionary.” The visions on the map reprinted here are mine alone in no way representative of any organi zation, committee, or agency on the park. But here is some of the work being done to realize this vi sion. Green Movement Gets Some Much Needed Support from LJCC CEO Peter Blair and Other Park Agencies I was honored to meet Mr. Blair who spoke with me about the Green Movement on the park and his past involvement with other sustainability projects. I was very impressed by his extensive expe riences helping Jewish Commu nity Centers transition to being more energy efficient. He shared with me his thoughts about shift ing to renewable energy at the LJCC. It seems to me, that he has the knowledge base and a sound plan to incrementally shift us to wards a greener park. Meanwhile, he is very supportive of the many projects already in place and he looks forward to seeing the growth of sustainability on the park. Along with this meeting, I have had the pleasure of speaking with representatives from across the park who have welcomed me and expressed their commitment to en gaging in social action through Ju daic Environmentalism. Shalom Park Wildlife and Bird Habitat Another amazing project to strengthen the wildlife habitat on the park was sparked by the Tem ple Beth El 2016 confirmation class. I told them “we are com manded, just as Adam and Eve were, to care for the earth and pro tect Adonai’s Gardens.” I went on to explain to them the importance of saving our native songbirds, which are quickly decreasing in population size. But in particular, I focused on the Brown Headed Nuthatch bird, who are at even greater risk of becoming endan gered due to their small size. To make sure I knew what I was doing, I began to research bird habitats. In the process I connected with the NC Bluebird Association, NC Audubon Society, and the Wildlife Federation. The Audubon Society has helped out a lot and connected us with a lot of re sources. First, we were connected with the leaders of a local girl scouts group who made bird houses and then decided to donate all of their cookie money to buy more birdhouses. They are giving us their 40 brownheaded nuthatch houses. Along with those houses, we are getting several other dona tions and when this project is com
pleted, we will have 54 bird houses. We have engaged multiple Girl Scouts troops including the JCC troop, to not only install the habitat but to help with numbering the boxes and collecting data for the wildlife organizations. This as pect of the project is essential in helping them collect more accu rate numbers of these populations. Keep Charlotte Beautiful Wants to Partner to Help Keep Shalom Park Beautiful I got to meet with the county Neighborhood Resource Liaison and Keep Charlotte Beautiful Pro gram Manager. She has indicated that by partnering with her office
that we can potentially have access to state and local grants for our green movement. One of the proj ects she asked us to do is the road adoption program and I asked if we could adopt Jefferson Road. It turns out it is available and I am getting an official adoption to hap pen. I have also heard talk about some groups replenishing the water sources like reservoirs and creeks on the park, which will be essential to the habitat preserva tion and creation of a more bal ance ecosystem. There is also the possibility of adopting the creek that runs through the Park which we will work to keep clean. Charlotte Latin School (CLS) Goes Green I met the Science Department Chair and Environmental Sustain ability Coordinator of the CLS. I really enjoyed hearing about their project and I think we have a lot to learn from them. They have done some pretty extraordinary projects in reducing their waste stream and decreasing their electricity con sumption. From this conversation I realized how we can create a sus tainable project for years to come
through footprint reduction. I be lieve that if we follow their lead and start a composting project along with transitioning to sustain able lighting and energy sources that we will save tremendous
Moishe House Events (Continued from previous page)
with Icebreakers Thursday, August 18, at 7 PM at Moishe House Join Chai Expectations and Moishe House for our 1st Tu b'Av holiday celebration. We will dress up in white and celebrate together the ancient holiday of love. You will get to know everyone in small groups while circulating the room answering fun questions. No pres sure, just fun. Light snacks and drinks will be provided. Event 4: Bar Crawl Noda Style Friday, August 26, starting at 8:45 PM in NoDa (starting at Blind Pig) What better way to end a long week at work or school than to come chill with the Moishe house while we hop from pub to bar to pub to food to bar (well you get the picture) in Noda. We’ll be
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starting at The Blind Pig and move from there. Event 5: Pizza, Poker, and Phi lanthropy Tuesday, August 30, at 6:30 PM at Moishe House Char lotte It’s just what it sounds. Come to the Moishe House for pizza and poker. Half the pot will be awarded to the winner, with the other half being donated to Jewish Family Services. The buy in will be $5, and no poker experience is necessary. To learn more about Moishe House Charlotte, visit us at www.moishehousecharlotte.org/h ouses/charlotte or check us out on facebook: www.facebook.com/ MoisheHouseCharlotte. To con tact us, please email mohochar lotte@gmail.com.Y
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