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November 2017
United States and Israel: Through the Eyes of the Ambassador The 2018 Main Event with Daniel Shapiro, U.S. Ambassador to Israel (20112017) Cochairs Risa Miller and Jeff Turk, invite you to join them at the Federation’s 2018 Main Event on Sunday, December 3 at 7:30 PM at Temple Israel featuring Ambas sador Daniel Shapiro. The Main Event is the Jewish Federation’s most widely attended event of the campaign season and part of our Israel @ 70 festivities. (See page 4.) Serving in the Obama Admin istration for eight years, Ambassa dor Daniel Shapiro — heralded as “a pioneer of public diplomacy” and highly soughtafter for his shrewd insights into regional af fairs — won praise from leaders of both the U.S. and Israel for his deft management of bilateral rela tions during a period marked by challenges. As Ambassador to Israel from
July 2011 until the termined outreach and his remarkable breadth of in end of the Obama his demonstrable con sights. From his current vantage Administration, cern and care for point in Israel, Shapiro is uniquely Shapiro skillfully the Jewish state.” qualified to give a behindthe navigated U.S.Israel Among Ambassador scenes account of U.S.Israel relations during Is Shapiro’s other accom relations under the current Admin raeliPalestinian plishments were negoti istration, IsraeliPalestinian talks, peace negotiations, ating the $38 billion and negotiations surrounding the the Iran nuclear Memorandum of Un Iran nuclear deal. agreement, regional derstanding for U.S. Main Event tickets are $36 erful. You will also have the op Dan Shapiro instability, and peri military aid to Israel each and are available online at portunity to make your pledge to ods of significant bi and 40% growth in www.jewishcharlotte.org or by the 2018 Annual Campaign. For more information about the lateral tension and U.S.Israel trade. phone at 7049446757. disagreement. A fluent Hebrew Shapiro’s time as Ambassador Goodness is not a single act. Main Event, please contact the speaker, his time as Ambassador followed a diverse career involv It’s the sum of many parts. Which Federation office at 7049446757 was marked by seamlessly com ing over 20 years in senior foreign is why Federation is always at or info@jewishcharlotte.org. The mission of the Jewish Fed bining his tremendous knowledge policy and national security posi work, powering the Jewish com and experience with unprece tions in the United States govern munity in ways you might not eration of Greater Charlotte is to dented levels of engagement with ment, including as the Senior think of, in places you’d never raise and distribute funds to sup Israel’s diverse communities. The Director for the Middle East and suspect. We’re there in times of port and enrich the lives of Jews Tablet Magazine once wrote, North Africa at the National Secu crisis, sowing the seeds of hope. locally, nationally, in Israel and Shapiro “won over Israelis across rity Council. We’re there in quiet moments that worldwide. Through education, the political spectrum through de Currently, Shapiro is the Dis transform lives and strengthen our planning and community building, tinguished Visiting Fellow at Tel legacy. Right now, thousands of the Federation’s mission ensures Aviv University’s Institute of people need us in a multitude of that Jewish values, goals, tradi National Security Studies, where ways. This is your moment to tions and connections are pre he remains indemand by both help. Join us at the Main Event, served for current and future Ancient Beauty. Modern Spirit. Israeli and U.S. media outlets for and be the start of something pow generations. Y Join us as we mark 70 years of statehood by exploring Israel’s extraordinary people, culture, history, and politics. Speakers, performers, artists, and celebrations will showcase the complexity and diversity of contemporary Israel in a series of programs designed to entertain, educate, and inspire. We look forward to Thursday, November 16, Sam Lerner Center for Cultural Arts celebrating Israel’s 70th birthday with you! See page 4 for an Israel @ 70 event snapshot. Join the Jewish Federation’s share the incredible Megemeria ture of the diverse communities Women’s Philanthropy for an ex story through moving photo living in the modern State of Is traordinary evening celebrating graphs and the unique jewelry line rael. fashion, women, and which shares the At its zenith in the 1960s, Israel. journey of longing, Maskit became a fashion phenom We will be joined renewal and yearn enon. Recognized for its signature by Sharon Tal, Head ing. Daniel himself desert cloaks, flowing Bedouin Designer of luxury Is was part of one of styled tunics and rich embroi raeli fashion house, Israel’s greatest ab dered embellishments, Maskit Maskit, and Daniel sorption initiatives, became one of the country’s first Sahalo, Marketing “Operation Moses: popular imports, its products cre and Sales Manager the saving of the ated for highbrow worldly tastes for Megemeria Jew Ethiopian Jewish and officially gifted by presidents elry. community,” mak and prime ministers to global Megemeria ing the long and leaders and diplomats visiting Is Megemeria means dangerous journey rael. genesis in Amharic, Daniel Sahalo of Megemeria on foot from north After many years of success the traditional lan ern Ethiopia to Is and international recognition, guage of Ethiopia. The Megeme rael with his family as a (Continued on page 2) ria School of Jewelry and Art fiveyearold child in 1984. provides its students – Ethiopian Maskit immigrants to Israel – with a Once described as “Is bright, new beginning in life, raeli as falafel,” Maskit was through professional training and launched in 1954 by Ruth advancement, as well as employ Dayan, the first wife of the ment opportunities. Sahalo will late Israeli Defense Force General and politician Moshe Dayan. A strong pro ponent of women’s empow erment, Dayan initially established Maskit as a means to create jobs for more than 2,000 new immi grants while preserving the Ruth Dayan and Sharon Tal of Maskit. skills, ethnic crafts and cul Photo courtesy of Baruch Rafic.
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Maskit closed its doors in 1994, after it had become privatized. Nearly a decade later the iconic brand was revived by the gifted Sharon Tal who sought out in 2010 to reimagine and reinvigo rate Maskit with 99 year old Ruth’s blessing and mentorship. Prior to Maskit, Israeliborn Sharon Tal has worked with some of the most visionary and creative fashion couture houses in the world, including the likes of Alexander McQueen and Lanvin, adorning the fashions worn by megastars including Lady Gaga
and Scarlett Johansson. After working at McQueen, where she led embroidery, Tal returned to Is rael for a new challenge: Breath ing new life to the only Israeli fashion house, Maskit. Enjoy this remarkable opportu nity to celebrate entrepreneurial women and Israeli fashion, and honor the profound impact you are making on the Jewish commu nity. An opening reception is planned for 6:15 PM with a talk by Daniel Sahalo and Sharon Tal at 7 PM. Mix, mingle, and net
work with women of our commu nity who are raising their voices, giving back, and repairing the world together. Bonus: After the presentation, there will be a trunk show featur ing Maskit clothing and Megeme ria Jewelry available for purchase This event is free and open to all women, however space is lim ited and registration is required. RSVP by Friday, November 10 at www.jewishcharlotte.org to se cure your spot. Y
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Federation Names New Chief Development Officer The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte is pleased to an nounce Jason Pressberg as its new Chief Development Officer. In his role as Chief Develop ment Officer, Jason will be re sponsible for implementing a clear and compelling vision to ad vance the Jewish Federation’s philanthropic goals and strategic objectives. In his capacity as CDO, Jason will also play a key role in identifying, cultivating and soliciting donors. Jason brings years of fundrais ing experience, having joined the Federation from AIPAC, where he served as the Young Leadership Director in New York City. A graduate of Elon University, Jason began his Jewish communal ca reer working for Hillel on college campuses, splitting time between
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Tulane, Harvard, and Northeast ern Universities. He earned an MBA with a concentration in Nonprofit Management and an MA in Jewish Professional Lead ership from Brandeis University. Pressberg says, “I am ex tremely excited to join Sue Worrel
and the Federation team in early October. As an Elon graduate, I am thrilled to be returning to North Carolina. My wife Casey and I are looking forward to rais ing our sons in what is clearly a warm and closeknit Jewish com munity. I am a dedicated profes sional in the Jewish nonprofit space and I am grateful to have the opportunity to work with and help grow the greater Charlotte Jewish community through the important work of the Federation and its affiliates.“ As part of a comprehensive or ganizational redesign, Jason’s hire as Federation’s firstever Chief Development Officer character izes the Federation’s aggressive commitment to accelerate the growth of our Annual Campaign to meet the critical needs facing
Jew Year’s Eve on September 16 was a big hit with more than 60 young adults ringing in the Jewish New Year at Good Road Ciderworks in South End. Thank you to cosponsors: Levine JCC, Moishe House, NextGen, Temple Beth El, and Temple Israel. For more information about the Jewish Federation’s NextGen events, please contact Kendall Nicholson, Engage ment Coordinator, at 7049445868, kendall.nicholson@jewishcharlotte.org
our community and world Jewry in the 21st century. In keeping with Federation’s focus on organizational leader ship, Sue Worrel’s title has been changed to Chief Executive Offi cer, recognizing her role in the strategic management of the or ganization. Together with Sue, Jason, and the rest of the manage ment team, Federation is poised to tackle the multidimensional chal lenges facing Jews today and cre ate the kind of Jewish life we want for ourselves, our children, and our grandchildren. Jason and his wife Casey Topol
have two sons, Logan (age two and a half) and Ethan (two months). In his free time, Jason enjoys chasing after his kids, play ing tennis (he’s looking for a part ner), skiing, hiking, and reading. He is obsessed with all topics re lated to Jewish collective memory and peoplehood. We look forward to introducing you to Jason over the days and weeks ahead, and appreciate everyone’s help in welcoming Jason and his family to Char lotte.Y
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CJE One Book, One Jewish Community The Center for Jewish Educa tion (CJE) is proud to present Charlotte’s firstever One Book, One Jewish Community. As everyone reads and discusses the same selected piece of literature, the opportunities for learning to gether are innumerable. Home in the Morning by Mary Glickman is the inaugural selection for One Book, One Jewish Community. On Thursday December 7 at 7 PM, author Mary Glickman will come to Shalom Park to help us better understand her novel. This event is free and open to all. As a part of our One Book, One Jewish Community initiative, the CJE is also hosting a Lunch & Learn to provide a casual, educa tional opportunity to enhance our understanding of the selected
Join us as we mark 70 years of statehood by exploring Israel’s extraordinary people, culture, history, and politics. Speakers, performers, artists, and celebrations will showcase the complexity and diversity of contemporary Israel in a series of programs designed to entertain, educate, and inspire.
Lunch & Learn: “The South for New (and Longstanding) South erners”; Thursday, November 2, 12 noon in Shalom Park The South often seems like a foreign country to newcomers from other parts of the United States. For anyone who has ever wondered why the style of con ducting business in the South is different or why some Southerners are still fighting the Civil War, this facilitated discussion promises to be enlightening. Our Lunch & Learn will also explore the Jewish experience in the South in com parison to Jewish life in the North. novel Home in the Morning by ex ploring the uniqueness of the South.
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Our guest speaker for the Lunch & Learn is Dr. David Goldfield who will facilitate our discussion. Dr. Goldfield is a pro fessor at UNC Charlotte where he is distinguished as the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History. Dr. Goldfield has written sixteen books on various aspects of Southern and American history, including the award winning Still Fighting the Civil War. Born in Memphis, growing up in Brook lyn, and educated in Maryland, Dr. Goldfield brings his own per sonal and professional insights of the North and South to our discus sion.
EVENING WITH DAN SHAPIRO FORMER AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL 7:30 PM | TEMPLE ISRAEL
AN UNFORGETTABLE BLEND OF STORYTELLING, LIVE MUSIC AND DAZZLING VISUALS, PORTRAYING THE INTRICACIES ‘OF ISRAELI SOCIETY AND SHOWCASING ITS RICH PLURALITY. MODELED AFTER NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO’S “THIS AMERICAN LIFE”
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We look forward to celebrating Israel’s 70th birthday with you!
This program is free and open to all, however, registration is required. Please register at www.jewishcharlotte.org/cje, where you will have the option to preorder a box lunch ($12). You may also bring a dairy or vegetar ian lunch. For more information please contact Debby.Block@ Jewishcharlotte.org or 704944 6780. Y
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Sue’s Book Shelf By Sue Littauer
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Who would have thought that my retirement dream job would turn out to be so “stressful”? Stressful in a much different way from other jobs I’ve had. You see, reading is my passion and in the past, in order to read for pleasure, I had to stay up half the night. Now, as the Book Club Coordi nator for the Center for Jewish Education, I feel I need to read every book I recommend, every book that I might want to suggest for our newly formed Book Club, and every new book recom mended by a national publica tion/organization so our library will be up to date with the newest titles. All I ever wanted to do is just “read” – but now I actually per ceive it as my job. And I can barely keep up. So, here are my recommenda tions of the books I’ve read this month. They can all be found in the Center for Jewish Education: The Bridge Ladies by Betsy Lerner “A fiftyyearold bridge game and the secrets it held provides an unexpected way to cross the gen erational divide between the au thor and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on an intimate and pow erfully personal literary journey where we learn a little about bridge and a lot about life.” (Ama zon)
This book is more about rela tionships than it is about bridge and could just as easily have been written about a mah jong or canasta game. I loved the snapshot into the lives of each of the bridge ladies and the new bond that emerges between mother and daughter. The Lost Letter by Jillian Can tor “A heartbreaking, heartwarm ing historical novel of love and survival inspired by real resistance workers during World War II Aus tria, and the mysterious love letter that connects generations of Jew ish families.” (Goodreads) When I started reading The Lost Letter, I felt that I was re reading And After the Fire by Lau ren Belfer because the story lines are so similar. But I decided to keep going and I’m glad I did. The characters past and present are
equally well drawn and com pelling. I highly recommend this book The Dinner Party by Brenda Janowitz “This hilarious story of a fam ily Seder where anything can hap pen and does will have you laughing out loud at the drama and comedy of a family getto gether (we can all relate!) So much fun!” (Pam Jenoff, author of The Orphan Train)
What’s next on my list? * Home in the Morning, Mary Glickman * Nine Facts That Can Change Your Life, Ronna Weinberg * From Sand and Ash, Amy Harmon Stay tuned for reviews. Next CJE Book Club: Wednesday, November 15 10:30 AM Home in the Morn ing by Mary Glickman Everyone is invited to attend. For more information, contact sueb.littauer@jewishcharl otte.org.Y
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The world at your fingertips If you’re in the mood for a quick, light read, Pam Jenoff’s perfect description of The Dinner Party says it all. This deceptively simple story written by Long Is land author Brenda Janowitz is a quick read … a bighearted, uni versal story which takes place in the suburban home of Alan and Sylvia Gold, who are hosting Passover Seder for the Roth schilds of Manhattan. Hangman by Faye Kellerman I’m definitely a fan of Faye Kellerman’s bestselling and long running series featuring LAPD Detective Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus, which mix police procedural and family drama simultaneously inter spersed with Jewish observance, ritual and tradition. Hangman is not the place to start reading this series – but it filled in a gap in the continuing story line for me. The series starts with Ritual Bath and there are 23 books in the series, many of which can be found in the Center for Jewish Education.
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Temple Kol Ami Moving to New Home The sages say that a man with out a home is incomplete. Temple Kol Ami has been blessed to call Unity Presbyterian Church in Fort Mill home for the last seven years, creating many memories and building a strong Jewish presence in the Greater York County area. Due to extensive renovations planned at Unity in the near fu ture, Temple Kol Ami will be moving to a new home as of No vember 1. TKA is thrilled to an nounce that we will be partnering with Philadelphia United Methodist Church. PUMC is con veniently located at 1691 SC160 in Fort Mill, just off of I77 at exit 85. The community is invited to join us on November 3 as Rabbi Ana Bonnheim consecrates our first Shabbat in the beautiful sanc tuary at Philadelphia UMC. Then, on November 17, we will be hav ing our Annual Friendsgiving Shabbat featuring a lovely Thanksgivingstyle Shabbat din ner and a service of thanks. TKA will provide the main course and you are asked to bring your fa vorite nondairy Thanksgiving side to share. Please RSVP to yorksynagogue@gmail.com.
Friendsgiving Shabbat is open to the community and is a great way to meet new people in a friendly, relaxed environment. Looking ahead to December, TKA is ex cited to again host a Shabbaton the weekend of December 89. Through the generosity of a grant from the Greater Charlotte Jewish Federation Impact and Innovation Fund, we are able to bring Rabbi Matt Dreffen from the Institute of Southern Jewish Living to Fort Mill for a weekend of prayer, study and cultural enrichment. Please check our website www.templekolamisc.org for more details. All Shabbaton events are free and open to the public. Rabbi Bonnheim will join us again on December 15 for a wonderful Chanukah Shabbat cel ebration which is also open to the community. So much to look for ward to as we make a new house of worship into a home. Temple Kol Ami is forever thankful to Unity Presbyterian for their years of hospitality, and we look for ward with great anticipation to a new chapter in our journey at Philadelphia United.
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The Sabbath I Will Always Remember Wendy Weinberger Shares Memories with Congregation Temple Solel’s High Holy day services led by Lay Leader, Russ Cobe, were very special and in cluded quite a few new members, as well as many guests. Our Youth Group Leader, Julia Fox, sounded the shofar; new President, Shelley Pawlyk delivered a motivating Rosh Hashanah address; and tra ditional music on Kol Nidre was beautifully played by cellist, Liz Burns. Memories shared by Wendy Weinberger on Erev Rosh Hashanah 5778 brought the past and present together. Wendy read, “Growing up, our family always ate dinners to gether. My mother was a professor at McGill University, and in the 50s and 60s, it was most unusual, in Montreal, to have a Mom who worked outside the home. In our home, because Mom worked, it was understood that whoever came home first would make din
This was in the early sixties, and the Soviet Union wanted some as surance of his return. Keeping his wife and daughter as ‘collateral’ certainly assured them of this. Vladamir Rubinski was Jewish and my father said: ‘If you have no plans, why not join my family and me for Shabbat dinner?’ And he did. “A bald man about 5’7” and weighing approximately 350 pounds walked through our front door on the heels of my father. My father introduced him to my mother and to us, and said he had invited Professor Rubinski to join us for dinner. Without skipping a beat, my mother welcomed him into our home. I set another place for him. “His stories were fascinating, though his English was not very clear. Several times when he was talking, and it was obvious none
granted, but the professor cer tainly did not. “Professor Rubinski delighted in listening to my mother sing the prayer over the Shabbat candles, and then he listened intently to my father read the prayers in Hebrew. Tears came to his eyes, and I watched him mouth many of the
prayers my father read. As he wiped away his tears with his handkerchief, he shared with us that he had studied for his Bar Mitzvah some 40 years earlier, but had not practiced Judaism since then. “We all enjoyed a delicious dinner, and when it was time for him to leave he thanked us pro fusely for dinner, and he told us this was truly a Sabbath he would never forget.
“What he did not know was the great impact he had made on all of us, and that this was truly a Sab bath we too would never forget. He had reminded us how fortunate we were to be able to practice re ligion, any religion, freely and openly, something we so easily can take for granted. From the day my father welcomed that virtual stranger to our home, some 50 (Continued on page 19)
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ner. I always tried to beat my fa ther home so that I could make dinner. Really, I should say, that it wasn’t so much that I wanted to make dinner. Rather it was be cause I didn’t want my father to make dinner, for I knew the one and only meal he would prepare. He meant well, but to him dinner consisted of opening a can of Campbell’s soup and putting out some cheese, some bread, and some celery sticks. But on Friday nights, dinner was always special and always prepared by my mother. Because it was always plentiful, we knew we could invite anyone to join us for Friday dinner without checking with my mother first. “My father had attended a lec ture that was given by a visiting Professor from Russia named Vladamir Rubinski. When the lec ture was over, my father walked over to the bus stop. There he caught the number 65 bus, which would take him home. As it hap pened, Professor Rubinski was sit ting across the aisle from my father. My father, of course, struck up a conversation with the Profes sor, and told him how interesting his lecture had been. It turned out that Professor Rubinski was teaching at Sir George Williams University in Montreal for six months as an exchange professor from Russia. In order to accept this sabbatical, he had to leave his wife and daughter back in Russia.
of us understood what he was say ing, my father suddenly began speaking to him in Yiddish. It was the first time I had ever heard my father speak Yiddish. I knew Dad spoke English and French, but Yiddish? Other than the Profes sor’s broken English, it turned out to be the one language both these Jewish men, from two vastly dif ferent worlds, had in common. After my father clarified what Professor Rubinski was saying in Yiddish, Dad translated it into English for us. “In our home before we ate on Friday night, the men covered their heads with yarmulkes, we lit the Shabbat candles, and the blessings were said to welcome in the Sabbath. As Vladamir Rubin ski picked up the yarmulke that we had given him, he said: ‘Aren’t you going to close the blinds be fore you light the candles? People can see in the window and they’ll know you are practicing Jews.’ He went on to explain that practicing any religion in the Soviet Union was not tolerated. The penalty ranged from heavy fines to im prisonment. To his amazement our window blinds remained open all evening. Over the years I had al ways enjoyed our family’s Friday night dinners and miniservice welcoming in Shabbat and though I had always loved and looked forward to our Friday night family gettotogether, I had taken the freedom to practice religion for
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Giving Thanks “I offer thanks to You, everliv ing Sovereign, that You have re stored my soul to me in mercy: How great is Your trust.” This translation of the Modeh Ani prayer begins each of the morning services in Mishkan T’fi lah, the Reform Movement’s 2007 prayer book. The very first words
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thanks for the gift of life, wonder beyond words; for the awareness of soul, our light within; for the world around us, so filled with beauty; for the richness of the earth, which day by day sustains us; for all these and more, we offer thanks. Blessed are You, Adonai, Your Name is Goodness, and You are worthy of thanksgiv ing.”
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If we are paying attention when we pray, gratitude is always on our lips. These prayers of grati tude are meant to inspire us to set aside the distractions of our busy lives and see the beauty of the world around us. When we truly see what is at hand, our hearts burst forth with gratitude. We engage in prayer for many different reasons. Some of us pray in search of solace, healing, or a sense of wholeness; others pray in search of divine communion and others still in search of connection to those who sit in the sanctuary at the same time. Whatever the myriad reasons that bring us to prayer, prayer serves a great pur pose when it enables the one who prays to emerge from worship with renewed insight for meaning ful ways to engage in the daily art of living. Prayer can do wonders for how we face the world. A great example of this is that we are clearly instructed that the prayers of the Yamim Nora’im, the High Holy Days, only atone for our shortcomings as individuals with God, not between us and other people. We are told plainly that we must do the hard work of atoning for any mistreatment of other human beings. We have to work to repair our wrongdoings through our words and our ac tions, not simply through our best intentions. Prayer can help us find the fortitude to bravely ask for giveness. Prayer can be practice between the individual and loving God and it can help us learn how to treat one another. What then do we learn from these prayers of gratitude to God? We thank God every time we come to prayer as practice for ex pressing gratitude to our loved ones, our coworkers, and our neighbors. In the intimacy of our spiritual connection to the Divine, we say thank you. In the light of day amidst deadlines and travel and siblings and bosses and con flict, we say thank you to one an other.
Our American Thanksgiving is not unlike Yom Kippur in this re spect. In so many ways, Yom Kip pur is a failsafe that ensures that at least once per year we acknowl edge our finitude and confront our shortcomings, repairing that which is broken in our lives. Sim ilarly, Thanksgiving is a yearly gift that reminds us to express gratitude to those whose gifts bring so much to our lives each and every day.
Prayers of gratitude are a launching point for words of grat itude. Foster inner gratitude through prayer and through silent contemplation that words and ex pressions of gratitude flow freely from us. We must practice grati tude in our homes and on our way, when we lie down and when we rise up. We must teach gratitude to our children and our children’s children, as we teach gratitude to ourselves. At this season of Thanksgiving, we say: thank you. We say: I see you. We say: my life is better be cause of you. We say: I appreciate you. We say: you are loved. We say: you are a blessing to our fam ily. We say: you are an inspiration to me. We say these things; we do not only think them. We say them each and every day. Let us know that gratitude is in fectious. Gratitude to God, grati tude to and appreciation for yourself, and gratitude to those wonderful souls you encounter day after day are intertwined, each helping the other to grow and shine more brightly. From prayer to practice and practice to profi ciency, from proficiency to a life meaningfully led. Modeh Ani L’fanecha – I am thankful before You. Y
Usher in Chanukah with Grand SouthPark Menorah Lighting Join us for a community wide Chanukah celebration as we usher in the Festival of Lights with a grand Menorah lighting on Tues day, December 12, (the first night of Chanukah) at SouthPark Mall. There will be special entertain ment and activities for children,
along with holiday refreshments, including doughnuts and drinks. The Menorah will be set up in the circle near Nieman Marcus and Nordstrom in SouthPark Mall. The program begins at 5 PM. The giant Menorah will kindled at 5:30 PM. Y
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Prewinter Shabbaton at Congregation Ohr HaTorah November 3 As we pull away from fall and into winter, which is most noted with the clock reverting to Eastern Standard time on November 5, Ohr HaTorah (OHT) will be cele brating the change of season with a warm and exciting Shabbaton on Friday, November 3. The OHT Shabbaton is a time where one can find refuge, peace and tranquility from everyday challenges and a place where one can enjoy good food, camaraderie and spiritual delight. The Shabba tons at OHT are warm, friendly and quite enjoyable. The Talmud teaches that Shab bat is a precious gift given to us by God each and every week. It is like an island in time where we leave the worries and everyday af fairs behind and enter into a 25 hour period of spiritual nirvana. The OHT Shabbaton helps us get into the peaceful rhythm of Shab bat and helps us reflect on the pre ciousness of this day. The Shabbaton will start with a Shabbat candle lighting ceremony at 6 PM, followed by Mincha and a lively Shabbat service at 6:15. A delectable Shabbat dinner will be served at 7 which will include Shabbat songs and stories, plus special programming for children. To register for the Shabbaton, you can go online and visit chabadnc.net or call our office at 7043663984. The cost for the
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School Charlotte Jewish Day School Students Visit Waltonwood Cotswold Lately, intergenerational activ ities are garnering more and more of the spotlight, and there are many reasons why. Studies show that active seniors who engage with members of younger genera tions experience less depression and better physical health. Wal tonwood Cotswold believes in en hancing the lives of residents in
every way possible, which is why the senior living community re cently started a partnership with Charlotte Jewish Day School and hosted a heartwarming intergener ational activity. Thirdgraders vis ited Waltonwood Cotswold residents, enjoyed treats and sang songs in Hebrew and in English. In addition, the children made
cards with the residents for them to keep as a memory of this gath ering. This newly formed partner ship between the school and Waltonwood Cotswold demon strates how the senior living com munity continues to enhance the lives of residents through commu nity involvement and fun educa tional activities.
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generational event. We know good things will come from the relationship with the school and we believe this will help enrich our residents’ lives.” Waltonwood Cotswold always looks for ways to remain active in the community and connect with people of all ages. The goal of this partnership is to regularly bring seniors and children together to create meaningful friendships. Benefits of intergenerational ac tivities apply to both age groups. Studies show that by engaging with younger generations, seniors experience better physical health and improve their overall well being. Some of the many assets of such activities for children include gaining a positive attitude towards aging and learning empathy. It can also be a fun and exciting change in their daily school schedules. “There is a variety of possible activities that children and seniors can participate in together, and we look forward to discussing the dif ferent options with the senior liv ing community and planning for the future,” said Channie Weiss, third grade Judaica teacher at Charlotte Jewish Day School. “In teractions between younger and older generations are extremely important as both can gain so much from the companionship. We believe visits to the commu nity or to our school can surely become the highlight of the day for the children or the residents. We are proud of this partnership that will help bridge the genera tion gap.” Singh currently owns and oper ates 10 other Waltonwood Senior Living Communities in Michigan and North Carolina and has sev eral other communities in devel opment and under construction in North Carolina and the Washing ton, D.C. metro area market. For information on Waltonwood Cotswold, see our ad on page 11. Y
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Brunch in the Sukkah at the Jewish Preschool on Sardis Jewish Preschool on Sardis hosted our first community Brunch in the Sukkah on October 8. The rain held off, the humidity was high, and the energy matched that. Children and families ate, drank, shook the lulav, and watched an amazing bubble show, celebrating Sukkot together. Ba bies, preschoolers, school age children, parents, and grandpar
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Eight Tiny Humans By Ericka Rahman My favorite hour of my work day is three o’clock. My babies are all waking up from their naps and although we have spent the past six hours together, eight tiny humans greet me as if they haven’t seen me all day. Sleepy eyed, they come bounding up to me and wrap themselves around my legs, pudgy arms out, squeez ing me with all the might their lit tle bodies can muster like I’m their favorite person in the world. At this point in time, we’ve only been separated for an hour, but it is clear my presence has been
missed. This is the time of day that I feel the most thankful. I started working at Charlotte Jewish Preschool four years ago, and last year I was given my own classroom in the oneyearold pro gram. My now nineyear voyage into the field of early childhood has not always been a smooth one. I spent much of my time teaching at corporate daycares, which viewed children largely as dollar signs, and wanting a more mean ingful experience than what I was seeing. Charlotte Jewish Pre school came like a professional life raft. CJP is a school that un
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just a few of the many. Learning about each of them, understanding them, loving them for who they are is my favorite part of teaching. Finding the best way to help them learn, based on their personality and what makes them happy is the most fun for me. I’m so glad that I teach toddlers, and I’m thankful that I get the experience of teach ing them through a Jewish lens. It’s through experiences here at CJP that I discovered Judaism for myself. It’s my job to help this community raise Jewish children. My classroom is a place where Jewish values come to life in a concrete tangible way. When I Erika Rahman with some of her fa started here four years ago as a vorite humans. nonJew, I never expected those derstands and appreciates children values to come to life within my for who they are and how they own home. And at first, they learn. Our school encourages me didn’t. My interest in Judaism to be an advocate for the children started as pure appreciation for the in my care, while simultaneously love and sense of community that advocating for my colleagues and I felt every day at school. The at myself. Simply put, I get to do mosphere of CJP is truly unlike what I love every day, and with any other workplace I have ever the resources and support to do it experienced. It branched out to a well. I’m grateful to Charlotte secular appreciation of Jewish Jewish Preschool for helping me holidays, an appreciation of a cul provide eight sweet babies with ture that was different than my the love and support they need to own. As the years passed, the more questions I had, and the grow and learn. People less familiar with ba more I discovered that I really like bies are so often surprised to hear the answers I was finding. I’m me describe how much personal now embarking on my own Jew ity they have. I use an astounding ish journey, with my own family, amount of adjectives in my line of and hopefully one day raising my work; sassy, silly, weird, funny, own Jewish children. Around this time of year, it is sweet, happy, serious, brilliant are
always easy to recount the per sonal blessings in my life for which I am thankful; a supportive family, a beautiful home with my loving fiancé, two naughty but loveable dogs. But unlike many people, I have so much to be thankful for professionally as well. I’m thankful for a career doing something meaningful and fun. I’m thankful for a school that’s supportive and understands the value of what I do every day. I’m thankful to be surrounded by strong Jewish educators and men tors. But mostly, I am thankful for Charlotte Jewish Preschool and the journey that it has lead me on, and four the eight tiny humans who I love and who love and me back through pudgy afternap hugs. Thank you for allowing me to share my Charlotte Jewish Pre school story, and I wish you all a happy Thanksgiving. Y
JIE Features NYT Bestselling Author Madeline Levine Mark your calendar for another provocative parenting symposium from Joined In Education on February 13 and 14, 2018. The keynote address this year will be delivered by Madeline Levine Ph. D., author of New York Times bestsellers Teach Your Children Well and The Price of Privilege. Relevant to parents of toddlers as well as teens, JIE is a rallying cry for those who wish to ensure that the next generation can problem solve, think critically, and are pro ductive, kind citizens of the world.
Now in its sixth year, this two day educational symposium is an event that parents and child care professionals look to as a valuable and well respected resource for quality programming. Between parents and professionals that at tend this annual event, we believe that we affect 4050,000 children and their families in the commu nity each year. Levine brings together cutting edge research and thirty years of clinical experience to explode the myth that good grades, high test scores and college acceptances should define the parenting endgame. Parents and educators are all too familiar with the esca lating rates of anxiety among
today’s children. Levine shifts our focus from the excesses of hyper parenting and the unhealthy re liance on our children for status and how to provide a meaningful parenting style that focuses both on academic success and develop ing a sense of purpose, well being, and connection. Complimenting Levine will be workshops focused on the benefits of a “Makers Space” Curriculum and allowing kids to have more unstructured time. There will be two workshop tracks: one for par ents and one for educators and professionals. Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager, author of Invent to Learn, Engineering in the Classroom will be conducting the full day professional program. The Keynote address and re ception will be at Providence Day School, February 13. The work
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Jewish Family Services Meet Alexis Strouse, Our Newest Team Member By Bonnie Bonomo Jewish Family Services is pleased to welcome the newest member of their clinical team, Alexis Strouse, a child and adoles cent therapist. Alexis, is a Colum bia University graduate and has been the voice of many privi leged, underprivileged, and at risk children, both here and in some of the toughest neighbor hoods of New York City. Working with scholars, more commonly known as students, she considers herself a socialjustice activist for our youth. Upon her arrival at JFS we in terviewed Alexis to learn more about her. Bonnie: I’m so glad we are having an opportunity to talk today. Just being in your presence, I feel more enthusiastic than when the day started. You have such a cheerful aura. Are you always this upbeat? Alexis: That is my usual way of being. I do my best to keep things in perspective and know I have a choice as to how I conduct myself. In every moment of the day, we have a choice to make as to how we want to approach that moment, each new person, each new experience. I have found when I remain optimistic and open, that it keeps my spirits lifted and has a positive effect on the lives I touch. I think we all have that opportunity. Bonnie: We do. I know you did your graduate work at Columbia University. Tell me a little bit more about that time and what motivated you? Alexis: I worked in the Bronx and East Harlem, and just know ing sometimes that I was the last line of defense before a child may be removed from the home made me realize the gravity of what I was doing. I had to do my best work and be the very best version of myself self in order to facilitate change. As a child and adolescent therapist, you’re working with not just the child but their whole fam ily, their whole system. Address ing the entire system facilitates greater growth and presents a greater opportunity for positive change. Essentially, in order to aid in the process of effective change, strategies need to be carried over from therapy into a child’s home life, school life, and social life as well as in themselves. Consis tency is key. Bonnie: I can see that you are passionate. Let’s talk about when you first arrived here in Charlotte. You jumped right in to working with adolescents ages 12–17 in a multisystemic system, which meant that the school, the family, the individual, and the justice sys tem were all working together. That was followed by your work in the Charter School system. They all seem so different. Are they? Alexis: Diverse environments can be representative of any client’s life. The commonality or consistent thread for me is that I
Alexis Strouse have the same philosophy, and utilize the same approach when working with my clients. It’s all about providing a safe, supportive environment for my clients to share their feelings, to have op portunities to grow and thrive.
Bonnie: It seems like you are not only motivated by working with the individuals but by collab oration as well. Alexis: Yes. Which is why I’m really excited to be a part of the Mental Health Initiative that we are doing with the other partners of Shalom Park. We get to de velop awareness and educate the community about the resources that are out there to help. It’s a chance to remove the stigma around mental health, letting peo ple know it’s ok to talk about their emotional challenges. And when you can ban together, like we are doing by offering all different kinds of educational programs and discussion groups for all different populations, like teenagers, pro fessionals and everyone else in the community, we as a collective
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Donations to JFS for September IN MEMORY OF Devorah Beeri to Avri Beeri from Lisa Richman, Paul and Lynn Edelstein, Adrian and An drea Mesoznik, Steven and Susan Meyer Mae Goldman to Bruce Gold man from Alan and Madeline Aron, Paul and Lynn Edelstein
Irving Cohen to Sarah O’Koon from Celia Mandel The father of Rosanne Regent from Paul and Lynn Edelstein The father of Stephen Ruskin and Tom Ruskin from Paul and Lynn Edelstein Dorothy Schulman to Larry Schulman from Celia Mandel,
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group are demonstrating the power of solidarity. Bonnie: So, why JFS? Alexis: From my very first visit to their office I was struck by the tight knit community and cohesiveness of the team at JFS  that’s what drew me in. Then when I learned about all of the collaboration within the park and other key players in Charlotte, I was super excited about the job because there is such an abun dance of knowledge surrounding me now. It’s a perfect fit. To contact Alexis, please call JFS at 704 364Â6594. Y
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Queens University Receives $1 Million to Establish Professorship of Jewish Studies Thanks to the generosity of Lori and Eric Sklut, a $1 million endowed fund has been estab lished for the Sklut Professorship in Jewish Studies at Queens Uni versity of Charlotte. Through this professorship, Queens will retain and attract distinguished faculty specializing in Jewish Studies. Rabbi Judy Schindler, associate professor of Jewish Studies at Queens, will be the inaugural holder of the professorship. In 2007, Lori and Eric Sklut, with Lori’s parents Leon and San dra Levine of the Leon Levine Foundation, established their first professorship, the LevineSklut Distinguished Professorship in Jewish Studies for the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2012, Lori and Eric Sklut established the Lori and Eric Sklut Emerging Scholar in Jewish Studies at Elon University.
“We are honored and grateful to be the beneficiary of Lori and Eric’s investment in our work,” said Queens President Dr. Pamela Davies. “This gift will help fac ulty, whose teaching of Jewish history and culture enriches our Jewish Studies program. We are a campus committed to interfaith understanding.” The Jewish Studies program at Queens was established in 2013 to examine Jewish identity, culture, and beliefs through a broad range of courses covering history, polit ical science, international affairs, religion and theology, ethics, phi losophy, sociology, pop culture, and more. In its continued com mitment to interfaith understand ing, Queens has hired a director of Jewish Life, established a student Hillel group, and opened the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice. “We admire Queens’ efforts of
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inclusion and cultural diversity, at tracting students and faculty from different backgrounds, ethnicities and national origins,” said Lori and Eric Sklut. “We are excited to be in a position to endow this pro fessorship for the university. Our trust in the leadership of Queens and their enthusiasm to embrace Jewish Studies is immeasurable. We know that embracing Jewish studies, traditions, culture, and history can be an enriching expe rience for anyone with an open mind. We look forward to seeing how this significant step will lift Queens as it seeks to broaden its offerings and expand its reach.” About Queens University of Charlotte Nestled in a historic neighbor hood just minutes from Uptown Charlotte, Queens has been pro viding students with transforma tional experiences for more than 155 years. A private, masterslevel
university, Queens serves more than 2,300 students in academic programs across the liberal arts and sciences as well as the profes sional fields of business, commu nication, nursing, health, and education. With the city of Char lotte as an extended campus, stu dents have the opportunity to launch into abundant internships, community service, and academic partnerships. The majority of un dergraduates also study interna tionally during their time at Queens. Queens is a unique learn ing environment that doesn’t ask students to choose between ideals and interests. Students are invited to be both, be more – and in so doing, leave their own mark on history. About the LevineSklut Family Foundation The LevineSklut Family Foundation is guided by Lori and Eric Sklut and their family and
Judy Schindler seeks to improve the human con dition by collaborating with or ganizations and supporting initiatives in the following areas: Charitable causes in the faith com munity including but not limited to Jewish institutions and organi zations; educational institutions in pursuit of academic excellence; Human Service Agencies who serve the needy; healthcare insti tutions including research for cures for cancer and mental ill ness; and children’s services. Y
Philip Sperling Young Adult Circle We are so excited to introduce our newest program to the Friend ship Circle calendar. We recognize that our friends are all different ages and at differ ent stages and we’ve created Young Adult Circle to be the per fect place for teens and young adults to hang out with their peers. Check out our schedule at FriendshipCircleNC.org and let us know when you/your teen will be joining. Our next program is Thursday, November 16 at Urban Air in Mint Hill. Visit FriendshipCir cleNC.org to RSVP. Friendship Circle and ZABS Place are beneficiary agencies of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte.Y
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Shalom Park Drive Temporary Closing What You Need to Know for School Carpools and More The Providence Road entrance to Shalom Park at the light will be closed from Monday, October 23 until approximately Sunday, No vember 19. The purpose of this temporary closure is to construct a turn lane on Shalom Park Drive at the light. The timing of this work was determined by the City of Char lotte, which is implementing its own improvements on Providence Road, such as a crosswalk at the Shalom Park Drive light and ad ditional sidewalks on Providence Road. Once the City gives the go ahead to open the turn lane (which will be after Providence Road sidewalks are completed), exiting the Park will be faster and more efficient. The three other entrances to the Park will experience higher traffic volume during construction at the main entrance. Shalom Park visi tors traveling North Bound on Providence Road will be able to use the entrances at Temple Beth El and Temple Israel. Visitors reaching Shalom Park via South Bound on Providence Road will
be able to use the Jeffer son Drive entrance. The Foundation of Shalom Park has con tracted police officers to assist with left turns at Jefferson Drive and Prov idence Road during high volume times on the Park, for instance, during school carpools, employee end of day and special events. Please see the table for times when a CMPD officer will be present to assist with left turns at Jefferson Drive and Providence Road. Do you dropoff a child at Re ligious School, the Charlotte Jew ish Preschool, or the Charlotte Jewish Day School? Then keep reading. What You Need to Know: Carpool Directions During the Shalom Park Drive Temporary Closure 1) All traffic for carpools (pick up/dropoff) should enter the Park from the Temple Beth El entrance (if you are traveling towards up town), or the Jefferson Drive en trance (if you are traveling south
towards the Arboretum). 2) All carpool (pickup/drop off) traffic leaving the Park should exit from Temple Israel (if you are traveling north towards uptown), or the Jefferson Drive exit (if you are traveling south towards the Arboretum). 3) Please Note: If you exit using Temple Beth El drive, you may impede incoming carpool traffic while also making your exit more difficult. The Foundation of Shalom Park staff will make every effort to ensure that this temporary clos ing creates minimal disruption for Shalom Park members and visi tors. We will do our best to keep you apprised of progress or changes related to this project. Thank you for your patience and support during construc tion. Y
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years ago, not a single Friday night has passed when I have not thought of the Professor, the joy he felt celebrating Shabbat and I have never taken our freedom to openly celebrate Judaism for granted. “Professor Rubinski remained in Montreal for another month be fore he returned to his family in Moscow. My father, always an excellent correspondent, tried to keep in touch with him. In those days speaking on the phone long distance to Russia was not even a consideration. Telegrams were never used for traditional corre spondence. So snail mail from Montreal to Moscow was the only option. We were told by the clerk at the Post Office that a letter to Russia would take ten days to two weeks to get there. “About three months later, Dad shared with us a letter that he had received from Professor Rubinski. It was written in English, by hand, but after the ‘Dear Jack, Dorothy, and family,’ portion of his letter, the rest was not understandable as many words and even large sec tions of paragraphs had been blacked out with a magic marker. I had never seen or experienced such censorship before. “This was the time of the Cold
War, the arms race, and the race into space, and it was important to the leaders of the Soviet Union that it appear strong and in control of its people and way of life. Cen sorship was one way to accom plish this. In the 60s, the Soviet Union was able to censor Ameri can radio, television, and print. It never wanted Americans to know there might be dissatisfaction among its people. Neither did it want to expose its citizens to the lifestyle that was enjoyed in the West. I always thought the Soviet clerks, whose job it was to black out the mail, probably did not even read English, but the heavier the clerks wielded their black markers the more powerful and important they probably felt. “From what we could make out, it appeared that Vladamir Ru binski had written a thank you let ter. It mentioned his wife and daughter, and also referenced the time he had spent teaching in Montreal. Notably missing was any reference to what he was doing in Russia. We never knew if he had even received my fa ther’s letter. If he had, any men tion of it had been blacked out. My father answered that letter, but that was the last we ever heard from Professor Rubinski.” Y
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Temple Israel’s Ladies Night Out: A New Year’s Wine & Chocolate Pairing at Vin Master (Atherton Mill - September ‘17).
TORAH TOTS THANKSGIVING DINNER & SERVICE Friday, November 10 Shabbat Dinner, 5:30pm Torah Tots Shabbat Service, 6:15pm All are invited to gather for a special Torah Tots dŚĂŶŬƐŐŝǀŝŶŐ ^ŚĂďďĂƚ͘ ŌĞƌ Ă ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͕ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ŝŶ ^ŚĂďďĂƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ ƉƌĂLJĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ůĞĚ ďLJ ZĂďďŝ <ůŝƌƐ ĂŶĚ DŝƐƐ EĂŶĐLJ͘ YOUTH MAHAR LASERS & LUNCH (All 3rd-5th Graders) Sunday, November 19, 12:00 – 3:00pm :ŽŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ŽĨ ůĂƐĞƌ ƚĂŐ ĂŶĚ ƉŝnjnjĂ͊ dŚĞ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ƚǁŽ ƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ůĂƐĞƌ ƚĂŐ Ăƚ >ĂƐĞƌ YƵĞƐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ƉŝnjnjĂ ůƵŶĐŚ͊ ƌŽƉͲKī ĂŶĚ WŝĐŬͲhƉ Λ d/Z^ ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͘ $20/MAHAR Members; $30/Non-Members. RSVP by Wednesday, November 15 to Ariel at Adidonato@templeisraelnc.org. YOUNG ADULTS JEWS & BREWS Thursday, November 30, 7:30pm :ŽŝŶ dŽƌĂŚ ŽŶ dĂƉ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ Ăƚ ^LJĐĂŵŽƌĞ ƌĞǁĞƌLJ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚƌŝŶŬ͕ ůŝŐŚƚ ĂƉƉĞƟnjĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŐŽŽĚ ůĂƵŐŚƐ͊ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ Žƌ ƚŽ Z^sW͕ ĞŵĂŝů torahontapclt@gmail.com. SOCIAL ACTION MEN’S SHELTER OF CHARLOTTE THANKSGIVING MEAL Sunday, November 19 tĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ĨŽƌ ϭϰϬ ŵĞŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ďĂƐŝĐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŵĞŶ ƐƚĂLJ ǁĂƌŵ ĂŶĚ ĐůĞĂŶ͘ tŽƵůĚ LJŽƵ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͍ /Ĩ ƐŽ͕ ŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ǁĂLJƐ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŚĞůƉ͗ ͻ ,ĞůƉ ĐŽŽŬ Ă ŚĞĂůƚŚLJ ŵĞĂů Ăƚ ^ŚĂůŽŵ WĂƌŬ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ EŽŽŶ ĂŶĚ ϰ͗ϯϬƉŵ ͻ dƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ ĨƌŽŵ ^ŚĂůŽŵ WĂƌŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ DĞŶ͛Ɛ ^ŚĞůƚĞƌ ;^ƚĂƚĞƐǀŝůůĞ ZĚͿ ĨƌŽŵ ϰ͗ϯϬͲϱ͗ϯϬƉŵ ͻ ^ĞƌǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ďĂƐŝĐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůƐ ĨƌŽŵ ϱ͗ϱϬƉŵͲϳ͗ϯϬƉŵ ; ĚƵůƚƐ ŽŶůLJͿ ͻ DĂŬĞ Ă ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ E t ǁĂƌŵ 'ůŽǀĞƐ͕ ,ĂƚƐ͕ hŶĚĞƌǁĞĂƌ ;y>Ϳ͕ ^ǁĞĂƚƐŚŝƌƚƐ ;y>Ϳ͕ ĂŶĚͬŽƌ tŝŶƚĞƌ ŽĂƚƐ ;y>Ϳ ͻ DĂŬĞ Ă ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŽŽƚŚďƌƵƐŚĞƐ͕ ůĂƌŐĞ ƚƵďĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŽŽƚŚƉĂƐƚĞ͕ ĚĞŽĚŽƌĂŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚͬŽƌ ůĂƌŐĞ ďŽƩůĞƐ ŽĨ ƐŚĂŵƉŽŽ ͻ DĂŬĞ Ă ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚnjĞĚĂŬĂŚ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ ĨŽƌ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ;ĨŽŽĚ ĐŽƐƚ с ΨϳϬϬͬĚŝŶŶĞƌͿ dŽ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐĨƵů ĂŶĚ ĨƵůĮůůŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ Žƌ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ :ŽŶĂƚŚĂŶ ĞƌŐĞƌ͕ ϳϬϰͲϵϵϱͲϭϳϯϮ Žƌ ũďĞƌŐĞƌƟƐĂΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘ LIFELONG LEARNING &Z ĨŽƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͖ Ψϯϲ ĨŽƌ ŶŽŶͲŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͘ dŽ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌ͕ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ƚŚĞ ĐůĞƌŐLJ ŽĸĐĞ Ăƚ ĐůĞƌŐLJŽĸĐĞΛƚĞŵƉůĞŝƐƌĂĞůŶĐ͘ŽƌŐ Žƌ ĐĂůů ϵϴϬͲϵϲϬͲϮϯϳϵ͘ TORAH CHAI: THE LIVING TORAH Wednesdays, October 25, November 1 & 15 and December 6, 7:00 – 9:00pm 'ŝǀĞ ũƵƐƟĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĂŬ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƚŚĞƌůĞƐƐ͖ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŋŝĐƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐƟƚƵƚĞ͘ Ͳ WƐĂůŵ ϴϮ /Ŷ ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĂŝƚŚƐ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵůůLJ ůĞĂƌŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ŵŝŶŝƐƚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ĨŽƵƌ ĐŚƵƌĐŚĞƐ ŝŶ ŚĂƌůŽƩĞ ƚŽ ĞŶŐĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ZĂďďŝ njƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ dĞŵƉůĞ /ƐƌĂĞů ŝŶ ĞdžƉůŽƌŝŶŐ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ dŽƌĂŚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ ǁŝůů ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ,ĞďƌĞǁ ŝďůĞ ĂŶĚ WƌŽƉŚĞƚƐ ŐƵŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ďŽŶĚ ŽĨ ǀĂůƵĞƐ͕ ĞƚŚŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ͘ SEVENTY YEARS OF ISRAELI POPULAR MUSIC Wednesday, November 8 , 7:00 – 9:00pm (with break for Minyan) :ŽŝŶ ĂŶƚŽƌ ZŽŽĐŚǀĂƌŐ ƚŽ ůŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ďĞůŽǀĞĚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƐŽŶŐƐ ŽĨ /ƐƌĂĞů͘ tĞ ǁŝůů ƉƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ŝŶƚŽ ĐŚƌŽŶŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ŽƌĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂů ĐŽŶƚĞdžƚ ;ŝ͘Ğ͘ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŝŶ /ƐƌĂĞů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƟŵĞͿ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ǁŝůů ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƐŽŵĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ƵŶĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ƐŽŶŐƐ͘
Temple Israel youth at our annual Wet ‘N Wild ǁĂƚĞƌ ƉĂƌŬ ƚƌŝƉ ; ƵŐƵƐƚ ͚ϭϳͿ͘
EVENTS A CONVERSATION WITH DR. CHRISTOPH RUECKEL: ŽŶǀŝĐƟŶŐ zĞƐƚĞƌĚĂLJ͛Ɛ EĂnjŝƐ ŝŶ dŽĚĂLJ͛Ɛ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ ŽƵƌƚƐ Sunday, November 19, 2:30pm ƌ͘ ZĞƵĐŬĞů ǁŝůů ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ ŚŽǁ ŚĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ ƉƌŽƐĞĐƵƚŽƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ǁŽŶ ĐŽŶǀŝĐƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝƐŽŶ ƐĞŶƚĞŶĐĞƐ ŝŶ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ ĐŽƵƌƚƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ EĂnjŝ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ϵϬ͛Ɛ ĂƐ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŽƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƌĚĞƌ ŽĨ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ,ƵŶŐĂƌŝĂŶ :ĞǁƐ ŝŶ ƵƐĐŚǁŝƚnj͘ This event is free, however ŬŝŶĚůLJ Z^sW ďLJ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϭϬ Ăƚ ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬďŝƚ͘ůLJͬϮLJsǀEƌ TEMPLE ISRAEL BOOK CLUB Wednesday, November 29, 7:30pm ƵƚŚŽƌ DĂƌLJ 'ůŝĐŬŵĂŶ ǁŝůů ƐƉĞĂŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ >ĞǀŝŶĞ : ŽŶ dŚƵƌƐĚĂLJ͕ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϳ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ dĞŵƉůĞ /ƐƌĂĞů ŽŽŬ ůƵď ǁŝůů ƌĞĂĚ ŚĞƌ ŵƵĐŚͲĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ŶŽǀĞů ,ŽŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ DŽƌŶŝŶŐ ŽŶ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂLJ͕ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ Ϯϵ͘ ŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶŽǀĞů ǁŝƚŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƌĞĂĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ǁŝůů ĂĚĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞŶũŽLJŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ,ŽŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ DŽƌŶŝŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽŶĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁĞƌ ƐĂLJƐ ͞ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ Ă ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ůĞƐƐŽŶ ŝŶ ďůĂĐŬͲǁŚŝƚĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͕ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ :ĞǁŝƐŚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝǀŝů ZŝŐŚƚƐ DŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͘͟ ǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ŝƐ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ dĞŵƉůĞ /ƐƌĂĞů ŽŽŬ ůƵď ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ Ŭ͘ &Žƌ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ >ŝŶĚĂ >ĞǀLJ͕ 704-366-6362, levyollie@aol.com.
SAVE THE DATES ^ŽĐŝĂů ůƵď͗ ŶŶƵĂů ,ĂŶƵŬŬĂŚ >ƵŶĐŚĞŽŶ Θ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ Sunday, December 10 dĞŵƉůĞ /ƐƌĂĞů ,ĂŶƵŬŬĂŚ ĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ Θ ĂŶĐĞ Saturday, December 16 dĞŵƉůĞ /ƐƌĂĞů ZĞĚĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ Sunday, December 17
SISTERHOOD: GRAND REOPENING OF ROSE ROOM JUDAICA GIFT SHOP Sunday, November 5, 2:00 – 5:00pm ^ŝƐƚĞƌŚŽŽĚ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĞŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ dŚĞ ZŽƐĞ ZŽŽŵ 'ŝŌ ^ŚŽƉ ũƵƐƚ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ,ĂŶƵŬŬĂŚ͊ ^ĂŵƉůĞ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ <ŽƐŚĞƌ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞƐ͕ ŵĞĞƚ :ĞǁŝƐŚ ƵƚŚŽƌ :͘:͘ 'ĞƐŚĞƌ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞ ŚĞƌ ŶĞǁ ŶŽǀĞů͕ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŚĂŶĚͲƉĂŝŶƚĞĚ /ƐƌĂĞůŝ ĞLJĞŐůĂƐƐ ĨƌĂŵĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ͊ tĞ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ LJŽƵ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ WƌŽĐĞĞĚƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ dĞŵƉůĞ /ƐƌĂĞů͕ ^ŝƐƚĞƌŚŽŽĚ͕ dĞŵƉůĞ /ƐƌĂĞů zŽƵƚŚ WƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ^ŽĐŝĂů ĐƟŽŶ /ŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ͘
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A Jewish Funeral Today By Mike Littauer, president, He brew Cemetery Association If you’ve ever wondered about the our Jewish tradtions regarding funerals and burial, I hope this an swers some of your questions. Jewish tradition teaches that we are created in the image of God. This is the underpinning of all of the rituals and customs that con struct a Jewish funeral. This con cept extends both to the deceased and the mourners. Each commu nity has their own customs in re gard to funeral practices. Some customs are dictated by tradition. Others are the result of local laws and regulations, especially when it comes to cemetery rules. Nonetheless, certain key concepts are universally practiced by all of Judaism. Jewish funerals can take place in a variety of locations. Some fu nerals are exclusively graveside; others occur in multiple locations starting at the synagogue, or a fu neral home, and then proceeding to the cemetery. Traditionally, burial takes place as soon as possible within 24 hours. This is not always possible because as many modern Jewish families are spread out around the country, it becomes necessary to wait a day or two until all of the mourners can arrive. Jewish fu nerals cannot take place on Shab bat or on most Jewish holidays. Jewish mourners have specific responsibilities and prohibitions. Tradition teaches that the follow ing people are “officially” desig
nated as mourners, parent, child, spouse, or sibling. This does not mean that others do not grieve the loss of the deceased, but mourners have specific roles to perform in the funeral service and the days preceding, and during the months following the funeral. Jewish tradition teaches that one of the most important mitzvot we can perform is helping our loved ones find their final resting place. Another important mitz vah that we perform is the act of comforting mourners. When we attend a funeral and are not mourners ourselves, our very presence provides comfort. For mourners, knowing that you care enough to support them at their time of need is a powerful state ment that goes far beyond the ac tual moments you are in attendance at the service. Jewish tradition teaches that the deceased should be buried in a simple casket. It should be com pletely biodegradable. A kosher casket is made entirely of wood with no nails. Embalming is also not permitted, unless required by law. This is so that the process of decomposition can take place in a natural fashion. Open caskets are not permitted at Jewish funerals. In most cases, the closed casket is present at the service. Jewish law is also subject to local laws. As such, rules about embalming, grave liners, and other regulations that are in place for public health must be followed. While there are rituals that
must be performed at a Jewish fu neral, customs and traditions vary greatly depending on the commu nity and the person who officiates at the service. Usually, a member of the clergy officiates, but this is not a religious requirement. What follows is a typical outline of the service used at a nongraveside service. * Keriah (tearing) Just before the beginning of the service, the clergy will gather the mourners to gether and place a black ribbon on their outer garment. In some com munities, an actual garment is torn. This is usually done when the family members are gathered prior to the service. In some com munities, keriah is performed after the service and/or in public. The clergy may explain that the act of tearing is an ancient ritual that serves several functions: 1) Since we are physical beings, we need to do something physical to express our grief; 2) It is a symbol of the tear in the fabric of the family after the death of a loved one; 3) It sets up a separation of status: prior to this moment, the mourn ers have had the responsibility of taking care of all of the details of the funeral and now their respon sibility shifts to allowing the com munity to take care of them. As the ribbons/garments are being torn, the following is said by the mourners: “Baruch atah Adonai, Dayan HaEmet Blessed are You, Adonai, Truthful Judge.” Others may also recite the follow ing passage from the book of Job:
“Adonai natan, Adonai lakach, yehi shem Adonai m’vorach God has given, God has taken away, blessed be the name of God.” The ribbons or torn gar ments are traditionally worn on the outer gar ment for the first seven days of mourning (shiva). * Procession of the mourners Once all of the attendees are seated, the mourners are ushered into the service and seated in the front rows of the chapel. * Opening prayers The serv ice usually begins with the reading or chanting of Biblical passages, usually from the book of Psalms. This is followed by a hespeid (eu logy) is delivered. * Hespeid (eulogy) The pur pose of the hespeid is to both honor the deceased and comfort the mourners. Usually the clergy delivers the eulogy after meeting with family members and loved ones. During this meeting, the clergy will ask loved ones to share stories and history about the de ceased. Rabbis and cantors are specially trained to take this infor mation and weave it together to paint a picture of the deceased. It should be written and delivered in such a way that it reflects the essence of the person who has died and brings comfort to the mourners. Sometimes family members and close friends will want to speak about their loved one at the service. This can be a
very important part of their mourning/grieving process. At the same time, no one should ever feel compelled to speak at the funeral of a loved one. Remarks should be brief and written down. The rea son for this is if the family mem ber is unable to deliver their remarks, the clergy can do it for them. * El Malei Rachamim This is a prayer that mentions the de ceased by their Hebrew name and states that they are “sheltered be neath the wings of God’s pres ence.” The congregation stands during the chanting of this prayer. * Recession of family mem bers In most cases, after the El Malei Rachamim is recited, the family exits the chapel and retires to the separate family room in preparation for the funeral proces sion. * Removal of casket After the family leaves, those individuals who have been honored as pall bearers will proceed from the chapel to the funeral carriage. The rest of the congregation waits until the casket has been escorted from the room. It is customary to recite (Continued on page 24)
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Psalms during this procession. [A note about pall bearers: Tradition ally, pall bearers cannot be mourn ers. Both men and women can serve as pall bearers in a Reform service. Those people who are not able to physically lift the casket can also be designated as “hon orary” pall bearers.] * Procession to Cemetery A funeral procession from the chapel is formed by the vehicles of those in attendance who will be going to the cemetery. Again, it is considered to be an important mitzvah to accompany a person to their final resting place. The cemetery service is very brief. Again, traditions vary by community, congregation, and clergy. The following reflects the basic customs: * Procession of the casket from the hearse to the grave Once all of the mourners and at tendees have gathered at the graveside, the pall bearers take the coffin out of the hearse and walk to the grave. In some communi ties, the procession stops seven times. There are many reasons for this custom. One basic reason is to acknowledge that this is a very difficult task and that we are in no hurry to conclude. * Lowering of the casket This may vary from community to community. In some cases, the casket is lowered immediately while prayers are recited. In oth ers, the lowering comes after the
recital of prayers. Usually, the cemetery provides a lowering de vice which gently places the cas ket at the bottom of the grave. * Prayers at graveside There are a short series of prayers deal ing with mortality and love. In some communities, the El Malei Rachamim is again recited. * Mourners Kaddish The
mourners Kaddish is a prayer ex tolling God. It does not specifi cally mention death. The Kaddish is recited by the mourners for the first time at graveside. Tradition ally, it is recited every day for 11 months following burial and then on the yahrzeit (yearly anniver sary) of the deceased. * Placing earth in the grave
Since the mitzvah of “accompany ing the dead for burial” is so im portant, the act of placing earth into the grave takes on a very im portant role in the service. In some communities, the entire casket is covered with earth. In other com munities, earth is symbolically placed in the grave. Often earth from the Land of Israel is also
sprinkled on the casket. Some people use the back side of the shovel to show that this is not an easy task to perform. Each ceme tery has their own rules as to how shoveling can take place. After the service is concluded, the mourners return to the place where shiva will be observed. Y
Moishe House Events for November Moishe House is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promot ing community among Jewish young adults in their twenties and early thirties. Moishe House looks to fill the void that often exists after graduating college and prior to settling down. The organization brings together groups of three to five Jewish adults who live to gether and plan local programs, both homebased and external, for other young Jewish adults. There are currently 93 Moishe Houses in 22 countries around the world. Moishe House Charlotte began in August 2013 and since then has hosted 130+ events ranging from service projects to social events to Jewish learning and more. We are always happy to see new and re turning faces, so be sure to join us. We are currently looking for a new roommate (see the email below). We are pleased to share with you our exciting events for this November: Event 1: Hornets Game with MoHo Wednesday, November 1 at 7 PM, at The Spectrum Center,
East Trade Street, Charlotte, NC, United States Join Moishe House as we cheer on Charlotte’s own Hornets at the Spectrum Center. Please respond with your interest by Wednesday, October 18. Be sure to arrive by 6:30 PM so we can hand out tick ets and go in as a group. Email simon.hirschhorn02@gmail.com to confirm you’re going or with any questions or concerns. Event 2: Friendsgiving Friday, November 3 at 7:30 PM At Moishe House Charlotte we are so grateful for the vibrant and thriving community we have. Please join us in giving thanks at our MoHo Friendsgiving Shab bat! Per usual, the entree will be provided but please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Please email mohocharlotte@gmail.com for the address. Event 3: Matt’s Moishe Send Off Saturday, November 11 at 8 PM Matt is moving out of the Moishe House so we are going to throw him a proper Moishe send
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Internationally Renowned Human Rights Activist and Holocaust Scholar Speaks at One Year Anniversary of the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice at Queens University of Charlotte On Thursday, September 14, French Catholic priest, Father Patrick Desbois came to Charlotte to mark the one year anniversary of the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice at Queens University of Charlotte. Speaking to a packed audience of 400 in the newly renovated Belk Chapel, Father Desbois reflected on his work interviewing 5,300 witnesses and uncovering 2,100 unmarked mass graves in Eastern Europe that contain remains of hundreds of thousands of Jews and Gypsies murdered by the Nazis. Father Desbois, President of YahadIn Unum, a global human itarian organization he founded in 2004, is the author of Holocaust by Bullets and has a new book coming out In Broad Daylight. Based on Desbois’ research in seven countries that were for merly part of the Soviet Union, his
newer work identifies the proce dures followed in village after vil lage that enabled these mass killings to occur. Sadly, Desbois’ notes, ISIS has used Nazi strate gies to facilitate mass killings of the Yazidis, a persecuted minority in Iraq. Last month’s event was in cel ebration of the first anniversary of the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice. The Greenspon Center uses the Holo caust as the central case study to teach school students, local edu cators, and the general community about the dangers of intolerance and indifference. The Greenspon Center also has become known for their advocacy networks, which during the first year focused on refugee advocacy and this year is adding racial justice to their scope of work. (Visit StanGreenspon Center.org for more information on our educational and advocacy
programs.) The Greenspon Center’s an niversary celebration and its first year of success would not have been possible without the gen erosity of Stan Greenspon. In 2013, Stan Greenspon saw the need to expand Holocaust and human rights education in Char lotte. He commissioned a study on the work of existing programs in the nation and in 2015, gener ously endowed a center at Queens University as a “culmination of a lifelong dream.” Under the direc tion and leadership of Rabbi Judy Schindler and Talli Dippold, the Stan Greenspon Center has thrived. Its first year was marked
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