The Charlotte Jewish News November 2023

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The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2023 - Page 17

NC Holocaust Foundation By Mitch Rifkin The North Carolina Holocaust Foundation supports many exciting programs. This fall semester we saw the rollout of a new Holocaust curriculum distributed to every middle and high school in the state. The curriculum, written by the Holocaust Foundation and Holocaust Council, is designed to teach the lessons learned from the Holocaust including the values of inclusion, democracy, plurality, and anti-bullying. Visit https://ncholocaustcouncilworkshops.org/nc-holocaust-curriculum/ The passage of the Gizella Abramson Holocaust Education Act made North Carolina one of 17 states to have mandatory teaching of the Holocaust. The Holocaust Foundation led the lobbying for this legislation. We have increased our traveling exhibits, speaker visits, plays, and book purchase programs this school year. If you’d like to sponsor a gift of books to a public school (such

a great mitzvah!), please let us know. Each grade is assigned a book title. A classroom set comprises 30 books, with the average cost of a book to be $10. The Holocaust Foundation will sponsor an excellent program led by the Anti-Defamation League which teaches middle and high school students how to effectively defend themselves from verbal and demonstrative acts of antisemitism. Stay tuned for more details! If there is more you’d like to know about the North Carolina Holocaust Foundation, please contact me at rif121@carolina. rr.com or (704) 607-3936.


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page 37

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3min
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4min
page 29

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3min
page 28

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3min
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7min
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Around the Table Chats With Glorie Levinson 

6min
page 23

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3min
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4min
page 21

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3min
page 19

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4min
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NC Holocaust Foundation 

2min
page 17

Making an Impact: Seeing Auschwitz Exhibit in Charlotte

5min
page 16

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With Gratitude, Jewish Family Services 

5min
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Temple Solel: It Was a Very Good Year 

4min
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2min
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2min
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4min
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Miss Debby's Best-Loved Children's Books 

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Sue's Bookshelf 

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3min
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From the Editor: Grief is Not a Competition 

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Community Unites in Solidarity 

4min
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Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte Raising Funds for Israel Emergency Campaign 

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