An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte
Vol. 39, No. 7
AvElul 5777
August 2017
Class 23 of Operation Understanding Visits Shalom Park
Charles Jones, far left, speaks to Class 23 of OUDC.
hood of Jews and AfricanAmeri cans who worked together to bring about Equal Rights for all, and who still collaborate to con tinue the dream. The students are high school students with diverse reasons for taking this journey. “I didn’t know much about civil rights, or my cul ture or other cultures,” says Rhema Jones, 17, a student at Kipp College Prep in DC, ex plaining why she chose to go on OUDC. “I felt ‘not woke.’” Nicholas Whitman, a 17year old who attends Woodrow Wilson Senior High in DC, came on the program due to a recommendation from a former participant. “I saw how it transformed his views.” The students toured the park, stopping with particular interest at
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By Amy Krakovitz For 23 summers, Operation Understanding takes Jewish and AfricanAmerican students from the Washington, DC area on a journey. “Our young leaders stand on the battlegrounds of past strug gles throughout the Deep South. They study indepth the history of the African American and Jewish experiences in our country. Civil Rightsera leaders and foot sol diers share their stories from the front lines of the Movement. Modernday justice advocates il lustrate the work still to be done and how to get involved. Our stu dents learn from each other, spending hours exploring issues, having honest dialogue, and de veloping steadfast relationships that erase racial, religious and ide ological boundaries,” says their website. As part of the journey, each class stops in Charlotte, to learn about being Jewish in the south, to tour Shalom Park and appreciate its cooperative agencies, and to meet with local Civil Rights Leader, Charles Jones, who tells them about his experience as a young man in both the desegrega tion of Charlotte and parts of South Carolina, as well as his ex perience as a Freedom Rider throughout the South. It’s an extensive journey from DC to Mississippi, including Greensboro, Memphis, parts of Alabama, and Atlanta. They study the history of the movement, learn from today’s and yesterday’s he roes, and experience the brother
the Butterfly Sculpture. The high light of the afternoon, though, was a visit from Charles Jones, Char lotte’s own Civil Rights Activist and former Freedom Rider. Through song and story, he told them the tale of standing up to de segregation in downtown Char
lotte, about his time in jail, and about his accomplishments across the south. Up until then, the students had had some remarkable experiences. At the Holocaust Museum, Rhema Jones was stunned by the exhibits. And she was changed, too, when the group did a “privi lege walk,” where they took steps forward or backward according to how privileged they felt about particular things. “There were stu dents way in front, and others far in the back. Everyone felt some thing, some of us ashamed and guilty.” Whitman learned while on the campus of North Carolina A & T about the Greensboro Massacre of 1979. “There’s so much important history that you never hear about,” he says. “This trip has opened my eyes to that.” As a musician, Rhema Jones always thought that she would just play music, but she sees now “that I can use music to help people. Music changes the way people think.” And the experience with
Rhema Jones and Nicholas Whitman.
OUDC has made her want to make changes in the world. Whitman has seen how this trip can impact him, even before it is over: “You can build relationships with people you might never have met,” he says, “if you’d only step out of your comfort zone.”Y
Michael and Lenora Borchardt Help Expand Spay/Neuter Efforts in Gaston County Gift Establishes Lenora Borchardt Spay Neuter Center in Gastonia As the proud owners of four adopted dogs from the Animal League of Gaston County, Michael and Lenora Borchardt understand the importance of the organiza tion. It made it an easy deci sion to donate toward the expansion and relocation of an existing spay neuter clinic to downtown Gasto nia. The Lenora Borchardt Spay Neuter Center was dedicated on June 23. The larger, moreprominent fa cility replaces the small but popular Gaston LowCost Joan, Michael, and Lenora Borchardt. Spay/Neuter Clinic, which recently celebrated its 30,000th facilitate our family’s philan surgery. The gift from the Bor thropy and have used it to support chardts was in support of the cou the Animal League of Gaston ple’s belief in rescue and adoption County and their efforts to pro vide lowcost spay and neuter for all family pets. “We established the Michael services,” Lenora said. “We are and Lenora Borchardt Family honored to provide the lead gift to Foundation through the Founda expand and permanently locate tion for the Charlotte Jewish the clinic in downtown Gastonia, Community (FCJC) and Founda our home of many years. We part tion For The Carolinas in 2007 to nered with our local community
foundation to formalize this gift that will benefit not only the residents of Gastonia but the broader region for years to come.” The Borchardts moved to Gastonia in 1972 and lived in the community for 30 years, moving to Charlotte in 2002. Lenora added that the clinic was originally sup posed to be named after Michael, also, but he gra ciously withdrew his name to keep the Center’s name shorter. The Michael and Lenora Borchardt Family Founda tion was established as a donor advised fund at FCJC, a subsidiary of Foundation For The Carolinas. They have worked with FCJC to support other fa vorite charities that include the Jewish Federations of Greater Charlotte and Atlanta, Hillel, and Temple Beth El. In addition, the Borchardts have created a legacy (Continued on page 2)
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JEWISH FEDERATION NEWS
Tributes to the Jewish Federation Annual Campaign The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte thanks and acknowledges the following tributes made May 6 July 7, 2017.
Applications for the 2018 Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte Impact and Innovation Fund are now available. The Jewish Federation’s Impact and Innovation Fund distributes grants that are intended to inspire individuals, organizations, synagogues, and agencies to provide innovative and impactful engagement opportunities for the greater Charlotte Jewish community.
In honor of Milton and Arlene Goldstein’s 50th Wedding Anniversary By: Mike and Sue Littauer In honor of Dale Polsky’s birthday By: Leonard and Judi Strause In memory of Harriet Lipsky By: Mike and Sue Littauer In memory of Victor Osborne By: Leonard and Judi Strause In memory of Buddy Roberts By: Mike and Sue Littauer, Leonard and Judi Strause If you would like to make a Tribute to the Jewish Federation, please contact the Federation office at 7049446761.Y
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gift through FCJC’s Create Your Jewish Legacy. Established in 1997, Founda tion for the Charlotte Jewish Community (FCJC) links the phil anthropic interests of donors with the needs of our community. FCJC serves its clients as a sup porting organization of Founda tion For The Carolinas, the sixthlargest community founda tion in the country. For informa tion about the FCJC visit www.charlottejewishfoundation.o rg or visit and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Founda tionForTheCharlotteJewishCom munity/. Y
Ribbon cutting ceremony at the Lenora Borchardt Center.
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Global Children’s Book Program Helps Charlotte Parents Pass Jewish Values, Beliefs on to Their Children A Jewish children’s book program is helping to preserve the richness and vibrancy of Jewish culture, one book at a time. PJ Library, the flagship program of the Harold Grin spoon Foundation, delivers more than 170,000 free Jew ish children’s books and music CDs throughout the United States and Canada each month, including more than 450 families in the greater Charlotte area. Books are sent to children ages six months through eight years, with each subscriber receiving a title carefully selected for highquality content and age level appropriateness. “Working to ensure a strong Jewish community for future generations is at the heart of everything we do at the Jewish Federation,” said Sue Worrel, Executive Director of the Jewish Federation, which partners with the Harold Grinspoon Foun dation to bring PJ Library to the greater Charlotte area. “We are grateful to Liz and Brad Winer for their generous support of the pro gram. Their commitment to help ing to build and shape Jewish identity is truly inspirational.” A newlyreleased survey meas uring the impact of PJ Library finds that the program plays an important role in the lives of Jew ish families. While the study was designed to evaluate one particu lar program, many of the findings will be of interest to all aspects of the Jewish community. With re sponses from 25,270 families (a 20% survey response rate), the study provides us with informa tion from what may be the largest number of families raising young children surveyed in the North American Jewish community
Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte and Winer Family Make PJ Possible in Charlotte In Charlotte, PJ Library is made possible by the Jewish Fed eration of Greater Charlotte and Liz and Brad Winer, who partner with the Harold Grinspoon Foun dation. Through the gift of PJ Li brary, the Federation created a new pathway to enhance Jewish engagement and contribute to a more vibrant Jewish community. PJ Library in Charlotte launched in 2013 and currently covers a geographic area that spreads from South Carolina to Lake Norman. In only five short years, PJ Library has received tremendous praise from our local participating families as well as national acclaim as one of the strongest PJ communities in the country. Like families across the United States and Canada, Charlotte fam ilies who participate in PJ Library
say the program has influ enced or supported how they talk about and prac tice Jewish traditions in their home. 98% of local families say PJ Library helps them have conversa tions about Jewish tradi tions, values and customs with their children. Over all, our Charlotte PJ fami lies are more engaged and more satisfied with the program than the national trend and even similar size communities. According to the sur vey, 45% of families par ticipating in PJ Library in the greater Charlotte area are interfaith families, while 20% percent have a family member who is Jewish by choice. 89% of interfaith families who participate in PJ Library say the program has increased their confidence to en gage their children around Jewish traditions, values and customs. PJ Library also provides partic ipants the opportunity to connect with other families in their com munity through events for younger children. In the greater Charlotte area 66% percent of PJ Library families surveyed at tended events for Jewish families with young children hosted by PJ Library or another organization in the past year. PJ Library Grows Connections to Local Jewish Community In addition to creating connec tions between families, PJ Library is fostering communal ties, with 77% percent of all participating families in the greater Charlotte area saying the program has made them interested in getting more connected to local Jewish activi ties, organizations, and/or people. To make sure parents feel equipped to talk with their chil dren about Jewish values and tra ditions, PJ Library includes information for parents on the in side flaps of each book, suggests tips and resources for parents on its blog, and gives parents the op portunity to choose their own book each year. 96% of the greater Charlotte area’s families who participate in PJ Library say the program is a valuable parent ing tool, and 92% percent say it has helped them think about the kind of Jewish practice they want to have in their home. PJ Library recently expanded its offerings to provide books to older children ages eightanda half to 11 in the United States through the PJ Our Way program. If you would like to learn more about PJ Library or PJ Our Way, please contact the Federation of fice at 7049446757. Y
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Community News
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 Charlotte’s Jewish community or added an or ganization to their legacy plan. There are now 366 individuals/
families throughout our Jewish community who have included a local Jewish organization in their legacy plans creating 831 unique legacies. Charlotte’s Jewish com munity now has estimated future gifts of more than $25 million. We welcome our newest
donors into our community’s Book of Life Society: Anonymous (1) Justin Bregman Elizabeth Ren and Michael Grunwald Jill and Marc Lipson Linda McLendon
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Legacy Story Brian and Sonia Cohen
In memory Mann Travels is celebrating the life and legacy of Maxine Silverstein. She was a friend, a mentor and an inspiration to many... but most importantly a cherished sister, mother, grandmother and wife. Her creativity and leadership will be missed by all of us and we will continue to honor her memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work she loved so much.
Sonia and Brian Cohen are among the 366 individ uals and families in our community who have created 831 unique legacy gifts to support its future. 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 sustain our Jewish community. By Brian Cohen I was born and raised in Johan nesburg, a third generation South African. My connection to Ju
Gwen and Paul Orland Cyndee Patterson Michael and Cheryl Rabi nowitz Dan and Toby Ruda Steve and Emily Snyder Diana Warth Nora Wolf daism was our neighborhood and family celebrations. At the age of 12, my father told my mom to arrange Bar Mitzvah lessons at our local Orthodox shul. Mom took me to the rabbi who said we’d need to first join the syna gogue. My Dad decided that I should be “Barmitzvahed” in the only Reform synagogue, in Johan nesburg, where we were not re quired to join. Sonia was born in Cape Town and raised in Johannesburg. Her parents were from England. They moved to South Africa in the 1930s during the depression. Sonia’s grandmother did not think much of the South African Jewish community. When Sonia was 7, her grandmother requested that the family return to Liverpool for a year so her brother could have his Bar Mitzvah there. Sonia’s family attended shul on the High Holidays and always lit Shabbat candles on Friday night. We met when I was 19, still liv ing at home with my parents. I shared weekly Shab bat dinners with Sonia’s family. We were married in 1966 and made a commitment to keep Shabbat and educate our four children in Johannes burg’s private Jewish day school system. Sonia was the driving force behind our Judaism, and I eagerly embraced it. We became part of a traditional Orthodox community. As our four children attended Jewish Day School, my parents embraced their Judaism. My Dad always felt Judaism in his heart but didn’t actively practice. Our children became the teachers, while their grandparents became the students. Concerned about South Africa’s two year military requirement for our sons, we moved to Los Ange les, CA in 1986. We had traveled and exposed our children to many democratic societies. It was im portant to us that they see how democracy and apartheid did not sync with one another. We lived in LA with our children for over 25 years honoring Shabbat and at tending shul every Saturday. In 2010, we followed the lead of one of our two daughters and moved to Charlotte. We like the size of Charlotte and have created our niche of friends. Sonia and I are connected to the Jewish community through our membership at Ohr HaTorah. Our legacy gifts include Congre gation Ohr HaTorah and the Char lotte Jewish Day School. It is important for us to embrace our roots and follow our hearts. There is a Jewish spark and magic inside each of us. It’s important for us all to do our part to keep that spark alive.Y
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NC Public School Teachers Visit Washington, DC On Sunday morning, June 18, 32 North Carolina public school teachers and three facilitators/ United State Holocaust Memorial Museum Teacher Fellows de parted Raleigh for a trip to Wash ington, DC, to visit the United
ture of Irene in the famous Auschwitz Diaries book. The par ticipants felt that this was a very emotional experience, especially after having viewed the exhibits in the museum. The facilitators shared some of
ing the last foot that wore them. Seeing the model of the Auschwitz gas chambers how efficient the Germans were in killing people. Barbara Kennedy, Kannapolis Middle School (Cabarrus/Rowan Counties), Media Specialist * At the Holocaust Museum with the survivor, Irene Weiss, I was simply amazed to see the pho
tograph of her standing at the en trance of Auschwitz. Her story was profound. … It [was] a testa ment and reminder of the impact of inaction. Chad Howard, Tucker Creek Middle School (Craven County), Social Studies * I will take back (1) activities and lesson plans shared by the fa cilitators and other teachers, (2)
pictures and topics I learned in the various lessons on the trip, and (3) the intention to teach tol erance and to standup against discrimination to my students through primary documents and novels recommended on this trip. Andrew Burton, Pisgah High School (Haywood County), His tory Y
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States Holocaust Memorial Mu seum and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The teachers returned to Temple Beth Or in Raleigh on Tuesday, June 20. On the bus trip on Sunday, the teachers discussed two books: Why the Jews by Dennis Payer and Rabbi Joseph Telushkin and The Plot by Will Eisner. They also watched a DVD entitled The Protocols by Marc Levin. The teachers had been assigned to read both books in preparation for our theme of antiSemitism, with a focus on The Protocols of the Eld ers of Zion, and took part in an ac tive discussion on the bus.
“The participants felt that this was a very emotional experience, especially after having viewed the exhibits in the museum.” The teachers spent all day Monday, June 19, at the Holocaust Museum. The teachers entered the museum at 9 AM before the pub lic opening. The teachers took a selfguided tour of the Permanent Exhibition and visited other exhi bitions in the museum, such as Daniel’s Story and We Are Neigh bors. The Holocaust Museum pro vided the teachers with a private classroom for the afternoon. The teachers and the three facilitators spent fortyfive minutes debrief ing their tour of the Permanent Exhibition. They talked about what stood out, how this visit would impact their teaching, and how this visit was lifechanging in bringing the Holocaust to life as they strive to bear witness to their students. Irene Weiss, a Holocaust sur vivor, spoke to the teachers. She was born in Hungary and survived one year at Auschwitz. Irene lost all of her family in Auschwitz ex cept an older sister. There is a pic
their Best Practices of teaching the Holocaust with the teachers. The teachers then divided into smaller groups to share their own lessons and best practices with one another. The teachers came away with lessons they are able to take back and use in their own classrooms. At the end of the day, the teach ers viewed A Dangerous Lie: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion ex hibit at the museum and then re turned to the classroom to debrief on the best methods segment that was held earlier in the afternoon and the Holocaust survivor talk and to compare and contrast the Elders of Zion exhibit with the two books they read and had dis cussed on the bus ride to Washing ton. The teachers spent Tuesday morning, June 20, at the African American Museum in a self guided tour. The teachers returned to Raleigh that afternoon. On the ride back to Raleigh, the teachers discussed their visit to the African American Museum and their overall trip experience. The movie, Denial, was shown on the trip back as a final thoughtpro voking event on antiSemitism. After watching this DVD, the teachers talked about how to mo tivate students to recognize hurt ful behaviors and how to create activities that promote empathy. The trip was funded in large part by the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte. The Charlotte Federation has currently donated $7,500 towards the cost of the trip with another $2,500 expected after this final report. The entire cost of the trip was $14,317.51. The North Carolina Holocaust Foundation, which is the fundrais ing vehicle for the North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, funded the difference. All the teachers commented on the trip. Here are just a few quotes: * The trip taught me that our kids do have a say and can make a difference! Erin Bass, Trinity High School (Randolph High County), English * The most profound experi ence for me was standing in the cattle car, smelling the wood and wondering what the Jews crowded in this condition smelled and what they felt. Also, the shoes imagin
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Levine JCC Golf Tournament Honors Sam Strause (z”l) The Levine JCC 11th Annual Invitational Golf Tournament, benefiting the LJCC Senior Adult Oasis Program, was held on May 15 at beautiful TPC Piper Glen Country Club. The tournament was played in honor of Sam Strause (z”l), one of the co founders of the tournament. This year’s event was chaired by Arthur Lavitt and cochaired by Mike Van Glish and featured twentyone foursomes participat ing in a “shotgun” start. The day kickedoff with a lunch, followed by golf and concluded with a wonderful dinner reception, silent auction and awards ceremony for the winners. The Levine JCC expresses its sincere appreciation to our Pre senting Sponsors that included Lisa Strause Levinson, the Palm Restaurant, Frank and Amy Sci
Alene and Sam Strause (z”l)
belli, and Swimmer Insurance Company. Sponsorships and play ers increased this year as many of Sam’s old friends turned out to play in his honor. We are so appre ciative of all of the golfers who came out to support this wonder ful event. A huge thank you is owed to the golf committee and volunteers for continuously mak ing the tournament a success. The highlight of the day was the announcement of the forma tion of the Alene (z”l) and Sam Strause Family Endowment for the Levine Jewish Community Center. This fund will ensure that Alene and Sam’s life passions — love of their family, Judaism, giving back to the Jewish commu nity, and golf — live on in perpe tuity. Alene and Sam had a natural ability to make friends, quickly getting to know those they met, and as they did, making them part of their family. The Levine JCC is thrilled to announce that the fund was established with over $18,000 through the gen erosity of Alene and Sam’s daughter, Lisa Strause Levinson, along with sup port from the LJCC, and many community donors. If you would like to make a donation to the Alene (Continued on next page)
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Moishe House August Events Moishe House is a nonprofit or ganization dedicated to promoting 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 pleased to share with you our exciting events for this Au gust: Event 1: Tu B’Av Love Walk Sunday, August 6 at 4 PM. Greenway Starting Point: TBD. Birdsong Brewing Co, 1016 N. Davidson St. Charlotte, NC 28206 at the end of the walk. It’s coming up: Tu B’Av the Jewish holiday of love. So, how about we show the community how much we love it. Moishe House will be walking along the Charlotte Greenway and giving it a touchup. We’ll be picking up rubbish while admiring the bea utiful Charlotte scenery. We’ll even go for drinks and some din ner afterwards at Birdsong. Work up an appetite with your friends and enjoy the day of love. Event 2: Newcomer Shabbat Friday, August 11 at 7 PM at Moishe House
Have you noticed that our com munity has been growing lately? Join Moishe House for Shabbat dinner as we welcome two new Moishe House residents (Simon and Jessica) to the house as well as all of the Charlotte newcomers. Come prepared with a side dish/dessert to share, and BYOB. Moishe House will provide the main course. Event 3: Contra and Ice Cream Monday, August 14 at 7:30 PM at Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1609 East 5th Street, Charlotte, NC 28204 Come join Moishe House Charlotte as we get our dance on at contra dancing, a real cultural experience. No dancing experi ence or partner is needed. There’s a beginners class at 7:30 and the band will begin for us at 8. It’s $6 for students and $8 for adults. We’ll dance for a bit and then head over to Elizabeth Creamery for some post dance ice cream (word on the street is they even serve green tea ice cream). Event 4: Eclipse Extrava ganza Saturday, August 19 at 8 PM at Moishe House An ancient myth of the Battam maliba people of Togo and Benin states that the sun and moon are fighting during an eclipse. When the eclipse occurs, the Batammal iba come together as a community
and try to end their own fighting as a way of encouraging the sun and moon to do the same. As a complete solar eclipse will be hap pening on 8/21, Moishe House de cided this would be a great opportunity to bring the commu nity together for an eclipse themed party. Bring your own adult beverages, planet/mytholog ical knickknacks, and wacko the ories about the universe. Event 5: River Jam with Moishe House Thursday, Au gust 31 at 7 PM at the US National Whitewater Center, 5000 White water Center Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28214 Join Moishe House Charlotte as we venture to the west side of town for a relaxing evening at the US National Whitewater Center. We’ll chill on the lawn and listen to the music stylings of Joseph Huber. More info regarding the artist and the venue here: http://usnwc.org/josephhuber/. Admission is free, parking is $5. Please BYO chair/blanket/booty for sitting. 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
LJCC Golf Tournament Honors the Strauses (Continued from previous page)
and Sam Strause Family Endow ment, please contact Diana Warth at 7045542051 or Diana.Warth@charlottejcc.org. Alene and Sam believed in tak ing care of the members of this community and their daily actions reflected this belief. Time and time again, they ensured that Jew ish community members in need had those needs met. The newly established Alene and Sam Strause Family Endowment en
sures that these needs will be met for generations to come. The LJCC is thrilled to partner to es tablish this fund and to name the golf tournament in Sam’s honor. Mark your calendar for next year’s golf tournament being held on April 30, 2018. We sincerely hope that you will choose to be come involved with this funfilled communitywide special event next year as we host the 12th An nual Sam Strause Invitational
From left to right: Mike Van Glish, Peter Blair, Lisa Strause Levin son, Arthur Lavitt
Golf Tournament, a program of the Levine JCC. Proceeds from the tournament help provide necessary funds to benefit the Levine JCC Oasis Sen ior Enrichment Program. The mis sion of the Oasis program is to enrich the quality of all senior par ticipants regardless of religious af filiations. Sponsorships, player fees, and donations to the Sam Strause Invitational Golf Tourna ment benefit the Oasis program, which touches families and indi viduals in tangible and profound ways that truly make a difference in peoples’ lives. These dollars directly subsidize nutritional lunches, fund transportation, and sponsor meaningful programming all designed to enhance the lives of seniors in our community who could not otherwise afford to par ticipate. For many seniors, the Levine JCC’s Oasis program is their only contact with the com munity, a nourishing meal, a health check, any type of physical activity, or a myriad of other life sustaining services. We look forward to seeing you next year for a beautiful day out on the course at Piper Glen, a day that benefits our seniors and en sures that we are caring for those in our community who need our support just as Alene and Sam did each year of their lives. Y
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Hebrew Cemetery Turns 150 By Mike Littauer, President, He brew Cemetery Association 2017 marks the 150th anniver
sary of the Hebrew Cemetery. In 1867 the Hebrew Benevolent So ciety, serving a community of
4500 Jews purchased 11 acres on Statesville Avenue for the Hebrew Cemetery.
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Now the Hebrew Cemetery As sociation of Greater Charlotte serves between 13,000 and 15,000 Jews and provides for the on going maintenance, renovation, and management of our holy bur ial grounds. Our mission to provide a digni fied, peaceful, and beautiful rest ing place for our departed is as true today as it was in 1867. We are excited to announce our 150th Anniversary celebration on Thursday, August 24 from 79 PM at The Levine Museum of the New South. Please come celebrate this historic milestone in the life of our oldest Jewish institution in Charlotte. Together we will honor our past and look toward our fu ture. We will also honor our past presidents who have served our Cemetery and community so well and will announce our vision for our future. Live music, heavy hors d’oeuvres, wine and punch will be served. This will be an exciting evening and I hope you will join us. Tickets can be purchased for $54 by contacting Sandra Gold man at 7045761859. There are also sponsorship, advertising, and memorial opportunities in the commemorative book being developed for this event. Contact Sandra Goldman, Kevin Levine (7043636222) or Mike Littauer (7045720655) for those opportunities. We are pleased and ex
cited to announce a $15,000 chal lenge grant by Marc and Matteye Silverman to fund Cemetery maintenance and improvements. Please be generous and help us take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to help secure the fu ture of our Cemetery. On Sunday, August 27 from 11 AM1 PM, Brian Yesowitch, Past President and Historical Chair, will conduct several walking tours of the cemetery. Thirteen civil war veterans including Corporal Louis Leon, author of a famed civil war diary, as well as other notable Charlotteans and families will be highlighted on these tours. On September 23, our Annual Service will be conducted at the Cemetery. We will also dedicate the new Silverman Circle high lighted by our “Tree of Life” sculpture by artist Jim Gallucci. Please join us on August 24. The evening promises to be uplift ing and informative. Your partici pation helps guarantee the future of our Cemetery. I look forward to seeing you there.Y
Jewish Studies at Queens University of Charlotte Invites You Back to School Judaism, Film and Literature
The Bible: Who’s In and Who’s Out Fall Semester
Professor: Rabbi Judy Schindler Tuesdays evenings, 6:009:15 PM August 29 through December 5 Cost: $300
Professor: Rabbi Judy Schindler Wednesdays, 12:302:00 PM Eight week community course October 4 through November 29 (No class on November 22 for Thanksgiving) Cost: $136
Learn about Judaism through a different lens from Woody Allen to Seinfeld to Spielberg; from Fiddler On the Roof to Annie Hall; and from the Torah to the Talmud to the classics of today. This course will explore the essence of Judaism: theology, philosophy, sacred time, sacred texts, spiritu ality, social justice, traditions, culture and Jewish history from living in an ancient world to a Christian world to a Muslim world to today. Judaism is not monolithic but multifaceted.
What does the Bible say about identity and diversity, inclusion and exclusion, power and privilege, rights and responsibilities, exile and home? How are modern issues of diversity addressed in ancient texts? How do the writings of the Hebrew Bible influence society today in addressing issues of difference such as gender, socioeconomic, sexual orientation, ability and age? While people from many walks of life make claims to what this Bible says, the Bible is not univocal. Part two of this course will be offered in the spring.
Registration Open. Seating is limited. Please register online: https://connect.queens.edu/attend/ GreensponCenterFallClass To learn more or register, please contact Talia Goldman, goldmant@queens.edu www.stangreensponcenter.org
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Women’s News The Events of Celebrate the TaTas 2017 Celebrate the TaTas Painting Days will take place on Sunday, September 17 from 10 AM to 6 PM and Monday, September 18 from 10 AM to 8 PM. Women ages 21121 are invited to have their TaTas painted by volunteer artists. The artists will paint orig inal designs on human canvases
and the art will be photographed by female photographers. The TaTas Tournament of Champions is the annual premier allwomen’s soccer tournament that raises funds for breast cancer research. The Tournament will take place October 7 and 8 in Winston Salem. Since the tourna
ment began in 2014, we have raised nearly $20,000 to donate for breast cancer research. An important part of Celebrate the TaTas is the mammovan. The Novant Mammovan provides mammography in a mobile set ting. It will be parked at Shalom Park on Monday, October 16. Please take the time to set up your mammogram appointment by calling the number below. Special funding available for those who need it. No woman should do without. Hadassah’s Celebrate the Tatas is hard at work putting together the Little Reveal luncheon on Thursday, October 26 at Mag gianos, Southpark. Don’t miss the excitement of a live auction, wine grab, delicious food, and wonder ful company. We will also Honor the TaTas by recognizing some of our own women who have battled breast cancer. Show your support for breast cancer research and Hadassah by purchasing a ticket and enjoying a wonderful event for a great cause. Please support Celebrate the TaTas 2017. Ticket information, donation opportunities and spon sorship information can all be found at www.celebratethetatas. com.Y
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Youth Visions Hebrew Highlights At Hebrew High we look for ward to each new school year with excitement and anticipation. That is because Hebrew High is more than just a great place for teens to learn about their Jewish heritage and traditions. Hebrew High is a community, so that each new school year is also a homecoming. Our outstanding faculty in cludes Rabbis, Cantors, and pro fessional teachers who make our school a welcoming, and caring environment. These amazing role models help students learn how to balance their secular and Jewish lives. Students in grades 8 through 12
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BBYO Gearing Up for a Great Year Charlotte BBYO had an amaz ing year. All four chapters have grown by leaps and bounds this year and we have welcomed many new members including 40 eighth graders. Charlotte BBYO’s membership has now topped 230 teens. Teens attended chapter meetings, conventions, dances, volunteered, played sports, cele brated Shabbat, and so much more. As we look towards next year, we are excited to welcome many
of our teens back from BBYO summer programs. We are excited to hear their stories and for them to bring the leadership skills they learned back to our Charlotte community. Charlotte BBYO will be kicking off the school year with the Charlotte Knights on Au gust 20 from 3:309 PM. We will be providing transportation and space is limited. Regular Tuesday night programming will begin on August 29. We will be holding our new
member convention October 20 22 at Camp Weaver in Greens boro, NC. Some important dates for you to put on your calendar: JR/SR Convention (November 1012), Global Shabbat (December 8), and Regional Convention (De cember 2224). Please contact charlotte@bbyo.org or lreven son@bbyo.org for more informa tion. Y
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Elul Experiment Cleaning the Soil from Your Soul By Rabbi Dusty Klass “The human heart is the tablet on which God writes. Each of us has the word life engraved in our hearts by God’s own hand. Over the course of the year, that engrav ing comes to be covered with grit. Our sins, our neglect of prayer and Torah study, the very pace at which we live all conspire to blot out the life that still lies written deep within our hearts. On Rosh Hashanah, we come before God, having cleansed ourselves as best we can, and ask God to write that word once again, and to seal it up on Yom Kippur, so that the sensa tion of being truly alive that we experience in these great moments of prayer may not depart from us through the entire year.” I first encountered these words in the summer before my second year of rabbinic school. The au thor, Rabbi Arthur Green, explor ing the teachings of 19th century Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, highlights the inevitable buildup of grit over time. That we will all accumulate gook and grime over the course of living our lives is simply part of what it means to live in this world, of what it means to be human. The High Holy Day season in vites us to take a step back. Rather than being ashamed of that dust
and dirt, the month of Elul, a month designated for spiritual preparation, asks us to take a thoughtful look at the grit that has accumulated in our hearts over the past year. Each year we get to take the dirt that has covered over the “life” written on our hearts and tackle that grime with a washcloth and spray bottle filled with vine gar and cheshbon hanefesh, self reflection. This year at Temple Beth El, we are doing an “Elul Experi ment,” choosing to take the time given to us by the Jewish calendar to deeply engage in the act of spir itual reflection throughout the month of Elul. We have chosen four themes, one for each week of the month, to reflect on and incor porate into a variety of aspects of Temple Beth El. Together, we will be focusing on Ahava/Love, R’ fuah/Healing, Shleimut/Whole ness, and Kehilah/Community. Not only will we shape our Shabbat services using these themes and include them in some of our programming throughout the month, we are also inviting TBE congregants to reflect on and share the ways in which they have experienced love, healing, whole ness, and community. These sto ries will be posted on our temple blog throughout the month.
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We invite you to join us on the journey take a moment to think about your own answers to some of the questions we will be look ing at together as a temple: When have you felt most loved? When have you been the healer and when have you been the one being healed? What does wholeness mean to you? What does it take to build com munity? L’Shana Tova u’Metuka To ward a Good and Sweet New Year. We look forward to reflecting with you. Y
MAZEL TOV TO THE COHEN FAMILY ENGAGEMENT Michael Cohen, son of Kathe and Steve Cohen, became engaged to Dana Fortson (all Temple BethEl members) on Saturday, May 6 while hiking to a waterfall in the North Carolina mountains. Ashley, Tara, Adam, Chandler, and baby Ava welcome Dana to our family with open arms.
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New Chabad Couple to be Welcomed in Charlotte Chabad of Charlotte is excited to announce the arrival of a new young Chabad couple to Char lotte. Rabbi Shimon and Devorah Gorkin will ar rive this August and will hit the pavement running. Shimon will be joining the staff of Chabad of Charlotte and Devorah will be working at the Jewish Preschool at Shimon and Devorah Gorkin with their daugh ter Dasya. Sardis. Devorah (nee Weiss) was born and raised in Charlotte, grams in various Jewish centers in NC and began her education right the US. In her spare time, Devo here at the Jewish Preschool at rah enjoys baking, reading, and Sardis and continued at the Char zumba. She is thrilled to be join lotte Jewish Day School. After at ing the JPS family once again as tending two years of teacher’s Administrative Assistant to Dedee seminary, both in Jerusalem and in Goldsmith. She will be moving New York, specializing in early from Brooklyn together with her childhood education, she gradu husband Shimon, and their 8 ated with a Bachelor of Science month old daughter Dasya. Shimon grew up in Crown (Liberal Arts) from Excelsior Col lege in NY. Devorah is passionate Heights, NY but his roots are in about Jewish education and has North Carolina; his maternal taught and directed youth pro grandparents married and lived in
Charlotte, and his mother was born in Greensboro. Shimon stud ied in Yeshivas around the world, including Chicago, Manchester and Miami and received Rabbini cal Ordination at the Central Chabad Yeshiva in New York. He spent many summers directing summer camps and enjoys singing and reading from the Torah. Part of Shimon’s duties will include running the Chabad men’s club, Preschool events for fathers, Fri day night beginners service, bar mitzvah lessons, and producing the Chabad yearly calendar. Shi mon is a graphic designer and his work includes logos, book design, social media campaigns, websites, and apps. He is excited to join the Jewish community of Charlotte together with his family. Y
Havurat Tikvah Preparing for High Holiday Season Havurat Tikvah is busy coordi nating High Holiday services dur ing the Summer months. A full schedule will be available in the next issue of 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 Tik vah is also on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/havurattik vah/.Y
Save the Date August 27 1 PM An “Ole Timey” Celebration of a New Generation The 125th Anniversary of the Consecration of the Sanctuary at Congregation Emanuel, 206 Kelly Street, Statesville, NC 28677 Please join us to honor our his torical synagogue and welcome all to step back to 1892 when a Jewish community came together in the center of Iredell County. Congregation Emanuel is Statesville’s oldest standing house of worship and third oldest syna gogue in NC. Over 125 years after its founding, Congregation Emanuel continues to serve a small but vibrant Jewish commu
nity. We invite all to celebrate our existence. For more about this event, please visit our Facebook page, and remember to like us. Y
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Discover Temple Kol Tikvah, A Center for Jewish Community A Message for Jews and Their Families in the Greater Charlotte Region By Rabbi Michael Shields When I was considering the Lake Norman Jewish community as my first Rabbinical pulpit, it was a time of personal and profes sional transition. It was a time of searching, listening, and learning. In my visits to the Charlotte and Lake Norman area I began my discovery of a budding and beau tiful Jewish community. In the months before formally answer ing the call to serve at Temple Kol Tikvah, I witnessed the truly haimish (“Jewishly cozy”) nature of a Lake Norman Jewish com munity. I received weekly calls from members of the congrega tion with offers of help in my transition, invitations to meals, and even an offer to join a bowl ing team. There are ups and downs in any community but through our communal transition from a chavurah (group) of fifty house holds to our current 210 house holds and 150 children and teens in our school/youth programs, we have strived to maintain that inti macy and the relationships that form the core of any sacred com munity. As Ron Wolfson captures in his book, Relational Judaism: Rabbi Richard Address has de veloped what he calls a “theology of relationships” based on the He brew word tzelem, “image.” By deconstructing the threeletter root of this word, Rabbi Address
teaches that the tzadi stands for tzelem – God created human be ings in God’s “image”; every human being has the capacity to be like God, to enter into a sacred relationship with God as God’s partner on earth. The lamed stands for lev, “heart.” At the heart of relationships is love – love of oneself, love of others, love of community. The mem stands for mitzvot, the actions that one does in order to build relationships with others, including God. Uniqueness, love, and deed form the threepronged chord of a the ology of relationships. We commit to discovering the sacred potential of every human being and honor that inherent ho liness. This value has always been present at Temple Kol Tikvah and we are honored to stand with Congregation Emanuel of Statesville and the Shalom Park and South Charlotte Jewish con gregations to provide sacred con gregational options for Jews and their families. As the High Holy Days ap proach, Jews and their families are gearing up for a new cycle. Are you in a time of transition? Are you thinking of making a
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Statesville’s Congregation Emanuel Honors High School Seniors sanctifying time and marking Rabbi Judith Schindler led the moments of our lives. Congregation Emanuel’s May “As Jews, when we arrive at 12 Shabbat service to honor the summit of sacred time, five high school seniors: we are meant to stop and look * Jack Brinkley, son of Jen out to appreciate its beauty,” nifer and Bill Brinkley Schindler referred to the sen * Benjamin Goldman, son iors’ climb of a metaphoric of Marie and Mark Goldman mountain of achievement. * Caleb Goldman, son of While encouraging them to Marie and Mark Goldman celebrate this milestone, she * Graham Pake, son of also reminded the seniors that Wendy and Lee Pake “life is not about climbing * Joseph “Drake” Suddreth, Mt. Everest alone. It is about grandson of Jack Celnik. taking others with you on the “Today we not only cele journey. It’s about creating a brate Shabbat, but we cele society in which we do not brate each one of these boys – Before the service, Seniors on Bima in sanctuary soon to be High School grad of Congregation Emanuel. From Left to Right: abandon anyone, but em uates. As a congregation, we Caleb Goldman, Jack Brinkley, Graham Pake, brace all. As you find your di rection, help others to find reflect on the years gone by as Drake Suddreth, Ben Goldman their direction too. And as our five graduates have turned you do, you will climb summits, from toddlers to boys to B’nei again and again, not alone but Mitzvah to High School gradu with others by your side.” ates,” said Schindler. Introducing the Kaddish to “Celebrating Sacred Mo commemorate and honor loved ments,” the theme of the service ones who have passed away, from Parashat Emor (Leviticus Schindler recognized the birthday 21:1 24:23), began with songs of Saul Gordon, who passed away led by Cantor Mitch Siegel. “As on January 10: “As Jews we count we celebrate the beauty of this sa days by counting up. Psalm 90 cred time, we sing Mah Yafeh says, ‘Teach us to number our Hayom – how beautiful is this days so that we may acquire a day.” heart of wisdom.’ Saul Gordon Schindler, Rabbi Emerita of was one who counted his days and Temple Beth El and Associate who made every day count. Today Professor of Jewish Studies and would have been Saul Gordon’s Director of the Stan Greenspon At Oneg after the service, Wendy 89th birthday. He lived a life of Center for Peace and Social Jus Pake and Rabbi Judy Schindler service to Statesville. He lived a tice at Queens University of Char life of love for his family and for lotte, reminded the Congregation: “Time flies and when we allow tion of the service, beginning with all. One of his employees de time to pass by without aware Jack Brinkley’s reading of the He scribed him ‘as a giver not a ness, we miss the miracles of life brew prayer, V’ahavta. Caleb taker.’ May we all follow his – both big and small.” Words of Goldman led the congregation in lead.” Graham Pake, grandson of wisdom to the seniors included: the reading of the “Prayer for our Toby and the late Kalman Gordon “All of you should celebrate your Country.” Ben Goldman read the and Saul Gordon’s greatnephew, dreams. Celebrate your goals. But “Prayer for Israel” and Drake led the congregation in the recita don’t be afraid to change your Suddreth led the congregation in tion of the Kaddish. Following the service, the major if it does not feel right. For the responsive reading of the Class of 2017 families hosted an time is sacred and life is sacred “Prayer for Peace.” As she shared insights into the Oneg in Congregation Emanuel’s and you need to feel a passion for what you study, for the work you week’s Torah portion, Schindler social hall.Y Photos courtesy of Congrega plan to do, and for the difference related the lessons of moving for ward and keeping a sacred calen tion Emanuel. you plan to make.” Each senior honoree led a por dar to the importance of
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change in your life? Retiring? Buying your first home? Thinking about starting a family? Just want to live by the Lake? Temple Kol Tikvah and wider Lake Norman Jewish community now maintains a vibrant Jewish cultural calendar and congregational presence. Temple Kol Tikvah now has a fulltime Education Director, full range of religious school and youth programming, and a Center
of Jewish Engagement for the “Young at Heart” (our Thriving 55+ population). Kol Tikvah is a community synagogue, woven into the fabric of the town of Davidson and the Lake Norman region. We are also committed to including every family that wants to be a part of the community. If you are planning to move a bit closer to the Lake, or just want to get know us a bit better during the upcoming High Holy Days, please contact us at the temple by
phone 7049879980 or at info@templekoltikvah.org. An honorarium (we don’t sell or issue High Holy Day tickets) of $150 for individuals $180 for families is appreciated for the High Holy Days to defray the associated costs. Wishing all a cool August and a happy and sweet New Year and if you find yourself near David son, I welcome meaningful con versation over a cup of coffee at Summit, our local Davidson Cof fee Shop.Y
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Save the Date for the Second Annual Mega Challah Bake September 17, 2016, 220 Jew ish women from all over Charlotte gathered together to bake challah. It was a beautiful, inspiring, and uplifting experience. This year, join over 300 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 kneading 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 au thorities, 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 mitzvah. 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. 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. Special thanks to the Jewish Lessa Helfing, Tracy Farrell, Laura Bernstein, Suzy Catenazzo, Elinor Lauren Sherman and Rachel Spector mix Federation of Greater Charlotte Miller, Leah Levin, Channie Weiss, Stefani Tichauer, Sheryl Gerrard, Chan their challah dough Impact Fund for their support. tal Rubin, Lisa Shporer, Sophie Molinari
Temple Kol Ami Shabbaton and Religious School Open House Sunday, September 10 Doors open at 6 PM. Program begins at 6:30 PM. Extravaganza Depot, 1610 N Tryon St. $36 per person Visit www.cltmegachallah.com for more info.Y
As another busy summer draws to an end, Temple Kol Ami of Fort Mill, SC is about to get even busier. It is time to get back to shul and back to school at TKA. Mark your calendars for the week end of August 2527 when we will have our second Shabbaton of the year as well as an Ice Cream So cial/Open House for the TKA Re ligious School. Temple Kol Ami is thrilled to welcome back Rabbi Bruce Aft to lead us in a Shabbaton weekend of prayer, Torah study, cultural pro gramming, and Jewish education. Our Shabbaton will start with a Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat
service on August 25, fol Aft lead our Shabba lowed by Saturday morn tons three times previ ing Torah study. On ously in the last 18 Saturday evening, there months, and each will be a special Hav weekend has been en dalah service featuring riching and fun for the The Ruach, Charlotte’s York County Jewish very own Jewish music community. Rabbi Aft rock band. The Ruach be comes to us from Con lieves in spreading the gregation Adat Reyim, joy of Judaism through Springfield, VA, and Rabbi Bruce Aft rock, and it is sure to be a brings a passion for fantastic experience for the whole Jewish learning and is extremely family. Rabbi Aft will also meet engaging with all demographics. with the students of TKA Reli TKA is pleased to be able to spon gious School on Sunday, August sor these Shabbatons due to the 27 during our Open House. We (Continud on page 24) have been fortunate to have Rabbi
Renowned Human Rights Activist, Father Patrick Desbois, to Speak at Queens University in September Celebrating the OneYear Anniversary of the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice Father Patrick Desbois, the Braman Endowed Professor of the Practice of the Forensic Study of the Holocaust at the Center for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University, will be the guest of the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice at Queens University on September 14, 2017 at 7:30 PM in the newly renovated Belk Chapel on the Queens campus. Father Desbois, president of YahadIn Unum, has devoted his life to confronting antisemitism and furthering CatholicJewish understanding. In addition, since 2001, he has led an undertaking of identifying and locating undiscovered mass graves of Jews killed during the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. His book, The Holocaust by Bullets, documents his findings and won the 2008 National Jewish Book Award. He is the director of the Episcopal Committee for Relations with Judaism and serves as a consultant to the Vatican on relations with Judaism. He has been awarded the Medal of Valor by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Humanitarian Award of the U.S. Holocaust Museum, honorary doctorates from many universities, and Frances’ highest honor, The Legion d’Honneur. Father Desbois’ visit and presentation is free but seating is limited. RSVPs can be made at StanGreensponCenter.org. For the last year, the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice has given voice to the voiceless, and formed community partnerships to create positive change. The Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice Where Hope Takes Hold
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Emulating Israel Can Make an Impact How does such a small congre gation make such a positive im pact in South Carolina? It models itself after one of the best exam ples in the world, Israel. Whether the congregation is holding an ed ucational event, teaching our youth and adults, or helping the community; big impacts can come in small packages. Congregant dynamo, Carol Hahn, chairs Temple Solel’s So cial Justice Committee, producing enormous amounts of energy to gather, communicate, and facili tate participation. She exudes an energetic commitment to helping others and that infectious attitude results in positively impacting our local community. Those receiving care and empathy in the name of the Temple Solel community are touched deeply by the outpouring of love from those who volunteer. With the assistance received through the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s Impact and In novation Fund, Temple Solel has been able to fulfill goals to engage Jewish families close to where they live, to experience programs, education, enrichment, and rela tionships. In June, members cele brated Temple Solel’s fifth anniversary, growing from 14 original founding members to over 60 congregants in the Fort Mill, SC area. The following members were elected to serve the coming year as the Temple offi cers: Shelley Pawlyk – President, Mara Cobe Vice President, Jan Rose – Treasurer, Stevie Rivers – Secretary, and Russ Cobe Ritual Officer. Grant resources solidify what is already being accomplished and increases the chances for success for the next generation of Jews in South Carolina. Just like Israel, we cannot do what we do alone. Another wonderful partner, St. Philip Neri Catholic Church of Fort Mill, under the leadership of Father John Giuliani, is a gracious supporter of the congregation by providing economically feasible meeting space. This allows Tem ple Solel’s volunteer staff, board, and congregation to do outreach in the community to focus on re lationships and people instead of the energy it would take to man age facility overhead. Earlier in February, support was provided for Fort Mill School’s underprivileged chil dren. In April, an Easter meal was provided, prepared and served by our Temple Solel volunteers to The Rock Hill Attention Home’s children, as the nearly 50 children returned from church services that morning. Organizers also brought crafts so the kids could make something special to take back to their rooms. The home provides emergency shelter and long term 24hour residential care for aban doned, abused, and neglected chil dren from all parts of the State. Recent information Carol Hahn shared, shows there are over two hundred homeless teens sleeping in cars, hotels, and at friends’ homes. There are no shelters for them and our temple hopes to learn more how to help. Within the South Carolina community, we open Jewish expe riences, education, and culture to
interfaith leaders, neighbors, and friends. In April at the Passover Seder, there were over 55 partici pating and reading from the Ha gadah. One Christian visitor said, “Your Congregation is warm, friendly and the experience shar ing these special times with you is very uplifting. I love hearing He brew sung, participating in the services and learning about Jew ish history. I also want to thank the JFGC for making it possible for me to attend and pray God’s richest blessings on each of you.” On May 12, congregant Shel ley Pawlyk, hosted an Israel Shab bat and Education program at her home in Indian Land, drawing congregants, visitors from nearby Sun City, interfaith guests, and Ben Lantos, who was studying to be a Bar Mitzvah in June. Visiting Rabbi, Steve Kaplan, from San Jose, CA and Rabbi Emeritus of URJ Temple Beth Torah in Fre mont, CA, partnered with Jan Rose to lead an abbreviated Kab balatstyle service. Being seated at round tables in small groups contributed to the intimate
havarahlike setting and provided more opportunity for those attend ing to engage with each other and with guests. The Oneg was Israeli themed with specially prepared hummus. Shelley also made a spe cial local dish of feta, olive oil, mixed with the spice za’atar. Is raeli Shlicha (Emissary), Inbal Ozeri, was the guest speaker, pre senting a special power point overview on a large screen televi sion, of her family’s immigration, what it was like to be in the IDF, Israeli life and culture. An inter faith guest said, “Inbal brought so much to share about Israel, the land, and people. Her own stories of her family, we found particu larly interesting, as they are in dicative of the refuge Israel has provided to women, especially who otherwise may have been de filed before fleeing their countries as young girls.” What Inbal shared will undoubtedly leave a lasting impression on all who were in attendance. She is a gift to our community and helped us feel closer to our roots. Re minders of Israel and the tenacity
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of her people, inspire us to achieve great things. Recently Rabbi Miri Gold vis ited Charlotte from another grass roots Israeli congregation, Birkat Shalom, in Gezer. Loved by many, Rabbi Miri is a Rabbinical pioneer and wonderful example to
us all how to grow and maintain a community with limited re sources. Temple Solel was hon ored to have her share at a Nosh Study at St. Philip Neri on Satur day, June 10 before whisking her (Continued on page 24)
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Jewish Family Services JFS Hosts Luncheon Honoring Holocaust Survivors
The music program featured members of the Charlotte Sym phony.
Over 120 people attended a luncheon on May 19 hosted by Jewish Family Services, in part nership with the LJCC Oasis Senior Enrichment Program, hon oring our community’s Holocaust survivors. The program included presentations from the Butterfly Project, the Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice, and a special candle lighting ceremony recognizing survivors of the Holo caust present at the event. The program culminated in an excep tional program performance by
members of the Charlotte Sym phony Orchestra of music from the Holocaust era. A highlight of the afternoon was a presentation by Taylor Robinson, a Queens University student who participated in a pro gram depicting the life of a senior from the Jewish community through art. For her project, Tay lor interviewed Ruth BenJoseph, a survivor of the Holocaust. Her time with Ruth resulted in a mag nificent collage depicting signifi cant aspects of Ruth’s life. Taylor
became so taken with her experience that she applied and was awarded a fellow ship to continue her studies of the Holocaust. A special thanks to Sun rise Senior Living for helping to sponsor this memorable afternoon. Y
Taylor Robinson presents the art she crecated in honor of Ruth BenJoseph’s life.
Donations to Jewish Family Services in May and June WISHING A FULL AND SPEEDY RECOVERY TO Ellen Bottner from Allan and Marcelle Oxman Linda Greenfield from Lynn and Paul Edelstein, Allan and Marcelle Oxman IN MEMORY OF Ira Chase’s father from Bette Bober Sheila Fisher to Nicki Fisher from Bette Bober, Eric and Lori Sklut Leah Gelber’s mother from Bette Bober Edward Green to Gail Green from Bette Bober, Philip and Bar bara Guller, Maxwell and Susan Greenman Brad Grey to Michael and
Beverly Grey from Eric and Susan Lerner, Maxwell and Susan Greenman Victor Osborne to Gale Os borne and Richard Osborne from Edwin and Leslie Rusgo, Edwin and Jill Newman Buddy Roberts to Bernice Roberts, Ellen Roberts, Stewart and Julie Roberts, and Carol Shafranek from Paul and Lynn Edelstein, Philip and Barbara Guller, Allan and Marcelle Oxman, Barbara Sklut, Eric and Lori Sklut, Maxwell and Susan Greenman Norman and Dorothy Shapiro’s father from Allan and Marcelle Oxman Ellen Myers Adelman from
Barry Bobrow and Karen Knoble Theofanis Nixon to Virginia Williams from Paul and Lynn Edelstein Julius Goldman to Bruce Gold man, Mae Goldman, and Pam Sil berman from Paul and Lynn Edelstein, Allan and Marcelle Oxman Harold Kossove to David and Kathryn Kossove from Maxwell and Susan Greenman Alvin Levine to Helene Levine from Maxwell and Susan Green man Faye Silverman to Marshall and Suzanne Silverman from Mil ton and Karen Silver Mike Tunney to Natalie Tun ney from Douglas and Paula
Gentile The brother of Barnet and Har riet Weinstock from Paul and Lynn Edelstein Paul to Lori Wojnowich and Mary Wojnowich from Paul and Lynn Edelstein Patty Gorelick to Bill Gorelick from Maxwell and Susan Green man HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Ellen Fligel from Paul and Lynn Edelstein, Jack and Vera Mendel Pauline Gonzalez from Lillian Buller Marsha Scheer from Jack and Vera Mendel Jeffrey from Morris and Linda Spil
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JFS Monthly Temple Kol Ami Volunteers & (Continued from page 20) of a grant from the Donors , May generosity Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte Impact and Innovation All events related to the and June 2017 Fund. Shabbaton are free and open to
Volunteers: Rick Abrams, Linda Babich, Gail Baron, Chaim Burke, Joshua Catenazzo, Suzy Catenazzo,, Dan Coblenz, Jena Coen, Jennifer Collman, Andrea Cronson, Shannon Crystal, Dana Ditesheim, Sheryl Efferen, Mag gie Fogel, Mel Frank, Rob Fried man, , Meg Goldstein, Neil Golub, Jennifer Golynsky, Gail Halver son, Bob Jacobson, Brooks Jaffa, Karen Knoble, Eric Lerner, Gary Lerner, Rebecca Levy, Matt Luft glass, Jack Malin, Frada Mozente, Allan Oxman, Vlad Plotkin, Bar bara Rein, Kylah Rendell, Dana Rubin, Nikki Sacks, Louis Sinkoe, Karen Spiegler, Harry Sparks, Jeff and Stacy Strauch, Sara Stinemetz, Liz Wahls, Amalia Warshenbrot, Mike Weinberg, Jan Weiner, Mary Wennen, Nancy Wielunski, Dori Whitman Food Pantry Donations: Abby and Tracy Adams, Penny Krieger, Emily Kosofsky, Dan Coblenz, Camp SOAR, Temple Beth El and Temple Israel Congre gants, JCC Soccer team, Shalom Park Community Gardens Hadassah Cooks: Phyllis Berlin, Bonnie Berman,Sharon Cavanaugh, Gladys Cherny, Sari Hochberg, Fran Kaplan, Judy Kaufman, Penny Krieger, Andy McCleary, Harriet Meetz, Fran Schuler, Joyce Stoll Y
the public. Please check our web site www.templekolamisc.org for more details. Additionally, our regular Friday night Shabbat serv ice schedule will begin again in September. We are so excited to see our regular Rabbi, Ana Bonnheim, back on the bimah monthly. Rabbi Bonnheim has been a wonderful addition to the TKA Family and will be with us on the following dates through the end of 2017: September 8, Octo ber 13, November 3, and Decem ber 15. TKA Religious School will start up again on August 27 with our Annual Ice Cream Social/ Open House. Our amazing reli gious school teachers have been planning the curriculum and are excited to welcome back our awe some students. Last year, we had almost 50 students enrolled, and
this year we look forward with great joy to 7 B’nei Mitzvahs. We can’t wait to see our returning kids as well as welcome new faces for another year of wonder ful Jewish education and friend ships. 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, conve niently located to the Greater York County/Ballantyne/South Char lotte area. Please join us on Au gust 27 for the free Ice Cream Social/Open house at Ivybrook, 873 Dave Gibson Blvd., Fort Mill, SC. Meet the teachers, tour the facility, and find out why, at TKA Religious School, Sundays are fun days. It is not too late to enroll your child for the 2017 2018 school year which offi cially starts on September 10. For more information, please con tact us at tka.religiousschool@ gmail.com or go to the website www.templekolamisc.org. Planning is underway for High
JFS Donations for May & June (Continued from page 22)
IN APPRECIATION OF The friendship of Norma and Joel Cohen from Gloria Goldberg HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO Paul and Claire Putterman from Melvin and Caren Frank, Marc and Cheri Titlebaum HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO Ira Slomka from Marty and Elaine Schefflin Y
Holiday services at Temple Kol Ami. We will be welcoming back Sara Sherman from New York to lead us during the Days of Awe. Those who have been with us dur ing the High Holidays previously will remember Sara’s beautiful singing voice and deep knowl edge of the liturgy. She is a pro fessional pianist who has performed at Lincoln Center and other iconic venues around the world. TKA is also blessed to have amazing lay leaders Michelle Silva, Adena Sherman Adams, and Jonathan Shaw who make the Holy Days both mean
ingful and deeply spiritual. Atten dance is included in TKA mem bership; tickets for nonmembers can be purchased on our website or by contacting us directly at 8037010149. 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. Y
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away to the airport. Rabbi Gold spoke about the history of Kib butz Gezer, including the joys and challenges of her personal jour ney becoming the Rabbi oversee ing Birkat Shalom. The attendees were engaged and asked multiple questions, including our youngest congregants who wanted to un derstand what a kibbutz is and how the community works. Rabbi Gold talked about how teenagers are given their own living quar ters before joining the army, but end up spending more time with their families as a result. Temple Solel was encouraged to make a congregational trip and was in vited for a visit. Temple Solel has both a strong Jewish identity and a passion to emulate Israel’s commitment to Tikkan Olam (healing the world).
It starts with each individual per son being willing to give of their time, resources and energy work ing together. With the added sup port from the community and the JFGC Impact and Innovation Fund we can do more than ever before. A small group of passion ate people can make a big impact. A bigger group can even do more, so why not visit our services led by lay leader and Ritual Officer, Russ Cobe. We warmly welcome visitors and this may be a place where you can feel connected as well as welcomed. Y
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YƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͍ WůĞĂƐĞ YƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͍ WůĞĂƐĞ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ W ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ^ĂŶĚƌ Ă 'ŽůĚŵ ŵĂŶ͕ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ^ĂŶĚƌĂ 'ŽůĚŵĂŶ͕ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌΛŚĞďƌĞǁĐĞŵĞƚĞƌLJ͘ŽƌŐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌΛŚĞďƌĞǁĐĞŵĞƚĞƌLJ͘ŽƌŐ ϳ ϳϬϰͲϱϳϲͲϭϴϱϵ
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School Project Based Learning at Charlotte Jewish Day School This is the way we teach…….. Our education system was de signed for the 20th century. It is largely focused on teaching kids how to retain information and ma nipulate numbers. It regularly tests these abilities and, if you do well, you are promised to get into a good college, have a successful career and live a happy, prosper ous life. Unfortunately, those promises have become empty. Today, when we all carry around supercomput ers in our pocket, tasks like re membering facts and doing long division have largely been auto mated. The truth is, there is little taught in school that today can’t be handled with a quick Google search and an Excel spreadsheet. Clearly, we need to rethink ed ucation. Our kids will face a much different world than we live in now. In fact, a study at Oxford concluded that nearly half of the jobs that exist today will be automated in the next 20 years. So to prepare for the future, we need to replace our regimented educa tion system with one that fosters skills like teamwork, communica tion and exploration. … Focus On Exploring Things Rather Than Knowing Things Take a look at any basic cur riculum and there are lists of things that kids are supposed to know by the end of the course. Dates of historical events, mathe
matical formulas, the name of spe cific biological structures, or whatever. Yet today, knowledge is truly a moving target. Much of the information in textbooks today will be obsolete by the time our kids start their careers. Clearly, the notion that educa tion will give you knowledge that will prepare you for an entire ca reer is vastly outdated. Today we need to prepare our kids for a world that we don’t really under stand yet. How can we possibly make good judgments about what information they need to know? So instead of cramming their heads full of disparate facts, we need to give them the ability to ex plore things for themselves, take in new information, make sense of it and communicate what they’ve learned to others. In a world where technology is steadily tak ing over tasks that were once thought of distinctly human, those are the skills that will be most cru cial. In an age of disruption, the most crucial ability is to adapt. That is what we need to prepare our kids to do. Greg Satell Au thor Mapping Innovation Project Based Learning ad dresses the new challenges that are and will be facing our students in school and in the workplace. The first benefit comes from al lowing the students to drive the questions, the research, and the
exploration. Then the projects be come their own, and their newly acquired knowledge becomes something that never leaves them. The second is when the projects are done by groups of three to five students, they must find a way to agree, disagree and decide what direction to take. And the third ac complishment is the creativity that has to be tapped into when decid ing how to share the information they have gathered with other stu dents and classes. Charlotte Jewish Day School will be hosting a threeday semi nar for its teachers by the interna tionally renowned Buck Institute for Education on the teaching methodology of PBL, Project Based Learning. Project Based Learning is an approach CJDS adopted three years ago. We began this journey when our teaching staff attended the Duke School’s (an independ ent school in Durham) workshop on PBL. Most of our staff partici pated and we then began teaching our science and social studies units through this approach, pick ing an age appropriate topic for each grade. It is probably one of the most challenging ways to teach since it requires the teachers to follow the children’s line of in terest (which requires fast think ing,) promote collaboration (something even adults struggle with), and provide opportunities
for creativity that we, as the adults, may not even have consid ered. PBL is probably less of a challenge with middle and high school students, but in elementary grades there is a bit more hand holding required. Although the students have produced projects that demonstrated amazing learn ing, collaborating, discovering and success, we believe there is still more to add to this approach that will perfect what we are doing
and allow us to reach the level of excellence for which we continu ally strive. We are determined to perfect our craft in this area and to pre pare our students for this century, the schools that will follow, as well as any jobs that they will en counter. This is the way we teach … al ways with the students in mind, always with their hearts, brains and souls in mind, and always with their future in mind. Y
Reflection on a Great Year Thank You CJP Partners, Parents, and Staff By Brooke Amo, Executive Director It is hard to be lieve that the 2016 2017 school year is coming to an end. This was a special year at CJP for so Brooke Amo many reasons, but the most important one was being able to witness our children have fun, learn, and enjoy being Jewish. Starting their edu cational and Judaic journey at the CJP is an extraordinary re sponsibility that our staff takes very seriously. Right from the be ginning of their time here at CJP our preschoolers have been busy experiencing the world
around them, creating friend ships, gaining confidence when learning a new skill, acquiring physical strength, using their imaginations, taking risks and problem solving, laying a foun dation for communication/read ing/writing, developing an interest in nature, learning about and applying Judaic val ues such as Limud, Tikkun Olam, Chesed, and Hachnasat Orchim, and much more. We truly take pride in growing good people and nurturing Jewish souls. It is an honor to learn. grow. and connect with our beautiful (Continued on next page)
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Shalom Park Freedom School On July 29, the Shalom Park Freedom School wrapped up its seventh summer of literacy education, cultural enrichment, and character development for economi cally disadvantaged Char lotteMecklenburg School students. Planning for and operat ing the Shalom Park Freedom School each summer relies on the dedication and coop erative effort of the entire Jewish Commu
nity. Steering Committee CoChair Lisa Garfinkle says, “Our community’s commit ment to tikkun olam, to helping address academic achievement gaps, to prepar ing our scholars for success in school and in life is truly inspirational.” Preparations for next summer’s Freedom School will begin this fall. To learn how you can get involved, contact CoChairs Lisa Garfinkle slgarfinkle@ windstream.net and Marcia Stern cha lyce@aol.com.Y
Steering Committee member Betsy Olinger and Steering Committee CoChair Marcia Stern
Scholars playing chess.
Summer Fun at the Jewish Preschool on Sardis Summer at the Jewish Preschool on Sardis is in full force. About 40 children join us this summer for days packed with visitors like Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department, Ms. Debby, Soccer Shots, and Charlotte Fire Department. Of course, no week could go without our sweet Shabbat Send Off, complete with challah baking,
Leyla and Alexandre as Shabbat Ema and Abba
grape juice l’chaims, Emas and Abbas to begin our weekly ritual. Add in water days, nature days, and lots of singing, you have one fun filled summer. As camp winds down for the summer of 2017 we thank our year round staff, sum mer staff, and substitutes for making JPS camp fun and enriching. Y
Mason trying on Officer Wes’ handcuffs
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Servant Leader Interns and Site Coordinator Nicole Bev erly
Lunch at Temple Beth El
children and families at CJP. Have a wonderful rest of your summer. A Message from New Curriculum Coordinator By Emily Snyder I am so excited to join the Charlotte Jewish Preschool staff. Since moving to Charlotte two years ago, CJP has been our home base. The teachers, office staff, and parents offer a community that is welcoming Emily Snyder and a support system that made our transition a welcomed change. I come to CJP with a background in Elementary Education and Coun seling. I am ready to jump in and support the school in a variety of ways. I am excited to be working with an amazing group of administration and teachers.Y