
Around the Table: A Shavuot Recipe for Guava Queso Empanadas
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn For Shavuot this year, I wanted to shake things up and try something unique. I was first introduced to this unusual combination of flavors at a little place in Matthews called Go Go Empanadas whose Colombian-style empanadas run the

Student to Student Program Aims to Stop Antisemitism Before It Begins
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Mary Eshet It is easy to become distressed about increasing trends of antisemitism, but difficult to answer the question, what can we do? For high school students Rosie

Ceasefire Ends Israel-Gaza Conflict After Five Days of Fighting
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn bY Ben Sales (JTA) — Fighting between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza ended after five days, as a ceasefire took effect and appeared to hold late Saturday

Shalom Park Perspectives: Imagining the Future of Shalom Park
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn On February 19, 2023, the Foundation of Shalom Park Board of Directors participated in a discussion titled Imagining the Future of Shalom Park. They reflected on the founding principles

When Harry Belafonte, Robert Schrader and Charlotte’s Visulite Theater Made History
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Amy Lefkof Singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, who died on April 25, 2023 at the age of 96, broke racial barriers in the 1950s. One

An Interview With Hanoch Piven: Artist-in-Residence
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Debby Block Hanoch Piven is an award-winning illustrator, educator, and advocate of creativity. As part of the celebration of Israel’s 75th birthday, Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte is

Levine-Sklut Judaic Library Plans Redesign
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn National Library Week 2023, April 23-29, will be celebrated with the theme “There’s More to the Story.” First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a time to celebrate

Commemoration to Celebration
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ken Garfield Charlotte’s Jewish community will come together in late April to honor, on Yom Ha-Zikaron, those who gave their lives to establish and defend the State of

ADL Audit Finds Disturbing Increase in Antisemitic Incidents Reported in North Carolina in 2022
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Washington, D.C., March 23, 2023 ADL’s (the Anti-Defamation League) annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, released today, shows disturbing levels of antisemitic incidents reported in North Carolina, with a 30
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