Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Listen to this article https://charlottejewishnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Oscars-Post.mp3 By Andrew Lapin (JTA), January 23, 2024 – The year’s biggest movie phenomenon was a one-two punch of blockbusters with Jewish roots — and they both came up big…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Listen to this article https://charlottejewishnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Tattooist-of-Auschwitz.mp3 By Shira Bartov (JTA) January 17, 2024 — The story of real Auschwitz survivor Lali Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew who was forced to tattoo numbers on his fellow inmates…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Rabbi Mordecai Rubin (Courtesy Shuly Rubin Schwartz) January 14, 2024 (JTA) — Abraham Joshua Heschel, whose 50th yahrzeit we marked this past year, was for almost 30 years a member of the faculty at…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Mary Eshet January CJN When Sophie Lange and Chava Rosenberg began planning a conference to share their research on antisemitism on college campuses ten months ago, they could not have imagined the event…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Listen to this article https://charlottejewishnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Film-Festival-Blog.mp3 By Michelle Rusgo, LJCC Director of Art and Culture CJN January 2024 The Charlotte Jewish Film Festival (CJFF) has been a platform for celebrating and promoting Jewish culture through…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Jessica Goldfarb, JFGC Communications Specialist January 28 marks the beginning of an exciting week of events as the Jewish Federation of Charlotte (JFGC) proudly presents “Federation Super Week.” This week showcases the best…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Deborah Danan (JTA) December 18, 2023 — Birthright Israel on Tuesday announced that it would resume its free, 10-day educational trips to Israel in January after suspending them amid the ongoing war with…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Julie Loftis, JFS Marketing Specialist Live Laugh Give co-chairs, Adina Loewensteiner and Blair Goldsmith, are excited to announce the honorees for Live Laugh Give 2024. “This year we are thrilled to recognize Barbara…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Andrew Lapin (JTA), December 6, 2024 Norman Lear, the Jewish TV pioneer behind iconic comedies of the 1970s and 1980s that helped bring social commentary and Black characters into the mainstream, has died…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Shira Firestone On November 14, 2023, the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte (JFGC) made a significant impact at the March for Israel on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Playing a pivotal role…