Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ron Kampeas February 27, 2024 (JTA) — President Joe Biden says an Israel-Hamas ceasefire is “close” and that it could come as soon as next Monday. But Israel, Hamas and Qatar have all…

Listen to this article https://charlottejewishnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Book-Festival-CJN-February.mp3 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Jessica Goldfarb, JFGC Communications Specialist February 2024 This March, the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s Center for Jewish Education will be hosting the 2024 Jewish Book Festival. Mark…

Listen to this article https://charlottejewishnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sandra-Goldman-Endowment-Article-Feb-CJN_mp3.mp3 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn February CJN Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community Executive Director Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community (FCJC) proudly announces the establishment of a new endowment, the Sandra Goldman Cemetery…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Listen to this article https://charlottejewishnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Federation-Launches-Annual-Campaign-CJN-February.mp3 By Jessica Goldfarb, JFGC Communications Specialist Charlotte Jewish News, February 2024 The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s mission stands firm — to serve as the heart of the community,…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Listen to this article https://charlottejewishnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/c60d8474-bb00-11ee-8e1e-0242ac120002_mp3.mp3 By Jacob Gurvis (JTA) January 24, 2024 — As reports of antisemitism have surged since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Jewish groups have sought to spotlight the issue…

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…