Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Jon Kulbersh What can we learn from Jewish communities worldwide? In March, Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte (JFGC) led an impactful mission trip with 18 community members to Mexico City, offering a firsthand…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Page Leggett This story originally appeared on Foundation For The Carolina’s storytelling website, Philanthropy FOCUS. Read the complete story: https://philanthropyfocus.org/bethisrael/ Years before a 60-year-old Jewish temple in Whiteville closed its doors in 2020,…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Charlotte Rouchouze The Charlotte Jewish News, March, 2025 One of the things I appreciate most about Judaism is the incredible richness of our holiday calendar. These beautiful festivals carry us from month to…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Feb. 26, 2025 Opening night of the Charlotte Jewish Film Festival was filled with non-stop laughter as the fast-paced comedy “Bad Shabbos” played to a sold-out crowd. Now, Menemsha Films is bringing this award-winning…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Charlie Gale Sam’s Fund, a foundation established by Sam Ebersman’s parents, recently made a generous contribution of $500,000 to ZABS Place to provide training for candidates in its job training and job placement…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn HENDERSONVILLE, NC Camp Judaea and Young Judaea Teens (YJ Teens) completed a pilot Tikkun Olam program during Presidents Day weekend in Western North Carolina. Twenty teens from across the South, including five from North…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Aileen Greenberg-Kriner Have you given up on your 2025 New Year’s resolutions already? If so, you’re not alone. According to U.S. News & World Report, 80% of people abandon their resolutions by February.…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ben Sales (JTA) — Among the star-studded Super Bowl ads that viewers saw during Sunday’s game was an awkward 30-second spot, filmed vertically on an iPhone, in which the rapper Ye talks about…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Suzanne Kurtz Sloan Feb. 6, 2025 (JTA) — When ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt spoke in December at an event in New York, he told the audience, “If you ask me today’s date, I…

By Jessica Goldfarb Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s (JFGC) 2025 Annual Campaign, the primary funding vehicle of Federation’s efforts to enhance Jewish life in Charlotte, officially kicked off January 30 at the 2025 Super Event. Alongside the…