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 the contributions of our nation’s…

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 Israel. We then commemorate what…

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 percent increase in 2022. Nationally,…

By Andrew Lapin Facebook Twitter LinkedIn March 14, 2023 (JTA)  A Holocaust-themed novel by bestselling author Jodi Picoult was among dozens of books removed from a South Florida school district library’s circulation last month, in the latest…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Douglas Greene, JFGC Government and Public Affairs Associate, JCRC As the Government and Public Affairs Associate for the Jewish Federation of Greater (JFGC), making up part of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC),…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s (JFGC) Annual Campaign is well underway after a very successful Main Event. Since the campaign kick-off, the campaign team has been busy contacting donors to explain that this year’s…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA) — The oldest complete copy of the Hebrew Bible as we know it today is about to go on sale — and it could well become the most expensive book or…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Noah Goldman, JFGC Israel & Global Jewry Associate “People Love Dead Jews.” This provocatively titled book by Dara Horn has won the National Jewish Book Award and was one of New York Times’…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ken Garfield With faith and determination, the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte launched its annual campaign to raise money for righteous causes, and raise voices against prejudice. The 2023 Main Event on Jan.…

By Ron Kampeas January, 29, 2023 (JTA) — A 13-year-old Palestinian boy shot and wounded an Israeli man and his son outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls, police said, in one of multiple incidents over the weekend during…