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The Charlotte Jewish News Celebrates Jewish Youth With Inaugural Showcase
The Charlotte Jewish News is excited to debut a new opportunity to celebrate the experiences of the Jewish youth in our community with our inaugural Celebrating Jewish Youth Showcase. The Showcase is an expansion of previous years’ Celebrating Jewish Youth Essay Contest, in recognition that there are many forms of expression that excite our youth…
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Advocacy in Action: Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s JCRC Leading the Charge
By Jessica Goldfarb, JFGC Communications Specialist Through strategic engagement with local representatives and active advocacy in legislative matters, the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), the advocacy and public affairs arm of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte (JFGC), is effecting real change and garnering crucial support for bills that safeguard Jewish interests and promote humanitarian…
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17th Annual Sam Strause Golf Tournament to Benefit Levine JCC Oasis Program
By Anne Douglas Miller The 17th Annual Sam Strause Invitational Golf Tournament will be held on August 12 at Raintree Country Club. This event is one of the biggest fundraisers that the Levine JCC hosts every year, with 100% of the proceeds supporting the Levine JCC Oasis Program. The tournament is played in honor of…
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Israel Places 5th at Eurovision, Propelled by Audience Voting From Around the World
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) May 12, 2024 — Despite steep backlash including protests from other competitors, Israel’s Eden Golan placed fifth in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night after delivering a rousing final performance of her song “Hurricane.” The competition’s winner is determined by a complex system in which juries for each participating country…
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“You are not alone”: Biden in Holocaust Remembrance Speech Vows To Fight October 7 Denialism
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) May 7, 2024 President Joe Biden aimed straight at American Jewish anxieties of the moment in a speech commemorating the Holocaust, pledging to keep alive the memory of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacres in the face of waves of anti-Israel and antisemitic actions. “I see your fear, your hurt, your pain,”…
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Federation Welcomes David Hazony to 2024 Annual Meeting
By Jessica Goldfarb, JFGC Communications Specialist The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte (JFGC) will hold its annual meeting on Monday, May 20, at 7 p.m. in the Sam Lerner Center for Cultural Arts at Shalom Park. Federation is delighted to welcome David Hazony as the guest speaker for this year’s event. Hazony is an esteemed…
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A Week of Remembrance and Celebration
By Jessica Goldfarb, JFGC Communications Specialist As the holidays of Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom Ha’Atzmaut approach, their significance has taken on a new and profound meaning this year. Against the backdrop of a world that is grappling with a resurgence of antisemitism and challenges from the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, the observance of these…
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Police Raid Columbia U Building Occupied by Anti-Israel Protesters, Arresting Dozens
By Luke Tress, Jackie Hajdenberg Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s statement on campus protests nationally and closer to home can be found at the end of this post along with links to Jewish Federations of North America and North Carolina Hillel statements and calls to action. (New York Jewish Week) May 1, 2024 — Police…
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Empty Chairs, Mirrors and Pomegranates: How Jews Are Bringing the Israel-Hamas War to Their Seder Tables This Passover
By Jacob Gurvis (JTA), April 19, 2024 — As Jews around the world read the haggadah at their seder tables every year, they encounter a passage instructing them to see themselves as if they personally left Egypt. This year, some of them will also have on their seder tables a symbol of the perseverance of…
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