Facebook Twitter LinkedIn As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community (FCJC) has established the Donald H. Bernstein Distinguished Service Award to honor its first board chair, Don Bernstein, and has…
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) President Joe Biden is bringing a Jewish High Holiday celebration to the White House for the first time. His White House is hosting a Rosh Hashanah reception on Sept.…
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn The Charlotte Jewish News September 2022 In mid-July, a group of North Carolina educators spent time together in Washington, D.C., inquiring, sharing, learning, and building community. When they arrived, though tired, they were…
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ron Kampeas (JTA ) August 30, 2022 Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose reforms, including allowing massive numbers of Jews to emigrate to Israel, changed his country and the world, died at 91.…
By Terri Beattie, Foundation of Shalom Park Executive Director All the agencies at Shalom Park rely on Foundation of Shalom Park (FSP) facilities as they strive to fulfill their missions and remain economically sustainable. Often hidden from…
You don’t have to look for long at the young leaders in our community’s Jewish organizations before you find one who got their inspiration and their start in their “BBYO career,” as many BBYO alumni call it, from Ellen Goldstein, BBYO’s area
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn By Terri Beattie, Foundation of Shalom Park Executive Director All the agencies at Shalom Park rely on Foundation of Shalom Park (FSP) facilities as they…
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn By Sara Schreibman, Yours Truly Needlepoint Volunteer Lynn Edelstein received all-too-familiar phone calls last week from area children’s hospitals. They needed more than 150 blankets…
(JTA) — After weeks of fending off threats to their governing coalition, Israel’s top leaders have announced that they will instead seek to dissolve the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, and hold new elections
Eighteen months ago, the life I had known ended. Though my fantastic wife of more than 50 years suffered from Parkinson’s for a long while, her sudden passing was still completely unexpected. Fortunately, I had, and have, wonderful family and friend support. However, relatively quickly it hit me that virtually everyone with whom I had more than an incidental relationship was a couple. And while we could still have a connection, the dynamic had somehow changed. When some activity was being planned by one or another of my circles, I was no longer first on its mind. I felt I had to keep giving reminders that I wanted to be included. I recognized this was happening, but didn’t have an idea of what to do about it.
