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At Least 8 Dead in Shabbat Shooting Attack on Jerusalem Synagogue
Ron Kampeas This is a developing story. (JTA) January 27, 2023 A shooting attack on a synagogue in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Neve Yaakov killed at least eight people on Friday, a day after an Israeli raid on a West Bank city ignited vows of retaliation by Palestinian militant groups. The attack took place Friday…
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The NC Council on the Holocaust Presents “Antisemitism and the Denial & Distortion Movement in the United States” to NC Teachers
By Mike Abramson and Mitch Rifkin After listening to the late Susan Cernyak-Spatz, a Holocaust survivor and founding member of the North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, speak about her experiences in the Holocaust, I asked her what Americans in general, and Jews in particular, should do to respond to her call for action. Without…
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2023 Charlotte Jewish Film Festival Exciting
Lineup and Two New LocationsBy Susan Cherin The Levine Jewish Community Center’s popular Charlotte Jewish Film Festival (CJFF) is back for its 19th year from February 4 to 26, 2023. The All Festival Pass will be available for $154 through January 15 and $192 January 16-February 4. All Festival passes, as well as tickets to individual films ($15), can…
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Federation Launches 2023 Annual Campaign: “Now We Go Forward”
Three years ago, a careful and thorough analysis of growing agency and community needs clarified the need to grow Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s (JFGC) Annual Campaign to $5 million. Last fall, our community celebrated the triumphant achievement of this record-breaking milestone and all of the donors who made it possible. The launch of the…
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Fun Zone Grand Opening: A New Era of
Friendship and InclusionAfter years of planning, developing, and constructing, Friendship Circle is excited to announce and invite the community to the Grand Opening of its Inclusive Fun Zone. This 6,000 sq. ft. indoor play space, the first one of its kind the area, offers fun, recreational, therapeutic, educational, and social opportunities for children, teens, and young adults…
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Volodymyr Zelensky Named Time’s “Person of the Year”
(JTA) December 8, 2022 — Volodymyr Zelensky, the Jewish president of Ukraine, was named Time’s “person of the year” on Wednesday for galvanizing “the world in a way we haven’t seen in decades,” in the words of the magazine’s editor-in-chief. “From his first 40-second Instagram post on Feb. 25 — showing that his Cabinet and…
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Jewish Family Services To Honor Eric and Susan Lerner at Live Laugh Give 2023
By Julie Loftis, JFS Marketing Specialist Co-chairs, Adina Loewensteiner and Andrew Bernstein, are excited to announce the honorees for Live Laugh Give 2023. “This year we are thrilled to recognize Eric and Susan Lerner for their many contributions to Jewish Family Services (JFS), the Jewish community, and the greater Charlotte community.” Eric and Susan have…
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‘Silence Is Complicity’: Biden Calls on Political Leaders to Denounce Antisemitism, Not Platform It
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) December 2, 2022 — President Joe Biden, reacting after the latest station in Kanye West’s dolorous journey, explained that Hitler was bad and the Holocaust was real and chided politicians like his predecessor Donald Trump who give the rapper’s antisemitism oxygen. “I just want to make a few things clear:…
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Emmy Award-Winning JuJu Chang Featured at Federation’s Main Event
Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s 2023 Main Event will take place on Thursday, January 19 at 7 p.m. at Temple Israel. Co-chairs David and Julie Sheffer are excited to announce that we will welcome Emmy Award-winning co-anchor of “ABC News Nightline,” Juju Chang as our featured speaker. Her topic will be “50% Korean. 100% Jewish.”…
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