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Understanding the Resettlement Crisis: A Charlotte Forum on Policy and Local Impact
By Amy Lefkof Recent executive orders and policy changes by the current administration have dramatically reshaped the national refugee resettlement landscape, significantly affecting local immigrant communities and the Charlotte organizations that serve them. These measures include an indefinite suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, a halt to federal funding for resettlement services, and the…
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Sandra Goldman’s Next Chapter at Hebrew Cemetery
By Kevin Levine On any given day at the Hebrew Cemetery, you might spot Sandra Goldman walking the grounds, chatting with a family, or checking in with staff about an upcoming burial. Though she is stepping down from her role as director after 16 years, Sandra isn’t going far. She is transitioning into the role…
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Bearing Witness: “October 8” Documentary Invites Dialogue in Charlotte
In the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, a surge of antisemitic incidents unfolded across the United States. The documentary October 8, originally titled October H8TE, delves into this unsettling rise, examining how antisemitism has manifested on college campuses, social media platforms, and in public discourse. Directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker…
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Shoah Foundation Widens Its Mandate To Collect Testimonies About Contemporary Antisemitism, Too
By Grace Gilson (JTA), April 27, 2025 — For decades, the USC Shoah Foundation has amassed testimonies of Holocaust survivors, with the goal of preserving stories before they cannot be told firsthand. Now, with survivors dwindling, the organization founded by Steven Spielberg is expanding its mandate to collect testimonies from Jews about global antisemitism since…
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Noa Argamani, ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt mong Over a Dozen Jews on 2025 TIME 100 List
By Grace Gilson (JTA) — Former Israeli hostage Noa Argamani and Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt were included along with over a dozen Jews in Time Magazine’s 100 “Most Influential” list this year. Their inclusion — in the “Leaders” and “Titans” sections of the annual list — points to the ongoing significance of Hamas’ Oct.…
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How Your Matzah Gets Made: A Peek Inside the Streit’s Factory
By Joseph Strauss (New York Jewish Week) April 7, 2025 Streit’s, the kosher food company that’s best known for its matzah, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. And while many things have changed since the matzah bakery was first opened on Rivington Street on the Lower East Side in 1925 — most notably, the bakery…
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Hebrew High Has a New Director and New Vision
Unless you have a teenager in your life, you may not be aware of an amazing program for Jewish teens that has been thriving for over 25 years. Hebrew High is a supplemental program for Jewish students in grades 8-12, sponsored by Temple Beth El, Temple Israel, and Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte. The program…
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Nearly a Quarter of Americans Raised Jewish Have Left the Religion, Survey Says
By Grace Gilson March 26, 2025 (JTA) Almost one in four U.S. adults raised Jewish do not identify as religiously Jewish anymore, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center. The study, published Wednesday, surveyed “religious switching” around the world, and found that significant percentages of people raised in religious homes in the…
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Senator Marshall Rauch, North Carolina’s Longest-Serving Senator, Dies at 102
GASTONIA (March 18, 2025) – Senator Marshall Arthur Rauch, 102, of Gastonia, North Carolina, passed away on March 18, 2025 with his family by his side. Born on February 2, 1923 in Manhattan, New York, Senator Rauch was the son of the late Tillie Wohl Rauch and Nathan Allen Rauch. Widely and affectionately called by…
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