The Charlotte Jewish News - October 2001 - Page 2
CONTENTS
Point of View
Each issue of the CJN features an articie written by one
of the rabbis active in the Charlotte community.
Point of View
Rabbi Jim Bennett;
“Peace Will Come”
Women’s Page
p. 2 Jewish Family Services.,
Federation News pp. 3-6 Lubavitch of North Carolina.
,.p. 17
,.p. 18
..p. 21
This month:
Rabbi Jim Bennett of Temple Beth El
“Peace Will Come - Od
Yavo Shalom ... Salaam,
Shalom, Peace”
On The Cover
Charlotteans Lead Federation
Solidarity Mission
Jewish Community Center pp. 22-23
,.p.4 Mazel Tov p. 24
Speizman Jewish Library .
On The Cover
Sukkot/Slmchat Torah pp. 29-30
On The Cover
Opinion/Edltoral
Jews in Manhattan Respond to Terror
Attacks; Carl Alpert, and
Ken Stein pp. 8-9
CAJE.
.p. 10-11
Temple Beth El,
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Havurat Tikvah.,
p.
13
Temple Israel.
,.p. 14
Charlotte Jewish Preschool p. 15
Charlotte Jewish Day School p. 16
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Dining Out pp. 32-35
Youth Visions p. 35
6th Annual
HOPEBUILDERS 5K
Brain Cancer Research Run/Walk in memory
of Margaret Harris and David Silverman
This year’s Hopebuilders 5K race will be held
October 20 at the Mint Museum, 2730 Randolph Rd.,
rain or shine.
All proceeds from the Hopebuilders 5K go to the
Margaret Harris and David Silverman Memorial
Brain Tumor Research Endowment Fund at Duke
University Medical Center. The endowment now has
a market value in excess of $1 million.
Race Day Schedule.
7:30 -8:30 AM - Race day regis
tration
8:30 AM - Hopebuilders 5K
RunAValk; 5K Jogger/StroUer
Run; 5K Wheelchair Race
9:00 AM - One mile kids’ Fun
Run
9:30 AM - Post-race Family
Festival
More Information
Registration forms are available at
Run for Your Life, 2422 Park
Road, Charlotte, 28203, 704-358-
0713.
Shock ... anger ... sadness ... an
overwhelming sense of tragedy
and loss. These are among the
emotions we all felt on September
11 and the days following as we
watched the horror of the terrorist
attack on America unfold. As I
write these words, the world hope
fully awaits news of the rescue
efforts, even as we anxiously
await the United States’ response.
By the time these words are print
ed, I am certain many new chap
ters in this saga will have been
written, and many new stories will
have been told. All of us pray that
the stories will be filled with a
sense of hope, gratitude, peace of
mind, and justice. Rivers of ink
will be spilled in the observation
and analysis of this watershed
event in our lives. Rivers of tears
have already flowed.
But in many ways, for the
Jewish community, though the
magnitude of this event in
America is unique, the impact is
sadly familiar. We are a people
acquainted with such attacks upon
our freedom and sense of security.
We are a people who know
tragedy. And we are also a people
who loiow how to persevere and
even to rise above such horror.
It has now been a year since the
latest wave of violence broke out
in Israel. One year of senseless
killing, incrimination, terrorism,
reaction, aggression, hatred,
retreating to more extremism and
fear and posturing. With the
beginning of a new year, perhaps
our prayers give us reason to hope
against hope that this year will be
different. As we watch the unfold
ing stories of the indomitable
human spirit, we know that good
ness and humanity will prevail.
For the past several months, we
have included in our worship ser-
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Candle Lighting for
October 2001
Friday, October 5
6:45 PM
Friday, October 12
6:35 PM
Friday, October 19
6:26 PM
Friday, October 26
6:18 PM
vices at Temple Beth El a folksong
which speaks of our dreams of
peace: “Od Yavo Shalom Aleinu,”
we sing, Peace will yet come for
us, “v’al kulam” — and for every
one. And then we sing the words,
“Salaam, Shalom,” Arabic and
Hebrew for peace. Every time we
sing it, we get chills, for we are
reminded that peace, true peace,
will come, but it will require a
partnership between Israelis and
Palestinians, indeed, a partnership
between all people, everywhere.
Likewise, the war against terror
ism which is now the focus of the
entire world community, must be a
partnership between all people
who love freedom and peace, who
are willing to commit to making
this world a better place, a place
where people can, once and for all,
live in peace.
As Jews and Americans, we are
shocked, confused and deeply
troubled by recent events. We
watch as hatred turns to violence,
and wonder if our belief that
Israeli Jews and Palestinians can
live side by side in peace is tragi
cally naive, if our conviction that
America can be a safe and free
place for all people is mistaken.
Our fanciful hope that reasonable
leaders will rise up and stop the
atrocities has come to a sudden
and painful end. We realize now
that there is among terrorists a
deep anger, illness and hatred. We
find it difficult to understand that
there is such hatred of America
among these individuals and
groups that they would unleash
dieir fury and anger upon thou
sands of innocent people, destroy
ing our very sense of security.
We know that the seemingly
never-ending cycle of violence,
hatred, and terror must end. For if
it does not, the possibilities for
peace will end. Palestinians can
not have peace with Israel and at
the very same time continue to
hate the idea of Israel’s existence
as a Jewish state. Terrorists cannot
expect the world to listen to their
concerns if they remain terrorists.
We cannot tolerate a world in
which such hatred and terror are
permitted to thrive. And so we
must rise up, a§ one people, as one
nation, as one world, and make
our vision real.
It is painfully difficult to remain
optimistic about peace in the midst
of all of this. But remain opti
mistic we must. For if peace and
peace of mind are to come, and
come they must, they will come
slowly, frustratingly so. They will
come in small steps, as each per-
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