The Charlotte Jewish News -June-July 2007 - Page 18
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library and Resource Center
Author Mark Klempner to
Speak in Charlotte
Sponsored by the Levine-Sklut
/udaic Library and Resource
Center, Oasis at the Levine JCC
and a generous grant from The
North Carolina Humanities
Council, Mark Klempner, author
of “The Heart Has Reasons” will
be speaking Thursday, June 28 at
1 PM at the Levine Jewish
Community Center, 5007
Providence Rd. in Charlotte. He
will be in the Weinberg Senior
Center where coffee and refresh
ments will be served.
In 1996, Mark Klempner
sought out some of the last surviv
ing Dutch rescuers of Jewish chil
dren to better understand how and
why they made their courageous
choices. Inspired by their willing
ness to risk everything to help oth
ers during the war, he became
deeply interested in what the res
cuers have done with their lives
since, and where their
moral compasses point
today.
“You can’t let people
be treated in an inhu
man way around you.
Otherwise you start to
tbecome inhuman.”
So speaks rescuer
Hetty Voute in “The
Heart Has Reasons,” a
remarkable book that provides
both a fresh look at the “righteous
gentiles,” and a meditation on
Mark Klempner
what they might have to teach us
more than half a century after they
defied the Nazis.
What emerges is both a win
dow to the past and a vision for
the future. If the rescuers could
remain committed to making a
difference while under the boot of
the Nazi regime, we surely
have something to learn
from them about taking a
stand against injustices,
about maintaining an open
heart, and about not giving
in or giving up. Framed by
Klempner’s quest for
meaning, their words res
onate across generations,
providing insightful guid
ance as to how people of con
science can navigate ethically in
an increasingly complex world. ^
PART TIME LIBRARY ASSOCIATE NEEDED FOR THE LEVINE SKLUT
JUDAIC LIBRARY AND RESOURCE CENTER
Library experience and Jewish knowledge required.
The associate will catalog (using Athena software, experience preferred) books, electronic
media, maps, games, and other material for the library serving the Jewish community and its
religious schools. Original computer cataloging is required, as well as editing of downloaded
MARC records. Proficiency with Microsoft Word required. The associate will also assist the
library director with database management, including reports, and with problem resolution.
Initiative and ability to work independently are assets. Position is for eight hours a week.
Flexible hours and some knowledge of Hebrew and experience with specialized library soft
ware and archival cataloging are preferred.
For more information please call Amalia Warshenbrot at 704-944-6763.
Donations to the JLRC
We acknowledge with gratitude
the following donations to the
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library and
Resource Center. These donations
allow us to expand the collection
of books, DVDs, CDs videos,
maps, posters, games and various
teaching aids. The entire commu
nity will benefit from these
thoughtful gifts.
Friends of the Levine-Sklut
JLRC Fund
Walter Drawer; Sarah and Jerry
Dorenfeld in honor of Adam
Michael becoming a Bar Mitzvah;
Doris Goldsmith and Thelma
Wand in honor of Lynda and
James White; Sue and Jeff
Edwards in honor of Savannah
Lily becoming a Bat Mitzvah;
Chavurah Keshet; Nathalie and Ira
Maker in honor of Max Alexander
becoming a Bar Mitzvah; Denise
Finck-Rothman and Jeffrey
Rothman in - honor of Jacob
becoming a Bar Mitzvah; Thelma
Wand in honor of the birth of
Nathaniel Moses; Amalia and Abe
Warshenbrot in honor of the birth
of Nathaniel Ross; Susan Stafford
and Nora Wolf in honor of the
birth of Melissa and Barry
Schumer’s grandchildren. O
Sue Klein Wins TBE Sisterhood’s 1st
Lamed-Vavnik Award
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library &
Resource Center
SUMMER HOURS
Sunday & Tuesday - CLOSED
Monday, Wednesday & Thursday -
9 AM-4.-30 PM
Friday - 9 AM-1 PM
Sue Klein at work at the JLRC.
They say only God knows who
the 36 righteous ones are, the ones
for whom He preserves our world.
But by observing the people
around us, perhaps we can guess
who they might be.
Temple Beth El’s Sisterhood
guessed that maybe Sue Klein is
such a person. Her devotion to
helping those less fortunate than
herself coupled by her modesty
led the Sisterhood board to award
its first ever Lamed-Vanik award
to Sue Klein.
Sue currently serves as
Program Director for the Levine-
Skliit Judaic Library and Resource
Center, but has served in the past
as Adult Services Director for the
Levine JCC as well as coordinator
of Outreach Services for the
Public Library of Mecklenburg
County where she brought books
and magazines to nursing homes
all over the county.
She is also a past president of
Sisterhood and Hadassah. She
also currently teaches art at the
TBE Religious School and
Hebrew High.
Could you be a Lamed-Vavnik
or do you know someone who
might be? Watch for more infor
mation from TBE’s Sisterhood.
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