The Charlotte Jewish News -September 2007 - Page 8 Rosh Hashanah—the Birthday of the World By Heidi Rotberg, President, Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah Birthdays are times of great cel ebration and as we look to the year ahead, we see a bright future with a fresh list of new and improved hopes and plans to anticipate. First, however, let us savor the sweetness of today. * Enjoy the moment. PICK A ROSENFELD for All Your Real Estate Needs Over 35 Years Experience Home 704-321-0220 BARBARA Coldwell BankerUnited 704-541-6100 L’Shana Tova MARSHALL Queenstowne Realty 704-543-6046 * Celebrate this season and all the bounty this Earth has to offer us. * Delight in the love of family and friends. * Rejoice in the success of pro grams and projects accomplished, exceeding expectations. None of us exists in a vacuum. Once again, we recognize how fortunate we are to be part of our great organization Hadassah that provides the opportunities for each of us to grow and to make a difference as we work to strength en our Israel projects and American programs. Hadassah SAH affords us the chance to meet new friends, pro vides avenues for indi vidual growth, educa tion and enrichment, and offers us the chance to perform mitzvot of communal service as we strive to improve the lives of others. So as we reflect and anticipate bold new challenges ahead, let us: * Share success; reward col leagues. * Contemplate future projects; resolve to rethink old ideas. * Remember at this season, we are challenged to take a look at the past and con template how we can improve ourselves and seek ways to create a better future. As the approaching New Year 5768 offers us a moment of reflection, it’s also a time of celebration, for we are thankful to have accomplished so much. As we dip apples in honey, we savor the sweetness of past successes and hope for an equally sweet year ahead. We reaffirm our commit ment to Hadassah and we pray for peace for ourselves, for our fami lies, our country and for peace and stability for our people in Israel. Hadassah 2008 “Directory Information Blue Sheet” Coming to Your Home Soon Hadassah’s is gearing up to mail out the 2008 Charlotte Region Jewish Coummunity Directory Blue Form. Please fill in these blue forms with the appro priate information to be sure the A Happy and Healthy New Year To All Our Friends from Etti & Uri Krause 704-556-0710 MEN’S & LADIES’ SHOES & CLOTHING Phillips place • fairview rd. charlotte, n.c. 2008 directory will have your cor rect listing and mail it back by November 1. Extra forms will be available at the JCC reception desk. There are opportunities for you to add to the Community Directory for this year. * Add a personal and/or busi ness advertisement * List your children and/or grandchildren as Jewels * Become a Patron and help support continued stem cell research Questions? Please contact Directory Chairperson - Judy Kaufmann (704-847-1022) or Ivy Saul - personal/business adver tisement Chairperson (isaul@car- olina.rr.com). Put Hadassah in the subject line of the e-mail. What’s New at the Lake Hadassah Lake Norman Chapter, formerly Hadassah Kinneret Circle at the Lake, has grown to become a fully qualified and recognized separate chapter by Hadassah. Book Club The Hadassah Lake Norman Chapter Book Club meets at 7 PM on the first Wednesday night of each month at a member’s home or Barnes & Noble in Birkdale Village. The first meeting, Wednesday, September 5 book discussion, will be “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen and led by a member at her home address. For more information please con tact co-president Karen Marshall by email at ksmarshall@adel- phia.net. General Meeting and Fund Raiser Event Hadassah Lake Norman Chapter meetings will rotate between mornings and evenings on the third Monday of each month. Our first meeting will also have an Attraction Book Sales Fundraiser Kick off on September 17 at 7 PM at a member’s home. If you are attending or need more information please contact Billie Green by e-mail at bgreen2417@aol.com.