The Charlotte Jewish News - June-July 2008 - Page 15
Hebrew Cemetery Association
By Lorrie Klemons, Publicity
The beautiful holiday of
Passover is long gone. We have
long finished reading the story of
our exodus from Egypt.
Passover items are
packed neatly away
until next year’s cele
bration. The Passover
season always gets me
thinking about our his
torical and wondrous
beginnings as a Jewish
nation. I think about our
freedom from slavery
and what it must have been like to
be at Mt. Sinai during the receiv
ing of the Ten Commandments
and the Torah. I think about the
thunder and lightning that accom
panied God’s first and only
appearance before the people of
Israel. The receiving of the Torah
at Mt. Sinai was the most signifi
cant event in our people’s history.
It offered us a blue print for holi
ness and good living that is still
adhered to today. It offered the
world an example of civilization
and global community founded on
values of honesty, integrity, moral
ity, faith, education, and ethics.
America has come to a point in
time that requires a lot of soul
searching. What has happened to
our morality? To our integrity? To
our faith? Every day we are bom
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barded with lapses in the human
ness that makes being human so
unique. At the expense of sound
ing political, I have spent a lot of
time thinking about the
messages of all three
political figures in the
presidential race. I listen
to what they have to say.
I try to decide which
candidate will offer the
best shot for getting
America back on track
as the great nation that it
once was. Who will be
the candidate to bridge the global
gap that gets wider each day? Who
will be the one to fix an economy
that finds so many of us in such
dire straits? Who will be the great
est supporter of Israel, maintain
ing America as Israel’s strongest
ally? I think about the freedoms
that my family and I enjoy, and
wonder which candidate will best
rally for the maintenance of those
freedoms for humanity, at large.
In the month of May we cele
brated two holidays: Yom Ha
Shoah and Yom Hatzmaut. On
Yom Ha Shaoh we remembered
six million of our fellow Jews who
were slaughtered because of their
faith. Shortly after that, we cele
brated the birthday of Israel, Yom
Hatzmaut. And this year we cele
brated the miracle of 60 years.
This spring we must all pray for
all of the civilized world’s armed
forces and hope for a peaceful
world. This spring we must main
tain our optimism about the
healthy future of Jewish life here
in America and throughout the rest
of the world. This year we must
pray for our homeland, Israel, as it
once again faces the voracious
uproar and annihilating threats of
its neighbors. This spring we must
commit to perpetuating the memo
ries of those Jews who preceded
us in eternal life.
Make your commitment right
now. Whether you are young or
old ... healthy or sick ... you owe
it to yourself and your family to be
part of Charlotte’s Hebrew ceme
tery. The Hebrew Cemetery
Association of Charlotte is com
mitted to the continued provision
and maintenance of a sanctified
and holy final resting place for its
fellow Jews. An independent
Jewish institution unalfiliated with
any local religipus organization,
the Association is made up of local
Jews who care about each other ...
in life and in death.
For more information about
membership benefits, graves, pre
paid funeral costs, or endowment
donations, call Cemetery Director
Joe Kodsi at 704-576-1859 or
704-321-3537.
Directions to the cemetery:
Take Providence Rd. into uptown;
turn right on Graham Street and
stay on Graham for about two
miles; bear left onto Statesville
Avenue; the cemetery will be
about Va mile down the road on
your left. O
Larry Horowitz, CLU, ChFC
Financial
5950 Fairview Road, Suite 608
Charlotte, NC 28210
704-556-9982, Fax: 704-369-2918
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WITH THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO WALTER J. KLEIN
In last month’s Jewish Traveler column, "There’s No Place Like Home,” by Maxine Silverstein,
The Charlotte Jewish News neglected to attribute the source of Maxine’s information. The story
used, among others, the pamphlets and brochures of Walter J. Klein, who has gathered and writ
ten about so much of the Jewish history of the Carolinas.
The material used includes “By Street and Number: Two Centuries of Charlotte Jewish Life”
and “A Jewish Tour of the Carolinas.” Walter has contributed to the Charlotte Jewish Historical
Society’s archives, ancestry.com. Ancestry magazine, the American Jewish Archives in
Cincinnati, the exhibits “Seventh Street to Shalom Park” and “The Treasures of Temple Beth El.”
We are all richer due to his hard work and devotion to archiving our history.
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Joanna Rose is excited to get to meet Hillary Clinton
when the presidential candidate made a campaign
stop in Charlotte.
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Sunday - Closed
Monday - 9 AM-4:30 PM
Tuesday - Closed
Wednesday - 9 AM-4:30 PM
Thursday - 9 AM-4:30 PM
Friday-9 AM-1 PM
Visit the Levine-Sklut Judaic
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from the convenience of your
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library.org. You will find there
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