The Charlotte Jewish News - October 2008 - Page 13
Newcomers
Flo Hersch Arrives from Florida
By Amy Krakovitz
It’s difficult to move to a new
place after living somewhere for
35 years, but Flo Hersch was
ready for a new adventure.
“I moved to Charlotte to live
near by son-in-law, daughter, and
two delicious grandsons,” says
Flo. Flo had made her life in
Clearwater, FL, where she raised
her family and was a teacher. “I
have only been here two months,”
she says. “I’m friendly, but it’s dif
ficult finding close friends.”
Flo spends several days a week
with the Oasis program in the
Weinberg Activity Center at the
LJCC where she participates in
many activities and where she has
met many new acquaintances. She
has also submitted an application
to be a teacher’s assistant in the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
but, she warns, no job is going to
interfere with the time she gets to
spend with her very special grand
sons.
“I love the weather,” Flo says,
comparing Florida to North
Carolina. She has also joined
Tickets Now On Sale
Down Home: Jewish Life in North
Carolina Documentary Film
The Down Home Documentary
Film Debut will be celebrated in a
series of gala events across North
Carolina. This one-of-a-kind
movie relates the remarkable sto
ries of Jewish life in
North Carolina from
its earliest pioneering
settlers to the diverse
communities of today.
The Down Home
film, produced by crit
ically acclaimed histo
rian and author Dr.
Steven Charming, will
bring this poignant
history to life on the
screen - you won’t
want to miss it.
Film premiere gala
events are by special invitation
only.
The premiere in Charlotte will
be on Sunday, February 22. Gala
Tickets are $125 per person.
Festivities begin at 5:30 PM,
reception at the Levine Museum
of the New South. Cocktails and
heavy hors d’oeuvres prior to the
film screening, special reserved
seating at the film showing, cham
pagne and dessert following the
film. Meet the key individuals
involved in creating the Down
Home project before and after the
debut. Preferred parking at the
venue.
General admission is $36 per
person in advance, $50 at the door.
The film screening is at the
ImaginOn McColl Theater. Arrive
at 6:45, the film will begin at 7
Rebbe Nacbman said, “I will take you
along a new path - one that is very old,
but completely new”
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NEWCOMERS
Flo Hersch
Temple Beth El where she can be
seen participating in Friday night
services.
Flo recommends that anyone
who moves here jump right in.
“Join lots of things,” she advises,
“and try new activities.” She has
certainly put herself out there and
one can see by her warm smile
that she’s ready to keep active in
her new community. ^
PM. Open seating at the premiere,
champagne and dessert reception
following the film. Meet the key
individuals involved in creating
the Down Home project.
Are you a
newcomer to
Charlotte?
Would- you like to be
featured in this new and
growing section of The
Charlotte Jewish News?
We are looking for
people who have been here
less than a year
who wouldn’t mind answer
ing a few
questions and sitting for a
photograph.
Please call 704-944-6765 if
you or someone you know
would like to be our next
Newcomer
feature family.
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The Down Home project is a
three year initiative that involves
not only the documentary film but
an interactive traveling museum
exhibit, curricula for fourth and
eighth grade public schools, and a
fascinating book by noted histori
an Dr. Leonard Rogoff.
For more information about the
Jewish Heritage Foundation of
North Carolina, the Down Home
project, to order tickets, or to view
a trailer of the documentary film,
visit the website at www.jhfnc.org.
Underwriters of the project
include the State of North
Carolina Department of Cultural
Resources, The Leon Levine
Foundation: Sandra and Leon
Levine, Wachovia, and
GlaxoSmithKline. ^
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