The Charlotte Jewish News - December 2008 - Page 8
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Mayor Pat McCrory signed a
declaration on Tuesday,
October 28, declaring that
Hadera, Israel, is to officially
become the eighth sister city of
Charlotte. In making the procla
mation, McCrory spoke in great
detail about his comfort and
familiarity with the state of
Israel, citing his personal expe
riences on a visit there in the
mid-1990s.
The proclamation was signed
at local Charlotte restaurant
Nolia, located at 3^6 N. Caswell
in Elizabeth. Joining McCrory
were Charlotte City Council
members Mayor Pro-tem Susan
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Burgess, Nancy Carter, Warren
Cooksey, and Andy Dulin,
along with guests from the
Jewish Federation of Greater
Charlotte and the newly formed
Charlotte International Cabinet,
which was formed to serve as a
forum for international issues
and to advocate to local govern
ment on behalf of the interna
tional communities, organiza
tions and businesses of the city
of Charlotte.
McCrory said Hadera offers
opportunities for business rela
tionships as well as school and
cultural exchanges. He also
cited Hadera’s energy-saving
initiatives and suggested that
Charlotte and Hadera can work
together in such endeavors.
Partnership 2000 Chair
Susan Jacobs spoke about the
history of the partnership with
Hadera and the Jewish commu
nity, acknowledging the many
exchanges and relationships that
have resulted from the eight-
year association. McCrory will
be joined by the mayor of
Hadera in late December/early
January for the official signing
ceremony.
Elliot Jager of The Jerusalem Post
to Speak on December 17
The Jewish Federation of
Greater Charlotte’s Community
Relations Council (JCRC) wel
comes Elliot Jager, Op-Ed editor
and columnist for The Jerusalem
Post, to Charlotte on Wednesday
evening, December 17, at 7 PM
in the Sam Lemer Center for
Cultural Arts at Shalom Park.
Jager’s topic is “Security and
Political Briefing: What mili
tary, security and political insid
ers are watching.” The event is
free and open to the public.
Elliot Jager was born and
raised on New York’s Lower
East Side where he attended the
ultra-Orthodox yeshivot Chasan
Sofer and the Mesiftha Tiffereth
Jerusalem high-school.
Jager made aliya in 1997 and
(after working as a legal and
technical writer in Tel Aviv)
took his first job at The
Jerusalem Post in 1999. Over
the years he has managed the
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Elliot Jager
paper’s extraordinary photo
archives, edited the Friday
“B” Section (now called
“FrontLines”), was the paper’s
literary editor, and is now the
op-ed editor responsible for the
daily and Friday comment and
opinion section. He also writes
a column called “Power and
Politics” and does the occasion
al book review. Some of his
more recent work is available at
www.elliotjager.com. In April
2008, he was appointed the
newspaper's editorial page edi
tor.
Jager says, “Living in Israel
for some eleven years has
changed my perspective on how
I understand Jewish civilization,
the Arab-Israel conflict and
Israeli society. To paraphrase
Ariel Sharon, ‘What you can see
from here, you can't see from
there.’”
Jager holds a BA in Judaic
Studies, an MA in International
Relations and a PhD in Political
Science from New York
University.
The Jewish Community
Relations Council promotes the
interest of the Charlotte Jewish
community by creating working
relationships with our neighbors
and serving as the collective
voice of the Jewish community.
For more information about
Elliot Jager, please contact the
Jewish Federation of Greater
Charlotte at 704-944-6757, or
visit the website, www.jew-
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