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The Charlotte Jewish News - April 2009 - Page 27 The Jewish Traveler By Maxine Silverstein Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Saint John, New Branswick was certain ly not on my top ten list of places that I wanted to visit before I die. The past September, we sailed on a Princess Cruise to Canada and New England and Saint John was one of the ports of call. We found this city to be delightful and full of Jewish histo ry. Saint John is Canada’s oldest incor porated city. It is cen- trally-located on the southern Brunswick coast and it is the only city on the Bay of Fundy. Saint John is the home of the world’s highest tides. This wonderful city has been wel coming people to its shores for over 200 years. Its wonderfully varied ancestry has helped to influence a long-standing spirit of diverse creativity in Saint John. The city has beautiful historic architecture, locally-owned shops and galleries, great restaurants and wonderful sightseeing too. S^INT JOHN Maxine enjoys a beauti- New New Brunswick. CET^TRE The Jewish Community Center of Saint John. The Saint John Jewish Community was founded in 1858. The original Jewish settlers sailed to Saint John from England to start a tobacco business. Around the turn of the 20th century, hundreds of Jewish immigrants arrived in the Port of Saint John from Eastern Europe. Most were on their way to other cities, but they decided to stay in Saint John. The first Synagogue was formed in 1899 and was named Ahavith Achim. A second synagogue called The Hazen Avenue Synagogue was formed in 1906. Both congregations were Orthodox and had their own Rabbis and Hebrew Schools. The current congregation Shaarei Zedek (Gates of Righteousness) is the result of the combination of these two synagogues. We found the synagogue to be small but very interesting. Unfortunately, the last full-time Rabbi the community could support left Saint John in 1983. Since that time lay members ENGAGEMENTS Cheryl and Terrance W. Ravenscraft of Charlotte and Piney Creek, NC are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rosanne Hope Garfield to Eric John Nelson, son of Ann and Kirby Nelson of Marshall, VA. A late summer 2009 wedding is planned. Women’s News Times are Tough but We’re Tougher of the Congregation have come forth as leaders so that the community could maintain Friday night and Saturday morn ing services. Hebrew School continues to function, Bar/Bat Mitzvah children are trained and funeral services are conduct ed in accordance with Jewish tradi tions. Located right next to Shaarei Zedek Synagogue, the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum is open from mid-May to October. This beautiful example of the High Victorian-Gothic style was designed by renowned Saint John architect David E. Dunham. This museum was created in the 1980s to preserve the Jewish her itage of the city. This is the only Jewish museum in Atlantic Canada. The museum houses a collection of religious and secular objects related to the involvement of the Jewish community in Saint , John. We found this museum to be educa tional and it was great to leam more about the history of Canadian Jews. Right down the street is the City Market. This market was founded in 1876 and has been in continuous use. It is the oldest market in Canada. We had a fabulous fresh seafood lunch at Billy’s Seafood in the City Market. This market area runs the length of a city block. Inside you will find local produce, wonderful seafood, old-fashioned butchers, delightful bakeries and interesting souvenirs and crafts. Before we left this charming city, we went to visit the Reversing Falls. These famous Falls are a series of whirlpools and rapids caused by the world’s highest tides (found in the Bay of Fundy) meeting the St. John River. This is such an inter esting phenomenon that must be seen just before high tide and low tide to see the total effect. It defi nitely was an amazing sight to see. We loved this charming little city of 70 thousand people. It’s definitely on our list now of places that we would love to revisit. One short day in Saint John was definitely not enough time. The people are warm, the food deli cious and the sights to see are truly amazing. ^ By Bunny Bramson, President, Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah This is a defining moment in Hadassah’s history. This is a moment in which the past and the future are calling on us for action. Like all of America’s citizens and institutions, Hadassah has felt the impact of the global financial crisis. And as I’m sure you’ve hard by now, Hadassah was also one of many philanthropic organi zations that fell victim to Bernard Bunny Bramson Madoff. Despite the substantial loss, be assured that Hadassah’s strength, sustainability and com mitment are very strong. And as difficult as the sit uation is, the good news is that we are ready to move ahead. Hadassah has been planning, restructuring and cutting costs, all aimed at our core mission of strength ening Israel and the Jewish people. However, it takes more than planning. That’s why HA CAS SAH we need every member of Hadassah, and generous non members as well, to be involved. We need your support today to continue projects in Israel. To save lives every day. To educate the next generation that will lead Israel in the years and decades to come. With your help, we will continue because times are tough, but we’re tougher Contact me at any time for ways you can help, 704- 341-8322 or bunnybram- ® son@bellsouth.net. ^ Mazel Tov & Congratulations Phil Warshauer Selected as Executive Director of Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community (FCJC) has announced that Phil Warshauer was promoted to Executive Director of that organization, effective January 1, 2009. Warshauer joined FCJC in November 2007 as its first full time Director of Planned Giving. FCJC is affiliated with Foundation For The Carolinas and focuses on the needs of individuals in and agencies serving the Jewish com munity. While FCJC has its own board of directors, it utilizes the expertise and administrative sys tems and controls of Foundation For The Carolinas. “Phil’s performance has exceeded all of our expectations,” said Alan Kronovet, President of FCJC. “Under his direction, we have grown our assets and institut ed a number of new initiatives within the community such as the launch of The Book of Life Society and offering monthly endowment education programs. Phil has assisted in FCJC being more systematic in providing serv ices to agencies in the community. It’s everything we’d hoped to achieve with a full-time profes sional.” Michael Marsicano, President and CEO of Foundation For The Carolinas, lauded Warshauer. “Phil has been a great addition to the capabilities of Foundation For The Carolinas as well as FCJC, so his success is a real win-win for the Jewish community and for Charlotte in general.” Warshauer came to Charlotte from Greensboro where he led endowment efforts for Guilford College as Director of Planned Giving. ^ Charlotte Synagogue to Receive Award for Interfaith Dialogue Program New York — Temple Beth El in Charlotte will receive the Union for Reform Judaism’s coveted Irving J. Fain Award for Outstanding Synagogue Social Action Programming, one of the highest honors available to con gregations within the Reform Jewish Movement. Temple Beth El won this award for its Children of Jerusalem Families of Faith program, a series of city-wide, interfaith events to promote greater awareness, under standing and dialogue related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To engage the general public and community, the program featured a lecture and discussion by a war- affected Israeli and Palestinian, an exhibition of Israeli and Palestinian children’s paintings about war and peace, and a series of community dialogues between the three Abrahamic faiths. The program helped to foster peace and improve human relations within the community by building alliances between community groups and educating the commu nity on these critical issues. Speaking on the importance of the Fain Awards, Rabbi Marla Feldman, Director of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, said, “The con gregations that win Fain Awards exemplify the passion for social justice that is at the very founda tion of Reform Judaism. These outstanding congregations bring hope and healing to their commu nities through their efforts to ful fill the Jewish mandate ‘I’taken et haolam’ - to repair our broken world.” The Fain Awards were estab lished in 1983 in honor and mem ory of Irving J. Fain, who served for a decade as chair of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism and who was an ardent proponent of social action and the commitment to the work of tikkun olam, healing the world. This award is presented every two years to congregations that have displayed exemplary work in the pursuit of justice, have successful ly involved large numbers of con gregants in their programs and have developed genuinely innova tive and/or particularly effective projects. The Fain Awards will be pre sented during the Consultation on Conscience, April 19-21, the bien nial public policy conference of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Each syna gogue’s award-winning program will be depicted in a booklet that will be disseminated widely to provide examples of best prac tices. They also will be available on the Religious Action Center’s online program bank at www.rac.org. The Union for Reform Judaism (formerly the Union of American Hebrew Congregations) is the cen tral body of Reform Judaism in North America, uniting 1.5 million Reform Jews in more than 900 synagogues. Union services include camps, music and book publishing, outreach to unaffiliat- ed and intermarried Jews, educa tional programs, and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington, DC. ^ TEmPLE BETH EL
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