The Charlotte Jewish News - September 2009 - Page 11
Viva Klezmer to Appear at the Shalom
Lake Norman Festival
Your hands will be clapping
and your feet will be moving to
the sounds of Viva Klezmer at the
first annual Shalom Lake Norman
Festival, Sunday, September 13
from noon-4 PM at Ramsey Creek
Park in Cornelius.
Viva Klezmer is well known for
their rendition of Klezmer music
traditionally heard in Eastern
Europe. One can not enjoy
Klezmer without the rhythmic
sound of the clarinet and the
melodic sound of the violin. Gene
and Ali Kavadlo, lead musicians
with the Charlotte Symphony,
together with their accompanying
musicians, will be one of the fea
tured music acts at the Shalom
Lake Norman Festival.
The Shalom Lake Norman
Festival is sponsored by the
Jewish Council of Lake Norman
and the Jewish Federation of
Greater Charlotte. The entire com
munity and our surrounding
neighbors are invited to spend the
afternoon at the lake and enjoy
ethnic food, dancing and music.
For the children there will be an
opportunity to climb the “Kotel”
(a climbing wall), sail a boat on
“Yam Kinneret” (Sea of
Galilee/Lake Norman), slides and
jumping rides too. For young, and
young at heart, there will be a craft
section to participate in. For the
shoppers, Judaica art and jewelry
will be displayed and available for
purchase. We recommend that you
bring a lounge chair to enjoy the
view and entertainment. Come
and enjoy.
Remember the date, time and
place: Shalom Lake Norman
Festival, Ramsey Creek Park.
Sunday, September 13, 12 noon-4
PM. For more information con
tact: Herb 704-301-1714 or Gail
704-582-1980. ^
Online Parent Network Expanding Reach
with Bi-Monthly Webinars, Resource
Center
In an effort to reach out to all
Jewish parents of special needs
children, the Friendship Circle’s
Online Parent Network is expand
ing to two monthly webinar offer
ings per topic and adding an
online resource center The net
work’s twice monthly online
meetings, available Tuesdays at 8
PM EST, cover a range of relevant
and engaging subjects with a lec
ture session and an experience
sharing session. The new online
resource center for parents
includes video footage from each
webinar and resources relating to
each topic.
Monthly topics include:
^Jewish perspectives on spe
cial needs
^Recognizing special needs
children’s benefit to society
^Instilling confidence in spe
cial needs children’s siblings
^Issues of integration versus
segregation
^Creating special needs friend
ly environments in schools and
synagogues
^Teaching sensitivity to com
munity members, clergy and
school faculty
^Educating the public, family
and friends on the needs and chal
lenges of special needs children
^The practice of mitzvot for
people with disabilities
The Network compliments the
Friendship Circle’s acclaimed
services for children with special
needs by placing a greater focus
on supporting the entire family
unit. The interactive webinars
compliment programs which high
light and emphasize the role of
parents and caregivers.The
Friendship Circle links teenage
volunteers and special needs chil
dren for programming which
empowers, teaches the value of
giving and friendship, provides
respite and support, educates the
community, and assists the chil
dren’s societal integration.
For more information, visit
WWW.friendshipcircle.com.^
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Chabad of Ballantyne’s Spiritual Stimulus
Bill
Imagine calculating your annu
al business report during the cur
rent recession, only to be told that
you can wipe the slate clean? Or
that all debts are forgiven? And all
you have to do is fill out an appli
cation. Wouldn’t you say it’s
worth a couple hours in the syna
gogue? And what if the syna
gogue was around the comer?
Join Chabad of Ballantyne for
the high holidays and gear up for a
fresh new start. God signs a spiri
tual stimulus bill every new year,
giving us the opportunity to recon
nect with our Judaism and inner
self It’s time to fill out the appli
cation.
Join us for Rosh Hashanah
services on September 19 and 20
and for Yom Kippur services on
September 27 and 28.
Rosh Hashanah is a time when
we once again accept God’s king
ship, and when the entire creation,
the universe with all its creatures,
is judged. Yom Kippur is the time
when the Almighty forgives us for
all our wrongdoing. The High
Holiday is not only a time of
remembrance of a certain occasion
in history, but also a recurrence of
the original event. It is a time of
reawakening of the special rela
tionship between God and the information contact us 704-910-
Jewish people, and between God 2020 or ChabadBallantyne@
and the world. gmail.com. ^
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