The Charlotte Jewish News -September 2009 - Page 22
Jewish Educational Loan Fund Loans
Nearly Half a Million in Greatest Time of
Need
Hebrew Cemetery
The Jewish Educational Loan
Fund (JELF) has awarded more
than $450,000 in interest-free
loans to 126 Jewish students
throughout the southeast for the
2009-2010 academic year. JELF
received a record number of appli
cations this year. To the Charlotte
area, JELF loaned over $24,000.
“The economy has certainly
impacted the need in our commu
nities,” says Jerry Riemer, Loan
Review Co-Chair. Co-Chair,
Kathe Brown adds, “In the great
est time of need, JELF is proud to
be here for the Jewish students in
the southeast who not be able to
pursue higher education without
JELF’s assistance.”
While JELF currently adminis
ters approximately $2.9 million in
outstanding loans, it has main
tained its impressive 98% repay
ment rate. As students repay their
loans, JELF uses those payments
to make new loans, creating a cir
cle of tzedakah. Applications for
the 2010-2011 academic year will
be available on JELF’s website at
www.jelf org in February 2010.
Before JELF’s interest-free
loans are awarded, students must
demonstrate that they have sought
funding through other sources,
including loans, scholarships and
grants, and have come up short in
meeting their needs. Students also
must maintain a minimum grade-
point average to continue to
receive their loan.
For additional information,
contact JELF Executive Director
Lara Dorfman at 770-396-3080 or
visit www.jelf org.
The Jewish Educational Loan
Fund, a non-profit organization
based in Atlanta, grants interest-
free loans to Jewish students from
communities in Florida, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina
and Virginia for post-secondary
study at accredited institutions.
JELF loans are “last dollar,”
meaning they supply the final
funds that a student needs to
attend school. These loans can be
used for study at a college or uni
versity, graduate school or profes
sional/vocational school that leads
to a degree or certificate. ^
By Lorrie Klemons, publicity
As we prepare ourselves both
physically and mentally for the
approaching High Holidays, Jews
all over the world take a moment
to think about what the holidays
mean to us collectively as a Jewish
people and as individuals living in
a secular world. It is a time for
deep reflection and connection
with who we are as a person, and
as a people. We are a people who
care. We are a people who share.
We are a people of prayer As the
Book of Life slowly closes with
the end of the Neilah prayer on
September 28, may we all be
inscribed for a happy and health
year La Shana Tovah!
Before that Book closes, we
have an opportunity to re-commit
ourselves to the Jewish values that
make Judaism so important, and
life so grand. It’s all about
mitzvot. As you think about what
Judaism means to you, commit
yourself to tikkun olam, healing
the world. One easy way to do this
is by becoming a member of the
Charlotte Hebrew Cemetery
Association. Don’t think you are
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too young to become a member of
this sanctified association of over
700+ Charlottean families. You
are never too young to recognize
that death is a normal process of
life. You are never too young to be
prepared for life’s worst moments.
And by supporting the work of
this wonderful association, you
elevate the souls of all those who
preceded you in eternal life which
is a holy mitzvah in and of itself
You are invited to the cemetery
on Sunday, September 27 at 10:30
AM, rain or shine, to join along
with your favorite local Rabbi as
together we participate in a com-
munity-wide Memorial Service to
honor those holy departed souls
who found an eternal holy resting
place at the Charlotte Hebrew
Cemetery. By joining us, you help
us Tikkun Olam.
Hebrew Cemetery Association
Annual Meeting and Memorial
Service: Sunday, September 27 at
10:30 AM, 1801 Statesville Ave.
Directions: 277 North. Exit 3B
at Church St. exit; right onto
Graham St.; bear left at light onto
Statesville Ave.; cemetery is about
1/2 mile donw on left.
For more info about member
ship, donations, services or plots,
call executive director Sandra
Goldman at 704-944-6854, 704-
576-1859, or email her at direc-
tor@hebrewcetery.org. Visit our
website at www.hebrewceme-
tery.org. ^
Foundation of
Shalom Park
Says Thank You
Though the majority of
funding for the Barbara L.
Levine Parking Pavilion was
derived from the Levine fami
lies, the Foundation of Shalom
Park would like to acknowl
edge and thank the following
contributors to the Parking
Deck campaign:
Leon & Sandra Levine,
Howard & Julie Levine, Eric
& Lori Sklut, Shelton
Gorelick Families, Meiselman
Families, Alvin Levine
Families, William Gorelick
Families, Blumenthal
Families, Jerry & Barbara
Levin, Don & Bobbi
Bernstein, Larry & Dale
Polsky, Fred & Marcy Dumas,
The Luski Families, David &
Judy Miller,
The Swimmer Families, Rich
Osborne