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The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2009 - Page 12 Syisagogve^^ongregations Giant Coin Menorah To Be Kindled at SouthPark Mall DR. JOSEPH STEINER family and cosmetic dentistry Drs. Steiner, Pappert & Linger Your dental health. Our number one priority. Treating Snoring and Sleep Apnea Alternative Treatment to C-PAP Therapy for Patients with Sleep Apnea Sedation Dentistry 704-523-4515 sleepapneadentistcharlotte.com charlottecosmeticdental.com 4525 Park Rd. Park Rd. & Montford Dr. 57 YEARS That’s how long we’ve been protecting THE Charlotte Jewish Community. We offer all lines of insurance including Commercial, Homeowners, Auto and Life. Call us today to learn about our personalized insurance programs to meet your needs. Harry Swimmer • David Swiminer Craig Katzman • Brian Meltsner Swimmer Insurance Agency 725 Providence Rosd I CharJotte, NC 28207 704.333 6694 I www.swimm^rinjurance.conn “Let’s light up the night and help those in need” is the rallying cry of this year’s fantastic Chanukah event at SouthPark Mall, where a giant coin menorah will be kindled at 6 PM on Sunday, December 13, which is the third night of Chanukah. The menorah, which is being built by Congregation Ohr HaTorah, will grace the inner courtyard at SouthPark Mall near Nordstrom’s and Nieman Marcus. There will be lots of kid’s activi ties and entertainment as well as traditional holiday treats in honor of Chanukah. The entire community is invit ed to partake in the community- wide Chanukah Coin Menorah Tzedakah project here in Charlotte which will help our Jewish community come together for a common goal, to celebrate the spirit of Chanukah with joy, while keeping our focus on help ing those who are going through today’s challenges of economic hardship. The idea is for Jewish organiza tions in Charlotte to participate by enlisting their members to collect coins, which will be used to create a spectacular coin menorah. The coins will be collected by the par ticipating organizations and brought to SouthPark for the light ing ceremony on December 13. This beautiful menorah will be built with sturdy transparent Lucite materials so that the coins used to fill the branches will be visible with all their sparkle. Each branch of the menorah will repre- / ...where teaching is valued and learning is celebrated CHARLOTTE LATIN S C H O O L ADMISSIONS APPLICATIONS DUE: Friday, January 15, 2010 9502 Providence Road Charlotte, North Carolina 28277 Admissions: 704.846.7207 www.charlottelatin.org. Tinancial assistance is available. Please inquire about the Malom Scholarship for gifted students in yth - 12th grades sent one of eight Charlotte Jewish organizations, which will be responsible for filling its branch with coins. The project is designed primarily to encourage the involvement of students in the synagogue religious schools, Charlotte Jewish Day School, and the two Jewish preschools in Charlotte. It is a new way to bring an added excitement and a sense of fulfillment to the children in our community during the holiday of Chanukah. ■I The coins will be placed in the giant Menorah at a special Grand Menorah Lighting ceremony at SouthPark Mall during which a Congregation MaToraK a project p) LvbavUch oj North Carolini representative from each organi zation will be called on to fill a branch with the coins collected by their organization. After the event, the collected coins will be donated to Jewish Family Services and Crisis Assistance Ministry, to help those in need in our community. A huge Car Menorah Parade, which will begin at the Lubavitch Educational Center on Sardis Road at 4 PM, will lead off the festivities, as the parade will pro ceed to SouthPark Mall with music and with many of the par ticipants. The event is free and open to the public. For more infor mation on how you can partici pate, please visit our website at www.chabadnc.org or call our office at 704-366-3984. ^ Temple Israel Book Club Two Upcoming Selections The History of Love by Nicole Krauss Wednesday, November 18 at 7:30 PM A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev January 2010, date TBA With an abundance of notewor thy Jewish literature on hand, it was relatively painless for Temple Israel Book Club members to select two books to read and then discussed at the next two meet ings. Our first selection is The History of Love by Nicole Kraus. Described as “A beautifully con structed, frequently funny and ultimately moving tale. The History of Love unspools a num ber of disparate story lines - about a lonely Polish immigrant, a teenage girl, a grieving widow - and then delightfully pulls them together into a striking coher ence.” The novel spans a period of over 60 years and takes readers from Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe to present day Brighton Beach. The main characters are a 14 year old girl trying to find a cure for her mother’s loneliness and an old man who is trying to survive a little longer. Although he doesn’t realize it, this man who has become invisible to the world, wrote a book many years ago in Poland. The book, which has sur vived, crossing oceans and gener ations and changing lives, is at the heart of the novel. With The History of Love earn ing the description “at least as heartbreaking as it is hilarious,” the discussion at the November 18 meeting will be quite stimulating. Our second selection, A Pigeon and a Boy, by award-winning Israeli novelist Meir Shalev, cre ates a mystical story of two love affairs, separated by a generation but tied together by blood and his tory. The novel moves from the present to a lifetime earlier, before and during the 1948 War of Independence. Meir Shalev, “the Woody Allen of the desert ... an Israeli author one absolutely has to read,” was here a few years ago as the speak er at an event sponsored by the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library and Resource Center (JLRC). The TI book club discussion will be led by former JLRC Director Amalia Warshenbrot. A graduate of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in Jewish literature and Judaic studies, Amalia’s lead ership will include what’s “lost in translation”— from Hebrew to English. This exciting, gripping and moving novel and the discus sion an enjoyment. Each book is available at the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library, the public library and at local book stores or on line for under $15. Temple Israel Book Club meet ings are held at Temple Israel and open to the entire community, even those who haven’t read the selections. The January date will be selected at our November 18 meeting. For additional informa tion contact Linda Levy at 704- 366-6362/levyollie@aol.com or Sandra Hirschman at 704/867- 7051.^
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