The Charlotte Jewish News - December 2009 - Page 26
Chanukah Kits
Are you looking for a way to
teach Chanukah to your kids?
Their secular friends? Your child’s
class at school?
The Levine-Sklut Judaic
Library and Resource Center will
have take home Chanukah kits
that are a wonderful aid in assist
ing you with sharing the
Chanukah story. Each kit contains
dreidels, a story, Chanukah gelt, a
menorah, candles, and more. The
kits can be checked out for a three-
day period starting on December
1. Certain items in the kits (choco
late, dreidels) do not need to be
returned with the kits. Please call
the library or stop by with any
questions, 704-944-6780. ^
A Window to Israel though Film: Free
Screening and Discussion
The Chanukah Kits will contain items
similar to these.
Films give us the opportunity to
travel the world without leaving
Charlotte. For the next few
months, the Charlotte Jewish Film
Society will be taking you to the
land of Israel. The Charlotte
Jewish Film Festival and the
Levine Sklut Judaic Library are
very proud to collaborate and
bring you a series of Jewish films
accompanied by discussion.
Our first film will be Yedidiah s
Collection, a sweet, yet poignant
look at the withdrawal of Jewish
settlers from Gaza (2005) as seen
through the eyes of a young
Orthodox boy named Yedidiah.
This young boy’s beloved collec
tion of spent mortar shells is fur
ther evidence of the complicated
reality of the life that Yedidiah and
his family are dealing with.
Yedidiah s Collection will be
shown on Thursday, December 10
at 7 PM in the Levine Sklut Judaic
Library at Shalom Park
(Blumenthal Building). The
screening of this film will be fol
lowed by a discussion lead by
Asaf Shenhav, the Charlotte com
munity’s emissary from Israel.
This series will be free and open to
all.
Next in the series will be the
fascinating film Children of the
Sun by Ran Tal, which documents
the experience of growing up on
kibbutzim in the 1920s and 30s.
This film will screen on January
24.
For more information call Tair
Giudice at 704-944-6763. ^
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Mazel Tov & Congratulations
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Amalia Warshenbrot, for
mer director of the Levine-
Sklut Judaic Library &
Resource Center (LSJL) was
recently honored by the
Association of Jewish
Libraries (AJL) for her lead
ership in the Association, for
her two decades of library
service to the community of
Charlotte, and for her com
mitment to the field of
Judaica librarianship.
The Association of Jewish
Libraries promotes Jewish
literacy through enhancement of
libraries and library resources and
through leadership for the profes
sion and practitioners of Judaica
librarianship.
Amalia served as the first chair
person of AJL Bibliography Bank.
In 1991, before bibliographies
became electronic and web-based
her own experience in the
The road to recovery has been greatly helped by the
concerns and caring of you, my dear family and friends.
We extend our warmest thanks and thoughts for your
contributions honoring the life and memory of
Donna
It has been a tremendous help to us, as well as a
testament to what Donna meant, and the legacy she
leaves with us all.
Norman, Frank, Ross and family
Rabbi Judy Schindler from Temple Beth presents
Amalia Warshenbrot a certificate from the
Association of Jewish Libraries.
Speizman Jewish Library made
her aware of a need for lists to
help new librarians and library
volunteers develop a collection
suitable for specific subjects such
as Holocaust, Israel, holidays and
many more. She compiled and
collected bibliographies that were
created by librarians and devel
oped a system to make them avail
able to AJL members.
After the Speizman Library
received an accreditation AJL
leaders asked her to serve on the
national accreditation committee.
Her application was so impressive
that it became a model for other
applicants. She did not hesitate to
accept the invitation. She spent
countless hours guiding librarians
through the long process to
achieving the accreditation by
using the professional objec
tives and standards that
AJL’s librarians from school
libraries, synagogue libraries
and JCCs set for library
accreditation. In spite of time
that she devoted to the LSJL
she felt that joining yet one
more committee the mentor
ing committee will lead to
more accredited libraries.
Several library volunteers in
North and South Carolina
owe her the success of their
libraries.
Amalia currently serves as an
AJL chapter representative. The
AJL has enlisted her skills to build
a Carolina chapter for librarians to
share ideas for programs,
fundraising technology and
accreditation.
Rabbi Judy Schindler from
Temple Beth El presented the AJL
certificate honoring Amalia on
October 17, when Amalia received
a special aliyah. Rabbi Schindler
thanked her on behalf of the
Charlotte Jewish community for
her many contributions to the
Charlotte Jewish and non-Jewish
community.
For more information on the
Association of Jewish Libraries
please visit their website
www.jewishlibraries.org. ^
Waite J. Klein Receives Highest
Masonic Honor
Walter J. Klein, was bestowed
the 33rd Degree, an Honorary
Inspector General rank, along
with eight others at the Scottish
Rite’s Biennial meeting in
Columbia, SC, on
November 7. This award
is for outstanding
accomplishments in the
Masonic Craft, as well
as achievements and
dedication to causes in
public life.
Though Freemasonry
has nothing to do with
religion, Walter Klein is
only the sixth Jewish
person from Charlotte to receive
this rare and highest honor in
Freemasonry as well as being the
first Freemason from Temple Beth
El.
Klein, 86, a retired motion pic-
Walter J. Klein
ture producer, is presently an
accomplished author of eight
books to date, including three
related directly to Freemasonry.
One tells the heroic story of Zeb
Vance who befriended one
of Charlotte’s earliest
Jewish congregants. He is
a member of Excelsior
Lodge No. 261, as well as
the Charlotte Scottish
Rite, Oasis Temple of the
Shrine and the Royal
Order of Jesters.
Walter Klein is married
to Elizabeth Goodman
Klein. He is the son of a
Freemason, have four children
(two of whom are Freemasons as
well), eight grandchildren and ten
great-grandchildren. His latest
book. The Bridge Table, is a histo
ry of Temple Beth-El. ^