The Charlotte Jewish News - March 2010 - Page 19
Freedom, Responsibility, and Tilclcun Olam
With Passover approaching, the
message of freedom is in the air.
And with freedom comes respon
sibility. Perhaps that’s why Jewish
communities across the globe -
including Havurat Tikvah - feel a
special commitment to
Tikkun Olam. At Havurat
Tikvah, mitzvah and
tzedakah projects continue
throughout the year and pro
vide members with opportu
nities to make Tikkun Olam a
reality.
Our Project Linus group,
for example, has been meet
ing regularly for the past five
years. During that time, HT
members and friends have
produced over 50 hand-made
“security-blankets” for chil
dren who are seriously ill,
traumatized, or otherwise in
need. We can always use
extra hands for this effort: no
experience is necessary, there’s a
job for everyone. For information
about the upcoming March meet
ing, call the number below.
The Dilworth Soup Kitchen,
founded by HT member Allen B.
Saxe, is another way to help mend
what is broken in our community.
Twice weekly lunches, served at
1200 East Blvd. (First Christian
Church), provide a restaurant
atmosphere and a family-style
welcome to those in need of a
good, nourishing meal. Want to
help? Visit the soup kitchen’s
Facebook page at: www.face-
book.com/group.php?gid=771341
94660.
Efforts for Tikkun Olam extend
in other ways as well. We continue
to collect contributions for Project
Heifer International (this year’s
Purim tzedakah challenge). And
donations of children’s craft sup
plies, linens, and store gift cards
(for Thompson Child and Family
Focus), as well as paper goods and
cleaning products (for our friends
Gwen Offerdahl, Elaine Chernotsky, Anna Offerdahl,
and Ellen Myers working on a Project Linus blanket.
at Samaritan House and for Jewish
Family Services,) can be brought
to any HT event.
This month’s Shabbat service is
scheduled for March 20. Services
start at 10 AM and conclude with
a vegetarian potluck lunch and
social hour We invite you
to join us at the
Fellowship Hall of St.
Andrews Presbyterian
Church, 2201 Springdale
Ave. (at Magnolia) in the
Dilworth neighborhood
of Charlotte.
We also encourage you
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to mark your calendar for an
upcoming Shabbaton to be held
over the weekend of April 17.
We’ll be joined by Student Rabbi
Arlene Berger who will discuss
her recent experiences in Israel. It
promises to be a full and
exciting program.
Finally, we extend a
hearty mazel tov to HT
members Saul and Martha
Brenner, whose son Daniel
- a Reconstructionist rabbi
and Executive Director of
Birthright Israel NEXT -
was the special guest
speaker at the official
opening of the Charlotte
Jewish Federation’s
Annual Campaign.
Havurat Tikvah is an
affiliate of the Jewish
Reconstructionist
Federation. We provide a
comfortable, family atmos
phere where all Jews can feel wel
come. We encourage participation
in the community and in our serv
ices. Our Sunday School, with its
exciting new curriculum, and
B’nai Mitzvah preparation are
available for children. Feel free to
visit, get to know us, and
become part of our grow
ing congregation of over 50
households.
For an updated calendar
or to find out more about
Havurat Tikvah, our wor
ship services, Sunday
School program, and com
munity activites - please
visit our website at www.havurat-
tikvah.org or contact new member
chair, Brian Feinglass, at
bcfeinl@ gmail.com or at 1-877-
203-5848. ^
Musician Julie Silver to Perform at
Temple Beth El’s Arthur Tirsun Teacher
Appreciation and Education Shabbat
The Temple Beth El Religious
School Committee invites the
community to attend Arthur Tirsun
Teacher Appreciation and
Education Shabbat, March 12 at 7
PM in the Sam Lemer Center.
Join us for a special Shabbat
service as we celebrate our reli
gious and secular school teachers.
Julie Silver, world-renown Jewish
musician, will perform.
This annual event is dedicated
to Arthur Tirsun, a career educator
who lived what he taught. Judaism
was his life, and he had the rare
gift of being able to impart his
Judaic wisdom, passion and dedi
cation to our students. All of the
teachers at Temple Beth El
Religious School possess these
same attributes. Please join us we
say thank you to our faculty and
staff during this exciting and
meaningful service. The public is
welcome to join the celebra
tion.
Julie Silver is one of the
most celebrated and beloved
performers in the world of
contemporary Jewish music
today. She tours throughout
the world, and has been
engaging audiences with her
lyrical guitar playing, her
dynamic stage presence and her
megawatt smile for nearly twenty
years.
Without backing from a major
label, Julie has sold more than
70,000 copies of her CDs. She
released four highly successful
albums of original Jewish music
between 1992 and 2000. Her
Jewish songs have become so
tightly woven into the fabric of
American Judaism that they have
become “standards” in worship,
camp and academic settings.
Julie’s children’s CD, “For
Love to Grow,” was released in
spring 2005 and quickly honored
as a Parents’ Choice Blue Ribbon.
“It’s Chanukah Time,” Julie’s
Barnes and Noble CD, was
recorded in 2007, and was the first
Jewish holiday CD produced
exclusively for the bookstore
chain.
TEmPLE BETH EL
Julie Silver
“I try to enhance the way peo
ple experience Judaism by adding
my own take on our sacred texts,”
Silver says. “I also want people
who have historically been mar
ginalized to feel included in the
Jewish community or in any com
munity. Our tradition compels
us to express ourselves...our
joys, our hopes, our faith and
our fears. The only path to heal
ing is through sharing our sto
ries with one another. As a
songwriter, I just write and sing
what I feel...hopefully some of
it sticks.” ^
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