Vol. 32, No. 10
Cheshvan-Kislev 5771
November 2010
An Affiliate of ttie Jewish Federation of Greater Ctiariotte
JCRC Annual Fall Lecture
Bret Stephens Presents: Talking Peace in
the Middle East
Thursday, November 18
Sam Lerner Center for Cultural
Arts, 7 PM
You’ve seen him on television
and all over the paper. His name is
a household word among readers
of the Wall Street Journal, the New
York Times, and local papers
nationally and worldwide. His
face is a regular on CNN, the
BBC, and FOX.
And now, the Community
Relations Council of the Jewish
Federation of Greater Charlotte is
proud to welcome Deputy
Editorial Page Editor and
Principal Columnist on Foreign
Affairs for the Wall Street Journal,
Bret Stephens, for the 4th Annual
JCRC Fall Lecture.
Stephens began his career at
Commentary magazine and later
joined the Journal as an op-ed edi
tor in 1998, where we worked first
in New York and later in Brussels.
From March 2002 to October
2004 Stephens was editor-in-chief
of The Jerusalem Post, a position
he assumed at age 28. At the Post,
he was responsible for the paper’s
news, editorial, electronic and
international divisions. He also
wrote a weekly column.
Stephens is decorated with
awards for his journalism and his
leadership, including being named
a Young Global Leader by the
World Economic Forum. He has
reported stories from around the
world, including Pakistan,
Afghanistan, fraq, Lebanon, Gaza,
Bret Stephens
Egypt, China, Indonesia, Mexico
and South Africa. He has inter
viewed dozens of world leaders,
among them every Israeli Prime
Minister since Shimon Peres.
Stephens covers the current
events in Israel extensively as well
as the relationship between Israel
and the rest of the world, including
the United States. He will bring to
us his firsthand experience cover-
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Charlotte Torah Center
starts a new Hebrew
school, see page 12.
Levine-Sklut Judaic
Library and Resource
Center continues its film
series, see page 18.
Sandra and Leon Levine
endow the Levine Cancer
Institute as part of the
Carolinas Healthcare
System, see page 24.
Sam and Berta Kaplan,
Diamonds Direct, and David
and Penny Lipsitz to be
Honored at Chabad 30th
Anniversary Event on
December 5
ing these relationships with Israel
and the rest of the world, and will
give us his opinion on whether or
not peace is a viable option in the
near future.
For more information or to
RSVP, please contact JFGC
Director of Community Relations
and Israel Affairs Sarah Ferrin at
sarah. ferrin @j ewishcharlotte. org,
704-944-6751. ^
On December 5, Lubavitch of
North Carolina will celebrate its
30th anniversary with a gala event
at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
The honorees have been chosen
to reflect the night’s theme of past,
present, and future. Each of the
honorees is an integral part of the
growth and success of Lubavitch
of North Carolina.
Sam and Berta Kaplan will be
awarded with the Founders Award
in honor of their extraordinary
support during the past 30 years.
Receiving the Benefactors
Achievement Award for the
Arobov family will be Itai Berger,
Dovy Klarberg and the team at
Diamonds Direct. Dr. David and
Penny Lipsitz will be honored
with the Talmud Torah Award for
their vision and leadership in help
ing Chabad establish the success
ful Talmud Torah program at Ohr
HaTorah.
David and Penny Lipsitz
The event promises to be a joy
ous night filled with food, music,
entertainment, and of course
thanksgiving for all of the support
Lubavitch of North Carolina has
received from the honorees and
the entire community.
The hors d’oeuvres and artful
desserts will be accompanied by
live Chanukah music and the
lighting of a huge Menorah at the
entrance of the hall. Renowned
performer and mentalist, Guy
Bavli, will astonish the audience
Sam and Berta Kaplan
with his mesmerizing performance
that will put them in touch with
their “Sixth Sense.” His perform
ance and the award presentation
will be in NASCAR’s state-of-the-
art theater
A multimedia presentation will
chronicle the history of Lubavitch
of the Carolinas beginning in 1980
when Rabbi Yossi and Mariashi
Groner arrived in Charlotte and
established the first center for
Lubavitch in North Carolina.
Lubavitch has since grown both in
size and in scope to now include
the Jewish Preschool on Sardis,
Congregation Ohr HaTorah,
Friendship Circle of North
Carolina and the Jewish Learning
Institute of Charlotte.
The growth has not been limited
to Charlotte. There are ten Chabad
centers across the Carolinas in
Asheville, Cary, Chapel Hill -
Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh
and Wilmington, Charleston,
Columbia, Greenville, and Myrtle
Beach.
The cost to attend the 30th
Anniversary event is $ 118 per per
son. Sponsorships are available. It
is suggested you make your reser
vations early as only a limited
number of tickets will be avail
able. To leam more and for reser
vations, please visit www.chabad-
nc.org/celebration30. ^