The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2010 - Page 2
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on Arlene Goldstein
When Arlene Goldstein was
in high school, she made her
first trip to Israel.
‘That trip changed my life
and made living Jewishly even
more a priority for me.” Since
that time, her connection to
Israel has deepened and Arlene
now describes herself as a
Zionist. She and her husband
Milton have traveled to Israel
many times with their whole
family and also with Federation.
Through Federation missions,
they’ve made lifelong friends
with people who share common
interests.
Arlene moved to Charlotte in
2006 from Birmingham,
Alabama when she was hired
as Vice President of Trend
Merchandising and Fashion
Direction for BeUc Inc. Both she
and Milton quickly got involved
in the Jewish community and
with the Jewish Federation.
Milton shared his expertise as a
solicitor and is currently the
chair of the Men’s Campaign,
while Arlene has connected
through the Federation’s
Women’s Professional Network.
Arlene and Milton’s older
daughter Alison Lebovitz is cur
rently on the National Young
Leadership Cabinet.
In the Fall of 2008, Belk
SouthPark sponsored the
Women’s Professional Network
Inaugural Event and two addi
tional events since that time.
‘Sue Littauer didn’t have to sell
me on getting Belk involved
with the Women’s Professional
Network. In fact, it was a match
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Investigating Israel
Fifteen Years Since Yitzhak Rabin’s
Assassination
Arlene Goldstein
made in heaven. We’ve created
a wonderful relationship
between Belk and the Jewish
Federation, and in turn I’ve had
the opportunity to make my
own personal connections with
women in the group,” said
Arlene.
In 2010, Arlene felt the time
was right to fulfill one of her
philanthropic goals, and became
a Lion of Judah.
She encourages women to get
involved with Federation to
enrich their own lives. “I hope
women will consider joining
the upcoming Federation’s
Women’s Trip to Israel in June
2011 because they will have a
life changing experience,”
Arlene explained.
For more information about
the Jewish Federation’s
Women’s Professional Network
or Women’s Trip to Israel,
please contact the Federation
office at 704-944-6757. ^
By Mor Green, Community
Shlicha
On November 4, 1995, (11th
of Heshvan on the Hebrew
Calendar), Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin was assassi
nated by Yigal Amir, a radi
cal right-wing Israeli who
opposed the signing of the
Oslo Accords and believed
he was saving the country
from a dire fate.
In 1992 Rabin was elect
ed as chairman of the Labor
Party. Rabin played a lead
ing role in the signing of the
Oslo Accords, which creat
ed the Palestinian National
Authority and granted it par
tial control over parts of the
Gaza Strip and the West
Bank. He also oversaw the
signing of the Israel-Jordan
Treaty of Peace in 1994.
But not everybody agreed
with Rabin’s decisions. In
his many speeches, Rabin
addressed the increasing
violence in Israel. He
believed that the only way for
the Jewish people to survive in
Israel was to make an effort to
embrace peace. In his last
speech he talked about the
importance peace to the Israeli.
The last speech by Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin at a
peace rally at the Kings of Israel
Square, Tel Aviv November 4,
1995:
“I have always believed that
the majority of the people want
peace, are prepared to take risks
for peace. And you here, by
coming to this rally, along with
the many who did not make it
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Mor Green
here, prove that the people truly
want peace and oppose vio
lence. Violence is undermining
the very foundations of Israeli
democracy. It must be con
demned, denounced, and isolat
ed. This is not the way of the
State of Israel. Controversies
may arise in a democracy, but
the decision must be reached
through democratic elections.
“This rally must send a
message to the Israeli public,
to the Jewish community
throughout the world, to
many, many in the Arab
world and throughout the
entire world, that the people
of Israel want peace, support
peace, and for that, I thank
you very much.”
After fifteen years this
speech still speaks to us in the
present. We are now in the
middle of the peace talks
between Netanyahu, Israel’s
prime minister, and Abbas,
the Palestinians president.
Unfortunately, there has been
no progress so far. There can
not be peace until our neigh
bors recognize the Jewish
people’s right to live in Israel.
I hope that one day Israel will
find peace and will be able to
stop fighting for its right to
exist.
I wish you all a peaceful
month. ^
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