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The Charlotte Jewish News - February 2011 - Page 4 Bommunm Hews Hadassah Organizes a Community-Wide Effort to Help Rebuild Carmel Forest on February 6 You may have heard by now that on December 6, the deadhest forest fire in Israel’s history broke out on the Carmel Mountain range near Haifa. Forty-three people perished in the deadly fires including Israeli’s highest ranking female police chief and thousands of people had been evacuated. Carmel Forest, a national treas ure, was destroyed by the wildfire which burned more than five mil lion trees across 12,500 acres of natural woodlands and planted forests in an area comparable to over 7,100 football fields. Sadly hundreds of buildings including an orphanage and a kibbutz were also destroyed. Supporting Operation Carmel Renewal Campaign The Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah in partnership with the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and the help of our friends at Temple Beth El, Temple Israel, Charlotte Jewish Day School, the Sandra and Leon Levine Jewish Community Center, Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte and other community organiza tions, are organizing a communi ty-wide initiative to raise funds for JNF’s Operation Carmel Renewal. This effort has been created to repair the vast ecological damage caused by the fires, replace deplet ed fire fighting supplies, provide firefighters with much-needed equipment to battle future fires, and restore green space to area kibbutzim, moshavim, and youth villages. “We at Hadassah con tinue to act upon our 100 years’ legacy by proudly organizing a community- wide effort to raise much needed funds to renew the devastated forest,” com mented Hadas Kasher, President, Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah. The Charlotte commu nity will come together on Sunday, February 6 at a number of community events to hear a first hand account of the Carmel forest fire and its aftermath from Aviram Zuk, an Israeli forest ranger. Aviram’s visit is an opportunity for the broader Charlotte commu nity to invest in the greening of the land of Israel. Help Us Make the Forest Green Again Leading up to the events, paper leaves, symbolic of the reforesta tion efforts, will be sold ($10, $20 or $50) to raise funds at several locations around Shalom Park (front desk, schools office, etc). The leaves will be added to a tree- trunk and displayed throughout the month. We are calling commu nity members to donate leaves to the campaign and display them on a tree. The decorated trees will be presented to the Israeli forest Firefighters worked round the clock to fight the Carmel Forest fire. ranger as part of the community event on February 6 from 12 noon-2 PM. “Many of us spent our child hoods raising money to plant trees in Israel,” Rabbi Schindler com mented. “The trees destroyed this past December were those that we, our parents, and our grandparents planted. We have an obligation to plant once again.” Attend Special Events Sunday, February 6 We are honored that we will be able to hear first hand from some one familiar with what happened in the front lines of the fire. Aviram Zuk, an Israeli forest ranger will visit Charlotte’s Shalom Park on Super Bowl Sunday. A series of appearances are planned including a visit to the religious school at Temple Beth El to speak to stu dents and parents. He will also speak at a special program at Luski Hall (Shalom Park - Bernstein Building) at 12 noon, where community members of all ages are invited to hear Aviram’s story and show their con cern and encouragement. Please show your support by attending this important event and don’t worry about being late for the big game because the program will be over by 2 PM - several hours before kick-off During the event a kosher fare will be avail able for purchase from Rabbi Vorst. To donate additional funds to the Operation Carmel Renewal, please contact Beverly Grey at jes- drew@aol.com or 704-846-8049 or send your check payable to Hadassah to Beverly Grey, 8827 Alpine Circle, Charlotte, 28270. Community Organizations/Business Wanted If you are representative of an organization or business who would like to take part in this cam paign, please contact info@char- lottehadassah.org. ^ SAVE THE DATE Charlotte Yiddish Institute August 18 - 21, 2011 Wildacres Retreat, Little Switzerland, NC EWISH^ FEDERATION^ OF GREATER CHARLOTTE www.jewishcharlotte.org Being Jewish is Kiddusli and Knisli It's enjoying time witli our fami and loved ones, spreading the rich traditions of living an engaged and sometimes challenging life. Sharing a good wish at Kiddush, and sitting down to a holiday meal with one another. Knowing that each of us can and do make a difference, even in the simple act of smiling and saying "have a good day/' or in the small mitzvah of picking up a piece of trash. Individually and as a group, we can all do our part to improve our community. To me, donating time and money to our Jewish Federation is a way to help many, one at a time. KEVIN LEVINE I PRIDE IDENTITY Every day of the year, the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte works with hundreds of local, national and international agencies to transform lives and deliver hope, dignity and comfort to millions of Jews here at home, in Israel and around the world. Please consider a gift to our 2011 Annual Campaign, and know that you're making a difference in so many lives. It's what being Jewish feels like.
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