The Charlotte Jewish News - December 2011 - Page 3
JEWISH FEDERATION NEWS
^ The 2012 Main Event -“You Don’t Have to Be
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You won’t want to miss the
opportunity to hear Rabbi Brad
Hirsehfield, guest speaker for
The 2012 Main Event to be held
on Thursday, January 26, 2012
at 7:30 PM at Temple Israel.
Aeeording to Staey and Todd
Goreliek, “Our friend. Rabbi
Brad Hirsehfield, ehanges lives.
He ehanged ours. Brad helped
us to think about the world, and
our Jewish plaee in it, in new
and different ways. He taught us
to look at every situation,
whether thorny or hopeful,
through the eyes and life experi-
enees of others. We learned
from Brad that differenees, even
deep differenees, when built
on shared moral values, ean be
the Jewish people’s greatest
strength. If you hear Brad’s mes
sage, you eannot help eoming
away a more thoughtful Jew and
a better person. Brad’s friend
ship reaehes our hearts, and his
wisdom nourishes our souls.”
The most widely attended
eampaign event of the season.
The 2012 Main Event is being
eo-ehaired by eommunity lead
ers and twin brothers Seott
Menaker and Steve Menaker.
Seott and Steve have assembled
a dynamie Steering Committee
to help promote this year’s
event.
Listed four years in a row in
Newsweek as one of Ameriea’s
“50 Most Influential Rabbis,”
and reeognized as one of our
nation’s leading “Preaehers and
Teaehers,” by Beliefnet.eom,
think tank president, talk show
host, interfaith aetivist, and
diversity expert Brad
Hirsehfield is the author of You
Don’t Have To Be Wrong For
Me To Be Right: Finding Faith
Without Fanaticism.
The only rabbi featured on
ABC’s “Nightline UpClose,”
Hirsehfield offers a unique per-
speetive on the Ameriean spiri
tual landseape and politieal and
soeial trends to audienees
nationwide. A popular media
guest on sueh shows as “The
Dennis Miller Show” and “Lars
Larson,” he has appeared on
CNN, PBS, MTV, and NPR. He
is a regular eommentator for The
Huffington Post, a frequent eon-
tributor to Fox News Opinion
and a eolumnist for Newsweek/
WashingtonPost.eom.
Rabbi Hirsehfield is the
President of CLAL - The
National Jewish Center for
Learning and Leadership, a
leadership training institute,
think tank and resouree eenter
eommitted to religious pluralism
and the healthier use of religion
in Ameriean publie life.
Rabbi Hirsehfield’s talk will
eneompass sueh topies as how
to support Israel without tearing
the Jewish people apart and how
to re-imagine the Jewish eom
munity, artieulates a meaningful
present and assure our eommu-
nal future.
Tiekets are $36 and ean be
purehased online at www.jew-
isheharlotte.org or by phone
704-944-6757. A dessert reeep-
Synagogue.
Havurat Tikvah Gears Up
for Chanukah Celebration
As the winter months deseend
upon the Northern Hemisphere
and the days grow shorter with
fewer hours of light, Havurat
Tikvah weleomes the time to eele-
brate Chanukah with all its mem
bers and friends. Great illumina
tion will eome from the group
menorah lighting, part of the min-
hag that the eongregation enjoys
during the Festival of Lights.
Eaeh family is eneouraged to
bring their ehanukiah from home,
along with eandles, so that prayers
ean be offered in an extended
Havurat Tikvah family-style way.
Of eourse, guests may do so as
well.
All this will take plaee at
Avondale Presbyterian Chureh,
2821 Park Rd., on Deeember 25 at
7 PM.
Lots of games and more will
help to fill the evening’s program.
Of eourse, things would not be
eomplete without eating lots of
latkes. Members bring their own
take on this tasty festive treat to
share. And, at the end of the
evening, a vote is taken and a win
ner is announeed.
In other news, the Soeial
Aetion Committee eolleeted read
ing glasses during the High
Holidays.
They were presented to Urban
Ministries and they were delight
ed to reeeive them. In faet, the
eommittee has deeided to extend
this holiday appeal to a regular,
on-going eolleetion.
Also, the eommittee will be
involved in eoordinating efforts to
work with Avondale on their
Room at the Inn projeet beginning
in soon, as well as delivering
Friendship Trays during late
Deeember.
The eongregational teen group,
M.I.A. (Mitzvahs in Aetion) has
been gearing up for a number of
projeets and events as well.
M.I.A. had a memorable spring
making ehallah, donating it to the
elderly, volunteering at Alan
Saxe’s Dilworth Soup Kitehen,
and experimenting with group T-
shirts, they deeided to take a break
for the summer. They reeonvened
for a weleome baek meeting this
fall, where they deeided what they
would like to do for 2011-2012.
First, they deeided to restart the
book elub aspeet of the group.
They have ehosen “While Other
Children Play” for their next
meeting. Group advisor Carol Le
Baron is related to the author and
suggested this title. M.I.A. fries to
ehoose books that relate to
Judaism.
Everyone loves a T-shirt and
M.I.A. has deeided to add that to
the group’s aetivities as a
fundraiser to support more volun
teer opportunities. Orders are
being taken in Deeember.
Even though the group seems
like its “all girls,” boys are also
weleome and eneouraged to jump
in. Membership is open to teens
and pre-teens.
On November 1, Havurat
Tikvah’s new slate of board mem-
tion and book signing will fol
low the program.
To learn more about the Main
Event or any Federation’s events
or initiatives, please eontaet the
Federation offiee. ^
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hers took offiee. Rosh-eleet (who
takes on her responsibilities as
Rosh on January 1) is Gwen
Offerdahl. Others are Frank
Fleming, treasurer; Alan Kaplan,
reeording seeretary/seribe; Allen
Saxe and Pam Crown, religious
eommittee eo-ehairs; Brian
Feinglass, membership ehair;
Miehael Kobre, new member rep
resentative; David de Groot, adult
edueation; Debbie Langsam, eom
munity relations; Brian, Luisa,
and Sydney Feinglass, soeial
aetion eo-ehairs; Leah Sepsenwol,
ehieken soup eo-ehair; Carol
LeBaron, ex-offieio, teen group
advisor/eoordinator; and Lainey
Millen, past rosh.
Havurat Tikvah is a
Reeonstruetionist eongregation.
Its membership is eomprised of a
diverse group of families, singles,
Jewish and interfaith eouples,
ehildren and adults who study,
share joys and sorrows, eelebrate
Shabbat and the holidays together,
and partieipate in projeets that
promote soeial justiee. It high
lights member partieipation and
leadership in serviees, spiritual
growth, and govemanee.
For more information on
upeoming serviees, membership
or other queries, eall 877-203-
5848, email membership@havu-
rattikvah.org, or visit havurattik-
vah.org. ^
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This trip is specially offered to young professionals
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