The Charlotte Jewish News - February 2012 - Page 3
We’re Nominating You
on Super Sunday ...
To Make Our Jewish
^Community a Winner!
16th Annual Alice Tate Lecture to be
Held in Shalom Park
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February 26, is Oscar Day in
Flollywood. It’s also Super
Sunday in the Charlotte
Jewish community. We’re
rolling out the red carpet
and asking you to join us
as we call residents
throughout the Greater
Charlotte area during our
phone-a-thon to raise
funds on behalf of the
Jewish Federation’s 2012
Annual Campaign.
You can dress up as
your favorite movie star or even
get all dolled up to walk the red
carpet. However, the only
required accessory is the desire
to help your fellow Jews in need
in Charlotte, in Israel, and
around the world. On this day,
the spotlight truly shines on all
of us.
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Even before the big day, our
community is getting ready - we
are “Super Sizing” Super
Sunday! During the days
leading up to and follow
ing Super Sunday, our
all-star cast of volunteers
will come together to do
a world of good by help
ing to raise the funds
needed to support Jewish
life here in Charlotte and
around the world.
This is the One Day to
come together as a community
in spirit and in action - One Day
to make the world a better place.
If you are interested in volun
teering or making a donation,
please contact the Federation
office at 704-944-6895 or
info@jewishcharlotte.org. ^
See page 4 for more details.
This Super Sunday,
Give the Gift of Life
Believing in putting our
Jewish values into action,
Impact365 is partnering with
the Gift of Life Foundation to
host Bone Marrow Registry
Drive on February 26. This is
an opportunity to put into
action our commitment to the
Jewish concept of Pikuach
Nefesh (saving a life).
Impact365 is a giving soci
ety for young adults donating a
dollar-a-day ($365) to the
Jewish Federation Annual
Campaign. Every day, young
adults in the Charlotte com
munity practice the concept of
Tikkun Olam (repairing the
world) by volunteering and
creating a real impact on our
community with just $1 a day.
*Gift of Life facilitates
bone marrow transplants for
patients around the world suf
fering from life-threatening
illnesses by increasing the rep
resentation of the Jewish peo
ple in the bone marrow donor
pool. ^
Distinguished Professor
Jonathan Boyarin from UNC
Chapel Hill will deliver the UNC
Charlotte 16th annual Alice Tate
Lecture in Judaic Studies on
Monday, March 12. The lecture
will be held at 7:30 PM in the
Sam Lemer Center for Cultural
Arts at Shalom Park.
Boyarin will speak about his
new book. Mornings at the
Stanton Street Shul: A Summer
on the Lower East Side, just pub
lished with Fordham University
Press. The cultural importance of
the Lower East Side to both
Jewish life in America and
American culture more widely is
legendary. Boyarin’s book is
already receiving rave reviews:
“This beautiful, new book
confirms Jonathan Boyarin’s sta
tus as one of the most innovative
scholars in Jewish Studies.
Mornings at the Stanton Street
Shul is a field journal and monu
ment to religious endurance. But,
first and foremost, it is a celebra
tion of the pleasures of Jewish
life.”—Math Bunzl, University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
“In a journal that is always
humane, and often humorous,
Jonathan Boyarin lovingly
details one summer in the life of
the Stanton Street Synagogue.
Boyarin is the perfect tour guide
to take us inside the ever-chang
ing Jewish world on the Lower
East Side—a place ‘where hip
meets hip replacement.’”—Mort
Zachter, Author of Dough: A
Memoir.
Boyarin is the Leonard and
Tobee Kaplan Distinguished
Professor of Modern Jewish
Thought at UNC-Chapel Hill. He
holds the J.D. from Yale Law
School as well as a Ph.D. in
Anthropology from the New
School for Social Research in
New York. He is the author of a
dozen books and has edited vol
umes ranging from ethnographic
studies of Jewish life in Europe
and the United States to studies
of Zionism and Messianism.
Boyarin has been called a fasci
nating and engaging lecturer who
brings his passion and love of his
Professor Jonathan Boyarin
subject to his audiences.
Boyarin will take questions^
after his lecture and will sign
copies of his new book. The lee-
ture is offered without charges
and is open to the public.
Refreshments will be served. ^
This lecture is sponsored by*
the Jewish Federation of Greater *
Charlotte and the Alice Tate*
Lectureship Fund in the College
of Liberal Arts & Sciences, in
cooperation with the departments'
of Religious Studies and Global, ^
International and Area Studies. ,
Israeli Concert Harpist to
Perform in Charlotte
Sivan Magen, concert harpist,
and the first Israeli to have ever
won first prize in the prestigious
International Harp Contest in
Israel (2006) has been praised by
the press as a “great musician
who happens to be a harpist.” He
is a recent winner of the Pro
Musicis International Award in
New York. His performance of
Ravel’s introduction and Allegro
is featured on the Marlboro
Festival 60th Anniversary CD.
Mr. Magen will be performing
on Saturday, February 25 at 7:30
PM at Cross and Crown
Lutheran Church, 300 Pineville-
Matthews Road, Matthews, NC
28105.
This performance is being
sponsored by the Charlotte
Chapter of the American Harp
Society, the Jewish Federation of
Greater Charlotte, the Virginia
Harp Center, and Cross & Crown
Lutheran Church. The concert is
free and open to the public; how
ever, donations will be gratefully
accepted. ^
Sivan Magen
There are many ways to get involved in
Charlotte if you are between the
ages of 21-45
The Young Adult Division (YAD) of the
Jewish Federation is the Place to Start
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Over 80 people attended the Impacts65 Comedy
Night featuring Steve Hofstetter at The Liberty
last month. Above, Steve Hofstetter, center, with
Zack Schwartz and Adam Greene, co-chairs
Impacts 65. Impacts 65 is a giving society for
young adults donating a dollar-a-day ($S65) to
the Jewish Federation Annual Campaign.
“Fire & Ice’’ Hanukkah party brought over 60
young adults together for a lighting of an ice
sculpture menorah at Jackalope Jacks. Aaron
Neiss pictured here with Ice Menorah.
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