The Charlotte
JEWISH
Vol. 34, No. 3
Adar-Nisan 5772
March 2012
An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte
Judith Viorst Featured Speaker at 14th Annual Spring Lecture
“Strength is the
capacity to break a
chocolate bar into four
pieces with your bare
hands - and then eat just
one of the pieces. ”
Judith Viorst
The 14 th Annual
Women’s Spring Leeture,
presented by the Jewish
Federation of Greater
Charlotte’s Women’s
Division, will take plaee
Thursday, Mareh 22 at Temple
Beth El. Guest Speaker is Judith
Viorst, prolifie writer of sueeess-
ful ehildren’s books ineluding
Alexander and the Terrible,
Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
and eontemporary poetry eollee-
tions for women of all ages inelud
ing When Did I Stop Being 20 and
Other Injustices.
The Spring Leeture is the
Women’s Division largest eam-
paign and outreaeh event. “We are
so exeited about the ereative ener-
\iim
North Carolina
Bank and Trust*
Judith Viorst
gy and enthusiasm this
year’s speaker is gener
ating. All women in our
eommunity are wel-
eome to attend this
event. If you are inter
ested in joining us for
the dinner, please eall
the Federation offiee to
reserve your spot,” said
Jill Halverstam and
Aviva Stein, Spring
Leeture Co-Chairs.
Serving on the Spring Leeture
Committee with Aviva and Jill are
Amy Augustine, Traey Brown,
Talli Dippold, Randi Lan, Beverly
Perkins, Debbie Porter, Jenny
Rosenthal, Staeey Sehanzlin, and
Stephanie Townsend.
The event’s eorporate sponsors
are Melanie Rowe Catering and
North Carolina Bank and Trust,
Piedmont Plastie Surgery and
Dermatology. Additional sponsors
are Charlotte Radiology,
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Assoeiates of Charlotte (REACH),
Lowe’s Foods, Ine., Guliani’s Fine
Jewelry, Southeast Psyeh, and
Charlotte OB-GYN Assoeiates,
Aviva Stein, M.D.
Our author Judith Viorst was
bom and raised in New Jersey.
She reeeived a B.A. in history
from Rutgers University, and in
1981, after six years of study,
graduated from the Washington
Psyehoanalytie Institute.
Mrs. Viorst is the author of nine
eolleetions of poems for adults:
The Village Square; It’s Hard to
Be Hip Over Thirty and Other
Tragedies of Married Life; People
and Other Aggravations; How Did
I Get to Be 40 and Other
Atrocities; When Did I Stop Being
20 and Other Injustices; Forever
Fifty and Other Negotiations;
Suddenly Sixty and Other Shocks
of Later Life; I’m Too Young to
Be Seventy and Other Delusions,
and Exceedingly Eighty and
Other Adaptations. She has also
written You 're Officially a Grown-
Up; The Graduate’s Guide
to Freedom, Responsibility,
Happiness and Personal Hygiene',
a novel. Murdering Mr. Monti, and
five non-fietion books: Yes,
Married; Love & Guilt & The
Meaning of Life, Etc.; Necessary
Losses, whieh was on The New
York Times bestseller list for
almost two years; its eompanion
volume. Imperfect Control;
Grown-Up Marriage, and
Alexander and the Wonderful,
Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific
Ninety Days; An Almost
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Film Festival in Full Swing, Tickets Still
Available
The 8th Annual
Charlotte Jewish Film
Festival is underway
with the best in Jewish
einema from around the
world. The sold out
Opening Night audi-
enee was mesmerized
by the heart-wrenehing
film “La Rafle” and
enjoyed a delieious
dessert reeeption afterwards. It’s
not too late for you to partake of
these interna
tional award
winning films.
Tiekets are still
available for all
u p e o m i n g
films. There is
also a free
movie, “Violins
of Hope,” on
Mareh 8 at
Speeial guest
speakers and entertainment add
value to many of these films.
Cheek out www.eharlottejewish-
film.eom for more information on
the following movies/events and
to purehase tiekets (tiekets also
Ethan Uslan
Dr. Eric Goldman
Temple Israel.
available at the door):
March 1 - Lens on
Israel; A Society
Through Its Cinema,
Temple Beth-El, 7 PM.
Dr. Erie Goldman, PhD
Cinema Studies, takes
us on a journey through
the history, eulture and
ehallenges of Israel
using elips from Israeli
films as a “lens” on soeiety.
March 3 - Sholem Aleichem;
Laughing in the Darkness, Temple
Israel, 7:30 PM. Doeumentary
about the brilliant Yiddish writer
who brought us Tevye and so
mueh more. Bonus presentation:
Pianist Ethan Uslan will entertain
us with Jewish musie seleetions
performed with his ragtime flair.
March 4 - The Concert, Temple
Israel, 7 PM. The renowned eon-
duetor of the Bolshoi orehestra
was fired 30 years ago for hiring
Jewish musieians. Now redueed to
“Le Concert”
a janitor, he
plots a grand
performanee
with his for
mer musi
eians in this
feel-good
eomedy.
March 8 -
Violins of Hope, Temple Israel, 7
PM. Free sereening of this mes
merizing doeumentary about
Polish maestro Bronislaw
Hubermann whose heroie efforts
saved Jewish European musieians
and ereated the Palestine
Philharmonie. Charlotte audienee
among first to see this film in the
US ever.
March 10 - The Human
Resources Manager, Levine JCC,
7:30 PM. The HR manager of
Jerusalem’s largest bakery, on a
journey to save his eompany’s rep
utation and return the body of a
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A new Chabad House, Chabad of Ballantyne will be mov
ing into its own new building. See the story on page 15.