The Charlotte Jewish News - June-July 2012 - Page 13
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The Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah Hosted the Southern Seaboard
Spring Regional Conference, April 27-29
Special guest was Hadassah national president, Marcie Natan. Highlights of the week-
end included a Mediterranean food and entertainment evening, as well as the installation
of Janice Bernstein as Regional president.
Outgoing Regional President Ann Eisenberg
with National President Marcie Natan.
Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah Young Leaders.
Enjoying the Mediterranean evening.
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Lynda White (left) and Roberta Miner (right) get
their photo taken with Henrietta Szold.
Janice Bernstein, new president of
the Southern Seaboard Region.
Local bellydancers entertain the women.
Baha’i Woman Finds Freedom with Help of CRRA
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According to a paper published
by The Coalition Against
Trafficking in Women: “Islamic
fundamentalism establishes its
thesis on the differences between
the sexes and the conclusion that
the male is superior, and hence,
the female is a slave at his service.
A parliamentarian in Iran is on
record as saying, ‘Women must
accept the reality of men dominat
ing them, and the world must rec
ognize the fact that men are supe
rior.’ Ultimately, the fundamental
ists do not believe women are
human.”
These views exist today, and
from the days of the revolution
until now, women have been
raped, imprisoned, forced to be
captives in their own homes, and
executed for perceived crimes by
the Islamic government.
HIAS/CRRA gave Felora a
donated car. The agency found her
work as a seamstress—work that
she had performed in Iran. She
studied with the agency’s English
as a Second Language program.
She considers herself very lucky
for a number of reasons—chief
among them: she is a free woman
able to make her own decisions.
As a young woman in Iran pos
sessing few rights, she said, “If I
stay here, I will die soon.”
Recently, Felora reached a
milestone: She became an
American citizen. While she did
n’t attend CRRA’s citizenship
classes, she did get help preparing
for the test. Ellen Dubin, executive
director, has Board of Immigration
Attorney accreditation and over
sees the work of the immigration
aide on staff who assisted Felora
in filling out the necessary appli
cation.
In the fall she plans to realize
her dream to visit the Baha’i
Gardens in Flaifa, Israel.
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