The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2012 - Page 11
Copa Judaica - Artists of
the Month at Discovered
Traditions
The husband and wife
team of Barbara and Ron
Matzner from Copa Ju-
daiea have always been
the go-to-plaee for Tem
ple Beth El to get ex
traordinary menorahs.
This year is no exeeption.
The Matzners have ere-
ated something fabulous
with their hand-erafted
and hand-painted meno
rahs.
At Diseovered Traditions: The
Gift Shop at Temple Beth El, you
ean get an Olde Time Fire Wagon,
a truly realistie 1957 Pink Cadillae
(just like Elvis had), a yellow
sehool bus, a trolley straight from
San Franeiseo, and a Wheeling
Groovy flower- powered minivan.
In addition to the menorahs, the
Matzners also supply the gift shop
with wonderful tzedakah boxes,
unique Ellis Island Colleetible
Dolls (think Ameriean Girl), Mah
Jongg items, and a gorgeous line
of jewelry designed by Barbara
Matzner herself for Flouse of
Raasehe. And of eourse, don’t for
get “Chewish Treats” for your
Sterling Elementary Red Carpet Night
Beautifully attired, a young girl
applied her lip gloss before eom-
ing down the red earpet and hav
ing her photo taken by the
Copa Judaica’s Pink Cadillac and Yellow School
Bus menorahs.
four-legged friends.
The Matzners felt the market
was ready for more daring and in
ventive items and went about de
signing and manufaeturing them.
Come in and see them for your
self
Diseovered Traditions: The
Gift Shop at Temple Beth El is
open Monday to Friday, 10 AM-
3 PM; Friday Night, 5:30-6 PM
and for half an hour after serviees;
or by appointment. ^
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TEMPLE
BETH EL
Beth El to Sell Dining
Advantage Cards
They Make Great Hanukkah Gifts
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For more information, see
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jewTuBE charlotte Update
Temple Beth El’s jewTuBE
eharlotte initiative is under way.
Our jewTube eharlotte erew
and jewTuBE eoordinator are
working hard writing, film
ing, editing, and planning fu
ture videos. We are exeited
about our first posted video
highlighting TBE Religious
Sehool opening day. Take a look
at the ehannel here and subseribe:
www.youtube.eom/user/jew-
tubeeharlotte.
Temple Beth El’s jewTuBE
program will highlight the vi-
braney, wisdom, and ereativity
that embody Temple Beth El and
Reform Judaism. Stay eonneeted
to the jewTuBE erew and Temple
Beth El by joining the jewTuBE
eharlotte Faeebook page at
WWW. faeebook. eom/groups/j ew-
tubeeharlotte.
jewTuBE eharlotte is funded by
an Ineubator Grant from the
Union for Reform Judaism. ^
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At the beginning of the SPICE-Sterling Inter-
generational Community Event on October 4,
Principal Beth Wardy welcomes families, chil
dren, and volunteers, including Temple Beth
El s Milt Poler and Robert Weiss, while Ster
ling s Lorena Eart translates into Spanislh
Milt Poler, S.P.I.C.E. Chairperson
Robert Weiss, and Soeial Justiee
and Aetion Co-Chairperson Lisa
Garfinkle for making the evening
possible.
And when Prineipal
Wardy eame by to speak to
the ehess group, she told
them they should thank
Rabbi Sehindler for making
it possible for eaeh ehess
student to take home a tour
nament regulation ehess set.
Temple Beth El works
with Sterling Elementary as
part of CMS’s Faith-Based
Partnership program to pro
vide year-round quality
enriehment for the low-per
forming, high poverty
sehool in West Charlotte. Under
the leadership of Linda Hindel,
many Temple Beth El members
regularly help in Sterling elass-
rooms, tutoring during the sehool
day and helping the teaehers in
many other ways, sueh as provid
ing supplies.
For more information, see
www.beth-el.eom/sterlingelemen-
tarysehooltbepartnership or
email Lisa Garfinkle at slgarfin-
kle@windstream.net. ^
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BETH EL
photographer. A young boy’s
mother straightened his white
blazer and tie before he took his
turn walking down the red earpet.
The photographer snapped away.
No, this wasn’t the Emmys;
this was the first Sterling Intergen-
erational Community Serviee
Projeet on the evening of Oetober
4. Seventy-six Sterling Elemen
tary students, ranging from grades
K-5, partieipated in one of 12 dif
ferent enriehment programs while
their parents attended a parents’
university workshop in the media
room.
Projeets were led or assisted by
Temple Beth El adults and teens,
and ineluded: animation and
movie produetion, kite making,
ehess, drama, sports, and emer-
geney medieal treatment skills for
young students.
Students were invited to partie-
ipate in this speeial onee-a-month
program as a reward for their hard
work and good attitude. In her re
marks, Prineipal Beth Wardy
thanked TBE Projeet Coordinator
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- Book Club, Saered Trash, De-
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- Jolt of Judaism, November 3,
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