The Charlotte Jewish News - April 2013 - Page 16
Films from Festival at CPCC’s Sensoria
The 9th Annual
Charlotte Jewish Film
Festival was a rousing
sueeess, smashing at-
tendanee reeords and
bringing smiles, laughs
and a few tears to our
film-goers. Guests were
not only entertained by
the fantastie movies but
also by our guest speak
ers, a klezmer band, stu
dents from the Charlotte Youth
Symphony, and stimulating dis-
eussions. Our first ever early
ehildhood film was a hit with the
kids and parents alike, and our
friends at the Lake expanded to
three sereenings this year. Many
thanks to the legions of volunteers
who worked tirelessly to onee
again bring the best in Jewish ein-
ema to the Queen City. Another
round of gratitude must also go
out to our generous eommunity,
eorporate and individual sponsors
who supported our efforts and al
lowed us to bring these award
winning films to you. And of
eourse, we must say a big Todah
Rabah to you, our faithful audi-
enee who has eome baek year
after year and helped the Charlotte
Jewish Film Festival to grow and
eontinue our tradition of exeel-
lenee! We look forward to seeing
you again next year at the 10th
Annual Charlotte Jewish Film
Festival.
The Charlotte Jewish Film Fes
tival is pleased to eontinue our
eollaboration with the CPCC Sen
soria: A Celebration of the Arts,
and will be sponsoring two films
at the April event. On
April 14, eheek out
Broadway Musicals:
A Jewish Legacy, 1
PM at Tate Hall on
CPCC Campus. Then
you ean see Nicky’s
Family, the ineredible
film that was sereened
at last year’s Charlotte
Jewish Film Festival,
on April 16, 2 PM,
Tate Hall. You ean read more
about the films at www.eharlotte-
jewishfilm.eom. Both movies are
free and open to the publie. Seat
ing is on a first eome, first serve
basis.
Planning for the 10th Annual
Charlotte Jewish Film Festival
will soon be under way. If you
would like to get involved, please
eontaet us at info@charlottejew-
ishfilm.eom.
The Charlotte Jewish Film Fes
tival is brought to you by the
Levine JCC and the Charlotte
Chapter of Hadassah, and is made
possible, in part, with funding by
the Arts & Seienee Couneil and
the North Carolina Arts Couneil,
an ageney of the Department of
Cultural Resourees, and the Na
tional Endowment for the Arts,
whieh believes that a great nation
deserves great art. ^
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“Special Day for Special Kids” Fund Raiser at Yours
Truly Needlepoint and Knitting
Local Charlotteans Create
Events and Participate in Bike
Ride to Support Camp Ramah’s
Tikvah Program
When sehools were first trying
to figure out how to properly inte
grate students with speeial needs
into their eurrieulum, Barbara and
Herb Greenberg had a vision to en
able Jewish kids to have the inered
ible summer experienee and thus
was bom Camp Ramah’s Tikvah
program. It has beeome the erown
jewel of eaeh and every Camp
Ramah.
Here in the south, at Camp
Ramah Darom, the Tikvah pro
gram is known as Camp Yofi.
It is with his devotion and love
for Camp Ramah Darom, that
Charlottean and Camp Ramah
Darom board member Alan Suss-
man rode two years ago for 400
miles through the Galil and Golan
Heights in Israel to raise money for
Camp Yofi and other Tikvah pro
grams in the Ramah system. This
year he plans another 400 mile ride
through the Judean Hills and
Negev to Eilat this month.
But this time Alan will not be
the only Charlottean on the trek.
When Brad Rabinowitz heard
about this fund raiser, it was elear
to him immediately that he had to
join Alan on the ride. “It was truly
spontaneous,” he says, “but my
family and I know it’s the right de-
eision.”
The Tikvah program at Camp
Ramah has benefitted loeal fami
lies as well. Temple Israel’s Cantor
Rooehvarg’s older son attended the
inaugural year of Camp Yofi and
spent three wonderful summers
there. “Camp Yofi is for speeial
needs and their parents and siblings
as well. ... The environment at
Camp Yofi is warm and weleom-
ing. ... The staff were ineredibly
earing. ... I pray that they will be
able to reaeh more and more fami
lies,” Rooehvarg says.
Donations ean be made through
one of these websites: www.first-
giving.eom/fundraiser/alan-suss-
man/ramah-bike-ride-2013 or
www.ramahbikeride.org.
Also, Lynn Edelstein of Yours
Truly Needlepoint and Knitting has
ereated a speeial fundraising day
for this program. Her “Speeial Day
for Speeial Kids” will be April 11,
9 AM-6 PM at 3802 Columbine
Cirele, Charlotte, 28211. You ean
purehase any of the wonderful
yams, needles, needlepoint kits,
and other items you have eome to
expeet from Yours Truly, and know
that all proeeeds will benefit Camp
Ramah’s Tikvah program. For
more information, you ean eall
Lynn at 704-366-6765.
Sinee its ineeption, the Tikvah
program at Camp Ramah has wel-
eomed nearly 2,000 ehildren, teens,
and young adults who are develop-
mentally, physieally, and/or intel-
leetually ehallenged and given
them the magie of a summer eamp
experienee no one ever thought
that they would be able to have.
Lynn will spend a whole day
showing her support for Camp
Ramah’s Tikvah program while
Brad and Alan will spend five days
showing their support. You ean
show your support by attending the
“Speeial Day for Speeial Kids”
event or by donating at either of the
above websites. ^
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