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The Charlotte Jewish News - January 2014 - Page 15 A Legacy of Good Deeds Will Last Forever By Sandra Goldman The person you loved will al ways stay in your heart. You will always remember their dreams, their hope, their life. One ean only hope to eontinue what that person started. When my father (of blessed memory) passed away 18 months ago, our family reeeived eountless letters and eards from around the world. People wrote about the impaet my father had on Sandra Goldman, right, with her father, Fritz Baum. them, on their lives, their eareers, or simply by erossing paths with him. His ability to reeonstruet the past in text, pietures, and artifaets made it possible for many to ae- eess bygone days. He only was 12 years old when he fled Hitler’s Germany with his brother and parents in 1938. The majority of his immediate family would later die in various eoneentration eamps. Years later, deeply in volved with Yad Vashem, my fa ther made it one of his priorities to edueate people about the Holo- eaust and Jewish eustoms so that no one ever would forget. His own legaey would inelude a ehil- dren’s orphanage in Israel, eduea- tional trips to Israel for teaehers in European eountries, and numer ous museum exhibits. A world for his grandehildren with more un derstanding, more toleranee, and most of all, more eivil eourage was what he wished for most. Only years later, after having four ehildren of my own, did I begin to understand how important it is to leave a legaey. How important it is espeeially within our very own Jewish eommunity. Three powerful words are at the eore of the Hebrew Ceme tery’s saered mission: Honor - Celebrate - Embraee. These words eapture the essenee of the eemetery’s purpose: to honor the past, to eelebrate the present, and to em braee the future. Honoring our de parted is a eentral value of Judaism. Our rabbis teaeh that the mitzvah of honoring our dead is among our most saered. Caring for the Hebrew Cemetery that hosts the physieal remains of our loved ones is a tangible way to per form this mitzvah. We eelebrate their lives and remember them on their Yahrzeit. To embraee the future and seeure it, we need your assis- tanee. Over the last eouple of deeades, the Hebrew Cemetery has been transformed into a plaee of beauty and serenity. In antiei- pation of future needs, the eeme- tery reeently doubled the number of plots available to over 3,000. The expansion ineludes a new Memorial Building, whieh pro vides spaee for small funerals, memorials, and unveilings. So what impaet ean one have on the eemetery? How ean you imprint your eommunity with your values and what is important to you? The answer is fairly sim ple. Create a Jewish legaey. Why should one leave a legaey to our eemetery? Ask yourself what will happen when all the graves are filled with our loved ones? How ean we ensure that the new me morial building will stand majes- tieally over the next hundred plus years? We, not only as a eommu- Jewish War Veterans Come Together January 26 at 10 AM Are you a Jewish veteran living in the greater Charlotte area? Or do you know a loeal Jewish vet eran who served in the military for the US, Israel, or another eountry? Veterans are wanted! Join Barry Ross, USA (ret) for bagels, eoffee, and talk about re- aetivating the Charlotte Jewish War Veterans Post 765. Ten veter ans are needed to reaetivate the post with an annual membership fee determined by its members. Start out the New Year with a pa- triotie twist. Get aetive, make new friends, share stories, and make a differenee in the eommunity. Join Barry at Temple Beth El, Sunday January 26 from 10 AM-12 noon. Contaet Barry Ross at 704-607- 5304 or barry.ross.ne@gmail.eom or Eileen Sehwartz at 704-962- 1868 for more information. ^ (Hebrew Cemetery l\ of Greater Charlotte ■fTo-tA.o-V' • Oele!&ra.te ' ■E^vvbv'o.ce. nity, but as individuals, need to ensure that these holy grounds will endure as an historie haven with its beauty seeured in perpe tuity. We, as individuals, enable eemetery staff to provide serviees and eomfort for families and we, as individuals, provide burial plots for the indigent members of our Jewish eommunity. Now it is up to you. Regardless of age, wealth, or affiliation everyone has a unique finaneial situation. A legaey gift ean inelude nearly anything from life insuranee to a retirement plan to a bequest or to real estate. L’dor v’dor, the passing of val ues from generation to generation was essential to my father. By eaeh of us ereating our own legaey we ean ensure that what we have ean eontinue in perpetu ity. A legaey leaves behind mem ories, but most of all, it is a unique gift and opportunity to support what is dear to our hearts. To learn more about the Char lotte Jewish Legaey Program (CJL) or to find out how you ean leave a gift for the Hebrew Ceme tery, eall Sandra Goldman at 704-576-1859 or email her at di- reetor@hebreweemetery.org. ^ Create UouUfewish Our Jewish Community’s Newest Legacy Donors The following individuals/fam- ilies have reeently informed our eommunity, through Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Commu nity (FCJC) or one of the ten Cre ate Your Jewish Legaey eommunity partners, that they have ereated a legaey gift to sup port the future of Charlotte’s Jew ish eommunity. These individuals have established seven new legaey gifts. Some are ereating legaey gifts for the first time while others have added new organiza tions to their previously ereated legaey plans. There are now 186 individuals/families throughout our Jewish eommunity who have ineluded a loeal Jewish organiza tion in their legaey plans ereating 353 unique legaeies. We thank our newest legaey donors and wel- eome them into our eommunity’s Book of Life Soeiety. Larry Farber and Sherri McGirt Jack and Carol Lash William and Debra Porter Janice and Ronald Weiner Sam and Emily Zimmern VJoniJewisn CALecfQcj) Insurance for Home, Auto, Business and Life. "My father, Harry, founded Swimmer Insurance Agency over 60 years ago offering security to the community and helping families through times of trouble. Today, we con tinue that tradition of service with everything we do. We will be there for every mile stone. every hardship and every transition your family or business experiences." - DAVID SWIMMER Swimmer Insurance Agency 725 Providence Rd Charlotte. NC 28207 704-333.6694 WWW.swimmerinsurance.com
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