The Charlotte Jewish News - March 2014 - Page 15
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Professor Michael J. Broyde will be
Scholar in Residence at Ohr HaTorah
on March 8
Purim Spiel and Feast on
Sunday March 16
Michael J. Broyde
Jewish Americans or American
Jews: The Role and Place of
Jews in America
Michael J. Broyde, a professor
of law at Emory University and a
senior fellow of the Center for the
Study of Law and Religion
(CSLR), and has been named one
of America’s top 50 rabbis by
Newsweek magazine.
One of the most important is
sues on the agenda of American
Jewish leadership today is the
destiny of Jewish America. This
is in light of the recent finding of
the Pew Research Center inde
pendent study of American Jews
which leaves many of us per
plexed on where American Ju
daism is today and where it’s
headed to in the future.
The findings could have major
implications on many of the Jew
ish institutions in our community
and most of all on the survivabil
ity of Judaism in America outside
of the insular Orthodox commu
nities. In order to come up with
solutions we need to get to the
root of the issue.
The JLl course presently being
presented at Ohr HaTorah entitled
“To Be A Jew in the Free World”
has been examining this idea
from a historical perspective.
We are fortunate to have one of
the greatest legal minds of today
visit Charlotte as a scholar in res
idence at Ohr HaTorah on March
8. Professor Michael J. Broyde of
Emory University has lectured
and written extensively on Jewish
religious law within the context
of American secular law. Broyde
will present a discourse on Jewish
Americans or American Jews:
The Role and Place of Jews in
America.
Jews living in the free world
cherish their freedom and don’t
take it for granted, yet this free
dom also presents challenges to
Jews of how not to assimilate and
lose their Jewishness in a free and
open society. In addition, there is
the question of Jewish loyalty to
our country. Does that preclude
our loyalty to Israel, the Jewish
homeland? There are similar
questions that face Jews in Amer
ica in regards to the difference be
tween American secular
principles to traditional Jewish
principles.
Rabbi Broyde will address
these issues and much more at the
Kiddush luncheon following the
morning service at Congregation
Ohr HaTorah. Shabbat morning
services begin at 10 AM and the
Kiddush luncheon begins at 12:30
PM. This program and luncheon
is open to the entire community
and is free. The presentation will
not be recorded as it is being held
on Shabbat. Congregation Ohr
HaTorah is located at 6619 Sardis
Road in Charlotte. For more in
formation please visit our website
at www.chabadnc.net. Or call our
office at 704-366-3984.^
A fantastic Purim Feast will be
hosted by Ohr HaTorah on Purim
Day which falls on Sunday,
March 16 this year. The feast will
feature a full Purim Spiel written
and acted out by members of Ohr
HaTorah.
Purim has been an annual cel
ebration for Jews all over the
world for thousands of years as it
is a day of thanksgiving and ex
traordinary cheerfulness. As
recorded in the Scroll of Esther,
that Mordechai and Esther re
quested that Jews of all genera
tions should celebrate this festive
day of Purim by giving gifts to the
poor and sending food gifts to
friends, listening to the reading of
the scroll of Esther, and enjoying
a festive feast at the end of the
day.
The Purim feast will also fea
ture delicious cuisine and a full
kosher wine bar. It is set to begin
at 6 PM at Congregation Ohr Ha
Torah. Celebrants are en
couraged to come dressed in
costume, but it is not
mandatory.
The festivities will begin
with the reading of the
Megillah - Scroll of Esther
on Saturday night, March
15, at 8:20 PM. Traditional
Purim treats like Hamantaschen
will be served after the Megillah
reading.
Sunday, March 16, the
Megillah will be read as part of
the morning service which begins
at 8:30 AM (the reading of the
Megillah will be at about 9 AM).
The Megillah will be read once
more at 5:00 in the afternoon for
those who cannot attend the
morning reading.
The Purim feast is open to the
entire community. The fee to at
tend the Purim Feast: $18 per per
son and $10 per child. The
services and Grand Purim feast
will be held at Congregation Ohr
HaTorah, 6619 Sardis Road in
Charlotte. For more information
and for reservations please
visit our website at
www.chabadnc.org. Or call our
office at 704-366-3984. «
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