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The Charlotte Jewish News - April 2014 - Page 10 Hebrew High Students Discover the Hebrew Cemetery By Sandra Goldman On a beautiful late morning in Mareh, about 30 Hebrew High Sehool ninth graders went to the eemetery as part of their annual retreat. Their mission: To learn as mueh as possible about the history of the eemetery and the people buried in these holy grounds. In order to bring eertain light ness to their experienee and to spark interest HCA president, Brian Yesowiteh, spoke first to the group of 15-year-olds about the history of the eemetery. They were brought baek to 1867 when the eemetery was founded, they were told about Louis Leon, one of the private soldiers who fought at Gettysburg and wrote the fa mous “Diary of a Tar-Heel Sol dier” and learned about known writer and newspaper editor Harry Golden. They also eheeked out the new gem at the eemetery, the me morial building and admired the former white marble ark from Temple Beth El. 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Find the tallest monument or how old was the oldest person buried at the eemetery? With newly opened eyes and tremen dous interest, the group then went on to ehoose monuments in the historie seetion, eovered them with paper and etehed the mark well. But there are ways to start a eonversation without instilling fear. Obviously with my job eomes a more natural understanding about the landseape of eemeteries and death in general. I often bring my own ehildren and sometimes have them help me pieking up branehes. Seeing my ehildren walk around the different seetions and reading aloud the names of long gone people and asking ques tions about them gives me a sense of pride. I love that from their young age on and long before they even realize it, they experienee the eemetery as a learning environ ment. This plaee is aeeessible to them, not taboo, not forbidden, but rather, something where they ean experienee history, life and death, and Judaism based on its roots. David Samoff, founder of NBC onee said: “We eannot banish dan gers, but we ean banish fears. We must not demean life by standing The Hebrew High ninth graders get Hebrew Cemetery. ers. Onee they returned to the elassroom, they made pieees of art from the imprints. While many families keep ehil dren away from ritual praetiees of death and mourning, I have al ways ineluded ours. It is eertainly not always easy for adults to in- elude kids at the nursing home, at the hospital or even at the grave side. Surely, there are arguments to be made for letting kids live idyllieally unaware of illness and dying, and waiting until they’re older to share the really painful parts of life. Some might even argue that it is selfish or unfair of adults to expeet ehildren to be able to handle the heavy stuff that we, ourselves, ean’t even really handle A grave rubbing done by one of the Hebrew High students. in awe of death.” And so the idea to bring High Sehool kids to the eemetery took fruition. Brooke Whip- key, one of the at tending girls, felt inspired after visiting the graveyard: “I thought it was a great experienee. I learned a lot about the kind of people buried here and it really eonneets me now more to Judaism.” Noah Tobias added: “It was interesting to hear how the eemetery started and what made the Jews deeide to eome here to Charlotte.” Lisa Nagel who teaehes the ehildren at Hebrew High and ae- eompanied the group thoughtfully Mia Goldman does a grave rub bing. voieed the all-around positive ex perienee: “Visiting the eemetery really showed me the history and landseape of Jewish Charlotte. The students and I enjoyed this program very mueh and it was faseinating to wateh the ehildren how they behaved and interaeted in this unknown territory. I got to see a totally different side of them and I was impressed with what deep and profound questions they asked.” Direetor of the Con solidated Hebrew High Sehool, Roz Cooper, agreed and stated: “This is our eommunity. I ree- ognize so many names. It is all so familiar.” To arrange a personal tour of the eemetery, to hear about pre-panning and how one ean honor a loved one with a me morial plaque inside the new memorial building please eontaet the He brew Cemetery Diree tor, Sandra Goldman, by phone at 704-576-1859 or by email at di- reetor@hebreweemetery.org. ^ (Hebrew Cemetery l\ of Greater Charlotte • Oetetv’-o.te * ’EiYvbrVa/Ce Jewish Educational Loan Fund 2014 Application Available Through April 30 Applieations for interest-free loans for post-seeondary eduea- tion (eollege, graduate sehool and voeational programs) will be available for the 2014-2015 sehool year from the Jewish Edu- eational Loan Fund (JELF). The applieation will be open to Jewish students in FL, GA, NC, SC, and VA (exeluding metro D.C.) on JELF’s website at www.jelf.org until April 30. JELF loans are need-based and offer “last-dollar” finaneing, meaning that JELF provides the final dollars that bridge the gap between a student’s total finaneial resourees and the eost of attend ing sehool. Applieants must be enrolled full-time in a program leading to a degree or eertifieate at an aeeredited institution loeated in the United States, be a U.S. eit- izen or have lawful immigration status in the U.S., and be able to demonstrate finaneial need (FAFSA applieation required). The Jewish Edueational Loan Fund (JELF) awarded more than $852,000 in interest-free loans to Jewish students in FL, GA, NC, SC, and VA for the 2013-2014 sehool year, ineluding $47,306 to Charlotte area students. A reeord number of applieants eame to JELF seeking to fill the gap be tween the resourees they assem bled through grants, loans and seholarships and the real eost of their edueation. While JELF eurrently adminis ters over $4 million in outstanding loans, it has maintained its im pressive 99% repayment rate. As students repay their loans, JELF uses those payments to make new loans, ereating a eirele of tzedakah. As a loan reeipient re- eently expressed to JELF, “Thank you so mueh for your kindness in helping make it possible for me to work towards aehieving the eareer goals to whieh I’ve long aspired.” For additional information, eontaet JELF at applieation@ jelforg, 770-396-3080 or visit www.jelforg.^
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