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The Charlotte Jewish News -April 2014 - Page 24 Mazel Tov & Congratulations Adam Dubin Among Graduates in Largest Class from RIETS Mecklenburg County Manager Discusses Current Events, Her Jewish Heritage, and More Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theolog ical Seminary (RIETS) and the Yeshiva University community celebrated the ordination of its largest class of musmakhim (or dained rabbis) on March 23. Among the more than 205 mus makhim is Adam Dubin of Char lotte. “Growing up in Charlotte, Adam was always very interested in his Judaism, and wanted to at tend school where he would not feel like a minority,” says his mother, Ellen Dubin, Director of the Carolina Refugee Resettle ment Association. “Dan (z”l) and I were very proud of him when he told us he applied to the RIETS school at Yeshiva University.” Adam was very active in the Jewish community while he lived here. He and his family were members of Temple Israel and he attended Religious School there, in addition to Talmud Torah classes at Chabad Lubavitch (be fore there was an Ohr HaTorah synagogue). He was a member of Jr. Kadima, Kadima, USY, and BBYO while attending Hebrew High. The program at RIETS is very intensive and includes a curricu lum on topics ranging from pas toral psychology and public Rabbi Adam Rubin speaking to leadership training and community building. In addi tion, students are exposed to con temporary halakhik issues they may encounter in fields such as bioethics, technology, and busi ness. “Our semikha students experi ence a training program like no other,” says Rabbi Menachem Penner, acting dean of RIETS. “Aside from erudition and schol arship - which remain the empha sis of our program - we are producing professionally quali fied and sensitive individuals who have received the requisite profes sional skills to lead our commu nity into the future.” “Adam had been told that most YU undergrad students and those who attended Yeshiva high schools usually took four years to complete their rabbinic program, and that he shouldn’t be disap pointed if he needed to spend five years or more to meet all of their requirements and studies,” Ellen continues. “Through his hard work and dedication, Adam earned his semikha in just four years.” “Adam is a wonderful young man. Sensitive, humble and very kind. He is studious, determined, and in his quiet way gets things done,” says Rabbi Yossi Groner of Ohr HaTorah. Adam now has plans to serve as either a pulpit rabbi or as a rabbi in a college campus setting. “I like to think that Dan was smiling down on Adam and the rest of our family” during Adam’s ordination, Ellen concludes. ^ Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio spoke at Temple Beth El on Tuesday, March 11. The evening was arranged by the Tem ple Beth El Brotherhood and co sponsored by Temple Beth El, Temple Israel, the Levine JCC, and The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte. Dena easily won over the crowd as she spoke about the his tory and current status of Meck lenburg County and her childhood growing up in a Jewish Conserva tive home with Orthodox grand parents. Attending that evening was an estimated audience of 100, comprised of members of both temples and the surrounding neighborhood. She reminisced about her grandmother’s Matzah Ball Soup as well as attending Yom Kippur services and her Bat Mitzvah. Rabbi Judy Schindler wel comed the county manager and guests and related the current Torah portion in Leviticus to the challenges faced by our county leaders and community mem bers. Ms. Diorio spoke for 15 .| I I minutes, fielding a broad range of community ques- 1. tions about social services, UllJJ) TEMPLE BETH EL county pensions, nurses in Dena Diorio at the podium. schools, charter schools, and more. It was an open discussion that left participants feeling confi dent in Ms. Diorio as their county manager. The crowd lingered long after the session formally con cluded and Ms. Diorio remained until the end to answer additional questions and accept warm wishes from session participants. ^
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