The Charlotte Jewish News - June-July 2014 - Page 16
Jewish Family Services Opens Counseling Center in Lake Norman
What makes a Jewish eommu-
nity saered, a “Kehilah Ke-
doshah”? Members of the Jewish
eommunity in Lake Norman ean
tell you. As Temple Kol Tikvah’s
Rabbi Miehael Shields says,
“Like a sukkah, it is eonstrueted
of many different branehes woven
together. The broader the
Sukkah’s reaeh, the more tightly
its branehes are woven, the
stronger it stands.”
These metaphorieal branehes
speak to the individual members
of the eommunity, the ways the
members eome together, as well
as the programs that serve the
eommunity.
Jewish Family Serviees also
knows what makes a Kehilah Ke-
doshah. As a member of Shalom
Park, JFS is eonveniently loeated
at the eenter of Jewish life in
Charlotte, allowing members of
the eommunity to take advantage
of our programs and serviees. As
the Jewish eommunity in
Huntersville, Cornelius, David
son, Mooresville, and Statesville
has eontinued to grow, and Tem
ple Kol Tikvah settled into its new
building in downtown Davidson,
the synagogue has established it
self as the eenter of Jewish life in
Lake Norman, opening their doors
to other Jewish groups in the area,
as well as non-Jewish groups sueh
as the Boy Seouts and Davidson
Learns.
“As JFS has served as the heart
of the Charlotte Jewish eommu
nity, expanding to Lake Norman
will allow us to serve as the heart
Caroline Biber
of the Lake Nor
man Jewish eom
munity,” says JFS
Exeeutive Direetor
Stephanie Starr.
“We are able to
provide them with
many of the same
serviees we offer in
Charlotte, inelud
ing our Counseling
Center, My Solu
tions Case Man
agement and
support programs
sueh as parenting
and earegiver
workshops. The members of these
outlying eommunities want and
deserve Jewish serviees within
their eommunity. Our programs
help form and nurture the Lake
Norman Jewish eommunities, and
help them beeome true saered
eommunities.”
JFS and the families in Lake
Norman aren’t the only ones who
know a thing about building a sa
ered eommunity. Jewish Federa
tion of Greater Charlotte knows
that every strong Jewish eommu
nity needs a Jewish Family Serv
iees. That’s why they provided an
impaet grant whieh allowed JFS
to open an offiee in Lake Norman.
Caroline Biber, MSW, LCSW,
will serve as Program Manager
for the Lake Norman offiee. A li-
eensed therapist, Caroline will
provide eonfidential therapy and
ease management serviees from
her offiee in Temple Kol Tikvah.
Members of the eommunity
Norman
had the opportunity to
meet Caroline the
weekend of May 2
when she attended
Shabbat serviees at
Temple Kol Tikvah
and the JFS Love and
Logie Workshop for
Presehool Parents.
As Rabbi Shields
wrote in his letter to
the Federation aeeom-
panying the grant
applieation, “The es
tablishment and devel
opment of a JFS
presenee in the Lake
region will have a pro
foundly positive impaet on the
eommunity. It will assure that the
vulnerable in our eommunity have
the support they need and will
make it possible for the Jewish
eommunity in Lake Norman to
partner with JFS in eontinuing to
build a eommunity that embodies
a eulture of serviee.”
Jewish Family Serviees is espe-
eially grateful to the Jewish Fed
eration for allowing us to add a
braneh to the Kehilah Kedoshah
of Lake Norman. For appoint
ments with Caroline, please eall
the main JFS offiee at 704-364-
6594. «
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