Charlotte Jewish News - August 2015 - Page 13
Moishe House August Events
Moishe House Charlotte eele-
brates its seeond birthday this Au
gust with a host of fun events.
Moishe House is a nonprofit or
ganization dedieated to promoting
eommunity among Jewish young
adults in their twenties and early
thirties. It seeks to fill the void that
often exists after graduating eol-
lege and prior to settling down.
The organization, with 76
houses in 17 eountries, brings to
gether Jewish adults who live to
gether and plan loeal programs,
both home-based and external, for
other young Jewish adults.
Moishe House Charlotte began in
August 2013 and has hosted over
100 events ranging from serviee
projeets to soeial events to Jewish
learning and more. Its eurrent res
idents are Elana Congress, Audrey
Singer, Danielle Soowal, Matt
Hirsehl, and Tahis Haloulos. We
are looking for another roommate
to move in this fall—if you’re
Jewish, aged 22-30, awesome, and
looking to move into the house, e-
mail us at mohoeharlotte@
gmail.eom for more information.
Read on to see what we’re up
to for August.
1. Ask the Rabbis - The Bound
aries of Jewish Identity - Tuesday
August 4 at 7:30 PM at Moishe
House
August’s “Ask the Rabbis” will
be a panel-like diseussion in
whieh a few of our terrifie Char
lotte rabbis briefly gives his/her
perspeetive on the ehosen topie -
The Boundaries of Jewish Iden
tity. Would someone still be able
to eall themselves Jewish if they
were not bom Jewish? Do they
need the eommunity’s approval,
or ean they just identity as Jewish
as they see themselves? Following
their presentations, we will open
the floor for diseussion and ques
tions.
2. Alive After Five - Thursday,
August 13 at 6:30 PM at the Epi-
eenter, 210 E. Trade Street
Beeause we had so mueh fun
meeting up for Alive After Five in
June, we want to do it again dur
ing the last month of its summer
series. We will meet on the
rooftop in between the main stage
and the bar area. We ean’t wait to
see you all there.
3. Diana’s Housewarming
Party - Saturday, August 15 at
6:30 PM at Diana’s House
Missing Diana? So are we ...
so let’s go see her new plaee. Wear
your swimsuit and we ean enjoy a
relaxing Saturday night by the
pool ending with havdalah. House
warming gifts in the form of adult
beverages are greatly appreeiated.
Email mohoeharlotte@gmail.eom
for address.
4. Mint Museum Uptown Tour
- Wednesday, August 19 at 7 PM
at Mint Museum Uptown, 500
South Tryon St., Charlotte
An intemationally-renowned
institution. The Mint Museum is
dedieated to inspiring, publishing,
and proteeting important works of
art and design from all over the
global art eommunity. Mint Mu
seum Uptown houses outstanding
eolleetions of Ameriean, eontem-
porary, and European art. Eaeh
Wednesday evening, admission to
the museum is free, so join the
Moishe House for a tour. Make
sure to meet us at the entranee to
the museum at 7 PM sharp.
5. Peeuliar Rabbit 2nd
Anniversary - Thursday,
August 27 from 7-9 PM
Did you hear? Moishe
House Charlotte is eele-
brating its seeond anniver
sary. Join us at the Peeuliar Rab
bit, the loeale where the founding
MoHo CLT members met for the
first time. The Peeuliar Rabbit is
loeated in Plaza-Midwood, with a
great rooftop bar ideal for enjoy
ing apps and drinks, with views of
the Charlotte skyline.
To learn more about Moishe
House Charlotte, visit our website
(w ww. moishehouse.org/houses/
eharlotte), like us on Faeebook
(www.faeebook.eom/Moishe-
HouseCharlotte) or e-mail us at
mohoeharlotte@gmail.eom. We
look forward to seeing you
soon. ^
Lisa Jenkins - Saving Stones in Israel and Belmont
By Melinda Skutnick
As Gastonia Temple Emanuel
member Lisa Jenkins embarked
upon a five-month eonservation
praetieum in Israel two years ago,
she had little idea that her learned
skills would find a praetieal pur
pose in downtown Belmont.
Chosen to study in the “Saving
the Stones” program funded
by the International Conserva
tion Center, UNESCO, and The
Israel Antiquities Authority, Jenk
ins - a Belmont, NC, resident -
joined a team of preservationists
from inter-diseiplinary baek-
grounds in Akko (old Aere), Israel.
The program teaehes preservation
and eonservation teehniques, giv
ing students valuable hands-on
experienee working on the preser
vation of antiquities aeross Israel.
It was this applied training that
led Jenkins to a reeent restoration
projeet in Belmont - reeapturing
the deep olives, gold tones, and
fine steneil work of the faded and
aging 1920s Wells Fargo bank
eeiling on Main Street.
“Just like I was taught, I tried
to go about the projeet at Wells
Fargo with as mueh information
and researeh as possible in order
to replieate what the original artist
did,” said Jenkins, noting one of
the most important lessons she
gained from her mentor, Shay
Farkash, the top eonservator of
deeorative paintings in Israel.
“When you see a restoration proj
eet, you have to approaeh it with
integrity, meaning following as
mueh as possible the same steps
as the artist did.”
In Akko, Jenkins and her fellow
program partieipants worked to
ward the preservation of ruins
throughout the reeognized world
heritage site. Among international
students from varying diseiplines,
Jenkins said she studied the eon
servation of wall paintings, speeif-
ieally helping restore a deeorative
freseo in a Syrian synagogue in
Jerusalem, whieh was painted
over with beige paint long ago.
“Throughout Akko, you eould
see your presenee there was
needed,” she noted, “to help keep
both the Arab and Israeli eultures
alive for future generations.”
The need to preserve the old
eity, however, was not all Jenkins
notieed. She also witnessed the re
gion’s internal struggles. “Right in
front of you, first-hand, was the
Israeli-Arab eonfiiet.”
That eonfiiet was diseovered in
tales of Akko as well as art. In an
effort to revitalize the old eity,
doors were repainted turquoise -
a perfeet metaphor to what the eity
is, the blend of traditional Arab
(green) and Jewish (blue).
Turquoise symbolizes the two eul
tures living together in this eity on
the sea.
Jenkins returned to Belmont
with stories of history, antiquities
and traditions in addition to her
newly-leamed preservation teeh
niques. In May 2015, she used
her Israel-gained knowledge to
taekle the Wells Fargo bank proj
eet, reeapturing the grand en
tranee’s original beauty.
Restoration of the 1920s deeo
rative eeiling extended through
late July; Jenkins was only able to
work during non-bank hours.
However, this loeal deeorative
painter and eolor stylist looks for
ward to utilizing her skills gained
along the Mediterranean Sea for
more projeets.
Added Jenkins, who has 15
years of experienee working in the
paint and eolor industry, “I knew
I wanted to do something more
than be just a tourist in Israel and
this program was the exaet right
fit.”
To eontaet Jenkins for eolor
eonsulting or painting, email her
at lisajenkinseolor@gmail.eom.^
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Clockwise from top left: Wells Fargo ceiling; Jenkins painting in the Well Fargo
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