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Charlotte Jewish News - September 2015 - Page 13 Chesed Shel Emet: The Truest Act of Kindness By Brian Yesowitch, President, Hebrew Cemetery Association Board Our Cemetery Assoeiation Board is filled with volunteers, young and old, who eome from many different hometowns and baekgrounds. Aside from the faet that all of us are Jewish, another trait that unites us is our desire to perform “ehesed shel emef ’ - the truest aet of kindness. The medieval Freneh Rabbi known to us as Rashi eonsiders performing the mitzvot surround ing Jewish burials “ehesed shel emet.” This eomes from the story of Jaeob asking Joseph to not bury him in Egypt. In Genesis 47:29, “The time drew near that Israel must die; and he ealled his son Joseph and said to him: ‘If I have found favor in thy sight, deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray, in Egypt.’” Rashi’s explanation is: “The kindness shown to the dead is a true kind ness, for (in sueh a ease) one does not expeet to be repaid.” (Rashi’s eommentary on Genesis 47:29) At the Cemetery Assoeiation, we don’t believe that the aet of “ehesed shel emef’ ends with the funeral. Our Assoeiation board members, Direetor and grounds keepers work to ensure that the headstone markers (some of them ereeted over 140 years ago) eon- tinue to be eared for and legible. For the families of the reeently de- eeased, visiting the eemetery and seeing that their family’s plots are in a dignified and beautiful setting is very important. For other visi tors, immersing themselves in over 100 years of Jewish tradition beeomes an important experienee - one that leaves an impression and provides enriehment for months to eome. It is in that spirit that we would like to invite the eommunity to join us at the Cemetery on Sun day, September 20 at 10:30 AM for this year’s Annual Memorial Serviee. 5775 has been a year filled with many ehallenges for the Jewish people. Individually, as well, we all reeognize there has been loss, grief, illness, and sad ness in our lives and in our neigh bors’ lives. For many in Charlotte, the Annual Memorial Serviee ean be the most meaningful and en- riehing experienee during the Fligh Floly Days. Last year, the serviee was led by twelve elergy members representing seven area eongregations. We expeet a simi lar turnout this year. We have shaded aeeommodations for 600 partieipants. All are weleome to attend this free event. One doesn’t have to be a member of an area synagogue to partieipate. One doesn’t have to even have family buried in our Cemetery. We are sineere with the deelaration, “All are weleome.” Upon eonelusion of the serviee, all are weleome to visit the Memorial Building fea turing the Mindy Ellen Levine Chapel. Tours will also be given of our Blumenthal Memorial Gar den along with the historie seetion of the Cemetery, whieh ineludes Jewish graves dating baek to 1870. Membership to our Flebrew Cemetery Assoeiation is an af fordable $72 annually. It always pays to pre-plan your funeral expenses. Contaet our Direetor, Sandra Goldman (direetor@he- breweemtery.org or 704-576- 1859) to reeeive information or arrange a meeting to diseuss plot availability and prieing. Flave you eonsidered adding the Flebrew Cemetery to your es- I Hebrew Cemetery \ ol Greater Charloiie tate planning? We are in our 3rd year of partieipation in the Create Your Jewish Legaey program through the Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community. Our Direetor Sandra Goldman ean walk you through the proeess of turning an existing finaneial vehi- ele into a bequest to support the long term maintenanee and up keep of our eommunity’s oldest institution that eontinues to serve the Jewish people of this region. My wife Martha and I have made our eommitments along with nearly 30 other individuals and families. I hope you will join us. Additionally, our eommunity supports needy individuals with redueed eemetery fees during their time of loss. You ean make a eontribution of any amount to the Steinberger Funeral Assistanee Fund on our website www.he- breweemetery.org or by eontaet- ing our Direetor, Sandra Goldman, at 704-576-1859 or di- reetor@hebreweemetery.org. Don’t forget to “like” our Faee- book page at www.faeebook.eom/ FlebrewCemetery. Our #Throw- baekThursday posts have gotten so popular; they will be featured in the September issue of Char lotte Magazine. “Chesed Shel Emet” — the truest aet of kindness. The idea has been around sinee biblieal times and it eontinues to serve our eommunity today. All of us at the Flebrew Cemetery Assoeiation wish you and your family a Shana Tova U’mtukah. ^ 2nd Annual CJFF Fan Appreciation Day Wrap Up Capaeity erowds enjoyed a full day of great movies, entertaining speakers, delieious food and eom munity fun at the Charlotte Jewish Film Festival’s 2nd Annual Fan Appreeiation Day event that took plaee on July 19 at Regal Ballan- tyne Village Stadium Theaters. Flighlights ineluded Ziggy Gruber and Erik Greenberg Anjou leading an insightful and funny tour of the deli world, the inspir ing story of the establishment of the Israeli Air Foree and a tailgat ing party before Paul Flirsehberger and Koren Cohen taekled the Ameriean style foot ball league that is eurrently thriv ing in the holy land. And of eourse, there was the Inaugural CJFF Chieken Soup Contest. A huge shout out to the six amazing ehefs who shared their tasty ereations with CJFF fans - Shellie Barer (Mommy’s Soup), Giosue Coppola/Portofino’s Ris- torante (Minestra Di Polio E Ve- dure), Sandra Goldman (Goldie’s Soup), Jered Mond/Izzy’s Cater ing (Momma Rita’s Soup), Melanie Rowe/Melanie Rowe Catering (Meli’s Deli Chieken Soup), and Janiee Zaeks (Finkel’s Flindl Zup Mit Miehael’s Flomemade Loehshen). Jered Mond/Izzy’s Cater ing won the Fan’s Favorite Award for Momma Rita’s Soup while eelebrity judges Ziggy Gruber, Erik Green berg Anjou, Jon Dressier (Dressier’s Restaurant and Dog wood Southern Table and Bar), Frank Seibelli (FS Food Group), and Amy Rogers (WFAEats) ehose Shellie Barer’s Mommy’s Soup for the Critie’s Choiee Award. 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