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Charlotte Jewish News - August 2016 - Page 19 Nancy Kipnis Honored With Leadership Award Kavod Continues to Expand Its Influence Nancy Kipnis was recently awarded the first Gail Littman Leadership award at a national conference attended by 38 com munities participating in the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY program. The award memorializes Littman, one of the pioneers of the Jewish com munity legacy movement whose vision of integrating legacy giv ing into Jewish communities in spired philanthropist Harold Grinspoon and created a national movement. In her role as assistant vice president for the Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Commu nity (FCJC), Nancy serves as co ordinator of the successful Create Your Jewish Legacy (CJL) initia tive. She accepted the honor on behalf of FCJC and Charlotte’s Jewish community. “Leaving a legacy to support the future of Charlotte’s Jewish community is very personal to Nancy,” said Phil Warshauer, FCJC Executive Director. “She grew up in Charlotte and her four boys were raised with the assis tance of the organizations that support and promote Jewish life. When you look into her eyes and hear the passion in her voice you truly understand the meaningful ness of her work.” “I have witnessed first-hand her enthusiasm for this work and her commitment to insuring the future of the Charlotte Jewish community,” said Arlene D. Schiff, National Director of the LIFE & LEGACY program. “Nancy places great value on building partnerships, thinking strategically, understanding a donor’s passion, and giving them the opportunity to fulfill that pas sion in a way that will be both personally satisfying and have a positive impact on the commu nity.” ^ Create d ou^ewish iLe^jacy An FCJC program Left to right: Phil Warshauer, Nancy Kipnis, Harold Grinspoon, Arlene Schiff Kavod is a non-profit organiza tion that photographs Holocaust survivors and supports survivors that are in financial need. Cur rently it serves survivors in Mem phis but is working to expand its program nationwide. In April, John Pregulman, the founder of Kavod, was here in Charlotte when he photographed six local survivors. Due to space constraints, we were able to pub lish only four of those photos. We present the other two portraits here. Since our last story, Kavod has been in DC attending Cafe Eu- ropa, a program provided by the local Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA) where survivors come together for a meal and a celebration. The organization is networking with national Jewish Family Serv ices and Federation representa tives as well, in order to create a strategic plan on how to mindfully move into more communities to support survivors. They will be attending two up coming conferences: The World Federation of Child Survivors in Los Angeles in November and the Self-Help Conference in Decem ber. All this while they complete their paperwork to cement their status as a 501(c)3 non-profit. Pregulman has put Amy Israel in place as Executive Director of Kavod, though he continues to be the photographer of the beautiful portraits that serve as the organi zation’s linchpin. ^ Marianne Lieberman, left, and Lore Schiftan, two of our community’s sur vivors who were photographed by Kavod in April. My Journey Through CJP (Continuedfrom page 10) in the classroom, but provided yet another angle to the school, of which I’ve enjoyed being a part. My experience with CJP al lowed me to fall in love with Ju daism and to proudly become part of the Jewish community. My daughter and I began joining events and services with Temple Beth El and felt right at home. We also participated in Temple Beth El’s family Sunday school, Boker b’Yachad, which is for rising kindergarteners. I was sad to see that end and wish it was some thing we could do every year. Although CJP has enriched my life and spirituality, the thing I have appreciated the most was the acceptance. No one cares that I’m not Jewish. No one cares that I’m a single parent. I have been em braced by a community that has shown me what it is to be a men- sch and to live by Jewish stan dards. Our lives will forever be changed because of it. ^ Celebrating 10 years of UCCMusicals with ^ your favorite Movie Musicalsl ©Shalom Park Gorelick Hall SAT, OCT 22 2pin I 5:30pni * \i urtLrrtUrii iMfOlit mif) Ballantyne Village SUN, NOV 6 Theodore Bikel ; T Tlhp piodvW rvtnt... ^ (-=^) Mr.Bikel's widow, early bird Aimee Ginsburg Bikel, is scheduled to appear! JCC Charlotte
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