An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Charlotte
Vol. 38, No. 9
Elul-Tishrei 5776/7
October 2016
How to Make it in Hollywood and Remain a Mensch
The 2017 Main Event featuring Joshua Maiina
Joshua Maiina may inspire
agitation among millions of peo
ple on a weekly basis, but on
Deeember 8, he will find himself
in front of an appreeiative erowd.
Maiina, who plays David
Rosen, the morally eonflieted at
torney general of the United States
on “Seandal,” the hit television
show by Shonda Rhimes, will be
the featured speaker at the Jewish
Federation of Greater Charlotte’s
Main Event, eo-ehaired by Debra
and David Van Glish.
After graduating from Yale
University with a B.A. in Theatre
Studies, Joshua Maiina made his
professional aeting debut in the
Broadway produetion of Aaron
Sorkin’s “A Few Good Men.” He
went on to star as Jeremy Good
win in Sorkin’s eritieally ae-
elaimed television series “Sports
Night.” Later, Joshua eo-starred as
Will Bailey in Sorkin’s multi-
Emmy winning show “The West
Wing.” Other Sorkin eredits in-
elude the hit features “The Amer-
iean President” and “Maliee.”
For three seasons, Joshua por
trayed multi-millionaire Peter
Alpert on USA Network’s hit “In
Plain Sight.” Joshua’s film eredits
inelude the eomedy “A View from
the Top” with Gwyneth Paltrow
and Mike Meyers, “In the Line of
Fire” with Clint Eastwood, and
“Bulworth” with Warren Beatty
and Halle Berry.
A eo-ereator of Bravo’s hit
show “Celebrity Poker Show
down,” Joshua reeently wrote,
produeed, and eo-starred in the
eomie web series “Baekwash.”
Co-stars in the projeet inelude Jon
Hamm, Miehael Ian Blaek, Sarah
Josh Maiina
Silverman, Hank Azaria, and
many others.
Joshua has been aetive in Jew
ish affairs for some time. He ap
peared in the Jewish Federation’s
“Live Generously” eampaign, and
starred in a video preparing Jew
ish high sehool students for the
possibility of faeing an anti-Israel
elimate on eollege eampuses. In
an appearanee on “Celebrity Jeop
ardy,” Joshua won $50,000 for
Bet Tzedek, a pro bono law firm
in Los Angeles, and in July he
took Mazon’s SNAP Food Stamp
Challenge. Over the last few
years, Joshua has spoken at
dozens of Federation’s and Hil-
lel’s aeross the eountry.
The Main Event on Thursday,
Deeember 8, 2016 will begin at
7:30 PM at Temple Israel.
Tiekets are $36 per person and
ean be purehased online at
www.jewisheharlotte.org; by eall-
ing 704-944-6757 or by mailing in
your eheek to Jewish Federation,
5007 Providenee Road, Suite 101,
Charlotte, NC 28226. Or with a
donation of $180, we invite you to
be an “Honorable Mensehen” (in-
eludes two Main Event tiekets,
signed autographed pieture,
reeognition in event program,
CJN and Federation website).
For additional information, eall
the Federation offiee at 704-944-
6757; or visit our website at
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Jewish Federation
OF greater charlotte
Mark Your Calendar for the
2016-2017 JCRC Speaker Series
The JCRC is proud to an-
nounee our ongoing 2016-2017
JCRC Speaker Series, whieh will
start up again on November 15
with the first of a two part series
by Ralph Nurnberger. Leetures
will take plaee on January 26,
2017, February 28, 2017 (the see-
ond part of the US Eleetion series
with Dr. Ralph Nurnberger) and
Mareh 23, 2017 in the Sam Lemer
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Center for Cultural Arts at Shalom
Park. This year’s series will foeus
on a two-part session on the U.S.
Presidential Eleetion, Israel and
the United Nations as well as the
regional turmoil ehallenges in the
Middle East. The role of the
JCRC ineludes promoting and
eultivating positive relations be
tween the Jewish eommunity and
the larger Charlotte eommunity.
partieipating in the improvement
of our loeal and global eommuni-
ties and eneouraging engagement
with and fostering a strong rela
tionship between the loeal and
Jewish and greater Charlotte eom-
munities and Israel. The JCRC
Speaker Series endeavors to ere-
ate a strong Charlotte Jewish
eommunity that is edueated, pas
sionate, and eonneeted to Israel
and the Jewish people worldwide
through thought provoking, stim
ulating, and engaging leetures and
eonversations with renowned
speakers on Israel and relevant
Jewish topies of the day.
All leetures are free and open
to the publie but RSVPS are re
quested. For more information,
please eontaet Tal Stein Direetor
of Community Relations and Is
rael Affairs at tal.stein@jew-
isheharlotte.org or 704-944-6751.
More detailed information will
preeede eaeh event, as time gets
eloser. (See page 17 for more de
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Third Annual Charlotte
Hadassah Fair Featuring
Israeli Products,
November 13
Jewish
Community
Relations
Council
The 3rd Annual Charlotte
Hadassah Fair Featuring Israeli
Produets will bring the eommu
nity together to “Support Israel,
by Buying Israeli.”
This year’s 3rd Annual event
will take plaee on November 13 at
the Sam Lemer Center at Shalom
Park. The event will feature Israeli
and loeal vendors offering Ju-
daiea, Jewish holiday themed
items, as well as kosher foods and
produets. A number of vendors
with a large variety of produets
have aheady eommitted. In addi
tion to Israeli jewelry, we will
have speeial jewelry made out of
roeket pieees from the 2014 war,
as well as a huge eolleetion of
Jewish ehildren’s books, the ever
beautiful and popular Ronit Furst
eye glass frames, beautiful art and
pottery, and a variety of kosher
and Hanukkah themed items.
Vendor tables ean be purehased
for $50. Vendors ean register on
line at http://tinyurl.eom/2016-
Vendorform. If you are interested
or have additional questions re
garding purehasing a vendor table,
please eontaet Shellie Barer at
s.barer@yahoo.eom. Event tables
ean also be purehased by Jewish
eommunity ageneies and organi
zations for promoting Jewish and
Israeli themed produets and infor
mation.
Additionally, the Fair will fea
ture ehildren’s aetivities and a
large variety of raffle prizes. Plans
are in the works for a reading and
aetivity by a published Jewish
ehildren’s author. Stay tuned for
more information.
We thank you for your interest
and support of this amazing event.
For additional information, please
eontaet Staey Baum at 704-808-
0423 or sehree@earolina.rr.eom
or Amy DeLoaeh at 910-617-
1264 or amybdeloaeh@g-
mail.eom. Additionally, if you
have personal or business items to
donate for our raffle, please eon
taet Hilary Rosenbaum at
dhrose4@gmail.eom. Looking
forward to seeing you at the
HADASSAH
ISRAEL