The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2016 - Page 2
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'5^5'
OF GREATER CHARLOTTE
Remembering Shimon Peres
By Inbal Ozeri, Com
munity Shlicha
After spending the
month of August with
my family in Israel, I
am now baek in Char
lotte settling into this
amazing eommunity.
We’re finally baek
to work after the late
high holidays.
It’s been a little over
a month sinee Shimon
Peres passed away. It
was extremely sad for
me sinee he was the
last politieian from the
first government of
Israel. He was a Prime minister, a
minister, a President, and held a
Nobel Prize of Peaee for his great
eontribution to try and ereate
world peaee (or at least Middle
Hannah Eccleston, guest speaker Rebecca Gerger,
Hansen, Andie Sly, and Inbal Ozeri.
East peaee).
I felt really funny trying to deal
with my daily work and eurrent
projeets and it was really hard for
me to foeus on that and let go of
Inbal’s Hebrew High class.
sueh sad news. I had to
teaeh Hebrew High that
night and had already
invited a speeial speaker
(Beeea Gerger) to eome
and share her amazing
story with my elasses.
But I eouldn’t just let it
go and not even mention
it. So I talked to the
speaker who’s an Ameri-
ean Israeli so I was sure
she would understand,
and she did, she sup
ported and agreed with
Sophia [jie that we had to talk
about it.
The last 10 minutes of
our lesson we talked about
Shimon Peres and we lit a Ner
Neshama (eandle) and read the
Kaddish together. It was very
emotional and powerful.
Another thing that really helped
me feel more proud than sad was
that President Obama ordered
U.S. flags to be flown half-mast in
honor of Shimon Peres. In faet, it
is only the seventh time that the
Ameriean flag has been flown at
half-mast for a non-Ameriean
who passed away, and the seeond
Israeli (the first one was Itzhak
Rabin). Hearing and seeing that,
really made me proud.
These are amazing things that I
wouldn’t had the ehanee to even
hear about if I wasn’t here. I want
to thank this amazing eommunity
for existing and giving me the op
portunity to be part of for two
years. ^
Jewish Federation
OF GREATER CHARLOTTE
CONTENTS
Federation News
PP-1-4
Dining Out
p. 14
Women’s News
p. 1
Jewish Community Center....
pp. 16,17
Schools
PP- 4, 5
Youth Visions
p. 19
Jewish Family Services
PP- 7-8
Synagogues/Congregations....
pp.20-24
Community News
pp. 8-14
Women’s News
p. 25
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