Vol. 41, No. 1
Tevet-Shevat 5779
January 2019
THE 2019 MAIN EVENT
After Pittsburgh: Pride Peopiehood and Power
Featuring Bari Weiss, New York Times Editor and
Writer
Co-chairs Emily and Sam
Zimmem and Angie and Bill
Zimmem invite yon to join them
at the Federation’s 2019 Main
Event on Thnrsday Febraary 7 at
7:30 PM at Temple Israel featnr-
ing New York Times editor, Bari
Weiss. The Main Event is the
Jewish Federation’s most widely
attended event of the campaign
season.
Bari Weiss is an acclaimed
jonmalist who cnrrently serves
as editor and writer for The New
York Times opinion section. Be
fore joining the Times, she was
an op-ed editor at The Wall Street
Journal and an associate book re
view editor there. For two years,
she was a senior editor at Tablet,
the online magazine of Jewish
news, politics, and cnltnre, where
she edited the site’s political and
news coverage. Bari regnlarly
appears on shows like Morning
Joe and Bill Maher. Bari is also
the wiimer of the Reason Fonnda-
tion’s 2018 Bastiat Prize, which
aimnally honors writing that “best
demonstrates the importance of
freedom with originality, wit, and
eloqnence.” She is a gradnate of
Bari Weiss
Colombia University and a prond
Pittsbnrgh native.
Main Event tickets are $36
each and are available online at
www.jewishcharlotte.org or by
phone at 704-944-6757.
Everyday, the Jewish Feder
ation of Greater Charlotte, to
gether with yon, onr donors and
partners, enriches lives, bnilds
community and fosters a thriving
Jewish future locally, in Israel
and around the world. Our impact
is extraordinary. Friends, family,
and neighbors are coimected to
one another and to Jewish life.
Lives are touched, changed, and
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saved in Israel, around the world
and right here in om own back
yard. Children and teens are in
spired to discover their Jewish
identities, and individuals of all
abilities and backgrounds in our
community are welcomed and in
cluded. Please join us at the Main
Event and learn more about how
you can make an impact as well
as an opportunity to make your
pledge to the 2019 Aimual Cam
paign. It all starts with you. You
make everything we do possible.
For more iirformation about
the Main Event, please contact
the Federation office at 704-
944-6757 or iirfo@jewishchar-
lotte.org. sJs
The mission of the Jewish Fed
eration of Greater Charlotte is to
raise and distribute funds to sup
port and enrich the lives of Jews
locally, nationally, in Israel and
worldwide. Through education,
planning and community build
ing, the Federation’s mission en
sures that Jewish values, goals,
traditions and connections are
preserved for current and future
generations.
Main Event Co-Chairs, Sam,
Emily, Bill and Angie Zimmem
Share Their Passion for
Federation and This Year’s
Main Event Speaker
Q: Why did you agree to serve
as Main Event Co-Chairs?
Sam and Emily: We wel
comed the unique opportunity to
work with Bill and Angie, our
son and daughter-in-law, in sup
port of an organization that we
care about passionately and that
has been an important part of our
lives since moving to Charlotte in
1982. Taking responsibility for
Jewish well-being, love of Israel,
and tzedakah are values we want
to pass along to our children and
grandchildren.
Bill and Angie: We were hon
ored that our family was asked
to co-chair the Federation Main
Event this year. 1 am fortunate to
be part of a family dedicated to
philanthropy and public service
and this is a unique opportunity
for all of us to combine our indi
vidual passion, energy, and com
mitment together in one import
ant event.
Q: Why is Federation import
ant to you and om community?
Sam and Emily: Support for
vibrant Jewish life in cWlotte,
for Israel, and for Jews in need
around the world is important to
us. Federation is the most effec
tive organization in generating
broad-based support, in building
community among Jews and Jew
ish organizations in Charlotte,
and in developing relationships
between Israelis and Jews in the
Diaspora. Through our involve
ment with Federation, we have
come to understand the meaning
and power of Jewish peopiehood
in new ways. By contributing fi
nancially, % serving on the board
and committees, and by partici
pating in Federation-sponsored
programming and travel, we
along with so many others have
helped to sustain our Jewish com
munity and to strengthen our own
Jewish identity.
Bill and Angie: The work that
the Federation undertakes meets
critical needs in om community
and all over the world. Having
had the opportunity to witness
firsthand the impact and success
of their work here in Chmlotte
and abroad, 1 have a deep appre
ciation for all that it does to em-
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Interested in learning more about how the Jewish Federation
impacts YOU and our community? See Page 10
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The Chmlotte Jewish Film
Festival, a program of The Cul-
tmal Arts Department at The
Levine Jewish Community Cen
ter, is pleased to aimounce the
lineup for its exciting 15th season
that will take place February 9-
March 3.
A big thank you to Screeiung
Co-Chairs Judy Laxer and Jeff
Turk and Screeiung Committee
members Stephanie Bensinger,
Chmlie Gale, Bob Ecker, Lin
da Hindel, Judy Kaller, Andrew
Kapustin, Dana Kapustin, Eric
Laxer, Ross Levin, Michael Li-
eberman. Gale Osborne, Marcia
Stem, and Gail Vogel for putting
together a diverse and interesting
13 film slate.
The All Festival Pass will be
available for $110 ($183 value)
through January 15 and $140
starting on January 16. All Fes
tival Passes, as well as tickets to
individual films, can now all be
purchased at the LJCC Custom
er Service Desk, by calling 704-
366-5007, or by visiting chm-
lottejewishfilm.com.
Here are a few highlights of
our exciting 15th season. For
more info, please see the enclosed
quad fold:
Opening Night Celebration -
Saturday, Febraary 9-7:15 PM
at Temple Israel ($25)
Our Opening Night film. The
Last Suit, follows a Polish born
Holocaust survivor who decides
to travel from Buenos Aires to
Lodz to find the man who saved
him from certain death and ful
fill a promise he made nearly 70
years earlier, and will be followed
by a celebratory reception, with
tasty treats by Serafina Catering.
Sunday, February 10 - 7:15
PM at Temple Israel ($11)
A stirring story of sports, pa
triotism, and personal growth,
Tfeading Tfome charts the under
dog journey of Israel’s national
baseball team competing for the
first time in the World Baseball
Classic. We are very excited to
bring Writer/Director Daniel A.
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