Vol. 41, No. 2
Shevat-Adar I 5779
February 2019
On the Same Page Chapter II
Featuring Bestselling Author and Award Winning Journalist
Martin Fletcher
Sunday, March 24, 7 PM in Sam
Lerner Center for Cultural Arts
The Center for Jewish Educa
tion (CJE) is proud to present the
second chapter of our community
wide read initiative: On the Same
Page. Our goal for this initiative is
to bring people together through
the reading and discussion of a
common book. Chapter 11 of our
community read invites every
one to read Promised Land, the
epic saga of Israel’s early years,
written by the former NBC News
Bureau Chief in Tel Aviv, Martin
Fletcher. Tom Brokaw calls the
book, “a riveting novel that picks
up where Exodus left off.”
Fletcher spent the many years
covering the Middle East and Af
rica. He was NBC correspondent
in Israel for 26 years and bureau
chief for 15 years. He has cov
ered Kosovo, Rwanda, and Isra-
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Palestiiuan uprisings and Israel’s
war with Lebanon in 2006.
His reporting has earned him
many awards in TV journalism,
including the DuPont (known as
the TV Pulitzer), five Overseas
Press Club awards, the Edward
R. Murrow Award for Excellence
and five Emmys, to name a few.
Anderson Cooper called him for
several decades “the gold stan
dard of war correspondents.”
His fifth book Promised Land:
A Novel of Israel is a sweep
ing saga of two brothers and the
woman they love, a devastating
love triangle set against the tu
multuous founding of Israel. New
York Times #1 bestselling author
Nelson DeMille states: “Histori
cal novels don’t get much better
than Promised LandP Fletcher
will discuss his book on March 24
as a culmination of our communi
ty read. We invite you to join us
to what promises to be an exciting
and enlighteiung eveiung.
Martin Fletcher
Copies of the book available
to borrow or purchase at the
Levine-Sklut Judaic Library, as
well as online as part of our eB
ooks selection.
There is no charge for this
event. Space is limited and
pre-registration at www.jewish-
charlotte.org/cje is requested. For
more iirformation, please contact
Debby Block, Center for Jewish
Education Program Coordinator,
(704) 944-6780 or debby .block@
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Only a few days remain until
The Main Event, the Federation’s
highest profile event of the sea
son... the event that kicks off our
community’s 2019 Aimual Cam
paign. On Thmsday, February 7,
please join us at Temple Israel,
7:30 PM, to hear Veir York Times
editor and writer Bari Weiss share
her reflections concerning After
Few Tickets Still Available to Hear Bari Weiss, New
Editor and Writer, Speak at the 2019 Main Event
Pittsburgh: Pride, Peoplehood,
and Power.
Bari Weiss was raised in the
Squirrel Hill neighborhood of
Pittsburgh. She grew up down the
street from the Tree of Life Syn
agogue and became a bat mitz-
vah there as well. Following the
recent shooting, Bari has written
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Bari is a passionate thought
leader, staff editor, and writer
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ion page. Previously, she was an
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review editor at The Wall Street
Journal, and a seiuor editor at
Tablet, the online magazine of
Jewish news, politics, and cul-
tme.
Main Event tickets are $36
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www.jewishcharlotte.org, by
phone at 704-944-6757, or at the
door onFebraary 7.
Every day, the Jewish Federa
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with you, om donors and partners,
enriches lives, builds community
and fosters a thriving Jewish fu-
tme locally, in Israel and around
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For more information about
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