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The Charlotte Jewish News - April 2021 - Page 14 Stan Greenspon Center Celebrates Five Years With World Premiere of Dr. Edith Eger Story By Tain Dippold, Director of Jewish Life Associate Director, Stan Green spon Center for Peace and So cial Justice Five years ago this spring, we began building the Stan Green spon Center for Peace and Social Justice at Queens University of Charlotte. To commemorate our milestone anniversary, we hosted a virtual celebration on Sunday, March 21. We celebrated our successes and shared our plans for the future. The centerpiece of our program was the world premiere of the film “I Danced for the Angel of Death: The Dr. WORK WITH THE LEADERS IN CHARLOTTE REAL ESTATE SARAH ROSE STEVE LEPOW sjrG'i SarahRose@remax.net SteveLepow@remax.net 704 619-0422 704 975-8500 Executive History Is Only Our Beginning Help Us Carry Your Legacy Into The Future To learn more contact Sam Bernstein at sam.bernstein@jewishcharlotte.org Jewish Federation OF GREATER CHARLOTTE ■Jewish Edith Eva Eger Story” (with Executive Producer Stan Green spon, and Associate Producer Talli Dippold). If you missed the celebration, a recording is available on our website. The program began with words by Queens University’s President Dan Lugo who shared his pride in watching the Green spon Center grow and thrive over the past few years. Rabbi Judy Schindler shared her re- fiection on the center’s success noting: “In the book of Exodus, and in the Kevin Costner movie, ‘Field of Dreams,’ when a ma jor building project is about to happen, there is a statement from beyond saying, ‘If you build it, I will come’ or ‘If you build it, they will come.’ We built, and they came.” Talli Dippold shared grati tude for the donors, educators, community partners, and Stan Greenspon. The event conclud ed with touching words from Dr. Edith Eva Eger and liberator The Elefant Family in Czechoslovakia in 1928 (left to right: Helen, Edie, Magda, Klara, Ludwig) The traveling mural (16 ’ x 8 ’) called “Havtachah — The Prom ise” will originally be installed at Camp North End during the Jew ish holiday of Passover (March 28 to April 4). It will then move to other sites around Charlotte for Easter and Ramadan as part Atherton Cottom Mill, 1893 Charlotte Jewish Heritage Tour - next tour May 2 A FCJC program Alan Moskin. The core of their messages perfectly aligned with the sentiment of the evening — the Stan Greenspon Center ex ists to honor the survivors, share their legacy, and work to create a brighter future. The Greenspon Center is grateful to all of our supporters and invites the Charlotte Jewish community to join us for these upcoming virtual programs. Jewish Life at Queens in vites you to our virtual Pass- over seder and Dwelling in a Time of Plagues Mural Proj- eet! Charlotte’s Dwelling in a Time of Plagues Mural Project is a Charlotte traveling art instal lation created by Charlotte mural artist and Queens professor of art and design, Mike Wirth. His piece titled “Havtachah — the Promise” honors those fac ing dire economic hardship and housing insecurity and those living in tent cities in Charlotte. of a “pitching our tent tour” that will inspire increased conversa tion around housing in Charlotte. The promise is at the center of any system sustained by faith — whether societal, religious, financial, or interpersonal. Our Hillel will be hosting a virtual second night seder; if you are interested in learning more please contact Talli, dippoldt@ queens.edu. Southern Jewish Roots: Charlotte Heritage Tour, next tour, Sunday, May 2, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. Charlotte’s 165 years of Jew ish history are rich with civic, business and religious leaders, and philanthropists. As part of our Southern Jewish Roots Char lotte Heritage Tour, participants will enjoy a unique, engaging, entertaining, and educational hike through our city’s history. The experience will include a tour through the Hebrew Cem etery that was founded in 1867 and is rich with stories of the famous Jews who were buried there from the Civil War to the civil rights era to today. The tour is COVID-safe. We will travel in our own cars and have an amplification system that we carry with us so you can maintain a safe social distance. The tour is educational — Rab bi Judy Schindler, Roz Cooper, and Susan Jacobs are three vet eran Charlotte educators who love Charlotte’s history and will guide you through two centuries of Jewish life here. The tour will broaden your appreciation for Charlotte’s leaders as you hear stories that can’t be found in history books and personal gems of wisdom in the voices of our community’s founders, builders, and philanthropists. The tour is delicious — Jewish nosh includ ed, complete with knish, kugel, Israeli salad, and rugelach. The cost is $36/person. Responding to Cyberhate in the Age of Teehnology, Thurs day evening. May 6 at 7 p.m. Join the Stan Greenspon Cen ter to hear the riveting story of Tanya Gersh who fought back in the face of a neo-Nazi troll storm and to engage in thought-pro voking dialogue about how to stay safe online. Tanya Gersh lives in Whitefish, Montana. She shares her story of courage in the face of evil to help others see that there is hope, even during the darkest times. To learn more about all our programs, visit our website, StanGreensponCenter.org. Queens UNIVERSITYo/CHARLOTTE Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice
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