The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2008 - Page 25
Jewish Family Services Collaborates to Expand Services
Collaborate. From the Latin
word collaborar comes an impor
tant concept for JFS and for tem
ples: “to labor together.” JFS is a
strong believer in “win-win” col
laborative programming. In part
nerships, temples get additional
resources to serve their members
and JFS has opportunities to meet
the needs of a greater number of
community members. It has
always been the goal of JFS to go
beyond the agency walls to reach
out to Jews where they live and
socialize.
Just a few examples of current
collaborative programs include
Big Bubbie/Big Zayde, a joint
effort of JFS and The Bernstein
Leadership Group which bridges
the generations by matching a sen
ior volunteer with a young family.
Each generation learns from the
other and a sense of Jewish conti
nuity is passed on. The Charlotte
Jewish Day School has partnered
with JFS to create a volunteer
tutoring program that creates that
much needed extra edge for chil
dren who need a bit more one-on-
one academic attention. JFS is
able to feed more people because
of the collaborative 'effort of our
schools, temples, Temple Beth
ETs summer food drive,
and the generosity of
our community working
together because we all
agree that human rights
begin with breakfast.
Temple Israel and JFS
partner to present the
monthly Job Seekers
Support Group and JFS is now in
the process of working with tem
ple Israel as well as Temple Beth
El to strengthen this vital program
by adding a job bank and mentors.
Oasis and JFS joined with the Ivy,
Charlotte’s newest Adult Day Care
facility to present a Reminiscence
Workshop and tea for caregivers
and elderly parents. JFS has also
worked together with the Levine-
Sklut Judaic Library and Resource
Center to bring lectures by Jewish
authors, Hadassah has partnered
with JFS to strengthen our Meals
on Wheels program and
Federation is joining JFS in spon
soring a Poverty Simulation pro
gram. As we prepare for the
Holidays and then move
into the New Year, look
for more opportunities
to enjoy some enriching
joint programming.
While collaborative
projects have always
been important, they are
even more so now for
many reasons. The changing
demographics of the elderly, inter
married and young families are of
concern to both Jewish Family
Services and the temples. Our
Jewish population in Charlotte
used to be almost entirely in one
zip' code; now we are literally
spread all over the city and into
outlying areas. Programs that are
jointly sponsored are a more effi
cient use of our resources.
Temples often create caring com
Donations to Jewish Family Services in
September 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
Richard Chenkin from Michelle
and Barry Goodman, Bob and
Linda Isser
Charles Miller from Anita and
Marvin Shapiro
Karen Knoble and thank you
for the many years of JFS Service
from Adam Bernstein and Tamar
Seigel
Don Bernstein from Dr. Marvin
and Anita Shapiro
Ellis Levinson from Alene and
Sam Strauss
Suly Chenkin from Bob and
Linda Isser
BEST WISHES FOR A FULL
AND SPEEDY RECOVERY -
TO
Deane Boxer from Jill and Ed
Newman, Alene and Sam Strauss
Ita Klenicki from Audrey
Madans
Sarah Ackerman from Evelyn
Berger
David Framm from Jennifer
and Michael Newman
Anita Grey from Gloria Ershler,
Dorothy Schulman, Jill and Ed
Newman, Elise Menaker
Leon Levine from Dr. Marvin
and Anita Shapiro
Stacey Marshall Feldstein from
Anita and Marvin Shapiro
MAZEL TOV ON
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Finkelstein from Jean and
Walter Finkelstein, Audrey
Madans
The birth of the grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Lemer from Helga
and Hugo Rosenberger
The Bar Mitzvah of Brett
Balick from Laura Sidden, Linda
Keziah, Stephanie Hogue, Ellen
Ragona, Alvenice Simmons
The birth Ellis Mae, new baby
of Mr. and Mrs. Carter
Meiselman, from Sue and Kim
Worrel, Patty and Bill Gorelick
The wedding of Leah and
Bemie Amler from the Starr fami
ly, the Weiser family
The Bar Mitzvah anniversary of
Harvey Barer from Ruth and Alan
Goldberg
The Bar Mitzvah of Harriet and
Mark Perlin’s grandson Andrew
from Suly and Richard Chenkin
The Bar Mitzvah of Scott
Lemer from Beverly Tirsun
The birth of Gary and Maxine
Silverstein’s granddaughter Lucy
from Anita and Mark Shapiro
The birth of Glorie Levinson’s
granddaughter, Nicole Dawn
Levinson, from Anita and Marvin
Shapiro
The birth of Harry and Gloria
Lemer’s new grandchild from
Anne and Bob Yudell, Jill and Ed
Newman, Ruth and Alan
Goldberg, Barry and Michelle
Goodman
The birth of the granddaughter
of Wilma and Gerson Asrael from
Anita and Marvin Shapiro
The marriage of Bob and Lee
Jacobson from Linda and Ira Bass,
Beverly Tirsun, Elliot and Peggy
Gartner, .Ellen and Steven
Muhlfedler
The marriage of Carol and Bob
Speizman’s son Mark and Cathy
and the engagement of Bryan and
Kim from Anita and Marvin
Shapiro
The birth of Yonaton to Liat and
Itay Berger from the Weiser fami-
>y
The marriage of your children
Lauren and David Weiner to Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Jacobs from
Ruth and Alan Goldberg
Your new home to Mr. and Mrs.
Hilbert Fuerstmen from Audrey
Madans
The B’nai Mitzvah of the
grandsons of Lynn and Paul
Edelstein, Sammy and Scott
Lemer, from Anita and Marvin
Shapiro
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Newman
from Ruth and Alan Goldberg, Dr.
Marvin and Anita Shapiro
Marion and David Kronovet
from Dr. Marvin and Anita
Shapiro
munities which emphasize volun
teers, adult learning and support
services for congregants. It can be
helpful to integrate JFS into the
caring community effort. Invite a
JFS staff member to sit in on com
mittee meetings to ascertain how
JFS might best be of service, even
helping the committee choose pro
grams and plan events. Invite a
JFS representative to be part of
your temple’s leadership training
program or to speak at a Shabbat
service or to conduct a training
class for bikkur cholim volunteers.
One of the greatest benefits from
collaboration is the building of
relationships between rabbis, tem
ple leaders and JFS staff and
social workers, who each bring
different training and knowledge
to the experience. It is time for
Jewish Family Services and for
temples to reach out more to each
other, so that they can become
partners in this exciting adventure.
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Todah to Fresh
Market on Providence
and to Phil’s Deli for
their generous
contribution that
ensured our clients
celebrated Rosh
Hashanah complete
with challahs, apples
and honey.
And a special Thank
You to Hebrew High
who baked and
donated honey cakes
to top off the Rosh
Hashanah gift bags
for our clients.
IN MEMORY OF
Anne Siegel, daughter of
Raenea and Sam Siegel, from
Margaret and Louis Birzion,
Lillian and Irving Bienstock,
Helene and Alvin Levine, Audrey
Madans, Margot and Werner
Moritz, Betty Levin
Belle Somerstein and Ester
Steinman to the Somerstein family
from Ed and Gail Green
Gale Wollman to Barbara
Lovjoy and Sandy Komstein from
Doris Citron and Lynn C.
Greenawalt
Irving Yale, beloved grandfa
ther of Vicki Cathcart, from
Evelyn Berger
Isabelle Fried Vatz from Jane
Vatz Abel and Morris Vatz
Roberta Seeman, beloved wife
of Dan Seeman, from Anita and
Marvin Shapiro
Sam Fishman to Carole and
Mai Kaplan from Linda and Ira
Bass
The beloved mother of Marcia
Gleiberman from Dorothy
Schulman
The beloved brother-in-law of
Ruth and Alan Goldberg from
Lillian and Irving Bienstock
Rose Slutsky from Alene and
Sam Strauss
Elaine Stieffel to Roger Stieffel
and family from Harriet and Mark
Perlin, Harriet and Jerry Allweiss,
Bob and Linda Isser, Suly and
Richard Chenkin
The grandfather of Stephanie
Starr from Nora and Allan Wolf
The family member of Dr. Russ
and Julia Greenfield and family
from Lori and Ken Jackowitz
THANK YOU TO
Mr. and. Mrs. Lance Deutsch
from Myrtle Goldstein,
Mark Perlin for his donation to
JFS
Bea Gibbs for outreach to
Isabelle Fried Vatz from Jane Vatz
Abel and Morris Vatz ^
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