The Charlotte Jewish News - April 2009 - Page 18 I Jewish Family Services = Donations to Jewish Family Services in January and February 2009 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Annie Brackis from Josh and Julie Goodman Elizabeth Fox from Eleanor Goldman, Leona A. Lefkowitz, Leonard Slesinger from Bemie Amler, Irving Bienstock, Alan Goldberg, Julius Gilio, Ed Kanterman, Bob Yudell, Julius Silverman, Trudy Packard from Wilma Saly Leon Golynsky from Jill PICK A ROSENFELD for All Your Real Estate Needs Over 35 Years Experience Home 704-321-0220 BARBARA Helen Adams Realty 704-517-1547 MARSHALL Queenstowne Realty 704-543-6046 Blumenthal, Evelyn Berger Joan Goldsmith from Wilma Saly Martin Husney from Marlene and Victor Markowitz, Norma Victor, Dr. and Ms. Mike Borchardt, Sherry and Leon Isaacson, Carol and David Wahlberg Patsy Hague from Celia Mandel, Helaine and Arnold Stone Sonny Besnoy and Eleanor Turk from The Wednesday Lunch Bunch Claire Shearer from Harriet and Barney Weinstock Eddie Goodman’s from Lynn and Ken Sass and family Muriel Atkins’ from Dr and Mrs. Mike Borchardt, Carol and David Wahlberg Sadie Shapiro’s from Judie and Michael Van Glish Shirley Fytelson from Bernard and Janice Patlock Carol Gorelick from Bob and Linda Isser Jenny Meiselman from Betsy and Phil Garfinkle MAZEL TOV ON Ellie’s wedding to Mr. and Mrs. Julius Silverman from Betty Levin The birth of Jake to great- grandparents Barbara and Josef Sklut and grandparents Jeff and Wendy Kornegay from Bernice and Nat Roberts Alex’s Bar Mitzvah from Dr. Seth Jaffe David’s engagement, to Judith and Leonard Strause from Jill and Ed Newman Elyse Bodenheimer’s Bat Mitzvah from Mara Michel, Diana Turk, Fayne Fischer and Alyssa Fischer Kara’s engagement, to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Silverman from Michael and Judie Van Glish The birth of your grandson to Stuart and Sarise Breidbart from Sonny and Ralph Besnoy On the birth of your grandson to Gloria Grifenhagen from the JFS staff On the birth of your grand- The Critical Need Response Fund was launched in December to address hardships faced by residents of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County because of the economic crisis. Grants will be awarded by a task force of citizen volunteers to assist those in need of shelter, clothes, food and warmth during the winter months. ^mnk you to Sandra and Leon Levine and The Leon Levine Foundation for their generosity in making a $1 million gift to the fund and to the volunteers serving on the Critical Need Reponse Task Force: Amy Woods Brinkley, Co-Chair Harry Jones, Co-Chair Global Risk Executive, Bank of America County Manager, Mecklenburg County Diego Anselmo Amy Levine Major, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department The Leon Levine Foundation Ronald Carter Jane Lewis-Raymond President, Johnson C. Smith University Vice President, General Counsel, Piedmont Natural Gas David Chadwick Donna Lockhart Senior Pastor, Forest Hill Church Vice President, Carolinas Healthcare System Kelly Chopus Judy Schindler Chair, Charlotte Community Affairs Professionals Senior Rabbi, Temple Beth El Pamela Davies Tami Simmons President, Queens University of Charlotte Director of Corporate Philanthropy, Wachovia Harvey Gantt Ricky Woods Managing Partner, Gantt Huberman Architects, PLLC Senior Minister, First Baptist Church-West James Howell Velva Woollen Senior Pastor, Myers Park United Methodist Church Civic Leader Jimmie Johnson Richard "Stick” Williams NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion President, Duke Energy Foundation Please make donations to the Critical Need Response Fund at Foundation For The Carolinas online atwww.fftc.org or call 704.973.4588 100 percent of the fund will be used to make grants to local nonprofits with documented increases in caseloads over the winter months. The fund is a partnership program of: Mecklenburg ^ ^ ^ Ministries ^HWJtSSS&^ The Leon Levine FousomionFor K.nMnnixr^n Foundation IISHaM TheCarolinas Igniting auecaaa daughter, Rachel Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Sanderson from Audrey Madans On the birth of your grandson to Sunny and Ralph Besnoy from Arnold and Diane Rosenberg HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO Bob and Nancy Fink from Marshall and Barbara Rosenfeld, Jules Buxbaum and family, Edwin Goodman Lois and Phil Wharton from Celia Mandel Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hannes from Erika Prager CONTINUED GOOD HEALTH TO Esther Frank from Rose Weisman WISHING A FULL AND SPEEDY RECOVERY TO Josef Sklut from Evelyn Berger, Eleanor and Morty Turk Sol Jaffa from Evelyn Berger, Carol Shafranek, Ellen Roberts, Stewart Roberts, Bernice and Nat Roberts Arlene Karp from Barbie and Steve Karp, Sonny and Ralph Besnoy HAPPY NEW YEAR TO Eddie and Shirley Goodman from Lynn and Ken Sass and fam ily IN HONOR OF Jason and Karen Spiegler from Albert J. Jacobson IN MEMORY OF Marian Wicks to Judy Kaufrnan from Marilyn Shapiro, Lois and George Scheider, Beverly and Jerry Malin, Marilyn and Mike Tuckman, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Silverman, the Chavurah, Audrey Madans, Harriet and Barney Weinstock, Audrey Madans, Diane and Arnold Rosenberg, Marshall and Barbara Rosenfeld Bill Pearlman from Sheila and Jerry Fisher Burt Lesack from Audrey Madans Dan Dubin’s beloved mother Molly Feldman from Audrey Madans, Elizebeth Fox, the staff ofHIAS NC Fay Titlebaum, mother of Marc Titlebaum, from Audrey Madans, The mother of Frederick and Donna Greene from Annette and Richard Gross, Harry Levin from the Kagan Family, Audrey Madans Leonard Turk to Morton Turk from Marilyn Shapiro, Elise Menaker, Audrey Madans, Roz and Marty Husney, Ellis Levinson, Gail and John Baron and Marlene Rosenbaum, Evelyn Berger, Marshall and Barbara Rosenfeld, Steve and Barbie Weiner, Diane and Arnold Rosenberg, Edwin Goodman, Helaine and Amie Stone, Sonny and Ralph Besnoy Martin Littauer, father of Mike Littauer, from Linda and Ira Bass, Annette and Richard Gross, Elaine and Collin Cigler, Michael and Jordan Cigler Milton Tager to Judy Tager from Anne and Bob Yudell, Audrey Madans, Ethel and Allen Gordon, Gerald and Faye Sinkoe, Joanie Mashbum, Marshall and Barbara Rosenfeld, Marilyn Shapiro, Jill and Ed Newman (Continued on next page)