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The Charlotte Jewish News -September 2009 - Page 3
JEWISH FEDERATION NEWS
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September & October Events at the
Jewish Federation
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEM
BER 2
Uptowners: Nosh and Network
11:45 AM-1 PM, Knight
Gallery at the Light Factory,
345 N. College Street
Guest Speaker: Judge Eric
Levinson
Topic: A Personal Account
Serving as US Dept, of Justice’s
Justice Attache to Iraq
Uptowners: Nosh and
Network is the Federation’s out
reach initiative for the Charlotte
business and professional com
munity. Register online at
www.jewishcharlotte.org by
September 1 if purchasing lunch
($10). Free and drop-ins wel
come if no lunch is purchased.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1
Women s Professional Network
... forging relationships, build
ing community
6-7:30 PM, Belk Southpark, St.
John Department
Guest Speaker: Arlene
Goldstein, Vice-President Trend
Merchandising, Fashion
Director Belk, Inc. will offer
her insight into “This Fall’s
Most Wanted Looks ”
Goody bags, giveaways, live
models.
The Women’s Professional
Network offers women the
opportunity to engage socially
and connect with a cause. The
Network meets five times each
year and is open to all profes
sional women whether or not
they are actively engaged in
careers outside the home.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7
Uptowners: Nosh and Network
11:45 AM-1 PM, Levine
Museum of the New South
Guest Speaker: Ira Bass
Topic: Marketing Through
Social Networking: Linked In
Uptowners: Nosh and
Network is the Federation’s
outreach initiative for the
Charlotte business and profes
sional community. Register
online at www.jewishchar-
lotte.org by October 5 if pur
chasing lunch ($10). Free and
drop-ins welcome if no lunch is
purchased. ^
For more information about all
of Federation’s Outreach
initiatives, please contact the
Federation office at
704-944-6757 or
info@jewishcharlotte. org.
Dr. Daniel Gordis, Award Winning
Author and Vice President of
Jerusalem’s Shalem Center, to Visit
Charlotte on November 16 and 17
The Jewish Federation of
Greater Charlotte’s Community
Relations Council (JCRC) wel
comes Dr Daniel Gordis, Senior
Vice President of the Shalem
Center (a Jerusalem research
and educational institute), to
Charlotte on Monday, November
16 at 7:00 PM at St. Alban’s
Episcopal Church, 301 Caldwell
Lane, Davidson, NC 28036 and
Tuesday evening, November 17
at 7:30 PM at Temple Israel.
Gordis will be speaking about
his new book “Saving Israel -
How the Jewish People Can Win
a War that May Never End.” The
event is free and open to the pub
lic.
Dr. Daniel Gordis is Senior
Vice President of the Shalem
Center, where he is also a senior
fellow. The author of numerous
books on Jewish thought and
currents in Israel, Dr Gordis was
the founding dean of the Ziegler
Rabbinical School at the
University of Judaism, the first
rabbinical college on the West
Coast of the United States. Dr
Gordis joined Shalem in 2007
after spending nine years as vice
president of the Mandel
Foundation in Israel and director
of its Leadership Institute.
Since moving to Israel in
1998, Dr Gordis has written and
lectured throughout the world on
Israeli society and the challenges
facing the Jewish state. His writ
ing has appeared in magazines
and newspapers including the
New York Times, the New
Republic, the New York Times
Magazine, Moment, Tikkun, and
Conservative Judaism. His latest
book. Saving Israel: How the
Jewish State Can Win a War
That May Never End is forth
coming from Wiley in March
2009. He is presently at work on
a volume about 19th and 20th
century rabbinic response on
conversion, which he is writing
together with Rabbi David
Ellenson of the Hebrew Union
College.
Dr. Gordis received his B.A.
from Columbia College (magna
cum laude), a Masters Degree
and Rabbinic Ordination from
the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America, and his
Ph.D. from the University of
Southern California. He current
ly lives in Jerusalem with his
Daniel Gordis
wife, Elisheva, and three chil
dren.
This is a rare chance to hear
insights from a fantastic speaker,
teacher and writer.
For more information, please
contact Sarah Kaplan,
Community Relations and Israel
Affairs Coordinator, at 704-944-
6757, or sarah.kaplan@jew-
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Young Adult Events in
September
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Off the Court with Virginia Tech Head Basketball Coach Seth
Greenberg
5:30-7:00 PM, Luski Hall at Shalom Park*
Bernstein Leadership Group Alumni and their spouses are invit
ed to join the current BLG class as Coach Greenberg shares his Ten
Elements of Leadership. RSVP by September 10 to Kara at 704-
944-6760 or events@jewishcharlotte.org. Light appetizers and
dessert will be served. Free. *Please use Blumenthal portico
entrance by the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library and Resource Center.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Young Adult “New Year’s Eve” Party
6:30-9 PM, BlackFinn at the EpiCenter 210 East Trade Street,
Suite B-120.
$10 advance/$15 door includes apples and honey, appetizers and
one drink (beer, wine or call). Dress to impress! Sponsored by the
Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, the Levine JCC, Temple
Beth El and Temple Israel. Young adults 21-45 are welcome. For
details and regisfration, see www.jewishcharlotte.org.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
BGS Goes Bowling
6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Sfrike City
at the Epicenter, 210 East
Trade Street, Suite 164-D.
Ben-Gurion Society mem
bers and prospective mem
bers are invited to a bowling
social. Please arrive prompt
ly at 6:30; bowling time is
limited. Shoes, lanes, pizza,
salad and drinks will be pro
vided. RSVP by Sept. 17 to
Kara at 704-944-6760 or
events@j ewishcharlotte. org.
The Ben-Gurion Society is a
new initiative for donors 25-
45 contributing $1,000 or
more per household to the
Federation’s Annual
Campaign. BGS is presented
by the Jewish Federation
and sponsored by SunTrust.
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