The Charlotte Jewish News - January 2010 - Page 16
Women’s News
Do You Love to Play Mah Jongg?
YES! I want to play in the Mah Jongg Marathon on January 17, 2010
Are you suffering from Mah
Jongg withdrawal?
Would you like to meet other
Mah Jongg players?
If you answered yes to any of
the above questions, then read
on.
Hadassah is partnering with
the LJCC to present Charlotte’s
fifth Mah Jongg Marathon on
Sunday, January 17, from 12
noon-5 PM.
This event will be held at
Gorelick Hall, Levine Jewish
Community Center, Shalom
Park, 5007 Providence Road.
This mah jongg event is open
to the community, and will have
separate groups for experienced
(timed rounds) and novice
(untimed play). The top winners
will receive cash prizes. Cost is
$20 for Hadassah members, and
$25 for non-members.
Snacks will be provided.
Your check (sent with the
coupon below) is your reserva
tion and must be sent by Friday,
January 8 to Madeline Aron,
4940 Hardison Road, Charlotte
28226 or Shellie Barer, 5007
Providence Road, Charlotte, NC
28226. Please use the coupon
below and indicate if you can
bring a mah jongg set and/or a
card table. Since mah jongg is
number specific, we cannot
accommodate walk-ins.
2010 Mah Jongg cards avail
able for sale at the event.
Any questions, please call
Sandy Hoagland, 704-543-
6338. ^
Phone
E-Mail
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Check Payable to Hadassah Enclosed:
$20 (Hadassah member) $25 (non-member)
I promise to bring my 2009 mah jongg card
(extras will NOT be available)
I will bring my mah jongg set labeled with my name
(you will stay at the table with your set)
I have 1 2 3 card tables Hadassah can borrow.
I I will label them with my name before Hadassah picks them up.
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The Many Faces of Hadassah
By Bunny Bramson,
president, Charlotte
Chapter of
Hadassah
As we begin the
new year of 2010, it
is a good time to
look at the many
faces of Hadassah: a
movement and a phi
losophy faced with
many of the same choices and
implementation processes as any
corporate or governmental institu
tion.
The chief strength needed for
organizational stability is flexibili
ty; the ability to bend, but not to
Bunny Bramson
break. Choices need to be
made with intelligence and
intellectual vigor - not out of
fear. Inherent in choice is
change, but positive change
where ability to recover from
setbacks and recover swiftly is
inherent to the process. The
key is resilience.
We recognize that in order
to succeed, the first order of
the day is to educate and re-edu-
cate ourselves, our membership,
and those with whom we deal, not
the least those in Congress and
those in our state and municipal
governments.
The thrust for us is integration.
CAS
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not compartmentalization; antici
patory actions rather than reaction,
as well as a common long range
strategy.
To each and every one of you, a
good new year ^
where teaching is valued and learning is celebrated
Synagogues
Congregations
Temple Israel Book Club
A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev
Monday, January 25, 7:30 PM, Temple Israel
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SCHOOL
ADMISSIONS APPLICATIONS DUE:
Friday, January 15, 2010
9502 Providence Road Charlotte, North Carohna 28277
Admissions: 704.846.7207 www.charlottelatin.org.
Finandal assistance is availahle. Please inquire about the Malom Scholarship for gifted students in 7th -12th grades.
Homing pigeons play a strong
role in this “mesmerizing novel of
two love stories, separated by half
a century but connected by one
enchanting act of devotion.” This
quote from the opening sentence
of the flyleaf certainly grips your
attention. Set in Israel in both a
pivotal battle of the 1948 War of
Independence and the present,
Meir Shalev’s A Pigeon and a Boy
rewards readers with its two tales
of love and adventure, set a gener
ation apart and linked by carrier
pigeons. Perhaps it’s because
“there is great power in living
things that always return home to
security; or the fact that the novel
is “testimony to the redemptive
powers of love and community.”
Whatever the reason, readers have
given this moving novel a strong,
positive review.
Temple Israel’s January 25
book club discussion will be led
by Amalia Warshenbrot. The for
mer Director of the Levine-Sklut
Judaic Library, Amalia is a gradu
ate of Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, where she specialized
in Jewish literature and Judaic
studies. Amalia has read the novel
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in both Hebrew and English, and
her discussion will include what’s
“lost in translation.”
A Pigeon and a Boy is available
at the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library,
the public library and at local book
stores or on-line for under $15.
Temple Israel Book Club meetings
are open to the entire community,
even those who haven’t read the
book in advance. For additional
information contact Linda Levy at
704-366-6362/levyo llie@aol.com
or Sandra Hirschman at 704-867-
7051.^