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The Charlotte Jewish News - February 2011 - Page 10 [ t 1 t 1 ( [ 11 n ! t t M i 1 1 t I 1 M 1 11 t TTTTTTTT~nmnnr Yours TVuly Needlepoint and Knitting Handpainted Needlepoint Canvases All New Canvases — Free lessons — Unique Gift Ideas — New and Old Customers Very Welcome Best Selection in Charlotte All Proceeds Go to Local Charities 3802 Columbine Circle 704-366-6765 Open Thursdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. North Carolina Council on the Holocaust Brings Education Program to Wells Fargo North Campus Just Listed - Acres A unique opportunity only 10 minutes to Shalom Park Complete information at: www.908Reverdy.com '0 mm: Steve r Lepow Executive Realty Charlotte, NC LEADING THE WAY TO YOUR SUCCESS 704-975-8500 www.LepowRealtors.com As part of its diversity program, Wells Fargo hosted a program at their North Campus off Harris Blvd. featuring a public school educator and a survivor of several camps. The Wells Fargo staff members responsible for creating the diversity programs contacted the North Carolina Council on the Holocaust to create and implement the program. “The North Carolina Council on the Holocaust is a state agency in the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, established in 1981 by an executive order of Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., and authorized in 1985 by the General Assembly. The council is composed of 24 members, of whom six are Holocaust survivors or first-gener- ation lineal descendants of sur vivors. “Through its education pro grams and annual commemora tions, the council strives to help prevent atrocities similar to the systematic program of mass mur der by the Nazis of six million Jews and others, including gypsies (Roma), homosexuals, handi capped persons, and religious and political dissidents, from 1933 to 1945.” With this formal language, the council’s birth and mission are described, but what it does is so much more than what you read. On the day of the program at Wells Fargo, there were not only two speakers, but an entirely new exhibit: Faces of Resistance, Women in the Holocaust. The Wells Fargo attendees were greeted by Council Vice Chair, Call on People You Know and Trust Carolinas Wealth Management What do you want in an adviser? Someone to LISTEN to you. The principals of CaroHnas Wealth Management do just that. We believe that successful relationships begin with listening and understanding your needs. Jeffrey S. Lyons and Mitch Rifkin are financial advisers you can trust and together have more than 30 years in the Charlotte community. They are both past presidents of Temple Beth El. You can call them at 704-405-1770 or 704-607-3936 Jeffrey S. Lyons JLyons@jpdan.com Mitch Rifkin mrifkin@jpdan.com Ca/vUnas tVealth Mano0e/ne/it /nc, accumcdcitim, piotectlM, utct di^tniSutim Michael Abramson, chair, NC Council on the Holocaust; Stephanie Wood, teacher; Morris Glass, Holocaust survivor; Linda Scher, education coordinator; Mitch Rifkin, Vice Chair of the council; Michael Nellum, Wells Fargo liaison. Mitch Rifkin. He introduced coun cil Chair, Michael Abramson, who welcomed the group and brought up Education Coordinator, Linda Scher. One of the biggest respon sibilities of the council is to con duct teacher workshops across the state and Linda has taken on this gargantuan task. She proudly introduced the program’s first speaker, Stephanie Wood, a gradu ate of Linda’s teacher educational workshops who now teaches Holocaust Studies in Iredell County. Stephanie wanted to impress upon the group the importance of teaching about the Holocaust. It isn’t just about learning history and it isn’t even just about never letting it happen again. She said that she has seen among her stu dents time and again a true revela tion of their own prejudices and bullying behavior when they saw the naked truth of Holocaust pre sented to them. Their misconcep tions (“why didn’t they fight back?”) were transformed into understanding; their own bigotries transformed into acceptance. The program culminated with Morris Glass, a Raleigh resident who is a survivor of several con- cenfration camps. With raw emo tion and a tear-filled voice, he told of watching his family perish before his eyes. He described the desperate hunger, brutal cold, cruel treatments, rampant disease that he endured in every camp he was transferred to. He brought to life the exhaustion and fear he experienced on the forced march es. When he finished, the atmos phere in the room was heavy with contemplation. The North Carolina Council on the Holocaust sponsors other exhibits and programs that travel around the state, as well as con ducing educational seminars for school teachers. The website is www.ncpublicschools.org/holo- caust council/. ^ Jewish Boys and Girls Need Scouting Opportunity Scouting is now one-hundred years old in the United States and Jews have been involved from the beginning. In Charlotte there con tinues to be a need for more Scouting opportunities for Jewish boys and girls and we are trying to start a Jewish Committee on Scouting to help achieve this goal. If you have a Scouting back ground either as a child, parent or leader we would value your partic ipation. The goals of this committee would be several. First and fore most we hope to encourage the growth and establishment of boy and girl focused units within the Jewish community. While Scouting for boys and for girls are chartered by separate entities, namely BSA and GSA, the sup port needs of both are essentially the same. Second, encourage and support Jewish children in units not sponsored by Jewish institu tions. Third, encourage achieve ment of the various religious awards available to Scouts. Forth, interface with the local Scouting councils and advocate for non- denominational Scouting at a local and regional level. We plan to have our first get together in March and have a sig nificant impact on Scouting for the 2011-2012 program year If this is of interest to you, please contact David Lintz at 704-451-4411 or email DLintzScout@AOL.com. ^ Donating an Old Cell Phone Can Save a Life Shalom Bayit-NC, in conjunction with United Family Services’ Victim Assistance, is collecting cell phones for victims - or poten tial victims - of domestic violence. Old, used and unwanted cell phones will be reprogrammed to call 911 and used in the event of an emergency. Donating is as simple as dropping the cell phone and battery charger (in a plastic bag or box, if possible) at the reception desks of the following locations: Levine Jewish Community Center, Ohr Hatorah Congregation, Temple Beth El, Temple Israel, Jewish Family Services. For more information check www.shalombayit-nc.org. ^
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