An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Charlotte
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Vol. 35, No. 7
Av-Elul 5773
August 2013
It’s a Boy! Meet Our New Shaliach,
Dor Hollander... Arriving Sept. 9
My name is Dor Hollander, and
I am the new Shaliaeh of the Jew
ish Federation of Greater Char
lotte. While I’m writing those
lines on my laptop here in Israel,
my mind is drifting away with
dreams and expeetations for this
year as your emissary - and hon
estly, I just ean’t wait to meet eaeh
and every one of you. But first
things first, let me start by pre
senting myself.
I am 23 years old and I live in
a small eity named Giv’atayim,
whieh borders with Tel Aviv. I
lived my entire life in this great
metropolis of Israel, and the urban
atmosphere has always attraeted
me to diseover new plaees, to
meet new people, and to explore
the Israeli eulture from its modem
origins.
My father Yaron and my
mother Shira raised me as a single
ehild for nine years. Then eame
my brother Omri, and a year later
my sister Noa. Sure, there’s a big
age gap between my siblings and
me, but perhaps the eountless
hours of playing with them was
what drew me to the field of eoun-
seling (well, alongside the faet
that half of my family are teaehers
themselves).
My family moved to
Giv’atayim right before my fresh
man year. Sinee I did not know
anyone in my elass, I immediately
joined every after-sehool program
available - “Young Leaders,”
“Young Field Guides,” “The Mu-
nieipal Youth Couneil,” and the
seouts, too. This deeision forever
ehanged my life, and eliehe as it
sounds, “soeial involvement” be-
eame a matter of supreme value
for me.
When I finished my senior
year, I was eager to enlist for the
most signifieant position that the
IDF eould offer me. For the
“priee” of an extra year of army
serviee, I was trained as an Intel-
ligenee analyst in an elite unit.
After two and a half years in my
unit, I was ehosen to eommand
my unit’s first training eourse -
whieh was the peak of my serviee.
When the training eourse was
over, I was sent by IDF and the
Jewish Ageney for Israel delega
tion as a eounselor in Camp B’nai
B’rith of Ottawa.
This last summer abroad,
among ehildren and young adults
from Canada’s biggest Jewish
eommunities, was the opening
shot for my quest after my Jewish
roots and the spiritual eonneetion
we all share. I am positive that I
will have an amazing experienee
in your eommunity, and I hope
our mutual work will form strong
and speeial eonneetions.
I wish you all Shanah Tovah
and a happy new year.
The Shaliach program is
funded by the Jewish Federation
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Jewish Federation
Welcomes New Director
of Community Relations
and Israel Affairs
New Shaliach, Dor Hollander, with
his summer campers.
of Greater Charlotte and is a
product of the Jewish Agency for
Israel (JAFI). The Shaliach serves
as an emissary from Israel, repre
senting his country and educating
our community on Israel and Zi
onism. If you are interested in ask
ing Dor to join you for a program,
please contact the Jewish Feder
ation at 704-944-6757 or email
shaliach@jewishcharlotte.org. ^
JEWISH^
FEDEWION^
OF GREATER CHARLOTTE
The Jewish Federation of
Greater Charlotte is pleased to
weleome Tal Stein as the new Di-
reetor of Community Relations
and Israel Affairs.
Originally from St. Louis, MO,
Tal moved to the Chieago suburbs
with her family at the age of 16.
Tal attended The University of
Illinois at Urbana Champaign,
graduating with a B.A. in Politieal
Seienee. After graduation, Tal
moved to Chieago and began
working at the Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Chieago in
fundraising and development. Tal
later went on to reeeive her Mas
ter’s degree in Publie Administra
tion from the University of Illinois
at Chieago. Tal’s parents are both
from Netanya, Israel, and most of
her immediate family still lives
there. Tal spent many summers in
Israel, learning a love of the eoun-
try and the Hebrew language.
Prior to moving to Charlotte,
Tal worked in fundraising and
donor development for various
Jewish non-profits, ineluding The
Couneil for Jewish Elderly, Jew
ish Theologieal Seminary, and
Ameriean Friends of the Hebrew
University. Tal is deeply eommit-
ted to the mission of the Jewish
Tal Stein
Federation and very proud of the
eritieal impaet Federation is mak
ing here at home, in Israel, and
throughout the Jewish world.
Tal’s responsibilities at JFGC
will inelude managing the Jewish
Community Relations Couneil,
whieh ineludes the Annual Fall
Leeture, Luneh at the Park series,
as well as numerous other eom
munity initiatives. She will also be
responsible for issues relating to
Israel sueh as organizing mis
sions, Charlotte’s partnership with
Hadera- Eiron, and overseeing the
eommunity Shaliaeh.
Tal is thrilled to eall Charlotte
her new home and very exeited to
eontinue building bridges between
our loeal Jewish eommunity and
Israel. ^
Drive for a Better Tomorrow Raffle
Winners
On June 2, the final raffle
drawing was held at SouthPark
Mall for the Drive for a Better To
morrow raffle eampaign. It was a
speetaeular and exeiting event,
full of energy and suspense. Five
winners were pieked out of the
raffle tieket spinner by ehildren
from the eommunity who were
blindfolded. Afterwards, there
was a toast of ehampagne to eele-
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brate. You ean wateh a video
of the exeiting drawing on
Chabad of Charlotte’s Faee-
book page. Everyone from
Lubaviteh of North Carolina
would like to extend their
eongratulations to all the
winners of the Drive for a
Better Tomorrow Raffle.
Truthfully everyone is a
winner as the entire projeet
was a statement of
great support and
love for everything that
Chabad of NC stands for,
edueation, earing, out-
reaeh and growth. Great
thanks goes to the eom
munity and beyond for
their support of this proj
eet.
The winners are randomly selected.
Maor Waizman enjoys his new Camaro.
The Prize Winners:
2013 Camaro: Ruth (Amy)
and Maor Waizman
Dream Trip to Israel for 2:
David and Dina Kandel of
Raleigh, NC
$1800 Cash: Laura Milgrim
$500 Cash: Uri and Etti
Krause
$500 Cash: Fernando Reza ^