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Vol. 35, No. 8
Elul-Tishrei 5773-4
September 2013
JCRC Fall Lecture
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A Son’s Capture,
EdX: Education Worth Talking About
A Father’s Anguish
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Noam Shalit tells the story of his
son’s capture from the IDF.
The Jewish Federation of
Greater Charlotte’s Community
Relations Coun-
eil (JCRC) wel-
eomes Noam
Shalit, father of
Gilad Shalit to
Charlotte on
Thursday, Oeto-
ber 3, 7 PM in
the Sam Lemer
Center for Cul
tural Arts at
Shalom Park.
Noam Shalit was bom in Flaifa,
Israel. He is married and has three
ehildren, Yoel, Gilad, and Hadas.
Noam Shalit
Jewish Federation
Fall Line-Up
October 3: JCRC
Lecture: Noam Shalit
November 24:
Anti-Semitism Today:
David Nesenoff
December 12:
The Main Event: Rabbi
Smuley Boteach
For more information,
please contact the
Jewish Federation at
704-944-6757.
He served in the military earning
the rank of Major and graduated
from the Teehnion with a degree
in industrial and meehanieal engi
neering. On June
25, 2006, IDF
Corporal Gilad
Shalit, Noam’s
son, was ab-
dueted by Pales
tinian militants
from Gaza, who
had infiltrated Is
rael by tunneling
under the border
fenee. An attaek
on Shalit’s tank led to the deaths
of two of the tank erew and
Shalit’s abduetion.
Join us as we hear how Noam
led a tireless struggle for a world
wide eampaign to free his son,
Gilad, who was finally released in
Oetober of 2011 and what his ex-
perienee tells us about Israeli so-
eiety.
The leeture is free and open to
the publie.
For more information, please
eontaet Tal Stein, Direetor of
Community Relations and Israel
Affairs, at 704-944-6757, or
tal.stein@jewisheharlotte.org. ^
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EdX is an independently organ
ized event where live speakers
will ignite diseussion, provoke an
investigation of new ideas, and
promote sound parenting and ed-
ueational fundamentals, opening a
dialogue for parents and profes
sionals to engage in meaningful
and aetionable edueational teeh-
niques, stimulating dialogue to
better our Charlotte eommunity.
EdX is eoming to Charlotte and
you are invited. Leveraging the
popularity of the TEDTalks for
mat, Joined In Edueation (JIE)
will present EdX January 22 and
23, 2014.
Our program this year will in-
elude three nationally prominent
edueators, eaeh presenting their
philosophy to a large audienee at
MeGlohon Theater in the evening
on January 22 through short 15-20
minutes talks, followed by ques
tions for the panel. The following
day, eaeh speaker will deliver an
in depth workshop workshops di-
reeted at parents, teaehers, prinei-
pals, and other ehild eare
professionals. This
years’ speakers are:
* Ashley Merryman,
eo-author of New York
Times Best seller Nur-
tureShock - New Think
ing about Children, and
Top Dog - The Science
of Winning and Losing.
Her work has been fea
tured in Newsweek,
Time, The Washington
Post and NPR. She has
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reeeived many distinetions inelud
ing: the Ameriean Assoeiation for
the Advaneement of Seienee’s
Award for Journalism, an
“Audie,” two Clarion Awards, the
Mensa Press Award, and the
award for outstanding journalism
from the Couneil on Contempo
rary Families. She will address ap
propriate praise for ehildren and
how praise ean work as a de-mo
tivator.
* Riek Lavoie, author of The
Motivation Breakthrough, a staple
in the library of every edueator.
His name represents inspirational
and thoughtful teaehing praetiees
for parents and teaehers. His mod
els show preventive diseipline ean
antieipate many problems before
they start. His ideas on engaging
ehildren at home and in the elass-
room are valuable skills for all en
vironments. He will also address
the eoneept of “what a parent
says” versus “what a ehild hears.”
* Barbara Coloroso, an interna
tionally reeognized speaker and
author in the areas of parenting,
teaehing, sehool disei
pline, non-violent eon-
fiiet resolution, and
reeoneiliatory justiee.
She is an edueational
eonsultant for sehool
distriets, the medieal
and business eommu
nity, the eriminal jus
tiee system, and other
edueational assoeia-
tions around the
world. She has au
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thored seven books on parenting
and edueation, whieh are well-re-
speeted resourees on how to raise
good ehildren.
Edueators of this ealiber are
seldom in Charlotte at one gather
ing. This event is open to the en
tire eommunity. Parents of
ehildren of all ages will gain from
their insights. We know that these
speakers ean inspire and empower
a teaeher, prineipal, or eounselor
to modify their programs, elass
management or eonversations to
help steward our ehildren. We
weleome all to partieipate by re
serving their seats in advanee at
www.joinedinedueation.org or
through one of the three sponsor
ing institutions: Charlotte Jewish
Presehool, Charlotte Jewish Day
Sehool, or the Jewish Presehool
on Sardis. Tiekets for the evening
event are $36. Tiekets for the
workshops begin at $70 for a half
day. Priees vary by paekage for
full and half day workshops or all
inelusive paekages whieh inelude
the evening event. For additional
information about beeoming a
sponsor or support of EdX, please
eontaet Gale Osborne at 704-366-
4558. ^
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view of the
holiest time
of the year.
See pages
29-34.