The Charlotte Jewish News - September 2014 - Page 10
p Agency Boards and Staffs Achieve 100% Giving
The mission of the Jewish Feder
ation of Greater Charlotte is to raise
and distribute funds to support and
enrieh the lives of Jews loeally, na
tionally, in Israel and worldwide.
Through edueation, planning and
eommunity building, the Federa
tion’s mission ensures that Jewish
values, goals, traditions and eonnee-
tions are preserved for eurrent and
future generations.
The Jewish Federation of Greater
Charlotte appreeiates the support
from the boards of direetors of the
following benefieiary ageneies/insti-
tutions that have aehieved 100%
giving to the 2014 Annual Cam
paign:
The boards of direetors of the following
ageneies/institutions aehieved 100% giv
ing:
* Charlotte Jewish Day Sehool
* Charlotte Jewish Film Festival
Committee
* Charlotte Jewish News
* Charlotte Jewish Presehool
* Congregation Ohr FlaTorah
* Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish
Community
* Foundation of Shalom Park
* Friendship Cirele
* Hebrew Cemetery Assoeiation
* Jewish Family Serviees
* Jewish Federation of Greater
Charlotte
* Jewish Presehool on Sardis
* Lake Norman Jewish Couneil
* Levine Jewish Community Center
* Levine-Sklut Judaie Library and
Resouree Center
* Shalom Park Freedom Sehool
Committee
* Temple Beth El
* Temple Israel
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The staff of the following ageneies/ in
stitutions aehieved 100% giving:
* Charlotte Jewish Day Sehool
* Charlotte Jewish News
* Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish
Community
* Friendship Cirele
* Hebrew Cemetery Assoeiation
* Jewish Federation of Greater
Charlotte
* Levine Sklut Judaie Library and
Resouree Center
* Temple Israel
* Tikvah Charlotte
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Hadassah Hands On Support in Israel
By Patricia Johnson, president,
Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah
Hadassah stands with Israel as
82,201 IDF Reserve Duty Person
nel have been ealled up to aetive
serviee with 64 have been
wounded along with 83 eivilians.
Hadassah’s Aliyah Village has
been reeeiving families from the
South of Israel. Our emergeney
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Applications for the 2015
Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte
Impact and Innovation Fund are now available.
The Jewish Federation's Impact and Innovation Fund
distributes grants that are intended to inspire
individuais, organizations, synagogues, and agencies
to provide innovative and impactfui engagement
opportunities for the greater Chariotte Jewish community.
For more information or to receive an
application, please contact the
Federation office, 704.944.6757
www.jewishcharlotte.org
medieal initiatives are on the
ready to support affeeted Israelis.
Hadassah Hospital has been treat
ing several of those wounded over
the last few weeks.
An IDF soldier was reeovering
after having been shot twiee at
elose range by a terrorist near the
underpass to Mount Seopus. In the
intensive eare unit, the parents,
sister and friends of Chen
Sehwartz, 19, were visiting.
Chen’s mother eommented:
“Please pass on my thanks to
the Hadassah women and support
ers abroad who have ereated this
wonderful hospital. We have no il
lusions: Without them, our son
would have died. He’s a strong
boy, and with God’s help and
Hadassah’s, he’s going to make
it.” - Miri Sehwartz
Led by Hadassah National
President, Mareie Natan a solidar
ity delegation flew to Israel on
July 27 for a brief, but intense,
tour of speeifie areas in Israel af
feeted by Operation Pro-
teetive Edge. Charlotte
assoeiate Noah Goldman
joined the delegation for a
life-ehanging experienee.
We are so proud of Noah
for bravely representing
Charlotte in the mission.
The mission viewed the
installation of the Iron
Dome in Ashdod, where
they were told, “As Amer-
ieans you ean be proud that
your government finan-
eially supported and helped
develop the Iron Dome.
You are our fifth flank.”
The group traveled to
the Knesset, where they
were briefed by MK Gila
Gamliel, member of the
Finanee Committee.
At the end of the day, the group
visited with Israel’s newly in
stalled tenth President, Reuven
“Ruby” Rivlin and his wife
Neehamah. He was so pleased to
be weleoming the Hadassah mis
sion, reporting that he strongly be
lieved in the Organization of
Hadassah women in the United
States and thanked them all for
their eontribution in ereating the
health system in Israel.
Meir Shfeyah Youth Village,
hosting over 25 families from the
south, moving from the intensity
of the Hamas bombing to the
serenity of the north, met and
thanked the group sineerely for
their respite.
Hadassah has eommitted to
plant a tree in memory of eaeh
fallen soldier during this eurrent
erisis. The group planted the first
trees in memory of the fallen sol
diers of Operation Proteetive
Edge in the Hadassah grove at the
KKL/JNF Be’er Sheva River
Park.
National President Mareie Natan
and Israeli President Reuven
Rivlin along with other Hadassah
delegates ineluding Noah Gold
man from Charlotte
The group then met with moth
ers from the Be’er Sheva area
whose sons are in the army. One
response was, “I live on my
phone, eheeking for news and
telephone ealls, to be sure all is
well.”
The Hadassah Solidarity Mis
sion visited Hadassah Ein Kerem
visiting the wounded soldiers end
ing the mission.
Thank you for your support of
Hadassah and partieularly for
your reeent eontributions to the
Hadassah Readiness Fund in the
last few weeks. Please support
the healing of Israel now by do
nating to the Hadassah Readiness
Fund today by visiting
www.hadassah.org or eall me at
704-844-8624. «
Reunited at the Sarah Wetsman Davidson
Hospital Tower: Wounded soldier Natanel
Lulai, 21, and Hadassah ER physieian and
IDF soldier Dr. David Rekhtman. The doetor
treated Lulai when he was wounded in Gaza.
Mareie Natan was there to share the emo
tional moment.
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Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah 2015 Board -
Nomination and Elections
We are pleased to announee
that the proeess to eleet 2015
board has begun. The Nomination
Committee Chair was seleeted
during the June board meeting.
Members of the nomination
eommittee are: Heidi Rotberg,
Toby Ruda, Margie Sigal, and
Hadas Kasher (Chair). The Nom
ination Committee has started
working during the month of Au
gust.
Nominations for the 2015 ex-
eeutive board positions are now
being aeeepted. Please email
hadassaheharlotte 18@gmail.eom
your suggestions or mail it to
7804 Fairview Road, #129, Char
lotte, NC 28226.
The slate will be presented to
the board during the September
2014 board meeting and then it
will be available for all members
on our website and Faeebook. In
addition members who on our
email list will reeeive an email no-
tifieation. The new President and
Board will be eleeted during the
Oetober 2014 board meeting.
All members are weleome to at
tend the meeting and vote.
The new board will be installed
on Deeember 2014. Please direet
any questions to hadassahehar
lotte 18@gmail.eom or eall Hadas
Kasher, 704-350-5333. «