The Charlotte Jewish News - February 2015 - Page 14
Our Jewish Community’s
Newest Legacy Gifts
There are now 282 individuals/families throughout our Jewish eom-
munity who have ineluded a loeal Jewish organization in their legaey
plans ereating 553 unique legaeies. We thank the following individu
als/families who have reeently informed our eommunity, through Foun
dation for the Charlotte Jewish Community (FCJC) or one of the ten
Create Your Jewish Legaey eommunity partners, that they have ereated
a legaey gift to support the future of Charlotte’s Jewish eommunity.
We weleome our newest donors into our eommunity’s Book of Life
Soeiety:
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Bernie and Teri Ackerman
Ira and Dedee Gould Cygler
Nancy Glass
Dana and Andrew Kapustin
Gary and Janie Levinson
Michael Littauer
Larry and Carole Nicholson
Brenda and Floyd Patten
The David Rosenthal Family
Harry and Laurie Sparks
Herm and Barbara Ziegler
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are among the 282 individuals
and families in our community
who have created 553 unique
legacy gifts to support its future.
Please take the time to read their
story and thank them for their
generosity. It is our hope that you
will be inspired and encouraged
to think about how you can create
your own Jewish legacy.
By Gloria Grifenhagen
Growing up in the Philippines,
80 miles from the eapital of
Manila, I knew very little about
Judaism. I was one of 12 ehildren
in a religious Catholie family. I at
tended Catholie sehools, and
eventually graduated from Philip
pine Normal University. When I
met Bill in late 1967,1 was work
ing as a teaeher and he was serv
ing in the Peaee Corps, following
his graduation from the University
of North Carolina. Originally
from Conneetieut, Bill and his
parents moved to Charlotte when
he was 14 years old. When he
joined the Peaee Corps he had
never been west of Alabama. I had
never been east of Manila.
Our original plan was to marry
in the Philippines. However that
ehanged and, after mueh diffi-
eulty, I got a visa and arrived in
Charlotte in April 1969. We ini
tially lived with Bill’s parents. I
slept in his bedroom, while he
slept in the living room. His par
ents were so weleoming and ae-
eepting of me. Having eome from
sueh a large family, I was not ae-
eustomed to the attention they
gave me. We were married on
May 18, 1969 - the same day I
eonverted to Judaism. Three years
later, I beeame a United States eit-
izen.
Looking baek, it was not easy
being Jewish in Charlotte then. It
was even more ehallenging as an
Asian Ameriean and one of Char
lotte’s hrst Pilipinas. Bill’s family
had always been aetive members
of Temple Beth El, and we fol
lowed their example. Beeause I
had eonverted, I wanted to live my
life as an aetive member of the
Jewish eommunity. We lit eandles
every Friday night, attended serv-
iees, and observed the holidays as
a family. Bill and I wanted to lead
a Jewish life and ereate a Jewish
home for our family.
We’ve always felt that our three
ehildren are doubly blessed to
have been raised to understand,
appreeiate and eelebrate their Jew
ish and Filipino roots. My family
followed me to this eountry, and
has joined us as we ineorporated
both eultures into our ehildren’s
B’nai Mitzvah and wedding eele-
brations. All three ehildren are
aetive in their own Jewish eom-
munities, and one of our daughters
made Aliyah to Israel in 2005.
We have been fortunate to be
ineluded and aeeepted into Char
lotte’s Jewish eommunity. It is our
hope that our legaey gih will help
promote Judaism throughout the
eommunity and provide support to
the next generation. This is espe-
eially important to us as parents
and grandparents. ^
Moishe House Events
(Continued from page 10)
evening of billiards. All skill lev
els are weleome, ineluding begin
ners to hotshot pool sharks. We
will have reserved tables at Raek
‘Em Pub, and play team and indi
vidual games. Please RSVP as
soon as possible so we ean ensure
that the proper amount of tables
are reserved. Cue stieks will be
provided.
3. Participant-Led Workshop
#2 - Thursday, February 26 at 7:30
PM (Moishe House)
Have a hidden talent or knowl
edge you would like to share? In
our seeond installment of the par-
tt'
tieipant-led workshop - our own
partieipants will lead 20 minute
segments on something they are
passionate or experieneed. You
will leave enlightened and im
pressed.
4. Also this month, well have
an “Afternoon of crafts with
Jewish seniors” through our part
nership with Jewish Family Serv-
iees. We will make eards and
drawings with the Jewish senior
eitizens at Brighton Gardens. All
supplies provided. Date and time
to be determined.
5. Be sure to stay on the look
out for more information about
our evening at the Charlotte Jew
ish Film festival, now in its
eleventh year. We’ll go as a group
to see one of this year’s exeiting
films, either at the JCC or at the
Regal Ballantyne Village.
To learn more about Moishe
House Charlotte, visit us at
www.moi shehouseeharlotte .org/h
ouses/eharlotte or eheek us out on
faeebook: www.faeebook.eom/
MoisheHouseCharlotte. To eon-
taet us, please e-mail mohoehar-
lotte@gmail.eom. ^
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- Ethics of the Fathers 3:17