An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Charlotte
Vol. 37, No. 3
Tevet-Nissan 5775
March 2015
17th Annual Spring Lecture Featuring Annabelle Gurwitch
Come find your link to commu
nity, lasting friendships, and the
opportunity to do the extraordi
nary.
The 2015 Annual Spring Lec
ture will be held on Thursday,
March 26 at Temple Beth-El and
will feature Annabelle Gurwitch.
The Spring Lecture is the sig
nature campaign and outreach
event benefiting the Jewish Feder
ation of Greater Charlotte’s
Women Division and the 2015
Annual Campaign. This multigen-
erational event brings together
over 300 women for an inspiring
and entertaining evening. Our past
speakers have included bestselling
author Jennifer Weiner and TV
personalities Jill Zarin and Lisa
Wexler from The Real House
wives of New York.
This year’s Spring Lecture will
feature actress, activist, and New
York Times bestselling author
Annabelle Gurwitch
Annabelle Gurwitch. Annabelle
gained a loyal comedic following
during her numerous years co
hosting the cult favorite. Dinner
and a Movie on TBS. Gurwitch is
also the author of You Say Tomato,
I Say Shut Up, which was a Jewish
Book Council selection, and
Fired!, also praised by the New
York Times’ Book of Style. She
has been a regular commentator
on NPR and a contributor to The
Nation, More, Glamour and a
number of other national publica
tions. Her acting credits include
Seinfeld, Boston Legal, and Dex
ter. Her most recent book, 1 See
You Made an Effort: Compli
ments, Indignities, and Survival
Stories from the Edge of 50,
chronicles life at a terrifying
precipice, and includes stories of
self-deprecation and motherly
missteps.
The evening will begin with a
strolling dinner at 6:30 PM in the
Main Hall at Temple Beth El and
the lecture will take place at 7:30
PM in the temple sanctuary. A
dessert reception and book signing
will follow the program.
Spring Lecture tickets are $54
for the dinner and lecture, or $36
for the lecture only. There is a
minimum donation of $50 to the
2015 Jewish Federation Annual
Campaign to attend the event.
Pledges are payable through De
cember 2015.
The Jewish Federation’s annual
campaign funds and supports a
broad network of organizations
that focus on two critical things:
1. Caring for people in need here
in Charlotte, in Israel and around
the world; 2. Nurturing and sus
taining the Jewish community
today and for future generations.
For more information or to pur
chase tickets, please visit our web
site at www.jewishcharlotte.org or
call Tair Giudice, Director of Out
reach and Engagement, at 704-
944-6759. ^
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Sara Kulbersh
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All That Remains Photo Exhibit Finds New Home in Shalom Park
Stories and Portraits of Ten Holocaust Survivors
By Amy Krakovitz
The genesis of “All That Re
mains” was in the heart and mind
of Charlotte writer Ken Garfield
since he was a youngster. His
grandmother had shown him pic
tures of the siblings she lost in the
Shoah and he carried their memo
ries with him throughout his ca
reer as the Religion Editor at The
Charlotte Observer. His visit to
Dachau and his attendance at our
local Holocaust Memorial cere
monies strengthened his resolve to
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document the stories of as many
survivors as possible.
With help from sources in
Shalom Park and the NC Council
on the Holocaust, he found and
contacted many of Charlotte’s
Holocaust survivors. “The idea,”
he says, “was not to be depress
ing, but inspirational.” With that
in mind, Charlotte Magazine pub
lished his stories in its November
2009 edition with stunning por
traits taken by then-staff photog
rapher Chris Edwards.
The Levine Museum of the
New South had been running an
exhibit about southern Jewry from
The Jewish Heritage Foundation
of North Carolina. With an eye to
ward including something more
local in the exhibit, they ap
proached Garfield and Charlotte
Magazine about mounting the sto
ries from “All That Remains” to
display in the museum. “All That
Remains” was up at The Levine
Museum of the New South from
February 2012 through June 2012.
Perhaps the exhibit would have
been stored and forgotten if not
for the efforts of the Levine Jew
ish Community Center’s Butterfly
Project Coordinator, Dana Ka
pustin. “When I was reviewing
my curriculum for the coming
year,” Kapustin explains, “I
wanted to make some changes.
but I didn’t want to ‘reinvent
the wheel.’ I remembered
‘All That Remains’ from its
run at The Levine Museum
of the New South, and inves
tigated to see what had hap
pened to it.”
At that point, the exhibit
was in storage, but the mu
seum, Garfield, and Charlotte
Magazine were all extraordinarily
helpful in making sure that Ka
pustin was able to acquire the ex
hibit for her program. Since the
logical location for the display
was the Morris and Sylvia Speiz-
man Gallery, Kevin Levine, exec
utive director of The Foundation
of Shalom Park, got involved to
negotiate the transfer.
“The Levine Museum of the
New South gifted the exhibit to
us,” Kapustin says proudly.
“Teaching from primary sources
is so important to get our students
to better connect to the Holocaust.
With this they can see their faces
and hear their voices.”
“This will have a huge impact
on the Butterfly Project,” Levine
asserts. “It’s a great resource.”
The display itself features a
moving introduction written by
Garfield and ten first-hand ac
counts of survival at the hands
of the Nazis. “The strategy,”
Garfield explains, “was to pro-
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duce short pieces to get at the
essence of the person’s story, a
snapshot of the time period and
the lessons of each life.”
The accompanying photos
were beautifully composed and
shot by Chris Edwards and their
variety emphasizes each individ
ual’s experience and personality.
“My approach is simple, I just fry
to be honest with the subject,” Ed
wards explains. “Though the sto
ries were dark, sad, and scary,
they were also hopeful. My goal
was for the viewer to see all of
that in each portrait.”
The display is mounted now in
the Morris and Sylvia Speizman
Gallery West. For further informa
tion, contact Dana Kapustin at
ButterfiyProj ect@charlottej cc.org.
“I’m beyond moved that these
stories have at last come home
to Shalom Park,” Garfield con
cludes. “These people will not be
around forever. Their memories
need to be preserved in the center
of Jewish life in Charlotte.” ^