Charlotte Jewish News - January 2016 - Page 31
"Wedding Doll”
Charlotte Jewish Film Festival 2016 Schedule
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SABENA HU A CKING - MY
VERSION- $10
Sunday, March 6-7:15 PM -
Regal Ballantyne
The riveting, untold story of
what took plaee throughout 30
hours of nerve-raeking eaptivity
aboard Sabena Flight 571 after it
was hijaeked by terrorists in 1972.
THE MIDNIGHT ORCHES
TRA - $10
Wednesday, March 9-7:15
PM - Regal Ballantyne
The estranged son of a famous
musieian returns home and unex-
peetedly finds his life transformed
by the members of his father’s
former band and his eeeentrie
loeal guide.
ONCE IN A LIEETIME - $10
Saturday, March 12-7:15 PM
- Regal Ballantyne
Based on the inspirational true
story about a diverse group of re
bellious students whose lives are
transformed when their no-non
sense teaeher enters them into a
national eompetition.
A TALE OE LOVE AND
DARKNESS-$10
Sunday, Mareh 13-3 PM -
Regal Ballantyne
Aeademy Award-winning ae-
tress Natalie Portman makes her
direetorial debut in this extraordi
nary adaption of Amos Oz’s eele-
brated memoir set during the birth
of the state of Israel.
SERIAL (BAD) WEDDINGS -
Closing Night - $15
Sunday, March 13 - 7:15 PM -
Regal Ballantyne
A French couple has their lives
turned upside down when their
four daughters marry men from
different races and religions.
Additional Programming (not
part of Early Bird or Regular
All Eestival Pass)
Sundays at Lake Norman
Presented in collaboration with
the Jewish Council of Lake Nor
man. All films will screen 4 PM at
Our Town Cinemas in Davidson.
SABENA HU A CKING - MY
VERSION- $10
Sunday, February 21
MR. KAPLAN- $10
Sunday, February 28
SERIAL (BAD) WEDDINGS -
$10
Sunday, March 13
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Op-Ed: Is the Real Problem Middle
Eastern Refugees?
Editor’s Note: The opinions ex
pressed are those of the author.
By Lloyd Scher
What is happening in America
when people who are fleeing a
war tom country and are pre
vented from seeking safety for
their family? My grandparents
told me how several of our rela
tives tried to flee Germany in the
1930s only to die in concentration
camps in Europe. All they wanted
to do was to take care and protect
their family. Even here during
World War II we locked up Japan
ese Americans but let Germans
and Italians roam the streets of the
country. My mom taught the
Flolocaust for 31 years at Temple
Israel and the Flebrew High and
she reminded us of the problems
Jews had in seeking a safe place.
It is the same today as it was
then.
I believe in an America that is
a beacon of freedom to the world.
I believe that the American people
will do what is right. I believe in
the Constitution of the United
States. These are the things that
make America great but what is
happening now is scary.
We have people running for
President who want to only let
Christians into the country. So my
question is: which ones? Do we
let just let in Protestants or
Methodists or Baptist? Do we do
it by numbers? Does the country
say we are only letting in 21
Methodists, 12 Catholics, 22 Bap
tists? What happens to those who
have no faith or are Jewish?
I listen to the talking heads on
televsion that tell us we must go
in with our military to take out
ISIS? Then what? I would like to
know how many of those young
reporters and commentators ever
served in the United States Mili
tary. Do they know what war is re
ally like? I do not think so. When
World War I ended we walked
away, which allowed for the rise
of the Nazi Party.
So their question is do we leave
their country and let the people
fight it out for control? That has
been tried already in Iraq and we
have seen what the results of that
were. Everyone says we shouldn’t
have ever left Iraq but they forget
we were asked to leave by the
President of Iraq as part of an
agreement.
I applaud the first President
Bush for not going into Iraq dur
ing the Gulf War. He knew what
would happen if Saddam was
taken out and he was right. Just
because we as Americans do not
like a leader does not mean we
have to destroy the world. It is not
our responsibility to change gov
ernments in other countries.
Now, I watch as these gover
nors claim they are protecting
their citizens by keeping the
refugees out of their states. But in
several of those states they al
ready have terrorists living there
and they do nothing about the
KKK, Skinheads, and the neo-
Nazis. They bury their heads in
the sand and because of that hate
flourishes in those states. If Ala
bama, Mississippi, Texas, and of
course North Carolina want to
protect all the citizens of their
states, I suggest that they do
something about those hate
groups.
I remember several years ago
driving through Smithfield, NC
and a Klan rally was being held
right off of the Interstate. They
burned their cross and were cir
cled around it and although I
could not hear the hatred I could
feel it.
If that is what the governors be
lieve is America then we have a
bigger problem than refugees. ^
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The Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah
wishes to thank the following
organizations and individuals
for their contributions that helped
the 2nd Annual Hadassah Israeli
Products raise over $10,000.
Sponsor Donors
Levine JCC
Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte
Ayelet Travel
Special Thanks to the Foundation of
Shalom Park
Friend Donors
Stacy and Allen Baum
Bonnie and David Bornstein
Meg Goldstein,Atty
Debra and Ed Pizer
Flilary and Dan Rosenbaum
Nancy and Steve Schreier
We couldn't have done this without
the following:
- Our vendors for donating 18% of sales
- Our generous raffle prize donors
- The Israeli Products Fair Planning Committee and Event
Volunteers
- The Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah
- The Temple Israel Gift Shop for donating wrapping paper
- Harris Teeter at Stonecrest and Colony Place
for donating plastic bags
Congratulations to our Mission to Israel Raffle
Winner, Cary Shookoff of Charlotte, NC.
Dont forget to save the date for next year's event
November20,2016.
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