Charlotte Jewish News - January 2016 - Page 31 "Wedding Doll” Charlotte Jewish Film Festival 2016 Schedule (Continued from page 1) 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 For more information, please see our ad on the previous page. ^ 2016^ CHARLfHTt JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL i l|r‘ |rtvish h ■ff Irijiutm CN= ■OffiATEH |-i4*C\Ont Knight Foundation 4 * T I q - Cullurv For All. “A Tale of Love and Darkness ” I HADASSAH THE LtON l.F.V! N F FOUNDATION 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. ^ Available Online at www.chariottejewishnews.org or search issuu.com for the iatest edition To receive the online version in place of your mailed copy, contact us at charlottejewishnews@shalomcharlotte.org '1 'lie C! tiu linttc JEWISH 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. iSRAE^