An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Charlotte
Vol. 38, No. 10
Tishrei-Cheshvan 5777
November 2016
TV Star Joshua Malina On Being a Mensch in Hollywood
FEDERATION MAIN EVENT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 7:30 PM, TEMPLE ISRAEL
Whether you know him best as
Will Bailey in “West Wing” or
David Rosen in “Seandal,” you’ll
want to meet Joshua Malina for
who he is ... a real menseh. A Jew
is who he is, aeting is what he
does.
The 2017 Main Event “How to
Remain a Menseh in Hollywood”
starring Joshua Malina will take
plaee on Thursday, Deeember 8 at
7:30 PM at Temple Israel. The
evening will be a true kiek-off for
the Jewish Federation 2017 An
nual Campaign
Aeeording to Main Event eo-
ehairs Debra and David Van
Glish, “We are so exeited to spend
an evening with Josh Malina.
Some of us have already spent
eountless hours with him in our
living rooms watehing Seandal
and West Wing. While these
shows do provide entertainment
value, we are more looking for
ward to hearing him live, dis-
eussing Jewish issues that are
meaningful and topieal. The Main
Event this year will be a blast -
you do not want to miss out.”
First let us tell you about our
speaker
Joshua Malina who plays
David Rosen, the morally eon-
flieted attorney general of the
United States on “Seandal,” the
hit television show by Shonda
Rhimes, will be our featured
speaker. After graduating from
Yale University with a B.A. in
Theater Studies, Joshua Malina
made his professional aeting
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debut in the Broadway produetion
of Aaron Sorkin’s “A Few Good
Men.” He went on to star as Je
remy Goodwin in Sorkin’s eriti-
eally aeelaimed television series
“Sports Night.” Later, Joshua eo-
starred as Will Bailey in Sorkin’s
multi-Emmy winning show “The
West Wing.” Other Sorkin eredits
inelude the hit features “The
Ameriean President” and “Mal-
iee.”
For three seasons, Joshua por
trayed multi-millionaire Peter
Alpert on USA Network’s hit “In
Plain Sight.” Joshua’s film eredits
inelude the eomedy “A View from
the Top” with Gwyneth Paltrow
and Mike Meyers, “In the Line of
Fire” with Clint Eastwood, and
“Bulworth” with Warren Beatty
and Halle Berry. Joshua eurrently
eo-stars on ABC’s hit drama
“Seandal.”
A eo-ereator of Bravo’s hit
show “Celebrity Poker Show
down,” Joshua reeently wrote,
produeed, and eo-starred in the
eomie web series “Baekwash.”
Co-stars in the projeet inelude Jon
Hamm, Miehael Ian Blaek, Sarah
Silverman, Hank Azaria, and
many others.
So what’s “mensehy” about
Josh Malina? Joshua has been ae-
tive in Jewish affairs for some
time. He appeared in the Jewish
Federation’s “Live Generously”
eampaign, and starred in a video
preparing Jewish high sehool stu
dents for the possibility of faeing
an anti-Israel elimate on eollege
eampuses. In an appearanee on
“Celebrity Jeopardy,” Joshua won
$50,000 for Bet Tzedek, a pro
bono law firm in Los Angeles, and
in July he took Mazon’s SNAP
Food Stamp Challenge. Over the
last few years, Joshua has spoken
at dozens of Federation’s and
Hillel’s aeross the eountry.
Who’s Going?
Join Main Event Co-Chairs
David Debra Van Glish, 2017
Campaign Chair Jeff Turk, and
the members of our dynamie
Main Event Host Committee:
Stan and Judy August, Amy
Augustine, Craig and Jill Baliek,
John and Gail Baron, Milton and
Arlene Berkman, Brian and
Glenda Bernhardt, Sam and
Naney Bernstein, Jeff and Lee
Bierer, Elliot and Melanie Brown,
Bishop Cheen and Ginny Rosen
berg, David Cohen, George and
Andrea Cronson, Arlene Davis,
George and Stephanie DiPaolo,
John and Talli Dippold, Glenn
and Roni Fishkin, David and
Stephanie Gitlin, Slade and
Staeey Goldstein, Leon and
Jennifer Golynsky, Jeff and Bari
Goreliek, Todd and Staey Gore-
liek, Jeff and Lauren Halperin,
Andrew and Jill Halverstam,
Neil and Sharyn Handelsman,
Kurt and Mareie Jaeobs, Brian
and Raizel Kahn, Robert and
Moira Klein, Cary Bernstein and
Alan Kronovet, David and Jamie
Kruseh, Jon and Sara Kulbersh,
Erie and Susan Lemer, Mark and
Alison Lemer, Howard and Julie
Levine, Adam and Kim Levy,
Harrison and Annie Lord, Gabe
and Stephanie Mathless, David
and Risa Miller, Darren and
Staei Mond, Ed and Jill Newman,
Rieh Osborne, Lee and Wendy
Pake, Guy and Audrey Pearlman,
Mark and Harriet Perlin, Adam
and Wendy Petrieoff, David and
Karen Ransenberg, Andrew and
Jen Rosen, Bemie and Susan
Sandler, Jason and Jen Sehwartz,
Zaek and Sarah Sehwartz, Linda
Seigel, David and Julie Sheffer,
Mare and Mattye Silverman,
Kevin Levine and Louis Sitikoe,
Ira and Staeey Slomka, Jason and
Karen Spiegler, David and Kirstin
Swimmer, Jason and Jamie
Tanenbaum, Mike and Judie Van
Glish, Melissa Van Glish, Mark
and Amy Vitner, Ron and Janiee
Weiner, Gary and Bonnie Wilson,
Mare and Kim Wojnowieh, Joe
and Marisa Zeibert, Bill and
Angie Zimmem.
How Can I Get My Tickets?
Main Event tiekets are $36
eaeh and are available online at
www.jewisheharlotte.org or by
Tewish Federation
OF greater charlotte
phone at 704-944-6757. Or, be a
menseh and eonsider an event
sponsorship with a donation of
$180 - an Honorable Mensehen
donation ineludes two tiekets, an
autographed photo, a eopy of Be
A Mensch by Moshe Kaplan, plus
aeknowledgement in the Main
Event Program, Jewish Federation
website, and The Charlotte Jewish
News.
Why Federation?
At the Main Event, you will
have the opportunity to make your
pledge to the 2017 Annual Cam
paign “It’s always something.
That’s why there’s Federation.”
Through Federation, at any hour
of the day you ean be virtually
anywhere on the globe making a
vital differenee in Jewish lives at
home, in Israel, and in over 70
eountries around the world.
Through Federation, you ean
toueh more Jewish lives than any
other organization on the planet.
Wherever there is a Jewish eom-
munity. Federation is at work.
And so are you. Please visit our
web site www.j e wisheharlotte. org
to learn more about the Jewish
Federation of Greater Charlotte.
The mission of the Jewish Fed
eration of Greater Charlotte is to
raise and distribute funds to sup
port and enrieh the lives of Jews
loeally, nationally, in Israel, and
worldwide. Through edueation,
planning and eommunity build
ing, the Federation’s mission en
sures that Jewish values, goals,
traditions, and eonneetions are
preserved for eurrent and future
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JCRC Speaker Series ... See pages 4 and back page.
Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service ... See page 10.
Global Day of Jewish Learning ... See page 15.
Hadassah’s Israeli Products Fair... See page 25.