An Affiliate of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Charlotte
Vol. 39, No. 4
Nissan-lyar 5777
April 2017
Unleash the Power of Women’s Philanthropy at the
THE 19th ANNUAL SPRING LECTURE Featuring Alice Hoffman
Thursday, April 27, Temple Beth El
The Spring Lecture is the sig
nature campaign and outreach
event benefiting the Jewish Feder
ation of Greater Charlotte’s
Women Division and the 2017
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 bestselling author Alice
Hoffman. Hoffman, is the prolific
author of thirty works of fiction,
including The Marriage of Oppo
sites, The Dovekeepers and the
Oprah’s Book Club selection Here
on Earth. She is a master at forg-
WOMEN’S
PHILANTHROPY
ing miracles from the quotidian
and the ordinary. While she ex
plores life’s common struggles—
people living in small towns in
Massachusetts or Long Island
puzzling through essential ques
tions about relationships and inti
macy, family and identity, love
and survival—she sets her tales in
a world that is at once wholly rec
ognizable and at times fantastic.
Hoffman’s fertile imagination ex-
2017 Spring Lecture
Co-Chairs
Holly Levinson and Sara Kulbersh
Steering Committee
Taiii Dippoid
Karen Frankiin
Madison Levine
Debbie Porter
Jenny Rosenthai
Lori Rosenthai
Jen Schwartz
Marisa Zeibert
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tends well beyond the confines
of adult literature, and she has
enthralled children and teens
with her many young adult
books, which include The Green
Witch, Incantation, and Nightbird,
among many others.
Often drawn to the story of the
outcast and the lonely oddball,
Hoffman explains, “My theory is
that everyone, at one time or an
other, has been at the fringe of so
ciety in some way: an outcast in
high school, a stranger in a foreign
country, the best at something, the
worst at something, the one who’s
different. Looking at it this way,
being an outsider is the one thing
we all have in common.”
Hoffman will share the art of
storytelling, her influences, and
the experience of being a writer
with our community on April 27.
A lavish dessert reception, book
sale, and signing will follow the
program.
Spring Lecture tickets are $36.
For more information or to pur
chase tickets, please visit our web
site at www.jewishcharlotte.org
or contact the Federation office
704-944-6757.^
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Host Committee
Judy August
Jill Balick
Gail Baron
Nancy Bernstein
Marissa Brooks
Melanie Brown
Tracy Brown
Lynne Cojac
Roz Cooper
Stephanie Gitlin
Jodi Greenwald
Marci Jacobs
Elise Kosofsky
Sandra Lauer
Alison Lerner
Staci Mond
Jill Newman
Audrey Pearlman
Dale Polsky
Heidi Rotberg
Lyba Rousso
Sara Schreibman
Sarah Schwartz
Julie Sheffer
Karen Spiegler
Becca Stern
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