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The Charlotte Jewish News - September 2017 - Page 3 JEWISH FEDERATION NEWS Uhitraot, from Inbal Ozeri “I don’t know why you say good bye, I say hello. ” Last month I ended my posi tion as Charlotte’s Community Shlieha after two full amazing years. I feel like I eame to share with the eommunity about Israel and in the end, I also learned so mueh about what it means to be Jewish outside of Israel. I treasure the eonneetions that I have made here with members of the Jewish eommunity from the youngest ehildren in the presehools to the seniors at Oasis. I would like to share here some of my favorite memories. During my first year at Chanukah time, Rabbi Judy Sehindler and I dressed up as drei- dels and performed a skit for the Charlotte Jewish Presehool stu dents explaining the differenee between the dreidels that ehildren play with in Israel and the ones from Ameriea. The first time that I joined the CJDS students on the playground for reeess, they impressed me that they already knew an Israeli game and they invited me to play. They were eager to learn other games as well. Afterward we went into the eafeteria and I was so impressed with their singing of the Birkat Hamazon that I filmed it and sent it to my family in Israel. I was touehed by the faet that they were singing the whole thing in He brew. As the eommunity Shlieha, I was often asked to represent Israel at the loeal publie sehools. One of my favorite parts was meeting the non-Jewish students who were so interested in my baekground and my tiny eountry. It was amazing to see that when I did find a Jew ish student and they eame to speak to me after the presentation, I often realized that I knew some one in their family from some other eommunity eonneetion. I worked a lot with teenagers at Hebrew High, BBYO, NFTY, Re ligious Sehools, leading the teen trip to Israel, and working with other groups that are part of the Teen Coalition. It is diffieult to ehoose one memory here, but the one that makes me smile is the ad venture of taking the students on the Partnership 2Gether Teen Trip to Israel. I enjoyed watehing the students experienee for the first time so many things that have been part of my life always. The eonneetions that the students made with the Israelis in Hadera and watehing them experiment with Hebrew was so mueh fun. There were also many opportu nities to work with young adults ineluding Moishe house, Hillel, groups from all the Temples, and more. Israeli daneing and food events were my favorite. I really liked teaehing people to eook foods that are so delieious and not that hard to make. Watehing them learn to eook in Hebrew was also enjoyable. I will always eherish the eon neetions that I made with my host families and many of you who in vited me into your homes and be- eame like family for me here. I feel like we established deep and meaningful relationships and I ean’t wait to see you again. With adults, I was privileged to visit with many havurot and to spend time at Oasis and other sen ior programs around Charlotte. One of my favorite memories from Oasis was sharing my Yemenite heritage with them in eluding a traditional Henna eere- mony and Yemenite danees. As a result of my time in Char lotte, it is espeeially important to me that we stiek together and stay united. Keep supporting Israel, keep supporting Israeli organizations, eontinue going to Israel, and stay ing in toueh with Israelis (and me). It is so elear to me now how mueh we Jews need one another. Please know that it has been a true pleasure getting to know and work with this amazing eommu nity here in Charlotte and the sur rounding area. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please (it is an order!) eontaet me when you are in Israel. The Federation has all my up dated eontaet info - Email, Faee- book, phone number. Please stay in toueh. ^ Since 2005, the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte has actively participated in The Jewish Agency’s Volunteer Shlichut program. The primary goal of the Shlichut program has been to promote a positive image of Israel by infusing Israeli culture, history, politics, and society into Diaspora Jewish communities in the form of a young Israeli. After 12 years with this initiative. Federation has made the decision to end our participation in the Shlichut program. Thanks to our relationship with this program, our community’s connections with Israel have grown and evolved over the last decade, and as such, our needs have also changed. Federation’s commitment to Israel education and engagement remains as strong as ever. 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