Vol. 40, No. 8
Elul-Tishrei 5778
September 2018
FEDERATION CAMPAIGN SURPASSES $4 MILLION!
Thank You!
TOGETHER, WE ARE POWERFUL!
What we do and what we accomplish, we all do together. Part of our educational process is to demonstrate
Federation’s power to leverage dollars raised to achieve the greatest impact for the greatest good. Promoting
such understanding achieves greater results. We are grateful for your continuted support of our Jewish
Federation and for caring about fellow Jews in Charlotte, Israel and around the world!
Campaign Co-Chairs Risa Miller and Jeff Turk said, “We are so proud to work with such a passionate and
dedicated team of professionals and lay leaders. The increase in our Campaign this year is a direct result of our
collective effort and commitment to innovative strategies and to focus on welcoming new donors, reconnecting
with past donors, and inspiring loyal donors to reach new levels. We are definitely moving the Campaign needle
in a positive direction and we are beyond optimistic that we are well positioned to achieve even greater success
in 2019.”
Visit us at WWW.JEWiSHCHARLOTTE.ORG
Jewish Federation
OF GREATER CHARLOTTE
Join us for Women’s Philanthropy Annual Kickoff Event. October 18
Israeli Soul: Chef Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
Hear their Story. Taste their
Award-Winning Cuisine. Sup
port Your Community.
Thursday, October 18 at 7 PM in
Shalom Park
Jump into the Jewish new year
with Women’s Philanthropy. Mix,
mingle, and network with women
of our community who are rais
ing their voices, giving back, and
repairing the world together. You
will have the opportunity to meet
Chef Michael Solomonov and
Steven Cook at the launch of their
new book, Israeli Soul: Easy, Es
sential, Delicious.
In Israeli Soul, the duo’s first
major book since the trailblazing
Zahav, Michael Solomonov and
Steven Cook go straight to the
food of the people — the great
dishes that are the soul of Israeli
cuisine. Usually served from tiny
eateries, hole-in-the-wall restau
rants, or market stalls, these spe
cialties have passed from father
to son or mother to daughter for
generations. To find the best ver
sions, the authors scoured bus
tling cities like Tel Aviv, Jerasa-
lem, and Haifa, and sleepy towns
on mountaintops.
Michael Solomonov is not
your average chef His deep con
nection to Israel and his story
of triumph out of tragedy is the
ultimate Jewish story. On food,
Michael believes Israeli cuisine
is full of delicious contradictions.
The food can be both vibrant and
elemental, rich and healthy, old
and new. “Israeli food is not a
static collection of traditional rec
ipes. It is an idea... a shared expe
rience.” Michael is the executive
chef/co-owner of Zahav, a mod
em Israeli restaurant that brings
the authentic flavors of Israel to
Philadelphia. Accolades include
2017 James Beard Foundation
Award winner for Outstanding
Chef, and the 2016 James Beard
Award winner for “Best Interna
tional Cookbook” and “Book of
the Year” for his and business
partner Steven Cook’s first cook
book, Zahav: A World of Israeli
Cooking.
Steven Cook is one of the coun
try’s top restaurateurs and the
co-owner of CookNSolo Restau
rants, home to some of Philadel
phia’s most distinctive culinary
concepts. His culinary mark be
gan with Zahav, the pioneering
modem Israeli restaurant that
puts the diverse cuisine of Israel
on the map, and extends to Feder
al Donuts, Abe Fisher, Dizengoff,
Goldie, and the philanthropic lun
cheonette, Rooster Soup Com
pany, which donates 100% of its
profits to their non-profit partner.
Broad Street Ministry Hospitality
Collaborative.
Light hors d’oeuvres and wine
will be served. Book sale and
signing following the program.
Tickets are $36. To learn more
and to register please visit www.
jewishcharlotte.org or contact
Tair Giudice, Director of Educa
tion & Engagement, at 704-944-
6759 or tair.giudice@jewishchar-
lotte.org.
Chef Michael Solomonov and busi
ness partner Steven Cook. Photo
courtesy of Mike Persico
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Whether it’s called a city-wide
book club, a state-wide reading
campaign, or “One Book, One
City,” communities of all shapes
and sizes are adopting the con
cept originated by the Washing
ton Center for the Book: people
coming together through the
reading and discussion of a com
mon book. Last year, the Center
for Jewish Education (CJE) in
troduced its first “One Book, One
Jewish Community” event with
the intention of making it an an
nual event for our community.
This year, CJE is pleased to re
veal its new community read ini
tiative: “On the Same Page.”
On the Same Page will present
our community with two author
events in the Fall of 2018 and the
Spring of 2019, subtitled “Chap
ter I” and “Chapter IT”
Chapter I will feature Jenna
Blum, the New York Times and
internationally bestselling author
of novels Those Who Save Us
and The Stormchasers. Jenna will
discuss her new novel The Lost
Eamily a charming, funny, and
elegantly bittersweet study of the
costs of loss and love.
Chapter II will feature Martin
Fletcher, bestselling author and
former NBC News’ Middle East
correspondent and Tel Aviv Bu
reau chief Fletcher will discuss
his newest novel. Promised Land,
a sweeping saga, reminiscent of
Leon Uris’ Exodus, of a strag
gling family and a straggling na
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