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Vol.41, No. 5 Nisan-lyar 5779 May 2019 Jewish Federation Annual Meeting May 13 A Progressive Lens on Israel: Religious Freedom and Equality The Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte will take plaee on Mon day, May 13 at 7:30 PM in the Sam Lemer Center for Cultural Arts at Shalom Park. During the Annual Meeting, the 2019-2020 slate of officers and Board of Trustees will be presented, and an election will be held. Anyone contributing at least $36 to the Annual Campaign is considered a voting member. Following the meeting we welcome Rabbi Uri Regev, inter nationally renowned leader and advocate of religious liberty and the liberal movements of Judaism in his native Israel and around the world. Rabbi Regev serves as the President and CEO of an educa tional and advocacy Israel-Dias- pora partnership, “Freedom Of Religion for Israel” and of its Is raeli counterpart, “Hiddush - For Religious Freedom and Equali ty,” which he founded in 2009. For seven years he served as president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, the global umbrella organization of the Pro gressive, Reform, Liberal, and Reconstructionist movements. As head of the World Union, Rabbi Regev worked to strengthen mod em, pluralistic Jewish life and de mocracy in the Jewish state and throughout the world. We look forward to seeing you on May 13. For more informa tion, please call the Federation office at 704-944-6757. M Rabbi Uri Regev ]‘\\ Isli IrdcFiitioii OF GREATER CHARLOTTE SLATE OF OFFICERS & TRUSTEES AS NOMINATED BY THE BOARD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE OFFICERS FOR 2019-2020 President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Past President Aiison Lerner* Ron Townsend* Risa Miiier* Stephanie Gitiin* Amy Vitner* Bill Zimmern’ Larry Schwartz BOARD MEMBERS - TERM ENDING 2022 Jonathan Friedman* Jake House* Lindsay Muns* Brad Winer* BOARD MEMBERS - TERM ENDING 2021 Gail Baron Slade Goldstein Sharyn Handelsman Julie Sheffer BOARD MEMBERS - TERM ENDING 2020 Michael Baumstein Ana Bonnheim Lisa Strause Levinson* Ira Slomka ominees PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES Amy Augustine Holly Levinson CONSTITUENT AGENCY DESIGNEES Levine JCC Representative: Jonathan Kulbersh Jewish Family Services Representative: Jan Weiner Foundation of Shalom Park Representative: Barry Bobrow BOARD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE - Alison Lerner. Chair Nancy Kipnis, Elise Kosofsky, Sara Kulbersh, Sue Littauer, Brad Rabinowitz, and Andrew Rosen Commemorate and Celebrate Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut There are very few celebra tions or commemorations in the Jewish calendar that aren’t part of a larger unit, a period of time that reflects a transition from one state to another. In his book, A Passion for a People, Avraham Infeld urges us to view the nine days between Yon HaShoah (Ho locaust Memorial Day), Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day), and Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence ON ‘31101NVHO 80ZI- #imhJ3d aivddovisod s n aisidSdd paisanbay aojAjas oBueqo 9ZZ8Z ON ‘siloiJeqo 311# suns ‘peoy oouapjAOJd 2009 Day) as a unit of time he terms “The Nine Days of We,” to echo the traditional unit of time we call the “Days of Awe” (Rosh HaSha- nah and Yom Kippur). “The Nine Days of We” is a unit in time in which we commemorate the Jew ish people’s collective transition, the fundamental shift from de struction and powerlessness to independence and sovereignty. This understanding of the “Nine Days of We” explains why Israel commemorates Yom HaShoah as a national holiday. After all, the Shoah did not take place in the geographical territo ry of Israel. However, an entire nation stands still for two min utes to commemorate an event, that although did not take place in Israel, is a profoundly Jewish event. And as the nation-state of the Jewish people, we have the privilege of commemorating this experience as a majority with all the trappings of government and national expression. Likewise, if I am Jewish and living outside of Israel, I must engage with Yom Ha’Atzmaut to celebrate my col lective connection to the national home of my people. Yom HaZikaron is a memorial for those people who gave their lives in order for the Jews to at tain once again sovereignty and power for the Jewish people. At the same time Yom Ha’Azt- maut is a celebration to recognize that the sovereignty and pow er that we gained was worth the sacriflee we made on Yom HaZikaron. ^ Shay Charka perfectly illustrates the nine-day emo tional roller-coaster from Holocaust Day (Yom HaShoah) through Memorial Day (Yom HaZ ikaron) to Independence Day (Yom Ha ’atzmaut). Commemorate Yom HaZikaron Tuesday, May 7 6:30 PM, Sam Lerner Center for Cultural Arts, Shalom Park Celebrate Yom Ha’Atzmaut Sunday, May 19 12 noon-3 PM, Shalom Park
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