Vol.41, No. 8
Elul-Tishrei 5779/80
September 2019
Women’s Philanthropy Fall Kick Off September 11
Tickets on Sale Now
Inspired and guided by our tra
dition of tzedakah (righteousness/
charity) and tikkun olam (repair
ing the world), the Jewish Feder
ation’s Women’s Philanthropy is
dedicated to the continuity, con
nectivity and thriving future of
our Charlotte Jewish community,
Israel, and the Jewish people.
We seek to provide signifi
cant opportunities for all wom
en to affirm their Jewish identity
and spirituality, to be proactive
in evolving issues of concern to
contemporary Jewish women, to
engage new cadres of participants
and leaders in our community,
and to inspire other Jewish wom
en by example.
It’s easy to look at others and
think how lucky they are, and
sometimes finding the positives
in our own lives can be hard. Suc
cess is often measured in tangible
ways, and as we strive to achieve
more and get more, we forget that
it’s often the simple things that
can bring us the most joy. After
reading about how expressing
gratitude for the little things can
be incredibly powerful and af
fect our lives in profound ways,
Janice Kaplan decided to spend a
year living gratefully and find out
whether being grateful really does
olfer a new path to happiness.
Please join us on Wednesday,
September 11, as we welcome
bestselling writer and television
personality Janice Kaplan, author
of The Gratitude Diaries: How a
Year Looking on the Bright Side
Can Transform Your Life. Janice
will share her year long quest to
live a more fulfilling and happy
life and will include research re
sults from psychologists, doctors,
and academics that highlight how
gratitude can transform one’s
health, marriage, family life, and
work.
This event will take place at 7
PM in the Sam Lemer Center for
the Cultural Arts. Tickets bought
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in advance of September 4 will
cost $18 which will include ap
petizers, fruit, and drinks (wine,
tea, and lemonade). This event
is open to all women and there
is no minimum gift requirement
to attend. This event is intend
ed to be a warm, cheerful, and
inclusive event to welcome all
Jewish women in our community
and help us kickoff the Women’s
Philanthropy calendar.
The program is sponsored by
the Jewish Federation’s Wom
en’s Philanthropy and co-chaired
by Melanie Brown and Lyba
Rousso. The Gratitude Dia
ries will be for sale prior to the
event in the Federation office.
For further information, contact
liana Toch, 704-944-6784; ilana.
toch@jewishcharlotte.org. ^
EVENT CO-CHAIRS:
Melanie Brown and Lyba Rousso
EVENT HOSTS:
Meredith Baumstein, Nancy Bernstein, Lee Bierer,
Eliza Carney, Rochelle Carney, Amy Fine,
Rachel Friedman, Rachel Helton, Alyssa Levine,
Pearl Mann, Jan Marmor, Staci Mond,
Amy Novick, Lauren Nussbaum, Dale Polsky,
Heather Rousso, Louise Trager, Amy Udoff,
Debra Van Glish, and Rachael Weiss
$18 TICKETS ON SAI F NOW
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Epstein Family Chabad Center for Jewish Life
Grand Opening on September 15
Chabad of Charlotte is excit
ed to announce the naming of
its newest building on the Sardis
Road Campus. The “Epstein
Family Chabad Center for Jew
ish Life” will be the name of the
new magnificent Chabad Center.
The building is named in honor of
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Harry A. Epstein who had an in
credible impact on his grandson,
Chris Epstein, the visionary bene
factor of this monumental project.
Chris Epstein, President of
BECO South and Midwest, has
connected with Chabad of Char
lotte from his arrival in 2010 and
has grown in his friendship and
camaraderie with Rabbi Yossi
Groner, director of Chabad of
Charlotte, through Torah study
and his commitment to Jewish
life.
The Epstein Family Chabad
Center will house Congregation
Ohr HaTorah and the Jewish
Learning Institute of Charlotte
and will feature a commercial ko
sher kitchen and a grand multiuse
ballroom as well as a junior con
gregation/weekday chapel.
The main entrance will lead
in to a beautiful atrium welcom
ing visitors, members, teens, and
preschool families to the new and
existing facilities.
A spectacular grand open
ing celebration is planned for
Sunday, September 15 at 5 PM.
This event will include activi
ties for the entire family. The
celebration will showcase what
Chabad of Charlotte offers on its
Rendering of the Epstein Family Chabad Center for Jewish Life
Chris Epstein
Sardis Road Campus - programs
for adults, teens and preschool
children. There will be multiple
activities happening for all ages
concurrently at this gala event.
Adults will be ushered into
the new building where wine and
cocktail drinks will await them. A
magnificent multimedia presen
tation by internationally known
Chassidic comic, Mendy Pellin,
will be held in the beautiful sanc
tuary. The new sanctuary will
feature synagogue furniture de
signed and built by Lavi Furniture
Industries in the lower Galilee of
Israel as well as other items from
artists in Israel and the USA.
There will be a recognition
ceremony with an expression of
appreciation to the major donors
of the new building, including
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