Vol. 42, No. 2
Shvat-Adar 5780
February 2020
The Jewish Federation Is On The Road to $5 Million!
Risa Miller and Jake House, Federation
Annual Campaign Co-chairs, are excited
to announce that our Federation is “On the
Road to $5 Million.” The impact Feder
ation continues to make on Jewish life is
more critical than ever. It will take every
one’s help to reach this goal. Donors like
you will be counted on to step up during
this important time in our Jewish lives. To
meet the growing needs of our communi
ty, we are committed to a $5,000,000 cam
paign by no later than 2022.
Risa Miller states: “I feel strongly that in
order to have a viable Jewish community
we must support an organization that helps
pull all of the pieces together, allowing Ju
daism to thrive. What would our commu
nity be without a Hebrew cemetery? With
out Jewish preschools and a Jewish day
school? Without a JCC and programs like
Oasis? Without programs like Friendship
Circle and ZABS Place to assist the spe
cial needs community? Without a global
commitment to help Jewish people all over
the world? Without the necessary security
and leadership in place to respond to recent
events? Your gift allows the Federation to
provide ongoing assistance to all of these
vital initiatives, resulting in a vibrant Jew
ish community.”
Jake House adds: “We have been chug
ging along with low single digit percent in
creases each year. It’s time to be bold. $5
million is not an arbitrary number. It’s what
we need to do the work we want to do.”
In 2020, we must be united to demon
strate our strength and ensure that Jewish
values and connections are preserved for
current and future generations. The Jew
ish community has no one else to turn to
for support besides ourselves. Federa
tion hopes you will consider an increased
gift this year. Or perhaps a multi-year gift
during our Road to $5 Million. Someone
from our campaign team will be reaching
out to you soon. Or you can donate online
at www.jewishcharlotte.org c|r call 704-
944-6757.»
A Winter Wonderland of Learning with Jewish Life at Queens
University
February and March Bring
Thought Provoking Events to
the Greenspon Center
Why are some people more re
silient than others? Can resilien
cy be taught? Can it be learned?
Dr. Teresa Stephens has spent
decades researching these very
questions. Dr. Teresa Stephens
is an Associate Professor in the
College of Nursing at Medical
University of South Carolina.
She began studying the how and
why of personal resilience after
observing the high rate of bum-
out among her colleagues. Af
ter leaving two nursing jobs as
a result of high levels of many
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different kinds of stress, she de
cided to look for some answers.
“I made myself a promise that
if I ever had a chance to make a
difference and make it better for
other nurses, that’s what I would
do.” By working with Holocaust
survivors, Stephens began to un
derstand and document how resil
ient people think, process stress,
and grow from adversity. Please
join us on Febmary 5 from 6:30-8
PM in Ketner Auditorium as we
welcome Dr. Teresa Stephens.
This program would not be pos
sible without the generosity of
our sponsors, Novant Health and
Jewish Family Services of Great
er Charlotte for sponsoring this
program.
Our Second Annual Sklut
Lecture features Justice Mark
Davis. His talk, titled “Parallels
Between Torah and our Modem
Legal System,” will be presented
by Queens Jewish Life on Tues
day, Febmary 11 from 6-7 PM in
Ketner Auditorium on the Queens
University campus.
During the second week of
Febmary, Jews across the world
read the Torah portion called
Yitro in which Moses’ father-in-
law (Yitro) advised Moses to set
up a system of upper courts and
lowers court. Associate Justice
Mark A. Davis of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina, the first
Jewish member of the Court in its
200-year history, will speak about
links between the Torah and our
modem legal system. Justice Da
vis will discuss the compatibility
between the First Amendment
and the Ten Commandments. He
will explain how the stmcture of
our modem court system derives
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from the Torah and will explore
how the process by which judg
es today analyze legal issues is
based on Talmudic principles of
interpretation.
The lecture is generously spon
sored by Hospice and Palliative
Care Charlotte Region. The pro
gram is free and open to the pub
lic and will be followed by a light
dessert reception.
Queens
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The Greenspon Center 3rd
Anniversary Celebration brings
a woman of courage to Char
lotte and addresses a timely issue
about which so many of us are
concerned: Responding to Cyber
hate in the Age of Technology.
Join the Stan Greenspon Cen
ter for Peace and Social Justice on
March 26 to hear the riveting sto
ry of Tanya Gersh, a Jewish real
estate broker who fought back in
the face of a neo-Nazi troll storm.
Her story begins when she ad
vised Ms. Spencer, the mother
of an infamous Neo-Nazi, about
selling her building. The son,
Richard Spencer, began an online
attack against Tanya and her fam
ily that ended in a lawsuit.
After we hear from Tanya, Al
lison Miller from Bank of Ameri
ca will share her wisdom on how
to protect ourselves while enjoy
ing the benefits of online business
and social media. Allison Miller
is the Senior VP of Engineering
and Cybersecurity Technology at
Bank of America. She is active
in the security community and
speaks internationally on cyber
strategy, technology design, fraud
prevention, security analytics,
and risk management.
Join us on March 26 from
6:30-8:30 PM in the Belk Chap
el at Queens University, 1900
Selwyn Avenue for this incred
ible event. Many thanks to our
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Stan Greenspon Center
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