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The Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community.  Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community is the Nonprofit organization in the greater Charlotte region dedicated to raising and managing long-term charitable resources to sustain the quality of Jewish religion, life and culture by linking our donors' philanthropic intent with the needs of the community. https://www.fftc.org/fcjc http://charlottebookoflife.org/what.php http://events.carolinashealthcarefoundation.org/site/TR/Events/JCC2019?fr_id=2051&pg=entry https://prracemanagement.webconnex.com/LJCC2019

The Mikvah at Temple Israel Temple Israel's Mikvah is open to anyone in the community for monthly woman visits, spiritual healing, conversions, and marriage transitions.  Rabbi Ezring shares traditions on the use of mikvah and his own story of being a Rabbi.   https://www.templeisraelnc.org/temple-israel-mikvah.html https://www.templeisraelnc.org/event/rabbi-ezring-retirement-celebration-weekend.html https://friendshipcirclenc.org/onething/

Live, Laugh, Give benefiting Jewish Family Services: Orny Adams headlines this years Live, Laugh, Give Comedy Night benefitting Jewish Family Services, for all the social services they provide for our Jewish Community.   http://jfscharlotte.org/llg2019/ https://www.ornyadams.com https://www.jewishcounciloflakenorman.org/deliday

Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration Program Rabbi Murray Ezring shares the importance of the Jewish Community Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Commemoration Program on May 5th at Temple Israel from 4-5pm.  https://jewishcharlotte.org/community-calendar/yom-hashoah-community https://www.facebook.com/events/408358286671500/ http://spfreedomschool.org https://www.tickettailor.com/events/shalomparkfreedomschool/236079    

JCC Maccabi Games: Jewish Charlotte area youth (ages 13-16) can participate in their favorite sport or art this summer in Detroit, Aug 4-9th, at the JCC Maccabi Games - the second largest organized sports program for Jewish teenagers in the world.  For more information email stephanie.garner@charlottejcc.org https://www.charlottejcc.org/webpage-directory/youth-family/teens-middle-high-school/ http://www.jccmaccabigames.org https://shalomgreenclt.org/community-garden

LJCC Sports Specialty Camps: Offering 5 additional weeks of specialty sports camps the LJCC has a little of something for every young sports player.  Stephanie Garner, Director of Sports, shares the details about camp and the regular season sports programs. https://www.charlottejcc.org/webpage-directory/camp/sports-tennis-camps/ https://www.charlottejcc.org/events/2019/04/27/events/farm-to-table-dinner/

Rock Steady Boxing at the Levine JCC: In Rock Steady Boxing, Parkinson’s disease is the opponent.  Jenny Crow and Suzanne DiOrio share their journey of being Rock Steady Coaches and the impact it has made in their clients lives and their own.   http://www.charlottejcc.org/webpage-directory/fitness/rock-steady-boxing/ https://jewishcharlotte.org/community-calendar/wp-spring-event

The 13th Annual Sam Strause LJCC Invitational Golf Tournament: On April 15th, members and supporters of the LJCC will come together, for a day go golf, to celebrate the life and legacy of Sam Strause and raise funds to benefit the Levine JCC Oasis senior enrichment program.       http://www.charlottejcc.org/events/2019/04/15/events/13th-annual-golf-tournament/ http://www.charlottejcc.org/events/2019/04/07/events/mindfulness/

Upstream Arts: Upstream Arts is returning for its third residency, April 1-5th, to change mindsets about ability and disability and activate and amplify the voice and choice of individuals with disabilities in our charlotte community.   http://www.charlottejcc.org/clientuploads/ARTS/UpstreamArts_flyer_Apr2019.pdf https://www.upstreamarts.org http://www.charlottejcc.org/events/2019/03/31/events/hemp-what-s-the-hype/  

3rd Annual Charlotte Jewish Playwriting Contest: Don’t miss this opportunity to see a different side of theatre and vote on your favorite play.   Susan Cherin Gundersheim shares the history and importance of this program and Dusty Klass shares her reading committee experience and why she loves this program.    http://www.charlottejcc.org/webpage-directory/the-arts/performances-auditions/ http://www.charlottejcc.org/clientuploads/Events%20Attachments/FoodTour_flyer.pdf    

Community Purim Carnival: On March 17th our Jewish community comes tog ether to celebrate Purim with storytelling, Kosher lunch, games, prizes, shopping, moon bounces and more. This community collaboration is a family favorite and brings out everyone in the community young and young at heart. http://www.charlottejcc.org/events/2019/03/17/events/community-purim-carnival/ https://jewishcharlotte.org/community-calendar/community-wide-purim-carnival-2019 Chabad YP - https://www.facebook.com/events/253679345545022/?active_tab=about Hamantash Bake - https://www.facebook.com/events/530332060796364/  

Camp Mindy: The Mindy Ellen Levine Day Camp, located on a lush 54-acre campus in the heart of South Charlotte, is the Levine JCC's premier traditional day camp for preschoolers thru teens.  Through making friends, participating in an array of activities, learning new skills, being outdoors, and experiencing Judaism, camp becomes a magical place where campers have fun, grow and develop positive self-esteem. http://www.charlottejcc.org/webpage-directory/camp-mindy/camp-mindy/ http://www.charlottejcc.org/events/2019/03/10/events/ljcc-community-butterfly-project-community-workshop/

On the Same Page: Chapter II with Martin Fletcher This twice yearly community book read hosted by the Center for Jewish Education is an opportunity for readers and book clubs to gather and hear directly from the author.  On March 24th Promised Land author Martin Fletcher will be here to speak.   https://jewishcharlotte.org/community-calendar/on-the-same-page-chapter-2 https://jewishcharlotte.org/cje https://levine-sklutjudaiclibrary.overdrive.com https://shalomgreenclt.org

Bernstein Leadership Group: Following three pillars, jewish identity, community, and leadership skills, BLG is developing leaders for the future Charlotte Jewish Community.  Application due March 11 https://nextgencharlotte.org/leadership-development https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeY6gCiL7WECT0ogvTDKh42uoyasO13APESN13jwKe71eUdpg/viewform      

Chantal Otelsberg: LJCC Staff Registered Licensed Dietitian  Chantal Otelsberg, MS, RDN, LDN is a registered dietitian and licensed dietitian nutritionist on staff at the LJCC to help with your dietary needs for overall wellness or a pre-existing condition.   http://www.charlottejcc.org/webpage-directory/fitness/nutrition-counseling/ https://www.facebook.com/LJCCDietitian/ 

The 2019 Main Event for the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte: The Main Event featuring Bari Weiss, a New York Times editor and writer, was organized by Emily, Sam, Bill and Angie Zimmern, a multigenerational effort.   https://www.picatic.com/mainevent https://jewishcharlotte.org/community-calendar/the-main-event-2019 https://jewishcharlotte.org/community-calendar/federation-umbrella  

Temple Beth El 22nd Annual Comparative Religion Series: Spirituality: How do you connect with your higher power? Join Religious Leaders for a lecture and discussion at Temple Beth El, Starting Jan 29th for six Tuesday evenings.   https://tbe.shulcloud.com/event/comparative-religion-series1.html templebethel.org https://nextgencharlotte.org/community-calendar/jcrc-speaker-antisemitism-268713

Charlotte Jewish Film Festival: The Charlotte Jewish Film Festival is the longest running film festival in the area and has grown from an innovative idea of screening 2 jewish films into a 4 week long festival with 13 screenings this year.  Susan Cherin Gundersheim, Judy Laxer and Jeff Turk highlight some of this years films.   https://charlottejewishfilm.com http://www.charlottejcc.org/webpage-directory/the-arts/cultural-arts/ www.cltmegachallah.com

Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s Annual Campaign: Raising the funds needed to grow every part of the Jewish community in Greater Charlotte, in Israel and around the world.   www.jewishcharlotte.org    

Joined in Education: JIE Gale Osborne, Development Director at CJDS talk to us about JIE: an opportunity for parents, to dig in deeper with current trends or philosophies on growing educated, well-adjusted, thoughtful whole people no matter how old they are.   https://www.facebook.com/events/1016380095209079/ http://www.joinedineducation.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ4sYmkhLLM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9MhhfMCxjU