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From Marc Rudow, WNCJF Board Member
As a WNC Jewish Federation Board member for the last few years (for my second term at least), I have been asked to write a personal account of my connection with and reasons for supporting one...
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Asheville’s 100-year History of “Buy Local”
The following article appeared in the Asheville Citizen-Times August 7, 2015 Many downtown businesses sport the “Buy Local” signs in recent years, but Asheville’s support for independent stores goes...
View ArticleAsheville-Citizen Times Spotlights JFS Elder Club
(The following article appeared in the August 14, 2015 Asheville-Citizen Times and was written by Beth Walton.) Mountain Causes: Elder Club offers support, socialization ASHEVILLE – Upon seeing my...
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OJA High Holiday One Pass Now Available
The high holidays are just around the corner which means it’s time to purchase your One Jewish Asheville Community High Holiday Pass. Designed to help newcomers to Jewish Asheville find their place,...
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CBI and CBHT Present Sam Glaser, August 28th & 29th
“Some consider Sam Glaser to be the hardest working man in Jewish music today. With over 20 albums under his belt and his annual fifty city concert tour which plays for over 100,000 fans, we think that...
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Participate in the Sukkot Poverty Simulation
In the Jewish tradition, concern for the poor is more important even than building a temple for worship. Sefer Hasidim (a 12th-century legal text) teaches that if a community lacks a place of worship...
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Remembering Asheville’s Original Mom-and-Pop Stores
(The following appeared in the August 23 Asheville Citizen-Times) In 1925, a fire engulfed the Emporium Department Store on Pack Square, owned by Jack Blomberg. A salesperson and a firefighter died in...
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Citizen-Times features Pool Party for Camp Tikvah
(The following story is re-posted from the Sunday, August 30, 2015 edition of the Asheville Citizen-Times) by Beth Walton, bwalton@citizen-times.com ASHEVILLE – All Tina de los Santos wanted was a...
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For the Newlyweds, by Dr. Rick Chess
September 4, 2015 May you have the courage to let go of everything you know about yourselves—everything you have learned about yourselves up to this moment—that you may discover and create, invent and...
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“Why am I here?” by Rabbi Justin Goldstein
The following is from Rabbi Justin Goldstein of Congregation Beth Israel. Do you have thoughts you’d like to share? Send them to info@onejewishasheville.org and we’ll make sure it gets posted. Why Am...
View ArticleJFS Rosh HaShannah Meal Delivery a Sweet Success
Rosh Hashanah Meal Delivery on September 9th was a sweet success! Thank you so much to all for their amazing dedication to our community members who got a warm start on their new year with matzoh ball...
View ArticleMy Days of Awe, 5776, Dr. Rick Chess
September 28, 2015 Impatience. Anger. Wastefulness. Restlessness. Desire. Haughtiness. Greed. Judgement. Pride.§ I’ve been paying attention, especially the last few days. Now it’s getting serious. It’s...
View ArticleNominations Invited for 2016 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards
Based on the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, or “repair of the world,” the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards recognize teens who are exceptional role models in their communities and beyond. The awards...
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Billy Jonas Band CD Release
The Billy Jonas Band Presents: The Release of “HaBayta”, a new CD of original Jewish music by Billy Jonas and concert to benefit, Kids4Peace. Tickets are $36 – including a reception following the...
View ArticleThoughts on One Jewish Asheville
This is the 4th in a series of monthly newsletters that will be written by a Board members of the WNC Jewish Federation (WNCJF) and will focus on one of the beneficiary agencies each month. The WNCJF...
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Dr. Rick Chess: “Sonia Sanchez Made Me a Jewish Poet; Rhonda Magee Helped...
By Richard Chess Black. Muslim. American. Woman. Poet. The languages she spoke. The ground on which she stood, singing her suffering, power, anger, love. Between the painful past and the dreamed of...
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Film Screening: “Ferguson: A Report from Occupied Territory.”
Carolina Jews for Justice/West, Congregation Beth Israel and Congregation Beth HaTephila are co-sponsoring a program addressing race and police practices on Thursday, December 3, 2015, at Congregation...
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JCC’s 75th Anniversary Film Screening and Book Release
Thursday, November 19, 7:30 pm Join us at the Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Avenue, for a screening of Why the J?, a film produced by Marty Gillen in honor of the JCC’s 75th Anniversary. The evening...
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“My Wish for My Students”, Dr. Rick Chess
November 19, 2016 Only this I wish for my students: this semester, I hope you will learn to care for each other. I hope you will learn how to create conditions in which everyone present in the room...
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After a Thanksgiving Feast, by Dr. Rick Chess
December 7, 2015 I carry my failure with me. My embarrassment. My shame. It grows. It sets me apart from men in my life, the hard man with the violin, the thin man with the flask. See them in the...
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