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Tikkun Olam Is A Verb

Artist Elana Kann of Asheville has created the sculptureTikkun Olam Is A Verb. She and her sister Sheella Mierson lovingly gifted it to the Temple in honor of their parents Lotte & Seymour Meyerson and in ...

New Art at the Temple

We are delighted to announce that Lynn and Pat Patton Grimes, in memory of their parents, Marilyn and Buddy Patton, donated a marvelous piece of art to the Temple. The work, a woven fiber mosaic, was ...

Family Tradition at CBHT Spans Six Generations

Family Tradition at CBHT Spans Six Generations I was fortunate to be born and raised in western North Carolina. My roots in Asheville date back to 1898. Six generations of family have called Asheville home. Living ...

CBHT —Giving from the Heart

CBHT —Giving from the Heart By Gail A. Manheimer I have always felt our Temple represents an extension of our home, a welcoming place for us to pray, meditate, study, sing, find fellowship, make new friends and ...

UPCOMING SCHEDULED LOTTE MEYERSON TIKKUN OLAM PROJECTS:

1st Friday each month from 1-3 PM @ MANNA– CBHT volunteer team. Contact Sandra Layton to help.
3rd Friday each month @ noon – CBHT Vets shelter meal serving. Contact Hilary Paradise to help.
Monday, April 29th @ 4:30 PM—next L.M. Tikkun Olam meeting.
Friday, May 24th, @ 7:30 PM—Tikkun Olam Shabbat
Our next RITI host week will take place at CBHT July 14th - July 21st. To volunteer or for more information, Contact Sherrill Zoller, RITI liaison for CBHT.

Lotte Meyerson Tikkun Olam Committee Updates

Tikkun Olam Shabbat Friday, May 24th Honoring our Teens and Life-Long Service Award.

Please come celebrate with us at our special service during which we will recognize our B’nai Mitzvah students for their mitzvah projects. The B’nai Mitzvah students honored for 2018-19 will be

Homeward Bound: the key to ending homelessness in Buncombe County.

Homeward Bound is a non-profit organization which has worked for 30 years to end homelessness in our area. Since its inception, more than 2,000 individuals have been housed and 89% have not returned to homelessness. We participate in

one of the Homeward Bound programs, Room in the Inn, which partners with 64 area faith communities and organizations to provide a warm safe space for up to 12 women, a week at a time. CBHT shares the responsibility of accommodating and feeding the RITI women 2 or 3 weeks each year with volunteers from Congregation Beth Israel, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, St. Mark's Lutheran Church and the Ethical Humanist Society of Asheville. Our congregation's commitment to the RITI has been going on for over ten years. It also includes an annual financial pledge of support to help keep the program going which comes out of our L.M. Tikkun Olam Fund. Thanks to all of you who help support our efforts through volunteering for the many tasks involved in hosting the women during our assigned weeks and through any contributions made to our L.M. Tikkun Olam Fund.

Another way you can benefit Homeward Bound is by donating your new and gently-used items to furnish new homes for their clients who are moving out of homelessness. Most of these people have little to no possessions when they get into housing and are starting from scratch. There is now a Welcome Home Donation Center for collection of much-needed household goods, furniture and supplies to help out people when they get housing. The 'wish list' includes unopened cleaning supplies, unopened toiletries, linens, kitchen supplies and some furniture (dressers, couches, chairs, lamps, dining tables, box fans, air mattresses). The Donation Center (828.412.5322) is located at 201 Elk Park Dr., Woodfin (I-26 Exit 24 Elk Mt. Rd.) and is open 10 AM - 2 PM, Mon., Thur. and Fri. and Wed. from 1 PM – 4 PM. You can schedule pick-up for large items. Check out the Homeward Bound website for more details. Sherrill Zoller, RITI liaison for CBHT.{/showhide]

Holocaust Education Bill

(Please note: The status of this bill may have changed since this article was written on April 10, 2019. ) The North Carolina House of Representatives is currently considering House Bill 437 introduced by Linda Johnson of Cabarrus County, along with bi-partisan co-sponsors including Susan Fisher of Asheville, which will require all middle and high school public school students be taught about the Holocaust and genocide along with other related concepts. The bill has passed the Education Committee unanimously without any changes to how it was originally introduced.

As of April 10th, the status of the bill was as follows

according to Michael Abramson, Chairman of the North Carolina Council on the Holocaust: “Right now, the best possibility is that the bill will be coming out of the Rules Committee next Monday or Tuesday, and then set on the House calendar for a vote on Wednesday, April 17th. All is going well, and there are no problems. The delay is primarily due to the obvious personal impact on Representative Johnson from the loss of her son. Richard Schwartz spoke with her last night and she is hanging in there. She is very invested in this legislation and is optimistic about it. She wants to be present to make sure this is handled properly, in the House. She is an amazing supporter of ours!” So hopefully, when the May Menorah arrives in your mailbox, this bill has already been passed or is continuing to move on through the legislative process.

Please let your representatives know how you feel by writing to them. The passing of this bill is an important step in making sure we all remember and that the stories of the survivors are forever taught. To read the version of the bill after passing the Education Committee go to: www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H437v1.pdf

Martin Mann

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The Lotte Meyerson Tikkun Olam Committee - April 2019

UPCOMING SCHEDULED LOTTE MEYERSON TIKKUN OLAM PROJECTS:

1^st Friday each month from 1-3 PM @ MANNA– CBHT volunteer team. Contact Sandra Layton to help.

3^rd Friday each month @ noon – CBHT Vets shelter meal serving. Contact Hilary Paradise to help.

Monday, April 29^th, @ 4:30 PM—next L.M. Tikkun Olam meeting.

Friday, May 24^th, @ 7:30 PM—Tikkun Olam Shabbat

July 14^th –21^st --- RITI—Contact Sherrill Zoller, RITI liaison for CBHT, zbirdlady@relloz.com, for information.

THE LOTTE MEYERSON TIKKUN OLAM COMMIITTEE UPDATES APRIL 2019

UNC Asheville Lecture

by Brian Stevenson Thursday, April 25^th

Bryan Stevenson, the attorney, activist and best-selling author, who led the team that created the first national memorial to victims of lynching, will speak at UNC Asheville’s Kimmel Arena at 7 PM on Thursday, April 25^th. Doors will open at 6 PM. The talk is free and open to the public.

Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill and aiding children prosecuted as adults. Stevenson recently won a historic ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court banning mandatory life-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger. He also is the author of award-winning book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.

In April 2018, EJI opened a new museum, The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, built on the site of a former slave warehouse in downtown Montgomery. This is a companion to a national memorial to victims of lynching. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which opened at the same time, has been visited by a number of LMTO Committee members. The LMTO Committee is working with the Interfaith Initiative to facilitate bringing to Asheville a memorial to those lynched in Buncombe County.

Sam Hausfather

Room in the Inn (RITI)

Room in the Inn Appreciation. Once again, many thanks to all of the CBHT members who volunteered to participate in some needed way for our RITI host week in February. Whether you provided food, rides, overnight supervision or just plain companionship, our partnership in this very important community project simply could not be realized without all of you. Much appreciation from the 12 homeless RITI women, the Homeward Bound staff and the L.M. Tikkun Olam Committee.

Looking ahead, our second RITI host week will take place at CBHT July 14^th - July 21^st. Please mark your calendars.

Sherrill Zoller, RITI liaison for CBHT

Sherrill Zoller