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Jewish Heritage North Carolina

The Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina is the only statewide independent organization dedicated to collect, preserve and present the history of the Jewish people of our State. To serve our mission we honor our history, celebrate our culture, and connect our communities.

We seek to collect artifacts that recount the story of the Jewish people in North Carolina, present programs that educate and showcase the richness of Jewish life, and serve as a resource to connect and enhance our diverse Jewish communities as well as promote a familiarity with the culture and lifestyle of Jews to the general public.

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Synagogues & Temples in NC

Learn about the Jewish Synagogues & Temples in NC with an interactive map and directions.

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Jewish Museums, Exhibits and Culture

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Jewish Schools, Camps & College

Did you know there are many Jewish Day Schools, High Schools and College Judaica programs in NC?

Holocaust Education in North Carolina

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Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina

The ``Down Home`` program at Duke is one of many Jewish Cultural experiences in North Carolina.

NC Holocaust Education

News

JHNC has contracted with the NC Council on the Holocaust to add a component to their teachers’ workshops that focuses on the state’s response to the Shoah. The intent is to show that Holocaust was not just a European tragedy but changed lives here at home. JHNC historian Leonard Rogoff led sessions last spring in…

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Jewish Congregational Histories Online!

Blog, News

The JHFNC is contributing its resources to an on-line Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection. This project is a collaboration of Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest University. RNCDC is collecting, preserving, and making accessible primary materials on all religious bodies in the state. Once digitized, anyone, anywhere will…

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Down Home: Digital Exhibit

Blog, News

JHFNC is happy to announce the birth of Down Home: A Virtual Museum on its web site: http://sites.duke.edu/downhome/ . While hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians saw the exhibit in person at one of its several venues, Raleigh, Charlotte, or Wilmington, mounting our interactive site means that Down Home will live on for many years…

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The Piyyut (Poem) Akdamut Milin: The Enigma and Perseverance of Tradition

Blog, Holidays, Jewish Culture, News

In this article, that originally appeared at http://thetorah.com/akdamut-milin/, Duke Professor Laura Lieber gives a fascinating historical account of the famous and enigmatic piyyut—liturgical poem or hymn—of the Shavuot festival, Akdamut Milin. Listen to the Poem here אקדמות מלין ושריות שותא אולא שקלנא חרמן ורשותא “An introduction of words and a beginning of speech: From the…

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Sources for local challah

Blog

Smelling the fresh challah at the JCC in Durham got me thinking today. Where else can one pick up challah? This is a new offering at the Charlotte and Dick Levine JCC. In starting my search I noticed that Chabad in Wilmington also takes orders for challah. What are some other sources across NC that…

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