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- A Legacy Gift
- A Life Reborn
- His Mission Continues
Though tempered by time, Bienstock’s voice still resonates whether he is leading prayers at Temple Israel or warning young people about the danger of judging people by their color, class, culture or faith. Each school year, approximately 6,000 Charlotte-area middle and high school students participate in the Butterfly Project (more than 53,000 sinc...
Bienstock grew up in Dortmund, Germany. His father, William, was an accountant. His mother, Ida, kept house. Bienstock spent a happy childhood playing soccer and marbles with the neighborhood kids. All that changed on Nov. 9, 1938. Bienstock was 12 years old when Kristallnacht – the Night of Broken Glass – signaled the start of the Holocaust. Biens...
Bienstock’s health is good. He works out twice a week with a personal trainer at the Levine Jewish Community Center. He lives at home, with hopes of moving into Generations at Shalom Park, the culturally Jewish senior living community due to open in late 2024. His second home is Temple Israel, a sacred place to him that evokes memories of attending...
Nov 10, 2023 · One of the survivors of that horrific night, 97-year-old Irving Bienstock, lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, now. He said he's scared to be Jewish right now and that he's recognizing ...
- Michelle Boudin
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Apr 28, 2022 · What You Need To Know. Holocaust survivor Irving Bienstock tells his story several times a week. His retellings are part of the Levine Jewish Community Center's Butterfly Project, which remembers the Holocaust. Bienstock and his immediate family escaped the Nazi regime in the late 1930s.
Jan 27, 2020 · CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Monday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. A Charlotte survivor, Irving Bienstock, is getting...
Irving Bienstock was able to escape from the Nazi regime. But family members died at Auschwitz. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Friday, Jan. 27 is a day of remembrance, as we look back at the horrors of...
Jun 19, 2021 · Irving Bienstock, who escaped Nazis at 12-years old, turns 95. Through educating children about the Nazis and the Holocaust, he has made lasting bonds with his community.
