--- Hadassah Statement on theSan Diego Chabad Shooting
--- Youth Aliyah
--- Donate to the shed
--- Cookbooks, Entertainment Books, Cards & Certificates
--- Hadassah Missions to Israel, featuring "Refresh & Recharge"
--- Update on Rochester Hadassah Mitzvah Project
--- P.A.D. Party Update
--- The Branch, Real Stories about Connecting Jews and Arabs, Episodes 7 & 8 --- First Ever Vein Transplant Saves Man's Leg from Amputation
--- Take a Look at Rochester Hadassah's Website: http://www.Hadassah.org/rochester --- Join Hadassah's Conversation on Anti-Semetism with Deborah Lipstadt
COMING UP- OUR 64TH YEAR- ANNUAL MEDICAL CENTER PARTY FUNDRAISER, JUNE 18
Did You Know? --- The Medical Center Party is Rochester Hadassah's longest ongoing fundraiser. More money is raised from this initiative than all our other projects!
How Is The Money Used? --- All proceeds are directed to our Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) in Israel for patient care, research, and training. --- The Hadassah Medical Organization treats over 1 million patients a year, regardless of race, religion, or nationality. --- Hadassah leads the way with advancements in ALS, breast and colon cancers, trauma and emergency medicine, diabetes, macular degeneration, MS, AIDS, Parkinson's disease, neuroscience, melanoma and cardiac health. --- Hadassah created world renown research programs, such as the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Center, regarded to be one of the most advanced in the world. --- Hadassah builds bridges to peace in the Middle East by providing world class medical care and training to Christians and Arabs. --- Hadassah responds to international crises. Hadassah provided healing and caring in Haiti, Darfur, Kenya, Ethiopia, Thailand and the Philippines in times of need. --- In 2017, our Medical Center Party proceeds were used to purchase a patient room in the new Sarah Wetsman Davidson Tower. Our name is on the door! --- Last year's proceeds benefited the Pediatric area of our Ein Kerem Hospital.
How Can I Participate? --- Buy a Medical Center Party “ticket”. It's really a raffle ticket, but we have to call it that to maintain our not-for-profit status. --- You can buy a partial ticket – 1/3 for $60, half for $90 or an entire ticket for $180 . --- Your name is submitted and you may be a big winner of $$$$$ prizes at our event – $1200, $900, $600, or $450 at the Medical Center Party on June 18th. --- You don't have to be there to win – BUT you have to be in it to win it!
What Happens at the Medical Center Party? --- Good food, good friends, entertainment, door prizes, lots of fun and the possibility of winning $$$ -- A Win/Win evening. You win (see above) and Hadassah wins - for sure!
AFTERNOON BOOK GROUP - TUESDAY, MAY 21, 12 NOON
Please
join the Bat Ami Book Group!! All meetings are held at 12 PM at the home of
Lori Friedman, NEW ADDRESS: 300 Clear Spring Trail, apt 205, Fairport, NY Bring a sandwich- refreshments are provided!! May 21 - WARLIGHT by Michael Ondaatje
Future dates and books:
June 18 The Wife Between Us - Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
July 16 The Japanese Lover - lsabel Allende
August 20 A Backpack, A Bear and 8 Crates of Vodka- Lev Golinkin
September 17 A Piece of the World - Christina Baker Young
October 29 All Who Go Do Not Return - Sholem Deen
November- Rochester Chapter Book Review- date & title TBA
December 17 The Book of Aron - Jim Shepard
Contact Lori Friedman for further information: 425-0019 or lliberty1118@gmail.com
EVENING BOOK GROUP - TUESDAY, MAY 21, 7:30 PM
Please Join the Evening Book Group Tuesday, May 21, 7:30 PM Home of Susan Segelman, 75 Fernboro, Rochester For a Discussion of THEY MAY NOT MEAN TO, BUT THEY DO by Cathleeen Schine
Future dates , books, locations:
7/18/19 @ 7:30 PM The Alice Network by Kate Quinn @ Erni Schuster's 221 Monteroy Rd. Rochester 9/9/19 @ 7:30 PM Lincoln's Last Trial by Dan Abrams @ Elaine Esan's 160 Ledgerock Lane Rochester 10/29/19 @ 7:30 PM Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt @ Debi Brenner's 10 Ledgemont Dr Fairport 12/19/19 @ 6:30 PM Chanukah Potluck and Book Exchange!! @ Sharon Kovalsky's 65 Sky Ridge Dr Rochester 1/29/20 @ 7:30 PM A Tilted World by Tom Franklin @ Bobbi Feldman's 549 S Winton Rochester
Additional books for your reading pleasure: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris News of the World by Paulette Jiles Karolina's Twins by Ronald Balson The One In a Million Boy by Monica Wood The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende Waking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen (Sondra Silverston, translator) A Call from Spooner Street by Carol Ascher The Subway Girls by Susie Orman Schnall Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
For more
information, contact Debi Brenner: debi.brenner@gmail.com or
223-8979
360 DEGREES OF HEALING - ANNUAL HADASSAH ROCHESTER CAMPAIGN UPDATE
The Hadassah Medical Organization has defined health care in Israel and the Middle East. It's about compassion. It's about healing. It's about Life. We are grateful to all our donors and acknowledge the gift from Marla Miller - $360 Level There is always time to make a donation to Hadassah and our ongoing campaign for the newly revisioned Round Building. For the future of Hadassah Hospital & for the people of Jerusalem, be as generous as you can.
Mail donations to Toby Berke, 119 Daley Blvd., Rochester 14617. Questions? Contact Monika Katzel, Fundraising Chair, at: Monikakatzel@gmail.com
OUR APRIL 2ND MEETING "LIVING JEWISHLY IN SMALL TOWN AMERICA" WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!
Six presenters shared their experiences of growing up Jewishly in a
small town with over 40 attendees. Two who couldn't attend wrote about
their experiences. Linda Rapkin prefaced the program with a review of
Lee Weissbach's "Jewish Life in Small Town
America."
A huge THANK YOU to our fabulous panel: Warren Heilbronner,
Barbara Lipsky, Debi Brenner, Rabbi Anne Landsdowne, Nancy Krieger,
Harriett Shulman and contributors Judy Wertheimer and Babara Schwartz,
AND to the program committee: Ann Howell, Joyce
Heilbronner, and Elaine Vigoda, chaired by Lori Friedman and Harriett
Shulman.
MITZVAH PROJECT UPDATE
Our Mitzvah Makers Visited School 3 third graders
“To the Hadassah Group – Thank you for all the school supplies. I don't have that much stuff – so thank you very much.” From Zhamir
“Thank you for the stuff – and why it is important to give us stuff – and you are the best because you did a good thing." From Adra
“Thank you that you help my class – it is important to me. I hope you have a good day. “ Love Phillyona
“I love you for life! “ - Maqai
We received thank you cards with pictures, hearts and I love yous for all the supplies Hadassah members donated to the 3rd graders in Ms. Berntsen's class and to the other students at Rochester School #3 on Adams Street. And our Hadassah Mitzvah Makers got hugs, lots of thank yous and endless smiles when we spent a morning with these wonderful students.
Linda Rapkin provided another teaching moment, an important educational component to our session. The kids made their own fleece scarves, decorated and ate cookies, made Cheerios bird feeders and pine cone owls. They learned about how birds survive Rochester winters and listened to books about birds. All the students also received gloves and hand knit hats to go along with their new scarves.
A huge thank you to our Team: Linda Rapkin, Dorothy Appel, Martha Green, Emily Fishman, Lori Friedman, Wendy Scull, Ron & Karen Newman – AND many thanks to all who donate supplies and reading books. Most of our Rochester teachers spend hundreds of their own money to insure their students have the tools needed for classroom learning and work. You help provide those tools and the kids and teachers are very grateful. A special Thank You to Joan Shulman for her extra generous donation for literacy help at School 3.
Want to know more about our program? Contact Monika Katzel, Miztvah Project Chair (203-1200), or monikakatzel@gmail.com.
PHOTO FROM PAD KIT MAKING PARTY - APRIL 7 - THANKS TO ALL FOR THE GREAT TURNOUT!
HADASSAH STATEMENT ON THE SAN DIEGO CHABAD SHOOTING
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.(HWZOA) is devastated by the Saturday morning shooting at the Chabad of Poway, in San Diego County, and te recent targeting of other houses of worship in America and around the world.
We mourn, with the worldwide community, the tragic loss of one of our
Hadassah sisters, Lori Gilbert-Kaye z”l, a beloved member of the Bat
Harim group of Hadassah San Diego, who was fatally shot, while trying to
save the rabbi, during morning services. Three others were wounded,
including a child and Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein.
Learning that the woman who died in the horrendous shooting in San
Diego was a Hadassah member doesn’t make this despicable act worse, but
it does bring it closer to home. We are an organization that truly
cares about its members, leaders, Associates, and supporters -- but we
also care about our communities and when one of us suffers, we all
suffer.
Our deepest condolences go out to the Gilbert and Kaye families and
to all those who are grieving. May those injured have full and speedy
recoveries. Although physical wounds heal within a timely manner,
emotional ones take that much longer. I pray we are truly a support
system for those who will need us to help them through this most
difficult time.
Our thoughts are with those who have been affected by this tragedy,
especially our members in the San Diego and Southern California area,
and we express gratitude to an off-duty officer and San Diego's “first
responders,” who were successful in capturing the gunman.
This shooting comes six months to the day after 11 people were killed
in a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. According
to a report by the ADL, anti-Semitic incidents and attacks have risen by
60% in the United States in the last year alone. This shocking
escalation in hate both at home and abroad requires swift and broad
action by our local, state and national leaders.
Hadassah members have a part to play by advocating for our policy priorities including the Never Again Education Act;
a bill that would expand Holocaust Education and anti-hate curricula in
the schools. As members of Hadassah, we must reaffirm our commitment to
fighting anti-Semitism and hate wherever they are present.
When one life is taken, all our lives are affected, and we stand
united in common grief and a conviction to make the world a better
place. May we go from strength to strength.
May the memory of Lori Gilbert-Kaye z”l serve as a blessing to all
who knew her and as inspiration to all who only knew of her.
B’Shalom,
Ellen Hershkin
National President
TAKE A LOOK AT ROCHESTER HADASSAH'S WEBSITE - Webmaster Phyllis Hirsch -
SAVE THE DATE - NATIONAL HADASSAH 99TH CONVENTION - JULY 15-18, NYC
Attendees will experience the many facets of Hadassah, our global
impact, women's empowerment opportunities, and renowned speakers in the
fields of Zionism, the media and Israeli security. See old
friends and make new ones! Click here for more information, and to register!!
SAVE THE DATE - HADASSAH CENTRAL STATES SHABBATON & CONFERENCE - SEPT 13 - 15
IN MEMORIAM
If you would like to make a donation to Hadassah in anyone's memory, please send a check in any amount to:Toby Berke, 119 Daley Blvd, Rochester, NY 14617
YOUTH ALIYAH/CHILDREN AT RISK
In our Youth Village Meir Shfeyah students are or have been
victims of violence or lived in environments where they are exposed to
violence and Shfeyah is committed to providing a safe place where they can live, learn, grow, recognize their strengths and achieve their dreams.
We can help these children by contributing to Youth Aliyah and
purchasing Youth Aliyah Certificates that are good for all occasions.
Small Certificates are $5.00 and up plus postage. Large
Certificates are $15.00 and up plus postage. Contact Marlene Elkin
271-1871
THE
HADASSAH/JCC SHED
Remember the JCC/Hadassah Shed is in the back of the JCC parking lot. Hadassah and the JCC get paid by the pound for textile donations, which are then directed to those in need in the US and around the world. Please - only clothing, shoes, purses, linens, towels in tied plastic bags. No household items (non-textile), toys, pillows.
Thank you for
your help and donations.
COOKBOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS, CARDS & CERTIFICATES
Our famous cookbook has wonderful recipes for any kind of meal you
want to make. There are great recipes for meat, vegetables, starches,
salads, desserts, appetizers, soups and holidays. It makes a wonderful gift for many occasions. The price is $18 and $22 to ship. Contact Marlene Elkin, 271-1871.
Entertainment Books 2018-2019
The Entertainment Books have wonderful coupons for restaurants,
fast food places, pizza, car washes, car rentals, golf courses, dry
cleaners, stores, bowling
alleys and many more things. They make a great gift. The price is $25. Call Marlene Elkin 271-1871
Save Around
Books are $20 each; call Debby Shulman 586-6654
Buy Hadassah
Medical Organization Cards & Certificates from these volunteers:
Due to higher security issues with spam, large
files, and mass emails, some email addresses are not receiving our Hadassah
e-bulletins and e-blasts. Bulletins are sent around the first of each month,
e-blasts prior to programs. If you are not receiving our Rochester Hadassah
emails, please let us know. What started as just AOL issues may now happen with
other servers. And unfortunately we do not always know who is not getting the
emails. Please share this info with others (especially AOL users). Write to:rochester@hadassah.org
New!
Reduced land package rates now available for 2019 missions.Click here, then click on
your favorite mission to see the new prices! Further reductions
for early registrants!
THE FIRST EVER VEIN TRANSPLANT SAVES MAN'S LEG FROM AMPUTATION!
Avi Yavetz of Modi'in might have faced a fate common to patients with
peripheral vascular disease: the amputation of his leg. But luckily for
Yavetz, Prof. Ron Carmeli, Director of Vascular Surgery at Hadassah
Hospital, had "a crazy idea to check if someone
in his family would be willing to donate a vein."
Yavetz's four children were willing. As it turned out, his son Snir was a
suitable match, with an appropriate vein that extended from his foot to
groin. Two weeks after the successful transplant, performed at
Hadassah's Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower,
father and son are doing well. "I am sure this breakthrough will save
many others in the future," said Prof. Carmeli. Read
their story.
JOIN HADASSAH'S CONVERSATION ON ANTI-SEMETISM MAY 6
THE BRANCH, REAL STORIES ABOUT CONNECTING JEWS & ARABS EPISODE 8: THE PARENTS CIRCLE
Robi, an Israeli mother, and Bassam, a Palestinian father, each lost a
child to the violence. United instead of divided by grief, they're
working together to show how important one-on-one reconciliation is on
the path to peace. Click here for the Podcast: http://www.hadassah.org/multi-media/podcasts/branch-episodes/episode-8-parents.html
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