Welcome to Greater Washington Hadassah 2021!

Dear Friends,

I am so proud to be your new Greater Washington Region President! As such, I’m learning lots of new and interesting information about how our organization, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, works. Having recently spent two days at an online National Assembly conference, I’m here to tell you that Hadassah is an amazingly-well organized and highly complex organization. The conference had 77 articulate speakers who spoke exactly on cue when it was their turn and shared a wealth of important facts and figures about Hadassah. I have pages of copious notes to prove it!

I learned about the wonderful programs such as Youth Aliyah in Israel which provides an alternative education for at-risk students, including immigrants from Russia and Poland. I learned about the exceptional medical research that Hadassah Hospital conducts in order to treat patients who suffered with previously incurable diseases who were cured by the gifted doctors and nurses at the hospital. I also learned that Hadassah needs each one of us to stand up and be counted as a proud person of Jewish descent when we experience antisemitism in our lives.

And we must also be aware of the work that Hadassah does in the United States promoting women’s health and making sure that our doctors have access to the latest research to address our medical needs. As a member of the World Zionist Organization of America, our 300,000-member organization enables us to be an incredibly powerful force that can influence others’ opinions and change their focus regarding the protection of human rights whether here or abroad.

In order to support Hadassah’s amazing work, our region and chapters provide our members with quality online programs throughout the year -- for which we now have to charge a nominal event fee. Although it doesn’t readily appear that these programs have a cost in an online forum (as we’re not renting a facility), there are actually underlying costs in order to provide all of these Hadassah programs. We hope that you will understand this and continue to give generous donations toward our mission.

I look forward to a memorable year of shared learning, discovering a wealth of creative ideas for our programs and opportunities for working with each other to energize and inspire more women to come on board!

We are “The Power of Women Who Do”! Please think about what you can do for Hadassah, as every one of us can make a difference!

With wishes for a healthy and safe year,

Ilene Schneider, Region President

Hadassah Greater Washington

 Chapter Events 

Northern Virginia

Robin Rosenthal, President

Our themes are around the Power of Women - Join us!

Tuesday March 23rd @ 7:30 | What's Pesach without Gefilte Fish?

Learn how to make gefilte fish and celebrate generations of Jewish women including Moses’ sister Miriam. Program cost is $10 for Hadassah members and $12 for non-members. This wonderful program includes a short film showing 3 generations of women making gefilte fish together and a Gefilte Fish making demonstration. The recipe for Salmon Gefilte Fish will be provided in advance. 

Wednesday April 14th @ 7:30 | Power of Women Lecture Series Kick-off

The first program is "A Conversation between RBG, Henrietta Szold, and Golda Meir." It is an imagined conversation based on their feelings toward women's empowerment, Zionism, the State of Israel, etc.  The lectures will occur bi-monthly on or around the 14^th of every other month. Price per class is $12 or $50 for the series if paid up front. Program sponsorship is available for $180. 

The Power of Women lecture series topics include:

The Power of Jewish Women in Government

The Power of Jewish Women in Business and Technology

The Power of Jewish Women in Healthcare and Science

The Power of Jewish Women in Arts and Music

The Power of Jewish Women in Religion and Judaism

 For more information or to register for any of these wonderful programs, please email NorthernVirginia@hadassah.org

Ramon at Riderwood Jewish Community

Judy Rumerman, Advisor

All events will be held at 2:00 PM

Sunday, March 7

Meredith Weisel, Attorney, Anti-Defamation League

“The ADL Going Forward: Efforts to Fight Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Extremism”

Sunday, April 11

“The Old Days of Jewish Washington” with producer Esther McBride

Neshama 

Rochelle Iserson, President, Neshamapres@gmail.com

2021 is off to a great start!

January's zoom kick-off meeting was very well-attended by both returning and new members.

Our Board has been very busy lining up interesting speaker programs in the fields of cooking, medicine, gardening, home improvement, and geneology as well as planning fun interesting seminars throughout the year on topics from travel, trivia, and learning to play the piano!

Annapolis

Joan Rosenberg, President

 Our very successful Book Discussion Group has selected books for next four months. We meet the second Tuesday afternoon of every month at 2:00 PM on Zoom. 

March 9 | House on Endless Waters - Enuna Elon 

April 13 | Florence Adler Swims Forever - Rachel Beanland

May 11 | On the Chocolate Trail - Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz

For additional information, call Carol Ann Hecht at 410 280-3746.

Ruach 

Sandy Stein and Ruth Unterweger, Co-Presidents

 All programs are held on Zoom and pre-registration is required. The address for sending your checks are listed. IMPORTANT: All checks must be made to Hadassah but sent to the individuals who are in charge of the specific program. Each check should include your name, email, and telephone number.

Wednesday, March 17 @ 7:00 PM

Speaking of Unmentionables: The Rise and Fall of Ladies Underwear presented by Ellie Carlson- $18 donation required by 3/10. This novel & sometimes naughty presentation will unveil facts & expose myths about women’s unmentionables. The presentation includes stories from real women past & present and their amusing & sometimes uncomfortable relationship with their foundation garments. Checks to Ellen King, 3517 John Carroll Dr, Olney, MD .20832 

Wednesday, April 21 @ 2:00 PM

"Immigrants Get the Job Done” Speaker - Leah Polin, North Boundary Chapter, Chicago, Illinois - Hear the stories of Jewish women immigrants who worked hard and became a success in cosmetics, sales, and other innovative fields.  $5 PER PERSON

Checks to Lynn Berk, 2900 N. Leisure World Blvd, Apt 210, Silver Spring, Md 20906 

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