Now that September is here many families either have taken/ sent
offspring to begin the freshman year at college or are preparing to send
younger family members to school. Shopping has been completed, and all
students are ready physically to begin the next step in life whether in
Kindergarten or some higher grade. Psychologically there may be a
totally different atmosphere in the family home especially after the
shopping, packing, and coping with the absence of the departing student.
Of course time will fly so that some members will return home next
month for the High Holidays or will experience the holidays in a
different location for the first time; most will return for the secular
holiday of Thanksgiving in November.
In the Jewish calendar Tisha
B’Av has passed, and we are about to enter the month of Elul which is
the last month before the High Holidays. Many use this time for cooking,
baking, and cleaning—don’t we do this for every one of our holidays!
Others make the journey to visit the graves of family members and to
fulfill other family traditions prior to the holidays.
On Sunday,
September 25th, the Rochester Chapter of Hadassah will sponsor the
annual Tillie Rose Education program, which this year is entitled
“Friend in Need? Being a Friend, Indeed!” The program is at Temple
B’rith Kodesh from 1-3 pm. Rabbi Rachel Smookler of Temple Beth David
will be the keynote speaker, and a panel of women will discuss and
answer questions related to the theme. Topics to be addressed will offer
practical advice on how to help friends survive a variety of life
challenges. (The reservation form is found in this month’s newsletter.) I
look forward to seeing many of you there.
B’Shalom,
Roz
A HADASSAH MITZVAH - VOLUNTEER AT FOODLINK!
Start the New Year with Tikun Olam (good deeds) ! Join us at Foodlink on September 6. For details contact Dvorah Kolko at 473-5280 or Susanne Esan at 663-1362.
EVENING BOOK GROUP
September 19: Once We Were Brothers, by Ronald H.
Balsom, home of Marla Miller, 2 Woodland Circle
November 10: Beneath the Marble Sky, by John Shors,
home of Martha Green, 43 Tobey Ct.,
Pittsford
December 21: Pre-Chanukah Book Exchange and Planning
Meeting! Home of Janise Ross, 23 Lake
Lacoma, Pittsford
January 31,
2017: The Marriage of Opposites,
by Alice Hoffman, home of Marjorie Montag, 224 Vernon Place
All Meetings
at 7:30 PM (except 12/21/16 - time TBD)
BAT AMI BOOK GROUP
Please join the Bat Ami Book Group!! All meetings are held at the home of Lori Friedman at 12 PM. Bring a sandwich- refreshments are provided!!
November 17: Annual Book Review and Book Sale - location to be announced
December 20: A Man called Ove by Fredrik Backman
IN MEMORIAM
We note with sorrow the passing of Life Members Ann Gilbert-Winterman and Marion Perlstein.
BAT AMI ANNUAL BRUNCH AND CARD PARTY
Mark your calendars for NOVEMBER 1 - the date of the
Annual Card Party and Luncheon.
Mark your calendars again for October 25 - deadline for reservations!!
Bat Ami's Annual Card Party and Luncheon will take place at:
Irondequoit Country Club
4045 East Avenue
$25 per person
Reservations to: Susanne Esan, 223 Stone Road, Rochester, NY 14616
2016-17 ROCHESTER HADASSAH ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
Help Us Change the World Through:
THE POWER OF MEDICINE
THE POWER OF RESEARCH
THE POWER OF SERVICE TO HUMANITY
and
THE POWER OF GIVING, ONE MEMBER AT A TIME!
Please give as generously as you can to ensure Hadassah continues its life saving and life enhancing work to make the world a better place.
See your Campaign Mailing and -
Be a part of WOMEN WHO DO!
SAVE THESE DATES!!
Saturday, November 5 - Sunday, November 6
Central States Region Fall Forum
Embassy Suites Airport in Columbus, Ohio. Theme: Hadassah Positioning System ( HPS - like GPS, only different!) Spend a weekend with like-minded women from across our new Hadassah Region, which includes Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan! Contact Lynn Furness for details: lfurness@hadassah.org or 859-873-0328; cell phone 859-338-5970.
Thursday, November 10
Chapter-Wide Book Review and Luncheon
Linda Rapkin will review My Briliant Friend by Elana Ferrante at the Hahnemann Club at the Highlands of Pittsford. The charge is $18, payable to Hadassah. Reservations must be in by November 2 to Fran Studley, 4242 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14618. Please bring a gently used book for our raffle, or give it to Lori Friedman before November 10. Proceeds to Youth Aliyah.
JANET WAGNER MEMORIAL FOOTBALL CHALLENGE
A Little Rochester Hadassah History
Did you know that our Football Challenge is over 30
years old? It was introduced to us as a fundraiser by Millie Rosenbaum. The
origins of this initiative is no longer known. Millie managed this project for
decades and introduced it to other chapters in our Region. Between 500-1000
football books were sold then and our net income was $5000-$10,000! Our
Hadassah men got involved and sold numerous tickets at work. Our members talked
up this project and sold to friends.
Janet Wagner took over management from Millie and
promoted and championed this fundraiser until her death last year. Working
behind the scenes is a devoted friend to Hadassah – Carl Wetzstein. Carl gets
the football team and game schedule from the NFL and sets up the “Challenge”
for us. Margie Wiseman has continued the tradition of her mother, Millie, with her husband, Gary, by keeping track of the weekly game results. Ticket
winners are then contacted by our Treasurer, Toby Berke. If you know more about
this project, not already mentioned here, please let us know.
Simple – Right?!
WE CAN MAKE THE FOOTBALL CHALLENGE
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AGAIN.
Here's How – Buy a ticket(s) – Sell a ticket(s).
Each is just $10
It's a Win/Win for you and for Hadassah
A big Thank You to Marilyn Rosen, who gets the
football books ready and to all our ticket sellers and promoters.
(Ticket buyers please note: An error was made. The game dates listed
in your booklets are correct. We neglected to update the year for this
football season. We apologize. It does not
change how the Challenge will run this year. Thank you for
understanding.)
In a few weeks, it's back to school for our area
students, ready to work and learn. Unfortunately, many will come lacking the
tools necessary for classroom participation. WE CAN HELP – by buying school
supplies for the kids at Rochester School #3. Use those back-to-school
coupons to buy paper, folders, notebooks, pencils, pens, markers and art
supplies. New or gently used pleasure reading books are always appreciated.
Bring your donations to Hadassah meetings, to me, or
call for a pickup. The students and teachers are so grateful for all your
gifts, that allow the kids to be prepared for this school year.
Monika Katzel, Mitzvah Chair
68 Water Works Drive, East Rochester 14445; 585-203-1200
ATTENTION MEMBERS: Consider upgrading your
Annual membership to a Life Membership for only $180 during 2016. This is for annual as well as gifted members.
THE
HADASSAH/JCC SHED
Hadassah and
the JCC get paid per pound for textile donations, and folks in needy areas in the
US and abroad receive clothing and household soft goods. REMEMBER: No pillows, toys or household
items (non-textile) – only clothing,
shoes, purses, towels, sheets, in tied plastic bags, are accepted!
Thank you for
your help and donations.
COOKBOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS, CARDS & CERTIFICATES
Our High Holidays will be here in October, and our Rochester Hadassah Cookbook has wonderful recipes for the holidays and other occasions. It also makes a great gift for birthdays, anniversaries, new homes and other events. The
book is $18 and $22 to ship. Contact Marlene Elkin 271-1871
Save Around
Books are $20 each; call Debby Shulman 586-6654
Entertainment Books, 2017
The 2017 Entertainments have arrived with wonderful coupons for restaurants, dry cleaners, car washes, car rentals, golf courses, pizza places, ice cream shops, hotels, stores, and many other things. This year they are $20. Contact Marlene Elkin, 271-1871 or Phyllis Cohen, 486-4907.
Buy Hadassah
Medical Organization Cards & Certificates from these volunteers:
Hadassah sponsors 3 Youth Aliyah Villages in which we provide
education, psychological support and love, all in a safe and secure
environment that fosters independence, self esteem and success. Each operates a vocational
training
program, from high tech auto repair to computerized precision tool
making to wine making. Our cultural environment programs including music performance and art, and make for a well rounded student. At Youth Aliyah our sports programs provide the
structure, discipline, and teamwork that help students to develop
excellent lifelong habits and much needed self esteem.
We can help these students by purchasing Youth Aliyah
Certificates that are good for any occasion.
Small Certificates are
$5.00 and up plus postage
Large are $15.00 and up plus postage.
Contact Marlene Elkin
271-1871
HADASSAH NATIONAL CONVENTION UPDATE
In case you missed it! Our four power days together are over, but our
memories, inspiration, training, photos, and videos live on! Relive it
or catch up here hadassah.org/convention
HADASSAH'S VIDEO SERIES "DEFINING ZIONISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY" CONTINUES...
Two passionate Zionists with deeply divergent views — Caroline Glick, Deputy Managing Editor of the Jerusalem Post, and Rob Eshman,
Publisher & Editor-in-chief of the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles --
field questions about dreams, solutions and fears that surround
Israel’s future, particularly those in the Diaspora. Linda Scherzer,
Journalist and former CNN Mideast Correspondent, moderated this Defining
Zionism in the 21st Century discussion, filmed live in Atlanta at the
Hadassah 98th National Convention. Please watch, discuss, share, and
consider creating an event in your community around this – and other –
Defining Zionism speakers. Join the conversation..
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