HADASSAH ROCHESTER ANNUAL MEDICAL CENTER PARTY, JUNE 5
BAT AMI BOOK GROUP
Please
join the Bat Ami Book Group!! All meetings are held at 12 PM at the home of
Lori Friedman, 84 Great Wood Circle, Fairport, NY Bring a sandwich- refreshments are provided!! May 15 - The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
Dates and Books, 2018 June 19 - The Family by David Laskin July 17 - All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner August 17 - In The Unlikely Event by Judy Blume October 16 - Orchestra of Exiles by Josh Aronson November 20 - Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult December 18 - The Bridal Chair by Gloria Goldreich
Contact Lori Friedman for further information: 425-0019 orlliberty1118@gmail.com.
TIKKUN OLAM AT FOODLINK
Tuesday, May 29, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Our Tikkun Olam project at FOODLINK has been an ongoing Hadassah project
for many years. Thanks to the women of Bat Ami, we have been able to
make a difference for many in our community. Our next scheduled day is Tuesday, May 29. Meet at Dvorah Kolko's, 287 Nunda Boulevard at 12:30 PM
to carpool.
If you would like to join us for this worthwhile mitzvah project, please
contact Dvorah Kolko at 473 - 5280. Help Hadassah make a difference in the Rochester community.
UPDATE FROM THE HEALTHY EATING MEETING IN MARCH
Ted D. Barnett, MD would like to thank the Hadassah group for the
opportunity to speak about the benefits of a plant-based diet, on March
15 at the Pittsford Library.
If you would like to be on the mailing list to receive by email the
newsletter of the Rochester Area Vegan Society when it comes out (4X a
year), please send an email to rochesterveg@gmail.com.
Your contact information is safe with us: we send all messages by blind
copy and don’t share your information in any way. Thank you and many
blessings!
MAY IS MELANOMA AWARENESS MONTH
Melanoma Awareness Month, by Ann Howell
(This article is in lieu of the presidium message this month. Ann shares this heartbreaking chapter in her life, recounting her husband Allan's loss to Melanoma. We are happy to add that she has now been married to Rich for quite some time, and just celebrated the marriage of son Peter to Jacklyn. Many thanks, Ann, for this timely message. From the Presidium - Fran, Marcia, Tammi and Monika)
Malignant
Melanoma. These were two words that changed my life and my family’s life
forever. "It’s metastasized" were the other words that fell into this category,
and changed our lives even more. My husband's first surgery for Melanoma was in August 1983. He died July 8, 1987 at the age of 31. Our son was 3 1/2.
Melanoma is the 19th most
common cancer worldwide but rates are higher in countries where there are a lot
of fair skinned people; in those countries it ranks 10th.
Melanoma
invades the pigment –producing cells that produce our skin color. This results
in almost all cases from over exposure to the sun. It has been fatal in the
past, but thanks to research and protocols by Dr. Michal Lotem and Hadassah –
Hebrew University Medical Center, fatalities from Melanoma have dropped
significantly. How we got to this stage will be laid out.
In my husband’s journey of experimental
treatments, the Oncologists at Genesee Hospital recommended him to Dr. Stephen
Rosenberg at the NIH in Bethesda, Md. In 1985, Dr. Rosenberg was one of the few
working on Melanoma research. Since my husband had to live there for a month to
6 weeks, Dr. Rosenberg asked a slew of questions, including our religious
affiliation. In the conversation it came up that I was a member of Hadassah, at
which time Dr. Rosenberg said: “ If there is ever going to be a breakthrough in
the treatment of Melanoma, it will come from Hadassah. “ My husband was part of
the very early stages of immunotherapy, coupled with a bone marrow transplant
when he returned to Rochester.
Dr.
Rosenberg was right. Almost 30 years later Dr. Lotem, having done an internship
at the NIH, first brought back a vaccine, which was developed to genetically
alter the immune system to fight this cancer. Hadassah has been the world
leader in reducing Melanoma rates.
Hadassah
has declared May Melanoma Awareness Month to bring our attention to this
cancer and highlight the research that is continuing to help to possibly increase the numbers who survive.
About a
month after my husband died, Dr. Rosenberg called our home to express his
condolences and to thank my family for having Allan participate in this
valuable research. He was the youngest participant, and by far the liveliest.
While Allan did not live long enough to reap the benefits of this therapy, I
would like to think he played a small part in their research.
I would
like to end with these two final points. First, please get tested early,
whether it be Melanoma, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, etc . Early detection is
really one of the best tools. Please continue to support Hadassah in their valuable research in this area. I am proud to be a Hadassah member, knowing that because of their knowledge and research, we are saving lives.
Have a
great summer!
WHAT A GREAT TIME WE HAD AT THE HADASSAH FASHION SHOW APRIL 17!!
There were snowflakes falling outside, but it was Spring
inside Irondequoit Country Club on April 17th for the Hadassah
Rochester Fashion Show. The tables
were decorated in pastels and straw hats decked with flowers. Rochester notables modeled a
Spring/Summer line from J.Jill and Lucky Nahum. Attendees enthusiastically applauded models Ralph Meranto,
Producing Artistic Director, JCC Center Stage, Arnie Sohinki, Executive
Director of the JCC, Toby Motyka, Chanel 13 Weekend News and Rich Levy, Owner
of Eye Openers. The ladies were
represented by Debbie Zeger, Executive Director of Temple Beth El, Rabbi Kelly Levy of Temple B'rith
Kodesh, Phyllis Korn, former Executive Director of Alternatives for Battered
Women, Linda Rubens, Jewish Senior Life Advancement Officer and Sonia Newman,
representing Congregation Beth Sholom and the Rochester City School
District. Proceeds from this show
were directed to Hadassah's medical and educational centers and youth villages
in Israel, providing extraordinary care and services to all in the Middle East
and to youth at risk.
Todah Rabbah to the following who worked to make this show a
big success: The Fashion Show
Committee - Jill Kravetz, Debi Brenner, Emily Fishman, Joyce Heilbronner,
Harriett Shulman, Marjorie Montag, Monika Katzel and Lori Friedman, Chair. A special thank you to our Team of
Volunteers: Martha Green, Carol
Shulman, Marilyn Rosen, Elaine Vigoda, Fran Studley, Cathy Schneider, Jeanne
Feldman, Marcia Gabrilove Ladin -
and to those who provided a
special level of support: Sponsors
– Debi Brenner, Lori Friedman, Kathy London, Martha Green, Beverly Weinstein,
Judge Karen Morris, Maxine Rosen, Ronny Frishman, Jeanne Feldmam. And to our
Patrons – Carol Shulman, Elizabeth Steinberg and Monika Katzel.
Monika Katzel, Fundraising Chair
IN MEMORIAM
We note with sorrow the passing of: Sylvia Leonard, sister of Faye Herr, Life Member. Judith Alderman, Life Member of Bat Ami.
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
GLAD AND SAD
We
would love to acknowledge the GLAD... new babies (children,
grandchildren), marriages, milestone anniversaries and birthdays, GET WELLS (if you
want it known) along with the SAD events in future bulletins. If you
have something to share, please send to one of the presidents. If you
would like it known but not printed in the bulletin, feel free to share
that with us as well.
Mazal Tov to Elyssa Steinberg, daughter of Tammi & Gary Steinberg, on her
graduation from the University of Pittsburgh with a BS in Psychology!!!!
CELEBRATING ISRAEL AT 70
As we joyfully celebrate the 70th anniversary of the State of Israel on Yom Ha'Atzmaut
and reflect on how much Israel can achieve in the next 70 years, I hope
you’ll share my pride in Hadassah’s positive impact from pre-state
Israel to a nation of innovation.
Since our founding, Hadassah has advanced a Zionist vision of building bridges to peace, ensuring the health and well-being of Israel and all its people.
This spirit was captured beautifully in this mini NBC News documentary:
"While conflict affects daily life, these Israeli and Palestinian
transplant surgeons at the Hadassah [Medical Organization] work together
to save lives, with no regard to political differences."
Every
day, our hospitals, Youth Aliyah villages, and advocacy efforts are
building bridges to peace while supporting a strong Israel.
That’s
always been true. In a 1921 letter, for example, our founder Henrietta
Szold wrote about a project to combat malaria near the Sea of Tiberias,
saving lives in Arab villages and in Jewish settlements in the Yishuv.
Today the Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) — 100 years old! — helps a
million patients each year, regardless of faith, race or nationality,
while our research brings hope to families around the world.
"No
institution models a place of complete peace under the most demanding
circumstances more than Hadassah," said the late beloved statesman and
peacemaker, Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
Inside
Hadassah’s hospitals medical teams and researchers tend to patients
side by side, of all faiths, providing some of the best treatment in the
Middle East. This care and HMO's humanitarian initiatives extend far
beyond the hospital’s sliding doors. To share just a few:
For 15 children from Gaza and the West Bank who were born deaf, Hadassah means hearing for the first time.
A
Gaza offshoot of the Hadassah Center for Cystic Fibrosis provides
much-needed care while training Palestinian medical professionals.
HMO’s ART Joy Love combats HIV in orphanages in Kenya, Ethiopia, India and Uganda.
The HMO Ophthalmology Department — also celebrating its centennial this year — brings eye care to many African countries.
HMO
nurses create communities of compassion among Israeli and Palestinian
nurses. It’s also the 100th anniversary of the Henrietta Szold
Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing!
As
we celebrate Israel’s 70th, Hadassah is committed to continuing to
build momentum around our vision of Zionism as a positive and proactive
force, kulanu b’yachad. Together.
Despite
the prevalence of divisive rhetoric, most Americans — 74% — view Israel
favorably, according to the 2018 Gallup poll, "Americans Remain
Staunchly in Israel's Corner." As Dan Shapiro, former US Ambassador to
Israel, once said, "With its deep American roots and branches,
[Hadassah] represents how truly unbreakable the bonds are between our
two great nations."
You’re
a part of that. Thank you — for all that you do for Hadassah, for HMO,
and to counter negative attitudes by sharing these stories of bridges to
peace and this moving video. What a powerful way to share our values, too.
Happy 70th, Israel.
Ellen Herskin
YOUTH ALIYAH/CHILDREN AT RISK UPDATE
Hadassah National President Ellen Hershkin is very proud of the
girls at our Youth Aliyah Villages, girls like Leyla Vinopal, a winner
of Intel-Israel Young Scientist Competition for her work on the immune system and Alzheimer's. She'll follow in the footsteps of women like the doctors at Hadassah
Hospital whose medical breakthroughs are saving lives around the world.
We can help these students in our Youth Aliyah Villages by
purchasing Youth Aliyah Certificates that are good for any occasion.
Small Certificates are $5 and up plus postage. Large
Certificates are $15 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
The month of May brings Mother's Day, Memorial Day and many college graduations. Our Hadassah Cookbook has great
recipes that
can be used for these occasions and it also makes a wonderful gift. The price is $18 and $22 to ship. Contact Marlene Elkin 271-1871.
Save Around
Books are $20 each; call Debby Shulman 586-6654
Buy Hadassah
Medical Organization Cards & Certificates from these volunteers:
Just Announced !!!!! Exciting news! PBS NewsHour Anchor and Managing Editor Judy
Woodruff (invited) is joining the stellar lineup at the Hadassah Women's
Health & Advocacy Conference.
There is subvention money for those interested in attending. For
additional information, please contact Marcia Gabrilove Ladin at mladin@hadassah.org OR 585.820.5284
SAVE THE DATE - HADASSAH PRESENTS: SUKKOT & SPICE, SEPTEMBER 26
HADASSAH- BRINGING LIFE SAVING SPINAL SURGERY TO ETHIOPIA
A team of Hadassah Medical Organization doctors embarked on a groundbreaking humanitarian effort:
bringing complex spinal surgery procedures to Ethiopia for the first
time. During their medical mission to the northern Ethiopian city of
Mekelle, they performed several lifesaving spinal surgeries. "These
cases were so bad that if we wouldn't have operated on these children,
at least half of them would be dead by next year," HMO spinal surgeon
Dr. Josh Schroeder told JTA News.
EMAIL ISSUES CONTINUE!
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
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT ROCHESTER HADASSAH'S WEBSITE
Join
Sophie Gottlieb in Israel to explore the mix of cultures, art, food,
history & technology that make Israel unique. From visits to
Independence Hall, where David Ben-Gurion signed Israel's Declaration of
Independence, and the Western Wall, to Yad Vashem and the mystical city
of Safed, this Israel mission is packed with incredible destinations.
There is something for everyone, from first-timers to returning
visitors!
With
carefully tailored tours of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Eshkol, Beersheba,
nature preserves, food & wine tastings and architectural marvels, as
well as a VIP visit to Hadassah's hospitals in Ein Kerem and Mount
Scopus, take this vacation of a lifetime to Israel as it celebrates its
70th anniversary and we celebrate 100 years of the Hadassah Medical
Organization. Act now and sign up today!
Ellen Herskin
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