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Getting to the Hadassah Minneapolis Web Page just got Easier

Thanks to our web administrator Maggie Blehert and National Hadassah, we now can access the Hadassah Minneapolis website simply as www.hadassah.org/minneapolis.  Check it out!

Say Happy New Year with Hadassah High Holiday Cards!

Benefit Hadassah by purchasing your beautiful Hadassah High Holiday cards!  The cost, $1.25 each or 4 for $5.00, is a great bargain!  Contact Ronna Locketz at 612-730-6418.

Living Well:  Chronic Disease Self-Management Program

Hadassah Minneapolis and Fairview Health Services are co-sponsoring a 6-session Living Well program, open to adults of all ages with chronic conditions, as well as their family members and caregivers.  Attendees do not have to be Hadassah members.  This program will help people with chronic conditions learn healthy ways to live and to be active.  The series of classes will be held on Wednesdays, Oct. 3 – Nov. 7 from 1:00 – 3:30 p.m. at the Knollwood Place Auditorium, 3630 Phillips Parkway, St. Louis Park.  The instructors are Rachel Wolk and Gail Carroll.  Hadassah Minneapolis has mailed members an informational flyer that includes full details about the program.  To view the flyer, click here.

To sign up or to learn more, call 612-706-4576, or e-mail livingwell@fairview.org.  For more information, visit www.fairview.org/livingwell.  The registration deadline is September 20.  Enrollment is limited, but if there is enough interest, future sessions will be scheduled.

Education Program Preview

Hadassah Minneapolis, Hadassah St. Paul and Hadassah Upper Midwest Region are planning an exciting and thought-provoking program on Protecting Health Care Data in Our High-Tech World, November 11.  We will learn from a panel of leading experts in the fields of medicine, health law, cyber security, and information technology, as they discuss issues that are important to all of us.

Some of the questions they will address include:

•  How is our medical data being safeguarded?
•  What are some of the risks and benefits of modern health care technology?
•  How common is fraud and identity theft through the hacking of personal health data?
•  What is being done to insure the cyber security of modern medical devices?
•  How do we avoid medical scams?
•  Can you trust commercial DNA testing companies?
•  Is it safe to share personal information in social media health support groups?
•  What laws are in place to protect us?

Do YOU have other questions you’d like answered or issues you want to know more about?  To enter your comments or questions, click here.  We will pass them on to the panel to consider including in the discussion.

Cultural Clique

The Cultural Clique will not be meeting in September due to all the Jewish Holidays.  In October, we encourage people to attend the play The Great Society  at the History Theater in St. Paul.  The sequel to All the Way, which we saw last year, the play begins when Lyndon B. Johnson has just been re-elected and depicts his fall from grace.  The show runs October 6-28 with group rates available for 10 or more people.  As a group, we could go on Sunday October 21 at 2:00 p.m.  If you are interested in attending in the group, RSVP to Sarene Silver at ssilver125@aol.com or (763) 544-4012 by September 7th as tickets are limited.

Book Chavurot

The Night Club Bookclub meets on the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.  Our next gathering will be September 6 in the Plymouth Library. 15700 36th Avenue N.  We’ll be in the second room, the conference room on the far-right wall.  We will discuss Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned About Life by Harold Kushner.  In October, we'll discuss Someone is Watching by Joy Fielding.  We always welcome new members.  If you are interested or have questions, please contact Shelly Levine at shellyilevine@msn.com or 612-597-3349.

The next gathering of the Afternoon Book Group is at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, September 17.  This is not our normal meeting day due to the Holidays.  We meet at the Plymouth Library: 15700 36th Avenue N., in the small meeting room along the far-right wall.  Our September book is The Gilded Years: A Novel by Karin Tanabe.  The October book is Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah. We welcome new members.  Questions? Contact Sue Garnett, 952-545-1435 or at  nettgar1@gmail.com.

The Henrietta Szold book group is a lively bunch of men and women who meet at 1 p.m. on the 4th Wednesday of every month in the Knollwood Place Apartments boardroom.  Note:  we will skip September because the Holidays will take up a good portion of the month.  Our book list is varied  and all the book titles chosen are available in regular and large print, audio, and downloadable formats with many copies in the Library system.  Many of our participants use the volunteer delivery system offered by the Hennepin County Libraries.  While not everyone finishes reading each of our titles, we have great discussions based on the themes in each book.  The book for October 24 will be The Muralist:  A Novel by Barbara Shapiro.  Please feel free to join us.  If you are not on our contact list, call Debby Wolk at 612-925-7932 or e-mail her at tzvibo@aol.com for more information.

It's Fundraising Time!

Fundraising is more important than ever for Hadassah Minneapolis. We help support Hadassah Hospital’s life-saving work – all done without regard to race or religion - and cutting-edge research that seeks new treatments (or cures!) for breast cancer, MS, Alzheimer’s disease and other diseases.

Donating to Hadassah Minneapolis is easier than ever!  Instead of a Spring and Fall Solicitation, we’ve combined them into just one Solicitation, scheduled for delivery to your home after Rosh Hashana!  We hope you’ll give generously.  (You’ll still receive various fundraising letters from National Hadassah.)  YOU DON'T NEED TO WAIT TO DONATE!  Commit to Hadassah with a generous donation at any time.  For more information, contact fundraising vice presidents Stacey Bush (staceyrbush@gmail.com) or Linda Ward (ward4858@yahoo.com).

Ronald McDonald House Is Looking for Your Help

Hadassah has been serving meals every Thursday at the Ronald McDonald House on the University of Minnesota campus (east bank) for 30 some years. We’ve had captains and teams preparing, warming and serving up to 100 people--patients and their families, all this time quietly fulfilling a Hadassah mission of helping to heal and support the sick here at “home.”  We have lost several teams for various reasons and need more teams, so we are reaching out and asking you to step up, pitch in, and have fun at the same time.  Tasks include cooking on site or providing cooked food that is purchased from a professional resource such as Costco, Sam’s Club, Cub, etc., delivering the meal to the House and providing servers to dish up, clean up, and smile with good cheer and well wishes to family, staff, and most of all the patients undergoing treatment in nearby University hospitals.  Talk to one of our captains, Terry Hallfin at 763-588-5597 or e-mail her at terrybmn@visi.com to find out how you can be a part of this worthwhile endeavor.  Ronald is waiting to hear from you.  Don’t think about it -- just give it a try!

Membership

Why do you belong to Hadassah?  Is it to connect with our Jewish community?  Is it for the social aspect?  Do you support the medical research at Hadassah hospitals?  How about the all advocacy in the area of women’s health and other concerns that Hadassah is involved in?  There are so many reasons to belong to Hadassah. Hadassah connects Jewish women and empowers them to effect change through advocacy, advancing health and well-being, and support of Israel. Our members, from every congressional district in the nation, are activists, fundraisers and visionaries. They don’t just talk. Hadassah women DO.  If you go to www.hadassah.org and go to Take Action along the red menu across the top, you will find all the ways you can get involved in the area of advocacy that is meaningful to you.

Did you know that you can gift an annual membership to someone for only $36?

For membership questions, contact Terry Hallfin at terrybmn@visi.com or Rosa Liberty at librp68@gmail.com.

Walking Group 

Wanted:  New walkers for the walking group!  The more the merrier!  The only qualification is that you want to walk for an hour or so on Tuesday and Thursday morning from 10:30 to 11:30.   An e-mail is sent weekly to let you know where we are walking for the week.   We walk outside unless the weather is bad.  In that case, we walk inside.

For more information, contact Terry Hallfin at terrybmn@visi.com.

National News:   On-Line Seminar about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Are you passionate about Israel, but need help navigating challenging conversations?  We can help.  National Hadassah is offering an online series of classes this fall after the High Holidays, called Learn to Talk (and Listen) Confidently about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.  Ten sessions, about 1.5 hours each, will be taught by trained Hadassah lay leaders in collaboration with the Shalom Hartman Institute. These classes are free to all Hadassah members and Associates.   For more information, contact Hadassah Zionist Education at ZionistEd@hadassah.org or 212-303-4535.  To sign up and to fill in a survey with your preferences for time and content, click here.

Save the Dates

The Hadassah mission From Dream to Innovation: Milestone Mission to Israel is scheduled for October 7-15. Subventions are available from the Upper Midwest Region.  For more information on the program, click here.  For information on the subventions, please contact Debby Jewett at debby.jewett@gmail.com.

2019 Israel Missions -- fabulous discounts!   Hadassah is proud to announce that generous discounts for most of our 2019 Missions are now available!  With one of our most exciting selection in recent years, participants may choose from a Youth Aliyah-focused Mission, a Purim Mission, a Yom Ha’Atzmaut Mission, a first-time joint Hadassah/JNF Family Tour, and more.  Most missions have discounted rates, and further reductions are available for early registrants.  Don’t forget to invite your family and friends!  For more information, click here.

Midterm elections are Tuesday, November 6 with absentee and early voting beginning on Friday, September 21.  Your vote is important.  

The Big Gifts event will take place on November 11. The cost is a donation of 1,000 and up. If you have ever thought of becoming a Keeper of the Gate, call Carole Lebow at 763-545-1999.  Now is the time to make that commitment.  Watch for your invitation!

Office Depot Discount for Hadassah Minneapolis Members

Office Depot has offered our members a non-profit discount on over 2,000 items. The flyer with the discount card can be viewed and printed by clicking here.  Take it to Office Depot.  They will laminate the card for free, too.  You will have to pay taxes on your purchases and pay for them.  This card entitles you to a discount if available.  Contact Judy Edwards, Office Manager, Hadassah Upper Midwest, 612-759-5357, if you have questions.

Perpetual Yahrzeits at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem

When a loved one dies, please consider directing memorial gifts to Hadassah.The spirit of your family member or friend will live on in the lives that you help to enrich and to save! All donations will be promptly acknowledged to the donor and provided to the family of the deceased.  A “Perpetual Yahrzeit” can be purchased with a one-time contribution of $1000. Kaddish will be said annually in the Abbell Synagogue at the Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem. Advance yahrzeits can be purchased at any time for yourself or a loved one.  We Americans are culturally deprived when it comes to death and dying.  For information on Hadassah's Perpetual Yahrzeit program call the Hadassah Minneapolis office at 952-924-4999 or click here.  Memorial contributions of any amount may also be mailed to Hadassah Minneapolis, 5905 Golden Valley Rd.,  .

It's a Win-Win for You and Hadassah!

Become a taste-tester for Tasteocracy, formerly Food Perspectives, Inc. Every time you qualify for and participate in a survey, you will be paid an incentive of approximately $35 to $85, based upon the time the survey session takes. In addition to that amount, Hadassah Minneapolis will be paid $10. Men and women who sign up to be testers must be between the ages of 18 and 84.  If you are interested in participating -- or know someone (friend, relative, son, daughter, grandchild, etc.) who would like to participate -- registration can be done on-line at www.tasteocracy.com.  To sign up, click on Join button at the top. After you enter your personal information, choose Plymouth, MN as the “Closest testing location," select Yes in the  "Make Donation" space, “Religion HADASSAH-MINNEAPOLIS CHAPTER” in the “I am fundraising for” space, and "Partial payment of $10" in the following space.  If you prefer to register by phone, please call Tasteocracy at 763-354-2776.  Remember, this is a fundraiser that is a “win” for Hadassah and for the participant.

Cards, Certificates, and JNF Trees and Blue Boxes

Do you know you can send cards through our chapter that will support Hadassah and Israel instead of a business? Have you noticed greeting card prices going higher and higher?  Support our Hadassah Chapter by buying your birthday, sympathy, get well, mazel tov and other greeting cards through your Hadassah card contacts listed below.  Our prices are the most reasonable around and all the money goes to Hadassah!! Prices are $5 each or 3 for $12. JNF certificates are $18.  Cards are available at board meetings and Hadassah events.  If you wish you can call or email card contacts below who will sign and mail the card out upon receiving your check.  Malinsky cards for cancer research are available for $10 each. We have a large selection of attractive certificates ranging from $10-$500 and up that are customized to the message you wish to send. There is $1.00 charge for postage. Please contact the Certificate person below to honor/remember someone with a beautiful Hadassah Certificate.  You can also order certificates online through Hadassah website at www.hadassah.org, click on Donate, then Other Ways to Give, then Personalized Certificates. Be sure to designate Hadassah Minneapolis when prompted.  There you can choose to send certificates to be sent via email or through the mail.

Malinsky Cards: Ronna Locketz ronnalocketz@gmail.com or at 612-730-6418

Cards (Knollwood Place): Maurine Ziv maurineziv@gmail.com or 952-938-2550

Cards or Certificates: Ronna Locketz ronnalocketz@gmail.com or 763-544-5439

JNF Trees: Sheryl Cohen stelladoob@gmail.com or 612-298-5597

Contribution envelopes or Bea Rossen Youth Aliyah Fund: Sheryl Cohen stelladoob@gmail.com or 612-298-5597

If you have a full JNF Blue Box that needs to be emptied, contact Ellen Etzkin at etzkin44@gmail.com or 952-935-7767.

E-mail Addresses

If you have Hadassah member friends not receiving the monthly Hadassah Minneapolis emails, please forward this newsletter to them and encourage them to sign up by contacting the office at 952-924-4999 or at umregion@hadassah.org.

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