Giftwrap at Macy s. Hadassah Weekend Update. Dec Giftwrap Brunswick Square Mall by Macy s. Dec. 11 Knit & Nosh Barnes & Noble 10:30 am

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1 Hadassah Weekend Update December 7, 2018 Core Chris Sullivan Elaine Silver Liz Salston Dec Giftwrap Brunswick Square Mall by Macy s Dec. 11 Barnes & Noble 10:30 am Dec. 12 Lunch Bunch 12:30 pm La Tavola Cucina From the Core Happy Chanukah to all. In this season of light, we may reflect on what it means to be a chosen people. I like to think of us as chosen to be a light unto the world. Please support our Holiday Giftwrap, Pledge drive, and Outreach with the work of your hands or the gift of your check. Be the light. Giftwrap at Macy s Thanks to the partnerships with ADK, Trinity Presbyterian Church, our friends at Immaculate Conception and Investors Bank we have help at our Giftwrap booth at Brunswick Square Mall. We do need you. Please sign up or let us wrap your gifts. december1 If you have any difficulty signing up contact Fran at in her below EBHadassahGiftWrap@gmail.com. All proceeds to Cancer and medical research. Correction! Oy, it must have been a late night when I published the last Update. Our Co VP of Fundraising is Shelley Talmud, not Joannie. Weinfeld. My apologies.

2 Dec. 16 Region Installation 9:45 am Ramada Plaza Hotel, Monroe Dec. 18 Jan. 3 Book Club Chelsea The Sorcerer s Stone by JK Rowling Jan. 5 Progressive Dinner 7:00 pm 20 Buckingham Drive EB Jan. 8 Jan. 15 Region Installation of Officers Honor Outgoing Presidents Celebrate the Installation of Region Officers and honor our outgoing chapter group president, Chris Sullivan on Sunday, December 16 th at 9:45 am at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, 390 Forsgate Drive in Monroe. Marlene Post, past National president, will speak. Enjoy a delicious breakfast buffet. Couvert is $36.00 per person. All checks payable to Hadassah and mailed to Hadassah c/o Stephanie Guy 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 402 Philadelphia, PA Progressive Dinner Our annual Progressive dinner will begin with hors d oeuvres on Saturday evening, January 5 th at 7:00 pm at the home of Anne and Adrian Kroll, 20 Buckingham Drive in East Brunswick. Intimate dinners will follow in the homes of host families. Complete the evening as we all come back together for coffee and dessert at the home of Linda and Robert Scharfman, 21 Buckingham Drive. Couvert is $118. Per couple or $59. Per person Please RSVP by December 26 th or call Anne Kroll Proceeds to Hadassah.

3 Jan. 29 Jan. 22 Feb.5 Feb. 12 Feb. 12 Never to Be Forgotten Preserving the Memory and Stories of Those Lost in Pogroms 7:30 pm Temple B Nai Shalom Feb. 19 With acts of anti-semitism up 60% in one year we need to DO SOMETHING. The way to combat hate is through overwhelming acts of kindness. We volunteer, advocate, and educate. Once we helped people because they were Jews. Now we help others because we are Jews. Join us. Call Chris OUR WEBSITE Webmaster Barry Shapiro gives us all the latest in chapter, region and National news. Go to our new website at Click on Register and see our beautiful flyers. Note the calendar with monthly events. Chanukah is Coming Join Chai Society and give a lasting legacy to Hadassah. Just $15.00 per month enables long range planning of Hadassah s extraordinary works. Membership, Life Membership, Associate Membership can make a wonderful Chanukah gift. Call Liz today

4 Feb. 26 March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 April 2 April 9 FUNd Raising Update We are now at $45,589 toward our general fundraising goal of $50,000. and $1,582 toward our $ degree Tower goal. Please support our fund raisers and help us to carry on the extraordinary works of Hadassah. Hadassah Cards and Certificates For Chanukah and all occasions Michele Finkelstein Linda Jacobson LUNCH BUNCH Don t miss another fun get together at La Tavola Cucina on Dec. 12 th at 12:30 pm. We will get one group check but each person will pay for their portion only plus a 20% gratuity. (cash only) ****PLEASE RSVP to any committee member ASAP, A two-dollar donation to benefit Hadassah will be collected. Ida Cohen idee1214@aol.com (c) Miriam Kane miriam.kane@milchman.us (h) Ilene Ralsky siws53@gmail.com (H) (732) Cell Carole Yablonowitz yablonowitz@aol.com 609) H

5 April 16 April 23 April 23 An 80-year Perspective from 2 Childhood Survivors of Kristallnacht 7:30 pm EBJC April 30 Just type East Brunswick Hadassah. Watch for pix of our Outreach at Elijah s Promise and Chanukah Party. Neighborhood News Share your simchas and sorrows. We are happy to print all your news, but you must send it to Chris at sullicr@comcast.net or call by Tuesday. Speedy Recovery is wished for Bob Wynn, husband of Fran Katz. Get Well wishes to Barbara Reed who is recovering from a fall. Mazel Tov to Amy and Steve Schonfeld on the birth of their grandson, Lenny Miles Schonfeld. Deepest Condolences to Helene Grynberg on the loss of her mother, Ruth Barry. The funeral will be Sunday, Dec. 9 th at Bloomfield-Cooper, Englishtown Road, Manalapan at 11:00 AM Shiva will be held Sunday after the return from the cemetery at 24 Lesley Drive, Marlboro, NJ in the Greenbriar Development. Shiva will continue Monday Thursday from 1 5 and 7 9. Minyanim at 7:30 PM. Deepest Condolences to the Lori and Scott Noah on the passing of Scott s mother, Gertrude Noah. The funeral service will be held on Sunday, December 9 th at Goldstein s Funeral, nd Street Pike, Southampton, PA Internment will follow at Cedar Park Cemetery in Paramus, NJ.

6 Shiva will be observed on Sunday, after 4 pm, Monday, Thursday, and Friday at the home of Lori and Scott Noah, 6 Jamison Court in East Brunswick and on Tuesday and Wednesday at the home of Scott s sister Lindsay Miller, 105 Toll Drive, Southampton, PA.. At the Noah home, p;ease allow the family to have a lunch break from 12 1 pm and a dinner break from 6-7 pm. The minyan schedule at the Noah home will be as follows: Mincha/Maariv on Sunday, Monday, and Thursday 4:10 pm Shacharit on Monday, Thursday and Friday 7:30 pm