We are the women who DO We are ALISA ALISA CHAPTER HADASSAH BULLETIN VOL XX MARCH, 2016 MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2016 7:15P.M. Congregation Beit Shalom Our speaker is GAIL SHINBERG Gail will be facilitating a Bintel Brief interactive discussion. Bintel Brief was an early advice column and clearing house for readers in need. It served the Jewish community in the early 1900 s. Original letters will be read, and you, the audience, will recommend solutions. Then Gail will share the actual responses from the editors. All are Welcome Refreshments will be Served Erev First Day Passover is Friday, April 22, 2016 We wish you and your families a zisn Pesach, a sweet Passover. MONDAY APRIL 18, 2016 7:15P.M. Congregation Beit Shalom DOLORES MEYERHOFF Recipient of Governors Award for Outstanding teacher of History Former chairwoman of the East Brunswick High School social studies department A look at the Constitution, women, and Civil Rights. A discussion on how laws in the United States and the U.S. Constitution have been used both to deny and grant women their rights All are Welcome Refreshments will be Served
LET HADASSAH BE YOUR CARD SHOP We can save you time and trouble condolences very unique. There are cards or certificates for every occasion, holiday or event. There are two(2) ways to contribute: 1.) Purchase a certificate in honor or memory of someone. The certificate will be sent to the recipient or to you for presentation. 2.) Fill a BLUE BOX. Keep this box in your home. Fill it at your leisure and turn it in when filled. You will then get a receipt for your donation. To receive or return a BLUE BOX call: Dolores Schultz 619-3370 24 Aberdeen Way (GW) CARDS are $2.00. If you wish us to stamp and mail them, it is $3.00. CERTIFICATES start at $6.00, TREES at $18.00. To order call: Marge Joseph 409-9112 Millie Semel 409-1578 Florence Weiss 409-1924 Rhoda Lesser 409-9557 Harriet Cohen 860-5953 A beautiful calligraphy-inscribed certificate or tree certificate in denominations of $18.00 or above can be ordered from: Dorothy Brotman 409-0578 CARDS AND CERTIFICATES ARE SOLD AT EVERY MEETING COMMUNITY OUTREACH UPDATE For more information about this one time TAX DEDUCTIBLE GIFT of $1,000 Call: Dolores Rosengard 860-1981 Our project of contributing knit hats for the Israeli soldiers is still ongoing, and needed now. Anyone able and interested in knitting the black caps, please call Arlene Lazar (409-2749) for instructions. And many thanks to those who knit and contribute to this worthy cause (you know who you are). Remember...it s a mitzvah. Arlene Lazar 2
FROM OUR NATIONAL PRESIDENT: On January 31, the Israeli government voted to approve the expansion of the Kotel/Western Wall plaza to accommodate a space for egalitarian prayer. In response, Hadassah National President Ellen Hershkin released the following statement: As the President of the largest women s Zionist organization, I celebrate this major step forward for women s equality, religious pluralism, and the preservation of Jewish unity. We have long advocated that the Kotel remain a source of cohesion for world Jewry, rather than of division. This decision ensures that Judaism s holiest site is accessible to all Jews. Hadassah leaders and members have been vocal and active advocates -- from the U.S. and on the ground in Jerusalem -- for all women s right to pray, individually and collectively, freely, without harassment, and in accordance with their own religious practices. We thank the Israeli government and Jewish Agency Chair Natan Sharansky for their leadership and commitment to examine prayer at the Kotel, and their inclusion of Diaspora Jewry in these important discussions. As a member agency, Hadassah joins with the Jewish Council of Public Affairs and the greater Jewish community in marking this historic decision. Ellen Hershkin National President BOARD MEMBERS PRESIDENTS: Joanne Ferstan 395-7532 VICE-PRESIDENTS - EDUCATION: Ella Goldstein 235-9616 VICE-PRESIDENTS- FUNDRAISING Gail Reifenberg 395-0429 Fran Solomon 395-8707 VICE-PRESIDENTS - MEMBERSHIP: Natasha Rosenbaum 409-7543 Ruth Sachs 860-0606 VICE-PRESIDENT- PROGRAM: Maxine Stern 395-8757 TREASURER: Hazel Cunninghis 655-4679 RECORDING SECRETARIES: Martha Gelb 395-0582 Phyllis Krasnow 655-5940 Lillian Rich 409-1171 CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: Diane Altman 860-1193 BULLETIN: Eileen Carpenter 664-2877 Sheila Farber 732-780-7379 Joanne Ferstan 395-7532 3
SAVE THE DATE THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016 1:30 PM MAKEOVER DAY AND TEA. At Tiby Lapkin s home 2 Halifax Drive, Greenbriar. Christine Cecala, Beauty Consultant will do professional makeovers. Serving appetizers, tea sandwiches, dessert and coffee. Please contact Fran Solomon @609-395-8707 for further information. Cost $15 **TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 12:45 PM (PLEASE NOTE TIME) RABBI MELINDA PANKIN will be hosted by Ella Goldstein at 9 Ramsey Way. Topic is to be determined. Please contact Ella Goldstein at 609-235-9616 or email (preferred) at ellangoldstein@gmail.com MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2016 7:15 P.M. our Monthly meeting GAIL SHINBERG will be facilitating a Bintel Brief interactive discussion. At Congregation Beit Shalom. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016 12:30 P.M. LUNCH BUNCH at ZINNA S BISTRO. 1275 Cranbury-South River Rd.; Cranbury, NJ. Please contact Marilyn Taffet @609-860-8406. Cost $15. **TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2016 2:00 P.M (PLEASE NOTE DATE & TIME CHANGE) LAUREN CAREY, nutritionist will present a program on Healthy Eating for Mature Adults, at the home of Dolores Schultz at 24 Aberdeen, Greenbriar. Please contact Ella Goldstein at 609-235-9616 or email (preferred) at ellangoldstein@gmail.com SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2016 3:00 PM Show THEATRE PARTY LOST IN YONKERS. At Playhouse 22. Dinner at La Villa included. Car Pools will be arranged. Please contact Marilyn Taffet @609-860-8406. Cost $15. MONDAY APRIL 18, 2016 7:15 P.M. our Monthly meeting DOLORES MEYERHOFF will speak about Modern Women 's rights At Congregation Beit Shalom. MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016 7:00 PM STAND WITH US. A non-profit organization dedicated to Peace through Education will discuss efforts being made to help High School and College Students be better prepared for issues regarding Israel being raised on college campuses today. Bring your High School age and up children and grandchildren. Event will be held at the Monroe Township Senior Center and is OPEN TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. Cost $10 (see flyer on page 7) MONDAY, MAY 16, 2016 7:15 P.M. our Monthly meeting "AN INTERVIEW WITH HENRIETTA SZOLD". At Congregation Beit Shalom. **TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 - time to be determined DALE OFFEI-AYISI will be speaking at the home of Gail Cammer, 12 Ramsey Way. Topic to be determined. Please contact Ella Goldstein at 609-235-9616 or email (preferred) at ellangoldstein@gmail.com MONDAY, MAY 23, 2016-11:30 AM 4:00 PM HADASSAH LUNCHEON CARD & GAME PARTY. At the GW Ballroom. Luncheon will be a dairy menu. Please contact Marilyn Gerstein at 609-409-9176. Cost $26 MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 Afternoon event 14 th ANNUAL ASSOCIATES GOLF OUTING. At the Battleground Country Club in Manalapan, NJ. Golf, Mah Jongg, Lunch & Dinner. Further details to follow. 4
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 10 AM SCULPTURE GARDEN. HAMILTON, NJ. Carpool transportation. Docent led tour. Lunch at a nearby restaurant not included in price. Please contact Fran Solomon at 609-395-8707. Cost $18. **TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 Time and Place to be announced RABBI LEWIS STEIN will be our guest speaker discussing Jewish Names. Please contact Ella Goldstein at 609-235-9616 or email (preferred) at ellangoldstein@gmail.com THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016-7 PM TSOFIM ISRAELI SCOUTS. At the Monroe Township Senior Center. Please contact Wilma Appel at 609-409-2656. Cost $10. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016-11:00 AM BOUTIQUE & FASHION SHOW. At the Knob Hill. Chico s Fashions will be shown. Please contact Judy Gerstein at 609-860-8446. Cost $43 **Donations to Hadassah would be appreciated at all Education programs where there is no charge. There will be a collection bowl in evidence at the door. Did you receive the raffle from Hadassah in the mail? This regional fund-raiser raffle supports the Hadassah Hospital and our chapter. Credit for submitted raffles helps us fulfill our quota. Please participate. CELEBRATE YOUR SIMCHAS WITH HADASSAH S NEW SIMCHA CAKE By purchasing a candle on our new Simcha cake you can share your simchas with all of us at our general meeting. Your simchas will be announced at the monthly meeting and will also be included in our monthly bulletin. The cost of a candle will be $2 which will be used to offset costs for refreshments. Watch for it starting at the April meeting. 5
GOOD AND WELFARE GET WELL: David Gottlieb Phyllis Krasnow Terry Gerstein CONDOLENCES: Paul Bresalier on the loss of his wife, Audrey Beverly Weiss on the loss of her husband, Kurt Judy Schneider on the loss of her son The family of Roberta Goorno in her memory Marge needs your help to get this information. Please contact Marge Joseph at 409-9112 with all your news, good and bad. We love to hear about mitzvahs!!! Your Hadassah Dollars at Work NEW ALS TREATMENT WITH STEM CELL INFUSION INHIBITS ALS DISEASE PROGRESSION IN 87% OF CLINICAL TRIAL PATIENTS ANNOUNCED BY HADASSAH MEDICAL ORGANIZATION JERUSALEM AND BRAINSTORM CELL THERAPEUTICS Close to 90% of patients who were injected intrathecally were responders to the treatment either in terms of their respiratory function or their general motor disability Principal Investigator Dr. Dimitrios Karussis, MD. PhD, Sr. Neurologist, HMO Neurology January 11, 2016 New York A new ALS treatment utilizing a stem cell infusion protocol performed at Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) and developed by the US/Israeli biotech company BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BCLI), has significantly slowed the progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig s Disease), announced Ellen Hershkin, National President of Hadassah, the Women s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. (HWZOA). JAMA Neurology published the findings of the Phase 1/2 and Phase 2a ALS Clinical Trials conducted by Dr. Dimitrios Karussis, MD, PhD, Sr. Neurologist, HMO Neurology, in their 1/11/16 issue. These Clinical Trials, which began in 2011, utilized an innovative adult stem cell self-transplantation treatment involving the harvesting of stem cells from the patient s bone marrow, their culture and enhancement using Brainstorm s patented protocol NurOwn and their injection into the patient s cerebrospinal fluid by a technique that was developed and proposed by the Hadassah investigators. 26 ALS patients participated in the trials at HMO / Jerusalem, which is owned by HWZOA. Excerpt from Hadassah.org website. For full articles see: http://www.hadassah.org/multimedia/press-releases/prof-dimitrios-karussis.html FOOD BANK INITIATIVE Help us fill this Bag!! A new initiative is to begin at all our general meetings. We will be collecting kosher, non-perishable food items to be donated to the Jewish Federations local food bank. Please check the expiration date. You may not be aware, but there is need in our community. When you come to our monthly meetings, please try to follow the mitzvah of tzedaka. 6
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Alisa Hadassah 20 Wintons Way Monroe Twp., N.J. 08831 DATED MATERIAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID Freehold, N.J. Permit No. 351 CURRENT RESIDENT OR NEW JERSEY: Information filed by Hadassah, the Women s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. andhadassah Medical Relief Association, Inc. with the New Jersey Attorney General concerning this charitable solicitation may be obtained from the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey by calling (973) 504-6215. Registration with the Attorney General does not imply endorsement FLORIDA: A copy of the official registration and financial information for Hadassah, The Women s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. (#SA-01298) and Hadassah Medical Relief Association, Inc. (SD046-3) may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Affairs Services by calling toll-free within the state 1-809-HELP-FLA. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the state. SHABBAT & HOLIDAY CANDLE LIGHTING TIME: 3/11 @5:43; 3/18 @6:50; 3/25 @6:58; 4/1 @7:05; 4/8 @7:12; 4/15 @7:19; 4/22(Erev 1st night of Pesach) @7:26; 4/23(Erev 2nd night of Pesach) @8:29 REMINDER: PLEASE DO NOT CONDUCT HADASSAH BUSINESS ON SHABBAT If you are not yet a Life member of Hadassah, but are currently a paid up annual member in good standing National Hadassah is offering you the opportunity to purchase a life membership at the discounted price of $180.00 beginning in January 2016. Contact Natasha Rosenbaum. Don t forget to move the clock!! Spring Forward Sunday, March13 @2:00AM NAME: I wish to receive email blasts from Alisa Hadassah containing good and welfare announcements as well as future events and activities. I wish to do my part and save Alisa Hadassah money by electing to only receive email bulletins. EMAIL ADDRESS: Place in Lockbox#19 and add Attention: Eileen Carpenter OR Mail to Greenbriar at Whittingham; 100 Whittingham Drive; Monroe Township, NJ 08831 Attention: Lockbox 19/Eileen Carpenter 8