Natioal Coucil of Jewish Wome Greater New Orleas Sectio Bulleti www.ncjweworleas.org November 2015 Withstads the test of time... 118 Years of Service
Presidet s MESSAGE A FAITH IN THE FUTURE. A BELIEF IN ACTION. For as log as I ca remember I ve A Message from the Presidet: ejoyed hearig the legeds of Oak Islad; Imagie expeditios a meetig that held come i i a private search room, at a elegat restaurat, where o miutes are take, o motios are made, o votes take ad o bylaws called ito cosideratio. This describes the aual meetig of our NCJW sectio s past presidets. It is also the occasio that iitiates the ew presidet ito the prestigious circle of wome who have give their time, eergy, wisdom ad commitmet to NCJW. Presided over by Sara Stoe ad orgaized by her ad her co-facilitators Celia Katz ad Barbara Bresler, this meetig was held recetly at Atoie s i the Proteus Room. While sixtee presidets were there physically, all the others were preset i spirit, ofte quoted ad frequetly documeted i heroic stories ad treasured remiiscig. The group i the room offered me advice that was so smart, so hoest ad so poigat that I am goig to dedicate this colum to their words of wisdom. Their messages, which you ca read below, were directed to me, but belog to all of us. of gold, jewels ad the lost treasures of NCJW s traditio of excellece i Captai Kidd. Now this little islad o this commuity will exted to you. the You south will be shore supported of Nova ad Scotia respected is eve featured because o of who a TV you series. are ad who you represet Our search i the may city be of much New easier, Orleas. as our Ejoy gold it, love is foud it. It s i a blessig. our capable ad dedicated It is ot membership a hard job. ad The i structure the wide variety works, the of past commuity presidets programmig will give which you advice we support. ad the Ad vice we presidets have a will extra give dimesio... you their expertise. i the home base; family members Your past who presidets are there will for teach us as you we everythig you eed to kow; they are your costat resource. Ask questios ad liste to the aswers. Some may call themselves diosaurs, but they are ot extict! Of course we all have made mistakes keep your sese of humor. Remember you will be expected to aswer a lot of questios ad sometimes the best reply will be, Tell me what you thik about that Whe you are selectig the people who will lead your programs, choose team players. Have thick ski: thigs will go wrog ad you may have to let those thigs go. Surroud yourself with good people, but have patiece. There will be complais which you had best ot take persoally. You will have your ow style, but make sure it icludes sayig thak you. Tie what you do to our missio. Go to the programs ad projects i our commuity which are led by our members. Be very proud of these programs ad the voluteers who sped precious voluteer hours o behalf of NCJW for the beefit of the greater commuity. I additio to these words of wisdom from past presidets that I share with you here, you will fid this bulleti full of glorious iformatio ad documetatio. Let s stay i touch ad work together. ~ Susa Natioal Coucil of Jewish Wome Greater New Orleas Sectio Presidet Susa Kierr Maagig Editor Sef ira Fialkoff Photographs Ia Davis Great aual evet at Atoie s o Friday, Oct 16. Presidets luch. Chaired by Sara Stoe Seated: Beth Rosethal, Sara Stoe, Susa Kierr Stadig: Florece Schorstei, Pam Lyles, Loel Samuel, Ia Davis, Eddy Rose, Mimi Schlesiger, Jue Leopold, Shellye Farber, Phyllis Nitzki, Cythia Farber, Celia Katz, Barbara Bresler, Joa Bereso Page 2 NCJW
Geeral Meetig O Tuesday, Jauary 5th, we will gather uptow at the Goldie ad Morris Mitz Ceter for Jewish Life, home of Tulae Hillel, for a fu ad ispirig eveig. Our guest speaker will be Yoah Schiller, Tulae Hillel s Executive Director ad a professor i Tulae s ew Taylor Ceter for Social Iovatio ad Social Etrepreeurship (SISE). Sice opeig its ew facility i 2011, Tulae Hillel has become oe of the most active Hillels i the Uited States, egagig early 90% of Tulae s Jewish populatio (ad more tha half of the geeral populatio) with iovative, studet-drive programmig ad the delicious Hillel s Kitche restaurat. Lear more at www.tulaehillel.org. Joi us for wie ad hors d oeuvres at the Mitz Ceter startig at 6pm. The eveig will begi with a NCJW New Orleas Activity Fair, where you will have the opportuity to etwork with other members ad lear how to get ivolved with all the differet aspects of our sectio. More etworkig ad wie will follow the speak- ig program, so pla to stop by eve if you ca t make the etire evet. The ew fellows of NCJW Way: Learig to Lead, sposored by the Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust, will be preset for all the curret members to welcome. A couvert of $20 provides your food ad driks, which may be paid via Paypal at www.cjweworleas.org, or by check (made out to NCJW New Orleas) i the mail to Jey Natha, 215 N. Lopez St, New Orleas, LA 70119. Please respod by December 21st. *A ote about parkig* A limited umber of hadicap spaces will be reserved i the Tulae Hillel parkig lot of Burthe Street. Tulae will be o semester break ad studets will ot be o campus, so street parkig should be readily available o Broadway, Burthe ad Pie streets. Email Jey Natha with ay questios, jey.atha@ gmail.com. We look forward to startig off 2016 with a ight of fu ad ispiratio! Be i the kow - Sed your email address to cjwgo@gmail.com today! NCJW Page 3
NCJW-GNO s Culture of Givig icludes ACE By Alliso Freema The Alzheimer s Care ad Erichmet (ACE) program, hosted at the New Orleas Jewish Commuity Ceter (JCC) offers a safe, carig ad familiar eviromet for participats to egage with oe aother ad ejoy creative activities icludig music programs, meal preparatio, exercise, visits from the JCC ursery school childre ad more. ACE Director Alliso Freema alog with Assistat Program Director Joaa Russo, (who co-lead the Mid Matters program as well) ad a host of itegral voluteers ad assistats create a carig, egagig ad lovig eviromet three days a week, four hours a day. I have the hoor of callig myself a active cotributor to this eviromet, both as a represetative of the New Orleas Public Library (NOPL), ad as a NCJW member; NCJW supports ACE through voluteerism ad moetarily. As a NOPL libraria, my cotributio to ACE is library outreach. I brig my job o the road, supportig NCJW ad workig with the amazig people who oversee ACE as well as meetig ad iteractig with the participats i the group. Creatig egagig ad stimulatig programs for ACE has bee challegig ad fu. Usig the library s resources, icludig diverse collectios withi the library system, ad workig with the library staff, who brig their special skills ad talets, are a big part of what makes this outreach rewardig. A few of the fu ad egagig programs I have bee ivolved i coordiatig, leadig or facilitatig are George Dasker doig his Broadway Reviews (to laughter ad cheers!), ad a sigig group from the library brigig a joyful, diverse repertoire to the group. Oe particularly successful program we did ivolved researchig each ACE participat s birthday, ad the brigig i a copy of each perso s hometow ewspaper from the day that he/she tured twety. Lookig at the headlies, the advertisemets ad the movie listigs from the time certaily brought up stories! Most recetly, local poet ad library cosultat Ae Marie Rooey ad I have begu implemetig a ogoig mothly poetry evet. We research ad choose poems aroud a theme that we the read aloud with the group. The readigs lead ito facilitated discussios which are joyful, powerful ad allow the group to discuss ideas ad memories cojured by the poetry. Sometimes the group writes their ow poem through the sharig of their words ad ideas. I additio to the dedicated staff ad iterested voluteers, the ACE participats resposes, history, kowledge ad persoalities create the robust atmosphere of the program. I bega thikig about workig with adults i geeral a few years ago. Durig this time I atteded a America Library Associatio coferece ad itetioally atteded a forum o Alzheimer s ad what role libraries could play i workig with sufferers of the illess ad their caregivers. A libraria spoke at the forum about her persoal relatioship to Alzheimer s her husbad had the disease. She talked about library strategies for isertig ourselves ito this commuity/populatio ad her words struck a chord for me. As a fairly ew NCJW board member, the discussio of ACE at our meetigs resoated with me, ad I bega to see how I could joi my work life ad voluteer life. I started ivestigatig the disease olie, becomig more iformed. I came across the Alzheimer s Poetry Project (APP) while olie, ad discovered that Natasha Trethewey (the poet laureate at the time) worked with this populatio. I, alog with NCJW member Ia Davis, worked to brig Trethewey to NOPL for a commuity program. The APP ad Tretheway s ivolvemet triggered ideas that got my ball rollig. I started visitig the ACE program at the JCC mothly, ad I ve bee doig it ow for a little over a year. I feel grateful ad eriched to be amog those who play a role i creatig a atmosphere of love, fu ad belogig, icludig Hazel Schleuter, commuity health literacy extraordiaire who plays the madoli, Loyola Music Therapy studets who lead sig-alogs, ad all of the folks who ca be foud o ay give ACE day makig music, promotig coversatio ad egagig with this group of very special people. If ayoe is iterested i voluteerig, please cotact Alliso Freema at 504-897- 0143. Your iterest ad participatio is much appreciated. Page 4 NCJW
Thak you, Jue! Members of NCJW recetly surprised Jue Leopold who served for three years as the orgaizatio s presidet with a special Thak You celebratio at the home of Lida Friedma. Phyllis Nitzki gives Jue Leopold her Presidet s Pi Group gathered at the home of Lida Friedma to surprise our immediate past presidet, Jue Leopold Our Past Presidets Perpetuate the Culture of Givig Time ad Eergy to NCJW: Phyllis gives Jue her pi. NCJW Holds Suday Sukkot Bruch Resiliece uder the Oaks: The Past, Preset ad Future of City Park NCJW s Greater New Orleas Sectio, held its Opeig Bruch o Suday, October 4 at the home of Susa ad Bill Hess. Bob Becker, CEO of City Park, preseted the park s history, icludig its Jewish coectios, ad shared details of its reaissace sice Katria. Named recetly as oe of the Heroes of Recovery by New Orleas Magazie, Bob Becker is credited ot oly with repairig the catastrophic damage doe by Katria but also remakig it ito oe of the Top Te public parks i the coutry ow visited by about 14 millio people aually. Sice the storm, Becker has put together a public/private-fiacig pla that has raised over $122 millio. Before comig to City Park, he was the Seior Vice Presidet for the Audubo Nature Istitute ad was the Executive Director of the New Orleas City Plaig Commissio durig most of the 1980s. Voluteers ivolved i orgaizig the evet icluded Gail Chalew, Susa Kierr ad Sue Siger. The evet was catered by Melaie Blitz. Servig o the overall NCJW Program Committee with Brasher are Cole Trosclair Berstei, Gail Chalew, Sefira Fialkoff, Robi Goldblum, Barbara Kaplisky, Susa Kierr, Jey Natha, Loie Schaffer ad Sue Siger. Do t miss a great program! Sed your email address to cjwgo@gmail.com today! Breda Brasher, Program Chair; Susa Hess, Presidet of City Park s Board ad Evet Hostess; Bob Becker, CEO of City Park ad Evet Speaker; ad Susa Kierr, NCJW-GNO Presidet NCJW Page 5
NCJW Givig Guide: Ways of Perpetuatig a Culture of Givig There are several meaigful ways to give to NCJW, Greater New Orleas Sectio Persoal Givig NCJW s yearly Persoal Givig campaig provides the sectio with fuds that are essetial to fulfill our missio statemet, to help wome, childre ad families with our may commuity services ad advocacy. You will receive a aual Persoal Givig mailig, remidig you of this itegral support to our sectio empowerig us to put our progressive ideals ito actio. Create a Jewish Legacy Create a Jewish Legacy allows you to make a directed charitable bequest through estate plaig, esurig a strog ad vibrat Jewish commuity ow ad i the future. By cotributig, your legacy coects you with others who will secure ad expad NCJW s future; creatig a Jewish legacy allows you to be recogized ow for your part i the future. Edowmet A fiacial edowmet to the Greater New Orleas Sectio is a trasfer of moey, stock, or property doated to NCJW to be ivested while the pricipal remais itact i perpetuity. This eables your cotributio to have a much greater impact over a much loger period of time. NCJW Cares NCJW Cares is a opportuity to recogize family ad frieds with doatios i their hoor, ad also to commemorate loved oes who have passed. These doatios are oted i our NCJW Bulletis. Cotributios go to local programmig. Irma Isaacso Memorial Scholarship Fud ad the Clara ad Roy Schwarz Memorial Book Fud The scholarship program is the oldest ogoig service of the Sectio. I Jauary 1974, the ame of the fud was chaged to hoor the memory of Irma M. Isaacso (1902-1973), beloved Past-Presidet of the Sectio ad log-time member of the Scholarship Committee. The Irma M. Isaacso Memorial Scholarship Fud helps NCJW to cotiue its support of local Jewish studets. The Clara ad Roy Schwarz Memorial Book Fud allows NCJW to provide supplemetary fuds for the purchase of books to recipiets of the scholarship fuds. Our scholarship recipiets represet the dreams we all share of reachig goals ad creatig a better life. Sara B. Stoe Educatioal Erichmet Fud Sara Stoe, our Hoorary Scholarship Chair, tured 100 i August, 2015. I celebratio of her passio ad commitmet to the scholarship program, the Sara B. Stoe Educatioal Erichmet Fud has bee created withi our scholarship program. Your doatios will allow our scholarship program to help hudreds of me ad wome realize their dreams for higher educatio. Birthday Dollars It s a birthday whether yours, a fried s, or a family member s. What better way to celebrate tha a doatio to NCJW s Birthday Dollars! Moies go to local programmig or to Yad B Yad, NCJW s Iitiative to Nurture Kowledge, a grat program supportig grassroots orgaizatios servig at-risk childre ad their families i Israel. Page 6 NCJW
Perpetuatig a Culture of Givig LEFT: This photo shows Clara Schwarz, far right, i 1948, deliverig food, medicie ad baby supplies to a trai bearig Europea immigrats. New Orleas NCJW voluteers assisted war refugees i the late 40 s ad early 50 s, helpig with luggage, iterpretig, ad drivig them to trais that would take them to other destiatios, or for those stayig i New Orleas, fidig apartmets ad jobs, learig Eglish, ad erollig the childre i schools. TOP RIGHT: Irma Isaacso RIGHT: Sara Stoe The Scholarship program is the oldest ogoig service of the NCJW, Greater New Orleas Sectio. Files date back to 1936, ad refereces to scholarships awarded by the Sectio ca be foud, as early as 1903. The service s philosophy has remaied costat over time to assist members of our Jewish commuity with grats so that they ca attai their higher educatioal goals. This service supports the future of the Jewish people i Greater New Orleas ad our cotributio to the larger commuity. Today, the Irma M. Isaacso Scholarship Fud, the Roy ad Clara Schwarz Book Fud, ad the ew Sara B. Stoe Educatioal Erichmet Fud are associated with our esteemed ad beloved Sara Stoe. Over the past 25 years, Sara has bee our metor ad taught us the true meaig of service ad philathropy. She has educated us about the history of the Greater New Orleas Sectio s commitmet to providig scholarships for New Orleas Jewish studets with fiacial eed for over 70 years. She has poited out our commuity s good fortue to have ivolved members who take youger members uder their wig. Sara s loyalty ad udyig support for the Scholarship program has kept it alive over may decades. So may lives have bee touched ad eriched by this service. As you ca see from the legthy list of doatios made i hoor of her 100th birthday, Sara Stoe has bee a metor ad beloved fried to may. She exclaimed recetly that she fids it ubelievable that she is ow i a category with Irma Isaacso ad Clara Schwarz, her metors. I the ext two bulletis we will highlight Sara s metors, Irma ad Clara, ad you will see why the legacy of these two wome eeds to be kept alive for future geeratios of NCJW members. Thak you to all of our members who have supported the three scholarship fuds: The Irma M. Isaacso Scholarship Fud, The Clara ad Roy Schwarz Book Fud ad The Sara B. Stoe Educatioal Erichmet Fud. As Jews, we share a love of learig ad value educatio as the greatest gift. This scholarship program is ispired by the teets of Judaism ad Jewish values. All three fuds deped o the geerosity of our membership to help those i eed realize their academic goals. With deep gratitude ad appreciatio for your support, Hallie Timm, Nacy Timm ad A Thompso Do t miss a great program! Sed your email address to cjwgo@gmail.com today! NCJW Page 7
Expadig a Culture of Givig through the Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust 2015-16 NCJW Way Sposored by the Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust NCJW s Greater New Orleas Sectio is pleased to aouce that the Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust has provided a geerous doatio to sposor our 2015-16 NCJW Way: Learig to Lead program. I 2013, our local sectio lauched a iovative leadership program NCJW Way: Learig to Lead. This program brigs together a cohort of wome, ew to NCJW, for a itesive year-log semiar that culmiates i a trip to a atioal NCJW meetig. The primary goal of NCJW Way is to ispire ad iform future leaders of NCJW ad the local Jewish commuity usig a multi-faceted approach that highlights educatio, service ad leadership traiig. Participats are expected to atted program sessios, a atioal leadership meetig ad other local meetigs as well as desig ad participate i a commuity service project. I additio, they commit to a two-year term of NCJW board service followig participatio i NCJW Way. The 2015-2016 NCJW Way participats are: Ariaa Basema, Shaya Blum, Fra Diehart, Maddie Firema, Daa Kere ad Nora Udell. These wome were selected by a committee this summer ad represet a wide variety of iterests ad backgrouds (see the NCJW Way article i this editio). Madaly Schek, who iitiated the NCJW Way Program i 2013 expressed thaks to Tolmas Fud trustees Lisa Romao ad Vicet Giardia. We appreciate their thoughtful cosideratio of the commuity s eeds, their perceptive study of NCJW s projects, ad their dedicatio to preservig the memory of Oscar Tolmas. We look forward to workig together as we hoor his legacy, Schek said. Oscar Judah Tolmas was a New Orleas ative who served as a Naval Officer durig World War II. Upo discharge, he pursued several career paths, icludig law, real estate developmet ad horse racig. He served for several years o the LA State Racig Commissio ad as Chairma for four years i the early 90s. I 2013, he was hoored by the Louisiaa Bar Associatio as a 70-year member, havig graduated i 1943 from Tulae Uiversity Law School. Mr. Tolmas passed away o December 2, 2013 at the age of 93. He was preceded i death by his wife of 50 years, Marjorie Skier Tolmas, a lifelog member of NCJW. I his will ad testamet he formed the Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust to help other tax exempt charities with their missios, leavig all of his estate to the trust. Itroducig NCJW Way s 2015-2016 Leadership Team Please joi us i welcomig NCJW s youg leadership team at the ext Geeral Meetig Tuesday, Jauary 5 from 6 to 8 pm at Hillel. (From Left to Right) Fra Diehart: Couselor, Case Maager, Jewish Family Service Daa Kare: Fouder, Maager, Birthmark Shaya Blum: Assistat Professor Graphic Desig, Xavier Uiversity of Louisiaa Ariaa Basema, Health Care Equity Director, Aeta Nora Udell: Associate Attorey at Kara Hadica Samuels & Associates Not pictured here, but equally egaged Maddie Firema: Admiistrative Office Assistat at Cogregatio Temple Siai Page 8 NCJW
A Culture of Givig ad Carig about Youg Girls Girls o the Ru New Orleas ad NCJW Lauch Shoe Drive Do you have ay girls, boys, wome ad/or me s getly used shoes that are takig up room i your closet? Girls ad the Ru (GOTR) New Orleas ad NCJW s Greater New Orleas Sectio ecourage you ot to throw them away; istead doate them ow ad help local girls ad people all over the world. Girls o the Ru New Orleas is a local oprofit which uses ruig as a platform to educate, empower ad ispire 3rd 8th grade girls i New Orleas. The program icorporates physical activity to teach very specific ad well-defied social ad persoal skills. The 10 week program culmiates i a 5K which takes place o December 5th at Audubo Park. Accordig to Jody Portoff Brauig GOTR Executive Director, the core curriculum addresses may aspects of girls developmet; their physical, emotioal, metal ad social wellbeig. Girls lear how to cofrot issues like bullyig, peer pressure, urealistic body expectatios ad egative self-talk. The lessos focus o self-discovery, team buildig ad commuity awareess which provides girls with the tools to make positive decisios ad avoid risky adolescet behaviors. This program builds a sese of competece ad cofidece that girls carry forward i everyday life, Brauig said. We evisio a world where every girl kows ad activates her limitless potetial ad is free to boldly pursue her dreams. No limits or costraits, just opportuities to be remarkable. From September to December, Girls o the Ru New Orleas ad NCJW will work together through Fuds- 2Orgs o this shoe drive. The shoes will help GOTR to subsidize program fees for girls who atted school at scholarship site such as Akili Academy or Lafayette Charter. GOTR hopes to collect eough shoes to fud 33 sites. A scholarship site is a locatio where the program is free for a majority of studets ad they are provided with free or reduced luch. Fuds2orgs is a fudraisig social eterprise helpig create sustaiable fudig ad ecoomic opportuity for both local orgaizatios ad people livig i developig atios across the globe. To sposor a ew scholarship site for a GOTR Team i New Orleas, it will take 300 bags of 25 pairs of shoes, or 7,500 pairs of shoes. Fuds2orgs will pay GOTR for each bag of shoes which will be distributed to idividuals livig i 26 developig atios aroud the world. Each perso erolled i their free microeterprise educatio program will receive 100 free pairs of shoes to give to family, frieds ad commuity members i eed. With the remaiig shoes, idividuals ca set up shoe stalls ad start earig icome. Oce their busiess is established, idividuals ca retur to the Fuds2Orgs hubs ad purchase shoes to sell at a very low cost. Cotact Jody Portoff Brauig at Jody@gotrola. org about droppig shoes off at the GOTR office or NCJW s Daa Shepard at Teisshep@aol.com about droppig off shoes at the NCJW office. Perpetuatig a culture of givig creative eergy: The excitig aual sprig fud raiser is April 16, ad will be oe of the best Saturday ights of the seaso. To be part of plaig the Gala, call or write the office ad add your ame to our eergetic Gala Committee plaig group! Do t miss a great program! Sed your email address to cjwgo@gmail.com today! NCJW Page 9
NCJW GNO holds a seat at the board of the New Orleas Family Justice Ceter Alliace. We have bee a proud, active commuity parter sice its iceptio. There is still a lot of work to be doe to keep our wome safe; at preset, Louisiaa is still raked umber four i the coutry for female homicides accordig to a study released by the Violece Policy Ceter i September 2015 etitled, Whe Me Murder Wome. The study also otes that oe federal study o homicide amog itimate parters foud that female itimate parters are more likely to be murdered with a firearm tha with all other meas combied. This is ample evidece for the importat legislative chages made i this past sessio ad the 2014 legislative sessio, which prohibit a abuser s right to ow a gu for te years. We are makig progress. We are fortuate to have the New Orleas Family Justice as a resource for victims ad survivors i the area. Its missio is achieved via a partership of agecies dedicated to edig domestic violece, datig violece, sexual assault ad stalkig through prevetio ad coordiatig resposes by providig comprehesive survivor-cetered empowermet services. O-site services iclude the Ati-Stalkig Program, the Child Advocacy Ceter, the Childre s Bureau, the Orleas Parish District Attorey s Office, Project Safe (providig emergecy legal assistace for protective orders ad child support), Immigratio Legal Services, Tulae s Domestic Violece Cliic ad Southeast Louisiaa Legal Services. A Culture of Givig through Family Justice NCJW Supports New Orleas Family Justice Ceter with The Biggest Baby Shower Ever By Sue Jeriga I 2014 the Ceter provided services to 1,825 survivors, with a total of 10,412 service visits double the amout of service ecouters i 2013. The Crescet House, which is the emergecy shelter, served 395 survivors ad their childre ad 739 childre were provided a wide rage of services through childre s programs, for which NCJW has bee a fiacial supporter. To lear more about the Ceter, please visit www.ofjc. org. Now, about the babies both the emergecy shelter residets ad the trasitioal housig residets are expectig a total of six babies due by December. NCJW has stepped up ad are throwig the Biggest Baby Shower i the World chaired by Missy Tarato. She is seekig diapers, baby clothes, baby toys, blakets, beddig, strollers, ew ad getly used items (ot the diapers of course!). Everythig for six, yes cout them, six ewbors! If you would like to participate ad have items to doate to this most woderful cause, please cotact Missy at tato2@aol.com or at 504 496 4679. Items ca also be dropped off at the NOFJC office at 701 Loyola Aveue, Suite 201. Please metio that you are a NCJW member. NCJW cogratulates Julie Schwam Harris, our Haah Solomo recipiet for this year, as she was also selected by the Ceter as a Champio i the fight agaist domestic violece. We are delighted that she has bee hoored oce agai for her amazig eergy ad cotributios to the commuity. Zeitgeist Shows Documetary o Julius Rosewald By Sady Heller New Orleas had the opportuity to lear about the life of Julius Rosewald, the legedary head of Sears Roebuck who became oe of the major philathropists i our coutry. A prited card haded out at Zeitgeist o Oretha Haley Castle Blvd. states that Rosewald was the so of a immigrat peddler who set him to work at the age of 15, meaig he ever fiished high school. He was always coscious of his lack of formal educatio eve though he achieved huge commercial success. However, that was oly oe part of this distiguished ma. He oce said, if I could ear $15,000 I would keep oe third, ivest oe third ad give away oe third. That philosophy guided his life ad our coutry has beefitted from it. He believed i the Jewish ideal of tikku olam, repairig the world. Ispired by his Chicago rabbi, Emil Hirsch, Rosewald made a lifelog commitmet of givig to help those less fortuate. Youg Julius grew up i Sprigfield, IL. His father s store was right across the street from the statue of Abraham Licol, a figure whose ideals greatly iflueced Rosewald. Aother metor for him was Booker T. Washigto whom he met i Chicago. Through his eyes he was educated about the plight of blacks i America ad how limited their horizos were. To help these childre go to school, Rosewald built 5000 schools throughout the South so black childre could have a decet educatio. Some of those graduates of these schools, such as Julia Bod ad Maya Agelou, spoke o the film about their experieces. As a Jew, Rosewald said he idetified with the feelig that a colored perso has, as a member of a despised miority. The documetary focuses o the may ways Rosewald helped the Africa America commuity. He was also a very geerous cotributor to the Jewish commuity ad gave tremedously to the arts ad artists of these groups. Edith ad Edgar Ster, his daughter ad so-i-law were metioed ad pictured but o details were give about their huge cotributios to New Orleas. This could be a future project for a dedicated filmmaker. Page 10 NCJW
Dedicated FUNDS NCJW Cares... u I hoor of Fra Koch s birthday By Joel Myers u I memory of Charles Rose By Joel Myers u I hoor of Flo ad Richard Schorstei s aiversary By Julae ad Irwi Isaacso u I hoor of Beth Rosethal s birthday By Julae ad Irwi Isaacso u I hoor of Sara Stoe s 100th birthday! By Joel Myers By Richard ad Letty Rosefeld By Lisa Silverma By Peggy ad Sta Jacobs By Shellye Farber H.I.P.P.Y. Fud... Home Istructio Program for Parets of Preschool Yougsters u Ferber Family of Houma Foudatio Clara ad Roy Schwarz Book Fud... The Clara ad Roy Schwarz Book Fud provides each Irma M. Isaacso Scholarship Fud recipiet with supplemetary fuds for the purchase of books. u Norma Freiberg I hoor of Sara Stoe s Birthday u Amy Gaisburgh Haspel ad Joh Haspel A doatio A Culture of Givig through Established Fuds Birthday Dollars... u Joa & Gerald Bereso u Phyllis Berstei u Juaita Boh, i memory of Jo Ae Greeberg s birthday u Doris Davis u Joyce Ellis u Jarrett Johso, i memory of Aida Johso u Nacy Kapla, i memory of Grace Hudso u Barbara Kaplisky, i hoor of Lis & Hugo Kah for their geerosity & leadership to Jewish Commuity Day School u Susa Kierr, i hoor of twis Isabelle & Phoebe Bai s birthday u Lillia Opotowsky u Paula Picker u Kare Reitma u Paula Samuels u Florece Scharff u Kare Sher, i hoor of special birthday of Martha Yoselevitz u Myra Soboloff u Sue Robi Weihauer Irma M. Isaacso Scholarship Fud... Irma M. Isaacso Scholarship Fud eables the NCJW s Greater New Orleas Sectio to provide eeded fiacial assistace to local Jewish studets pursuig a academic or vocatioal goals. u Harry Blumethal I memory of his mother, Haah Blumethal Stich u Betty Moore I memory of Amy Lake u Amy Gaisburgh Haspel ad Joh Haspel A doatio u Loel ad Larry Samuel I hoor of Irwi Isaacso s 90th Birthday u Paula Samuels I memory of Babs Isaacso u Flo Schorestei I hoor of Beth Rosethal u Sara Stoe I hoor of Susa Kierr ad Jue Leopold u Nacy B. Timm I memory of Amy Lake u Marlee Trestma I hoor of Sara Stoe s 100th Birthday Do t miss a great program! Sed your email address to cjwgo@gmail.com today! Sara Stoe Educatioal Erichmet Fud Doatios... u Alla ad Nacy Bissiger u Marjorie Bissiger u Harry Blumethal u Joa Brok u Margaret ad Joe Epstei u Cythia Farber u Alliso Freema u Margot Garo u Deea Gerber u Jae Goldrig u Carol Good u Lou ad Susa Good u Sherrie B. Goodma u Barbara Greeberg u Joh ad Amy Haspel u Shirley Haspel u Phyllis Herma u William ad Susa Hess u Barbara Z. Kaplisky u Betsy Kasto u Celia Katz u Tricia Kirschma u Marily Kullma u Vicki Lazarus u Jue Leopold u Julius ad Doa Levy u Harvey ad Gail Lewis u Tom ad Diaa Lewis u Stephe ad Elle Mashel u Rose Medliger u Phyllis Nitzki u Joyce Pulitzer u Larry ad A Rabi u Eddy ad Bill Rose u Paul ad Eddy Roseblum u Beth Rosetahal u Loel ad Larry Samuel u Madaly Schek u Claude ad Mimi Schlesiger u Flo Schorestei u Sadra Schwarcz u Ly ad Rick Skeldig u Sylvia Ster u Jo B. Strauss u A ad Shaw Thompso u Nacy ad Steve Timm u Miriam Waltzer u Louise Weiss u Carol B. Wise NCJW Page 11
Natioal Coucil of Jewish Wome Greater New Orleas Sectio 6221 S. Claibore Ave., Suite 208 New Orleas, LA 70125 No-Profit Org. U.S. Postage P A I D Permit No. 608 New Orleas, LA Have You Chaged Your Address? If so, please cotact the office Phoe (504) 861-7788 Fax (504) 861-0044 Email cjwgo@gmail.com NCJW eeds you your time, your talets, ad your fiacial support more tha ever. Together we ca cotiue to tur our beliefs ito meaigful actio. NCJW is a grassroots orgaizatio of voluteers ad advocates who tur progressive ideals ito actio. Ispired by Jewish values, NCJW strives for social justice by improvig the quality of life for wome, childre ad families ad by safeguardig idividual rights ad freedoms. Natioal Coucil of Jewish Wome Greater New Orleas Sectio 6221 S. Claibore Ave New Orleas 70125 (504) 861-7788 cjwgo@gmail.com