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Santa Fe Chapter of Hadassah Officers and Committee Chairs January 1, – December 31, 2014 Officers: Presidium Reggie Klein 438.8150 Sandra Levine 466.4041 Vice President/Membership Sandra Levine 466.4041 VP Education/Historian Marsha Reindorf 466.3881 VP Fundraising/CHAI Valerie Frost 474. 9244 Vice Presidents/Programming Joan Less 954.1030 Ruth Wallack 986.0322 Treasurer Lisa Sinoff 819.8577 Recording Secretary Patricia Zisman 466.2968 Corresponding Secretary Carol Pava 424.8781 Committee Chairs: Advertising/ Friends Patricia Zisman 466.2968 Tributes/Certificates/Trees/Cards Barbara Miller 471.3105 Publicity Marcia Torobin 216.0672 Hospitality Sheila Gershen 988.3143 Patricia Zisman 466.2968 Mitzvah Project Kate Shane 466.6089 Members-at-Large Carol Toobin 995.1088 Susan Feiner 471.1703 Website Jane E. Siskin 988.5671 Bulletin Editor Marcelle Cady 231.5874 Bulletin Design Paula Eastwood 989.7675 www.eastwooddesignsf.com NEWS & VIEWS Hadassah Santa Fe Chapter Volume 52, Number 131 Winter 2014-2015 A Look Back on 2014 PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE DEAR HADASSAH SISTERS, A s we near the end of the 2014 Hadassah Year, many “ank-You’s” are in order. A sincere Todah Rabah to our Chapter Officers and Chairpersons for their time and energy. A special personal thanks to Co-President Reggie, whose help has been invaluable to me. It was wonderful to see 60 of our members at our recent luncheon and silent auction at La Posada. What a lovely get- together! We thank all the coordinators of the event, the donors, sponsors, and entertainers. We know that next year’s programs will also be crowd-pleasers. As for new 2014 Hadassah initiatives - PRAZE gets the spotlight. PRAZE stands for PRogramming, Advocacy, Zionism, and Education. PRAZE combines American Affairs, Zionist Affairs, Jewish/Zionist Education, Health and Wellness, the UN, the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, and the Morningstar Commission. Keep track of these many aspects of Hadassah, and take advantage of them. e National Jewish/ Zionist Team, for example, works diligently every month to produce the program, “Go Forth and Study.” It contains a wealth of information for meetings, study groups and individual member participation. PRAZE information for you to peruse includes: Heads Up/Curriculum Watch, Israel/Jewish Culture, Historical Novels and Biographies, Hebrew Studies, Israeli Literature, e Virtual Conversation Book and Author Experience, Defining Zionism in the 21st Century on-line monthly series, and Health/Wellness Initiatives (i.e., Every Beat Counts: Hadassah’s Heart Health Program). Connected to the Heart Health Program is a new program, Sister to Sister, which stems from a $10 million gift from Irene Polin to establish the Linda Joy Polin Cardiology Center at the Hadassah Hospital. Linda, Irene’s daughter, was born with a bad heart, underwent 3 heart surgeries, but died at age 16. Irene approached Hadassah to reach out to girls and women around the world to ensure that they know their own heart health and take good care of themselves. Finally, as we approach Chanukah, I’d like to mention 3 “tie-ins” between Hadassah and the holiday. e first has to do with Henrietta Szold’s birthday, the second with an environment menorah lighting ceremony and third, Hadassah’s Virtual Menorah. • A number of sources, beginning around the time of her centennial in 1960, equate the civil date of Henrietta’s birth, December 21, with the Hebrew date of Kislev 25 or 26. is would mean that she was born on the 2nd or 3rd night of Chanukah. • In the story of Chanukah, a small amount of oil which should have lasted for only one day, miraculously lasted for eight days. Chanukah, today, reminds us of the importance of conserving the world’s natural resources. Hadassah has a deep concern for the environment and a commitment to conservation. is commitment is derived from Judaism’s traditional view of humans’ stewardship of the earth - bal tashchit -”do not destroy” and tikkun olam - “repairing the world.” After reciting the prayers on each night of the holiday, consider stating one way that you will make a difference for the environment and for conservation continued on page 2

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Santa Fe Chapter of Hadassah Officers and Committee ChairsJanuary 1, – December 31, 2014

Officers:PresidiumReggie Klein 438.8150Sandra Levine 466.4041

Vice President/MembershipSandra Levine 466.4041

VP Education/HistorianMarsha Reindorf 466.3881

VP Fundraising/CHAI Valerie Frost 474. 9244

Vice Presidents/ProgrammingJoan Less 954.1030Ruth Wallack 986.0322

TreasurerLisa Sinoff 819.8577

Recording SecretaryPatricia Zisman 466.2968

Corresponding SecretaryCarol Pava 424.8781

Committee Chairs:Advertising/ FriendsPatricia Zisman 466.2968

Tributes/Certificates/Trees/CardsBarbara Miller 471.3105

PublicityMarcia Torobin 216.0672

HospitalitySheila Gershen 988.3143Patricia Zisman 466.2968

Mitzvah ProjectKate Shane 466.6089

Members-at-LargeCarol Toobin 995.1088Susan Feiner 471.1703

WebsiteJane E. Siskin 988.5671

Bulletin EditorMarcelle Cady 231.5874

Bulletin DesignPaula Eastwood 989.7675 www.eastwooddesignsf.com

News & Views Hadassahsanta Fe Chapter

Volume 52, Number 131 Winter 2014-2015

A Look Back on 2014PResiDeNTs’ MessAGe

Dear haDassah sisters,

A s we near the end of the 2014 Hadassah Year, many “Thank-You’s” are in order. A sincere Todah Rabah

to our Chapter Officers and Chairpersons for their time and energy. A special personal thanks to Co-President Reggie, whose help has been invaluable to me.

It was wonderful to see 60 of our members at our recent luncheon and silent auction at La Posada. What a lovely get-together! We thank all the coordinators of the event, the donors, sponsors, and entertainers. We know that next year’s programs will also be crowd-pleasers.

As for new 2014 Hadassah initiatives - PRAZE gets the spotlight. PRAZE stands for PRogramming, Advocacy, Zionism, and Education. PRAZE combines American Affairs, Zionist Affairs, Jewish/Zionist Education, Health and Wellness, the UN, the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, and the Morningstar Commission. Keep track of these many aspects of Hadassah, and take advantage of them. The National Jewish/Zionist Team, for example, works diligently every month to produce the program, “Go Forth and Study.” It contains a wealth of information for meetings, study groups and individual member participation. PRAZE information for you to peruse includes: Heads Up/Curriculum Watch, Israel/Jewish Culture, Historical Novels and Biographies, Hebrew Studies, Israeli Literature, The Virtual Conversation Book and Author Experience, Defining Zionism in the 21st Century on-line monthly series, and Health/Wellness Initiatives (i.e., Every Beat Counts: Hadassah’s Heart Health Program). Connected to the Heart Health Program is a new program, Sister to Sister,

which stems from a $10 million gift from Irene Polin to establish the Linda Joy Polin Cardiology Center at the Hadassah Hospital. Linda, Irene’s daughter, was born with a bad heart, underwent 3 heart surgeries, but died at age 16. Irene approached Hadassah to reach out to girls and women around the world to ensure that they know their own heart health and take good care of themselves.

Finally, as we approach Chanukah, I’d like to mention 3 “tie-ins” between Hadassah and the holiday. The first has to do with Henrietta Szold’s birthday, the second with an environment menorah lighting ceremony and third, Hadassah’s Virtual Menorah.

• A number of sources, beginning around the time of her centennial in 1960, equate the civil date of Henrietta’s birth, December 21, with the Hebrew date of Kislev 25 or 26. This would mean that she was born on the 2nd or 3rd night of Chanukah.

• In the story of Chanukah, a small amount of oil which should have lasted for only one day, miraculously lasted for eight days. Chanukah, today, reminds us of the importance of conserving the world’s natural resources. Hadassah has a deep concern for the environment and a commitment to conservation. This commitment is derived from Judaism’s traditional view of humans’ stewardship of the earth - bal tashchit -”do not destroy” and tikkun olam - “repairing the world.” After reciting the prayers on each night of the holiday, consider stating one way that you will make a difference for the environment and for conservation

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sANTA Fe HADAssAH uPCoMiNG eVeNTs

Sunday, December 28 InStallatIon of the

2015 boarD11:00 am

at the home of ruth Wallack

4 toro lane, Santa fe

$20 includes brunch prepared by the

current boarD of DIrectorS.

there will also be a viewing and lecture about

a private collection of Southwest artifacts.

(i.e. Replace a regular light bulb with fluorescent, Drive less, Re-cycle, Inflate car tires properly, Use less hot water, Adjust your thermostat, Turn off electronic devices, Contact elected officials.)

• Imagine the light of 300,000 Hadassah members and supporters nationally, illuminating the extraordinary work of Hadassah. Use Hadassah’s Virtual Menorah to light the candles by donating to various Hadassah programs through Chanukah e-cards to your family and friends.

Hadassah can claim many modern day miracles. We hope you’re glad that you’re a part of an organization that is doing miraculous work throughout the world and that has something to offer every Jewish woman.

Wishing all a Happy Chanukah! May you enjoy the lights of your life!

B’shalom,Sandy

PResiDeNTs’ MessAGe

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sAVe THe DATesSunday, January 18, 2-4 pm

Lisa sinoff—From Russia with No Love Dessert will be provided.

Sunday, february 8, 2-4 pm Naomi sandweiss, (President, New Mexico

Jewish Historical society) will talk on the History of Jews in New Mexico or A Mobster in

the Family.Dessert will be provided.

Monday, March 23, 11:30 am-4pm Game Day and lunch at Congregation Beit Tikva

Nominating Committee Update

The following is the 2015 Slate of Officers as of November 11, 2014.

Nominations for available offices can still be made. Our sincere thanks to those members who are stepping forward to take on positions for next year. Even if you are not interested in being a Board Member, please know that there are many opportunities for you to be involved with our Chapter.

Officers*President/Co-Presidents: OpenVice-Presidents Program: Sheryl D’Amico and Gail ZangerVice-President Fund-Raising/CHAI: Valerie FrostVice-President Membership: Sandra LevineVice-President Education/Chapter Historian: Marsha Reindorf

Treasurer: Lisa SinoffRecording Secretary: Reggie KleinCorresponding Secretary: Carol pava

Committee ChairsCards/Certificates: Joan LessMitzvah Project: Kate ShaneAdvertising/Friends: Carol pavaPublicity: Marcia TorobinHospitality: patricia Zisman and Sheila Gershen*Members-at-Large: Carol Toobin and Susan Feiner. Additional members-at-large are needed.Mail Receiver: Reggie Klein

Bulletin Editor: Marcelle CadyBulletin Design: paula eastwoodWebsite: Jane e. Siskin

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MeMBeRsHiP News

Member NewsOur Chapter welcomes SuSan coffae as our newest Annual Member. Susan

and husband Kenneth lived in Winter Park, Florida, for 36 years before moving

to Santa Fe four years ago.

Mazel Tov to reggIe KleIn on the recent marriage of her granddaughter

alexanDra KleIn to Adam Seidman. Allie is a Hadassah life member and

will be ordained a Reform rabbi next spring.

And, to ValerIe froSt on the marriage of her daughter, Camille to

John Wight.

Best wishes to long term Hadassah member and Tribute and Certificate chair for many years eSther SutIn on her relocating to Austin Texas, and to barbara anD JorDan MIller relocating to Asheville, NC.

Friends Of HadassahHalley Faust

Zoe GaylRita Grant

Regina KleinKovnat Family

Martha LiebmanJoyce & Gerald Levine

Julia & Albert NathansonMaridell Nochumson

Esther RapoportMarsha & Paul Reindorf

Haskell SheinbergEsther & Michael Sutin

Margo TaylorCarol Toobin

This Chanukah, consider making someone in your family a Life Member of

Hadassah. The Life Membership cost remains at $212 and can apply to a woman, man (Associate Member) or child. The cost of an Annual Membership remains at $36. Simply

go to http://www.hadassah.org to apply for membership and indicate “Santa Fe Chapter.” We now brag of 250 members and always welcome more! Contact Sandra Levine, Membership V.P. ([email protected]; 466-4041) with any questions.

Membership in Hadassah

We extend heartfelt condolences

to the family and friends for

the passing of our dear Board

Member, roSe DaneMan.

And to VIV abraMS and her

family for the passing of her

beloved husband, IrV.

We send our wishes to Viv for her

return to good health.

Please visit our website —www.santafehadassah.orgComments and input are

welcome.Please click in the icon above.

SoCial aCtioNTeddy Bear Project for Abused ChildrenWe will be donating bears again starting in april - details in next Bulletin.

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HoNoRs AND TRiBuTes

Chai is our major fund raiser each year. Chai membership is $30 a month or $360 for a year. It can be paid in installments or in a lump sum. We have been able to meet our yearly commitments to Hadassah plus additional funds for the hospital, Young Judea Camps, and Hadassah College. We encourage every one to consider this level of donation for our Chapter.

Chai Society

Silver Chai Donors:Susan BerkFran BerlinRuth Anne FaustValerie FrostDorothy HoffmanPhyllis KappReggie KleinLinda KrullBarbara LaMont

Sandy LevineSally LowenMarlene MaslowCarol PavaEsther RapoportNora SegalEsther SutinCarol ToobinMarcia Torobin

Please contact Valerie Frost at 474-9244 for information. Mail checks to: Valerie Frost 127 Camino Escondido Santa Fe, NM 87501

Keepers Of the Gate is Hadassah’s first National annual giving society, and ensures millions of dollars to support the day-to-day needs of Hadassah’s vital projects and programs, saving and sustaining lives around the world, and connecting young people to Israel and to their Jewish heritage. Keeper of the Gate, you may direct your annual gift to the project of your choice, or direct your gift to Haddasah Greatest Need, empowering Hadassah to apply your gift to its most critical project. The designation can be changed each year. For more information contact 1.800.928.0685 or email [email protected].

Hadassah Cards and Certificates

Why purchase cards at a local card

shop when Hadassah sells all types of greeting cards for only $2 each! in addition to greeting cards, beautifully designed certificates can be mailed out for donations of various amounts to any of Hadassah’s programs. Consider making a donation to a children’s program or perhaps a specific Hadassah Hospital department in honor of a special occasion. the recipient

is sure to appreciate the certificate, lovely enough to be framed. For information, contact Joan less ([email protected]; 954.1030).

Our MissionTikkun Olam

to heal the world

L’dor v’dor

From generation to generation

Pekuach nefesh

to save a life

Klal Yisrael

to support the People of israel and their right to

exist and live in peace

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ouR NoVeMBeR 2ND BRuNCH AT LA PosADA

our brunch on noVeMber 2 was a huge success with over sixty people attending and we raised around four thousand dollars. We had thirty nine items donated and everything was sold. Every one enjoyed the brunch as well as the music. Our thanks go out to all our donors and sponsors as well as all the people who helped plan and set up this function. With much appreciation, Ruth and Joan

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MeDiCAL ReseARCH

Posted By abigail Klein leichman

Each year, one out of every 70 americans receives a blood transfusion. With the help of preservatives, the shelf life of red blood cells is more than a month. Yet there is an active debate

whether fresher blood is a better choice for certain patients.israeli researcher Dr. Rinat abramovitch contributed critical information

to this debate last year with her groundbreaking study proving that stored donor blood actually harms the liver.

Recently, abramovitch received two major grants to investigate whether bleeding and further blood resuscitation affects the liver’s natural capacity to regenerate, and how this happens. “if you understand the mechanism, you can improve it,” abramovitch tells iSRaEl21c.

She won one of only two €60,000 three-year research grants awarded in 2014 by the European Society of anaesthesiology, as well as an additional three-year grant from israel’s Ministry of Health. these funds will be put to good use in her lab at the Goldyne Savad institute of Gene therapy at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.

abramovitch, 48, prefers to gear her research toward practical solutions rather than abstract theories.

“it is worth doing research about medical mysteries; something that can help people,” she says. “that is what gives me motivation.”

over the past 13 years, eight graduate students have worked in her lab with sophisticated imaging modalities to find answers to medical conundrums involving tumors and new therapies.

“it’s a matter of opening your ears to hear the problems physicians are talking about,” says abramovitch, who also is a senior lecturer at the Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Medicine.

novel findings about the liverin this case, the study resulted from discussions with her former Hadassah colleague, Dr. idit Matot, now head of the anesthesia, Pain and intensive Care Division and the Surgery Division at tel aviv Sourasky Medical Center.

Matot told her that in surgeries to remove a tumor from the liver, there is often massive bleeding, necessitating a blood transfusion. “the real

question is whether this stored blood is good or bad for these patients.”abramovitch and her team devised a study where they removed

half of the liver from lab rats. the control group was not given a blood transfusion. a second group received seven-day-old blood and the third group received fresh red blood cells. they monitored the groups to see how the different approaches affected the liver’s ability to regenerate, a process that takes only about a week in rodents and slightly longer in humans.

“When we started to compare the process of liver regeneration, our first insight was that bleeding delays the regeneration process and so it is important to administer blood. We then compared fresh versus stored blood, and showed that while fresh blood is helpful, blood stored for too long can be harmful.”

over the following year, abramovitch’s lab began investigating the genetic and cellular mechanism responsible for this phenomenon. the israeli group is collaborating with scientists in Bonn, Germany.

the results thus far were so promising that the European grant was awarded to abramovitch in Stockholm last May at the annual Euroanesthesia congress.

Mosaics for the soulDue to the novel lines of research she pursues, abramovitch often participates in international conferences and collaborations.

She tells iSRaEl21c that her first interest was chemistry, and she earned her bachelor’s degree from tel aviv University in that subject. later, magnetic resonance imaging (MRi) caught her fancy, and she earned her doctorate at the Weizmann institute of Science on how to use this noninvasive technology to assess angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels in tumors.

She did two years of postdoctoral research at Chaim Sheba Medical Center in tel Hashomer before joining Hadassah. Her previous studies on aspects of liver regeneration appeared in the journals Proceedings of the National academy of Sciences, Genes & Development, Radiology and Hepatology.

Mosaics are a relaxing hobby for abramovitch.abramovitch lives in the central city of Modi’in, but grew up on Kibbutz Yad Mordechai in the south, israel’s largest producer of honey. Her parents still live on the kibbutz.

She gets up at 5 in the morning to start her workday early and get home in time to spend the afternoon with her children. Her husband, a businessman, handles the morning routine with their 10-year-old son and their daughter, a senior in high school. they also have a son currently serving in the navy.

She also finds time for fitness and recently began taking classes in mosaic-making with her daughter. this is, she says, “a hobby for my soul.”

The Woman Who Tackles Medical Mysteries

Rinat Abramovitch receiving her grant from Prof. Andreas Hoeft in May 2014 at the 10th annual Euroanesthesia Congress in Stockholm.

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seRViNG isRAeL

Kipul Mitbach—Comraderie and Dedication in Caracalby hIla lanDau

f you ask any combat soldier in the Israel Defense Forces what the toughest aspect of their service is, I guarantee you will be surprised by their

answer. They won’t tell you it is fighting for a country that seems to be constantly on the brink of war. They won’t tell you it is the weeks without sleep, the long marches through the wilderness, the cold nights, or even the scorching hot summers. Any soldier will tell you the hardest part of service is the monotony. It’s the boredom of the day-to-day routine. Guarding the same areas, watching the borders, and camping out in the desert.

My unit graduated from our advanced training course in late September and a week later joined our company on the northern border between Israel and Sinai. We proudly wear the red combat boots of an elite infantry unit, and our namesake and symbol is the desert lynx found almost exclusively in Israel’s Negev Desert. We are Caracal. The Caracal is an amazing animal. Caracals are known to be small, fierce felines. They live in the most extreme climate and thrive, camouflaging into the steep cliffs and orange sand dunes of the arid desert. Perhaps the most shocking characteristic of the caracal is that the males and females are practically indistinguishable from one another. This is why our unit was named after them.

Caracal was started in 2006, and was founded with the mission statement to be the first and, until now, the only infantry unit that is open to both men and women. The ensuing dynamics make for interesting, and at times challenging, outcomes. With 60% women we are faced with some dilemmas the 65-year-old IDF has never before had to solve. When we are out in the field, sleeping under the endless starry sky, is it proper for boys and girls to sleep in shallow dug out holes next to one another? If, in an exercise, a religious boy twists his ankle and can’t

walk, can his female comrades carry him back to the safety of camp? What do you do if two soldiers develop feelings for one another? What if it is an officer and a soldier?

We are still finding the answers to these questions, and many others. It is a constant give and take, between what is comfortable and what is proper, which is made increasingly more complicated by the mix of religious and secular soldiers in our unit.

Somehow we work out most of the challenges amongst ourselves. Having gone through seven months of indescribably hard training together we know one another better than our own siblings.

When we first arrived at our permanent army base on the border we were warned about the danger of the day-to-day routine—that between training and missions, it is easy to fall into a depressive boredom. We vowed to fight the monotony. Together we swore our unit would be different.

Every night, after dinner, every single soldier—from officers to lieutenants to sergeants—is required to report to the mess hall to help with “kipul mitbach.” Kipul mitbach literally translates to “folding the kitchen,” and it is the army word for the daily cleaning and closing of

the kitchen and mess hall. There is nothing worse than, after a long

day, week, and month, being expected to spend an hour, which could easily be spent showering, sleeping, or calling home, scraping burnt mashed potatoes off of an industrial-sized oven, or scooping rotting vegetable cuttings out of a blocked drain. On the way to the kitchen we drag our feet. We complain loudly, with faces pinched into scowls and frowns. No one wants to go. Each argues that he is more tired. We enter the cool mess hall and are handed brooms, mops, sponges or bleach. No one tells us what to do. No one has an assigned job. We’ve done this enough to understand how it works. It is a mountain of day-old food and desert-blown sand against a handful of tired, sore soldiers. But we know how to fight, and we know how to work together.

We begin in grumpy silence, but after a few minutes an iPhone is plugged into the ancient speaker precariously perched on the giant oven. Instantly the building is transformed into a hip nightclub, the envy of its northern counterparts on the beaches of Tel Aviv, or at least that’s what we tell ourselves. My sergeant grabs the light switch and flicks it rapidly on and off: an army-style strobe light. Three girls stop mopping, and then dancing with

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Hila Landau at her recent graduation into Caracal

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their brooms, screaming the lyrics to the newest pop song, in heavily-accented English. Our commander peeks her head into the washing room and emerges with a scream seconds later, dripping wet, as her soldiers chase her with a bucketful of soapy water. I carry a bag of trash into the back and find the boys who were tasked with the challenge of cleaning out the giant trash cans with bleach and water. They grab the bag of trash from me, pluck me up, and try to force me into a wet trashcan. Before the tyrants can succeed, my lieutenant rushes to my aid, and I high-five him with a smile as we leave, having successfully sent two of the boys running for cover, as we lifted the third into the closest soapy garbage can.

We finish wiping the last of the tables down, we turn off the lights and lock the doors behind us. Still singing and laughing, arms around one another, we make our way back to our rooms. We have forgotten how tired we are.

The most important lesson I have learned from my first year in the army is this: no matter how hard, scary, or exhausting life may be, the most important thing is your friends. It is the people in your unit, because love them or hate them, you are stuck together 24/7 and you must constantly put your life in their hands. Of course we fight with one another. We complain, and sometimes we cry, but we always get through it—if for no other reason than we have no choice in the matter.

So together we face down the enemy. We face sleepless nights, extreme weather, episodes of terror, endless meals consisting of canned tuna and canned corn, and the numbing boredom of day-to-day army service. The miracle of my unit, what makes us unique and wonderful, is that we do more than face our challenges. We delight in them, we relish them, we find strength and, dare I say, even fun, in everything we do. Most importantly we find joy in one another. We are a family, and together we can conquer any challenge.

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WitH 500 BEDS, 19 stories (5 underground) and state-of-the-art technical equipment, the tower is the most advanced medical facility in the Middle East.

artfully designed patient and family accommodations aid in the healing process. Patients are in single or double rooms, and every bed has a window overlooking the beautiful Judean hills. Balconies overlooking Healing Gardens in the center of the tower comfort patients and family members. Next to each patient is a sofa bed so that a family member

can sleep in the room. You can make an impact by helping to equip and

furnish the tower.open your heart with a tax deductible $100

donation and receive a beautiful sterling silver open heart pendant and 18” chain. Checks payable to Hadassah, with the notation tower Equipment Campaign can be sent directly to our Chapter treasurer, lisa Sinoff, 2416 Camino de Vida, Santa Fe, NM 87505.

THE SARAH WETSMAN DAVIDSON TOWER: Tower Equipment Campaign—Completing the Task

More PhotoS froM our brunch on noVeMber 2

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active and independent, doing her own shopping and cooking along with volunteer work in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, 82-year-old Maria suddenly collapsed after she stopped taking her blood thinner to prepare for a

dental procedure. Maria lost consciousness and the ability to move most of her body. When the

ambulance team searched for a local hospital to accept her, the reply was they lacked the capacity to help her. they then phoned the Hadassah Medical organization. “We don’t say no,” said Prof. Jose Cohen, head of the Hadassah Medical Center’s Endovascular Neurosurgery Unit. “i told them to bring her immediately.”

it was 11:00 pm when Prof. Cohen received the call at his home. By the time the ambulance came through the gates of the Hadassah campus, Prof. Cohen was in his green scrubs and crocks and ready to operate.

“the truth is that Maria was beyond the age when most centers would try the life-saving procedure on her,” he explained. “to save lives, we bend protocols when we can. that’s a Hadassah tradition. this was a totally independent woman up to the

time she went to the dentist. You know what they say—”80 is the new 60.” that’s not entirely true from a medical point of view, but from the description of her lifestyle, she didn’t sound old. it was clear that if we didn’t try, she was going to die— or at the best, remain in a vegetative state.”

Maria’s Ct scan revealed that she had a large blood clot blocking her left artery. She would have to undergo general anesthesia and a thrombectomy to remove the clot. “We used to destroy the clots by blasting them,” Prof. Cohen explained. “Now we carefully remove the clot by grabbing it with a special stent and taking it out.”

Maria underwent the procedure at 11:30 pm; 43 minutes later, the life-saving procedure was completed. the next morning, Maria was up and walking and feeling good. She was confused, however, because she didn’t remember anything happening to her. Yet, she found herself in the hospital. “She’ll never realize how close to death she was,” Prof. Cohen noted. “Maybe that’s good. She’s as good as new— except that she hasn’t had her tooth fixed.”

Santa Fe Hadassah was founded by 15 women in 1975. Since then we have grown and done

wonderful things. Some of the original members are still with us.

When I joined in 1978, we were a group of women mostly in our 30’s with a few older women to guide us. Leah Kellog was of course the foremost of those. There had been only 2 groups in SF at the time for Jewish women—Bnai Brith which was coed and the Sisterhood group of Temple Beth Shalom. Hadassah filled a niche —an all-women group not connected to any house of worship.

Our membership even included Catholics and Native Americans. There were men on our Associates list with one, Rabbi Leonard Helman, attending most of our activities. We met in the evening and had wine at the Board meetings. In fact, some of us got appropriately tipsy one Purim after running a bake sale.

Our activities varied widely, from rummage sales to art shows with prominent Santa Fe artists showing

their work; from Quiche & Blintz night held by an indoor private pool, to an auction hosted by Mayor Pick. We had a discussion on sexual myths led by therapists who were members, and a lovely evening with the then-Israeli consul from Texas, Benyamin Netanyahu. We had a panel discussion on Jewish medical ethics with local doctors (including a member) and presentations by people running for office. Some of us attended regional conferences in Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Colorado. Annually there was a Hadassah Sabbath at one of the temples with our members reading selections. We published an award-winning monthly bulletin which had ads from our community, a novelty for Hadassah which usually only ran ads in calendars. We had visits from lots of National officers and people to speak about Young Judaea camps and leading doctors from Hadassah Medical Organization to inform us of what goes on there.

Through it all, we raised money and had fun!!—Marsha Reindorf

Some History of Our Santa Fe Chapter

“We Don’t Say No,” Hadassah Neurosurgeon Explains in operating on 82-Year-old Patient

Perpetual Yahrzeit

we remember those we have loved and lost…and the

sweetness they brought to our lives. Hadassah’s Perpetual Yahrzeit program ensures that Kaddish will be recited in Jerusalem—for your Loved Ones. Every year. Forever. For forms and further information: www.hadassah.org/yahrzeit or call 877-212-3321 or email [email protected]

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