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Fall 2016
You are cordially invited to join
Hadassah Northeast Keepers of the Gate at a reception and concert on Sunday, October 30, 2016, from 5 to 7 p.m. at NewBridge on the Charles, in Dedham, Massachusetts.We are very pleased that acclaimed Israeli pianist Tal Zilber will be entertaining us at a recital. Carol Goodman Kaufman, Hadassah National Youth Aliyah chair, will give us an update on the exciting medical research being carried out at the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem.
Enjoy hors d’oeuvres and wine at the reception.
For nearly 20 years, Hadassah’s premier annual giving society, Keepers of the Gate, has enabled Hadassah’s vital projects and programs to sustain lives around the world.
Not Yet a Keeper?
Please call Hadassah Northeastat 781-455-9055 for more information on this very special program.
RSVP by October 21 athttp://www.hadassah.org/events/keepers2016 or by contacting Hadassah Northeastat 781-455-9055.
Couvert: $54 per person (new Keepers since November 15,2015, are complimentary)
Virtuoso donation: $72 per person
Maestro donation: $108 and up per person
Keepers make a minimum annual gift to Hadassah of $1,000. Additional annual giving levels are ChaiKeepers, starting at $1,800, and Golden Keepers,starting at $5,000. Keepers can choose from the following projects and programs:
• Ensure medical breakthroughs and treatments at Hadassah Medical Organization
• Help disadvantaged children through Youth Aliyah
• Foster Jewish continuity through Young Judaea
• Advocate for Israel and women’s issues and develop leadership programs through U.S. initiatives
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� WHO WE ARE
Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, is a volunteer organization that inspires a passion for andcommitment to its partnership with the land and people of Israel. It enhances the health of people worldwide throughits support of medical care and research at the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem. Hadassah empowers itsmembers and supporters, as well as youth in Israel and America through opportunities for personal growth, education,advocacy and Jewish continuity.
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Area Contact InformationHadassah Northeast 1320 Centre Street, Suite 205Newton Centre, MA 02459ph 781-455-9055fax [email protected]
Hadassah Boston President: Varda E. [email protected]
Hadassah Northern New EnglandPresident: Rhonda [email protected]
Hadassah Southern New EnglandPresident: Susan [email protected]
Julie Newburg, Managing [email protected]
Dina Waxman, Marketing and Communications [email protected]
Ann Levensohn, Office [email protected]
781-455-9055
Jaime SeltzerSenior Major Gifts [email protected]
Dear Northern New England Region Members,
Shalom! I hope that you had an enjoyable summer with time to enjoywhat you like to do with family and friends. My family was blessed
with the birth of my second grandson, and I am very grateful.
The Hadassah highlight of my summer was attendance at Hadassah’s98th National Convention, “The Power of Our Dreams,” in Atlanta. Together with nearly 950 other Hadassah members and supporters, we listened and learned, laughed and cried as presenters from aroundthe globe shared Hadassah’s achievements and challenges with us.
Professor Zeev Rotstein, the new director general of the Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO), thanked us for our devotion, partnershipand caring for Israel, Jerusalem and HMO. The majority of the victims injured in the more than 400 terror attacks that have occurred in Israel in the past year have been treated at Hadassah Hospital, with most ofthese cases resulting in lives saved and families restored.
We heard about Hadassah’s “bench to bedside” translational medicine,where HMO physician-researchers make their learning and experience a two-way street – saving patients’ lives while making groundbreakingresearch discoveries. Their scientific papers and clinical trials have aworldwide impact, and “Research in Service to Humanity” is much morethan just the name of Hadassah’s newest fundraising campaign.
There is much more to share with you from Convention. Please click onthe links in this newsletter where you can view Convention videos andmake a donation to Hadassah. This is your opportunity to be a part oflife-saving research that will benefit people around the globe. You canalso donate by ordering the brand new Endless Beginnings necklace byclicking on the link below. It is inscribed with a quote from Hadassah’sfounder, Henrietta Szold, “There is no ending that is not a beginning.”
So as one year ends and another begins, I wish you and your familiesshana tova – a healthy and happy New Year! I hope that in this new Jewish year you will attend Hadassah programs and think about how you can make a difference. Volunteering is beneficial to your emotionaland physical well-being. Let’s make it a healthy year for you and forHadassah. We look forward to your participation and involvement. We are all Hadassah – the power of women who do.
Rhonda SaundersHadassah Northern New England President
“I hope that in this new
Jewish year you will attend
Hadassah programs and
think about how you can
make a difference.”
Rhonda Saunders,Hadassah NorthernNew England President
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More than 900 Hadassah members, speakers,Associates and supporters convened in
Atlanta this past July for Hadassah’s 98th NationalConvention. During four powerful – and packed –days and nights, delegates probed the breadth and depth of Hadassah’s work in the United Statesand in Israel.
Opening night featured National President EllenHershkin, who captivated the audience with herspeech encouraging us to go "from strength to
strength and from dream to dream . . . for women everywhere.”
The Convention featured an array of speakers – pioneers, innovators, global experts, medical researchers, role modelsand visionaries in the fields of health, medicine and stem cellresearch, women’s empowerment, advocacy of social issues, Israel and Zionism. Among the featured speakers wererenowned cardiologist Dr. Nannette Wenger, celebratedmother-daughter authors Letty and Abigail Pogrebin, IronDome weapons system developer Natan Barak, Oscar-winningactress Gwyneth Paltrow, and the first female Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik.
Gwyneth Paltrow spoke beautifullyabout her Jewish ancestry and whatit means for her to be Jewish. Shewas honored by Hadassah with the first-ever Power of Our Dreamsaward, presented by National President Ellen Hershkin.
Hadassah Convention in Atlantathis July was my sixth convention.Each time I attend Convention, Iexperience something very special,whether it’s becoming a Keeper of the Gate in memory of my late sister, Ruth, or delivering handmadepreemie hats made by members ofmy chapter to Hadassah Hospital–Mt. Scopus at the Centennial Celebration in Israel in 2012.
Convention in Atlanta was extra-special. I was moved at the Plenary“Against All Odds, HMO” when Iheard about HMO’s response to the recent violence in Israel, especiallyin the cases of Liana Alvarez and Karen Lakin, both of whom experienced HMO’s trauma carefirsthand.
I was close to tears when I heardDr. Abed Khalaileh, who treatedthe fatally wounded Richard Lakin,explain how his compassionbrought him to attend the shivaof his late patient.
Not only did attending Conventionmotivate me and renew my enthusiasm for Hadassah, but italso strengthened my bonds to myregion colleagues and friends. Wevisited sights in Atlanta together,enjoyed each other’s company, and took care of one another. I lookforward to attending Conventionnumber seven in two years.
Barbara Sigel, president, Hadassah Shalom
Hadassah Convention Celebrates the Power of Our Dreams!
NATIONAL NEWS
Here’s a “taste” of Convention:
Hadassah Northeast members celebrate at National Convention.
Hadassah conventions give me the opportunity to recharge my batteries. The energy in the plenaries is palpable, and the plenaries and breakout sessions never cease to educate me. I was especially delighted at this Convention to see so many young women, a sign that Hadassah is a vibrant and viable organization.
I look forward to meeting more NNE women and encourage you, in my role as National Hadassah Missions Co-Chair, to consider joining a Hadassah Mission, individually, with family or friends, or as a group. It will infinitely enhance your Hadassah experience!
Dorothy Ganz, Past President of the Upper Mid-Atlantic Region
So, where do you start to describefour fun-filled, informative, exciting, eye-opening and pridefuldays? There is nothing like aHadassah Convention and the experience of sitting in a roomful ofinspiring Jewish women who loveIsrael and want to support all thewonderful health care and researchthat the Hadassah Hospitals areknown for throughout the world. Weare “the women who do, advocate,heal and stand up for Israel.”
Hadassah strongly supports gender equity in medical research.You would think that is a nobrainer, but at Convention welearned that gender equity is NOThappening in research. Often research is just on men and testingis only on male mice.
We learned about sex trafficking, a $32 billion industry. Hadassah has made education about sex trafficking a priority. We heardfrom women who were victims ofsex trafficking and how they didn’tchoose this for themselves.
We listened to an author whowrote a book about empoweringgirls. For example, instead of calling a girl bossy, we should callthese women leaders. If you haveself-doubt as a mother, be a model
of self-esteem. Rather than rejecting compliments, learn how to accept them without an explanation but with just a simplethank you.
We were told about the BDS (Boycott, Divest and Sanctions)movement against Israel and how it has has turned into an anti-Semitism campaign. Jewishstudents on campuses where theBDS movement is strong need thetools to explain what Israel is andISN’T to students and even facultyon campus.
Perhaps one of my personal favorites at Convention was theMembership Workshop, where weshared ideas about programmingto get new members. Sharing ideaswith other amazing women wastruly inspirational.
Share the excitement of Hadassah by bringing Hadassah into your community. Get behind an important initiative and advocatefor women’s health and safety. Remember that we are the womenwho do. Dream big and yourdreams will become a reality!
Amy Halpern Degen, Co-President, Hadassah Nashoba Valley
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Hadassah Northern New EnglandPresident Rhonda Saunders
At Convention this summer delegates were informed about anongoing Hadassah program calledCurriculum Watch. The goal of the program is to ensure that textbooks and other teaching material present historically accurate and ethnically and culturally unbiased facts. Chairedby Dr. Sandra Alfonsi, CurriculumWatch takes on the serious business of challenging publishersand educational institutions when
their materials indicate a biasagainst Jews or other minorities, or when the history of the UnitedStates, Israel, or the world is clearlymisstated or “sanitized” in favor of one group over another.
When a textbook contains maps ofthe Middle East but Israel is missing,when history books include WorldWar II but never mention the Holocaust, Curriculum Watch begins the sometimes arduousprocess of dealing with school systems, publishing houses, andcommunities to remedy the situation. Sandra works with a distinguished advisory board of 18 professors, historians and attorneys.
I listened to example after exampleof textbooks providing misleading,inaccurate and biased informationabout Jews and Jewish history andculture. Jewish contributions to theAmerican Revolution, the CivilRights Movement, arts, science andculture are ignored. The ILGWU,
Emma Lazarus, Hayim Solomonand even the role of Judeo-Christianvalues in shaping our nation arebeing removed.
A few days later I visited the MartinLuther King National Park. Therewas NO mention of the Jewish rolein the fight for civil rights in the entire museum. Yet, when I went to the Jewish Museum in Atlanta,there were many references to the Jewish support for civil rights,including a letter from MartinLuther King.
When young people are NOTtaught about the historical linksand support between blacks andJews, and Black Lives Matter decides anti-Israel sentiments deserve a place in their platform,one must surmise a link. Historydoes matter and how we teach itmatters equally as much.
Carole Greenfield, HadassahNortheast Resource ChairHadassah Leadership Fellow
Jody Comins and Boston memberRobin Shuman
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Did you know that Hadassah is a non-governmental organization (NGO) in special consultative status withthe United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)? At Convention, I was fortunate to attend abreakout session led by Hadassah’s U.N. Team, which presents programs to the Commission on the Status of Women and represents Hadassah at the U.N.
The featured speaker, Nelly Shiloh, head of the Human Rights Division at the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations, spoke about how “Hadassah’s values, which embrace change, personal growth, pluralism,and social responsibility, all resonate with the work we do every day at the Human Rights Division of the IsraeliMission.” According to Shiloh, tolerance and mutual understanding are the way to peace, but progress can only be made if there is mutual understanding and discussion between parties for the agreement.
The Q&A following Shiloh’s presentation focused on the role of the U.N. and global anti-Semitism. Many expressed frustration that nations don’t recognize this as a real issue with horrible consequences for all of usand the world. Asked how the U.N. mission from Israel can keep their spirits up in the face of the snubs and deliberate rhetoric that targets Israel, the speaker responded that they remain optimistic and determined.Anger has to take a back seat to showing the good that we do as Hadassah and Israel.
Hadassah’s U.N. policy statement reflects deep concern that the U.N.’s integrity and effectiveness have beencompromised. While recognizing some recent strides toward Israel’s acceptance at the U.N. – such as the recent election of Israel’s Permanent Representative to the U.N., Danny Danon, to chair the Sixth Committee,and the recognition of Yom Kippur as an official U.N. holiday – Hadassah is outraged by the bias against Israelthat continues to pervade the institution. In 2006, Hadassah welcomed an initiative for U.N. reform and in 2014reaffirmed calls for significant reforms that will lead to a more productive U.N., where bias against any state,and against Israel in particular, does not occur.
Dana Fine, Co-President, Hadassah Shawsheen Valley
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REGIONAL NEWS
Afew months ago, Hadassah Capital District wassurprised and gratified to receive an extraordinary
bequest of more than $1 million from one of Hadassah’slong-time supporters, Irving Myers. While the amountof the gift was a surprise, the donation did not just fall out of the sky. Mr. Myers was a generous man whogave substantial financial support to the HadassahChapter during his very long life. He lived to 102, thesame age as Hadassah, and the relationship betweenhim and Hadassah Capital District existed over much of it.
Irving Myers was born in Troy, N.Y., to parents whowere strong supporters of the Jewish community and inculcated in him a love of Israel and the Jewishpeople. One of our past region presidents, Rita Cohen,encouraged him to express his feelings through support of Hadassah. With Rita’s cultivation and stewardship, his major support of Hadassah’s workgrew. He was a Founder many times over, and eachFounder’s Certificate was lovingly framed and hung in his living room. Initially, he supported HMO, butafter a visit from Bonnie Lipton, he again became a Founder for the benefit of Hadassah CollegeJerusalem. He was also a major annuitant.
He did not forget Hadassah when he was providingphilanthropy elsewhere. When he made a significantdonation to the local Jewish Federation toward construction of its new building, he instructed that hisrecognition be as the provider of the Hadassah Officein the new Federation home. Visitors to the Federationcan still see the Irving Myers Hadassah Office.
Mr. Myers, who made his living in the local advertisingbusiness, never married and, in fact, he has no livingrelatives. In the last decades of his life, he was confined to his home and wheelchair bound. He livedquietly and enjoyed occasional visits from friends.Hadassah did not forget him, remembering him on birthdaysand with visits.
An initial bequest of $100,000 insupport of HMO was gratefullyreceived by the chapter. Imaginethe surprise when, after thecomplete settlement of the estate, Hadassah received aresiduary bequest of $1,085,000from this generous soul.
Love for Israel Leads to Extraordinary Gift
Hadassah Northeast’s Associates hosted an informative program, “Israeli Innovation and Technology,” to a standing-room-only crowd.
Omri Shor, CEO and Co-Founder of Medisafe, and Matan Zamir, Israel’sDeputy Consul General to New England, discussed how Israel continues tobe the “start-up” nation, and how innovation is handled differently there.
Audience
Northern New EnglandAssociates ChairMichael Finegold
Matan Zamir, Israel’sDeputy Consul General
Omri Shor, CEO and Co-Founder,Medisafe
Israeli Innovation and Technology
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Capital District Honors Jeff Weiss at Special Gifts Brunch
Hadassah Capital District honored its donors of more than $250, including major donors, Keepers of the Gate, and members of
Chai and Silver Chai Society, at an elegant brunch Sunday, September 25,in Schenectady. At the event Jeff Weiss, a generous local businessmanand philanthropist, received the chapter’s Anshe Chesed (People ofKindness) award for his good works on behalf of the local community.
In 2015, Hadassah was just one of the many beneficiaries of Mr.Weiss’s largesse, when he graciously provided the venue, refreshments,and a major auction prize for the chapter’s donor event. Proudly displayed at his Albany store is the “Wall of Love,” representing thedozens of organizations that he has gifted in this way.
Hadassah’s Research in Service to Humanity campaign was the beneficiary of funds raised at the brunch. At the event Rachel Schonberger, M.D., national chair of the Hadassah Medical Organization, brought news about the latest advances in medicinedeveloped by scientists at Hadassah facilities in Israel.
Rachel is a past president of the Greater Atlanta Chapter and hasserved on the National Board in numerous capacities, including thepresidency of the Hadassah Southeastern Region. In addition to herwork with Hadassah, she has been active in her community and schooldistrict, and served as president of the local branch of the AmericanMedical Women’s Association and a member of its national board.
Preparations for the 2016 Special Gifts Brunch were handled by an outstanding committee, consisting of Co-Chairs Phyllis Hecker and Toby Sabian, Campaign Co-Chairs Josie Kivort and JanetDeixler, and Dorothy Ganz, Yvette Gebell, Edith Kliman, ShereeMirochnik, Reeva Nowitz, and Joyce Toub.
Visit
www.hadassah.org/regions/northern-new-england for the latest announcements,
event information, newsletters and more
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and beautiful Rosh Hashanahcards. Hadassah has a wide range of cards and certificates for any occasion. Please consider Hadassahfor all your needs: congratulations, memorial, birthday, new baby, thank you, bar/bat mitzvah, or just “thinking of you.”
Also, JNF tree certificates are available in several designs for $18 a tree.
To purchase cards and certificates, contact Hadassah Northeast at 781-455-9055 or [email protected] or visit the office to choose from a wide range of designs.
Unlimited e-cards are available at www.hadassah.org.
WIN A FITBIT –YOUR E-MAIL PLEASE! E-mails allow us to bring you the mosttimely Hadassah information, inform you ofHadassah events in your area, and keep youin touch with the medical breakthroughsthat have made the Hadassah Medical Organization such a distinguished Israeli institution. Moreover, it protects the environment and saves funds by eliminatingmailings. We take great care not to send unnecessary messages. If you are not receiving our e-mails, please send us your full name, chapter, phone number and email to Hadassah Northeast [email protected] and be entered in a drawing to win a Fitbit. The winner will be announced in December 2016.
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5 Wise Aging – Temple Emunah, Lexington, Mass.
10 C O L U M B U S D A Y
11 Y O M K I P P U R ( B E G I N S A T S U N D O W N )
12 Y O M K I P P U R
14 Hadassah Shalom Book Club featuring The Pearl That Broke Its Shell at 10:30 am
16 Hadassah Lynn-Swampscott-Marblehead Membership Brunch featuring Judy Dunn, who will speak about her experiences on Hadassah’s Mission to Cuba – Temple Sinai,Marblehead, Mass., 10 am
17-18 S U K K O T
20 Wise Aging – Temple Emunah, Lexington, Mass.
24-25 S H E M I N I A T Z E R E T / S I M C H A T T O R A H
30 Keepers of the Gate Reception featuring acclaimed Israeli pianist Tal Zilber – NewBridge on the Charles, Dedham, Mass.,5-7 pm
2 Author Tour featuring Lynda Cohen Loigman, author of TheTwo-Family House – HNE office, Newton Centre, Mass., 12 pm
3 Hadassah Arlington-Lexington Donor Dinner featuring Honorable Nancy Gertner, former U.S. federal judge at Café Escadrille, Burlington, Mass.; Wise Aging at Temple Emunah,Lexington, Mass.; Hadassah Shalom HMO Donor Event “An Evening of Laughter” – Angelica’s Restaurant, Middleton,Mass., 6 pm
6 Hadassah Shawsheen Valley Book Group discussion –Susan Prizant’s house
10 Hadassah Merrimack Valley “Israeli Politics 101” –Temple Emanuel, Andover, Mass., 7 pm
11 V E T E R A N ’ S D A Y
17 Wise Aging – Temple Emunah, Lexington, Mass.
20 Hadassah Shawsheen Valley donor event –Hadassah Brandeis Institute, Waltham, Mass.
24 T H A N K S G I V I N G
1 Wise Aging – Temple Emunah, Lexington, Mass.
4 Brunch with Hans Fisher, a surviving passenger on the ill-fated SS St. Louis and showing of the movie Complicit –NewBridge on the Charles, Dedham, Mass., 11 a.m.; Hadassah Shawsheen Valley Salon Group final “And You Think Your Family Has Problems” series discussion of Amnon and Tamar – Colleen Mitchneck’s house, 10 am
6 Author Tour featuring Juliette Fay, author of The TumblingTurner Sisters – HNE office, Newton Centre, Mass., 12 pm
7 Hadassah Merrimack Valley Jewish Genealogy –Memorial Hall Library, Andover, Mass., 7 pm
11 Hadassah Shawsheen Valley viewing of Fiddler on the Roof – The New Rep in Watertown, Mass., 2 pm; Hadassah Northampton-Amherst Literary Café for Youth Aliyah – Congregation B’nai Israel, 2 pm
15 Hadassah Shalom Installation Meeting; Wise Aging – Temple Emunah, Lexington, Mass.; Author Tour featuring Susan David, author of Emotional Agility –HNE office, Newton Centre, Mass., 7 pm
18 Hadassah Shawsheen Valley gift wrap fundraiser –Barnes & Noble, Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington, Mass.
22 Hadassah Shawsheen Valley gift wrap fundraiser –Barnes & Noble, Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington, Mass.
24 H A N U K K A H ( B E G I N S A T S U N D O W N )
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For a gift of $150* in support of groundbreakingmedical research at Hadassah Medical Organization, you can receive this lovely sterlingsilver necklace edged with cubic zirconias. It is inscribed with the famous quote from Hadassah’s founder, Henrietta Szold: “There is no ending that is not a beginning.”Proceeds go to support the ongoing, lifesaving patient treatment and medical research at Hadassah Medical Organization and count towards your unit’s fundraising goal.*Note: The necklace has a fair market value of $50. All but the fair market value of the asterisked item noted above is deductible to the extent provided by law.Hadassah intends to respect donors’ wishes regarding this gift, however in accordance with U.S. tax law requirements regarding deductibility of contributions,Hadassah shall have full dominion, control and discretion over this gift (and shall be under no legal obligation to transfer any portion of a gift to or for the use orbenefit of any other entity or organization).
HADASSAH THE WOMEN’S ZIONIST ORGANIZATIONOF AMERICA, INC.
Please send me an Endless Beginnings necklace to acknowledge my donation of $___________ ($150 minimum).
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10 Author Tour featuring William Novack, author of Die Laughing: Killer Jokes for Newly Old Folks – NewBridge on the Charles, 7:30 pm
16 M A R T I N L U T H E R K I N G D A Y
6 Author Tour featuring Caroline Leavitt, author of Beautiful World –Temple Ner Tamid, Peabody, Mass., 7 pm
7 Author Tour featuring Caroline Leavitt, author of Beautiful World –HNE office, Newton Centre, Mass., 12 pm
20 P R E S I D E N T S ’ D A Y
19 Join Eric Trager, author of Arab Fall: How the Muslim BrotherhoodWon and Lost Egypt in 891 Days, as he takes us on a tour of Egypt’stumultuous political landscape, and examines its implications for the United States and Israel – HNE office, Newton Centre, Mass.
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Please register: http://hadassah.org/events/hneauthortour or contact Hadassah Northeast at 781-455-9055 or [email protected].
Presented by Hadassah Northeast (HNE)1320 Centre Street, Suite 205, Newton Centre, Mass.Cost: $10 suggested donation to Hadassah
H A DASSA H N O R T H E AST
Susan DavidEmotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
December 15 � 7 pmHNE, Newton Centre
Lynda Cohen LoigmanThe Two-Family House
November 2 � 12 pmHNE, Newton Centre
Juliette FayThe Tumbling Turner Sisters
December 6 � 12 pmHNE, Newton Centre
William NovakDie Laughing: Killer Jokes for Newly Old Folks
January 10 � 7:30 pmNewBridge on the Charles,Dedham, Mass.
2016-17 AUTHOR TOUR
Caroline LeavittCruel, Beautiful World
February 6 � 7 pmTemple Ner Tamid, Peabody
February 7 � 12 pmHNE, Newton Centre
Light refreshments included
Hadassah Northeast looks to the future! On September 15 the Hadassah Northeast leadershipteam met to discuss 2017/18 initiatives.
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Dr. Rachel Schonberger speaks to anintimate group at the home of Batyaand Jim Olsen in Concord, Mass.
Dr. Schonberger’s Presentations toHadassah Northern New EnglandHadassah Northern New England members gathered at two separate
events on September 25th to hear Dr. Rachel Schonberger, NationalChair of Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO), share stories from HMO and
updates on the research at Hadassah that echoes around the world.
Dr. Schonberger said that Hadassah Medical Organization has “written the book” on management of trauma in the Hadassah EinKerem Trauma Center – the first in Israel and still the only level 1trauma center in Jerusalem. Hadassah trauma teams have trainedteams in many countries, and protocols developed there were usedat MGH after the Boston Marathon bombing. In layman’s terms Dr.Schonberger explained the ongoing research in stem cell science fortreatment of macular degeneration, immunotherapy for melanoma
and a number of other diseases, research in genetics and development andtesting of innovative devices to improve healing of fractured bones.
Funding for building and equipping the Sarah Wetsman Davidson HospitalTower is in its final stages and with our continued support it can be completed this year, or by mid-2017. Dr. Schonberger touched our heartswith stories of compassion and healing, such as the story about Russian children who are coming to Israel for life saving bone marrow transplantsthat they cannot get at home. You can read more inspiring stories from HMOand learn about our campaign, Research in Service to Humanity, by visitingwww.hadassah.org.
Featured are honoree Jeff Weiss,and event co-chairs Phyllis Heckerand Toby Sabian. Hadassah Northern New England
President Rhonda Saunders andcampaign co-chair Josie Kivort
Dr. Rachel Schonberger and campaignco-chair Janet Deixler
Hadassah Capital District held an event with Dr. Rachel Schonberger at Congregation Agudat Achim in Schenectady, NY.
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Sunday, December 411:00 amNewBridge on the Charles, Dedham, Mass.
Please join us for brunch and ascreening of the award-winning documentary, Complicit. Complicitreveals the untold story of why President Roosevelt and the StateDepartment refused safe haven to Jewish refugees under Nazityranny. Following the documentary,there will be a discussion with Dr.Hans Fisher, survivor of the St. Louis.
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