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2011 Fall Bulletin B R O O K L Y N R E G I O N F A L L 2 0 1 1 BROOKLYN REGION President's Message EXECUTIVE BOARD Gail Hammerman President Gail Hammerman Operations VP Janet Young Dear Friends, Treasurer Barbara Katz In April we moved our office to the East Midwood Jewish Recording Secretary Diane Hunt Center at 1625 Ocean Avenue. I would like to thank Presidents Corresponding Secretary Larry Isaacson and Michael Sucher, Executive Director Edith Brenda Rosenbaum Maiman and the staff for making it a smooth and welcoming Education VP Marcia Weller transition in our new location. I attended the Hadassah National Programming VP Board and Business meetings held in Las Vegas on July 13-15, Marlene Lempert along with National Board members Judi Silversmith, Claire Fundraising VP Shapiro and Roni Schwartz, from the Brooklyn Region. We had Alma Krull Membership VP the honor along with over 400 National Board members, delegates and associates to Caryn Tanditash witness and celebrate the installation of Marcie Natan as the new National President Honorary VPs of Hadassah. Natan gave a very inspirational speech which was upbeat and energizing. Roni Schwartz We also installed our other National Officers including our own Roni Schwartz as a Claire Shapiro Judi Silversmith National Vice President. We all wish Marcie Natan, our new President and the Shirley Ugelow Executive Board a successful tenure in office. There are many challenges facing us Area VPs ahead. We voted on many business items including adopting fundraising goals, Evelyn Gollomp membership goals and a new budget. Our mission and support for our projects in Harriet Sayer Israel is just as strong as ever. The Tower remains Hadassah’s top fundraising priority having already raised $257 million towards our goal of $363 million. Young Judaea is BULLETIN STAFF undergoing a restructuring over the next few years to become an independent entity Editor-in-Chief Irene Stundel with a founding board of Hadassah leaders and Young Judaea supports. Associate Editor Marilyn Cranney The Membership Centennial Campaign has been very successful. There are over Design Editor 31,000 new life members and associates to our membership base of almost 300,000. Esther Lefkowitz Reporters From January 1st – June 30th, the Brooklyn Region has signed up almost 250 new life Enid Benezra members. Come celebrate the Centennial in Israel with other members of the Brooklyn Adele Cohen Region. The convention will be held October 15-18, 2012. Many of us have already Barbara Gershuny registered and are looking forward to the cutting of the ribbon at the Sarah Wetsman Evelyn Gollomp Joanne Honigman Davidson Hospital Tower. This will be the event of the century for Hadassah! Alma Krull Marlene Lempert We had a very successful programming and event year and we invite you to join us Janet Marcus in the events planned for the 2011-2012 programming year. On October 16th Hadassah Evelyn Pincus Sidonia Reissman Brooklyn Region will participate in the annual Breast Cancer walk in Prospect Park. We Grace Salant will be holding a Donor Reception at the residence of the Israeli Counsel General, Ido Roni Schwartz Aharoni. We also expect our new National President Marcie Natan to be in attendance. Claire Shapiro A book discussion is planned for October 26th and we will collaborate with the ILJB Ruth Siegel Sara Sloan for a fall program. The annual Chanukah luncheon will be held on December 12th at Caryn Tanditash EMJC. These are just a few of the upcoming programs for 2011. There are numerous Marcia Weller other events and programs planned for 2012 that will focus on our Centennial. Check your email and mail for further information. This is a great opportunity to invite one of our “new life members” to attend and to bring a friend and help to increase our membership. I would like to thank our dedicated and hard working Region Board and membership for a very successful year. Kudos to our Office Manager Esther Lefkowitz. Wishing you and your loved ones in 5772 a year filled with peace and prosperity for America, Israel and the Jewish people throughout the world. L’Shana Tova, Gail Hammerman Brooklyn Region News 2 Fall 2011 Hadassah Brooklyn Region’s PROGRAMMING Spring Education Day with ILJB Marlene Lempert Joanne Honigman YOU’RE INVITED People of the Book in the Digital Age: the Impact of New Media on Brooklyn Region Hadassah engages its members Jews and Israel Sunday, May 15, 4 PM, ILJB Conference, co-sponsored with Hadassah Brooklyn Region at EMJC and the community with many great programs Presenters: and events. Our CIRCLE OF LIFE EVENTS Adam Dickter, Assistant Managing Editor of The Jewish Week enable Hadassah women to get together for David Firestone, Editorial Board of The New York Times lunch *share Holiday traditions and values, *get Alana Newhouse, Editor-in-Chief of Tablet Magazine the latest news about Hadassah, and *listen to a Sam Norich, Publisher of The Forward wonderful concert. Barbara Spack, Past Vice President, Hadassah National Brooklyn Region President Gail Hammerman welcomed SORRY IF YOU MISSED OUR LAST PROGRAM everyone to the afternoon forum on May 15th. Howard Honigman but here is a preview of our next programs began with remarks regarding the prominent presence of Jews on and the BEST THING IS… EVERYONE IS the Worldwide Web, as well as the discontinuity between our INVITED and we encourage your support. traditional means of information transmission and those of the Digital Age. To inform us about the impact of this changed technology, he introduced the panel. After describing how their organizations have adapted to Digital Celebrate Chanukah with us at our Circle of technology, speakers noted that the tasks of gathering and Life Luncheon on December 12th as we disseminating news (currency of coverage, confirmation of facts, celebrate Chanukah and honor the birthdays of vetting of sources, skill in writing, ethical judgments, etc.) are Henrietta Szold and Theodore Hertzl. made more difficult by the competition introduced by unprofessional writing on the internet. Newspapers, having established credibility and quality over years, carry the trust of their readers to pick topics, edit stories, and thus deliver news to IT'S NOT JUST HAMANTASHEN people interested in becoming “well informed”. Coverage on the Imagine thousands of Hadassah Members all “web” tends to focus on a particular story that people have heard across the country, meeting at the same time to about informally and thus reduces this balanced approach that traditional media have provided. Criticism of the NY Times as toast the Hadassah Centennial. That is our being anti-Israel was deflected with the observation, made by "HOME SWEET HADASSAH CELEBRATION". Alana Newhouse of Tablet Magazine, that “People tend to think of So join us as we celebrate Hadassah’s milestone the Times as a Jewish paper, then are disappointed if it is not and share our collective pride in Hadassah on wholly Jewish in its slant”. Barbara Spack, Hadassah National March 22nd … panelist, updated the attendees on the progress Hadassah has made utilizing our website, facebook and other social media. A spirited discussion followed the presentations. Honor Our Past, Our Present ...and look forward to Our Future and the beginning of the next century with Hadassah… CELEBRATE WITH US ... AS WE CELEBRATE OUR MEMBERS at our Annual June Concert and Luncheon . YOU ARE INVITED… JOIN US… L’DOR V’DOR Pictured above: Gail Hammerman, Brooklyn Region President; Barbara Spack, National Youth Aliyah Chair; Sam Norich, Publisher of the Forward; Adam PASS ON OUR Dickter, Asst Managing Editor of the Jewish Week; Alana Newhouse, Editor, Tablet Magazine; David Firestone, journalist and member of the Editorial VALUES AND TRADITIONS Board, New York Times; and Dr. Howard Honigman, President of the Institute for Living Judaism in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Region News 3 Fall 2011 HMO REPORT submitted by Claire Shapiro A Friday Story: Life Looking Up for People with Down Syndrome Dear Friends, On March 21, World Down Syndrome Day is observed In her initial article on the conference, Jerusalem Post in many places throughout the world – including Israel. Health and Science reporter Judy Siegel-Itzkovich The date –3/21 – represents the 3 copies of chromosome described an important research breakthrough that was 21 that are unique to people with Down syndrome. As presented at the conference. It is available on the we have in the past, Hadassah initiated and organized a internet. I know you will find it—and the extensive day-long conference to examine our medical and moral coverage that followed on April 10— interesting and responsibility to the population of people with Down exciting. syndrome. As I looked out at the crowded auditorium at About 350 professionals – and some parents – came to Hadassah-Mt. Scopus, I thought about the difference Hadassah-Mt. Scopus to participate in the packed Hadassah makes for children with Down syndrome and program that included professional and personal their families - and about all the other children with presentations on a broad range of medical, educational, chronic diseases we treat in our Elie Douer and Family social and rehabilitation issues. The theme of the Center for Pediatric Genetic and Chronic Diseases. The conference, "Independent Living," addressed the only one of its kind in Israel and one of a few in the complex challenges involved from a variety of world, the Center and this conference are outstanding perspectives, among them the importance of education examples of the pioneering ethos that pervades our and the right to sexuality and parenting. Medical Center. They are tangible expressions of our "People with Down Syndrome are becoming continuing commitment to work toward a brighter and increasingly more independent and living longer and healthier future for all our patients – through more fulfilling lives," says Dr.
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