January 2016
We in the Boston area have been fortunate to have four Hadassah health care professionals visit us in Boston over the past few months. From them we learned about the challenges they face treating Israelis and Palestinians at Hadassah Ein Kerem during a time of national trauma. And they, in turn, learned new pain management standards of care by working with their American counterparts at Mass General. They returned to Israel to help create new pain management centers in Israeli hospitals. During their visit, they were heartened and inspired by the American women of Hadassah Boston and by the extent of your passion and commitment to Israel and Hadassah Hospital.
Ronit, one of the nurses who visited, is part of a mixed professional team of Jews and Arabs at Hadassah Ein Kerem. Every day, they help to alleviate the pain of Jewish and Arab patients. Sometimes, their patients are terror victims; sometimes, they are the terrorists.
"One terrorist was badly injured when the gas balloons she was transporting to an attack blew up," Ronit told us. "When I'm outside the door to a hospital room of a patient like that," she said, "I have to overcome my personal feelings. The minute I walk in, I see a woman in pain a mother who needs my help. She's a patient like any other. My job is to reduce human suffering. As a Hadassah nurse, I'm committed to doing that in every way possible."
If you met with our nurses, you would have been as inspired and moved by the courage and strength of these Hadassah nurses as I was. I felt the power and connection of the global Hadassah family even more when I learned that Ronit, as a child in Jerusalem, studied at the same school where I, as a young adult, taught English as a second language. Today we share even more - a commitment to the healing work of Hadassah.
As we begin 2016 I welcome the new leaders who have taken on Board Portfolio positions or program chair positions on the Hadassah Boston Board. These leaders of our chapter are committed and dedicated to the mission of Hadassah. Together we will offer programs that are fun and educational, initiatives that support health and medicine at Hadassah Hospital, and events that promote medical care and wellness. We will continue to express our commitment to the wellbeing of Israel through advocacy and engagement, as well as domestic advocacy right here at home on issues and concerns relevant to women and their families.
If you are interested in joining the board and getting involved, please call me at 781-455-9055.
Wishing you a Happy, Healthy and productive year ahead.
Varda,
President, Hadassah Boston
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January 2016
Hadassah thanks supporters for their efforts in 2015.
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Hadassah Northeast and Jewish Women International (JWI)
PRESENT
March 20, 2016
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Hadassah Northeast
1320 Centre Street, Suite 205
Newton Centre, Mass.
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Our facilitator
Suzanne Priebatsch, is a Senior Vice President in the Private Wealth Management division of Morgan Stanley. She specializes in the area of intergenerational wealth, the process of transferring both assets and aspirations from one generation to the next.
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If these are some of the questions you have been asking yourself, then sign up today:
What do I need to do differently, now that I'm in a new phase of my life?
How do I know if I have enough savings?
What documents should I have and where are they?
How should I invest my money and who should I listen to?
How can I be generous in the spirit of tikkun olam and manage my budget at the same time?
Couvert: $50 per person
Includes food, materials, flash drive and instruction
To register,
click here or mail a check to Hadassah Northeast
at 1320 Centre Street, Suite 205, Newton Centre, Mass. 02459
Click here to download and print a copy of the promotional flyer.
Kindly RSVP by February 22
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016
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Leadership Training for all
Hadassah Northeast Portfolio Holders
Telling Our Stories
Learn and Practice Transferrable Skills to Become More Effective Hadassah Leaders
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Featured speakers to include:
Nancy Falchuk - 24th Hadassah National President, "The Hadassah Story"
Jamie Allen Black - Director of Strategic Initiatives, Big Tent Judaism, "Membership Outreach and Engagement"
Lauren Garlick - Founder, Lauren Garlick Group, "How to Tell Your Story Effectively"
and
Renee Young - National Public Relations Director, Hadassah, "PR Bootcamp
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Everyone who would like to get more involved with Hadassah is invited to attend this training program. If you are interested in a big role or a small part, this day is for you. You will hear top-notch speakers who will address a variety of topics that can be used within Hadassah and in our personal and professional lives. Check out the flyer, and be sure to RSVP to reserve your spot.
To register, contact Hadassah Northeast at 781-455-9055 or hne@hadassah.org.
Click here to download and print a copy of the promotional flyer.
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January 2016
Nancy Falchuck is on the board of the David Project and has arranged for Barbara Sofer, Israel . . .
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Upcoming Authors
Presented by Hadassah Northeast (HNE)
1320 Centre Street
Suite 205
Newton Centre, Mass.
February 2016
Wednesday, 2/24 @ 7 p.m.,
Ellen Golub
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author of
Psychosemitic
(at Hadassah-Brandeis Institute)
Ellen Golub kidnaps the sharp-tongued Sheyne Sheyndel and her luftmensch husband, Menachem Mendel, from Sholem Aleichem's 1890's shtetl stories and drops them off in contemporary America.
April 2016
Thursday, 4/7 @ 7 p.m., Linda Wertheimer, author of Faith Ed.
Wertheimer argues for the urgency of teaching religion in our public schools. The attacks on Israel, the misunderstanding of Zionism, and the public nature of our bar and bat mitzvah celebrations necessitates a baseline knowledge of Jewish culture.
Thursday, 4/14 @ 1 p.m.,
Joanna Rakoff, author of
My Salinger Year
Keenly observed and irresistibly funny, My Salinger Year is a memoir about literary New York in the late nineties, a pre-digital world on the cusp of vanishing.
May 2016
Alan Lightman, author of
Screening Room (date and time TBD)
The book is made up of Lightman's present-day investigations in the hometown he left for more academic locales, and his wistful memories of the faded world of a close-knit family and community.
Janette Hillis Jaffee, author of Everyday Healing (date and time TBD)
Everyday Healing provides practical guidance for people facing illness, injury, or other health challenges to prepare their heart, home, routines and relationships to take on a major healing effort.
*All scheduled speaking engagements will take place at the HNE location besides the
2/24 Ellen Golub appearance
More details coming soon . . .
Questions?
Contact Hadassah Northeast at 781-455-9055 or at hne@hadassah.org.
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Hadassah Medical Center's trauma specialists are providing expertise and comfort
in the Emergency . . .
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JOIN US AT CONVENTION!
BE INSPIRED! RENEW YOUR HADASSAH SPIRIT!
MEET AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS!
Subvention available to first time attendees.
Contact Hadassah Northeast at 781-455-9055 or hne@hadassah.org for more information.
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