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Dear Friends,
In many ways May is a month of reflection. From Victory in Europe Day (May 8) to Memorial Day (May 30) Americans remind ourselves of what was done to secure a free world. In Israel, three days remind Israelis of sacrifice and success: Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance), Yom HaZikaron (remembering the fallen in Israel's wars), and Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day). Even Mother's Day was designed to recall how mothers and grandmothers have helped us all along the way. The strong Jewish women who came before us laid out the path, while we walk into the future with our daughters and granddaughters.
Speaking of walking, have you signed up yet for Every Step Counts, Hadassah's Walking Program? Last year, over 1,000 women and men virtually walked over 350,000 miles for heart health from Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem to our New York headquarters. This year, we are walking from Jerusalem to our National Convention in Atlanta. Sign up today at Every Step Counts!
Think of Shir Bibas, a 24 year old patient at Hadassah Mount Scopus. Shir's doctor encouraged her to run to combat her cystic fibrosis, but Shir didn't like to exercise because it was difficult. So, Dr. Malena Cohen, Hadassah's pediatric pulmonologist, volunteered to run 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) in the Jerusalem Half Marathon with Shir. "I don't like running," said Shir. "It makes me cough stuff up. But I have to run for my health." "That's exactly why it's good for her," replied Dr. Cohen. "We have 140 patients and we encourage them to exercise." "I may come in last, but I'll get to the finish line," said Shir. As it turned out, she came in far from last. Her strong determination, and her doctor running alongside of her, made Shir one of the Women Who Do. If Shir can do it, so can we!! So go sign up for Every Step Counts, put on your sneakers and walk with me to Atlanta!
Have you ever heard the Hebrew phrase "B'Yachad?" It means "together," literally "hand in hand." When you were small, your mother probably took you by the hand and her presence made everything easier. Now it's your chance to take a fellow Hadassah Northern New England member by the hand because it's more fun that way. Offer to pick up someone who needs a ride. Offer to join a committee. Offer to form a Hadassah walking group.
Extend your hand, please, so Hadassah Northern New England can go forward with confidence "b'yachad."
B'Shalom,
Rhonda Saunders
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Every Step Counts: Hadassah's Walking Program
In 2015, we made it over the finish line! From April to September 2015, over 1,000 women and men walked over 350,000 miles for their heart health. Hundreds made it all the way to Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem from our New York headquarters, crisscrossing the world on our virtual route.
Now we're doing it again.
April 11-July 21, 2016. We're walking from Hadassah Medical Organization all the way to Hadassah National Convention in Atlanta.
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9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Women's Advocacy Day at the
State House
Join Hadassah for Women's Advocacy Day to advocate on behalf of gender equity in medical research and pay equity for women.
There is a required two-step
registration process:
1. Register with Hadassah Northeast here.
2. Register with the State House
here.
*Please plan to meet at 9:30 a.m. on the 4th floor
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Alan Lightman's grandfather was the family's undisputed patriarch: it was his movie theatre empire that captured the family to prominence in the South, his fearless success that both galvanized and paralyzed his descendants, haunting them for a half century after his death. In this lyrical and impressionistic memoir, Lightman writes about growing up in Memphis, including the music, the racism, the early days of movies, and the hilarious cast of Jewish relatives.
Guest speaker: Author, Alan Lightman
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 Monday, June 20
7:00 pm
An Evening with Murray Greenfield
Welcome an American-born Israeli hero to the North Shore! Murray Greenfield is an author, storyteller, and a WWII Veteran, who helped to rescue more than a third of Holocaust survivors from ports in Europe.
Guest speaker: Murray Greenfield
Register by contacting Susan Feinstein at 978-740-4431 or email
sfeinstein@lappinfoundation.org.
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Wednesday, June 22
11:00 am
Psychosemitic with author Ellen Golub
Ellen Golub's witty novel weaves together neuropsychiatry, quantum physics, and the Talmud, navigating the paradoxical straits of modern Jewish identity in a linguistic vessel infused with Yiddish and Hebrew.
Guests will have an opportunity to tour the Yiddish Book Center prior to the book presentation.
Guest speaker: Ellen Golub
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SAVE THE DATE: Books on the Beach
Join Hadassah Rhode Island for its annual author luncheon, "Books on the Beach"
featuring award-winning authors B.A. Shapiro and Talia Carner. Enjoy a special afternoon
at Ocean Cliff, the state's premier ocean-side venue. Relax with friends, while you help
raise money for important Hadassah projects.
Guest speakers: Authors, B.A. Shapiro and Talia Carner
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Volunteers Wanted
Hadassah Northeast is seeking eager volunteers to learn Luminate CMS, and train other members on the system. This training will be an hour in length (Tues/Thurs 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.) and provide instructions for posting events, announcements and messages to Hadassah chapter webpages and giving more visibility to your programming.
We know your time is precious; please consider sharing a bit of it with Hadassah.
To volunteer, please contact Hadassah Northeast at 781-455-9055 or hne@hadassah.org.
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August 30 - September 11, 2016
Indulge Your Senses on a Hadassah Mission: Experience Israeli Fashion, Food, Wine & Design in Israel
Led by Debbie Minkoff, Liz Alpert & Anastasia Torres-Gil
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July 25-28th, 2016
Hadassah 98th National Convention!
Registration is now open for the Hadassah 98th National Convention, which will be
inspiring and exciting. Equally exciting is the opportunity to spend time with Hadassah friends, exchanging creative ideas, memories and laughter.
Register today by clicking
here.
Click here to download the printable 2016 Hadassah Convention Registration Packet.
Join Hadassah Northeast for a special convention dinner on Monday, July 25, at Sway at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Click
here
for more details.
Click
here
to register.
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Professional Directory
Opportunity
Get Your Members Listed Today:
The Directory is a new exclusive benefit of Life and eMembership that enables members to promote their professions and expand their business reach to our hundreds of thousands of members. In turn, the Directory gives Hadassah women access to needed services provided by members throughout the country and in their communities. The Directory is a great incentive to recruit new and gifted members to step up to Life.
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National News
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April 6 - June 24, 2016
Wendy Wolfe Fine:
The Pearl that Slipped Its Shell
Relays
the experiences of Jewish women in Iran
as a result of t
he Islamic Revolution of 1979, specifically those of the Mizrahi family, who immigrated to the United States and carry on Iranian Jewish traditions. Fine's immersive installation incorporates video, photography and cultural objects to re-envision transformation and loss in the personal freedoms and cultural lives of Iranian Jewish women after the Revolution, when their country shifted from a secular state to a theocracy of Islamic fundamentalism.
Click here
for more information on HBI programming.
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