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Shalom,
I hope that you and your families had warm and meaningful Jewish High Holy days. Soon we will all be celebrating the secular but "Jewish in so many ways" holiday of Thanksgiving. If we are so blessed, we gather with our families, we share good food and we feel grateful for all that we have in our lives.
Sharing our gratitude and our blessings with those less fortunate is part of this ritual.
When you make a donation to Hadassah's new "Research in Service to Humanity" campaign, you are enabling those who are sick to recover, to regain their strength and resume full lives with their families.
Have you seen the new "Endless Beginnings" necklace? Since research is the beginning to a promising end, this necklace is the perfect way to support Hadassah Medical Organization research. Our founder, Henrietta Szold, is quoted as saying "There is no ending that is not a beginning." Please consider donating to receive a necklace for yourself as well as one to give to a loved one this holiday season. They will thank you and Hadassah will thank you as well!! Look for the ad in this newsletter for more information.
Hadassah Life Membership is also a great gift for yourself, friends and loved ones. Time is running out before the cost increases on January 1st. Do you pay your dues each year, or were you gifted an Annual Membership? Become a Hadassah Life Member by the end of December for only $180. The price will increase to $250 on January 1st. Check out the link to Hadassah membership in this newsletter.
Let me know how YOU would like to get involved in Hadassah in this upcoming year. Whether it is something big or small, I'd love to hear about it and have you share your thoughts and ideas and passion.
We are the Women Who DO, and we can DO so much more together!
Rhonda
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 Thursday, November 10
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Israeli Politics 101
The Merrimack Valley Chapter of Hadassah invites you to a stimulating evening of lecture and discussion on the current workings of Israel's political system.
Special Guest: Sam Crystal, director of Political Affairs for Israel's Consulate to New England.
Temple Emanuel, 7 Haggetts Pond Road, Andover, Mass.
To reserve your seat, please RSVP to hadassahmv@gmail.com.
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Sunday, November 20
3:45 pm
Hadassah Shawsheen Valley Donor Dinner
Please join a donor dinner to benefit Hadassah Medical Organization.
A preview of the art exhibit, Fool for Thought by artist Pat Oleszko will be followed by a kosher dinner.
Couvert: $25
RSVP to Kathy Kerstein at kathykerstein@gmail.com.
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Sunday, December 4
(reservations are required)
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Tuesday, December 6
12 pm
Author Juliette Fay
presents
The Tumbling Turner Sisters
The Tumbling Turner Sisters
is about a poverty-stricken family of four girls who try their hand as an acrobatic act in vaudeville in 1919. Heartwarming and surprising, it is a story of awakening to unexpected possibilities, love and heartbreak, and the dawn of a new American era at the close of World War 1.
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Wednesday, December 7
7 pm
An Introduction to Jewish Genealogy
Presented by Hadassah Merrimack Valley & Memorial Hall Library.
Learn how to start finding your ancesters without leaving home, using websites and local resources. Discover how to organize your data, and how to build your family tree!
Special Guest: Marilyn Okonow, outreach coordinator, Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston.
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Thursday, December 15
7 pm
Author Susan David
presents
Emotional Agility
Emotional Agility serves as a roadmap for real behavioral change - a new way of acting that will help you to reincorporate your most troubling feelings as a source of energy and creativity, and live the life you want. Written with authority, wit, and empathy,
Emotional Agility will help you live your most successful life whoever you are and whatever you face.
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Membership Renewal Campaign
Step up to Life Membership
Take advantage of the upgrade special for Gifted and Annual Members before the price increase in January 2017. Upgrade to Life membership for $180!
That's a lifetime of Hadassah Magazine, access and listing in our online Professional Business Directory, invitations to National programs and, of course opportunities to participate in our local activities.
If you want to continue as an annual member, it's $36.
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Endless Beginnings Necklace
Research in Service to Humanity
For a gift of $150* in support of groundbreaking medical research at Hadassah Medical Organization, you can receive the lovely sterling silver Endless Beginnings 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.
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Keepers of the Gate
Reception and Concert 2016
Hadassah held its 2016 Keepers of the Gate Reception on Sunday, October 30 at NewBridge on the Charles in Dedham, Mass. It was a very entertaining evening that celebrated the ongoing commitment of Keepers of the Gate, Hadassah's premier annual giving society. Acclaimed Israeli pianist Eyran Katsenelenbogen engaged guests with an upbeat recital featuring Jewish and secular music. A big thank you to everyone that supported this lovely event.
Please enjoy some photos from the evening by clicking here.
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Jewish Book Council
Provides Opportunity for Author Events
Hadassah Northeast is a member of the Jewish Book Council author network. Jewish Book Council network authors are available for your large meetings (minimum of approximately 20-25 people) at no expense other than transportation costs and overnight accommodations if the author is not local. In addition, chapters are required to sell the author's books. Jewish Book Council author events are a wonderful way to bring your members together for an interesting discussion. For further info, please contact Julie Newburg at Hadassah Northeast at 781-455-9055 or
jnewburg@hadassah.org
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National News
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