sep-oct 2016

The Voice of the Daughter of My People Av-Elul-Tishrei 5776-77

KOL BAT AMI A PUBLICATION OF THE SABRA CHAPTER, SARASOTA-BRADENTON, FLORIDA

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc

SaBra Chapter Meeting

Thursday, September 22, 2016 11:30 AM Zell Room, Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee 580 McIntosh Rd., Sarasota

Guest Speaker: Jessi Sheslow

Director of Community Relations, Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee Host of the weekly “Milk and Honey Radio Hour”

Members, Hadassah Associates, and Guests are welcome. A light lunch will be served.

Please RSVP by Friday, September 16 to Lee Ruggles 941.924.1338 or [email protected]

Sept./Oct. 2016

VOL 26

ISSUE 5

Jessi Sheslow

Topic: Anti-Semitism Today and Our Next Generation. Included will be a brief description of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) Movement

and how it is reaching our college students.

Kol Bat Ami September/October 2016

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

HIGHLIGHTS FROM HADASSAH’S 98th CONVENTION

The Power of Our Dreams

What is a Hadassah Convention? A time to be reenergized and inspired; a place to renew old friendships and make new ones; an opportunity to learn about new medical developments at Hadassah Medical Organi-zation and to be moved to tears by the miraculous healing that continues to take place not only at our own Hadassah Hospital but also at our Youth Aliyah Villages.

Here are just a few highlights.

Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice president/CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major Amer-ican Jewish Organizations, recipient of the Henrietta Szold Award, presented a very forceful speech in sup-port of Israel and outlined some of the problems it faces.

Watching past National President, Bonnie Lipton (and Purdue U. grad) waltz through the various stations of the new Sarah Wetsman Davidson Tower to a variation of the “My Fair Lady” tune, “On the Street Where You GIVE!”

Dr. Abed Khalaileh’s descr iption of treating Richard Lakin, his frustration with not succeeding and his unusual decision to pay a Shiva call to the Lakin family.

Watching Liana Alvarez, who had been run over by a bus rolling backward down a hill in Jerusalem, run down the aisle in high heels to greet us and tell the story of her miraculous recovery.

Break-out sessions:

I have always taken pleasure in learning, so the text study about strong women in the Bible was delightful and mostly undertaken for my personal pleasure.

Panel on Curriculum Watch with Prof. Sandra Alfonsi made my blood boil! One of the women leaving the earlier session said, “I have found my new passion in life!” Prof. Alfonsi traced the path of Saudi Arabian money which started in some California Universities, made its way into many PhD theses and from there into our elementary and high school textbooks. Her team has developed a form that you can use to submit concerns about specific textbooks.

I also tried to improve my computer skills by attending a hands-on workshop on using Facebook. For me this was an introduction and I will need more practice, but I can see how this can be a useful tool to inform young and prospective members about Hadassah’s programs.

Another session I attended was on “Jewish Perspectives on End of Life Care.” This was very informative and is one I would like to replicate for our chapter.

We were reminded many times that Henrietta Szold founded Hadassah BEFORE women could vote! And BEFORE the State of Israel was established. She was quoted frequently that, “We should dream and when we do, we should dream BIG!” which led to strong women with “the power of women who DO!” And in closing, our National president, Ellen Hershkin, did take note of the fact that for the first time a woman has been nominated as candidate for President of the United States.

I thank you for sending me as your representative to this exciting, informative and inspiring convention.

Susan Prohofsky 941-404-6636

[email protected] Go to Hadassah.org/Convention to see videos of the sessions.

September/October 2016 Kol Bat Ami

SaBra Hadassah Chapter presents

….. Welcoming Ushpizim …..….. Welcoming Ushpizim …..….. Welcoming Ushpizim …..….. Welcoming Ushpizim ….. Thursday, October 20 at 11:30 AM

In the Sukkah at Temple Beth Shalom

1050 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota

Rebbitzen Melissa Werbow will offer a D’var Torah on the Ushpizim - Guests - we invite to our Sukkah each day.

In addition to a light lunch in the Sukkah, we will be Involved in an art project. We are all part of the program!

Members - Associates - Guests …… all are welcome!

Couvert: $10.00. Please RSVP by Friday, October 14 to Lee Ruggles 941.924.1338 or [email protected]

Danziger-Polejes Book Club News

The next meeting is on October 6 at 1:00 PM at Carol Rosenberg’s

home. Carol will lead the discussion. The book to be discussed is The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. Please contact Carol for di-rections. 941.907.9015 or [email protected]

……….

December 1: The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman Hostess & Leader: Linda Buxbaum

February 2, 2017: This is Not a Love Story by Judy Brown

Hostess & Leader: Marilyn Stark

April 6: The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman

Hostess & Leader: Andi Lieberman

Questions? Contact Carol Rosenberg, Book Club Chair. 941.907.9015 or [email protected]

Our discussions are always lively and fun. Please join us!

Welcome!Welcome!Welcome!Welcome! *Lisa Kramer-Torop - stepped up to Life member

*Cynthia Flacks Nash - Life member - transfer from Rockville, MD

*Julie Friedman - Life member - transfer from Venice

*Merle Haber - Life member - transfer from Howard

County, MD

Questions? Contact Elaine Nutlay regarding membership renewal, Life membership, change of address or transfer of membership. 941.907.8457 or [email protected]


SAVE LIVES. $15 a month. 12 months a year.

When you are a member of Chai Society, Hadassah can

count on you, month a!er month, year a!er year. It is

your commitment that makes the difference.

We make it easy. We will automa&cally charge your monthly gi! of $15 to your credit card,

or double your impact with $30 a month at the Silver Chai level. If you prefer, you can make one annual

payment of $180 to $360. These contribu&ons enable you to help save a life, to be part of something big,

something vital.

At Hadassah, we believe in the promise

of science to save lives. Ground-breaking

medical research at Hadassah Medical Or-

ganization (HMO) has resulted in more chil-

dren and adults living active and healthy

lives. With your ongoing annual support as a

Keeper of the Gate, Hadassah can more ef-

fectively fund HMO's pioneering medical

research.

You have the opportunity to save more lives by becoming a Keeper for Research today!

Life-saving treatments for diseases like

ALS, MS, heart disease, Alzheimer's, breast

cancer, and many more are possible. With

your sustained support for research, we

will change the prognoses for all children

and adults with debilitating illnesses. At

HMO, the future is happening now.


The moving finger writes, and The moving finger writes, and The moving finger writes, and The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on ………having writ, moves on ………having writ, moves on ………having writ, moves on ………

The year is almost over. “How did that happen?,” we ask ourselves, as we have done for so many years.

Some things remain pretty much unchanged. That can’t be said for Hadassah. We are a group of dynamic, full-of-life, in-the-moment while also focused-on-the-future women. Thus our tag: Women who DO!

Re-thinking and re-working the Five W’s (Who-

What-When-Where-Why) is what the hard-

working and hard-driving National Board and their staff do all the time. That’s probably something that we all do in one way or another.

All of this has to do with membership.

Who? Women who became “Gifted” Annual Members. That is, one of our Life members gave the gift of an Annual Member- ship to you during the last half of 2015.

What & When? Your Hadassah member-ship is up for renewal. You will receive infor-mation in the mail about this. Gifted members now have the opportunity to renew as an Annual Member for $36/year or as a Life member for $180. That $180 is just for our Gifted Members for this year only.

Where and Why? Well, here! And, because your presence enriches us all. As corny as that sounds, it’s true. Not that we haven’t loved each other for many years, but new members add so much to the mix. New thoughts and ideas. A fresh spin on what and how to develop programs and events is so welcome.

For most of you, your new membership is up for renewal in a month or two. Stay with us. Annual or Life member …… your choice. Be an honoree at the Annual Membership Luncheon in November!

Questions? Contact Marilyn Stark, Member-bership VP at 941-925-1852, or [email protected]

. . . . . . . .

Becoming a Life Member

Becoming a Hadassah Life member is fairly straight forward. You pay dues once and that’s that. The Life member offer for Gifted members is explained in the first column on this page. If you have been an member who pays her dues annually, you may, as always, become a Life member.

Until December 31, 2016, a Life membership is $212. As of January 1, 2017, it will in-crease to $250. Also, you may want to con-sider gifting a friend, sister, daughter, grand-daughter with a Life membership. Hanukkah is just around the corner …… sort of.

There is another kind of Life member - an eMEMBER (See ad above.) Becoming an eMEMBER may be precisely what a women needs to keep her in touch and to find her Jewish connection. The cost? $100 tax deductible enrollment fee for life. This does not prevent her from becoming a chapter member when she is able. However, the $100 only covers an eMembership.


WANTED!WANTED!WANTED!WANTED!

SaBra Chapter needs a historian, an archivist, a keeper of

all things SaBra.

I have a box of albums that go back to …… and probably be-

fore ….. the start of this chapter. The woman who maintained

these records did a great job for many years, but she was no

longer able to continue and, sadly, she passed away a few

years ago.

There are more issues of Kol Bat Ami as well as certificates &

other documents worthwhile saving.

What you see here is the front page, Volume 1, Number 1

October 1991 ….the first issue of Kol Bat Ami. The certificate

shown states that the Longboat Key Sabra Chapter of Hadas-

sah is hereby recognized as a constituent of Hadassah, The

Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. The list of Founding Members is at the left of the

certificate. We’ll have an enlarged copy at the September 22 meeting.

Contact Lee at 941-924-1338 or [email protected] if you would like to be involved in

this very worthwhile position.

The Meet & Mingle Luncheon Meet & Mingle Luncheon Meet & Mingle Luncheon Meet & Mingle Luncheon at the Apollonia Mediterranean Grill in mid July was enjoyed

by the 45 a�endees. Thank you, Janet Mamane, for arranging this fun event. We look forward

to more of the same!

The Lunch & Game Day Lunch & Game Day Lunch & Game Day Lunch & Game Day at Kobernick-Anchin earlier this

month was a rousing success

thanks to Claudia Dombrow &

Joy Siegel. Fi,y women & men

spent the day playing Mah-

Jongg or cards and enjoying the

lovely buffet lunch.

A repeat performance is defi-

nitely in order!


ITITITIT’S TRULY A MITZVAH...S TRULY A MITZVAH...S TRULY A MITZVAH...S TRULY A MITZVAH...

…when you send Hadassah cards and certificates. You are not only telling your friends and relatives that you care about them, but also about Hadassah and its humanitarian projects in Israel. So, think about Hadassah in times of joy and of sorrow.

Cards: Cheryl Eckert 847.736.4907

5217 Palm Aire Dr. Sarasota, FL 34243-3711

Certificates: Contact Lee Ruggles for web site information. 941-924-1338 or [email protected]

JNF Trees : Sheila Maslow 941.351.3638

5511 Country Lakes Trail Sarasota, FL 34243

[email protected]

1Blue Boxes: Sandra Altman 941.924.9123

2 Red Boxes: 3441 El Rado Ct. Sarasota, FL 34232

[email protected] 1Jewish National Fund (JNF) Tzedakah Boxes 2Hadassah Tzedakah Boxes

Or …...

Check out http://www.hadassah.org, click on “Donate.” There are choices there. Easy! Correspondence or contributions other than for cards, certificates, trees, blue boxes or reservation checks should be sent to: SaBra Chapter of Hadassah, P.O. Box 4292, Sarasota, FL 34230.

***IMPORTANT***

Hadassah Chapters are expected to observe the Sab-bath and major Jewish holidays. No organization busi-ness is to be conducted on these days. Therefore, we re-quest that you do NOT call for cards, trees, certificates, bulletin business, etc., at these times.

We need to hear from you ……

Share your Hadassah memories, stories, get well wishes, news, simchas and sorrows! Send information to Lee Ruggles. [email protected]

Changed your e-mail address or home address? Please let us know so that you won’t

miss out on what’s happening. Contact Elaine Nutlay. 941.907.8457 or [email protected]

Circle of LifeCircle of LifeCircle of LifeCircle of Life

Mazel tov to Marilyn & Ben Eisenberg who have recently had an abundance of simchas. Three great-granddaughters were born between May & July. One in Australia;

one in Jerusalem; one in NewYork! Total number of great grandchildren: thirteen! Marilyn & Ben have told us, “we are very grateful & feel blessed.”

Mazel tov, too, to Adeline Silverman who welcomed great-grandchild number eleven - Eliyahu HaNari Kaplan, born in Israel.

Best wishes to …..

…..Barbara Schur and to Hinda Elwynn who have moved to Kobernick-Anchin

Benderson ….. Melba Rosenthal who has moved to Benderson Rehab Center

Get well wishes to …… …..Sue Prohofsky and to Barbara Chertok who have been recuperating from surgery.

Condolences to the families of …….. …..Natalie Wasserman and Florence Korchin who both passed away in July.

SAVE THE DATES!SAVE THE DATES!SAVE THE DATES!SAVE THE DATES!

Annual Membership Luncheon November 17

The Meadows Country Club

…….

Major Donor Event

December 15

Venue: To Be Determined

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Book & Author Luncheon

January 9, 2017

Guest: Ronald H. Balson Author of Once We Were Brothers &

Saving Sophie

Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage

Paid

PERMIT No. 594

MANASOTA, FL 34260-9625

©2016 Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of

America, Inc. Hadassah is a registered trademark of Hadassah,

the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.

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P.O. Box 4292

Sarasota, FL 34230

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