hadassah bulletin

NORTHERN NEW JERSEY REGION OF HADASSAH
BLOOMFIELD -- BELLEVILLE -- NUTLEY
HADASSAH
BULLETIN
© 2016 HADASSAH, THE WOMEN’S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.
VOLUME 12 - ISSUE 2
MAY-JUNE 2016
Editors: Ilana Knopfelmacher
Circulation: Janet Mellinger
Contributing Editors: Lyn Brenner, Gilda Schwartz
NISSAN-IYAR-SIVAN 5776
Co-Presidents:
Elaine Borowsky
Judy Davis
PLEASE JOIN US AT OUR UPCOMING MEETING
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at Temple Ner Tamid, Bloomfield
PROGRAM: Our guest will be Temple Ner Tamid’s Cantor Meredith Greenberg
THERE WILL BE NO MEETING IN JUNE
We wish the following members a very Happy Birthday:
MAY: Lois Davis, Karolyn Grundfest, Joan Sutton
JUNE: Harriet Degenshein, Miriam Klein
JULY: Sara Kantor, Claudette Pfeffer
AUGUST: Jane Cofsky, Kathy Orr, Reva Rogoff
Please notify Ilana Knopfelmacher, (973-667-4021), of any chapter news,
or simchas and sorrows, that we can share in the next bulletin.
SPECIAL REFRESHMENTS – COFFEE, TEA AND ……
GUESTS WELCOME
These invitations are extended to the members of the Clifton-Passaic Chapter.
Elaine Borowsky, Program Vice President – 973-338-4025
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We wish everyone a Good Summer
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Greetings 2016
“With thanks for life and love and guidance,
we remember and honor our beloved mothers and fathers,
and dear relatives.”
From
Benjamin Beilin
Elaine Borowsky
Bernice Brainen
Lyn Brenner
Judith Davis
Florence Goldstein
Paula Grines
Blanche Haller
Miriam Klein
Ilana Knopfelmacher
Phyllis Lustgarten
S. Hope Mann
Helen Marantz
Janet Mellinger
Gilda Schwartz
Deborah Shai
Barbara Spiro
Betty Ward
From
Lyn Brenner
Judith Davis
Miriam Klein
Ilana Knopfelmacher
Phyllis Lustgarten
Helen Marantz
Janet Mellinger
Gilda Schwartz
Deborah Shai
B-B-N Hadassah
In Loving Memory of
Anna Beilin, Celia Moellar Beilin
Herman Borowsky, Rose Halpern
Louis Kahan, Sarah Kahan
Anna Alpart, Leah Brenner, Esther Denn, Edith Brenner,
Joseph Taub, Morris Brenner, Morris Alpart, Jesse Brenner,
Gladys Klinenberg
Marvin Davis, Dora & Isidore Segal, Hannah & Moe Davis
Ciel Rabinowitz, Harry Rabinowitz
Sylvia & Harry Rosenfeld
Yetta Wohl, Isaac Wohl, Kurt Haller
Harry & Tessie Klein, Nathan & Blanche Bernstein
Ilse & Eric Schwager, Perry Knopfelmacher
Frances & Sol Feig, Lillian & David Lustgarten
May Engelman, Helen Mann, David Engelman, Louis Mann
Sidney Marantz, Israel Kleinman, Ester Kleinman
Martin Mellinger, Harriet & Henry Mellinger,
Sarah & Morris Cohen, Claire Kantor
Joseph Schwartz, Molly & William Gatov, Bella & Harry Schwartz
Stanley Lustgarten, Lillian & David Lustgarten,
Frances & Sol Feig, Semona Shai, Helen Ganz, Phyllis Maizel,
Freddy Schneeberg, Lester Pfeffer
Margaret E. Marks, William B. Marks
Mae & Morris Rubin
In Honor of
Stacey Brenner, Larry Brenner
Susan & Bruce Brazer, Patti & Gary Siegel, Mindy & Evan Blum,
Karen & Adam Brazer
David Klein
Irit & Fred Kramer
Deborah & Isaac Shai
Joann Puleo, Susan Marantz, Mary Marantz
Sara-Anne & Jeffrey Kantor, Ellen & Marc Mellinger
June & Bela Schwartz
Phyllis Lustgarten, Isaac Shai, Miriam & Haviv Shai, Sylvia Pfeffer,
Nancy & Manny Beilis
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May-Jun 2016
You Are Cordially Invited Again to Take Part in
Bloomfield-Belleville-Nutley Hadassah
At Home Spring Benefit Tea
Winter is gone and humidity hasn’t set in yet --an opportune time to put our feet up and relax with a nice cup of tea
while contemplating our annual Hadassah gift.
Our gifts to Hadassah make possible so many critical services to the
people of Israel: world-class medical care, cutting edge technical training,
one-on-one work with children and teens at risk. We need your support in
order to continue this vital work. It means so much to the patients,
students, families and children whose lives are changed by the work of the
women of Hadassah.
“Suggested donation is $36…more is better…any amount is appreciated”
By sending your check made out to Hadassah
you affirm your continued support of Hadassah.
Please mail your check to:
Janet Mellinger, 14 Malone Avenue, Belleville, NJ 07109.
A return envelope is enclosed for your convenience.
With warm Hadassah Greetings,
The Board of the
Bloomfield-Belleville-Nutley Chapter of Hadassah
Enjoy your tea!
Look for your name in the next Bulletin with our many thanks.
B-B-N Bulletin
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May-June 2016
Hadassah Hospital Treatment Takes Aim at Lou Gehrig's Disease
A new treatment tested at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem and developed by an AmericanIsraeli biotech company appears to significantly slow the progression of ALS, also known as Lou
Gehrig’s disease.
According to the findings of initial clinical trials published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA
Neurology, the treatment, which uses a stem cell infusion protocol, is safe and offers “possible
clinical benefits, to be confirmed in upcoming trials.”
Hadassah: The Women’s Zionist Organization, which owns Hadassah Medical Center, said in a
news release issued the same day that the clinical trials began in 2011 and use an “innovative”
treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in which stem cells are harvested from the patient’s bone
marrow before being injected into the cerebrospinal fluid. Twenty-six ALS patients participated in
the trials of a treatment developed by BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics.
The study’s principal investigator, Dr. Dimitrios Karussis of Hadassah Medical Center, described
the results as “very encouraging.”
“Close to 90 percent of patients who were injected intrathecally through the spinal cord fluid were
regarded as responders to the treatment either in terms of their respiratory function or their motor
disability,” he said in a statement. “Almost all of the patients injected in this way showed less
progression and some even improved in their respiratory functions or their motor functions.”
A Phase 2, double blind study is running currently at the Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts General
Hospital and University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center using a treatment protocol
identical to the Hadassah trial.
“While this is absolutely by no means a cure, it is the first step in a long process in that direction,”
Karussis said. “I see this treatment as being potentially one of the major future tools to treat
degenerative diseases of the brain and spinal cord, in general.”
Hadassah President Ellen Hershkin said in a statement that the hospital “is eager to continue its
groundbreaking work to combat ALS and similar neurodegenerative or neuroinflammatory diseases,
such as multiple sclerosis and many others.”
According to the ALS Association, the disease affects 30,000 people in the United States and
450,000 worldwide.
From The Forward, January 14, 2016 (as posted on Hadassah.org)
Congratulations to Judy Davis on graduations of grandsons Matthew from high school
and Scott from law school.
Congratulations to Florence Goldstein on her grandson’s wedding in May.
Donation made by Janet Mellinger in memory of husband Martin.
Donation made by Bernice Brainen in honor of her April birthday.
New address for Rose Kron: 710 Hertford Road, Wilmington, DE 19803
To request GREETING CARDS AND JNF CERTIFICATES call Judy Davis (973-857-0250)
or Jerilyn Margulies (973-667-1144).
BRICKS AND CERTIFICATES call Florence Goldstein (973-338-6493)
or Jerilyn Margulies (973-667-1144).
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