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Sex, Lies & Politics:
A Panel Discussion
Thursday, May 12, 7:00-9:00 pm
Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation
3737 West Esplanade Avenue, Metairie
Panelists
Tania Tetlow, Tulane University School of Law
Raegan Carter, Planned Parenthood
Toni Weiss, Tulane Economics Professor
Co-sponsored by Shir Chadash Sisterhood
Suggested contribution: $5.00
During this very contentious election year, nothing could be more timely than this stimulating panel
discussion, which will be moderated by Barbara Pailet. The panelists will address the economic and
legal ramifications of state and federal legislation on women and their families and on access to and
the affordability of health care services. Light refreshments will be served following the discussion.
For further information contact Charisse Sands at 231-6464 or [email protected].
KEEPERS OF THE GATE SPRING EVENT
BREAKTHROUGHS IN STEM CELL TECHNOLOGY
Randy Gorod, Director of Development, Southeast
Sunday, May 15, 6:00 pm
Sumptuous dinner buffet with wine at the home of Patty and Randy Ungar
5 Tara Place, Metairie
For more information on this event and on Keepers of the Gate, contact
Patty C. Ungar,
[email protected], (504)455-2050
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A Message from your President
Spring has arrived. As I was watching
the new leaves budding on the trees,
dormant plants pushing through the
soil, and flowers blooming, I knew
that Pesach was coming. Thoughts of
cleaning and cooking filled my head. As
with every holiday, there was so much to
do and no task ever felt finished. At the
same time, with so much to do for our
families and friends, it was easy to forget
Charisse Sands
the importance of staying focused and
energized on achieving our personal goals.
It is in times like these when I feel the power of Hadassah to keep
us connected to our individual physical, spiritual, and intellectual
needs and to share those experiences with others. The opportunities
are bountiful. Working hard to increase your physical stamina and
maintain a healthy lifestyle? Join the Gumbo Ya-Ya’s walking group,
sign up for the virtual walk, or learn about nutrition by attending
a heart health program. Want to share that passion for health with
the next generation? Support Neat Eats: In Pursuit of Good Health,
a program to expand children’s knowledge on nutrition. Looking
to grow as a parent or grandparent? Attend the Parenting Series
that Hadassah co-sponsors. Or perhaps you are looking to discover
your artistic side? The two-part program on Chagall where you can
TAKE ACTION NOW TO ADVANCE
WOMEN’S ISSUES
Last year the New Orleans chapter joined the Legislative Agenda for
Women (LAW), a coalition of organizations established to develop
and support specific legislation to improve and protect the interests of
women in Louisiana.
Joining the organization meant that we
• Accept the mission and qualification statement(s) and allow
the Hadassah name to be used on publicly shared
documents/messages accordingly
• Support civil rights, economic justice, and personal safety for
all
• Accept that individuals have the right to manage their sexual
and reproductive health and that these rights must be
protected
• Send at least one representative or alternate to most
coordination meetings, who will then report back to the
group
• Commit to matching and sorting membership by legislative
and congressional districts, and to contacting our own
individual members with that information so they can
support and participate individually in LAW’s efforts by
contacting legislators when requested. Each organization
controls its own list.
To maximize our participation in LAW, we met with Michele Erenberg,
from the National Council of Jewish Women, who is also a member of
LAW and whose national organization works closely with our
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create a “stained glass” window could be just what you need to find
your inner artist. Whatever interests you are looking to deepen and
expand in your life, Hadassah has a program where you can join
other women with similar passions in pursuit of those same goals.
Finally, every holiday brings with it the opportunity to consider the
ways we might all contribute to our community. There are two ways
you might consider supporting Hadassah this time of year. First,
support the Hadassah directory by asking a business or professional
to advertise in it or by patronizing our advertisers, and informing
them that Hadassah New Orleans has over 900 members dedicated
to improving the lives of women and children worldwide. Second, if
you are looking for an outlet to let your creative juices flow, volunteer
to work on the Hadassah Goes Bollywood fundraiser and help us
raise funds to support our programs and projects in the United States
and Israel.
As members of Hadassah, we know that we are providing much
needed and appreciated funds for medical research, education,
patient care, and leadership development in Israel and the United
States. We can also be proud of the ways we pursue our own dreams
and support each other to achieve amazing goals and make our
community great. We do it because we are Hadassah ladies/women
and HADASSAH is the POWER OF WOMEN WHO DO!
Looking forward to seeing you soon,
Charisse Sands
Food for Thought
More than 30 women and men gathered on a Sunday morning
in late February for a delicious brunch and book review cosponsored with Shir Chadash Sisterhood, which provided
both food for thought and food for the tummy. Rabbi Ethan
Linden’s review of The Spinoza Problem: A Novel, by Irvin
Yalom, was followed by a spirited discussion.
national office. With Michele’s help we enrolled Hadassah NO in the
online services of MailChimp. Through MailChimp we sorted our
members by legislative and congressional districts so we will be able to
use this program for our online advocacy campaign.
We are nearly ready to begin our advocacy campaign!!! When we send
out campaign emails, we will ask or call for action on legislative issues
related to Medicaid expansion and access to health care, equal pay for
women, sexual assault and domestic violence, and more. We may ask
you to contact your state legislators and ask for their support on one
of those key issues or to oppose certain pieces of legislation harmful
to women’s interests. We also may ask you to attend /meet /organize
meetings with legislators.
Through our grassroot efforts we hope to improve the lives of women
and families in our community. Please know that we appreciate what
you are doing for our organization. Advocacy needs more than just one
or two people! If you want to create change then we need your help!
Please contact Teri Gross [email protected] and/or Ilana Reisin
[email protected] with any questions or suggestions and begin to
spread the word to our members.
Save the Date
to Enjoy the Elegance of
India as
Hadassah Goes
Bollywood!
Saturday, September 10, 2016
7 - 10 p.m.
Savor sumptuous cuisine as
you revel in the jewel colors and
scintillating sounds, while we
raise funds for the life-saving
life
health initiatives of Hadassah.
Wherever you go,
go there is always someone Jewish, right?! No passport is needed
for this event — it’ll be right here in New Orleans!
ans! We’ll have it all: gourmet food
prepared by one of the area’s most talented chefs, specialty cocktails, music,
elegant decor, entertainment, and a silent auction with luxury items and
experiences from everywhere. You and your guests will be transported
transporte to a far-off
land while you dance under our elegant tent!
Won't you join our team planning this exciting event?
Contact: Fran Simon, Fundraising Vice President, 504
504-858-3833
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The WOW of Chagall
Art critics have referred to Marc Chagall as the "quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century." His fanciful
images of shtetl life and use of color defined his style.
Join us as we learn from Irit Sirkes, a local artist, about Chagall’s modernistic approach to art and how his Jewish
education and passion for biblical themes inspired him to create the famous Chagall windows at Hadassah Hospital in
Jerusalem.
Experience the WOW of Chagall and then create your own "stained glass" window. This two-part program will take
place on Sundays, August 7 and 21. More info to come.
HADASSAH 2016 DIRECTORY AND BUSINESS GUIDE
Thank you to Briann Shear and Sylvia Finger for the lovely, easy-to-use 2016 Directory and Lazelle and Becky Alexander for
maintaining our membership records. Thank you also to all those who assisted in procuring ads, updating information, and proofing.
Please check your current listing in the directory and call Lazelle or Becky at 504-488-9377 or email them at [email protected]
with any changes or corrections. Also, if you know of any prospective members or advertisers, please contact either Charisse
Sands or Barbara Polikoff.
If you live outside of the greater New Orleans metropolitan area and would like your directory mailed to you, please contact
Charisse Sands at 504-231-6464 or [email protected]. To keep our postage costs low, we must hear from you in order to mail
your directory!
In the Readers’ Circle
You Are What You Eat: Neat Eats
Please join us for the Hadassah Readers’ Circle! All members,
associates, and friends are invited to attend these meetings hosted by
various members.
In a country where candy displays are nested adjacent to cash
registers at every store imaginable, and drinking soda is a
birthright, Hadassah New Orleans, through the Neat Eats: In
Pursuit of Good Health educational series, taught our young
people “they are what they eat.” In a two-part program for
the children of Torah Academy and the Jewish Community
Day School, we empowered children through a multisensory
approach and reeducated them on the ABC’s of optimal
nutrition in a fun and innovative way. In Part I, Joy Feldman,
author of Is Your Hair Made of Donuts? read her book, led
a game of “Nutrition Jeopardy,” and made fresh carrot juice
followed up with a Yum and Yuck taste test contest. Happy to
report that carrot juice won the majority vote for “Yummy”
by the children. Yay! In Part II, Chef Lee Sands of the
Audubon Tea Room provided a delicious take on creating a
healthy salad, complete with a fruit smoothie salad dressing.
Tuesday, May 10, 7:00-9:00 pm
All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
At this meeting, which will be held at Origami Japanese Restaurant at
5130 Freret Street, Uptown, we will discuss this Pulitzer Prize-winning
novel.
Tuesday, June 14, 7:00–9:00 pm
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Host: Stan Schwam
Stan Schwam will host a discussion of this look at Hitler’s rise to power
by Erik Larson through the experiences of America’s first ambassador
to Hitler’s Nazi Germany and his wife in 1933.
Wednesday, July 13, 7:00–9:00 pm
Join us to watch the movie Orchestra of Exiles, at Fran Simon’s home.
Tuesday, August 10, 7:00 pm
Troubled Memory by Lawrence Powell
This book tells the story of a survivor (Anne Sorecki Levy) of the
Warsaw Ghetto, her family's flight, and relocation to New Orleans,
which motivated her fight to discredit David Duke in his 1991 run for
governor.
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B’ruch Habaim: Welcome to the Chapter’s Newest Members
Life Members
Martha Yoselevitz
Annual
Sarah Allison
Katherine Arthurs-Goldberg
Gayle Baer
Eva Barkoff
Jaymi Baum
Rachel Blume
Jenny Cohen
Natalie Barrocas Cohen
Karen Connell
Jackie Dallimore
Emily Dvorin
Maggie Feder
Samantha Feldman
Davida Finger
Diane G. Franco
Barbara Freiberg
Keren Gesund
Amanda Glinky
Joyce Golden
Patty Graver
Dana Gruber
Jill Israel
Erin Katz
Nancy Kay
Jennifer Kitner
Liba Kornfeld
Give the gift of membership to family and friends or encourage
them to join Hadassah. An annual membership is $36, life
membership is $212 and an associate membership (for males) is
$212. If you have an annual membership, consider upgrading to a
life membership.
Danielle Levine
Adirah Magee
Mary McCormick
Celeste Morvant
Rhoda Nussdorf
Karen Ortenberg
Allison Padilla-Goodman
Alexis Pinsky
Sharon Pollin
Sarah Rivkin
Jenna Rosen
Walkie Rosenzweig
Andrea Rubin
Susan Saidi
Jennifer Samuels
Nicole Savage
Miriam Schenker
Leah Stone
Ellie Streiffer
Linda Waknin
Lisa Jacobs Walker
Diane Wilensky
Jessie Wilson
Katy Wiltz
Meryl Zimmerman
Transfers to our Chapter
Peggy Cohn
Rochelle Effron
Thank you to all who assisted Hadassah New Orleans in surpassing
our membership goal for 2015. Last year we hit 102%; this year we
plan to reach 110% of our quota.
Questions? Contact Barbara Polikoff, Membership Chair, at
[email protected].
Certificates Spring 2016
Hadassah certificates are beautiful, convenient and support Hadassah’s
endeavors. We have a variety of certificates available that range in price
from $10 to $10,000. To send a certificate to commemorate any type of
Children’s Pavilion
Speedy Recovery of
Dr. Larry Sands
Speedy Recovery of
Audrey Oppenheim
Speedy Recovery of
Sol Heiman
Speedy Recovery of
Judge Sol Gothard
In Honor of the Bat Mitzvah
of Dr. Julie Finger
In Honor of the Bat Mitzvah
of Mia Bagneris
To Judy and Bruce Yaillen
in Honor of the Marriage of
Your Daughter Goldi to
Joseph Sibony
Charisse and Mark Sands
and family
Young Judaea
To Karen and Leopold Sher
in Memory of Joseph Sher
Judge Sol and Jackie Gothard
To Karen and Leopold Sher
in Memory of Joseph Sher
occasion or to participate in a group certificate, contact Charisse Sands
at 231-6464 or [email protected]. Each certificate you purchase
through Hadassah New Orleans is credited to the chapter.
To Barbara and Mark Kaplinsky
in Memory of Bernard Zyskowski
To Sue Rae and Ken Bishop in
Honor of the Engagement of
Joel Brown and Dalila Steinmetz
Charisse and Mark
Sands and family
Those Hadassah members who are
old enough may remember the blueand-white metal boxes that were
widely distributed to collect funds for
JNF. Some families called such a box
a "pushke"—a Yiddish word derived
from Polish that means a little can
or container to collect money for
tzedakah donations. On Shabbat
eve, before the candles are lit, it is a
custom to put coins in the pushke.
Nowadays, Hadassah distributes red
cardboard boxes to achieve the same
goal. Some families use colorful
containers enthusiastically crafted by
their youngest members at religious
school. Others choose to put their
coins into artistic tzedakah boxes
made of such materials as copper
and glass.
To Lazelle and Dan Alexander
in Honor of your 56th
Wedding Anniversary
Charisse and Mark Sands
and family
To Charisse Sands in Honor of
Being Elected President,
Hadassah New Orleans
Lis and Hugo Kahn
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND: TZEDAKAH BOXES AND TREE CERTIFICATES
As the largest partner of Jewish
National Fund (JNF), Hadassah
works to develop barren land, replant
forests, build reservoirs, and support
the clean-up of polluted waterways.
Hadassah College of
Technology – Library Fund
by Sue Daube
Another way to support JNF is to
purchase Tree Certificates to honor
or remember friends or relatives
on significant occasions. The
certificates are all beautiful, featuring
photographs or artwork depicting
trees in Israel. A certificate that
appeals particularly to those who are
not Jewish shows a view of the city
of Jerusalem with the caption, "Trees
have been planted in the Holy Land."
During the last year, I have received
six filled tzedakah boxes containing
a total of $193.87. I have also mailed
out certificates for 18 trees, totaling
$324.00. The grand total is $517.87.
Please contact me if you have
tzedakah money to donate or wish to
purchase tree certificates. The cost of
each tree is $18, and checks should
be written to Hadassah, care of Susan
Daube, 5316 Rebecca Blvd., Kenner,
LA 70065. For more information,
contact me at (504) 455-5300 or
[email protected]
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SAVE THESE DATES
MAY
JUNE
Tuesday, May 3, 4:00-8:00 pm
GiveNOLA Day of Giving gathering at Martin’s Wine Cellar,
Metairie
Tuesday, June 14, 7:00–9:00 pm
Readers’ Circle discussion of Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson at
the home of Stan Schwam
Saturday, May 7, 8:00 pm
Northshore Havdallah and Meet & Greet at the home of
Joy Feldman
JULY
Tuesday, May 10, 7:00-9:00 pm
Readers’ Circle meeting at Origami Japanese Restaurant on
Freret Street to discuss the book, All the Light We Cannot See,
by Anthony Doerr
Thursday, May 12, 7:00-9:00 pm
Sex, Lies & Politics Panel Discussion, co-sponsored with
Shir Chadash Sisterhood and held at Shir Chadash, Metairie
Sunday, May 15, 6:00 pm
Keepers of the Gate dinner buffet and speaker at the home of
Patty Ungar, Metairie
Wednesday, July 13
Readers’ Circle movie, Orchestra of Exiles, at the home of
Fran Simon
Monday–Thursday, July 25–28
National Convention in Atlanta
AUGUST
Sundays, August 7 and 21
Chagall Stained Glass Art Project/Program led by Irit Sirkes
Tuesday, August 10
Readers’ Circle discussion of Troubled Memory by
Lawrence Powell