Aug-Sep 2015 - [email protected]

Las Vegas Chapter Bulletin
August/September 2015
Issue 153
Mailed Bi-Monthly
BNC SHOWCASE 2015
On Thursday, September 10, 2015, BNC Las Vegas
Chapter will kick off the 2015-2016 season with its
annual Showcase luncheon. The event will be at
Maggione’s in the Fashion Show Mall, 3200 S. Las
Vegas Blvd. The luncheon will start at 11:30 and
will be open seating with tables of 10. If you want
to reserve a table, please send all ten checks with
your reservations in the same envelope to Marilyn
Shocket. The menu will consist of Stuffed Mushrooms, Caesar Salad, Spaghetti with Marinara
Sauce, Chicken Parmesan, Cookies, Coffee, Tea,
and Sodas.
Due to the constraint of the restaurant, we are
asking you to mail your reservations early. The
large room at Maggione’s holds 60 people – no
more. They can open the room next door but
require a financial guarantee of more than 60
guests. We cannot do that unless we have cash in
hand. We will guarantee the first 60 reservations
from our members and place any others on a
waiting list. As soon as we have more than 60
reservations, we will ask Maggione’s to open the
room next door. They will accommodate us if
they have not already reserved that room for another party. THE DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS IS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.
PARKING: Follow the signs to the restaurant in
the underground parking lot. There is an elevator
tucked into the corner which will take you into
Maggione’s. If you cannot find the elevator, use
the red parking exit into the mall and go to the
second floor. The restaurant faces Las Vegas Blvd.
For further information, call Sheila Schwartz 702233-2139 or Ronnie Sander 702-749-6974.
Inside this issue
President’s Message
Social Justice 3
Soc. Justice (cont.) 4
Important Notices 5
Past Pres. Message 6
On The Town 7
BNC Board 8
OUR SPEAKER WILL BE BEVERLY WASHBURN who
currently resides in Las Vegas and writes a column
for the Vegas Voice. She has also written a riveting autobiography titled Reel Tears: The Beverly Washburn Story.
Beverly appeared as a young girl in NBC’s The
Loretta Young Show and as an older teenager in
Loretta Young’s CBS family drama. She had a role
in Old Yeller and Shane. Beverly had guest appearances on various shows such as Father Knows
Best, Fury, Leave It to Beaver, and Star Trek. She
was known for being able to cry on cue. This
saved the studios many re-takes.
She was able to transition from child star to adult
performer which is very rare. Beverly shared the
screen with various male leads such as George
Reeves in Superman, Kirk Douglas, and Jack Benny.
Showcase Flyer 9
Good Wishes 10
Tributes 11- 14
Study Groups 15 - 16
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PRESIDENTS ‘ MESSAGE
Marshall and I are looking forward to a
wonderful year for Brandeis Las Vegas.
It will start out with our Showcase luncheon on Tuesday, September 10, 2015 at
Maggiano’s in the Fashion Show Mall.
This location will provide easy access to
both Eastside and Westside members.
Lunch should be delicious and our
speaker very entertaining, so get your
reservations in early!
Department of Education at both the
Medical College of Virginia, Department
of Pediatrics and at the Richmond
Children’s Hospital. I have been active
in ORT, Hadassah and Na’amat and have
held board positions in the National
Council of Jewish Women, Crohn’s and
Colitis Foundation and the Virginia
Commonwealth University Faculty
Women’s Club.
We thought it would be informative for
all of you to know a little about your CoPresidents. Marshall and I are both
from Baltimore, Maryland. We met as
teenagers and have been married for
almost 49 years. We have two children
and three grandchildren. Marshall is a
Pediatric Dentist who opted for an
academic career instead of full time
private practice. He was a Dean at the
Medical College of Virginia School of
Dentistry in Richmond for many years
before being recruited by UNLV in 2003
to be a Dean here and help start the
new dental school. Marshall graduated
from both pharmacy school and dental
school at the University of Maryland in
Baltimore and completed his Pediatric
residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital
and the University of Maryland. He was
Vice President of the American Dental
Education Association for a number of
years and held many offices for the
American Dental Association.
Marshall and I moved here in 2004 from
Richmond and have been busy ever
since. We joined BNC in 2006 and I
Immediately assumed the position of
Membership Vice-President. I have
been on the board ever since. Marshall
became active and has co-facilitated
several movie groups for the past 6
years. Since his retirement from UNLV
in February, 2014, he has spent more
and more time on Brandeis’s activities.
I graduated from Hood College in
Frederick, Maryland with a B.A. in
History/Political Science. I then went on
to receive a Master’s Degree in
Language/Learning Disabilities from
Johns Hopkins University and a Doctorate in Educational Administration from
Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. I worked for over 30 years as a
Special Education Diagnostician and
Administrator for the Virginia State
Marjorie Brownstein for both CoPresidents
Goldfarb & Farber Main Libraries, Brandeis U.
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ALUMNI PROFILE
Alumnus stays in Nepal to
help people of earthquakeravaged nation
bloodied,” he said in an email exchange from Nepal. “I
was a lucky one and escaped with no physical injuries; it
just as easily could have gone very differently.”
Weiner-Kaplow walked to the city square, where he began
to grasp the enormity of the devastation. Where buildings,
temples and monuments had stood the day before, there
were just giant piles of debris.
Ayal Weiner-Kaplow ’11 standing amid the rubble in Kathmandu, where many still-standing buildings will have to be “The rest of the day was full of fear,” he said. “No one
demolished because of structural damage.
knew what was going to happen or the extent of the damage across the country. People began to dig with their
By David hands, risking their own lives to pull people from the rubE. Nathan ble.”
He messaged family members, who were asleep in suburban Chicago when the quake hit, to assure them that he
was OK, then made a decision: Rather than return home
to the United States, he would stay to help rebuild the
country whose people he has grown to love.
“I didn’t want to leave at this time of tremendous need,” he
explained. “Nepal and its people have been so good to
me, have welcomed me in, given me a place where I can
explore and learn and challenge the way that I interact
with the world around me.”
When his guesthouse began to shake violently just before
noon on April 25, Ayal Weiner-Kaplow ’11 could not com- He first arrived in Nepal as a youth leadership development volunteer for Tevel B’tzedek, an Israeli organization,
prehend what was happening.
working in a rural village east of Kathmandu. For the last
“I had a short moment of disbelief and trying to rationalize couple of months, he has traveled the country, visiting historic sites, honing his Nepali language and hiking.
the shaking as something normal,” he remembered.
“Nepalis are, by far, the most welcoming and giving people that I’ve met in my travels,” he said. “I have been fed
in times of need (and also in times of no need) welcomed
A powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake had hit Nepal,
where Weiner-Kaplow has lived for the last seven months. in off of the street by random Nepalis more times than I
can count.”
Aftershocks continued through the next day. In all, 8,500
people in the impoverished Himalayan nation died and
In the days after the earthquake, Weiner-Kaplow secured
nearly 20,000 were injured. Hundreds of thousands of
a safe place to live and then began to support the massive
people were left homeless as entire villages were flattened. A second strong earthquake hit on May 12, causing relief effort. For a few days, he translated from Nepali to
Hebrew for a team of Israeli doctors who recently arrived
additional loss of life and property damage.
in Nepal. “I’m really proud that with my language and unWhen the first quake hit, Weiner-Kaplow bolted down the derstanding of Nepal I was able to aid their work and also
to connect them to remote villages that greatly needed
stairs to the ground floor of his building in Bhaktapur, an
help,” he said.
old city filled with medieval temples 45 minutes east of
It wasn’t.
Kathmandu. Remarkably, while objects had fallen to the
floor, the building remained intact. He then stepped outside.
The street was filled with dust and a number of women
and men were running by screaming, some crying and
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“Alumnus stays in Nepal”
He now helps to build and design temporary shelters and sanitation facilities, while assisting
with logistics for aid shipments.
In an effort to raise awareness
about the situation, WeinerKaplow is posting photos and
quotes from Nepalis on Facebook.
“The goal is to make the tragedy
personal and make people understand that the aid money
goes to the people who you will
never see on TV, the ones struggling to rebuild their lives in the
most real and relatable of ways,”
he said.
Holiday Greetings
Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur
September 14, 2015 5776
Holiday greetings will be sent to all
members via email and will also be published in the Oct-Nov Bulletin. Don’t
miss the opportunity to wish all your
BNC friends and colleagues a healthy
and sweet New Year!
Please send a check for $10 per greeting
to: Jackie Kramer
10918 Milbank Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89135
All checks must be received by
August 25 in order to make the
Bulletin deadline.
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IMPORTANT THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
News From Sue Solomon
I hope you are all having a
great summer, despite the
heat! It's time to pay your
dues for the coming Brandeis
year starting July 1, 2015 to
June 30, 2016. You will soon be receiving
your new Study Group Guide and will need to
be a paid member before you can sign up for
a class.
This is a reminder that if you have e-mail and would like
to receive a black and white copy of the bulletin, please
send a check made out to BNC for $12 to cover printing
and mailing costs.
Mail your check to:
Judith Bernstein
2624 Youngdale Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89134
Please welcome new members Alan and Gail
Goldbaum and Ellie Glass. We look forward to
meeting you at upcoming events and study
group classes.
Sue Solomon
Financial Secretary
SAVE THE DATE
TOILETRIES FOR JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
BNC is collecting toiletries for the Jewish Family Service.
While you are on your cruise or hotel stay, bring home the
extra lotions, toothpaste, shampoos, etc. Bring your donations to the next event. Jo-Ann Geller is collecting personal
products and will bring them to JFS this Fall.
GENERAL MEETING
Monday, October 12, 6:30 PM at Kraft Sussman
Rana Goodman will speak about Guardianship
POT LUCK LUNCH AND TOY DRIVE
Tuesday, November 17, 12:30 PM at the Brownstein’s
GIFT WRAP
Various dates in December. More information to follow
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Past - President’s Message
MANY THANKS TO ALL EVENT CHAIRS
I am not a particularly good “thank you” person.
Our committees work very hard and I don’t always acknowledge it. I deeply appreciate all the
work that goes into making this chapter a success.
I know they are doing this work not for me but for
the organization and that may be why I am often
tardy in thanking the remarkable committees we
have. There are so many that have worked so
hard but I am going to limit myself to the event
chairs this year.
Jo-Ann Geller was Vice President of Events. Nothing slipped by her—events have been planned to
the last detail. She has coordinated and organized committees as well as participated on every
event committee. Many of the ideas were hers
for all of our events. She chaired the very successful University on Wheels in January at Canyon
Gate Country Club and she chaired the Games
Day event. My comment to her after University
on Wheels was “You can’t top this next year.”
She seems to do it so easily but it is very hard
work.
Evelyn Brunner and Gay Lynne Kegan co-chaired
Showcase. A very nice event at the beautiful
Bear’ Best Golf Club. Speaker Sondra Cosgrove
discussed the important upcoming legislative and
ballot issues. A good time was had by all.
Margy Brownstein and Gay Lynne Kegan collected
toys for Jewish Family Service Agency Hanukkah
toy drive. I was struck by how important it was
for them to collect toys for children. Margy, always generous with her beautiful home, was kind
enough to host the party at her house. It was an
event filled with good food and friends.
Thank you Sandee Feldman for opening your
home to the Henderson members. I know you
spent all day on those delicious appetizers you
served and the Sangria was a real treat. Our Henderson members were so pleased with the event.
Installation was chaired by Denise Needleman
and Florence Frost with a delightful and enjoyable
installation luncheon at Spiedini’s Ristaurante.
Spiedini’s is always a winner and Jackie Robinson’s poetry is a joy.
Our organization depends on the hard work of
Evelyn Brunner is a superwoman. She was our
these wonderful women. They always came
treasurer, which in itself is a huge amount of
through with a bang-up job. We made money
work. But she co-chaired Showcase with Gay
and had a good time. The venues were beautiful,
Lynne Kegan and chaired Book and Author. Book the food was delicious and the programs enjoyaand Author is our big fundraiser of the year and
ble. Thank you, thank you!
Evelyn came through with a whopping successful
event raising over $7,000 and filling TPC with 101 Meera Kamegai
guests.
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ON THE TOWN
A Look to a New Season
We are pleased to announce that Sandy Greene and
Bonny Cohen have joined the On the Town team. They
will bring a new vision to our outings and learning possibilities for this Interest Group. Their younger legs and
eagerness to expand our On the Town activities will be
most appreciated.
Division of Labor
Each of these women will take on one or two outings on
their own. When members of our wonderful chapter
take on small tasks it keeps our outlook fresh and productive and gives them a feeling of ownership in our activities. You should all join in and take on small jobs in
this new season.
Joint Venture
Bonny, Sandy and I will be working out an exciting first
adventure.
First, we will be given a tour of the new Linq Hotel. Then
we will move on to the Linq Promenade which is loaded
with shops, restaurants and even, for those who have
the courage (and the money), there is a ride on the High
Roller, the world’s tallest observation tower. It offers
fantastic views of our beautiful city. We will probably
get a very special fee as locals.
Outings under Consideration
Bonny Cohen will work on an outing to the
Mirage to see the dolphins in their natural
environment and see them show off for their
caretakers and guests, feats of their dexterity. Then on to see the white tigers who
worked with Siegfried and Roy. As is always the case, the
group will go on to lunch “on their own” in one of the
Mirage’s many restaurants.
Bonny, new to this area, brings back past events that we
all enjoyed and would benefit by revisiting. She offered to work on a visit to
the Mormon Fort which takes us back
to the beginnings of settlers in this
area. Nearby is the Museum of Natural
History, which this
group has never visited.
Sandy will take on some other
outings such as some of those mentioned below. She expressed her willingness to take on
events that will ease the burden on Arlene Krane who
has been doing it on her own for about ten years.
We will try to work out a visit to the Cordon Bleu Culinary School with a tour of the facility and a luncheon in
their adjoining restaurant as always, “on our own.”
We will be looking forward to whatever new exhibit will
be put on at the Gallery of Fine Art so that we can learn
about different types of art presented there from the
excellent docent assigned by the curator.
Other activities, which our
team will develop, may come
from YOU, the members of
Brandeis, who hear of, or
participate in other interesting activities.
All proceeds from the “On the Town” activities will be
dedicated to our Las Vegas Chapter Scholarship Fund.
This will enable the fund to grown over the years so that
additional scholarships will be available to a student
from Southern Nevada.
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BNC BOARD OF OFFICERS FOR 2015 - 2016
Marjorie and Marshall Brownstein
Jo-Ann Geller
Ronnie Sander and Evelyn Brunner
Arlene Krane and Gay Lynne Kegan
Edith Einhorn
Judith Bernstein
Sue Solomon/Rona Schwartz
Terri Hirschfield
Adrianne Rubin
Co-Presidents
Vice-President Membership
Co-Vice Presidents Events
Co-Vice Presidents Study Groups
Vice-President Communications
Treasurer
Financial Secretary
Recording Secretary
Member At Large
Jackie Kramer and Sheila Schwartz
Class of 2016
Meera Kamegai
Past President
CAN YOU HELP
We are looking for additional people that know Desktop Publishing
Software and have it on their computer to help with flyers, brochures,
newsletter, programs, etc. The most common one and easiest to use
is Publisher, but if you know PageMaker, that would also work.
If you have these skills, please contact:
Evelyn Brunner at [email protected]
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BNC LAS VEGAS SHOWCASE
Thursday, September 10, 2015
11:30 AM
Maggiano's Restaurant
Fashion Show Mall
3200 Las Vegas Blvd
OPEN SEATING**
Reservation deadline - Tues., Sept. 1st
Guest Speaker: Beverly Washburn
Beverly Washburn is a native of Los Angeles who now resides in Las Vegas. She currently writes for
The Vegas Voice. Beverly first appeared in movies at the age of 6. She appeared in The Loretta Young
Show, had a role in Old Yeller, was in an episode of the TV series, Star Trek and has appeared in various films
and TV shows too numerous to mention here.
Menu
Stuffed Mushrooms, Caesar Salad, Spaghetti with Marinara Sauce, Chicken Parmesan, Lemon Cookies, Coffee,
Tea and Sodas.
Price $36 per person, be an Angel for $46 or a Benefactor for $60
For further information call Sheila Schwartz 702-233-2139, Ronnie Sander 702-749-6974 or
Evelyn Brunner 702-823-3065
**Due to the constraints of the restaurant, there will be open seating with tables of 10. If you want to guarantee sitting with your friends, send all 10 reservations and checks together. Also we can only guarantee seating
for the first 60 reservations. To accommodate more and obtain a larger room, we will have to guarantee more
than 60 reservations. This is possible only if we have checks in hand and the room next to ours is available.
Please send your reservations early for us to be able to accommodate everyone. See the bulletin for parking
information.
Name(s):_________________________________________________Amount enclosed: $____________
Phone number __________________________ Email_________________________________________
Send form and checks payable to BNC to:
Marilyn Shocket, 8837 Cortille Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89134
This certifies in compliance with Internal Revenue Code requirements, that all but $26 of your donation to BNC for this event is tax deductible.
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Good Wishes for July - August-September Birthdays
JULY
1 Bonnie Goldstein
3 Charlotte Kuklin
5 Rhoda Ring
8 Rachel Brownstein
13 Dorothy Pansek
21 Libby Miller
22 Sheila Jacobs
29 Len Krane
AUGUST
1 Gloria Kopf
3 Bea Stahl
7 Carol Whitelaw
13 Linda Rubin
25 Michael Sander
27 Annette Bonder
30 Judy Arnold
SEPTEMBER
3 Jeannie Arin
6 Thelma Bello
9 Merle Mitzmacher
10 Leslie Gallen
16 Margie Karp
22 Gay Lynne Kegan
27 Mort Labovitz
Don’t see your birthday listed
here? We would like to
acknowledge your birthday but we need to know when it is.
My Birthday is October. When
is yours?
Email me your birth date (day and month only)
and I will do the rest.
GET WELL WISHES
Terri Hirschfield
Adele Baratz
Gale Labovitz
CONGRATULATIONS
Judith Bernstein on her granddaughters’
engagement.
Arlene Zonder
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU?
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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. — Barbara Tuchman
BOOK FUND TRIBUTES
Complete this form and mail it along with your check to:
Eunice Willard
10416 Chimney Flat Court
Las Vegas, NV 89129
[email protected]
702-395-2569
 $5 Blue & White Tribute Card
 $10 Goldfarb Library at Night Card
 $18 Louis Brandeis Portrait Card (Chai)
 $40 LRJ with Newly Designed Inserts
 $60 Medical Science Journal Folio
 $105 Judaica Collection
 $205 Research Journal File
 $505 Major Book Collection
 $505 Journal Guarantor Endowment Fund
 $____Other Major Donation
Send Tribute to:
Send Tribute from:
Name:___________________________________
Name_________________________________
Address:__________________________________
Address:_______________________________
City, State, Zip:____________________________
City, State, Zip:__________________________
Telephone______________________________
Please check one:
IN HONOR OF:_______________________________________________________________
IN MEMORY OF:_____________________________________________________________
OCCASION:________________________________________________________________
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Blue and White Tribute Card - April
In memory of your loving husband & father, Mel
Lois and Joe Rosenberg
Speedy Recovery to Rivka Wolf
Ann Mandell
In loving memory of your husband & father, Arnold
Joan & Larry Finkelman
In Memory of Art Becker
Arlene Zonder
Happy Birthday, Marilyn Shocket
Ellen Scully
In Memory of Lucille Goldstein
Arlene Zonder
Congratulations on your marriage,
Zev Naler & Sally Baumeister
Arlene Zonder
Speedy Recovery to Robyn Golden
Arlene Zonder
Congratulations on your marriage
Wendy Kraft & Laura Sussman
Arlene Zonder
Get Well Wishes to Ruth Alexman
Ellen Scully
Lori Barnes
Lois G. Kline
Judith Bernstein
Sue Solomon
Sheila & Jerry Golman
Sue & Dick Schweitzer
Ann Mandel
Marilyn Hendel
Gladyce Ehrlich
Cheryl Goldenberg
Linda White
Marilyn Mendell
Arianne Rubin
Arlene & Len Krane
Edith & David Einhorn
Jane Kusel
Margy & Marshall Brownstein
Susan Gilbert
In Memory of Mimi Katz
Edith and Dave Einhorn
Meera Kamegai
Sue Solomon
Get Well to Barbara Gilbert
Evelyn Brunner and Steve Taylor
Get Well Wishes to Gale Labovitz
Ruth Alexman
Judith Bernstein
Terri Hirschfield
Gladyce Ehrlich
Sue and Dick Schweitzer
Sheila and Jerry Goldman
Evelyn Brunner & Steve Taylor
Arlene Zonder
Sue Solomon
Suellen and Bob Levy
Lois G. Kline
Congratulations to Doris and Don Barsky
On Your Wedding
Arlene Zonder
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Blue and White Tribute Cards (cont.)
Sympathy on the Passing of Your Mother
To Nancy Katz
Arlene Zonder
Get Well Wishes to Rona Baker
Lois and Joe Rosenberg
Adrianne Rubin
Judith Bernstein
Evelyn Brunner and Steve Taylor
Arlene Zonder
Arlene and Len Krane
Gay Lynne Kegan
In Memory of Lucille Goldstein
Arlene Zonder
Get Well Wishes to Jackie Robinson
Evelyn Brunner and Steve Taylor
Louis Brandeis Portrait Card
In Memory of Abe Hodes
Lois Bodin
Quick Recovery to Ronnie Sander
Evelyn Brunner
Get Well Wishes to Mimi Katz
Edith and Dave Einhorn
Sue Solomon
Adrianne Rubin
Linda White
Arlene Zonder
Carol Seskin
Ellen Scully
Happy 80th Birthday to Ron Steiner
Rona and Larry Schwartz
In Memory of Art Stein
Sally and Donald Bobolub
Happy Birthday to Ruth Alexman
Freda Greenfield
Speedy Recovery to Arlene Krane
Barbara Chozahinoff
Speedy Recovery to Doris Fenton
Ellen Scully
In Memory of Mel Bravman to Bravman and Kaplan
Families
The Kraft and Sussman Family
Matt Kraft and Girls
Speedy Recovery to Adele Baratz
Arlene Zonder
In Memory of Burton Levinson to the Levinson Family
Wendy Kraft and Laura Sussman
Congratulations to Evelyn Brunner On a Magnificent
Book and Author
Edith and Dave Einhorn
Happy Anniversary to Rhoda and Gene Engelson
Joyce and Stuart Newman
Speedy Recovery to Terri Hirschfield
Edith Einhorn
Eunice Willard
Sue Solomon
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Louis Brandeis Portrait Card (cont.)
In Honor of Meera Kamegai
Leslie Schoenberg
Speedy Recovery to Mimi Katz
Barbara Chozahinoff
Merle Mitzmacher
Special Book Collection
Get Well Wishes to Ruth Alexman
Barbara and Igal Chozahinoff
In memory of Mimi Katz to the Family
Barbara and Igal Chozahinoff
Due to the crash of my
computer some names
may have been erased
from the Tribute List.
If you sent a Tribute
and the acknowledgement has not appeared in this Newsletter,
please email the name to whom the Tribute
was sent and the reason and I will put it in
the next newsletter.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may have
caused.
Eunice Willard
[email protected]
Goldfarb Library Night Card
Speedy Recovery to Ruth Alexman
Barbara Berman
Speedy Recovery to Terri Hirschfield
Susan Gilbert and Randi Lesenten
In Memory of Mimi Katz to the Family
Carol Seskin
Happy Birthday to Margy Brownstein
Ella and Andy Perla
Get Well Wishes to Gale Labovitz
Carol and Bob Seskin
Ruth Alexman
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STUDY GROUPS
THE STUDY GUIDE BOOKLET
By now you will have received your Study Guide Booklets for the 2015-2016 Season. Please read
carefully the descriptions of the courses, and select the courses which interest you most (your $40
fee includes all courses with some exceptions noted in the description). For example, if you are taking Rabbi Schanowitz’s course your book fee ($36) must be included with your registration fee. Now,
take out the calendar and fill in your selections. Then on your registration sheet assign a number to
each course you have selected in order of preference (this is explained in the booklet.) Send your
registration form along with your $40 fee to: Margret Ofek, 10895 Iris Canyon Lane, Las Vegas, NV
89135.
If you have not yet renewed your membership, please mail your membership of $60, payable to BNC
to: Sue Solomon, 10412 Leafgold Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89134
If you have not received a Study Guide Booklet, please contact
Gay Lynne Kegan at: 702-445-3711
A New Approach
This year we will be experimenting with some evening and weekend courses, some one semester
courses and some that meet for just three to five sessions. This type of scheduling will move us into
the future of our BNC chapter. We will appreciate your reactions throughout the year.
Some New Courses
Some of the new courses (but not all) include:
Joanne Gilbert will facilitate the TED Course which consists of filmed lectures by prominent scholars
and world leaders. There will be open discussion after the viewing.
Leslie Schoenberg (a new member of the Study Group Leadership Team) will bring in speakers from
the Mayor on down who are involved in Those who Make our City Work, including Aging, Fire and
Police Departments including the K-9 unit.
Barbara Chozahinoff will facilitate a course in Classic Foreign Films such as “Two Women”, Ingmar
Bergman films and “Breathless”.
Our new Co-President Marshall Brownstein will offer a course on Documentaries.
Edith Einhorn will offer two four-session courses Using Your Android Smart Phone and Photography:
From Camera and Smart Phone to Computer and more.
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Ann Mandell and Rivka Wolf are introducing a course on a Potpourri of Jewish Films for the
East Side.
Edie Edwards will facilitate a Mah Jongg course again but this time the class will meet weekly
for six weeks to help people get ready for a chance to play.
Terri Hirschfield will continue her You and Your I Phone as she helps us discover the myriad
uses of the I Phone.
Ruth Alexman will “slow down” and offer just three courses: Ashkenazi Jews III, Askenazi Jews
II on the East Side and Women in the Bible I at her home.
Gay Lynne Keagan will facilitate a course on Genealogy for a small group who want to pursue
their family history.
Debra Feldman will facilitate a course where members will go on outings to 3 or 4 Local Little
Theaters to enjoy plays on the weekend.
Jo-Ann Geller will lead a class on Hollywood’s Jewish Themed Movies which are based on the
influence of Jewish culture and elusive sensibility that are hard to define and yet feel so familiar to Jew and non-Jew alike.
Gale Labovitz and her crew will take turns teaching their group how to create various courses
of delicious meals.
The Study Guide Book Leadership Team
Gay Lynne Kegan will be the principal person to lay out the Study Guide Booklet. Leslie
Schoenberg is responsible for editing the “blurbs” describing the courses. Margret and Hillel
Ofek are the people who set up the registration process and compile your registration sheets
into the class lists that are so important to the facilitators. Arlene Krane and Gay Lynne Kegan
are responsible for coaxing members to come up with new courses and writing up the “blurbs”
that describe their course.
For Questions Call: Gay Lynne Kegan 702-445-3711 or Arlene Krane 702-255-6667
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Brandeis University
Brandeis National Committee
Las Vegas Chapter
2133 Sierra Heights Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89134
FIRST CLASS
BNC Mission Statement
Brandeis National Committee is an organization committed to providing philanthropic
support to Brandeis University, a distinguished liberal arts and research university founded by the American Jewish community. Its membership remains connected to the university through fundraising and through activities that reflect the values on which the university was founded: academic excellence, social justice, non-sectarianism and service to
the community.
Submission Deadlines
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The Bulletin is published on a bi-monthly basis. The deadline for copy is the first of the month preceding
the month of publication. The deadline for the October/November 2014 Bulletin is September 1, 2014.
Publisher and Editor: Linda Rubin [email protected] 702-240-3879