Hadassah Happenings newsletter, January 2012

HA DAS SAH Hadassah Happenings Hadassah Southern Nevada Chapter Co-President's Message Happy 2012 to all our Hadassah family. During 2011 we saw so much growth in our membership thanks to the Centennial $100 life memberships. Along with our many accomplishments this past year, our Chapter earned a Centennial Brick in the Path at the Hadassah Hospital!! We welcome all our new members, and we ask you to join us for Hadassah's 100th year. We have lots of events going on in the next few months, and we hope you will find some-thing that excites you about Hadassah. New special interest groups are forming. Along with our book clubs, a knitting/crochet group and hiking group are forming. Our Musicale is coming up soon, and in March we will be having a Hadassah Shabbat and a Tea celebrating 100 years of Hadassah. We invite you all to participate. If you have a special interest and would like to start a group, please let us know. Join us as we enter the second 100 years of Hadassah. Henrietta Szold had a dream, and we are living her dream. You can be a part of wonderful and exciting things that were all started by one visionary woman 100 years ago. We need your support and your commit-ment. We look forward to partnering with you this year to make and share all that is Hadassah Elaine Entin & Barbara Raben HA DAS SAH HADASSAH MUSICAL Featuring: Lola Rivera, Andres Kornworcel, Maria Goldberg and Jewish Jammin! Sunday, February 19, 2012 At 1pm (doors open at 12:30pm) At the Summerlin Library Tickets: $18 in advance and $20 at door Seats a r e a s s i g n e d as c h e c k s a r e r e c e i v e d M a k e Checks p a y a b l e t o Hadassah Mail with a stamped, self addressed envelope to: Judy Applebaum 10920 Clarion Lane Las Vegas, NV 89134 Include a note for Special Seating For Further information call: Bryna Barsky at (702)360-9971 Volume 1, Issue 1 January 2012 HSNC Chapter Board Co-Presidents Barbara Raben 702-379-1721 hadassahbarbara@vahoo com Elaine Entin 702-501-0314 Hadassahelaine@aol.com OVP Hillary Torchin 702-460-3542 hillary@accesslv.biz Treasurer Vicki Herman 702-354-0264 hadassahherman@gmail.com Co-Corresponding Secre-tary Lianne Deitch zip315@qmail.com Jennifer Schwamberg 702-499-3758 ienbloomie@aol.com Co-VP's Education Sherri Simhayoff 702-218-5200 sherrilvhomes@cox. net Linda Sklar 702-501-2800 lindasklar@yahoo.com VP Fundraising Debra Lazer 702-277-4804 debaly 29@vahoo.com VP Membership Sherin Garber 702-221-1370 sherinqarber@cox.net Co-VP's Programming Jennifer Cohen 702-340-6885 icohen1156@cox.net Karen Krebs 702-702-845-4811 karenkrebs@vahoo.com Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 2 Programming from Karen and Jennifer Our membership has been asking f o r monthly educational and spiritual programs. SO, starting ^arch 14th and every second Wednesday of the month, we will be meeting in the Kraft Sussman meeting room for an exciting program. A new, interesting and fun topic will be discussed every month. Kraft Sussman is located at 3975 S Durango Dr, Suite 104, 89147 All meetings will begin at 7:00 PM. For further information contact: Karen @ 702-845-7811 or Jennifer @ 702-340-6885 Program updates will be on our weekly email blasts. Hadassah Centennial Shabbat Weekend March 23?March 25 Celebrate Hadassah Centennial at a special Hadassah Shabbat, Friday, March 23 at 7:15 sharp at Temple Sinai. Please contact Leona Cohen @702- 463-1042 or nona1836@cox.net to participate. Full name, age (if a younger member) and Hebrew of English reading request needed. As Hadassah will sponsor the Oneg Shabbat, donations to underwrite this will be appreciated. Hats off to Hadassah Centennial Tea Party Sunday, March 25th, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Las Vegas Country Club. $36.00 per person couvert Contact Sharon Walker for more information 702-768-2645 or hla@cox.net What's your Interest????? We are in the process of forming NEW Special Interest groups? I f you are interested in knitting and/or crochet, hiking, scrapbooking or movies, PLEASE let us know. Email: hadassahsouthernnevada@yahoo.com with your interest. I f we get at least 5 women interested in any of these activities, we will start a monthly \r\teresi group. Sheryl Honig Special Interest Group Co-coordinator 702-255-1801 ***Sheryl will also be organizing a Meet and Greet on the 4th Tues-day of every month. Please check the email blast for further info. Hadassah is a fund-raising organization and our events are dedicated to raising thousands of dollars for Hadassah programs. Annual giving is an important part of Hadassah programs. Many of our members have made a yearly commitment to several different giving levels including: $25,000 Centennial Founder, payable over 5 years $5,000 Golden Keeper $1,000 Keeper of the Gate $500 Patron $360 Chai Society $180 Hamsa Please feel free to contact Barbara Raben or Elaine Entin with any questions about Annual Giving. Tribute Cards And Trees Contact Marcia Tell mtgt2006@vahoo.com or 702-405-0193 Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 3 Tamar Book Club Our next meeting will be held on Monday, February 13th (note the change of the day) due to Valentines Day. I will get back to you 2 weeks prior as usual to confirm the location. We will be discussing: The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein Overview "There are places that I have never forgotten. A little cobbled street in a smoky mill town in the North of Eng-land has haunted me for the greater part of my life. It was inevitable that I should write about it and the peo-ple who lived on both sides of its 'Invisible Wall.'" The narrow street where Harry Bernstein grew up, in a small English mill town, was seemingly unremark-able. It was identical to countless other streets in countless other working-class neighborhoods of the early 1900s, except for the "invisible wall" that ran down its center, dividing Jewish families on one side from Christian families on the other. Only a few feet of cobblestones separated Jews from Gentiles, but socially, it they were miles apart. A wonderfully charming memoir written when the author was ninety-three, The Invisible Wall vibrantly brings to life an all-but-forgotten time and place. It is a moving tale of working-class life and of the boundaries that can be overcome by love. For those who wish to read ahead: March - Testimony by Anita Schreve April- The Dovekeeper by Alice Hoffman May- Gap Creek by Robert Morgan Carey Tarter careytarter@gmail.com Aviva Book Group This daytime book group meets on the 4th Monday of every month at 10:00 a.m. We rotate homes as meeting spots and usually the home's hostess leads the discussion of the book. We are a very friendly group and read books on many different topics. All Hadassah members are welcome! If you are interested in joining us, please contact: Judy Appelbaum at 869-5225 or iudynjack@cox.net Scheduled upcoming meetings are as follows January 23, 2012 at the home of Marilyn Mendell and we will discuss "Cutting For Stone" by Abraham Verghese. February 27, 2012 at the home of Florence Pollak where we will discuss "The Invisible Thread" by Yoshiko Uchida. March 26, 2012 at the home of Marge Feinblatt, book to be decided upon at the January meeting. April 22, 2012 ? TBA May 28, 2012 ? TBA June 25, 2012 ? home and book TBA. Shoshanim Book Club Our next meeting is Monday, February 13th, at 7:00 PM, at Barnes and Noble Bookstore (not Borders, as previously written) on Charleston and Ft. Apache, when we will be discussing "The End of the Jews: A Novel" by Adam Mansbach. The family members in this novel face impossi-ble choices between the people they love and the art that sustains them. On March 12 we will be discussing "The Confession" by John Grisham, a gripping tale about guilt and innocence and the toll it takes upon the characters. We will not be doing "Confidential: The Life of Secret Agent Turned Hollywood Tycoon-Arnon Milchan" by Meir Doron and Joseph Gelman, as a future title, as previously written, because this title is not available from the library nor is it in paperback. We will be substituting another title, TBD. Contact Book Club Coordinator Bernadine Zaben queen809@yahoo.com OPERA GROUP SPONSORED BY THE AVIVA INTEREST GROUP Our Opera Group meets on the first Monday of every month at 9:30 A.M. at the JCC located at 9001 Hillpointe Road in Summerlin. If you have any ques-tions about this group, please contact Florence Pollak at gppiano@aol.com or 243-9885 UPCOMING AVIVA MEETINGS February 13, 2012 - Game Day ? Mah Jongg, Canasta, Bridge, etc. February 19, 2012 - Hadassah's Sunday Afternoon Musicale, Summerlin Library March 12, 2012 - Guest Speaker will be Kim Harney- Moore Topic: Medicare Fraud Prevention All meetings are schedule for the second Monday of the month at 1:00 P.M. at the JCC on 9001 Hillpointe Road. Questions about our meetings, please callBryna Barsky (360-9971), Judy Appelbaum (869- 5225), or Rose Lee Bell (636-9616). We welcome all Hadassah members to our meetings Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 4 MEMBERSHIP NEWS from Sherin Happy New Years and wel-come to the year 2012. Oh what a great year This will be Hadassah. A year of celebrating Hadas-sah's first 100 years. To kick off the year Life Memberships will be at a special price of $212.00 (regular price is $360.00) So if you haven't already done so gift yourself, spouse,children and grand-children a LIFE MEMBER-SHIP. Later this year we will honor all new and existing life members at our annual luncheon.. If you have any questions regarding memberships or Hadassah in general Please contact me at 221- 1370 or sheringarber@cox.net Looking forward to seeing all our members participate in our celebrations Sherin Garber Membership Vice President Hadassah Southern Nevada Welcome New Members Myrna Hills Kaelah Silverstein Millie Silverstein Beatrice Hoffman Andrea Lederfine Dawn Yagadich Donna Dubowsky Joan Blaha Jessica Hutchings Mitzvah Opportunities from Randi Hi! I am Randi Lampert and I am the chairwoman of our Mitzvah committee. I would love to see more people in our chapter get involved in Mitzvah activities. We currently have an ongoing opportunity to help out at the Jewish Family Ser-vices Food Pantry. We need volunteers there on Wednesday or Thursday mornings from 9 to 11:30 a.m. It involves helping the clients make their food selections when they visit the food pantry. I promise it is a very rewarding experience! Sandy Schiffman has done a fabulous job organizing our schedule and keeping us up-to-date with any changes. If you choose to sign up, you would be asked to volunteer no more than once a month, and possibly less, depending on how many volunteers we have. Please contact Sandy at Sandv.Schiffman@gmail.com or 202-2318 or me at relampert@cox.net or 838- 6099. We also will be returning to the Ronald McDonald House to prepare and serve dinner to the residents on March 11th. Members and children over 8 are wel-come to sign up to help with this program. We will be preparing pizzas at the house as well as side dishes and bringing dessert. If we have more people inter-ested than we need for that date, we can add another date later in the spring. We are always collecting food and toiletries for the JFSA food pantry. Please bring them to all Hadassah programs that you attend. They are especially in need of toothpaste, toothbrushes and peanut butter! I am always interested in hearing your ideas for other mitzvah opportunities. Thanks! Randi Hadassah Out To Lunch Feb. 23 at 12pm at the Cheesecake Factory, Boca Park. A reservation is a must. Email Gayle Weckstein at canarsie49@gmail.com or call 405-9621 Ladies Dine Out When: Tuesday, Feb 21 Where: Mimi's Cafe 1121 Fort Apache Contact: Lynne Michels lmichels@cox.net 702-869-9088 Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 5 February 2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Charming Charlies Petra Dineout 13 Aviva Game Day Shoshanim Book Club Tamar Book Club 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hadassah Musical 20 21 Ladies Dine Out 22 23 Out to Lunch 24 25 26 27 Awa Book Club 28 Meet and Greet 29 March 2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 Opera Group 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Aviva Meeting Shoshanim Book Club 13 14 Program at Kraft Sussman 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Centennial Shabbat 24 25 Centennial Tea Party 26 Aviva Book Club 27 Meet and Greet 28 HA DAS SAH HADASSAH SOUTHERN NEVADA CHAPTER PO BOX 401255 LAS VEGAS, NV 89140 Check us out at: www.southernnevada.hadassah.org "Like" our Facebook Page: Hadassah Southern Nevada Chapter You're Invited to an afternoon of fun & friends! Sunday, March 25m - 2:00PM to 4:30PM Las Vegas Country Club 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive Wear your best hat! Prizes!!! Tea, finger sandwiches, scones & petit fours will be served Your check is your reservation Hadassah Southern Nevada Chapter PO Box 401255 Las Vegas, NV 89140 $36 per person couvert