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Winter 2016

Bonnie Boring, President Barbara Olsher, eNews Editor DéAnna Ernst, Webmaster

In this issue...President’s ProseKeepers of the Gate Paige Sass Memorial MatchFrom Debbie Friedman, National Annual Giving ChairChapter News & Updatesand more!

Save the Dates!December 1, 2016 – Deadline for Articles to be included in USPS-mailed Newsletter (send to your president)February, 2017 -- Midwinter Board Meeting (date to be announced)

Havdallah at the Hadassah Southern Board Meeting in Knoxville Click here to see more pictures!

Amazing women can do amazing things, right? Well, after Hadassah Southern’s Mid-Winter Board meeting on November 5 – 6, 2016, I believe that to be true. We had 40 members join us for our board meeting in Knoxville, to look into the future, and align our unit’s plans with our national priorities. Before we sat down with pen to paper to see where our road map was leading us, we had a bit of fun, where we focused on working together to achieve our goals. Dan Grabel, Co-Owner of Camp Manitowa in Benton IL, gave us four tasks to accomplish, but only if we figured out how to work together -- and after many laughs, triumphs and yes. some failures -- as always, we figured it out!!! We also had our Youth Aliyah National Chair Carol Goodman Kauffman show us all the wonderful things we are doing in

Shalom Hadassah Southern!

Hadassah with our Youth Aliyah villages and the thousands of children’s lives we affect each day in a positive way. Thank you for all those who were able to join us and, as you read below our national priorities, think of all the ways that you as a member can help us reach our highest po-tential. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the volunteer work you do.

Bonnie Boring, Hadassah Southern President

National Priorities 2017

Zionism/Israel Hadassah will serve as a leader in the movement to revitalize confidence in, and support for, a strong Israel. It will expose, engage, educate and advocate with its 300,000 members and the public to ensure awareness of the modern State of Israel. It will enter into collaborations with oth-er Zionist organizations to broaden its reach to, and strengthen its impact on, young women who lack the knowledge and passion to understand and identify with modern Zionism.

HMO/Health Hadassah will continue to partner with the HMO in its world class lifesaving research and in its care of the people of Israel. Hadassah will take a National leadership role in bringing to its mem-bers and others knowledge of cutting edge research and focus on women’s health issues through education and advocacy.

Domestic Advocacy Hadassah will elevate advocacy and education to reposition the organization as the leader in en-gagement and empowerment, especially with issues related to gender equity in medicine. Hadas-sah will use the power of its 300,000 members and supporters to rally for, and advance, solutions to gender equity in medical research, human trafficking and preventive health care. Hadassah will partner with other organizations with like values to further the domestic agenda

Keepers of the Gate Paige Sass Memorial MatchFrom Our Own Dana Waxler (Chattanooga),

National Keepers of the Gate Chair

I am pleased to announce that Hadassah Southern has completed the Paige Sass Memorial Match! Please see the list below for more specific information. I will have a certificate printed for Neil and include all the names of the people who participated in the match. We are hoping there will be an event in Montgomery (Paige’s chapter) sometime in the near future so the certificate can be presented to Neil in person at this event.

Ellen Bander Baton Rouge NewSarah Schwartz Baton Rouge NewSuzann Bearma Birmingham NewRichard Waxler Chattanooga Step UpJanet Perfetti Sivils Chattanooga NewDebra Reiss Chattanooga NewBarbara Minsky Dothan NewKorthey Kripp Dothan NewBrona Pinnolis Memphis NewKathy Hess Montgomer Step UpBarbara Olsher Nashville Step UpMichael Gryll Nashville NewLee Kansas New Orleans Step UpJulie Schwartz New Orleans Step UpJudy Steibel New Orleans Step UpFran Simon New Orleans Step UpLee Blotner New Orleans NewJoy Feldman New Orleans NewHelen Stone New Orleans NewBarbara Kusnick New Orleans New Chai

Total Raised Toward MatchSummary: New Traditional Keepers 12 New Chai Keeper 1 Step Up to Chai Keeper 7Total Participation 20Chapter Participation: 8 of 17 Chapters

From Debbie Friedman, National Annual Giving ChairDear all, Mazal tov on your success! How inspiring that this tremendous effort involved eight chapters throughout your region and 20 members who collectively committed to be-come a new or step-up Keeper of the Gate to honor the memory and legacy of Paige Sass. Southern Region is a shining star!!! Thank you for your leadership. Yasher Koach to you all!

Ido Reichman-Eisikovits, Jewish National Fund and Rabbi Barry Weinstein, Moderator. Their excellent presentations informed us of planning opportunities regarding water conservation and opportunities to make the desert bloom. This stimulating afternoon was a splendid chance to find out how we can make a difference in our community. Special thanks to Rabbi Barry Weinstein who was the moving force for this program and who secured the beautiful venue at the IBM building overlooking the Mississippi. Kudos to De’Anna Ernst for her wonderful graphic designs and help with the program. We are blessed in Baton Rouge with our talented members and associates.

On November 13, 2016 Baton Rouge Hadassah sponsored a program entitled “Water-Local Sources, Global Solutions”. The Panel consisted of Dr. Charles Groat, President and CEO of Water Institute of the Gulf, Elizabeth Thomas, President & CEO Center for Planning Excellence,

Baton Rouge

News from Chapters

Hadassah Nashville

Nashville – We held our annual Progressive Sukkah Hop that was great fun! Not only did we travel from House 1 to House 2 to House 3 and back to House 1, we learned more about Hadassah’s good works as we drove, and visited three Sukkahs on a lovely (somewhat damp) evening.

This Giving Tuesday I am supporting Hadassah because of Hadassah’s advocacy for women and civil rights, gender equity in medicine (GEM), its unilateral support of Israel, and the Hadassah Medical Organization.- Dana Waxler, Hadassah supporter

November 29 is Giving Tuesday, and we need your help to build momentum around Giving Tuesday and Hadassah.

Will you help, too? It's easy. Share this to friends and family with a sentence about why YOU are supporting Hadassah this Giving Tuesday and why they should, too. (We'd also love to hear why! Tell us by replying to this email.)

Last year, Hadassah was one of more than 45,000 organizations to celebrate #GivingTuesday, and we raised more than $48,000 on this one day for Hadas-sah. This year, we need your help to raise more, so we can DO even more.

Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving.Share Your Gratitude this Giving Tuesday with Hadassah!

Stay tuned to hear more about Giving Tuesday and the launch of Hadassah's Million Dollar Challenge!

PS: Join us online. Spread the word about #GivingTuesday and share your giving story with the hashtag #ISupportHadassah.

• Encourages and empowers everyone to live healthier lives with exercise and nutrition• Collaborates with other organizations with common missions and goals • Reaches out to women in local communities• Advocates for funding for public and private researchHadassah Impacts Women in Israel• Hadassah Medical Organization’s (HMO) Heart Institute is dedicated to the study of heart disease through clinical and basic research, and advanced patient care.• The Linda Joy Pollin Cardiovascular Wellness Institute at HMO’s Heart Institute is dedi-cated to promoting heart health in women and addresses the needs of underserved commu-nities.• Hadassah Optimal—HMO’s Lifestyle, Health and Fitness Institute—provides medically supervised wellness and health services.

Hadassah Logo InformationTwo of our national brand logos trademarks have been changed from a ™ to ®. The up-dated ones are for the “HADASSAH H” and the vertical version of “Hadassah The Power of Women Who DO.”

Please use the correct one in all your upcoming printed materials as well as all emails, etc. Questions? Please contact Barbara Olsher, Marketing & Communications Leader for Hadassah Southern ([email protected]).

To All Hadassah Southern Marketing/Communications and Bulletin ChairsWe would love to add news of your events to these enewsletters! Please send your write-ups and pictures to [email protected]. Other units can gather ideas from your information and it’s always fun to see pictures and read about your own efforts!

The Super South Turkey TrotA Virtual 5K raises money for women’s heart disease research at Hadassah Medical Organization. Hadassah SOUTHERN is in the lead!

Did you know…

Hadassah Impacts Women in the U.S. Every Beat Counts

• Hadassah’s Heart Health Program provides informa-tion, resources and references for your use

Letter from President Ellen Hershkin to all Hadassah Members and Supporters

Dear Friends,Now more than ever, many of us need a moment to come together, to take stock. To replenish our inner strengths. Please do take this moment to replenish. Because Hadassah needs you — urgently — in the days and weeks and months ahead. There is a lot of work ahead of us. For women’s health. For gender equity. For Israel. Since our founding, Hadassah’s members have joined together in communities around the country to achieve our mission. We do this across lines of geography, across political aisles, and across generations, l’dor v’dor. Together, we will build on this legacy. Over the last 104 years, we have seen so many positive changes for women and Zionism, and we have faced far too much terror and trauma. In his first address to the nation as President-elect, Donald Trump chose to focus on uniting the American people. We look forward to working with his Administration to strengthen the US-Israel relationship, promote gender equity, and address other issues im-portant to us as Zionists and women. At the same time, we will speak out loudly and clearly to protect the advances we have made for women’s health, and to push forward for more gains. Let us be clear, we are not ready to compromise our rights. We will need to stand up for them. On Tuesday night, President-elect Trump pledged to work toward seeking common ground. We urge him — and all our nation’s leaders — to work diligently to achieve these goals. As advocates of women’s health equity, Hadassah will stand firm to ensure that wom-en are treated equally to healthcare services, we will work tirelessly so that women with dis-abilities or pre-existing conditions receive the healthcare coverage they deserve, and we will continue to fight for access to essential, life-saving women’s preventive health services. Our work here at Hadassah is far from done. The current Congress can still take action before the session ends. Visit the Hadassah National Action Center to send a message to your elected officials in support of Israel, the Research for All Act, or another one of Hadassah’s policy priorities. Be the first to hear about new policy updates and opportunities for action by signing up for our advocacy alert emails. With 330,000 members, Associates and supporters — located in every congressional district — we can demonstrate the Power of Women Who Do. And we can do more. We can grow that power.

Shabbat Shalom.Ellen HershkinNational President

Read all about it!Hadassah Surgeon Rescues Israeli Vic-tims of Car Crash in Georgia Senior Ha-dassah Medical Organization Surgeon Dr. Josh Schroeder was eating his pre-Yom Kippur meal with his wife, Yaira, and three children when he received a phone call from a repre-sentative of the Greenfield family asking if he could go to Georgia (the former Soviet Union)

Hen Mazzig: Making Zionism a Model for Everyone“Zionism is a model for everyone,” says Hen Mazzig, Israeli writer, international speaker, social media activist and Israel advocate and the November speaker for Defining Zionism, Hadassah’s provocative dialogue series.

In these six short, easy-to-share video clips, the former IDF commander talks about finding common ground to promote Zionism and fight BDS, moving beyond misconceptions, and how his deeply personal version of Zionism has been shaped by the history of his family, Berber Jews from Tunisia who were among 850,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries, and his experience in a special IDF humanitarian unit. Watch. Discuss. Share.

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to prepare Noa, a severely injured Israeli moth-er, for safe airlifting to Israel for life-saving treatment. READ MORE HERE

Russian Children Travel to Hadassah to be Treated for a Rare DiseaseChildren from the Northern Russian Republic of Chuvash, with the rare and fatal genetic dis-ease called “marble bone disease” or osteope-trosis, are coming to Israel to be healed in the Hadassah Medical Center’s Pediatric Hema-tology Department. READ MORE HERE