Save the date...
"Twenty Years and Proud" - Sunday, April 29th, 5-9 p.m. at Shir Ami - is Newtown Hadassah's time to celebrate the accomplishments of the past 20 years. We are proud of the hard-working women who helped our chapter grow into a special, caring and devoted group. We are very excited that we can honor each of the past presidents for their efforts.
The honoree for the 20th-year tribute journal is Estelle Goldfinger, who envisioned the afternoon group of Newtown Hadassah in September 1996. We urge all members to consider placing an ad in the tribute book. It can be a personal ad, naming each member of your family, or a business ad from a store that you frequent or own. The tribute book will honor the chapter presidents and leaders of Newtown Hadsassah. The success of this event depends on our members and the support of our community If you need more copies of the tribute book forms, please either make copies of the ones from the bulletin or contact me for extra forms.
Talented musician Kurt Maurer will entertain, and Food Designs, Inc. will delight you with a catered sit-down dinner. My co-chair, Bev Levy, is working on an interesting and informative program (and she promises that there will be no long speeches!).
We also will have exciting raffle baskets, thanks to the efforts of Harriet Schaeffer and her committee. If you have new items that you'd like to donate, please bring them to the meetings or contact Harriet. Arlene Goldman and Enid Waldman worked on the special invitation for this gala event.
We still need help on many committees, and we welcome more people to join us. If you'd like to volunteer, contact Bev Levy or me.
Let's come together for a fun evening with live music, dancing, great food and lots of excitement. We hope that everyone will support this special occasion and pay tribute to the women who helped Newtown Hadassah grow into a large, vibrant and successful organization.
- Lorraine Blumenfield
Afternoon Programs
The topic of the Tuesday, April 17, 12:45 p.m. meeting/program will be "Exotic Jewish Communities around the World." Program Chair Gladys Schwartz will present a fascinating program. There will be a noon lunch for all the afternoon programs. Everyone has the option of either purchasing our buffet lunch for $5, bringing your own dairy lunch, or having lunch elsewhere and joining us for the meeting/program. If you would like to join us for lunch, please arrive at noon. Contact Andrea Schneiderman to make your lunch reservation. Important information regarding the reservations for lunch: Please note that in the future, if you have ordered the $5 lunch, and are unable to attend the meeting, you are still responsible for payment. We are still required to pay the catering restaurant for all of the food we order. We hope you understand.
Evening Programs
Are you part of the "sandwich generation" - caught between the demands of your children and your parents? Aging Children/Aging Parents - A New Era is the topic of the Monday, April 16, 7:30 p.m. program in the Atrium at Shir Ami. Come and learn something new, or just share your concerns in a supportive setting.
Guest speakers Florrie Fisher, M.S.S., L.C.S.W., a psychotherapist at New Leaf Psychotherapy in Southamption, and Susan Goldfinger Bilker, director of JFCS Senior Horizons, will discuss caring for aging parents including senior housing options and community-sponsored senior programs.
Newtown Hadassah Walk-a-thon
Sunday, May 6th
Tyler State Park
Bring family & friends... sign up a team from your school
or job...
It's a great community service or b'nai mitzvah project!
Please join us for our Annual Newtown Hadassah Walkathon. We look
forward to walking with friends, family, Young Judaeans, b'nai
mitzvah students, and our congregational communities to make this
our most successful walkathon yet.
We need your support to help raise the much-needed funds to continue the essential work that Hadassah does. This year, in particular, as Hadassah continues on the front lines of stem cell research, let us walk together, b'yachad, to make a true difference in the lives of countless others around the globe.
The walkathon is not only a way of raising vital funds, but is also a way to raise community awareness of the "Bridge to Peace" that Hadassah truly exemplifies in the Middle East and throughout the world. We are having T-shirts made for the event, to be enjoyed long after the walk.
We look forward to a beautiful morning together, walking proudly, in support of a vital cause...please join us.
For information, contact Judy Nussbaum
Photography exhibit to benefit Newtown Hadassah
Elinor S Cohen opens
her photo exhibit, "Remembering Japan," on
Thursday, May 10th
at the
Full Moon Cafe
23 Bridge St.
Lambertville, NJ
(609) 397-1096
She will donate 25% of her proceeds to Hadassah
Her exhibit - featuring photos that survived Katrina! - will run through June 30th.
Read more about Elinor here.
Newtown Hadassah Book Club
This season we will discuss these seven first-rate books at our monthly meetings. Join the group for lively discussion and light refreshments at these locations, dates and times:
Wednesday, April 18,
Pam Dick’s home, 7 p.m.
March by Geraldine Brooks
Wednesday, May 16,
Margie Kopins’ home, 7 p.m.
Setting Fires by Kate Wenner
General Information:
Book club meetings
are a group discussion forum, so you can participate or just
listen and enjoy.
Evening meetings are held in a member’s home and your RSVP
is appreciated. Daytime meetings
at Borders Cafe (Rt 1 across from Oxford Valley Mall) are walk-in
without advance notice. Discount
coupons for refreshments at Borders Cafe are offered to all
attendees at Monday meetings. Contact
Eileen Wolfe for book discounts at Borders.
- Eileen Wolfe, Chair
DON'T MISS IT!
The King Tut Exhibit Tutankhamun & Golden Age of Pharaohs - King Tut Exhibit Tickets - we have a limited number of tickets to see the exhibit at the Franklin Institute on May 15th. The cost of $27 per ticket must be paid to guarantee your reservation, which will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Please mail your checks made payable to Newtown Hadassah to Harriet Schaeffer.
Tickets are going fast!
Newtown Hadassah goes to the ballgame!
Once again, Newtown Hadassah will be cheering for the Trenton Thunder baseball Team. On Thursday, July 12, at 7 p.m., the New Jersey hometown favorites face the New Hampshire-Toronto Blue Jays. The cost is $10 a ticket. Immediately following the game there will be spectacular fireworks. This is a great evening for the whole family, including grandchildren.
To order tickets, send a check payable to "Newtown Hadassah" to Harriet Schaeffer.
Save the Date!
Newtown Hadassah and the Sisterhoods of Shir Ami and Ohev Shalom present Maggie Anton - author of Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved and (coming this fall) Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Miriam - Sunday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m. at Shir Ami. Anton is winner of 2006: Best Historical Fiction and 2006: Best New Voice awards. She will speak about life, love and Talmud in medieval France. The event will feature book sales and signings, and a lavish dessert buffet. Check out her website at www.rashisdaughters.com.
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