COM bulletin - Congregation of Moses

June calendarSUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT1 InstallationShabbatService7:30 pm23 4 5Joint BoardMeeting7:30 pm6CalendarMeeting7 pm7 8 910 HadassahPotluckInstallation12:30 pm11 12 13 14 15 1617 18 Bulletindeadline 5 pmHadassah BookClub 7:30 pm19 20 21 ExecutiveCommitteeMeeting7:30 pm22 23Phil HorwichSpecial Kiddush24Stan BesbrisUnveiling11:30 am25 26 27 28 29 30July calendarSUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT1 2 3SynagogueBoard Mtg7:30 pm4Synagogueofficeclosed5 6 78 9 10 11 12 13 1415 16Bulletindeadline 5 pm17 18 19ExecutiveCommitteeMtg 7:30 pm20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28Erev Tisha B’AvService 8 pmPAGE 4

MishpachaMAZEL TOV TO . . .Shirley and Richard Weiss on the birth of their granddaughter, Stella Gabriel KupermanAl Rosenthal on his 65th birthdayShoshana, Tamar, Ari Grode and Sara Torres on their graduation from Marvin and Rosalie Okun Religious SchoolShirley Wise and Frank Szopo on their 30th Wedding AnniversaryMatthew Ruterbusch on his Bar MitzvahDanielle Beer on her graduation from Michigan State UniversityJonathan Fischell on his graduation from University of MichiganLaura Levene and Adam Beer on their graduation from high schoolEarl Norman on his successful run in the Borgess MarathonCONDOLENCES TO . . .Mac Howard and family on the passing of his mother, Beaulah HowardCathy Cheron and family on the passing of Cathy’s father, Dr. Robert CheronTREE OF LIFEMazel Tov to Al Rosenthal on his 65th birthday.Donations have been made to the following tzedaka fundsGENERAL FUNDMazel Tov to Shirley and Richard Weiss on the birth of their granddaughter, Stella Gabriel Kuperman.Mazel Tov to Shoshana, Tamar, Ari Grode and Sara Torres on their graduation from Marvin and Rosalie OkunReligious School.Mazel Tov to Matthew Ruterbusch on his Bar Mitzvah.Mazel Tov to Danielle Beer on her graduation from Michigan State University.Mazel Tov to Laura Levene and Adam Beer on their graduation from high school.Mazel Tov to to Jonathon Fischell on his graduation from the University of Michigan.Mazel Tov to Earl Norman on his successful run in the Borgess Marathon.Condolences to Mac Howard and family on the passing of his mother, Beaulah Howard.Joanne & Mike Simon, Phil Horwich, Men’s Club, Pnina & Judah Ari-Gur, Shirley Wise & Frank SzopoMazel Tov to Shirley Wise and Frank Szopo on their 30th Wedding Anniversary.Phil Horwich, Men’s Club, Pnina & Judah Ari-Gur, Joanne & Mike SimonThank you to Pnina and Judah Ari-Gur for their gift from Israel.From his friendsIn honor of the 30th Wedding Anniversary of Shirley Wise and Frank Szopo as they renew their vows May 2012.The Book ClubIn honor of Matthew Paul Ruterbusch's Bar Mitzvah.To honor Richard Kirschner's hard work and dedication to the Jewish Community.Grandma, Grandpa & Aunt LoriKalamazoo Jewish FederationRabbi SpivakMazel Tov to Al Rosenthal on his 65th birthday.Joanne & Mike Simon, Phil Horwich, Men’s Club, Alice & Stephen Koss, Pnina & Judah Ari-Gur,Shirley Wise & Frank SzopoPAGE 5

GENERAL FUND continuedMishpachaGet well wishes to Susan Welbourne.Condolences to the family of Celia H. Besbris.Condolences to Larry Beer and family on the loss of Larry’s father, Cy Beer.BUILDING FUNDMazel Tov to Shirley and Richard Weiss on the birth of their granddaughter, Stella Gabriel Kuperman.Mazel Tov to Al Rosenthal on his 65th birthday.Mazel Tov to Shoshana, Tamar, Ari Grode and Sara Torres on their graduation from Marvin and Rosalie OkunReligious School.Mazel Tov to Shirley Wise and Frank Szopo on their 30th Wedding Anniversary.Mazel Tov to Matthew Ruterbusch on his Bar Mitzvah.Mazel Tov to Danielle Beer on her graduation from Michigan State University.Mazel Tov to to Jonathon Fischell on his graduation from the University of Michigan.Mazel Tov to Laura Levene and Adam Beer on their graduation from high school.Condolences to Mac Howard and family on the passing of his mother, Beaulah Howard.Sallie & Ken Goodman, Tamara & Earl NormanIn honor of Tema Lando's first Torah reading. Yasher Koach!Mazel Tov to Earl Norman on his successful run in the Borgess Marathon.Tamara & Earl NormanSallie & Ken GoodmanCondolences to Larry Beer and family on the passing of his father, Cy Beer.Condolences to Connie Bowman and family on the passing of her sister, Gayle Bieglow.The Bruce Stein FamilyCondolences to the family of Celia H. Besbris.Sandy & Larry Rose, Fran Raffel, Mabel & Jochanan Stenesh, Hy Tuchman, Diane & Steve Field,Andy & Carol Sofen, Harriet & Mel Belson, Rodney & Susan Leversee, Harriet & Jim St. John,Cheryl & DanGuyer, Rhoda & Fred Kagan, Eva & Michael Hepner, Miriam BrotCondolences to Cathy Cheron and family on the passing of her father, Dr. Robert Cheron.Tamara & Earl Norman, Sallie & Ken Goodman, Bruce Stein Family, Gloria Besbris, Dr. & Mrs. Richard Weiss, Miriam BrotIn loving memory of my father, Jack Levene.In loving memory of David Rose, Louis Rose and Stan Besbris.Rosalie & Marvin OkunCondolences to Cathy Cheron and family on the passing of her father, Dr. Robert Cheron.Pnina & Judah Ari-Gur, Shirley Wise & Frank Szopo, Joanne & Mike Simon, Phil Horwich,Men’s Club, Judy Davis & Al Rosenthal, Carolyn & Brad KennedyIn loving memory of my father, Irvin Wise.Shirley WiseRae Lee & Mac Howard & FamilyJackie Rosenberg & Susan RoseMORT AND JOYCE FISHER KITCHEN/KIDDUSH/ONEG FUNDIn loving memory of my parents, Morton S. and Joyce L. Fisher.Beth FisherMishpacha continued on page 10PAGE 6

President’s MessageI’d like to share with you my remarks from the recent Annual Congregational Meeting, since somany of you missed it. Looking back over the past year, there are so many successes we can beproud of. One need only review our bulletins to get a sense of how vibranta community the Congregation of Moses is. Let’s start with the bulletin.It’s gorgeous! Cindy Beer has amazed us month after month with a veryattractive and informative bulletin. It’s just a shame that we aren’t sharingit with the whole city. While the quality of the Kalamazoo Gazette hasdeclined, the quality of our bulletin has soared!Bagel SundaysThe list of activities in the last year is amazing! We had two barbeques: one at the annualfundraiser and talent show and the other at the new Eat, Pray, Play event on a Friday night.Camp Keshet was a hit last summer, and there are already 20 kids signed up so far for thissummer. We celebrated 50 years in this building with an outstanding Black and White dance.The album full of remembrances located in the lobby beautifully captures our history. Speakingof the lobby, our new furniture has fostered an inviting place for meetings and conversation. Theaddition of an electronic screen, made possible by contributions in honor of Stan Besbris’s (z’l)90th birthday, has enhanced synagogue communication. Also in our lobby is the newly cleanedand repaired Holocaust Torah in a refurbished display case.In the fall, our Marvin and Rosalie Okun Religious School made a smooth transition to atwo-day a week curriculum under the guidance of our principal, Susan Welbourne, wonderfulteachers, and Joyce Camhi, who goes above and beyond her volunteer role as religious schoolchairperson. Rabbi Naomi Levy was our Torah Weekend scholar, which inspired congregants toread her books and led to a community book discussion. The library had an Open House withguest puppeteer Marilyn Price. We had a sukkah hop, a Scared Music Festival concert with YaleStrom and the Burdick-Thorne Quartet, and our first interfaith couples dialogue.In the spring we were treated to another concert of classical music by Stefan Koch, whoperformed rediscovered works composed by Richard Stohr. We also had a new Purim play andwere pleasantly surprised to count many Temple B’nai Israel members among the audience.Ongoing throughout the year were Rabbi’s classes in Essential Jewish Ideas and From Bible toSynagogue, Bagel Sundays, and yoga and Zumba classes.All this was accomplished by a small but dedicated group of individuals. It reminds me of the oilthat lasted for eight days. It is something of a miracle that we can accomplish so much with sofew volunteers. When the Governance Committee began searching for people to fill vacancies inour leadership, it was heartwarming that so many fine people accepted candidacies. I am gratefulfor my Executive Committee — Liz Siegel and Tema Lando, Cathy Cheron, Diane Fogel, EdGoldenthal, Shirley Wise, Ken Goodman, Arlen Rubin and the Rabbi — who have supportedme this year. We are very fortunate to have Shirley Mengel and Rod Anderson as our longtimeand very dedicated staff. I thank God for their loyalty and hard work over so many, many yearsof service. Finally, I must thank my husband Earl for all he does to allow me to spend so manyhours on synagogue business.Tamara NormanPresidentPAGE 7

(Writing this on May 18, new Sisterhood PresidentEmily Hoffman is able to predict the future!)At the Torah Fund dinner on May 24, Sisterhoodhonored Julie Northrop, with Sylvia Blum, BettyHirschfield and myself as the speakers. Also duringthe dinner, members approved a new slate of officers:myself as Sisterhood President, Valerie Eisenbergas Treasurer, Betty Hirschfield as Secretary, JulieNorthrop as Rummage Chair and Tema Lando asTorah Fund Chair and ex-officio.Additional responsibilitiesinclude: Gerry Tregerman andDiane Fogel - programming,Tema Lando - SisterhoodShabbat, Janet Heller - HighHoliday babysitting and myself -membership. Members-at-Largeare Elisabeth Thall, Sylvia Blum,Shirley Wise, Susan Welbourneand Elizabeth Siegel.We enjoyed a delicious dinnerprepared by Gerry Tregermanwith the help of Joyce Camhi,Valerie Eisenberg, Tema Lando,Diane Fogel and Michelle Angel.As I said in my speech duringthe Installation Shabbat serviceon June 1, I’m very honored tobe named Sisterhood President.Filled with enthusiasm uponmy return from a two-monthstay in Israel in March 2010,I volunteered to be the nextSisterhood President. (The onlyelections I’ve ever won have beenwhen I ran unopposed!)We will set dates for our usualprograms at the June 6 calendarPAGE 8SISTERHOOD NEWSA message from incoming President Emily Hoffman ...... and from outgoing President Tema LandoDear Sisterhood and COM members,For the past two years, I served with great pride as President of our Sisterhood.We accomplished many projects, from fundraising for our Religious Schoolto great programming/lectures for our entire COM family. Sisterhoods are avibrant part of any synagogue. As small as we are, we make things happen.Our Sisterhood is proud to present the Building Fund with two generous gifts:• A gift of $5,000 designated for the renovations of our bathrooms• A gift of $15,000 designated for the future renovations of the small Shabbatkitchen that we will call Sisterhood Shabbat Kitchen.As you know, we couldn't have accomplished all of those projects alone. We area team, and to my great team of fantastic women, I want to express my gratitudeand pride on your dedication to our Sisterhood.Todah rabah to my past board: Emily Hoffman, Joyce Camhi, Betty Hirschfield,Gerry Tregerman, Valerie Eisenberg, Diane Fogel, Liz Siegel, Kim Rubin, CandiLevene, Susan Welbourne, Sylvia Blum, Julie Northrop and Shirley Wise and toJanet Heller for her coordination of babysitters for High Holidays and for herSisterhood Shabbat expertise.B'Shalom,Tema LandoSisterhood Immediate Past PresidentJune 2010 - May 2012meeting. Programs include two rummage sales, a membershipbreakfast, the annual Chanukah bazaar, Sisterhood Shabbat,the Torah fund dinner, a possible retreat, a possible Passovercommunity seder and several general meetings.Todah Rabah,Emily HoffmanSisterhood PresidentEmily.hoffman@wmich.edu

Rabbi’s MessageOne of the outstanding features of our High Holiday services is that several of our members leadparts of the morning service and read Torah and Haftarah.You can be a prayer leader, too. If you are able to read Hebrew, then learning a brief section of themorning service is a not-too-difficult summer project. If you think you might be interested, pleaselet me know. I’ll tell you exactly what’s involved and you can decide if this is for you.We also look for new people to read a Haftarah or Torah reading. If you have some experience ineither, then you can consider taking this route to becoming one of our High Holiday leaders.The Congregation of Moses approach is: the more participation the better! Please contact me as soon as possible at342-5463 or avocet68@aol.com.Rabbi Harvey SpivakAnnualCalendarMeetingWednesday, June 6, at 7 p.m.COM Sofen RoomAll chairs of committees and heads of organizations whowill be scheduling events involving COM congregantsshould plan to attend or send a representative to thismeeting. We will meet in a collegial atmosphere witheveryone having equal opportunities to select optimaldates for activities and events. Please come prepared withtwo to three alternative dates/times for major events.Thank you.— Diane Fogel, COM Board SecretaryJune celebrationsThe Congregation of Moses wishes mazel tov and yom haledet sameach to our members who are celebrating anniversariesand birthdays this month. If you would like to be included in our monthly recognition of birthdays and anniversaries, pleasecontact Joanne Simon at (269)324-6054 or jhsimon@charter.net.6/1 Paul Krell6/2 Ken Goodman6/7 Don Thall6/7 Hannah Green6/11 Chelsea Angel6/12 Stacey Rocklin6/12 Dona Icabone Satir6/14 Evan Fischel6/14 Jonathan Fischel6/15 Larry BeerBIRTHDAYS6/15 Alfred Blum6/16 Marvin Berkowitz6/23 Alyssa Beer6/25 Arlen Rubin6/26 Joanne Krell6/27 Simon Gelman6/28 Marcia Kalb6/28 Phillip Horwich6/29 Natalie Spivak6/30 Rabbi Harvey SpivakANNIVERSARIES6/5 Sara & Marc Amy6/13 Janet Heller & Michael Krischer6/15 Tema & Robert Lando6/20 Joanne & Michael Simon6/20 Shirley & Pete Mengel6/21 Tamara & Earl Norman6/25 Cheryl & Jon Isley(Special Anniversary — 40th!)6/26 Ken & Marian Fisher6/29 Genia & Moritz AngelPAGE 9

Mishpacha (continued from page 6)MARVIN AND ROSALIE OKUN RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUNDHappy Birthday Wishes to Marvin and Rosalie Okun.Barb Brown, Jane Greischar & Marda BrownMazel Tov to Shirley and Richard Weiss on the birth of their granddaughter, Stella Gabriel Kuperman.Mazel Tov to Al Rosenthal on his 65th birthday.Mazel Tov to Shoshana, Tamar, Ari Grode and Sara Torres on their graduation from Marvin and Rosalie OkunReligious School.Mazel Tov to Shirley Wise and Frank Szopo on their 30th Wedding Anniversary.Mazel Tov to Laura Levene and Adam Beer on their graduation from high school.Mazel Tov to Earl Norman on his successful run in the Borgess Marathon.Condolences to Mac Howard and family on the passing of his mother, Beaulah Howard.Judy & Lowell Seyburn, Kim & Arlen Rubin, Susan & Patrick Welbourne, The Fischell FamilyMazel Tov to Matthew Ruterbusch on his Bar Mitzvah.Congratulations to Danielle Beer on her graduation from Michigan State University.Congratulations to Adam Beer on his high school graduation.Judy & Lowell Seyburn, Kim & Arlen Rubin, Paul, Joanne & Caroline Krell, Susan & Patrick Welbourne, The Fischell FamilyThank you to Michelle Angel and the Religious School teachers, Gillian Thommes, Susan Welbourne and Joyce Camhi fortheir hard work and dedication to the Religious School students.Condolences to Larry Beer and family on the loss of Larry’s father, Cy Beer.Paul, Joanne & Caroline KrellGet well wishes to Susan Welbourne.Tamara & Earl Norman, Paul, Joanne & Caroline Krell, The Ruterbusch FamilyMazel Tov to Shoshana, Tamar, Ari Grode and Sara Torres on their graduation from Marvin and Rosalie OkunReligious School.The Ruterbusch FamilyMazel Tov to Jonathon Fischell on his graduation from the University of Michigan.Paul, Joanne & Caroline Krell, Judy & Lowell Seyburn, Kim & Arlen Rubin, Susan & Patrick WelbourneCongratulations to the 2012 graduates of the Congregation of Moses.Condolences to the entire Besbris family in the passing of my dear friend Celia.Thank you to the Religious School students for the Purim box.Condolences to Joanne and Mike Simon on the passing of their brother-in-law, Arny Lamm.Fran RaffelMiriam BrotCondolences to Cathy Cheron and family on the passing of her father, Dr. Robert Cheron.Susan & Patrick Welbourne, Judy & Lowell Seyburn, Kim & Arlen Rubin, The Fischell Family,Paul, Joanne & Caroline Krell, Gerry & Lee Tregerman, The Ruterbusch FamilyHARRY AND LILLIAN SOFEN LEARNING CENTERIn loving memory of Ronn Sofen.Condolences to the family of Celia H. Besbris.Nancy & Hilary ZarnowThe Zarnow & Sofen FamiliesBRYNA GRAFF RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUNDIn honor of the Marvin and Rosalie Okun Religious School graduating class and their teachersPat & Richard KirschnerPAGE 10

HERMAN AND ROSE FISHER LIBRARY FUNDMazel Tov to Shirley and Richard Weiss on the birth of their granddaughter, Stella Gabriel Kuperman.Mazel Tov to Al Rosenthal on his 65th birthday.Mazel Tov to Shoshana, Tamar, Ari Grode and Sara Torres on their graduation from Marvin and Rosalie OkunReligious School.Mazel Tov to Shirley Wise and Frank Szopo on their 30th Wedding Anniversary.Mazel Tov to Matthew Ruterbusch on his Bar Mitzvah.Mazel Tov to Danielle Beer on her graduation from Michigan State University.Mazel Tov to Jonathon Fischell on his graduation from the University of Michigan.Mazel Tov to Laura Levene and Adam Beer on their graduation from high school.Mazel Tov to Earl Norman on his successful run in the Borgess Marathon.Condolences to Mac Howard and family on the passing of his mother, Beaulah Howard.Marilyn & Art FeinbergCondolences to Cathy Cheron and family on the passing of her father, Dr. Robert Cheron.Marilyn & Art Feinberg, Carolyn & Brad Kennedy, Rachel, Jeff, Shira, Nava & Mazal HausRABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUNDGet well wishes to Susan Welbourne.Condolences to Mac Howard and family on the passing of his mother, Beaulah Howard.Happy Birthday to Emma Fischell & Blake Bernard.Wishing Blake Bernard a speedy recovery.Condolences to Larry Beer and family on the loss of Larry’s father, Cy Beer.Condolences to Cathy Cheron and family on the passing of her father, Dr. Robert Cheron.In loving memory of my mother, Jean Grossman.Condolences to the family of Celia H. Besbris.Alice & Stephen KossDavid & Elane FeldmanLeonard LebowitzNaomi & Norman MarshallRELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES REPORTMark your calendars for the Installation of Officers Service on Friday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m. We will be officially installingnew members of the synagogue Board of Directors, Men’s Club and Sisterhood. Come and support your congregation andthe members who work so hard on your behalf. A delicious oneg will be served.I know it is a little early to be talking about the High Holidays, but the Religious Activities Committee is already planningfor the 2012 High Holidays. Packets will be mailed on Monday, August 6. Erev Rosh Hashanah begins the evening ofSeptember 16.We also want to remind you that because we do not have enough recent editions of The New Machzor used last year, wewill be returning to the Machzor we have been using for many years.Valerie EisenbergReligious Activities Committee ChairPAGE 11

Toda rabahThanks to all who participated in the Daisy Dollarfundraiser. We raised $375 for the synagogue. Enjoyyour flowers!— Jill RuterbuschI would like to thank everyone in the congregationwho made a contribution to the COM in honor ofmy graduating from the Hebrew High School. I reallyappreciate your generosity and your support.— Sara Cheron TorresA big thank you to everyone who generously andvery thoughtfully gave contributions in memory ofmy mother-in-law, Beeulah Howard, who was 95years old.— Rae Lee HowardSummertime . . .and the givin' is easyGraduations, Father's Day, baseballseason and barbecues . . . Why notgive grads and dads Scrip gift cards?Easy to give, easy to use.Playing baseball and needing somepractice time at the baseball cages atPutter's Family Fun Center? We get25 percent back on every dollar youspend there.It's barbecue season - why not getall the fixins at Meijer? We will get 3percent on each dollar you spend.Order through the synagogue office oronline at scrippro.com.Thank you all for helping me with my mitzvahproject. It was a huge success."— Matt RuterbuschMatt Ruterbusch is surrounded by all of the sportinggear he collected for the Kalamazoo Gospel Missionto distribute to less fortunate children. Thanks to youand others he collected more than 100 items, includingbasketalls, baseballs and bats, helmets and shoes.PAGE 12

Marvin and Rosalie Okun Religious Schoolwould like to thank all of the thoughtful and generous congregation members who have made donations to the ReligiousI School and other worthy causes for my speedy and healthy recovery from my ankle injury. Thank you also for your calls,cards and emails. Thank you to Gillian Thommes for helping to do my job in addition to teaching her class and to JoyceCamhi for keeping me informed of all of the events at the school. I really appreciate Joyce's updates and her tons of helpat this very difficult time for me, as well as for presenting the speech that I had written for the class and the graduates. Shesaid they all conducted a special service.Since I had to miss the last day of Religious School because of my injury, I would like to include my Teacher AppreciationSpeech here:THANK YOU I would like to thank the teachers at theCongregation of Moses for the wonderful, meaningful and heartfeltlessons and many hours that you have devoted and given toteaching our students. As a fellow educator (for 43 years), I knowthat your hearts and souls are expressed in your teaching. Younot only teach our required curriculum above and beyond whatis required, but you are also Jewish role models for our students.We, at the Congregation of Moses, are so fortunate to have suchknowledgeable and amazing members of our community andWMU who have dedicated themselves to educating our youth. Inmy mind, there is no greater mitzvah than to provide our youngpeople with a Jewish education. Our children are the future of ourreligion. They need us to instill in themthe beauty, love and mitzvot ofJudaism. Thank you and bless youfor dedicating and consecratingyourselves to this holy task. WithG-d's help and His direct mitzvotto teach our (His) children, mayall of us continue to pursue thischallenging and sacred mission.It has been an honor and a mitzvah to work with the students,teachers, Religious School Committee members, parents andvolunteers again this year. Thank you for all of your help and support(especially during April and May!). Please keep collecting "Box Topsfor Education" over the summer. You can drop them off at the schoolany time. Have a great and safe summer!Sincerely,Morah Sarah / Susan WelbourneReligious School PrincipalI would also like to include a "Teacher Prayer,"which I have in my collection of importantmessages for teachers (including myself). Itwas written by Joanna Fuchs.TEACHER PRAYER DearLord, bless these teachers mightily as theyseek to teach, enrich, and guide Yourprecious children. Grant them abundantresources to do their job, intelligence,wisdom, sensitivity, kindness and thematerial things that make it possible toturn some of these tender green plants intothe strong, stable trees that will lead ournation, to transform some of these budsinto brilliant flowers that will bring light,color and happiness to all who encounterthem and to give every one of them thetools to be creative and productive andto develop their own kind of success inthe world. Lord, wrap Your loving armsaround these teachers who give so muchof themselves to grow our youth intocreative, responsible adults. We pray thatYou will immerse them in your boundless,transcendent love. We pray that You willstrengthen and soothe them when theyhave given so much of themselves that theyneed Your extra attention, Your extra care.We love, respect and admire these teachers,Lord, and we pray that you will watch overthem always, these special people who holdour children and our future in their hands.PAGE 13

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HADASSAH UPDATESpring Donor celebrating Hadassah's 100th birthday a huge successOur Spring Donor in April was a terrific event! We had a very nice luncheon with balloons and streamers, cakes andcandies on the table, Hadassah’s 100th anniversary logo nametags, and more. All of the details by the Donor andProgram committees surely paid off. Special thanks to Charlotte Marvin and Mabel Stenesh for writing our creative skit,"This is Your Life, Hadassah," to Micki Verne for helping to research the material, to committee members Joyce Camhiand Raye Ziring and to the cast of Charlotte, Mabel, Shirley Weiss, JoanneSimon, Marilyn Feinberg, Tamara Norman, Tema Lando, Diane Fogeland Nan Goldenthal. You were all wonderful and such fun — with yourvintage hats, special little touches like hair nets and voice, real emotionalresponses. The production was very informative, yet so entertaining —a perfect match for Hadassah's special 100th birthday.The Hadassah National Leadership Award was presented to a verysurprised Joanne Simon for her initiative in creating the Mitzvah DayHanukkah parties at Friendship Village and the position of SpecialContacts Coordinator in our chapter, which provides transportation whenneeded, and for teaching Mah Jongg lessons this past year. She saw a needand volunteered. She has been very generous with her time on many otheroccasions and has provided her home for hospitality.From left are Hadassah celebrants Tema Lando,Charlotte Marvin, Sallie Goodman, AmyMarvin, Raye Ziring and Shirley Weiss.The Centennial Award was presented to Mabel and Charlotte for theirmany hours researching, writing and editing our skit.To those of you who attended Spring Donor, and some who couldn't,we thank you for supporting Israel and Hadassah and sharing in thefestivities. The afternoon brought in nearly $2,000.NEXT UP: POT LUCKMark your calendars for Sunday, June 10, for a fun Pot LuckInstallation at Marian Fisher's home beginning at 12:30 p.m.Bring a salad or dessert to pass. We'll be installing Shannon Dionas President and her new board. Please R.S.V.P. to Nan Goldenthalat engold@charter.net or 383-3581 by Thursday, June 7.Nan Goldenthal presents the HadassahNational Leadership Award to Joanne Simon,who is dressed in character for the skit.PAGE 16Gloria Besbris and Marcia Kalb, two ofour 50-year members, enjoy the afternooncelebrating Hadassah.

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