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Rhode Island Hadassah is part of Western New England Hadassah, which in turn, is part of New England Hadassah.  Contact newengland@hadassah.org, call 781-455-9055 for information, or visit our Regional News and Events webpage. 

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Our website has changed its look! Be sure to check the Featured Pages box at the bottom of this Home page where important chapter news and events are listed. Included are details about the following Announcements:

  • The Evening Book Club meets the first Monday of each month. Books for 2012 were selected at the January 9, 2012 meeting. More information can also be found on the Events and Calendar pages.

  • Spring Fling events are returning. If interested in hosting and sharing your interests, contact Barbara Jablow. At this time, several have been announced and new events have been continually added.
  • Centennial Flight 2012 is Rhode Island Hadassah's Non-Event Donor Initiative. Get your invitation and ticket and help support Hadassah.
  • Books on the Beach, our second annual Books and Authors Luncheon will be held on August 14, 2012 at the Atlantic Beach Club in Newport.
  • Nominations for the officers for  2012-2013 are listed on the Presidents' Message page. Elections and Installation will be held on June 12, 2012.
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Co- President Deb Gerstenblatt has sent the following invitation to all members:

In keeping with our health and wellness mission and in celebration of 100 Years of Hadassah I am inviting you to all get healthy together and at the same time.  Just take a moment or two to perform a Plank everyday for the next 100 days. The plank is a great way to tone those abs. A plank can be done on your knees, elbows, hands, using one or both feet.....   (You can google plank for a picture.)  We can work up to holding the Plank position 10 -100 seconds per day (or longer.........). 

Let's celebrate 100 years of Hadassah together. Please join me and my fellow Plankers as we do a plank for the next 100 days (until July 29).  We hope to get at least 100 people to join in this Hadassah Planking. You can donate a penny, a dime or any amount for each plank you do and just mail in your donation to RI Chapter Hadassah. 

For more information, email dsgerstenblatt@gmail.com 

Happy Planking and do spread the word. 

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IN MEMORIAM
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our dear friend and  Hadassah leader, Rosalind Bolusky on January 15. Her family has asked that donations in her memory be made to Hadassah. Email rhodeislandchapter@hadassah.org or call 401-463-3636 for address information.
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 Hadassah of Eastern Connecticut cordially invites you to our Centennial Celebration 
Sunday Brunch – June 3, 2012: 10:30 AM; Beth Jacob Synagogue Norwich, Connecticut ( 1 ¼ hour from Providence) 
Special Guest Speaker: Nancy Falchuk, immediate past National President of Hadassah
RSVP:  $45 for RI Hadassah members

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  • 2012 Spring Fling Events
  • Events open to general membership unless otherwise noted.
    April 29: Olives, Grapes, and Oil: Tasting the Fruits of Israel
                  
     May 7: May Book Club

     May 24: Ballroom Dancing Lesson

     June 2: Mystery Dinner
                 By Invitation only

    June 3: Downton Abbey High Tea

    June 3: Bunco Babes

What's Happening

  • Hadassah Top 100!
  • Read Marcie Natan's Op Ed in the Huffington Post honoring our Centennial year
  • Petition to Honor the Munich 11
  • It has been nearly 40 years since the 1972 Munich Olympics, where 11 Israeli athletes were killed. Hadassah is proud of it's history as a vocal advocate for the victims' families and the memory of their loved ones.
  • 60 Minutes Report: Christians of the Holy Land
  • An alert distributed by the Jewish Council of Public Affairs—of which Hadassah is a member—addressing the accuracy of Sunday's 60 Minutes report on Christians in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
  • Happy Birthday Israel & Hadassah
  • Hadassah joins the international Jewish community in marking Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) and Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Independence Day) this week, and Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) next month.
  • Jerusalem Netletter: Independence Day
  • I'd like to take this opportunity to honor our physician soldiers. One aspect of life in Israel is that in addition to putting in long days treating patients and doing creative research, a large percentage of our physicians are officers in the IDF. They continue to serve in Reserve Units until their fifties.
  • General Surgery B Moves in The Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower
  • When Brenda Godfrey and her husband decided to make Aliya some 35 years ago, the UK born couple already had two grown up daughters. They packed their things into 12 suitcases, gave them to their daughters and said they will meet them in Israel. While the daughters flew with the baggage, the parents drove from London through France and Italy to Naples. From there they crossed the Mediterranean on a ship with their car to Haifa port, and drove again to the absorption center in Mevaseret Zion – their first home in Israel.
  • Young Judaea Moves Closer Toward Operating Independently
  • NEW YORK – Young Judaea inked an agreement this week that positions it “a short time away” from becoming an independent organization, the youth movement said today in a joint announcement with Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, which has been its parent and sole sponsor since 1967.

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