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Most of our notices go out only by email so please let those without email know what will be happening. All of our events are open to members, associates and guests. ************************* Thursday Evening Group, Day Book Discussion Group & Bears and Blankets
Fragments: Architecture of the Holocaust May 10th Bookworks 7:00PM Karl Koenig, who passed away earlier this year, had photographed Holocaust concentration camps for more than ten years. These photographs of the architecture and landscape of suffering, and he believed, "may have some impact on people who are on the path to indifference." Throughout the series, Koenig explored narrative and visual dissonances in order to highlight the inexplicability of the Holocaust itself. Inventor of the polychromatic gumoil process, a labor-intensive and highly manipulated method, Koenig created monotypes, each existing as a unique object. Frances will join us to share her husband's book, and the creative visions that inspired this project. In the autumn of 1994 Frances and Karl, while traveling in Austria, visited Mauthausen, a concentration camp on the northside of the Danube River. It was the first time either of them had been to a Holocaust Camp, and their lives were inalterably changed. What descended upon them was a feeling of utter aloneness and of silence. The reality that each experienced could not be told in words, could not be shared in conversation. Karl returned to his studio in Albuquerque, and in his photographic process of gumoil he captured the story that he had to tell. The images came to life on the rough surface of the heavy cotton paper, in the ink filled space. Ten years later, after visiting ten countries and nine camps, each with extant architecture, a book was published by Fresco Fine Arts. Through these images, we can enter into this world, to be held by it, to be informed by it, to be changed by it.
Bears & Blankies Mitzvah Group, D'vora Bears for the abused The next bear making session will be on Tuesday, May 29th at the home of Gerry Kipper. If you would like to attend PLEASE let Gerry know, 856-4097. If you would like to bring something for lunch please let Gerry know. Bears & Blankets is a mitzvah group of Hadassah ladies who get together once a month to make bears and blankets for those children who are caught in the misery of the domestic violence that happens too often. The women meet at the home of Gerry Kipper and all materials (and lunch!) are donated. To date, the group has created approximately 70 blankets and over 180 bears. You do not need any advanced skills to make these bears or blankets. A basic blanket stitch and simple running stitches create the bears. The blankets are made of fleece and are "knotted" together. The group is always looking for new ladies to join them. Please contact Fran Luftschein at 856-1526 or by email at franjoe2@earthlink.net if you are interested in spending about four hours a month with the nice women of Hadassah while doing something to help the D’Vora Project here in our Tuesday Afternoon Book Club The daytime Hadassah Book Discussion Group meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 1- 3 pm at Congregation Albert. Light refreshments are served. There is a $4 charge, part of which goes to Hadassah and part for the cost of coffee and tea. Prospective new members may join us at any of our meetings. The reading list for 2011-2012 is...
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- Hadassah Top 100!
- Read Marcie Natan's Op Ed in the Huffington Post honoring our Centennial year
- Hadassah Applauds Obama’s Statement Supporting Equal Rights For LGBT Couples
- In response to President Obama's statement today demonstrating support for LGBT rights, Marcie Natan, National President of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, expressed the following statement:
- 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.
- Pregnant Woman from Cyprus with Rare Ectopic Pregnancy Saved at Hadassah
- A 30-year-old pregnant woman from Cyprus was flown to the Hadassah University Medical Center when her local physician, who made the diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy under the left kidney, referred her to Hadassah for further care. A 48-hour surgery at Hadassah saved her life.
- HMO Update - Wednesday 4/25/2012
- Yom Hazikaron 4/25/12
Memorial Day at Hadassah Medical Organization
- 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.
- Hadassah International Ambassador Wins 250,000 Euros on German Quiz Show
- With an audience of 8-10 million people watching, Hadassah International Ambassador and Actress Veronica Ferres won 250,000 euro on a German quiz show and announced that she would donate half her winnings to the new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem.
- 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.
- Jerusalem Netletter: Yom Hashoah
- THE JERUSALEM NETLETTER Yom Hashoah
