The NST Migdal Chapter of Hadassah Presents…
Hadassah: 100+ Years and Counting
Reminder: Healing Gardens Certificates
Healing Garden Certificates are
beautifully designed, making them
special for the purchaser to send
and the recipient to receive. It
conveys your expression of caring
or message of pride message for
any occasion. For anyone wishing
to send a condolence or In
Honor Of certificate to someone,
please be reminded of the new
procedure.
To purchase a Healing Gardens
Certificate:
Please call Joyce Ann at Hadassah
at 973-241-1500. She can take all
your information. If you prefer, you
can email her all your information
including your name and phone
number to jashulman@hadassah.
org. Payment can be made by credit
card or by mailing a check to:
Hadassah
300 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, New Jersey 07052
Certificates start at $18 for the
Healing Gardens Certificate pictured
above, but Joyce Ann can let
you know other certificate options
and prices.
Please be sure to mention
Migdal Chapter at North Shore
Towers! Thank you.
BY DEE-DEE
GOIDEL
HADASSAH’S ROOTS
Hadassah was established in
1920. Do you know why it has
survived as a global organization
for over 100 years?
First, the organization is made up
of many chapters around the world.
Each chapter was organized by
women volunteers from each generation
standing on the shoulders of
the generation before them. Some
are sponsored by mothers or grandmothers
and most of the women
become Life Members. Hadassah
women use their “Power to Do.”
They are imbued with the spirit to
“Heal the World,” a concept inherited
along with their DNA.
NST’S MIGDAL CHAPTER WORKS
FOR GOOD CAUSES
The Migdal Chapter of North
Shore Towers is made up of over
340 members who are at the heart
of everything we do. That is why
during the pandemic, while living
in a “Twilight Zone” type of existence,
the Executive Board planned
many activities via Zoom for its
members.
As you can imagine, raising
funds was difficult. However,
if you read the April and May
articles in our monthly Courier
Column (as many do), we successfully
joined the Nassau Region
for the Walkathon for Stem Cell
Research. In fact we continued
the Drive through the month of
May. Due to the generosity some
of our members plus relatives and
friends, we were able to raise
thousands of dollars earmarked
for Stem Cell Research.
If you contributed you have
done a Mitzvah! By the way, it is
never too late to donate.
Make out your check to
Hadassah and indicate “For Stem
Cell Research” in the memo line.
Place the check in an envelope
with your name and apartment
number and leave it with your
concierge addressed to:
Building 1 - Zona Schreiber
Apt. 12A
Building 2 - Dee-Dee Goidel
Apt. 29N
Building 3 - Marcia Jacobson
Apt. 25L
It is important to remember
that Hadassah does not spend
money to raise funds; all contributions
go directly to research
and the medical breakthroughs
are shared globally, regardless
of political or religious
affiliations.
LEARN MORE
ABOUT MIGDAL
I hope you were able to watch
Ed Phelan’s interview with Eva
Kessner, Co-President of Migdal.
She spoke of the work, social
activities and membership in
the Chapter. If you want to
join, transfer your membership
or belong to two chapters,
call Marcia Jacobson at (718)
631-1067.
As Hadassah volunteers, we
are active in a cause that produces
results and are helping to
make a difference for now and
future generations.
MIGDAL HADASSAH BOOK CLUB
ZOOM DISCUSSION:
THE LAST WATCHMAN OF
OLD CAIRO
Wednesday, June 30, 4:00 pm
We lived through brutal March
winds and violent April rain storms,
but May brought not only flowers
but idyllic sunny weather. The
Migdal Executive Board members
have the best interest of Migdal
Chapter members who want to
extend their time socializing and
absorbing Vitamin D in the Garden
Plaza or Pool Areas. As an accommodation,
the Book Discussion has
changed its time to 4:00 pm (just
before dinner).
For centuries there was a thriving
Jewish presence in Egypt and in this
historical novel, we are introduced
to the ancient Ben Ezra Synagogue
in Cairo and the generations of
a Muslim family who served with
honor and distinction as watchmen
of the notable synagogue. Covering a
span of almost 1,000 years, the book
is divided into three eras starting
over 800 years ago, on to the 1800s,
and continuing up to contemporary
times.
“The three narratives are all so
wonderfully rich that to summarize
them here is beyond the limits of this
space… ‘The Last Watchman of Old
Cairo’ is only one story…but it’s its
own very real act of preservation, a
fight against erasure, a mingling of
history and imagination and mystery.”
– Natalie Bakopoulos, San
Francisco Chronicle
Arlene Augenbraun and Bern
Rosenthal will lead the discussion.
Details on joining the Zoom are below.
How to Register for the Zoom
Register for the June Zoom by
June 28 with Judy Paris, our Zoom
maven, at judyparis@twc.com. Judy
will send you an invitation with the
Zoom link and instructions. If you
need further help, you can call her
at 718-819-8293.
As you are aware, you can Zoom
on a computer, iPad, smartphone
(iPhone or Android) as long as you
have a personal email.
Please note if you are not a member
of Hadassah, contact Marcia
Jacobson, Membership Chair, at
718-631-1067 to join.
10 NORTH SHORE TOWERS COURIER ¢ June 2021
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