SUPPORTING PHYSICAL REHABILITATION & PSYCHOLOGICAL RECOVERY
Lynn Gillman
CHW Directors
Stephanie Caplan
Marcia Glick
Dorothy Hanson
Jeannette Hoffman
Shanna Mittleman
Barb Rosenstein
Ariella Schachter
Linda Senzilet
Chief Executive Officer
Lisa Colt-Kotler
Now in its fifth year, FASHION BLOOMS has partnered with Canada Israel Fashion Week (CIFW) to unveil our highly anticipated event.
The evening will dazzle with a spectacular runway show featuring exclusive collections from two acclaimed Israeli designers: Maskit and Chana Marelus, and a special scene featuring Community Runway Models wearing fabulous styles by local designers Milli and Rock ‘N Karma. The event will also showcase the cutting-edge designs by the talented graduates from the CHW Neri Bloomfield School of Design. This promises to be the fashion event of the season!
FASHION BLOOMS will include live entertainment, an open bar, gourmet hors d’oeuvres, great swag and access to the MARKET – an exclusive shopping experience, supporting Jewish and Israeli-owned businesses.
The event is multigenerational and represents our diverse community of young professionals, seasoned supporters, high networth donors, and corporate partners together in one space.
Join us for an immersive evening where your participation creates hope for those in need of recovery.
To meet the growing demand for advanced rehabilitative services, Hadassah Hospital built the state-of-the-art Gandel Rehabilitation Center (GRC) at Mount Scopus. The rehabilitation center will care for 10,000 patients annually – a 250% increase – offering a host of new, specialized treatments.
The new hydrotherapy unit houses two heated hydrotherapy pools with modular floors that adapt to each patient’s needs. The unit serves as an aquatic gym to help a variety of patients through individual and group therapy sessions, treating 150 patients each day – triple the previous number of patients treated daily.
Hydrotherapy is an effective form of water-based physical therapy that eases pain and promotes strength and movement throughout the rehabilitation process. Water embraces and supports patients with a soothing, low-impact environment for exercise.
Temperature-controlled treatment in hydrotherapy pools targets a variety of patients healing from traumatic injuries and suffering from chronic pains to help them improve their motor skills, strength, and agility.
Studies have found that hydrotherapy can be a good supplement to physical therapy in the recovery from an injury or surgery. It is also a medication-free and non-invasive option for alleviating symptoms such as muscle pain and joint stiffness.
Recognizing the consequences of conflict extend far beyond immediate physical treatment, CHW’s campaign is funding the new Psychological Rehabilitation Unit (PRU) in the Gandel Rehabilitation Center to support victims of trauma through their long-term journey of recovery.
Hadassah Hospital’s new PRU will provide a wide range of psychological rehabilitation treatments for conditions ranging from acute stress disorder and PTSD to depression and adaptation to living with disability.
The PRU will include psychologist and social worker offices in a variety of departments to provide patients with easy access to comprehensive, seamless care that addresses their entire human experience; family rooms where patients can reconnect with loved ones, participate in group activities, and rebuild social support networks crucial to their recovery; purposely placed therapeutic healing gardens to provide patients with restorative outdoor spaces that smooth the lines between medical treatment and natural recovery; and a cognitive treatment room with cutting-edge technology to enhance overall mental health recovery for patients facing neurological challenges, trauma, or stress-related disorders.
Shamir Medical Center, home to the largest and most sophisticated hyperbaric treatment center worldwide, is a global leader in the research and treatment of PTSD. Their groundbreaking method combines hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) with the expertise of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to treating severe PTSD for 1,000 patients a year.
This innovative treatment was developed for acute, treatmentresistant PTSD and has proven effective in reducing symptoms such as flashbacks, hypervigilance, and irritability, and facilitating a swift return to normal life.
Due to the current crisis in Israel, there is an urgent need to leverage this unique and effective tool for civilians contending with severe trauma. Supporting the expansion of the PTSD-treatment will enable Shamir Medical Center to provide comprehensive, professional, ongoing treatment tailored to the unique needs of each patient, many survivors of the horrors of October 7.
Our support will help heal hundreds of individuals - children and adults - who have endured unimaginable pain, so they can regain hope and rebuild their lives.
With the global rise of antisemitism, including here in Canada, proceeds will also support Jewish continuity with funding for at-risk youth through Canadian Young Judaea (CYJ). Not only will your support will help CHW provide scholarships for leadership programming and camp related experiences but will also enable and promote stronger ties to the Canadian Jewish community.
Each year, CHW provides funding to CANADIAN YOUNG JUDAEA summer camps in Canada, which aim to strengthen young members’ Jewish identity and principles. CHW is honoured to have grown alongside such a wonderful organization, and enjoys serving children and youth in Canada and Israel together.
CHW supports the JOLT, CYJ’s flagship program for youth tikkun olam, or community outreach. Participants in the program receive a minimum of 20 hours of community service and have the opportunity to engage in active, social causes and receive hands-on experience volunteering in the community. The main educational objectives of the JOLT programs are: leadership, tikkun olam, development of Jewish identity, and developing ties to their kvutza/ community.
CHW also proudly sponsors a one-week, Jewish overnight camp for children and youth who are LGBTQ2+ or come from LGBTQ2+ families/communities.
WELCOME RECEPTION: Visit the Market Beauty Bar
EVENING BEGINS:
Co-hosted by Judy and Lily Librach
FASHION SHOW: Featuring Israeli fashion designers Maskit and Chana Marelus
AFTER PARTY: Dessert reception in the market. Schmooze, shop, sip and eat!
Carole & Bernie Zucker & Family
Emerald sponsor: diamond sponsors:
Anonymous (2)
Pamela & Paul Austin
Ilana Mazur
platinum SPONSORS:
Sherri Pinsler Lieberman & Philip Lieberman
Felicia Salomon
gold SPONSORS: Shelley Fine
Francie & Dr. Stuart Klein
La Prima Investments
Marcia & Bernie Glick
Shanna Mittleman & Todd Mandel
Naomi & Mitchell Oelbaum
Susan & John Rose
silver SPONSORS:
Samuel H. Cohen and Family
SimmieAntflickFrieberg
Lisa Colt-Kotler, Andrew Kotler, & Lauren Colt
Ilaina, Jaimie, & Ashley Goldstein
Dora Kichler
Ilyse, Anna, & Leila Lax
Barry & ShiffAleta
bronze SPONSORS:
Stephanie Caplan
Linda Frum
Lala and Jan Berkovic
Joy D. Kaufman
Abby Minuk
Vivien Sharon Professional Real Estate Corporation Tova Train
patron SPONSORS: Anonymous
Debbie Bank
Marla Blankenstein | Andrea Hirshberg
Shoshana Israel | Sandra Gertner
Fran Giddens | Glennie Mandel
Wendy Myles | Lesley Offman
Dr. John Paul & Hamille Rustia Chou | Andrew Rush
Susan Sacci | Hinda Silber
Catherine Stein | Louise Tenenbaum
Gail Teperman | Ellen Goldstein
CANADA THROUGH THE LISE WATIER FOUNDATION.
For over 100 years, CHW has made a positive and lasting impact on the very fabric of Israeli society by transforming the lives of women and children. It is our mission to ensure that at-risk women and children can access state-of-the-art healthcare, education, and social services, in a safe and secure environment in Israel and Canada
Our deep gratitude goes to Cathy Stein, FASHION BLOOMSToronto Chair, and Shanna Mittleman, National Chair, and the entire committee for their tireless dedication. A big thank you to Franciska Veress, Canada Israel FashionWeek Founder & CEO for believing in our mission and including FASHION BLOOMS in CIFW.Thank you also to SharonTal of Maskit and Chana Marelus for showcasing their stunning collections on the FASHION BLOOMS runway. Special thanks to Milli, Rock‘N Karma, all the community models who made everything look amazing. To Judy and Lily Librach thank you for hosting tonight, Lily thank you as well for performing and modeling in our show.Your dedication before and during the show is so deeply appreciated. Finally, thank you to the fashion design students at Neri Bloomfield School of Design in Israel whose incredible designs are on display tonight.Thanks to everyone who has helped make Fashion Blooms an overwhelming success four years in a row. Kol Hakavod.
Our heartfelt appreciation to our very generous lead sponsors for their philanthropy: Carole & Bernie Zucker and Family Fiera Capital, and two anonymous donors. I would also like to thank our Beauty Sponsor, Groupe Marcelle for their generous donation of LiseWatier product for all our guests to enjoy. Remember to share your shade online and tag CHW and LiseWatier.
We also want to thank all our donors, sponsors, gift in-kind supporters, and guests for helping to ensure that FASHION BLOOMS is a huge success.
Tonight’s proceeds support psychological and physical rehabilitation programs at Hadassah Hospital and specialized PTSD treatment at Shamir Medical Center.Your support will help bridge critical gaps in Israel, empowering those most at risk. Hadassah Hospital and Shamir Medical Center are at the forefront of trauma recovery efforts. Proceeds will also support CanadianYoung Judaea’s JOLT program in Canada to foster leadership development, Jewish identity, and community outreach.
None of this happens without you, our dedicated and generous donors.Through your steadfast support, CHW continues to transform lives and make an impact in Israel and Canada.
Sincerely,
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With the encouragement of her husband and a $5,000 loan, Milli opens her first store in downtown Hamilton
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Milli begins to design and manufacture her own clothing line. Developing a reputation for her keen fashion eye and attention to customer service, women fromToronto flock to the store in Hamilton.
Milli continues to develop a large customer base with her ‘shops-within-a-shop’ environment. Again, she is one of the first to embrace this new retail concept.
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A lifetime dream comes true with the opening of a second location, this time inToronto.The new location gives Milli the opportunity to create a European style boutique for all of her loyalToronto customers.
brand, sadly passed away.
Milli was admired in her hometown of Hamilton, Toronto and internationally for her namesake business and many inspiring philanthropic initiatives.
Her inbounding energy, creativity and fierce loyalty will be remembered by those touched by her strong determination and gentle heart.
She leaves her Milli family with the foundation to grow and carry on her great work into the future.
Canadian Designer, Naomi Shapiro, has always had a unique sense of style, a vibrant personality, and a fashion forward mindset.
From graduating in fashion design, street venting in her teen years, to now opening her flagship boutique in Yorkville, it’s truly been a labout of love.
Her fashion brand “Rock ‘N Karma,” co-created with her sister, Devorah Shapiro, continues to flourish after 25 years of success.
her amazing team, she loves seeing it all come to life. She considers her biggest accomplishment to be that of being able to witness happiness and confidence her designs bring to the diverse range of incredible women.
Naomi truly believes in people, positive energy and good karma, and as a female designer, she is heavily invested in giving back to her
The Islamic religion prohibits the use of statues and images as a way of expressing and decorating space. Therefore, calligraphy has become a central decorative tool in Muslim architecture and its art.
The Coptic font, which is one of the styles of Muslim calligraphy, is a personal journey to find new ways to create forms by breaking down the rules of Arabic calligraphy.
The language functions as a code in which the spoken and written word has the ability to have a personal impact. The collection draws from Islamic architecture and calligraphic art and uses the shape of letters as its building blocks.
In this way, the figurative and decorative dimension of the letters becomes an image-based and decorative construction that underpins the collection.
"All honor, daughter of the King of the Interior"
Wearing skirts as a representative theme of modesty in female clothing in Judaism due to being a symbol of self-expression, identity and rich history. Modesty is a central value in Judaism and is revealed in many areas of our lives, especially in clothing.
Combining the principles of modesty with contemporary design, creating a connection between the past and the present in an unexpected way of connecting technical definitions with social definitions.
TRANSFORMNATURE- A NATURAL REVOLUTION
Nature is an integral part of the basic human experience, but biophilia is the extreme phenomenon, expressing a particularly high sensitivity towards it.
Biophilia is a definition of a deep connection that is created between humans and nature, which is characterized as a stimulating and extreme aesthetic and emotional experience.
With the help of textile development by working with organic materials from nature, the collection presents the phenomenon and seeks to establish the basic and branched connections between humans and the nature around them.
NERI BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Beauty, youth and perfection constitute the ideal of beauty. But we have the option of choosing natural aging.
The term pro-aging describes the natural feminine beauty that does not need to be renovated and adjusted. Our wrinkles are not flaws but the roadmap of our unique journey in life and erasing the signs of age from a woman's face means erasing her identity, power and history.
To enrich the collection, the Japanese art of Kintsugi was chosen, which sees beauty in imperfection and value in simplicity, and is a reason to keep an object around after it is broken, emphasizing the cracks and repairs as a natural part of an object's existence instead of throwing it away as soon as it is broken.
The collection is characterized by silhouettes far and close to the body, filled with internal and external scars, as a symbol of the marks that remain on the body throughout life. The textiles within the models depict the beauty of the fractures, lines and defects as a symbol of repair.
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Fundraising for CHW is a meaningful way to continue the family tradition - my mom has been involved for almost 60 years. I have been blessed to see firsthand the impact of CHW’s work in Israel.
Modeling for this event is not just about fashion— it’s a powerful statement of support, tradition, and making a difference in changing people’s lives.
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Lilyisapowerhousesinger,actor,dancer,andproducerandwearethrilledtohaveher joiningus asacommunityrunwaymodel,alongwithbringingherphenomenaltalent, andenergytothestageasaco-hostfortheevening!
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Proud to support CHW! Congratulations to all on a wonderful event.
Mazel Tov to all the Designers, Makers, Models and Producers of Fashion Blooms 2025.
NATIONAL CHAIR NATIONAL
Shanna Mittleman
TORONTO CHAIR TORONTO
Cathy Stein
CIFW FOUNDER & CEO FOUNDER & Franciska Veress
TORONTO CENTRE PRESIDENT TORONTO CENTRE PRESIDENT
Susan Rose
EVENING CO-HOSTS EVENING CO-HOSTS
Judy and Lily Librach
COMMUNITY RUNWAY MODEL CHAIR COMMUNITY RUNWAY MODEL CHAIR
Leila Lax
IN-KIND CHAIRS IN-KIND CHAIRS
Sarah Evans & Gail Teperman
SPONSORSHIPS CHAIRS SPONSORSHIPS CHAIRS
Sherri Pinsler Lieberman & Shanna Mittleman & Susan Rose
TICKETING CHAIR TICKETING CHAIR
COMMITTEE
Andrea Hirshberg Felicia Reeder
Barb Rosenstein
Karen Sacks
Tova Train
Marla Zimmerman
Lisa Colt-Kotler, CEO
Alanna Elias, Senior Director, Development and Campaigns
Sharon Stern, Director, CHW Israel Office
Jennifer Ierullo, Director, Donor Relations and Volunteer Engagement & Outreach
Rebecca Bowslaugh, Director, Marketing and Communication
Congratulations on all your hard work. WE LOVE YOU - From The Team!
Alla Shchepotkina, Database Manager
Katia Ousovitch, Senior Development and Donor Relations Coordinator
Malka-Deena Lewis, Senior Development Coordinator, Calgary andWestern Canada
Alex Saslove-Raisbeck, Marketing and Communications Specialist
Amanda Aron Chimanovitch, Community Engagement and Event Officer,Western Canada
Alexa Michos, National Event Coordinator
Laura Mityurev, National Bookkeeper
