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November 2020
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COLLIER/LEE CHAPTER OF HADASSAH
Banging pots and pans Diane Schwartz Collier/Lee Hadassah President
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n this year of COVID-19, we see countries, communities and individuals honoring nurses and other health care workers across the spectrum by cheering them on at set times of the day. From balconies in France and Italy to communities across the country, grateful Americans joined the world to send out love, praise and admiration for nurses and other health care workers by banging pots and pans, singing and creating beautiful music — even opera. Honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife in 2020. The effort seeks to advance nurses’ vital role in transforming
health care around the world. This is so appropriate at this time, during a pandemic. In 1912, Henrietta Szold founded Hadassah. The first effort she created in the new organization was in support of then-Palestine. She sent two nurses to help deal with health issues in the developing land. Hadassah’s roots in the field go back to 1913, when the fledgling organization sent nurses Rose Kaplan and Rae Landy to then-Palestine and laid the groundwork for building a health care infrastructure in Israel. Expanding on that effort, Hadassah led to the inauguration of an Americanstyle visiting nurse program in Jerusalem. It also funded welfare stations, soup kitchens and other services for Palestine’s Jewish and Arab inhabitants. How we have grown! In a Hadassah Magazine profile of Hadassah nurses, we learn that nursing is America’s largest health care profession, with more than three million practitioners in settings as diverse as primary
care offices, schools, midwifery clinics, research laboratories and hospitals. Hadassah’s Nurses Council offers mentorship, networking events, webinars and continuing education to nearly 2,500 members in 35 chapters across the country, including veterans as well as beginners. Council members meet with congressional staffers on Capitol Hill to promote initiatives around Jewish-associated health concerns, like breast cancer. Continuing a more than century-old legacy, Hadassah members, who are nurses, collaborate with the Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) in Israel. Florida’s own Susan Lafer from Tampa is a nurse and past region president of our Florida Central Region. “The group offers profound satisfaction by integrating core aspects of members’ identity,” she says. “Hadassah is for women and it’s about advocacy. Nurses are patient advocates.” To understand the true and deep meaning of nursing as part of Hadassah,
explore the September/October 2020 issue of Hadassah Magazine, where you can learn about and hear from veteran nurses as well as those beginning in the profession here and in Israel. For a further view of how closely HMO and Hadassah nurses were, and are, tied to the development of the state of Israel and Israel’s health care system, you can read a wonderful book, following the life of a Sabra woman who became a Hadassah nurse, trained at the Hadassah School of Nursing, working at Mt. Scopus, the first hospital Hadassah opened. The nonfiction book, “Raquela, a Woman of Israel,” by Ruth Gruber, is a gripping and fascinating look at the life experience of Raquela and the work of Hadassah in the founding and development of Israel. All Hadassah members can be proud of what we have accomplished, but we don’t stop there. We are builders of the future for our children and grandchildren, both here and in Israel.
Zoom link. Watch for the weekly e-blast with registration information. Monday, Oct. 26 at 10:30 a.m. Zoom “Secrets of the Orchid Whisperer,” presented by award-winning orchid grower, Gayle Dorio Monday, Nov. 2 at 3:30 p.m. - Zoom “Dessert Anyone?” A baking demonstration by Bakery Chef Stephani Schwartz. Attendees are eligible for a drawing prize of the personally delivered dessert to the winner’s home in either Collier or Lee County. Monday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. - Zoom
Fall Meeting with speaker Kathy A. Feinstein, LMHC, CMPC, discussing “The Mental Edge: Resilience & Coping in Difficult Times” Sunday, Dec. 13 at 10 a.m. - Annual Recognition Keepers of the Gate Zoom event with guest speaker, Dr. Alex Greenberg, an HMO physician currently doing his fellowship in joint reconstruction at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. For information, please reach out to Nancy Wiadro at nwiadro@ hadassah.org or 239-269-3666.
Save the dates Due to coronavirus, all Hadassah meetings and programs are being offered and presented via Zoom. We hope to see you on Zoom at these interesting and diverse programs.
For your convenience, these offerings are being presented as a series of programs, called Expanding Horizons. You may subscribe to any and all programs and share your email to receive the
JEWISH SUMMER SCHOLARSHIP
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples Temple Shalom & Temple Shalom Men’s Club, together offer PARTIAL scholarships for Jewish Summer Camps & the Israel Experience for teens. There are scholarship opportunities for all Jewish children in the community regardless of congregation affiliation. For information and a scholarship application, contact your local synagogue or call the Jewish Federation at 239-263-4205.
Scholarship request deadlines: Summer Camps: December 18, 2020 Israel Programs: February 5, 2021 OF GREATER NAPLES
Harve Sturm Commander JWV Post #202
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ounded in 1896, after the American Civil War, the Jewish War Veterans of the United States (JWV) is the voice of Jewish veterans, and friend to all veterans. Our mission is to foster and perpetuate patriotism and respect for the American flag, encourage the doctrine of universal liberty and equal rights, preserve our values for future generations, advocate for civics education in our schools, and protect and defend the rights of those who protect and defend us. As Jewish Veterans, we are proud for serving our country. We are proud that
Martin Cohn Vice Commander JWV Post #202 we brought honor and recognition to our people. And we are proud to be the oldest continuously operating veterans organization in the United States. We invite those who have served in the U.S. military (combat not required) to join us at our monthly meetings. If you are not a veteran, but are grateful for their dedication to our country, you are invited to support and uphold our values as a patron member. God bless America. Contact information is available on our website at jwvpost202.wordpress. com or call 239-261-3270 or email us at jwvpost202@gmail.com.
