The Charlotte Jewish News - January 2024 - Page 18 Women’s News
2024 Brings a New Board and Renewed Energy to Hadassah Charlotte Metro
By Aileen Greenberg-Kriner Hadassah Charlotte Metro is starting 2024 with some changes to our board and a renewed sense of purpose in the current environment. We would like to thank Yvette Jacobson, who has been chapter co-president with Gina Robins for the past two years. Yvette has generously stepped into the immediate past president role and will also be fundraising vice president. Incoming president, Gina Robins, has a personal message for the women on our board, chapter members, and community partners: “Dear Hadassah sisters, I am so honored to serve as 2024 chapter president, and I would like to thank the phenomenal slate of volunteers who offered to serve on this year’s board. I write this to you in the midst of the temporary ceasefire/ hostage exchange. So far, about 50 hostages have been released, thank G-d. We pray that the rest are brought home safely. Now, more than ever in my tenure with Hadassah, I feel the gravity of the fundraising and outreach work that our chapter engages
Gina Robins, Hadassah incoming president
in. The money we raise goes directly to Hadassah Hospital, which is on the front line providing critical care and rehabilitation for Israel’s war wounded, and to the safety and security of those residing in Hadassah's Youth Aliyah Villages. As our mission states: We believe we can and must do all we can to advance justice and healing. We’ve been defying the odds for more than a century, creating new leadership roles for women, sustaining a vibrant Jewish state, and paving the way for a pioneering health care system that saves lives every day. We are the power of women who
do. And we believe that each of us has the power to heal our world, to take action, to make an impact. Join us.” We have four open positions on the board – treasurer; and chairwomen for Hadassah Preppies, Social Media, and Evolve Hadassah. Evolve Hadassah: The Next Generation offers relevant, engaging, and informative programming and leadership training for women 45 and under. Contact Gina at HadassahCLT@gmail.com or (980) 5531880 if you are interested in one of these roles. Hadassah Happenings On Sunday, Nov. 26, Hadassah Preppies and Sisterhood members of Temple Kol Ami worked together to pack 65 Chanukah meals for Jewish Family Services. Each meal included roast chicken or sweet and sour meatballs, latkes, vegetables, munchkins, and chocolate Chanukah gelt. Johnson and Wales’ culinary program donated challah for the meals. A huge thank you to all who contributed toward this heartfelt act of lovingkindness.
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Hadassah Preppies prepare Chanukah meals for Jewish Family Services
The Hebrew Cemetery joins with the community in remembering the names of those who have been buried in the cemetery in the month of November. Sydelle Farber 2-26-1930 - 11-8-2023 Paul Lavitt 10-16-1930- 11-25-2023 Lewis Fink 3-20-1948 - 11-26-2023
