The Charlotte Jewish News - October, 1995 - Page 5
JEWISH WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL
Formerly B'nai B'rith Women
NOTICE!
Due to lack of volunteers and active
participation, the
B’NAI B’RITH WOMEN'S
1995-96
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
will not be printed/distributed this year.
We hope to be able to publish it in the
future if circumstances permit.Thank
you for your past support of this project.
Avodah Council B'nai B'rith Women
Free Kit Educates Rabbis
About Family Violence
Jewish Women International
(formerly B’nai B’rith Women) is
now offering a free resource guide
to help educate rabbis about do
mestic violence in the Jewish com
munity. Known as the “Rabbi Kit,”
this guide provides information
rabbis can draw upon for sermons
and will help them understand and
recognize the signs of abuse
among their congregants.
“Jewish Womeirlntemational
has been the catalyst for opening
discussion about domestic vio
lence in the Jewish community,”
said Susan Bruck, Jewish Women
International president. “With our
Rabbi Kit, we call upon our reli
gious leaders to put aside any re
luctance they feel about discussing
this sensitive issue and encourage
them to confront this problem from
the bimah and in their individual
work with congregants.”
The kit includes sample ser
mons about family violence from.
Conservative, Orthodox, and Re
form rabbis, discussions of rel
evant Halachah, and talking points
for creating a sermon or leading a
discussion. Rabbis will also And
background materials including
guidelines for recognizing abuse
and helping survivors. A list of
shelters and other resources is pro
vided.
The free Rabbi kit is being re
leased now in preparation for
Shabbat Noah, October 27-28,
which has been designated Domes
tic Violence Awareness Shabbat by
the Leadership Conference of Ma
jor Jewish Women’s Organizations
and Jewish Women International.
To obtain a copy, write: Jewish
Women International, Program Di
vision, 1828 L Street, N.W., Suite
250, Washington. D.C. 20036, or
call (202) 857-1300.
Jewish Women International
takes pride in its century of com
mitment to innovative community
programs, advocacy, and philan
thropy benefiting women, children
and families,
WQMEISI*S >KMERIC.A.tM
ORT Returns to
Russia
After its birth in Russia 115
years ago. World ORT Union has
returned. The inauguration of the
ORT Technology Centre at Inter
national State School in St. Peters
burg was attended by ORT leaders
from around the world.
The high tech laboratories in
St. Petersburg and Moscow will be
used to teach computer skills and
information technology and to en
hance the teaching of all other sub
jects in the school curriculum.
Professor Yevgeny Tkatshenko, the
Russian Minister of Education in
tends to use these two schools as a
model for the entire Russian edu
cation system. Both centers have
been equipped with state-of-the-art
Information Technology Laborato
ries in which the students can study
technology, computers, computer
programming, physics, communi
cations, robotics, robotic technol
ogy, electronics, design and
telecommunications.
The Charlotte Chapter of ORT
helped to contribute to Ae re-estab-
lishment of the vocational pro
grams in Russia, as it does to
programs around the world. If you
believe that people should be taught
to be employable rather than just
given charity, please join our ef
forts.
In October, the Charlotte
Chapter of ORT will hold a paid
up luncheon on October 8 and a
progressive dinner at our members
homes on October 21. To bccome
a member of ORT or for more in
formation, please call our president,
Ellen Wysmuller at 543-8844 or
membership vice president Lori
Danze at 841-8314.
H
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Hadassah
Plans
Gala
Donor
Luncheon
On Wednesday, October 18,
the Charlotte chapter of Hadassah
will celebrate its 62nd annual Do
nor luncheon. This year’s event will
be held at 11:30 a.m. at Temple Is
rael. A fashion show, featuring ex
clusive designs from the Carlisle
Collection of New York, will fol
low the luncheon. The fashion show
will be coordinated by local
Carlisle consultant Tonda Rifkin.
The Carlisle Collection is a de
signer line of better ladies’ cloth
ing, and is not available in local
department or women’s apparel
stores. Fashions can be purchased
by attending showings which are
held four times a year in private
homes. Hadassah members are
encouraged to get an exclusive pre
view of these elegant fashions, and
acquaint themselves with the up
scale, personalized wardrobe con
sulting service provided by Carlisle
here in the Charlotte area. If you
are interested in learning more
about the Carlisle Collection,
please contact Tonda Rifkin at 541 -
0819.
The focus of this year’s Donor
is the Hadassah Medical Organiza
tion (HMO), which operates two
large hospitals in Jerusalem. This
summer, during Hadassah’s 81st
convention celebrating “Jerusalem
3000,” the new Maternity Pavilion
was dedicated at Ein Karem. A fa
cility that sets the standard in
mother and child care in the Middle
East, the dream of the Maternity
Pavilion was realized through the
generous support of Hadassah do
nors throughout the U.S. It is hoped
that another successful Donor lun
cheon this year will enable the
Charlotte chapter to continue as a
significant supporter of the Mater
nity Pavilion, HMO, and
Hadassah’s other Israel Projects.
Chairperson for this year’s lun
cheon is Berta Kaplan. Reserva
tions are being coordinatedby
Vivian Mallins, 366-2633. Please
be sure to RSVP no later than
Thursday, October 12. Cost of the
luncheon is $12.50; this is in addi
tion to a minimum Donor pledge of
$36.00. If you have questions about
Donor contribution levels, please
contact either of Hadassah’s vice
presidents of fundraising— Amw
Brandt. 532-9685, or Marsha
Smkh,-366-5836.— • ■ • • •
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