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The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2011 - Page 12 wome^yN&ivy Shimon Peres Honors Hadassah Medical Organization By Hadas Kasher, president, Charlotte Chapter of Hadassah Hadassah was hon ored this past month when Israeli President Shimon Peres hosted Marci Natan, our new President of Hadassah, and immediate past President Nancy Falchuk. Marci and Nancy met with President Peres to receive a special blessing for our Centennial Year, a Birkat HaDerech. This “Blessing for the Road” is a recognition of the future of Hadassah in Israel. Peres praised Hadassah Medical Hadas Kasher Organization’s “Medicine as a Bridge to Peace,” equal treatment for all people- Jews, Moslems, Christians, Arabs and Israelis- as a model for peace in the world. Hadassha’s Pediatric Intensive Care unit is one example out of many -- Hadassah’s current eight-bed PICU on the fourth floor of the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Mother and Child Center functions at full capacity around the clock, treating between 450-500 patients annual ly. It is the principal center for medical care and post-surgical DAS WORK WITH A LEADER IN CHARLOTTE REAL ESTATE ^bove., "crowd!,. RE^I^ Executive Realty 704-926-2544 office 704-975-8500 cell wvm.LepowRealtors.com Steve r Lepow LEADING THE WAY TO YOUR SUCCESS (L-R) Hadassah National President. Marcie Natan, Israel s President Shimon Peres and Hadassah's immediate past National President. Nancy Falchuk at a reception at Beit Hanassi. Photographer: Avi Hayun intensive care for critically ill babies and children from the entire greater area of Jerusalem— which includes over one million * people. Children 'are also referred to Hadassah’s PICU from other parts of Israel and other countries as well. In Hadassah’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, critically ill babies and young children lie in incubators and patient bays, con nected to sophisticated electronic instruments that save, sustain, and monitor their lives. An ultra- Orthodox Jewish woman sits with her unconscious eleven-year-old daughter. Nearby, a Muslim woman from Hebron sings quietly to her young baby who has just undergone cardiac surgery. Also nearby, a father - a new immigrant from the Former Soviet Union - strokes the hand of his daughter. whose liver tumor was recently removed. These parents, from dif ferent walks of life, differ ent religions, and different nationalities sit together in the PICU, experiencing similar concerns for the well being of their critically sick child. As they interact respectfully with one another and with Hadassah’s multicultural per sonnel, they discover each other’s humanity and bridges to peace are built. * Together these parents share the hope that their children will soon recover and the knowledge that Hadassah’s professional team is providing their child wiih the highest level of life-saving care available. Thanks to the generosity of Hadassah supporters here in Charlotte and over the world, Hadassah will be able to double its Pediatric Intensive Care Unit to ensure that more children are treated with the highest quality acute care in a setting that match es the excellence of the treatment. Join our journey, support Hadassah. Now is the Time as Hadassah Celebrates Its Centennial L’ Chaim means “to life” and is a toast offered to celebrate a joy ous time. We in Hadassah cele brate it in a very special way. We affirm our mission of tikkun olam, repairing the world, by choosing Life Membership. 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If you have been thinking of joining this won derful volunteer organization, now is the time because we are cele brating the 100th Anniversary of HADASSAH SINCE 1912 the founding of Hadassah with $100 Lifetime enrollments. Normally, annual dues are $36 and Life Memberships, $360. To take advantage of this Celebration Offer, the dues must be paid in calendar year 2011. To learn more about Hadassah or to join, please contact Penny Krieger, 704-542-9402 or pbk96@ msn.com. Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, UNC Chapel Hill Presents: November 7: Academic Lecture with Professor David Katzman, University of Kansas; “Lost From Memory - 19th-Century Jewish Merchant Communities in Small-Town America”; Hyde Hall, 5:30 PM November 14: Community Lecture with Professor James Young, UMass Amherst; “The Stages of Memory After 9/11 - From Berlin to New York”; Friday Center, 7:30 PM December 5: Academic Lecture with Professor Omar Kamil, Dubnow Institute, Germany; “Competing Memories - The Arabs and the Holocaust”; Hyde Hall, 5:30 PM Visil our Web site for more information: www.unc.edu/ccjs/events.html.
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