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The Charlotte Jewish News - January 2012 - Page 16 Women/y hJewy Message from the President of Hadassah Dear Community mem bers, The story you are about to read starts approximately 1,300 years ago and with the help of Hadassah and other supports will be a legaey for future genera tions. Hadas Kasher On November 24, 2011, a eeremony was held on Daniel Kibbutz Ketura to plant the Family famous date palm “Methuselah.” The eere mony was attended by distinguished guests from Israel and abroad, ineluding Lord David Wolfson and Mareie Natan, the National President of Hadassah. The tree was planted in the Arava Institute’s Fisehel and Sylvia Neil Sustainable Agrieulture PICK A ROSENFELD for All Your Real Estate Needs M" rS ~ Over 35 Years Experience ~ f if Home ' ^ 704-321-0220 Barbara Helen Adams Realty 704-517-1547 Marshall Queenstowne Realty 704-517-1073 For Retirement Savings Scott FUgelCLU*. ChFC*, m AEP* »# (704) 442-4472 scottfligel.com Northwestern Mutual' I The NonSweiitrn Mutvol life litHirinte tetppony. Milieukee W| (Nerlliwedarti MuKdI). "Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know. A knowledgeable coach can see outside of your focus and help you to go down the right Kathryn R. Dowd, AuD Audiologist www.heartngsolulionc6ntef.com Call today for a free consultation. 704-604-1655 * * * 1 • Harvey Smith CarolinaBusinessCoach.com and Renewable Energy Researeh and Visitors’ Park. During Yigal Yadin’s exeava- tions of Masada in the mid-1960s, aneient date seeds {Phoenix dactylifem L.) were diseovered beneath rubble at the Northern Palaee approaeh. The Judean Date, prized in antiquity for its taste, size and medieinal proper ties had been extinet for eenturies. In 2005, in a unique experiment to reintroduee extinet medieinal plants and trees onee found in aneient Israel, Dr. Sarah Sallon, Direetor and Founder of Hadassah’s Natural Medieine Researeh Center, and Dr. Elaine Solowey, Direetor of the Center for Sustainable Agrieulture at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies sueeeeded in germinating one of these aneient date seeds. Radioearbon dating indieates that the seed was at least 2,000 years L-R: Dr. Sarah Sallon, Dr. Elaine Solowey, National President Mareie Natan old. So far as has been determined, this is the oldest seed that has been sueeessfully germinated, surpass ing a 1,300 year old saered lotus (Nelumbo nucifem) seed. This remarkable aehievement ereated great interest world-wide, and the experiment was written up in the prestigious journal. Science in 2008. For the past years, “Methuselah” has been kept in a quarantine site by Dr. Solowey’s Center for Sustainable Agrieulture at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, to proteet it from possible infeetion from modern plants. This year, the tree was determined healthy, strong and ready to be moved to a permanent plaee in the Researeh and Visitors’ Park, where it ean be viewed by the publie. The name Kibbutz Ketura sounds familiar? Maybe it is beeause you are one of many Young Judea supporters. Kibbutz Ketura was founded in 1973 at the elose of the Yom Kippur War by graduates of the Young Judaea Year-In-Israel Course sponsored by Hadassah. Thank you all Hadassah sup porters. It is you who make it pos sible to earry our legaey to the future. B’Shalom, Pladas Kasher Bams ‘n’ Brunch What: Hadassah and the LJCC’s 7th annual Mah Jongg Marathon Something New: You ean enter as a group of four and play only with your friends, or enter as a sin gle and move to different tables. The rules and prizes remain the same, no matter what. Where: Goreliek Hall, Levine Jewish Community Center When: January 15, 2012 Time: 12 noon-4:30 PM Cost: $20 for Hadassah mem bers; $25 for non members. Your eheek (sent with the eoupon) is your reservation and must be reeeived by Monday, January 1. Please send it to: Madeline Aron, 4940 Hardison Road, Charlohe, 28226, or you may leave it at the J in the Hadassah mailbox, with Mah Jongg Marathon written on the envelope. ^ JHA CAS S/^ Yes! I want to play in the Mah Jongg Marathon on January 15, 2012 Name Phone E-Mail Level of Play (Please eheek one) Experieneed (timed): Noviee (untimed): Group of four. Please seat me with: Learner (untimed):. Cheek Enelosed: $20 (Hadassah member)/$25 (non-member) payable to Hadassah I promise to bring my 2011 mah jongg eard (extras will not be available) I will bring my mah jongg set labeled with my name (you will stay at the table with your set) I have 1 _3 eard tables Hadassah ean borrow. I will label them with my name before Hadassah pieks them up. Any questions, please eall Sandy Hoagland, 704-543-6338. Onee again, Mary Gordan will be there selling maj jongg eards. 1011 Hadassah Health Night Ash the Doctor: Optimizina Your Health February 16 J-9 pnif femple Israel Dr* Michael Duffy: Oreenapple Sports & Wellness Dr* Susie Esther: Director - Charlotte Eye^ Ear^ Nose and fhroat Associates Sleep Medicine Center Dr* Marshall Silverman: Signature Healthcare
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