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WINTER MEETING & BOUTIQUE
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Boutique: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Luncheon: Doors open at 11:30 am Lunch at 12:00 noon
Place: Executive Caterers at Landerhaven
Cost: $35 Members $40 Non-Members ($5 toward new membership)
NCJW Winter Meeting Luncheon & Boutique with guest speaker Cantor Kathryn Wolfe Sebo.
Debbie Joseph and Ellen Rabb will be awarded as the 2013 Emerging Leaders. Congratulations Debbie & Ellen.
EVENING BRANCH 22nd ANNUAL WOMEN'S SEDER Date: Monday, March 11, 2013 Point East
Time: Doors open 6:00 pm - Seder 6:30 pm
2013 ANNUAL BENEFIT
One Special Night...Everyone Shines! Honorees: Elaine Eisner & Scott Gohn and Dr. Steven Wexberg
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Time: 6:00 pm
Place: Executive Caterers at Landerhaven
This fun-filled evening will raise funds to support LiveSpecial.com, an online resource guide for the special needs community in Northeast Ohio. The website will be a user-friendly online gateway to special needs information and service providers. It will allow individuals and families to find the services they need for their loved ones with special needs. Please join us for cocktails, dinner, entertainment, and both a live and silent auction.
Pay tribute to our honorees or celebrate the launch of LiveSpecial.com with an ad in our Tribute Book. Call Rosean Schmidt at 440.449.4770 for information and to place your ad.
Also, please consider donating an item or service for our auctions. As a donor your name will be noted in our Tribute Book. Call Reggie Harris at 216. 921.5632 or Barbara Daly at 440.248.3307 to become a donor.
Watch your mailbox for your invitation!
PROGRAM & EDUCATION
Co-Vice Presidents
Wendy Elconin & Ilene Nolish
ANNUAL DINNER AND MOVIE
Bring your friends and join us at the Cedar Lee Theater, followed by dinner and discussion with former Plain Dealer film and drama critic, Donna Chernin Kurit. When you call the NCJW office register, please give us your email address so that we can contact you with the movie time. Movie: "Hyde Park on Hudson."
Date: Monday, January 7
Time: 4:20 pm
Place: Cedar Lee Theater/Lemongrass Restaurant
Cost: Movie Ticket & Dinner
Chair: Lynn Barry
ZUMBA
Let's warm up on a cold winter day and have an hour of fun with Heather Koniz, of the Cleveland City Dance Company. Zumba, a dance-fitness phenomenon created by Beto Perez, fuses Latin and international music with a variety of dance movements to create a fun-filled workout. Tone your body and strengthen your cardiovascular health while dancing to the beat. Come try it!
Date: Wednesday, January 16
Time: 11:00 am
Place: The Cleveland Dance Company
13108 Shaker Square
(SW corner of square, 2 doors away from theater.
Free parking in back - look for purple awning)
Donation: $5
Chair: Courtney Laves-Mearini
THE CLEVELAND THEATRE:
THE CRITICS, THE THEATRES, AND YOU
Join us for an enlightening and interesting series presented by Roy Berko. Roy is a well known critic, college professor, actor, director, and an entertaining speaker. He will regale us with secrets of Cleveland theatre venues, current productions, facts and quips about the history and eccentricities of the theatre world.
Dates: Thursday, January 10 and January 24
Time: 1:00 pm
Place: Beachwood Family Health Center, Conference D
26900 Cedar Road (next to Beachwood Place)
NEW LOCATION
Donation: $15
Chair: Linda Barnett
THE MAKING OF "CAROUSEL"
An NCJW Collaboration with The Musical Theater Project
"Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart, and you'll never walk alone." That's how Rodgers & Hammerstein ended their classic 1945 tale of star-crossed lovers Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan - one of the most beloved of all Broadway musicals, Carousel. Join us and you'll hear the story of its creation along with every piece from the score including "If I Loved You," "Mr. Snow," "Soliloquy," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" and the glorious "Carousel Waltz." It's an encore performance of a multi-media concert that sold out last year.
Hosted by: Bill Rudman and Nancy Maier with vocalists Jessica Cope, James Dickason, Jared Leal, Cynthia O'Connell and Fabio Polanco.
Date: Sunday, January 20
Time: 3:00 pm
Place: Notre Dame College (Regina Hall)
Cost: $14 member price through 1/11
$16 member price after 1/11
$20 preferred member price through 1/11
$24 preferred member price after 1/11
BOOK GROUP NCJW/Cleveland's book group meets the first Thursday of each month in the conference room at the NCJW office at 1:00 PM. Those who wish to eat together before the book discussion may gather at noon with a brown bag lunch.
January 3 - Once We Were Brothers February 7 - Book Title to be announced
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST: PICASSO You are invited to experience art history in an uncommon way. Last season's successful artist bio series continues. Knowledgeable and illustrious facilitator, Felicia Zavarella Stadelman, will present the life and works of Picasso and we invite you to join us.
Date: Tuesday, February 19
Time: 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Place: Beachwood Family Health Center Conference Room D
26900 Cedar Road
Cost: $10
Co-Chairs: Terrie Kleinman & Enid Yurman
--- RSVP FOR PROGRAMS TO ---
Cheryl at the NCJW Office: 216.378.2204 ext. 101
EVENING BRANCH
Co-Presidents
Sandra Arnovitz & Arielle Cohen
PURIM/COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT
Date: Sunday, February 10, 2013
More details to follow.
MEMBERSHIP
WE HAVE "LOX" TO TELL YOU!
New & Prospective Membership Event
Please come and bring a friend... bring two!
Date: Thursday, January 17
Time: 10:00 am
Where: Debbie Kalette's Home
2705 Inverness Rd, Shaker Hts.
RSVP To: Rebecca Brouman, Director of Volunteers
at 216.378.2204 ext. 105 or email at
rbrouman@ncjwcleveland.org
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Shelly Friedman, Vice President
WANT TO GET INVOLVED? Here is a sampling of some of the activities you may be interested in...
DONE IN A DAY
Date: Friday, January 25
Time: 10:00 am
Place: NCJW/Cleveland Office
Co-Chairs: Joanne Grossberg & Susan Ringel
Come stuff and finish pillows that are given to women post breast cancer surgery. The heart pillows for women will already be sewn. We will stuff them and hand-sew a 4-inch seam. If you can't sew, that's fine; come to stuff and make cards! Call Rebecca Brouman for more information and to RSVP at 216.378.2204 ext. 105
IMAGINATION EXPRESS - Held at Family Promise for families in transition with no home. Families may live there for up to three months while the parent(s) are trying to obtain a job. NCJW/Cleveland volunteers tell stories, work on crafts and bring in snacks for the children. Call Adrienne Wasserman (216.382.4724), Chairman if you're interested in joining this project.
READING BUDDIES
new at Roxboro Elementary School
Volunteers work with three first grade classes and are teamed up with one or two students to read a pre-chosen book with them. Call Shelly Friedman for this once a month opportunity at 440.247.7900.
JUDAIC OUTREACH CHANUKAH LUNCH
is being rescheduled for some time in January. Please contact Shelly Friedman if you are interested in participating.
ENTERTAINMOBILE & THE HIGH NOTES TO PERFORM AT.....JEWISH HERITAGE NIGHT AT THE Q
Cleveland Cavs vs Toronto Raptors
Date: Wednesday, February 27
Time: 7:00 pm Game
Place: Quicken Loans Arena
Cost: $28 or $45
NEWS ABOUT ADVOCACY
Marie Smith, Vice President
COMMITTEE TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE has been active in responding to the Newtown tragedy. There is much work to be done so that we can live in a peaceful society. We are hosting house meetings for those concerned, meeting with various community leaders, and have begun to build our own Coalition. Please give a call if you would like to work on this most important issue. Call Marie at 440-974-9749 to get involved.
HOUSE MEETING ON GUN REDUCTION VIOLENCE
Date: Sunday, January 13
Time: 7-9 pm
Place: Home of Susan Reis
2718 Green Road, Shaker Heights
RSVP: to Susan by Jan 6th
or 216.464.8836 OHIO COALITION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES COMMITTEE (OCCV) will be starting up its activities during the upcoming new year. OCCV strives to educate the public about the significance of our federal judiciary. NCJW supports nominees who uphold core Constitution Values, such as reproductive choice, free speech, and separation of church and state. From the time that President Obama took office the Senate has filibustered (blocked) his nominees. Please feel free to contact Marie Smith at 440-974-9749. BRIEF ADVICE AND REFERRAL CLINICS (BARC) PRO SE CLINIC Date: January 18 Time: 10 am - 12 pm Place: To be announced Chair: Susan Bamberger BARC will meet with the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland to schedule and brainstorm for in the upcoming year. Please contact Susan Bamberger or Marie Smith if you would to join this most worthwhile program. WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE (WHI) will be working with Program/Education to schedule times for brief seminars explaining the issues under the purview of WHI. Contact Judy Eigenfeld or Marie to get involved. BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND... December Tribute List click here for the list
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Cindy Aizen
Janet Jacobson
Sharon Lebovitz
 Faye Bass honored in
The Women's Book 2012-2013 Northeast Ohio Edition Theme: Profiles in Resilience: Faye Bass, President, National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section.
"With resilience, I was able to change the direction of my life. From working in a family business to finding a position in the nonprofit world where my focus is on helping women and children, I drew on my inner strength to begin a second career with new people and goals. With resilience and confidence, I begin the next phase of my life and continue to explore who I am and what I want to achieve."
Co-Chairs: Fran Doris & Terrie Kleinman
Many thanks to our members and friends who have contributed to the NCJW/Cleveland Annual Fund. Your contributions go toward all of the projects we support throughout the community. If you have not already done so, it's not too late to make a difference in our programming and services!
CLICK HERE to make your on-line Annual Fund donation
Feel free to call the Cheryl at 216.378.2204
ext. 101 to make a donation.
 5055 Richmond Road, Bedford Heights, 44146 216.378.2264 It's time to clean your closets and cupboards! Designer Dress Days and Thriftique need your beautiful clothing, bric a brac, furniture, and fur coats. What a great way to start the year out and help us raise the funding to continue all of our community service programs and advocacy initiatives.
Remember that you can VOLUNTEER at Thriftique on Monday and Tuesday stocking the store, or on Thursday, Friday or Saturday to help sell all of our amazing items.
Email Marnie Niver at: tvcamgrl@aol.com to arrange a time.
Drop off your items at the NCJW Main Office/Warehouse
located at 26055 Emery Road, Warrensville Hts, 44128
Monday thru Friday - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
NEED A FREE PICK UP FOR FURNITURE?
CALL ABBE TODAY AT 216.378.2264 |
