Visit JESPY House with Michele Landau. Learn about Israeli politics with Lisa Lisser. Volunteer to help feed the hungry with Robin Polson. Whatever your interests and passions are, there’s a place for you in our Women’s Philanthropy community. And our new vice presidents can’t wait to welcome you in.
SEPTEMBER 2016
What’s New at Women’s Philanthropy – Meet Our New President and VPs
by Laura Dorf Queller, Vice President, Communications and Marketing
As we prepare to usher in the High Holidays, we are also excited to begin a new year at Women’s Philanthropy. We are thrilled to welcome and introduce our new Women’s Philanthropy president, Rebecca A. Gold, and seven new vice presidents, and we can’t wait to roll out our jam-packed calendar of events and initiatives. more
Newsletter volunteer staff:
Editor: Laura Queller
Vice President, Communications and Marketing
Staff Writers: Jody Hurwitz Caplan, Jane Gomez, Beth Manes Lax
WP Staff: Beth Levin
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Meet Our Campaign VPs
We are delighted to introduce Ann Leeb, Ruth Margolin, and Shira Rothschild, three new vice presidents who will help guide Women’s Philanthropy’s fundraising campaign in support of Jewish Federation. We hope you will get to know them during their two-year stints. And they’d like to get to know you as well – to thank you for your generosity!
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Words Worth Repeating
Words can’t aptly describe how women felt about their recent trips to Israel with our local Federation, but we’re going to try anyway! We’ve gathered comments from women who traveled with Women’s Philanthropy and Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ this past spring and summer. The trips were as varied as the women themselves – a journey to Poland and Israel, an artist’s residency and festival in Arad, and a Young Women’s Mission to Israel – but the reviews were all sim...
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President's Message
It’s been almost 15 years since I went to my first Women’s Philanthropy event at the Barnes & Noble on Route 10 in East Hanover. Fast forward through innumerable events, several local and overseas missions, JFNA (Jewish Federation of North America) National Young Leadership Cabinet, two years in the Wexner Heritage Program, and nine years as a Women’s Philanthropy VP, and here I land as your newly installed president. What a journey!