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Volume 12, Number 9 www.TucsonBNC.org November 2013

✂Hanukkah Party

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_______________________________________Make check out to BNC and mail by November 13 toArlene Zuckerman, 5448 N. Paseo del Sonoyta, Tucson, AZ 85750. (Call 577-1457 for transportation help.)

Hanukkah PartyTuesday, November 19, 2013

4:30 to 6:30 P.M.at the Home of Janet and Steve Seltzer

5001 East Calle Guebabi, Tucson

Latke Buffet, Beverages, and Dessert

Tucson’s New Shlihah, Oshrat BarelSpeaking on “Israeli Hanukkah Traditions”

Members $18, Guests $23

Profit goes to the “Sustaining the Mind: Scientific Research and Scholarships” program.

Bring new children’s socks and underwear for Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse for our Social Justice/Community Service project.

From the PresidentThis year. we celebrate Hanukkah at

the same time as Thanksgiving. What an opportunity to have everyone together and bring both traditions to life. We will have our Hanukkah Party at the home of Janet and Steve Seltzer, a latke party with our own cooks preparing a variety of latkes and salads. Our speaker will be Oshrat Barel, the new director of

the Israel Center here. She will be sharing with us her per-sonal loss during the Hanukkah holiday as well as special celebrations of the season in Israel. We will welcome her to the Tucson community and the BNC.

If you have not noticed, we now have a large Brandeis banner upstairs at the “J”. We are proud of our reading and writing program under the direction of Terri Freed and Kathy Cohen and of Bubbe’s Kitchen, both at the JCC.

We are building connections to local high schools for young men and women to help us with the Book & Author silent auction and our Book Depot. The young people work quickly and efficiently at the depot under the direction of Meg Sivitz.

I hope most of you attend the Opening Luncheon at Hacienda del Sol with our guest speaker, Professor Robert Williams, Jr. What a fantastic speaker!

Many of you travel regularly. Please save hotel toiletries for one of our Social Justice projects. We also collect chil-dren’s books, new socks, and women’s products for these projects. The books go to children whose mothers are in prison. The mother reads the book to the child and then the child takes it home as a gift from the mother. We stamp the inside of these books to show the book was sponsored by our chapter.

We have many special programs planned for this year. Please join us as we embrace each program the BNC offers. Have a great Thanksgiving and Hanukkah season.

Lynn Cramer, President

M e m b e r s h i p P a g eWe Wish Our Members…

The officers, board, and members of the Tucson Chapter of BNC wish:Fern & Ed Feder Congratulation on your son’s honorDoris Roland Get well wishes

If you know of anyone with a simchah or a sorrow, contact Sunshine chair Charlotte Hegwer, [email protected] or 529-8484. A card will be sent and an acknowledg-ment will appear in the bulletin.

CondolencesTucson Chapter

sends its condolences toJoan Kaye Cauthorn

on the loss of her husband Robert.

D i r e c t o r y C h a n g e sPlease make the following corrections in your Member-

ship Directory (changes underlined):Roggie Edberg [email protected] J Gorsky [email protected] Kronman 299-6441 [email protected] previously listed a new member as Sondra Winick. Her correct name is Sondra Wikman.

New MembersSince the last bulletin, the following people have joined

our chapter. Add them to your Membership Directory:Bernard Alper (see Candace Alper) [email protected] Bodin (assoc) 7537 E Camino Amistoso 85750 468-8704 & Herb Meshel Lois ©702-219-6704 [email protected] [email protected] Browne 12753 N Rain Shadow Ct 847-224-0004 Marana 85658 [email protected] Robert Fridrich (see Lisa Ungar)Shirley Goldberg 7351 E. Speedway #25A 85710 777-8448 [email protected] Kauffman 5702 N Via Umbrosa 85750Barbara Kessler 38000 S Rolling Hills Dr 85739Beatrice & 3771 E Nugget Canyon Pl 85718 529-7391 Dr Herbert Krauss [email protected] [email protected] Kronman (see Harriet Kronman) [email protected] Leavitt (see Donna Leavitt) [email protected] Toppel 5400 N Vía Velázquez 85750 615-0123 [email protected]

New members are the life of our chapter. When you see new members at a Tucson Chapter event or Study Group, welcome them warmly.

Tucson Chapter, BNC November 2013 Page 2

Happy Thanksgiving

to All

The new Membership Directory will be coming out

with the next bulletin in mid-November. Be sure your dues are paid.

Send your check made to BNC for $60 ($100 for two people at one address) to Betty Koppel, 7531 E. Calle Brisas, Tucson 85750.

New Study Group: “Personality and Society”Herbert “Herb” Krauss, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, therapist, and academician. He is

offering a fascinating course called “Personality and Society.” This course is offered on Second Tuesdays, from December through April. The meeting time is from 10:00 a.m. until noon. There is a class limit of a minimum of 6 members and a maximum of 15. The sessions will be held at Villa Hermosa (southwest corner of Speedway and Wilmot). Herb can be reached at [email protected] or 529-7394. The fee is $18.

Dr. Krauss is an emeritus professor of psychology and former chair of psychology at Hunter College and Pace University, both in New York. His teaching and research has focused on

self and society, abnormal psychology, personality, and adjustment to stress. His wife Bea is a social psychologist.Please send your request to join this group by including your name, phone number, e-mail address, and the

phrase “39. Personality” with your $18 check made out to BNC and mail to Karen Loeb, 6703 N. Green Bay Av-enue, Milwaukee, WI 53209. This promises to be a great course, so sign up now before the class is full.

Study Groups Looking for YouA number of Study Groups are not yet filled and could take some more members. Consider taking some of

these excellent classes: #7: Books and Bagels 2 #8: Local Authors Club #9b: 97 Orchard Street #20: Louis Brandeis and the Patriot Act #23: Jewelry Making for Novices #24: CRIZMAC #25: Beginning Mah Jongg #29: Mosaics #30: Artisan Bread #35: Dinner with Brandeis #38: Lady BoomersThis is your opportunity to join with excellent leaders for a great learning or social experience. Send your $18

check made out to BNC to Karen Loeb, 6703 N. Green Bay Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53209, with the course number and name. Sign up now before the classes are full.


Mission StatementBrandeis National CommitteeBrandeis National Committee is dedicated to providing

philanthropic support to Brandeis University, a distinguished

liberal arts and research university founded by the American

Jewish community. Its membership is connected to the uni-

versity through fund-raising and through activities that reflect

the values on which the university was founded: academic

excellence, social justice, nonsectarianism, and service to

the community.

EDF Fellows MeetingOur men’s group, the EDF Fellows, will hold its next

lunch meeting on Monday, November 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Viscount Hotel.

The speaker will be Bill Baker, a former NFL scout, talking about his experiences.

Anyone in Tucson is cordially invited to attend, join the fellowship, and enjoy the fascinating speakers. Members are encouraged to bring guests.

Lunch is $20. For more information, contact Steve Selt-zer, 299-3788, [email protected], Howard Schwartz, 615-2915, [email protected], or Tom Herz, 745-5852, [email protected].

Community Service/ Social Justice

The Tucson Chapter gives back to our community.Marilyn Lobell, our Community Service chair, reminds

us Emerge! is one of the organizations that Brandeis com-munity service supports. In 2008, two organizations came together to form the Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse.

Emerge! is the largest domestic abuse shelter and pro-vider of domestic abuse prevention services and programs in Southern Arizona. Its agneda includes an emergency shelter, housing program, outreach, advocacy centers, ac-credited community-based child care center, and preven-tion, education, and volunteer programs.

Emerge! is committed to improving and expanding ser-vices to all members of the community who are experi-encing domestic abuse in their lives. Its mission provides the opportunity to create, sustain, and celebrate a life free from abuse. You can go on the Internet to find the many ways you can help.

We are always looking for new ways to help our com-munity. If you have a way to help, contact Marilyn Lobell, [email protected] or 615-0877.

Buy from Amazon, Earn Money for Brandeis

• Go to www.tucsonbnc.org. • Fill out the Amazon search box on the left.• Buy anything from Amazon.• The Tucson Chapter will benefit from all your Amazon purchases made this way.

Study Group CorrectionsThe correct e-mail address for Judy Fishman, the in-

structor for Kabbalah and Meditation, is [email protected].

In the form for signing up for Study Groups, courses number 33 should be “Ladies Who Lunch” and number 34 should be “Let’s Meet for an Ethnic Lunch,” often shortened to “Ethnic Lunch.”

Change in Artisan Bread Date

The “Artisan Bread” Study Group, a one-time event, has been moved to Wednesday, December 4, from 10:00 to noon, at the home of Fran Caspe as described in the Study Group Guide.


Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, Terri Freed moved to nearby Media after she graduated from high school. She was fortunate to grow up in a loving family with her twin sister Myra and both sets of grandparents close by. From a young age, she discovered a love of learning and knew from age 10 she wanted to become a teacher.

Terri graduated in 1968 from Pennsylvania State Uni-versity with a BS in education and taught a year in the Rosetree-Media School District. Married in 1969, she moved to Pittsburgh, spending 12 years in the Mt. Leba-non School District. While there, she earned her masters in education from Duquesne University and became certified as a reading specialist. Later, as a divorced single mother, she moved in 1982 to raise her son close to family and friends, settling in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey.

In New Jersey, Terri taught elementary grades in the Moorestown School District and earned the New Jersey Governor’s Excellence in Teaching Award. Many wonderful mentors encouraged her to move into educational admin-istration, leading to a Principal/Supervisor Certification from Rowan University. She then became an elementary school principal, serving three years in Audubon and 16 years in Haddonfield, both in New Jersey. Although she thoroughly loved classroom teaching, leading a school as its principal provided many creative opportunities to effect positive change in the schools. During those years, she was awarded a fellowship from the state to pursue best practices in schools with other administrators throughout New Jersey. She is particularly proud of her accomplish-ments as a principal including,

•implementing an award-winning, integrated language arts curriculum, with a strong emphasis on reading and writing skills;

•implementing a K-5 peer mediation program, one of the first of its kind in New Jersey;

•providing, in one of the first schools in the area, inclu-sive classroom environments for special needs students;

•implementing a gifted program;•implementing a School Advisory Committee to ensure

the needs and interests of all parents were heard and met;•implementing a reading-recovery program for at-risk

first-grade students; and•supervising student teachers from the University of

Pennsylvania, Rowan University, and Rutgers University.Terri retired in 2008 after 35 years in education and

Meet Your Study Group Leader

Tucson Chapter NewsletterEditor-in-chief ..................................................Steve SeltzerBoard Liaison ....................................................... Meg SivitzAssociate Editor ........................................ Bob RothenbergCopy Editor ........................................................Beverly FineProofreaders ........................Soralé Fortman, Janet SeltzerCirculation .............................................................Fern Feder

To provide articles or information for the newsletter, con-tact Meg Sivitz, [email protected], or Steve Seltzer, [email protected].

The newsletter is published from August through April. The deadline is the 10th of the preceding month. Continued on page 6

2013–14

Tucson Chapter CalendarFall Opening Luncheon Monday, October 21Board Meeting* Monday, November 4Hanukkah Party Tuesday, November 19Board Meeting* Monday, December 2Holiday Fund-Raiser Tuesday, December 24Board Meeting* Monday, January 6University on Wheels Thursday, January 9Book Sale Opening Night Thursday, January 16Annual Used Book Sale January 17–26Board Meeting* Monday, February 3Presidents Day Luncheon Monday, February 17Board Meeting* Monday, March 3Book & Author Soirée Wednesday, March 12Book & Author Luncheon Thursday, March 13Book Fund Event Friday, March TBDBoard Meeting* Monday, April 7Spring Luncheon and Installation April TBDBoard and Planning Meeting* Monday, May 5

*Come to our open Board Meetings

Save the dates and mark your calendar

OfficersPresident. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn CramerVice-president Book Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meg SivitzVice-president Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brenda SchneiderVice-president Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve SeltzerVice-presidents Study Groups . . . .Fran Caspe & Kathy CohenRecording Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Natalie SmithFinancial Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Betty Jane KoppelCorresponding Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aimee DoctoroffTreasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arlene ZuckermanAdvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine LisbergQuestions? Leave a message at the Book Depot phone, 747-3224 or e-mail us at [email protected]


moved to Arizona to be close to family and enjoy the beau-tiful desert and glorious weather. While here, she has vol-unteered in many programs, including The Mature Worker Connection with Pima County, aiding seniors seeking employment. When that program lost funding, she served as a teaching volunteer with the Sahuarita Schools. This past year, she developed a reading enrichment program for K-2 students as part of the JCC-Brandeis BNC Partner-ship and worked with several great Brandeis volunteers to provide weekly classes introducing the children to quality literature and focusing on reading skills for emergent and early readers. It has been an extremely positive experience that the volunteers plan to continue this fall. Brandeis is also discussing the writing needs of upper-elementary children and the possibility of developing a writing workshop to enrich the public school experience.

Terri’s son Mark and daughter-in-law Amber live in Houston. She sees them often and always cherishes their times together.

Terri became a Brandeis member in 2011 after attending a new member brunch and became more actively involved this year. The Tucson chapter has provided her with a warm and welcoming atmosphere, and she values the many wonderful friendships she made these past two years. She is particularly interested in the Brandeis University research programs focusing on neurological issues and the BNC’s commitment to community service.

Terri loves to travel and also enjoys movies and the the-ater she finds so readily available in Tucson. Living in Green Valley provides Terri a “country living” environment, while being close enough to Tucson to enjoy all of the amenities of a city.

Terri look forward to many interesting and personally en-riching opportunities with Brandeis in the years to come.

Meet Your Board continued from page 5

Pear Up With People in the

Tucson Chapter.Enjoy our

many volunteer projects.

Brandeis University Is

Ranked 32ndin the Magazine List

of Universities

Meg Sivitz is always surrounded by books.

Membership Hosts a Teamwork Success

T.E.A.M. (Together Each Achieves More) is more than just a slogan. Membership Committee’s first get-together in September was a fantastic happening.

Many new and prospective Brandeis members enjoyed learning about our mission and how to get involved. An overwhelming number of people from the community attended and you, our members, made it happen. Through your referrals of friends and acquaintances, interest in Brandeis has tremendously expanded.

Keep the referrals coming, as Sunday, January 12, will be a delicious brunch for new and prospective members. Your friends want to know what Brandeis has to offer the Tucson community. Let them in on a

“good thing.” Thank you so much for your membership support. We all are working as team!


You Make Money.

Students Benefit.

Members’ Daughter at BrandeisNew members Jeff and Adrianna Kaufman have a daughter who is a freshman at Brandeis University. Jessica

Kaufman attended Cienega High School in the Vail School District, where the Kaufmans live. You can see their daughter, uniform number 15, in the photo below, rear, third from the left.

Jessica is the second Tucson-area student currently at Brandeis of whom we are aware. We are proud to have her parents as members of our chapter of the Brandeis National Committee.


Contact the BulletinSteve Seltzer, Editor ............... 299-3788, [email protected] Sivitz, Assistant Editor 615-4739, [email protected]

Contact the ChapterBook Depot Phone (leave a message) ...520-747-3224Chapter Web site ............................www.TucsonBNC.orgChapter e-mail ................................ [email protected] Facebook site ....... http://www.facebook.com/pages/BNCTucson/115524478528080

Next Board MeetingMonday, November 4, 2013

10:00 a.m. to noonMurphy Wilmot Library

530 N. Wilmot Rd. near Fifth St.All members are encouraged to come

to this open meeting.


Donor Message RecipientLearned Research Journal Folio

Brandeisfriends InlovingmemoryofRobertCauthorn, withheartfeltsympathy JoanKayeCauthorn

Learned Research JournalBrandeisfriends InhonoroftheirsonMikebeingnamedthePacificCoast League’stopexecutive Fern&EdFeder

Express Your ThoughtfulnessWith a Book Fund Card or Journal Donation

Sending a Brandeis tribute card or a Learned Research Journal (LRJ) is a quick,meaningful, and philanthropic way to express support, congratulations, get-wellwishes, sympathy, and appreciation. No more running to the store to find anappropriate card — just contact one of the names below.The recipient isacknowledgedinthebulletinsootherscanlearnaboutthesimchahorsorrowandrespond.Showyoucare—sendaBrandeiscardorLRJ.BookFunddonations: $5.50*Philanthropy,learning,andcommunity(orsixfor$25) $10.50*GoldfarbLibraryatnight(orthreefor$25) $14.00*Brandeisartcards(setoffourdifferentcovers) $18.50*LouisDembitzBrandeisportraitcard $25.50*SustainingtheMindTributeCard $36.50‡LearnedResearchJournal $56.50‡LearnedResearchJournalFolio $100.00‡SpecialBookCollection $500.00‡MajorBookCollection*ContactBookFundco-chairsShelly Abell,[email protected],299-0057 or 409-2346;orSharon Greenfield,[email protected].‡ContactShelly Abell,[email protected] or 409-2346.

New “Sustaining the Mind” CardWe now offer a new card for a minimum donation of $25 or more to the “Sustaining the

Mind” project for research and scholarship in neurodegenerative diseases. The inside of the card says, “A contribution has been made to the Brandeis National Committee’s Sustaining the Mind: Scientific Research and Scholarships Endowed Fund, with space for an inscription to the recipient and a place for the name(s) of the donor. There is also an explanation of the

purpose of the fund. To send a card, contact Shelly Abell, [email protected], 299-0057 or 409-2346.

Tucson Chapter Calendar November 2013Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

110:00 Begin

Bridge

25:30 Single

Women’s Circle

35:00 97 Or-

chard 1

410:00 Board

Mtg1:00 Guid

ed Bridge1:30 Medi

tation

5 61:00 Cont.

FictionNoon Men’s

Books

71:30 Laugh

& Feel Good

81:00 Mah

Jongg

9

1010:00 Books

& Bagels

11Noon EDF

127:00 Public

Policy

1310:00 Page

TurnersNoon Eth

nic Lunch

1410:00 Local

Authors1:00 Art

Scene

1510:00 Begin

Bridge11:30 La

dies Lunch

16

1712:30 97

Orchard 2

181:00 Kab

balah1:00 Guid

ed Bridge

191:00 For

eign Film4:30 Hanuk

kah Party7:00 PM

Fabulous flicks 1 & 2

2010:00 Tour

ist in Own Town

10:00 Jewelry Novices

11:00 Boomers

11:30 Mystery Books

21 2210:00 Begin

Bridge

23

2410:00 Books

& Bagels

25 26 271:00 Jewel

ry Making Novices

Hanukkah 1

28 Hanukkah 2Thanksgiv

ing Day

29Hanukkah 3

30Hanukkah 4

November 11 is Veterans Day; November 27 is the first night of Hanukkah; November 27 is Thanksgiving. Hanukkah numbers above are the number of candles that evening.


What’s New at Brandeis University in Waltham?

NOVEMBER 19Hanukkah Party

OCTOBER 21Fall Opening Luncheon & Meeting

DECEMBER 24Holiday Fund-Raiser

2013 CALENDAR

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BNC is 65!

IBS Has New Brand PlatformBrandeis’ International Business

School (IBS) recently unveiled a new branding platform designed to enhance its reputation and visibility around the

world. The initiative is encapsulated in the tag line “World Ready” and has been introduced by a new Web site and video. The new brand unifies the school’s message within a clean, modern design that befits the rapidly growing institution.

Among the key components of the new site are bolder visu-als, greater integration with social media, improved audience-based navigation, and “responsive design,” which means it is compatible across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.

“We are excited to launch the new World Ready brand platform as a way to further enhance our efforts to commu-nicate the values of our school and the world-class business education we provide students,” said Dean Bruce Magid. “This new marketing initiative showcases our strengths as a forward-thinking, globally minded institution.”

Brandeis-Israel ResearchDespite the advances in communication technology,

nothing beats face-to-face conversations. Just ask some Brandeis University neuroscientists who recently spent two days brainstorming with their counterparts from Israel.

“You’d think in the age of e-mail you wouldn’t need to sit down and chat in person,” said assistant professor of biology Suzanne Paradis. “But you can be so much more productive in 30 minutes of talking than in 30 e-mails.”

Paradis is one of several Brandeis faculty members de-veloping joint projects with colleagues in Israel as part of the Henry J. Leir Brandeis-Israel Research Initiative, which will underwrite collaborations between Israeli and Brandeis neuroscientists and fund postdoctoral appointments for up-and-coming Israeli scientists at Brandeis.

The $750,000 grant aims to strengthen connections be-tween Brandeis and Israeli scientists and support research projects on the human brain. Four Israeli scientists visited the campus to meet with the faculty and discuss research opportunities.


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