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Volume 11, Number 10 www.TucsonBNC.org December 2012

60years

Sunday, December 2

11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

$20 members; $25 nonmembersAll but $17 is tax-deductible

Brandeis Hanukkah PartyLatkes and More

Tucson Jewish Community Center

Cantorial Soloist Emily Ellentuckwill lead joyous singing.

Or Chadash Gift Shop Items for SaleBring Your Friends.

Print the names & phone number of the attendees and send it with your check made out to BNC to

Arlene Zuckerman, 5448 N. Paseo del Sonoyta, Tucson, AZ 85750

Please Bring Children’s Books in Good Condition for Our Reading Programs.

From the PresidentA time for joy, a time for tears, a time

for laughter, a time for sorrow, a time to share with others, a time to be alone with our thoughts. Holidays can mean so many different things to each of us, depending on the events. Stan and I wish for all of you a joyous and happy season of fun and laughter.

Remember to join us for our Hanuk-kah Party on December 2nd at the “J.” We should have a great time together enjoying the lakes and shopping at the boutique. I hope many of you intend to join us at my home on Monday, December 24, for our final fund-raiser for 2012. We will enjoy a full meal and have some much needed socializing, all while raising funds for Sustaining the Mind. Make your reservations today for both of these events as described on pages 1 and 3.

Holidays are a time for passing on oral traditions and reading fabulous stories about our faith. Whether you are Christian, Jewish, or Muslim, the oral traditions of your families of years past are enjoyable to share with others. Many such traditions find there way into written com-mentary regarding our faiths. How many times I have had our grandsons on my lap and told them about their great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers. To travel back further in time, we have spoken about the boats they must have come on to the American shore line. We travel in time about wars (somehow, boys love when you speak about war) and peace and about observing the Sabbath and about holidays. Why we do certain things as opposed to not doing something else. Now that they are ages 7 and 3, this year it is all about what our grandchildren want for Hanukkah. Somehow they will learn to share what gifts they receive and learn to count their blessings instead of gelt. I rest assured Pop will hand out gold coins along with the chocolate stuff they play games with and they seem to enjoy eating before the game is over.

For all of us Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks and to share with others. We wish all of you well and much happiness.

Lynn Cramer, President

M e m b e r s h i p P a g e

CondolencesTucson Chapter

sends its condolences toAlma Vactor on the loss of her daughter,

Jill Vactor Gunzel.

New MembersSince the last bulletin, the following people have joined

our chapter. Add them to your Membership Directory:Patrice Brown 1305 E Via Entrada 85718 612-251-4162Yori Idson 6711 N Finisterra Dr 85750 299-2742 [email protected] Jacobson see Wendy Jacobson [email protected] Pakenham 150 W Vista Grande Dr 85704 638-7383 [email protected]. Arnold S see Doris L RolandAl Tarlov see Janet Belkin [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.

MembershipOur new fiscal year began July 1, and it is renewal time

for BNC membership. We appreciate your continued philanthropic support of the university and its librar-ies. To pay your dues, mail them to Betty Jane Koppel, 7531 E. Calle Brisas, Tucson, AZ 85715. For questions about dues, contact Betty at [email protected] or 296-1215.

Tucson Chapter, BNC December 2012

What to Do on Christmas Eve?

Come to our Christmas Eve Party, Monday, December 24, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

at the Home of Lynn Cramer12013 N. Tall Grass Drive, near W. Tangerine Road and N. La Cañada Drive

$25 Per Person, Limited to 50 People$25 Per Person is Tax-deductibleDress: Business Casual

For Reservations, Send a check Made out to BNC for $25 per person with the Printed Names of Attendees

to Arlene Zuckerman, 5448 N. Paseo del Sonoyta, Tucson 85750.Please Bring Hotel Toiletries for Our Community Service/Social Justice Program

To all our members, from the officers and board:


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, December 10, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Viscount Hotel.

The speaker will be announced later, prior to the meeting.

Any man in Tucson is cordially in-vited to attend, join the fellowship, and enjoy the fascinating speakers. Members are encour-aged 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].

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.

Community Service/Social Justice

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

us to bring to every chapter event, meeting, and Study Group any of the following: household items (bedding and pillows must be new); women’s clothing; supplies and clothing for infants, toddlers, and children; hotel toiletries; and personal care items for the Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse.

If you are interested in knitting or crocheting hats for premature and newborn infants, contact Marilyn Lobell.

Bring books in good condition for elementary grades to donate to a needy public school and packaged food for the Community Food Bank.

The Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse needs new socks and underwear for children, teens, and women.

Brandeis is always looking for new ways to help our community. If you have a way to help or to make a do-nation, contact Marilyn Lobell, [email protected] or 615-0877.

Nobody can help everybody, but everybody can help somebody!

There’s Still TimeA number of Study Groups are still available for addi-

tional members. Sign up now before they become full. Mosaic Tile Single Women (K)nitting with Natalie Fabulous Flicks 2 Fused Glass László VeresTo sign up, use the form in your Study Guide or

download the form from our Web site, http://tucson-bnc.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/11.7-Sep-Study-Groups-2012-13.pdf. If you don’t have Internet access, contact Karen Loeb, [email protected] or 414-247-5632.


Sheila Rothenberg and Bob were born and bred in Brooklyn, New York, and went to the same high school — Erasmus Hall — but didn’t meet until they both worked at the Workmen’s Circle resort dining room in upstate New York. It wasn’t love at first sight, but they each had inclinations toward magazine and book writing, and that eventually brought them together. They were married in 1958.

Bob went on to become publisher of USA TODAY maga-zine. At age 40 and by then the mother of three, Sheila, with Bob’s encouraging support, achieved a long-held ambition, that of obtaining a college degree. She says it was a fas-cinating experience to be a freshman at Brooklyn College and firmly believes that, as a mature adult, yet one with a young heart, she had a better grasp on “what she wanted to be when she grew up” than many of her classmates — one of whom happened to be a kid she once baby-sat. Upon graduation, Sheila found her way into children’s book publishing via the Junior Literary Guild owned by Double-day Dell (now a division of Random House), eventually becoming Editorial Director.

When close friends moved to Tucson, the Rothenbergs came to visit and thought they could never live among the area’s stark mountains. They were used to the tangy salt air of Howard Beach, New York. Then, in 2001, they arrived in Tucson for a wedding at Skyline Country Club, met a lot of very congenial Tucsonans, learned about all the cultural aspects Tucson offers, spent time “window shopping” houses in the Foothills, got a splendid taste of what retire-ment could be like here, and next thing they knew, they had a contract for a house yet to be built. In 2003, amidst 108-degree temperatures and with Mt. Lemmon ablaze, they hitched up the wagon and headed west.

A major factor in Sheila’s new life is BUNWC, where she found the book discussion group for which she had been searching, people with whom she could schmooze, and activities that were fun and challenging while aiding a worthwhile cause.

Although always advised by Bob “never to volunteer,” Sheila heeded the call to head up the 2007 Book & Au-thor Luncheon Committee. “Talk about challenging!” she laughingly said. Since then, she has been our chair of author selection, the most difficult and rewarding job. She makes our Book & Author events the tops and the chapter is so grateful. She hopes to see many Brandeis members and their guests on March 6 and7, 2012, for this year’s Soirée and Luncheon.

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.

OfficersPresident. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn CramerVice-president Book Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meg SivitzVice-president Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve SeltzerVice-president Study Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen LoebRecording Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Natalie SmithFinancial Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Betty Jane KoppelTreasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arlene ZuckermanAdvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine LisbergQuestions? Leave a message at the Book Depot phone, 747-3224 or e-mail us at [email protected]

2012–2013

Tucson Chapter CalendarHanukkah Party Sunday, December 2Board Meeting* Monday, December 3Christmas Eve Party Monday, December 24Board Meeting* Monday, January 7Used Book Sale January 17–27Board Meeting* Monday, February 4University on Wheels Thursday, February 7Chinese New Year’s Brunch Sunday, February 10Board Meeting* Monday, March 4Book & Author Soirée Wednesday, March 6Book & Author Luncheon Thursday, March 7Book Fund Event late MarchBoard Meeting* Monday, April 8Closing Lunch, Installation, & Recognition Monday, April 22Board Meeting–Planning Meeting* Monday, May 6*Board Meetings meet at the Dusenberry library

Save the dates and mark your calendar


Our Books and Bagels Study Group was so suc-cessful that we are forming a second section. Carol Cunin has generously agreed to start this group until a facilitator can be found.

This group of singles and couples meets at members homes and reads fiction and nonfiction. A potluck brunch is served before the discussion.

Please contact Carol Cunin, [email protected] or 529-7272 to join.

Oaxacan Folk ArtOaxacan Folk Art will be open to all members at a

special presentation Tuesday, January 22, at 10:00 am for $10 per attendee.

Come learn about the vibrant colorful creations of the Oaxacan folk art from Mexico. Find out about this rich tradition and about the collections you see around Tucson. Perhaps you will start your own collection!

At this presentation by Crismac Marketplace, you will see the wide range of folk art and various inter-national displays. This will be a fun morning out with friends.

To sign up, please contact Karen Loeb, [email protected] or 414-247-5632.

Interactional WorkshopsSandy Stein will do two sessions for $12: “How to

Deal with Miserable People” on January 28, at 10:00 a.m., and “How to Put Pizzazz into Your Presentations” on February 18 at 10:00 a.m.

This spunky lady did training for Raytheon for 14 years and now shares her expertise with hospice centers, women’s shelters, juvenile detention centers, and more! Her retirement years are paying back time for all of us. These workshops will be held in her home, 4675 East Camino Rosa, Tucson, 85718.


Monkeying with KafkaCynthia Meier of The Rogue Theatre will discuss

the stories of the theatres upcoming production of Kafka’s A Report for an Academy and his Metamorphosis on Tuesday, January 29, at a location to be determined. The fee is $10. Plan to see the play on Sunday, March 3, at The Rogue Theatre.

Cynthia, cofounder of The Rogue Theatre has a doctorate in performance studies.

Please contact Ellen Bodow, [email protected] or 298-7773 to join.


Annual Brandeis Used Book SaleFoothills Mall

Opening Night Thursday, January 17, 5:00 pmFriday, January 18, to Sunday, January 27

Sign up to help on the insert page of this bulletin.

Membership DirectoryYour 2012-2013 Membership Directory is included

with this bulletin. Please check your listing. If you find an error, notify Steve Seltzer, [email protected] or 299-3788.

For their part in helping the BNC booth at the Or Chadash Food Festival, we give many thanks to Robin Cohen, Kathy Cohen, Lynn Cramer, Soralé Fortman, Arlene Gray, Vicky Kaufman, Joan Rosenbluth, Brenda Schneider, Natalie Smith, and Sara Wisdom. Special thanks to BJ and Marty Kass who transported books and accessories and to Harriet Kronman and Marty Zuckerman who helped us with our booth.

Single Women’s CircleJoin with other interesting women for a meal at

Skyline Country Club with Sandy Rollin, while dis-cussing current topics, perhaps with bridge or mah jong to follow.

There is a lunch group on the second Friday of each month and a dinner group on the first Saturday of the month.

To sign up, please contact Sandy Rollin, [email protected] or 299-1400.

Jewelry GaloreWe offer two Study Groups for those who wish to

try their hand at making jewelry:Jewelry Making for Novices meets on the fourth

Wednesday of the month at the home of Fran Caspe. Making bracelets, earrings, and necklaces is our plan.

On three Thursdays in late January and early and mid-February, Jennifer Carr will help use your out-of-shape beaded jewelry to make new bejeweled delights.

The fee for each class is $18. To sign up, please contact Karen Loeb, [email protected] or 414-247-5632.


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, December 3, 2012

10:00 a.m. to noonDusenberry Library

5605 East River Road at Craycroft RoadAll members are encouraged to come

to this open meeting.


Donor Message RecipientLearned Research Journal

BrandeisFriends Inhonorofthebirthofyour(first)great-grandson Betty&StanleyScott

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) $10.00*All-OccasionStationery,packoftenwithapen $10.50*GoldfarbLibraryatnight(orthreefor$25) $14.00*Brandeisartcards(setoffourdifferentcovers) $18.50*LouisDembitzBrandeisportraitcard $36.50‡LearnedResearchJournal $56.50‡LearnedResearchJournalFolio $100.00‡SpecialBookCollection $200.00‡ResearchJournalFile*ContactBookFundco-chair,June Simmons,[email protected],orKathy Cohen,[email protected].‡ContactBarbara Danes, [email protected].

It’s pronounced koo-mee-HEE-moh. Terry Caminker teaches the ancient Japanese art of braiding; you can make a bracelet, a necklace, or key chains. Learn this intricate skill on Thursday, December 6, and leave with a holiday gift.

The fee for the class is $10 plus $25 for supplies. To sign up, please contact Karen Loeb, [email protected] or 414-247-5632.

Tucson Chapter Calendar December 2012Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

15:30 Women’s

Circle A2 3

1:30 Medi-tation

4 510 Knitting1 Contemp.

Fiction1:30 Men’s

Books

610 Kumi-

himo1:30 Immor-

tal Holly-wood

712:30

Women’s Circle B

8HanukkahCandle 1

910 Books &

Bagels

10Noon EDF1 Intermed

Bridge

117 pm Public

Policy

12 10 Page

TurnersNoon Eth-

nic Lunch

131 Art Scene

14 15

1610 Matinée

Theatre

171 Kabbalah

181 Foreign

Film7 pm Fabu-

lous Flicks

19Noon Mys-

tery Books12:30 Lady

Boomers

201 Evolution

21 22

23 241 Intermed

Bridge

25Christmas

261 Jewelry

Making

27 28 29

30 31New Year’s

Eve

January 1 New Year’s

Day

Hanukkah first candle, Friday, December 8, last candle, Saturday, December 15, last day, Sunday December 16; Christmas Tuesday, December 25; New Year’s Eve, Monday, December 31; Tuesday, January 1, New Year Day.

HanukkahCandle 1

Candle 2 Candle 3 Candle 4 Candle 5 Candle 6 Candle 7 Candle 8

Hanukkah 8


Strauss, Stravinsky, Shoenberg, and Shostakovich — 4 S’sTake Harvey Wolfe’s delightful course and learn from a master. Harvey was prinicipal cellist in the

Cleveland Orchestra and numerous other orchestras. Learn about these visionaries of the 20th century and how their work reflects the history of the 1900-1940 period. Come on Tuesdays in February and March.


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PERMIT NO. 970

Brandeis UniversityBrandeis National CommitteeTucson Chapter5844 East 15th StreetTucson, Arizona 85711-4508

DECEMBER 24Christmas Eve at the Cramers

DECEMBER 2Hanukkah Party at the Tucson JCC

JANUARY 17–27Used Book Sale at Foothills Mall

2012 CALENDAR

What’s New at Brandeis University in Waltham?

www.brandeis.edu/news/index.html

Stuart Altman of Brandeis University to Lead New Health Policy Commission

Stuart Altman, professor of national health policy at Brandeis University, will chair the new Massachusetts state board charged with setting health care spending goals and tracking providers’ progress toward reducing costs.

The 11-member Health Policy Commission board was created under the state health cost-control law that passed this past summer. The measure aims to reduce health spend-ing by limiting its increase to the annual growth of the overall state economy.

Altman, a health economist in Brandeis’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management, has been working on the issue of health care costs for four decades. He said he will drop his position as a board member at Tufts Medical Center and non-paying positions in the state, but will keep his posts on hospital and health plan boards out of state, including some that pay him.

Altman said he accepted the role of chairman because he believes the state has an unprecedented opportunity. Time and again, state and national efforts to rein in health care costs have failed, he said. “It works for awhile and then it blows up. Then health care spending starts growing at much faster rates,” he said. “I’m cautiously optimistic that we can make it work here in Massachusetts and that eventually we will be the model for the rest of the country, because no other state is even trying. The federal government isn’t trying. So, we’re all by ourselves.”


Book Sale VolunteersSign Up Now!

The sale benefits the Endowed Scholarship for a Tucson-area Student to Brandeis to be held at the Foothills Mall (Ina Road at La Cholla Boulevard)

Friday, January 18, through Sunday, January 27, 2013Please sign up to work for as many shifts as possible during the SET UP and SALE. Also indicate any spouses, friends, or acquaintances who will accompany you.CIRCLE THE TIMES BELOW. Fold this sheet, stamp it, and return the entire sheet as

soon as possible, but no later than Tuesday, January 7, 2013, toMeg Sivitz, 6361 E. Valle di Cadore, Tucson 85750

You can reach her at [email protected] or 615-4739 for more information.You will be contacted a few days in advance to confirm your choice.

Name ___________________________________________________________________

+ I will help to unpack books for the sale on Tuesday, January 15.

I prefer to be contacted by E-mail ___________________ Phone _________________Set Up:

Tuesday, Jan. 15 6–10:00 10-2:00 2-6:00Wednesday, Jan. 16 10–2:00

Opening Night: Thursday, Jan. 17 4:30–9:00Book Sale:

Friday, Jan. 18 10–2:00 2–6:00 6–9:00Saturday, Jan. 19 10–2:00 2–6:00 6–9:00Sunday, Jan. 20 11–2:00 2–6:00Monday, Jan. 21 10–2:00 2–6:00 6–9:00Tuesday, Jan. 22 10–2:00 2–6:00 6–9:00Wednesday, Jan. 23 10–2:00 2–6:00 6–9:00Thursday, Jan. 24 10–2:00 2–6:00 6–9:00Friday, Jan. 25 10–2:00 2–6:00 6–9:00Saturday, Jan. 26 10–2:00 2–6:00 6–9:00Sunday, Jan. 27 11–2:00 2–6:00

Clean Up:Monday, Jan. 28 8–12:00

Thanks for your help. No heavy lifting. Join this worthwhile endeavor.

We need you to help unpack

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