Special Gifts 2022 Outstanding Volunteers

Rivkah has held many positions within the Chapter: Programming Chair, Membership Chair, and Co-President for 4 years, during which time the number of new members increased considerably. She is currently on the National Board, serving as Co-VP of the English-Speaking Chapters.

With her friendly and caring ways, Rivkah is devoted to helping all the volunteers and values each one, as they give the strength that makes Hadassah-Israel the outstanding organization it is today.

Adriane Bernstein made Aliyah from South Africa in 1994 with her 3 young children. Now she is savta to 7 grandies, as she calls them. She joined our chapter in 2014 and jumped in with both feet, as a contributing, sharing and caring member, and as a friend. She is often the one to turn to with a variety of questions and she’ll respond with well researched information.

She has volunteered in various capacities, including setting up joint efforts with the organization A Spoonful of Hope, bringing smiles to children in need.
While she has been an active member of the board for many years, her latest contribution has been in her role as Fundraising Chair. She has excelled in this position and with great devotion has led her committee to pull off 2 extremely successful fundraisers. Her organizational skills, leadership abilities and vast experience as a businesswoman, gave her the tools to oversee and participate in producing events that brought to Hadassah-Israel substantial donations.

We are so very fortunate to have Adriane as one of our Hadassah sisters. 

Elisheva made aliya more than 50 years ago, and met her husband, Michael in Israel. The proud mother of four sons, she was the daughter of a Tamar Chapter President, and served as President of the Nachama Chapter, begun by Tamar members for their working daughters. Besides being the spring-board for many creative programming ideas, she publishes a news letter promoting the chapter’s and National Hadassah-Israel’s activities, and e-mails it to all of our members.
 
An excellent proof-reader in English and Hebrew, Hadassah-Israel often turns to Elisheva for proofreading and translating. In addition to serving on the National Special Gifts Committee, Elisheva has also volunteered for the last 20 years in the Internal Medicine Department at Hadassah Hospital, Mt. Scopus taking EKG’s.

Currently, she serves as the unofficial “co-president” of the Nachama-Tamar Chapter, and its Treasurer.
Elisheva Lahav is truly deserving of this very special award!

Gili was born in Kibbutz Eyal and lived there until she was ten years old. She graduated from the Ramla-Lod High School and studied at the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. After a period of working as a municipal prosecutor in the Ramla municipality, Gili decided that her vocation was in teaching. She studied for a teaching diploma and then worked at the youth center in Lod - a high school for youth from low socio-economic strata.

Since the day she retired, 15 years ago, Gili has been volunteering as part of the Mor Chapter of Hadassah-Israel in Modi'in. She has taught and participated in the Thinking Games project in several schools in Modi'in for the last 15 years. This last year she also participated in the weekly meetings at an elderly citizens club where Mor Chapter started a Thinking Games project.  She has hosted many meetings at her house and is always willing to help in our fundraising events.

Gili is married, a mother of 3 children and a grandmother of 5 grandchildren.

Ora Aharoni is a veteran volunteer who is always ready to take on any job asked of her.

She plays the accordion at events and prepares song sheets for everyone – always with a smile on her face.

Ora always makes us feel good and happy. We, of Netanya's Shoshana Chapter, all love this exceptional, wonderful woman.

The Horshat Ha'Eucalyptus Chapter of Hadera: Devorah (Deby) Rozman-Shaked

Devorah Rozman-Shaked of the Horshat Ha'ecalyptus Chapter in Hadera was a nurse at Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot, where she lived until her retirement and moving to Hadera to be closer to her daughter.

She has been a very active volunteer in many of Hadassah's projects (as well as many non-Hadassah projects). We say that she is our "Woman of Valor" and our chapter is lucky to have "won" someone really special.

Nitza Harlov of the Rishon L'Tzion Sachlav Chapter grew up on a moshav where she was taught the values of mutual involvement and mutual help.

She has been a member of our chapter since its founding, and has been active in a great many of our activities, even after a two-year hiatus due to illness. In addition to her regular volunteering, she is always willing to give of her time − in various and sundry ways − whenever necessary.

Gabi Alpern, mother of two and grandmother of seven, has been a Shaked Chapter (Rehovot) volunteer for some 10 years, mainly involved in the weekly "Stop Family Violence" project.

In addition, she helps at all the chapter's events – decorating, refreshments, setting up the venue, selling raffle tickets, and bringing in donations.

We are grateful for her help, her support, her attentiveness, and her willingness to invest so much time and energy in our chapter.

Rachel Gur has been the treasurer of Rakefet Chapter for four years. She does her job devotedly and faithfully, and contributes much to the wonderful ambience at the chapter.

In addition to fulfilling her job as treasurer − while busy with her additional activities, including being a mother and grandmother − she also takes courses and participates in activities for pensioners, having retired from the Central Bureau of Statistics about four and a half years ago.

Rachel Ron, a lawyer by profession, has been president of the Yakinton Chapter since 2002. She had been invited to join the group 25 years ago by its founder, Vera Katzburg z"l.

Rachel served as the parliamentarian and thus gave legal advice to Hadassah-Israel whenever necessary; she continues in that role until today.