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Mar
5
Mon
11:30 am-12:00 pm: Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson
11:30 am -12:30 pm: Complimentary Blood pressure check with nurse, Lori Edelstein
12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Lasagna Alfredo, rolls, mixed greens with Balsamic dressing, dessert
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Showcase of American Musicals: University of Wisconsin students with instructor, Jeanette Thompson
Mar
12
Mon
11:30 am-12:00 pm: Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson
12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Chicken & dill stew, Basmati rice, lentil soup, mixed greens salad, fruit, dessert (Vegetarian option: tofu and dill stew)
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Rabbi Paula Winnig presentation, “Sheep, Shawls and Shatnez”
Mar
26
Mon
11:30 am-12:00 pm: Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson
12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Lox, cream cheese, bagels, lettuce, tomato, onion, capers, cucumber, dairy kugel
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Jessica Michna presentation, “Golda Meir, The Journey Home”
Apr
9
Mon
11:30 am-12:00 pm: Yoga from a chair with Estelle Katz
11:30 am -12:30 pm: Complimentary Blood pressure check with nurse, Lori Edelstein
12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Lime and sesame soy chicken, Jasmine rice, Asian slaw, garlic mushrooms, cake (Vegetarian option: Lime and sesame soy tofu)
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Ken and Claudia Miska presentation, “Thirty Days in Southeast Asia: 2017”
Apr
16
Mon
11:30 am-12:00 pm: Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson
12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Orange fennel roasted chicken, mashed potato, roasted corn, fruit, dessert (Vegetarian option: Roasted tofu)
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Raging Grannies: Songs of life, politics, and protest
Apr
23
Mon
11:30 am-12:00 pm: Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson
12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Moroccan chicken, basmati rice, mixed green salad, spring vegetable medley, lentil and spinach soup, brownie (Vegetarian option: Moroccan tofu)
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Steve Kerbel presentation, “Making the Desert Bloom: New Developments in Agriculture and Technology in the Negev Desert Region of Israel”
Apr
30
Mon
11:30 am-12:00 pm: Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson
12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Beef and lamb kofte, pita, saffron rice, cucumber and mint sauce, Greek salad, peas and carrots, curried squash soup (Vegetarian option: Grilled seiten)
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Jim Leary presentation, “What Folksongs Tell Us about Work in Wisconsin”
May
7
Mon
11:30 am-12:00 pm: Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson
11:30 am -12:30 pm: Complimentary Blood pressure check with nurse, Lori Edelstein
12:00 pm-1:00 pm: African peanut stew, rice, mixed greens w/ Balsamic dressing, fruit, dessert (Vegetarian option: tofu peanut stew)
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Four Seasons Theatre: “The Best of Broadway: Stephen Sondheim.”
11:30 am-12:00 pm: Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson
12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Buttermilk pancakes, potato kugel, scrambled eggs, fruit, pastry
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Slavic Folk and Popular Songs by vocalist and musician, Anna Gubenkova. Accompanied by Victor Gorodinsky, founder and conductor of UW-Madison Russia Folk Orchestra.
Sep
13
Thu
Bus Trip to Jewish Museum Milwaukee
We will leave Madison at 9:30 am, have an early lunch, attend talk and tour from 1-2:30 pm, and then return to Madison. Lunch location and menu will be announced shortly. Cost is $25 and will include all transportation, lunch and museum fees. This program is generously subsidized by Jeff Levy. If cost is prohibitive, funds are available through Jewish Social Services. Contact Paul Borowsky at JSS: paul@jssmadison.org, 608-442-4083. We will have a chance to tour core exhibits as well as the traveling exhibit which is ending soon:
Traveling Exhibit:Stitching Histories From the Holocaust tells the story of Hedwig Strnad and her husband Paul through the letters to their Milwaukee cousin and the dress designs they sent in the hopes of getting visas. Hedy and Paul were ultimately killed in the Holocaust, but her dress designs survived. The centerpiece of this exhibit are the eight dresses lovingly created by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater Costume Shop. These dresses provide visitors with a tangible connection to the loss of talent in the Holocaust.
Accompanying Stitching Histories are two more family stories of immigration:
The Oelsner family fled to Japanese-occupied Shanghai in 1939, the only place that they could go without a visa. Their daughter Edie was born there and the collection reflects the family’s journey from Nazi Germany, to war-torn Shanghai, and ultimately to the United States.
While Mary and George Stern escaped to the United States in 1938 and settled in Racine, WI.