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Na'amat comes to town
Na'amat Canada will be holding its triennial convention for the first time in Vancouver, B.C., with the theme "Na'amat meets the 21st century."
Vancouver's Tamara Lcvi-Ban-del has teamed up with Cheryl Milner and Stephanie Sacks from Calgary to organize the 12th an-nud convention, which will take place over Thanksgiving weekend, Oct. 9-11.
The convention will include sessions on family law, a program that explores the Holocaust through art therapy, and a Jun-cheon to discuss the future of Na'amat in Canada and Israel.
Featured speakers during the event will be Abby Liebman and Sandra Polinsky, who will talk about domestic abuse and family law, and Dina Wachtel, the Israel emissary of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, who will talk about the status of women in Israel.
Na'amat Canada is a Jewish women's organization vnih chapters in nine cities in Canada. The organization provides social, educational, and cultural programs for its membership. The Canadian group also helps support the organization's efforts in Israel.
Na'amat was founded in 1921 to support women pioneers in Israel. Its mission has expanded to encompass the support and advancement of women and their families in Israel and across the 21 countries where Na'amat works.
Na'amat is the largest women's movement in Israel, with a membership of more than 800,000. Its international arm, through organizations like Na'amat Canada, have an additional membership of 100,000. Na'amat is not only focusing on the needs of Israeli women and children, but also on Jewish women and children in Vancouver, across Canada and aroimd the world.
Locally, Na'amat takes a leading role in advancing the status of women and their families. Na'amat Vancouver offers its members and supporters a variety of programs throughout the year, including its guest lecture series.
The scries touches on important issues of the day for its members and brings such well-known lecturers as Concordia University Professor Norma Joseph speaking on Agunot,. Miriam Martins speaking on alternative medicine in Russia, Rabbi Twer-ski speaking on domestic violence, and Holocaust survivor Marie Doduck.
Throughout the year, members organize a variety of fund-raising activities to support Na'amat's mission.
These projects include the annual hamantashen bake-a-thon at Purim, a Chanukah dinner and a sale of cards. Vancouver's community projects include an annual retreat, a new book review committee and an affiliation witli a local domestic violence shelter where members collect and donate clothes and basic necessities.
Across Israel, Na'amat and its members also work to support women, children and families. With 1,500 facilities, Na'amat offers childcare to 25,000 children daily, providing 60 per cent of Israel's day care. It has more than 30 legal aid offices that provide free services to women facing financial or child custody problems or abusive husbands, or for those seeking agct (Jewish divorce).
Na'amat also provides management-level training for upper management positions to help close the 30 per cent wage gap between men and women; health clinics which provide information sheets on mammograms, hygiene and general health in Hebrew, Russian, English and Arabic; and provides help for more than 5,000 women by means of coimselling, support groups and rehabilitation programs for abusive husbands at Na'amat's five Domestic Violence Prevention Centres.
Na'amat Canada is evolving to meet the challenges of a modem, rapidly changing society. Despite the progress since 1921, much still remains to be done to protect children and support women. To find out how you can join 900,000 other women worldwide in promoting equality and social justice in Israel and in Vancouver, contact Na'amat Vancouver at 257-5177; Na'amat Canada at 1 (888) 278-0792; e-mail na'amat@total.net; or visit Na'amat Canada's website at www.naamatcom.
For more information about the October convention or for special rates for travelling to the convention, call Vivian Reisler at (514) 488-0792. □
- Courtesy of Na'amat Canada
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Chabad Ktsilano announces a super lane sale. Come down to the lane behind 3673 West Broadway (at the comer of Alma) on Sunday, Aug. 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thousands of books, among other items, will be on sale. □
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