Past Events

Telling her Stories: An Evening with Pamela Lavitt

By Special Contributor Chelsea Garbell “Absence is a reason to theorize about something, about what could be. When you don’t know you’re looking for something, you can often find it in front of you.” On Tuesday, August 14, almost thirty women and men gathered in the beautiful home of Devora and Ron Weinstein to hear …

Mexican Head Consul in Seattle

As guests of Head Consul Roberto Dondisch, the first Jewish Consul General from Mexico in Seattle, and his wife Cynthia, a capacity gathering of Hadassah men and women filled the former Harvard Exit Theater. Nostalgic for the old-time parlor and movie theater venue, the renovated Capitol Hill building has been transformed into a modern office …

Unexpected Israel with guest speaker Judy Lash Balint

Unexpected Israel was the topic of Beer Sheva Hadassah’s recent meeting in Seward Park. Judy Lash Balint, an author and journalist from Jerusalem (and former Seattle resident), shared slides and stories of a dozen interesting places to see that even frequent visitors may have never seen. Among them, Timna, an amazing National Park just off …