DEVELOPMENT NEWS chicago mother- in- israel by beth gottesman
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etropolitan Chicago turned out in force for the annual Mother-InIsrael Event, held at the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie this past May. Guests had exclusive after-hours access to the museum and enjoyed a gourmet buffet dinner. Edy Kupietzky welcomed everyone and got the evening underway. AMIT President Debbie Isaac attended the event which was chaired by mother/ daughter teams of Barbara Hanus and Edy Kupietzky, Linda Weissbrot and Keryn Schreiber and Susie Robinson and Mimi Stein. Debbie shared some of the many exciting recent developments at AMIT schools, highlighting the importance of AMIT’s unique educational approach. Internationally renowned author Barbara Taylor Bradford was the event’s special guest speaker. She shared some of her inspirations for her newest novel, Letter From a Stranger, which has a Holocaust theme, and regaled the audience with anecdotes from her many years as a writer.
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WESTON HILLS COUNTRY CLUB 2600 COUNTRY CLUB WAY WESTON, FL 33332 954-384-4653
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For more information on sponsoring or to play call Robin Isaacson at 954-922-5100 or e-mail robini@amitchildren.org. REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.AMITCHILDREN.ORG/NEWS-AND-EVENTS
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