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UMJCA Announcements

Shuk Shalom – Sunday April 29th

Experience Israeli 
& Jewish Culture 
 
Israel & Zionisim Committee in conjuction with Mashadi Sisterhood would like to present :
SHUK SHALOM
Save the Date : Sunday April 29th (11am- 6pm) at UMJCA 54 Steamboat RoadSupport Israel & come by for a day filled with Israeli products, shopping, music, food, and entertainment for both adults and children all day long! 

For any more information please contact anyone below at shukshalom@gmail.com
Cathy Banilivi, Mahtab Zar, Ester Zar, Monica Livian, Janet Navaei Livian,
Caroline Hadjibay, Nataly Hakimian, Neda Rahmanan, Dalia Hakimian, Dina Khordi

(For Sponsorship of Israeli products please contact Cathy Banilivy at cathyb03@aol.com)

Sisterhood Announcement:

The newly elected Mashadi Sisterhood Committee would like to announce the positions of the new officers of the Sisterhood.

Co-President’s – Monica Livian and Mahtab Zar
Co-Vice president’s – Janet Livian and Shirin Rahmani
Treasurer- Dalia Hakimian
Assistant Treasurer- Ester Zar
Executive Secretary- Sandy Mordekhai
Recording Secretary- Monica Hakimian

Board Members:
Rozita Basalaly, Nataly Hakimian, Shirin Kamali, Raya Karmily, Dina Aghabibi Khordi, Siporah Nassimi, Neda Rahmanan.

>2011 – 2014 Sisterhood Votes

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2011 – 2014 Sisterhood

(Alphabetical Listing)

 

Basalaly

Rozita

761

Hakimian

(Asher)

Dalia

788

Hakimian

(Livian)

Monica

575

Hakimian

(Nadri)

Nataly

568

Kamali

Shirin

529

Karmily

Raya

667

Khordi

(Hakimian)

Dina Aghabibi

550

Livian

(Hadjibay)

Monica

732

Mordekhai

Ghassabian

Sandy

681

Nassimi

Sipora

509

Navaei

Livian

Janet

795

Rahmanan

Neda

527

Rahmani

Shirin

803

Zar

(Kohanim)

Mahtab

809

Zar

(Gorjian)

Esther

553

 

2011 – 2014 Sisterhood Reserve Members  (in order)

Kamali

Anat

 

Jamshidoff

(Nassimian)

Maria

Gorjian

(Galante)

Vivette

Namdar

Dina 

Nabavian

Diana

 

>2011 – 2014 UMJCA Sisterhood Election Results

BREAKING NEWS!!

We are pleased to announce the 2011 – 2014 UMJCA Sisterhood Election Results in Alphabetical order:

Rozita Basalaly
Dalia Hakimian (Asher)
Monica Hakimian (Livian)
Nataly Hakimian (Nadri)
Shirin Kamali
Raya Karmily
Dina Aghabibi Khordi (Hakimian)
Monica Livian (Hadjibay)
Sandy Mordekhai (Ghassabian)
Siporah Nassimi
Janet Navaei Livian
Neda Rahmanan
Shirin Rahmani (Hezghia)
Esther Zar (Gorjian)
Mahtab Zar (Kohanim)

The number of votes will be released within 7 days per the UMJCA bylaws.
421 Men Vote for Sisterhood
Posted – Mon Nov 21 12:31pm
421 Men have cast votes for the Sisterhood Election, not counting the absentee ballots!

Supervisory Council – UMJCA

689 Women Vote

Posted – Mon Nov 21 11:30am

Not counting the absentee ballots, 689 women have voted for the Sisterhood Election forming the majority of the vote.   Stay tuned!
Final Referendum Results – Amendment Approved with 76.6%

Posted – Mon Nov 21 10:07am

With 1,169 votes cast, including 45 absentee ballots, 896 voters comprising of 76.6% of the total vote approved an amendment to the UMJCA by laws allowing men to vote for the Sisterhood Election.  There were 249 no votes and 24 abstentions.     We will now be counting all votes cast for the Sisterhood Election.   Stay tuned!

Referendum Passes
Posted – Mon Nov 21 9:05am
Initial results show that the referendum to give men the right to vote in the Sisterhood elections has passed.

>Final Referendum Results – Amendment Approved with 76.6%

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BREAKING NEWS

 

With 1,169 votes cast, including 45 absentee ballots, 896 voters comprising of 76.6% of the total vote approved an amendment to the UMJCA by laws allowing men to vote for the Sisterhood Election.  There were 249 no votes and 24 abstentions.     We will now be counting all votes cast for the Sisterhood Election.   Stay tuned!

 

Supervisory Council

UMJCA

 

 

Learn It Up Presents: THE MIX

 

Learn It Up is proud to unveil to the Community a new program called The Mix! The demand for learning Jewish subjects has grown and we have decided to provide a platform to learn ANYTHING related to Judaism and Israel for our diverse and passionate community. Whether you are a beginner or a veteran in Judaic studies, a student, a worker, or a father or mother we will cater to your curiosity of a variety of Jewish Topics. Classes begin Wednesday night, November 2 at 9:00 pm sharp at 130 Steamboat Road. Please take a minute to register TODAY for an 8 week class and you may enrich your life forever.
                                              Register –HERE

CENTRAL BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT !!!!!!

>The Central Board announces the newly formed UMJCA Arbitration & Mediation Committee. The following people are available to mediate all community differences. Feel free to contact any one or more of these people that you feel comfortable with. For our lady’s in the community, if preffered, you can contact the 3 women listed.

Nassim Bassalian mirza18@aol.com
Mansour Karimzadeh mansour@karimzadeh.com
Mehdi Nassimi mike@NassimiRealty.com
Jamshid Zar jamshidzar@dannyandnicole.com
Amir Hajibay amir@bayco.com
Fatollah Hematian
Samuel Koren samuelkoren@hotmail.com
Ramin Kalaty rkalaty@aol.com
David Hezghia david@culetdiamonds.com
Shmuel Livian (making referrals only) shmuellivian@aol.com
Mrs. Shahin Kalaty
Mrs. Sima Bassalian
Mrs. Jila Hezghia

>Sisterhood Elections

>Elections for the Sisterhood committee of the UNJCA for the next term from 2011-2014 will be held on Sunday November 20, 2011 at the Mashadi Jewish Center, Shaare Shalom Synagogue. All eligible community ladies are encouraged to participate in these elections – as candidates and as voters. To nominate yoruself or someone else for the Sisterhood elections, please contact the Supervisory Council through the synagogue offices, or fill one of our nomination forms avcailable at the synagogue office or on-line. All ladies over 21 years of age are eligible to run in the Sisterhood elections, and ladies over the age of 18 can vote. The Central Board is studying whether to allow men to vote in this election. This needs the approval of the Community by a referndum, which will be held at the smae time as the elections.

>Welcome to the new Mashadi Israel & Zionism Committee Page

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The Mashadi Israel & Zionism Committee is a committee of the United Mashadi Jewish Community of America (UMJCA) Inc., a non-profit organization governed by the UMJCA By-Laws.

Our committee will help the community to unite under the same roof, both our younger and the older generations, in order to refocus our efforts on the goal of supporting Israel and increasing Israel awareness. We aim to reconnect all of us to our homeland and increase Israel awareness through publications, speakers, events, petitions, trips and many other needed and thoughtful activities.

The Israel & Zionism Committee also publishes a newsletter, the first of which was published on August 19, 2011.