10:30 – Join us for hospitality (mingling, light snacks)

11:00 – Business meeting, including the election of the 2015 – 2016 Board of Directors. We were unable to hold the election at the May meeting due to low turnout… Please make every effort to attend this meeting so we can move ahead with important board business. We will be giving away one free seat for our Fall Seminar featuring Dr. Michael Lacopo to one lucky member!  Review the minutes from last months meeting by clicking here….

11:30 (Approximately) – We will he hearing from Debra Polsky, Executive Director of the Dallas Jewish Historical Society

Debra will discuss the history of the Jewish community in Dallas, share information about a program her organization has initiated to discuss history and genealogy with Sunday schools and will tell us about a new initiative being planned to engage with the community using extant family trees to show relationships within the community

About our Speaker
Debra became Dallas Jewish Historical Society Executive Director in August 2012. Originally an elementary school teacher, a long career in Jewish Communal Service took her from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Omaha, Nebraska to San Francisco, California; Debra first came to Dallas as the Executive Regional Director for B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO). In addition to teaching in the Melton Adult Education program for 20 years, she has worked or volunteered for a variety of agencies including Dallas Holocaust Center, Congregation Kol Ami, Jewish Community Center of Dallas, Jewish Community Relations Council, Dallas Women’s Foundation, Girl Scouts of NETexas, Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas’ Center for Jewish Education and the Dallas Association of Directors of Volunteers. Debra received her Masters of Public Administration and Social Work from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Contact Debra Monday-Friday at dpolsky@djhs.org