SOCIAL SCENE
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF
JEWISH WOMEN/ESSEX
DESSERT AND DIALOGUE
PHOTO COURTESY OF NCJW/ESSEX
Ms. Magazine co-founding editor Letty
Cottin Pogrebin discussed her journey as a
writer, activist and feminist icon at the
NCJW/Essex Dessert and Dialogue event
held last May at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel
in South Orange.
Deborah Legow Schatz of West Orange,
President of NCJW/Essex; Ruthann Fish
of West Orange, Co-Chair of Dessert
and Dialogue; Letty Cottin Pogrebin;
Ellen Barocas of Cedar Grove, Co-Chair
of Dessert and Dialogue; and Paula
Green of South Orange, NCJW/Essex
Vice President of Advocacy.
Sherwin Bentick of Immaculate Conception High School
was one of 37 student-athletes in the Super Essex Conference
honored by the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center and
Investors Bank last May. Honorees were chosen because they
exemplified outstanding character, positivity and selflessness
on their schools’ teams.
Betty Spiropolous, Vice President, Investors Bank;
Sherwin Bentick; and Dr. Dave Masur, St. John’s
University men’s soccer coach and the event’s
guest speaker
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UNITED STATE OF
WOMEN SUMMIT
Executive Women of New Jersey President-Elect
Michellene Davis, whom we profiled in our Fall 2015 issue
(“The View from Above the Glass Ceiling”), participated in the
inaugural United State of Women Summit in Washington, D.C.
this June. Davis, who is Executive Vice President of Corporate
Affairs for Barnabas Health, joined global leaders to focus on
the pursuit of gender equality. Featured speakers included
Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep and Tina Fey.
YOGI BERRA MUSEUM PHOTO COURTESY OF ANDREW MORDZYNSKI/YBMLC;
UNITED STATE OF WOMEN PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELLENE DAVIS
YOGI BERRA MUSEUM
& LEARNING CENTER’S
BEST TEAMMATE AWARD
Michellene Davis and Gloria Steinem