Betsy S. Silverfine, at The Blogs

Nov 15, 2022, 7:21 PM

Why Giving Tuesday Donors Are So Important to Hadassah

The author was recently a guest lecturer on donor retention at a Master's in Fundraising seminar at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. FL. Photo courtesy of Hadassah.

Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity. Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then, it has grown into a year-round...

Jun 22, 2022, 11:41 PM

How Volunteering for Hadassah Can Improve Your Life

Volunteering means giving your time and abilities to aid others (usually a nonprofit organization) without the need of financial compensation. Put simply, volunteering is a service to your community. Many nonprofit organizations rely on volunteers to accomplish day-to-day objectives and...

Mar 9, 2022, 10:43 PM

Henrietta Szold: Continuing Her Legacy of Giving during Women’s History Month

While Henrietta Szold is best known as the founder of Hadassah to provide medicine to the poor and diseased in Palestine, she was much more than a Zionist. Szold became a role model for many American women for community...

Nov 24, 2021, 6:16 AM

Hanukkah, The Festival of Lights

Left To Right: Ella Levine (daughter); Russ Levine (husband); Aliza Kelmachter (Ella's friend from Cedar Lake Camp); Brayden Levine (son); Betsy Silverfine (author)

By Betsy S. Silverfine, Hadassah Annual Giving Officer Growing up, celebrating Hanukkah, often called the Festival of Lights, meant getting presents on all eight nights of the holiday. That made me feel the same as classmates who celebrated Christmas, with...

About Me

Betsy S. Silverfine is National Hadassah’s Annual Giving Officer for Florida and the New England Region. She has a wide range of experience in fundraising, communications / community outreach and public relations, both in the non-profit and private consulting arenas including Junior Achievement, Adelphia Corp (now Comcast), Aird & Berlis LLP, and Brown Raysman LLP. A native New Yorker, Betsy is an active member of Hadassah. Additionally, she has volunteered with the MS Society, Temple Beth El of Boca Raton, Cornell University, Kindness Matters, and the American Field Service, where she was an exchange student to Brazil. Betsy has been a 3x NYC marathoner. Betsy has been married to Russell and together they have two children, Ella and Brayden.