Sue Polansky

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Sue Polansky serves as Vice Chair of Zionist Affairs in Hadassah’s Education & Advocacy Division member and a member of the Hadassah Writers' Circle. Sue is also a Youth Aliyah Team Member and a Hadassah delegate to the American Zionist Movement. She has previously ghostwritten the “Zionism…Did You Know” puzzle for Hadassah Magazine. She served as president of Hadassah Western New England, headed Hadassah’s delegation to the 2017 and 2019 Va’ad haPoel (JAFI & World Zionist Organization meetings), was a Hadassah delegate to the 2020 World Zionist Congress and to the 2024 WZO meeting in Jerusalem in 2024. She represented Hadassah at the Jewish Council of Public Affairs and co-taught a syllabus from the Hartman iEngage Program: “Jewish Values & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” in her community and later taught the series for Hadassah Northeast. During the Covid19 pandemic, she facilitated a Beit Ha’Am Zionist video series for Hadassah Southern New England. She continues to serve on the National Youth Aliyah Committee and as Zionist Affairs VP of Hadassah Southern New England. In her home community, Sue has served as a vice president of Heritage Academy, chair of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School Committee, served on the Board of Jewish Geriatric Services, and on several committees at the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. Her involvement at the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts has included serving as vice president on the Executive Committee, chair of its Education Committee, president of the Women’s Division, a member of the Strategic Planning Committee, Nominating Committee, and Executive Director Search Committee. Sue has chaired the Federation’s Planning and Allocations Committee, Partnership 2000, the Israel@60 Mission, and the Jewish Endowment Foundation’s Distribution Committee. She was honored by the Federation at its Rose Luncheon in 2013, and at its 13 Extraordinary Women event. She received the Unsung Hero Award from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation for her many contributions to the Jewish community. Sue, who resides in Longmeadow, MA, is also a 2017 Israel Bonds awardee.