LEMONADE SPRING HOLIDAY NEWSLETTER


First, as is our yearly custom, a spring LEMONY recipe, good for Passover or any time. (Please read to the bottom for Lemonade Fund news.)

Lemon Herb Salad

MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN, courtesy of the New York Times

  • YIELD 6 servings
  • TIME15 minutes

Bitter herbs – the maror – are part of the Seder ritual, symbolizing the bitterness of slavery experienced by the Jews in Egypt. Endive, romaine and chicory (for which I’ve substituted radicchio) are present on many Sephardic ritual platters, but often they also appear in salads served with the meal. This can be served as a separate course or as a side dish.
INGREDIENTS

  • 2 hearts of romaine lettuce
  • 1 small head radicchio
  • 2 Belgian endives
  • 1 ½ cups arugula or watercress, washed and dried
  • 1 rib celery, preferably from the heart, sliced very thin
  • 2 scallions, chopped (optional)
  • ¼ cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh dill
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint(optional)
  • 1 small garlic clove
  •  Salt to taste
  • 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil

PREPARATION

  1. Wash and dry the romaine lettuce leaves and break into medium pieces. Separate the radicchio leaves and cut into medium pieces. Rinse and dry the endives and slice crosswise about 3/4 inch thick. Toss together all of the greens, the celery and the scallions in a large salad bowl and sprinkle the herbs over the top.
  2. Skin the garlic clove, cut in half and remove green shoots. Place in a mortar and pestle with a generous pinch of salt and mash to a paste. Work in the lemon juice and then the olive oil. Taste and adjust salt. Transfer to a jar until ready to serve the salad.
  3. Just before serving, shake the dressing in the jar, pour over the salad and toss.

Tips

  • Advance preparation: The greens can be prepared, wrapped in a clean kitchen towel and then sealed in plastic bags and refrigerated, several hours ahead.
  • Most of the calories come from the dressing; you can use less to reduce them.


A LEMONADE FUND STORY
WHAT WE DO:
HELPING NEEDY ISRAELI BREAST CANCER PATIENTS
WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL CRISIS

March 2018:

R., 48, is married with 2 children, 10 and 12. She worked in a supermarket stocking shelves until she was diagnosed with metastatic (Stage 4) breast cancer. (She can no longer work due to the side effects of her treatments.) Her husband, though partially disabled and unemployed, controls the household entirely, including all of the finances. He has forced estrangement from her family and friends, and R. is living in fear and isolation. She thinks her children need counseling but her husband will not permit it. The family has no income except for the minimal disability payments that they receive from the National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi.)
Despite his cruelty, R. is afraid to leave her domineering husband for fear of orphaning her children completely. For the time being she and her hospital social worker submitted an application for an emergency Lemonade Fund grant that will be deposited in a new separate bank account that R. opened on her own. (In special cases such as this, grant checks can either be sent to the recipient via the social worker, or wired directly to the recipient’s separate bank account.) In this way, R. will have a sum of money that is completely her own, to spend as she sees fit. Though her situation remains precarious, R. will have a modicum of control of her own life…a small step toward personal empowerment (and maybe more,) during a very difficult time.
(See below to donate and help other Lemonade Fund applicants.)

 A THANK YOU AND A DONATION IN HONOR OF A MOTHER:

Hello,
We would like to make a donation to the Lemonade Fund in memory of our mother, ——-, who passed away in 2017. She suffered from breast cancer at age 45, but survived to live an active and rich life until the age of 85 when she passed away from breast cancer. Stage 4. Throughout her life she was a true and brave warrior in the face of illness, tragedy and hardship. She was always active and optimistic and yet gracious and accepting of death at the end of her life.
We would love to pass on a little part of her optimism to other women and hope that we can offer a little assistance to those women who are currentlty finding their own battle.
Sincerely,
Family of ——-



Click to Donate
YOU can help needy Israeli breast cancer patients by sponsoring ESRA Lemonade Fund grants.      
       AVERAGE LEMONADE FUND GRANT = NIS 2,500 ($720.)
  • Donate 1 month of grants for 1 Breast Center    NIS 12,500  ($3,600)
  • Donate 2.5 grants                                                   NIS   6,250  ($1,800)
  • Donate 1 full grant                                                  NIS   2,500  ($720)
  • Donate a half grant                                                 NIS  1,250   ($360)
  • Donate any amount                                                   Thank you!!!!!!
Tax deductible receipts are available for Israeli, US, UK or Australiandonations.
News****We are grateful to JNF (קק’ל) Australia for including the ESRA Lemonade Fund as one of their JNF SPECIFIC AND VITAL PROJECTS IN ISRAEL! Thank you!!!!
https://www.jnf.org.au/project-items/lemonadefund/
We continue to be grateful to Myisrael for supporting the ESRA Lemonade Fund as one of their charity projects.
http://www.myisraelcharity.org/project/view/375
Lemonade Fund is a welfare fund of  ESRA, a registered Israeli non-profit organization (No. 580037455.)