Debby Mazon, at The Blogs

May 10, 2024, 11:32 PM

Speak Up! You Will Be Heard: How Hadassah Taught Me to Be Fearless

Photo of Hadassah Past President June Walker courtesy of Hadassah.

One most memorable highlight of my life came in 2003 when, as the new Hadassah Northern New Jersey Region (NNJ) president, I watched June Walker, z”l, a past NNJ Hadassah president, be installed as Hadassah’s national president. We in...

May 4, 2024, 12:45 AM

Making the “Right” Recipes for Passover

Passover is a special and meaningful holiday for many reasons. It is an annual reminder of who we are and where we come from. Family and friends gather to retell a critical event in Jewish history, with a sense...

Mar 27, 2024, 9:57 PM

My Jewish Identity and How I Found ‘Me’

Jewish Identity. It’s personal, prideful, celebratory and challenging. Jews are such a diverse people. Yet there are bonds that tie us all together--our history, common experiences, sense of family. From my earliest memories of family sitting around the Shabbat...

About Me

Debra Mazon is Chair of American Affairs Advocacy for Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. (HWZOA) and a member of the Hadassah Writers' Circle. Debra has been an active leader in Hadassah for many years holding varied positions including having been the Coordinator and Vice Coordinator of the Education and Advocacy Division. Her professional training was as a Speech/Drama/English teacher for which she was employed on the K-12 levels. Later in her teaching career, she received her Masters as a Media Specialist. Currently, Debra is the director of Human Resources for a medical sales company founded by her husband Richard. She and Richard have two grown sons who work in the company and four grandchildren, two boys and two girls. She is an exercise enthusiast and taught aerobic and step classes for many years and encourages others to work out for physical and mental health benefits. She lives in Emerson, NJ and is a past president of Hadassah Northern New Jersey Region.