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ONGOING ACTIVITIES
The Sisterhood sponsors a number of fun and
valued activities that enhance synagogue life:
- Book Club
- Break the Fast at Yom Kippur
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Gift Shop, invitations and stationery
- Leading Shabbat services
- Monthly events
- Scrapbooking
- Study Sessions
- Synagogue-wide Chanukah party
- Support for Jewish Theological Seminary
- Z'havah Group (for younger members)
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September 2007/Elul-Tishrei 5767-5768
Welcome to a new year at Kehilat
Shalom!
You may wonder why it is important to belong to
Sisterhood. The purpose of Sisterhood is to
form friendships with other Jewish women, to
enrich each other’s lives, to help Jewish and
non-Jewish communities, and to make our
synagogue a place of welcome. Sisterhood at
Kehilat Shalom is about nurturing women,
personal growth and achievement, spiritual
enlightenment, and performing mitzvot.
Kehilat Shalom Sisterhood is affiliated with the
world-wide organization,
The Women’s League for Conservative Judaism.
This organization supports the Jewish Theological Seminary, the
Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, and the State of Israel. WLCJ also supports its Sisterhoods with a variety of resources: publications, leadership
training, conferences, and courses on Jewish topics.
Of course, there is always time for fun!
We have lots of exciting events planned, and
with your help, each activity will be a great
success.
Some programs include: preparing the
Yom Kippur Break Fast, Bingo Night, a beautiful
Hanukkah Boutique, Sisterhood Shabbat, a festive
“Night at the Kasbah: Queen Esther’s Banquet”,
as well as a Shaloch Manot Fundraiser and Purim
Carnival Lunch. We are also organizing a trip to
Strathmore to see Itzhak Perlman perform in May
and other cultural excursions. We have a
delightful Women’s Seder, a Maj Jongg
tournament, Book Club, Women’s League Torah Fund
Events, and Community Mitzvah projects.
Please join us for a new outlook on
synagogue life!
Marcie Lerner,
Sisterhood President
Kehilat Shalom
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For more information on Sisterhood membership
or any of the activities listed on this page
please contact Marcie Lerner, President.
UPCOMING EVENTS
COME TO "QUEEN ESTHER'S BANQUET: A NIGHT AT THE
KASBAH" ON SATURDAY, MARCH 1 @ 7:30 p.m.
"Queen Esther's Banquet: A
Night at the Kasbah" is Saturday, March 1,
at 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall.
It's $25 per person, adults only, cash bar.
Enjoy belly dancing (and a lesson) by Mina,
Middle Eastern cuisine and music (vegetarian
meals upon request), and door prizes! Come
in costume--Purim characters, etc! Costumes
are optional so come to have fun! If you
would like to help with this event, contact
Marcie Lerner, event chair. See the Feb.
Shofar for response form. Make check payable
to "Kehilat Shalom Sisterhood" and mail to
Kehilat Shalom or leave in the Sisterhood
box in the synagogue office by Feb. 22. We
are also in need of items to decorate.
Contact Bonnie Richter if you can help with
decorations.
ORDER YOUR SHALOCH MANOT BASKETS NOW UNTIL MARCH
5!
Order Shaloch Manot baskets for friends and
family now until March 5 for pickup at the Purim
Carnival on March 16. See the attached updated
PDF for an order form.
ANNUAL WOMEN'S SEDER SUNDAY APRIL 6 AT 4:00
P.M.
Join us for our annual women's seder on
Sunday, April 6, at 4:00 p.m. at the home of
Arlene Gerst, as we celebrate the
matriarchs of the Passover saga! This is a
Passover-style seder—all food is dairy.
Please contact Marcie Lerner with your RSVP
by April 2 and let her know what you wish to
bring to this potluck dairy meal.
Mark Your
Calendars:
•
March 9: Seaboard Region Torah Fund Event
at Adas Israel at 2:30 p.m. celebrating
Kolot Nashim: Women's Voices, The Voices
of Seaboard Cantors. Kehilat
Shalom's own Kim Komrad will be singing! There
is a minimum pledge of $36.00 to Torah Fund and
couvert of $18.00. If you have already made a
pledge to Torah Fund of $36 or more you will
only pay the $18 couvert charge. Please RSVP to
Arlene Gerst or Marcie Tuegel.
• April 13th: Mah Jongg Tournament at Kehilat
Shalom
MORE NEWS!
TORAH FUND CARDS AVAILABLE FOR $3 IN
THE JUDAICA SHOP
We have a huge selection of beautiful
Torah Fund cards for every occasion available in
the Judaica Shop. The $3 cost of each card will
benefit the Jewish Theological Seminary in New
York!
NEW WOMEN'S LEAGUE WEB SITE!
Have you looked at the latest and
greatest new website for WLCJ? You can go on to
www.wlcj.org and get up-to-date information
on Women's League and find out about all their
services and programming and suggestions and
speaker/consultant availability in terms of
Torah Fund, Training Services, Education and
many, many other things! Whew! Register now and
get into the members' site by putting your name,
Sisterhood and registration number. How do you
do that? In the past two weeks, all those
registered (by having your Sisterhood sending
your per capita dues) received the latest issue
of Women's League Outlook. On the top left hand
corner of the mailing label, you will see a six
digit code (individual membership number) and
another three digit code following the letter
"T" (your Sisterhood code).
Click here to read
(high speed access recommended) all about the Torah Binder Project and this beautiful Torah Binder, designed and transferred onto raw silk by Susan Rubenstein. Stitched by Charissa Flamenbaum, Jan Gavin, Karen Goldenberg, Judi Kranz, Ellen Milhiser, Janet Rutchik, and Marcie Tuegel. Textile artist Shirley Waxman generously shared her expertise.
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