Greetings!
Once again we are privileged to have the opportunity to enrich our lives with virtual visits to two illuminating museums. Please join us.
We look forward to sharing these events with you.
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WRS Presents the
Museum of the African Diaspora
Tuesday, May 11
3:00pm via Zoom
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Join us for a virtual tour of the
Museum of the African Diaspora.
MoAD is a contemporary art museum that celebrates Black cultures, ignites challenging conversations, and inspires learning through the global lens of the African Diaspora.
The Museum of the African Diaspora, based in San Francisco's Yerba Buena arts district, plays a vital role in the local arts community. MoAD is uniquely positioned as one of the few museums in the world focused exclusively on African Diaspora culture and on presenting the rich cultural heritage of the people of Africa and of African descendant cultures all across the globe.
THIS VIRTUAL TOUR IS FREE TO ALL MEMBERS.
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WRS Presents the
Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Tour
Monday, June 14
5:00pm via Zoom
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Learn more about the
Join us for a virtual tour of The Legacy Museum:
From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration.
This museum is situated on a site in Montgomery where enslaved people were once warehoused. A block from one of the most prominent slave auction spaces in America, the Legacy Museum is steps away from an Alabama dock and rail station where tens of thousands of Black people were trafficked during the 19th century.
THIS VIRTUAL TOUR IS FREE TO ALL MEMBERS.
Your discretionary donation is most appreciated to support WRS programs and meaningful social action.
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Shop at the WRS Judaica Gift Shop |
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Last chance to purchase Gary Rosenthal art work. After 40 years, this wonderful Judaica artist who works with mixed metals is retiring.
If you are shopping for a talit, you can make an appointment by email to come in to the shop, or if you don't see what you're looking for in the Judaica Shop, please ask Ingrid for assistance by email.
Ingrid will help you find just the right item, and your purchase will help fund the programs of the Women of Rodef Sholom.
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Rosh Chodesh
A Special Holiday For Women
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The Rosh Chodesh Group
Tuesday, May 11
1:30pm
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“Whoever blesses the moon in its time welcomes the presence of the Schechina (female Devine presence).”
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Rosh Chodesh marks the beginning of each month by the appearance of the new moon. The talmud records this as a special holiday for women.
Be part of our Rosh Chodesh group which meets each month to share women's perspectives on Torah, politics, ritual, music, prayer, and much more in an intimate setting.
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WRS Book Club
Wednesday, May 26
7:30pm
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The WRS Book Club will discuss
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi this month.
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lipman is the “summer read” for discussion on June 23rd. The novel is a mystery involving two women of different backgrounds, one white and Jewish and the other black and dead. It was inspired by an unsolved murder in Baltimore in 1969.
At our May Book Club meeting, we will choose the selections for the rest of the summer and early fall.
Our Book Club meets the fourth Wednesday of each month. All are welcome.
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WRS Board Meeting
Tuesday, May 4
7:00 - 8:30pm
Our meetings, the first Tuesday of the month, are open to all members and to the public.
Send your name and email to wrs@rodefsholom.org if you would like to attend this month's WRS Board meeting or future Board meetings.
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WRS Programming Team Meeting
Tuesday, May 18
5:00 - 6:30pm
Help us develop and plan virtual programming for the coming months. RSVP with your name and email to wrssisterhood@gmail.com, and the Zoom link for the meeting will be emailed to you. If you attend a meeting, you will be added to the distribution list for future meetings. We meet the third Tuesday of each month.
Join us! We are stronger together.
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THANK YOU WRS PROGRAMMING TEAM:
Amy Friedricks, Angela Giacomini, Laura J. Giacomini, Antoinette Golbus, Susan Goldwasser, Antoinette Grimes, BettyAnn Kram, Barbara Kraus, Sheri Langer, Jen Levine, Gila Pomerantz,
Alissa Ralston, Fanny Stein, Sheila Wheeler
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Message From Our President |
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Dear Women of Rodef Sholom and friends,
I hope you and all of your loved ones are moving towards full COVID-19 vaccination. I am so grateful to be fully vaccinated and just beyond my two weeks post vaccine period. I hugged someone outside of my family for the first time in over a year today, and it was surreal but wonderful! My next act will be to hug any of you who are comfortable with that!
I have been pensive about the contrast of our collective ramp up to more normal activities and the close of my term as President of the Women of Rodef Sholom, which ends June 30. I have loved working with this group of smart, dynamic women and wish that we could have spent more time together in person during my tenure. I am looking forward to in-person Board meetings and events on the horizon. However, I hope that we never stop incorporating remote capabilities for any who want to join us, as I truly believe our forced virtual reality has opened the world to us, and, also, opened us to the world.
While this is my second-to-last letter from the President, I will still be active as the Immediate Past President on our Board of Directors. The nominating committee for the Women of Rodef Sholom has presented an inspiring slate of officers up for election. We still have lots of opportunities to get involved as entry-level Board members and at the committee level. If you identify as a woman and are interested in learning and connecting with other terrific women and engaging in tikkun olam (repairing the world), please join us!
In the meantime, join us for a virtual tour of The Legacy Museum at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration on June 14, which is certain to be enlightening.
Join us. We are stronger together.
Jen Levine, President
Women of Rodef Sholom
(she/her/hers)
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In Partnership
Social Justice and Civic Engagement
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View WRJ Events for May 2021 here.
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Marin Organizing Committee (MOC)
and Congregation Rodef Sholom
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MOC Leaders Meeting
Thursday, May 6
Marin Organizing Committee (MOC) is an organization of institutions, mostly religious and non-profit groups, formed to create relational power that can build and strengthen each member organization, as well as shape Marin County’s public policy for the common good.
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Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
For more than six decades, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (the RAC) has worked to educate, inspire, and mobilize the Reform Jewish Movement to advocate for social justice. More information here.
Religious Action Center - California (RAC-CA) announces 2021 Racial Justice Campaign. The top priority is SB 467, a health and environmental justice campaign. This bill will require buffer zones between oil/gas drilling and neighborhoods where toxins from the drilling have had negative health implications that largely impact Communities of Color. It will also phase out dangerous drilling methods in California.
The RAC-CA 2021 Campaign Team will guide work to build support for the ambitious goals of SB 467. To join the Campaign Team, contact Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller
Join In Pursuit of Climate Justice, a Jewish Community Forum on SB 467 and RAC-CA 2021 Campaign Kickoff on Wednesday, May 5, at 7 pm. Register here.
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Congregation Rodef Sholom
Community Fridge
Congregation Rodef Sholom is partnering with Venetia Valley and Old Gallinas Children's Center to host a Community Fridge. The fridge will provide food for all of our communities. We are looking for volunteers to help stock and clean the fridge.
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WRS virtually toured the Museum of Tolerance to better understand the Holocaust in both historic and contemporary contexts and confront all forms of prejudice and discrimination in our world today.
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