Greetings!
As we begin a new year of WRS, it's gratifying to look back at our museum tours, musical concerts, art events, study groups, and tikkun olam.
We look forward to enjoying another year with you.
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It's time to join or renew
your WRS membership.
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We are a community of caring women engaged in tikkun olam, social action, study, and fun.
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Shop at the WRS Judaica Gift Shop |
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We're open again six days a week from 10:00am-3:00pm with all safety requirements in place for your comfort.
Looking for a hostess gift or for yourself for entertaining?
Shop online or visit us in the lobby of the JCC for a great selection of Judaica for Shabbat, Havdallah, simchas, and all special occasions.
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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Sales staff needed in the WRS Gift Shop
Have you ever considered yourself behind the counter meeting folks coming into the JCC and helping someone find that special gift?
We need you now! Flexible shifts and a 20% discount on your purchases.
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Still Time to Order Honey
Gift a beautiful jar of honey for the holidays!
- Rosh Hashanah begins evening of Sept 6
- A portion of proceeds from each jar purchased goes towards the WRS Tikkun Olam (charity) Fund.
- Honey is guaranteed to arrive by Rosh Hashanah if ordered by August 6
- True Source Honey, kosher, trackable from hive to table
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WRS Rosh Chodesh
A Special Holiday For Women
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The WRS Rosh Chodesh group is on hiatus for July.
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WRS Book Club
Wednesday, July 28
7:30pm
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The WRS Book Club will discuss
The next book is Sadness is a White Bird
by Moriel Rothman-Zecher.
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WRS Board Meeting
NO MEETING IN JULY
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, July 20
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, Alissa Ralston,
Fanny Stein, Sheila Wheeler.
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Officers and Board of Directors
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WRS Virtual Programming Report Card
May 2020 – June 2021
During the past year, Women of Rodef Sholom offered twenty-seven online programs and two monthly groups with attendance across all online events at over nine hundred households.
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WRS Tikkun Olam Report Card
July 2020 – June 2021
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Tikkun Olam is a core value of Women of Rodef Sholom (WRS). This chart presents beneficiary funds reporting to our congregational community and beyond. Contributing additional money to our Campership Fund and paying your membership dues makes it possible for us to support Congregation Rodef Sholom’s children in attending Jewish summer camp. |
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In Partnership
Social Justice and Civic Engagement
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View WRJ Events for July 2021 here.
WRJ Area Event: “Our Super Powers: Faith, Kindness, and Compassion” on Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, August 1
Northern California area will be hosting two pre-events.
Meet and Greet on Thursday, July 22, 6:30-7:30pm.
Welcome in Shabbat on Friday, July 30, 7:00-8:00pm PT.
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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.
Freedom to Vote and Lobbying Training: How to Mobilize Your Community for Actions:
Wednesday, July 14, 8:00pm ET.
This training builds off the first session and will include training on effective strategies to ensure members of your community turn out for upcoming actions. Register here.
This summer, Reform Jewish community members across the United States are signing up to lead, organize, and participate in virtual Senate lobby meetings in support of
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California’s (RAC-CA) Action Continues on RAC-CA
Planning is underway for Assembly meetings in the latter half of August. If you have not already registered, please do so at RAC.org/CALobby2021.
Please also register and invite others to RAC-CA’s meeting with Senator Maria Elena Durazo on Wednesday, July 28, 7-8:15 p.m. PT. Senator Durazo is an author of both of the priority bills and brings deep experience as a community organizer to her work as a legislator. This is a great opportunity for RAC-CA to learn from and build our relationship with Senator Durazo. |
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Marin Organizing Committee (MOC) |
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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.
MOC Leaders Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 10,
7:00-8:30 pm, to plan fall house meetings and actions.
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Congregation Rodef Sholom |
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Sign up for volunteer opportunities at Get Involved.
Go to Lend a Hand on the Congregation Rodef Sholom’s website here.
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Women of Rodef Sholom hosted a powerful virtual tour/presentation of the
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.
Read about the Legacy museum here.
Visit EJI Legacy Museum website here.
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