Greetings!
Happy New Year! We welcome 2021 with special events, continuing learning, socializing, and volunteer opportunities. Please join us.
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Celebrated Sculptor Susan Bahary
A Special Presentation
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Women of Rodef Sholom is honored to host Susan Bahary
Sunday, January 17
4:00pm via Zoom
Susan Bahary, a member of Congregation Rodef Sholom and internationally known for her inspiring animal and human sculptures, recently unveiled the first monument in Washington, D.C. honoring all women of the U.S. Military and all female military working dog handlers. Her commissioned work is featured in prominent museums, universities, and military bases all over the world.
Bahary Studios is in Sausalito.
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WRS Annual Shabbat Service |
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Annual Women's Shabbat Service
Friday, January 22
6:15pm
Join us for a spiritual and communal evening of song, prayer, and stories about civic engagement and social justice led by the Women of Rodef Sholom and invited youth leaders. Bring your family and friends for a very special Shabbat.
Look for more information in
the Congregation Rodef Sholom @ Home newsletter.
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Rosh Chodesh
A Special Holiday For Women
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The Rosh Chodesh Group
Tuesday, January 12
2:00pm
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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, January 20
7:30pm
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This month we are discussing A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell. All are welcome.
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For questions about the WRS Book Club, please contact Alice Miller using this link. Email Alice Miller
Next month's book: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Wednesday, February 17
7:30pm
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Chai Mitzvah Adult Learning |
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New sessions starting January 2021 |
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Join a new session of Chai Mitzvah with educator Claire Mikowski beginning January 20 at 7:00pm.
Six classes are held the third Wednesday of each month.
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Curriculum materials are included in registration. Please register now to allow time for these items to be delivered to you in advance of the sessions.
Cost:
$36.00 for hard copy
$18.00 for electronic (download and print)
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WRS Membership Team Meeting
Tuesday, January 5
5:00pm
Help us reach other women in our community and develop and plan virtual membership events for the next year.
RSVP with your name and email to wrs@rodefsholom.org, and the Zoom link for the meeting will be emailed to you. Providing your email address will also ensure you are notified about future meetings. by the WRS Membership team.
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THANK YOU WRS MEMBERSHIP TEAM:
Rhonda Daniels, Anne Devero-Rosenfeld, Judy Frumkin, BettyAnn Kram,
Jen Levine, Joanne Schwartz, Fanny Stein
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WRS Board Meeting
Tuesday, January 5
7:00pm
WRS Board meetings are open to members and to the public.
RSVP with your name and email to wrs@rodefsholom.org, and the Zoom link for the meeting will be emailed to you. Providing your email address will also ensure you are notified about future WRS Board meetings.
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WRS Programming Team Meeting
Tuesday, January 19
5:00pm
Meets the third Tuesday of each month
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. Providing your email address will also ensure you are notified about future meetings.
We can stay socially connected
even though we are not physically together.
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THANK YOU WRS PROGRAMMING TEAM:
Rhonda Daniels, Amy Friedricks, Angela Giacomini, Laura J. Giacomini, Antoinette Golbus, Susan Goldwasser, Antoinette Grimes, BettyAnn Kram, Barbara Kraus, Sheri Langer, Jen Levine, Barbara Merino, 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 walked the dog over Horse Hill in Mill Valley today. It was one of the gloriously cold clear days we have been having, and I could see San Francisco from the top of the hill. I was by myself, except for the dog. It wasn’t my usual walk, which is basically flat, straight, and pretty easy. Today’s path is a new one: recently cut switchbacks carved into the hillside, taking us back and forth, up and down. Several horses slept on the ground under a stand of oaks towards the top, and others grazed slowly around us. The last part of this walk is my very steep driveway-like street. For my normal walk, I drive to a flat trail and back home, so I don’t have to walk up the last hill.
When I was not quite at the top, I saw something surprising (to me, in the winter) and beautiful: two perfect white, yellow, and purple flowers (irises? daffodils? If I can’t eat it, I don’t know its name, and, even then, I don’t always know it.) The head of the larger bloom was three inches or so across, even though the flower itself was only a couple of inches off the ground. They were surrounded by winter detritus, dead leaves, lichen, and mossy sticks. Yet there they were: strong, gorgeous, growing, reaching.
I tend to be focused on the science of seeing, naming, doing, all very much what-I-see-is-what-I-get. But even I saw this walk and these two blossoms as a metaphor for our journey through 2020. Alone for much of the time, climbing up up up on zig-zagging paths new to us, persevering up the last hill to be greeted by the powerful striking majesty of the end. We are each a flower, back together in person, after struggling through 2020’s detritus.
Here’s hoping that the promise of vaccines to end the global pandemic will bring us together again, to hug, to laugh, to sing, to eat and to drink, to right wrongs, to pray, to bear witness, to love.
Looking forward to a new year with you,
Jen Levine, President
Women of Rodef Sholom
(she/her/hers)
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Your purchases help fund the programs of the Women of Rodef Sholom and benefit our congregational and wider community.
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Presented by Congregation Rodef Sholom
Marra E. Gad, author of The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl,
in conversation with Rabbi Elana Rosen-Brown
February 3, 2021
Look for more information in
the Congregation Rodef Sholom @ Home newsletter.
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The Women of Rodef Sholom is a proud member of the Women of Reform Judaism and WRJ Pacific District (WRJ PD).
The WRJ is excited to announce the
Fried Women's Conference
March 2021
Join WRJ for what is sure to be an unforgettable series of events and learning opportunities!
For more information about the WRJ Fried Women’s Conference, please contact wrjregistrar@wrj.org or 212.650.4050.
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Marin Organizing Committee (MOC)
and Rodef Sholom
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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. |
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Are you a caregiver or in-home health aide? Join MOC and Marin Center for Independent Living for a virtual "house meeting" about the joys and challenges of caregiving work. Register here
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