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Hello Angela,
It's time to renew your WRS membership, or join us for the first time. WRS membership for the current year began July 1, 2023 and ends June 30, 2024.
Here are three easy ways to renew your membership.
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Renew your WRS membership when you pay directly to WRS online. Pay WRS
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Mail your renewal to WRS. Here's the membership form to print out and send with your payment. Membership form and address.
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Renew your WRS when paying Congregation Rodef Sholom annual membership. Link to CRS Website.
If you have renewed your membership, thank you!
We are so happy to have you with us in WRS.
If you haven't gotten to it yet, we are one sister short.
WRS OPENING EVENT
Sunday, August 20, 10:00am - Noon
Osher JCC, San Rafael
Watch for more information to start the new year together.
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Pool Party and Summer Social | |
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Sunday, August 6
11:00am - 2:00pm
San Rafael
We are so excited to host our WRS Pool Party again this year! Excited to schmooze, excited to nosh, excited to be outdoors. Just being together, sharing and caring.
We’ll enjoy some icebreakers to get know each other followed by a potluck lunch, visiting, and swimming.
Register for the pool party
If you’re not able to join us in person, please join us for our virtual Summer Social.
Register for the Virtual Summer Social
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WRS Honey Sale
Support the charitable work of WRS and celebrate Rosh Hashanah with True Source kosher honey. Trackable from hive to table.
Order Honey
$14.00
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Guaranteed to arrive before Rosh Hashanah begins on September 15 if order is placed by August 25.
Shipping is free in the U.S. through August 1.
Shipping is $7.00 after August 1.
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Monday, August 7
7:30pm - 9:00pm
on Zoom
No meeting in July
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The book selection for August
The Cellist by Daniel Silva
Please email to [email protected] if you would like to receive WRS Book Club updates each month.
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Join your neighbors and others for
monthly walks in Marin.
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In June, this group walked about three miles around Tiburon for an hour and experienced the beautiful temporary public art installation by Thomas Jackson.
Dates and locations:
Sunday, Aug 13 - 10:00am in Greenbrae
Sunday September 10 - 10:00am in Novato
We've changed the date of our August walk, so all can attend our Pool Party and Summer Social.
Register by emailing to [email protected] with your name, telephone number, and zip code.
We will send you details before the walk.
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WRS Rosh Chodesh
A Special Holiday for Women
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WRS Rosh Chodesh Group
No meetings in July and August
“Whoever blesses the moon in its time welcomes
the presence of the Schechina (female Devine presence).”
Rosh Chodesh marks the beginning of each month in the Hebrew calendar by the appearance of the new moon.
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It's a time for women to gather joyfully
to bond in sisterhood!
Everyone is welcome.
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Shop at the WRS Gift Shop | |
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Shop online for a great selection of Judaica for Shabbat, Havdallah, simchas, and all special occasions. If you order at the WRS website, delivery is available in Marin.
Place an order for pick up or delivery.
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 Gift Shop, please ask for assistance by email.
Email the Gift Shop.
We 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.
Thinking about it? Email WRS Gift Shop to find out more.
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WRS Board Meeting
Tuesday, August 1
7:00pm - 8:30pm on Zoom
Our Board of Directors meetings are the first Tuesday of
the month and are open to all members.
Send your name and email to [email protected] if you would like to attend this or future meetings.
WRS continues to recruit members to volunteer with several standing committees within our organization. If you are interested in sharing your talents with Membership, Programming, or Social Justice and Fundraising endeavors, please email your contact details to [email protected].
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WRS Programming and Social Justice
Team Meeting
Tuesday, July 18
5:30pm - 7:00pm on Zoom
We’re planning Fall programs. Bring your creative ideas for programming and social justice actions.
RSVP with your name and email to [email protected].
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.
Join us! We are stronger together.
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Thank you WRS Programming and Social Justice Team:
Gail Berkowitz, Amy Friedricks, Angela Giacomini, Jan Goldberg, Susan Goldwasser, Toni Grimes, BettyAnn Kram, Barbara Kraus, Sheri Langer, Jen Levine, Gerri Miller.
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Welcome to Gail Berkowitz
The WRS Gift Shop Bookkeeper position has been filled and Gail Berkowitz has already started her new role. Gail is a new WRS member who is volunteering as Bookkeeper to be of service to her new community and as a way to connect and meet other members. The Gift Shop is fortunate to benefit from her expertise and experience in bookkeeping.
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Thank you!
Gift Shop Volunteer
Ronna Voorsanger Retiring
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WRS thanks Ronna Voorsanger for her long standing service to the WRS Gift Shop. Ronna was a volunteer in the Gift Shop for over fourteen years and was in the role of buyer for eleven of those years. She also has the distinction of having served as President of the Women of Rodef Sholom for four years.
Ingrid Tolson assumed the role of WRS Gift Shop
Manager/Buyer in August of 2018. In her words of tribute, Ingrid shares that "Ronna created a Gift Shop space that encompassed all the symbols and components related to Judaism. She created a sanctuary where people could enjoy coming in just to look around, because it is comforting to be in a place that has exclusively Jewish items. They know they will find what they need to create a Jewish Home or conduct an event like a b’nai mitzvah or funeral. Ronna made every customer feel welcome and uninhibited to ask for help or for the meaning of Jewish objects. She sought out vendors and cultivated relationships with them to supply the shop with unique, high-quality Judaica. Many of those vendors are still being used today.
Ronna had a strong team that included Fanny Stein, Joanna Berland, and Claudia Belshaw. Their vision resulted in redesigning and renovating the Gift Shop to make it more inviting and efficient. They wanted a shop that had plenty of display area and storage without feeling overcrowded. This was all done on a limited budget in a short time to minimize lost business. The success of our Gift Shop supports the Women of Rodef Sholom's programs and charitable giving throughout the year."
Our gratitude to Ronna Voorsanger for her many years of distinguished service and for her high level of commitment to the Women of Rodef Sholom. Ronna is retiring from actively volunteering in the Gift Shop, and she will be greatly missed, but her legacy remains steadfast.
WRS is extremely grateful to Ronna for her many years of loyal service and wishes her well in her retirement.
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The new fiscal year for WRS began on July 1.
Bring your unique skills to one of the standing committees in the new year by sending your contact information to [email protected]:
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Membership through recruiting new members and planning events for our beloved existing members
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Planning fun and meaningful sisterhood activities through our Programming endeavors
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Performing important tikkun olam (repairing the world) through WRS Social Justice work
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Volunteering in our beautiful retail Judaica Gift Shop in the JCC, recruiting shop volunteers, or bookkeeping for our treasured shop
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Raising critical tzedakah (charitable funds) relied upon by our sisterhood-, congregational-, and wider communities.
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WRS Social Justice and
Civic Engagement
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Jonathan's Place
Monday, July 30
10:00am-12:00pm
The last Sunday of the month July-December
190 Mill Street, San Rafael
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What's better than sisters serving together?
Looking for three WRS sisters for each date to join together in serving a "heat and serve" meal at Jonathan's Place, the San Rafael based shelter serving unhoused clients.
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We meet at 10:00am. The food will be on hand.
We heat a brunch meal of quiche, turkey sausage,
fries, muffins, and fruit.
Duties are:
general prep for service
cutting muffins/fruit
service in person and creating to-go boxes
light clean up
You must be able to stand for 2 hours.
Volunteers must be 16 years and over.
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Marin Organizing Committee
Leaders Meeting
Monday, July 17 7:00pm - 8:00pm
On Zoom
Join fellow MOC leaders as we plan our work for the year.
REGISTER
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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.
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Rosie the Riveter
WWII Home Front National Historical Park
We enjoyed a hybrid program of the Rosie the Riveter
WWII Home Front National Historical Park with an outing to the park followed by lunch and a virtual program of a video and a lively discussion about the many social justice themes in the film, including women in the work world, the Double Victory campaign to fight fascism in Europe and racism in the US, the introduction of employee benefits, and the mass migration of people to the San Francisco Bay area to work in the shipyards.
If you weren't able to join us, look into these resources.
It's a fascinating time in American history.
Home Front Heroes video
Video tour with oldest Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin
World War II song "Rosie the Riveter"
with lyrics by Redd Evans and rare 1943 historic visuals
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Congregation Rodef Sholom's Capital Campaign
The Women of Rodef Sholom's mission is aligned with this project. Please add your support.
For more information about Rodef Sholom's new sacred space and ways to contribute, click here.
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