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.

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.

Here are three easy ways to renew your membership.

1. Renew your WRS membership when you pay directly to WRS online. Pay WRS
2. Mail your renewal to WRS. Here's the membership form to print out and send with your payment. Membership form and address.
3. Renew your WRS when paying Congregation Rodef Sholom annual membership. Link to CRS Website.

Contact [email protected] for questions about your WRS membership.

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



Sunday, August 20

10:00am - 12:00pm

Osher JCC

San Rafael

Start the new year at a reading and discussion of author and WRS sister Joanne Greene's new book

 By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go.

In her book, Joanne reflects on how normal and traumatic setbacks in her life led to discovering that control is a seductive illusion and how letting go of the need for it can reveal great strength and lead us to even firmer ground.

There will be a book signing after the discussion.

The book is available for purchase at

the WRS gift shop at the JCC.

Register to attend at the JCC

Register to attend online



Jonathan's Place

Sunday, August 27

Sunday, September 24

Sunday, December 31

10:00am-12:00pm

190 Mill Street, San Rafael

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.

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.

SIGN UP FOR YOUR DATES



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.

Questions about ordering honey?

Email to: [email protected]

FAQS



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.

REGISTER TO ATTEND ONLINE



Join your neighbors and others for

monthly walks in Marin.

Join the wonderful WRS walking group for our next walk in Greenbrae. We walk for about an hour on paved paths throughout Marin. WRS monthly walks are a great way to connect with other women and nature.

Dates and locations:

Sunday, Aug 13 - 10:00am in Greenbrae

Sunday, September 10 - 10:00am in Novato

Sunday, October 1 - 10:00am in San Rafael

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.

WRS Rosh Chodesh Group

No meeting in 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.

It's a time for women to gather joyfully 

to bond in sisterhood!

      Everyone is welcome.

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.



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]. 

WRS Programming and Social Justice

Team Meeting

Tuesday, August 15

5:30pm - 7:00pm on Zoom

Join us as we start planning our Mitzvah Day project and Women of Rodef Sholom Shabbat services.

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.

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.

WRS Membership Team Meeting

Monday, August 21

7:00pm

Please email to [email protected] if you are interested in attending.

Friday, September 8

Boyle Park

11 East Drive, Mill Valley

Sisters, friends, families, and dogs together for

fun, food, festivities

4:45pm WRS Sponsored Pre Service Party

5:45pm Congregation joins the fun

6:15 Shabbat Services followed by self-hosted dinner



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]:

• Membership through recruiting new members and planning events for our beloved existing members
• Planning fun and meaningful sisterhood activities through our Programming endeavors
• Performing important tikkun olam (repairing the world) through WRS Social Justice work
• Volunteering in our beautiful retail Judaica Gift Shop in the JCC, recruiting shop volunteers, or bookkeeping for our treasured shop
• Raising critical tzedakah (charitable funds) relied upon by our sisterhood-, congregational-, and wider communities.



Read more about Rodef Sholom's social justice

activities and other events

 Congregation Rodef Sholom's website

Marin Organizing Committee

Leaders Meeting

Monday, August 10, 7:00pm - 8:30pm 

Marin Lutheran Church

649 Meadowsweet Drive, Corte Madera

or Zoom 

Join MOC leaders, as we learn more about the Bay Area Housing for All Initiative, and how Rodef Sholom can be part of leveraging hundreds of millions of dollars for affordable housing across Marin via a general obligation bond through BAHFA.

REGISTER

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. 

The Women of Rodef Sholom is a proud member of the Women of Reform Judaism and WRJ Pacific District (WRJ PD). Sign up for the WRJ PD's weekly "Chai Line."

WRJ “Advocacy Matters” Newsletter. Sign up here

Barbara Marino attends Camp Newman Advisory Board Retreat

WRS Board member and Treasurer Barbara Merino, WRJ PD liaison to Camp Newman, attended the Camp Newman Advisory Board Retreat. Her experience was profiled in an article in the WRJ PD Chai News.

 Barbara described her time at the retreat.

 "The best word to describe the whole weekend experience is WOW! Spending Shabbat at any camp is always a moving experience, and this Friday night was no exception. The Board, along with a large number of guests, joined the rest of camp for Shabbat Services outside at the Beit Tefilah. It was so moving to pray so earnestly with the young and young at heart in our space which overlooks the lower camp. Wow, so much ruach!" 

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.