SISTERHOOD Jackie Zelkowitz
I hope you are having a fantastic summer! Our Sisterhood never stops! It has been a pleasure to meet so many prospective new members at Services Under the Sky. I look forward to welcoming them as new members of the synagogue and new members of Sisterhood. I also want to welcome some very important new members of our congregation family -- Rabbi Chapman, Jonathan and Elior. We are so excited to have you here with us and look forward to working together.
I really enjoyed seeing so many of our members come back to in-person attendance at our events and meetings. If pandemic levels allow it, I look to seeing you – both in-person and online – at our upcoming events. We will continue to offer all of our events via Zoom so that if you are ever uncomfortable being in close proximity to others, full participation is available. Everyone will have the ability to participate fully in our events.
I am so pleased to announce that Peggy Shapiro of StandWithUs will be joining us for our Opening Dinner on Wednesday, September 14th. StandWithUs is an international, non-partisan Israel education organization that inspires and educates people of all ages and backgrounds, challenges misinformation and fights antisemitism. It counters antisemitism and educates the public to make reasonable, informed conversations about Israel’s policies on college campuses and in communities possible. StandWithUs’ work is not contingent upon which party is in power in the US or Israel. Peggy Shapiro has dedicated her life to exposing and combating antisemitism. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, she was born in a Displaced Persons camp in Landsberg, Germany, the same town in which Adolph Hitler wrote Mein Kampf. As a retired college professor, she is keenly aware of the antisemitism epidemic on college campuses and its eerie similarity to conditions at universities in 1930s Europe. Thank you to Debbie Hamilton and Sara Weinstein, as well as their committee for all their hard work in planning for this wonderful evening. I would love for you to join us in Sisterhood. You should be receiving your membership packet soon. The packet has a membership interest form to complete. I hope to see you at all of the events that Sisterhood will be planning.
I am looking forward to working with the amazing women of Sisterhood and extremely excited to grow with each and every one of you.
The Louis Gurvitz Memorial Sisterhood Judaica Shop ~Shop Around The Corner~ Looking forward to connecting with you via Square Support CBS Sisterhood with the click of the Mouse! Simply use this address: https://cbs-sisterhood-judaica-shop.square.site/ Volunteers needed for Sisterhood’s Judaica Shop, beginning September, 2022 Do you want to be of service to our Synagogue? Do you want to be of service to our Sisterhood? Do you want to be where “The Action” is? Do you want to meet some of the Finest People? Do you have two hours - once a week to give? Please call or write us. We’d love to hear from you! We can’t sell our beautiful merchandise – if we’re not open. For additional information, to volunteer or to schedule an in-person appointment, contact our Co-Managers: Diana Lewis 847-903-6175, Darlene Padnos 847-217-4531 or Donna Fox 513-378-2491 or email Diana at cbsjudaica@gmail.com. 10
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