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August 12
RAC-MA Gun Safety Laws
Postcarding Kickoff Event
Details below
Register here

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August 19 at 8:00pm
WRJ Quarterly Sisterhood Leaders Gathering on Zoom
Click this link to attend

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August 31 at 7:30pm
WRJ Northeast
Executive Committee Meeting
(includes MaLs and ADs)
Use this link to attend

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September 3 at 12 noon
Aish: The Fire That Burns -
A virtual Israel tour
with Shari Robins
Learn more & register

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Social Advocacy with
Michelle Scheinkopf, WRJ VP
& Michelle Rosen, WRJNE VP
Register here

Save the Date

September 29 at 6:00pm
Sukkot the Vote
with Chutzpah Phone Bank
Sponsors: WRJ and Dayenu
Learn more & register

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November 10 at 8:00pm
WRJ Quarterly Sisterhood Leaders Gathering on Zoom
Register here

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at Eisner Camp in
Great Barrington, MA

Join women from across the Northeast District for a weekend filled with engaging learning sessions, Jewish joy, and opportunities to build friendships that will strengthen our community long after our retreat ends. 

Together, we will explore practical leadership skills, deepen our spirituality, and celebrate the power of sisterhood. We're delighted to have Rabbi Julie Zupan leading some of our interactive learning sessions during the weekend!

We welcome longtime leaders, women who are just getting involved, and anyone looking to grow. No formal title required! 

Registration begins in September.

Did the leadership of your sisterhood change recently? Let us know so that we can help support them in the coming year.

Selichot - September 5

Rosh Hashanah - September 12-13

Yom Kippur - September 21

Sukkot - September 26 - October 2

Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah - October 3

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Add the link below to your sisterhood or temple newsletters.

Download the District Calendar
Updated 8/2026

WRJ is proud to partner with the Reform Movement’s Religious Action Center (RAC) in getting out the vote for the 2026 elections. An important part of the campaign is postcarding to voters.

One particular campaign WRJ is focusing on is in support of three amendments to the Virginia constitution. These amendments pertain to reproductive freedom, freedom to marry, and freedom to vote.

Time is of the essence. The Virginia postcards must be mailed during the RAC's designated mailing window of September 11 through October 13.

You can learn about postcarding projects here.

Your help is essential to making this non-partisan campaign successful.

Learn more about the Reform Movement’s 2026 Every Voice, Every Vote.

Join RAC-MA to help protect Massachusetts gun safety laws at their Postcard Kick Off Event to be held on Zoom on August 12 at 7:00pm

Attend this meeting to hear more about what members of Reform congregations are doing to pass a ballot measure that will protect the Commonwealth's most sweeping update of gun safety laws and policies in a decade.

Attend the RAC-MA August 12 meeting

Please send photos and a short blurb (less than 100 words) of any project your sisterhood does to help get out the vote, whether it is postcarding, voter registration, or any kind of Every Voice, Every Vote program.

Send us your story here
Your stories will be part of our November "Get Out the Vote" feature. 

REMINDER: Postcard prices have increased to $0.65 for standard size. Larger sizes start at $0.82. Be sure to use correct postage.

Pool Party

WRJ Northeast District members gathered together for a pop-up pool party last month in Westchester County, NY, for a fun, social event. It was a special day for sister bonding.

Interested in having a pop-up event in your area? We can help you organize one.

Contact us here

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WRJ Northeast board is on the road, travelling across the district. We would like to visit your sisterhood/women's group. Share your calendars, newsletters, website and social media platforms, so we can plan a visit to attend a program, a board meeting or meet for coffee. 

Share your sisterhood information

Since June, members of the district board have visited the following sisterhoods:

Your sisterhood could be next on the list.

Big ideas and lasting memories are often the outcome of our WRJ Northeast District conventions. Our beautiful and unique WRJ Northeast District tallit was the product of our 2014 Convention in Albany, NY. Gathering a group of dedicated, creative and enthusiastic women was exactly the formula needed to produce the exceptional heirloom that is our tallit.

Starting with a roll of drawing paper and markers the women in the tallit workshop
made the decision to create a huge tallit that would symbolically wrap around all our sisters. We have used it as a chuppah to shelter our incoming leaders, a banner as we danced the hakafot at the URJ Convention in Orlando, FL, and most recently at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills Women’s Connection Board Installation.

The WRJ Northeast tallit is available to help elevate your sisterhood’s celebrations by contacting Marsha Moller.

---submitted by Phyllis Rosenberg, Reform Temple of Forest Hills

Interested in getting more involved in the Northeast District? We would love to have you work with us. We have different groups that you can join to help us with the planning and running of our district. 

Interested in learning more about Northeast District committees? Look at our committee descriptions and then fill out the survey linked below.

Interest survey

Are you a Northeast District member that is a book author? We are creating a panel of authors for our Literary Discussion Group. Please let us know who you are and what you have written below.

I am a book author.

Visit our Northeast District online store to get some great merch! We have shirts, jackets, bags, and more available.

Applications are open for WRJ North American Board service. This is a wonderful opportunity to share your talents and skills and to bring your unique perspective to WRJ.  There are many paths to WRJ Board service. We encourage you to apply if you meet the eligibility requirements, align with the mission and work of WRJ, and want to share your voice with WRJ’s Board.

Apply for the WRJ board

Communicate with other WRJ North American sisters online in a secure, private platform. Exchange ideas. Learn from each other. Ask questions. Get the latest scoop on WRJ. Be sure to join the Northeast District space.

Learn more and sign up for Mighty Networks here

Your sisterhood is entitled to a district speaker
at no cost to your sisterhood.

Make a gift to the Northeast District Fund (NDF) to say thank you, happy birthday, mazal tov, or to send get well wishes or condolences to your family members and friends. An acknowledgment will be emailed to each person whose email address is provided.

Did you miss the July newsletter? Read it here.

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Send event listings, photos, and articles to wrjneblast@gmail.com by August 25 
for inclusion in the September eblast.