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March 10 - May 4 **
World Zionist Congress Elections Vote REFORM at AZM.org
More details below

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April 4-7
Rabbi Marla J. Feldman Social Justice Conference 

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April 12 - 20 **
Passover

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April 29, 7:30pm **
Just for this Moment, Steeping Up to Lead with Rabbi Hirsch
Temple Beth El in Providence, RI

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April 30 **
Tour of the United Nations
Co-sponsored with WRJ Atlantic District
Register here

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May 4
Bootlegging in the Rockaways
with Harriet Goodman-Grayson
on Zoom

** More event information found in this issue

Save the Date

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Join us for a special visit and tour of the United Nations. We will be joined by both the Atlantic District as well as Rabbi Liz PG Hirsch, CEO of WRJ. Ruth Wyler Messinger, former NYC mayoral candidate will be our guest speaker. Lunch location subject to change.

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Register here.
There are 40 spots available for this event. We will have a waiting list to fill any registration cancellations.

Look for our wrap-up of our Weekend in the Berkshires district event later in this eblast.

Tuesday, April 29 at 7:00pm
Temple Beth-El, Providence, RI
Join the TBE Sisterhood for a conversation with Rabbi Liz PG Hirsch, CEO of WRJ. The topic will be Stepping Up to Lead. Dessert and coffee will be included. Please RSVP to TBESisterhood70@gmail.com to save your place for this event.

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It is that time of year again. Time to prepare for Passover. We have a few ideas to share with you to make your seder experience a little different this year.

Make-your-own charoset bar
Having your guests create their own charoset is so much fun! On a side table in our dining room, set up an array of diced fruits, nuts, and a selection of honeys, wines and juices. You can use cheap, reusable plastic shot glasses or small Dixie cups so guests can make multiple variations to find their favorite.

Encourage guests to share their best creations! And yes, we realize that for some adults, their charoset may be more of a sangria - just don't share that one with the kids. 

Create your own Haggadah for those at your table

Some things we love

Most Importantly!
The goal of Passover is to pass down our story from one generation to the next. Read the room. When the kids (or the adults) have had enough, wrap it up. Best to end on a positive note

A large group of Northeast District sisters met in the Berkshires over the weekend of March 14-16. It was a wonderful time for us to come together in person, to make new connections and renew old ones. On Friday, a group got together to see a special museum exhibit, followed by services at a nearby (and newly WRJ-affiliated) temple, and dinner near the hotel.

On Saturday, we enjoyed a lively megillah discussion about women from the Purim story other than Esther and Vashti, led by our weekend guest, Amy Dattner-Levy. We then talked about our various sisterhoods, came up with ways to encourage new members, discussed the upcoming WZC election (see below), learned about and toured Eisner Camp and ate in their dining hall, sang songs, hugged, shared Havdalah, and then hung out back at the hotel. 

Sunday, we focused more on strategic and future planning for the district, discussed how different leadership models worked, and ended with a board meeting. Special thanks to Marilyn Shebschievitz, Marsha Moller, Gail Lusitg, Yvette Bergman, and the many others who contributed to making the weekend such a success!

And if you want to see more pictures from the event, you need to pop over to our Northeast District Space on Mighty Networks to view them. They will be tucked under the "File Library" heading starting on Friday this week.

Oh, and a very important Save the Date for you!!

The World Zionist Congress election is a way that you can make your voice heard in Israel. Please join us in helping to mobilize WRJ members and supporters to vote REFORM in this critically important election.

By voting REFORM in the World Zionist Congress election, we can support our Reform Movement in Israel and our Jewish values of gender equality, pluralism, and tolerance.

Voting takes place from March 10 - May 24 of this year. Register here and vote REFORM. There is a $5 fee for processing. Voting is open to all individuals over the age of 18 who identify as Jewish. It only takes a few minutes to make our voices heard.

Are you on Mighty Networks yet?

Were you waiting for an invitation to join us? Register here.

Did your sisterhood do something you would like to share? Or maybe you are having an event that you would like to invite other area sisters to join? Did you have a successful and interesting event to share with others? Please email us at wrjneblast@gmail.com. We love to share good ideas with each other.

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

Make a gift to WRJ Northeast District Fund (NDF) to say thank you, happy birthday, mazel 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.
The NDF enables the Northeast District to support our sisterhoods, women’s groups, and individual members.

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The next full eblast will be sent on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

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