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News from the Northeast
September 1, 2020
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Message from Natalie Berhumoglu
Recording Secretary, WRJ Northeast District Brave New World... Broadening my horizons has been an occupation of mine since the March stay-at-home order. I do get out in a limited way, but it is frustrating not to be able to meet friends easily or go to a museum or author event in a bookshop.
I’ve sought out informative and knowledge-enhancing webinars, virtual book discussion groups, teacher professional development, podcasts, YouTube videos, and other forms of intellectual stimulation. I’m afraid of my mind turning to mush. That’s my immediate motivation, but a more fulfilling motivation is to learn and gain understanding of unfamiliar issues, people, and ideas that I’ve encountered while watching the news. I think this is the way to maintain one’s sanity and also create an ever-growing list of topics for conversation with one’s spouse or partner.
Take this opportune moment to broaden your horizons! Deepen your computer skills, explore your neighborhood while listening to an audiobook, engage in local social action, seek out virtual events on WRJ’s website, find creative ways to keep your sisterhood connected and active, boldly meet with friends at a properly socially-distancing restaurant, take virtual museum and zoo tours, fearlessly dive into cooking a new exotic recipe with ingredients you’ve never tasted before.
There is still a bright, full-of-hope world out there, beckoning to you. You do not have to remove yourself from it merely because we are in this surreal otherworldly existence. Reach out, grab a beacon of hope, and connect again to our fellow humans.
I challenge you to construct a more enriched, enlightened you. And, in the spirit of the theme of our upcoming November District Convention, I urge you to “share your story” so that our sisters may become enriched and enlightened as well.
Natalie Berhumoglu
B’nai Israel Reform Temple, Oakdale, NY
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YES Fund Honor Roll Recipients Roll of Chai Honor Central Synagogue-Beth Emeth Sisterhood,Rockville Centre, NY
Temple B'nai Torah Sisterhood, Wantagh, NY
The Sisterhood of Temple Etz Chaim, Franklin, MA
Women of Am Echad, Lynbrook, NY
Roll of Special Merit Temple Beth Am Sisterhood, Framingham, MA
Roll of Honor Beth El Temple Center Sisterhood, Belmont, MA
Congregation Beth Israel Sisterhood, West Hartford, CT
Free Synagogue of Flushing Sisterhood, Flushing, NY
Temple Beth El Sisterhood, Huntington, NY
Temple Beth Zion Sisterhood, Buffalo, NY
Temple B’nai Chaim Sisterhood, Georgetown, CT
Temple Emanuel Sisterhood, Andover, MA
WRJ of Rockland County, Nyack, NY
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Sisterhood Events and More Wednesday, September 2, 7:00 p.m.
Book Discussion with Ronald Balson Join the The Sisterhood of B'nai Israel for a discussion about The Girl From Berlin with author Ronald Balson. Email bnaisisters@gmail.com to register. Tuesday, September 8, 7:30 p.m.
Elul Reflections with the Northeast District Join the WRJ Northeast District to share your thoughts about new beginnings. Sign on any time between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Bring your reflections, paper (lined or unlined), pencils (colored or not), pens, and your choice of beverages and snacks. REGISTER HERE.Thursday, September 10, 8:00 p.m.
Fighting the New Enemy: Shifting Canada's National Security Approach from Terror to Pandemic
Tuesday, September 15, 8:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: The Mermaid Mahjong Circle Join the new Film, Fiction & Fine Wine Group for an evening of friendship and conversation. Claudia Grossman, author of The Mermaid Circle: A Fairy Tale for Women, will join us for the evening. REGISTER HERE.Wise Aging Program
Four Wednesdays 9/2, 10/7, 11/4, and 12/2 at 7:30 p.m.
Linda Levin is offering a exclusive program for WRJ members. The cost is $80; Linda has agreed to donate $18 to WRJ for each WRJ member sho signs up. Four Wednesdays - September 2, October 7, November 4, and December 2 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. REGISTER HERE
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Northeast District Virtual Convention Join the WRJ Northeast District for Celebrating Our Stories: A Year-Long Journey
Our first chapter will be our WRJ Northeast Virtual Convention.
November 6-7, 2020
This weekend of learning, connecting, celebrating, singing, and praying will feature:
- Kabbalat Shabbat services
- Keynote Speaker Dr. Pamela Nadell, author of award-winning America's Jewish Women: A History From Colonial Times to Today
- Engaging workshops
- YES Fund program
- Installation of our District Executive Committee
- Time to connect with your sisters
Stay tuned for more information, including how to register for "Celebrating Our Stories."
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News from WRJ WRJ Board Applications Are you a woman leader who would like to serve beyond your local community? Do you have a passion for sisterhood, spirituality, and social good? Then WRJ Board service might be for you. Get the details and application link HERE. Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, September 15, 2020. Incubator Grants Congratulations!
WRJ awarded Incubator Grants to the following sisterhoods in the Northeast District:
- Temple Shalom, Needham, MA, for supporting the local chapter of Days for Girls, an organization that provides reusable menstrual kits to girls in third world countries
- Temple B’nai Chaim, Georgetown, CT, for supporting laundry services for homeless and indigent people in the Danbury area
- Temple B’nai Torah, Wantagh, NY, for developing a vegetable garden to provide fresh produce to local food pantries and as a multigenerational community experience
WRJ Grant for District Dues We are pleased to announce that through the support of a generous grant, WRJ is reducing dues for affiliated sisterhoods in the amount of $2 per member, which is the amount of your district dues. This means sisterhoods now will only need to send a single dues payment of $18 for each sisterhood member, payable to WRJ and sent to the New York office. The previous $2/member fee paid to the District will now be waived; instead that amount will be sent to the Districts directly by WRJ. This is in recognition of the current unprecedented times we are living in, and a desire to keep as many members active in WRJ and the District as possible. We look forward to enjoying the 2020-2021 year with you!
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Other News RAC Civic Engagement Campaign: Every Voice, Every Vote: Every Week
Elul Reflections with WRN
Join the Women's Rabbinic Network for brief but inspiring video teachings via email during the month of Elul, which ends on September 18. See Yammer for details.
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| Census 2020 Results from the 2020 Census will be used to allocate seats in the U.S. House and to disburse billions of dollars in federal funds to local communities for schools, roads, and other public services. Responses must be received by September 30, 2020.
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| Vote 2020 With just two months until Election Day, there is still time to make an impact.
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Online District Speakers
We are pleased to announce that speakers from the Northeast District may be arranged for online Zoom meetings.
There is no cost to your sisterhood or women’s group for a district speaker.
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WRJ has created a new ONLINE PROGRAMMING GROUP on Yammer. Look there for online events, and post your sisterhood’s online events there.
Looking for a chronological list of online events? Check UPCOMING WEBINARS on the Northeast District website.
Did you miss a Zoom session? Check RECENT WEBINARS on the Northeast District website.
Looking for other programs? Check ONGOING RESOURCES on the Northeast District website.
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WRJ Northeast is Back on Twitter Follow us at @WRJNortheast
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| Calendar and Other Resources
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| Calendar September 7 Labo(u)r Day
September 12 Selichot
September 15 WRJ Board application deadline
Septenber 29 Rosh Hashanah
September 28 Yom Kippur
October 3 First day of Sukkot
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| Save the Date October 5 Virtual Lilith Salon
October 6 WRJ 101 Presentation
October 8 Lunch in the Virtual Sukkah
November 6-7 Northeast District Convention
March 11-14, 2021 WRJ Fried Women's Conference, New Orleans
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| New sisterhood presidents and women's group leaders! Please complete the LEADERSHIP INFORMATION FORM so that we can update our records and keep you informed with news, events, advocacy alerts, and more.
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Your sisterhood is entitled to a district speaker once every two years, without expense to your sisterhood.
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| Tools & Resources Northeast Resources
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Together we can make a difference
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Did you Know...
Rosh Hashanah liturgy
has inspired at least two rock songs Avinu Malkeinu, the prayer that means “Our Father, Our King,” inspired Mogwai, a Scottish post-rock-trio, to write a 20-minute epic song “My Father, My King.” The song, which borrows the prayer’s traditional melody, is alternately soft and beautiful and loud and raging. More famously, Leonard Cohen’s “Who By Fire” draws on the Unetanah Tokef, which many consider the most important prayer in the High Holiday liturgy.
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Mogwai - Our Father, Our King
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Leonard Cohen - Who by Fire
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| The Board of the Northeast District of Women of Reform Judaism
wishes you a very Happy Rosh Hashanah and a Joyous Sukkot
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