MEMPHIS
IS PROUD TO BE ONE OF THE FOUNDING SISTERHOODS OF
THE FEDERATION OF TEMPLE SISTERHOODS - NOW KNOWN AS
WOMEN OF REFORM JUDAISM FOR THE PAST 90 YEARS.
GAME NIGHT
Tuesday, May 1
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Join us for an evening of good friends, good food, and friendly table games. Bring your game, a smile, your friends, and enjoy an evening of fun, door prizes galore, and food!
Remember when your mom played Mah Jongg and you heard the clicking of the tiles? Did you want to learn? Melanie will be teaching Mah Jongg. If you want to learn how to play, email her at melmann116@gmail.com and let her know.
This event is free to Sisterhood members; $5 per guest.
To make a reservation, call the WRJ Hotline at 937-2790 or Melanie Mann at 683-1865. Indicate what game you want to play and we will seat you.
The 2012 Mah Jongg cards are out. If you haven't ordered yours or are interested in learning to play, you can purchase one in the Sisterhood Gift Shop.
YOU ARE INVITED
DINNER AND INSTALLATION OF THE 2012-2014 WRJ BOARD
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 6:00 PM
The Nominating Committee, chaired by Jo Anne Fusco, presented the following slate of officers for the 2012-2014 Executive Committee:
President
Executive Vice President Vice President
Vice President
Vice President
Vice President
Treasurer
Financial Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Recording Secretary
Marisa Baggett
Phyllis Gregory
Melanie Mann
Linda Paddock
Sondra Price
Meryl Rosen
Parliamentarian
Sylvia Appleton
This slate has been recommended by the WRJ Executive Committee and Board and will be presented to the general membership for approval at the meeting on Thursday, May 10.
The WRJ Dinner and Installation will be a wonderful evening to honor outgoing President Sue Pfeffer and her Board and to elect and welcome incoming President Sharon Berman, her new Executive Committee, and Board.
Dinner: $15 for WRJ-Sisterhood members and their guests $18 for non-members
To make your reservation please mail a check by Monday, May 7 (payable to WRJ Installation Dinner) to Temple Israel, 1376 East Massey Road, Memphis, TN 38120. Indicate any seating preferences you may have. If you have questions, call the WRJ Hotline, 937-2790.
VOLUNTEER TO WORK IN THE GIFT SHOP!
We are in dire need of regular and substitute staff for the gift shop. The available shifts are:
Tues 10 am - 1 pm
Wed 10 am - 1 pm
Thurs 10 am - 1 pm
Substitutes are needed for all shifts.
Please see if you can fit just one shift once per month into your busy schedule. If you can even commit to the 5th Tuesday (or Wednesday, etc.) it only occurs 4 times a year.
To volunteer, contact Lorraine: Lorraine29@aol.com; 754-6278
Gift Shop sales staff hours = more money for WRJ Temple Israel Sisterhood to donate.
WRJ
has grown from a nucleus of 52 synagogue women’s groups
with some 5000 members to a renowned and respected international
network of 100,000 women in 600 local sisterhoods in the United
States and Canada as well as 15 overseas nations.
WRJ is the women’s affiliate of the Union for Reform
Judaism, the central body of Reform Judaism in North America.
WRJ supports the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion and the World Union for Progressive Judaism and is
the founder and patron of the Jewish Braille Institute of
America, Inc. WRJ maintains a far-reaching program of service
to Jewish and humanitarian causes throughout the world.
Call
the WRJ Hotline for reservations and questions
(901) 937-2790
Get involved! There are so many opportunities!
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Without you we are one woman short! ~
