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WRJ ADOPT-A-SCHOOL
June 5, 12, 19, 26
9:45 am - noon |
ISRAEL FESTIVAL
Sunday, June 9, 9 am - 7 pm
Audubon Park |
June 5 - Pink Palace, 3050 Central Avenue, IMAX theater and picnic
June 12 - CiCi’s Pizza, 6600 Stage Road, students eat and learn how to make pizza
June 19 - Cordova Skating, 7970 Club Center Drive
June 26 - Cordova Bowling - 7945 Club Center Drive
Help WRJ-Temple Israel Sisterhood with its Adopt-A-School this summer by assisting with with the Colonial School Vision Camp, where volunteers assist challenged students on a fun summer outing. This is a wonderful mitzvah opportunity (and a great way to earn service hours for middle and high schoolers). Call Paula Lynch (lpmlynch@bellsouth.net, 581-4447), or Rochelle Fenton (830-6326, ljafenton@bellsouth.net). |
Volunteer to help prepare food, transport, and serve at WRJ’s tent for the Israel Festival. The festival features a 5K race, rides for children, and booths highlighting Israel’s history and cultural assets. WRJ-Sisterhood will offer a salad plate for sale. Contact Debbie Jackson, (djack327@bellsouth.net, 604-1511) to volunteer. |
VISIT PARIS AT HOME
Thursday, June 20, 6 p.m.
Dixon Museum
4339 Park Avenue |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Thursday, June20, 1:40 pm
Memphis Jewish Home
36 Bazeberry Road, Cordova |
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Wed., June 12, 1:30 pm |
Ladies Night Out will enjoy touring Bijoux Parisiens: French Jewelry from the Petit Palais at Art after Dark at the Dixon Museum on June 20 at 6 pm. Food in included, cost is $7 plus a cash bar. RSVP by June 18 to Cathy Kessler, (goodmac1@comcast.net, 752-5611). |
Celebrate the birthdays of all the young women and men at the Memphis Jewish Home and Rehabilitation Center. Ages range from 80-104 years young. Volunteers are needed to help transport patients from the different wings to the first floor party room for ice cream, cake and entertainment. Please contact Melanie Mann (melmann116@gmail.com, 683-1865). |
The WRJ Sisterhood book group is reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn at its next meeting June 12 as well as choosing next year’s selection of books. All are welcome to join. |
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We will periodically post pictures here from the Jewish Historical Society, Temple Israel, and possibly our own files. We need your help identifying the people, dates, and events.
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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.
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VOLUNTEER TO WORK IN THE GIFT SHOP
Monday - Thursday: 10 am - 4 pm ~ also Wednesday 4 - 6 pm when Religious School is in session
Friday: 10 am - 1 pm
Sunday: 9 am - 12:30 pm when Religious School is in session
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:
Phyllis Gregory, Gift Shop Personnel Manager (psg1973@yahoo.com, 288-7728)
Gift Shop sales staff hours = more money for WRJ Temple Israel Sisterhood to donate. |
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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.
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Call
the WRJ Hotline for reservations and questions
(901) 937-2790
Get involved! There are so many opportunities!
~ Without you we are one woman short! ~ |
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