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New items in the Gift Shop!

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Check out our new items at the WRJ Gift Shop!  All 3 pieces are handmade originals by a Florida artist. You may order any of these through the Gift Shop in colors you may prefer.

WRJ/Temple Sisterhood is a very active part of our Temple Family. We are responsible for our beautiful Oneg Shabbats. We run and manage our gorgeous Temple Gift Shop, which is entirely volunteer and helps support our many charitable contributions, including our own Temple. The Gift Shop our main fundraiser. We also give toward GUCI camp scholarships, support Religious School faculty, and help with College Outreach.

Our annual events include:

Interfaith Coffee every February
Sisterhood Shabbat
Gilda’s Club Dinner Benefit / West End School
Mother’s Day Card Fundraiser
Religious School Support
Camp GUCI Support
Weekly Friday Oneg Shabbats
Game Days
Blankets and Blessings
Hanukkah Brighteners
Women’s Passover Seder
Annual dues are $36/year, and cover local and national Sisterhood dues. We welcome all new members and would be happy to have you join one of our many committees. All new female Temple members are offered free membership for their first year.

WRJ/Temple Sisterhood is a very active part of our Temple Family. We are responsible for our beautiful Oneg Shabbats. We run and manage our gorgeous Temple Gift Shop, which is entirely volunteer and helps support our many charitable contributions, including our own Temple. The Gift Shop our main fundraiser. We also give toward GUCI camp scholarships, support Religious School faculty, and help with College Outreach.

Our annual events include:

Interfaith Coffee every February
Sisterhood Shabbat
Gilda’s Club Dinner Benefit / West End School
Mother’s Day Card Fundraiser
Religious School Support
Camp GUCI Support
Weekly Friday Oneg Shabbats
Game Days
Blankets and Blessings
Hanukkah Brighteners
Women’s Passover Seder
Annual dues are $36/year, and cover local and national Sisterhood dues. We welcome all new members and would be happy to have you join one of our many committees. All new female Temple members are offered free membership for their first year.

Independence Day Shabbat

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Thank you everyone for attending our Independence Day Shabbat!  We had a cookout, Tot Shabbat, patriotic service, and the famous WRJ Red, White, & Blue Shabbat Oneg.

 

Shabbat (the Sabbath) is a key part of Jewish life; it is observed as a day of rest and spiritual rejuvenation. Shabbat takes place from nightfall on Friday to nightfall on Saturday. In the home and synagogue, blessings are made and candles are lit to welcome Shabbat and signify the start of the festival. The Kiddush prayer is recited to represent the holiness of the day. Blessings are made over wine and challah. (See information on Shabbat services with our new Guide to Jewish Services.)

SPECIAL

Special Shabbat Services are held throughout the year. Just a few of these services include: Brotherhood and Sisterhood Shabbats, Independence Day Shabbat, Martin Luther King Jr. Shabbat, Interfaith Shabbat, and a Yom Hashoah Shabbat service led by the Grade 6 class. These services often have a special guest who speaks in place of a sermon by one of our rabbis.

Saturday Morning Shabbat Services are always held at 10:30 am, after Torah Study which begins at 9:00 am. On many Saturdays of the year, a Bar or Bat Mitzvah student leads the Shabbat service and a kiddish luncheon for everyone takes place following the service. On those occasions, there is usually a special table – the Rebbe’s Tisch – where congregants can continue studying the weekly Torah portion with the rabbi.

Tu B’Shvat Seder Celebrating Trees

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Over 20 people joined us to celebrate Tu B’Shvat, the birthday of the trees. Many thanks to Sarah Harlan for organizing and WRJ/Sisterhood for sponsoring!

Or the “New Year of the Trees” is the birthday of the trees. The holiday is observed on the fifteenth (tu) of the month of Shvat. Scholars believe that Tu B’Shvat was originally an agricultural festival, marking the emergence of Spring. Here at The Temple we celebrate with a chocolate Seder of mystical origins which connects us to the earth and the land of Israel.

Learn about the Jewish holidays and explore the customs and traditions of Reform Judaism.

Events

WRJ Book Club: The Rent Collector

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The WRJ/Sisterhood Book Club hopes you can join us on Friday, October 25, at 10:00 am in the Fishman Library to discuss The Rent Collector by Camron Wright. Goodreads writes, “The Rent Collector is a story of hope, of one woman’s journey to save her son, and another woman’s chance at redemption.”

Everyone is welcome to attend. If you have any questions, please contact Susan Waterman at [email protected]