Service To Sisterhoods

Service To Sisterhoods covers a lot of territory, including Leadership Development, Membership, New Affiliates, Programming, Judaica Shops, Speakers Bureau, Board Alumnae, and Dues. For each of these areas, there is a representative from the WRJ Southeast District plus a representative at WRJ headquarters in New York.

Sisterhood presidents: be sure to sign up for the President's Listserv, where women are discussing the very issues important to you. Furthermore, when you log in to the private areas of the WRJ site, you will find extensive material available to you under the heading of Leadership Materials.

Below is a list of people and resources available to you, and you may contact any of the following individuals. In addition, for much more, go to Service To Sisterhoods at the WRJ website.

National And District Chairs

Staff Executive at WRJ Headquarters:
Contact Linda Cannon, LCannon@urj.org

District Vice President in charge of Service to Sisterhoods:
Donna Spencer, thebeachbubbe@aol.com

District Committee Chairs

New Affiliates Coordinator

The New Affiliates Coordinator on the district level works closely with the Membership chair, helps with new affiliate Sisterhoods in the district, and helps attract new affiliates. A prospective sisterhood must belong to a URJ affiliated congregation.

Contact Jo Stamler Thompson, momjest1@aol.com
Barbara Shub, Berteda@aol.com or Wendy Adamson, wadam412@aol.com.

Nominations

Contact Wendy Adamson, wadam412@aol.com

Judaica Shops

Judaica Shops are included as a fundraising source but should also be considered a service, a teaching tool, and are a practical source of Judaica for the Sisterhoods and congregations that they serve. The Judaica Shop may be the only place in your community to purchase Jewish art. For more information on Judaica Shops, including a directory of WRJ supplies, you can go to the WRJ website.

Leadership Development

Leadership Development works to help Sisterhoods develop and retain their leadership through program ideas and group building activities. For details, contact state VPs, Blair Marks marksbc@bellsouth.net or Andrea Cannon redsisboca@aol.com.

Membership

Membership works to help Sisterhoods increase and maintain membership levels through various programs and outreach ideas to prospective members. Having a large membership base can decrease the workload on each individual in your sisterhood, thus giving each of you more time to enjoy those programs you work so hard on.

For materials, see "Exploring Membership" or "The Mitzvah of Membership" on the WRJ website.

Do you have any questions not answered here? To contact WRJ directly, or to see a staff directory, please visit the WRJ website.