Sisterhood has a myriad of activities with something to interest any woman:
Study sessions
Family dinners
Fundraising projects
Leadership development
Judaic Treasures -- the gift shop
Celebrations of Jewish holidays and
festivals
Outings and programs for fun and socializing
Volunteer opportunities -- wide variety of skills needed
Social action projects like tutoring,
mentoring, and volunteering
Connections with the Jewish community and the
wider community
What we do
-
Weekly hospitality at Temple Emanu-El's Friday evening Oneg Shabbats
-
Youth, Education, Service (YES) Fund Projects
-
World Union Shabbat -- special morning service and celebration to recognize the Reform movement in other countries and our own cultural diversity
-
Circle of Service Tea -- elegant benefit event for the YES Fund
During January or February, in an elegant home -
Hall of Fame Luncheon -- recognizes leaders of Sisterhood for their contributions
During January -
Shabbat dinner for residents of CHAI (Community Home for Adults)
-
Temple Tours -- Sisterhood provides docents for tours at
Temple Emanu-El on an as-requested basis -
Intrafaith Luncheon -- joining with other Sisterhoods of Reform, Conservative, Traditional and Orthodox synagogues in the Metroplex
-
Interfaith Shabbat -- Sisterhood hosts a dinner and Shabbat evening service with a non-Jewish house of worship in the community [Return to Top]
-
Sukkah Decorating
-
Sukkot Dinner
-
Chanukah Bazaar
-
Chanukah family night
-
Purim Carnival
For Fun
Periodic Activities and Programs:
Bridge Lessons in
the Fall -- contact
Vice-President for Programs
Spanish Lessons
Topical Speakers and Lecturers
Holiday Food Workshops
Monthly Programs: Speakers on topics of wide interest
Breast Cancer Awareness
Cradle Roll
For families with children from birth to 6 years old and who want to be
involved
at
Temple Emanu-El, offering
* a weekly play group after pre-school's Tot Shabbat program on
Fridays
* book clubs and babies every other month
* Tot Shabbat, with Temple Emanu-El's
pre-school, and a boxed dinner
option to make it easier on families to participate
Leadership Development
* Annual retreat
with officers from other area Sisterhoods and
WRJ representatives
* Attendance at WRJ
conferences
Rosh
Chodesh
To celebrate the
new moon, we gather in the Celebration
Garden at Temple Emanu-El to
pray, to sing, to learn and to renew our souls.
Ruach
(Spirituality) Group
Temple Emanu-El's
Ruach group meets monthly, usually the third Shabbat of each
month, for
Havdalah,meditation, prayer and potluck dinner. Sisterhood has been
sponsoring this
group for more than a decade.
[Return to the Top]
For Religious Action
This area of
Sisterhood covers a wide variety of short and long
term projects that reach out to the elderly, the ill, the
under-
privileged, and people coping with a broad range of
challenges.
Children's Medical
Center
Playing with children whose family members are waiting in the Emergency
Room;
maintaining the play area and replenishing books, games, and
coloring materials.
Tutoring at Maple Lawn Elementary School
North Dallas Shared Ministries
Volunteering, food drive participation
Vogel Alcove
Volunteering at day care center for children of
homeless families
[Return to the Top]
Chanukah
Family Night
Temple dinner
including the lighting of menorahs.
Holiday cooking school in the fall and spring
Old City Park winter holiday celebration
Brings an
awareness of the meaning of Haukkah to the community through
demonstrations.
Sukkot preparation and dinner
Sanctuary and
Lefkowitz Chapel.
Decorate the Sukkah and the bimahs
Plan the
community dinner in the Sukkah
Rosh
Chodesh
To celebrate the
new moon, we gather in the
Celebration Garden
at Temple Emanu-El to pray, to
sing, to learn and
to renew our souls.
Check back
for spring 2004
date!
Ruach
(Spirituality) Group
Temple Emanu-El's Ruach group meets monthly, usually
the third Shabbat of each
month, for Havdalah,
meditation, prayer and potluck dinner. Sisterhood has been
sponsoring this
group for more than a decade. [Return
to the Top]