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Events & Membership Below
It’s Time to Join or Renew your WRS Membership
We’re One Woman Short Without You!
An Invitation to Make a Difference!
Women of Rodef Sholom is more than an organization. We're a mishpacha - a family, a sisterhood - on a mission to build a supportive, engaging, and joyful community.
Prepare for an enriching journey filled with inspiration and wonder, as we explore the world, and, when we see a need, repair it (tikkun olam).
Our membership year is July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, so it's time to renew or join!
Choose one of these three easy ways to renew or join:
Renew directly with WRS online
Mail your renewal by printing out and sending this form, along with your payment, to the address shown on the form
Renew your WRS membership when you renew your Congregation Rodef Sholom annual membership.
If you have already renewed your membership, thank you for being a valued member of the Women of Rodef Sholom, because, without you, we are one woman short.
For more information, please contact WRS Membership membershipwrs@gmail.com
How to engage with WRS
The new fiscal year for WRS begins July 1. The WRS Fiscal Year & Annual Membership time period is July 1 - June 30th. Your annual membership applies to this period of time for the given year. Have any questions regarding your membership or Not sure if your Membership is up to date? Email the Membership VP: membershipwrs@gmail.com
Bring your unique skills to one of the standing committees in the new year by sending your contact information to wrs@rodefsholom.org:
Membership through recruiting new members and planning events for our beloved existing members
Planning fun and meaningful sisterhood activities through our Programming endeavors
Performing important tikkun olam (repairing the world) through WRS Social Justice work
Volunteering in our beautiful retail Judaica Gift Shop in the JCC, recruiting shop volunteers, or bookkeeping for our treasured shop
Raising critical tzedakah (charitable funds) relied upon by our sisterhood-, congregational-, and wider communities.
WRS Events, Groups & Learning
Attend Songs of Truth Live Concert
& Multimedia Event
Tour the Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Thursday, January 30, 2025
11:00am -1:00pm
Join a tour of the Buck Institute followed by a speaker on women’s health issues related to aging.
Learn about the Buck Institute's mission to end the threat of age-related disease for this and future generations. The Buck Institute seeks a more comprehensive understanding of the biology of aging itself.
The tour scheduled for January 7 is sold out. Look for an emailed invitation for the tour scheduled on January 30.
All congregants and guests are welcome.
There is no charge to attend.
Rides are available.
Questions: email to wrssenioroutreach@gmail.com
WRS Sisterhood Shabbat
Friday, January 24, 2025
5:45pm Pre-Oneg
6:15pm Shabbat Service
Attend this annual special service led by sisterhood members and filled with song and serenity.
Bring family and friends.
All are welcome!
Join us in person at the synagogue or on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 897 3049 9856
Passcode: 727646
To participate by phone: 1-669-900-6833
WRS Monthly Walks
Join your neighbors and others for
monthly walks in Marin.
Our fun and relaxed WRS walking group will be in Tiburon this month. We walk for about an hour on flat paths throughout Marin. WRS monthly walks are a great way to connect with other women and nature.
Dates and location
November 3 - 10:00 am in Novato
Novato Bay Trail at the Hamilton Wetlands
December 1 - 10:00 am
Sausalito-Mill Valley Walking Trail
January 6 - 10:00am
Marin Civic Center Lagoon Park Walking Path
February 2 - 10:00am
Corte Madera Creek Pathway/Hal Brown-Creekside Park
The Walking Group will meet inside the Northgate Mall in front of Macy’s in the event of inclement weather.
Register by emailing to WRSwalkinggroup@gmail.com with your name, email address, telephone number, and city or zip code. We will send you details before the walk. We can't wait to walk with you!
WRS Book Group
Monday,January 6
7:00pm on Zoom
Book selection for January :
State of Terror by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny
Book selections for February and March:
February 3 -Ain’t No Grave by Mary Glickman
March 3 -Goyhood by Reuven Fenton
These are the 2025 One Bay One Book Selections.
Please email to wrs@rodefsholom.org if you would like to receive WRS Book Club updates each month.
Join the Koffee Kibbitz Next Year!
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
10:30am
Mill Valley
&
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
10:30am
Terra Linda
Thanks to all who have enjoyed the conversation and friendship. Look for an email registration.
Sip with you soon!
Enjoy a Cozy Winter Gathering
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Celebrate the new year with WRS friends!
Look for an email invitation
with event details & registration.
Tu BiShvat Seder Senior Outreach
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
Potluck And Learning With Rabbi Elana
Rabbi Elana will be leading a Tu BiShvat Seder to teach us about this joyous holiday which shows our appreciation for trees, plants, and fruits.
Create a dish to share using food from the seven species mentioned in Deuteronomy: “a land of wheat and barley, vines, figs and pomegranates, olive trees and honey.”
Look online for Tu BiShvat recipe suggestions.
Be creative and bring a copy of your recipe. We will copy and assemble a book of these recipes to be shared with others.
There is no charge to attend this Seder.
Rides are available.
Questions email to
wrssenioroutreach@gmail.com
Visit Our Award Winning Gift Shop
for All your Needs & Gifts
Sales staff needed in the WRS Gift Shop
Have you ever considered yourself behind the counter meeting folks coming into the JCC and helping someone find that special gift?
We need you now! Flexible shifts and a 20% discount on your purchases.
Thinking about it? Email our Volunteer Coordinator to find out more.
Gift Shop Hours:
Mon-Thurs 10:00am-3:00pm
Friday 11:30am-2:00pm
Sunday 10:00am-12:30pm
Celebrating Tu BiShvat
Laser cut, hand-painted metal
by Israeli Judaica Artist Yair Emanual
We won Favorite Gift Shop in the North Bay and Favorite Jewelry in the North Bay in the J Weekly.
Shop online for a great selection greetings cards, shofars, honey dishes, host gifts and much more. If you order at the WRS website, delivery is available in Marin.
Place an order for pick up or delivery.
If you are shopping for a talit, you can make an appointment by email to come in to the shop, or if you don't see what you're looking for in the Gift Shop, please ask for assistance by email.
We will help you find just the right item, and your purchase will help fund the programs of the Women of Rodef Sholom.
Get Involved with WRS!
WRS Monthly Team Meetings
Board of Directors Meeting
Membership Team Meeting
Programming Team Meeting
Social Justice Committee Meeting
Meet BettyAnn Kram
Publicity Chair/Newsletter Editor
How long have you been on the board of WRS, and what keeps you staying involved?
I joined the Board in 2021 when I began working on the newsletter. I enjoyed learning even more about what WRS is and does, and I enjoy celebrating with and contributing to this organization of diverse, caring women.
What is your favorite memory from a Women of Rodef Sholom event?
I went to the Women’s Seder alone before I was a member. I found an empty seat at a table, and I had engrossing and amusing conversations with this welcoming group of women. I was asked to join even though I wasn't a member of the synagogue.
In one word, what does Women of Rodef Sholom mean to you?
Affinity
What is something people would be surprised to learn about you?
I’m a “burner.” I’ve attended the Burning Man event in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada many times and enjoyed living briefly in a very different world guided by the principles of radical inclusion, self-reliance, and self-expression among others. My son urged me to go, as he went for many years and felt his mom would really fit in. What a gift.
What is something that you do for fun?
Ceramics - I'm a potter. Play tennis, pickleball, read, and cook
What genre of music or literature inspires you?
I enjoy historical fiction and other genre, but the sappy, feel-good song “I Hope You Dance” sung by Lee Ann Womack stays with me.
Who is your favorite Jewish woman and why?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She’s been called “a champion of true equality” and a “civil rights crusader.” She did so much for us, and I hope the public is aware that she was Jewish.
Learn More about Women of Rodef Sholom's
Social Justice Activities
Current information for these organizationsis available on their websites.
Click on the link to each website.
The Women of Rodef Sholom is a proud member of the Women of Reform Judaism and WRJ Pacific District(WRJ PD). Sign up for the WRJ PD's weekly "Chai Line." WRJ “Advocacy Matters” Newsletter. Sign up here
Read about Rodef Sholom's Social Justice Activities & Other Events
Follow Link below to the MOC Website
Visit the Religious Action Committee Website through Link Below
Now at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
in San Francisco
Visit the California Jewish Open - the first major open call exhibition
inviting Jewish-identifying artists in California to submit work.
Looking back...
HANUKKAH SOCIAL GAME NIGHT 2024
Thanks to all our volunteers for last month’s successful Hanukkah Social Game Night. We greatly appreciate all the food contributions and set up/clean up crews.
We’d like to especially thank Barbara Merino for her continued organization of our WRS closet of supplies! Life would be so much more challenging without her in so many ways! If you see her, give a shout out!
CRAFTS AND COFFEE 2024
So much fun & cool items made!
