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Sisterhood Shabbat! May meeting!

4/30/2018

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A short poem in honor of Sisterhood Shabbat.
    Take time to think—thoughts are the source of power.
    Take time to play—play is the secret of perpetual youth.
    Take time to read—reading is the fountain of wisdom.
    Take time to pray—prayer can be a rock of strength in time of trouble.
    Take time to love—loving is what makes living worthwhile.
    Take time to be friendly—friendship gives life a delicious flavor.
    Take time to laugh—laughter is the music of the soul.
    Take time to give—any day of the year is too short for selfishness.
  Take time to do your work well—pride in your work, no matter what it is, nourishes the ego and the spirit.
We hope you take time to pray with us on Friday, May 11, 7:30pm at our Sisterhood Shabbat.

And on Thursday, May 17, take time to be friendly!  Join us for the Sisterhood May meeting at 7pm.
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Don't you love the mouse?!
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Thank you!

4/23/2018

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If the Temple nominating committee didn't call, and you would like to pitch in and make a difference, why not volunteer to be on the Sisterhood Board or on a Sisterhood committee?  Being on the board or on a committee is a great way to strengthen friendships and your help can make Sisterhood even better and more successful.

Perhaps you would like to make sure our communication to members and Friends is excellent.  Perhaps you have a fundraising idea.  Perhaps food is your strength.  Perhaps you want to connect with younger members.  Or maybe your forte is delegating responsibilities to others.  Whatever it is, we welcome your help.

Margie , we would love for you to help make Sisterhood fantastic.  If you would be willing to be part of our amazing team, please let us know.
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And...
Mark your calendars! 
Sisterhood Shabbat is Friday, May 11, 7:30 pm (with a community dinner beforehand)
The May Sisterhood meeting (Tell your story) is Thursday, May 17, 7pm
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Come be MAD* with us!
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Celebrate Israel on Thursday 4/19

4/16/2018

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Sisterhood's April meeting (which is this Thursday, 4/19) falls on Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel Independence Day, so our April meeting will be a celebration of Israel.  Join us for a fun filled evening celebrating the 70th birthday of the only Jewish nation in the world.  Pretty impressive that that little nation is still going strong!  We will eat Israeli food and revel in Israeli trivia and have fun with our friends.
Here's some trivia questions to get you in the mood (scroll down past the flyer for the answers.)
1.    How many times has Israel won the Eurovision song contest?
       a)    3
       b)    2
       c)    5
       d)    0
2.    What are Israel's official languages?
       a)    Hebrew and English
       b)    Hebrew and Arabic
       c)    Hebrew and Russian
       d)    Hebrew only
3.    Israel invented:
       a)    Desalinization.
       b)    Drip irrigation.
       c)    Sewage recycling.
       d)    All of the above
4.    What year was Tel Aviv founded?
       a)    70
       b)    1492
       c)    1882
       d)    1909
5.    Which Israeli city is twinned with Durban, Los Angeles and Toronto?
       a) Eilat
       b) Holon
       c) Tel Aviv
       ​d) Haifa
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1) A    2) B    3) B    4) D    5) A
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Thank you!

4/9/2018

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For any organization, it's very important to recognize and thank everyone who pitches in to make it a success. The hard part about doing this is that someone inevitably gets missed.  So we sometimes avoid naming everyone who should be thanked, so that we won't cause hard feelings.

And there are so many events that people have pitched in to make a success!  But we do really appreciate everyone who worked hard to make the fundraisers like the Honey, the MahJongg Cruise, Bingotini, the Holiday Boutique, the MahJongg Tournament, Pala Casino, Mah Jongg Cards and the Author presentation happen.  But fundraisers are just the tip of the iceberg!  Where would we be without our Oneg hostesses, our Judaica shop hostesses, our Seder committee, our Extended Kiddush chair and workers, the Sisterhood Shabbat committee, the Women of the Wall committee, the Volunteer Recognition lunch committee, our Chai Mitzvah chair, our Rosh Chodesh chair, our Tribute chair,  our past-presidents, WRJ board members, and all our elected Sisterhood Board members and their committees?

Also important are those who donate money to make Sisterhood a success.  A big hip-hip-hurray for all of our Friends of Sisterhood.  Plus all of our oneg sponsors and those who joined Sisterhood at the Sponsor or Patron levels.  Everyone who "rounded up" their purchases at the Holiday Boutique or donated to Sisterhood "just because." And those who sponsored events like the Women of the Wall event.
And we very much appreciate everyone who makes the statement that Sisterhood is important by becoming a member or a Friend of Sisterhood.

How did we do?  Did we miss anyone?  Let us know who we left out!
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"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give" - Winston Churchill
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Calendar, Pictures and Haggadah

4/2/2018

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What a whirlwind of great events March was!  The rest of the year will be not have quite the same pace, but there are still a bunch of great events coming.  On Thursday, April 19, we will celebrate Israeli Independence day.  Sunday, April 29 is our Pala trip (sold out), Friday, May 11 is Sisterhood Shabbat, Thursday, May 17 is our storytelling meeting, Sunday, June 3 is our Volunteer Recognition Lunch, and Sunday, June 24 is our next MahJongg Tournament.  So mark your calendars!

There are no pictures from the Author event (due to the power outage) or the Women of the Wall event (because we didn't take any) but there are pictures from the seder and the MahJongg Cruise on our website.  Explicit directions on how to find these pictures are attached.

The Haggadah we used in the seder is also on our website.  Here are instructions on how to find it:
    1) Go to www.tassisterhood.org
    2) Click on "Events, Programs, & Fundraisers"
    3) Click "Meetings and Events"
    4) Click "Past Meetings and Events"
    5) Click on the flyer for the Seder
Or copy-and-paste this URL into a browser
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/zxlnbqdwf1jgzh2/2018%20Sisterhood%20Seder%20Haggadah.pdf?dl=0

​In honor of our celebration of Israeli Independence Day on April 19 (you are coming, right?) here are some fun facts about Israel:
  1. In 1991, during the Gulf War, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra played a concert wearing gas masks as scud missiles fired by Saddam Hussein fell on Tel Aviv.
  2. Israeli cows produce more milk per cow than almost any country in the world, vying only with South Korea.
  3. There are over 100 sushi restaurants in Tel Aviv making it the city with the most sushi restaurants per capita after Tokyo and NYC.
  4. Israel was the first country to ban underweight models.
  5. With peanuts introduced to their diets earlier (mostly in the form of the snack, Bamba), babies in Israel are 10 times less likely to suffer from a peanut allergy than Jewish children in the UK.
  6. The opening scene of the Al Pacino film The Insider was shot in Israel.
  7. There’s a rollerblading party that happens every Tuesday night in Tel Aviv.
  8. There are more than 40 kosher McDonald’s in Israel. The only one outside the Jewish state is in Buenos Aires
  9. With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and start-ups, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world.
  10. People can easily float in the Dead Sea due to its unusually high salt concentration. It’s almost impossible to dive into it.
You can find more fun facts at http://factsking.com/countries/israel/
Hope to see you soon!
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