December 17th, 2017

We hope you are coming to our Sisterhood Chanuka celebration this Thursday (Dec 21, 7pm).  If so, we would really appreciate it if you would reply to this message with a quick "I'm coming!"   Lately, people have stopped RSVPing, and our hard-working program committee is stressing out over how many people to expect.
Did you get your gift for the gift exchange yet?  The target value for gifts is $15 and we request no scented items, please.  As usual, we will be serving latkes - a hearty THANK YOU! if you are one of the people providing them.  If you have not signed up to provide latkes and would like to, let us know!
Sisterhood members provided gift cards for flood victims and Judaica for both Northern California fire victims and Houston flood victims.  Now the latest disaster has struck close to home.   If you would be willing to provide gift cards (Target, grocery, Home Depot, etc.) for Ventura County fire victims, bring them to the Chanuka celebration, and Sisterhood will pay to send them to a Ventura County Temple for distribution to needy families who have lost their homes.  Too busy to get to a store and get gift cards?  You can simply write a check to Sisterhood, and we will convert that into gift cards.  Write "for fire victims" in the memo line so that there's no confusion as to what the donation is for.
Found this little guy on the internet and had to share!  The Hebrew translates as "Happy (and tasty) Holiday!"