WELCOME TO KKBE SISTERHOOD

SISTERHOOD CHADASHOTE

November 17, 2024 

16 Cheshvan, 5785  ט״ז בְּחֶשְׁוָן תשפ״ה

Sisterhood’s

Co-Presidents

Marilyn Geiger & Sheila Winett

Sisterhood will be selling 2025 Mah Jongg cards at our Chosen Treasures Gift Shop this year!

We will order in bulk. As soon as they arrive, we will send out an email notification to Sisterhood members that they are available for purchase. 

No need to order in advance.

Sisterhood is excited to bring Margaret Seidler, the  author of Payne-ful Business: Charleston’s Journey to Truth, to speak at our next program on December 8th.  Registration is open and desserts will be provided  by Irene’s Bakers. Come and join us for a “sweetful”  afternoon.

 December 12th is Mah Jongg for Fun from 1:00-3:00 in  the KKBE Social Hall.  Bring your own group to make  up a table or we can  assign you to one. Snacks will be  served.

 On January 25th we will join Brotherhood for Havdalah  and a Pot Luck Dinner. The cost is $18.00 per  couple. Wine and drinks will be served. We will be  entertained by a Jazz Quartet. Come show off your  favorite dish and schmooze with your friends for a fun  Saturday night out.

 Our big YES event begins on Friday night, January 31st  with composer and singer Lisa Levine, accompanied  by Koleinu. Then on Sunday afternoon, from 2:00 until  4:00, we will have Bates and Lisa performing together  for a spectacular concert with a dessert reception  afterwards. The cost is $36.00 per couple and there will  be Platinum, Silver and Gold level giving as well. YES  provides scholarships for education, special  projects and youth funds so your support is very  needed and appreciated.

 We have many other programs scheduled for 2025 so  stay tuned for further updates!

Co-Vice Presidents

 Programming

Jacki Stevens

Vice President Membership

Sharon Alexander

KKBE Sisterhood is off to a great start, and we are very  happy that you are a member!

 Currently, we have 205 active members!!!

 Please welcome our four newest Sisterhood members:

 Judith Decanio-Kuritzky

 Nina Premselaar

 Kathy Tuckerman

 Sally Vosk

 Please contact me if you know of anyone who may be  interested in joining our wonderful Sisterhood. You  can contact me at:  membership@kkbesisterhood.org If you need assistance with payment, please contact  Sherrie Feinstein, Sisterhood Treasurer,  at sisterhoodtreas@gmail.com

Vice President

Chosen Treasures

Margie Grossman

Sisterhood Historian

Lois Sugarman

“We” Instead of “I”

 A while ago, I wrote this d’var torah for a service  Shula was leading. I see it as being even more  important and relevant than it was then. In light of  the Thanksgiving holiday and being thankful for so  many blessings of family and friends, I would like to  repeat a portion of that d’var torah.

 I am always interested to see what other  congregations do and how they deal with problems  and practices that are universal to all temples large  and small. Lately, there has been much back and  forth and tongue in cheek discussion about “virtual  Judaism.” What this means  is that technology is so  much a part of our lives that we can have our  worship experiences served on the computer  without ever leaving the confines of our homes or  interacting with others. Instead of talking to people,  we use social networks to interact with one another.  Rabbi Richard Sarason responded with these  remarks that were right on the mark and resonated  with my own beliefs, only he can say it a lot better  than I can. 

 “Life is about people and being with people. It’s not  about me. It’s about us. A full worship service, with  all the elements needed, like Bar’chu, Kaddish, and  Torah reading, requires a minyan of ten because  that is the smallest number that constitutes a  community and stands for the Jewish people as a  whole. It’s about me as a member of a covenant  people, a sacred community, a kingdom of priests  and a consecrated nation. God is embodied and  enacted within the community through the acts of  each individual. How do individuals support each  other while practicing their faith? Do we just turn on  a webcam and watch a service, or take in a podcast  about Judaism, or are we actually there and present  in real time? Being present and having a community  of worshipers around is how Judaism is structured,  and how it should be practiced.”

 I can’t imagine being at home alone and reciting the  Kaddish without the connection and support I  receive at the temple. Barbra Streisand sings that  “people who need people” are “the luckiest people  in the world.” So true on so many levels. Think  about it. The activities we deem holy prayer, study,  acts of love and kindness are traditionally done with  or for others. We come together as a community to  pray. When we pray, while there is time for personal  prayer, all our prayers are collective statements.  They bind us not only to God, but to all our people—  past, present, and future. Most often, we pray using  the word אֲנַחְנוּ (anakhnu) “we” rather than the  word  אֲנִ י (ani) “I.” We cannot fulfill the mitzvah of  burying  the dead, visiting the sick or caring for the  widow  and orphan without ourselves being part of a  larger  whole.

Vice President Communications

Susan Lipsey