SUBJECT: Sisterhood Monthly Newsletter- December 2023
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER- DECEMBER 2023
From Our Sisterhood President, Rhonda Duchin
My Dear Friends,
For the month of December, Sisterhood is co-hosting the Craft Club on December 3rd making beaded kippot. We have extended the registration to December 1st.
If you haven’t had a chance to check out our on-going programs and want to try something new, now is a good time to do so. See below for more information.
Starting in January, our first program of the year is the Judaica Roadshow on January 21st – co-sponsored with Dallas Jewish Historical Society. It’s only $10. Register today so you don’t miss seeing some of the preselected items from our own congregants.
We are starting to put together our slate of officers/position for the 2024-25 calendar year. Please let me know if you are interested in holding a position on the board. The following positions are unfilled at this time, and I would love to have someone step up and help.
Social Marketing Chair
Program Chair
This is the last newsletter for 2023. I want to thank each of you for being a part of my life and making Sisterhood a warm, caring and especially FUN community.
Wishing you all a happy and healthy Chanukah and New year filled with light and love!
Last Day to contribute time for HundredX is Tuesday, December 5, at midnight. We need you to give about 20-30 minutes each day to complete the 25 maximum allowed each day, until you reach 75. Try doing some while watching TV or a sports game. Feel stuck? Lost your personal link? Questions? Text or Call our CBT Hotline at: 972-891-8180 for HundredX help. We are at risk of leaving over $6,000 of unclaimed funds set aside for Beth Torah. Please Help Now!
Upcoming Book Club: January 18 at 7 PM – Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly – The author tells the story of her ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse who joins the war effort during the Civil War, and how her calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Ann May Wilson, a Southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists.
Social Action- “North Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking”
We will be collecting items in need for
North Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking (NTCAHT)
"To educate and mobilize the ommunity to work against human trafficking in the North Texas region and to empower survivors of human trafficking through specialized comprehensive social, medical, legal services, advocacy, and extensive research.
Donation Request List: Adult coloring books, Coloring pencils, Coloring markers, Magazines, Stress balls/fidgets, Slip on shoes, Sweatshirts/sweatpants (S, M, L), Women’s underwear (S, M, L)
Thank you to all the volunteers, sponsors, those who donated items for the prizes and all who played in the 5th Annual Esther Cohen Mah Jongg Tournament.
A special shout out to the volunteers who helped make it a successful event (please forgive me if I left out your name)!
Linday Bradley, David Duchin, Elizabeth Elias, Laura & David Halper, Karen Hoffman, Rona Kesselman, Eileen Kessner, Deanna and Jack Koenigsberg, Roberta Lazarus, Phyllis Lyons, Kimber Miller, Roz Prupes, Sandy Raskin, Robyn and Hunter Rose, Nathalie Ross, Ellen Schachter, Vikki Silvis, Leslie Starke, Eveyln Utay and Marcia Zidle.
