One Last "Hoorah!" Before Summer ☀️ (+ A Very Special Guest)
Wow! Where did the year go?
May marks the final official month of our 2025-26 year. While we will certainly find ways to gather over the summer, I know many of you will be busy traveling and making memories with family. That’s why I’m personally inviting you to our Final All-Sisterhood Meeting of the year.
The Business at Hand: We have some important "housekeeping" to wrap up the year, including:
Board Elections 🗳️
Voting on our new Bylaws (A huge thank you to Lynda Markowitz, Evelyn Utay, Robyn Rose, and Rona Kesselman for their incredible guidance in creating these!)
The Icing on the Cake: 🍰 We are thrilled to welcome our special guest speaker, Lauren New. Lauren is a Certified Nurse Midwife with a deeply rooted background in women’s health and maternal care—and she holds the distinction of being Dallas’ first female Mohel(et)! You won’t want to miss her insight.
A special thank you to Joy Weinstein who has but together this amazing program.
Looking Ahead: I am so excited for next year as we are transitioning to our new bylaws (pending approval). I’m also grateful to be working alongside Robyn Rose and Rona Kesselman, who will be supporting me in my duties as President.
A Moment of Gratitude: Please join me in thanking our departing Board Members-at-Large, Gayle Hill and Kimber Miller, for their wonderful leadership. At the same time, let’s give a warm Sisterhood welcome to our new At-Large members, Donna Leibow and Sandi Bodzin Jordan.
A little bit of Torah:
Wishing all a Chag Shavuot Sameach! Shavuot commemorates the spring harvest and the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. While there are no rituals associated with Shavuot in the Torah, there are several beautiful and meaningful customs that have developed to help us celebrate Shavuot. These include Tikkun Leil Shavuot (staying up all night to learn Torah), eating dairy foods, decorating the shul with flowers and greenery, and the reading of Megillat Rut. I hope you’ll find a meaningful way to celebrate!
To everyone who has been my support, my listening ear, and has entrusted me to lead this group—thank you.
With gratitude,
Rhonda
Sisterhood Election & Program
Please join us for our annual Sisterhood election and program on May 14 at 7 PM at CBT. Light refreshments. Please RSVP to Rhonda Duchin by May 11 at sisterhood@congregationbethtorah.org. Open to all Sisterhood members.
Sisterhood Officer Slate for 2026-2027
This is the slate of officers we will be voting on at the election.
Position
First Name
Last Name
President
Rhonda
Duchin
VP Finance/Treasurer
Evelyn
Utay
VP Recording/Corresponding Secretary
Rona
Kesselman
VP of Membership/1st VP
Leah
White
VP of Programming /2nd VP
Joy
Weinstein
VP of Communications /3rd VP
Robyn
Rose
VP of Catering
Vikki
Silvis
VP of Catering
Lynda
Markowitz
Gift Shop Manager
Sherry
Zorinsky
Member at Large
Marilyn
Guzick
Member at Large
Linda
Matisoff
Member at Large
Lynda
Moidel
Member at Large
Debbie
Krochtengel
Member at Large
Donna
Leibow
Member at Large
Sylvia
Schepps
Member at Large
Sandi
Bodzin - Jordan
Special Interest Groups (SIGS) Non-Voting Members
Book Club
Carol
Rosen
Girls Night Out
Esther
Miller
Gift Shop - Buyer
Arlene
Berlin
Knit Night
Ellen
Schachter
Ladies Who Lunch
Carol
Taper
Esther Cohen Mah Jongg Tournament
Rhonda
Duchin
Esther Cohen Mah Jongg Tournament
Robyn
Rose
Sisterhood Shabbat
Lisa
Miller
Torah Discussion Group
Nancy
Siegel
Torah Fund Chair
Rhonda
Duchin
Torah Fund Pins
Elaine
Scharf
Social Action
Sylvia
Schepps
Nominating Committee Chair
Immediate Past President
Volunteers Needed
Two volunteers are needed on Thursday, May 14, at 6 pm, to help assemble and put out food for the Sisterhood election program at CBT. Also, two people are needed to stay afterwards to do some light washing up.
Knit Night/Ellen is taking a break and will restart Knit Night with a kickoff event early next fiscal year. She has been knitting beanies for an underserved school and has been doing this for awhile and has donated over 100 beanies.
