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During these unprecedented times, we hope you and your loved ones are safe, healthy, and are having a relatively easy shelter-in-place experience.
Our programs and social action projects inspire personal growth, Jewish involvement and a strong sense of community. We are committed to Jewish education, we support progressive Judaism in Israel and we are actively involved in service to our community!
BE PART OF THE ACTION!
TWO WAYS TO JOIN:
1. Please print out and mail the completed form (click below), along with your check to: Women of B’nai Israel, c/o Maryann Rabovsky, 4520 Crestwood Way, Sacramento, CA 95822
membership Form
2. If you prefer to apply and pay online, click below:
pay for membership online
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WHAT WE DO
- Over the past two years, donated $36,900 to support our congregation, our community and progressive Judaism.
- Play a significant role, through our Jonas Goldman Judaica Gift Shop and fundraising, to financially underwrite Religious School scholarships, Campership Awards for overnight URJ camps, and temple facilities and programs.
- Host the Congregational Second Night Seder, the Rosh Hashanah Reception and S'lichot.
- Hold an annual Shabbat Service.
- Co-sponsor Happy Hour Havdalah
- Donate to Down and Derby Fund-in-Need
SOCIAL ACTION
- We march for important causes such as women’s rights, keeping immigrant families together and opposing gun violence.
- We assist women and families in need by supporting organizations such as My Sister’s House, St.John's Program for Change, Family Promise and Women’s Empowerment.
- We provide meals and various household and personal necessities to the Wellspring Women’s Center, the Opening Doors Project for Refugees, and the homeless.
- We donate funds to the Central Downtown Food Basket, Camp Newman in its efforts to rebuild, and Camp Nefesh.
To make a donation to any of the Women of B'nai Israel funds, please click here:
https://donorbox.org/donate-to-women-of-b-nai-israel
2020-2022 EXECUTIVE BOARD
Eve Panush, Co-President
Sharon Rogoff, Co-President
Annette Bruno, Secretary
Esther Gaines, Treasurer
Maryann Rabovsky, VP Membership
Jan Gutierrez, VP Programming
Helen Nusbaum and Nina Bernstein, VP for Social Action Sandy Lee, Immediate Past President
For questions or further information, you can contact Sharon Rogoff or Eve Panush, Co-Presidents of Women of B’nai Israel, womenofbnaiisrael@gmail.com
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The Women of B’nai Israel is a charter member of Women of Reform Judaism, an international organization founded in 1913 as an affiliate of the Union for Reform Judaism. To learn more about WRJ, click here or to read WRJ blog click here. |
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