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We’re One Woman Short Without You!

Women of Rodef Sholom is more than an organization. 
We're a mishpacha - a family, a sisterhood -
on a mission to build a supportive, engaging, and joyful community. 

Join us for an enriching journey filled with inspiration and wonder, as we explore the world, and, when we see a need, repair it (tikkun olam). 

Our membership year is July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, so it's time to join or renew. 

Choose one of these three easy ways to join the Women of Rodef Sholom:

1. Renew directly with WRS online.

2. Mail your renewal by printing out and sending this form along with your payment to the address shown on the form.

3. Renew your WRS membership when you renew your Congregation Rodef Sholom annual membership.

If you have already renewed your membership, thank you for being a valued member of the Women of Rodef Sholom, because, without you, we are one woman short.

For more information, please contact WRS Membership membershipwrs@gmail.com

How to engage with WRS

The new fiscal year for WRS begins July 1. The WRS Fiscal Year & Annual Membership time period is July 1 - June 30th. Your annual membership applies to this period of time for the given year. Have any questions regarding your membership or Not sure if your Membership is up to date? Email the Membership VP: membershipwrs@gmail.com

Bring your unique skills to one of the standing committees in the new year by sending your contact information to wrs@rodefsholom.org:

• Membership through recruiting new members and planning events for our beloved existing members

• Planning fun and meaningful sisterhood activities through our Programming endeavors

• Performing important tikkun olam (repairing the world) through WRS Social Justice work

• Volunteering in our beautiful retail Judaica Gift Shop in the JCC, recruiting shop volunteers, or bookkeeping for our treasured shop

• Raising critical tzedakah (charitable funds) relied upon by our sisterhood-, congregational-, and wider communities.

WRS Events, Groups & Learning

WRS Opening Event & Annual General Meeting

2025 Honey From The Heart Fundraiser

WRS Walks

WRS Book Group

Join the Knitted Knockers at
Congregation Rodef Sholom

Knitted Knockers are special handmade breast prostheses for women who have had breast cancer and undergone mastectomy or lumpectomy.

Email Alissa Ralston for more information.

Visit Our Award Winning Gift Shop
for All your Needs & Gifts

Get Involved with WRS!

WRS Monthly Team Meetings

Board of Directors Meeting

Membership Team Meeting

Programming Team Meeting

Social Justice Committee Meeting

ALL MEETING INFORMATION

Meet the WRS Programming Committee

An Interview with Co-Chairs Jan Goldberg and Toni Grimes

What is the function of the Programming Committee?

The WRS Programming Committees is charged with creating and organizing events that bring content, whether it’s education, entertainment or cultural in nature, to our members. 

What do you enjoy most about the Programming Committee?

Jan LOVES the opportunity to meet other members of sisterhood and to deepen friendships with longstanding members. Toni LOVES organizing the WRS calendar (you don’t even want to know) and brainstorming new ideas. 

What accomplishments is the committee most proud of from 2024-2025?

Bringing back Howard Rachelson for an afternoon of Trivia fun which raised $1700.00 for the Jewish Federation Los Angeles Fire Relief.  

WRS member Kris Malone Grossman brought the "Songs of Truth," a concert and multimedia project by the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra and Chorus as a shared event with CRS. We bookended this with our annual Women’s Shabbat (thank you sub-committee!). 

We co-hosted (with Marin Hadassah) an author talk with Lucy Adlington who is a British social and textile historian, collector of vintage clothing, and author. Many of her books examine women's lives and fashion during the Second World War and the Holocaust. She spoke to us from London, the first time we hosted an offsite speaker for a hybrid audience. She spoke about her novel The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive. We are thrilled to have her back in January with her next book, Four Red Sweaters: Powerful True Stories of Women and the Holocaust.

And we started our 2024-2025 year with an event featuring two community professionals for an event about Laughter, Connection, and Friendship. Our practiced facilitators, Donna Davidovitz, PhD in clinical psychology and Betty Wood, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, guided our adventure to better understand and practice friendship and connection.

Can you share any specific initiatives, events, or campaigns that had a strong impact?

We are especially proud of the strong start we had in September 2024 with our Opening Event on Laughter.Connection.Friendship, learning about the Science of Friendship. We received comments long after the program was over. 

5. What was your biggest surprise you have found, what job does it entail that was least expected?

It was exceptionally nice (maybe not so surprising…) to have in person meetings and events. The bigger surprise was learning the language of budgeting.  

6. What are the committee’s goals for the coming year?

Using the survey results for future programming to fulfill the needs and interests of our membership. Read your newsletter for more fabulous adventures.  

How can people support or get involved with the committee going forward?

Come to the September 7th Opening event on Making An Impact: Using Our Voices In Community. We have a terrific speaker from the Women of Reform Judaism' s Pacific District office. We'll also have our annual meeting and sign up sheets listing existing and new opportunities to join.  

Join The WRS Social Justice Committee

The Social Justice Committee (SJC) was born out of a desire for the women of Rodef Sholom (WRS) to be together in supporting causes we care about in an active and meaningful way.
In our first year, in addition to defining our mission and key areas of focus, the SJC realized several accomplishments.

On Mitzvah Day, approximately 150 letters with our hopes and dreams for the families of hostages to be reunited with those held in Gaza were written. We also engaged in a non-partisan “Get Out the Vote” campaign for some key elections around the US, as well as for the World Zionist Congress elections. We also supported the work of “Come to the Table” — an educational and community building initiative to bring the Marin City community in closer connection with other parts of Marin County. Finally, in May, the SJC donated jewelry to first grade students at Venetia Valley Elementary School for Mother’s Day. Currently, the committee is preparing to participate in a reproductive rights initiative as well as aiding our immigrant neighbors who need our support.

As Tikkun Olam, we made donations to: The Multi-Cultural Center of Marin; NIV the Neral Holistic Trauma Rehabilitation Center in Israel; the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS); Come to the Table; the Center for Domestic Peace and Planned Parenthood of Northern California.

As we begin this second year of action, we would love to have interested members of the Sisterhood join us on the committee. 

Please reach out to Toni Golbus and/or Rachel de Baere for more information at: socialjustice.wrs@gmail.com.

WRS needs an Event Promotion Coordinator

Want to be More Involved?

WRS is looking to fill this position with someone who has good technical skills,
wants to know about WRS events in advance,
and will be in touch with all board members.

Interested? Email to wrspresident@gmail.com

Learn More about Women of Rodef Sholom's
Social Justice Activities

Current information for these organizationsis available on their websites.

Click on the link to each website.

The Women of Rodef Sholom is a proud member of the Women of Reform Judaism and WRJ Pacific District(WRJ PD). Sign up for the WRJ PD's weekly "Chai Line." WRJ “Advocacy Matters” Newsletter. Sign up here

WRS Board Retreat July 2025