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Women Of Isaiah’s Leadership Team

Come meet us, come greet us. We want to get to know you. We meet the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Adult lounge to review our monthly agenda items. Our meetings are open. We typically have a group of 15–20 women who are serving in Board positions or as event or committee chairs.

Our past WOI presidents serve as our parliamentarians and they help to select a slate of officers from our active members each year which is approved at a WOI Board Meeting in May.

We have about 40 women participating on our leadership team who help in many roles that support our activities and efforts. How did those names get in place? Some women call us and say, “I want to get involved.” and we try our best to find a good match. One of the sign up sheets posted at the Kick Off Dinner was for those interested in leadership. Some women are spotted at multiple events and we do the famous ask: “How would you like to help out?” For others, it’s the classic story of friends helping friends who then make new friends and new connections and before you know it, become new faces on the board.

Please see our mission statement and some of those faces below.

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Women of Isaiah Mission and Purpose

The mission of Women of Isaiah shall be:

• To enhance and support Temple Isaiah through special programming, financial support, and involvement of the women within our congregation
  
  
• To offer Temple women the opportunity for establishing friendships and a sense of community within our congregation
  
  
• To provide opportunities for learning about Judaism, critical issues, women-related issues, and to stimulate overall spiritual and individual growth
  
  
• To channel our collective energies towards the humanitarian needs of the community through social action initiatives and ongoing programs
  
  
• To offer programming and financial support for Temple youth as a means of assuring the future vitality of Judaism
  
  
• In addition, The Women of Isaiah shall be affiliated with the Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) and with the Western Federation of Temple Sisterhoods (WFTS). Women of Isaiah will further the programs of the WRJ to the best of its ability.

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2009-2010 Women of Isaiah Board

Co-Presidents

ELLEN BERNSTEIN-ELLIS, CO-PRESIDENT FORMER POSITIONS: Avodah co-chair FUNNIEST WOI MEMORY: "While helping a friend look for her lost sunglasses while hiking at Sports Day, we were surprised by the Sheriff showing up in the middle of nowhere because we had veered off on the wrong path and had become a security threat to EBMUD." LYNN EPSTEIN, CO-PRESIDENT FORMER POSITIONS: VPs: Membership, Programming, Publicity, Chair Kick-Off, Sports Day, Progressive Dinners FONDEST WOI MEMORY: At an ice breaker during first board meeting, announced that mezza, mezza was her favorite Yiddish word!

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