Ongoing Groups and Programs
Gail Koff, On-Going Program Chair
Programs & Chairs:
- Women of Isaiah Knitting-Handwork Group
- July 12, 2010 (NOTE 2ND WEEK)
- Women’s Torah Study Group
- July 12, 2010
Last Wednesday Hikes
- July 28: Sunol, Little Yosemite
- August 25: Joaquin Miller – Redwood Forest
- September 29: Mount Diablo
- Bridge
- Lilith Salon
- Shelter Lunch Program
- Support Our Troops
- Sacred Chant - Healing Circles
- July 12, 2010
- July 26, 2010 - OFF-SITE - Location to be announced
- August 9, 2010
- TUESDAY, August 24, 2010 - OFF-SITE - Location to be announced
- September 27 2010
- October 25, 2010
- November 22, 2010
Join us in the Temple Isaiah library for an evening of knitting and other needlework, generally on the first Monday of every month.
You can begin or complete a project, get help with any knitting/handwork problems or offer assistance to others. Work on your knitting, needlepoint, crochet, embroidery, or any other handwork projects. We welcome everyone from beginners to experts.
Make new friends, share knitting-handwork news, and have fun with us.
Monthly on Monday evenings at 7:00 pm. in the Library.
Upcoming Dates:
Contact: Margie Kaplan
Women of Isaiah hosts a monthly women’s Torah study group using The Torah: A Women’s Commentary.
All Temple sisters and their friends are invited to join us as we study Torah portions enhanced by interpretations, poetry, and commentaries written by women. We read and reflect on ancient texts that improve our understanding of the roles, rituals, and laws of Judaism. We then explore and discuss how they connect to the needs and concerns of our busy lives today.
Monthly on Monday morningsUpcoming Dates:
Contact: Lynn Gitomer
If you like to hike, you will enjoy hiking with the Women of Isaiah on the last Wednesday of the month. We will explore the region’s vast variety of hiking trails while getting to know each other. Most hikes will be rated as moderate but an occasional easy, difficult, and strenuous or very difficult could be included. Each one will be rated and will typically last about 4 hours.
For information, contact Cheryl Kohleriter (through the temple office 925-283-8575 or the members only section of the website).
Future hike dates:
Let’s play bridge! Sign up now to play in the Women of Isaiah Bridge Marathon. We are actively seeking new players to join our friendly group. The games are fun, relaxed, and a wonderful way to meet new friends and get together with old friends. Partners may be any two bridge players, at least one of whom belongs to Women of Isaiah. Participants play once a month from the October or November through May in each other’s homes. Dates are set by mutual agreement.
A final gala dinner and round-robin game will be held in June at Temple Isaiah, with prizes awarded to the winners!
The cost of participation remains the same - $36 per person (half goes to the Women of Isaiah and half to costs such as supplies, prizes and the year-end party).
Contact: For further information and to sign up, please contact Joyce Ellenberg or Renee Ross by September 20, 2010.
Join us for a quarterly discussion group on Jewish Women’s issues. The salons tend to attract an intergenerational group, bringing many different perspectives to the topics drawn from the most current issue of Lilith Magazine.
Upcoming Dates to be Announced.
Contact: Rosalie Ben-Joseph, Gloria Schiller
Interested in a little Tikkun Olam? This is a great way to help those who cannot help themselves.
Contact: Lauren Kessler
Our soldiers and veterans need more than your prayers. Would you like to bring some cheer into a soldier’s or veteran’s life?
Contact: Michele Holtz
For all those in need of healing… for the places in each of us in need of healing… for yourself… for our community… it’s always a good time to be part of a healing circle –
Open sessions now meeting monthly at Temple in addition to the smaller groups that go to congregant’s homes in times of need. Beginners Always Welcome!
For more information about healing circles & chanting please visit: SacredHebrewChant.com where you can listen to many of the chants & join the growing list of volunteers for this new mitzvah project.
Monthly on Monday evenings at Temple Isaiah for everyone, as well as in private homes as needed for members of the community who are ill or dying.(Listen to Temple Isaiah’s podcast on “Healing Circles”.)
If you or a loved one are in need of a healing circle, please contact Rabbi Judy Shanks at 925-283-8575.
Upcoming Dates at Temple Isaiah:
Contact: Jeanette Gross at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
All contact information available through the temple office 925-283-8575 or the members only section of the website.