WELCOME TO KKBE SISTERHOOD

SISTERHOOD CHADASHOTE

September 8, 2024 

5th of Elul, 5784  ה׳ בֶּאֱלוּל תשפ״ד

Sisterhood’s

Co-Presidents

Marilyn Geiger & Sheila Winett

Sisterhood held our Opening Meeting Paid Up Membership Luncheon on Aug. 18th.  The theme was Travel With Us to Venice.  It was attended by 62 members and 3 guests.  Our next program is a partnership with CofC on Sept. 8th.  The topic is on Kolushin, Poland and how the Jews came to Charleston. 

Our future programs will include two author events, a Havdalah service and entertainment night with the KKBE Brotherhood, programs from NextGen, a mah jongg event, an interdenominational cooking program, our YES event which is part of a whole weekend with cantor and composer Lisa Levine, two joint brunches with the College of Charleston, and our Women’s Seder.  We look forward to an exciting year so stay tuned!

We are always open to new ideas for Sisterhood programming. If you have an idea please share it with us. Drop us a note at

programs@kkbesisterhood.org

Co-Vice Presidents

 Programming

Jacki Stevens & Jamie Finch

Vice President Membership

Sharon Alexander

Welcome to a new and exciting year with Sisterhood. If you have not yet renewed your Sisterhood membership, please log into your account and renew your membership today. Your membership will allow you to join in the many exciting activities that Sisterhood has planned for this year. Currently, we have 193 paid up members!!!

Please welcome our newest Sisterhood members – Julie Cohen, Leslie Cohen, Sarah Coleman, Jane Douglas, Jennifer Frye, Laurie Gamliel, Mary Giles, Trish Grasmann, Kay Grishman, Serena Hagerty, Lisa Issacson, Laurie Kamman, Brenda Benamy Lewis, Karen Miller, Tamar Myers, Janna Nuytens, Emily Rood-Matza, Elizabeth Rose, Mindy Rosenthal, Alison Schryver, Marcia Sklar, Shelley Winkler and Carol Woodman.

Please let me know if you have any issues renewing your membership. Also, contact me if you know anyone who may be interested in joining our wonderful Sisterhood. You can contact me at:  membership@kkbesisterhood.org If you need assistance with payment by check, please contact Sherrie Feinstein, Sisterhood Treasurer, at  sisterhoodtreas@gmail.com

Vice President

Chosen Treasures

Margie Grossman

Sisterhood Historian

Lois Sugarman

I hope you all are enjoying the summer. These sunny, sweltering days can be a vital time for reflection. I wanted to share a passage by Rabbi Harold Kushner, who you might remember as the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People. While relaxing by the seaside one summer, Rabbi Kushner gained insight into what really matters in life:

“I was sitting on a beach one summer day, watching two children, a boy and a girl, playing in the sand. They were hard at work building an elaborate sandcastle by the water’s edge, with gates and towers and moats and internal passages. Just when they had nearly finished their project, a big wave came along and knocked it down, reducing it to a heap of wet sand. I expected the children to burst into tears, devastated by what had happened to all their hard work. Instead, they ran up the shore away from the water, laughing and holding hands, and sat down to build another castle.  I realized they had taught me an important lesson. All the things in our lives, all the complicated structures we spend so time and energy creating, are built on sand. Only our relationships with other people endure. Sooner or later, the wave will come along and knock down what we have worked so hard to build up. When that happens, only the person who has somebody’s hand to hold will be able to laugh.

            I know God is present when we are in our homes, in our cars, and outside in this beautiful community we are so privileged to inhabit. But our prayers within the framework of a community of worshippers make us feel that we matter and are not just random grains of sand.”

            Although Rabbi Kushner’s anecdote is set during the summertime, his larger message is relevant to every season of our lives. His commentary on community underscores the importance not only of the synagogue, but also of Sisterhood. We work together to promote Jewish values, and we look toward the future. Even as obstacles arise and times change, we will always support one another.

Vice President Communications

Susan Lipsey