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A Brief Message from our President about Convention:

WOW!!  I am not sure what to say!!!!  Are you still wearing your boas and crowns?? Women's League Conventions always offer information, learning, community and empowerment and this one was no exception.  For the next weeks, all the delegates will be processing their experiences and, I hope, sharing them with all of us in future messages.  I thank all of you who shared my experience of the Baltimore convention-- sisters -- one and all!!

  • We have an important "sharing" from convention in a form everyone loves--pictures!!  Our region Membership Vice President, Marcie Lerner, has always been great with a camera and these pictures will help those delegates "remember the moments" and those who couldn't be there can share the energy!  Go to http://picasaweb.google.com/MarJeff97/WLCJBALTIMORE2010KEHILLAHKEDOSHAH?feat=email#

     

    • Congratulation again to the "Jewels in the Crown" winners!  Frame the certificates and put them somewhere in your buildings for all to see!
    • Books for Baltimore was a tremendous success--11800 books for pre K and 3rd graders in the Baltimore City schools.  Seaboard was a big part of it!  Check out this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ma36DcGRAg&feature=youtube_gdata_player  and try not to be farklempt!  By the way, if you want a community service for your city, this can be duplicated.
    • Remember to send your notes from the Convention to me for upcoming Shabbat Messages!

    More news at Jewel in the Crown and Books for Baltimore sections under Around the Region.


    eBay and Torah Fund           

    A NEW WAY TO SUPPORT AN IMPORTANT CAUSE!                       

    Torah Fund has partnered with eBay to raise funds to benefit Torah Fund’s campaigns and support scholarship projects at the four rabbinical schools. It is easy to do.  

    1. Select the item you want to sell. If you have a digital camera, take pictures of the item. It helps to sell it.
    2. Register as a seller at eBay (www.ebay.com), designating Torah Fund as your charity choice, when asked. You’ll need to pick a user name and password (just like when you created your email address). You must select the long form of registration.
    3. You’ll be asked to select a donation percentage (10% - 100%) that will be given to Torah Fund from the proceeds of the sale.
    4. Create a brief description and post this information to your listing as directed on the eBay site. The key words selected are important in directing people to your item.
    5. When you’re notified by eBay that someone has bought your item, wait for payment to arrive before sending the item to the buyer. Then wrap the item and ship it off. The buyer has paid the shipping costs. (There’s help on the eBay site to determine the shipping costs.)
    6. If you don’t want to wrap it yourself, take it to a service store (e.g. UPS).
    7. Send the donation percentage to MissionFish, the company that processes these funds for eBay, when asked. Torah Fund receives your donation from MissionFish.
    8. You keep the remaining proceeds of the sale, if any.

    That’s it— your mitzvah is completed. Mission Fish, eBay’s agent, will provide you with a tax receipt for your taxes when you ask for it. Easy stuff!

    Your region Torah Fund volunteers are available to help you as well as Torah Fund staff. Also, eBay has a number of help areas and people who can help you with your sale. Your region Torah Fund vice president has a disc available that explains this process step by step. Ask for it!


    Immediate News of the Region!   

    Circle your synagogue and sisterhood calendars with Sunday, March 27th for a "town meeting" to be held in the southern part of Seaboard and May 22/23 for the annual Conference to be held in Fairfax VA at Olam Tikvah.

    One empowerment tool is still available this winter! One last pitch for the winter Women's League Leadership Institute is being held in Atlanta, GA on January 23-25. It is an inspiring three days to grow as a Sisterhood woman. You can apply for the Seaboard Region Zelda D. Dick Scholarship Award to assist with the finances along with any support your Sisterhood can provide. Contact me right away with names and numbers!!!!!

    Torah Fund has an alternative to shalach manot for your friends and family too far away to deliver a basket of goodies.  Purim greeting cards are available in packets of five for $25 per packet ($5 donation per card).  For more information, contact Lynn Lichtig, Region President. 

    Remember to use the wlcj.org website!  Tu B'Shevat ideas and materials, Sisterhood Shabbat and installation scripts are available there!

                       


    Important request from the Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project:
    The Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project, Inc. (PJCRP) began in May 2001 with the restoration of the Ozarow cemetery (http://www.ozarow.org). Since then, PJCRP Shtetl donors in many countries are volunteering to reconstruct and preserve Poland's 1400 Jewish cemeteries and fence the large number of mass graves. This requires the participation internationally of governments, foundations, and individuals. Cemetery restoration in Poland is about remembering and honoring those who were murdered in the Shoah and keeping the lessons of the Shoah alive to younger generations. 
     
    You and your sisterhoods can help!  Please sign the online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/1200des/petition.html asking the German government to pay its share of the costs for restoration and perennial care of the 1200 Jewish cemeteries which German forces destroyed and the thousands of mass graves they created in Poland during World War II. 

    Contact your synagogue, federation and local board of rabbis and ask them to send a brief letter of support for the petition to nweinberg@roadrunner.com. Already on the impressive list of organizations supporting the petition are the Jewish National Fund (representing over 1 million Jewish supporters) and the city of Lodz (representing over 300,000 Poles). 
     
    Women’s League for Conservative Judaism will be added to the list. Won’t you help by asking your synagogue, day school, JCC, and sisterhood to add their names?  We have the potential of adding tens of thousands of names to the list.

    Copies of the petition will be presented by Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland, to the ambassadors to the United States from Germany, Poland and Israel in late January/early February 2010; therefore time is of the essence. 
     
    To learn more about PJCRP, go to: http://www.pjcrp.org/menu_eng.html.


    Here's a painless way for you to support the good works of our organization... With our many members and supporters, pennies can turn into significant dollars to support Women League’s vital work. Each time you use Goodsearch.com, the Yahoo-powered search engine will donate half its advertising revenue, approximately a penny per search, to the charity(ies) you designate. Use it as you would any search engine. Simply designate Women's League as your charity of choice, womensleagueofconservativejudaism! All you have to do is use this site to search as you would use Google, or Bing, or any other search engine. There's nothing to buy or sign. Not bad, huh?

    Let me tell you more about GoodShop.com. It's an online shopping mall that operates just like the neighborhood mall down the street. A percentage of the amount you spend, when you purchase through GoodShop, will be donated to your designated charity. Please designate Women's League. There are hundreds of great stores to choose from, including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, eBay (a double mitzot by supporting Torah Fund too if you select an item that designates a portion to be donated to Torah Fund), Macy's and/or Barnes & Noble. Each time you order from these online stores through GoodShop.com, you can choose to benefit Women's League. Again, totally easy.

    Additionally, when you download the GoodSearch – Women's League of Conservative Judaism toolbar, Women's League will receive funds every time you shop and search online - even if you forget to go to GoodShop or GoodSearch first! Add the Women's League of Conservative Judaism toolbar at www.goodsearch.com please.


    We have been privileged throughout the years to have many talented women contribute creative projects for the Creative Judaic Arts area of Women's League. The CJA committee has been working very hard this year at converting as many projects as possible from the paper format to the computer age. Please check out all of the new patterns that have recently been added to the CJA page of the web site. Use them for sisterhood programming!


  • Women's League has now started a Virtual Rosh Hodesh Group. 
    Go to http://wlcjroshchodesh.org to participate!

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