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SISTERHOOD 2018 ANNUAL LUNCHEON SUNDAY, APRIL 29TH
This year's annual Spring Luncheon will take place on Sunday, April 29th. We look forward to celebrating the women of our community with the inspirational theme “Giving”. In addition, we will be honoring Riva Alper with the Fifth Annual Gertrude Lookstein Award for her exceptional service to the KJ Sisterhood.
We hope that you will join us for what is always a beautiful Sunday luncheon and a chance to spend some time with friends. By supporting the luncheon you directly help the KJ Sisterhood continue to help those in need across our community in the following ways: setting up Shiva homes, providing first meals to mourners and their families, assisting with the communal Succah, giving scholarships to Ramaz students, sponsoring Shabbat Kiddushim, providing Bar/Bat Mitzvah gifts to our children and so much more.
How We Began
The KJ Sisterhood was started by Mrs. Gertrude Lookstein, of blessed memory. She said in an interview, just two months before her passing, that “KJ needed someone to pull it together. It needed socialization and so I began by starting the Sisterhood. I also started our women preparing and caring for Shiva houses….I was part of a community whether for solace or to lend a hand here or there...”
Many years later, the Sisterhood inaugurated an annual Gertrude Lookstein Award, whose first recipient was her daughter-in-law, Audrey Lookstein. It was our way of honoring Mrs. Lookstein’s memory and emphasizing the important contributions of the KJ Sisterhood.
What We Do
The Sisterhood continues Mrs. Lookstein’s initiative of preparing a Shiva home, including the first meal; contributing to KJ programs and activities, such as the communal Sukkah, and Bar/Bat Mitzvah gifts; sending a welcome package to new members; and funding any unsponsored Shabbat kiddushim.
Who Benefits From Our Programs
Money raised through Sisterhood programming supports social action projects that benefit families and individuals in our community and around the world. The causes we have supported charitably in the past include: the Community of Sderot, Dorot, Hatzolah, the Israeli Defense Forces, Magen David Adom, Project Ezra, Sharsheret, the Jacques & Hanna Schwalbe Mikvah, UJA, and of course, The Ramaz Scholarship Fund, among many others.
How To Get Involved
We would love to have your participation. You can co-chair an event or offer your home as a venue, or simply come to an event to be with friends and meet new people. If you would like more information on how to get involved, contact any member of the Sisterhood Executive Committee at sisterhood@ckj.org.
Carla Tanz, President, carlatanz@gmail.com
Ariel Sebag, Vice President, sebagariel@gmail.com