The Federation of Jewish Women's Organization of Maryland

ALL FEDERATION MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO EVERY MEMBER OF OUR CONSTITUENT ORGANIZATIONS!
Click Here for our upcoming Events by our Organizations Meetings at a Glance
2020 - 2021

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Meeting Dates and Information

Please look for Virtual Postings from our Organizations
All Federation meetings are open to every member of every constituent organization!

November Evening Meeting (Virtual)
Date: November 19, 2020
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Zoom meeting
Topic: The Supreme Court Now: How it Affects YOU!
Guest Speaker: Michele Gilman, Venable Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Professor Gilman will be discussing important women's issues within the Supreme Court that have been tabled but will resurface in 2021. Our talented speaker will address our rights, women's rights. This is the year of the woman, so where is our Supreme Court going with our issues?

DEADLINE FOR RESERVATONS IS NOVEMBER 14th

Make Your Reservation and recevie your Zoom Link, email annfishkin5@gmail.com
For information, you may call CeCe Rund at 410-429-5411

 

January Mid-Winter Conference (Virtual)
Date: January 21, 2021
Time:11:00am
Location: Zoom meeting
Topic: After the Inauguration: What Next?
Guest Speaker: Barry Rascovar, Sun Paper Columist

Barry Rascovar, a well-known Sun Paper columnist, speaker, and author of The Great Game of Politics will discuss the direction of our country after the inauguration.

Upcoming Events by our Organizations

Please look for our Virtual meetings

BETH EL SISTERHOOD - VIRTUAL SPEAKER SERIES

November 2 (Meeting at 11:30 a.m.; Speaker at 12:00 noon) – Ivan Weiner - Executive Director of the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience in NM. He'll share anecdotal stories about his close friends Robert Redford, Jeff Bridges and Dennis Hopper and discuss the film industry in the face of Covid-19. Ivan will join us LIVE from New Mexico. Registration due by Friday, October 23.
See below for registration information

December 7 (Meeting at 11:30 a.m.; Speaker at 12:00 noon) – Jonathan Ornstein - Director of Krakow's Jewish Community Center, an organization devoted to rebuilding Jewish life in Krakow. Native born American and formerly from Baltimore, Jonathan will join us LIVE from Poland. Registration due by Friday, November 27.
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January 4 (Meeting at 11:30 a.m.; Speaker at 12:00 noon) – Dr. David Agus - CBS News contributor, American physician, author and Professor of Medicine and Engineering at the University of Southern California. He is co-founder of Navigenics, a personalized medicine company and Applied Proteomics. Grandson of Beth El's Rabbi Emeritus, Rabbi Jacob B. Agus, David will join us LIVE from California.Registration due by Friday, December 25.
See below for registration information

February 1 (Meeting at 11:30 a.m.; Speaker at 12:00 noon) – Melissa Hyatt - Presently, the 14th Baltimore County police chief and the first woman to lead this department. Registration due by Friday, January 22.
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March 1 (Meeting at 11:30 a.m.; Speaker at 12:00 noon) – Abby Stein - American transgender author, activist, blogger, model, speaker, and rabbi. She is the first openly transgender woman raised in a Hasidic community, and is a direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism's founder the Baal Shem Tov. Abby will join us LIVE from New York. Registration due by Friday, February 19.
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May 24 (Meeting at 1:30 p.m.; Speaker at 2:30 p.m.)* – Marin Alsop - American conductor and violinist. She is currently music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Registration due by Friday, May 14.
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Individual Meeting and Subscription Costs & Registration
(All meetings will be live via Zoom and by invitation only!)
Beth El Sisterhood member $10/individual prog.; $75/subscription
Beth El Congregation member (non-Sisterhood member) $13/individual prog.; $100/subscription
Non-member of Beth El Congregation or Sisterhood $15/individual prog.; $115/subscription
To register for individual programs, please click on one of the following forms:
Individual Program Registration - Pay via Credit Card
Individual Program Registration - Pay via Check (print and send with check)
For more information about individual programs registration, please contact:
Marcia Boonshaft at boonshaftjm@gmail.com or 410-484-3112

To register for a subscription, please click on one of the following forms:
Subscription Registration - Pay via Credit Card
Subscription Registration - Pay via Check (print and send with check)
**Please note, ALL subscriptions must be submitted
by Friday, September 4, 2020
For more information about subscription registration, please contact:
Phyllis Cutler at phylcut@verizon.net or 410-486-3895

BRANDEIS NATIONAL COMMITTEE BALTIMORE CHAPTER
BNC BALTIMORE thrives!! Our Live and Learn Committee is busy making arrangements for some of our popular Study Groups to be conducted via Zoom in Fall 2020, available only to our members whose dues are paid. Prospective new members can contact either of our Membership Chairs (Brenda Cohen 410/581-2229 or Hara Eckstein 410/453-6608). Also, check our website at blogs.brandeis.edu/bncbaltimore for the latest course listings.

CHANA
During the pandemic with many people not leaving home or working from home some CHANA clients are trapped with their abusers. The staff of CHANA is working tirelessly to assist in these difficult circumstances.

You can help CHANA clients by purchasing gift cards for Giant Food and gas and mailing the cards to Lauren Shaivitz, 11708 Greenspring Ave
Lutherville, MD 21093.

If you are cleaning closets you can drop off your unwanted clothing, shoes, linens and stuffed animals (in tied plastic bags, please) - at one of CHANA'S three clothing sheds. Please note that we cannot accept housewares, books, toys, electronics or breakables. THANK YOU!
Beth Tfiloh Congregation, 3300 Old Court Rd (lot near the main entrance)
Temple Oheb Shalom, 7310 Park Heights Ave (small parking lot to the left of the front entrance)
Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave (lower parking lot)

COVENANT GUILD
Sunday, March 21. 2021 - Mah Jong Tournament. (Place and time TBD)

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - Donor - The Suburban Country Club - 11:00AM

ISRAEL BONDS WOMENS DIVISION
Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 11:00am. 2020 Rina L. Janet Israel Bonds Women's Division Fashion Show & Luncheon. Join us for an exciting afternoon with the latest trends and fashions for 2020 including fabulous Jewelry by Radcliffe jewelers! We look forward to honoring Erika and Lew Schon. The cost is $100. Location TBD. For Event Questions, please contact Alex Weiss or Hillary Lewis: 410-484-6670, ext. 1 or Baltimore@israelbonds.com

KAPPA GUILD, INC.
November- Date and Time TBD. Virtual meeting and virtual tour of Rose of Sharon Equestrian School to see equipment purchased.

Winter- Virtual Bingo Fund Raiser- Date and Time TBD.

June 9, 2021- 50th Anniversary Donor Luncheon at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation

August 11, 2021- Day of Games at Pappas Restaurant in Cockeysville.

THE WOMEN OF HAR SINAI - OHEB SHALOM CONGREGATION
All of these events are via ZOOM. No cost to participants.

Our congregation is changing it's name. so be on the lookout for a new name in the next FLAME.

September holds our High Holidays so we will not be having a particular event but will have a honey cake drive-by for the congregation.

November brings Gary Reiner, who will discuss his book (via ZOOM) , Counting on America: A Holocaust Memoir of Terror, Chutzpah, Romance and Escape. This will be an evening presentation so that all congregants can participate.

Our own Judy Handelman will ZOOM a craft project for Chanukah. Each registered person will be responsible for purchasing their own supplies and Judy will demonstrate as we follow along, making a perfect Chanukah gift.

We wish you a healthy, peaceful New Year and PLEASE VOTE!