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
2023 - 2024

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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!

MID-WINTER CONFERENCE
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. - noon
Location: on Zoom.
Program: "Cracking the Code: Demystifying Younger Generations."
Guest Speaker: Rekha C. Gibbons, Chief Optimism Officer at Raare Solutions, NYC.
She is known as the Generational Guru. Rekha is an award winning Wall Street Alumna who climbed the corporate ladder from Temp to C Suite. She has witnessed 4 decades of Marketing evolution from Typewriters to AI. She led 5 generations in Publishing, Finance, Automotive, Education, and Luxury. She was voted Top 10 Inspirational Women to Watch, Female Disrupter of 2022 and the Marketing Catalyst award.
In 2023 she left role as Chief Operating Officer to launch her own business as the Generational Guru, translating generations to foster respect, reduce conflict and improve productivity. She is a Keynote Speaker, Advisor to Fortune 50O companies and Author of the upcoming book: The OG's Guide to the Multigenerational Workplace. She lives in NJ with her husband and their 3 legged rescue dog Sonny.
The registration link will be coming shortly. For more information about this program, please contact Shulamit at shulamitf44@gmail.com

 

Upcoming Events by our Organizations

Please look for our Virtual meetings

BETH EL SISTERHOOD
Thursday evenings Dec 14, Jan 18 , Feb. 22, Mar 21 7:30 PM. Meet the Author Series. Your chance to get 'up close and personal' with some best-selling authors. This is not a book review but rather a one-hour virtual conversation with each author in a Q&A format – why and how they became authors, obstacles they overcame, life anecdotes, how they develop their stories. This series will be held via ZOOM. Cost - Beth El Sisterhood member $40/Series subscription (4 programs) or $12/program. Beth El Congregation member (non-Sisterhood member) $55/Series subscription (4 programs) or $15/program Non-member of Beth El Sisterhood or Congregation $65/Series subscription (4 programs) or $18/program. Contact: Robin Kleiman, robin.kleiman@gmail.com

Wednesday, March 20, 12 noon – 3:30 PM. Spring Afternoon of Games. A fun afternoon of mah jongg, canasta, bridge or board games with your friends. Luncheon from 12-1.
Cost - $40 per person. This event will be held at Beth El Congregation, or Sharon Gross bubbygross.gross@gmail.com.

Sunday April 7 and Monday April 8 10-5. Unique Boutique - A two-day boutique with a large group of vendors (crafts, jewelry, wearables, flowers, ceramics) as well as an ongoing auction of select items. No entry cost. This event will be held at Beth El Congregation, 8101 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore 21208. Contact: Ilene Merenbloom, Ilene@Merenbloom.com.

Israel Bonds Maryland Women's Division
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 7 pm. Combined Installation of General Campaign & Women's Division Chairs. Location to be determined. Join us as we install, Linda S. Elman & Beth Sellman as General Campaign Chair & Vice Chair and Elissa Ness & Vered Taylor as Women's Division Chair & Deputy Chair. We will also recognize and thank our outgoing General Campaign Chair & Vice Chair David Katz & Aaron Margolies and outgoing Women's Division Chair, Wendy Drazin. For more information, please contact Hillary Lewis – 443-471-2783 hillary.lewis@israelbonds.com or Alex Weiss 410-484-6670, ext. 1 baltimore@israelbonds.com.

KAPPA GUILD
December 11-24, - 1 1a.m.-8 p.m. daily, 12 noon-5 on Sunday. Holiday gift wrap fundraiser at The Shoppes at Kenilworth. Bring your holiday gifts to be wrapped. Cost determined by the size of the item.

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VIDEOS FROM PAST MEETINGS

September 15, 2022 Opening Meeting: Envisioning a Truly Inclusive Community presented by Kohenet Dr. Harriette E. Wimms and Tracie B. Guy-Decker.
ENVISIONING A TRULY INCLUSIVE JEWISH COMMUNITY

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January 20, 2022 Mid-Winter Conference:
Presented by Howard Libit, Executive Director of the Baltimore Jewish Council and Emily Goodman, director of Holocaust and Antisemitism Programming
ANTISEMITISM: FACING IT, COMBATING IT!

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September 31, 2021 OPENING MEETING:
Child Care and Covid: The Challenges, The Opportunites and What you Can do to Help
Presented by Lauren Hogan form NACYE (The National Association for the Education of Young Children).
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May 13, 2021 104th Annual Convention:
Welcoming the Stranger: Immigration Today. Presented by Keynote speaker, Sheela Murthy, Founder and president of the Murthy Law Firm, Sheela Murthy ...
Welcoming the Stranger: Immigration Today

Mar 19, 2021 Meeting:
Challenges for Women and Families During COVID. Presented by Vinnie DeMarco, President of the Maryland Citizen's Initiative
Laura Weeldreyer, Executive Director of the Maryland Family Network and Lauren Shaivitz, the Executive Director of CHANA
Challenges For Women During Covid

January 21, 2021 MID-WINTER CONFERENCE:
After the Inauguration: What Next? Presented by Barry Rascovar, Baltimore political commentator
After the Inauguration: What Next?

November 19, 2020:
The Supreme Court Now How it Affects You! Presented by Professor Michele Gilman, Director of the Saul Ewing Civil Advocacy Clinic and Co-Director, Center on Applied Feminism.
The Supreme Court Now:
How it Affects YOU!

 

October 15, 2020 OPENING MEETING- A Conversation with Senator Barbara Mikulski: Challenges of Leadership from a Women's Perspective
Conversation with Senator Barbara Mikulski

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