UOS Sisterhood

Our Mission Statement

The United Orthodox Synagogues Sisterhood is a women’s organization committed to Torah values within modern society, dedicated to enriching the lives of our members, supporting and inspiring our synagogue and the broader Jewish Community. We promote fellowship, ongoing spiritual growth, celebration of meaningful Jewish events, chesed and continued skilled leadership.

Chesed Opportunity

As of July 1^st, you can celebrate, honor or memorialize your loved one(s) with a contribution to the Sisterhood Mikvah Fund or the Garden Beautification Fund! The Mikvah has been serving the UOS membership and Jewish community as a whole for many years, with a dedicated group of volunteers that manage its upkeep and we are so very grateful to these women for their efforts! In addition, our Garden has had many beautiful enhancements made possible by Sisterhood fundraising projects, with the much-appreciated volunteer efforts of Sonia Raizes and her crew. YOU can help keep our Mikvah and Gardens beautiful by taking part in these acts of Chesed. Please make your checks out to UOS Sisterhood, with the fund chosen on the memo line, and mail them to the shul, marked "Attn: SISTERHOOD".

Sisterhood thanks you!

July Book Club

Boychicks in the Hood, Robert Eisenberg

Rescheduled to August 6, 2007 (From Tuesday, July 31^ST )

7:30 pm

Holly Davies’ home

A pony tailed secular Jew who grew up learning Yiddish, the lingua franca of the orthodox, modernity-resisting Jewish sect known as Hasidim, Eisenberg has produced an engaging, if not always deep, mosaic of Hasidic life around the world. In Williamsburg and Boro Park, Brooklyn, home of the Satmars and the Belzers, he sees deeply rooted communities, finding himself welcomed and quizzed when he shows up at synagogues. In Los Angeles, the Lubavitchers have helped transform a Jewish community of '60s rejects that "carries the brand of Los Angeles on its back with the stark simplicity of a concentration camp tattoo." He visits tiny communities in Ukraine and Poland and describes how the small town of Postville, Iowa, has been changed by the advent of a Hasidic meat-packing plant. In lively Antwerp, the author observes signs of the vigorous prewar European Jewish community and, in one of his many quirky encounters, finds himself discussing Meir Kahane while listening to Frank Zappa. Indeed, given the Hassid’s' devotion, resiliency and high birth rate, the author expects them to play a vital role in the American Jewish future.

The Book club will be meeting at Holly Davies home, 4410 Silverwood, 77025. Call Holly for directions at: 713-723-2139. Please bring a new friend with you for our next meeting, even if she hasn't read the book. We encourage your input into future reading, so bring YOUR favorite books with you or reviews of any you would like to include for the upcoming year! Available on Amazon.com or at the library.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2007

Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Elul Celebration (click here for details)