Olam Tikvah Sisterhood

05/04/2019

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04/19/2019

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04/19/2019

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04/19/2019

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04/19/2019

Happy Passover from OT Sisterhood! חג שמח

03/28/2019

Passover Sale at Jewish Treasures - from now until Pesach (which is only about 3 weeks away!)

15% off a single item of at least $60. We carry matzah plates, seder plates, candlesticks, kiddush cups, shofars and more. (Books, cards, or mezuzot scrolls are not included in this sale.)

03/28/2019

Please join us for the next P3 (Power Pack Program) packing event at OT on Sunday, April 7 from 12-2 p.m. in the Social Hall.

OT will once again prepare P3 packs for children at Annandale Terrace Elementary School who need food on weekends. We greatly appreciate your continued support for this ongoing Community Service project. You can help by donating any of these items (or money):

- Mac & Cheese cups or packets (Velveeta or Kraft)
- Chili cups
- Tuna/chicken salad kits with crackers (Bumble Bee or Starkist)
- Chef Boyardee Beefaroni, Ravioli, Spaghetti & Meatballs, Chicken & Rice, etc.
- 100% Fruit juice boxes
- Shelf stable milk (Horizon or YooHoo)
- Capri Sun juice boxes

Single serving size only and no glass containers, please. Food donations can be left in the wood box in the lobby in front of the Youth Wing. Monetary donations can be made to the Social Action Committee (with P3 on the memo line) and left in the Front Office.

01/28/2019

Everyone who attended had fun at Cards, Cookies, Cordials, & Coffee yesterday!

01/13/2019

Congregation Olam Tikvah

Note that the P3 event is not happening today

Snow Update:

Glenbrook Road and many surrounding neighborhoods are not yet plowed.
9:00am Morning minyan is cancelled
9:00am All OTRS classes are cancelled
9:45am Sisterhood Board meeting is cancelled
2:00pm Power Pack Program is postponed and will be rescheduled to a later date

We will continue monitoring the forecast and conditions and provide an update this afternoon regarding Talmud Study, ABBA & Men's Club Bowling and evening minyan. Please check your email, Facebook and the OT website for the most up-to-date information.

12/20/2018

Wondering about what this photo represents? This is the 5779 Torah Fund pin, which envelopes the Hebrew word for “future” (atid) with a stylized Magen David. It represents our wish for a distinctly Jewish future, for ourselves as individuals, for our families, and our communities. For more information about the Torah Fund Campaign of Women's League for Conservative Judaism, please see http://wlcj.org/about/torah-fund/

12/20/2018

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12/19/2018

Check out these photos from our awesome Membership Dinner and Trivia Night! Two teams tied and had to answer extra questions to determine the overall winners.

12/19/2018

Olam Tikvah Sisterhood

12/10/2018

Congregation Olam Tikvah

Congregation Olam Tikvah

Did you miss the Friday deadline to register for Sisterhood's Membership Dinner? Don't worry - we reopened registration through tomorrow night. Register today!
Not an Olam Tikvah Sisterhood member yet? You can join and register for the dinner at the same time!

12/02/2018

Only 2 weeks until our Annual Membership Dinner! Hope everyone received this card and will attend. Please register by this coming Friday (12/7).

11/14/2018

Save the dates:

Dec. 16 - Annual Sisterhood Paid-Up Membership Dinner
January 13 - next P3 Power Pack event

More details to come!

11/14/2018

The 1st night of Chanukah is on Sunday, 12/2!

This Sunday (11/18), come to the Jewish Treasures Chanukah Bazaar from 9am-1pm; outside the Jewish Treasures gift shop

Do all your Chanukah shopping in one place and time!!! Check out all our new goodies as well as our half-price table.

We have a large variety of chanukiot and gifts for everybody, plus nut-free gelt.

Bring the postcard that was mailed to all OT members to receive a FREE box of traditional Chanukah candles with the purchase of $60 or more. Nov. 18 only. While supplies last. One coupon per family.

11/09/2018

Test Your Awareness : Whodunnit?

For those who signed up, get excited for the Murder Mystery evening this Saturday night at 7:30 at OT! In the meantime, everyone can test their powers of observation with this murder mystery themed awareness test video.

https://youtu.be/ubNF9QNEQLA

Test your Awareness with Do The Test's Whodunnit. Who Killed Lord Smithe? TFL cycling safety advert! How observant are you? How did you do? www.dothetest.co.uk

11/04/2018

Congregation Olam Tikvah

Last chance!

Today is the registration deadline for our Murder Mystery Evening.

10/29/2018

Congregation Olam Tikvah

Yesterday, our Social Action Committee, MakeSpace, and St. Mark's Catholic Church held an interfaith Power Pack Program (P3) here at Olam Tikvah. P3, spearheaded by Food for Others, provides children in need with food to take home and eat over the weekend. Volunteers put together over 400 packs for children in need at Annandale Terrace Elementary School. We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from and for our community.
Photos by Dave Massarik

10/26/2018

Join us for a thrilling Murder Mystery evening on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 7:30. Register here: http://bit.ly/OTMurder

The Murder Mystery Company's team of professional actors present this quintessential whodunnit thriller. Get thrown into a night of mystery, intrigue, and murder you will never forget. With a killer crowd of people just waiting for the murderer to arrive on the scene, this night will keep everyone looking over their shoulders and guessing who the next victim will be! Bribe suspects for clues and gather information to uncover the guest who is whacking all the invitees. Just be careful, because you could be next!

Desserts, cordials, wine, beer, soft drinks, coffee, and tea will be served. Ages 21+ welcome.

This fundraiser will support OT programs. Buy a ticket or become a sponsor and purchase raffle tickets for the chance to win great prizes, including the grand prize, a free 6-month membership at the JCCNV (or credit for current JCCNV members).

Free babysitting will be offered for children ages 4-10. Contact Karen Rabin to sign up for babysitting.

10/26/2018

Congregation Olam Tikvah

We hope you can come to the Power Pack Program (P3) packing event on Sunday from 2-5. Many hands make light work. 🙂

Did you know that 28% of Fairfax County Public School students qualify for free and reduced meals and more than 52,000 rely on their schools for weekday breakfasts and lunches?
OT's Social Action Committee is proud to partner with Food for Others' Power Pack Program (P3) to donate food and assemble packs to support students at Annandale Terrace Elementary.
Join us at our next pack on October 28 at 2:00pm!

10/19/2018

Northern Virginia Jewish Film Festival

Join us for Sisterhood Afternoons at the NVJCC Film Festival at the Angelika Film Center and Cafe at Mosaic

Please call your friends and plan to join us at one or both of these fabulous films at the NVJCC film festival this month. We have arranged for a group rate of $9. To purchase tickets as this rate, go to the NVJCC film festival website (jccnv.org/nvjff), click on the movie you want to register for, and enter the discount or promo code OT Sisterhood . Let us know if you need transportation to the movie theatre or if you would be able to drive others.

Shoe Laces: Sunday, October 21 @ 1:30 pm
Yaakov Goldwasser | Drama | 90 min | Israel | 2017 | Hebrew with English Subtitles

In this sweet story of love, rejection, and co-dependency, Gadi wants to donate a kidney to save his father's life but the transplant committee objects to this special-needs son's plans. View the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxm7zC0G5KY&feature=youtu.be

My Dear Children: Friday, October 26 @1:15
LeeAnn Dance, Cliff Hackel | Documentary | 70 min | USA | 2018 | English

A rare firsthand account of Feiga Shamis - a mother of 12, desperate to keep her children safe during the Pogroms. Told decades later by her granddaughter. View the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owFZ-hgPzc8&feature=youtu.be

The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Northern Virginia offers programs and classes for all ages and denominations in Fairfax and Alexandria, VA including infant/toddler care, preschools, before-school and after-school programs for elementary-aged children as well as exercise classes, sports leagues,...

09/28/2018

On Sunday, October 28th, from 2-5 pm we will have the next P3 Power Pack Packing Event. Before then, we need your donations of food. Please see below for all of the details.

P3 Power Pack Packing Event

Sunday, October 28th, 2-5 pm

Help Provide food for Fairfax County Children in Need

Did you know that many elementary school students in our area have very little to eat between their Friday school lunch and Monday school breakfast? The Power Pack Program(P3),spearheaded by Food for Others, provides these children with food to take home and eat over the weekend.

Our Olam Tikvah Social Action Committee has teamed up with P3 to provide Power Packs to students at nearby Annandale Terrace Elementary School.

You can help by donating any of the items listed below.

(Single-serving size only;no glass containers, please.)

Mac & Cheese Cups or Packets (Velveeta or Kraft)

Chili Cups

Tuna/Chicken Salad Kits with Crackers (Bumble Bee or Starkist)

Chef Boyardee Beefaroni, Ravioli, Spaghetti & Meatballs, Chicken & Rice,etc.

100%Fruit Juice Boxes

Shelf Stable Milk (Horizon or YooHoo)

Capri Sun Juice Packets

Food donations can be left in the wood box in the lobby in front of the Youth Wing or can be dropped off at the Sisterhood Fall Brunch on October 7th. Monetary donations can be made to Social Action Committee (with P3 on the memo line) and left in the Front Office.

Note: Sisterhood Members who want to attend both the Power Pack & the Women's League Workshop on the 28th, can pack from 2-3 in the Social Hall before moving to the workshop in the pods

09/26/2018

We hope you are enjoying Sukkot, despite the rain! Here's the info if you want to come to OT for S'mores in the Sukkah this coming Saturday at 7:45: https://www.olamtikvah.org/civicrm/event/info?id=3629. This is a synagogue-wide, family-friendly event that is co-sponsored by Gesher JDS. It is free, but they are asking for RSVP's for planning purposes.

Stay tuned for info about upcoming Sisterhood events.

07/31/2018

Sisterhood 2018-2019 Membership Drive | Congregation Olam Tikvah

Want your name included on the High Holiday greeting card? The deadline to submit has been extended to Thursday, August 2nd. Register online today at https://www.olamtikvah.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=3000

Olam Tikvah Sisterhood is a diverse, multigenerational group of women that bond through social events, outreach, tzedakah, and education. Sisterhood members are part of the kol ishah (women’s voice) in the synagogue and it is a strong voice. Together, we strengthen the synagogue and the community;...

07/03/2018

SISTERHOOD MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Sisterhood’s 2018-19 membership drive is now underway. Be on the lookout for your membership mailing, including dues form, volunteer opportunities, challah order form, and Torah fund. Join before July 20 to be included on the High Holiday card. Join online at olamtikvah.org or return your form by mail.

04/23/2018

Congregation Olam Tikvah

You can use the link below to sign up to participate in Good Deeds Day with OT.

Good Deeds Day is coming up on Sun, Apr 29! We're collecting NOW for our Good Deeds Day P3 Pack:

Single serving Chef Boyardee
Single serving mac & cheese
Single serving tuna
Individual milk and juice boxes
*$$$ donations are also appreciated. Make check out to OT Social Action Committee - w P3 on the memo line - & leave it with Shelly in the OT office.

Food can be left in the wood box in the OT lobby outside of the youth wing.

Thank you for your support!!
http://www.shalomdc.org/olamtikvahgdd2018/

04/04/2018

Sharing this again to remind people about this upcoming event

Please join us for the Spring Brunch and Rosh Chodesh celebration on Sunday, April 15. Please let us know by Sunday, April 11 if you plan to attend. Here are the details:

All Are Welcome! Women, Men, & Children 12 and above

9 am - Rosh Chodesh Service in the Sanctuary
10 am - Brunch and Speaker, Cantor Annice Benamy, in the Social Hall
We will also be electing the Sisterhood Board for 2018-2019

$10 for members, $15 for non-members

RSVP by April 11 on OT website (or send check to OT Sisterhood)

Babysitting will be provided: Please send an e-mail to [email protected] to indicate interest

03/29/2018

Please join us for the Spring Brunch and Rosh Chodesh celebration on Sunday, April 15. Please let us know by Sunday, April 11 if you plan to attend. Here are the details:

All Are Welcome! Women, Men, & Children 12 and above

9 am - Rosh Chodesh Service in the Sanctuary
10 am - Brunch and Speaker, Cantor Annice Benamy, in the Social Hall
We will also be electing the Sisterhood Board for 2018-2019

$10 for members, $15 for non-members

RSVP by April 11 on OT website (or send check to OT Sisterhood)

Babysitting will be provided: Please send an e-mail to [email protected].org to indicate interest

03/22/2018

Upcoming APRIL Sisterhood events (see descriptions below):

Sun., 4/15, 9-11:30 a.m. – Sisterhood Spring Brunch – Rosh Chodesh: Women of the Wall

Sun., 4/29 – Good Deeds Day at OT and the next P3 Pack

Here are the descriptions :

Sisterhood Spring Brunch -
Rosh Chodesh: Women of the Wall - Sisterhood is planning a very special morning for Sunday April 15th. We have invited a speaker from Women of the Wall to tell us about the group's work to gain the right for women to wear prayer shawls, pray and read from the Torah collectively and out loud at the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem. WOW's membership spans all denominations of Judaism, as well as the political spectrum, and embodies a message of tolerance and pluralism.

The morning will begin at 9 am with a Rosh Chodesh Shacharit service led by Sisterhood, followed by a delicious brunch at 10 am in the Social Hall and an inspiring talk by our speaker, Cantor Annice Benamy. Please plan to join us!

P3 Pack on Good Deeds Day -
Please watch out for a list of the foods we will need to make this Pack successful. Thank you for helping feed OUR children, who would otherwise do without, on the weekends!

03/16/2018

Sharsheret

Don't forget about PINK Shabbat tomorrow! See the post at the top of our page for details.

http://www.sharsheret.org/

03/13/2018

Come one, come all to OT for Pink Shabbat: Breast & Ovarian Cancer in the Jewish Community, Sat, Mar 17!!!

Join us at OT for Shabbat this Saturday morning and learn about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, the impact of breast and ovarian cancer on the Jewish community, & the resources available through support organizations such as Sharsheret. Special learning and prayer moments are planned, and Dr. Elizabeth Feldman - a local breast surgeon - will be our guest speaker. Don't forget to wear something pink!

03/09/2018

Update on the OT Clothing Swap this Sunday from 9 am to 1 pm - it will now be in the social hall! So come on out Sunday with all of your gently used clothing (all sizes, adults included), costumes, shoes, etc. and then get ready to shop! See you Sunday!

03/07/2018

Recovering from the power outage? Feel like doing some Spring cleaning? Need some "new to you" kid clothes? You can just give stuff, just get stuff, or do both!

Our next OT clothing swap is THIS SUNDAY! Don't miss out on the chance to clear out those drawers and closets...and then fill them back up again!

03/04/2018

Congregation Olam Tikvah

Due to a continued lack of full power at OT, the JCADA workshop for tomorrow has been cancelled.

Shavuah Tov! OT still has only partial power. For tomorrow, Sunday 3/4, we‘ll have morning minyan @9am as there will be enough light in the sanctuary (dress warmly...if you were at Shabbat services this AM you know why!).

***However, because light and heat are an issue in the rest of the building, the building will be CLOSED after minyan and all Sunday events are cancelled. This includes OTRS & the JCADA workshop!***

Update for evening minyan will come later on Sunday.

Feel free to share this post to spread the word, and stay safe and warm!

02/28/2018

jcada.org

The JCADA Workshop on Domestic Abuse Awareness is this Sunday, March 4. Please join us from 10-11:30 a.m. at OT.

Moving from Strength to Strength: Expanding Domestic Abuse Awareness from Reading the Bathroom Sign to Being Able to Support a Friend.

https://jcada.org

Most people recognize the Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse (JCADA) as the organization whose signs you see in the bathroom. However, the bathroom signs are just one part of creating a safe community for people experiencing domestic or dating abuse. Another part is ensuring we all can act as part of the safety net. Join JCADA staff for an interactive workshop focused on learning to recognize red flags of an unhealthy relationship and tools to help a friend or a teen in one.

02/22/2018

There are THREE important events coming up in March - all at OT (see descriptions below):

Sun., 3/4, 10-11:30 a.m. - JCADA Workshop on Domestic Abuse Awareness
Sun., 3/11, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Spring Clothing Swap
Sat., 3/17 - Pink Shabbat - Breast & Ovarian Cancer in the Jewish Community

Here are the descriptions -

JCADA Workshop:
Moving from Strength to Strength: Expanding Domestic Abuse Awareness from Reading the Bathroom Sign to Being Able to Support a Friend.
Most people recognize the Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse (JCADA) as the organization whose signs you see in the bathroom. However, the bathroom signs are just one part of creating a safe community for people experiencing domestic or dating abuse. Another part is ensuring we all can act as part of the safety net. Join JCADA staff for an interactive workshop focused on learning to recognize red flags of an unhealthy relationship and tools to help a friend or a teen in one.

Spring Clothing Swap in the lobby outside of the gift shop:
This is an awesome OT community event where you can bring your gently loved clothes, drop them off, and then shop for the next size you need. Members don't need to drop off in order to shop. Start your spring cleaning and start saving your gently used clothes now.

Pink Shabbat:
Join Sisterhood for a very special Shabbat service on March 17. Pink Shabbat is designed to educate women and men about the increased risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer among Jewish families, the measures they can take to protect their health, the impact of breast and ovarian cancer on the Jewish community and the resources available through support organizations, such as Sharsheret. Special learning and prayer moments are planned and Dr. Elizabeth Feldman, a local breast surgeon, will be our guest speaker. Don't forget to wear something pink!