Benefits of Being a WLCJ Affiliate/Sisterhood

WHY AFFILIATE WITH WLCJ

For over 100 years Women’s League has been the source for all the needs of our affiliated women’s groups, and we continue to provide informative publications and resources directly into the hands of the women who run their groups.

With a phone call or email, you can speak directly to one of the many experienced and skilled volunteers for personal assistance no matter what the issue..

If your women’s group or sisterhood would like to join the Women’s League network, please contact us at 405.870.1260, or email Rob Vincent, administrator.

A BRIEF LOOK AT SERVICES AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM WLCJ

Consulting ServicesEvery sisterhood is entitled to an array of customized services from Women’s League designed to meet its specific needs. Find out how to enhance your sisterhood’s image in the synagogue and in the community. Help your sisterhood thrive by helping your leadership acquire the information and skills they need. For a full menu of services and to request a consultant, click here.

Invite Us In – The leadership of Women’s League has a long history of personally reaching out to the sisterhoods in our network.

Online Conversations

• WLCJNet: The Sisterhood Without Walls It’s an online meeting, open every day except Shabbat and Jewish holidays via email, where we share ideas, offer advice and suggestions, exchange opinions, and discuss “out of the box”  innovations. To sign up, email Esta Lichtenstein with your name, e-mail address, sisterhood’s name and region.
  
• PrezNet is open to sisterhood presidents only. You can ask questions, voice opinions or frustrations and get helpful suggestions from other presidents who have grappled with the same issues. It is an excellent tool for new presidents and a valuable contribution from those with more experience. To sign up, email Moderator Deb Bruce.
  
• Judaica Shop is open to chairs of their affiliated group/sisterhood or synagogue Judaica/gift shops. You can share success, problems, and hints on how to make your shop profitable. To sign up, contact Esta Lichtenstein.

Zoom and On-line Programs

Use the technology of conference calls and webinars to bring advice, tips & tricks, and first-hand experience directly into your home. In addition to saving you time and money, you will be able to apply your new knowledge in your sisterhood immediately.

Guides on a variety of topics are available for sisterhood leadership. To access these sisterhood/affiliate specific materials, one must into the members only pages.

• The Sisterhood Advisor: Handbook for Sisterhoods
• Publicity, brochures, social networking, the media, and more
• Ways to the Means: Planning successful fundraising projects
• Blueprint for Membership: Building sisterhood membership from the group up
  

Other useful materials include:

• Communications Distance Workshop Part I: What’s in your toolbox?
• Communications Distance Workshop Part II: What Women’s League has to offer
• Divrei Nashim: unique mini-lessons to open meetings or events with the study of Jewish texts and ideas
• Guidelines for Rosh Chodesh Groups
• Scripts
• Toward Sisterhood Success updates
  1. Learning for Learning’s Sake
  2. Jewels in the Crown Awards–see below
     
  3. Social Media
  4. Growing Leadership
  5. Branding
• Social action campaigns

Jewels in the Crown Awards

Affiliates/Sisterhood who met the criteria of a wide range of activities — those developed and sponsored by Women’s League as well as home-grown programs and initiatives — have been acknowledged as the glittering jewels in the Women’s League crown. Awards have been presented at the past three conventions. To download the listing of all the winners, click here

Awards will be presented again at Convention 2023. To view details on how to enter a program, click here.