Women's Group
The Women’s Group plays a special and vital role at Beth Samuel. It is a source of friendship and fun, support and caring, and community vitality. The women of Beth Samuel are a close group who plan numerous events throughout the year. Many members are active in Hadassah and the National Council of Jewish Women.
We plan an exciting year of social events as well as engage in ongoing activities. For more information, contact Karen Beaudway at women@bethsamuel.org.
Women's Group Events
- Tour the Biblical Gardens
Sunday, June 28 at 12:00 noon at Temple Rodef Shalom
The Women’s Group has talked for years about touring Rodef Shalom’s biblical gardens ... and this year, we’re making it happen. The gardens are a replica of ancient Israel, with more than 100 temperate and tropical plants. See the land of the Bible in a setting of a cascading waterfall, a desert, a bubbling stream, the Jordan, which meanders through the garden from Lake Kineret to the Dead Sea.
Temple Rodef Shalom, 4905 Fifth Avenue.
RSVP to women@bethsamuel.org by June 21st.
Meet us there, or meet at Beth Samuel at 11:00 to carpool.
Ongoing Partnerships/Projects:
- Hadassah collection for the Women’s Shelter of Beaver Co -Barbara Heyman. Please collect toiletries (especially those complimentary bottles of soap & shampoo from hotels)
- NCJW - Designer Days November 4-6 @ the Pgh ExpoMart
- Literacy Project at the Family Room at the Allegheny County Courthouse - We collect children’s books for the children whose families are attending family court. For many children, this is the first and only book that they own.
- Ambridge Food Pantry - Help packing bags of food for poor families is needed the 4th Tuesday evening of each month. This is a great project for teens!
- HOLIDAY FOOD DONATIONS - At Yom Kippur, we ask members to fill a bag with the food they would have eaten. At Passover, members are encouraged to donate the foods they clear from their kitchen in observance of the special kosher rules at Pesach.
- Food items especially needed: peanut butter, noodles, spaghetti sauce, canned fruits (esp. peaches & pears), canned vegetables, canned tuna/meats, stews/soups, cereal, rice, canned juice
- THE LADLE - Located about 1/2 block from Beth Samuel, THE LADLE provides a hot meal once a week to those in need (homeless and needy). Our members help in preparing & serving those meals a few times a year.