Years ago, after using the building as a bingo hall, the congregation's Sisterhood group started the thrift shop, which is open on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in spring, summer and fall, to raise money "to sustain the synagogue".
His advice for people looking to buy Hanukkah goods: Start with the congregation's sisterhood group, which sells Judaica.
The Sisterhood, a group of friends, makes sure a hit-and-run driver pays for his crime.
The Sisterhood, a group of friends, take revenge on the errant husband of one of their number, a senator.
The Sisterhood, a group of friends, take revenge on a senator who is the errant husband of one of their number.
Each year, from Aug. 13 to 15, the Boa Morte sisterhood, a group of mostly elderly women descended from African slaves, put on their finest ceremonial clothes and jewelry to participate in three days of Masses, parades, public feasts and dancing in honor of the Virgin Mary.
WAPC is still active, nationally and internationally, today: the dynamism and sisterhood of the groups wasn't lost when the dispute ended.
She quotes a line from Ti-Grace Atkinson's resignation from a New York feminist group: Sisterhood is powerful.
They're hilarious, and there is an amazing sisterhood in the group.
The power of women's communities is something Sheryl Olitzky, founder and executive director of interfaith group Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, has seen time and time again.
