"REBBETZIN’S BRUNCH"
HUGE
YIOC WOMEN KICK-OFF
THIRD YEAR OF
SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CHESED (ACTS OF KINDNESS)
EVENTS
YIOC WOMEN
launched their second year of
social, educational, charitable, and cultural
activities with a
hugely successful Second Annual "Rebbetzin’s
Brunch," hosted at the home of
Rebbetzin Ellen and catered
privately by our own Nina Varkel.
Under the leadership of the YIOC Women’s Presidium,
more than thirty women attended – even
out-drawing the past two years' wonderful Founding Brunches – and a formal
YIOC Women’s
Committee was formed. The food and excitement were wonderful.
YIOC WOMEN:
Looking Back at
2009-2010 Highlights --
FALL 2009 CALENDAR EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Shabbat September 12:
YIOC Women Sponsor Congregational Kiddush Lunch
(Shabbat Before Rosh Hashanah)
* Dolmadas
*Salads
*Smoked Salmon
*Herring
*White Fish
*Pastries
*Really Special and Different
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YIOC Women Sponsor
A Day in Los Angeles
* Group Visit to Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Museum of Tolerance
* Group Lunch at Elegant Dairy "Milk & Honey" Dairy Restaurant
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Sunday November 22:
YIOC Women Sponsor
Learning about Women's Health Issues
* Guest Presenters from Several Different Medical Fields
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Sunday December 13:
YIOC Women Sponsor
A Chanukah Party
* Guest Dancing Instructor
for Women and Daughters
* Followed by Families Gathering for Menorah Lighting and Latkes
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January 2010:
YIOC Women Sponsor
A Group Trip to the L.A. Pantages Theater: "Riverdance" --
The Farewell Tour
(Details to Follow)
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ABOUT
YIOC WOMEN: Our
Women’s Group
was launched at a gorgeous Sunday
morning brunch at the home of Rebbetzin Ellen, attended by a wonderful
turnout of some 30 women — twice the turnout of what the group’s
planners had anticipated.
During that energized morning, YIOC WOMEN elected officers, set annual
dues for formalizing individual women’s membership in the group, and
adopted a broad program patterned after the “three sides of the Young
Israel triangle”: (i) social activities, (ii) chesed
projects (doing acts of kindness), and (iii) stimulating learning
opportunities.
YIOC WOMEN’s
Programs take place every four to six
weeks, with a vision balancing the sides of the triangle.
YIOC WOMEN includes a wide range of individuals, reflecting the full
panorama of the membership of Young Israel
of Orange County: established
professionals and entrepreneurs, young professionals, mothers and
expecting moms, newly observant women, “not-yet-observant” women, ladies
from countries ranging from all over the world to our own backyard,
right here in Orange County, California.
Recent programs have included a group lunch at one of the finest kosher
restaurants in Los Angeles, a quirky scavenger hunt, a panel discussion
featuring Torah-observant Jewish women professionals in a variety of
specialized fields of endeavor, an Israel Dancing event, and an afternoon with one of the most
prominent Jewish Cookbook authors of our time.