WRJ Pacific District Board of Directors 2016-2018
President:
Judith Shor Ning, Congregation Albert, Albuquerque, NM
Judith Shor Ning, Congregation Albert, Albuquerque, NM
1st Vice President:
Dana Adler, Congregation Or Chadash, Tucson, AZ
Dana Adler, Congregation Or Chadash, Tucson, AZ
Vice President:
Toni Kennedy, Temple Sholom, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Toni Kennedy, Temple Sholom, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Vice President:
Lauren Shapiro Milana, Temple Adat Shalom, Poway, CA
Lauren Shapiro Milana, Temple Adat Shalom, Poway, CA
Vice President:
Cher Krichmar, Temple Beth Ohr, Anaheim Hills, CA
Cher Krichmar, Temple Beth Ohr, Anaheim Hills, CA
Vice President:
Barbara Merino, Congregation Rodef Sholom, San Rafael, CA
Barbara Merino, Congregation Rodef Sholom, San Rafael, CA
Vice President Marketing & Communications:
Julia Weinstein, University Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA
Julia Weinstein, University Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA
Treasurer:
Margie Meadow, Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village, CA
Margie Meadow, Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village, CA
Corresponding Secretary:
Resa S. Davids, University Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA
Resa S. Davids, University Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA
Recording Secretary:
Carol Schuster, Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
Carol Schuster, Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
Immediate Past President:
Phyllis Bigelson,Temple Ahavat Shalom, Northridge, CA
Phyllis Bigelson,Temple Ahavat Shalom, Northridge, CA
Area Directors
Eleven warm and energetic women serve our sisterhoods as Area Directors. There are a few sisterhoods assigned to Pacific District officers and other leaders. Together we contact, connect with, support and visit the fifty-six sisterhoods of the Pacific District. The role of the director is to build a relationship with the sisterhood presidents assigned to her and to get to know about each sisterhood. Area Directors are available just to chat, share concerns, be guests at board meetings, events such as Sisterhood Shabbats, installations or special programs and to assist in a myriad of ways.
Our Area Directors complete reports quarterly after speaking with sisterhood presidents or appointed contacts and after visits. This woman to woman contact makes it possible for us to know what is really happening in Pacific District and to meet the needs of our affiliated sisterhoods. We are women as sisters - stronger together.
Our Area Directors complete reports quarterly after speaking with sisterhood presidents or appointed contacts and after visits. This woman to woman contact makes it possible for us to know what is really happening in Pacific District and to meet the needs of our affiliated sisterhoods. We are women as sisters - stronger together.
Pacific NW:
Donna Blankinship, Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
Marlene Motola, Temple Beth El, Tacoma, WA
Southwest:
Dana Spiel, Temple Emanuel, Tempe, AZ
Northern CA:
Peggy Martin, Temple Sinai, Oakland, CA
Sandy Anderson, Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, CA
Southern CA:
Erika Barnathan, Temple Ahavat Shalom, Northridge, CA
Ellen Canter, Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles, CA
Nancy Silverman, Temple Beth Sholom, Santa Ana, CA
Madeline Eble, Temple Menorah, Redondo Beach, CA
Lillian Burkenheim Silver, Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village, CA
Lisa Wise-Wolk, Congregation Emanu El, Redlands, CA
Donna Blankinship, Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
Marlene Motola, Temple Beth El, Tacoma, WA
Southwest:
Dana Spiel, Temple Emanuel, Tempe, AZ
Northern CA:
Peggy Martin, Temple Sinai, Oakland, CA
Sandy Anderson, Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, CA
Southern CA:
Erika Barnathan, Temple Ahavat Shalom, Northridge, CA
Ellen Canter, Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles, CA
Nancy Silverman, Temple Beth Sholom, Santa Ana, CA
Madeline Eble, Temple Menorah, Redondo Beach, CA
Lillian Burkenheim Silver, Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village, CA
Lisa Wise-Wolk, Congregation Emanu El, Redlands, CA
Committee Chairs
Website Manager: Julia Weinstein
Chai Line Editor: Shoshana Fischer
Social Media Chair: Lori Glasky
Convention Chair: Dana Adler
Nominating Chair: Phyllis Bigelson
By-Laws Chair: Barbara Merino
Membership Chair: Robin Plotnik
Budget Chair: Cindy Weschrob
Affiliations Chair: Phyllis Bigelson
Social Action/Advocacy Chairs: Debbie Lelchuk, Judy Carney, Lucy Schneidman, Nancy Federman
Financial Reviewer:
NASHIM Society Co-Chairs: Fran Sherman & Elaine Saperstein
Liaison for URJ Camps: Barbara Merino, Sheila Silver, Ilyse Cohen
Kavod Awards: Deb Radin
Speakers Bureau: Cher Krichmar
Chai Line Editor: Shoshana Fischer
Social Media Chair: Lori Glasky
Convention Chair: Dana Adler
Nominating Chair: Phyllis Bigelson
By-Laws Chair: Barbara Merino
Membership Chair: Robin Plotnik
Budget Chair: Cindy Weschrob
Affiliations Chair: Phyllis Bigelson
Social Action/Advocacy Chairs: Debbie Lelchuk, Judy Carney, Lucy Schneidman, Nancy Federman
Financial Reviewer:
NASHIM Society Co-Chairs: Fran Sherman & Elaine Saperstein
Liaison for URJ Camps: Barbara Merino, Sheila Silver, Ilyse Cohen
Kavod Awards: Deb Radin
Speakers Bureau: Cher Krichmar
Past District Presidents
1932-1934 Mrs. Jules Kaufman,* Los Angeles, CA
1934-1935 Mrs. Nathaniel Kessler,* Oakland, CA
1935-1937 Henrietta Hirshfield,* Los Angeles, CA
1937-1939 Bessie Barnett,* San Francisco, CA
1939-1941 Pearl Friedman,* Los Angeles, CA
1941-1943 Mrs. Leon Rosenberg, Fresno, CA
1943-1946 Miriam Jacobs,* Los Angeles, CA
1946-1949 Zara Shapiro,* San Francisco, CA
1949-1951 Dorothy Hardman, Seattle, WA
1951-1953 Gertrude Kallin,* Los Angeles, CA
1953-1955 Minna Thor,* San Francisco, CA
1955-1957 Gustine Weber,* Encino, CA
1957-1959 Rose Lewis,* Glendale, CA
1959-1961 Rita Lubliner,* Portland, OR
1961-1964 Bertie Rasky, Palm Springs, CA
1964-1966 Betty Openheim,* Mill Valley, CA
1966-1968 Elizabeth Chesler, Phoenix, AZ
1968-1970 Harriet Katz, Phoenix, AZ
1970-1972 Beverly Singer, Garden Grove, CA
1972-1974 Zara Jaffe, Hillsborough, CA
1974-1976 Bernadine Brenner,* Portland, OR
1976-1968 Marcia Levin,* Downey, CA
1976-1978 Juliette Nathan,* Sacramento, CA
1980-1982 Esther Saritzky,* Northridge, CA
1982-1984 Susan K. Wolfe, Tiburon, CA
1984-1986 Phyllis Shapiro,* Phoenix, AZ
1986-1988 Jane Schwartz, Sparks, NV
1988-1990 Ruthanne Begun, Westlake Village, CA
1990-1992 Michele Zwerin, San Rafael, CA
1992-1994 Maryann Fenster, Los Angeles, CA
1994-1996 Nancy Marcus, Costa Mesa, CA
1996-1998 Cherie Half, Palo Alto, CA
1998-2000 Elaine Saperstein, Thousand Oaks, CA
2000-2002 Fran Sherman, Anaheim, CA
2002-2004 Ricki Oleon, Orinda, CA
2004-2006 Ellen A. Pollack*, Chatsworth, CA
2006-2008 Edith Caplan, Fremont, CA
2008-2010 Sandy Gatlin, Des Moines, WA
2010-2012 Lindie Henderson, Sacramento, CA
2012-2014 Ellen Bick, Portland, OR
2014-2016 Phyllis Bigelson, Northridge, CA
2016-2018 Judith Shor Ning, Albuquerque, NM
Honorary Presidents:
Deborah Hirschberg,* Portland, OR
Eleanor Kretzer,* North Hollywood, CA
* Of Blessed Memory
1934-1935 Mrs. Nathaniel Kessler,* Oakland, CA
1935-1937 Henrietta Hirshfield,* Los Angeles, CA
1937-1939 Bessie Barnett,* San Francisco, CA
1939-1941 Pearl Friedman,* Los Angeles, CA
1941-1943 Mrs. Leon Rosenberg, Fresno, CA
1943-1946 Miriam Jacobs,* Los Angeles, CA
1946-1949 Zara Shapiro,* San Francisco, CA
1949-1951 Dorothy Hardman, Seattle, WA
1951-1953 Gertrude Kallin,* Los Angeles, CA
1953-1955 Minna Thor,* San Francisco, CA
1955-1957 Gustine Weber,* Encino, CA
1957-1959 Rose Lewis,* Glendale, CA
1959-1961 Rita Lubliner,* Portland, OR
1961-1964 Bertie Rasky, Palm Springs, CA
1964-1966 Betty Openheim,* Mill Valley, CA
1966-1968 Elizabeth Chesler, Phoenix, AZ
1968-1970 Harriet Katz, Phoenix, AZ
1970-1972 Beverly Singer, Garden Grove, CA
1972-1974 Zara Jaffe, Hillsborough, CA
1974-1976 Bernadine Brenner,* Portland, OR
1976-1968 Marcia Levin,* Downey, CA
1976-1978 Juliette Nathan,* Sacramento, CA
1980-1982 Esther Saritzky,* Northridge, CA
1982-1984 Susan K. Wolfe, Tiburon, CA
1984-1986 Phyllis Shapiro,* Phoenix, AZ
1986-1988 Jane Schwartz, Sparks, NV
1988-1990 Ruthanne Begun, Westlake Village, CA
1990-1992 Michele Zwerin, San Rafael, CA
1992-1994 Maryann Fenster, Los Angeles, CA
1994-1996 Nancy Marcus, Costa Mesa, CA
1996-1998 Cherie Half, Palo Alto, CA
1998-2000 Elaine Saperstein, Thousand Oaks, CA
2000-2002 Fran Sherman, Anaheim, CA
2002-2004 Ricki Oleon, Orinda, CA
2004-2006 Ellen A. Pollack*, Chatsworth, CA
2006-2008 Edith Caplan, Fremont, CA
2008-2010 Sandy Gatlin, Des Moines, WA
2010-2012 Lindie Henderson, Sacramento, CA
2012-2014 Ellen Bick, Portland, OR
2014-2016 Phyllis Bigelson, Northridge, CA
2016-2018 Judith Shor Ning, Albuquerque, NM
Honorary Presidents:
Deborah Hirschberg,* Portland, OR
Eleanor Kretzer,* North Hollywood, CA
* Of Blessed Memory
WRJ Board Members
Dana Adler, Congregation Or Chadash, Tucson, AZ
Ellen Bick, Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, OR
Phyllis Bigelson, Temple Ahavat Shalom, Northridge, CA
Lillian Burkenheim Silver, Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village, CA
Judith Shor Ning, Congregation Albert, Albuquerque, NM
Edith Caplan, Temple Beth Torah, Fremont, CA
Resa Davids, University Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA
Karen Goldberg, Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, CA
Lindie Henderson, Congregation B'nai Israel, Sacramento, CA
Nancy Marcus, Temple Bat Yahm, Newport Beach, CA
Robin, Plotnik, Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
Deborah Radin, Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA (Executive Committee)
Julia Weinstein, University Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA (Executive Committee)
Ellen Bick, Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, OR
Phyllis Bigelson, Temple Ahavat Shalom, Northridge, CA
Lillian Burkenheim Silver, Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village, CA
Judith Shor Ning, Congregation Albert, Albuquerque, NM
Edith Caplan, Temple Beth Torah, Fremont, CA
Resa Davids, University Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA
Karen Goldberg, Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, CA
Lindie Henderson, Congregation B'nai Israel, Sacramento, CA
Nancy Marcus, Temple Bat Yahm, Newport Beach, CA
Robin, Plotnik, Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
Deborah Radin, Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA (Executive Committee)
Julia Weinstein, University Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA (Executive Committee)
