WRJ Pacific District Board of Directors 2018-2020
The WRJ Pacific District board meeting will take place on the weekend of January 18-19, 2020.
President:
Dana Adler, Congregation Or Chadash, Tucson, AZ
Dana Adler, Congregation Or Chadash, Tucson, AZ
1 st Vice President:
Cher Krichmar, Temple Beth Ohr, Anaheim Hills, CA
Cher Krichmar, Temple Beth Ohr, Anaheim Hills, CA
Vice President:
Erika Barnathan, Temple Ahavat Shalom, Northridge, CA
Erika Barnathan, Temple Ahavat Shalom, Northridge, CA
Vice President:
Carol Schuster, Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
Carol Schuster, Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
Vice President:
Deawn Herrmann, Congregation Kol Ami, Vancouver, WA
Deawn Herrmann, Congregation Kol Ami, Vancouver, WA
Vice President Marketing & Communications:
Shoshana Lewin Fischer, Temple Adat Elohim, Thousand Oaks, CA
Shoshana Lewin Fischer, Temple Adat Elohim, Thousand Oaks, CA
Vice President:
Sandy Anderson, Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, CA
Sandy Anderson, Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, CA
Treasurer:
Jackie Zev, Temple Ahavat Shalom, Northridge, CA
Jackie Zev, Temple Ahavat Shalom, Northridge, CA
Corresponding Secretary:
Resa S. Davids, University Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA
Resa S. Davids, University Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA
Recording Secretary:
Lori Glasky, Temple Beth Sholom, Santa Ana, CA
Lori Glasky, Temple Beth Sholom, Santa Ana, CA
Immediate Past President:
Judie Shor Ning, Congregation Albert, Albuquerque, NM
Judie Shor Ning, Congregation Albert, Albuquerque, NM
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.
Southern California:
Madeline Eble, Temple Menorah, Redondo Beach, CA
Gail Spivack, Women of Temple Bat Yahm, Newport Beach, CA
Flo Cohen, Temple Sinai of Glendale, Glendale, CA
Tracey Poirier, Temple Judea, Tarzana, CA
Stacy Nagel, Temple Beth Sholom, Santa Ana, CA
Northern California:
Barbara Merino, Congregation Rodef Sholom, San Rafael, CA
Karen Peterson, Congregation Shir Hadash, Los Gatos, CA
Nancy Sturm, Peninsula Temple Sholom, Burlingame, CA
Pacific Northwest:
Marlene Motola, Temple Beth El, Tacoma, WA
Debbie Braymer, Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, OR
Pacific Southwest:
Dana Spiel, Temple Emanuel, Tempe, AZ
Sheila Peress Velez, Congregation Or Chadash, Tucson, AZ
Madeline Eble, Temple Menorah, Redondo Beach, CA
Gail Spivack, Women of Temple Bat Yahm, Newport Beach, CA
Flo Cohen, Temple Sinai of Glendale, Glendale, CA
Tracey Poirier, Temple Judea, Tarzana, CA
Stacy Nagel, Temple Beth Sholom, Santa Ana, CA
Northern California:
Barbara Merino, Congregation Rodef Sholom, San Rafael, CA
Karen Peterson, Congregation Shir Hadash, Los Gatos, CA
Nancy Sturm, Peninsula Temple Sholom, Burlingame, CA
Pacific Northwest:
Marlene Motola, Temple Beth El, Tacoma, WA
Debbie Braymer, Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, OR
Pacific Southwest:
Dana Spiel, Temple Emanuel, Tempe, AZ
Sheila Peress Velez, Congregation Or Chadash, Tucson, AZ
Committee Chairs
Website Manager: Julia Weinstein
Chai Line Editor: Rachel Hayden
Social Media Chair: Lori Glasky
Nominating Chair: Judie Ning
By-Laws Chair: Lois Fried
Membership Chair: Robin Plotnik
Budget Chair: Terry Kraft
Affiliations Chair: Judie Ning
Social Action/Advocacy Liaison: Judy Carney
Financial Overseer: Margie Meadow
HUC Connections: Madelyn Katz
NASHIM Society Co-Chairs: Margie Meadow, Sherrill Lief
Liaisons for URJ Camps: Barbara Merino, Carol Schuster
Speakers Bureau: Deb Radin
District Tributes: Julia Weinstein
Kavod Awards:
2020 Convention Chairs: Shari Carruthers, Lillian Burkenheim Silver
Chai Line Editor: Rachel Hayden
Social Media Chair: Lori Glasky
Nominating Chair: Judie Ning
By-Laws Chair: Lois Fried
Membership Chair: Robin Plotnik
Budget Chair: Terry Kraft
Affiliations Chair: Judie Ning
Social Action/Advocacy Liaison: Judy Carney
Financial Overseer: Margie Meadow
HUC Connections: Madelyn Katz
NASHIM Society Co-Chairs: Margie Meadow, Sherrill Lief
Liaisons for URJ Camps: Barbara Merino, Carol Schuster
Speakers Bureau: Deb Radin
District Tributes: Julia Weinstein
Kavod Awards:
2020 Convention Chairs: Shari Carruthers, Lillian Burkenheim Silver
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
Elizabeth Adland, Congregation Albert, Albuquerque, NM
Dana Adler, Congregation Or Chadash, Tucson, AZ
Edith Caplan, Temple Beth Torah, Fremont, CA
Shari Carruthers, Peninsula Temple Sholom, Burlingame, CA
Flo Cohen, Temple Sinai of Glendale, Glendale, CA
Lynn Gelber, Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, OR
Karen Goldberg, Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, CA
Madelyn Katz, WRJ Individual Member, Van Nuys, CA
Cher Krichmar, Temple Beth Ohr, Anaheim Hills, CA
Deb Lelchuk, Temple Beth David, Westminster, CA
Judith Shor Ning, Congregation Albert, Albuquerque, NM
Robin Plotnik, Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
Deborah Radin, Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA (Executive Committee)
Lillian Burkenheim Silver, Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village, CA
Gail Spivack, Women of Temple Bat Yahm, Newport Beach, CA
Julia Wackenheim, Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village, CA
Julia Weinstein, University Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA (Executive Committee)
Dana Adler, Congregation Or Chadash, Tucson, AZ
Edith Caplan, Temple Beth Torah, Fremont, CA
Shari Carruthers, Peninsula Temple Sholom, Burlingame, CA
Flo Cohen, Temple Sinai of Glendale, Glendale, CA
Lynn Gelber, Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, OR
Karen Goldberg, Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, CA
Madelyn Katz, WRJ Individual Member, Van Nuys, CA
Cher Krichmar, Temple Beth Ohr, Anaheim Hills, CA
Deb Lelchuk, Temple Beth David, Westminster, CA
Judith Shor Ning, Congregation Albert, Albuquerque, NM
Robin Plotnik, Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
Deborah Radin, Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA (Executive Committee)
Lillian Burkenheim Silver, Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village, CA
Gail Spivack, Women of Temple Bat Yahm, Newport Beach, CA
Julia Wackenheim, Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village, CA
Julia Weinstein, University Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA (Executive Committee)
