Atlantic

The Atlantic District includes New Jersey, Pennsylvania (except Erie), Wheeling and Morgantown, West Virginia

Welcome to WRJ Atlantic District!

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A Message from Atlantic District President, Jan Shaw

Welcome to the WRJ Atlantic District website! After three years of not being together, in person, it’s our goal to make you feel seen and heard. Whatever stage of your WRJ journey, the District is here to work toward bringing out the best in you and to make this world a better place. We are working together to help District women in “Keeping the Flame Alive” in the coming term through our programming and outreach efforts.

This website is a great reference guide. We will post our upcoming events here, so check back to keep up to date. There is information in our District Manual about our District, by-laws, policies and procedures, District forms, and contact information. We also have information about opportunities for giving to our two District Funds and our Alumnae group.

Feel free to email me to stay in touch. Join our District conference calls, attend District and local area events. Stronger together, we contribute to the Jewish people as we do the work of WRJ and our District.

In Sisterhood,

Jan

Jan M. Shaw

President, WRJ Atlantic District

wrjatlantic@gmail.com

 

District Giving & Philanthropy

Celebrate Everyday Happenings!

Send a donation of $18 or more and we will send a lovely acknowledgement card to whomever you designate. Your gift will not only bring joy or comfort to those you honor, but it will also provide scholarship funds to train our future leaders and ensure that Reform Judaism remains strong into the future.

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Each sisterhood and women's group in the Atlantic District is entitled to a District speaker once every two years. Most sisterhoods request a speaker for their own sisterhood, alone, but you may instead request a speaker for a joint event with one or more other affiliated sisterhoods in your city or local area.

For more information, visit our Speakers Bureau FAQs page. 

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Upcoming WRJ Events

"Unorthodox Education" West Coast Watch Party

- PT
17 Tishri 5784 to 18 Tishri 5784
Join us for a watch party of the documentary, "Unorthodox Education." The film examines the fact that tens of thousands of Jewish schoolchildren graduate from ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn 'yeshiva' high schools without knowing who George Washington was or that the Earth moves around the Sun.

"Unorthodox Education" East Coast Watch Party

- ET
18 Tishri 5784
Join us for a watch party of the documentary, "Unorthodox Education." The film examines the fact that tens of thousands of Jewish schoolchildren graduate from ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn 'yeshiva' high schools without knowing who George Washington was or that the Earth moves around the Sun.

“Unorthodox Education” Q&A

- ET
27 Tishri 5784
Whether you tuned in solo, joined us for the watch party, or haven't had the chance to experience the documentary "Unorthodox Education" just yet, you won't want to miss the opportunity to engage directly with the minds behind it all.

On the WRJ Blog

My Not-So-Traditional Leadership Story

September 19, 2023
How did you wind up on WRJ’s Board? My journey to WRJ’s Board is different than many, and I hope it can encourage others that there is more than one path to WRJ leadership. I participated in my sisterhood’s activities and WRJ District activities, but I had not served in leadership on either level.

Parashat Yom Rishon shel Rosh HaShanah

September 14, 2023
During the High Holidays, my thoughts turn to the special blessings, prayers, and melodies that shape our journey from Selichot to Rosh HaShanah to the final shofar blast on Yom Kippur. Many of our prayers in the High Holiday liturgy are written in the plural.