Women

Target Audience: Women of all ages

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Description: Seuda for women during the summer months, meeting in different houses, inviting different speakers and enjoying great food and great company.​

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Aim: Provide a space for women to get together during Shabbat, socialise and learn from inspiring female educators.

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Why was it a success? Always got a good turnout, with women from all demographics coming.

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Advice for communities looking to replicate: Ask people to book so you know how many chairs to put out and how much food to provide.

Target Audience: Everyone in the community

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Description: This was a Zoom event. Sara retold her experiences of living with a BRCA gene mutation, including two lots of major preventative surgery as well as her family history leading to this and some of the science behind BRCA gene mutations.​

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Aim: To raise awareness of the likelihood of being a BRCA gene carrier if you are Jewish.

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Why was it a success? It was a success because many people attended, many good questions were posed and awareness of BRCA was raised

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Advice for communities looking to replicate: Please get in touch and we can help.

Target Audience: Women

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Description: A six-part series, one a month in the evening

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Aim: To bring women together and to share the power of a Jewish home.

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Why was it a success? The speakers were fantastic and the community were very open to listening

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Advice for communities looking to replicate: Do what you are inspired to do

Target audience: Women ​

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Description: We held a series of relaxation events for women which included herbal teas and how to use and make them correctly, breathing and meditation, Acupressure and more. Delivered by two qualified therapists - Rachel Moses (Ayurveda) and Albina Masteran (Acupuncture)

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Aim: To help assist with coping with the pandemic through holistic methods

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Why was this event a success? One hour dedicated to self wellbeing and not directly about covid-19 or religion.

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Advice for communities looking to replicate: Do it! As long as the therapist is qualified and can communicate well people over zoom - this is a great escape from daily stresses

Target audience: Women ​

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Description: Rebbetzen Talya Rose is a qualified yoga teacher and conducts classes on zoom

 

Aim: For females to destress and re-connect through yoga

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Why was this event a success? Good time for attendees to speak and socialise as well as do yoga

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Advice for communities looking to replicate: Feel free to get in touch with Talya Rose!

Target Audience: Women ages 16-75

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Description: This was a relaxing evening where we were introduced to the benefits of a sound bath. Various sounds are played which re-tune the body and enhance wellbeing.​

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Aim: To promote self care and relaxation

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Why was it a success? The event was a success as we had a very high number of people that wanted to participate and very positive feedback on how relaxing it was.

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Advice for communities looking to replicate: It is nice to make the space cosy and relaxing. Participants bought mats, pillows, blankets and eye masks with them.

Target Audience: Everyone in the community

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Description: This was a Zoom event, as at the time we were limiting in-person events. The volunteer from JWA spoke for around 40 minutes about different issues surrounding domestic abuse and then opened up for questions.​

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Aim: To educate and inform the community about issues of domestic violence in the Jewish community, how we can spot this and what to do in different situations.

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Why was it a success? It was a success because it is a vitally important subject and it is important that we ensure everyone is educated about this. The leader giving the address was really good, spoke very clearly, concisely and with great sympathy which is vital for such a delicate subject.

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Advice for communities looking to replicate: It would be better in person, and also think communities need to work hard to ensure people are aware this is not just an event for woman but for everyone.

Target audience: Women ​

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Description: Run by Rebbetzen Nechama Davis, the book club keeps women connected during COVID. It is a virtual book club run on zoom where they read the book together. The book is a Jewish book in English, as opposed to general fiction

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Aim: To keep women connected whilst providing some education too

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Why was this initiative a success? Very positive feedback incl.:

"I never realised when we started this that I’d still be involved at the end of the year. Having a regular zoom commitment has been like an oasis in the desert which has been this year. It has broken the monotony of just going to work and being at home without the special luxuries of holidays, entertainment, time with friends and family"

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Advice for communities looking to replicate: Choose the book wisely, making sure there are relevant discussion points

Target audience: Women

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Description: Women from across the world come together virtually every month on rosh chodesh and sing an uplifting hallel

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Aim: For women to come together virtually and sing hallel

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Why was this event a success? It has been described as a very uplifting event and it is joined from around the world.

Target Audience: The ladies in the community

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Description: Tova Bamberg, a Body Shop at Home consultant, did a demonstration with products and there were products to sample.​

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Aim: To get women to come and enjoy an afternoon testing the Body Shop products.

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Why was it a success? It was engaging and entertaining with tea. The ladies loved trying the products and spending the afternoon with friends at shul. We also gave some lemon hand sanitiser with our Rosh Chodesh Ladies sticker, something they can takeaway with them and always remember our event.

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Advice for communities looking to replicate: Pampering is something most women love so having these products that they can order is something so lovely.

Target Audience: Women aged 18+

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Description: On Chol HaMoed Pesach (hence KLP pub), £3 entrance then free drinks (cocktails, wine and soft drinks) and nibbles (crisps, cake and fruit) for the whole night, pool table, table football, air hockey, silent disco with three channels playing different styles of music.

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Aim: To provide a space for women to socialise and build relationships.

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Why was it a success? People enjoyed somewhere they could go and spend time with friends, following the stress of preparing for Pesach.

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Advice for communities looking to replicate: It's expensive to hire the pub games (pool, air hockey, table football) - we were lucky that the shul had bought these for the youth in the past, so we could use them. If your shul hasn't got them, it's worthwhile investing in them. The silent disco was very easy to run ourselves - hand out the headphones to people as some people enjoyed just listening and not necessarily dancing.

Target audience: Women ​

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Description: Whatsapp group for Women ran by Rebbetzen Nechama Davis. A daily thought is posted  but  all the women are free to post inspiring or amusing things: music videos, cartoons etc. 

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Aim: To reach a high number of women women in the community quickly, as well as have them connect with each other

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Why was this initiative a success? Lots of amazing feedback incl.: 

"It has been a lifeline for me in lonely and anxious times, providing the comfort of staying connected to the kehilla, religious inspiration and education, much appreciated humour and comfort."

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Advice for communities looking to replicate: Don't stifle the chat but do keep a watchful eye. Change the subject if it is not "positive and inspiring"!

Target audience: Women ​

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Description: Sisters from Modi’in singing show tunes to bring some fun and normality into members’ homes.

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Aim: Bring women together to celebrate Chanuka

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Why was this event a success? Many personal connections to the sisters and people knew the songs, so it was very easy to join and interact.

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Advice for communities looking to replicate: Make sure the technical aspects work – sound very important for an event like this.