Women’s League invites the entire SPS community to join this important interactive session of life-saving techniques taught by a certified trainer and Assistant Faculty member of the American Heart Association.

Wishin’ and Hopin’

Women’s League Rooftop Kick-off Event

Thursday, September 7 at 7:30 PM

Women’s League Installation and Membership Party: A Chocolate Fest

Not only will chocolate and wine be served at this fun get-together for our members, but raffles will be sold (3 tickets for $5; 8 tickets for $10; and 18 tickets for $20. If you are interested in buying raffle tickets, please bring cash to this event – Venmo and checks will also be accepted.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday, June 8th at 7 pm! 

Women’s League Shabbat

Saturday, May 6 at 9:15 AM

Email Robin at rbiegeleisen@gmail.com to participate

Women’s League Lilith Salon

Tuesday, May 2 on Zoom

We will discuss "What Language Do You Pray In" (press on this link https://lilith.org/articles/what-language-do-you-pray-in/) written by Michele Kriegman, an adoptee who has been sorting out her Jewish and American Indian heritages. 

Join Zoom meeting:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/ 8916433594

Meeting ID: 891 643 3594

If you have any questions, please contact Robin Biegeleisen at 609-915-6001 or rbiegeleisen@gmail.com

WL of SPS and The Block Center for Jewish Exploration and Education are proud to co-sponsor a tour, catered lunch, and much more at the Jewish Theological Seminary on Thursday, April 27th. A tentative schedule is listed below.

 Tentative schedule:

10:00-10:15am: Arrival

10:20-11:10am: Library tour, including current exhibit, with Prof. David Kraemer
11:15-12pm: Campus tour with student guide
12:10-1:20pm: Catered lunch with student engagement

1:30-2:15pm: Faculty lesson (Faculty member TBD)
2:20-3:15pm: Mincha (and senior sermon, if one is scheduled)
3:25-4pm: Meet with a member of the Administration (Depending on availability: Chancellor Schwartz, Rabbi Tucker, Dr. Kress, Rabbi Cohen, etc.)

4:15: Depart

Torah Fund Dinner

Honoring Judy Agata from Sutton Place Synagogue

Thursday, April 20 at 6:30 PM

Click here to print out the form and RSVP

Have fun learning Yiddish words to use with and about your family! With Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Yiddish Forward and host of the YouTube series Yiddish Word of the Day.

Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83797549082

Meeting ID: 837 9754 9082

Women’s League Presents Reduce Stress (And Lose Weight Too) with Susan Sagan Levitan

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86228809186

Meeting ID: 862 2880 9186

Email Abby at ajohnson@spsnyc.org for the password

Join us virtually on Monday, September 13th at 7 pm for the next Lilith salon event.

We will discuss a fun and interesting article “ Mahjong: Why this Women’s Game Matters”  which can be found at https://lilith.org/articles/mahjong-why-this-womens-game-matters/ in the Summer 2021 edition of Lilith magazine at Lilith.org.   

Join Zoom meeting: https://spsnyc-org.zoom.us/j/97391232585
Meeting ID:  973 9123 2585
Call-in Number: 646-876-9923
Email ajohnson@spsnyc.org for the password.

There is no charge for this members-only event. 

Join us virtually on Tuesday, July 20th at 7 pm for the next Lilith salon event. 

We will discuss an interesting and crucial article “Will the Earth Forgive Us?” which can be found at https://lilith.org/articles/debut-92/ in the Spring 2021 edition of Lilith magazine at Lilith.org.   

Zoom information will be sent to the attendees prior to this event. 

*This is a members-only event. There is no charge but please RSVP to Barbara at 646-246-2767 or bzinnmoore@gmail.com.

Women’s League Event

On Thursday, May 20th at 7 pm, WL of SPS will be hosting a virtual private docent-led tour of a special exhibit, Julius Klinger: Posters for a Modern Age, presented by the Poster House, which is the first museum in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to posters. Poster House is conveniently located in Chelsea, at 119 West 23rd Street in NYC.   

 Julius Klinger became famous as a poster designer in Germany, found a studio in Austria, and he was deported to a Minsk extermination camp, where he was killed in 1942. Explore the trajectory of his impactful career in this informative and engaging tour.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://spsnyc-org.zoom.us/j/95389360290
Meeting ID: 953 8936 0290
Call-in Number: 646 876 9923
Email ajohnson@spsnyc.org for the password.

SPS and Women's League Event: Bess Kalb Presents, Nobody Will Tell You This But Me
In conversation with SPS member Marjorie Schuster

Thursday, May 6th at 8 PM

Even after she left home for Hollywood, Emmy-nominated TV writer Bess Kalb saved every voicemail her grandmother Bobby Bell ever left her. Bobby was a force—irrepressible, glamorous, unapologetically opinionated. Bobby doted on Bess; Bess adored Bobby. Then, at ninety, Bobby died. But in this debut memoir, Bobby is speaking to Bess once more, in a voice as passionate as it ever was in life.

Recounting both family lore and family secrets, Bobby brings us four generations of indomitable women and the men who loved them. There’s Bobby’s mother, who traveled solo from Belarus to America in the 1880s to escape the pogroms, and Bess’s mother, a 1970s rebel who always fought against convention. But it was Bobby and Bess who always had the most powerful bond: Bobby her granddaughter’s fiercest supporter, giving Bess unequivocal love, even if sometimes of the toughest kind. Nobody Will Tell You This But Me marks the creation of a totally new, virtuosic form of memoir: a reconstruction of a beloved grandmother’s words and wisdom to tell her family’s story with equal parts poignancy and hilarity.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://spsnyc-org.zoom.us/j/98498696269
Meeting ID: 984 9869 6269
Call-in Number: 646 876 9923

Email ajohnson@spsnyc.org for the password.

SPS and Women's League Event - Debbie Zimelman presents: Women on the Front Lines: Inside the Combat Units of the Israeli Army

Wednesday, April 28 at 4:30 PM

Women on the Front Lines is the only book to explore the lives of women who serve in the combat units of the Israeli army. It is the culmination of five years of Debbie Zimelman's work photographing and interviewing soldiers in twenty Israeli army units. Through color photography and the soldiers’ own words, the book offers a glimpse into the experiences, fears, challenges, and accomplishments of these brave young women.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://spsnyc-org.zoom.us/j/92131895022
Meeting ID: 921 3189 5022
Call-in Number: 646 876 9923

Email ajohnson@spsnyc.org for the password.

Join us virtually on Tuesday, April 13th at 7 pm for the next Lilith salon event.  

We will discuss in the Winter 2020-21 edition of Lilith Magazine an interesting article "Amy Coney Barrett and Me" which can be found here, and a lighter article "ZoomWear: A Virtual Guide" which can be found here. 

Join Zoom Meeting: https://spsnyc-org.zoom.us/j/93690651836
Meeting ID: 936 9065 1836
Call-in Number: 646 876 9923
Email ajohnson@spsnyc.org for the password.

*This is a members-only event. There is no charge but please RSVP to Barbara at 646-246-2767 or bzinnmoore@gmail.com.

Women's League Event

Thursday, March 4 at 7 PM

Join us for a virtual private curator-led tour of a special exhibit, Judith Leiber: Master Craftsman, hosted by the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. This exhibition honors the Holocaust survivor-turned-mega-designer’s life, work and legacy.

Please share the Zoom information with friends and family!

Join Zoom Meeting: https://spsnyc-org.zoom.us/j/94481200144
Meeting ID: 944 8120 0144
Call-in Number: 646 876 9923

**Although there is no cost for this event, a contribution in the amount of $18 (or any amount) to Women’s League would be appreciated so that we can continue to offer numerous programs to stay connected and support Sutton Place Synagogue. If you would like to donate, please either Venmo to @WomensLeague-SuttonPlaceSyn and in the “What’s it for” section, type in Judith Leiber OR send a check payable to WL of SPS to Barbara Zinn Moore at 310 East 53rd Street, Apt 18B, 10022.

For questions, please contact Barbara at 646-246-2767 or bzinnmoore@gmail.com.

JBC & SPS Book Series: Sarah Blake and Anna Solomon Present Namaah and The Book of V (Women's League Event)

Monday, February 22 at 7:00 PM

In both novels, Blake and Solomon give voice to women in our Jewish history who have been previously marginalized. Sarah Blake tells the story of Namaah, Noah’s wife and sets the story of Noah and his ark that we all know so well, on its head. Solomon explores the Purim story through history and the way it has silenced women and what happens when those women begin to speak.

Ellen Barnett will narrate this panel.

This is a Women’s League Event, but all are welcome!

This program is in partnership with The Jewish Book Council. We encourage you to purchase her book at www.bookshop.org.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/96350990494
Meeting ID: 963 5099 0494
Call-in Number: 646 876 9923

Email ajohnson@spsnyc.org for the password.

As part of our Women's Wellness Series, please join us on Wednesday, February 3rd at 7 pm for “Healthy Hearts in a Pandemic” - An informative discussion and Q & A with Dr. Raymonda Rastegar, a board certified cardiologist who has annually been named to the New York Times Super Doctors of New York.

Invite your friends and share the Zoom information:

Join Zoom Meeting: https://spsnyc-org.zoom.us/j/91577336415
Meeting ID: 915 7733 6415
Call-in Number: (646) 876-9923

Email ajohnson@spsnyc.org for the password.

Join us virtually on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20th at 7 pm, when Women’s League Book Club discusses Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk.

Amazon link for the paperback

Please RSVP to Barbara Zin Moore at bzinnmoore@gmail.com.

Join us virtually on Sunday, January 10th at 11 am to “Boogie with Betsy” for a fun, upbeat dance/exercise party with music from around the world. All levels are welcome and ask your friends to join too!

Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/99590822625
Meeting ID: 995 9082 2625

Email ajohnson@spsnyc.org for the password

SPS Women’s League Lilith Salon
Wednesday, January 7 at 7:00 PM

What is a Lilith Salon? It is an informal get-together for a lively conversation spurred by each new issue of Lilith magazine. The magazine is a stimulus for encounters with new ideas and new people. Just as in the magazine pages, you will encounter women like and unlike yourself; the same is often true for the connections forged at Lilith salons.

What will we discuss? The topic we will discuss in the Fall 2020 edition of Lilith Magazine is “What can be forgiven?” and the 4 short interesting articles in this section can be found here. Robin Biegeleisen will be the moderator.

Please RSVP to Barbara Zin Moore at bzinnmoore@gmail.com.

SPS Women’s League presents a special virtual exhibition “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg”
Tuesday, December 22, 7-8 PM

Hosted by Illinois Holocaust Museum with a private virtual docent-led tour

Everyone is welcome – invite your friends and family! Email Barbara Zin Moore to RSVP and for the Zoom link.

Women’s League Book Club
Thursday, November 19 at 7:30 PM

Join the Women’s League Book Club to discuss the New York Times bestseller, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/93894588584
Meeting ID: 938 9458 8584
Call-in Number: (646) 876-9923

Email ajohnson@spsnyc.org for the password.

Women’s League – Schantz Galleries
Thursday, November 12 at 4:30 pm

Join us for a virtual discussion and tour of the renowned Schantz Galleries (Collections include contemporary glass art, including items from world famous Dale Chihuly), led by Jim Schantz, gallery owner, art director and landscape painter.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://spsnyc-org.zoom.us/j/91605456648
Meeting ID: 916 0545 6648
Call-in Number: (646) 876-9923

Email ajohnson@spsnyc.org for the password.

Israeli Wines 101
Thursday, November 5 at 7:30 PM

Pour a glass, sit back and take a virtual tour of Israel’s wine regions with with Joshua Greenstein, Executive Vice President of the Israel Wine Producers Association. We’ll learn about the different varietals and the booming Israeli wine industry!

Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/97819886181
Meeting ID: 978 1988 6181
Call-in Number: (646) 876-9923

Email ajohnson@spsnyc.org for the password.