Chaverot: Women of Judea
Looking ahead to 2025-2026
Mindi Simon and Jodi Cohen are the new co-chairs of Temple Judea Women’s Chaverot. They’re excited to share program ideas for the coming year, and look forward to creating programs for the various ages and life stages of the women of Chaverot, who are learned, talented and creative. They plan to utilize members’ gifts and talents to continue providing meaningful programs for Chaverot members and the community.
What is Chaverot’s role in the synagogue? Funny you should ask!
Chaverot is responsible for the gift shop, giving gifts to the Bar/Bat Mitzvah students, maintaining the Tree of Life plaques in the lobby, coordinating dinners with kitchen volunteers for those in mourning, and fundraising for Temple Judea.
Chaverot, previously known as Sisterhood, gathers for events that are social, (art projects, book discussions, Mah Jongg, baking challah), educational, (health & wellness, family archives), religious, (Rosh Hodesh, celebrating Shabbat, honoring women of the Torah).
PLEASE JOIN CHAVEROT by completing the form online.
Suggested donation for membership is $36, with the option of increasing your donation as a contribution to cover program costs. If the suggested donation amount is an issue, please contact Rabbi David Arias. We want to include everyone in Chaverot and do not want finances to be an obstacle.
NOTE: New members of Temple Judea receive a complimentary membership to Chaverot for the first year, but still need to complete the form.
We look forward to being together, strengthening our community, building new connections, and sharing our mutual neshamah, (the divine spark within each person) in the coming year.
Please feel free to be in touch with any ideas, suggestions, questions or answers: Jodi Cohen, jodi@jodi-cohen.com.
Registration Form
In addition to these activities, it is our pleasure to provide financial support to our congregation by funding various needs throughout the year.
We welcome your support; most importantly, we welcome your friendship and participation.
To contact the ladies of Chaverot, please email that at tjchaverotfortmyers@gmail.com
Tree of Life
Please think of your family and friends with a plaque on the Temple Judea Tree of Life. Honor someone for an accomplishment. Remember someone’s memory.
You can purchase a leaf for $50.00 or a large 5x6 plaque for $500.00 or anywhere in between.
All proceeds support Chaverot.
Interested? Want more information? Contact Jan Klein at purrcy@aol.com or 239.823.9452.