Sisterhood
CBE Sisterhood - Women. Friendship. Community.
The CBE Sisterhood is dedicated to fostering friendship within a diverse, multigenerational community of women. Throughout the year, we host many events (both live and zoom) designed “to promote social interaction as well as the personal growth and cultural enrichment of our members. We also provide opportunities for community service and charitable donations that support both our synagogue and the greater local community. Examples of "giving back" include planting bushes in front of the large dumpster adjacent to the CBE parking lot, paying to fill the potholes in the CBE driveway, supporting CBE scholarships for our youth to participate in Jewish camps and programming, and preparing and serving community suppers at Mt Calvary Church in Acton.
The annual fees are $50 for sustaining members, $36 for new members and $18 for new members that are an ELC family. If you are interested in joining in the fun, Click HERE
For more information, please contact sisterhood@bethelohim.org and join the CBE Sisterhood Facebook group.
WE ARE ALWAYS ADDING NEW AND EXCITING PROGRAMMING!
- Book Club (with occasional book themed outings)
- Girls Night Out
- Mahjongg
- Galentine's Day events
- Wine tasting
- Fair Trade Shopping Fundraiser
- Fruitlands Summer Concert
- Snowshoe/ Winter Hike
- Painting and Wine at Pinot's Palette
- Boston Jewish Film Festival
- Passover baking
- Purim Gift Bag Project
- Mediterranean Food Truck for CBE’s Faux Food Truck Festival
Come join us in building community and making new friends in a welcoming and warm atmosphere.
CBE members and non-members alike are welcome to join Sisterhood. Membership dues for the 2025-2026 year are $50 for returning members and $36 for first time members.
You are a new member if you have never been a member of Sisterhood or there was a 5+ year hiatus since you last joined Sisterhood.
Complete and submit the CBE Sisterhood Membership form, below, to join and pay your membership dues online. Thank you.
Or, you may provide your contact information and mail a check to:
CBE Sisterhood
133 Prospect Street
Acton, MA 01720
Sisterhood Board 2025-2026
President - Lauren Pollak
Event Programming - Ronnie Cristiano, Beth Schrager
Communications - Lori Lotterman
Treasurer - Barbara Green Whitbeck
Membership - Randi Taylor
Secretary - Karen Jarsky
Members-at-large - Dora Farkas, Jodi Krampf, Stephanie Kriesberg
Tue, October 21 2025
29 Tishrei 5786
Join Sisterhood
Click HERE to join and pay your annual dues!
Submit Recipe(s) for the new Sisterhood Cookbook!
Find all details and instructions HERE!
Upcoming Sisterhood Events
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Friday ,
OctOctober 24 , 2025Sisterhood Games Group
Friday, Oct 24th 12:30p to 2:00p
Members of sisterhood will gather to play games together (e.g., scattegories, rummikub, etc.) -
Sunday ,
NovNovember 2 , 2025Mah Jongg With Sisterhood
Sunday, Nov 2nd 9:30a to 12:00p
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Friday ,
NovNovember 7 , 2025Sisterhood Games Group
Friday, Nov 7th 12:30p to 2:00p
Members of sisterhood will gather to play games together (e.g., scattegories, rummikub, etc.) -
Sunday ,
NovNovember 9 , 2025Sisterhood Book Group reads Choice by Dora Farkas, with special appearance by Dora
Sunday, Nov 9th 1:00p to 3:00p
Dora Farkas, Ph.D., was born in Hungary, spent her early childhood in Mexico, and has lived in the United States since she was eleven. All of Dora’s grandparents were Holocaust survivors from Hungary. Like many Jewish families under the Communist regime, her family did not reveal their Jewish identity to their children until they were teenagers. Despite these circumstances, Dora’s grandmothers preserved their Jewish heritage through the foods they prepared—stuffed cabbage, carp stew, chicken soup with matzo dumplings, and a slow-cooked beef stew called sólet. Dora’s mother, Zsuzsanna, continued these family traditions, recreating their recipes with the best ingredients she could find, even as the family moved across continents. Dora will share her experiences growing up in Communist Hungary and reflect on Jewish life in Hungary today. Her deep connection to culture and food inspired her novel Choice and its sequel, Lost Illusion. Though inspired by Mexican culture, both novels explore universal themes faced by women around the world—the challenges of maintaining cultural identity in changing environments, balancing family and career, and trusting our intuition to guide us through life’s most difficult moments. Both books follow Val, a Mexican American single mother, and her loyal service dog, Maya. In Choice, Val fights against all odds to keep custody of her only daughter. In Lost Illusion, Val must confront her deepest fears after being separated from Maya in the jungles of the Yucatán Peninsula. After the presentation, Dora will be available to sign books. You can pre-order Choice and Lost Illusion on Amazon. Ordering ahead is encouraged, and additional copies will be available for purchase at the event. Choice:https://www.amazon.com/Choice-Dora-Farkas/dp/B0CYH8KZM3/ Lost Illusion:https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Illusion-Choice-Dora-Farkas-ebook/dp/B0FN6SFNDV/ Dora Farkas holds a Ph.D. in Biological Engineering from MIT and is also the author of The Smart Way to Your PhD. She has taught writing courses at MIT, Boston University, the University of Connecticut, and the Scripps Research Institute. She is currently working on her third novel. -
Sunday ,
NovNovember 16 , 2025Mah Jongg With Sisterhood
Sunday, Nov 16th 9:30a to 12:00p
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Friday ,
NovNovember 21 , 2025Sisterhood Games Group
Friday, Nov 21st 12:30p to 2:00p
Members of sisterhood will gather to play games together (e.g., scattegories, rummikub, etc.) -
Friday ,
NovNovember 21 , 2025Sisterhood Games Group
Friday, Nov 21st 12:30p to 2:00p
Members of sisterhood will gather to play games together (e.g., scattegories, rummikub, etc.) -
Sunday ,
DecDecember 7 , 2025Hanukkah fair
Sunday, Dec 7th 9:00a to 12:00p
Annual Hanukkah fair where we sell Hanukkah-related items (e.g., wrapping paper, candles) and gifts. There were only be 2-3 tables (one or two run by sisterhood and another by the Silver Unicorn bookstore) -
Sunday ,
DecDecember 7 , 2025Mah Jongg With Sisterhood
Sunday, Dec 7th 9:30a to 12:00p
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Sunday ,
DecDecember 21 , 2025Sisterhood Book Group reads Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Sunday, Dec 21st 3:00p to 5:00p
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