Isaiah Women Calendar
The Legacy of RBG
Tuesday, October 13 | 7:00 p.m.
Join us as we celebrate the life and work of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
While we are poised just weeks before the presidential election, we are mourning the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the pioneering advocate for women’s rights and the rights of all people. “One of the themes of Rosh Hashanah suggests that very righteous people would die at the very end of the year because they were needed until the very end,” said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism.
We will pay tribute to her life and work by tracking the cases she thought were most significant from the time she founded the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project to her dissenting opinions on the Supreme Court.
Come wearing RBG t-shirts or any other clothes that represent our revered fighter for all of our rights.
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IW BOOK Club
TUESDAY, October 20 | 7:00 P.M. | Zoom
HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, INSIDE THE MIND OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY
By: Robert Kolker
The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.
Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family?
The Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institute of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amid profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations.
With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love, and hope.
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OUR ONGOING EVENTS
Isaiah Women Board
Meets every first Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m
at the homes of various board members.
If you are interested in attending a meeting, contact Beth Raanan: bcraan@gmail.com
Isaiah Women Lilith Salons
Join us for lively discussion and conversation on articles in Lilith Magazine. Meets quarterly at members' homes.
For more information, contact Elaine Diamond
Daughters of Torah Learning Circle
Step into Temple Isaiah's library and join a welcoming group of women who study and learn Torah each Wednesday morning. As we travel through Judaism's sacred texts, we draw inspiration from our ancestors' journeys. Along the way, we discover connections to our own lives and our own stories. Our spirited discussions are far-ranging, sparked by challenging questions and fresh insights but always tempered with laughter and an open ear to all interpretations.
No Hebrew or prior Torah study experience is required. The door is always open! Drop-ins welcome, no RSVP necessary.
The sessions are led by Isaiah Women and Temple member Elaine Diamond, MA, Judaic Studies.
For further information, please contact Elaine Diamond directly at ediamond27@hotmail.com
When: Every Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 am
Where: Temple Isaiah Library
Join Isaiah Women
Please contact Membership Chair: Jennie Fahn at Isaiahwomenla@gmail.com