Volunteer

Beth Sholom Synagogue’s members are an integral part of making our congregation the vibrant, welcoming faith home that it is. Wherever your strengths and interests lie, there’s a place for you to help be a part of making this community thrive.

Below are a list of committees and other volunteer opportunities. Each stained glass window offers a peek into a different opportunity. Please reach out to Erica to get connected.

**Chesed & Caring Calls**

Be a source of connection and support for members of our congregation.

**Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**

Lead the way to ensuring all individuals feel welcome here.

**Service Read & Lead**

Help read Torah or lead other parts of services as part of our lay read and lead team.

**Tikkun Olam**

Help us repair our community through our adoption of Coleman Elementary, recycling and composting, and more.

**Glean Team**

Collect fruits and vegetables donated from a farmer’s market to the JFS Food Pantry. Family-friendly, 8+.

**Membership**

Welcome new members into our community and facilitate connections with others.

**Kiddush Host**

Help set up and serve a delicious Kiddush to bring our community together on Shabbat.

**Sisterhood**

Participate in engaging social and service programs with other female-identifying individuals.

The mission of our vibrant Sisterhood is to create a welcoming community bringing together women of every age at Beth Sholom Synagogue and of the greater Memphis Jewish Community as we:

work, learn and grow together to support our congregation, congregants and community;
enrich our lives through social events, educational and spiritual programs, and community service;
and deepen Jewish education and ties with Israel.

We aspire toward these aims while being guided by the understanding and tenets of conservative Judaism. This includes:

serving as Kiddush hostesses;
supporting Torah Fund and other fundraising events;
creating mezuzahs, pottery, flower arrangements, etc.;
hosting monthly Shabbat services for senior adults;
delivering cookies to first responders on December 25;
and so much more.

**Ritual**

Review decisions and needs around ritual processes.

**Lifelong Jewish Learning**

Help plan a wide variety of educational programming to enrich adult learning.

**Safety**

Serve Beth Sholom by helping to keep our community safe.

**Marketing**

Spread the word! Beth Sholom is a welcoming place to call home.

**Programming**

Be a part of planning additional programs that bring our community together.

**Development**

Contribute to ideas and execution of fundraiser plans.

**Budget**

Help manage our synagogue’s financial health and long-term outlook.

**Cemetery Trust**

Commit to the sacred work of cemetery care for the deceased and their mourners.

**MICAH**

Help represent Beth Sholom with the Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope

Jewish tradition teaches that every human being has inherent human dignity and worth and that we have an obligation to make a difference in the world. We feel bound by the ethical imperative of tikkun olam, repairing the world. The Torah mentions he mitzvah (commandment) to love the stranger thirty-six times. We are reminded of the importance of paying workers fairly. We are commanded to feed the hungry. Our judges should judge people fairly and equitably. And overall, we are given the imperative: tzedek, tzedek tirdof – justice, justice you shall pursue (Deuteronomy 16:20). The Jewish commitment to social justice is strong.

That is why Beth Sholom Synagogue is a proud member of the Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope (MICAH), a coalition of more than 60 community and faith-based organizations joined together to project a more powerful voice on issues of justice in our city, including various issues relating to police accountability, criminal justice reform, corporate accountability, and addressing systematic inequities.

The purpose of MICAH is not to replace each congregation or community organization's efforts, but instead to amplify the voice and the impact by working together interdependently to advocate for those less fortunate. Beth Sholom Synagogue is proud to participate in this effort.