sisterhoods

Also influential in the demise of the sisterhoods were the sharp curtailment of immigration in the interwar period, the increasing financial solvency of the generation of immigrants who had once relied on the sisterhoods for assistance, and the competing financial and social demands of the two world wars.

Sisterhoods of Personal Service in the United States. 2009

But in the 1920s, the Sisterhoods of Personal Service model declined in favor of organizations (also called sisterhoods) that tended synagogues but no longer addressed social ills.

Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America. 2009

Edna attached vast importance to individual influence, and fearing that enthusiastic young minds would be captivated by the charms of communism in labor, she analyzed the systems of "sisterhoods" which had waxed and waned from the Béguinages of the eleventh century, to Kaiserswerth, and Miss Sellon's establishment at Devenport.

St. Elmo. A Novel. Augusta Jane 1867

"sisterhoods" be established without weakening the sense of personal responsibility in those Christian women who are not thus wholly set apart to charitable and spiritual work?

Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America 1889

A menagerie of 19th-century civic and social brotherhoods, and their attendant sisterhoods, lives on around the globe: the Elks, the Moose, the Lions, the Odd Fellows.

Latest Freemason Conspiracy: Recruiting Younger Bros Barry Newman 2011

I can think of many remarkable older Jewish women I know who have participated in Hadassah, synagogue sisterhoods, and other Jewish organizations – smart, creative, committed, self-deprecating – whose stories remain untold largely because we have not learned how to tell them – or not thought it important to do so.

We Remember - Nell Ziff Pekarsky, 1910 - 1998 2010

During that time, congregational sisterhoods formed the backbone of the educational mission of the Conservative synagogue.

Conservative Judaism in the United States. 2009

Through this organization, which is the coordinating body of Conservative synagogue sisterhoods, the Conservative Movement has promoted the perpetuation of Conservative Judaism in America via the home, synagogue and community.

Conservative Judaism in the United States. 2009

It has also been suggested that the average age of “joiners” in voluntary organizations has risen considerably, which is probably the case, especially in synagogue sisterhoods.

Canada: From Outlaw to Supreme Court Justice, 1738-2005. 2009

Jonas lectured to groups of WIZO and the Jüdischer Frauenbund, as well as to sisterhoods of the Jewish lodges.

Regina Jonas. 2009