Sara B. Charney

President

Women of Reform Judaism

Sara Charney is WRJ's Immediate Past President. Elected in March 2021, she served as the organization's first Canadian president. She has been actively involved in WRJ since becoming local sisterhood president at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She has held many positions on the District and North American levels.

A group of Heller High students, including the author's daughter in the front row all the way to the left

Israel Programs

4 Ways a Semester in Israel Prepared My Daughter for Life

Sara B. Charney

May 14, 2019

URJ Heller High integrates academic, social, and emotional learning, powerfully transforming teens’ Jewish identities. Learn how it prepared my daughter for her future.

Passover

Finding Community Abroad: A Seder in Lisbon

Sara B. Charney

April 13, 2015

My Passover seder this year was spent in the company of the small Reform Jewish community in Lisbon, Portugal. Despite numbering around two dozen, they are the only option in town other than the Orthodox, which numbers around 500, as the Masorti