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Weaving Mitzvot

Posted on March 9, 2024

By Cory Schneider, WLCJ Archives Chair and Past International President Hiddur mitzvah was the theme for Women’s League and Torah Fund for 2011-2012. This excerpt from the introduction to the program materials created by the Women’s League Education Department beautifully describes this mitzvah. “There is a famous story in the Talmud when Rabbi Ishmael, commenting on the verse, “This Continue Reading »

Yael Foundation looks to boost Jewish education globally

Posted on March 7, 2024

March 7th, 2024 In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we interview Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt at the Anti-Defamation League’s Never is Now conference, and feature an opinion piece by David Werdiger with strategies for proactively “stress testing” relationships with non-Jewish institutions in the wake of the Oct. 7 terror attacks. Also in this issue: Andrew Continue Reading »

The Blue Dove Foundation: Purim

Posted on March 5, 2024

NEW RESOURCE: Mental Health Mishloach Manot We don’t only preserve community by taking care of our most unfortunate community members when they need us; we do so by also showing the people in our lives we care about them even when they don’t need us. We can’t just ensure the poorest among us don’t fall Continue Reading »

Demand Justice

Posted on March 4, 2024

We are joining with Hadassah on this important issue. End The Silence! Overwhelming evidence shows that Hamas terrorists planned and committed systematic sexual violence on October 7. Rape should never be sanctioned as an act of war. Not in Israel. Not anywhere. In face of irrefutable evidence, the international community’s silence is outrageous. Join advocates Continue Reading »

From Brokenness to Strength — Reflections from Parashat Ki Tisa and October 7

Posted on March 2, 2024

By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President In Parashat Ki Tisa, we read of the golden calf, and of Moses smashing the two tablets when seeing the people dancing around and praying to the idol. But, even in that tragic moment, Moses does not give up hope for the Jewish people. He insists that God, after punishing Continue Reading »

Exploring Judaism

Posted on February 27, 2024

    Don’t miss this new website – ExploringJudaism.org – where people like you can share personal and meaningful Jewish wisdom and reflection in addition to insight on practical living through the lens of Conservative/Masorti Judaism. ExploringJudaism.org is a digital home for the Torah of Conservative/Masorti Judaism. While the name of this stream of Judaism was born well Continue Reading »

Women’s Study Group with Naomi Graetz

Posted on February 26, 2024

OFFICE@ADATSHALOM.ORG.IL Naomi Graetz taught English at Ben Gurion University of the Negev for 35 years. She is the author of Forty Years of Being a Feminist Jew (2018), Unlocking the Garden: A Feminist Jewish Look at the Bible, Midrash and God (Piscataway NJ: Gorgias Press, 2005), The Rabbi’s Wife Plays at Murder (Beersheva: Shiluv Press, 2004), S/He Created Them: Feminist Continue Reading »

Ha’Dor Yizkor – Reshet Ramah Poland Journey May 2024

Posted on February 26, 2024

REGISTER   Designed for rising Jewish leaders ages 22-30*   On this six-day journey through Poland, our community will explore the cities of Warsaw, Lublin, and Krakow; hold each other up in Zbylitowska Gora—the Children’s Forest, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Treblinka; volunteer in cemeteries and local communities; meet with Jewish and non-Jewish peers; thank some of the Continue Reading »

Nefesh B’Nefesh – Urgent Action Steps

Posted on February 26, 2024

  Keeping to our Mission – Adjusting to the War Focusing on our Responsibilities & Leveraging our Unique Capabilities   Olim Services – Serving 80K NBN Olim and Anglo Oleh community at large • Financial grants for families impacted by the war • Therapy and counseling services • Financial grants to community initiatives during the war Continue Reading »