By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President I have been hearing a popular Jewish song a lot lately since the Hamas attacks on Israel: Kol haolam kulo gesher tzar meod, veha-ikar lo lefached klal – the whole world is a very narrow bridge, but the main thing is to have no fear at all. This song has become Continue Reading »
Today, we solemnly mark the 100th day since the reprehensible Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023. This tragic event not only claimed so many innocent lives, but also left an indelible mark on our hearts and communities. As we remember those we lost, our thoughts and prayers go out to the kidnapped victims and Continue Reading »
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President This week, as we step into the new secular year, many of us will use this time for deep reflection and renewal. The shortest day has passed —Shabbat in Washington, D.C. already starts five minutes later than last week — and slowly, the light increases, reminding us of the Continue Reading »
By Florence G. Wolpoff, WLCJ United Nations Non-Governmental Orgnization (NGO) Representative From Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President — In light of Women’s League’s statement against Hamas’ violence toward Israeli women that we issued last week, I asked Florence Wolpoff to share her reports of her experience at the UN sessions on the war in Israel and the Continue Reading »
December 11, 2023 Dear Friend, Last week, The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations joined our member organizations and Jewish federations in leading the American Jewish community’s National Mobilization Week. The effort was hugely successful with tens of thousands of calls made into Congress, and we cannot stop now. With Congress deliberating over an Continue Reading »
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President It’s the beginning of December, and it’s hard to ignore the overwhelming focus on Christmas here in the United States. From the dazzling light displays on neighboring houses to the jolly inflatables of Santa, the ubiquitous red and green decorations, and the incessant carols transforming into unavoidable earworms at Continue Reading »
BRAND NEW: The Mental Health Hanukkah Journal | 2023 The Talmud discusses the obligation of pirsumei nisah, literally, publicizing the miracle, on Hanukkah. This is in reference to our task of publicizing the miracle of Hanukkah by lighting our menorahs by windows or our front doors. In doing so, we remind the world there is Continue Reading »
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President This week’s Torah portion, Vayetzei, begins with the account of Jacob’s dream featuring a ladder ascending to the heavens, with angels traversing up and down. God speaks to Jacob, reiterating the promises of the land of Canaan made to Abraham and Jacob, and bestows blessings upon Jacob and his descendants. Upon Continue Reading »
By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director I was privileged and honored to be able to represent Women’s League for Conservative Judaism on a 56-hour Masorti Leadership Solidarity Mission to Israel, November 5 through November 8, 2023. In the Torah, in the verse Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad, Hear O Israel, The Lord our God, Continue Reading »
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President This week’s Torah portion, Chayyei Sarah, the life of Sarah, opens, ironically, with the death of our matriarch. We read that when Abraham learned the news of Sarah’s death, he “proceeded to mourn for Sarah and to bewail her.” The rabbis note that when one suffers the loss of a Continue Reading »
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