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WL Convention 2023 Celebrates Torah Fund at 80

Posted on June 24, 2023

By Barbara Ezring, International Torah Fund Chair In less than one month, I will be greeting friends, new and old, in person at the WLCJ Convention 2023. I can’t wait to see everyone who I have seen only on Zoom since 2017. I especially look forward to celebrating 80 years of Torah Fund Campaign of Women’s League for Conservative Continue Reading »

The Value of Being a Virtual Convention Delegate

Posted on June 17, 2023

By Ilene Rothman, WLCJ International Board Vice President, Communications Co-Chair, and Convention 2023 Communications Co-Chair and Lois Silverman, WLCJ Communications Co-Chair, Convention and Communications Co-Chair Feel our Ruach via the Internet One of the positive outcomes from the pandemic was the improvement in technology to make virtual meetings productive, efficient, and legitimate, and to get people together virtually for all Continue Reading »

WLCJ is Growing – Worldwide!

Posted on June 10, 2023

By Lori Snow, WLCJ WOW Liaison and Immediate Past President, MAR, and Illene Rubin, Chair, World Community Engagement WLCJ marches on its way to grow as a world community. Learn more at Convention when World Community Engagement presents three international guests describing global updates of interest to all of us. Did you know Masorti (Conservative Judaism Continue Reading »

B’not Mitzvah Celebration at Convention 2023

Posted on June 3, 2023

Celebration breakfast to follow RSVP on the Convention Website at WLCJ.ORG On July 17, 30 women will be called to the Torah during the morning services on Monday of Convention to celebrate their B’not Mitzvah.  They will lead the service, and many will read Torah for the first time.  These women first came together almost Continue Reading »

Support MERCAZ

Posted on May 30, 2023

DONATE to MERCAZ USA DONATE to MERCAZ Canada   Dear Friend, What a year this has been for MERCAZ USA and Israel. Our fiscal and program year began with our continued efforts to promote pluralism in Israel. However, following the events of October 7, we quickly shifted into high gear, with our thoughts and prayers Continue Reading »

Our Role as Jews in Mitigating Atrocity

Posted on May 20, 2023

By Barbara Finkel, Seaboard Education & Programming VP On March 23, I represented Women’s League at a U.S. Department of State program entitled Diplomacy, Dissent, and the Holocaust: Speaking Out, Then and Now. The program was organized by the Office of the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues; the Secretary’s Open Forum; and the American Foreign Service Association Continue Reading »

Giving the Gift of a Healthy Birth

Posted on May 13, 2023

The Shifrah and Puah Maternity Center in Mbale, Uganda 2023 WLCJ CONVENTION SPECIAL PROJECT As Mother’s Day quickly approaches, it reminds us how vital mothers are to their babies and their families. They are the nurturers, the caretakers and the force that keeps everyone healthy. We must support these mothers and mothers-to-be during their most vulnerable time Continue Reading »

#StandUpToJewishHate

Posted on April 3, 2023

#StandUpToJewishHate is a new campaign to educate everyone in the United States about the rise of antisemitism and mobilize people outside the Jewish community to help us address growing hate and intolerance. We need to drive home the message that Jews make up just 2.4% of the U.S. population but are the victims of 55% of all Continue Reading »

Amazing resources on Pesach, Israeli Independence and Jewish Unity

Posted on April 3, 2023

Shalom friends, We sometimes forget about why we celebrate Passover and what it means to be free, a free person, a free people and a free democratic nation, in our land, the land of Israel. The legacy of Passover is something that should be felt, not just understood with the mind. Every year we are reminded Continue Reading »

The Blue Dove Foundation: Get the Updated Mental Health Seder Companion

Posted on March 28, 2023

Bring mental health to your table with our updated Mental Health Passover Seder Companion! We created this companion to help individuals utilize the themes and motifs of Passover traditions to examine their internal stories of slavery, and experience true freedom. Also, check out our new Haggadah! This Haggadah contains all of the texts of a traditional Haggadah. Continue Reading »