By Margie Miller, WLCJ President Night after night, my many Facebook friends and family posted their menorahs shining brightly throughout the week of Hanukkah. Surrounded by smiling children and grandchildren, each family was celebrating this joyful holiday. We at Women’s League even coordinated our second annual virtual candlelighting on the second night of Hanukkah via Continue Reading »
Shabbat Message By Cathy Swerdlow WLCJ Florida Region President Recently, my Sisterhood took a bus trip to St. Petersburg, and we had the pleasure of visiting the Morean Arts Center, where we had a docent tour of the Chihuly Glass exhibit. If you haven’t had the opportunity to see these glassworks in person, I highly Continue Reading »
Get a taste of Convention 2020! This January, Women’s League will offer two exclusive workshops for our members on the subject of tefillin. Then, join us for a Shehecheyanu Moment at Shacharit, Monday, July 13, 2020 when many of our women will wrap tefillin together for the first time at a WLCJ Convention! Register for Continue Reading »
Registered Women’s League members will be able to join us for our second annual virtual candlelighting on Monday, December 23, at 7:30 p.m., Eastern time. This Monday, December 23, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism invites you all to join us as we light the Hanukkah candles together at 7:30 p.m., Eastern time. Whether you’ll be Continue Reading »
Shabbat Message “Lights! Lights! Lights!” By Myra R. Promisel, WLCJ Vice President and Finance Committee Chair Lights! Hanukkah has always been one of my favorite holidays. The “story,” true or not, seemed important to me as a child. I loved the Dreidel song and Rock of Ages (sung in English). Our family had a standard Continue Reading »
Shabbat Message By Ellen Kaner Bresnick WLCJ Personnel Team and Search Committee Leader Many times, I have heard it said that, rather than focus on how old we might be turning on each birthday, we should be thankful that we are actually celebrating the birthday because, after all, “Look at what the alternative is.” This Continue Reading »
Shabbat Message By Carol Simon Immediate Past WLCJ President This coming Shabbat, not only do we read about Jacob, but we will most likely be reading an article, or two, about December 7, Pearl Harbor Day. As President Roosevelt stated, “A day that will live in infamy.” For most of us, it is day that Continue Reading »
Event: Annual Holiday Cookie Project From: Sisterhood Agudas Achim in Austin, TX Concept: While most of the country has a holiday on Christmas Day, our emergency responders must be at their jobs all day. In order make their day a little brighter, our Sisterhood has been organizing cookie delivery to firemen, police stations, and hospitals Continue Reading »
To inspire, guide, engage, enrich, and empower Conservative Jewish Women By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Executive Director, Women’s League For Conservative Judaism The following is a summary of the situations we read about in Parashat Vayetze: Jacob had a dream vision. Jacob established evening prayer. Jacob and Rachel met. Laban and Jacob created a marriage Continue Reading »
The Rabbi Goes West is a documentary profile about Chaim Bruk, a Chabad Lubavitch rabbi, who goes to Montana to set up a Chasidic center. This film just debuted in Somerville, MA, and was the closing film of the Boston Jewish Film Festival. My husband and I attended the screening. Filmmaker Gerald Peary had wanted Continue Reading »
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