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Joyce Weingarten and Staying Active After Sisterhood Disaffiliation

Posted on March 30, 2026

Joyce Weingarten, WLCJ Past International Vice President and Individual Member, Central Great Lakes Region My journey with Women’s League for Conservative Judaism began while attending my first Convention as Sisterhood President in 1997. I went on to serve as Region President, and, under the Presidency of Rita Wertlieb, I became an International Vice President. I have Continue Reading »

Our Personal ‘Mitzrayim’ – The straits we may be passing over or passed over

Posted on March 26, 2026

Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director Everyone has their favorite (or least favorite) aspect of Passover. My favorite part is seeing what new Haggadaot and Seder Supplements are available. Click here to find my source sheet for my teaching about Haggadah and Seder supplements, from Makom B’Yachad on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. In addition, Continue Reading »

HIAS – Haggadah 2026

Posted on March 26, 2026

Passover Seder Supplement for The Four Questions HIAS Haggadah

Blue Dove Foundation – Haggadah 2026

Posted on March 26, 2026

      Passover Seder Plate Activity Four Mental Health Questions Passover Resource Your Red Sea Your Pursuers and Your Nachshon Moment

Rabbinical Assembly – Haggadah 2026

Posted on March 26, 2026

B-dikat Hameitz, prepared by Yossi Hoffman Embracing Stranger, prepared by Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg Our Obligation to Remember that We Were Once Slaves in Mitzrayim, prepared by by Rabbi Carol Levithan Pesach 2026-5786, prepared by Rabbi Noam Kornsgold

Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies – Haggadah 2026

Posted on March 26, 2026

      Walking with the Jewish Calendar, edited by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson and Rachel Miriam Safman Pesach – Let All Who are Hungry, by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

The Pursuit of Connection

Posted on March 19, 2026

Pam Schlosberg, WLCJ Financial Secretary We hear the ding every morning—that social media call to connect. We grab a cup of coffee, green tea, or a protein drink in one hand and balance our phone in the other. And we’re off to check who is reaching out, waiting for our response, or simply poking us. Continue Reading »

Janet Tatz and Finding Jewish Connection in a Digital World

Posted on March 17, 2026

Janet Tatz, Individual Member, North by Northwest Region I am interested in “All Things Jewish.” I was brought up in the Conservative movement of Judaism and back then the synagogue we attended, B’nai Zion, was a second home for my friends and me.  My involvement in United Synagogue Youth and Jewish summer camping helped solidify Continue Reading »

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

Posted on March 10, 2026

Fran Hildebrandt, WLCJ International Vice President and Kehilah/Education Chair At the time of my writing this, it’s 2:00 am ET. My husband and I have just returned from spending six weeks in Australia and New Zealand. We have been home approximately 58 hours, and I am still jet-lagged and sleepless. As it says in Lord Continue Reading »

Try To Be Happy, or You Miss Out on Living

Posted on March 5, 2026

Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director In this month of Adar, we are told to be happy, as stated in the saying that goes along with the month: Me She’nichas Adar, Marbim B’Simcha. When you enter the month of Adar, your happiness is to be increased. However, can one really command a feeling? We Continue Reading »