Every year, Women’s League is proud to be an official partner organization in Giving Tuesday. On December 3, 2019, Women’s League, our members, and our sisterhoods, will join the movement once again to raise funds for Masorti Women’s Study Day, our annual sponsored Israel program with Masorti and the Schechter Institutes in Jerusalem. Hundreds of Continue Reading »
By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Executive Director, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Our new year, תשײפ in Hebrew, 5780, begins a new decade in the Hebrew Calendar. This new year could be an acronym for a Hebrew sentence – תהיה שנה פעילה, Tehyeh Shana Peilah, May this be a year of action. This should be a Continue Reading »
By Margie Miller WLCJ President The older we get, time seems to just fly by. In the blink of an eye, our children are grown. In a quick moment, we become our family’s elder statesmen. We shake our heads in disbelief as time passes. This week is the 18th anniversary of the events of 9/11. Continue Reading »
By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields WLCJ Executive Director “As a drop of water in the sea, as a grain of sand on the shore are our few days in eternity. The good things in life last for a short time, but a good name endures forever.” – Adapted from Ben Sira. Ben Sira also teaches a Continue Reading »
By Sue Taffet WLCJ Vice President and Past Region President When I undertook the responsibilities of the position of Region President, I compared it to a journey that we in the region were all taking together, for the good of all the women in our various local sisterhoods and communities. That we would travel together Continue Reading »
Our annual Calendar Diary has proven to be extremely popular, and we’re already looking forward to next year. With that in mind, WLCJ is seeking Artist Submissions for our 2020-2021/5781 edition! Women’s League welcomes artwork from our community based around Jewish, Hebrew, cultural, and holiday themes. Although the theme for this year’s calendar is B’yachad(Together), the artwork Continue Reading »
By Barbara Levin, MD, MPH, WLCJ Personal Conversations Chair At the very end of this week’s Torah reading, Shelakh Lekha, God provides the Israelites a small token of reconciliation after the stormy story of the spies and the failed efforts to go to the Promised Land. In Numbers 15: 37-15:41, Moses is told to command the people to 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 Parsahat Shelakh Lekha, our Torah reading this week, is the official Torah reading of the Israel Ministry of Tourism. The image of two people holding bunches of grapes is often used as the 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 This week’s Torah Reading, Parashat Beha’alotekha, begins with a description of the menorah, which the Priests handled twice a day. The instructions on how to light and place the menorah were given. The 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 This week’s Torah reading, Parashat Naso, is the longest Torah portion in the entire full Torah reading cycle (as opposed to the triennial cycle of reading.) The Priestly Blessing, the Birkat Kohanim, is found Continue Reading »
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