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 »
To inspire, guide, engage, enrich, and empower Conservative Jewish Women By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Executive Director, Women’s League For Conservative Judaism Parashat Toldot begins with Rebecca’s pregnancy with Jacob and Esau. Esau sold his birthright to Jacob in exchange for a bowl of lentil soup. Isaac goes to Gerar because of a famine. A dispute Continue Reading »
By Judi Dickstein Kenter WLCJ Executive Committee In Parashat Chayyei Sarah, Eliezer is sent with gold and jewels and other valuables to give to the woman who will be the appropriate bride for Isaac. He finds the right woman, a woman who extends hospitality and graciousness to his animals, as well as to Eliezer. Yes, Continue Reading »
By Debra Green WLCJ Vice President “There is something good in everything bad.” These wise words were always spoken by my very sage mother when something unfortunate happened. Who could question her wisdom after all she has lived through? After all, she survived Nazi Germany, Kristallnacht November 8-9, 1938, the voyage of the St. Louis Continue Reading »
Project: DIGNITY Temple Israel in Charlotte, NC Project: DIGNITY was created to help women taking the first step to leave their abusive homes and bring about dignity. When women leave their abuser and seek shelter, most have only the clothes they are wearing. They arrive at the shelter for safety. They are need of security, Continue Reading »
By Barbara Ezring WLCJ Education/Program Team Coordinator I’ve learned that, when it rains in Norfolk, Virginia, the street outside my building floods. The sidewalk and some of the grass disappear under the water. Once the rain subsides, the water recedes and the grass, sidewalk, and street reappear. I didn’t think I could imagine what Noah Continue Reading »
By Margie Miller, WLCJ President Three score and ten years 25,550 days ½ Century plus one score ALL add up to 70. That is how old I will be fortunate to be on October 22nd. Instead of a party or a cruise, I have chosen make a donation to Women’s League in celebration. Instead of Continue Reading »
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