Masorti Olami and The Schechter Institutes are in close contact with our communities across Ukraine, and while there is extreme uncertainty and panic right now, we are sharing with you, our friends and supporters around the world, what we know about the current situation on the ground. The present situation in Ukraine is extremely Continue Reading »
Stream Live on Facebook Stream Live on Youtube Ukraine is under siege. The current conflict has generated over 500,000 refugees in just over a week with the promise of many times that to come. Thousands of people have been hiding in underground bunkers, subways and basements to avoid the bombs and missiles that have Continue Reading »
By Debbi Kaner Goldich, International President Last week I had the honor of attending the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations’ (COP) 47th leadership mission in Israel. Rabbi Ellen Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director and I were part of a delegation that represented 53 organizations with a single purpose of engaging with Israel. During Continue Reading »
By Randy Schwartz, WLCJ Torah Fund Canadian Liaison and International Consultant They say change is good. As we think back at our lives, we think of the various changes that we have had to undergo – some changes were because we thought they had to be made and, of course, some changes were out of Continue Reading »
By Debbi Kaner Goldich, International President 2022 has brought many new adventures and opportunities for me personally as WLCJ President. As President I have sat on the Boards of the Seminaries we support, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Neve Hanna and Mercaz. I have had the honor of working collaboratively with leaders of our Conservative Continue Reading »
By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director Two of my favorite Debbi-isms, a term I just coined for terms that our Women’s League for Conservative Judaism International President, Debbi Kaner Goldich, likes to say are: ‘We are alive and well at Women’s League’ and ‘There is chocolate, vanilla, and swirl.’ (Of course referring to Continue Reading »
By Terri Hartman, WLCJ Personnel Chair and WLCJ International Board of Directors Member This week’s parashah, Parashat Yitro, is one of the busiest and most dramatic of the Torah. It has a little something for everyone – lessons in leadership from Moses’ father-in-law, receiving the Ten Commandments at the foot of Mt. Sinai, and, for Philadelphia Continue Reading »
By Debbie Zimmerman, WLCJ Mid Atlantic Region Education Vice President and WLCJ International Board of Directors Member On this Sisterhood (Women’s League) Shabbat, as on every day, we give thanks for our blessings. As Jews, this begins when we wake up in the morning. We are commanded to recite prayers of gratitude even before we Continue Reading »
By Marsha Strongin, WLCJ Treasure We have been reading about the plagues and this week, Parashat Bo tells of the last plagues and the first Passover. I am always reminded during this time of year of the Passovers that I spent with my family. Although my three sisters and all of our children and (in Continue Reading »
By Debbi Kaner Goldich, International President “If you are not a better person tomorrow than you are today, what need have you for a tomorrow?” -Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, 18th Century Rabbi. As I read these words this morning in the daily issue of E-Jewish Philanthropy I immediately related them to myself. As Jews, we Continue Reading »
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