By Renee Ravich, WLCJ Vice President and Region Services Chair As I read the Shabbat messages each week, I’m amazed at how many of my “sisters” have chosen to live a Jewish life, though raised in another faith, as I was. My journey began in my teens as I looked around for a religion where Continue Reading »
By Anise Parnes, WLCJ Consulting Services Vice Chair When spring arrives, I think “transitions.” I think of school graduations and commencements. June brides and grooms. New jobs. New journeys. It’s the time of year when I moved more times than I can count. It’s when I changed professional positions a number of times. It’s when Continue Reading »
By Grace Schessler, WLCJ Executive Committee Appointee and Personal Conversations Co-Chair Commencing on the evening of the second Seder, we count the days between Pesach and Shavuot, or as we know it, Counting of the Omer. These fifty days can be an opportunity for deep personal reflection. Omer, the sheaf of barley offering that took Continue Reading »
By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director My Rabbi often encourages us to just use the words of the Siddur, prayer book, as a guide. He suggests that if we feel drawn to one particular prayer, or certain words, we should dwell on those words, and not necessarily follow along. As a pulpit Rabbi, where I Continue Reading »
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President In the United States, we observe Memorial Day as the start of the summer season. Some place wreaths at gravesites, but many just spend the day at picnics or barbecues or shopping the many holiday sales. Most give little thought to the connection to the losses memorialized on this Continue Reading »
By Fran Hildebrandt, WLCJ International Vice President and Kehilah Co-Chair This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day. A day when we honor the wild and wonderful women in our lives who have raised us and/or influenced us. Not all of them are our mothers. Many of us have other women who have impacted our lives, be they Continue Reading »
By Janet Kirschner, WLCJ International Vice President and Per Capita Chair By now everyone has probably put away those Pesach dishes and cleaned up from the holiday. I hope you had a zissen and meaningful holiday. This week’s parashah, Achrei Mot, means After the Death, specifically the death of Aaron’s sons Nadiv and Avihu. The parashah describes the ritual service of Yom Continue Reading »
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President As the first night of Pesach approaches on Monday, our communities are abuzz with both excitement and the typical pre-holiday panic. This week, we are busy with extensive preparations—cleaning, shopping, and cooking. As I get ready for this year’s holiday, I reflect on previous celebrations, each one a vivid memory interwoven Continue Reading »
From Jewish Women International on April 11, 2024: This year, we invite you to add a flower to your seder plate as a way to stand in solidarity with the women of Israel – to honor the memory of those who we lost at the hands of Hamas and other terrorists, to give hope to Continue Reading »
PASSOVER RESOURCES See a list of Passover supplements from various Jewish organizations HERE, compiled by AZM. Buy your Hostage and Missing Families Forum haggadot HERE. Digital versions will be made available shortly. ADL Audit ADL released its 2023 Audit of Antisemitic Events this morning. Read the report HERE.
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