By Lori Snow, WLCJ Vice President and Torah Fund International Chair This week’s Torah portion is Toldot, meaning “generations” or “descendants.” Rebecca and Isaac have twins: the smooth-skinned...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President Last week we read Parashat Lekh-Lekha, which opens with a divine call that continues to shape Jewish destiny: “Go forth from your land, from your birthplace,...
By Anne R. Greenbaum, WLCJ International Vice President and WLCJ Israel Chair In July I spent a lovely four days on my own in New York. Among other things, I visited three magnificent libraries. The most...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President On Beginnings, Endings, and the Gift of Today This Shabbat we return to the very beginning: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Each year,...
By Pam Schlosberg, WLCJ Financial Secretary Finding Our Spiritual “App” Have you been paying attention to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution with its ever-increasing circle of applications? Depending...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President Holiness is in the Details Parashat Ki Teitzei is one of the Torah’s most detailed portions, filled with seventy-four commandments covering every aspect of daily...
By Florence Wolpoff, WLCJ United Nations Non-Governmental Observer United Nations After covering the United Nations these last few weeks, I feel the need to share with you what I have witnessed. For...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President From Power Plays to Purposeful Paths It’s the end of June, and to quote the famous Gershwin tune, it’s “summertime and the livin’ is easy.” Many of our Affiliates...
By Doreen Bornfreund, WLCJ International Vice President and Membership Chair Sh’lach – Numbers 13:1 – 15:41 Adonai said to Moses: Instruct them (the children of Israel) to make for themselves fringes...