By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
In the wild, female elephants are known for the way they protect one another. When a member of the herd is vulnerable or injured, the others gather around her,...
By Fran Hildebrandt, WLCJ Vice President and Kehilah-Education Chair
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” —Marcel Proust
In...
By Doreen Bornfreund, International Vice President, Membership Chair, WLCJ 2023-2026
As I look at the date that I have chosen for my WLCJ Shabbat Message, my thoughts are swirling. Foremost is that I...
By Wendy Glasser, International Vice President, Convention Vice Chair for Logistics
Back when I was Region President in 2017, then International President Margie Miller wanted a new tag line to go with...
By Mindy Steinholz, WLCJ Finance Chair
The Priestly Blessing, or the Birkat Hakohanim, comes from this week’s Torah portion, Nasso. I have heard it recited from the bimah during holidays, sometimes by...
By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director
On Shavuot, we celebrate the moment that changed the Jewish people forever: the revelation at Sinai. We gather to remember Matan Torah, the giving...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
You can’t help but imagine a Cecil B. DeMille version of the opening of Parashat Bamidbar. The Torah paints this enormous, incredibly visual scene in the wilderness:...
By Lymor Wasserman
International WL Budget Chair, WLCJ Consultant, WLCJ Executive Committee, Southern Region Treasurer
This Friday afternoon, I will be sitting in the Breslin Center at Michigan State...
By Anise Parnes, International Vice President and Consulting Services Vice Chair
As this Women’s League for Conservative Judaism term comes to its conclusion and I reflect upon my WLCJ journey,...
By Teresa Samtur, WLCJ Recording Secretary
“I am a stranger in this world, and there is a severe solitude and painful lonesomeness in my exile.” — Kahlil Gibran
When I began thinking about this week’s...
