By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President In Parashat Vaera, the story of the plagues unfolds as God begins to demonstrate divine power to Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Among these plagues is the curious...
By Lori Snow, WLCJ International Vice President and International Torah Fund Chair My lucky family and I still have my feisty mom with us. Phyllis, or as I call her when I tease her, “Phyll,” is now less...
By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director Our Bond with Israel As early as I can remember, I felt a special bond with the State of Israel, and the people of Israel. Since October 7, 2023,...
By Anne Greenbaum, WLCJ International Vice President and WLCJ Israel Chair This past year I had the pleasure of studying the Book of Genesis with my grandson Manny. His bar mitzvah was December 28th. Shabbat...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President Over Thanksgiving, I rewatched one of my favorite movies, The Princess Bride, an action-adventure rom-com that’s guaranteed to lift your spirits with...
By Ellen Kaner Bresnick, WLCJ Executive Committee, Convention Programming Vice Chair During the years when I was growing up, my mother always told me that I was born on the first night of Chanukkah....
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President This week’s Torah portion, Toldot, is packed with drama—sibling rivalry, parental favoritism, trickery, and betrayal. When Isaac’s sons come to him seeking a...
By Marcy Weinstein, Assistant Treasurer,B’nai Jeshurun Sisterhood, Pepper Pike, Ohio, Central Great Lakes Region My brothers, may they rest in peace, were ‘Bar Mitzvahed’ when they were...
By Florence Wolpoff, WLCJ United Nations NGO Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my experiences as one of your representatives to the U.N. I will outline some of those events with you today....
By Linda Klempner, WLCJ International Vice President and Torah Fund Patron/Scholarship Patron Chair On the evening of November 9 to November 10, in an incident known as Kristallnacht, Nazis in Germany...
