By Marilyn Berkowitz, WLCJ Executive Committee Appointee and Torah Fund Vice Chair, Finances Delegating is Hard to Do Don’t take your help away from me Don’t you make me be in misery If you go, then...
By Doreen Bornfreund, WLCJ International Vice President and Membership Chair Achrei Mot-Kedoshim – Leviticus 16:1–19:2 Last year when this parashah, Achrei Mot – meaning “after the...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President Brew Harmony not Drama—Lessons from Tazria-Metzora Parashat Tazria-Metzora is not the easiest Torah portion to connect with. The discussion of skin conditions...
By Sandy Berenbaum, WLCJ Membership Retention Chair Planting Seeds Within Us on Earth Week Shabbat I’d like to begin with one of my favorite poems, Trees by Joyce Kilmer. This poem has resonated with...
By Linda Klempner, WLCJ International Vice President and Torah Fund Patron/Scholarship Patron Chair A Women’s Seder Reflects Women’s Roles in Conservative Judaism In the words of longtime...
By Wendy J. Glasser, WLCJ International Vice President and Convention Logistics Chair How Women’s League Builds Leaders Parashat Vayikra begins, “The Lord called to Moses,” inviting him into...
By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director We’re Moving May 1st! Many of us are familiar with the Yiddish saying, Der Mensth trakht un Got lakht – Woman (Man) Plans and God Laughs. I...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President The Power of Collective Action and the World Zionist Congress Elections In this week’s Torah portion, Vayakhel, Moses assembles the entire community of...
By Teresa Samtur, WLCJ Recording Secretary and Garden State Region Immediate Past President “She opens her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.” Proverbs 31:27 My mother-in-law,...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President Reflections on our trip to Israel: The Land, Zionism, and Resilience In Genesis, God tells Avram, “Go forth…to the land that I will show you.” For thousands...
