By Doreen Bornfreund, WLCJ Kol Ishah Co-Chair My favorite Hanukkah memory! Fourteen years ago, on the seventh day of Hanukkah, my first grandchild, my first grandson was born. Just after Shabbat, on Rosh...
By Ellie Kremer, WLCJ Israel Chair It is a curious thing: For Shabbat and for Hanukkah, we light candles, right? But we are not permitted to use the light from those candle flames. How does that work?...
By Anne Schimberg and Karen Winer, WLCJ Jewels in the Crown 2023 Co-Chairs Jewels in the Crown 2023 Jewels in the Crown. Jewels: people or things that are treasured, esteemed or indispensable. Jewels are...
By Lori Snow, Women of the Wall Event Chair and WLCJ/ WOW Liaison Women’s League and the Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) are jointly sponsoring a Women of the Wall (WOW) program on Tuesday, December 6 at...
By Florence Wolpoff, WLCJ Board Member and United Nations WLCJ Representative Update from a WLCJ Representative to the United Nations On behalf of Lucy Becker, Sandy Koppell and me, Florence Wolpoff, your...
By Grace Schessler, WLCJ Vice President and Program Chair We all come to Judaism from our own backgrounds and perspectives. During my term as BQLI Region President, I wrote a weekly letter for our Shabbat...
By Rabbi Margie Cella, WLCJ Educator Each of us is a unique Jewish woman, whose identity was shaped and molded by the women who preceded us. Who were the women who passed their Jewish values down to you—Mother(s)...
By Ellie Kremer, WLCJ Israel Chair Hurray for Zoom! Why? Zoom has helped us connect with our Masorti women in Israel and Zoom can help you too! Currently WLCJ has three ongoing Israel programs: Women’s...
By Vivian Leber, WLCJ Personal Conversations Chair and WLCJ Board Member The “Before” Faces of the Holocaust’s Children: A film made with Respect and Love My husband, Mark, and I never knew our grandparents—all...
It is difficult to put into just a few words the incredible experience I had recently when I had the honor and privilege to represent Women’s League for Conservative Judaism as part of the Mercaz delegation...
