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...
By Esta Z. Lichtenstein, WLCJ International Vice President, Communications and Calendar Diary Chair
Turning 80
Not me, but my synagogue, Temple Israel in Natick, MA, celebrated their 80th birthday in May...
By Fran Hildebrandt, WLCJ International Vice President and Kehilah/Education Chair
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
I recently listened to the duet sung by Barbra Streisand and Hozier of the...
