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.
Last...
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...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
In my experience, there are two types of people on an airplane. When the plane lands and the seatbelt sign turns off, some people wait patiently in their seats...
By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director
Shemini Atzeret Yizkor
As a member of the Jewish community, we have the privilege of having two birthdays – the secular date and also the...
By Mindy Steinholz, WLCJ Finance Chair
Davening in Sneakers
“In a good shoe, I wear a size six, but a seven feels so good, I buy a size eight.” – Miss Truvy (Dolly Parton) in “Steel Magnolias”
When...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
The Gift of Time: Rosh Hashanah and Living with Intention
As Rosh Hashanah approaches, I find myself reflecting on one of the most valuable resources we have—time....
By Debbie Lempert, WLCJ Convention Program Vice Chair, Leadership Institute Trainer, Consultant, and Hebrew Class Teacher
This week’s double Torah portion, Nitzavim-Vayeilech points out that we have free...
