By Ellen Kaner Bresnick, Co-Chair of the WLCJ Kehilah Committee In the whole spectrum of frequently-used sayings, I believe that “Wait till you become a grandparent! There is nothing better” is probably...
By Diane Mashioff, WLCJ Treasurer In this week’s Torah portion, Shmini, God laid out the “laws of kashrut.” Thirty-seven years ago, I decided to convert to Judaism and adopted the...
By Cathey, Swerdlow, WLCJ International Vice President and Education Chair Over the years as I have engaged in Torah study on a more regular basis, whenever I reach the beginning of Leviticus, I let out...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President Having recently returned from our synagogue’s Purimspiel practice, and delving into my megillah reading for the upcoming weekend, Purim is...
By Teresa Samtur, WLCJ Recording Secretary and Garden State Region Immediate Past President This week’s Torah reading, Parashat Pekudei, begins with an inventory of the gold, silver and copper...
By Cory Schneider, WLCJ Archives Chair and Past International President Hiddur mitzvah was the theme for Women’s League and Torah Fund for 2011-2012. This excerpt from the introduction to the...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President In Parashat Ki Tisa, we read of the golden calf, and of Moses smashing the two tablets when seeing the people dancing around and praying to the idol. But,...
By Wendy J. Glasser, WLCJ Convention Logistics Chair and North by Northwest Region Past President This week’s parashah begins with God telling Moses to tell the Israelites to make olive oil for...
By Mindy Steinholz, WLCJ Finance Chair and MetroNorth Region Past President When I became a Bat Mitzvah in the late 1970s (so late it was practically the 1980s), my family’s Conservative congregation was...
By Esta Z. Lichtenstein, WLCJ International Vice President and Communications Chair What does WLCJ mean to me? It is most definitely about the relationships one builds. While in New York City for Torah...
