By Beth Chernoff, Mid-Atlantic Region Public Policy Chair
In this week’s portion, Parashat Pinchas, we meet five remarkable daughters – Mahlah, Hoglah, Noa, Milcah, and Tirzah – and learn about...
Contributors: Wendy Greenberg, Razel Kessler, Cory Schneider, Lois Silverman, and Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields
Women’s League for Conservative Judaism mourns the loss of renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth...
By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director
On Sunday, July 7, 2024, my son remarked to me that it was nine months since the war began. Nine months since the hostages were taken captive....
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
There is an old story about a shoe company in the early 20th century that sent two sales agents to check out the possibility of expanding their sales into a...
By Linda Klempner, WLCJ International Vice President and Patron/Scholarship Patron Chair
As I was preparing to retire from teaching I began to form a bucket list of projects I wanted to accomplish. Number...
By Renee Ravich, WLCJ Vice President and Region Services Chair
As I read the Shabbat messages each week, I’m amazed at how many of my “sisters” have chosen to live a Jewish life, though raised in another...
By Anise Parnes, WLCJ Consulting Services Vice Chair
When spring arrives, I think “transitions.” I think of school graduations and commencements. June brides and grooms. New jobs. New journeys. It’s the...
By Grace Schessler, WLCJ Executive Committee Appointee and Personal Conversations Co-Chair
Commencing on the evening of the second Seder, we count the days between Pesach and Shavuot, or as we know it,...
By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director
My Rabbi often encourages us to just use the words of the Siddur, prayer book, as a guide. He suggests that if we feel drawn to one...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
In the United States, we observe Memorial Day as the start of the summer season. Some place wreaths at gravesites, but many just spend the day at picnics or...
