By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
This week’s Torah portion, Chayyei Sarah, the life of Sarah, opens, ironically, with the death of our matriarch. We read that when Abraham learned the news...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
Standing with Israel in Israel
On October 9, just two days after the brutal Hamas attack, I received an urgent email from the Conference of Presidents of Major...
By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director
Now more than ever, our Torah Fund theme has special meaning in our lives – Kol Yisrael Arevim Zeh Ba’Zeh – All of Israel is Responsible...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
This is not the Shabbat message I thought I would be writing this week. As we emerged feeling renewed after the introspection of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
This Shabbat ushers in the Yamim Noraim—the Days of Awe. Rosh Hashanah is observed from Friday night to Sunday night. The Torah refers to this holiday as Yom...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
Ah Fall! As the calendar flips to September, I keep thinking of the song “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”– Not the Andy Williams Christmas version,...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
No, this opening isn’t clickbait for a get rich quick scheme, or an abbreviated 12-step program, but 10 physical steps that separate the main level of our home...
By Julia Loeb, WLCJ International President
In the past few weeks, I have experienced several new beginnings—an installation as President of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, a family wedding and...
By Barbara Ezring, International Torah Fund Chair
In less than one month, I will be greeting friends, new and old, in person at the WLCJ Convention 2023. I can’t wait to see everyone who I have seen...