Shabbat Message

Finding Strength Through Community

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...
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Standing with Israel in Israel

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...
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Kol Yisrael Arevim Zeh Ba’Zeh – Israel We Have Your Back!

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...
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We Stand with Israel

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...
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Rosh Hashanah

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...
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Fall and the High Holidays

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,...
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10 steps. Pay close attention to the 10 steps.

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...
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New Beginnings

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...
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WL Convention 2023 Celebrates Torah Fund at 80

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...
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The Value of Being a Virtual Convention Delegate

By Ilene Rothman, WLCJ International Board Vice President, Communications Co-Chair, and Convention 2023 Communications Co-Chair and Lois Silverman, WLCJ Communications Co-Chair, Convention...
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