Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

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Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

Posted on March 10, 2026

Fran Hildebrandt, WLCJ International Vice President and Kehilah/Education Chair At the time of my writing this, it’s 2:00 am ET. My husband and I have just returned from spending six weeks in Australia and New Zealand. We have been home approximately 58 hours, and I am still jet-lagged and sleepless. As it says in Lord Continue Reading »

Try To Be Happy, or You Miss Out on Living

Posted on March 5, 2026

Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, WLCJ Executive Director In this month of Adar, we are told to be happy, as stated in the saying that goes along with the month: Me She’nichas Adar, Marbim B’Simcha. When you enter the month of Adar, your happiness is to be increased. However, can one really command a feeling? We Continue Reading »

Unmasking Adar: Finding the Divine in the Everyday

Posted on February 18, 2026

By Linda Klempner WLCJ Vice-President, Patron/Scholarship Patron Chair Adar is the happiest month of the Jewish calendar. Why is Adar so special? It’s the month we celebrate Purim. The Talmud states, “When Adar enters, joy increases”— may it be so in all of our lives. The celebration of Purim 2026 begins on Monday evening, March Continue Reading »