WL Week
Thursday, August 24, 2023 | 7th of Elul 5783
Minyan Ahavah
Friday, August 25, 2023 at 5:00 PM ET
Minyan Ahavah reaches out to people with memory loss and their caregivers. The next virtual Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming the Sabbath) service is on Friday, August 25, at 5 p.m. Cantor Josh and Rabbi Judith Hauptman will lead the service. You can log in at 5 p.m., or even better, at 4:45 pm, for a schmooze. A really nice way to begin the Sabbath is with a bit of chat with others. So join us early! Zoom link is below.
Link: https://wlcj2.org/u/?V1c6432m
Meeting ID: 212 673 2096
Passcode: 2126732096
Want to bring a friend or relative? Please do! Just forward them the link.
Here’s a way for you to participate in the service: please hold up something new and tell us why you like it. Can be anything at all that is new for you.
During the Mi Sheberach prayer for healing, you will be able to type in the names of the people for whom you are wishing a speedy recovery. I will read them aloud.
We look forward to greeting you on Friday August 25, at 5 pm, or a few minutes earlier.
Any questions? Email Rabbi Hauptman at juhauptman@jtsa.edu.
Convention Highlights
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THIS COULD BE YOU! Future Bat Mitzvah Class
Picture yourself here three years from now - leading a service, delivering a d'var Torah, and chanting Torah.
THIS COULD BE YOU!
Here is your opportunity to become a member of the next Bat Mitzvah class. This three-year program, taught by Rabbis, Educators, and Leaders of the Conservative movement, will meet once a month. Joining this class will not only enrich your knowledge of Judaism, but you will become a part of a special community of women with a common goal and bond.
Please let us know of your interest by emailing Toby B. Holtzman or Anne Schimberg.
Toby B. Holtzman
Anne Schimberg
Women's League Cares
The collective WE of WLCJ can make a difference!
Give a gift today so we can help them be here for tomorrow….
Jerilynn Payne
August 16, 2023
The Maui Hawaii wildlife fire is one of the deadliest wildfires in modern United States history with a death toll of, as of August 18, 110 people and climbing. Teams, some with cadaver dogs, are focused on locating over 1,000 missing people as they methodically search structures and charred ruins. Over 13, 000 people are homeless. Some people have sheltered with the assistance of various organizations. The rapidly moving fire devastated over 2,200 structures mostly in the historic city of Lahaina. The needs are great, and WE can help...
Our Shifrah and Puah Project - GIVING THE GIFT OF A HEALTHY BIRTH
Through donations, the Shifrah and Puah Maternity Center in Uganda serves the women of Mbale and its neighboring villages and has a multi-denominational clientele and staff of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. All services provided by the center are completely free of charge to encourage women to come in for prenatal, birth and post-partum services rather than going through their pregnancies unassisted. The center is dependent on donations...
WLCJ 5784 Calendar Diaries
Pocket Size = $11.00
Planner Size = $26.00
You may now order bulk quantities online.
Makom B'Yachad
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 AM PT; 10 AM MT, 11 AM CT; 12 PM ET
A virtual service for our WLCJ Sisters to recite Mishaberach, the Prayer for Healing, recite the Psalm of the Day, study and recite Kaddish together.
For Zoom link, please email Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields at ewolintz-fields@wlcj.org.
Want to sing, teach, help with technology, and more during Daily Psalm Study, and Kaddish?
A virtual background is available for Makom B'Yachad! DOWNLOAD HERE
Parashat Ki Teitzei – August 26, 2023
For the past 80-plus years, the Torah Fund Campaign of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, the dedicated philanthropy of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, has been supporting scholarships and programs in the worldwide Conservative/Masorti institutes of higher Jewish learning, The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles, Schechter Institutes of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano in Buenos Aires, and Zacharias Frankel College in Potsdam.
The 2023-2024 / 5784 Torah Fund General Campaign is Kol Yisrael Arevim Zeh Ba’Zeh, All the people of Israel are responsible for one another.
Arevut, responsibility, will be visible on our new, silver heart-shaped charm which can be worn as a pendant or pin.
The WWOT, the Weekly Words of Torah, each week through the end of June 2024, will delve into the idea of arevut, responsibility.
Parashat Ki Teitzei, provides many different laws to show that we are not only responsible for those we know, but also responsible for animals, our neighbors and those people we do not know. Deuteronomy 21:23 teaches us that it is our responsibility to make sure the deceased are buried in a timely fashion, if not that day. It shows we need to respect the dead and make sure they are treated with dignity when they pass from this world. We are also taught that we have a responsibility to animals, specifically birds in this case, as we are taught separately about a mother bird and its baby, in Deuteronomy 22:6-7. Finally another example in this week’s Torah Reading exemplifying how we are responsible for the safety of our neighbors are the laws about a parapet and the roof, in Deuteronomy 22:8.
Corinne Hammerschlag
Heddy Belman
More information and registration details coming up in next WL Week newsletter.
From Affiliate Sisterhoods / Regions
September 2023
Garden State Region
Coffee and Conversation
Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 at 11:00 AM ET
“ONLY IN ISRAEL MOMENTS” Flowers, Doughnuts & Sirens
KMA - An example of unity and diversity
~Meet and share time with our Kehilat in Jerusalem on Zoom
~Explore how Masorti is viewed in Israel, and the diversity of it’s members
~Discover the challenges faced in attracting the secular population to shul
~Hear about the moments, big and small that make the everyday life in Israel unique
Registration Deadline: September 1st
Email: gsrpresident21@wlcj.org
6th Annual Reverse Tashlich
Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023
Reverse Tashlich is an innovative environmental practice that reimagines the traditional Jewish ritual of Tashlich to confront the modern issue of pollution. Tashlich, traditionally observed during the High Holidays, involves symbolically casting away sins or transgressions into a body of water, seeking forgiveness and a fresh start for the upcoming year.
In Reverse Tashlich, the symbolism is transformed to address a contemporary environmental concern—plastic and marine debris pollution. Instead of casting away sins, participants come together to remove these harmful pollutants from the water, fostering a sense of responsibility and stewardship for the environment...
From the Seminaries We Support
Yiddish Music in Performance; Torah of the New Year; and More
Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, at 7:00 PM ET
In-Person at JTS
The Jewish Art of Finding Common Ground, Tour Jewish Rome, and More!
Torah Fund
Digital Torah Fund eCards for every occasion!
Women of the Wall
Four Mothers Tallit
Garden of Eden Tallit
Spirit of Israel Tallit
All prices include regular shipping (with tracking, 2-4 weeks). Express shipping costs an extra $20 per item.
Ongoing WLCJ Resources
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Additional Opportunities
Information Session for ADL's Kulanu: Synagogues in Action Against Antisemitism
Wednesday, Aug 30 at 07:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM CT / 5:30 PM MT / 4:30 PM PT /
Discover the benefits of participating in ADL's national congregational engagement program, Kulanu: Synagogues in Action Against Antisemitism.
This no-cost, self-paced program empowers congregations of any size, location, or affiliation/movement to address antisemitism and hate through community engagement, advocacy and education.
Kicking off after the High Holidays, Kulanu congregations receive exclusive access to ADL resources, content, experts, an inspiration library and a network of congregational peers to help them develop and implement two initiatives over the year.
Kulanu provides valuable tools to help congregational leaders energize their members and local communities to combat antisemitism and hate.
There will be time for Q&A at the end of the program.
MERCAZ USA at the Extraordinary Zionist Congress
MERCAZ USA and our international partners made a significant difference and were a LOUD voice for your values at the Extraordinary Zionist Congress held in Jerusalem at the end of April.
1. The forces fighting for a pluralistic democratic Israel are on the offensive and we won this Congress
2. The delaying tactics of those who opposed us failed this time
3. We stood up for MERCAZ USA’s values and our voice was heard loud and clear...
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